Chapter 4: Dawn of a Different Day
Dawn of the First Day… 72 Hours Remain…
As soon as Link's senses came back to him, he opened up his bomber's notebook. However, it was completely empty. He should have known that it had been erased as well. Quickly, he rushed to the laundry pool. He could capture the stray fairy and get the Great Fairy Mask. Not that it would be useful. But, if he wanted the fierce deity's mask later, he would need every single one. Sure, he had to go to get to the moon, but even if he stopped it, the monsters were a threat. This was all too confusing now.
Running past the masked Kafei, he donned the Deku Mask. He got an early start to skip across the pond to capture the fairy. He didn't even listen to the fairy's plea to bring him to the fountain. Hearing the same dialogue over and over again made him just tune everything out.
Once again, the town folk of Clock Town were looking towards the mountain. Would this affect all of the things he could do in Termina? So far, the only thing that had changed was everyone looking towards the mountain versus a select few watching the moon. One heart piece was lingering at the entrance to the Clock Tower. Luckily, Link could just hop on up being that he wasn't restricted to the Deku Mask.
He knew seven quick places to find heart pieces on day one, maybe eight. That would almost be enough to get him two heart containers. The bremen mask was close by… but only accessible at night. He could try to make some close calls, or see what happens for later experiences… He had to act fast before the monsters reached Clock Town. If his calculations were correct, the monsters would reach the town in the night of the first day.
That gave him some time to get heart pieces. But, he could make do with what he had. And who knows, the monsters could be friendly. But, he had seen some hostility from them. If he was going to talk to them, he needed to be stronger. Dying wasn't an option. In the back of his head, he felt like the monsters had something to do with time rewinding.
As soon as he was done finding heart pieces, he would run to the observatory and take a look at the monsters. Maybe he could find out new info? Link felt a sting coming from his hand. His eyes widened as the familiar gold glow shone from the top of his hand. Knowing that Termina needed to be saved, it filled him with courage!
Frisk stood in an open field… Debris began flying everywhere. They threw their arms up in an attempt to block themselves. Weakly, they called out for one thing that could help them. "C-Chara? Help…" Nobody heard their cry.
Their eyes narrowed as they looked into the distance. A boy, no taller than Frisk was standing stationary, looking to the sky. Frisk tried to call out to him, but realized they could no longer form words. What was happening? Where were they?
That familiar song began ringing in their ears. Frisk covered their ears, trying to block out the tune. It was useless. Frisk finally caught sight of what the boy was so interested in. They would have let out a scream if noise could leave their mouth. The moon was falling straight onto them.
The rock was engulfed in a fiery mass, heading straight to the Clock Tower in the center of that familiar town. Could it be stopped? What would happen to everyone? Frisk desperately tried to load a save, but to no avail. They tried to yell out to the boy to run. Why was he not moving.
The large moon finally touched the Clock Tower. It collapsed under the force and weight of the moon pressing down on it. A fiery shockwave spread across the fields, heading right towards the two.
The boy finally turned around towards Frisk. A smile spread across his face as Frisk was consumed by darkness. "You've met with a terrible fate… haven't you?"
Frisk woke up with their friends, a strange man standing before them.
Another anomaly… how? How could someone override Frisk's determination? The kid had so much of it that their soul refused to die. Sans knew exactly who had reset time. There was only one other person who could have the power reset the timeline other than Frisk and Chara. That little monster…
So, even if Sans was able to kill the little mongrel, it wouldn't matter. Great, there was an unstoppable killing force out there that no one could stop. But the thing was, that did not feel like a load. That song… that song that was ringing out. His attention finally snapped to where Frisk was lying on the ground, withering in pain.
He had completely forgotten. Toriel was in a panic, trying to use healing magic on the human. They wouldn't stop screaming. Undyne's eye caught Sans, who looked like he was in a daze from her view. "HEY BONEHEAD! COME HELP!"
The words did not meet Sans's non existent ears. The small orbs in his eye sockets drifted up to the large hunk of rock in the sky. So many timelines had passed already. Sans and secretly hoped that one day Frisk would stop all of this. But, now there was something more powerful than Chara out there... "This is all hopeless." He muttered to himself. This caught the attention of every single monster. "Nothing ever goes right…"
A small laugh made all the monster's heads snap towards the source. "You've met with a terrible fate… haven't you?"
All of the monsters had different reactions. Sans's eye flared. Toriel summoned a fireball while Asgore pulled out his trident. Undyne pulled out a teal spear, stepping in front of Alphys. The scientist herself was terrified. Papyrus, being the oblivious skeleton he was, didn't know what was going on.
A man was standing before the monsters, his hands clasped together. All of the monsters were feeling very uneasy about this unexpected turn of events, especially Sans and Frisk. How was he here? If time was reset, why was this new person up on the mountain? No, this was a danger to them. No one should be able to be up here that fast, nor should they have had the time. The barrier had just broken…
The man seemed to change positions without even moving. He was now in a bowing position. "My apologies. It was rude of me to startle you…" Frisk couldn't help but notice the various masks on his back pack…
It didn't seem like this man was a threat… "Who are you?" Sans kept a waiting hand at his side. If this new entity decided to pull anything, a ton of bones would be coming his way.
"I am the Happy Mask Salesman." What a long title… Sans thought in annoyance. When he looked back to the Salesman, he was stroking his non existent beard. This was getting weird. "You all seem very confused…"
"Yeah!" Undyne responded. "First of all, we just came out of a mountain, and saw THAT!" She gestured to the moon in the sky. "Not only that, but our friend just dropped to the ground…" Frisk had been able to stand now. Their eyes were slightly open now, but they looked in a daze. "Listen, we need directions. Do you know if there is a village nearby?"
"Allow me to enlighten you…" The Salesman returned to his original pose. "A few days ago… I was amidst my travels… During my travels, a very important mask was stolen from me by an imp in the woods. So here I am at a loss... And now I've found you."
*You begin feeling uneasy…
"I-I'm s-sorry but w-what does a m-mask h-have to d-do with this? W-We j-just need d-directions." Alphys questioned, her eyes darting around anywhere but the creepy man. She had noticed the definite change in landscape from observations of battle maps of the war. This looked nothing like the mountain they were trapped under…
He let out a small laugh. "Ah, but you see… this mask has incredible power… As you can see from the sky above, the power has been misused…" The monsters felt a chill go down their spines. Something was dreadfully wrong. "But… that is not the end of our story… The moon had been prevented from falling… Everyone was at peace… Then everything just went back to day one…"
Frisk began cowering in fear behind Toriel. They knew this man had more knowledge than any of them. The salesman's face twisted to one of anger. "It was not the precious Song of Time that reset the clock. It was… something else…" His gaze landed on Frisk. "One of YOU."
Everyone gasped in surprise as a Gaster Blaster appeared next to Sans. No one, other than Frisk, had seen him use this power before. He was livid. "I assumed it was that thing that brought us back here. You did it… didn't you? That song… WHAT DID YOU DO?"
The Salesman was unfazed. His normal cheesy grin stayed on his face. "Me? Why I did nothing! You guessed correctly when you assumed who reset the clock. It was for better intentions than yours…" Sans began to charge the blaster. The man grabbed a mask out of his back and seemingly disappeared from their view. The stone mask… "Be warned child of genocide… there is a hero out there who will strike you down."
Chara began stirring inside Frisk. This was amusing. An old man really thought he was powerful? One swipe of a knife could bring him to his knees. Before he disappeared from sight, Chara's red eyes flashed open on Frisk's face.
*Happy Mask Salesman...
*1000 ATK 1000 DEF 1000/1000 HP LV ?
*... Frisk, we may have a problem…
Sans stood in shock. Where had he gone? He let out a low grumble, seeing as the man had gotten away. The Salesman had simply evaporated from thin air! What sent Sans into udder oblivion was the fact that he knew about resets. How had this unknown man known about RESETS? He even knew about the "genocide runs" as Chara called them.
What was worse, is that he had just mentioned resets in front of monsters who had no clue what they were. Undyne raised a threatening fist in mid-air to where the Salesman had disappeared. "FRISK IS KIND! THEY WOULDN'T KILL!"
The human was having trouble maintaining posture. So many different things were happening, but… they wanted to reset. They wanted everything to go back to normal. But, they were also verrrry curious… The monsters had yet to question Frisk about the "clock resetting." None of them thought it was possible that time could be manipulated. Sans simply glared in the direction of the Clock Tower. Whatever is resetting us… it doesn't want us reaching the town…
Asgore began leading the monsters down Snowhead. Sans, however, had other plans. With a snap of his fingers, he disappeared, heading straight for Clock Town.
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