Feralverse Short Stories

Feralcross ([Y/N])

Hinder was the name he'd taken on for himself. He had hindered Sparse's plans, after all, even if he was still out there, somewhere. The soul was still in his grasp... his and his partner's. Chara was a part of him, his soul. Vex, he called him. Only Vex would ever know what he planned with the soul. Only Vex would know where he intended to hide it until it was time to rebuild his universe. Core gave Hinder the chance he was looking for. In the Omega Timeline was many potential people who could host the soul. Not everyone here wanted to continue. Like him, they lost everything and were barely hanging on. All the chosen had to do was wear the locket for a few hours... "Why are you giving it to a stranger, again?" Vex asked, eyebrow raised. "she's calling to me." Hinder replied to him. "Excuse me? She?" Vex asked in confusion. Hinder looked at them with determined red and gold eyelights. "the soul. [Y/N]. she wants to live. i want her to live. she can stop him. i know she can." Hinder tried to explain, but Vex didn't look convinced.

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The one who took the locket ended up being a mute human. Hinder could feel his soul pulling eagerly as Vex crossed his arms. "Are you absolutely sure this isn't some ploy of Sparse's to get the soul back? He still has a hold of you, you know. You promised Frisk-" Hinder growled in warning. "she isn't him!" His eyelights shifted into intersecting feral slits as he bared his fangs at Vex. The human gulped before Hinder felt a hand touch his shoulder. His feral haze instantly lifted as he looked at her. A tall, pale human with [Black/White/Silver/Grey Hair] and bright [E/C] eyes. His soul pulled to her as his eyeslights landed on the locket. She was prettier than he'd ever imagined. "[Y/N]..." She gave him a curious look, tilting her head to the side. "Is that my name?" She asked, to which Hinder nodded quickly. "yeah. you're [Y/N]. and i'm sans... or hinder. you can call me by either name..." He smiled at her, feeling at ease for the first time in his entire existence, it seemed. His plans seemed to change in that very moment. All he knew is he had to protect her, or he could never live with himself.

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You didn't know Hinder, not the way most knew a person. You did know you could trust him all the same. Something deep in your soul recognized him as your protector. And something more... something unnamed. You didn't know a lot of things, though. You had no memories of before you met Hinder. He said it was because you didn't have life before then. Someone gave up so you could live. He explained that before you became... you a bad man had used your soul to control him and his friends, so the ghost child, Vex, didn't trust you. He promised to protect you though, and that one day Vex would understand you weren't bad. You had immense power. You could feel it. But he said you didn't have to use it unless you wanted to. You didn't want to. It sounded like power that you could hurt people with, and you quite liked this world that Hinder was teaching you about. The food tasted amazing, the monsters were all unique, and there was another version of you that you became fast friends with. Divine was a sweet lady!

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It seemed like no time at all before you and Hinder were dating. Living together in the city near your friends. Nearly a year passed before you caught them arguing. Vex never did like you, or grow to trust you. He believed you worked for the bad skeleton, Sparse. "HE IS JUST USING YOU, SANS!" Vex screamed as you peeked out. "YOU'RE LETTING YOUR GUARD DOWN AND HE WILL GET THE SOUL BACK, THE POWER TO OVERWRITE! SHE'S JUST SPARSE IN ANOTHER FORM!" Hinder snarled, his expression stormy and body stiff as he paced the room like a caged animal. "no, you don't get it! she is her own entity! she doesn't even know him! she isn't even interested in overwrite or any of the suffering we were put through! why can't i be happy?!" Hinder argued, a growl threatening to escape him. "YOU WERE HAPPY WITH FRISK! WITH PAPYRUS! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN OUR FRIENDS?!"
"of course not!" Hinder snarled, his instincts threatening to surface. He caught himself though, and forced himself to breathe. "but they didn't give me this feeling she does. i love her, chara. i would do anything for her."
"That's the problem, Sans." Vex muttered.

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Hinder tried to shield you from Vex, after that. Suppress him. But you knew. Eventually Vex would come for your soul, and Hinder wouldn't be able to stop him. You had the power to bring their friends back, after all. Sparse, too, would eventually come after you. You and Hinder had enemies closing in on either side. Inside and out. "Sans?" Hinder perked from his half asleep state by the fireplace. "rrrmm..?" You giggled quietly. "Do you think... if I used that power... overwrite... that I could bring them back? Would Vex like me then?" Hinder roused himself more, a soft frown on his handsome face. "maybe, but are you sure? you'd always been nervous about that kind of power corrupting you..." He asked slowly. "I wanna try... so Vex can be happy too..." After a moment, Hinder nodded and stood up. "i'll teach you then, [Y/N]... if this is what you want, i-" Hinder crouched and grabbed his skull. "v-vex...!" He growled. "Sans?" You stepped forward but he stopped you quickly. "s-stop! run! hurry!" Vex was DETERMINED to take over this time. You didn't want to leave him, though. Even as Vex took over, eager to steal your soul.

~Fín for now~