Title: UnderMind: An Undertale AU
Disclaimers: I do not own Undertale, but I DO own UnderMind. Please do not use my AU version of the characters without my permission. UnderMind is set in a WorldView setting like MommaCQ, so, I want to give credit to AlainaPrana, who owns MommaCQ.
Original Error belongs to CQ/LoverofPiggies
Sugar and Sour are Co-owned by AlainaPrana and Alannahablar
Original Asy and Furg/Star belong to Furgemancs
Original Ink belongs to Myebi/Comyet
Notes: I started this AU idea being influenced by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. They match kids with young adult mentors. Four times a month, they hang out together doing anything from studying to playing sports. This program lowered the possible drug use and possible chance of jail time for a lot of kids, allowing them to have a better future! I wholeheartedly support them! Also, Undyne's fraterity is in no way a nod to monster university. just a coincidence. Also, as requested by Sugar's owner, he will not be making any appearances.
Summary: A new arrival turns Alyssa and Cooler's world upside down. However, everything is not perfect yet. The baby has several health concerns that leave the parents worried. Family and friends try to help them through this difficult time.
Song Choice: Baby Mine by Alison Krauss
"Regular Talk"
'Thoughts'
Phone calls, Texts, and sign language
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Alyssa's POV
It's been a couple of weeks since Cooler and I remembered our lives as Vale and Senara, and things have been...interesting. Ink hangs around more now...Error let it slip that orignally, Ink was my father and the creator was my mother. How that works is anyone's guess. I told Ink not to give me the specifics. I have enough headaches as it is. Over the past two weeks, the doctor has been increasingly concerned about the baby. Despite being full term, it's late and the weight is low. The doctor says that the low weight is likely just a magical imbalance and it will right itself after birth...hopefully. Error comes by once in a while, but I don't see him. How do I know he's been by? That damn doll keeps moving from one spot to another. it's like a demented I spy game. Last time, I woke up with it next to my face. Needless to say, Papyrus ended up getting hit in the face with it...purely by accident.
"So, care to tell me about the teleporting hiccups?" I ask cooler as I crochet the blanket some more. Cooler groans. "Well...basically, I teleported to different universes. There was a few like ours, and others that had just people in common. When I finally stopped hiccuping, I ended up in this place called Asylumtale. With my mentality at the time, they thought I was as crazy as everyone else. They locked me up in a mental hospital. It was not the best time for me...it may have only been a day to Asreil, but it was a year for me...Asy...he was one of the few that actually believed me." Cooler says and I nod. "Asy...sleet...I never want to see him like that again. It's hard to see him so...so...broken" He says and I nod. "Welp...one day Ink accidently dropped in. Asy asked him to take me back home, and Ink did just that" He says with a sad smile.
I smile back to him. "How are you feeling, Aly?" Cooler asks a little worried. "I'm doing alright, love. Same as I was when you asked five minutes ago" I say with a giggle. There is a knock and the doctor comes in. "Good, you're both here." He says standing next to the bed. "I need to talk to you about having a c-section. Since the baby is a Skeleton, there is a greater risk that something could get caught and tear something important or break a few bones. So, I believe a c-section will be safer for both you and the baby, Alyssa." He says. I look at Sans. "I just want you both healthy." He says and I nod. "Ok...we'll do it. When?" I ask. "Whenever you would like within the next week." He says and I nod. Thinking, I smile softly. "Day after tomorrow...It's my adopted father's birthday...He's no longer with us." I say and the doctor nods. "Very well, I will have it scheduled" He says and leaves.
"Asy would be tickled pink" Cooler says and I nod with a smile. "I know...I...I wish he was here..." I say, my hair and eyes going pale blue. "I know, but I bet he's watching from wherever he is" Cooler says and I nod, my hair and eyes going pink again. After a while, Gaster comes in. "Welp, time for work, Aly. I'll see you later" Cooler says. I frown. "You two stay safe, Alright?" I ask worried. Cooler started working with his father at the station. They both smile. "But of course we will, Alyssa." Gaster says and Cooler nods after giving me a kiss. I smile a little and watch them leave. I can't help but worry about them. Papyrus is always gone now with his Royal Guard duties taking him who knows where. I pick up my crochet needles up again and get back to work.
"I could easily finish that for you" I hear and jump startled, the ball of yarn rolling off the bed into the floor. "Ink! Don't just appear like that!" I say and he rubs his head. "Sorry" He says and hands the yarn back to me. I sigh taking it from him. I get to work untangling it again. "It's ok...and no, I would rather make it myself. It may take forever, but I will feel good having finished it" I say and he nods. "That makes sense. So, when's the baby due? It's been a while." He says sitting next to me. "Day after tomorrow. Asy's birthday. We have to do a c-section so nothing gets broken or torn up" I say and he nods. "Where's Cooler? He's usually hanging around" He asks. I frown and stop for a moment. "He's at work. He is training to be a criminal investigator like Gaster." I say. "Something tells me that it upsets you" Ink says.
"Not upset...just worried. It's a dangerous job, Ink." I say going back to my crochet work. "Just as dangerous as being in the Royal Guard..." Ink says and I nod. "...I could easily lose them all, Ink. Papyrus...Gaster...Santious...gone in a blink of an eye, and I wouldn't be able to do a thing. I constantly worry about them..." I say and Ink hugs me. "Papyrus is doing find. He's not a solider, just a rescue worker. Healing and getting people out of tight spots...like trees" He says rubbing my back. I smile a little. "Thanks dad..." I say and he smiles big. "Oh, PJ told me to tell you that he wishes you luck. Kids are hard work" Ink says and I nod. "There you are, Ink. I've been looking everywhere" Error says walking through the door to avoid startling me. "Hey Ruru!" Ink says with a goofy grin. "Don't you hey ruru me! The creators are having some kind of convention. The doodlesphere is being flooded with ideas and AU copies again!" Error says starting to glitch.
Ink frowns and goes over to him. "Error, take a deep breath. It will be alright, ok?" Ink says putting his hands gently on Error's shoulders. Error takes a deep breath and the glitching starts to ease up some. "Look at the bright side, Error" Ink says with a smile. "What bright side?" Error grumbles. "You get to destroy some shit" Ink says making Error stare at him a moment before laughing his ass off. I smile. "I guess I'll see you two later then" I say and they nod. Error opens a portal and they leave me to my thoughts. I think about the baby, as usual and Asy. I smile a little. Soon, there's a knock at the door. I look to see Undyne and Alphys there. I smile. "Hey guys, It's been a while." I say as they come in. Undyne smiles. "How are you doing, punk?" She asks letting Alphys have the chair.
"I'm doing as well as can be expected...The baby's going to come day after tomorrow. The doctor said they were doing a c-section. It's safer on us both" I say and they nod. "So...Alphys and I got married!" Undyne says with a grin. I look down and sigh. "Just another thing I missed being in here." I say and put my crochet work away. Alphys elbows Undyne. "Uh...sorry...I didn't mean to upset you, Alyssa." Undyne says. " It's alright. Life isn't going to stop because I am here." I say, my hair and eyes still pale blue. "Hey, guess what?" Undyne asks. I look at her a little curious. "What?" I ask. "Alphys is pregnant! Our magics synced up just right!" Undyne says pumped, making me giggle, my hair and eyes going pink again.
Time Skip Two Days- Alyssa's POV
Two days went by extremely slowly for me and Cooler. I was either anxious or excited the whole time. Cooler took some time off so he could help me at home after we are released from the hospital. The doctor comes in and I smile, a little nervous. "Are you ready?" He asks and I nod. Cooler is already in scrubs so he can be with me in the OR. The nurse takes me to the OR. The closer we get, the more nervous I get. "Hey, It'll be alright, Aly. You'll see." Cooler says and I nod. They clean up my belly, making me giggle a little. The nurse smiles a little and helps me onto my side so they can give me an epidural and spinal block, which we already discussed that morning.
They gently lay me back down and drape a curtain between my head and belly, so I don't have to watch them open me up. Cooler watches trying to remain calm. "Ok, you should only feel pressure, Alyssa" The doctor says when he's sure the medicine has kicked in. I soon feel the pressure. "Yeah, no pain" I say and he nods as he works. Cooler goes a little pale as he watches. "Hey..." I say and he looks at me. His one eyelight is trembling. "I'm going to be alright, Love." I say. He takes a deep breath. "I know...I just...I am very uncomfortable seeing you opened up like this...It's a lot of bad memories." He says. I smile a little. "I know, love. Don't worry, It'll be over soon" I say. He smiles and tries to keep calm.
Soon, we hear a cry and I start to tear up. "Congrats, It's a girl" The doctor says and hands our daughter to a nurse to clean up while he finishes up the operation. Soon, I see Cooler start to wobble a little. "Umm timber?" I say making the doctor look in time to see Cooler faint. He chuckles. "We get that a lot with first time fathers." He says as a couple of nurses move cooler out of the way. "All right, All done, Alyssa." The doctor says and I smile. After a while, I'm back in my room and Cooler is rubbing his head. "...I can't believe I did that" He says. I smile still groggy from the medicine. "Get some sleep. I'll try to wake you when they bring Pixel to us." He says and I nod, drifting off.
Cooler's POV
I watch Alyssa sleep and I can't help but worry about her...My time as Vale resurfaces in my mind...How many times did I watch her die? No matter how hard I tried to keep her safe, something always happened at our best times. I rub my left shoulder. 'Sleet...must have broke something in that shoulder when I fainted. Better get it looked at soon.' I think to myself. I decide to go for a walk to clear my head. They still haven't let Alyssa see Pixel yet. The doctor told us that they need to make sure which type of Pixelation Syndrome she has before bringing her to us. I guess that makes sense. It'll better prepare us by knowing.
"Cooler?" I hear a voice say. I turn to see Father standing there, a concerned look on his face. I smile a little. "Hey..." I say as he comes over. "What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be with Alyssa?" He asks. I sigh. "She's sleeping off the medicine from the C-section right now...I needed to clear my head...and get my shoulder looked at." I say. Father frowns a little. "What happened to your shoulder?" He asks. "I fainted during the surgery...must have fallen wrong and landed on my bad shoulder." I say and he nods, walking me to the ER part of the hospital. I sigh and sit down as Gaster explains to the nurse what happened. She looks at me and frowns. "He was more concerned about his wife. Please don't be too hard on him" Father says and she nods.
She leads Gaster and I to a room. "Alright, I need you to remove any shirts or coats you are wearing so we can see what we're dealing with" she says. I've been dreading this. Thanks to my time as Vale, I had experience at keeping my shoulder and arm from hurting. "Do you need help, Son?" Father asks and I nod. "It...it doesn't hurt too much right now, but the more I move it, the worse it will be." I say and he nods. I flinch as he helps me get my coat, sweater, and undershirt off, trying not to move my left arm much. We finally manage to get it done. "Santious, that looks bad..." Father says and I look. I can't see much, but I can see that part of my shoulder is cracked pretty bad.
"It should be an easy fix to a healer. Don't worry" The nurse says. I frown. "Santious's soul has a habit of becoming unstable during the use of healing magic" Father says and the nurse nods. "Then, I will have to get a doctor to observe in case something happens. If we don't heal it, it will require surgery to get the shoulder stable again" She says and goes for a doctor and a healer. I sigh and look at my hands in my lap. "It will be alright, Sans." Father says and I nod. "You would think that after my time as Vale...of all the times I have seen Alyssa dead or dusted...that it wouldn't get to me seeing her like that...her stomach cut open..." I say. I feel Father's hand on my right shoulder. "It's never easy to see the one you love hurt in any way." He says and I nod. "...Did I exist in your old world?" He asks.
I don't say anything for a couple minutes. "Yeah...but we weren't on such good terms. In UnderBattle...you were Asgore's main general. Asgore was the King...I wasn't on either side of the conflict. I...I still don't like fighting. I did though to protect the ones like me...the ones that didn't want to have a part in the never ending bloodshed and violence. Grillby and I tried our best to keep them safe..." I say and he nods. "Perhaps, that is why the creator of our world had you and Alyssa forget that time untill now. To give you a chance to relax and get to know everyone in this world." He says and I nod. "That would make sense...getting us used to the peaceful nature of this world." I say as the nurse returns with a doctor and Papyrus. Father and I both look at him surprised.
He smiles. "Good to see you both as well. I was reporting back when I found out that Sans was hurt." He says and comes over. "Don't give me that, Paps. You have been itching to check out my shoulder since you found out about it" I say and he chuckles as he gets to work at healing my shoulder. My soul starts to feel weird...like it was water and someone threw a pebble in it. "Papyrus, stop a moment. His soul needs to settle again. In patients like your brother, too much healing magic at once could cause more harm than good. You have to pay attention to the soul while you heal." The doctor says and Papyrus nods. It takes about an hour before my shoulder is healed and I can move it again. "Thanks Pap...It feels a lot better now" I say and he nods before his eyelights spot my scars.
"Sans..." He says. "Papyrus...those are from before this world...old injuries that have already healed. Don't worry about it" I say covering the scars on my ribs with my undershirt. "There's a lot more than just those, but...I'd rather not revisit that time in my existence" I say and he and Father nod. After getting my sweater and coat back on, I go to check on Alyssa. I find her awake and holding a small, pink bundle. "Alyssa...is that?" I ask coming over. She smiles and nods. "Want to hold her?" She asks and I nod. I gently take Pixel from Alyssa as Papyrus and Father come in. "She's so small..." I say. Alyssa smiles sadly. "The magical imbalance caused a low birth weight, but she's healthy for the most part. The doctor says...that she has type b pixelation...she will crash from time to time." Alyssa says, trying not to cry.
I look down at the bundle and gently remove the blanket from my daughter's face. An ugly mass of black pixelation blocks off her left eye...and a smaller one on the opposite side of her face just a bit above her right eye. The one good eyelight stares up at me. It's Orange light studying me a moment before she erupts into giggles, making me smile a little, despite the tears I feel at the corners of my eyes. I can see a few other black patches of pixelation on Pixel's body, and my soul feels like it's sinking like a rock. 'I...I gave her this...' I can't help but think. Pixel looks at me curiously and coos something low. For some reason, I start to feel a bit better. "Siren Magic...that will be difficult to deal with." Gaster says and we look at him confused.
Alyssa's POV
I look at Gaster confused. "Pixel has Siren Magic. To make explainations short, Pixel uses sound waves to influence different emotions in others. It's not a very common ability, but there are a lot more Sirens than Soul healers." Father says and we nod. "So...we have a long road ahead of us" I say and he nods. "But I'm sure if raised with love, Pixel will in turn, influence love and kindness in others" Gaster says and we nod. Cooler gently gives Pixel back to me so I can feed her. "Well, I must be going. Papyrus and I are going to have dinner together before he heads out again" Father says and leaves.
"Papyrus has come a long way since you regained your memory, Love" I say feeding Pixel and he nods. "That he has. Hard to believe he wanted to kill himself once" Cooler says and I nod. "If he didn't try it, you would have never broken your leg, and I would have remained too shy to speak to you." I point out. Cooler smiles. "True...some of the best things can come from some of the worst situations." He says and kisses my head before sitting beside me. After I have feed, burped, and had cooler lay Pixel in the crib, there's a knock on the door. "Come in" I say. A tall skeleton with black bones comes in. He's wearing a black and blue hoodie and shorts, a pink shirt and pounch, and a paint stained cream colored scarf. "Hey sis" He says as his pink, yellow, and blue eyes look at me.
"PaperJam?" I ask a little surprised. He grins. "Good to know that you remember me now" He says coming over. I smile. "It's always good to see you, Brother. How have you been?" I ask. PJ sits in the other chair and smiles. "Busy keeping the peace between Error and Ink. It's hard to believe that they're older than us sometimes" He says and I nod. "But you seem to be handling it well." I say and he nods. "It helps being able to go to other worlds when I need a break from the chaos" He says and I nod. He gets up and looks at Pixel. "She looks more like you than her father." He says and I chuckle. "I'm just glad that she's relatively healthy." I say and he nods. "Well, I must be on my way. Error is busy cleaning up the Doodlesphere, and I have to make sure he doesn't go too far" PJ says and vanishes into a portal.
"Your family is certainly...interesting, Aly" Cooler says and I nod. "PJ is a good guy. I can't believe he's gotten though. Last time I saw him...he was a baby himself." I say and Cooler nods. "He seemed nice. Good to know someone is trying to keep the peace between Ink and Error." He says and I nod. I suppress a yawn, but I cannot fool Cooler. "Get some rest, Aly...I'm not going anywhere" He says and I nod before drifting off to sleep.
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I watch them from the shadows. Senara...So you were alive...but no longer available to me. I smile a little watching Vale gently pick up his daughter to feed her from a bottle. 'It is better to have loved and lost...then to have never loved at all.' I think watching them. Vale gently puts the infant on his shoulder to burp her and she looks right at me...I freeze feeling something stir within me...within my very soul...what...what was this feeling? The infant burps and starts to giggle, reaching for me. Vale turns to see what has caught his daughter's attention, but I have already entered the Anti-Void.
I clutch my robes above where my soul rested as I try to get ahold of myself. "What...what was that?" I say to myself. "Hey Reaper!" Ink says making me jump. "Whoa...never got the drop on you before. Are you alright?" Ink asks coming over to me. I hide my face with my hood. "I-I'm fine...just need to think to myself...besides, having no soul, you wouldn't be able to help me anyways, Ink" I say and open a portal back to Reapertale. "Well, whatever it is, I hope you will be alright" Ink says. I look back to him. "So do I, Ink...So do I" I say before going through the portal.
To be continued...
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Notes: Pixel is here! And what's going on with Reaper? Find out next time! Oh! PLEASE REVIEW!