Chapter one:
"Ugh." I shift as I begin to awaken. I try to move my hands around trying to feel what's around me.
Snow.
Did I fall asleep...?
I blink open my eyes seeing the sky above me so I finally sit up to look around myself. I'm in the woods of Snowdin forest it seems or well a path that you can take to go towards Snowdin. "Huh." I scratch my skull glancing down. "I have to have been sleeping." I blink however noticing something and I grab my black jacket looking at the torso area.
There are the edges of a slash but there's no blood and no other signs of a wound of a strike. It's just on my jacket.
Every other part of me seems to be perfectly fine. This includes my pair of black shorts with a yellow stripe on the sides, red t-shirt, my unzipped jacket that is black with a red slightly thick stripe going down the arms and it is a little baggy on me along with an almost yellow fluff lining the hood, my untied red and black shoes and I also still have on the red collar with a gold buckle and yellow spikes that's around my neck.
"What the?" I question letting go of it only to get to my feet. "I don't think I was asleep. What really happened?" I turn to look to the direction I am still facing and suddenly I swear I can see something like a memory playing before my eyes.
The human with rosy cheeks and glowing red eyes. A black long sleeved shirt with two red stripes in the torso, black pants and black shoes. The humans dark brown hair moving slightly as they walk knife with dust and blood in hand. The humans has some dust on them while the knife holds blood that has kind of mixed a little with dust. The humans look in their eyes and their outward appearance screams murderer which isn't at all far from the truth. The human is a serial killer. "Look who I found." The human pauses to chuckle before continuing. "Well. I'm sure we both know how this song and dance goes. Though I honestly didn't expect to see you until I reached the judgement hall like all those other times I decided to just kill everyone I find." The human raises the knife with a smile of pure evil. "So lets cut to the chase shall we?"
I clench my teeth as I glare at the human. "I will stop you this time. I won't let you kill my brother again!" I growl and I summon a sharpened bone like how Boss, my brother Papyrus, taught me to. "I will stop you before anymore blood is spilled."
"Bring it on comedian." The human raises the knife up confidently.
That's right... I battled the human... And I remember as I grip my shirt in the chest area I remember how after countless deaths from the human finally the managed to strike me down... How I was tired and my defences dropped... They struck right after I dodged... I also can still remember what happened afterwards.
"Heh. Guess that's it then." I said with a hand on the slash on my torso. If this wasn't the end I would have been glad that the wound isn't dropping to leave a trail; So no one can follow it to kill me since I would be weakened from the wound. "So even when I try I still can't save anyone... Well... Kid... This path won't end well for you... But I suppose that's what this place is... Violence and bloodshed... Heh. I only wanted to stop my bro from dying... Welp." I remove my hand from the slash to shrug. "I guess you fit quite well in this world... I've got to go." I turn and walk away head down as I feel light headed. "Boss... I'm gonna take a nap... Don't be angry..." I ended up collapsing not long after saying those words.
As the memory comes to an end I clench my hand that is no longer covered in blood, into a fist before lowering it to hang at my side.
I was defeated wasn't I? So how am I still here? I bring a hand to rest below my mouth in thought. "I don't get it."
That's when I hear footsteps.
I quickly lower my hand to my side and I turn in which it is then that I see him.
Boss.
He has on his battle armour as expected. His black top piece with spike like shoulder parts as well as small gold markings on one part of it by his right shoulder, a red scarf fluttering slightly as he walks, black tight fitting pants with a red belt that has gold spikes along with a gold skull buckle, his red boots have a pointy end that seems to reach his knees and on his boots is three black strap looking decorations on the front with little gold skulls holding them in place. "Baby! Come home!" He calls sounding upset in more of a sad way than an angry way but at first you'd think he's angry. "Was it something I said? Or did?" He continues walking as he looks around his hand cupping the side of his mouth, that has sharp teeth that is in a line unlike my more round mouth of sharp teeth plus I have a gold tooth as well unlike Boss here, as if to help with the volume. "Just come home or better yet come to me! Either way tell me what I did!" He keeps looking and walking. "Sans! Please! Let me know where you are! Answer me! Do you hate me or something!?"
No! He can't think that I hate him! I don't hate him!
"Boss!" I call as soon as he is almost in front of me. "Boss I'm here!"
He turns and his red eyes that are kind of like mine as we both have red eyes but the eye holes often look more narrowed unlike my own rounder eye holes. His eyes widen as he just stares in horror.
"Boss!" I rush towards him arms outstretched as I try to run to give him a hug... But I go through him and I stop behind him lowering my arms in confusion. I turn around and Boss hasn't seemed to notice me. "Boss?" I stare at him from behind as my mind races with panic.
What's going on!?
Suddenly Boss bends over and picks up something straightening once he has it in his grasp.
I almost gasp when I see that it's my sweater with the slash mark. But I'm wearing it... How can there be two sweaters?!
Boss just walks away holding my hoodie by the hood with it hanging at his side along the hand holding it.
I follow not really sure what else I can do... This... This has to mean I'm dead right...? I mean Boss has my sweater, wait is that dust on it?, yet I still seem to be wearing it, Boss can't see or hear me and I go right through him... Definitely dead. "Boss... I'm sorry..." I say quietly. "I failed you." I then blink as I notice movement so then I watch in surprise as he puts on my sweater over his battle armour meaning the spikes that aren't actually sharp are pressed against his shoulders since they are just for and fabric. I keep following him as I wonder where it is that we were going.
We continue along down through Snowdin forest as I just follow Boss for now.
I glance around deciding to see just how bad things have gotten since I have no idea how long I've been dead for. I see so much dust and a few items in or around the dust as if to try to let someone know who's dust it is.
The items are with the dust at very sentry station we pass.
Doggo left behind his mask.
Dogamy and Dogaressa left behind their axes and so on.
Seeing dust isn't really uncommon down here but it's more than usual. As it taints the air when stirred almost as if it is threatening to suffocate anyone who draws too near to the piles of dust.
Why is dust and violence so common down here?
Well it started all the way back from when both monsters and humans walked on the surface.
Everyone knows this story...
Monsters and humans lived in peace but behind the supposedly friendly faces of monsters hid a darkness. They felt that with their magic they bested humans and that they should be the ones ruling the surface.
With these thoughts came corruption and finally the friendly masks broke.
The monsters declared that if the humans would not bow to them as their superiors then they'll make them by force.
Thus the war began.
Sure monsters fought well with magic but there was something that they had overlooked when it came to the humans.
Humans had their imagination and their inventing skills to make new machines and weapons faster than the monsters. They also knew how to use said weapons and machines unlike monsters who relied too heavily on their magic. With their strength and creations the humans won despite the monsters giving a god damn good fight.
As punishment and to ensure another war would not break out when the monsters recovered the humans sealed us underground.
The barrier blocking our way out can only be destroyed by a power equivalent to seven human souls.
Magic always has consequences like for us monsters it uses stamina or energy to use magic. So we can only use as much magic as our stamina can withstand.
Heh. I guess that something's never change though. I mean even though me, Sans, and Papyrus weren't a part of the war as we were not made during that time it doesn't matter.
Down in the underground it is its own kind of war. But instead of monsters fighting humans we fight each other. It can get so bad that you shouldn't let your guard down when you are in the underground.
Yeah. Things never really change do they?
I turn back to Boss as we just keep walking not running into any monsters along the way since they are either dust or ran like cowards. I remain silent since it's not like he can even hear me right now. I let my thoughts wonder as I wonder what Boss will do now that I'm gone. I wonder if he is trying to find the human. I keep thinking of different scenarios of what might happen next though most involve bloodshed since it's what should be expected.
It just comes down to what kind of bloodshed and who's blood will spill.
I just follow deciding to let those thoughts go as I just keep walking only to pause when I see him walking towards the front door of our house.
Why are we going here?
I follow him inside moving through the door he shuts behind himself and I move around to stand a little diagonally in front of him on his left. I turn to him as he leans against the closed door.
