Annaka
I finally pull myself together and decide to head over to Snowdin again.
I walk to Snowdin and go somewhere out into the woods, leaning against a tree.
What activated our powers? It's all so confusing. Why were we the ones destined? It's just...
Suddenly, I hear footsteps coming towards me.
I jump away from the tree, and can only make out a figure of someone.
"Hello?" I call.
The figure comes into view and I can see that it's Madie.
But she's...different.
Her eyes...they're...
I start to back up as I realize what's going on.
Madie isn't in her Soul Power but, her eyes are fully red as she holds up her knife.
I back up against a tree.
"Madie, please," I say quietly.
Madie laughs, but doesn't say anything.
She comes closer towards me.
"Please, Madie," I plead.
I'm not sure what Madie wants to accomplish with me, but I refuse to fight her.
"What do you want from me?" I ask.
"What do you think?" Madie asks coldly.
I swallow hard.
Madie laughs as she brings her knife down, her face filled with pure joy and malice.
Suddenly, someone pulls her back.
She seems surprised as her eyes turn back to normal.
I realize that the person that pulled her back was...Juliana!
"Guys! Get over here!" Juliana calls.
Madie is back to normal as Juliana stands in the middle of us.
Soon enough, everyone else rushes over here.
"Woah, what's going on?" Alyssa asks.
Madie looks down. "I-I'm sorry. I just..."
I can hear the wavering of Madie's voice.
Feel her eyes filling with tears, even if I can't see.
I walk around Juliana and to Madie.
"Annie, wait!" Juliana calls.
But I walk over to Madie and embrace her tightly.
She seems surprised.
"It's not your fault," I tell her, my voice quiet.
Madie starts to cry just the smallest bit.
I know she won't let herself sob full on.
Which is fine.
And, even is she just did try to kill me, she still deserves my affection towards her.
No matter how evil she may be on one side.
I let her go as she wipes the tears away.
"I-I'm sorry," Madie says, her voice still wavering.
I put my hands on her shoulders and smile. "It's fine. I'm fine, right?"
Madie starts to cry more. "But what if you weren't?"
"But I am," I say, still smiling, but feeling tears just seeing her cry. "Madie, please. You're going to make me cry."
Madie nods and wipes her tears away again. "You're right. I'm sorry though."
I shake my head. "It never happened, k?"
Madie nods and sighs.
I take my hands off of her shoulders and she walks over to Juliana.
"We'll be back," Juliana says.
They walk a little bit away, talking to each other.
I watch them leave and when they are out of sight, I can feel a tight squeeze and hold back a moan as I realize that Kennedy is hugging me.
"Annie, are you ok? What happened?"
I smile, although inside I'm crying enough to make a whole river.
"I'm fine, ok?"
"But you could've gotten hurt," Kennedy says.
I smile again, although my back is aching so much right now and her hugging me doesn't really help.
"Seriously, I'm fine," I say.
"But Annie-"
"But nothing," I say. "I'm fine and that's what matters."
"Oh, and Annaka, why didn't you come with us to the underground?! We were looking for you everywhere!" Kealani scolds.
"S-sorry," I say. "I had to take care of...um...stuff..."
Kennedy finally lets go of me and says, "What stuff?"
I shake my head. "Nothing important. Some...uh...boring junk..."
Kealani gives me a look. "Yea, right. What were you really doing?"
I sigh. "I was talking to Alphys, ok?"
"About what?" Nya asks.
I shake my head. "I'll tell you later. Let's just go."
Before Nya has a chance to argue, Juliana and Madie come back.
"Alright, let's go!" Juliana exclaims.
.
After being told the story of Chara and Asriel, we finally reach the judgement hall.
We walk through the hall, Kennedy leading the way, until we reach where Sans is at.
"So you finally made it. The end of your journey is at hand. In a few moments, you will meet the king. All of you...will determine the future of this world. That's then. Now. You-all of you-will be judged. You will be judged for your every action. You will be judged for every EXP you've earned."
After seeing all of us-well, most of us, that is-confused by the term EXP, he says, "What's EXP? It's an acronym. It stands for 'execution points.' A way of quantifying the pain you have inflicted on others. When you kill someone, your EXP increases."
Even in the shadowy figures of ourselves, I can see Madie smiling, but her eyes are still normal.
"When you have enough EXP, your LOVE increases. LOVE, too, is an acronym. It stands for 'level of violence.' A way of measuring someone's capacity to hurt. The more you kill, the more easier it becomes to distance yourself. The more you distance yourself, the less you will hurt. The more easily you can bring yourself to hurt others."
I hear Madie sigh and start to laugh.
And her laugh is filled with malice, her eyes filled with red.
Madie stares at Sans and starts to walk towards him.
Oh god, no please no.
"Wow, you really are a comedian," Madie says to Sans, her knife in her hand.
"Don't feel bad if I don't take your advice. And, if you do..." Madie stands right in front of Sans, holding the knife up as if she is going to bring it down on him. "...then I can arrange you not to."
Madie laughs as she brings the knife down.
Without thinking, I run forward and I stand in front of Madie, holding her wrist tightly in my hand.
Madie stops laughing and she looks confused. "What do you think you're doing?!"
"Madie, stop. You're seriously getting out of hand."
Madie laughs more. "If you can't deal with me, then don't. Let me do what I want."
"No, because what you want isn't right."
"How would you know?"
"Why can't you just show mercy?"
"Aren't you always supposed to express yourself? Then let me express myself through this way."
She might have a point there, but still.
She can't go on killing people here and there like this.
In reply to her, with my free hand I push her back and let go of her.
She stumbles back and looks quite ticked off.
But she quickly smiles again.
"Fine, do you want to start this? You know, I was just going to get one easy kill in, but I guess this'll turn into a full on fight, huh?"
Without hearing my reply, she quickly transforms into Soul Power.
"Come on Annaka, show me what you got."
I stand in place, not moving at all.
"Oh come on, isn't this what you wanted?" she says, cocking her head.
"I'm not going to fight you," I state. "But I'm also not going to let you kill anyone."
"Funny," Madie says, walking towards me. "because I'm in a mood to do so. Just one person. But who should I choose?"
Madie smiles at me again. "Look. How pleasant. Someone that won't fight back, but claims she won't let me kill anyone. How perfect."
Madie laughs as she starts raising her arm up.
I know I can't do anything.
I'm not going to fight her, that's not an option.
But suddenly, her soul turns blue and she is lifted off the ground.
"What the..." Madie's eyes turn back to normal and she transforms back to normal.
"heh, and here i thought i wasn't gonna have to use any magic at all."
I turn around and see Sans's eye and hand glowing blue.
I am speechless.
Sans...he just totally saved my life...why are people continuously saving my life today?
My thoughts are interrupted by someone grabbing my shoulders and pulling me down.
"What were you thinking?!" Kennedy exclaims.
"I couldn't...I couldn't bring myself to fight her..." I say, my voice distant and wavering just the slightest bit.
Kennedy sighs. "Well, are you ok?"
I nod as the lump in my throat refuses to go away and I look away from Kennedy.
Kennedy sighs again. "Come here, Annie."
I embrace her tightly, but don't allow any tears to fall.
Not today.
Not right now.
Instead, I swallow the lump in my throat, as thoughts race through my mind like a race cars at a grand prix.
But the one thought that won't go away is how much better things would've been without Madie here.
I've got nothing, stay DETERMINED
(Uhh...Idk...thanks, i guess and...uh...yea...)