*WARNING*

I DO NOT OWN UNDERTALE

Alphys had almost reached her limits. This shouldn't be so hard. She's a scientist for God's sake, she's dealt with much harder things than this! But then why was it so hard?

Sighing, Alphys took her glasses off and leaned back in her chair to take a break. She thought this would just be a simple easy project to work on in her spare time, but as it kept getting harder and harder it eventually turned into her fulltime project. It's just a song, a simple battle theme, why could NOBODY make it sound bad?!

Just then, Undyne kicked down the door to her lab with a smile.

"Hi!" She called out cheerfully, holding up a brown paper bag. "I brought you lunch!" Alphys smiled at her tiredly.

"Thanks.. I really c-could use a break.."

"I keep telling you, you work yourself too hard! Say, what if we just watch anime and chill for the rest of the day? Then tomorrow you can get back to work!" Alphys looked back at her computer screen, then back at Undyne and her beloved anime shelf, before nodding.

"Okay, fine. B-But first can you help me out with this? I need someone else's help."

"'Kay! What is it?" Undyne asked, setting the lunch bag down and walking over to the screen.

"I found this song online. It's apparently c-called 'Megalovania'. E-Everyone says it's impossible to break, so I've taken it u-upon myself to break it. I've watched every video, I've tried every combination, but it just won't! Break! Do you think you know a way to..?" Alphys explained, looking up at Undyne. Undyne went silent as she thought of a way, before smiling.

"Well if ya wanna break it, then you obviously have to BREAK it! Watch and learn," She said, picking up the computer and smashing it against the wall. It was completely destroyed, but somehow Megalovania still played, a little distorted but otherwise fine. Undyne and Alphys stared at the computer.

"But.. How..?" Undyne muttered. Alphys, who was a bit more used to this, just went to get a broom and dustpan.

"S-See what I mean? Impossible! Maybe I should just give up.." She muttered, before hearing a very familiar "Nyeh heh heh!" outside.

"Don't worry, Alphys! The great Papyrus is here to save the day so you do not have to give up!" Papyrus said cheerfully, walking in and placing a plate of spaghetti next to the lunch Undyne brought.

"Undyne! You forgot my world famous spaghetti when you left the house! I thought I would do you both a favour and bring it over! Anyway, what seems to be the issue?"

"This stupid song won't break!" Undyne said, going over to kick the computer. She smiled when the song became distorted for a second, before frowning again when the song went back to normal. Papyrus stared at them.

"What do you mean it won't break?"

"W-What she means is that the song is perfect, no matter how you try to ch-change it." Papyrus nodded and hummed in thought, thinking of a way to break it. His eyes (eyeholes?) lit up as he thought of something. Papyrus walked over to the computer and knelt down next to it.

"Hey, Mr. Computer? Do you mind making this song terrible? It's making me friends really frustrated, so it would be nice if you could!" He went silent for a moment as he waited for the song to do.. anything, but it stayed the same.

"Hm, it doesn't look like it wants to cooperate.." He muttered, standing up again.

"I'm telling you, there's no way to break this song!" Alphys said, cleaning up the computer remains. (Which was still playing Megalovania)

"There HAS to be a way!" Undyne countered, slamming her fists on Alphys' desk. "AS HEAD OF THE ROYAL GUARD, I OFFICIALLY MAKE IT MY MISSION TO BREAK THIS SONG!"

Just as she said that, Toriel walked into the lab, holding a pie.

"What on earth are you yelling about?" She asked, setting the pie down. "I just came to deliver a pie to Papyrus, but he wasn't at home or in Waterfall so I came to check here."

"We are yelling because this song refuses to sound bad!" Papyrus said, pointing to the trash can. (Which was now faintly playing Megalovania)

"Oh? What do you mean?" Toriel asked, peering at the trash can.

"We've tried s-switching the music style, we've tried switching the notes, we've tried combining it w-with other songs, we've tried physically b-breaking the computer, there's nO. WaY. To break it!" Alphys said, putting her face into her hands and groaning.

"But why would that be an issue? Isn't a good thing that it sounds good no matter what?"

"Y-Yes, but no. This is physically impossible! All songs have to have a way to be broken, that's j-just how it is!"

"Oh, I see. So this one's breaking the natural order of things."

"Exactly!"

"Well then, could I have a try? I'm sure I could do it," Toriel said, nodding determinedly. Alphys pulled out her laptop and played the song, stepping aside to Toriel could see it.

A few hours of tweaking later, Toriel groaned.

"You're right! I tried everything I could, it won't break!"

"Well, what did you do?!" Undyne asked.

"I replaced all the instruments with Asgore's voice, but even THAT wasn't enough to break the song!" She sighed and handed the laptop back to Alphys.

"This certainly is a tough nut to crack," Papyrus said, sitting down in a chair and looking at the ceiling in thought.

"A tough nut? More like solid bedrock!" Undyne exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. "I'm convinced this is impossible!"

"S-See? I told you!" Alphys said. Toriel cleared her throat.

"I'm worried this song has driven you all a bit insane," She said, before gesturing all the food everybody brought. "Why don't we all just forget about this song and eat?" Everyone was silent for a moment, before agreeing.

"Yeah! Let's do that instead! But the next time I hear that stupid song I'll punch it in the face!" Undyne said, being the brave soul to eat Papyrus' spaghetti so nobody else would have to go through that.

"And I'll help! Maybe if I do this, I'll be let into the royal guard!" Papyrus said, taking a slice of Toriel's pie. Alphys nodded.

"Yeah.. I guess it'll just be one of the many mysteries of this world.."

Little did all of them know, a certain slipper-wearing skeleton was sitting outside of the lab, giggling to himself.

"geeeeet dunked on!"

So ever since this quarantine thing, I've somehow found myself wrapped back in the Undertale fandom. Well, more specifically the music part of it, since it really helps with writing. Anyway, I found the masterpiece which is the "Megalovania But" playlist, and I kid you not I think I've listened to every mix they've done on this song, it just won't. break. fekwhfpehfnasnfhowpajfowpenf

I've never written fanfiction for Undertale before, and it's been a while since I've played the game or looked at the characters so they're probably a bit OOC, but I tried, okay?

I hope you enjoyed it or whatever, bye!

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