I posted on my own birthday! I'm 22 as of today (and yes, this is me fishing for birthday wishes in the comments)


Dust… Dust everywhere…

Harry drew his legs up higher and rested his chin on his knees while he looked at his oldest brother talking with Undyne and Alphys. Papyrus's red scarf was wrapped around his neck, hiding the lower half of his face from the rest of the world. That was good. He didn't want to be seen by anyone.

"I'll meet the human before they reach Hotland," Undyne spoke up.
"If they can get past me, be ready to evacuate, Alphys."

"U-Undyne…" the scientist muttered, tears in her eyes.

"They won't get past me, Alphys," Undyne said grinning.
"It's just in case, you know? Better safe than sorry in this case."

"I-I understand…"

"I need to go manage the Snowdin and Waterfall survivors. Warn the people in the Capital, Alph," Sans spoke up.
"Harry will stay here with you. Don't let him out of your sight, deal? He's all I have left now."

Harry closed his eye sockets as translucent green tears slid down his cheekbones. His entire body was trembling in sorrow. He tensed when a hand pressed on top of his skull and looked up at his older brother. Sans sighed and cupped Harry's face gently.

"Don't burn out your eyes, kid," he said quietly.

Harry blinked a few times, realizing his eye sockets must be glowing with magic. He sniffed and wiped his tears away while trying to calm his magic down again.

"There ya go, good boy," Sans murmured, pressing his teeth gently against Harry's temple.
"I need to go, but I want you to stay with Alphys. Don't leave her side, promise me that."

Harry refused to reply and instead looked away stubbornly. Sans sighed in defeat and walked away.

"See ya soon, kiddo," he muttered.

Harry didn't answer, not even when his brother disappeared in one of his 'shortcuts'. The young skeleton hid his face back into his knees and started sobbing more violently, uncaring that Alphys was still in the room. He was mourning the death of his brother. Alphys knew better than to interrupt that.

. . . . .

Harry stared blankly at the screen as Undyne the Undying slowly melted before turning to dust. It might just be him, but he had the odd feeling that this fight had taken much longer than it really had. As if it was meant to have a different outcome. He had hoped Undyne would win, but honestly, he had expected this ending much more. Now there was nothing stopping the human from walking straight into Hotland.

He looked at Alphys with a hollow expression. The Royal Scientist was sobbing uncontrollably, tears streaming down her lizard-like face, but Harry couldn't feel anything. Only rage was left behind.

"You should warn everyone," he murmured.

Alphys jerked and looked at him with wide eyes for a moment before sniffing sadly and nodded.

"… Y-yeah… I-I will…" she whispered.
"L-let's g-get everyone t-together…"

Alphys scurried away instantly, not even looking back to see if Harry was following. That was good. Harry wasn't planning on joining her just yet. Not ever, actually. Not as long as that sadistic brother killer was still walking around.

Once he was sure that Alphys was gone, he wrapped his brother's scarf tighter around his neck and walked out the door. He'd be waiting for the human at the bridge into Hotland and fight them there. He wouldn't let that thing go unpunished after all their crimes here in the Underground.

Hotland was definitely deserving for its name. Even as a skeleton, Harry could feel the scorching heath burn his bones. The scarf didn't help, but he wouldn't take it off until his dying breath, which might come sooner than he'd like, but he was willing to risk it to avenge his brother. He couldn't let that human just do what they pleased. Not with so many lives on the line. Harry looked back at the lab one last time and sighed before crossing the bridge.

Just as he reached his brother's illegal hotdog stand, he already heard soft footsteps crunching on the dry ground. The young skeleton closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He was a little dizzy, so he leaned against the station and waited. He was scared. No, terrified. This human would most likely kill him, but he still had to try. He was a Halfling, he was, logically speaking, the one with the best chances to defeat the human once and for all.

The footsteps grew louder before they stopped in front of him. Harry gave a soft chuckle and opened his eyes, looking into the human's red eyes.

"Hey. I've been waiting for you," he said calmly.

All his fears were gone, and so was the burning rage. Now, all he felt was ice-cold hatred. It was truly the very first time in his life he felt like this. He'd never believed himself capable of this kind of intense hatred. His SOUL color was green for Kindness, after all. It was what he valued most in a person, what he always strived to give to those around him. Not this person though. Their LV was already up to 12. That was pretty bad.

"You know. Papyrus and I, all we ever wanted was to befriend you and show you kindness," Harry said.
"It's what I loved about him so much, ya know? He was kind to everyone indiscriminately. He truly believed you could be a better person… and so did I…"

Harry closed his eyes again and took a deep, calming breath. He could feel the air around him shift, meaning he had now entered a 'fight'. His own tune started playing instantly and he swayed along with it. When he opened his eyes again, they were burning bright green and yellow.

"I don't believe that anymore," he said darkly.
"You're just a disgusting, dirty, brother killing rat!"

The human just gave a high-pitched laugh and crouched down, ready for Harry's first attack. Harry laughed too and lifted a hand, summoning four Gaster Blasters to attack the gutsy human. They dodged and lashed out with their knife, which Harry blocked with a bone.

"You've got guts, kid," Harry gritted out.
"But, heh, good thing I've got a spine."

He lifted a hand again, this time sending a large wave of them crashing onto the human. They hit the human and one pierced their chest, making Harry laugh with humorless glee.

"Burn in hell, you disgusting piece of shit."

. . . . .

The footsteps grew louder before they stopped in front of him. Harry gave a soft chuckle and opened his eyes, looking into the human's red eyes.

"Hey. I've been waiting for you," he said calmly.

Something wasn't right here. He instantly conjured four Gaster Blasters, not trusting the human.

"This feels like deja-vu…" Harry muttered scowling.
"Ah, whatever. Let's just get on with this, alright, Rat?"

The human gave a barking laugh and charged at him, dodging his attack with ease. Harry had barely the opportunity to conjure a bone in time before they were on him. Harry was able to block the human's knife, but the attack rattled his bones.

"You've got guts, kid," Harry gritted out.
"But, heh, good thing I've got a spine."

He lifted a hand again, this time sending a large wave of them crashing onto the human. They jumped and dodged again, a deep scowl of concentration on their face. Harry felt a thrill of fear. It was as if the human had known which attack he would use…

"No matter. I have a lot more where that came from!" he growled.

. . . . .

The light turned the castle hall, known my monsters as 'Judge Hall', a beautiful, soft golden. However, the human teen walking in had no eye for the beauty of their surroundings. They only focused on the short skeleton standing on the other side of the hall.

"Heya," Sans greeted calmly as the human approached.
"You've been busy huh? … So, I've got a question for ya."

The human just stood there, staring at Sans with a blank expression.

"Do you think even the worst person can change…?" Sans asked.
"That everyone can be a good person, if they just try?"

Again, the human didn't say anything and just continued staring, making Sans chuckle bitterly.

"Heh heh heh heh… all right," he sighed.
"Well, here's a better question."

He closed his eye sockets and when he opened them again, the two little dots that usually shone in them were completely gone, leaving two black voids in their wakes.

"Do you wanna have a bad time?" Sans asked darkly, his grin somehow turning hateful without changing outwardly.
"Cause if you take another step forward… you are really not going to like what happens next."

The human scoffed and stepped forward anyway, making Sans's smile widen a little more.

"Welp. Sorry, old lady," the last surviving skeleton sighed.
"This is why I never make promises."

The world turned black and white and the human's soul floated out of their chest, bright red and pulsing with power. Sans glanced at their stats. LV 19, ATK 99, DEF 99, HP 92. They really had killed everyone, hadn't they. The skeleton couldn't help himself from pressing a hand against his chest, where a light green upside down heart pulsed weakly against his own monster soul.

"It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming… On days like this, kids like you…
"Should be burning in hell."

The human tensed at the sudden change in tone at the last part. It had sounded like the younger skeleton. Harry, who they had already killed back in Hotland. Sans's grin turned dark and his left eye started glowing light blue while his right one turned light green instead. Harry's color.

"Get dunked on you dirty brother killer."

. . . . .

Harry sat upright, gasping loudly for breath while pressing a palm against his chest. He'd been having that same nightmare for the past four nights and it was really messing with him by now, but he still couldn't remember what it was about. All he could recall were bright red eyes and an evil grin.

Sighing, he rubbed his eye sockets and slid out of bed. One glance at his alarm clock told him it was 6:30 in the morning. Good enough to get up and prepare breakfast. He had to be fast anyway, because if Papyrus got to the kitchen before him, it would be spaghetti as breakfast, lunch and dinner and that was a little too much in Harry's opinion.


A bit of a shorter chapter, but I feel that everything that needed to be said here has been said, so anything else will come in the next chapter!