Chapter 3: The Link Between Time
Cautiously, Link turned around, ready to fight whoever this new entity was. It was none other than that lazy skeleton. Link breathed a sigh of relief.
The skeletons pinprick eyes were seemingly searching Link. "Heya kid, shouldn't you be with your family?" Link shook his head. Whenever he was in his Deku Scrub form, everyone assumed he was a kid. When really, Link had matured from pulling a sword out of a pedestal once and was more mature than he let on. The skeleton seemed to let the pinpricks in his eyes shrink. "Not much of a talker huh?"
Tatl stepped in, more like flew in. "Yeah, he can talk but he doesn't like to."
"eh, that's fine. Frisk doesn't talk much either." He responded. Link could sense the hostility coming off of the skeleton's body. "I'm Sans, Sans the skeleton." He said, extending a hand.
Tatl seemed to feel uneasy too, as she was shaking a bit. "Um, yeah… This is Link, I'm Tatl." Link made no move to accept the handshake. He could see some sort of odd device in it that he was not too keen on finding out what it did.
"Heh, I normally would believe anyone because I'm too lazy… but…" Sans shrugged, "But, I'm a curious skeleton." He said, shutting his eyes. They reopened, revealing black voids beyond them. "I have never seen any monsters like you two, ever."
Both the Deku Scrub and fairy flinched at the sudden action. The skeleton had completely disappeared from sight in a flash of blue. What the heck was that? Link thought in dismay. Someone knew about his disguise already. But none of the other monsters questioned it.
Sans had seen Toriel approach a strange monster in the distance. This was getting more and more unnerving by the second. He was already unsure when the rock like monster had called Undyne a "Zora." But now, there was another unknown species of monsters? Had the humans not sealed everyone underground.
Maybe Gaster had screwed up something? No, it was probably the kid. They had reset the timeline once again. But, never before had they ended up in a place like this. Not to mention, I giant hunk of rock was looming over them.
Something had been unsettling about this new monster. Sans knew about every monster from plain Froggits to Tsunderplanes. Never before, in any timeline, had he seen this monster. So, Sans decided, why not approach the monster, ask for his name and all of that? Maybe it would give him a clue.
Since the whole crowd had stopped, it would be the perfect time to have a nice chat. Sans did the old shortcut behind someone to scare them, then whoopie cushion. It worked nearly every time unless it was a genocide timeline.
Stealthily, he snapped his fingers, landing without a sound behind the monster. He was about to do his normal introduction when he saw a fairy next to the monster. This was even more odd. Fairies had died out during the war between humans and monsters. They had been personally hunted to stop helping monsters on the battlefield. So, how did this monster have one?
The fairy seemed anxious to talk to the monster. Sans listened to the two oblivious entities. The fairy was the first to speak, "Link! Those monsters have powerful magic!"
This sent up red flags in Sans's mind. Who wouldn't know that monsters had magic? Nonetheless, he could tell this one had it too. So, why was the fairy so worried? Sans took this time to check this entity.
*Link: 150 ATK 100 DEF; LV 50 HP 1500/1500
Sans immediately knew that all the monsters here were in danger. LV 50? FIFTY? Not even Frisk had been able to gain that much LOVE from destroying the entire monster population. Whatever this was, it had to be a major killer. So much was wrong.
Sans decided to try this out. If he didn't figure anything out, the monsters could all die in seconds, including him. "that's a nice friend you got there..."
The crowd of monsters moved in the direction of Clock Town. If Link remembered correctly, Blue Tektites would be on the path. Would the monsters try to befriend one of the Tektites?
As they were marching down the path, one hopped out of the snow, just as expected. It pounced on an unsuspecting armless monster. The monster screamed at the sudden surprise. The Tektite tried to ram one of its legs into the skull of the monster. Link had to take action. He blew a bubble and fired in at the Tektite.
His aim was true, catching the attention of the Tektite. It looked confused at first, before bringing its gaze to Link. Undyne had now stepped on the scene with a blue spear in her hand. "NGAH, WHO IS FIGHTING?" The tektite made another leap at Link who made a twirl at it. It flinched backwards, unfazed by the branch forming on Link's hat. Before anything could escalate further, Undyne put her hands in between Link and his opponent. "YOU TWO, KNOCK IT OFF."
Undyne was surprised when the Tektite didn't stop, now attacking her. In self defense, she brought a fist to its eye sending it flying across the pathway. It collided against the wall, its legs folding up before shriveling to ash. One single heart popped out from it, resting on the ground.
Undyne looked down at her hands in disbelief. "W-What did I just…" Her fists were covered in the ash of the tektite. The armless monster stood up, using its head. It didn't dare to approach. Link was stunned. Why was this monster so mad that she killed one of those things?
The group hesitantly continued on. Thankfully, no more enemies tried to engage in a fight. Link constantly had his guard up, searching for the smaller skeleton. He hadn't seen a trace of it ever since their little encounter.
Finally, Clock Town was in sight. The only problem was the large valley separating them from the town. This wouldn't have been a problem, that is… if Dodongos didn't inhabit the valley. The monsters would think the Dodongos were one of them, wouldn't they?
However, Undyne made a major decision. She told everyone to steer clear of those monsters, because of how one simply just attacked that child. What if another did it again? Toriel protested, but Undyne was persistent. This was when the short skeleton reappeared. He was next to the taller stalfos like skeleton, making a bridge out of bones. Tatl was right, these monsters could use powerful magic. Being around them just made Link uneasy.
What were these monsters going to do to Clock Town? Not to mention, defending Clock Town would be useless if the moon came crashing down. Then again, he could always use the Song of Time. But, what effects would that have?
Then, Link internally facepalmed. He forgot one of the most IMPORTANT thing you must do when resetting the clock. He forgot to play the Inverted Song of Time. Doing it now would only call attention to himself. Most people in Clock Town didn't mind, because there was always someone doing something crazy around there.
If the guards of Clock Town even tried to defend it they would all fall. They were hardly capable of evacuating the town when a freaking moon is falling from the sky. Granted, the captain wouldn't give the order.
Link considered trying to defend at the north gate, but that would be useless. The sheer amount of monsters around was too much for him to handle. What could he do then? He reminded himself that the Song of Time was always an option. But if he didn't wait, he couldn't predict what the monsters would do. It wouldn't help if he was dead either.
Resetting the clock would buy him more time. If he needed, he could come back and gather info on different monsters. From what he had learned, Sans, Undyne, and the larger goat monster were most likely the most dangerous. He had a lead. All Link had to do was find some easy items, masks, and heart pieces. And, only the first day would be beneficial. The monsters would screw with everyone's schedules.
With these facts in mind, Link whipped out his Deku Horns. It was time to reset the clock. He played the tune faster than he ever had before to avoid anyone trying to stop him or break focus. The song boomed across the crowd of monsters, all of which turned to Link in confusion. But, they wouldn't remember.
As the final note died out, white light engulfed everything. Before Link's vision was consumed by the blinding rays, he could see the short skeleton and the human looking towards him in udder shock. This was only natural. Most people would be surprised if a random tune began playing and everything disappeared.
The ground beneath Link's feet disappeared as clocks spiraled with him. Some items, from his small peek at the monsters, disappeared into the endless void beyond. This was Link's duty. He had to protect Termina.
He was panicking. That kid was so dangerous it wasn't even funny. Sans tried to pinpoint Frisk, who would be the best person to tell about this. Whatever that thing was, it needed to be watched closely. How long until it started killing others?
Right, Sans called the thing an it. Something that killed THAT much doesn't deserve to be called anything. The word it was actually an understatement.
Undyne had tried to stop a fight between it and another type of monster. She ended up killing one of them. What caught Sans off guard, was when it turned to black ash. Normally, when a monster dies, it turns to pure, white dust. But that wasn't it, that monster didn't die in one hit from Link. Ah Link, what a curious name he had gotten from that abomination.
Sans finally found Frisk amongst the bustle of the monsters. The human spotted him, seemingly uneasy about all of this as well. "Hey, kiddo? I need to talk to ya."
Immediately, Frisk's attention went to Sans. Making sure no one heard, the skeleton began. "You remember how much LOVE you got by killing a whole monster race, correct?" He asked. Frisk nodded slowly, memories resurfacing of those timelines. Even though Frisk did them without care, they still hurt in the end. "Well, that new monster we found near the mountain, he has fifty LV."
"Woah woah woah what did you just say Smiley Trashbag?" Chara's voice made Sans jump a bit from the shock. The possessed Frisk smirked in amusement. "Shocked? I scared you out of your skin Sansy~. Aaaanywas, I heard something about high LOVE. Mind to elaborate?"
Sans's eye sockets narrowed. "I'm bone tired of your crap right now Chara. Right now, we have someone more dangerous than you out here."
"More dangerous than me? Hah, what a joke." Chara materialized a translucent knife in their hand. "It doesn't matter if they have high LOVE, I can load."
"So, you already caught on?" Sans asked.
*You feel your sins crawling on your back…
"I never took you as a merciless killer Sans. On second thought… I take that back. But… I think we all know that this whole world we are in is a threat."
"And what exactly do you mean by, 'this world?' Sans made air quotes in the air, exaggerating his point.
"Look around us Sans. Does ANY of this look like the surface?"
The skeleton sighed, "I hate to admit it, but you're on to something."
"Exactly, we aren't from here. Something strange happened and-"
The sound of horns cut Chara off. Both them and Sans could feel something shifting. It was as if everything was moving backwards. The music was still playing in their ears, or lack thereof. Sans clutched his skull in pain. Chara had given control back to Frisk so they didn't have to suffer through the blistering sounds around them. Light swept across their eyes as everything was gone…
Sans opened his eyes and saw that he was on the cliff of Snowhead. All of the monsters were huddling around a screaming Frisk. The moon in the sky had slightly shrunk in size due to it not being closer. They were back at the start…
Immediately, Sans knew what they were dealing with. There were two anomalies.
Oh god that took me WAAAAY too long to update.
With school starting again, updates will be slower.
I will at least try to update once a week.
Being that I have no clue where this story is going, this will be interesting...
I'll try to pick up the pace again on this story and get some more quality writing in, because honestly, I don't like how this chapter turned out :/
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