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2 - Accept

I groaned; that was going to hurt for a while. I usually didn't run into too many tough battles, but today was a simple exception; it started out fine, though. I was spreading my necessary negativity in one of the many AUs, and the Star Sanses showed up to stop me. They weren't aware that I did what I did because I had to. The multiverse had a balance between positive and negative emotions, and I was the one with the job of keeping it; they just weren't aware. If I were to get technical, my brother Dream was also held somewhat accountable for it, but he wasn't aware of its existence; I wouldn't have forced that upon him. It was my fault that the multiverse was constantly unbalanced, and I would take the responsiblity for it; it wasn't Dream's fault that I corrupted the Tree of Feelings. The Star Sanses often opposed me in my work, seeing the negativity spreading as evil and claiming that I was also evil; of course, I wasn't, but there was no way that I was going to make them realize that. It was a bit unfair that I had to fight all three of them, but that was the price for keeping the multiverse in balance, I supposed.

"Brother, you can stop this!" Dream yelled during battle.

Then there were the constant pleads for me to change. My brother had been convinced that I was simply insane, and if I were to accept his help, I could simply stop my "senseless" choices; it was a dream, but I liked to think that it could someday happen. If the multiverse were to balance itself, someday, I would gladly accept my brother's help..but that didn't look to be happening anytime soon. As for the fact that I saved a child roughly a month ago, they either took it as a sign that I had "hope" or that I had brainwashed the poor boy; I hadn't, of course, but that didn't stop them from trying to prohibit my visits. Of course, when did they ever stop me? I just visited at night instead of day! It was actually nice having someone to talk to, regardless of the fact he was a child; he was good company, really. At the moment, I was in a rather deadlocked battle with my brother and his friends, as I had recently been spreading negativity in one of the millions of AUs scattered around the multiverse; it was a wonder they could always find me. I didn't enjoy battling, but it was a part of my job as a Guardian to fight anyone who would stop me from keeping the balance - the Star Sanses, unfortunately.

As one might have suspected, I was no match for the three of them. First, there was the blueberry, also called Blue. He was the weakest of them, having only the attacks of an average Sans paired with the health of a Papyrus; he took that role in his AU, Underswap. Although being seen as an innocent skeleton, I was one of the few that knew his LV stat; it wasn't one, that was for sure. I didn't think that his friends knew about it. Next was Ink, also known as the Protector of Alternate Universes; he was most likely the strongest of the trio. He had the power to create alternate universes, and he had the power to destroy them, as well; he was also a balance keeper, but he, unlike I, had full control over when the balance would and would not tip. He preferred to create the AUs, but he sometimes was forced to destroy them; he was currently looking for someone to take that job so he wouldn't have to do it. Ink fought with magical paints. Last was Dream, my brother, and the Guardian of Positivity. He was the only one who had my weakness in his power set, and he used it to his full advantage in battle; he fought with positivity. Of course, his weakness was negativity; that allowed me to have the advantage sometimes.

"Dream!" Ink yelled, finding that the other had fallen; he glared at me before leaving, since Dream's injuries were too serious to ignore.