Daybreak [ Error!Sans x Reader ]

2. Silence

The stars were bright tonight.

They were your stars, the same stars that you had looked up and basked beneath for years, taking in the light. Your ancestors and those in your village had marveled at their very presence, bemused that such small glimpses of light could endure still within the icy clutches of nighttime. Songs had been sung, praising the orbs of light that the gods had crafted with their very hands, strung across the sky so that all travelers may have light even when the moon was hidden from man.

But now the stars were cold, embodying nothing of warmth or help. You would die and the stars would continue to endure for a thousand years more, caring not once that you had lived and looked up to them, that their light was your only guidance. The light of the stars were nothing more than beams of dead light, beams of light that had travelled across the universe for millions of years and you were now getting a glimpse. The star millions of light years away was already dead and you were looking at its ghost.

In disgust you pulled your head away, not wanting to look at the sky any longer. But the sky was all around you, the floor, the ceiling, the world. You had grown wings and flown into the heavens, suspended by a mere dome that orbited the green and blue planet below. You stared down at the glass floor, wondering just how long it would hold before it shattered and you plunged into the cold terrain below.

But if Ink had sent you here, if the painter had deemed this as your refuge until whatever war passed, than this wasn't something to fear. There were always the nagging thoughts in the back of your mind. Where would you go after this. after the war had been won and the enemies of the multiverse were eradicated? This universe was not your home and it never would be, you did not belong in a life in the sky.

The hairs on the back of your neck prickled, the feeling of being watched had never ceased since you walked through that rift. Something hidden was watching your every move, but what, you did not know. Your eyes flickered to the trees, mighty plants that hovered in pods of soil above the glass floor, providing the only oxygen for whatever creatures lived in this strange world. It was a forest in the middle of outer space, an ironic sight. But something was hidden in the trees, hidden beneath the branches...

"You're an odd looking monster."

You nearly jumped from your skin as you turned around to face a miniature t-rex, if that was something you could even use to describe the creature, the monster, that was talking to you. It wore a striped sweater that trailed to the floor, emblazed with stars that swam in violet skies, reflecting the starry night of the world around.

"I'm not a - " The words hung on the tip of your tongue, the pieces of the puzzle slowly clicking into play within your mind. The gears turning, you surveyed the growing crowd of monsters around. Never before had you seen a monster, with the exception of Ink and Error, that was. They took on all various appearances, some large dogs, others large rabbits and everything in between. It occurred to you that in this world you could not be a human, there seemed to be a sort of prejudice that existed here.

"Yes," you agreed at last. "I get that a lot." You forced a smile, hoping to convince the monster child.

"You're not from around here," the monster kid narrowed his eyes, brown irises staring into your [E/C] ones suspiciously.

"I'm from..." You struggled to find your fake origin when your eyes trailed to a sign in the distance, an assembling of arrows on a road that pointed to all different directions. Some destinations included Snowdin, Waterfall and the Capital. "I'm from the Capital," you replied with a forced sincerity, squaring your shoulders to put on a more confident attitude.

"Welcome to Waterfall!" The monster kid exclaimed, believing your story. The growing crowd of monsters muttered amiably to one another before finally dispersing. Besides, wasn't it impossible for a human to suddenly materialise out of nowhere? The glass dome that hung over the Earth wasn't exactly the most accessible thing in the known universe, the magic barrier ensured that no humans could enter through the sealed gate and that no monster could leave.