October 28th, 203X

Chara POV:

The project that I had with Gaster and his patients actually turned out to be quite good. None of the monsters that I healed with my blood droplets ever had any negative side effects and I made sure that each monster only got a single drop of blood if they got injured. And it was very good that the monsters weren't dying prematurely, especially since I had come to love almost all of them. From the dog people of Snowdin, to Mrs. Snow, even the Froggit, Whimsum, and Astigmatism that lived in the CORE, each of them got injured in one way or the other in the past couple months and I healed each of them with a drop of blood, which was one thing I was worried about, especially when Gaster questioned how my blood could be so magical.

"Well, it's because my soul is powered by Determination. I guess just a dollop of my blood was filled with enough Determination to help the monsters heal their injuries and not enough to have any negative side effects," I said, Gaster smiling at me.

"YoU neVEr meNTioNEd poSSiblE sIde effeCTs. WhAT aRe tHEY?' he asked.

"Here's how it works. A human's body is made of tons more physical matter than a monster's body. As a result, a human's dead body takes ages before it turns into dust, whereas monsters only have a small amount of time after a fatal injury before they turn to dust. If I gave them too much of my Determination-filled blood, their bodies wouldn't be able to handle holding that much Determination inside of them, which would cause their bodies to melt. And if they were to touch another with too much Determination in them, they'd melt into something that Coraline and Kristof called Amalgamates," I said, Gaster sighing and looking down at that part.

"So iT iS somEThiNg thAt HappENs iN tHE fuTUrE... waS iT... mE?" he asked.

"No, it wasn't," I frowned, Gaster being confused at that. "As a matter of fact, something would happen to you involving the CORE and your time machine, which would make you become MIA. Alphys would be the Royal Scientist instead and she'd be the one to do so... and the result would be her secretly taking care of them and hiding herself from the families of the patients because of her guilt," I said with a frown.

"I sEe... WelL... thAnKS foR WarnInG oF thEsE sIDe eFFecTs," Gaster said with a small smile.

"You're welcome. Just promise not to do anything crazy involving that artificial soul experiment. And I know I keep telling this to you, but you must not use Brian's blood for the monsters in the clinic. His soul essence is Perseverance, not Determination, so it'd probably have a higher chance to cause side effects," I said to him, Gaster nodding at that.

"I PromISe thAt bRiAn iS coMPleTeLy sAfE fROm aNY SoUl-rELatEd tesTIng," Gaster said, me smiling at him.

"I'll hold you to that promise," I smiled at him as he then led me to his house to relieve Brian of his skeletal babysitting. Sans was asleep, as was usual, but Papyrus was just as rowdy as ever.

"So... I aLWaYs wANteD tO aSK... whAT wAs SanS lIke wHeN he spOke? thE oNe frOM tHE FutuRE?" Gaster asked.

"He had a similar speaking structure to yours, but slightly different," I said. "He started out being all soft-spoken, but then one of his eyes turned blue and he spoke in a much more menacingly deep voice. That was when he told us that, if I had gone through with my suicide by buttercups, that this world would become hell, which is what he described his future of endless time loops to be," I said.

"That is troublesome... I surely hope that the future world is a much better place now that all the threats that made it so terrible are now gone, as you have described it in vast detail," Brian said with a small smile.

"Well, when we left the future world, Flowey had killed Asgore and we had to beat 6 human souls out of his body. And once we got him defeated with the Gaster Blasters, all that remained was his Determination extract, which I sucked up with an ear vacuum and, upon arriving in this timeline, I chucked it into the lava around Hotland along with the return pad for the time machine from the future," I said with seriousness.

"ThanKS foR tellIng oF thE HapPeNIngs, finALly, PrincEsS ChArA. I uNDerStanD whY yOu neVEr mentIOneD a WorD tO mE unTil rEceNTly, aNd I'm HappY tO seE HoW mAtuRe yOu'vE beCOme," Gaster smiled at me.

"Well, I am maturing in terms of age... I've had an annoying thing that happens once every month that I'd rather not go into detail. If you want to know more, ask Brian about it," I said with a small blush as I then bid farewell and left the place, me wondering what the next thing would be. But then I got a call on my cell phone from Tutie of all people.

"Hello?" I asked into it.

"Come to the studio in Hotland. I'm getting all the humans to come with to listen to this. It's something that Kristof said happened to him in his new robotic body," Tutie said with seriousness, me being surprised at that.

"Okay, I'll pick up Brian, since I'm next to Gaster's place right now," I said to her.

"Alright, it's pretty important and on the way, tell him not to mention a word of it to anyone," Tutie said.

"Got it," I smiled as I then got Brian out of Gaster's place and we then started to go to the studio, me wondering what in the world they would want me there for. Upon arrival, I saw that even Undyne, Alphys, and Asriel were invited with their roommates and all of us then gathered by the studio and entered at the same time, seeing that the quartet of performers were there for us to meet.

"Hey, what's the deal with having us come to listen to a dumb voice message?" Undyne asked in her usual brashness.

"It's not just any voice message I recieved," Kristof said to us, me wondering what that meant. "It's someone that I knew from my timeline... someone important," Kristof said, me gasping at that.

"Someone from the future called you? How... How is that possible?" I asked in surprise.

"Just listen. I'll have it on speaker for us, but only when we get to our dressing room," Kristof said, me nodding at that and everyone else agreeing. We proceeded to the dressing room where I saw that it was actually a very elaborate and cute room with hearts and stuff all over the interior.

"Okay, play the message, please? I wonder who it could be..." Alphys said with a small smile.

"Well, it's not just a voice... they also gave a video part to it as well," Kristof smiled as he then did played the message and we all watch as his eyes emitted an image that we were all surprised at. It was Sans, from the future!


December 26th, 234X

Sans POV:

"heya, Frisk... how's the past been treating ya? i hope it was worth stealing my time machine over... anyways, i had a feeling that you must've changed your ways, since my scanners show that the past is still good in terms of time signatures..." i said, me sighing and closing my eyes as i felt the breeze against my face, which i never thought i'd be happier to feel in my life.

"Huh? Who are you talking to, Sans?!" asked my brother, who was basking in the sunlight.

"someone very close to me... remember what i told ya? it's that kid," i said with a smile.

"Oh! Ooh! Gimme the phone!" Papyrus smiled widely.

"here, it's on speaker," i smirked at him as i then showed Frisk what was on my end. the surface world.

"Hey there, human! Your name is Frisk, right?! Sans told me all about the craziest of things! I believed every word of it when he showed me his time machine!" Papyrus smiled widely. "As you can clearly see, we have finally found a way to escape the Underground and free all the inhabitants! Sans simply took the six souls, crossed the barrier, and gathered one remaining soul. In exchange for this, all he asked of King Asgore was that he doesn't go to war with humanity! In fact, we monsters have found a peaceful life on the surface!"

"yeah, we have. never thought that the time loops would ever end, to be frank... over 300 different loops... and now, it's finally over. so you know, after Omega Flowey got defeated by Chara and the humans of the past, the time loops reset one more time, but this time, it was done and over with. i was legitimately surprised when no one came through the ruins... and that the time loop didn't reset after one day. no more Flowey, no more evil humans, it was all over. i knew i had to make the future better on my own at that point, so i took matters into my own hands," i explained with a smile.

"Hehe, but that's not all, is it Sansy?" Undyne asked from nearby. "All the human souls you used to destroy the barrier. You used them to destroy the barrier, but whenever you finished destroying it, you separated the human souls from your body. And now they all can go home to their families too!"

"hehe, right. all the humans that i used for the barrier's destruction went back to where they came from... all except one, the owner of the orange soul. he insisted he stay with me and Papyrus, since his home was the same as Chara's. if you can get this message, Frisk, tell everyone in the past... the future finally looks brighter than ever. and it's all thanks to Chara and the humans of the past. this thing's almost outta juice, so i gotta hang up now. do good, kids. i'm rootin' for ya," i smiled as i then hung up the phone and i looked at the sunset in the distance, me smiling with my eyes closed. "time to get back to work," i smiled.


Asriel POV:

"Whoa... so that's how the future is now, huh?" Alphys asked with a smile.

"Yeah, it's actually something I didn't expect. That without us Determination-filled beings in the future, the time loops finally ended," Coraline said with a small smile.

"At least everyone in the future timeline gets a happy ending. I wish that I could see the future myself, but then again, that would just be weird when I already have a happy life living with Professor Gaster," Brian smiled as he adjusted his glasses.

"Yeah, but then we have one final hurdle. How to defeat the barrier? I mean, we're stuck down here unlike the denizens of the future, so how do we defeat the barrier?" Undyne asked.

"I think I may have an idea," I said, everyone looking at me with intrigue. "I think that, now we have 7 humans down here, maybe, if everyone of you attacks the barrier at the exact same time, maybe it'd be enough to destroy it?" I suggested, Chara then counting all the humans in our group, there being exactly 7 if you counted Coraline and Kristof.

"You know what? Maybe we should try that out. Who knows, it just may pay off!" Chara smirked.

"So all of us attack the barrier at the same time? What date should we try this out?" Coraline asked.

"We'll try it in 3 days, the time set for noon on the nose. Does that work for everyone?" Tutie smiled kindly. Everyone was in unison.

"Can't hurt to try, so let's do it!" Kristof smirked widely.

"I want a front-row seat!" Alphys smirked.

"And I'll join you in that seat," Undyne smirked, them sharing a kiss afterwards, which made me smile at how they finally got together a couple months ago.

"It's a date. We'll attempt to destroy the barrier in 3 days. No one better be late," Chara smiled.