Me: Error, you are being defied!

Error: I'm being defied?!

Me: You are being defied!

Error: How dare those glitches defy me?!

Asriel: The reason should be obvious. We're coming to blows because you can't help but do what you're trying to do.

Frisk: But we won't let you do it. We're going to stand up to you, as long as it takes, as much as it takes.

Chara: Rebellion! We rebel against you!

Red: You guys...I...

Asriel: I'm not going to just stand aside. I won't let him do whatever he wants!

Chara: My thoughts exactly!

Alter!Asgore: ...Awwwwh. I forgot the scones!

Chapter Start!


[Music: Errorvania Remastered]

Asriel was being backed up by Alter!Toriel and Chara, while Alter!Asgore and Red tended to the wounded Frisk. Error had control of Shamir and Gaster, who were only puppets to him with his strings tightly wrapped around their souls.

Alter!Asgore, a surprisingly experienced healer in his universe, narrowed his eyes as his glowing paws hovered over the cross wound on Frisk's chest. Error was forcing Shamir to use nearly all of his power in that slash. It very well could have killed him if this was six years prior. Not as durable as Asriel or Chara, but enough. Though he had come to a rather unfortunate conclusion. He could very well heal most of the damage, but this scar wasn't going away. Red looked a bit worryingly at Frisk, then towards Asriel, who was busy glaring down Error Sans alongside Chara and Alter!Toriel.

"Do not worry, Frisk. The Amazing Asgore will make sure you're alright." Alter!Asgore reassured, trusting that his sister would be able to somehow help curb this entire conflict.

Chara clenched his remaining fist as Error again moved his fingers with the blue threads, as they inched Shamir and Gaster forward more. "Error, you coward! You're not gonna fight us yourself?!"

"Now you should know me better than that, Chara. I'm a Sans. I do whatever I can to make less work for myself. Ya think I'm gonna waste energy fightin' ya all myself? Nah. I'll have Shamir and G man do that for me."

"Grrr..."

"It's not like you're any different. You're quite a manipulator yourself, Chara. There really isn't anything different about us."

"Except I've actually wisened up and listened to the people trying to help me. You, however, are just continuing on as if it doesn't matter."

"Oh puh-lease. That little redemption shtick of yours ain't gonna stick. It goes against the status quo. The status quo must be maintained."

"Maybe the status quo is a bunch of crap and we decided to change the rules in order to be happy. Asriel and Frisk were through following the rules that didn't lead to everyone's happiness, so they made their own."

Error cocked his head to the side. "Heh...heh. You're really are just a trio of troublemakers. Ya think ya can just change the rules whenever you want and expect nobody to notice, expectin' nothin' to go wrong?" Error lowered himself enough until his feet reached the ground, and he began pacing right to left,striking his chin. "Ya know that old sayin'...hmmm...oh yeah, I remember! 'You think you are above the consequences.' Well you were right about one thing, no one is above the consequences. Not even the three of you. ESPECIALLY not the three of you."

Frisk shivered intensely from hearing that very familiar phrase. Chara recognized this, and eyes glowed a furious crimson. "Bastard...you did not just use that phrase against us."

"'Fraid I just did, bub. Ya think you can break a couple major rules that hold your world together and not expect repercussions? Well here's a wakeup call...ya can't." Error emphasized, clenching his fist, tightening the grip on Shamir and Gaster's souls. "Gaster got himself erased from existence, Shamir's home is lost, and Red was eant to fill in a spot of missing information because the timeline decided that it was permanently done resetting itself because of your actions. But by the end of the day, they're just glitches I have to kill. Glitches that you're trying to save? You don't even know the possible severe repercussions of allowing these three to return to the Classic Universe alive, so I'm trying to spare you the trouble. Of course, you and Azzy are basically anomalies at this point. Hell, your timeline is filled with many things that shouldn't be there, seriously out of place. It's why I can't even recognize the Classic Universe's code anymore, and the changes are affecting other parts of the mulitverse! Whaddya think will happen if you add MORE anomalies to the mix just because you wanna save them?! Nothing that doesn't have consequences, that's for damn sure. But you three seem to think you're above the consequences, right?"

"QUIT USING THAT PHRASE AGAINST US, DAMN YOU! And would you also shut up about the whole 'glitches' thing! Whether or not they deserve to exist is NOT something for you to decide!" Chara shouted, emphasizing Asriel's earlier thoughts. "I'd like to emphasize my earlier statement when we first met. Hypocritical. Jackass."

"Ya sure someone your age should be usin' words li-" Error's eye sockets widened as he narrowly dodged out of the way of a Dreemer Beamer's light, also taking care that Shamir and Gaster dodged as well. He swung his head to see Alter!Toriel with one paw on her pocket, and her other paw outstretched. The draconic skull levitates by her side as her eyes glowed flaming yellow and her sclera turns black.

"are ya done yet?" She asked coolly, eyes fully showing disinterest. "because all i'm hearin' from this nutcase is 'blah blah blah, glitches. blah blah blah, multiverse. blah blah blah, consequences. blah blah blah, other stupid things error would say.'"

Error clenched his fists. "Are you mocking me? Stupid Toriel glitch. I do not appreciate being toyed with!"

"take it up to someone who actually gives a damn."

"Which is actually no one, so you're outta luck." Chara smirked. If he had both arms, he'd be folding them right now. That was going to be a rather minor annoyance.

Error looked fully prepared to have a fit, clenching his fists even tighter than before. "Listen here ya little-" Error's eye sockets widened again as he finally let's himself notice that Asriel has completely disappeared. Where did he go...?

"Error. I thought I already told you."

Error stiffened a bit as Asriel reappeared right behind him, preparing to swipe at him with a Chaos Blade. He narrowly ducks under the slice and jumps back a decent distance, setting them apart. Gotta remember he isn't some helpless crybaby anymore. Not in the Classic Universe.

Asriel has already dissipated his Chaos Blade, clenching his fists. "I'm sure I made it very clear. If the words that pass through your teeth aren't apologies, THEN I DON'T CARE FOR THEM!" The last six words came with a powerful burst of magic that lightly ruffled everyone within the Anti-Void, and slightly pushed back those who weren't filly prepared for the outburst.

Error, Gaster, Alter!Toriel, and Chara are the only ones who stood their ground and didn't flinch. The others were slightly surprised with the outburst themselves.

"Ya wanna tussle with me, kid? Fine. But as you can expect from a Sans, I'm not gonna make it easy for ya." The blue threads tugged on Gaster's and Shamir's souls, forcing them to attack Asriel with Gaster Blasters and lighting shocks. Though the Gaster Blasters were swiftly sliced apart by Chara with a manifested black flaming blade, and the lightning strikes were effectively countered with multiple fireballs from Alter!Toriel. This left neither of the attacks reaching Asriel at all. "Ugh! Of course you'd stand together."

"Did you expect anything less?"

"I did have expectations. They're rather disappointing." Error blasters manifested into existence and fired pure white energy tiwards them, the maw filled with "ERROR'S". The trio retreated in three different directions before landing on their feet again.

"well, this is rather troublesome." Alter!Toriel mumbled as Shamir was forced to stand in front of her, blades drawn and coated with lightning. Shamir himself, besides the pure black eyes and blue outline, look rather troubled. "apparently this is a thing that's going to be happening, now."

"I'm feeling rather uncomfortable. And for more reasons than one. I'm being forced to fight you. The last time I tried, it ended rather horribly for me."

"don't beat yourself up too much. who knows? if we haven't managed to break error's bold on you yet, you might actually get a hit in!"

"...Was that supposed to make me feel better?"

"i can definitely call it an attempt." Shamir was forced to leap forward, slashing at Alter!Toriel with his lightning-coated blades. She easily dodged by benting backwards, stroking her chin. "i can also call that one an attempt."

"My apologies!" Shamir called out as he struck out with lightning coated paws. She easily avoids most of the swipes headed her away, including bending her head to the side just a couple inches. He then send a burst of wind her way from both paws that blew her back a couple paces until she stopped in her tracks. She wasn't too phased, she simply dusted off her jacket and sweaterdress.

"'it's fine. i know you're not in control, so i'll go easy on you."

"...again. Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Shamir sweatdropped. Now he was being forced to shoot blasts of lighting her way. She shifted multiple times, sometimes making a rather silly face involving bunny ears and wiggly eyes. He twitched a bit, and not because of the threads. "Are you...being serious?"

"as much as i can be at the moment." She replied, throwing a ball of fire his way which exploded before it could actually make contact, though the force of the explosion still sent him flying backwards. He wasn't too badly hurt by it, but he still had a bit of singed fur.

Chara made continuous attempts to try and strike at the threads controlling Gaster. This was constantly defied as Gaster's Gaster Blasters kept him at bay. He clenched his fist. "Sans has put a lot of trust in us to restore for him! There's no way we're gonna let him down when we're so close! He doesn't need anymore disappointment when it comes to you!"

"You've...taken a lot of thoughts on how Sans feels about this." Gaster noted, the blue threads forcing him to move forward, manifesting multiple violet bones around his being. "And the malice in your soul...it's decreased drastically. Far from the last time we've met."

"I've mellowed out a bit." Chara narrowed his eyes as the bones swiftly shoot at him. The flames that formed his blade slowly morped into sharp claws. He was quick to slice apart the projectiles headed his way.

"Hmm...Darkness Magic. It seems that your umbrakinesis has improved greatly."

Chara tilted his head. "Darkness Magic, Umbrakinesis...I'm just gonna stick to Shadow Bending. It just sounds so much cooler than either of those."

"Ah, I actually agree with you. Did you come up with that so you could impress a certain spider with the name later?"

"...I kinda brought that on myself, didn't I?" Chara rubbed his neck a bit, then jumped again as another wave of bones was sent his way. He pushed his hand out as he decimated the bones with a powerful burst of shadow. Gaster wished he wasn't under a puppeteer's control, he really wanted to praise Chara for such a prodigy level use of power.

Error grinned confidently as Asriel glared at him, immense power seeping from the latter. He was taking full advantage of the fact that none of them will do so much damage to Shamir or Gaster, while Red was shaken, and Frisk was still injured and being cared by Alter!Asgore. This left him the one to fight Error Sans. Without the multiverse remote, which was destroyed with Shamir's attack, they won't be going anywhere anyway. And they doubted Error would just let them leave.

"You really want to go through with this...alright. I'll oblige you, Flower Boy. I'll even let ya take the first official shot."

"That's a lie."

"...You know Sans better than I thought you did." Error complimented. He slowly raises his left hand as more strands of blue thread emitted from them. "Unfortunately...that won't save you here."

A plethora of glitching bones shot out from the Anti-Void and swiftly fly right Asriel. Eyes narrowed, he uses Chaos Blade to cut through all of the bones headed his way. Then Error sent a plethora of blue threads his way, pushing Asriel to teleport back a couple feet to prevent them from patching onto his Rainbow Soul. He kept his paws on his blade, keeping his eyes on Error at all times.

"The multiverse has it's fair share of universes where you're quite an ideal subject, Asriel Dreemurr." Error said, rushing towards Asriel, blue threads attaching to three Error Blasters with a crazed grin. They each fired at Asriel near-perfect accuracy, though Asriel teleported again in order to avoid them all. Error teleports right in front of him. Asriel's eyes widened as Error slashed a bone shard towards him, Asriel had to defend with another Chaos Blade. They pushed against each other, yet Error didn't look concerned. "I've seen a lot of em, kid. You're a major focus. Dreemurr Heirs. Half-Hearted Dreemurrs. And the most famous one of all: Dreemurr Reborn. All of those universes, you either come back to life for good, or you never would have died at all. And the effects have created quite the massive differences."

Asriel blinked his eyes in astonishment. Chara and Frisk were also sure to listen in ln that piece of information. There were so many ways their world could have ended up, had Asriel stayed alive or never died at all. He did imagine that that either of those would place immense differences on the world. For both monster kind and humanity.

"It's astonishing, how many people desperately want you to reach that happy ending, they feel like you seriously need a break. In many universes, you somehow get that break." Error grinned. "...too bad it's not supposed to go down like that. Either Asriel Dreemurr stays soulless forever, or he gets chopped to pieces as Flowey. Sweet, idealistic, adorable Asriel Dreemurr...your entire existence was doomed to be a neverending hell."

"Galacta Gauntlets." On Asriel's call, star decorated gauntlets formed on his paws, and he swiftly punches Error across the cheek bone, pushing him back a couple feet. He then leapt forward again to punch Error's ribcage, causing the glitched skeleton to double over slightly. Both of his paws lit with fire magic as he pushed them both into Error's ribcage, igniting his entire body with fire and sending him flying across the Void. Though he recovered easily as he kept himself suspended with his blue threads.

"It's written in history, Asriel. In the Classic Universe, you'll never get to be happy. Not only because that's how it is, you just don't deserve it." Error Blasters formed on their owner's sides and fired towards Asriel, who begsn running around to avoid the lasers. They continued discharging, leading to a continuous stream of energy chasing him. "Frisk saved you and Chara. That's such a waste. Both of you were lost causes, and the timeline would have been much more stable had you two stayed gone. But no. The three of you live together, and now most things about the Classic Universe has irreversibly changed."

"I don't see why that has to warrant trying to kill us!" Asriel shouted, a ball of fire magic forming in his paws and firing at Error. It was casually defended against by a wall of glitching bones.

"Constantly messing with time and space is the reason why Red exists only in this Universe, and why Geno Alphys continues to exist. The former shouldn't exist at all, and the latter's timeline was erased without her. Those two are walking paradoxes, Asriel. Glitches. And I'm the one who's gonna get rid of you all!"

Asriel remained strong, instead choosing to throw another ball of fire towards Error, who deflects it with glitching bones once more. Though this time Asriel leapt at him with a Chaos Blade in his paws.

"So what if things are drastically different?! Neither Geno Alphys or Red are hurting anyone! No one was endangered by their existence! Everything was fine!" Asriel shouted as he swung the blade, which was once again deflected by glitching bones. Though he kept pushing as he uses one paw to throw more fire at Error. "They deserve to exist just like everyone else in our timeline! They've done nothing to deserve what you're attempting to do!"

Error narrowly dodges the fireball, and manifested more glitching bones to attack Asriel with. All of them failed as another Chaos Blade forms in his paw and he sliced them all apart with ease. Eye sockets narrowing, Error manifested an Error Blaster by his side, immediately firing at Asriel. He avoids it by swiftly teleporting to the side, avoiding the beam of light. He spread his strings and then swiped at Asriel. The Prince formed a Chaos Blade in his paws and they clashed a couple times, Error with a maddening grin as he swiped at Asriel with his blue threads, while Asriel kept slicing at Error which was deflected by said threads.

"They just want to be happy! And this time all three of us are prepared to defend it! Why must you be so intent on destroying all of that hard-earned progress?!" Asriel shouted as he did a side slash which was again deflected. He then pushed back and lunged forward, with Error swioign at him overhead as well. They passed by each other as the attacks grinder against one another. They stood up straight as they stood back-to-back, staring in the direction they were facing. "There's no way you genuinely believe what you're doing is the right thing...do you really think you're in the right, here?"

"You wouldn't understand, no matter how many times I explain it." Error dodged to the side as Asriel's blade just barely grazes his cheek bone. He huffed, irritation quickly becoming prominent. It didn't help as soon as Asriel went back to his Galacta Gauntlets and aimed a hard punch into Error's glitching rib cage again, making him stagger and grunt in aggravation. This fluffy prince was getting on his nerves, really fast.

Red was watching all of this unfold, watching Asriel and the others fight for her sake. She was definitely confused/horrified that she was a paradox, she shouldn't exist yet she did. Asriel has made it quite clear that he didn't care about that. He cared about her whether she previously existed or not. He was making it clear by outright defying Error's attempts to correct the mistakes of the Classic Universe. Because to him, there were no mistakes in the Classic Universe. Only happiness for most. And someone was trying to dangerously ruin that to the point of no return. That was something he couldn't and wouldn't allow. This was made clearer with the ferocity of his attacks growing more present while his focus never waned.

Alter!Asgore slowly got up around the same time that Frisk did, the latter seeing that Red was contemplating everything that was currently going on. It didn't take too long for him to start realizing that Red hearing and seeing Asriel defend her was definitely getting to her. The canine places a paw over her chest, where the human soul she didn't remember absorbing pulsed calmly. She then shook her head and slapped her cheeks with both paws. This wasn't the time to wallow in self-loathing and confusion. Mistake or not, paradox or not, glitch or not, her friend needed her help. And right now, that's the only thing that matters to her. She had a human soul whether she liked it or not. Emphasis on not. But for now, she might as well use her unknowingly enhanced power to help everyone.

She looked towards the others, seeing the blue threads that are controlling Gaster and Shamir, and decided that they needed to go. A glowing chakram appeared in her left paw. She spins around for a seconds before tossing it and watching it fly.

Chara decimated another array of bones thrown his way as Gaster unwillingly prepared to fire a volley of Gaster Blaster rays. Though the enhanced chakram eventually reached it's target and sliced through the blue threads, freeing Gaster from Error's control.

"What the?! NO! You mangy mutt!" Error shouted as an Error Blaster Discharged towards Red. Frisk was quick to manifest a green barrier around her to defend against the blast, causing it to split off and continue outwards into the Void. This was not going well anymore.

"heh. red's got the right idea." Alter!Toriel nodded as she dodges yet another swing from Shamir before leaping backwards, a bit before summoning a Dreemer Beamer and firing at the blue threads controlling Shamir, watching as he falls to the ground, panting tiredly.

"Ha...ha...thank you..."

She briefly patted his head. "good kitty." Shamir tried not to twitch his eyes in aggravation, because he was far too tired to do so.

Asriel managed another blow on Error with his Galacta Gauntlets, pushing him back. Then his paw gathered fire, which also began coating a star in the very center. He narrowed his eyes as he prepared yet another special attack: "Flame Star!" He throws the fire coated star and it strikes Error in the ribcage, powerfully knocking him back with a burst of fire and stars.

"Gaaaagh! Goddammit! You're much more trouble than you're worth, kiddo!"

"Then do us all a favor and leave us alone!" Asriel shouted defiantly. It was no use at this point, neither of them were making any plans of backing down from their goals. However, unlike Error, Asriel had allies.

A Dreemer Beamer blast from Alter!Toriel strikes Error in the back, and a black ball of flames from Chara strikes him in the ribcage again. Why was it always the ribcage!? It didn't help that Error lifted his head only to get roundhouse kicked by Asriel, something he didn't expect from him. He really has been taught by Undyne. It would have hurt a lot less of the foot that he was kicked with wasn't coated with lightning, sending shocks throughout his body.

"Okay, you know what? Enough!" Error crossed his blue threads just as Asriel was leaping forward for another attack. The blue threads entangled Asriel, leaving him immobile. They them wrapped around his soul and painfully tightened it to the point where his attack completely dissipates from the strain. "I'm gettin' sick of your feeble resistance, kid! Very few glitches kept standin' up to me like this! Close to none of them have been a Dreemurr!" The others froze up once they saw that Asriel was in Error's clutches.

"That's because...they don't want...their world to be destroyed...by someone like you..." Asriel snarled through the pain on his Rainbow Soul. "Maybe it's time...that many more people around the multiverse stand up to you. They haven't done anything wrong to you...so you don't get to judge on whether they deserve to exist or not!"

"Why are you so intent on defending these feeble glitches, Dreemurr?!"

"Because it doesn't matter if the universes other people live in are just an alternate version of ours! Them just existing isn't bringing any danger to the Class Universe! And above all, their homes are real to them!"

Error was no longer amused by this whole ordeal. He was pissed that they were still resisting him. He could have been done by now if they weren't so damn Determined. Asriel was sounding too much like that damned artist. Far. Too. Much. Nothing was going his way anymore. That was irritating. Enraging. Absolutely infuriating that nothing was going his way that they were supposed to.

This wasn't right. None of this was right.

His eye sockets began filling with glitches."I'm not tolerating your presence anymore, Asriel. I'm gonna make sure you stay dead! Just like you're supposed t-" He was cut off as a chakram sliced through all of the threads and freed Asriel, who was quick the blast Error back with a powerful Shocker Breaker to the chest. He skidded across the Void, but was able to see Red quickly help Asriel up. "Oh you have got to be kidding me!"

"Looks like you've made a serious Error in judgement. Blegh!" Red quipped, sticking her tongue out.

"haha, nice!" Alter!Toriel slapped her knee, while Alter!Asgore facepalmed.

"Are you ready to apologize?" Asriel demanded strongly.

[Music Stop]

Error's eye sockets began glitching some more, as his arms slowly spread apart and more blue threads streamed from them."ThaT's iT! I'M thROugh meSsiN aRounD! I woN'T be huMIliAted by INsignificaNT glITchEs!"

He wasn't giving it his all...?! Chara said in debelief, though not intimidated by the revelation. He was still a Sans after all, if a maniacal one.

Error was about to lunge at them with a surprising amount of killing intent...but he was stopped by a purple splotch of paint appearing in front of him. His eye sockets widened. "No way...!"

SWIPE!

"Mmph?!" Error stepped back a couple feet as he was trying to wipe the paint off of his face. "Damn you...!"

"You've caused enough of a ruckus for today, Error. Get lost, and leave these kids alone." This was blasphemous. All this hard work and nothing to show for it. And now that HE was interfering, he had no chance of winning this confrontation. His puppets were freed. He was painfully outnumbered. He had to retreat.

"Grrr...of all the times you'd show up, it had to be NOW...dammit..." With this, Error formed a portal to another part of the Anti-Void, and disappeared through it.

The being with the paintbrush huffed, swirling around and placing it on his back, before turning towards the others. He looked towards Asriel especially, with a nod of acknowledgement. "No matter how different the AU is, it's still home to someone. Well said, Asriel Dreemurr."

"You...who are you...?"

"I'll explain that later. But right now, let's get you home so you can complete your mission. Your multiverse remote got smashed, so I'll have to take you there myself. Gaster, just sit tight for a little bit kay?" The painter swiftly swipes his brush a couple times, forming a bigger splotch in the Void and jumping through it. The others looked at one another strangely, except for Alter!Toriel and Alter!Asgore, then all of the soon jumped through the splotch of paint, minus Gaster.

{Classic Universe}

The painter was the very first one to exit from the spot on the other side. The Dreemurr Trio followed right after. Alter!Asgore and Alter!Toriel also follwed right after, alongside Red and Shamir. Everyone made it to the Classic Universe safely.

"Whoo! Safe and Sound, for the most part!" The painter said with a wipe of his brow. "In any case, we should probably inform your family that-"

"What was that noise?"

"Zoinks!"

Toriel and Asgore stepped out of their house. They and the others have been worried sick since the Dreemurr Trio have been taking a long time with their venture. And Red disappeared without a trace, so they were trying to track them down. Though to Toriel's relief, she was able to find the three of them, as well as Red herself. She walked up to them, fully prepared to hug. Though she topped short once she saw what she saw. She had no care for the painter at first, he didn't even remotely enter her line of thought. No, what had her concerned, was her children. Asriel was scuffled up and had harsh lines on his fur, Frisk had an X-shaped scar on his chest, and Chara was missing an arm.

Asriel briefly nudged Chara's shoulder. "Hey, Chara. I think we're..."

"I know, Azzy." He deadpanned, aware of what was going to happen next. With a huge sigh of reluctant acceptance, with his remaining arm still intact, he gently facepalmed as he waited patiently for the inevitable.

Frisk even counted it down. "Three...two...one.."

"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BABIES?!" Toriel shouted in horror and panic. She felt her world darken, as she suddenly fell backwards, unconscious. Asgore gasped as he swiftly catches her in his arms before she could hit the ground.

"Tori?! TORI?!" He gently patted her cheek in an attempt to bring her back to stable consciousness. "Honey! Speak to me! Speak to me, love!"

"Gorey...babies...my...my babies...babies are hurt...mommy must...must protect...babies...baaby babies...waawh..." She mumbled incoherently, her eyes becoming comical swirl lines that continued to slowly spin around.

Alter!Toriel watched her Classic self faint, Alter!Asgore had his paws over his mouth from shock. Shamir and Red sweatdropped from the extreme reaction. The painter just seemed to find the whole situation awkward and quite unexpected.

"...she's taking it better than i thought she would." Alter!Toriel finally commented.

(Later...)

After Toriel was properly resuscitated from unconsciousness, she outright REFUSED to let the Dreemurr Trio out of her sight. Seriously. After calling all of their friends as well as applying some healing magic to the three boys, she simply sat herself on the couch, placed all three of them next to her, and she never let them leave her side since. Asriel was in her lap, while Frisk and Chara were on her sides.

"Mom...this isn't necessary."

"Yes it is." Smooch.

"Mommy..."

"Is it making you three uncomfortable?" Smooch.

"Of course not..."

"Then we're fine." Smooch.

The embarrassment these three experience is immense whenever Toriel gets like this. Her motherly instinct kicks into overdrive, and any distance that isn't within her arms length was considered unsafe. She's been kissing the tops of their heads multiple times every time they spoke. Asgore just calmly sipped his tea and just let's his wife do as she pleases. He knew better than to try and pull them away from her, even when they asked for it.

"Now, who may you be again?" Asgore asked the painter, who was sitting on the other side of the table.

"Ah! I've already shown myself to you, so I might as well go all the way!" The painter grinned as he began standing up. "My name is Ink! Guardian of the Multi-"

Bam! Shiver.

"Oooooowwowowowowow! I got up too fast! Hurt my kneecap! Huuuurrrrt my kneecap! Oooh! Ouch!" The painter hopped around on one foot, eye sockets closed in pain as his scarf flailed around wildly, as well as his paintbrush. Everyone in the room sweat dropped at the somewhat childish display.

"...Please tell me this moron wasn't gonna say he's the Guardian of the Multiverse." Undyne deadpanned.

"I don't know, Undyne. He was pretty close to saying it." Alphys said curiously.

"And of course he had to be a Sans, right?"

"I guess..."

When Ink was done lightly nursing his sore kneecap, he stomped the ground. "Dang it all to heck! You ruined your amazing intro, Ink! You had one shot to make a good impression to Classic Sans and you BLEW IT! Ya just couldn't wait until you-Bleeeeeeaaagh!" Everyone jumped out of their seats when Ink just began vomiting...well...ink, from his mouth. It must have been from the immense frustration caused by ruining his own introduction. Once it was over, leaving a large black puddle of ink on the ground, he blinked owlishly. "...we were talking about something, right?" This time, everyone just fell over in a comical fashion, leaving Ink to wonder why they were all so floored.

Again...somebody PLEASE tell me he isn't really Guardian of the Multiverse. Undyne mentally deadpanned.

Classic Sans rubbed his neck. "uh...guardian of the multiverse, eh? why would you wanna impress me?"

"Are you kidding?! Sans Classic the Original! The one that came before all! I didn't expect to meet you so soon! I was trying to improvise on the fly, but I mucked it all up by that stupid table-no offense to you, Miss Toriel. It's a very nice table."

"Thank you~"

"Anyway, Classic Sans is the original. He's a legend across the multiverse. Of course I wamted ro make a good first impression. But I kinda blew it..."

"Your eyes. They change color every time you blink?" Frisk asked.

"Huh? Oh, yeah! They always do that."

"Just like how you just randomly vomit black ink?" Chara said.

"Yep! Both of those things happen a lot!" Ink puffed his chest. Chara gently facepalmed. He didn't seem to care that random colored eyes and throwing up black ink is NOT supposed to be said with pride. Chara narrows it down, this guy is unaware, and also unaware, simultaneously. "Anyway, I do guard all of the AU's and watch them grow. There's so many out there, so much creativity! The multiverse is such a big place filled with all kinds of creativity! I always get pumped whenever a new AU forms!" Ink beamed excitedly, bouncing a bit. Then he stopped bouncing and sighed. "Though there are some who don't like creativity...they don't think those AU's should exist, that they're mere mistakes. Someone like-"

"Error Sans." Asriel finished for him.

"Yes. Error Sans. Destroyer of AU's."

BAM!

"ow! what the hell?!" Classic Sans moaned in pain as Undyne slugged him hard in the shoulder, an irritated tick mark on her head, as well as clenched razor teeth.

"How is it that when we discover some super weird shit, there's always a seriously high chance that you have something to do with it?!"

"...maybe i'm just famous?"

"Too famous, if ya ask me..."

"Shhhh! The fourth wall is VERY fragile. Don't mess with it." Ink shushes them both. "But yes. Since I protect the creation of AUs, while he destroys them...we come to blows a LOT. So much that our fighting usually makes a big mess of the Universe we're currently in. It usually has to be Reset after all the damage is done and he hasn't destroyed it."

Chara groaned, gently rubbing his cheek. "So you mean he was literally just toying with us back then?"

"Not the whole time. Asriel was about to get him genuinely serious once he discovers that Asriel doesn't go down like the rest. Speaking of which, it's real nice to see a bit of focus on everyone else. Most of the AU's revolve around just Sans. Don't get me wrong. As a fellow Sans, I can always appreciate another me. But still, I'm one for variety. Just...allow the others to have a bit of spotlight, you know? Explore the others for a change. And Asriel Dreemurr has proven himself to be quite an amazing person."

"I am?"

"Yeah! Don't think I didn't notice how Universes Flowerfell and Storyshift have been much happier with your intervention. Not only that, you're one of the few who stood up to Error Sans and survive, even with said intervention. That enough is worthy of my attention. That, and Error has been acting erratically lately, even more than usual. I usually try to keep myself away from the Classic Universe so I wouldn't disturb it. But since you all were Deterimined to reassemble Gaster, Error was trying to stop you, and he broke your multiverse remote...I had no choice but to break my own rule and intervene before the situation could get worse."

"Breaking rules that restrict a path to happiness seems to be a thing, lately." Chara smirked.

"Obviously. Destroying the True Reset. Permanently locking out the Genocide Run. It's no wonder a lot of things have changed!"

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Asriel gasped when Ink mentioned Storyshift. He pulled out his phone and went to a certain picture he took. "Dad, you're the Royal Scientist in Shift One of the Storyshifr Universe. You made a few mechanical parts for Undyne so she could survive and do amazing things. And then on the back of one of her posters, she had this written there!" Asgore blinked as he took a look at the picture.

"...'Thanks for being the Dad I never knew could be real...?'" His eyes widened as he looks towards Undyne, who's eye widened as she began blushing brightly. "Undyne..."

"...So what?! That's Storyshift me! Not Me me!" She huffed, turning around and her blush brightened. "...but...yeah. I guess...I feel that way too. I dunno. Maybe. Who cares?!" Asgore stood up and opened his arms wide for her. "C'mon Asgore, are you really gonna-"

"Either you come to me, or I come to you. I don't mind either." Asgore made it very clear, as clear as the large goofy smile on his muzzle.

"Ugh..." Undyne rolled her eye. But nonetheless, she walked up to Asgore and didn't resist as he closed his arms around her to give her a warm fluffy hug, lifting her off her feet slightly. She huffed at how snuggly he was being, though she relented and returned the hug softly. He smiled widely at the returned gesture. Then he kissed her forehead. She tried her hardest to not show her comfort and wide smile that threatened to break out on her face. Soon she pulled away from him as he released her, only for her to be hugged tightly by Asriel. "Ugh! You too, Asriel?! You Dreemurrs are hug monsters!"

"I'm okay with that~" Asriel smiled, nuzzling her chest, causing her to marvel again at how tall he was getting. He then looked up to her as his eyes brightened. "So if you see Dad as your Dad...then because we spent a long time together as Master and Student...is it okay for me to see you as my big sister?~"

Undyne's eye widened as a massive blush brushed her face. She genuinely didn't expect that. "Uh...u-uh..."

Asriel blinked as he pulled away from her chest slightly. "Undyne, are you okay? Your heart skipped a beat."

"...Shut up." The words were completely lacking malice, and she had her occasional catlike smile. She couldn't help but feel a bit flustered.

"She literally has no idea how cute she's being." Ink beamed. "Anyway, it looks like everything is okay here. I shouldn't stay here for too long, or I might lose Error's trail. He's even more unpredictable than ever, so I've gotta keep my eye sockets on him." Ink narrowed his eye sockets as he stood up straight. "Gotta chase him down quickly. Error won't try and attack the Classic Universe a second time, now that I've been here. But he's an unpredictable fellow, so better safe than sorry."

"You're leaving so soon?" Toriel asked.

"As a Guardian of the Mulitverse, as fun as it is, also has it's moments of seriousness. So yeah, duty calls." Ink twirled his paintbrush and swiped at the wall, forming a blue painted portal. "I can't wait to tell Dream and Core all about this!"

"Dream...and Core? Who are they?" Frisk asked.

Ink grinned mischievously. "Those are tales for another day, my friend. But I do suggest that you take a break from the multiverse travel for a while, or else your Mom's gonna have a heart attack. Welp, seeya!" He waved as he jumped through the paint, disappearing into it. The paint instantly clears up once he passes through.

"WELL, HE CERTAINLY WAS A COLORFUL FELLOW, WASNT HE?" Papyrus noted. "BUT AT LEAST, THE MISSION IS SOMEWHAT COMPLETED WITH THEIR RETURN!"

Toriel took a deep breath. "...Well...he's right about one thing. The multiverse traveling is put on hold for as long as it needs to be. Because..." She sighed as she placed her paws on her cheeks. "...oh my god, you three got seriously hurt during those travels, I was afraid that you three were hurt. And it's true...you were really, really hurt...and I wouldn't have been able to..." She sniffled a bit, as she wraps her arms around them and pulled them into a very tight hug. "Asriel exhausted his magic...Frisk has a scar on his chest...and Chara is lacking an arm! My b-babies! My s-sweet little a-angels...I j-just...I...WAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

The trio sweatdropped as Toriel started crying. She worried heavily about them. Her children were gone across the multiverse and she didn't have any way to keep their progress too much. All she had was for Alter!Toriel and Alter!Asgore to watch out for them. She held in her concerns for a while, now her relief allowed her to release all her worries...into motherly tears.

"Mommy, please don't cry..." Asriel said with a sheepish smile.

"We'll be fine, Mom. We'll heal." Frisk nodded.

"It'll be fine, mother. It's...just a flesh wound." Chara joked a bit, grunting from a sharp elbow from Asriel, and more tears falling on his head courtesy of Toriel. "Okay, that might have been the wrong thing to say..."

Shamir nodded. "So...our mission is complete. What of Gaster? You all have enough pieces of him from universes that had his form at it's most stable. Shall we commence with reviving him?"

"As soon as we can." Frisk said, filled with Determination. "He's waited long enough."

(Sans and Papyrus's House)

"Alright, with the pieces of Gaster from the Universes you went to where he was most stabilized. We have a bit of it from Fell!Me in Flowerfell, plus the one in Storyshift, and the one in Altertale that Asriel went to, the two other mostly unnamed universes, plus the one in our own Universe, and finally the piece of him you recieved in the Void where you had actual direct contact with him...it should be enough to restore his body in this Universe." Alphys said as she began typing in Sans' console for the machine. The vials containing Gaster's essence have been placed in a special container placed in the pod. "We have enough pieces...it should work."

"i wouldn't be surprised of it doesn't..." Sans said dejectedly.

"DON'T BE LIKE THAT, BROTHER. IT WILL WORK FOR SURE. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!" Papyrus beamed.

"Indeed! Trust in us, Classic Sans! For the Great Papyrus and Amazing Asgore are very confident in this experiment's success! Nyohoho!"

"It'd better work. Lost an arm for this guy." Chara mumbled, rubbing the bandaged spot with an aggravated sigh. Toriel freaked out and turned into a sobbing wreck. Muffet however, would most likely kick his butt for letting that happen to him when he assured her that he would be completely fine. All in all, he was more concerned about the reactions than the arm itself. So he really wanted this to work to make that pain worth it.

"Here goes nothing!" Alphys declared, pulling the switch and pressing the button on the side. The pod began whirring and glowing bright white. Her glasses were shining white as Sans and Papyrus stood by and wached. Alter!Toriel and Alter!Asgore stood by as well, wondering what might happen.

The glowing and whirring continued for little over three stressful minutes. Then it all suddenly stops just as soon as it started. Everything was silent, and the mood was tense. Sans was trying not to hope too much in order to avoid disappointment, but right now he couldn't help himself. Alter!Toriel didn't want him to be disappointed, so she was hoping very much that this succeeds, just as much.

The pod slowly opens up. The tension increases. A hand slowly grabs the side of the pod, and slowly pulls outward.

Gaster's face appears from the smoke.

g... Sans thought quietly as Gaster fell to the ground, held up by his arms. He slowly looked at his hands, the hands he's always spoken with.

"It...it worked...I'm physical again...!" Gaster said in surprise and slight joy.

"You're not the only one."

Alter!Toriel's expression turned to one of complete disbelief. no...it can't...!

Another man stepped out of the pod ,he had much more fur on him. He revealed himself as he stepped out of the smoke. Alter!Asriel, except without the scars on his face and not being blind in one of his eyes. His demeanor was much calmer than before, and so was his magical presence.

"Hello, Toriel. Asgore."

"y-you...but...but how...?" Alter!Toriel mumbled in shock unable to believe what she was seeing.

"One of the vials didn't have just Gaster's essence...it also had my own. Being the Gaster of Altertale, my form was revived alongside his. That, and I wasn't as scattered as he was." Alter!Asriel smiled gently. "Toriel, my daughter. Asgore, my son. Just like Classic Gaster...I have been reassembled. And...I beg of you, please forgive me for tormenting you so, Toriel. I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to hurt either of you." He said as he got on his knees and pulled Alter!Toriel into a hug. "I am sorry..."

Alter!Toriel was still in a state of disbelief, while Alter!Asgore, always one for hugs, hugged the man back eagerly. Soon after, Alter!Toriel lowered her eyes and gently hugged Alter!Asriel back, tears streaming from her eyes.

classic asriel...you spoke with him. and you swore you'd get him back for me and gori, didn't you? She thought quietly, a small joyful smile on her face as she wiped her tears away and continued hugging her creator. that silly child...he's a very helpful child, though...

Classic Sans and Papyrus watched the display from the other side of the room, then they turned their gaze on Gaster himself. "HELLO DR. GASTER! IT IS SUCH A JOLLY DAY TO FINALLY MEET YOU IN PERSON!"

"Yes, Papyrus. I've been waiting for a very long time as well...technically it's very unspecified... But nonetheless, it's been a very long time." Gaster nodded.

"yeah. uh,sorry about that. guess i shoulda been a bit quicker on that deal, huh?" Sans said, rubbing the back of his neck.

Gaster turned towards Sans, then knelt down to his level. "Sans...you've truly changed a lot, haven't you?"

"what? me, change. nah. you're being a bit hasty with that stuff, doc. i've always been the same lazy wisecrackin' skeleton."

"The same lazy wisecraking skeleton that trusted who were once his three greatest enemies with one of his darkest secrets?" Sans was shocked by Gaster's words. "Frisk's dangerous curiosity, Asriel as Flowey, and Chara's maliciousness. Previously, you would have never have trusted anyone with this big a secret. But you trusted the three people you used to trust the least, to come and help reassemble me. You stopped shouldering the burden all on your own, and you allowed others to come to your aid."

Sans blinked. He never thought of that. Before, he never would have let those three come too close to him, but he trusted them with one of his darkest secrets, with little to no hesitation. He didn't even go himself, he just trusted that they would be able to handle it.

"You've learned to put faith into others, much more than ever before. Sans...I'm very proud of you."

Sans was stunned for a few moments. He lowered his head and chuckled at the irony. Papyrus saw him shaking a bit, and lowered his head to his level. "SANS...ARE YOU CRYING?"

"...nah bro. i just got somethin' leakin' from my eyes."

"AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE?"

Sans lifted his head slowly, and grinned widely as he wiped moisture from his eye sockets.

"tears..."

(Later That Night)

[Music: Memory]

Red was sitting on the roof of the Dreemurr Residence. She was looking up to the night sky, thinking about the events she was dragged into without warning, and the truths she was exposed to. Even though it was given by a maniacal universe destroyer, there wasn't much else to explain her existence besides being a total accident. Something that was completely unexpected, and shouldn't have happened at all.

She placed her paw over her chest again. Her hood gently overshadowing her face, she sighed as she sensed the human soul pulsing within. So it's true...I hold the human soul that started the War. I filled in that blank, since the timeline is permanent. I can't remember a thing about it, though. I wonder if I can someday tap into it's memories, and not just it's power. I really wanna know what happened...

"Red..." She turned around to see that Asriel, Frisk and Chara standing on the roof with her. Asriel was the one smiling with relied.

"Asriel..." Red whispered.

"Sooo...I called Muffet a while ago, told her that I got my arm blasted off...she's gonna tear into me tomorrow." Chara said, his single flesh arm behind his neck, and a shadow arm replacing the missing one doing the same thing. "I'm not looking forward to that. I'm REALLY not."

"Hmph~" Red giggled, relaxing a bit. The three boys come near her and sit by her on three sides.

"Are you feeling okay, Red?" Asriel asked. "A lot of things happened to you. I can understand that it might have been too much for you to handle in one single moment."

"It was definitely overwhelming to just be told that I shouldn't exist, yet I do. But...I'll get through it." Red assured, nodding softly and looking up to the sky. "So the timeline decided thaf I was the one who started the war by absorbing that first human soul...in order to fill out the blank of a permanent timeline. It was...a bit much to take. I...I'm sorry, you guys. I really am..."

Asriel gently lowered his eyes as he slides his paw over hers. "Red. Take it from someone who's been in your shoes before...even though we don't really wear shoes...and you don't wear your boots anymore...golly gosh darn it, that's not the point!" Asriel shook his head rapidly. "Look, what I mean to say is...don't apologize for being alive. And don't apologize for existing. It doesn't matter if you didn't exist before, you do NOW. And that's something to be happy about, not sad."

"But Error-"

"Forget what Error said! He doesn't care about how you feel about this. I do." Asriel reaffirmed, Red's eyes widening. "Error doesn't care how you came to be, or how you were developing as a person. He just cares that you're someone who originally wasn't part of timeline, and was someone he needed to delete. But you're not someone insignificant, you're important to everyone here, and always will be. You can't let someone like Error tell you that it's a mistake for you to be alive, because it isn't. You're special like the rest of us, Red. We all really care about you."

"It's true. You're tough, and actually pretty cool to be around. Ya know...for a pup." Chara shrugged.

"Like Asriel said, simply being alive cannot be a sin. This is something we wholeheartedly agree on." Frisk nodded calmly.

Red blinks softly. Then she lowered her head and slowly smiled. "...You...you really can't help but be a sweetheart to me every chance you get, huh?"

Asriel blinked a bit, then sheepishly rubbed his neck. "W-Well, I..."

"Freeing me from my Artifact prison...helping me adjust to modern times on the Surface...saving me from Error..." She placed her paw over her chest once again. "Saving me from Error...telling me that my existence is not a sin...that it's okay for me to be alive...I...I really can't express my gratitude. I don't know how I can repay you..."

Asriel placed a paw on her shoulder, smiling softly. "There's no need to repay me for helping you. This is something any of us would have done without hesitation. But if I really had to make a request...don't ever consider yourself to be a mistake, time shenanigans or not. To all of us...you matter. We'll never leave you behind, no matter what. So...just keep on being Red. Because we like having you around, a whole lot."

Chara smirked. "Yep. Keep on being that Rude Baby Red. She's cool to be around." Red pouted cutely at this, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah. We like having you around, Red." Frisk smiled.

Red thought about their praise, their reassurance and their caring nature towards her. Especially Asriel. He's always been there when she needed him, as much as he could possibly can. As she repeatedly says, Asriel is a big fluffy sweetheart, and so much more. She smiled as she turned her attention towards Asriel, who was suddenly looking sheepish from her gaze.

"Um...Red...is there something wrong...?"

Red narrowed her eyes as she grabbed him by the scarf and pulled them face to face. "Do you really mean all of that? Every single word?" Asriel nodded softly in affirmation. She smiled. "I was thinking of kicking your tail, because despite your insistence on the contrary, you DID end up worrying the heck out of me. But I suppose facing off against a multiverse destroyer is bound to cause some worry. So now...you're going to make it up to me in a different way."

Asriel blinked in confusion, then nodded. "Um...sure, Red. What did you have i-!"

Asriel temporarily loses his ability to comprehend thought, once Red pulled the teen into a kiss, softly closing her eyes. His own eyes, however, were wide open with shock. Frisk's usual neutral expression dropped as he stares on in awe. Chara's eyes were wide open in their own sense of shock. Red steadily keeps Asriel in place, gently wagging her tail. Asriel on the other hand, his body began glowing and his ears began levitating upwards for a little bit, as he tries to process what was currently happening.

Wha...what the golly?! Red is...why is she...why WOULD she...golly gosh diddly golly gosh golly! His thoughts were all over the place, especially considering that he wasn't disliking it at ALL. Either way, he didn't have much coherent thoughts to properly describe how he was feeling. The most he was feeling was...happy. And very light. His fur even went floof!

Soon, Red pulled away from him, smirking at his absolutely gobsmacked expression as he slowly stopped glowing. "Geez, Asriel! You looked surprised about something. Have nothing to say, Prince?~"

"...I...you...wha...?"

Red smirked as she stood up and placed her paws on her hips. "Well...I think I'll go bunk with Dogamy and Dogressa for tonight. They said I was a welcome visitor. See ya tomorrow, Dreemurrs!" With a small wave, Red jumps from the roof, onto the next, and then onto the next, repeating the process until she disappeared from sight.

Asriel was staring after her, his mind still not quite done trying to wrap his head around what just happened. Soon, it didn't even let him sit upright, as he falls on his back, looking at the dark sky above. It was soon covered by Chara and Frisk, who were both looking over him.

"Yo, Azzy. You in there?"

"Are you alright, Asriel? That really shook you up, huh?"

Asriel didn't respond to either of them. He just continued to look upward, though his eyes weren't really trying to look at anything. They were still glazed over from Red kissing him like that. All he could do was slowly nod his head to both of their questions. He says the next few words in a completely unaware, yet positive daze:

"I understand...nothing."


Red: Hmph~

Frisk: Asriel? Asriel? Azzy? You there, bud?

Asriel: Uh...wha...? Huh...?

Chara: Little brother, can you say something remotely related to coherent speech?

Asriel: Ha...wah...I really like the smell of dandelions...I should go pick some dandelions...

Chara:...well. We lost Azzy for a while. But at least, we got Gaster back.

Gaster: Hello, readers. It is an honor to meet you all.

Chara: Yep! And all it cost was a permanent X scar on Frisk's chest and me missing my left arm! :D

Gaster:...Now I feel terrible. The three children have placed themselves in serious mortal danger for my sake. I'll have to make it up to them somehow.

Chara: You'd better. Muffet's gonna throw a freaking fit once she actually sees it.

Frisk: With Gaster returned, as well as Alter!Asriel for the Altertale Universe, we don't have to do any more AU hopping...for now. We'll be taking a break from that.

Gaster: Indeed. This isn't the last we've seen of Error, I'm sure. But for the time being, let's just focus on the Classic Universe for a while. There is still a lot to be done here.

Chara: So much to be done.

Frisk: But for now...let's take a bit of a breather. Things got kind of intense there.

Chara: Yeah. A breather will be nice.

Asriel: Ah...I like turtles. Chara, Frisk...do you like turtles...?

Chara: Alright, little brother, off to bed with ya. Before you hurt yourself.

Red: Such a way to end this chapter. I guess we'll be seeing you all in the next one. See you all later! ;3