A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for the long delay! I had a lot of work in real life going on with college just starting again and all that. So I hope you guys like this next chapter of TTE. Enjoy!

Chapter 8:

The Awakening of a Guardian

Location

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Mark (Player) POV

XChara: "It's great to have a corporeal body after all these years of being trapped in that skeleton's body."

The demon child looked at us with a sinister grin. His eyes were black with his right pupil being white and his left being a red 'crosshair' looking symbol.

XChara: "I bet you are all confused on how I ended up here. Well, right now it doesn't matter."

Ink, Monika, Yuri, and Natsuki were all standing beside me with shocked looks in their eyes.

Monika: "MC?"

XChara looked at Monika with a smug grin.

XChara: "What's the matter?"

The demon's face began to melt into Monika's demonic face. A/N: (the one that you see if you stream DDLC)

XChara: "YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE JUST SEEN A GHOST."

Monika recoils back and begins to tremble. While the demon's face flashes back to normal

XChara: "I know who you are Monika. I have seen all of your misdeeds, all the troubles, and terrors that you have brought upon all these people within the countless timelines this world has gone through. At first, I thought I was known as the monster of this realm, but I was wrong. The monster who is even worse than me stands beside all of you. You like me are relentless killers who will do anything to seek out their goals."

Monika: "Stop it."

XChara: "You killed your friends out of jealousy by controlling them and making their bad traits come to life. It made them suffer until you deleted them, or should I say killed them."

Monika: "Shut Up!"

XChara: "But the thing that I and you do not have in common is the fact that you didn't do it out of bloodlust. You did it out of love for the mindless idiot I now have control of."

Yuri looks at Monika who was gritting her teeth at what had just been revealed.

Yuri: "Is this true Monika?"

Before Monika could answer, Ink pulled out his brush like he was getting ready to fight.

Ink: "Chara your intentions are different from Cross! Leave this place immediately, or I will kill you myself!"

XChara begins to laugh maniacally.

XChara: "Come on Ink we both know that you don't even have it in you. Why else would you send Gaster to destroy me all those years ago? You wanted someone else to do your dirty work for you. This time I will not only take this echo. But when I do I will be using this code along with the others to move onto the next realm and soon. I will be a god of the entire universe."

Ink rushes up to Chara but before he could land a blow on him. Ropes came out of the ground snatching him tightly.

Ink: "How?"

XChara: "While we were talking I stole some power from the last timelines gaining control of the echo's core."

He looks over at Monika.

XChara: "I bet you had a lot of fun playing 'God' in this world. Am I right Monika?"

Suddenly, ropes tied around Monika's arms and legs holding her in place.

Monika: "Stop that! It hurts! Player, please help me!"

XChara then looks at me.

XChara: "Oh what a surprise! I never knew you had a boyfriend, Monika."

XChara then grows a quizzical expression on his face.

XChara: "Hmmm. Odd. You aren't from this world, aren't you? In fact, you must not even be from this realm. It doesn't matter; your precious lover will be wiped from existence anyway."

Mark: "Ha…..Ha…...Ha…..HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH."

I can feel my eyes glow red.

Hahahaha. What is this feeling? Hatred? Sadness? Fear? No. It's time to wipe to show this demon who I really am.

XChara recoils in fear, and I teleport and appear five feet away from him.

XChara: "No. It can't be. There is no way you can be-"

Mark: "What's wrong X-Event? You were talking about some good shit five minutes ago. Stuff that only a real killer would even say. But now, that expression on your face tells me one thing; you are a coward that cannot even get his job done. True Monika has done things in the past that she does regret, but from a villain standpoint, she got the work done without any hesitation no matter what stood in her path. So I have one question to ask you. If you really want to control the universe, then how about you take it from the person who has been protecting it?"

XChara: "SHUT UP! YOU ARE NO GUARDIAN! NOTHING BUT A PATHETIC ORPHAN ABANDON-"

Mark: "SILENCE!"

The loudness of that yell forced XChara to the ground. With the snap of my fingers, the ropes holding Monika and Ink are vaporized.

Mark: "You will kneel before me as I wipe you from existence!"

A bright light emits from me as my form changes from "Mark" to my true form. My body is covered with armor with a symbol on the chest plate. A red cape appears on my back and a grey scarf in my neck being blown by the wind. A sword appears by my side in a sheath.

This must be the thing that my father used to fight nevermind.

Monika stares at me with revering eyes and Ink once again prepares himself for the fight.

XChara: "Impossible! You cannot be him!"

?: "It's over Chara. Your time in this world has come to an end. I, Jacob Richtofen, Guardian of the Alpha Realm, protector of the universe, and destroyer of all that threaten my creation; will send you straight to hell."

XChara: "No! YOU WILL DIE!"

XChara lunges at me with the knife I block it by using my index finger. I raise my palm to his chest and summon a blaster. Ink summons hands that hold XChara in place.

Alpha: "Die."

Before I fire the blaster the world cracks apart and XChara grins as he escapes.

Damnit! He is gone!

Ink: "Alpha! The world is falling apart! We need to leave NOW!"

I look behind me and see the residentials vanish from thin air. Yuri and Natsuki begin to turn to dust. Monika starts tearing up

Monika: "Yuri. Natsuki."

Natsuki in pain yells at Monika.

Natsuki: "Monika you must leave now! If you are really sorry for what you did to us, you will make atone for it by saving the universe!"

Yuri nods in agreement.

Yuri: "The forgiveness you seek will not come to you now but it will later. We love you Monika that is why you must go."

Ink opens up a portal to the Doodle Sphere.

Ink: "Monika! Alpha! This portal will take us back to the Doodle Sphere. If we continue to stay here, then we will perish along with the world."

Monika drops to her knees.

Monika: "You guys…..."

I take Monika from her hand.

Alpha: "I am sorry Monika, but we need to leave now."

We enter the portal as Natsuki and Yuri grow small grins on their faces and wave goodbye to us. The portal closes.

I witness the large floating Island vanish from the Doodle Sphere.

Alpha: "I am so sorry Monik-"

Before I could say anything, she stands up and interjects with a tight embrace.

Monika: "Stop it. Stop apologizing to me. All my friends are gone, and the only person I have left is you. Jacob, I love you and although my world is gone. I want to help you protect others together."

Alpha: "I would love that Monika."

She pulls away from me.

Monika: "But you must promise me one thing, my love. When the time is right and when we see that demon again. I will be the one to kill him. Understand?"

Ink looks at us shocked how she was so demanding of me. But I smiled back at her.

Alpha: "Understood."

I look at Ink.

Ink: "XChara has retreated to X-tale, and I doubt that he will be leaving for a while."

I nod at Ink.

Alpha: "Ever since I saw your eyes glow I noticed a hidden power that was dormant within you. A power that no other Alpha Guardian has seen since the creation of the realms. I want to unlock that power within you Monika, and with it, you will be able to destroy XChara."

Monika gives me a seductive grin.

Monika: "So what are you proposing 'Grand Master'?~"

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I return to my 'Player' form.

Player: "It is time for you to become a Knight of Alpha."

A/N: By this point, this fanfic may or may not continue, but it really depends on the direction I plan on taking it. I do have a big project in mind that will carry on after this story. That is right! This entire fanfic was a Prologue to the fanfic that I am currently planning right now! I to give a special shout-out to Aleksandr Sakamoto, Ayy boi, COOLIRON2000, JJ29863, Scottish Kitsune, Simply Guardian, SquallLeonhart93, Thrawn17, Tobat, Weizegsicht, blxxdinghxart, enricolollol, gouthamkancharala496, storylover1987, thegreennapalm, and werewolf1423 for following the story and hope you all stick around for the next one. And as for the rest of you guys reading, I'll see you all in the next fanfic, "The Key to End Creation."