The Tale of A Broken World

The Finale

No POV

                     Catalyst had taken over, it was impatient after so much time spent trying to convince Nova, but now the path was clear for havoc to be wreaked. "It's been SUCH a long time since you let me out Nova, you should do it more often." Nova didn't reply, she couldn't. "Now, who was that girl you had your eye on? Faira was it? I'll see to it that she gets the worst of it."

Nova was powerless, unable to do anything but watch. Everyone she ever had a mild association with was about to die, and it was all because she couldn't keep her shit together. 'Damnit.... Faira.... Chara.... I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough, now you're all going to perish I....' 

Her train of thought was interrupted by the sound of Catalyst laughing like maniac it already had its power back and was on its way to destroy the village. There was no way to warn anyone, Nova was a prisoner in her own mind, locked in a jail cell. Catalyst was setting things ablaze with golden flames, its ruby eyes pointing with pure amusement. "Goodness, it's been so long, I forgot how fun this was! I will take IMMENSE pleasure in watching this world burn, Nova and you will have a front row seat to it all!"

She rammed the bars of the cell, she knew it was useless, but why the hell not? There's nothing else that thing can take away from her. Far too soon the village was in view, Catalyst had shed away Nova's body in favor of its original form, a hell spawn complete with almost no shape at all, just a black blur. By now Chara, Sans, Undyne, Toriel and Faira were standing at the village front ready to bring the battle forward. "What the hell is that thing?!" Undyne had shouted.

"I don't know... I've never seen anything like this in my life..." Toriel's answer didn't help anyone's nerves. Faira remained composed, signing her orders. 'Chara, stay behind me, Toriel be ready to step in at any time. Sans, Undyne, with me.' She was quick to assign everyone their roles.

 'We must protect this village at all costs, no holding back!' They all nodded, preparing to launch their worst at the enemy. Still steadily approaching in long, confident strides Catalyst donned an unnerving grin. It knew that this was their pitiful attempt at defense, but it would play along with them until it became bored. Sans was about to fire his blaster when the temporary leader stopped him. 

'Wait for my signal, we'll open up with ranged attacks then hit it as hard as possible.' In a matter of minutes, Catalyst was shooting flames everywhere, it wanted to see some destruction. It only took a whisper to launch the assault. "Now." Flames, blaster beams and spears were flying all over the place in seconds.

Catalyst dodged most of it with ease, being a little caught off guard when it heard singing with orange bombs going off in rapid succession. Chara had begun to sing in order to disorient Catalyst. From inside her prison, Nova watched with anticipation, silently cheering them on. 'Come on... Be stronger than I was.'

Undyne and Faira began a melee assault on the entity, not allowing it to get a hit in, if they kept it distracted then Chara and Sans could charge up to unleash literal hell. Toriel continued a steady stream of fire going, occasionally letting a larger one loose. Finally, Catalyst became bored of their pitiful attempts and spread its arms out, knocking the two back with ease. With that knock back came a large wall of fire, effectively dealing a heavy amount of damage to every one. Chara sang louder, gaining confidence, her soul glowing and a red aura making itself present. 

By this time Toriel herself had begun charging up, Faira signing the word to give it hell, which they happily obliged. Sans easily summoned over 60 gaster blasters, large ones at that, Toriel had a large fireball at the ready, while Chara's singing turned into a battle cry. Undyne and Faira moved out of the way while they all fired. It was a glorious show of blasters, flames and knives. Catalyst didn't flinch, not making an effort to move, it didn't have to, not with all the power it had built up.

 Not a dent or scratch was made, not even when Undyne threw her best spears. Catalyst lashed out, throwing out wave after wave of golden burnt flames. The sheer heat and intensity didn't make the group draw back, it only made them step closer.  Faira knew what it was time for. "Bravery."

Bombs were launched with more ferocity than ever, this time an addition was thrown into the mix. Low, concentrated humming. If you didn't listen, you'd never hear it. Yeah, she was singing. Once again, Nova gave words of encouragement, the words they'd never hear.

'It's weakening, keep hitting it as hard and fast as you can, you're almost there!' In that moment, everything was quiet, all that was heard was that low humming. Slowly but surely, it escalated into singing. You guys are fucked by the way. A large crack was heard as she continued singing, the sky had a tear in it.

Catalyst held its head, beginning to launch its flames again, but it did nothing, Faira continued to sing. At this point the longer she went on, the more the world was being ripped to shreds, eventually her song had words in it.

"This world of ours,

Had a planned fate.

Some of us knew,

While others remained in the dark.

Day to day,

Night to night,

This legacy of a broken world

Lives on~"

The ground tore apart, but everyone knew these were their final minutes in this world. Soon enough, the tear in the sky became a large hole and everything collapsed even further. Nova closed her eyes in acceptance, Undyne was hugging Alphys, Sans was holding Papyrus, Toriel allowed a tear to roll down. Chara stood beside her sister, clutching the older's hand to join in singing.

Together, their voices created a beautiful duet quite literally shaking the world. They stopped the performance when the land they once knew was nothing more than a dark void. Everyone in that universe was left to drift away for years on end. The world was gone.

The End.

I just want to thank you all for reading this far, this book has been an interesting adventure to write, and I'm glad I finished it. To all, I give you this final chapter as a Christmas present from me to you, I sincerely thank you for joining me, have a good year my friends.

- SmolSallyChild.