It was the start of a new game. The residents of this particular Undertale universe knew this, because they were suddenly in their places. This version of them was a little more… aware, in the sense they could 'feel' when a new Player takes control of their world. The last one was… terrible. He did nothing but genocide, time and time again.
Sans, Gaster, Frisk, Flowey and Chara all expected this one to be the same… but the Player wasn't. This Player was kind, and hardly ever died or Loaded. This one didn't even RESET once, justs got them to the end of the pacifist… and then left.
The kind Players presence was still… around, his influence still strong on the world, but the Player never did anything again after SAVEing everyone. This Player had even gone out of their way to, after the game had ended, code in a SOUL for Asriel to continue existing, and for Gaster to be reintroduced to the world, and even went as far as to revive Chara.
The monsters and that were aware are currently in a meeting, discussing the new Player… except for Sans, who was napping. "Lazy pile of bones." Chara mumbled under her breath. "Remind me, we're here about the Player, right?"
"Yes." Asriel said, kicking his feet a little. "What do we do about them?"
"I don't know and frankly I don't care." They huffed a little, but still smiling.
"But we should do something to thank them." Frisk retorted.
"Agreed but what?" Gaster replied, looking much more whole than he did in the void.
"I don't know, what could we do?" Asriel asked.
They all sat there in silence, thinking of multiply ideas ranging from a simple 'thank you easter egg' to a cheat, the latter being shot down immediately. The Player had already shown they were good with code, so it would've been pointless.
Chara seemed to think of something. "What are those called again, simulators?" They wondered. "Maybe we could do something similar?"
"What do you mean?" Asriel asked.
Frisk snapped their fingers. "So like we interact with them and they get to play more but more like a slice of life game."
"Yeah, like that." Chara nodded.
"But wouldn't they still think we're just characters on a screen then?" Asriel asked.
Chara seemed confused. "Wait, you want them to know we're real?"
"Well, why not?" Asriel asked, shrugging. "This Player seems to be one of the few ones that are actually nice, and not just trying to get everything they can out of RESETting a bunch for the different endings."
Gaster scratched his chin. "An interesting idea, but highly improbable."
"Oh!" Frisk clapped their hands once. "Maybe we could bring them here?!"
"How would we do that?" Asriel asked.
They shrugged while Chara looked at Gaster. "Any ideas?"
Gaster cupped his chin in thought. "I suppose we could use the void to bring him here." He closed his eye sockets. "But that's highly risky."
Chara nodedd. "And doesn't sound like a good two way idea, I mean they're bound to have family on their end."
"Actually, I looked through the screen recently… they seem sad most of the time." Asriel brought up.
"By how much?" Frisk said, looking a little worried.
"Like… I rarely saw them happy." Asriel said sadly.
Chara hummed. "Something might have happened? Then again they've been in control for the longest time…" They considered.
"Well, it maybe ok to bring them here." Gaster noted. "But how to safely bring them here? The void is not a highway."
"Well, no matter how we do it, we'll need to expose them a little to the void to change them enough to get into our universe." Asriel said. "Should we give The Player any magic? It might cheer them up."
Frisk scratched their head. "I guess, but would they want it?"
"They seemed to like the more 'fantasy' stuff from what I found on their laptop, and seemed to always be a little excited at the prospect of magic, so I think." Asriel said.
They all nodded. "Then I guess it's decided." Gaster said. "But first, I need to find a way to survive the void."
Later…
I sighed as I trudged my way upstairs and into my room. I had just gotten home from school, and my already bad day just seemed to get worse as it went on. I paused mid-way through my door, looking to the right and at my closet.
Inside there wasn't much, some art and woodshop projects from last year… and some swords. I shakily reached inside of the closet, grabbing the smallest one in there. Turning to my door, I closed and dragged some stuff against it, to 'lock' it, even though my actual lock didn't work.
I sat myself down on my bed, and looked at the swords, shaking. I slowly turned the sword into a reverse grip, holding it with both hands, pointing the blade right at my heart.
I thought I heard a sort of tearing noise, before a boney hand clasped my wrist. "Too close." A mumble behind me said.
I let out a gasp of surprise, turning and dropping my sword, impacting harshly on the ground and looking up at what had appeared. I didn't really focus on whatever it was, shame and fear filling me, making me curl up on the ground and start trembling, eyes watering. " Yo, you can cry later GET GOING!" A child's voice yelled from behind the guy.
"I'm afraid Chara's right, portal's not going to last much longer." The guy in front of me said with a apologetic sigh before I felt myself lift into the air. Without the feeling of being touched.
My eyes widened more at the name, confusion filling me. I was barely able to look at my room one last time, before I was surrounded by pure nothing. I screamed a little as we went through the nothing, thrashing in whatever we were in, feeling like something was… changing me, before it suddenly stopped, and I was on solid ground again… curled up and resuming my crying, but on solid ground again.
There was groan beside me. "Ugh, that could'v been smoother…" The male voice said a little in pain.
"Hey, it worked." The voice from before said grumpily.
"Excuse me? Are you ok?" Another child's voice, much more softer than the last, said.
"N-no." I said shakily, sniffling.
They continued. "Can I help you somehow?"
"W-where… W-why…" I stuttered in confusion, shaking still.
"Welcome to Undertale." The first kids voice say.
"Chara, can you please be more empathetic?" The second voice chastised.
"Frisk, this is me we're talking about." Chara replied.
"Why… does my everything… hurt?" I asked.
"The trip through the void was rough and has affected you." The man's voice said, still sounding pained. "On a large scale."
"E-effected… how?" I asked. I was slowly going from crying and upset to just confused greatly, managing to sit my battered body up and really look at the gathered figures.
The two kids were about Eight years old. One with semi long brown hair reaching the bottom of their neck and tanned skin. They wore a long blue and purple stripes sweater that look a little big for them as their hands were being covered up by it. They also wore a short blue jeans and blue boots. Strangely, her eyes were shut. Not squinting, just shut.
The other was slightly taller than the other with an light shade of brown hair, not as long as the frist's. They were also wearing a striped sweater, this time green and yellow. But instead of blue shorts, they wore simple brown jeans and sneakers. They also wore a golden heart shaped locket. This one did not have their eye's shut, showing their chocolate brown eye with a hint of red in them.
"W-wait… where am I?" I asked, before I noticed something strange. My voice was… squeakier, as if I was younger.
The man beside me grunted again and sounded like he was standing up. "As Chara had put it, welcome to Undertale." He said coming into my view. A Skeleton with a dapper lab coat and holes in his hands with blue and orange pin picks for eyes in his eye sockets. He then offered a hand to me.
I shakily took it, getting up. All that was covering me was my gray shirt that I had been wearing, and I blushed some. "I'm on it." The skeleton said before looking at the kids getting some nods and then disappearing. In two seconds he teleports back with some cloths in his hands. "There's a bathroom just down the hall, go ahead and change there."
"T-thank you." I squeaked, taking them and quickly scurrying to the bathroom. The clothes were a spare tank-top, white, and some blue shorts.
I quickly put the clothes on, before adding my larger shirt over it all, simply because it was comfortable. I walked back, much less nervous. "T-thank you." I said in a small voice again as I went inside.
"You're welcome." The skeleton said before clapping his hands once. "Now then, we should introduce ourselves, no?"
"You should know by now, but I'm Frisk." Frisk said raising a hand into the air.
"Chara." A short wave.
"And I'm Professor Gaster." Gaster gave a short bow.
"I'm-" I started to say, before a stab of pain went through my head, making me clutch my hair, which I noticed seemed to be longer than when I was a child, it around my shoulders, in pain.
Frisk immediately was at my side, supporting me if necessary. "Are you ok?"
"I-i c-can't… remember my name, it… hurts." I whimpered.
Gaster frowned. "Had to be the trip through the void…" He sighed sadly.
"I'm… going to need something to go by." I brought up with a sad expression on my face.
"Like what?" Chara said.
"I… dunno." I said, looking down at my feet. "Uhh… did you guys give me anything when you brought me here? Maybe we could go off that."
Frisk hummed. "We did give some Magic. So maybe Mage or something like that?"
"That… sounds kinda boring though." I said, rubbing my arm.
"Heh, sorry." Frisk said, rubbing the back of their head.
"It's a, uh… good try?" I offered weakly. I sighed, slumping a little.
"How about Para?" Chara suddenly said. I perked up, looking at them. "Like short for Paranormal, since everything just happened has to not be normal for you."
"It's really not." I agreed, nodded a little. I wriggled my toes, frowning. "I need something for my feet eventually… it can wait though."
"S-so, um… what now?" I asked, looking up at Frisk, Chara and Gaster.
"I guess introduce you to everyone first?" Frisk suggested to him.
"U-um, okay." I said, shuffling in place. I… was a very shy child, moving my hair to cover my face. I gasped in surprise when I saw my hair. It was a gleaming silver, with bits of black.
Gaster patted my head before walking towards the hall. "Asriel, we have a guest!" He called out.
We heard feet pounding as someone came towards and I got scared, which was reasonable considering my bodies age, and I quickly ducked under a bed when noone was looking.
They all did hear my scuffling though. "Para?" Frisk said and walking over to me. "Something wrong?" Chara and Gaster had turned to their voice, seeing me under the bed.
"I-i got spooked." I whispered, blushing in embarrassment.
Chara raised an eyebrow. "By an eight year old running down the hall?" They got a glare from Frisk, just as the door opened.
"Howdy, everyone!" Asriel said as he came in, beaming.
"Hey Azzy." Chara greeted him.
"Hello your highness." Gaster bowed politely.
"Where's The Player?" He asked as he looked around.
Chara jabbed a thumb over her shoulder. "Hiding under the bed." They stated bluntly.
"Why?" Asriel asked in confusion.
"Because he got scared from you running." They replied bluntly and an unimpressed look at my direction, earning a light smack from Gaster on the back of the head.
"I never liked loud noises when I was this age." I mumbled in a sad tone, curling up under the bed. "And sometimes my ears would get really sensitive."
Frisk reached over and patted my head. "Hey, it's okay. We all have our fears."
I sighed sadly, looking off to the side, eyes drooping as I slumped. Chara's comment had brought back… memories. "Are they gonna be okay?" I barely heard Asriel whisper. Frisk just shrugged and rubbed my back.
I felt the mood in the room shift as I got depressed, sniffling and barely holding tears back. "I think they might need alone time." Asriel said to the others.
"Are you sure?" Frisk asked him. Gaster had already agreed, before telekinetically grabbing anything dangerous or could be dangerous and teleporting them out.
"Yeah." Asriel said, nodding. "Though if you want to make sure they don't do anything…" Asriel trailed off, shrugging.
"Already done." Gaster said with a nod. "Now come on everyone." He said and everyone, Frisk a little hesitation, went outside the room. With one last snapped of his boney fingers, he locked my magic before closing the door.
I knew he did because I felt a strange energy I hadn't quite noticed before suddenly seem to vanish, though this didn't help my mood in the slightest, sniffling as I let myself cry, silently sobbing.
With the others…
"So how long is this going to last?" Chara said as they sat down on the couch.
"I don't know… you weren't really helping there though, Chara." Asriel said, sighing.
"You do know who you're talking to, right?" They replied, making Frisk facepalm and groan.
"My sibling that used to be able to at least try and comfort me whenever I got upset?" Asriel shot back without hesitation.
"Yeah you, my sibling." They retorted. "You literally the only person I would comfort."
Frisk shook their head. "You comforted Papyrus before."
"Who wouldn't?" Was their reply.
"Jerry." Asriel said. That got the others to nod with a laugh, Chara adding a 'screw Jerry'. Frisk then sat next to Chara and turned on the TV.
Back with me…
It took me a couple of hours, but I eventually managed to get out of my funk enough that I wasn't having… those kind of thoughts anymore. I got up. I looked around, a little scared with being on my own, and quickly went out of the bedroom I was in, walking towards where I heard what sounded like a TV.
"...UNTIL NEXT TIME DARLINGS!" A flamboyant voice yelled before the TV cut to commercials.
"I see you're awake." Gaster said standing several feet behind me.
I jumped, startled, before turning and nodding at the tall skeleton. "Y-yeah." I stuttered quietly.
"Sorry, should have predicted that." He apologised and patted my shoulder.
"I-it's okay, I guess." I mumbled, looking down at the ground.
He frowned. "Are you alright?"
"J-just… processing everything, I guess." I told him. This was all… just so much so fast, the changes to me, where I was now. I was excited, really, but… I was just too overwhelmed to express it right.
"I understand." He said smiling again, more softly.
"You g-guys… actually grabbed me at a g-good time… I was a-about to lose everything." I admitted with a sniffle.
"I know…" Gaster said sympathetically. "But now you can have a better life here."
"S-strange question… but d-did you manage to grab my cats too?" I asked, sniffling.
He blinked before shaking his head no. "But I could try and grab them, if you want?"
"Y-yes, please." I said, nodding. He nodded before teleporting away before suddenly and immediately coming back with two very scared cats, Gaster seeming again a little in pain.
"A-a-are you okay?" I asked as I took the two cats. They seemed to have gotten younger, more like when I first got them… meaning they were kittens again.
He nodded and waved it off. "I'll be fine, traveling through the Void...sucks." Gaster finished unprofessionally.
"Okay…" I trailed off, before I looked at the cats. One was an American Wirehair, and the other a Shorthair. I smiled a little, nuzzling the two kittens, who nuzzled me back.
"Kitties!" Frisks voice suddenly yelled behind Gaster. I whimpered, closing my eyes and forcing myself to stay where I was, shaking. Frisk ran up before stopping short. "Can I pet them?" They said excitly before their face dropped. "Oh, uh sorry."
"I-i-it's o-okay." I said to them, shaking still, but my kittens nuzzling me still helped relax me.
"Still… Can I pet them?" Frisk said, still liking a little guilty.
"Y-yeah. L-let the one t-that looks like cinnamon toast c-crunch smell your hand first, though, h-he's skittish." I warned them, absentmindedly petting the two. They nodded before putting their hand in front of the kitten carefully.
The kitten sniffed at their hand, sniffing their fingers, before rubbing against their index finger, telling them they could pet him and they did eagerly petting both cats with a giggle.
"The black and white kitty is El Mira, and the cinnamon one is Gossamer." I whispered to them.
"They're so cute!" Frisk squealed quietly, making Gaster chuckle at them.
"A warning, w-when I put them d-down… they're gonna get everywhere." I whispered to the two. They nodded in understanding.
"Now then, theres still others that need introducing." Gaster said. "And Asriel didn't get much of a chance as of yet."
"O-okay… where is everyone then?" I asked, kind of nervous. I never thought I'd actually be meeting anyone from this universe, after all.
"Asriel's watching TV with Chara." Frisk said, pointing behind me and down the hall. "Papyrus is at his place, Sans too most likely. Then we'll go into the next block and talk with Undyne then on from there Alphys, Mettaton then Toriel and finally Asgore."
"O-okay." I said, shyly walking towards the couch. Chara did a short wave at me before tapping on Asirel's shoulder.
"What is it, Chara?" Asriel asked, turning to them.
"He's awake." They stated and pointed to me.
"Howdy!" He said after turning to me. I shyly waved after putting both my kittens so that I held them in one arm, shuffling in place.
"H-hi." I said. I didn't have anything else to say, and he didn't seem to either, because we both just stood there awkwardly. Chara just looked between us boredly.
I shuffled nervously, looking anywhere other than at the two. "U-uh… s-so, w-what's happened s-since I l-last… 'played'?" I decided to ask, shuffling.
"Not a lot really." Frisk said before sitting next to me. "Monsters were pretty much welcomed with open arms, minus a few exceptions. So far things have been peaceful."
Chara nodded. "Yep, pretty darn peaceful."
"T-t-that's… good." I said, a smile growing on my face as I set my kittens down so they could explore.
"Yeah, Toriel got a job as a teacher!" Frisk said, almost yelling. I yelped at the sudden noise, slapping my hands over my ears and squeezing my eyes shut, taking a step away. Frisk flinched and looked down. "Sorry…" She mumbled.
"P-please… j-just remember ears." I mumbled, head hurting from too much loud noise. "I… t-think I need headphones, or something."
"Right, sorry…" Frisk apologised again.
"There should be some somewhere." Chara stated offhandedly.
"I'll get them some!" Asriel exclaimed, not noticing my wince and whimper, him getting up from the couch and running into another room.
"My head…" I groaned, whimpering.
"Just how sensitive are you at hearing?" Chara said with general curiousity.
"S-sometimes normal, s-sometimes i-it's like you're y-yelling in my ear i-if your talking normal." I told them. They grunted a bit before keeping quiet and facing the TV again.
I decided to take the empty space at the other end of the couch, leaning against the back of it as I pulled my knees to my chest, hugging my legs.
"You going to be okay?" Frisk said, barely above a whisper.
"Y-yeah… i-it goes away as I g-get older… at least, i-it did in my world." I told them in a mumbled. "C-can I get my m-magic back, by the way? I-i feel… empty."
Gaster snapped his fingers, returning the magic. "Be careful with it."
I nodded, relaxing some with the magic in me again. At that moment, Asriel padded back in with headphones in his hands. They were silver, with black music notes on the earbuds. The soft interior was a steel gray.
I smiled, putting the headphones on, sighing in relief as everything got… quieter. Frisk however blinked. "You know, doesn't this look a little convenient?" They said before pointing at the headphones. "They match his hair and eye color."
"T-they do?" I questioned, blinking in surprise. I knew about my hair, but didn't know about my eyes having changed… they were hazel before.
"Yeah, you eyes are a Steel Grey now." Chara said boredly.
"Oh." I said. I… didn't really know how to feel about any of this. Everything about my appearance just seemed… different than before.
"Hey, just be thankful that trip through the Void didn't mess with you mind." Chara said, earning a glare from Frisk again. "What?"
"Chara, just shut up." Was Frisks reply.
"Like, I don't know, losing my name?" I asked bitterly, tearing up. I gave none of them a chance to react, getting up and running out of the room.
