Hey guys it's me again! I'm sorry I put off updating. I just had a huge essay and test for school but now I'm on vacation so it's all good. By the way happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the support and please leave a comment!
Also this chapter was loosely inspired by the song "Echo". You can find a good version on YouTube by looking up [Undertale] ECHO animation by vOidless. Turn on subtitles (CC) to tell what the lyrics are.
Chapter 7
Gaster screamed into the black, floating in the pure nothingness. His scream vanished, no echo or answer, no relief from the nightmare. His breathing quickened, and he had to remind himself to stay calm. But he couldn't, the tears just wouldn't stop and he woke from the dream sobbing in his room, a child, alone and helpless and afraid.
His mother passed his doorway, paying no attention to his pain. He was the family disappointment, just a burden, until he grew up and moved away. He was nothing.
He was angry.
He picked up his backpack and emptied it out, his schoolbooks tumbling over each other and his binder breaking. He didn't care.
He threw his clothes and toothbrush and toothbrush inside his backpack, along with a hairbrush and a notebook and pen. He threw in his knife and all his money. He left his phone. He wouldn't need it.
. . .
His parents didn't notice his absence, didn't notice his absence until the next morning, didn't hear the front door creaking open, didn't see the note.
I'm leaving. Maybe wherever I go I will find someone who cares about me. I don't know.
Don't look for me.