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I said nope with each dodge, making their frown deepen as I ducked under a stab, swinging up at their chin with my Tough Glove, making them jump back as pens rose from the earth with my swing, forcing them to raise their arms in a block.
I jumped up, spinning and bringing one foot down towards their head, making them spin and catch me by the foot, throwing me across the throne room and into the wall with a thud.
I groaned, before suddenly moving my head to the side, their knife sticking through the wall where my head once was.
I placed one palm on their abdomen, ink suddenly shooting out from my sleeve and slamming into them, wrapping around their abdomen and smashing them around on all of the walls.
They cut down the hand mid swing, spinning and landing on their feet, shooting off at me. I ducked and dodged around swings, ducking under their arm and popping out behind them.
I swung at them with my pen, and they jumped, back flipping over me and landing behind me, stabbing at me once.
I spun around, a key blocking their stab as a giant pencil appeared strapped to my arm, allowing me to stiff arm them in the face, throwing them back across the throne room.
They skidded, hitting the wall and stopping, glaring as they wiped blood from their chin, blood running from their mouth.
I said nothing, bringing one hand into the air, Beat Blasters appearing behind me as I brought my hand down, beams firing at them just as they jumped up, throwing their knife down at me as I jumped back.
Their knife stuck into the ground, and they landed, pulling it from the dirt and shooting off at me.
I deflected the stab with the pencil still on my arm, shooting forward and slamming my elbow into their stomach.
They hunched over, before grabbing me, pulling me off balance and upside down as they pulled me up into the air, preparing to slam me head first into the ground.
"Have I ever-" Ink shot from my sleeves, grabbing them by the legs and throwing them to the side, forcing them to drop me.
"Told you that you're freakishly strong?" I said, standing from one knee.
"It's nice to hear." They grinned, blood running from above their hairline from colliding head first with the wall.
"So," I thrust one arm forward, pens shooting at them as they ducked and dodged, jumping up above a few and catching one, spinning and knocking away another with it.
"What try is this again?" I questioned, jumping back on top of a Beat Blaster and rising into the sky as they stabbed down on where I once was, it firing at them.
"Seven hundred something, I think." They rolled to the side, the beam exploding into the flowers.
"Uh... Snap, I know I had it just a second ago." I ducked, the Beat Blaster I stood on sinking as they jumped at me, swinging just over my head before I was lifted back up above them, blasting them into the ground as they fell.
"Hm... Try 711 was when I stabbed you in the face... And that was two tries ago..." Chara stood from the crater, now at half health.
"Oh, right! So we're at try 713." I threw my hands down, pens shooting at them diagonally as they jumped back, evading.
Chapter 7: Light
*Check:
Wing Ding Gaster ATK: ? DEF: ?
*He shouldn't be here.
*This shouldn't be possible.
"Seven hundred and thirteen..." Mettaton said, eyes wide as a heard of monsters had appeared to watch, Alphys having moved the fight to a much larger screen, which hung on the wall of the bunker they were all in.
"He's... He's really been at this for awhile, then..." Alphys said, eyes wide as Cter moved to the left, Chara's knife cutting into their arm.
Cter swung his left hand at them as he jumped away, a giant eraser coming at them from the side, forcing them to jump back away from him.
"I almost wish I could remember all of these fights." Monster Kid said.
"Trust me, no you don't." Grillby pushed up his glasses.
"Speak for yourself! I wish I could remember every time that brat got put in his place!" Mad Dummy exclaimed, floating behind Grillby.
"... Have you ever been on fire, Dummy?" Grillby glanced at Mad Dummy out of the corner of his eye, one finger still on his glasses.
"... U-uh... Sorry..." Mad Dummy grumbled, glancing to the side.
"I... I almost wish I'd done something back in Ruins... If I'd fought them there, they never would have been able to get passed me... And they wouldn't have been able to hurt anyone else..." Napstablook looked down, memories of Gerson flooding back.
"Don't worry about it now, Blooky!" Mettaton told him firmly. "Because if you had spent so much time fighting that little weirdo, I don't know what I would have done without you."
Grillby watched the screen, paying no mind to the others.
... When is this going to end?
There seemed to be only one floating white block covering a part of Gaster now, and he looked through different holes, trying desperately to find it.
"Just a little longer... Another retry or two..." He said, looking over his shoulder at the fight.
Cter smashed them around, holding his stomach as blood seeped through his hand and lips, health bar down to 1/20.
He held them by the neck with an ink hand coming from his sleeve.
"I've got the strangest feeling..." I told them, slamming them down one last time before the ink splattered to the ground.
"That this is all gonna come to a close soon." I closed my eyes for just a moment, blood dripping from my mouth.
"Heh... That so..?" They pushed themselves from the ground, their health also at 1.
"Y'know, Sans got the same way you are just before I permanently wiped that stupid grin off of his face." Chara grinned, shooting off of the ground at me, pulling back their knife.
"Heh... Well don't you know how to make someone feel special?" I jumped to the side, their knife stabbing by me as I pulled my leg back, mustering all of my energy into one solid kick to their chest, sending them exploding back with a loud crack.
Whether it was from their sternum or my femur, I'll never know.
Shatter.
I fell back onto my bottom, panting heavily.
"Is that kid... Are they as tired as I am..?" I wondered aloud, gasping for breath.
I pulled out a piece of pie from my inventory, smiling lightly as I ate it with a small fork.
"It's just as good as I always imagined it would be..." Though bags drooped under my eyes from emotional and physical exhaustion, I still smiled lightly.
"But I can feel it... I'm making progress. Another hundred tries or so, they'll give up. I can feel it..." I fell backwards, finishing my pie and closing my eyes.
"I-i... Is he sleeping..?" Alphys asked, arching a brow at the human through the screen.
"He's probably exhausted from all this hard work. Ahuhuhu~" Muffet said, and Alphys couldn't help but take a small step away from her as she invaded her personal space.
"So like... Do you just add 'Ahuhuhu' to the end of every sentence ooor?" Royal Guard 01 questioned, and Muffet shrugged.
"I think it really spices things up~" She said.
Burger Pants sighed, lowering his blunt and giving that strange grin of his as he looked up at the screen.
"I just hope we get this all over with soon..." He said. "And I'm glad I don't have to sell anything to that little weirdo."
Suddenly, the air seemed to be alight with electricity, the space above them seeming to crack before a flash and a loud bang occurred.
"... Whoa..." Burger Pants managed to say.
Grillby was the first one to stand before the shrouded figure, rolling up his sleeves.
"... You better have a good explanation, whoever you are." Grillby told them, flames rising from his arms.
"I..." Gaster looked up slowly, looking around.
"... This is strange..." He placed a hand on his head, rising and shaking his head.
"I... I'm sorry, my head is a little fuzzy... Jumping back into reality is... Somewhat difficult."
"... Do I... Know you..?" Grillby looked at Gaster closely, eyes narrowing.
"Well, yes, but that's not important right now." Gaster looked to the screen, watching as Cter slept.
"Quickly, all of you, follow me." Gaster said, another hole opening before him.
"Why should we like, trust you n'stuff?" Royal Guard 02 questioned, arching a brow at him.
"Yeah, like, you just popped up outta thin air!" 01 added.
"There's no time! If you wish to stop the child, you must come with me!" Gaster's right eye glowed orange as his left glowed blue, and Grillby's eyes narrowed before he looked back to everyone else, motioning for them to follow.
I mean, with all of these monsters, what could one weird looking skeleton do?
I awoke with another flash, finding myself landing on the ground.
"huh? Eh..? What..? Oh... Right..." I rubbed my head, yawning as I stared them down once again.
"What, are you tired?" They looked as if they were about to continue, when I held up one finger.
"Shh, don't say anything about taking a dirt nap." I said, and they frowned.
"I wasn't going to-"
"Lying will get you nowhere." I smirked lightly, snapping as I stood.
Pens and pencils appeared floating behind me, two Beat Blasters appearing at my sides as ink whirled around my feet.
"I think I'll speed through these next couple kills. I'm getting bored." I was about to thrust one arm forward, when the air between us crackled, a boom following the flash.
"... Uh..." Chara and I stared with a confused expression at the horde of Monsters that had just kind of...Appeared there.
"What um... What's goin' on here..?" I questioned, and Chara took a step back, Gaster dusting himself off as he shook his head.
"You!" Gaster said, eyes glowing as he looked to Chara, who gulped.
"I have had enough of your game!" Gaster reached out, and their heart was suddenly blue as he slammed them from wall to wall, everyone, including myself, watching in shock.
"Wh-o t-he h-ell ar-e yo-u?!" Chara asked as they were tossed back and forth.
"YO!" My eyes widened as Monster Kid burst off the ground to me, tackling me in a hug.
"Gah! Uh, it's... Nice to see you too, but this really isn't the time for me to be on the ground, Kid!" I said, watching as Mettaton and Grillby stood between Chara and I, Chara still being slammed around.
"All that fighting was really messing you up and I couldn't do anything and I was worried they were gonna win and-"
"Kid! Chill! I'm fine, everything's fine!" I said, watching as Chara stood slowly, panting and glaring at me.
"You! What the hell is this?! This isn't supposed to happen! It's just supposed to be you and me, this is cheating!" They grit their teeth, and I shrugged.
"I didn't have anything to do with this. But that expression..." Their eye twitched as I stood, Monster Kid standing behind me.
"That's the expression of someone who just sunk into some deeeeeeeeep sh!t."
"You said it~ Ahuhuhuhu~" Muffet crossed her six arms, spiders crawling behind her.
"The barrier's closed, kid." Grillby pushed up his glasses.
"A-A-and if you wanna get to it, you'll have to get through all of us!" Alphys said, glaring.
"Not so easy when you're the one fighting alone, huh, darling?" Mettaton smirked, arching a brow at them.
"And if you think you're gonna get anymore help from me," Flowey popped up in the entrance behind me, Asgore standing behind him.
"You've got another thing coming." Asgore told them firmly, keeping a tight grip on his trident.
"I've been waiting for this for awhile, brat!" Mad Dummy said, his Bullets floating behind him.
"Undyne, we'll avenge you." 01 and 02 said in unison.
"And it's time for me to do what I... What I should have done a long time ago..." Napstablook added.
*You feel your sins trying in vain to pull themselves from your back.
"Heh, see what good friends can be?" I smirked, reaching up and snapping, pens and pencils and Beat Blasters appearing throughout the sky.
Hopes and Dreams/SAVE The World/His Theme (Undertale) Metal Remix by SixteenthInMono (Just the Hopes and Dreams/SAVE The World part, not the His Theme part.) Began playing in the background with my snap.
"Are you ready?" Gaster asked, blue and orange bones appearing throughout the sky.
"Because kid, if I were you," I threw my hand down, pens and pencils raining down as the wall at the door behind them fell.
"I'd be running like hell right about now."
They took my advice, shooting off through the door as the ground behind them exploded with attacks.
Just as they reached the end of the Judgement Hall, however, a vine grabbed them by the leg, forcing them to fall on their face.
they looked up, the vine unwrapping from their leg just in time for them to jump back, fire exploding over the ground where they once were.
"I wouldn't try that, if I were you." Gaster said as they made it to the door out of the Judgement Hall, a Gaster Blaster standing in their way.
They jumped to the side, the beam exploding into the wall as they landed on one hand, jumping back as a Beat Blaster fired into the ground right where they once were.
They spun around, cutting down three small Metta-Bots before dodging a barrage of bombs sent flying at them.
Bullets followed, one grazing their shoulder before blue bones shot from the ground, and they forced themselves not to move a muscle, the bones fazing through them.
They were suddenly lifted, heart blue as they were slammed into the ceiling and then dropped to fall to the ground.
They landed on their feet, panting before jumping to the side, fire and pedals shooting after them.
They jumped, flipping over the stars shot from the Royal Guards, landing on their feet and shooting off directly at me, roaring in anger.
"You won't win! I'll never lose to you!" They said, infuriated as I dodged their rapid swings, their knife coming from above before a spider web shot by, blocking the knife.
"W-what?!" They looked up, watching as their knife was wrapped in spider web.
They let go of the knife, jumping back as they pulled a burnt frying pan from their inventory, jumping at me again, only for me to side step it.
"You really shoulda just accepted the hug, dirt bag." I rose my left hand, pens shooting from the ground under them as they jumped into the air, Napstablook's acid rain shooting at them.
They were grabbed by a fire hand, Grillby pulling them towards him as Asgore jumped in front, pulling back his trident and smacking them back across the hall as if they were a baseball and he was holding a bat.
They slammed into the wall, exploding through it and out into the walk way, where they stood slowly, coughing blood into one hand.
"Curtains are closing, darling." Mettaton smirked, and they ran as fast as their weak body could manage towards him, stumbling and roaring.
Mettaton spun to the side, pulling back one leg and slamming it into their abdomen, throwing them back into the air.
Gaster rose one hand, taking hold of them and slamming them down into the ground.
They tried to crawl weakly away, but I stomped over to them, hands clenched into fists as I grabbed them by the shoulder and flipping them around, lifting them up by their collar.
"This is for Toriel!" I slammed one Tough Glove into their face, throwing them back through the air.
"This is for Papyrus!" I jumped, spinning in air and slamming my heel down on their skull, sending them exploding into the earth.
"This is for Undyne!" I came from above, slamming both feet down into their chest and deepening the crater.
"This is for Sans!" I grabbed them by the collar once again, and though they spat blood in my face, I still kneed them in the chest as hard as I could.
"And this... This is for everyone else you've hurt a hundred times over!" I pulled back my left hand, pens forming around my fist as I punched, my fist slamming right into the heart on their chest as the pencils formed a circle around it, stabbing deep into their chest.
"Now I'm gonna take this soul whether you like it or not!" I grabbed onto the red heart on their chest, and they grabbed my arm, trying to stop my pulling.
"No!" They shook their head, blood dripping from their right eye as it glowed red.
"You can't have it! It's mine! I won't go back! I won't!" They shook their head.
"You think I'm giving you a choice?!"
"If I can't win like this, then I'll just take someone else!" They suddenly looked directly into my eyes, and as I kept a tight grip on their soul, I felt a dark pulse run up my arm and to my soul.
A red aura exploded out around us, the others taking a step back.
"... That can't be good..." Grillby said, taking a step back.
"No, it can't." Gaster agreed.
I found myself floating in a black void, the only light coming from the glowing red heart looming over me.
"... Where..?" I rubbed my head, feeling a little fuzzy.
"You really thought you had me, didn't you?" Chara's voice echoed through the black space, and I looked to see them standing atop the red heart.
"But it's all over now." They grinned. "I'm going to take your soul, and I'm going to kill all of your friends!"
"... That so?" I stopped my floating, standing up straight as I stared up at them.
*You feel fear grip your DETERMINATION.
"Yes, that is so!" Chara yelled, clearly irritated.
"So we're uh... Inside of me? Like, with my mind and what not?" I looked around.
"Yes." They grinned.
"And that cage over there is holding..." My eyes narrowed as I looked at a distant cage, which had a child with their face buried in their knees.
"Yes." They nodded.
"..."
"So do you get it now? You never stood a chance! You've only brought your friends here to die!" Thy began laughing.
They laughed for awhile, before figuring out that someone was laughing with them.
"... Hey, what's so funny?!" They demanded to know.
"You said we were in my mind, right?" I grinned, crossing my arms.
"Yes... What about that is hilarious?" Their eyes narrowed.
"Well, ya see, my uh... Profession, kinda required a lot of imagination." I said, floating up to be eye level with them, much to their surprise.
"And if I had to guess, I'd say weaponizing it against a little body hopper like you wouldn't be too difficult." I snapped, pens, pencils, Beat Blasters, and all other weapons appearing behind me.
"In short..."
They gulped, eyes widening.
"You came to the wrong neighborhood, mother f#cker."
They jumped back, pens and pencils shooting through the air where they once were.
They found themselves surrounded by Beat Blasters, all firing at once, engulfing them.
"Somethin' tells me there's no loading a SAVE when you die as just a soul, is there?" I arched a brow at them, smirking.
They roared, shooting up at me and stabbing, though I disappeared, reappearing behind them.
"I like this." An ink hand shot from the ground, grabbing them and slamming them back and forth into the ground.
"This is like, the definition of Home Court Advantage." My eyes followed them as they were eventually thrown, shooting off into the darkness before the flash of a giant Beat Blaster was seen in the distance, and they were suddenly flying back, smoke spiraling off of them.
"I HAAAAAAATE YOOOOUUUUU!" They yelled as they shot by, a giant eraser coming down and catching them, smashing them into the dirt before moving up, only to smash down on them again. And again. And again.
Chara grunted, attempting to get up. "No... Not like this... I'm not going to lose!"
"Frisk!" They looked back to the caged human, who looked up in surprise.
"H-help me out of this, and maybe I'll let you take control sometimes! H-how does that sound?!" They asked, clearly distressed.
"I..." They looked to the side, the cage door opening slowly.
"C-c'mon, why the hesitation? You do trust me, don't you?"
I arched a brow at Frisk, crossing my arms.
"I..." Their eyes narrowed, and they looked up. "... No."
"... What?!" Chara's eyes widened as Frisk stood.
"I said no!" Their hands clenched into fists. "I'm done being your pawn, and I'm done playing your game!"
"... Oh this is bad..." They gulped, looking back up at me.
"Now why don't you do me a favor..." I rose both hands into the air, Beat Blasters, ink spikes, pens and pencils, keys, erasers, and paper airplanes appearing behind me.
"And get the hell out of my head."
"A-alright, fine!" They said. "But... I'll be back..! You can't escape me! And when I come back, I'll- Gah!" They disappeared, my attacks hitting the ground where they once were.
"Aaaah shaddap!" I said, putting on my best Daffy Duck voice as I did so.
I sighed, floating down to the ground and walking on over to the other human.
"So... You're Frisk, right?" I asked, and they nodded.
I offered one hand for a hand shake, smiling. "Nice to finally meet you."
There was a flash, and I found myself being shaken by Alphys.
"Cter? Cter, are you alright?!" Alphys asked, and I nodded, sitting up and rubbing my head.
The song switched to His Theme by SixteenthInMono as I nodded, smiling lightly at the people that surrounded me.
"I told you that you were gonna shine, darling." Mettaton helped me up, and I laughed lightly, nodding.
"... So, what about the kid?" Grillby stared down at Frisk, fire spiraling up from his arms at the unconscious human.
"Step back, Grillby. It's a long story but... They aren't gonna hurt anyone anymore." I said, standing between the monsters and Frisk.
"So... The ghost is gone?" Gaster asked, and I nodded.
"They won't be bothering us any time soon." I gave a thumbs up, smiling.
"You... You really did it..." Monster Kid said, a smile tugging at his dropped jaw.
"Was there ever any doubt?" I shrugged, smiling wide.
"Not from me~ Ahuhuhuhu~" Muffet gave a fang filled smile, or possibly grin.
"I'll go make tea for when they wake up." Asgore said, stepping out.
I sighed tiredly, sitting down in front of them and waiting, closing my eyes for a moment.
It was finally over.
Or, half over, I guess.
"I did it, guys..." I took hold of one of Sans' sleeves and Papyrus' scarf, feeling tears of relief rise to my eyes.
"H-huh..?"
My eyes snapped open, and I looked to see Frisk slowly sitting up, putting a hand over the red heart now on their chest, instead of just the outline of one.
All of the monsters tensed, and they looked around at the horde around them, eyes wide.
"U-uh... Hi..?" They laughed nervously, gulping.
"Don't worry, nobody's gonna hurt you." I stood, offering them my hand.
"I'll make sure of i-" I was cut off as they jumped up, grabbing me in a hug and immediately sobbing into my shoulder.
"Thank you thank you thank you..." They muttered as they cried, and I sighed, slowly returning the hug.
Cheers erupted from the silent monsters, and I felt myself crying as well.
"I'm so sorry..." They shook their head, eyelids clenched tightly together as they cried.
"It's okay... Just don't stab me again, okay?" I tried to joke, but it only resulted in more sobbing.
After awhile, the flow of tears stopped.
"W-well..." I took a step back, wiping my tears away. "I think about time we made this right, huh?"
They nodded, a look of DETERMINATION on their face.
"So... We aren't gonna remember any of this?" Monster Kid asked, and I nodded.
"Most of you won't remember, no." I shook my head.
"So... I won't remember us being friends..?" Monster Kid asked.
"Hey, don't worry about it." I smiled. "Because when we meet again, I'll just be your friend again."
"H-heh... Yeah..." They smiled, and I gave them a thumbs up.
"C-Cter... I can't thank you enough for all of this..." Alphys rubbed the back of her neck.
"Because you didn't really have to do any of this, did you? Ahuhuhu, how kind of you." Muffet smiled.
"You could have just stayed in the Ruins... That's probably what I would have done..." Napstablook looked to the side.
"But you knew that punk needed to be stomped!" Mad Dummy added.
"And I knew I'd stumbled across the right human." Gaster smiled, crossing his arms.
"We never had any doubts, darling." Mettaton smiled as well.
"You're, like, pretty cool." 01 said.
"Yeah, like, awesome." 02 added.
"And you managed to get me a day off, so that was pretty cool." Burger Pants breathed out a burst of smoke.
"... Good job." Grillby gave a thumbs up.
"I guess you aren't as dumb as I thought. And your not a coward, either." Flowey looked to the side.
"You've done more for us than we can ever thank you for." Asgore handed me a cup of tea, giving one to Frisk as well.
My face hurt from the big smile on it, but I couldn't manage to push it down.
Frisk sipped from their tea, watching quietly as they stared at the ground.
"So... Are you two ready?" Gaster asked.
"... Yeah, yeah I think so." I nodded, looking over at Frisk. "What about you?"
They nodded, smiling.
"I'll... I'll see all of you soon, okay?" I waved as Gaster opened another rift in front of us.
They all waved as well, smiling happily. Happier than I'd seen them all in awhile. Or, at all.
Frisk, Gaster, and I stepped into the portal, and it closed behind us.
Grillby sighed, unrolling his sleeves and pushing up his glasses, placing his hands in his pockets.
He turned around, walking towards the elevator.
"Where are you going?" Mettaton arched a brow at Grillby, the music fading out.
"... I'm going to Grillby's, of course. I like to be at home before things... Well." Grillby sighed, opening the elevator, which closed behind him, the elevator leaving.
"So... This is uh... Where you've been?" I looked around, hearing the ticking of clocks throughout the blank space.
"Yes. I wouldn't call it home sweet home, but I've gotten used to it over the ages." Gaster came to one portal, showing the Start Screen.
"Here we are." Gaster said, hands in his black lab coat pockets.
Gaster stepped through the portal, and Frisk and I glanced at one another before stepping through it as well.
"Well Frisk, you're the only one here DETERMINED enough to press it." Gaster said, standing back behind me, just in front of his portal.
"I... I really can't thank you two enough for this. I... I just couldn't stop, there was nothing I could do and-" Tears formed in Frisk's eyes before they were cut off.
"Frisk, stop. That doesn't matter now. We're going to fix it." I put a hand on their shoulder.
"But... But what if I RESET again... W-what if I..." They looked down.
"Well then we'll just have to destroy this RESET button once we're finished here." I gave a friendly grin, but they flinched lightly when they saw it, as if they'd seen a ghost.
"Did you really think I'd let you have the first move?"
"Y-yeah..." They grabbed their arm.
They reached for the button, and as they did, I felt Gaster grab the back of my shirt, yanking me back through the portal as the button was pressed, the world before us RESETing.
"Gah!" I said as we fell back into the portal, landing on our bottoms and bouncing once.
"Gaster, what was that?" I looked up at him as he stood, dusting himself off.
"My apologies. But if I'd let you stay there for the RESET, you would have lost your magic powers." Gaster said, watching as the world seemed to go back through time through the portal.
"So?" I asked, standing as well.
"Do you not remember what Chara told you?" Gaster arched a brow at me. "They said they'd be back. And if they do come back, and they do have the strength to cause trouble again, you're going to want to have your powers for it."
"Wait... How did you know they said that?" I arched a brow at Gaster.
"I have my ways." Gaster said, shrugging. He looked back through the portal, watching as Frisk fell down through Mount. Ebott once more.
"In a few minutes I can send you back." Gaster and I watched as Frisk eventually got up, stumbling into the next room, where Flowey sat waiting for them.
"So, we're back to square one." Flowey said, and Frisk nodded.
"Heheh... Well, alright then." Flowey grinned.
"Down here, LOVE is spread through little friendliness pellets..."
"Hey, Gaster, hang onto these." I pulled off Papyrus' scarf and Sans' sweatshirt, handing them to Gaster.
"Hm? What for?" Gaster asked as he took them.
"Well, Sans and Papyrus will have them back, so it'd be weird if I had an exact copy of each of them when I got there." I shrugged.
"Besides... I don't exactly want any keepsakes from last timeline." I looked to the side, eyes narrowing.
"... Okay, for you, I'll hang onto them." Gaster ever so casually wrapped the scarf around his neck, holding the sweat shirt over his shoulder.
"Heh." I gave a thumbs up.
There was a moment of silence, before Gaster began to speak.
"In this time, I have something I wish to talk to you about." Gaster looked back to me.
"What's up?" I arched a brow at him.
"Cter... You did more then just attract my attention when you messed with the files as much as you did." Gaster's eyes narrowed.
"I'm not entirely sure how it happened but... You created... Well, something or someone that has been going around destroying timelines and multiverses." Gaster glanced to the side.
"Anything that is abnormal, anamolies, glitches, alternate scenarios... They're all being destroyed." Gaster said.
"From what the other Gaster's have told me... He's quiet dangerous. Some kind of freakish puppeteer." Gaster looked disturbed.
"Even the Gaster's have been disappearing. We usually try to stop him just before he reaches our universes..." Gaster looked down.
"This usually wouldn't be a problem but... With your intervention, this has officially become one of those 'glitches'." Gaster used airquotes over the word.
"So... You're saying that he's coming for us?" I said, eyes wide.
"He's almost here, Cter." Gaster put a hand on my shoulder.
"I am complete, so I'm stronger than the other Gasters. I might be able to stop him, but if I can't..." Gaster looked away.
"... You should hope that I can."
"... Well, would you look at the time." Gaster looked up to one of the many floating clocks above us.
"I believe it's time you got back." And just like that, I was being shoved through the portal.
And just like that, I was falling into that pit again.
Gaster sighed, looking around. "I suppose I should prepare for my guest..."
Golden pedals and blinding light.
That's what I woke up to that morning.
Not a flash, not that freak's murderous glare. Just that light burning my eyes from the top of that hole.
"Well, that doesn't feel any better the second time..." I sat up, rubbing my head and looking ahead to the doorway.
"Might as well get right to it..." I stood, stretching and walking through the door.
"Howdy."
I arched a brow at the flower, surprised to see him there.
"I didn't think I'd be seeing you again." I arched a brow at him.
"Look, Cter, just because I helped you beat Chara doesn't mean I'm your friend now." Flowey grinned as I rolled my eyes.
"You're really gonna wish you had those Magic Powers. I know you lost them in the RESET." Flowey's face morphed to match his emotions.
"Not like I need them. We'll beat you without magic." I crossed my arms. "You're kind of just a plant, Flowey." I played dumb.
"Heh... Sure you will." Flowey rolled his eyes. "Well, see you soon..."
And just like that, he was back in the ground.
"Can't wait to see the look on his face when I fill him full'a pens." I whistled, balancing my pen on my finger as I continued through the Ruins.
No dust.
The dummy was okay.
Spiders at Spider Bake Sale.
Froggits still sitting around.
All the monsters I passed looked pretty happy with themselves, Froggit's croaking tunes.
None of them even tried to attack me, and soon enough I'd made it to Toriel's home.
*The hope of a new beginning fills you with DETERMINATION.
I stepped past the Save Point, walking up to Toriel's door, knocking twice.
"Now who could that be?" I heard a voice behind the door.
"The monsters around here are usually too intimidated to speak with me..." I heard footsteps coming towards the door.
I felt strangely nervous. Almost like I expected to see her falling to dust. Like I expected to see that kid staring back at me, murder in their eyes.
The door opened slowly, at least to me.
Toriel gasped, and I gave a small wave.
"Um... Hi..?" I said skeptically, and Toriel smiled lightly.
"Why, I wasn't expecting this! Usually humans don't fall down here this often..." Toriel glanced to the side, before looking back to me, smiling.
"It must have been scary coming through the Ruins all alone, but fear not." Toriel took my hand, leading me into her home.
"I am Toriel, and I will make sure no one hurts you." She promised, letting go of my hand and leading me through her home.
"Actually, another human fell down here just a few hours ago." Toriel said, leading me down a hallway to the first room in it.
"They were so exhausted they went right to sleep." Toriel smiled lightly, opening the door so that a small sliver of light shinned into the room, looking at the child sleeping in the room's only bed.
She closed the door, looking back to me.
"I actually don't have any other bedrooms, so I'm afraid you'll have to share with the other human. That is okay, I hope?" She arched a brow, and I nodded.
"It's fine." I smiled. "Thank you."
Toriel walked back down the hallway, and I watched her leave, sighing once she was gone.
I slowly opened the door, creeping into the dark room and stepping over the slice of pie.
I looked down at Frisk, who still seemed to be asleep.
I couldn't help but see the image of their body laying lifeless in a pile of ink, eyes wide and mouth hanging open in what was a failed attempt to find air.
Full of pens.
Crushed under a key.
Sliced by airplanes.
Smashed by an eraser.
Scorched by a Beat Blaster.
I sighed, taking a deep breath and sitting down against the dresser, closing my eyes for a moment.
"... Cter..?"
My eyes snapped open, before I calmed slightly.
"Yeah..?" I glanced over at Frisk as they sat up.
"I'm... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."
"..." I looked down. "I know, Frisk. I know."
"So uh..." I stood, walking over to them. "Friends?" I extended my left hand to them.
"Uh... I still remember what you told me that hand was for." They joked, smiling lightly, and I laughed lightly, sitting at the foot of their bed.
"Alright, alright. Fair enough." I waved a hand dismissively.
"... So..." They looked down. "That thing you said before... About this whole thing literally being a game where you're from..?" Frisk looked over at me.
"Well Frisk, universes are tricky. There could be a universe where my universe is a game. Maybe somewhere in this universe there is a video game of my universe. Don't waste your time worrying about it." I shrugged.
"I mean, just because supposedly a bunch of people are pressing keys and that's what's making you move, doesn't make what you're doing mean any less here. Your decisions are still your own. Whatever you decide to happen happens. If you decide something, and they say otherwise, well, that can't happen." I held my chin.
"Does that make sense?"
"A... A little, I think." Frisk said, thinking.
"Don't waste too much time on it. It's pretty clear now that this isn't just a game." I leaned my head back against the wall, raising one knee and resting my arm on it.
"Hm..." They nodded.
"... Frisk, there's something that's been bothering me. Well, it's a question a lot of people who play the game ask." I looked over at them.
"What is it?" They arched a brow.
"Uh... Are you a boy or a girl?" I questioned, and they looked slightly surprised, before looking to be thinking.
"Hm..." A menu popped up before them, buttons reading FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, and MERCY floating there.
They hit ACT, which brought up another menu, which to me showed two options, though the words were backwards from my angle.
trilF* and kcehC*
They grinned lightly as they hit one of the options.
I realized the option spelled from their angle was *Flirt.
"Why don't you find out?" They wiggled their eyebrows at me.
I proceeded to scoot away.
They burst into laughter, holding their stomach as they fell back, kicking their feet.
"You really know how to cut the tension, don't ya?" I laughed lightly.
It was nice to hear them laugh.
It was quite different from the usual pained yells.
Their laughter suddenly sounded like the psychotic laughs of that other kid, and my eyes widened, my head snapping to look at them as I had drawn my pen in an instant.
"Ha... Ha..? Uh... Cter, you alright?" They asked, and I sighed, lowering my hand.
I had been about to snap, summoning... Well, you know.
"S-sorry... I just uh..." I closed my eyes for a moment.
"I'm tired." I said, standing.
"We've got a lot to do so... We should probably get some rest." I leaned against the dresser once again.
"U-uh... Hey, you can have the bed if you want. I-I mean, you deserve it a lot more than I do." Frisk began to leave the bed, when I waved a hand dismissively.
"It's fine, trust me. Something tells me I'm not gonna get much sleep no matter where I'm sitting so... You just get yours." I crossed my arms, closing my eyes and leaning my head down.
"... Yeah..." They rolled over.
"Goodnight..."
"Night..."
And so we've finally made it into the second part of the story. The much happier part, in my opinion. Because, y'know, there isn't a murderer on the loose.
... Right?
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