Chapter one:
Slim, Swapfell Papyrus, is pacing in the living room of his and his brothers home. He is having flashbacks of previous timelines... Ones that involve so much death... Including that of his brother... He can't take it anymore and he has to try to stop it this time. He can't lose his brother all over again. He stops pacing and turns as his brother comes into the room.
Black, Swapfell Sans, looks to Slim. "Good to see you up Mutt." He greets and Slim moves over closer to him.
"Of course M'lord." Slim responds running through the words in his head.
Black turns away as his phone beeps indicating a text message has come through. He opens it and frowns in worry.
"What is it?" Slim inquires curiously though his soul sinks at what it probably is.
"A human is here causing some trouble." Black turns to look to his brother. He notices Slims face fall but worries as to why. "I'm needed to go help stop them."
"No! Wait!" Slim tries to plead with the other. "Don't go! I can't lose you! Please M'lord."
For a moment Black hesitates though he knows that he is needed out there. He doesn't want to do what he knows he has to... But if it'll help in his brother not being so broken up if he loses then it's worth it. "Stupid Mutt. You don't even trust me to be able to do my job! To be able to defend myself! I can't believe you!" He turns away and uses his teleportation ability to get away.
"Wait!" Slime reaches towards his brother when he turns away. "M'lord I do trust you I..." He trails off as the other didn't seem to listen.
Black was gone before Slim could even really say too much.
Slim wipes his tears away before dashing off to go to try to find his brother.
Black ducks down in hiding for a moment to collect his emotions. He uses his gloved hands to wipe his tears away. He finally gets up and heads to find the human. He finds that it doesn't take long before he spots her. He steps out causing the human to stop then turn to him.
"Well well. So you finally showed up." The human pulls a knife out.
Black summons a pointed bone into his hand. "I will stop you."
"Oh really? Like those other times you so called 'stopping me'?" The human laughs. "This will be easy."
The two charge at each other clashing weapons as the fight begins.
The human is smirking sadistically and keeps slashing at Black.
Black on the other hand continues to dodge attempting to try to land some hits.
The human grows tired of the back and forth slash and block or dodge. So she jumps at Black trying to bring down the knife on him. She keeps pushing as the two push their weapons against each other.
The two of them trying to push the other back so that they can get the strike.
Suddenly a Gaster Blaster shoots a beam knocking the human away.
Black turns as the Gaster Blaster was rather familiar to him.
Slim is rushing over slightly panting as he reaches where they are.
"What are you doing here Mutt!?" Black demands secretly wanting to tell him to go somewhere safe.
"I believe in you M'lord. But if you're going to fight I'm going to fight too." Slim informs him and the two of them turn.
The human is getting up.
"Lets end her." Black charged swinging his pointed bone.
The human jumps back as she gets a scratch on her shoulder. She had gotten lucky that it wasn't too deep. She slashed her knife at Black who jumps back only to summon pointed bones under her. She stumbles back when the bones retract disappearing. She stumbles bleeding from some wounds. "Ha. Not bad." She glances at the four Gaster Blasters that surround her. "Well. Perhaps it is time you meet who you've been killing and beating up." The humans words make the two skeletons pause for a moment. "Chara! Front and centre!" She closes her eyes only to blink them open. She seems different now. Her eyes show a mixture of fear and pain. Her body tense in terror and her eyes even have become watery. Her sadistic smile drops to a deep frown. "W-W-What's going on?! It hurts! My body hurts!" She slightly hunches in pain only to bring a hand up. She gasps when she sees blood there. "W-Why!?"
Slim gets ready to fire the blasters, though he stops when Black puts an arm out in-front of him. He glances to the other who is focused on the human apparently named Chara. "What happened? Why are you attacking and killing monsters?" He demands of her causing her to look to him wide eyed.
"K-K-K-Kill!? A-Attack?!" Chara questions now trembling ready to cry.
"You didn't know you were doing this?" Black inquires watching every movement.
Chara shakes her head with a sob. "N-No! Frisk promised that if I accepted in letting her take over my body she would help."
"Frisk?" Black finds himself surprised. He, like other monsters, had heard that the royal human daughter died. He wonders if her ghost is trying to help the humans that come here.
"But it wasn't Frisk." The new voice makes them all turn as Temmie comes out from behind a work. She approaches cautiously. "I... We thought it was Frisk... But it's something else. Something pretending to be Frisk! I'm sorry Chara. I should have realized that it wasn't her!"
Chara gasps hunching over as she clutches her head.
"Chara!" Temmie tries to run to her but Black puts up a bone wall big enough to stop her. She glances to him then back to "Chara" when she speaks.
"You fools!" "Chara" straightens with the evil look back in her eyes. Her sadistic smirk stretching across her lips. "Now you know of the child you've been killing all along. I helped her because she couldn't take the pain of so many deaths. I took control so she wouldn't have to feel such pain again. Aw poor human child. Being thrown into a place that only wants to kill her." She prepares her knife. "And now it's time for you to all die!"
"M'lord..." Slim begins but Black speaks quietly before he can get another word in.
"I need to get closer." Black informs Slim. "You hold her back and I'll try to reach her. We need to force them apart."
Slim gives a nod seeing as how he completely trusts his brother. He dashed forward and attempts to grab "Chara".
"Chara" however jumps away and slashes at him. She keeps going making him have to jump back to avoid the slashes.
Slim moves a Gater blaster closer to her from behind. He manages to make sure that she doesn't notice. He has the Gaster Blaster grab ahold of "Chara".
As "Chara" struggles Black moves closer until he can feel the power coming from her soul.
Black closes his eyes and reaches out with his magic. He manages to get a connection with the little girl. He closes his eyes only to open them in the world inside her soul. He notices the real Chara sitting there crying with chains surrounding her. He approaches her from behind without her even noticing yet. He crouches looking at the chains that keep her securely chained down. He reaches out feeling some kind of dark magical power coming from them. He almost touched one when Chara turns to look over her shoulder. He looks to her meeting her eyes. "It's okay. I'm here to help." He tries to assure her.
Chara is a little shaken but she gives him a slightly relieved look. "Should you really? After all the pain I've probably put you through?" She questions with a few tears still falling down her face. "You can't really help me. You shouldn't."
"It'll be okay." Black assures her. "We don't blame you for what you've done."
Chara turns away shutting her eyes tightly as she continuously sobs that it's all her fault.
Black touches the chains to try to figure out how to get them off. He is sure that if the chains are gone then Chara will have control again. He finds himself connecting to something that feels more malevolent.
"You can not help her!" A voice shouts in his head.
"Well I have something to offer you." Black responds in his head trying to make sure that Chara doesn't know.
"Offer me?"
"Attach to me instead." Black offers to the entity.
"You? Why should I? I already have a pretty powerful host. So why should I go to you?" The creature questions Black.
"Well think about it." Black tells the creature. "In this body you won't get far without having to fight. If you attach to me you won't have to do that as much."
There is silence between the two of them for a moment or so.
Black feels something attaching to him and the chains disappear. He is taken back to the real world blinking his eyes for a moment. He looks to Chara to see her face giving a surprised look. He can tell that the creature is no longer with her or in control by her more innocent look.
"I-It's over?" Chara questions in shock as Black nods. She weeps in relief with Thank yous being thrown at Black. She is released and tries to calm herself down.
"She was happier with me around." The creature whispers to Black though he chooses to ignore it. "Aw ignoring me already? Don't worry I'll still be here."
"Lets get going." Black suggests to the group. "We probably don't want to be here if someone finds us."
Slim and Chara nod in agreement.
Temmie hops into Charas arms and the two follow the brothers.
Slim teleports them when they see a bunch of monsters hanging outside in Snowdin.
Once inside the brothers home Chara glances around herself. "Nice place." She comments turning to the two.
"I bet you she is lying. She doesn't like it here." The creature tells Black who simply walks away.
"Mutt help her get settled and I'll start something to eat." Black heads into the kitchen with that. He is using the character he puts out when others are around. He's only used to breaking that character when he is alone with his brother.
"Sure thing M'lord." Slim agrees and Black disappears into the kitchen.
"Finally alone." The creature sighs. "Now will you talk to me?"
"What are you?" Black questions keeping his voice down to try to not let anyone else hear him.
"Finally! And you can call me The Nightmare. Or Nightmare for short." The creature responds and appears by his shoulder making him glance. Nightmare is a shadowy looking being with a serpent like bottom half. It's top half has an almost cat like face with large eyes that are only coloured blue. It even has paws that look like some kind of large cat paws. It has big fluffy ears that are dark blue like it's body; but three lighter blue tuffs along the outer edge on each ear.
Black gets a good look before turning away to try to decide what to do for supper. "Nightmare it is then."
Nightmare hovers over Blacks shoulder peering at what he is doing. "Are you really this boring? It's no wonder you're not really liked."
Black attempts to ignore this comment flipping through some recipes.
"You can't ignore me forever you know. I know how to get your attention after all." Nightmare continues. "What will they say if they find out what you did? That you willingly let me attach to you knowing what I am and what I'm capable of."
This comment makes Black pause and it gives Nightmare a slight smirk.
"Oh? Did that grab your attention? Well don't worry. I'm a fan of keeping it just between us." Nightmare assures him. "It's much more fun this way."
Black tries to shake off the comment. "Good. Because you'll get bored and go away eventually." He starts making a list of what he needs after picking out something random.
"Oh you're truly foolish if you think that." Nightmare informs him. "You can't get rid of me."
Black decides to try to start getting some food ready to distract himself. He is also doing this to make it seem like he's doing what he said he would.
"I truly wonder if that dear brother of yours is thinking of leaving you. Because of how you treat him. It truly is pitiful to watch. I wouldn't blame him if he left."
Black clenches his teeth and begins to chop up some meat for the stew.
"Oh? You agree? That he could very well leave you and not even bat an eye?"
Though Nightmares words have kind of gotten to him he tries to hide it.
"He won't do that." Black tells the other who chuckles where his ear would be. "I know he won't."
"How can you be so sure?" Nightmare questions to him. "Maybe he's hiding it because he doesn't want you to force him to stay?"
Black clenches the knife in his hand a little tighter at this comment.
"Maybe he's now planning to take Chara away too. To get as far away from you as they possibly can." Nightmare slightly chuckles. "Wouldn't that be something? Your so called Mutt running off with a human."
"Shut up." Black slightly growls at the creature. "You don't know anything. He would never leave me."
"You sound so sure about that." Nightmare responds hovering over his shoulder. "What are you going to do if they leave? Kill them? Is that what you told him?"
"No." Black tells Nightmare. "I just know he won't."
Nightmare chuckles in amusement at this. "Is that so?"
Black turns hearing someone enter the kitchen. He spots Slim who looks meeting his eyes.
"The humans all settled." Slim moves further into the kitchen. "Do you need any help in here M'lord?"
"You can cut the vegetables." Black gestures to them. He secretly is glad for this distraction from Nightmare.
Slim nods and heads over to get to work.
"So quiet." Nightmare comments to Black as it seems only he can see it.
Black waits for a few moments but as it's still quiet he finally speaks up. "You're being quiet. Is everything alright?"
"Oh don't pretend that you care." Nightmare tells him even though Black isn't listening. "We all know that you don't have any care inside of you for anyone but yourself."
Slim turns to Black pausing in his work. "I'm fine M'lord. I just wasn't sure what to say."
"That's a lie if I've ever heard one." Nightmare chuckles again.
"I see." Black responds putting his trust in Slim.
The two of them get back to work.
"When you're ready you can add them." Black informs him.
"They are all set M'lord." Slim responds and brings the vegetables over. He adds them as Black carefully stirs it.
"Thanks." Black tells Slim as he continues to stir. He does this for a little longer before speaking again. "It'll be ready soon. Why don't you go get Chara?" He suggests.
"Sure." Slim heads off with that.
AN:
This is a story that is a slightly different version of the story me and a friend of mine are writing in private. Yes I do have her permission and while we haven't finished the story I started writing this because I got inspired.
The friend is Dragonsrule18 . She is an amazing story writer and I suggest you go to check her out.
This was written on my phone so I hope I caught any autocorrects.
Hope you enjoy!
Kitkat.