Destiny liked snow. It was his favorite kind of weather no matter what time of the year it was. That didn't mean he hated heat or the sun, or anything else, but snow was just his favorite. That why, even during the small blizzard, he bundled up and went outside to enjoy it… just for a couple of minutes.

It would've stayed that way if he hadn't heard someone coughing down a little slope from him.

He paused before leaning over the edge, removing his scarf from his mouth so he could speak to whoever was coughing.

"Hello…?" He called softly, a little scared but mostly worried. "Who's coughing…?"

He waited before seeing someone crawl around a rock, stopping beside it because it slightly blocked the blizzard from hitting them. However, that didn't stop it from being cold.

It was a little girl, the same kind of Monster her was, with soft-looking gray fur and sapphire blue eyes. She only had a blue dress to cover her body, although she was wearing 3 necklaces and a bracelet, but even that was torn and barely a piece of fabric alone. She was shivering and looked like she had a cold, in which she probably did due to her current living condition.

Destiny quickly hopped down the slope, confusing and most likely scaring her, and could feel how cold she was from a least a foot away.

"You're freezing…" He mumbled, gaining a small, shaky nod from her. "Don't worry, Destiny is here." He quickly took off his jacket, leaving him in his other layers of clothing, and helped her put it on despite her reluctance.

"Wh-What are you doing…? Y-You'll be c-cold n-now…" She told him. His cheeks went pink upon hearing her voice, which sounded so melodic despite her stuttering. It sounded so hoarse, however, almost as if she had been screaming and crying.

"I'll be fine. A prince never lets a damsel in distress stay distressed." He stated, always seeing things in a fantasy kind of way. He slowly scooped her into his arms, holding her bridal style, and carefully started to walk with her being held close to him.

"Wh-Where are you t-t-taking m-me…?" She asked in a small whisper, sounding fairly scared.

"I'm taking back to my place. I live with all my friends." Destiny replied, gaining a small nod from her as she rested her head against his shoulder.


"Wake up, child…"
"Come on… You can do it…"

Her eyes slowly blinked open, giving her a moment to adjust to her surroundings before alerting her brain that she was in an unfamiliar place. When she looked to her right, she saw a tall skeleton in black and before she could stop herself, she let out a small scream and scrambled as far as she could before pain took over, making her fall back down against the bed she was in.

"Fate, are you okay!? I heard a scream!" Destiny yelled, slamming the door open as he ran into the room. She knew him. She had met him out in the snow. Where was she? Who was the skeleton? "Oh, I see that you've met Dr. Gaster!"

"Wh-Who… Who's Fate…?" She asked softly before looking up at the so-called Gaster with a slightly scared expression. "A-And… Who…?"

"Oh, Fate is the name I decided to call you, since you've been asleep for a couple of days and since it goes along with my name: Destiny." He explained before motioning to Gaster. "And that's Dr. Gaster, but most of us call him Dadster. By most of us, I mean—"

He was cut off by a bunch of footsteps, whose bodies soon ran into the room, stopping by the door. She didn't like crowds.

"These are my friends, who I live with." Destiny told her, pointing to them as he introduced them. "Toriel, Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys and Asgore… And Gaster takes care of all of us."

"Hello."
"Sup?"
"Hello!"
"Hey."
"H-Hi…"
"Good evening."

"Wh-What… happened…?" She asked softly, hiding under the blankets a little bit.

"Well, I found you in the snow and helped you. I went through the blizzard to come back and you feel asleep in my arms, which I didn't mind since you looked so peaceful." Destiny explained, gaining a small nod from her. "I protected you with my life, Fate! Er… I mean…"

"Th-Thank you…" She thanked him softly, making him nod in reply.

"Child, tell me, what is your actual name?" Gaster asked after making the other children leave and go back to bed, making her jump a little bit as she looked at him before looking down at her lap. She seemed to pause as she thought with her breathing a little shaky before she smiled a little bit.

"Fate… My name is Fate." She replied, using the name Destiny had chosen to call her, making him light up with enthusiasm.

"Oh my gosh! You like the name I chose!" Destiny decided before turning to Gaster. "Dadster, can we keep her? Can we, please?"

"Destiny, she's not a dog. How do we know that she doesn't have parents who are worried about her…?" Gaster asked softly, probably thinking that Fate couldn't hear. Destiny just turned to her.

"Fate, do you have parents or relatives?" He asked, making Gaster start freaking out internally before Fate answered.

"No… I don't…" She replied. Suddenly, tears filled her eyes and started to slip down her cheeks as she pulled the blankets closer to her body. Destiny climbed up on the bed quickly with a worried look.

"Fate, what's wrong?" He asked, his voice laced with worry as she started to actually cry.

"Th-They… Th-They're all g-gone…" She sobbed in reply. "D-Dead… a-and j-just gone…"

Destiny suddenly hugged her, making her tense at the contact before relaxing because he just seemed to have that affect on her. She cried more as she hesitated, but then wrapped her arms around him and grabbed onto his shirt, holding herself close to him.

"Please don't cry, Fate. I'll keep you safe from now on, I promise." Destiny promised, making her let out another sob.

"B-But… Destiny…"

"Shh… It's going to be okay…"


{One Week Later…}

This… isn't… good…

Fate woke up from a nightmare suddenly, the shadows around her dancing from her magic before she made them stop, everything becoming still. She laid there for a moment with her thoughts about nearly everything before getting up, heading to Destiny's room quietly. She opened the door and peered in, gently calling for him.

"Fate…?" A voice asked, a shadow coming out of nowhere. She let out a soft yell and held up her hands, summoning black and white arrows and aiming them at her target before they pulled open the door, revealing themself to be Destiny. "St-Stop!"

She froze, putting her arms down slowly as the arrows disappeared, pure horror rushing across her features as she stared at Destiny. This wasn't good… He would be scared and call her a freak…

"D-Destiny… I'm so sorry…" She apologized softly, backing away a bit.

"Fate… What was that?" Destiny asked, sounding a little scared. Fate stuttered out incoherent things before biting her bottom lip, nibbling on it before Destiny smiled at her a bit. "You didn't mean it, did you, Fate? Come here, I don't wanna wake up the others."

Destiny gently rested a hand on her back and lead her into his room, closing the door before climbing up onto his bed, waiting for her to follow. She did so carefully because all she had on was a pair of shorts and a long shirt of his that he had given her.

"Just tell me what that was, okay…?" Destiny asked softly, making her look down at her lap. He noticed that she hadn't removed her jewelry before going to sleep and wondered if there was a reason.

"It's… I have these powers and… They're scary and no one likes them." She replied, fiddling with her necklaces.

"You'd never hurt anyone, right? It's okay." He said before she shook her head a bit.

"The arrows could've launched without my permission and hit you, though…" She replied before sighing. "And… I-I… see things."

"That's pretty cool…" He mumbled. "I can't do those kinds of things… Oh, um, it's probably best if you don't tell Dr. Gaster about this. He's a scientist and…" He paused before noticing how scared she seemed to get when he said the word 'scientist'. He noticed that she was shaking and quickly grabbed a stuffed bear, handing it to Fate. "Nevermind… We'll talk in the morning, okay? I'll protect you from nightmares, I promise."


'This isn't okay…'

Fate sat in what was now her room, hovering and turning a small arrow in circles in front of her face as she sighed. Destiny had tried to help her control her powers, but it was a complete failure. She felt really bad about it, but couldn't help but think about why she shouldn't tell Gaster. What would he do to her, as a scientist?

Thinking about it made her shiver, hugging herself as her breathing went a little shallow. It made her think of them. It made her think of how she ended up in the blizzard in the first place. Her breath hitched as the door opened, revealing Gaster, in which made her reach out quickly and crush her arrow, allowing it to disappear.

"Fate…?" He asked softly, his expression unreadable to her and she quickly became even more afraid of what would happen to her. "Fate, what kind of magic was that? How did you do that?"

"I… I don't know… I've always had it… I-It isn't dangerous unless I make it, it isn't, I promise…" She replied softly, shaking as she stood up to move away from him. "Please don't be angry…" Gaster walked forward slowly and reached out for her, making her curl in on herself out of fear. "Please don't send me away…"

As his hand landed on her shoulder, she yelled out at him, tears starting to stream down her face.

"You can use me for science or whatever, just please don't send me away!" She yelled before starting to sob. Gaster immediately knelt down, wrapping his arms around her and holding her as she cried against his shoulder.

"Fate, where did you get an idea like that? Calm down, child…" Gaster shushed her before pulling away to look at her, wiping some of her tears away. "Listen to me. I would never send you away. You're my child now, no matter what happens. I promise." He pulled her back into a hug, letting her cry as much as she needed. "And the whole science thing… Did Destiny say something about it? Why would I experiment on my own child?"

"I-I don't k-know… I-I'm sorry…" Fate sobbed.

"Don't ever be sorry. You didn't know and you were scared. That's okay."