Travelers - An Undertale AU Story

Ch 1. What do you mean?

Words: 1649
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Writer: ShadowDarespark (Skyla Powell)
Proofreader/Co-Editor: (Keiron Goodwin)
Art: By the fans! And sometimes me!-

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My name is Frisk, I'm a small teenager taking a journey into the unknown's of the underground. I am currently taking a small stroll through the cold and icey forest paths of snowdin's woods, But on my path I had gotten cut somewhat short. There was glitches and spasms of the lining starting to appear out of nowhere. "What are you doing out this far...?" A corrupted and daunting voice shot out to me, breaking the eary silence. I stand short of my breath. "I-" before I was even able to speak something lashed out in a attack...

A quick shadowed object shot right past my face, inches away as I jumped backwards with luck, managing only a slight scratch as my eyes were torn to see what had struck at me in such a way. "N-ngh...Wh..what??" I raised my hand to my cut cheek where I was starting to bleed from, stroking it softly to try and comfort the painfull sting and stunned slightly in the scene playing out until I curved myself away from a sudden blast which seemed to send a ripple in the air, a wave in the space and time itself as it ripped away the thought of being safe. It seemed like.. A dragon... A sickly daunting skull of some sort with a animal shape to it followed up with a blinding light that was similar to a black hole vortexing in space. "AGH!" I screamed out in a painfull seize as the acidic poison ray shot against my body like sunlight. It was not too far in, only about up to my arm with a seiring pain, I moved away before I was in the blast radious of something extremely deadly. "W-Wait! Stop! Please?! There's gotta be a way we can talk this out!"

A smile breaks through the fog and a strange red glow springs after it. A glitched chuckle, just barely heard from the now frighteningly, ear-piercing sound from the ambient wind. A dark shade grows larger and larger until it's figure is shown to my eyes. Black clothes, red eyes, yellow smiles. But over all it stands further behind the stunning feature, he was completely covered in glitches and the word Error.

He raises his hand, keeping it all together with a sulk expression. He grunts. "I won't reason with you, poor human. You've done nothing but exist in the wrong. Now I must destroy you and this world from the fate of being such an.... Hehheh...... Alternate.. This universe doesn't need so many glitches clogging the multiverse and you are just one of the many mistakes that have been made. And I am sorry to say I've been the one hired to clean up an ugly mess..." it was so hard to listen, with the glitches and his crazy, loud voice.

I take a step back. "...w-what?" I couldn't even react, everything was so abrupt I could barely process it. And the same happened in this very moment because the second I look up it's fine and then I take a glance to the snow below and bright blue strings are tied around me and my soul. "...ngh! St-stop!" I struggle at the squeezing the strings did on me. "Stop? Ooh! You mean hurry up right?" He squints his eyes. "Don't worry. I'll make this quick...."

The squirming I did was great because I effectively pulled out my knife and cut the strings, when I did this I was lucky he wasn't looking, because I jumped forward and pushed him down into the snow. Fighting instict took in and all I know is that we engaged in combat, striking hit after hit on each other until I landed a hit straight to his chest. He falls over onto his knees. "A..ah..h..ha........ha." He covers his chest. "Guess that's it then..? I knew these weak bones wouldn't last much longer. After years of soul busting and universe destroying.....I'll finally be over it..." his smile widened. Dust shimmering and falling all over him, he forced a chuckle and fell to the cold ground. "..hh..heh...." He clutched his soul tightly like he was trying to make the pain hurt faster so his soul would shatter quickly. But still I saw a worried expression burried deep within his sadistic grin. He looked so, done. Like he'd given up for good. But his eyes told another story. "Please... Don't let me die! I can change. Just Let me try" That's what his eyes said, The words of a child when they've done wrong, hurting their best friends feelings, dropping the most expensive and fragile. Neglected.. But... Still I couldn't hold my satisfied smile for long. I shake my head turning off to the side. I don't know how bad or good he is, I can't stand and watch him die. To suffer. To have a chance of being innocent? There's gotta be good in him. If not just a little, just a drop...

I pull up my menu and select [*CHECK]... It reads out.

[* ERROR!Sans- A fighter who captures his victims with his blue magic strings, He refers to them as "Puppets". He refuses to give up. According to his story he will never say the word "sorry".. But instead, would only say it for one reason.. He means it.]

I look away from him terrifyed of the number of consequences that could come if i make the wrong choice by sparing him but then he mutters a word so unexpected that I even shutter at the thought of what I would have to do next. ".....sorry..." tears begin to drop from my eyes as his smile begins to just look painful, trying to keep himself cheery I suppose, but he knows there is no going back.

I put my hand out in front of me towards this monster. Error gasps for a moment as the dust around him starts to fall faster, it begins to falter at his feet, altogether he was confused. He reached out and took my hand as time rewinds back to a couple of minutes before he was hurt and turned to dust. "Are you okay..." I ask kindly. "I-I. What...? How did you do that?!" I shrug. "C'mon.. Is your magic together.. I want to know if you're okay" "why would you want to know.. You were the one who did it to me..." I groan, slightly annoyed. "Just..-" "I'm fine.. Just. Ugh. Shut up and go away.." He stands up, trying to walk away but stops dead in his tracks when he realizes his body was falling smaller. For a while now I neglected the power I had to shrink monsters physical sizes but I might as well use it while I can. Am I right?

Error kicks around in the red and purple magical embrace around him. "Hey! What gives?!" My arms rise up to him and I lay his body down in my palms. "Don't worry about it. I think this will help you relax.. I don't want you going around hurting others now huh?" He started to flip out when he realized his magic wouldn't work at this size. But all in all his size in my hands were the most adorable thing ever, him on the other hand needed to calm down. "LEMME GO YOU LITTLE BRAT I SWE-" He immediately stopped pawing at my arm when he saw he was being placed in a jar. "H3Ŷ Ñ-0!!-¡¡1 Ï'''?MMM?M NÑØ_T Å T0Ŷ!1!¡¡ $TÔ_P ÏT1!!!¡¡" His voice sounded furious and even more glitches took in, his body looked downright dangerous and painful with how much he was glitching. I set him down in the jar and put on the lid. He banged at the glass near me and growled. "WH AT DO Y OU THIN K YOU'R E DOI N G?!" I roll my eyes. "You. Sir. Need to relax." "IL L M-M UR DER YO-Y-YOUR ENT-TI-TI RE UNI VER-R -VERSE." I set him down in my lap and roll my eyes. "And I'll murder your chances of me taking you seriously" He stopped arguing and sat down grumpily, he crossed his arms. "Wh..whatever..."

A while later his eyes open and he speaks out this time, sounds like he controlled his anger and calmed the glitches because there weren't that many in this speech from him. "...... Hey........? Why did you even spare me?" I sigh. "... Whatever you're used to.. It's not me... I give people chances Because they can always be your friend." He burries his head in his jacket. "Yeah and what if they don't.." "If they don't I'll beat em to a crisp and..." His eyes widen in concern.

"U m . . ." I giggled. "I'm joking! If they decide not to be my friend I understand that, not everyone likes everyone else. And nobody has to die for that!" He puts his hands out and looks down at them. "Oh.......h..heh... I guess so..." My eyes begin to fall, listening to his words. "Look.. I may act nice in here. And I'll try to do that.. But it's only because if I don't have your help. I'll get killed. Especially at this size.... My energy is low... I almost died.. But.. You got me thinking. If all of these Alternate universes Were just glitches. How. Why would you spare me? Glitches don't feel. Glitches don't have souls.. Maybe i was.. Wrong?" He stuffed his hands into his pockets and sighs, shaking his head. "Error? Do you think that I'm just a glitch?" I ask quietly, all he gives me in responce is a shrug and a little complaint. "I.. Heh.. I Don't even know anymore.. I'm just ready to fall asleep... I'm so tired. And confused. And hurt.." His eyes began to close slowly as I stared at him. "Heh.. Alright.. You just sleep. I'll keep you safe in here.." He was about to say something else but just gave it up with a yawn. He was too exhausted to even talk anymore. He laid over and fell asleep. "There you go." I muttered. I leaned against a tree and fell asleep too. It wasn't just him. Both of us were tired of fighting. So we took off the day early. I was proud of what I accomplished by capturing Error. "Well. At least that's over with."