Tenebris woke up with a start before promptly falling off his couch. "Ow… what?"
When he manages to sit up straight on the floor, he looks at the time. It was an hour past noon, which somewhat disturbed him; he normally never naps because of how both his magic and his nightmares have haunted him ever since returning home.
Feeling his left eye burning, he worked to calm it down before wondering what it was he was dreaming. "I hate how dreams are handled. Nightmares you remember vividly, yet normal or half-way decent dreams are almost instantly… wait, how do I know how to regulate my magic?!"
He sat there for a while trying to figure it out to the point where he started giving himself a headache. At one point he heard ringing, but assumed it was just his ears ringing. "Ugh… whatever, I'll just accept it. Certainly saves me from enduring the burning for any longer than I have to."
Getting up and heading into the kitchen, he notices his "breakfast pizza" on the counter, only half eaten. He frowned; for some odd reason he was really out of it today. Not only did he actually sleep, but he couldn't remember much of what had already went on today… though he eventually assumed that it was because nothing of note has happened.
He did remember what happened the day before. Frisk and Selendis had come over on the last day of the weekend before Frisk went back to school. Frisk did make a passing mention of being harassed by bullies, but she kept insisting that it wasn't too much to get worked up over.
Tenebris suddenly found it odd that she would make a passing mention of it if the situation truly wasn't that bad. "Or maybe that nap really screwed with my mind. Seriously, first I somehow know how to regulate my magic, then I start questioning Frisk's motives for making a passing mention of bullies. I need a new hobby… that does not involve me staying in my PJ's, seriously.
"Wait a minute. Frisk… bullies. Bullies… dare…? Dare… oh no…" He suddenly started clicking as he came to a slow realization of what his mind was trying to tell him. Said bullies Frisk told him about dared her to climb Mt. Ebott, a mountain with legends that say anyone who ventures up it will never be seen or heard from again.
Now thrown into a full-blown panic, not even questioning how he made those connections, he dashed upstairs into his room to find his cell phone to call Selendis. Upon unlocking it, he realized that Selendis already left him a voicemail.
"T-Tenebris? I-I don't know why you don't have your phone on you, but this is important! I… don't know how, but something is screaming at me that Frisk is in danger a-and that we need to save her. If you get this, please help me find her on Mt. Ebott! I'll go on ahead and start looking for her now." The voicemail cuts off there.
Tenebris calls her number as he hastily tries to get dressed. "C'mon, Selendis, please pick up or at least haven't left yet!"
Nobody answered.
Cursing himself, he managed to get dressed in a purple shirt and blue jeans before rushing out the door, though not before slamming himself into the frame thanks to his bad depth-perception due to only having one eye able to see. Recovering, he halts by the front door and looks at the coat closet for a second before grabbing his father's jet black duster coat and rushing out, quickly locking the house before making a mad dash for Mt. Ebott. The streets were eerily silent and empty.
As soon as he got to the base, he ripped the eyepatch off his face so that he could use both of his eyes and started calling out for Selendis and Frisk, hoping they were still alive and well on the surface of the mountain. After a few minutes of searching around the mountain and calling for the sisters, he found a pitfall amidst some trees and vines.
Tenebris took one look at the vines and shuddered. "Why do those seem so familiar? For that matter, why does it feel like I've been here before?" He took a look down the pit and jumped back, now quivering in his boots. "A-and why does it have to be so d-deep? I hate heights!"
He fought with his fears for a bit, wondering if he merely missed the sisters on the surface. Ultimately, he decided to chance heading underground and expanding his search.
Now all he had to do was make himself jump down the pit. Every time he got a running start, he always stopped himself right before jumping. "I-I-I can't d-do this! I j-just c-can't… n-no, I have to b-be strong. For Selendis and Frisk!"
This time, he jumped into the pit without running first; it gave him too much time to think. Problem was, he was already regretting it as his life started flashing before his eyes before hitting the ground and blacking out.
Flowey heard the thud as he was contemplating whether or not the kid taking his advice so suddenly was a good thing. The reset happened before he could appear in her dreams to drop a hint, which not only reversed everything the trio of humans did, but also his… feelings on the matter. What helped make up his mind was when he was reminded of his best friend, Chara, after killing Toriel.
Upon checking the source of the noise, he found Tenebris unconscious like Selendis was before him. Flowey let out a small chuckle. "So now the question is… how will he react when he finds out that the kid, who he sees as a little sister, has gone for the path of genocide. This will be veeeeery interesting." Hearing the human groan, he disappears underground; he decided to let Chara deal with him.
Tenebris slowly came to with a groan of pain; his body hurt everywhere. "I swear… if neither of them are down here, I'll have almost killed myself for nothing." Getting up and off of the bed of flowers he landed on, he scanned the cave he was in. The color and the ruins-like look just screamed déjà vu to him, with the only thing missing, oddly, was Selendis.
Entering the next room, he once again felt something was missing before passing it off. "Selendis! Frisk! Where are you?" He called throughout the ruins. "Somebody… anybody…?"
But nobody came. The ruins were empty and desolate.
During his trek through, one of the things he noticed was that most of the supposed "traps" had already been deactivated or solved, which made him believe that maybe he was right in guessing that the sisters were down here. The other thing was the seemingly random piles of dust strewn about the ruins; the place looked maintained outside of those piles, which filled him with dread.
"H-hey, Selendis? F-Frisk? J-jokes over, you can come out now… please?" There was hollow desperation in his voice now, as Tenebris continued to walk through the ruins and see more piles of dust. Eventually, he came across what looked like somebody's house.
It was just as empty as the ruins before it, only with a melancholier feel to it. Tenebris felt incredibly saddened seeing the place; whoever lives… or lived here had a very caring and compassionate heart. To see it abandoned like this felt wrong.
He gave the house a quick once-over before heading down the stairs. "Okay, seriously you two, the joke is over. I swear, if you two made me worry for nothing, I'm going to kill you girls!" He tried to sound irritated, but came out more despondent than anything else.
If there was any fear other than heights that he had, it was being all alone. That's why he always tried to be a good friend to the sisters; if they decided to leave him, he couldn't handle the loneliness. "D-did they perhaps… learn about my magic? O-or even… my p-past? Th-there's no way… they would like me if they knew…"
Reaching the end of the hallway, he saw something that disturbed him even more: There was another pile of dust, but some purple clothes were covered in it. Unlike the other piles of dust… this one was somehow still relatively fresh. "What… what is even… going on?"
Sidestepping it as to not disturb the pile, he continued forward until he found himself in a cold, snowy area. He let out a small shudder as he kept going. "F-Frisk! Selendis! Answer me… or at least give me a sign! Please…"
While crushing through the snow, he saw what looked like a sentry station. Checking behind it, he saw a lot of condiment bottles just lying there. The sight made him feel slightly nostalgic for some reason. The same applied to the other sights he sees as he's calling out for the sisters.
What made his soul go cold was when he realized that there were piles of dust in the snow as well, being grey against the snow's white. Tenebris knew they had to of been something, and what was making him even more afraid was just how fresh the piles seemed to be; they hadn't been there for very long and they looked like they had some semblance of warmth.
He slowly started going from a cautious walk to running. Whatever is down here making these dust piles isn't friendly. He needed to find the sister now more than ever. "Frisk! Selendis! Come on, we can't be here!" Eventually, he found a town in the distance and rushed there, hoping someone had at least seen the sisters.
Just like the ruins, home, and forest before it, the town was empty. This time, there were no piles of dust strewn about, but that only made his dread worse. "Selendis! Frisk! Somebody! Anybody!"
He kept running forward… until he spotted someone up ahead, laying on the ground. When he got closer, he saw it was Selendis. "Selendis! Are you- " He skidded to a halt and covered his mouth when he saw her up close. Her abdomen had been violently slashed open and her blood was everywhere. "No… please… no…" He kneels down and picks her head off the ground.
That action made her open her eyes weakly. "Ten… i… bris… please… save…"
"Nononono, conserve your energy! Please, don't die on me!"
She gave me a sad look. "I'm… sorry…" She closed her eyes… and fell limp.
Tenebris gave her a wide eyed look, tears now streaming down his face. "No… no! Wake up! PLEASE, WAKE UP! SELENDIS!" Her limp form gave no answer no matter how much he begged. Tenebris began sobbing… before letting out a scream of anguish.
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So begins the genocide portion of my story.
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