//------------------------------// // Chapter Seven- The Best Night Ever // Story: The Traveling Son of a Great Dreemurr // by jjb0420 //------------------------------// “Ahh! I..........Can’t...........Believe.......The Grand.......Galloping........Gala.........Is.......Tonight!” “Pinkie! Please stop shouting, I’m trying to concentrate,” says Twilight, looking at a book. Pinkie’s on a trampoline next to Maria, Spike, and Frisk. “Pinkie Pie! Stop that right now. It’s time to prepare for the Gala, and I refuse to let you put on your new dress when you’re all sweaty,” proclaims Rarity. Pinkie approaches Spike. “What’s Twilight doing?” “She’s got a spell she’s been working on for the Gala,” explains Frisk. “Where are the others? It’s getting late.” “Hold your horses, girl. We’re here,” says Applejack, arriving with the other ponies. “Where’s mom?” “She told me she was going ahead, dear. Gaster teleported her, along with your father to Canterlot a few hours ago,” explains Rarity. “Perfect! I’m ready.” “For what?” asks Rainbow. “All right, Spike.” he pulls out an apple. “An apple! Are we having pie?” “Shh! Watch!” says Spike. Twilight casts a spell on the apple, transforming it into an apple-shaped carriage within seconds. Everyone collectively admires it. “Thanks. But that’s just the start.” There’s a flash of white light near them. From that flash appears Discord. “Greetings everypony! It’s been a while.” “Discord? What are you doing here!?” shouts Rainbow. “Calm down dear Rainbow. I merely decided to pop back here.” He creates 3D glasses and looks at his talon. “And with no Void stuff on me. Not bad dissy!” Applejack face-hooves. “Just tell us what ya want.” He looks appalled. “Me? And I thought you would know me better. What’s wrong with friends popping by every so often?” Everyone save Frisk and Maria raises an eyebrow. He frowns. “Phph! Anyway, fair warning. Opalescence was over there near the tree, so Fluttershy’s little mice friends wouldn’t have worked.” he levitates a squirming cat out from a bush. “Thank you for the warning,” says Maria. He shows surprise, then smiles. “You are welcome.” he turns to the ponies. “You ponies could take after your friends. After all, honey catches more flies than vinegar.” “But I thought bees liked honey,” says Pinkie. “He means that you get more friends with kindness, rather than distrust and negativity,” explains Fluttershy. “Exactly. That is how you reformed me after all. And dear old Twilight wanted to use a spell on me.” They all turn to Frisk. “All i’ll give away, is that he’s right. You wanted to use a ‘reforming spell’ on him. It was Fluttershy that showed him kindness, not you five.” “And I don’t regret that day. Anyway, Loki and the clone want me to help out with pranking Cay-Cay, and why shouldn’t I add my special touch? Besides, it’ll be a nice way to show her the statue.................well, lets just say it’ll be big.” he snaps, creating a door and opening it up. He almost closed it before sticking his head out. “Almost forgot. Good luck with the Gala. Let’s just say.................it’s worthy of a dreamer. Bye!” After the door disappears, everyone looks at each other in confusion. (Several hours later..................and a song.) “Yeah! This is gonna be the best night ever. You know why? ‘Cause we’re all gonna spend time at the Gala to.......” Spike says, right as all the girls save Frisk and Maria leave. “.......gether. Or not.” “We could look around with you if you want. This is our first time here, remember?” Frisk suggests. Spike smiles lightly at this. “Thanks for reminding me of that. I was about to go and just eat donuts the entire evening.” Then several trumpets play. “Announcing the arrival of the draconequus trio, and their companions................The Doctor.” A pony in a tux and tie enters along with three suited Discord’s. “Sunset Shimmer.” An orange mare in a dress. “The Architect.” A dark stallion with black hair, in a tux and bow tie. “Undyne and Alphys of the Monsters................And.............” The two lovebirds come in. “It can’t be...............it can’t be him!” Right alongside I walk in, wearing a tux in the form of an adult. “My name...............is pronounced, Asriel. Asriel, Dreemurr,” I introduce myself. I look up at the princess, bowing as she shows shock. I smile at her when I hear footsteps. I look down in front of me and see my sister. “Azzy.............Is that really you?” I kneel near her. “It is asriel as it gets, Frisk.” Almost everyone around me groans, save Frisk and Maria as I stand back up. “Nice to see that, even as an adult, you have your sense of humor.” she curtsies, causing me to blush right as I pull flowers of Hammerspace behind me. I hand her the flowers as Celestia approaches me. “Ah. Howdy Celestia! It’s been a while.” “Where were you the past two months?” She says with slight annoyance. “Sigh. Your student clearly didn’t tell you about my...............condition. I decided to leave until I got a grip on things. On the bright side, I met new friends, and gained three new abilities,” I explain. I bow to them all. “And I must say, you look lovely tonight, all of you.” “Oh.” She started to blush. “Thank you. I’m sure your family, and my sister will enjoy seeing you.” “I look forward to the same. It’s been a long time.” HATE spews out of my body, and forms into a walking stick to all their shock as I walk off. As I walk around, I spot someone in the garden. I walk out as everyone’s looking at us and take in all the colors. Vibrant reds, dark and light blues, even gold roses! Out of the corner of my eye I see something yellow. I turn, and step back. “Golden flowers...............but...........that’s impossible.” I slowly step towards them, and pick one up. “Oh, Asriel!” I turn around quickly, summoning a sword, and see Fluttershy. She’s wearing a green and blue dress, with blue and white balls in her hair. I quickly dismiss it. “Sorry. Geez Flutters, you scared me.” “Oh. Sorry.” she looks down in embarrassment. “It’s okay. I just wasn’t expecting you.” I look back at the golden flowers. “Did you ever hear about these being in her garden?” She spots them. “Oh.................I’ve never. You know these?” “I’m surprised they’re here. Who knows, you might hear about them tonight.” I turn to her. “Anyway, any luck on seeing the animals?” “Sigh, no. Every time I try to approach them, they scurry away! Curse me for being a loudmouth.” “Hey.” I kneel near her, raising her face to me. “You are not a ‘loudmouth’. You are one of the kindest, most timid, and most gentle ponies I know. And that says something.” She looks down, then hugs me. “Thanks.” “No problem.” she let’s go, and I stand up. “You know, you might have better results if you let them come to you. Animals like these are used to ponies chasing after them, they’re not like the ones in Ponyville. Anyway, I’ll leave you to it..............I have parents to find.” “Thanks. And good luck.” I walk off into the main area, and ponies crowded around something. I spot Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. “Whats going on?” I ask Pinkie. “A bunch of these fancy ponies spotted someone. Rainbow tried to spot them, but whoever it is, their too scrunched up!” “I wonder.................” I snap, rainbow flames surrounding me. I emerge a few feet above the ground. In the middle the crowd, I spot two fillies. “Is that.............?” One unicorn stallion levitates a hard bread knife. “Consider this your punishment, Nightmare Moon.” He approaches a filly with it, right as I realize who it is. “Oh no, you, don’t!” I turn everyone’s SOULs blue, and swing my hands up. They all go flying into the air as I blink toward the fillies, and bring them to the ground. “Rainbow, go tell their mothers what almost happened. I have two fillies to protect,” I say as everyone starts dropping. Several approach me, then hit an invisible wall. “What the...........?” “Barrier. Think of it as a suped up shield spell. Nothing can break it. Except me.” Sans teleports next to me. “so. do any guys need a bad time?” “Can’t tell for sure. After all, these guys were being stupid.” A Earth pony scoffs. “’Stupid’?! I’m an important noble!” “hello ‘an important noble.’ i’m sans!” “Asriel!” I turn and spot Twilight, and Luna. They run over and hug their daughters. “What, did they try to do?!” shouts Luna. “One of them tried to................” I trace a digit across one of my horns. “Their horns. Tell me. What happens when a unicorn horn is severed?” Luna hugs Stellar Nova tightly, so Twilight comes forward. “Well............for adults, it just stops the flow of magic. It disables magical control and causes magical sickness. But fillies................it can...............” “It could’ve killed them!?” The black sword appears in my hands, causing all the nobles to back up in shock. Sans puts a hand on my shoulder. “kid. calm down. remember...............” I look at them all, all showing worry, or fear. I take deep breaths. “Like a river...............” The blade dissolves into me. “Over stone.” I stand up, and walk out of the shield. I stop near the nobles, looking at them. “I don’t know what I hoped for................but forget trying to butter up to the princesses, or my family now.” I walk quickly out of the room as everyone looks at each other. “Aw. And I wanted to hug him,” says Pinkie. I walk through the halls. As I keep walking, I suddenly stop when I see to my left. I turn, and see a hallway with large windows, leading up to a door. I walk towards the door in shock, and open it to the throne room. I walk in, and look around, gazing at all the murals before stopping at one. It’s hard to describe, like.........it shouldn’t exist per-se. It was a masked, anthropomorphic creature with black claws, white hair, silver and black boots, and a glowing yellow eye. They appeared to be controlling red, cube-like objects. “I see thou noticed the murals.” I quickly turn and see Luna. “Oh! Princess. It’s been a while,” I greet. “Same to you, young Asriel.” I smile for a second, then look back at the window. “But who is this? He looks Mobian.” She approaches me. “No one knows his true name. But when we fought him last, several years before our banishment, he called himself...........Infinite.” “Infinite................For some reason it seems fitting.” “Indeed. And it wasn’t just a mere title. His power was greater than our own. Even our sister had a challenge against him..................” She looks down, and turns to me. “We owe thou an apology.” “What? Why?” “When we first met thou, and saw your power..............we thought you were him. You have so much power, for a simple child. But, after our counterpart, and your parents told us how kind you were to our dark selves, we realized that...........we were wrong. Thou must know though. Our sister doesn’t share the same thoughts.” I nod. “Well, you can tell Celestia that you don’t have to worry about my power.” I hold out my left arm, and show her the ring. “Any guesses for what this is?” She shakes her head. “It’s called an Inhibitor Ring. They suppress, or regulate different types of energy usage. In the case of this one, it seals off my reality controlling power.” Her eyes widen. “But why did thou!?..........” “A gesture of peace, and goodwill. While I was gone I realized, that everything that’s happened to me was because...........people were afraid. I got too big, too casual with that power. So, this will stay on unless there is no other way.” I look back at the mural. “What’s with those cubes?” “Ah. That was one of his more pronoun, and powerful attacks. He conjured them out of thin air, and flinged them at his target. As thou can tell, they aren’t normal. They are made of pure energy.” “Any ideas on how he has this power?” “No one knows. But.............personally, we think it’s that gem on his chest. We dubbed it the Phantom Ruby, for it was translucent like a ghost when not used. No one wants to believe us though!” “Well, I believe you,” I explain, a paw to my chin. “You do?” she asks. I turn to her. “Indeed. I think I know how it might work too.” I pull the red Chaos Emerald out of my Hammerspace. “The Chaos Emeralds, like this one, have similar energy; but even they have limits. I believe he’s so powerful because.....................that gem has no limits.” “You mean............?” “Yes.” we both turn slowly towards the window. “Whoever this ‘Infinite’ is, and wherever he and this ‘Phantom Ruby’ came from....................he has the same reality controlling power as me.” She looks down for a second in thought, then back up. “But how can he have the same power as thou?” “This kind of power is comparable to a god. I have the SOUL equivalent of a god, hence I have something like that power. But this guy.................that gem grants him that power. Like how a Chaos emerald grants one energy, or control over time and space.” “Well.............what is this specific control over reality called? And what negative impact could it cause?” “The power to control reality is more commonly called essokinesis. As for this reality warping................misuse can cause severe damage. It’s why I didn’t go and time travel, or rip holes between dimensions, it would severely destroy the fabric of the universe. It could eventually lead to time dilation, space depletion, singularities, or.....................a total event collapse.” She tilts her head in confusion. “Sigh. Basically, it would be like the universe never existed. Every star would supernova and have never started to burn, no planets formed. Nothing, and no one would ever, have lived, at all. Sure, some people might live since they’re at the eye of the storm, but eventually that eye would close. The last light to go out.” “How............how does thou stop a god?” “Well............for starters, a lot of power, comes with a cost. Magic has a price, tech needs energy. And sometimes, sources of power come at a cost. For example, the Alicorn amulet comes at the cost of corrupting the user. And besides................Nothing’s unbeatable. I have limits and emotions to appeal to, Bill can be ERASEd, Discord can be sealed in stone................the list goes on. Plus...............I think there’s more to this guy than we know. Like...........who’s behind the mask?” I take a deep breath. “Whelp. Sitting around doing nothing isn’t gonna do anything. I’m gonna go look for everyone.” I walk away, but stop and turn my head. “and Luna.” she turns to me. “Thanks for the talk. I needed to wrap my head around things. Next time you see your sister, tell her my thoughts and about the ring. Bye!” I walk towards the main room, and spot Frisk hugging Stellar Nova. I walk up to her. “It really hurt her, didn’t it?” Frisk nods. “While you were gone, her mom opened up to us. A fake version of Blueblood severely injured her along with some nobles, just for looking like this.” “A ‘fake Blueblood’?” “A group that wanted to ‘rightfully punish Luna’ got someone in. Using something like Polyjuice, they snuck in and trapped the real deal.” “I see. Geez, ponies don’t give other-worlders slack. By the way, where’s Chara?” “Oh, she’s talking with mom and dad, they’re in the garden.” “Thanks.” I walk out into the garden, and look around before spotting the Delta Rune. I smile, then walk over to where they are. “Come on mom. Frisk did tell me that he’s here,” says Chara. “I know. It’s just................I’m worried about him.” “What did I do to worry you?” She quickly turns to see me smiling, and runs up and hugs me. “I missed you, so much!” “I missed you too.” I put my hands on her shoulders. “I decided to do that on my own. Don’t blame yourself for what I did.” “Sigh. Okay. But what did you do while you were gone?” “I learned to control what caused my fear. And I learned to let stuff like that pass over me. Like water, over a surface.” “Okay...........wait, what did you mean by ‘learned to control what caused my fear’?” asks Chara. Black substance leaks out of the ground, and forms into a black cane in my left hand. “I believe you know what this is?” Her eyes focus for several seconds on the cane, then she back-pedals quickly. “Since when could you control HATE!?” Mom and Dad both gape at me. I shrug. “The best way to remove fear is to control the source. Besides, I needed a game changer, I sealed off my essokinesis.” “Wait. You were a god, and you sealed it off?” “I’m tired of all the negativity towards Monsters, okay? Sigh. I realized that everything has happened because of fear. I sealed off that power as a gesture of goodwill.” “Well at least you have your magic,” she says, looking over at Frisk. Mom looks up and down at me. “Do you really have to stay like that dear?” I shrug. “I like this form. Doesn’t it make me look mature?” I bow, and Chara laughs. “Coming from the person who would run screaming when I did the scary face!” I frown. “Hey, you know how that went down. You jumped out of the closet with that face, of course I would be scared!” I face mom and dad. “After what happened with the fillies, maybe we should do....................something special.” Mom smiles. “That’s a great idea. Oh! Maybe you kids could sing a song!” “The ponies sing all the time, I don’t think one new song will matter.” I contemplate this, then snap. “I got it. They don’t know your point of view of..............that time. Perhaps it’s time we told a tale. An Undertale.” Everyone smiles at this. Everyone’s inside the main room when the lights dim. “Mares, and gentlecolts. Monsters, and friends. Tonight we’ve all gathered for one of the biggest nights of the year. However, the nobles present have shown some..........distrust, to their fellow guests. My parents have agreed with me that you all deserve to hear a tale. You who know us know some of this. We give you..............the Undertale.” A light shines upon the stage, revealing Chara, Sans, Frisk and I. “A long time ago, a human fell into the RUINS. Injured by its fall, the human called out for help.” “ASRIEL, the king’s son, heard the human’s call. He brought the human back to the castle.” “Over time, ASRIEL and the human became like siblings. The King and Queen treated the human child as their own.” “The underground was full of hope.” “Then..............One day..............the Human became very ill.” “The sick human had only one request. To see the flowers from their village.” “but there was nothing we could do.” “The next day.” “The next day................The human died.” “ASRIEL, wracked with grief, absorbed the human’s SOUL.” “he transformed into a being with incredible power.” “With the human SOUL, ASRIEL crossed through the barrier.” We look behind us, and see everyone, standing there. Mom, dad, Undyne, Papyrus, Gaster, Alphys................all here. I smile, and turn back to the ponies in the crowd. “He carried the human’s body into the sunset. Back to the village of the humans.” “ASRIEL reached the center of the village. There, he found a bed of golden flowers,” says Chara. “He carried the human onto it,” says mom. “Suddenly, screams rang out.” “The villagers saw ASRIEL holding the human’s body,” says Chara. “They thought that HE had killed the child.” “The humans attacked him with everything they had.” “He was struck with blow after blow. ASRIEL had the power to destroy them all,” says Undyne. “BUT...................ASRIEL DID NOT FIGHT BACK.” “Clutching the human...............ASRIEL smiled, and walked away.” “Wounded, ASRIEL stumbled home. He entered the castle and collapsed in front of his parents,” says Alphys. “His dust spread across the garden.” They all gasp. “The kingdom fell into despair,” says Dad. “THE KING AND QUEEN HAD LOST TWO CHILDREN IN ONE NIGHT.” “The humans had once again taken everything from us,” says Undyne. “The king decided it was time to end our suffering.” “Every human who fell down had to die.” “with enough souls, we could’ve shattered the barrier forever.” They all look down in shame, and thought. “Until.....................” they all look up at me. “The day Frisk fell down.” “despite everyone’s thoughts about them, they strived to help every single monster in the underground. not only that.......................she never hurt anyone. ‘course, that doesn’t mean she’s completely innocent, or naive. just that she kept a certain tenderness in her heart. no matter the hardships she faced, she strived to do the right thing. she refused to hurt anyone. even when she ran away, she did it with a smile!” “SHE SHOWED ME I DIDN’T NEED TO BE POPULAR TO GET FRIENDS!” “She showed me that...........not all humans were bad.” “She helped me face my fears, and confess my love.” “She was the reason I finally left the Ruins.” “we had good times. enjoying laughs, eating bad food................i rooted for her all the way.” I kneel at the front of the stage. “It’s thanks to her that we’re all here, nobles of Canterlot. If you have any insults ya wanna throw out while you still can, best say them now.” They look at each other and chatter, but it’s one stallion that says anything. “And why should we believe you?” I stand up and look at the crowd. I spot the sole speaker. “Funny how you’re apparently the princess’ nephew, and you still think we’re lying.” “All we have is your word..........” “Actually, they have our trust, nephew.” Everyone quickly turns to the stairs, and sees Princess Luna. “Ah. Nice to see you again so soon.” I bow. “And it’s good to see you know each other.” Behind her comes Celestia. Everyone save me, Sans and Dad bow, or curtsy. Twilight sees I didn’t bow. “Why aren’t you bowing?” “That I will keep to myself. Besides, she knows I mean no ill intent from it.” “and considering what i’ve seen in other timelines, she would have to be judged before i ever bowed to her.” She nods with confirmation when Twilight looks at them. “With that aside, nephew. Why do you still hold disregard to them?” The stallion shows disbelief. “How? How can you still trust them after everything!?” “because unlike you, blueblood, almost everyone here doesn’t judge us by our covers. unlike you..................they’ll throw us a bone.” “SAAAAAANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Everyone bursts out laughing, half because of Papyrus’ response. “Come on! The goat can control!.........” “I can’t control reality.” everyone gasps. “Not anymore.” I turn to them all. “I sealed off that power with an Inhibitor Ring, for precisely this reason. When you ponies see something not like you, you either run in fear, hide, or try to kill it. Well guess what? I’m sick of it!” “I’m tired of it too. You want to know something about monsters? Their SOULs are made of hopes, dreams, love, compassion, everything that is right.” “It is other races that don’t need these things, not us.” I walk up to Blueblood. “If you have anything else to say, say it now. I’ve heard it all.” His eyes dart back and forth before booking it. “heh. guess he didn’t have any, backbone.” “FOR GOODNESS SAKE SANS!” Everyone laughs, I even spot the two alicorns chuckling. Things have settled down a bit, and everyone’s just conversing with one another. “Sigh. At least everyone’s adjusting to each other now.” I close my eyes, smiling when I feel a presence. I reach out using aura and see...........the life energy of someone. It looks bipedal, but it’s short. The energy is weird too, like it’s high in level. I turn to them, and grab their arm, walking towards a separate bedroom. “Hey, let me go!” They shout with a sneaky, low, yet a little squeaky voice. I throw them at the bed. “Okay. Who are you, and why are you cloaked?” “Ugh! Think, what would’ve happened if they saw me?” He pulls out a small orb, and presses a button. I open my eyes to a small, imp like creature wearing red gloves and a bandanna. “Okay..................let me guess. Digimon?” He crosses his arms. “The only ‘casual’ form I could pull off. Doesn’t help with appearances, or conversation though.” “Wait...............form?” “Hehe! I was wondering if you would catch that. I’ll give you a hint. This guy is called Impmon.” I cross my arms, and look up in thought. Right when I realize it, I snap. “Imp. Imp Midna!” “Badaboom! Imp Midna’s back, and with a twist!” “Wait..............why did you become a digimon? Why not a human, or a Monster?” They put a hand behind their head in embarrassment. “Yeeeeeeaaaah...............i’m not very good at shapeshifting. The only forms I can take are Midna, Blue Scout, and this. Think of this guy as casual clothing. Not exactly defenseless though. Still have a little of this!” His fingertip lights up with a fireball. “Pphh! You’re talking to a monster who can control all manner of flames.” “Well at least I don’t have a stupid name for all my attacks.” “Hey, I was 9 when I made those up! Besides, I’ve heard worse.” I look at the door. After some thinking, I use my magic to seal the door, and turn back to him. “Does the Author have a message, or did you just come for some fun?” They smirk. “Although he wanted me to pass a message, it’ll be quite fun to mess with everyone. With the cloaker, no one will know I’m here!” I quickly put my paws up. “Whoa whoa whoa! If we’re gonna do this.................we’re doing it right! So, nothing harmful, nothing that will mess up relations between us and them.” They contemplate this, then offer a hand. “You’ve got a deal my friend!” I shake it. “Now then, for a prank................” after a few minutes, I start to smirk and chuckle. “Awh! I have the perfect one. Tell me. Does the watch have any samples from the Doctor’s world?” “How many times do I have to tell you? You stupid stallion spiked my drink!” accuses a noble. “I did no such thing. You saw me putting it back in after realizing what flavor it was! Cherry is the way to go my good sir, not Apple!” shouts The Architect. “Whats going on here?” asks Gaster. The pony turns to the skeleton. “This excuse for a stallion keeps insisting that I spiked the punch!” The skeleton makes a cup, and takes a sip. “Hard whisky. This is the work of Pinkie and Blueberry.” “Excuse me, what?” The Architect turns to the noble. “Blueberry is what he calls Underswap Sans. Basically, a Sans that acts like the tall one.” Gaster face palms. “I suggest everyone avoid the punch. If those two teamed up, then this stuff will hit you with four cups worth.” “Other me!” The three turn and see the Doctor in a tux. “I was talking with Twilight and I spotted something.” They all run towards the garden, stopping at the statue of a mare, covering its face. “Impossible....................this world is sealed off from them!” The Doctor turns to the stallion. “Get the princess and the monster family, now!” They quickly gallop off as they turn back to the statue. “But how did this get here!?” “Your guess is as good as mine Eleven. What’s bugging me is that how the Author didn’t stop it.” Everyone runs up to them, and stops, staring at the statue. “What is that?” asks Celestia. “That, my dear princess....................is a Weeping Angel. Or at least, a ponified version, but that might be this worlds rules, probably changed its appearance.” “But it’s j-just a statue,” says Alphys. “It’s a statue when you see them.” “I don’t completely understand,” says Asgore. “They’re creatures from another world. They’re said to be as old as the universe, Or, very nearly. And the reason they’ve last this long, is because they have the most perfect defense system ever evolved.” “They are Quantum Locked. They don’t exist, when they are being observed, the moment they are seen by any other living creature, they freeze, into rock.” “No choice, it’s a Fact of their biology. In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn to stone.” They all gape. “And you can’t kill a stone. Course, a stone can’t kill you either, but then you turn your head away. Then you Blink. And oh yes it can.” Everyone backs up slowly, including the three doctors. “And that’s why they cover their eyes. They’re not weeping, they can’t risk looking at each other. Their greatest asset is their greatest curse, they can never be seen. Kinda sad when you think about it.” “What does it want?” asks Celestia. “Well, if this is the real deal...................” their pupils shrink. “Oh no.” “What?” asks Frisk. T-The Angels feed on time energy. I-If they came here................they’re after the TARDIS.” “Why would they want the TARDIS?” asks Chara. “Of course! Doctor you’ve gotten thick!” The stallion face-hooves. “Come on, tell us. What?!” shouts Undyne. “T-The Angels kill you by sending you decades back in time. They let you live out the rest of your life, and feed of the years you would’ve lived!” “The TARDIS’ heart is pure time energy, it’s a world they could feed off forever, but the damage they could do could switch off the sun!” The princess shows shock, and disbelief. “H-How can you be sure?” “There’s only one way to make sure if it’s real. Still haven’t figured it out, but somehow they can hear what’s being said around them, while being stone.” “Everyone back up about............to that hedge, behind Toriel, don’t take your eyes off it, don’t ask questions.” They all do so. “What we’re about to do, don’t do again. If this is real, your best chance against it is this. Don’t blink. Don’t even blink, blink and you’re dead. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don’t turn your back, don’t look away, and don’t, blink. Now that I’ve said that, everyone, close your eyes.” “Just do it.” They all begrudgingly close them. “I’m gonna blink too, just for a moment.” “Are you sure about this?!” Chara shouts, skeptic. “.............No.” A few seconds pass before he finally blinks. He backs up right as the statue stops right near him. “Open your eyes and back up, quickly!” They all open their eyes, and back up in shock. “Oh me. It moved!” The Architect goes full 360 around it. “It’s an Angel all right...................The TARDIS!” “I’m not about to let this happen again.” The Doctor pulls out the Sonic. “No..................No you are not doing that!” “What is he talking about?” asks Celestia. “Everything vibrates at its own natural frequency. Tap into that frequency, and you can destroy what vibrates at that frequency!” “What?” “...................Meaning he wants to use the sonic to destroy the Angel!” The Architect, and Gaster step in the way of the sonic. “What are you doing!?” “I’m not about to let another species die by our hands. I realize it now.” “Oh what are you blabbering on about now?” “Oh don’t even start. Remember Metaltron?” Their pupils shrink. “could you explain for the others?” asks Sans. “Magic isn’t just there, its genetic. It’s why my species doesn’t have magic, and yours does. I theorized that transformations cause genetic mutation so the body can handle the strain.” “Into...........what?” asks Celestia. “....................something new.” He walks towards the Doctor. “We and our companions have killed millions of people, of countless species. I’m trying to save just one.” “Come on! Which do you care for more, them or the TARDIS!?” “Dont. You. Dare. SAY THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!” “Alright, enough.” Everyone looks around in confusion. “Look no further, than the creature you’re arguing about.” They all turn to the Angel. “You can speak?” “An Angel has no voice. I’m using the device the child used, as a medium to communicate with you. Sorry about the confusion.” “Well if we can have a nice conversation..................” “Don’t bother, Doctor.” He gapes. “You know about me?” “All beings of the Omnitrix have some awareness, of all of you. Celestia. Toriel.” They both gape at them. “Chara. Frisk. Undyne. Papyrus, Alphys, Asgore. Sans. Gaster. Thanks to the child, I know about all of you.” “Well...............What do you want?” “I won’t answer to you, Doctor. Out of everyone here, only two stood up against you. I will only answer to Gaster, and your counterpart.” “Well then........................Why are you here?” “The child and I made a deal. I helped out with his prank, he gave me some of his magical energy to feed off of.” “Wait.............that means you’re...........” “That is correct, Dr. Gaster. This body belongs to the one known as, Asriel.” “Well..................could the kid change back?” “Hmm..................very well. But I have one condition.” they all look attentively. “I would like form of my own.” “eh. If ya don’t attack us, we could work something out. Who knows, we might need a ton of help in the future. A skele-ton.” drums play. “OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE SANS. ONE OF THESE DAYS..............” “what? Im just putting it out there.” “We have a deal then.” There’s a flash of green light, and I appear. “Oh thank goodness..........” says Chara. I’m frown, and look at the Doctor. “Now I see why the Gamma Forests are different to the rest.” I turn to Celestia. “No matter what you think of me, I will protect my family, and my friends. No matter what. If you need my help, I’ll be in Ponyville, taking a well deserved nap.” I snap my fingers, teleporting away. (4 hours later.................) I wake up on the sofa, the sun rising on my face as I slowly open my eyes, and face upright. I get up and slowly walk towards the kitchen, then grab a glass from the cupboard. As I fill it with water, I look around. “If you’re there Imp Midna, might as well reveal yourself.” They pop out of nowhere, frowning. “How come you bailed on me like that!? I was sitting near the TARDIS for hours before they came and told me what happened!” “Well I’m sorry, the Doctor ruined it! Note to self, talk to him and the Architect.....................anyway, do you know where your master is?” “Okay, he’s not my master. He’s my friend. Anyway, he’s probably in Twilight’s tree. He’s been working on something cool for everyone.” He shouts behind the door. “Come on! How do those keys work, yet these don’t?! It’s simple geological magi technology!” I open the door, spotting him near a desk with machinery. “Uh, Author?” “Spies!” He quickly covers it up with a blanket as he turns to me. “Oh, Asriel. Sorry, I haven’t checked the book in a while. Now, what is it?” “Sigh.” I pull a chair towards me and sit down. “If we’re gonna work together, I need to know everything.” “Oh..................................” He slowly turns completely towards me. “Well, what do you wanna know?” I contemplate this for a minute before asking. “I need to know why you made ten versions of the Traveler.” His pupils shrink. “So Flowey told you about that. Sigh................. As you know, this isn’t my real body. The Author is just a name, a cover. This............persona, is a way for me to talk to you from the inside. Out there, I’m a 16 year old kid. I go to school, have a mom and dad, a sister, I live life like everyone else. As time went on, and I saw all these different worlds, I imagined myself helping out. Being a friend. Then I...............started reading the Undertale fanfictions.” He looks down. “As I started, I was reading all these stories where................you got the happy ending you deserved. As I read more and saw more worlds, more shows and games, I bonded with every single one of you. I wanted.................to be a part of your stories. So, I imagined new people. Unique, playful, shy, kind................willing to fight for those they love. And that, was how Riolu was born.” He pulls out a photo, showing me a cute version of me. “Like I said when we first met. Your story, as well as Frisks, changed so much. That’s one of countless fan pieces of you. You were the third after Lightmare and Riolu. You see, Lightmare is my first official OC. But you................you were the first to have a story. It was only after several chapters I wanted to be a part of this. You see.....................the true reason why I came to help was because............................I wanted to be a part of your life.” “What............what do you mean?” “I’ve seen, and watched so many timelines. Judgement Hall, Endertale, Handplates, Shojotale, Underswap, Aftertale, Dusttale, I’ve even seen all kinds of darker ones. But as time went on.....................I didn’t want to sit and watch your story. I wanted to be a part of it.” he stands up. “I won’t sit idly by anymore. I want to get a true, happy ending, with everyone in it.” I slowly stand up. “I’ll.................I’ll try to work with you. But please, no more secrets. Everything will be on the table, okay?” He takes a deep breath, then sighs. “Okay...................fine. Heh, I’m being forced to tell the truth by my own creation, the irony.” I smile and walk towards the door. But not before turning, and asking one more question. “What, Is your name?” He stops near the desk. “......................Jack.” “’Jack’? Hehe! That’s a nice name!” I leave, not hearing him whisper. “I just hope.....................that maybe one day..............he’ll forgive me.” As I walk towards the stairs, I hear someone weakly knock on the door. “Who could that be? Probably a pony.” I shrug and walk up to the door. I slowly open it, and a small riolu with many open injuries, a scarf, and what looks like a leg cuff collapses next to m. In my shock, I pick him up in my arms. “Help me...................tell the Author.....................he’s coming............. they faintly say before passing out. “No............wake up!” I gently shake him, to no avail. “No..............no no no!” I hug him tightly, and yell. “JACK!” They open the door to the tree. “Asriel, what?................” he spots the Riolu, and runs up to me. “Riolu!” “Wait...........this is Riolu?” “Yes! Quick, carry him to the couch, I’ll get the first aid kit!” I nod, and quickly run to the couch. I slowly place him on it as Jack comes back with a box. “CHECK him, I’ll try to stop his bleeding,” they order as they start to pull out supplies. I shakily bring up a hand, revealing 4 buttons. I ‘select’ ACT, then hit CHECK. “Riolu. HP 5/100, DEF 40. LV 10, EXP 0. Willing to defend their friends.” As I read this off, Jack’s putting medicine on their wounds, and bandaging him up. I turn to them. “He’s lucky to be alive.” “Agreed, very lucky.” He snaps, conjuring a small blanket on them. “What happened?” “I don’t know. I heard a knock on the door, and there he was, terribly injured.” “Did he say anything?” “..............yes, actually. He said to tell you............. ‘he is coming’. Exactly those words.” His pupils shrink. “No................Riolu shouldn’t know about him!” He pulls out a book, showing shock as we both spot it’s flashing red rapidly. “Question..............what does the speed signify?” He opens the pages. “The speed and amount of the flashes signify their power level. Two slow flashes would be just a regular human, or Monster.” I gulp. “And rapid flashes?” “.....................someone of yours, or Celestia’s level.” Everything’s starts to shake. “Call everyone. Now. I’ll go and try to hold them off.” I sprint out as he pulls out a phone. “Imp Midna, get Undyne and Sans over here, now! It’s time.” As I keep running, I spot several ponies running from something. “Hey!” I call to Rose Luck. They turn and run to me. “Oh thank goodness, Asriel!” “What’s everypony running from?” “It was awful! As the shaking started, this............hooded man, came out of a swirling mass of rock and trees. He didn’t even say anything...................the moment he saw us, he started lighting everything on fire!” The shaking gets worse. My paws close into fists, and I open my eyes. “Listen very, very carefully, cause everyone’s lives might depend upon it. I need you to lead all the ponies to my families house. As soon as everyone’s inside.............” I pull a piece of paper out of my pocket, bearing writing. “Say the words written on this paper aloud.” She takes it in he hooves. “But..............what will that do?” “It will activate a spell I placed in case of emergency. The moment the last word is spoken, a Barrier will surround the house, keeping whoever it is out until I deactivate it. No go! Go!” She runs off as I look towards where she was running from. “Now then...........” I shift forms. “Lets see who needs a Bad Time.” I run, as fast as I can go. I eventually stop at the market place. I spot a folded figure burning some stalls. “Now who would you be, to burn everything to the ground!?” They turn in response. “HEHAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” I back up in shock. ‘That sounded just like Flowey.’ They slowly approach me. “Well well well. Just who I was looking for. Asriel Dreemurr, the God of Hyperdeath.” I back up two steps in shock. “How do you know who I am?!” “Oh, I know a lot more, especially about the truth,” he says as I hear running behind me. I look around and see my sisters, Sans, Undyne, Jack, and Imp Midna. “Ah. Just as I remember it. The Megalomaniac, the Judge, the True Hero, the Pacifist, the Editor, the false Author, and the God of Hyperdeath. All in one place.” “and how might you know this?” asks Sans. “I know lots of things Sans. You see, you live a lie, and that’s the difference between you and me.” “What are you talking about? If anyone’s lying it’s you!” Shouts Chara. “Enough talk!” Undyne points a spear at him. “Who are you, and why have you come and destroyed everything!?” “Oh, I’ve been here for a long time.” he blasts the ground with magic, creating a false image. It shows me, Jack, Imp Midna, Chara and Betty fighting. “It’s the battle before we were sucked into the Arrowverse,” Jack realizes. We look closer. ”Heh.............not bad. Too bad your choice of allies aren’t the same as mine!” the Chara shouts before stabbing the ground, and the Author’s book starts beeping red again. “You can’t.................” he shouts before opening it in shock, “you didn’t!!!!!!” Right as he says ‘didn’t’, two red portals open up behind them, and we see a black sans, and a hooded figure jump onto the ground. “You’ve...........” I look at the hooded man. “You’ve been here the whole time?!” “It was as easy as pie. The Author here has a knack for sometimes forgetting things. Undyne’s ego, His anger, and your determination were my allies, all of you so focused on Error, you never noticed I teleported away! Since then I’ve been hiding, gathering ambient magical energy from the Everfree, before splitting off and attacking....................well, like I said, you live a lie.” “What..............?” “Ask your friend over there, the ‘Author’!” I look over at them in shock. He looks down in shame. “He’s been attacking the others for a while now. Why do you think Ink and Error are truced still?” “Exactly. The Sans of Time gathered what incarnations of the Traveler that weren’t here in a last ditch effort to kill me. That’s how your world was ERASEd. They were trying to ERASE me! HEHEHEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA!” My eyes go pure black. I scream, and summon my blades. I try to go for a spin swing, but he parries with identical blades! “H-How do you have my signature weapons!? Only I can summon those!” He chuckles. “Spoilers!” he kicks me back towards Chara as the Celestial twins approach us. “Celestia, and Luna. Everyone’s finally here! Oh I’ve been wanting to use this!” he pulls out a red and black, phone like device, opening it up to reveal white slashes, in the shape of cutlasses. “No.................where did you get that!?” Yells Jack. “Like I said, spoilers!” he pulls out a small mini figure of a masked person, and clicks it, revealing a key. “Legendary Villian Mode!” he inserts it into the device as he shouts this, and twists it, causing the blades to move into the symbol of two cutlasses clashing along with a burst of light. He disappears in a burst of dark energy, knocking everyone back a few inches before emerging, and attacking as a bipedal creature with a long white tipped tail, sharp boots and claws, and a mask with one red eye. “Let’s see how long you last against me.” he slams a boot into the ground, sending shockwaves of earth around him. We jump as he puts out his arms, red cubes forming around him along with a dark, purple and red aura. (Flashback) She approaches me. “No one knows his true name. But when we fought him last, several years before our banishment, he called himself...........Infinite.” “Celestia...........it’s him.” Celestia shows shock. “Mother of me.” “It’s him,” proclaims Luna. “Who is this!?” Shouts Chara. She slices the air, a knife in her hand, creating energy waves that she sends at the attacker. He waves his hand, sending black spikes out of the ground and blocking them. “You may call me.....................Infinite. For the brief moments that remain to you.” “You cannot be Infinite! The last time he was seen was.................!” “1,123 years ago. If I remember correctly, I was escorting a certain draconequus to where we now stand. Time travel, Asriel Dreemurr. Time travel.” I look down for one second, before going blank again and re-summoning my blades, then running in. “Hmm. To quote my foe, ‘let’s see what good your determination is against this’!” He sends several energy cubes towards me. I chuckle, and jump, then Slash! slice them into two before landing. “Ah. I see your sword skills are improving. But be warned, the enemy can attack from Anywhere.” A sharp pain stabs into my back. My shock causes me to let go of my blades as I slowly turn my head in fear. My back was stabbed by a black shard. “Azzy............Azzy, no!” shouts Frisk. I slowly turn and raise my left hand up. Then the cracks start to form. “No...............with just one hit, I’m already...................already...........” my elbow splits from my forearm. “D-Dang it! Mom........dad..............Lightmare..........just like that, I..........I failed you.........” More parts of my body split off everyone braces for them to shatter................... “No..............................NO!” I clutch my chest with my right hand. “My body................It fee-els like its s-splitting apart! But, deep, deep in my SOUL, there’s a b-burning feeling...........I once couldn’t describe. A burning feeling that won’t let me die!” I tear off the robe as dust and wind gather around me. Everyone’s knocked back by the wind. “This isn’t just about my family, is it? If you defeat us, you’ll...................you’ll destroy it all, won’t you!? Monsters, Humans, Mobians, Ponies, EVERYONE. Everyone’s hopes, everyone’s dreams, vanquished in an instant. But I WON’T, let you do that......................hehehe, I can feel it..................the one thing that makes my family different from other monsters...................DETERMINATION!” I slowly reach out as an orb of light forms in front of me. “Infinite. Right now, everyone of my friends. I can feel their hearts BEATING as one. And we all have one goal. To defeat YOU! Infinite. No, whoever you are! For the sake of the whole world.............” The ground below me starts to break away as I slowly float, forming into a tornado as I keep speaking. “I, ASRIEL, WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!” I grasp the orb in a burst of speed, sending the tornado into overdrive as my body starts to reassemble. My body slowly changes as it repairs itself. My face shrinks down as my teeth sharpen, leaving a cat-like nose as the top of my head grows out some white, forward pointing fur. My horns grow out into an S shape, and sharpen at the points as my arms increase in strength, and my paws reshape into four fingered hands. My legs and feet change as well, strengthening while becoming digitigrade with three toes, creating a second ankle joint. The pieces from my robe and the armor get sucked into the tornado. When they land on my body, they change and help stabilize the repairing process. Over my chest and arms, reinforced steel covers up the silky fur underneath as the clothing covers me. The robe bonds and changes, my white sleeves open up at the under forearm, becoming purple while the main part of the robe reforms into a black tunic. Both sides have a black, robe-like appendage with a hole in the back for my newly lengthened, fluffy tail. The reinforced pieces surrounds my chest and becomes a purple jacket, a black belt tightening it around my waist as smaller button straps snap it together, leaving one open. After it’s complete, the armor reforms and strengthens into black shoulder pads, front and back chest plates, boots, and what remains combines with some of the robe to form straps and strengthen the fabric. Each piece bonds to me, the boots keeping my new legs stable while leaving my toes open. Once it’s finished, I touch the chestplate and close my eyes. A white flash surrounds the plate, revealing the Delta Rune. The black face markings form as I open my eyes to black, ruby colored eyes. Everyone shows shock as I emerge. “I see that you can use it after all. I thought this was going to be too easy!” he sends another volley at me. I smirk, and vibrate out of view. Everyone looks confused until I reappear behind him, and spin kick him into a building. I chuckle. “To quote a good friend, ‘you’re gonna have to try a little harder than THAT’!” He gets up and turns towards me. “Well, I might as well know who I’m going defeat. Who are you now?” I cross my arms, summoning both white, and black blades in a cross position. “Determined to protect their family..................” I twist them, pointing the sharp end at them before twirling them. “Asriel, the Determined Dreemurr!” I stop, holding them in my usual stance. “We’ll see how long you last. Round 2!” he slams a fist into the ground, sending a shockwave towards me. My right hand ignites in rainbow flames, and I blast the ground in a widespread. The shockwave hits the fire and freezes, burns, and dissolves at the same time. “My turn. Hyper Goner.” I snap my newfound fingers, horned monster skulls appearing in the air. I point at them. “FIRE!” They all blast as he blocks with his hands. He waves and they both turn red. I chuckle and put my hands up, shrugging. “Looks like you have a variation of Betty’s special attack. That’s fine, you can have those.......................” I snap again, hundreds appearing from flashes of white light. He backs up in shock. “I have plenty more than that.” I point at him, and they all fire rapidly. The ones he took block a few shots, but the sheer mass of mine take his out, and knock him hard into the ground. He looks up, and sees to all their shock, I’ve summoned not one, but TWO Chaos Busters. “I am the Angel of Death.” They both charge up, and send down concentrated energy right down onto them. To put it into perspective, it caused the air around me to burst out in a sonic boom. I teleport to the ground near him. He has multiple wounds. “That was several hundred Hyper Goners, and double Chaos Buster blasts straight on. Your lucky to be alive. Might as well demorph, I can guess that forms hard to maintain.” They try to raise their hand to snap, but I grab them. “If you think I’ll be defeated THAT easily..........you better think again. Because I’m determined. And you WON’T get past me.” He strains to look up at me. “H-Heh! You....................really don’t know me, d-do you?” he struggles to get up. “I know when I’m defeated..................and I did promise myself that I wouldn’t harm your pacifist sister. Our fight would’ve eventually ended up with her in the middle anyway.....................okay. Today, you get a free pass, Asriel Dreemurr. But know this. Next time we meet, I will keep going. But then again, that’s when you find out who I am. That’s when everything will change.” he demorphs, and opens a breach. “One more thing. You might’ve gained access to determination, but you are still the past, whereas I am the future, Asriel.” He jumps in as it closes up. “Heh. Guess he............couldn’t handle...............the heat...............” I pass out then and there, Frisk running up to me. “I think he’s starting to wake up darlings!” “Are ya sure Mettaton, cause we that was a close call. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s out for a while.” “Remember Lightmare, he does recover quickly from being knocked, or passing out.” I slowly open my eyes. “there we go. welcome back to the realm of the livin’, kid,” says Sans. “What...................how much, did I change?” I grip my head. “See for yourself darling.” I turn my head and see that Mettaton brought a mirror. I look at my clothes, seeing a blue t-shirt, and black jeans. “Where’d these clothes come from?” “your bud, the author gave them.” “.............He told me his name.” I look down at my feet, moving it around in curiosity. “My feet................am I seeing things?” “Nope. It............looks strange. I think I remember reading about that type. It’s called digitigrade.” “Huh.” I slowly straighten up, and plant my feet on the floor. I get chills up my spine. ”O-Okay, looks like my pads got more sensitive.” I shakily try to get up. I end up losing my balance, and create a cane from HATE to stay up. “This’ll take some getting used to. Question, how long does Determination last?” “longest undyne’s gone is 16 hours. fair warning tho’, your somethin’ else entirely, so we don’t know how long this’ll last.” “Well then. We might as well make sure you can walk properly, while you’re in this form at least.” We all turn to see an anthropomorphic fox with big black and white ears, four toed paws for feet, a large fluffy tail, and a white muzzle wearing black shorts, a black and white hoodie, and black headphones. He’s holding a stylus and tablet. I sigh. “I thought we agreed to stop keeping secrets.” He shows confusion. “What?..............” “Don’t you dare fake ignorance!” I summon a blade, causing everyone to back up. “Since day one I’ve been fighting for you, and I’ve been emotionally, physically, and psychologically hurt because none of you would talk. Hell, I fell down because you WOULDN’T. TALK!” I slowly approach them, using the cane as leverage. “You either tell me what I want to know, or we’re done!” A few seconds pass as their eyes dart around between everyone. They sigh. “Fine. What do you want to know?” “How about you start with that morpher he had?” “After I wrote about the HATE sword you gained, and realized it might not be a suitable game changer due to the risk, I decided to start working on something else.” We’ve all followed him into Twilights house. He presents his work table. “Power enhancers.” He picks up a red and black package, similar to what Infinite had, and gives it to me. “These were intended to be a surprise, but I guess it’s too late now.” I flip it open. Same symbols. “What exactly is this?” “I call it a Multiversal Morpher. After seeing how inconvenient the cards are without your essokinesis, I was thinking, ‘what if he could use legendary Rangers, and villains?’ That little device is the result of that idea.” I look at him. “Let me guess, this is what you were yelling about earlier?” He puts a hand behind his head in embarrassment, his ears folding down. “Yeeeeeaaaaah..................I really don’t get it. Like I said, it’s..................not exactly complete. He shouldn’t have been able to use that key in the first place. I got the ranger keys working, but everytime I tried the others, it would shoot the key out of the socket!” I look closely at it. “Maybe you should try to increase the amount of power it can handle.” I toss it over to him. “A lot of villains have insane power levels, so maybe the morpher is rejecting the keys. You know, as a safety measure.” “You know.................that just might work. Come back to me tomorrow morning and I’ll hopefully have a solution. Now, moving on...........” he grabs a yellow and black triangle, and holds it out to Sans. “This is for the pun master over here.” He takes it. “what is it?” “Let’s just say it’s for both you, and Wingdings. Just.............not in here, I’d rather not damage the house by accident.” They all stare at the package. “Anyway.................last one is for Undyne.” He holds up a bracelet. On the top is a small vial, containing a clear liquid linked to several tubes. On the left side is a small red button. “Determination activator. All she has to do is press the red button, and that serum will enter her bloodstream via micro-needles in the fabric. Out of all three of these, I used the most energy on the morpher, the most safeguards on Sans’ device, and the most concentration on this serum. I would never risk Undyne using this without being absolutely sure it will work.” “what exactly is ‘it’?” “It’s designed to activate the...............you know what, long story short, it makes her body generate DT.” I look down, and sigh. “Who is this new villain?” “All I can reveal, is that the only way he could’ve gotten that morpher working, was with advanced technology.” “.........................in other words, we’re dealing with someone from the future. Great.” I let the cane seep back into me, forcing me on my feet. I slowly walk toward him, albeit with some shaking and aid from Frisk. “Where’s Riolu?” “He’s in your room, resting. After you ran off I brought them there so they could sleep in peace.” We enter the room, and I spot them. They are laying their head down, but I see their eyes are open. “I see you woke up.” They sigh. “When there’s tons of people outside the door, it’s pretty hard to stay asleep,” they explain with a high pitched voice. Jack turns to me. “Everyone, this is Riolu. He’s the first incarnation I ever made, a...............a good friend. And I must say, I’m happy that he survived.” They struggle to put their head up, and take a look at all of us. “H-Hi! You.....................you know me, obviously.” “H-Howdy! I’m Asriel. This is Frisk, my sister. The pony to my left is Lightmare, the skeleton is Sans, and that’s Mettaton.” I wave, then gesture to them all in turn. “Hello!” “Hi! Nice to meet you!” “’sup?” “Pleasure darling. Any friend of Frisk is a friend of mine.” “It’s...............it’s nice to meet you all,” they reply shyly. “Where.............am I exactly? And what are you all? I know your sister’s human.” “the kid, mettaton and i and i are a species known as ‘monsters’. Lightmare is a subclass of a separate species called ponies. More accurately, she’s a pegasus.” “As for where you are................” I gesture around us. “You’re in our house. That there is my bed your resting in.” “Oh! Well..................thanks for taking care of me.” they turn towards Jack. “How..................how did you beat him? We barely survived, and that’s before he used that..................that device.” “Yes..............” Jack walks up to them. “What happened, anyway? Last I heard, the Sans of Time gathered you all up as a last ditch effort.” They sigh again, laying their head on the pillow. “It happened so fast...................... Ink sent us to J-001, everyone thought they were ready. Hell, Vulpes, Kyuubi and Néko had been preparing for months, making sure everyone was ready. But nothing could’ve prepared us, for what came next.” They all walked into a golden corridor. “Remember everyone. We don’t know his full capabilities yet, so stick to the plan unless absolutely necessary,” explained a small, catlike biped, pulling out a black blade. “Let’s just get this over with,” said a anthropomorphic, three tailed fox, wearing a scarf and rocket boots. “Hey, you’re not the only one who wants to hurry. But if we rush this, we’re all done for,” said Vulpes. “Riolu,” said a cloaked man. They turned to him. “Are you going to use that power of yours?” “Only if things get hectic Xylo. Unlike all of your powers, mine has a price. I’d rather not go nuts in the middle of this.” “At the time, we all thought he didn’t stand a chance, so we planned to use our gifts as a last resort...................if only we had.” “As long as we stick to the plan, we can’t lose,” said a teenage boy, wearing a black and white jacket with blue pants, and black boots with white stripes. “That is, Daniel, if he actually shows up.” Right as Riolu finished speaking, everything started shaking. “May the Force be with us.” “And may the Divines protect us all.” A large breach appeared in front of them, and from it a hooded figure. “Well well well. Six incarnations of the Traveler, all in one place!” “So you know what we are. Big deal,” said Kyuubi. “Don’t diss just yet, Kyuubi. Before we start, does anyone else besides me know where we are?” They all looked around. “Thats right, you don’t. Well, guess it’s up to little ole me to teach ya!” they held out their arms. “Welcome to the Judgement Hall! No matter what timeline, there is always someone to judge you by your Level of Violence, your capacity to hurt! Another..................less known function, is to punish those who have taken so much, that they need a Bad. Time!” they summoned two white blades. “Go!” Shouts Néko. Daniel pulls out a phone like device and presses a button, causing it to morph into a scanner-like device. He holds it out in front of him. “Execute! Spirit Evolution!” A ring appeared across his hand which he swiped with the digivice, causing the code to surround and change his form to a humanoid reptile wearing black armor, a shield on their back, twin claw gauntlets, and a black, fanged helmet. He has golden hair and eyes. “BlackWargreymon!!!!!!!!” Xylo pulled out a small white stick, which he twisted and pulled apart, activating twin, black plasma blades. Kyuubi and Vulpes’ tails became alit with magical flames, while Riolu’s paws are surrounded by blue-purple flames. “Every single one of us fought vigorously, each of us using our unique gifts....................within reason.” “What attacks did he use?” I ask. “Aside from those swords? Well...................energy blasts, what looked like elemental magic, some sort of blaster, lightning, plus............he Shouted.” “so he’s a bender, and can use the voice. great.” Sans says, facepalming. “Well then.................what happened next?” “Well.............he used that device.” He clapped, chuckling. “You’ve all fought valiantly. I see your reputation exceeds you. But let’s see how well you fight against someone else!” he pulls out a red and black device, and flips it open. He pulls out a small mini figure of a masked person, and clicks it, revealing a key. “Hey Kyuubi, let’s see if you recognize this guy! Legendary Villian Mode!” he inserts it into the device as he shouts this, and twists it, causing the blades to move into the symbol of two cutlasses clashing along with a burst of light. He disappears in a burst of dark energy, knocking everyone back a few inches before emerging, and attacking as a bipedal creature with a long white tipped tail, sharp boots and claws, and a mask with one red eye. They looked closely, then backed up in shock. “No! You can’t be him!” “Who is this!?” Riolu yelled. “You may call me.....................Infinite. For the brief moments that remain to you.” they crossed their arms, and slashed at the air, sending red energy straight at Kyuubi. They were too shocked to get out of the way. “NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Riolu jumped into the energies path, gaining many deep slashes on their body, causing them to collapse on the ground. “Riolu!” Xylo rushed to them. He placed a hand on their body, green and black energy emanating from them. “Vulpes, open a portal, now!” “I need a location, I can’t just create one without a place in mind!” Riolu groaned as their eyes strained to open. “Just do it anywhere! Hell, do it to where these ‘monsters’ are! I’m healing him as best I can, but if he doesn’t get help now, he won’t make it!” “Fine, fine, fine!” They aimed one of their tails at the nearby wall. “Porta Foris!” pure energy shot out the tip, hitting the wall and opening a swirling portal. “Oh no you don’t. You’re not leaving just yet!” Infinite snapped his claws, red cubes forming around him. “Vulpes, help me carry Riolu to the portal, everyone else, give us cover!” The two ran while the other three sliced through the cubes as they flew towards them. They stood their ground for a bit, but eventually one by one, they got hit. The two stopped near the portal. Kyuubi put their hands on Riolu’s shoulders. “Vulpes and I will create a shield, buy you some time, but you have to go............but first. Listen very carefully, cause this will be the last time we talk for a while. What I didn’t tell the others was...................I know where the ‘monsters’ went.” “What?.................” “No time to explain. All I can say is................they need to know what’s coming, because I’m sure once this guys done with us, he’ll go finish the job. Once you get there, go to a place called Ponyville, there’s a large house there. Find it, and tell them to tell the Author that ‘he is coming’, okay?” “B-But.............R-Riolu.” “You can do this.................Just believe in yourself, just like I do. Stay determined, may the Divines guide you, and may the Force be with you. Now, go! Run, and don’t look back!” Riolu nervously turned and ran towards the portal. The two conjured up their individual magic, and created a shield right as the cubes came. It held for a few minutes before being shattered, and the two were hit. Riolu had looked back at the last second. “R-Rio...................RIOLU!!!!!!!!” Infinite chuckled as Riolu teared up. “So, the first is the last. And the beginning..............comes to an end.” Riolu ran as Infinite started sending more energy at them. Eventually they tripped, and went right into the portal as they were gonna get hit. A split second before they entered the portal, Infinite threw two different shackles at their arm and leg, bonding to the two. “I ended up in this............lush forest. I did what Kyuubi told me and I went here.” they look down, tearing up from the memories. “T-They sacrif-ficed thems-selves t-to save m-me...................R-R-Riolu!” they hug the pillow behind them in despair. “Sigh.....................I can’t believe it. Jack.” they look at me. “How old is he?” “He’s.........................a year older than you.” Everyone shows shock to this as they keep crying. “poor kid...............jack, was it?” they nod. “tell me this.....................w h e n w e r e y o u g o n n a t e l l u s a b o u t t h i s!?!?!” their eye sockets went jet black. They raise their paws up in defense. “Please please please, calm down.” “and why should I do that?” “Considering we have two people with determination, a unique pony, and a killer robot with us, it might not be a good idea to start a fight.” “As much as I want him to start talking, he’s right.” they all look at me in curiosity. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m tired of this guy............no all of you, keeping secrets. But right now we have a kid, who watched everyone sacrifice themselves for him.” “Asriel’s right,” says Lightmare. “As much as everyone has questions, we have somepon..........sorry, someone who needs comforting. Besides, that’s five versions of the Traveler out of commission. If we’re gonna get through this, we need to stick together.” “now that i think about it, your both right.” Sans starts to pace as Frisk walks up to Riolu and hugs them. “the only ones who didnt do this were here, in equestria. that means everyone save you two, the architect, and the rock have unknown fates. problem is that from riolu’s story, we only know they were hit with................infinite’s, energy. not to mention any other versions that didn’t take the job.” “I can at least confirm there’s more then the ten you know of. Also..............I’m sorry Sans. For not telling you about this whole thing. I believe you know what it’s like, to not interfere out of fear.” “sigh.................well, you have no idea what i feel either. knowing one day, it’s all gonna be reset.” “You think my life’s any easier? While my real body might not risk itself on a daily basis like you, I don’t have an easy life! I work hard everyday on my schooling, my dad has two bad spinal plates, I’m always tired because I work on this in the middle of the night, and what I do write is criticized because it’s ‘confusing’, and ‘they’re OOC’! And as you keep w-working on it, you see...............they’re right.” They slump down the the floor near the wall. “A-And then you feel like junk because of it, and try to fix your mistakes. Then months later you get a comment, and j-jump to it in excitement for the hope of someone liking it. T-Then..................you rage and feel bad. You feel your happiness...........vanish.” They sigh, and start to fade away. “Just................forget about it. I need some time to think..................” he completely disappears as the others walk over and comfort Riolu. ‘i just hope.................with time, he’ll come back,’ I think before walking over.