The Man Who Changed Fate
Trigger warning
Shadow looked at him confused, "What?"
"Don't drink too much tonight. It would be a shame if you passed out on me", he winked at her. He had no idea why he did any of this. He was just overcome with a feeling that if he didn't something bad would happen.
Shadow instead slowly started sipping her shot, "You're right that wouldn't be fun. Before we get too drunk wanna dance a little?"
Her stunning smile left him breathless. He swiftly got up and held out his hand to her. "Okay Doll, we can go dance if that's what you want."
Shadow smiled up at him and took his hand. Her eyes lit up as she did. Soon he whisked her off to the dance floor. They were both slightly buzzed so they were chattering happily with one another. Fast music was playing and Shadow and Sans were moving to the beat. Soon enough a slow song came on. Shadow's face became pink and she started to walk back to the bar.
"Not a slow dancer, Shad?" Sans called out to her.
She stopped in her tracks and spun around, "I'm pretty bad at it. I have rhythm but not balance."
"I'll lead."
"You sure? I might step on you." Shadow joked with a grin.
Sans walked over to her, they ended up in a more quiet area due to her trying to leave. He took her hand in his, place her other hand on his shoulder and wrapped his arm around her waist.
"You know, you look stunning tonight. You remind me of this place in the underground. It's the most beautiful place there." Sans said with a soft smile.
Shadow turned red at that and stammered out a response, "Oh, I uh- thank you."
Sans chuckled at her and continued on, "Would you like to see it?"
"Yeah I really would", Shadow replied with a smile of her own.
"Then it's a date", right as he said that the song ended and left the two of them to separate again, "Drinks?"
Shadow nodded and dragged him back to the bar where she started sipping her shots slowly. Seems like she remembered what Sans had said earlier.
Once she finished her drinks she was fairly tispy and so was Sans. The two were laughing and joking. Soon enough it was late and time for everyone to go home. Shadow looked to Sans, "I can't drive."
"I know."
"Can you take me home?"
"Dunno Doll, the room keeps moving and I'm sitting still."
"Sans are you drunk?" Shadow asked with a concerned look.
"Dunno, could be, I drank anywhere between one to a ton." Somehow in his hand was a wonton. Shadow had no idea how he did that but bursted out laughing anyways. (Author here, if you wanna hear that pun there's a video called anime in real life, it's near the end. Should be by nigahiga.)
"Well played, I liked that one." Shadow giggled, "But we do need to get home."
"I can probably get Paps to drive us, just need to find him", Sans got up and stumbled. Shadow quickly went to catch him only to fall with him. They ended up in a pile on the floor and lone behold, Papyrus was standing there with Mettaton.
"Hey guys, things kinda piled up over here and left us in a situation." Sans said with a grin.
Shadow scrambled to get up. She brushed herself off and walked over to Papyrus, "Can you take me home?"
Papyrus looked taken aback but saw her intoxicated state and nodded at her. "SHADOW YOU AND MY BROTHER SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DRINKING SO MUCH! YOU ARE ADULTS SO ACT LIKE IT!"
Shadow looked taken back by Papyrus scolding them but Mettaton just giggled and touched Papyrus' shoulder and gave him a look that said, "Let them have fun."
Papyrus soon sighed then helped to two to the car. Shadow managed to direct them to her house. After she got in her apartment she stumbled around getting ready for bed but then she heard a loud crash. Running her her window, now very much out of her haze she saw Sans' and Papyrus' car crashed into another one. Shadow ran down the stairs completely unaware that she forgot her shoes due to her worry for her friends. After finally making it to the crash site she saw that the other car had taken off. The plowed right into the driver's seat door. She ran up to Papyrus and saw him looking battered and very hurt. Looking over to Sans she saw him unconscious. She ran over to his side to shake him awake.
"Sans! Sans, wake up! Papyrus is hurt!" Shadow called out to him. After receiving nothing from him she shut her eyes and concentrated on the idea of healing light pouring from a pure white heart into Sans, allowing him to wake. Little did she know she actually zapped him with a very little piece of her soul.
Sans woke up with a start looking at an exhausted Shadow and a bleeding out Papyrus. Sans didn't say anything, this didn't need words, just actions. He popped Papyrus' soul out of his chest. A glowing orange heart sat there and glowed brightly. Shadow watched as all the cracks that were littering his heart vanished along with his wounds. Soon enough Papyrus woke up in a shock.
"THE CAR!" Was all he yelled.
"Sorry bro, they got the car but not our souls." Sans said pushing Papyrus' soul back in his body.
"SANS, CAN WE FIX THE CAR? I WANT TO DRIVE IT AGAIN!"
"Yeah bro, we can get this fixed."
"Wait a second, what happened? Why is Papyrus fine now and you guys are upset about the car? What about your lives?" Shadow asked looking rather tired and freaked out.
"Oh I healed him so he's fine. All there's left to worry about is the car." Sans said getting out and going around to help Papyrus out. "Guess I'm gonna hafta teleport this thing here home."
Shadow watched the car vanish with a snap of his fingers. Just how strong was Sans? Her jaw dropped at the information as she tried to process it all.
"Hey Shad? I actually got hurt and I was pretty drunk. I'm now sober and uninjured. What did you do?"
"Nothing really. This is gonna sound so dumb in comparison to what you can do. I kinda imagined a healing light flowing to you from me and waking you up." Shadow said with a blush as she looked down in
"Can I do something? I need to see your soul." Was all Sans said in response.
Shadow nodded at him for an okay. He carefully brought out her soul causing Shadow to gasp. Her soul was blinding, filled with hope and empathy. The bright white soul lit up the block. It was rather healthy looking besides a nick on the side of it. Seems like a little piece of her soul was missing. Shadow reached out to try to touch the spot only to have Papyrus catch her hand. He shook his head and Shadow took it as a sign not to touch it.
Sans sent her soul back into her chest, he seemed to have a lot of mixed feelings, "Empathy. You're a soul of empathy. You're a soul of empathy and you chipped off a piece of your pure white soul just to save us monsters?! Are you mad?!"
When Sans started yelling Shadow immediately hid behind Papyrus. Sans stopped yelling when he saw that and sighed at her, "Your soul color is so rare that there's a legend about it. The white soul of empathy makes the underground go empty. You keep us up here, it has to be you."
"No no, I thought you need like a red soul or something, not white like mine. Besides I'm really no one special, just Shadow." Shadow said trying to convince herself this wasn't happening.
"You've played it haven't you?" Sans had this almost betrayed look when he brought up Undertale.
"I have, and I freed the characters from the Underground. I never hurt a single soul. I really don't compare you guys to the game. It's just… There's no way it's me." Shadow said with a sad look in her eyes. "I felt loved playing that game… I lived through Frisk. I dated Papyrus, befriended Undyne, loved Toriel like a mother but the only thing I couldn't do was love that silly punny Skeleton. I did everything in the pacifist run to obtain more of his dialogue. Watching people play the genocide route killed me. The dialogue of that Sans hurt me. I love all of those characters but I know you aren't them. I love you guys for who you are as well. Amazing kind hearted people."
Sans didn't say anything. He just turned around and started walking. Shadow ran after him, her arms wrapping around his middle. Sans coldly threw her off of him. Shadow fell to the found with a loud thud. He didn't even glance back at her. The girl held her head. It seems to have hurt from the fall. A little bit of blood trickled through her fingers as she got up and grabbed him again. This time tighter. Her warm blood sliding down her face.
"Get off." His voice was harsh and gruff, he almost didn't even sound like the man she knew.
"Never, I refuse too. I don't see you as him. I never once compared." Shadow cried burying her face into his sky blue hoodie.
"You're nothing but a dirty fan girl. Fuck the color of your soul, it doesn't matter. Trash like you is still trash. I don't care how white your shitty soul is." Sans yelled at her.
"Sans please…" Her grip loosened on him.
This time Papyrus caught her when he flung her off again. "SANS YOU HURT THE HUMAN!"
Sans looked back and bit his lip. Blood was still pouring down her face from a nasty gash in her forehead. The look on her face was heartbreak. Papyrus carefully brought out her soul. The light from it dimmed so it almost looked gray and it had various little cracks on it. He broke her, he broke the white soul. They're easy to break though, he's even killed one before. She loved him with all her heart, but they were human so they had to die. She was the soul they needed to make the Underground go empty. He had nightmares every night seeing their face, begging for a single kiss before they died. She wasn't mad though, she understood. He still remembered the kiss they shared. They kissed till she went limp. Staring at Shadow's soul he was reminded of her. She was the last human he ever killed. He vowed never to harm another unless he had too. He promised himself that if he ever found a girl like her he'd never let them go. Seeing what he had done though he vanished.
Shadow stared at the spot Sans once stood with disbelief as Papyrus healed her wounds. "DON'T WORRY SHADDY, HE'LL COME BACK. HOWEVER, I CAN'T GET HOME."
Shadow just handed him her car keys, pointed her her car and left him standing there. Papyrus rarely got angry but the state his brother left the pure white soul of their good friend killed him. He was home faster than one could think possible. He sped the whole way.
Meanwhile Shadow had grabbed a knife. Her eyes devoid of emotion as she slowly slashed her arms. Two vertical lines, one for each wrist. Blood was gushing from her arms but she let it. Drowned herself in that beautiful welcoming red. It was so warm, and comforting. Brought her to a state of peace and silence as her world slowly faded away into the dark.