In the eerie and desolate forest where the smell of blood coated the surrounding trees, a monotone human stood blending in with her surrounding. Stretching out her fingers, she let her magic dance through them: searching for any hints of the missing child. Letting out a sigh, she was a bit disappointed to not have sensed her, but in the same time she was glad. For she did not believe the small child would have bode well in this universe. Preparing to leave, she stopped when she sensed someone behind her. Turning around quickly she was meet with nothing but snow. A heated breath fanned across the back of her neck, carring the smell of death and decay. Very slowly, she soon felt a pair of cold sharp boney fingers griping her shoulder.
"Sans, don't you know how to greet an old friend?" Core, calmly asked. She could hear the monster grin as they tighten their grip.
"heh, you're right. where's my manners. why don't i treat you to a hotdog as an apology?" Forcefully turning her around, she was faced with a skeletal face with the back of his skull bashed open. "this new dog', pales in comparison to all the rest!" Core smiled softly at horror!Sans as he lifted his ax high into the air. Not even attempting to escape, she waited for the impact. Until something pulled onto her soul.
"Oh! Sorry Sans, guess we'll dine later, someone's calling me."
"what!?" He questioned as he lowered his ax. Before she could elaborate, her soul began dragging her off. Horror!Sans tried to grip tighter onto Core's arm to prevent her from escaping, but her body was quickly turning to mist. Lifting his ax once more, he tried to take a swing but was stopped when something crashed behind him. Feeling a pair of warm arms hugging him from the back, he lost his hold on Core. Core chuckled as she was leaving, seeing Frisk trying to console the disappointed skeleton.
Closing her void like eyes, she let her body catch up to her soul. Opening them once more, she was faced with a very annoyed looking skeleton. Confused and curious, she tilted her head as she looked at the tall skeleton wearing an orange hoodie taking an extremely long drag from his smoke. Blinking a bit, she tucked her hair behind her ear.
"Hi there Orange. Strange of you to call me, but I must say that I owe you some thanks. Sorta saved my head there, literally."
"knowing you, i doubt it. so, friendly meetings aside, why don't we cut to the chase?" Core smiled as she sighed. Placing her hand on her waist, she waved a hand to let him say what he wanted her there in the first place. "i would like to ask if you've seen sans." Core raised her eyebrow as she pointed at her void like eyes. Papyrus let out a small groan. "blue...or blueberry, have ya seen him...or can you try and see if you can tell if he's anywhere around. cause i can't seem to find him."
"Hmmm..." Core closed her eyes as she tried to sense him. Taking her awhile, she could hear the grinding of his teeth against his cigarette. "Sorry, he's not here." Orange, clutching his fist, he let out a struggled sound of frustration. Seeing him tremble with anger and pain, Core laid her hand ontop of shoulder. "I said he's not here, not that he's dead." His eyesockets widen in confusion and relief as he stared at her. "He must of went to another universe."
"what?...how? i mean...why..." Core placed her finger to her chin, trying to straighten her thoughts on what she was sensing.
"Well, let's see. I'm kinda sensing alot of random things right now. But basically someone came in and gave your brother a ride out of here."
"wait...why-" Core shush him by putting her finger against his mouth.
"I'm not done. It would seem the driver had a stowaways and one of them landed not too far from here. But don't worry, the driver will keep your brother safe." Swap!Papyrus let out a sigh as his body slightly relaxed at the news. "Aren't you glad you don't have to go and kill your precious girlfriend?" His faced grew bright orange rather quickly.
"she not, i...sigh..look kid, why don't you just go get my brother back and call it a favor if you want." Shoving his hands into his pocket, he side glanced at Core, waiting for her response. But she just smiled and patted his shoulder before walking towards his house.
"Don't worry, I'll get him back for you. You don't have to ask, but I would like to see someone in return."
"who's this someone?" He asked as he walked beside her.
"Comeeeeeediaaaaaan~"
Before Core could answer, someone had spotted the two and began running towards them.
"fuck." Groaned Orange.
"Not really who I'm looking for, unfortunately." Muttered Core as Chara ran up to them.
"brat, what do you want. i'm in no mood to deal with a pain in the ass as yourself." Orange stiffened as Chara got closer.
"Well nice to see you too, stretch. But I was bored, and little blue isn't around to entertain me." Said Chara. Core only gave a side glanced at her before continuing her walk.
"if ya bored, then why don't you head back to your dad. as you can see here, i'm pretty busy." Chara grinned, deciding to go on her own to join them.
"Like I'm really just gonna just up and leave without taking what is mine."
"she isn't yours, brat." Chara didn't move as Orange's magic started to pick up. Core ignored the two's bickering as she walked passed the skelebros house. Orange noticing this, turned his back towards Chara to face Core."kid, where are you heading?"
"Hmm?" Core stopped infront of their shed before pointing towards it. Orange let out a menacing growl before grabbing onto her arm.
"now, why would you want to go in there, kid?" Core tipped her head to the side, not seeming really all that fazed by his threatening glare.
"Well since I'm here, I thought I might use this opportunity to ask her if she knows the whereabouts of someone I'm looking for. After I'm done, I'll leave and get your brother back."
"how could she know anything about anyone at the moment, if she's stuck in there."
"A mind like hers, that is filled in darkness can see things we don't. I'm not going to harm her and you know I wouldn't lie to you, right?" Core knew that Orange was one of the few that could not be lied to, so she waited till he admitted defeat. Letting her arm go, Core slowly opened the door.
"Papyrus?" Echoed a soft voice from within the dark shed. Hearing his name, Orange walked past Core towards the back. Carefully walking in, she saw that he had kneeled down next to a showed figure. Eyes getting used to the dark, she noticed the figure had her hands chained to the floor. "And Sans?! He's not...I didnt..." The soft voice started to silently weep.
"shh-shh-shh, he's fine. you didn't do anything, honey." Orange cupped the figures face, calming them in the process. "do...do you think you're up to talking to someone right now?" The figure stiffened abit before giving him a soft nod. Orange smiled warmly at them, before standing. Leaning against a nearby wall, he let Core get closer. Core kneeled infront of the figure, carefully not to startled them.
"Hey Frisk, sorry for intruding when you're not feeling well. But I would like to ask you something if that's ok?" Frisk nodded. "When you're sleeping-"
"I.. I try not to."
"I know, but when you do, do you see someone. A small human child wearing a purple hoodie?" Frisk's eyes widen for abit before closing once more. Hearing about who Core was trying to find, Orange was about to ask but stopped once he saw Frisk was about to speak up.
"No...but I heard. I...I sometimes hear the voices of other Chara's, I think...there was one that mention someone like that." Core smiled softly at her before standing up.
"Thank you, Frisk. That really helps alot." Getting up, she glanced towards Orange. "As a thank you. I'll tell you something that might brighten your day.
"yeah? and what's that, kid."
"Frisk won't have another relapse for another week." Hearing this, Orange's eyesockets widen, before kneeling back down towards Frisk. As Core walked out of the shed, she heard the rattling of chains being pryed open. Before closing the door behind her, she glanced at Orange holding Frisk close. Smiling to herself, she was about to blink towards the next AU, until...
"UNHAND ME PEASANT! I WILL NOT BE TREATED IN SUCH A MANNER BY SOMEONE AS DEGRADING AS YOURSELF!"
"Oh! So that's who I sensed." Core turned around the corner to find Chara, holding onto a very angry Raspberry of a skeleton. "Wonder how he got here?"
Jumping out of a large ink stain, Ink quickly snapped his fingers: closing his portal. Feeling someone tapping onto his skull, he turned around to find both G!Sans and G!Fell looking a tad confused.
"Where the hell are we?" G! Sans ask as he scratched the back of his skull
"Eh?" Ink looked around as a small asteroid pass his vision. "Oh! Oops, heh...think I might have taken a wrong turn. Just a small hiccup "
"A wrong turn?" G!Fell grabbed a hold onto Ink's skull. Forcing him to look up at him. "How is taking us all into space, considered making a small hiccup?!" All three monsters were currently standing on a small meteor in what seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. Not having much room to walk, Ink couldn't move out of G!Fell's grip. G!Sans dug his hands into his pockets, not really minding the view. "Do you really think she would be here?! If she was then I highly doubt she would still be alive!" G!Fell loosen his grip as G!Sans tapped onto his shoulder. "Hmm?"
"I think our ride is here." Ink and G!Fell looked at what G!Sans was pointing at.
"I MUST SAY THIS IS QUITE AN INTERESTING PUZZLE I HAVE ON HAND!"
"Hey! If it isn't Outer!Paps. What are you doing here!" Ink cheerfully said, glad that his skull wasn't being crushed at the moment.
"I AM ON MY DAILY POTROL! AS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER-IN-TRAINING FOR THE ROYAL SPACE PATROL!"
"All the way out here?" Ink scratched the side of his cheek, not really believing him. Outer!Pap having been caught on his lie, started to sweat.
"WELL...NO...I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR FRISK." He admitted, while he nervously rubbed his gloved hand. "I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SECURED FRISK TO HER LINE BEFORE DEPARTING." Hearing G!Fell chuckle, G!Sans gave him a small jab to his ribs."THAT IS WHY, I THE GREAT PAPYRUS AND EVEN GREATER FRIEND IS ON THE SEARCH!"
"Before you continue your little search and rescue mission, mind helping us out of this rock?"
"BUT OF COURSE, MY PAINTING LOVING BROTHER CLONE!"
"Heh, not a clone paps." Letting out a cheerful laugh, Outer!Pap gave each a ride to the small snowy planet where his home resided. Upon arriving, Outer!Paps noticed a familiar looking fluffy hooded jacket, sticking out from ontop of his roof. Angered by this, he floated to the top.
"SANS! YOU LAZYBONES! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Papyrus was annoyed to see his brother sprawled out ontop of their roof, again.
"taking a nap."
"I CAN SEE THAT, SANS!! WHY ARE YOU NOT AT YOUR POST!"
"didn't feel the 'pressure' to go."
"SANS..."
"felt like a nice time to be 'spacing out'."
"SANS!"
"its not like I 'planet'."
"OH MY GOD, SANS! NOW IS NOT THE TIME! WE HAVE VISITORS AND I HAVE TO FIND THE HUMAN!"
"the kid? no need."
"NYHE?" Outer!Sans pointed behind him. Looking towards where his brother was pointing at, he saw a floating Frisk, calmly drifting away. "HUMAN!" Rushing off to retrieve her, Sans sat up to look at the waiting visitors.
"strange mix of visitors." He muttered. "so, what brings you three all the way out here?"
"Sorry for dropping by, but by any chance have you've seen a small human child around here?"
"nope, sorry. would be kinda hard to miss, having 'no air' around to hide with all this 'space'." Hearing a couple of chuckles from his guest brought a smile to his face. Ink let out a long sigh before pulling out his paint brush.
"Oh well, guess I'll just have to ask him for help." Giving the brush a quick swipe, he jumped in. But before the G!'s could join him, the portal closed leaving them in a state of shock.
"huh, guess you two are stuck."
"What the hell!!!" Screamed out G!Fell. G!Sans rested his hand ontop of his shoulder, offering him a smoke.
"Don't sweat it. I have an 'Ink-ling' that he might come back." His pun earned a chuckle or two from his counterparts, before they sighed sadly about their current situation.
Stepping out of his portal, Ink saw that he did not arrive at the place he was aiming. Hearing screams and glass breaking from afar was definitely a dead give away. "Sorry guys, I'm not usually this bad at...guys?" Spinning around he saw saw that he had left the G!'s in the other AU. His body slumped at the error he had made. "Well, sorry guys but I don't have time to go pick you up," He said to himself. "Okay, second times a charm. Blueberry, I hope you're not too busy, cause I can really go for some help." Swiping his brush into the air, he felt someone grab a hold of his sweater.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING PEASANT!!? I DEMAND TO KNOW WHY YOU MENTIONED THAT INSUFFERABLE CRYBABY IN MY DOMAIN!"
"Berry!!! Wait!" Not heading his warning, the ink portal pulled the two into it. The portal closing, a tall lanky skeleton with baggy clothes stood there with his jaw open. Sensing his tension through the chain, a sheltered human with a choker that was connected to the chain, drew closer to the skeleton's body.
"my'lord?"
Peeling off a fluffy cat wearing a blue hoodie off of him, Error walked through the newly entered AU. Trailing behind him, Fresh!Sans caught the blue hooded cat as Error tossed it behind him. "YoU kNow, iT woUld bE faAter seArchiNg fOr hEr, IF wE spliT uP!"
"Chillax my glitchy broski. You know what they say, two skulls a hellya better then one. 'sides, who's gonna watch ya'lls back when ya crashing and tearing up all under all these u-verseus?"
"IF yOu wAnt To hElp, tHen taKe thOse annoyiNg thiNgs oUtta heRe beFore FrisK finDs oUt!" Error said as he tried to massage his rising headache.
"Bro, I got you. I'll meet ya up after ya all done here." Turning around, Fresh felt something soft and warm on the bottom of his tibia. Looking down, he saw a very lean cat wearing a red scarf pawing him.
"Nyeh Nyeh~"
"Don't worry little buddy. I ain't forgetting you." Holding tight onto the two white cats, Fresh flashed his way out. All alone once more, Error let out a gust of air. Glad to be rid of him, he continued his trek. Sensing somone following him, he quickened his pace. The last thing he wanted was to run into anyone considering how his last encounter was.
"Hey you, monster! Stop right there."
"FuCk, I doN't hAve timE fOr tHis." He muttered as he turned around. Coming face to face with a smirking human with rosey cheeks holding up a red ball, only made him sneer at them.
"Sorry, but you're not going anywhere till I capture you!" Error gathered his magic in his hand, preparing to send the brat away until someone walked behind them.
"Chara no, what did I tell you about capturing Monsters." Error relaxed as he watched the blue and pink sweatered human confronting the brat.
"Tsk, you're no fun."
"Well you can't with a normal ball any way." Chara smiled widly as Frisk pulled out of her bag a master ball. But as Chara tried to snatch it from her, Frisk held it away from her. "Sorry, you still can't capture monsters, only pokémon." Chara groaned out in frustration before walking away, muttering how she couldn't have any fun. Seeing the nonsense gone, Error continued to walk off. With every step, he soon started to get agitated as a another set of feet followed him.
"WhaT! WhAt Do yOu waNt kiD?" Frisk thrusted her poke ball out towards him. Error raised a brow bone before asking again on what she wanted. But she just kept showing her the ball. "KiNda buSy heRe, kiD. DoN't haVe tiMe tO batTle. BesiDes, I doN't haVe aNY." Frisk lowered her hand, deflating on the thought of not being able to battle. Thinking that he finally gotten rid of her, growled out when she started following him again. "WHaT KId!" She just smiled at him all cheeky like. Ignoring her, he continued walking until he saw that someone was standing infront of him.
"THAT IS NO WAY TO TALK TO A LADY! OR BY ANYONE IN FACT."
"GrEat, whAt I juSt neEded. THe iDiot bRigAde."Frisk ran past him and jumped into the arms of Papyrus who was sporting a red jacket with a yellow scarf.
"I HAVE YET TO SEE YOU AROUND HERE. WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM. FOR I SHOULD KNOW ALL THOSE WHO WALK THROUGH THESE WOODS. FOR YOU SEE, BY DAY I MIGHT SEEM AS ANY ORDINARY GYM LEADER! BUT... "
"PleaSe nO..." Papyrus ducked closer as to 'whisper' to him.
" BY NIGHT, I AM SECRETLY PART OF..." Pulling away his clothes in one swift move, reveled a white shirt and pants with a red R on the middle. "PART OF THE ROYAL GUARD! AND I MUST STOP YOU OF YOUR HEAR TO CAUSE ANY TROUBLE!"
"Oh stArs, kilL mE." If he didn't think it would get any worse, Undyne in a baggy yellow jacket came falling from the trees into the scene.
"Heck yeah! Did any one say..." tearing off her own clothes revealed a similar clothing as Papyrus. "TROUBLE!"
"NYEHEHE, NOW PREPARE FOR TROUBLE!"
"And make it double!"
"TO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM DETERMINATION!"
"To unite ALL monsters within our nation!" Error felt like clawing his own skull wide open as the two started with their motto while posing against each other. Seeing him in such a state, Frisk walked towards him, giving him a small pity smile. Feeling worned out, he slid down against one of the trees. Feeling bad for him, Frisk stood infront of him as Undyne and Papyrus started to advance towards him. "Hey, punk! Move out of the way!" Frisk tossed her pokèball, releasing her eevee.
"HUMAN! DO YOU WISH TO BATTLE US!?" Frisk smiled cheeky as she nodded yes. "WONDERFUL! I ALWAYS LOVE OUR DUELS!"
"Yeah! Come on Papyrus! Show her how strong you've gotten!"
"PREPARE YOURSELF HUMAN!" Papyrus threw his pokèball, releasing his marowak sporting white and blue armor. While the two battled out, Error felt something tugging against his jacket. Opening his tired sockets, he was faced with a cubone wearing a blue jacket and a gaster skull.
"WhAt..."
"cubone~"
"little guy just wanted to know what your doing here. besides hanging around with our human here." Before him stood a not so happy looking Sans wearing a zipped up blue jacket and blue beanie.
"I'm nOt! ShE juSt sTArTeD follOwinG mE!"
"that's fine and all, but still...what are you doing here?"
"DiD a smAll humAn chilD weaRing a puRple hoOdie DrOp arouNd heRe?"
"little puffin? sorry, not here." Not wanting to stay any longer, Error glitched away before hearing Sans ask why he was looking for her. Glitching away, Error thought to himself.
"LitTle glitCh, you bettEr be haviNg a sHitty tiMe like I am. CauSe this is ridiCulous."
Quite a few AU's away, Bonbon was sweating up a storm. But not from the intense training Undyne was putting Papyrus in, but from being in a very close proximity to all the spears that flew by her.
"That's the way Papyrus! 125 more spears to go!"
"NYEHEHE!" Papyrus had summoned a large bone and was currently swatting away the spears that came charging at him. After the spear swatting, Papyrus legs gripped onto a spear that was embedded on the wall. His goal was to do sit ups while avoiding the sharp points of the spears below him.
"I'm so PUMPED! GAHHHHHH!" Screamed Undyne as she suplexed a boulder nearby. All the while Bonbon continued to sweat while sucking on her pacifer.