The Broken Resets

Chapter 2: Resets

         

I couldn't stop myself from screaming, my other hand was the same. No matter where I looked, everything was wrong. My brain couldn't focus anymore, I was so confused and lost. I didn't know what to do. The only thing I could think of was to find a mirror. Something, anything that would show me a reflection. When I finally found some very reflective water, my face, or at least what my face had become, had contorted in horror.

"I'm a skeleton..." I could only say, and I said that for a good while before a second voice interrupted my shock induced babbles.

"Yes, it appears so." The strange and almost distorted voice said. I turned to look behind me, only to see a skeleton I had never seen before. He was tall, with cracks in his... skull... and holes in his hand.

"W-Who are you?" I asked nervously, standing back up.

"My name is W.D. Gaster, and I'm afraid, my dear, something has gone very wrong." He said.

"Wait, so you know why I'm like this?" I asked, trembling slightly in the stranger's presence.

"There is no need to fear me, my dear, but I'm afraid everything's been messed up." He explained, his voice sounded dignified, despite being hard to understand at times. "You see, when you and your sibling were in the cave, your magic was overtaken, by a demon, a child who died here, and now... well. They've warped the timeline to their needs. However, they couldn't erase you or your magic, so they wrote a new destiny for you. I managed to intervene from the void, there are some things you need to know." He explained.

He explained what had happened, and I was in shock, to say the least.

"Because of Chara's plans to overtake this, we have been transported to an earlier moment in the timeline, before Frisk is born. So I gave you Frisk's abilities until the point we can use Frisk to free us all once again. No one remembers what happened. Not even Sans. I unfortunately can't help too much. Chara knows me, and would be able to predict what I would do. You're new. So I will be planting you as close to him as possible. I've hidden who you really are, all of this is quite simple after spending so much time in the void." He added. Even so, it still baffled me.

"We have to keep the timeline as secure as we can. I've already messed with it too much, but this is why I gave you the reset powers. If the timeline gets off course, you can reset, only use this if you have to. I still haven't experimented with the idea that a monster can have human powers, or that a human can become a monster. Even so, there are more pressing matters then my curiosity." He said, tossing me a strange dress. "Get changed, I was supposed to present you to the queen already. You're late." His warbled voice spoke. I looked at what I was already wearing. I looked like a grim reaper. The outfit he tossed me was a simple dress, but it would work. I ducked into another part of the cave to change. The dress was not what I was expecting, but it worked. I felt my head afterwards, forgetting for a moment skeletons don't have hair.

What I did have though... was much different. Some sort of magic mass that acted like hair, but... glowed... in a bright purple hue. I began wondering, I had seen sans do some sort of weird eye thing. Maybe I could do that too, that could maybe be kind of cool. That being said there would be no way for me to figure that out on my own. Still, the idea that someday I could actually do it fills me with determination.

Must be how Frisk always felt....

Frisk...

in that moment, before returning to Gaster's side, I promised myself that I would get Frisk back, I would fix everything.

I came back out as he began leading me towards where I was supposed to go, none of this was making sense yet, all I knew was I was meeting Asgore and Toriel soon.

"Why do I have the reset power? I thought only Frisk could have that power?" I asked the question that was set on my mind.

"To be honest, I'm not sure you're ready for the answer..." He said, and I was extremely confused.

"What do you mean? I'm a skeleton, with powers, when I was a perfectly normal human moments ago, not to mention I've been sent back in time." I argued. "Honestly whatever you would say right now, it would just be added to the list of things that probably don't make sense, so you might as well just tell me." I said. I was weirdly calm for the situation I was in.

"Well, alright, first thing's first. I have to explain the void. The void is a space between our reality and what is known as the "code". The "Code" is just that, code. It's complex and makes no sense to the untrained eye. Someone could go mad looking at it too long. I've gone past that point. I've studied it, learned it, and even figured out how to alter it. You see, because of this, I was able to break the rules. I could give another reset abilities, and... I could save you from being erased." My eyes couldn't get any wider.

Erased?...

"Erased?" My voice echoed my thought. Was it really that easy to get rid of me? To just delete me from the code like a... like a virus?

"Yes, Erased. That was Chara's plan in the beginning, was to erase you from the code. To take the last remnants of human magic and give it to themselves." He explained. "So then... I'm only alive right now because you were able to stop me from being erased. but why make me a monster?"

"You need to be where I need you." He explained. "And I needed you close to the royal family. Which is precisely why I'm bringing you to the queen. You are to be aide to the queen. This will ensure you're close to her children. More importantly I was able to hide your rewritten code from Chara, which means they have no idea who you are." I nodded, though I wasn't really certain I understood any of that.

"Alright, so, I'm a magical skeleton spy being planted next to the very person who tried to destroy me, oh, and if I screw things up, I can reset the timeline so I can go back and fix my mistakes. I have one last question..." I said and paused. "What's my name here?"

His answer didn't come right away, as we reached the gates of the palace, and I felt my... bones... tingle with anxiety.

"Arial."

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So! That's chapter 2 of my undertake story! I hope you guys enjoyed it. BTW to make things clear, Arial, which is the only name you're getting for her for now. is not going to be all powerful, invincible, or anything. and trust me, she's going to go through hell with all this. she has power now, but if there's one thing we're going to learn about the code, is nothing is safe from hackers (i.e. Gaster and Chara.) And it will be explained more later. This is going to get complicated though. That being said! if you have any ideas, comments, questions, or concerns, feel free to comment and tell me all about them. don't forget to vote and follow me if you want to know when the next chapter will be out. And finally, feel free to tell me any mistakes I may have made. I only know about Pacifist from the game, so any genocide references will be inspired by comics and other stories out there.

Also! I'm thinking of doing an audio book series for this, Harry Potter and the hounds of Hogwarts, and maybe other stories in the future. If you'd like to see that, please let me know down below. And I hope your day goes by glitch free. Bye!

Also, I had originally had plans to put everything in different font types to differentiate between characters, but that's not gonna happen with wattpad... oh well :P