King's Heir (A Dadmare fic)

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(WARNING; Depictions of violence and upsetting scenes)

That familiar glowing eyelight fell down onto the particular AU. The cyan ring looking off in sorrow disappointment and the monster's hands gripped the inside of his hoodie pocket. He couldn't save them, even if he wanted to, their code was much to unstable for the AU he had made a safe heaven. He felt bad, but this AU's fall would be more painful than if he were to give these monsters a swift and easy death.

He had to think of it as putting a dog down. That was the only way he could do this without loosing his head.

His tendrils stabbed into the ground in annoyance and Nightmare sighed, forcing his tendrils to work with him. He'd already destroyed the save point, the human's body slumped to the ground next to him. Blood soaked the ground and Nightmare kept his gaze away, silently thanking the human for doing most of the work for him.

The god frowned, finally meeting eyes with the Sans of this universe. "I apologize for this Echo..."

Echo, also known as G to few, only sighed and lowered his head. "I understand why you're doing this."

"I expected you would... it still pains me to do this to you."

"We wouldn't have lasted Nightmare, we aren't the original Echotale anyway, you have no reason to be upset about this."

"Ending lives and AU's is a rather upsetting process..."

Echo frowned, "Yes... but without you our AU may take out the actual Echotale."

Nightmare turned his head, tendrils curling behind him. "I apologize."

"I know," Echo spoke quietly, "but we mustn't dwell on these sort of things."

Nightmare nodded, looking back to Echo. He straightened his posture, "Any last words, friend?"

Echo nodded, "Take my jacket."

The god paused, watching as the tall skeleton took his jacket off, catching it when Echo tossed it to him. "Why?"

"I want to be remembered..." He grinned, "I believe you can make something useful out of it."

Nightmare smiled fondly, "Thank you."

Echo nodded, dipping his head.

The sound of a shattering soul mixed with the crack of bones echoed through the hall and the body dusted almost immediately. Nightmare watched the dust fall, a silent prayer on the end of his tongue as he held the jacket close to him.

He couldn't save everyone, that's how life is but he wouldn't let their deaths go unattended.

He needed to move on, however, he still had the flower and Asgore to deal with.

~'~*~'~

The sound of the main entrance door opening grabbed the child's attention as soon as he heard it. He scrambled to his feet, leaving his toys behind as he scampered towards the main hall.

A bright noise of excitement left his mouth and he ran up to his guardian, tackling his leg and hugging it tightly. The king was taken aback by the strength behind the tackle and he chuckled, his hand reaching down to pat his son's head.

"I missed you daddy!" Error cried, clinging to his father's shorts and effectively nestling his face into his leg.

Nightmare chuckled at the action, moving the jacket in his arms to his shoulder before lifting Error into his arms. "I missed you too! How was your first day at school?"

Error smiled, he glitches multiplying for a moment. "It was fun! We did a..arts and crafts!"

"That sounds exciting!" Nightmare grinned as Error's smile grew wider.