The world glitches around you.
"It's because I care about her that she must die." - Reset 1
Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: Humans and Monsters
"I gave you a choice." - Reset 5
One day, war broke out between the two races
"Even if she remembers, she will forgive me." - Reset 24
After a long battle, the humans were victorious
"It's because of you that I did this!" - Reset 47
They sealed the monsters underground with a magic spell
"You do know that we will never see the AUs again because of all of you." - Reset 60
Many years later...
Mt. Ebott 201X
"This was your plan. Do you remember?" - Reset 82
Legend says that those who climb the mountain never returns
"I love you." - Reset 101
These are not your Resets. You catch a gimps her memories from the past timelines. You see all the pain she has gone through so far. You wish to ease her pain.
Silence. Utter silence. TT!Kathy walks in emptiness. She feels so alone. There is a door. Perhaps there is more to this place.
She opens the door. Beyond the door, the world is –static- wonderful. The colors are –static- brilliant. The trees are a red-brown color while the leaves are a yellow-orange. The sky is black with a few stars and a full moon. But it is bright as morning.
"Hey Kat!" Swap!Papyrus calls upon seeing TT!Kathy.
His sweater is a slightly darker orange. Swap!Papyrus walks over to the puzzled TT!Kathy.
"Did you not hear me sweetie?" Swap!Papyrus asked sweetly.
He leans to her and kissed her on the cheek. TT!Kathy blushes like crazy. What is even going on? TT!Kathy instantly remembers that she is dating Swap!Papyrus.
"Papyrus!" Swap!Sans called eagerly.
His outfit is a slightly darker shade too. Swap!Sans smiles so big that TT!Kathy smiles back.
"Nothing that is happening is real."
TT!Kathy is caught off-guard with that familiar voice.
"Did you say something Swap!Sans?" she questioned him.
"Huh? I just asked if you are ready for your date human?" Swap!Sans said as his eyes became the shape of stars.
"You okay sweetie? You seem... off." Swap!Papyrus looks –static- worried.
"Sorry! I must be day-dreaming. I thought I heard someone said that 'nothing is real' or something." TT!Kathy said with a soft smile.
It is nice seeing Swap!Papyrus worrying about her.
"He! He! If nothing is real then you won't feel my magnificent hugs." Swap!Sans suddenly hugs TT!Kathy.
She had forgotten how much she - static - loves his hugs. They are so warm and full of love. TT!Kathy smiles. She is so happy. The trio went over to Muffet's. It looked more like a cozy hotel rather than a restaurant.
"It's so pretty!" TT!Kathy said with a –static- natural smile.
She joyfully ran inside. There, the pink spider Muffet welcomes them. Pink? TT!Kathy sat down at a table with Swap!Papyrus sitting across from her. Swap!Sans is already ordering for them.
"Is everything okay?" Swap!Papyrus asked sounding extremely worried.
"Huh? Oh sorry. Must be blind or something. I thought that Muffet was pink for a second." TT!Kathy smiles innocently.
"Muffet is not pink! She is a soft lavender." Swap!Sans remarked.
"Did you get a good night rest?" Swap!Papyrus questioned TT!Kathy.
"I don't know." TT!Kathy ponders.
Did the skeletons changed seats? Swap!Sans is now sitting across from her. Wasn't Swap!Papyrus sitting there? No. That is not right. She is Swap!Papyrus's best friend. She is dating his brother, the magnificent Sans. The lavender Muffet gave the trio their food. TT!Kathy still saw her more pink than purple.
"Find Swap!Chara before it is too late!"
A familiar voice calls out for her again.
TT!Kathy looks down at her plate of butterscotch pie. She looks up to see Swap!Asgore. The goat-man with a strange purple robe sat across. Her adopted father, Swap!Asgore, is there to have a chat with her. Swap!Sans and his brother escorted her here to have a chat. But, how did he get here? TT!Kathy is very confused. Wasn't she on a date? No. That can't be right. What is she here for again? TT!Kathy tries to think.
"My child, it has occurred to me, your father, that you have not been well." Swap!Asgore said in his deep voice. He looks serious.
"What is it dad?" TT!Kathy inquired not feeling like she should even be calling him that.
"I'm worried about you flirting with every monster." Swap!Asgore commented as he took a small sip of tea after.
"Flirting?" TT!Kathy is really confused. Why would she flirt with everyone?
Swap!Asgore wore his blue shirt that read "Mr. Dad Guy" today. Almost as if he is going out. Wasn't he wearing a purple robe earlier?
"Wake up before you get stuck here!"
The familiar voice calls louder than before.
"Mettaton?" TT!Kathy suddenly asks the air.
She is not even sure if that is his voice. What was the name of that one dragon? She suddenly looks around the house. TT!Kathy is now in the skeleton's house.
"Mettaton? Whose that?" Swap!Papyrus lazily asks.
He is sitting to the left of TT!Kathy. The two are on the couch watching a movie.
"I think…. He is my…" TT!Kathy has no idea who Mettaton is.
"Is he a friend?" Swap!Sans asked sitting to the right.
He has a bowl of popcorn. They look a bit burnt.
"I think he is." TT!Kathy tries to remember.
"Why don't you go lie down for a bit? You had a long day." Swap!Papyrus suggests as he grabs a few burnt popcorn.
"Sure. Night you two." TT!Kathy reluctantly agrees. She heads up the stairs and towards the guest room.
"She is starting to remember. At this rate, we may have to trust her." Swap!Paps said with hope slowly filling him. He took a handful of popcorn this time.
"I thought so to. We just have to keep this up bro. Hang in there." Swap!Sans said with a weak smile.
"We just have to believe in ourselves and we can accomplish anything." Swap!Papyrus smiled. He beamed with positivity.
"I thought I was the positive one." Swap!Sans said as laziness consumed him.
The duo became more and more like the original skeletons.
TT!Kathy woke up sweating. Nightmares plagued her mind like a disease. She joyfully walks down the stairs. She is unaffected by negative thoughts. TT!Kathy finds Swap!Papyrus with a red-orange sweater making breakfast and Swap!Sans with a darker blue uniform sleeping on the couch.
"Morning sunshine!" Swap!Papyrus said with a cheerful smile.
"Morning. Is Sans not up yet?" TT!Kathy asked even though she already knows the answer.
"SANS! You lazy bones! Get up! Kathy here got up ages ago. SANS! Are you paying any attention to me?!" Swap!Papyrus yelled in a hilarious manner.
TT!Kathy chuckles at this feat. She reaches the bottom of the staircase. This has never happened before. Swap!Sans is normally the energetic one while Swap!Papyrus is the lazy one. Perhaps they decided to switch personalities for today. No. Swap!Papyrus would be doing a much more terrible job. He looks like as if he was always the energetic one.
"Papyrus, I know this is coming out weird. But, why are you acting like Sans?" TT!Kathy has the courage to ask.
"What are you talking about? You are being silly human. I would never act like my lazy brother. All he does is sleep." Swap!Papyrus said in an angry tone.
He then looks at TT!Kathy with a very scared look.
"Help us." he mutters to her.
TT!Kathy thought she is seeing things. Perhaps she is thinking too much into this whole situation.
"I must go back to cooking. The pancakes will not cook themselves. For, I, the Great Papyrus will make these yummy cakes." Swap!Papyrus suddenly said with passion.
TT!Kathy leisurely continues her -static- happy thoughts. She goes over to Swap!Sans. He is just staring at the ceiling. They would be if his pupils were not missing at the moment. Swap!Sans looks like he woke up from a nightmare and is too scare to move.
"Sans?" TT!Kathy's soft voice calls to him. Swap!Sans blinks. His pupils return.
"Hey kiddo!" he said with a wink. He looks tired and lazy as ever.
"I can't be much help today. I'm so bone-tired." Swap!Sans said as he cries a bit on the inside for telling a pun.
TT!Kathy giggles at his pun. She normally did -static- understand his puns and laugh no matter how terrible they are.
"That is terrible. Are you trying to throw me a bone?" TT!Kathy asked attempting to make a pun.
"Eh? No. I would never do such a terri-bone thing." Swap!Sans said as he is slowly getting used to this. Which is scaring him.
"Please help." Swap!Sans whispers as his eyes disappeared for a few seconds.
"Sans?" TT!Kathy looks worried. She leans closer to hear him.
"Find Chara." Swap!Sans mutters finally before falling.
He somehow fell on top of TT!Kathy. For a skeleton, he is heavy.
"Sans! Get off me! You're heavy." TT!Kathy complained. She tires to push him off.
Swap!Sans uses this opportunity to get closer. Finally, Swap!Sans let his full weight fall upon TT!Kathy. He has her pinned to the floor. Swap!Sans uses his free hand to caress her face. TT!Kathy's face turns red as a tomato.
"Sans? What's are you -?" TT!Kathy did not even get to finish her sentence.
She is kissed by #%€~!•[=$. The world around her begins to break.
- Normal POV -
Silence. Deadly silent. It's the kind of silence one can find only in your nightmares.
"Hello?" TT!Kathy asked the empty world.
Her voice is the only thing she can hear in the darkness. Her words don't echo.
"Hello!" she shouts.
Slowly walking into the darkness, she was careful not to fall into any holes. TT!Kathy practically tip-toe her way through. Still nothing. Where is everyone? She ponders. TT!Kathy was with the UnderSwap skeletons? Doing what? Her mind races to find an answer. Grasping at straws at this point, she pinch herself.
"Ow." TT!Kathy yelps in pain.
Whatever is happening is real. Her feelings, voice, and movements are real.
"Hello..." her voice grew soft.
TT!Kathy's hope slowly fleeted. Then again, she is the kind of person to linger on the negative side of life. At least she can finally admit that.
"Anyone here?" her voice becomes nothing more than short of a whisper.
"Hello?" Another voice calls back from the darkness.
"Oh thank goodness. Um.. Where are you?" TT!Kathy desperately questioned the person.
She clings to any remaining hope she has.
"Over here!" The voice called to her.
"Where exactly is here?" TT!Kathy is unsure where the voice is coming from.
"Right behind you..." the voice suddenly changes tone.
Who ever it is attacked her.
"Ack!" TT!Kathy cried in pain as they choked her upon pinning her to the ground.
The person uses more of their strength to try and murder her. They are trying to kill her, but she will not going to go down without a fight.
"Nahhh!" TT!Kathy rages as she elbows her way out.
"Uff." the person cries in pain upon impact.
TT!Kathy did not hesitate. She kicked them hard on their sides upon getting up.
"Ahh! Please stop. Show mercy!" the person begs.
This person is already giving up. They assume a position of showing that they indeed want her mercy. TT!Kathy thinks they are doing so. She can't really see that well in the dark.
"There is no mercy in war." she mutter bitterly.
TT!Kathy grabs the collar of the person. After being in the dark for so long, she makes a light post appear out of thin air. Upon closer inspection, the face is now recognizable.
"Swap!Chara?" she is puzzled at first. Then she got angry at this child, "Why are you attacking me?"
"Please... I didn't mean to. You were going to take the power away. I don't want to give it up." Swap!Chara said out of desperation.
There is this power-hungry look on them. TT!Kathy is aware of the power they speak of.
"It does not belong to you. It belongs to the author of this AU." she said bitterly.
TT!Kathy really wanted to fight this kid.
"But! Look at how many people are happy because of me." They said out of fear.
"You are forcing people here to be something they are not." TT!Kathy stated in a harsh tone.
She throws Swap!Chara away from her face. They land on their bum.
"Uff! But... But..." Swap!Chara tries to grasp at anything that they did right.
"An Author's work is not easy. We can only watch our characters. We are not normally allowed to interact with them. Authors oversee all, but can't force people. Do you think it is easy to just watch someone good suddenly lose? Do you think it is easy to sit there and do nothing when there is so much evil in your world?!" TT!Kathy said outraged by their actions.
Her tone clearly scares Swap!Chara. They gather up courage before speaking.
"You broke the rules. You must have found a way to save everyone." Swap!Chara says with hope.
They slowly got off the ground. They look at her with such Determination.
"No... I have not. Everyone in my AU don't even know who I really am. Last time they did... they killed me. I had to erase their memories of me." TT!Kathy comments with her voice becoming slightly unsteady.
This is a memory she thought she had forgotten. Swap!Chara stares at her face. They are probably wondering if TT!Kathy is going to cry.
"Swap!Chara, give up the power. The longer you corrupt this world, the higher chance you have to losing it. Please, don't make the same mistake my grandfather made." TT!Kathy tells them in a soft tone.
She extends her hand. Swap!Chara looks at her with uncertainty. But they know that this is the only way. Swap!Chara gives up the power without further conflict.
Rebooting... Reconstruction this story... Power going back to the Author of UnderSwap...
Load complete!
The two skeletons along with Swap!Chara waves as the group is about to go to another AU. ArcadeAhri and company are successful in capturing both evil sisters.
"Thank you all so much. I hope we see each other again!" ArcadeSans said with a sad smile.
"I don't like goodbyes." TT!Mettaton waves sadly.
"We can finally go home." TT!Nick said with joy.
He gimps at TT!Kathy who is looking up at him.
"Kat?" TT!Nick's voice is very low.
He looks at her with his cold eyes. Even if he couldn't feel, he is trying.
"Thank you." she said smiling though her pain.
Now hearing his voice, TT!Kathy knows now that it was TT!Nick that gave her those warnings.
"Kathy..." TT!Nick gives a puzzled look as he wonders what she is talking.
TT!Nick can barely remember what happened earlier. One moment Swap!Chara forced their way to be an Author. And next, everyone is waving good-bye. He is worried that TT!Kathy may be go through a mental breakdown for her fear of not being a good enough Author.
"Are you ready to go home dear?" TT!Mettaton asked as he turns to TT!Kathy.
"Let's go home." she said with a soft smile.
The group said their final goodbye. TT!Kathy silently thanked and apologized to the Author of this place.
"I'm going to miss those guys." Swap!Papyrus said with sadness.
"Same. But maybe they will visit us?" Swap!Sans beams with joy.
"I hope so. I want to be everyone's friend." Swap!Chara said with Determination.
A portal opens for the group. They all went home to MafiaTale.