Hey everyone! I know I have quite a few stories, but this one is going to remain a side story. I'm still going to continue with TLG. This particular story was inspired by an idea Nightfall gave me, so go check them out! Undertale belongs to Toby Fox and CC belongs to me.

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I stared at my computer screen, on the edge of my seat. I was almost done with the genocide route and I was on the final boss. Sans. On the screen, he was attacking me, or more accurately, my soul.

"so, i've got a question for ya. do you think even the worst person can change. . . ? that everybody can be a good person, if they just try?" Sans was saying. I rolled my eyes and jammed my finger against the enter button, wanting to get back to the fight.

"heh heh heh he. . .all right. well here's a better question. do you wanna have a bad time?" I let out a smile as Sans continued with his attack and I lost myself in the game, dodging and attempting to attack him.

"i can't afford not to care anymore." I ignored this line, because I knew it after watching many youtubers play the genocide route. I was going to finish this and beat Sans. Then, as I waited for Sans to announce that he was going to use his special attack, the bones just...stopped. Nothing came. And Sans hadn't even said anything. I tried to move the box around, like I had seen youtubers do, but nothing happened. Then, a beeping noise came from my computer. I looked up to see more text appearing next to Sans.

"look kid," he was saying. "yes, I'm talking to you." I gasped and leaped backwards, knocking over my chair as Sans lifted his hand and pointed at the screen. At me.

"i'll only warn you once kid," Sans continued. "don't do this again." With that, Sans snapped his fingers and the screen went black. I remained where I was, sprawled on the floor, breathing heavily. What just...happened? After a minute, I hesitantly stood up and reached for my computer, pressing the power button. It took a moment, but the glowing apple sign appeared on my screen, indicating that my computer was powering up.

When my desktop finally blinked into view, I quickly opened Undertale and let out a groan as I saw that my progress had all been deleted. It must have been an effect of my computer shutting down. That's all it was. My computer just shut down. The fictional video game skeleton did not turn off my computer.

It took a minute, restarting the game and selecting the start button. I didn't even hesitate as I named my player CC, which I used for all of my gamertags. It stood for Code Cracker, which I had come up with when I was younger. I don't even remember how I had thought of it, but I had been using it for years and I wasn't about to change it.

As my character woke up in the bed of flowers, I immediately got up and walked down the hallway, heading towards where I knew Flowey was. It only took a minute to find him. I let out a sigh and leaned back as he began his dialogue. FInally, he announced the friendliness pellets and I returned to the keyboard, laying my fingers on the arrow keys. I dodged the bullets as I waited for Toriel to show up. When she did, I hurried through the proceedings as quick as possible, not enjoying the trials Toriel decided to put me through. Finally, I confronted her in the corridor, ready to fight. When the familiar box appeared with my soul in it, I made to select the FIGHT option, then stared at the screen. All the options were lined up underneath the box, but the fight button… It was still orange, but a light blue glow surrounded it and there was a pale white bone impaled through the middle. Cracks emanating from the bone. As I tried to select the button, my cursor remained on the ACT button, not letting me use the fight option. As I tried to click it, text appeared on the screen.

your first warning kid. next time i'll do worse. The capitalization was what clued me off. Despite it being impossible, Sans had TALKED to me, and somehow disabled my fight button. The skeleton was playing a game I didn't know the rules to, but I still planned to compete. And I planned to win.

All right. What do you guys think? Please review, it keeps me motivated.

Heres a link to the full cover art, if you want to see it: u/0/photos/photo/105448883832873392864/6558802215701923410?authkey=CKnEqufitfPU6wE

-Hourglass