Walking backwards in my footsteps

Chapter 10: I'm Blue

Take a deep breath people, only a few chapters left

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"Long ago there was a tree, this tree of course. And it it was a being of power, upon the branches grew beautiful apples," Papyrus said, cuddling his baby bro to his chest.

Dream had sat down next to the Duo, but only stared at the leafy branches above that was devoid of any apples.

Did this tale end as his and Nightmares had?

"They created two Guardians to guard the tree, as Greedy beings always tried to gain the fruit," Papyrus said softly. Dream sighed at the familiar tale.

"The Guardians were Twins brothers, one reflecting Positivity and the other Negative, for one could not exist without the other. Remember that Sans, Fate created the universe, and there must always be balance or it will tip one way or another," Papyrus said.

"Kay bro," Sans said cheerfully.

"Now where was I..." Papyrus said.

" Guardans," Error said.

"Right the Guardians," Papyrus said.

"I don't want to hear this story again, even in another AU," Dream said, and started to try to find a way out of the memory.

"Of course, that's when war broke out," Papyrus said.

"That's... not what happened," Dream said surprised, there had been no war in his timeline.

"Humans were killing monster, they had found a way to gain magic by ripping magic from the earth and from monsters," Papyrus said.

"That's horrifying." Dream said, this AU had definitely taken a much darker tone then his own.

"But humons not suppose to have magic," Error said sadly.

"That's right bro, it drives them insane and they became addicted. The area around the mountain use to be a Nation of monsters, and in the centre was this tree.. which was the largest bit of magic in the world.. and they wanted it," Papyrus said, Dream and Error shivered at that.

"Bad humons," Error lisped.

"Back then yeah," Papyrus said.

"It was years into the war, the monsters were loosing badly as our birthrate was low and the humans were causing the very earth to corrupt with the effects of stolen magic making the monsters ill. Then in the dead of night, the so called mages.. the ones that started it all snuck here," Papyrus said, Error gasped.

"Scawy," Error said.

"The Guardians battle them for days, finally the mages retreated.. but not all was well. The mages had damaged the tree and badly hurt the Guardians, if the mages attacked again the Guardians would fall. It was then that the King and Queen came to talk to them, if this went on all magic would corrupt. So they had to take magic away, and that meant the monsters had to go where humans could not get to," Papyrus said.

"What happens next!" Error begged.

"The guardians used there remaining power to seal the tree away and the monsters below, the only way the seal below would be removed would if seven humans passed a test and all human mages were gone," Ppayrus said.

"But Guardans?" Error asked.

"Right, they lived don't worry. The tree took them back t sleep, but now and then a miracle occurs with the magic they gather," Papyrus said.

"Miwracal?" Error said, trying to pronounce the word.

So cute.

"Every hundred years or so an apple appears, inside is purified magic gathered from the corruption left by the mages and the magic forms a soul," Papyrus said.