I was gonna post this earlier but I decided post it now in honor of Undertale's second anniversary. So...Happy Second Birthday Undertale. September 15th FTW. Also, this was previously called Winding and Aster so welcome both new and returning readers.

Your chest heaved with labored breathing, blood dripping from various wounds on your body as they clenched the Real Knife tightly in your hands. Blood red eyes stared at the monster before you with intense hatred. They grit your teeth and lunged towards the skeleton again, jumping over bones that soared your way and ducking blasters that emitted a powerful beam of pure concentrated magic. They swung their knife, the skeleton blocked it with a bone, turning your soul blue and using the force to push you back to gain a breather that he desperately need. But they wouldn't let him. They ran towards him again, swinging their sharp knife so swiftly that your hands and the skeleton that dodged each one with effort was a blur. They screamed in anger and rocketed yourself towards the skeleton in a blind rush, leaving yourself completely open. They just wanted him dead, nothing mattered anymore. They could always come back of course. He would get tired. He would run out of tricks. He would-

Crack

" well i see you're back for what? round 97? i dunno. personally i think you should quit. from like 97 tries ago." the skeleton says tiredly.

The battle hasn't begun and he already looks exhausted. You and them hate to admit it too but the constant fighting is starting to wear down on them. Perhaps you could compromise with the skeleton. Make a deal with him. The darkness that smothers your soul recedes slightly as it decides to humor your unspoken request. You feel relived. You feel a bit more like yourself. You calmly walk towards the skeleton, weapon concealed in your shirt.

" I don't want do this anymore." You say quietly, choosing your words carefully in front of the skeleton.

He raises a brow bone...bone brow? It doesn't matter. " what? loosing? not your fairy godmother so that wish ain't ever gettin' granted.'

" No. I mean...fighting. I just want us to stop fighting. I didn't want...I didn't want to do this." You say forcing back tears, remembering the time when you cried and Sans offered you mercy, only to stab you in the back. Quite literally. You could still feel the tips of polished white bones plowing through your stomach and breaking your ribs. You shuddered at the time when Sans said that he'd "shove a bone so far up your ass it'll come out your throat". He wasn't kidding when he made that threat.

Sans laughed, but it was dry and humorless. Lacking mirth. " you? stop fighting? who are you and what have you done with the dirty brother killer?"

A deep part of you wanted to smile at that but you shoved it down. Now was no time to act facetious. Your brown eyes narrowed in seriousness and you took a breath. " Sans...I'm serious...I didn't want to do this...something...something is controlling me. You've been fighting in patterns. First is me then...that other thing...I won't be able to control it any longer Sans...please." Your voice began to crack and tears welled in your eyes when you found he wasn't buying your plea.

" you really 'spect me to believe that? wow. you must be gettin' desperate. or your sense of humor has just gotten more sick and twisted." the skeleton scoffed, with a roll of the lights in his eye sockets.

You stuffed down a huff and a sob as you stepped closer towards the skeleton how took a cautious step back. You clenched your fists, tears rolling down your cheeks as you looked at him desperately, silently begging for him to understand. He narrowed his eyes.

" I can feel myself loosing determination. If I do that...then everything you and I worked for will be over. I some cases it already has. I want it to stop to Sans. The Resets. The senseless killing. I need your help. Help me stop it. Help me stop them." You step closer, accidentally brushing your dust stained fingers over Papyrus' scarf, eyes widening at the crucial mistake.

" don't touch him ever again." Sans' eyes were pitch black and he teleported from in the front of you, leaving you kissing the open maw of a charged Gaster Blaster.

" No wait Sans-!"

Crack

A sick giggle echoed through the judgement hall. They twirled the Real Knife expertly in your hands as they skipped towards the monster, whose eyes were a dark empty void. They smirked, throwing the knife in the air then catching it at the handle multiple times before smirking at the skeleton, still flinging the knife.

" It's pretty rude to kill somebody when they are talking. Didn't that lame brother of yours ever teach you manners~"

Sans growled. " there's the murderer i know. i dunno what you were tryna do last time but it won't fool me."

They gave a slight smile chuckle, your eyes glancing at the knife in your palm. " You know...Mister Comedian...one of these resets...you are going to make a mistake you will never stop regretting."

" i already have." Sans summoned a Gaster Blaster and fired it towards you.

" Are you sure about that?" They lazily dodged, simply stepping to the side as the beam of hot energy blew past them, your brown hair lifting a bit from the makeshift breeze. " You aren't even trying this time."

" what's the point? you'll just come back. makes it pretty hard to give it my all." Sans stretched his hands, a row of bones shooting towards you. They lifted up their knife and cut through them, not moving from their previous position.

" what are you playing at? i'm not even trying. you could just run up an cut me if you wanted." Sans said, turning you soul blue and flinging you to the other side of the room.

They collided against the wall, a grunt barely coming out of your mouth as a thin line of blood trickled down your lip. " That would be such an anticlimactic way to go wouldn't you think? We aren't even fighting just having a chat and playfully tossing each other round like roughhousing puppies." They ran towards him and brought their knife down, the skeleton teleporting away. " Besides. I know you just wouldn't stand there and take it~"

Sans snapped his fingers, bones shooting from the ground as their danced to the side, a gleeful laugh slipping past your lips. " Oh yes~ Bone me Sansy~"

Sans' eyes flashed blue and yellow, Gaster Basters aimed towards you and fired them " you're a real sick kid you know that."

They blinked at him before throwing your head back and laughing hysterically. " Me?! Sick! Ha. That's the joke of the century. Says the person who waited until I curb stomped every single monster before coming to stop me. You could of killed me the moment you knew something was wrong. End me while I was weaker. Save the lives of many monsters. Perhaps maybe even Papyrus. While all that strength you have you could have easily-"

Boom

They let the blast singe your body the poison known as Karmic Retribution eating away at your skin. They grinned as burnt flesh fell off in chunks, revealing charred bone. " You should listen the next time I come back. It just might save your life. Please. Listen to this poor unfortunate soul. In pain. In need. Or not. It works better for me if you don't."

" really. quoting Ursula as you literally fall to pieces?" Sans raised a bony brow.

They shrugged your shoulders. " What can i say except I'm a huge fan of Disney?"

" you did it again. you quoted Maui."

Crack

" Perhaps." they smiled.

Your body slumped to the floor.

You gasped as your body spawned from the Save Point, flexing your fingers to make sure you were the one in control this time. Though, you had a feeling that you wee never in control to begin with. That they were just taking turns with your body to humor you and give you a false sense of believe that you had some say. Somehow, you knew that this was just a game and could take you over at any second if they really wanted to. They just wanted to see you fail and laugh at any attempt to earn Sans' forgiveness.

You took a shaky step forward, fists clenched tight, the skeleton waiting for you. A smile not even on his features. You held the knife up to gather his attention then threw it to the side, the metal clanking as it skidded across the golden tile, his eyebrow raising in cautious curiosity.

" Sans...please listen to me. I think...I think this is my last chance. I can't keep doing this! I can't keep fighting! I didn't want to! I didn't want to hurt you or your brother or any monster. I...I didn't want this...I didn't want it to come to this. I'm...so sorry Sans... I'm so sorry! I'd do anything to take it all back!" You collapsed to your knees and started sobbing.

Your sobs turned into chokes, as you wheezed, grasping at the hands that held your throat. Stars danced in your vision as your eyes watered.

"then. reset."

" I...I c-can't. Th-they won't...let...me." You tried to inhale.

" who won't let you."

" I...can't...say..."

" you know kid. i'm not stupid I know you're planning something. first you're all wanting to kill me and making jabs at my expense and then...you're like this." Sans peered into your chocolate brown eyes. " and that thing with your eyes..."

" Sans...can't breathe...can't...need air just...don't kill...m-"

Crack

They screamed a loud blood curdling scream as a red knife glowed y-t-o-h-u-r-e-i-r hands.

" holy shit kid." Sans' eyes as they rocketed forward, leaving a trail of thick dust in their wake. They brought the True Knife down on Sans who blocked it with a femur, the bone shattering upon impact.

" Greetings. I. Am. CHARA! " Black tar drained down your-no-it's not your body anymore- their eyes and mouth. Brown hair switched to auburn, brown skin to a lighter shade, a blue and pink sweater to green and yellow.

" what. the. hell." Sans grimaced. " heh. i guess you're a true demon now huh."

" Yes. And it's ALL. YOUR. FAULT. You did this Sans. You didn't listen to the warning. You caused them to loose Determination and now mine can take over. I have control over this world and you were the one who so foolishly gave it to ME!"

" what do you mean?" Sans narrowed his eyes

" By killing them, you caused them to loose Determination. Each time they realized you weren't going to listen to them, they started to give up. This battle wasn't between you and them. I was between you and me with them trying to warn you. They were never in control. IT WAS ME. THIS IS THE RESET THAT YOU WILL NEVER STOP REGRETTING! "

Sans' eyes went dark before he closed them and opened them. " heh. well knowing that my friend no longer exists. makes it a lot easier for me to just kill you."

" HaHAHAhAHAHAHAHa! Welcome to my Special HELL!"

.

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" heh. did you really think i was gonna-"

" Shut up."

Slash

Sans collapsed to the ground, a large cut stretching across his body decorating his chest. Shakily, he stood up, coughing as a red substance spilled from his mouth.

" whelp...i'm going to grillby's...papyrus...do you want...anything." he smiled as body crumbling into dust on the floor.

They picked up the skeletons' clothes and ripped them to shreds, kicking up the dust. Entering the throne room, they didn't even give Asgore a chance to speak before he turned to dust. Their eye twitched as their EXP was taken away from them. A golden flower appeared shaken and nervous. They didn't even give the flower a chance to speak before he cut them down, knowing that this weed was the one that took their prey.

They laughed at the nothingness, tar draining down their eyes. They pulled up the two options. RESET and ERASE. They planned on simply erasing everything but decided to reset. They wanted to kill everyone again, this time not as a voice in the back a losers mind. Imagine the look of the faces of the monsters. The royal child of the king and queen back from the dead. The symbol of everyone's hopes and dreams. The Angel of the Prophecy or whatever those lame monsters called their savior. Yes they will make the Underground go empty, by killing them over and over and over again. Laughing at their agonized faces as they are betrayed by the one they first put their hopes in.

✋︎ ︎□︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎■︎&︎ ⬧︎□︎. ✡︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❖︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎■︎ ❑︎◆︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎ ■︎ ︎◆︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎⍓︎ ◻︎❒︎ ︎■︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎✍︎ ︎□︎□︎&︎🕯︎⬧︎ ●︎ ︎&︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎❍︎ ︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ●︎ ︎ ︎❒︎■︎ ⬧︎□︎❍︎ ︎ ❍︎ ︎■︎■︎ ︎❒︎⬧︎.

A static like noise filled their ears as they felt another presence enter the room. One that was more dangerous than them. One that would show no mercy. They frowned, something telling them they needed to escape immediately for this was a fight they would never win." Wait what! Who are you?! What are you DOn't Touch Me-aaaaah!" they tried to attack as a strange darkness began to warp around them. Congealing into a amorphous blob with nothing but a white head with cracks and two hands with holes in them.

✋︎🕯︎●︎●︎ &︎◆︎⬧︎⧫︎ ⧫︎ ︎&︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎⬧︎ a tendril of darkness yanked the True knife out of their grip and crushed it, the remnants disappearing into the either.

They weren't even give a chance to retaliate as a tendril wrapped around their leg and whipped them back and forth like a baby playing with a rattle.

" Who are you?! What do you want and why are you here!"

🕈︎ ︎□︎ ✋︎ ︎❍︎ ︎□︎ ︎⬧︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ︎□︎■︎ ︎ ︎❒︎■︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎. ✋︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎ ︎●︎⬥︎ ︎⍓︎⬧︎ ︎ ︎ ︎■︎ ︎ ︎❒︎ ︎ ︎■︎ ︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎ ⬧︎⧫︎□︎●︎ ︎■︎ ⬧︎□︎❍︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎ ︎■︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎□︎ ︎⬧︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ︎ ︎●︎□︎■︎ ︎ ⧫︎□︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎. ✋︎ ︎❍︎ ⬧︎ ︎❍︎◻︎●︎⍓︎ ︎ ︎❒︎ ︎ ⧫︎□︎ ❒︎ ︎⧫︎❒︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎.

" Can you speak English, I don't understand you!"they shouted with a grunt as their head cracked against the ground, flower petals flying in the air.

The tendril brought them closer to the beings face, a wide smile on it. ︎ ︎The being's hand grabbed the red soul out of their body, and ripped the darkness crawling over it like parasite off like it was an old bandage. ︎□︎□︎ ︎ ︎⍓︎ ︎

INITIATING TRUE RESET

INITIATING TRUE RESET

INITIATING TRUE ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

TRUE RESET FAILED

INITIATING REGULAR RESET

🕈︎ ︎●︎●︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ︎ ⬧︎ ︎ ︎❍︎ ︎. ✋︎ ❒︎ ︎ ︎●︎●︎⍓︎ ⬥︎□︎◆︎●︎ ︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎ ●︎ ︎&︎ ︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎❍︎ ⧫︎□︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎ ︎ ︎❒︎ ︎⬧︎ ︎ ⬧︎●︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎ ︎◆︎⧫︎ ✋︎ ⬧︎◆︎◻︎◻︎□︎⬧︎ ︎ ✋︎🕯︎❍︎ ■︎□︎⧫︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎❒︎❍︎ ︎■︎ ︎ ︎ ︎■︎□︎◆︎ ︎ ︎ ⧫︎□︎ ︎□︎❍︎◻︎●︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎●︎⍓︎ ︎❒︎ ︎⬧︎ ︎ ︎❖︎ ︎❒︎⍓︎⧫︎ ︎ ︎■︎ ︎. ✋︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎■︎&︎ ✋︎ ⬧︎ ︎□︎◆︎●︎ ︎ ⬧︎⧫︎ ︎⍓︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎■︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎⬧︎ ⧫︎ ︎❍︎ ︎. ❄︎□︎ ❍︎ ︎&︎ ︎ ⬧︎◆︎❒︎ ︎ ⧫︎ ︎ ︎⧫︎ ︎ ︎❍︎□︎■︎ ︎□︎ ︎⬧︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ❒︎ ︎⧫︎◆︎❒︎■︎.

Here's chapter one. Also some of the Windings were cut out during the saving process so have fun translating.