Chapter 1. The Dream

Every Reset starts the same I always wake up to the sounds of Paps yelling at me.

Tellin' me to stop bein' such a lazy bone and then I would go to my station afterwards just to make him happy. After my watch duties I would head to the Ruins to meet a certain kiddo that I had promised to protect.

Even though it feels more like a lie than a promise.

Since every reset now was becoming nothing but a massacre . And I was always the last one, having to see my own brother's death over and over again. It was nothing but a nightmare that kept on repeatin' and repeatin' over and over again never stoppin'. It was drivin' me CrAzY.

Anyways back to our story or uh~ heh, history lesson.

As I said it started like every reset, Paps yellin' at me and me goin' to my station before going to the ruins to meet the kiddo.

But this time it was actually different...This time I had actually fallen asleep.

"Ey', Ey' wake up pal." A deep voice called out to me.

I slowly open my eye sockets finding another me staring down at me with Frisk..or a Frisk hiding behind him.

"What the?!"

" Don't even think about it buddy." the other me said with his one left eye glowing.

" Why are you protecting em'? They killed Paps." I said with low growl only to earn a small shake of his head.

" Correction, Chara did."

" Chara?"

" It's the demon who's been processing Frisk. At first, the kiddo thought that they were some sadden and lonely spirit so she let them come along with them on every adventure. Yes, it was the Frisk's fault for the first genocide run but that was why she had reset to make it right. But~ with her allowing that demonic brat to stay within her soul it weakened. Allowing it to be easier for Chara to take over. The more resets happen the weaker your Frisk's is becoming and yet you can still save her along with Paps and the others."

"And how can I do that?" I asked now calming down as Frisk slowly makes their way towards me.

* That's where I come in. * They signed with a small sad smile.

Now there's something you should know. In everytime line, there's a different Frisk. Some Female, Male, and some preferred to be mentioned as none-gender, along with being different ages. This Frisk preferred to be none - gender and they were the same age as my Frisk.

* ... You will need to work with my sister Laney.*

"...Laney?" I asked now looking slightly confused as Frisk slowly nods their head.

" I got this kiddo it's a long story to sign I don't want your hands to ache later." the other me said as he gently squeezes Frisk's hands while patting their head with his free one.

Frisk looks over at me as I open up my arms with a lazy smile as a peaceful invitation if they were anything like my Frisk they were a big cuddler.

With a small squeak of excitement Frisk rushes over to me and cuddles in my arms as they sit in my lap.

Earning a small chuckle from the other me as he sits down across from us.

" So it started like every reset. Wake up ta' Paps and all that good stuff but there was somethin' different. This time I went ta' the ruins and Tori was waitin' for me outside with Frisket who now had hope in their eyes. She introduced me to Frisk and then apologize for there were two more children of er's that she wanted me to protect. Sally was okay I was still nervous around her but when Lanes was introduced to me... For some reason, my soul was calmed. I don't know if it was that sweet smile of hers or her eyes but I do know it was mostly because of her soul."

"And~ what was er' soul?" I asked thinkin' that it would be the usual ones.

"...Devotion," he responded earning a surprised look from me.

Let me explain ere' there are more souls out there than the ones we know about and among those is the rarest one. Devotion.

It was Determination's twin but softer, gentler, and loyal which also explain the soft pastel pink color that it was.

It was only seen once a long time ago this would be the second time a soul like that was found.

"So~ as I was sayin' after meetin' Frisk, Sal, and Laney I took em' back to my place everthin' was goin' great. Sal had a job even though she was a brat at times it was still nice havin' er' around, Lanes and I have become...close to where we...know what? Nevermind I think you should find that out for your self. But yeah everything was going amazin' and then Chara finally took ahold of Frisk's soul and attack. We won and saved Frisk but not without a sacrifice. This of course had caused a huge argument between me and Lanes. I... I left her by herself.., the biggest regret I had ever made. I came back after clearin' my skull. But when I came back to apologize for saying such cold words to er' I found Laney badly bleeding on the floor with that Demon Brat's new puppet standing over her laughing knife in hand. And Frisk was in the corner of the room badly injured tryin' to crawl their way to their older sister. I was so pissed off that I blindly attack only to miss the brat causin' me to run out of energy. I knelt down by Frisk who had finally passed out from the pain. Chara's new puppet had made another attack which was blocked by a barrier of soft pink butterflies that was healing both Frisk and I. I look over towards Laney who was giving me a weak smile as the reset button dimly sits in front of her. Somthin' else ya' need to know like the kid Lanesters could reset and save as well. The big difference was that like you and I she hated resets. She would only do it if it was becoming out of hand and that the moment it was way~ out of hand. But uh~ the thing was she was to weak and injured to even use her magic. The consequences of her resetting are that the reset won't be complete and we'll be stuck somewhere in the void or Laney would be killed. Tibia honest I was more worried about Laney's death then being stuck in the void. I beg her not to do it but she just shakes her head and asked me to keep Frisk safe along with... telling me her true feelings. After that, she pressed the reset button. As expected Frisk and I had ended up in the void luckily we both were fully healed as for Chara well she has a really rare chance in finding us. The void is a pretty big place after all."

"And what about your Laney?" I asked with a small tilt of my head.

" Is she..?" I stopped as I watch the other me slowly shake his head.

" I don't think Lanes is dead I can still sense her soul it's very faint but she's most likely stuck in the void with us somewhere. The kid and I are still searching for er'. I just wanted ta' stop by with Frisk ere' to give you some advice."

"And that is?"

" You promise that you protect er' with everythin' you have."

"..."

"Yeah, yeah I know we both hate makin' promises but trust me this one is worth it." he finishes with a wink only to have me let out a sigh as I give him a small lazy shrug.

"Sure thing. Can't say no to myself now can I?" I asked with a small wink.

"Thanks, pal. oh and ere'," he added while holding a black string necklace that had a red ruby heart attached to towards me as his Frisk stands from my lap and stands right next to him again.

"What's this?"

" Nothin' much just a necklace that will allow you a tempory soul bond with her trust me it'll help you out a lot. Just~ make sure that you'll give it ta' er' when you're ready." he responded while dropping the necklace into my out strecht hand.

"Wait, W-what?"

" Heh, would you look at the time. You're late for a very special meetin' bud maybe you should wake up. " The other me finishes with a snap of his fingers.

I quickly sit up straight with my eyes sockets now wide open.

As I look at my surroundings I find myself in Snowdin at my station that I had fallen asleep at. I then look down where I find the red ruby heart necklace sitting in front on my bony hand on my station's counter.

" Guess it wasn't just some weird dream after all," I mumble under my breath as I pick up the necklace while leaving the station and making my way towards the ruins.

"...Temporary soul bond, huh? Heh, somthin' tells me that this might be a very interesting timeline."