In this AU, King Asgore ordered Gaster to do a daily check-up on the human child that fell to the underground. To his dismay, he had no other choice but to do what the king asked despite how much he hated humans. A day later, Gaster noticed the human child was fooling around with his paperwork in anger. He snatched his work from the human and began lecturing them about not touching his stuff. When Gaster looks at his position that the human 'ruined,' the doctor is shocked to see that some of the equations were wrong, and the human child somehow managed to fix his mistakes. He looked back at the human and realized that this child could be the source of everyone's problems, and he will make sure that this child would be his successor or, better way, to put it, his little puppet. But little does he know that this child's soul is unique, and it fills her with Endurance.
Handplates and Handplates!Gaster belongs to Zarla
Handplates: Soul Of Endurance and Averie the human belongs to me (Demo-Dragon)
Undertale and characters belong to Toby Fox
Patty the cat monster belongs to MissJulyFarraday
⚠Warning: mention abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse, including the death of a character, thought of suicide, and mild blood scenes in the future chapters; please read at your own risk. If you are not comfortable reading this story, please avoid reading this story if anyone has experience with any form of abuse or suicide and doesn't like the scene of blood in general.⚠
⚠Warning: if you are under 13+, do not read. I am not responsible if you fail to read the warning signs⚠
A fine retreading of the UNDERTALE AU "Storyshift" created by VoltraTheSparking, DUSTSHIFT's tragedy pits a distorted, gaslit version of the Underground, spearheaded by the incompetent ruler of the monarchy, SANS. This society would gradually be challenged by the Solar Warriors, a rebellion that directly opposed his rule, sparked by tensions risen by the difference between SANS's mundane autocracy and his father GASTER II's militaristic dictatorship.
{NOTICE: Please be mindful that this take contains visceral descriptions of violence & gore, domestic violence, and child abuse.}
However, all of this would skyrocket thanks to the sudden introduction of one human child named Chara to the monster society. An outlier amidst the many fallen humans, she was allowed to live her fullest life in spite of SANS's various promises to his people to shatter the barrier which held the entire species in submission, a grand conspiracy.
This would all culminate in one human's intrusion into the world of monsterkind known only by their stage name Shifty. Supervised by GASTER II's bygone machine celebrity METTA, they would embark on a relentless spree across the kingdom, slaughtering hundreds of innocents in their path for the sake of dramatic flair.
Chara must now overcome her own deep-rooted demons and evade the ruthless Solar Warriors in order to become the western hero she always imagined herself as, protecting both her loved ones and the broader monster kingdom from the tyranny that METTA has rebirthed to bestow.
The real question to ponder lies in what her breaking point will be.
{COVER ART & AU LOGO BY "redmetal"}
{UNDERTALE AND ITS CHARACTERS BY TOBY FOX, ORIGINAL AU BY VOLTRATHESPARKING, TAKE BY THECH1KNLORD}