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I'll try to make some of them funny to brake up the whole fic.
Dream (Shine)
Genophobia - fear of sexual intercourse
Somniphobia – Fear of sleep
Merinthophobia – Fear of being tied up
Ink (Shift)
Leukophobia - Fear of the colour white (or Kenophobia – Fear of empty spaces)
Poinephobia – Fear of punishment
Necrophobia – Fear of death, dying and dead things
Blue (Berry)
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone
Nostophobia – Fear of returning home
Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs
Nightmare (Dull)
Asthenophobia- Fear of weakness (or fainting)
Frigophobia – Fear of becoming too cold
Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns
Error (Galaxy)
Haphephobia- Fear of being touched
Aichmophobia – Fear of pointed objects
Anthrophobia – Fear of flowers
Dust (Ash)
Barophobia- Fear of gravity (or falling)
Katagelophobia – Fear of ridicule,
Pediophobia – Fear of dolls
Killer (Tears)
Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds
Pyrophobia – Fear of fire
Lygophobia – Fear of darknes
Horror (Blood)
Cibophobia- Fear of food (starving),
Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes,
Friggatriskaidekaphoiba – Fear of Friday the 13^th
Cross (Scar)
Iatrophobia – Fear of doctors,
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone,
Ymophobia – Fear of being contrary or contrariety in general

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The DoodleSphere is silent, but is full of colour, the way Shift likes it. The silence of the doddlesphere helps Shift concentrate, even with his forgetful memory.

The colourful papers floating in the still air represent different au’s and copies. The original au’s colours are vibrant and easy to find, but rare as the creators aren’t original anymore, there are a couple of thousand original au’s. The colours of the copies are dull, but there are a couple million copies, spread throughout as far as the eye can see. If you were to look in to the doodlesphere, you would notice that the originals are in the ‘middle’ while the copies are on the ‘outside’.

The ‘middle’ being were Shift lives and has all of his important stuff. The outside being where he keeps the stuff and souvenirs he has collected over the last couple thousand years, all in one pile, away from the main area. The opposite side on the other side of the middle was all of Shift’s art supplies are kept. If you were to look at the art supplies side to the left, on the border of the originals, would notice a two story house, where he only stays half of the time.

At the moment you could see Shift lying on his back, in his squid onesie, with his shoes sitting next to him, staring blankly up at the au’s floating in the air. What he’s thinking you ask? He’s wondering about, WHY GALAXY IS DESTROYING AUS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS NAP, ON HIS DAY OFF.

Grudgingly Shift got up from his spot on the floor, to go confront Galaxy and ask him politely to stop, at least for today and tomorrow as he also scheduled tomorrow off, to spend time with Shine and Berry.

But first he needed his paints he was running on fumes. Shift sat up, picked up his sash full of his paints, and took out the colours he needed for the day. He through on his sash and shoes. He tied the laces up, as Shine has drilled into his head after seeing Shift tripping over them after one too many times. He was grateful for that, it made him less clumsy and he could fight Galaxy without tripping over!

Shift’s head turned looking for something. “Broomie”! He called out to his missing brush. Shift heard a soft thump behind him, “Broomie there you are” Shift said as he saw his brush behind him, where it certainly wasn’t there before.

Shift jumped and dissolved into a puddle of paint and ended up in the au Galaxy was currently destroying, right next to him. He saw the satisfied expression on Galaxy's face the moment Shift spotted him. The destruction around Galaxy was still as frightening as ever. Shift’s eye twitched, “Galaxy Why?” Shift whined. Galaxy startled at the sound of Shift’s voice, and looked next to him wildly, while turning around to face him.

“So you’ve finally arrived, what the hell are you wearing” “It’s my ass kicking outfit bitch”.

Galaxy looked at Shift weirdly “W-why are you wearing that?” Galaxy said glitching, while trying not to crash at the cuteness he would never admit. "I was in the middle of a nap, and it's my scheduled day off" Shift said dryly, while staring at Galaxy with blank expression that did not fit his tone of voice, forgetting all about his question.

"I didn't want an answer squid!" Galaxy angrily said, while attacking him. Shift saw the attack coming and dogged it 'aww Galaxy wants to play' Shift's mind squealed in his tried mind, not paying attention to anything around him. He didn't notice his expression change into a playful one, which Galaxy mistook as Shift was planning something. Galaxy attacked him, while Shift wasn't paying attention, knocking him out.

"Shit, that wasn't meant to happen" Galaxy stared at the unconscious Shift lying at his feet. 'Normally even while distracted he normally doges my attacks, so what was different this time, wait didn't he say he was in the middle of a nap? Well I can't leave him here I still have to destroy this au, guess I’m taking him home with me since I can't open a portal to the doodlesphere thanks to Shift locking it up'. He thought angrily.

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The Anti-void is a blank desolate place, with white as far as the eye could see. The Anti-Void is a place where nothing, but everything exits, no colour paints the anti-void leaving it blank. It’s just blank and silent.

Shift hated the Anti-void because of those reasons. Hate is the wrong word, he didn’t hate it he feared it, with a passion.

So why did he have to wake there?

Shift started out into the white, hanging up form Galaxy's strings, right-side up, he tried to ward off the panic he could feel rising in his chest. He concentered on the throbbing in the back of his skull, and the feeling of tugging that comes with Galaxy destroying Aus. He could feel small drops of magic forming in the corners of his eye sockets, he tried harder to concentrate on the happy memories of his friends. It wasn't working.

He started to panic.

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Galaxy opened a portal to the Anti-void. The white vastness of the void was a welcoming sight after a couple hours of destroying. ‘Shift should be awake by now’ Galaxy thought to himself, as he stepped thought the portal. The sound of static that came with his portals rang though his skull, and was heard from around it, as he stepped though.

The sight of the anti-void would have normally calmed him, down from the adrenaline running though his bones, it didn’t. He felt dread rise in his chest, he didn’t know where it was coming from, nor could he pinot why.

He Closed the portal behind his once he was fully though, the static sound disappearing. He could hear labored breaths behind him, where he had strung up Shift. He spun around, and was disturbed by the sight of the normally calm and chaotic good, god of creation, having a panic attack.

Shift’s eye lights were out, rainbow tears running down his face, his mouth open wide trying to get as much air as he could, even though skeletons don’t need air to live, but breath to give them a sense of normality. His chest was heaving with the effect of not being able to breath.

Galaxy ran over to him, but stopped in front of him. One, he his Haphephobia wouldn’t let him, and two, he had no idea on how to calm him down.

‘Fuck what do I do, how does Dull calm his boys down, while their having a panic attack’ Galaxy was starting to panic himself. ‘No, no calm down panicking yourself will not help him, fuck I’m going to have to touch him’ Galaxy scolded himself and steeled his nerves.

Galaxy looked at Shift, held him in his arms and released his strings from around Shift. Shift flopped into his arms and held him to his chest. The places where Shift was touching was burning, like pins and needles were being stabbed into his repeatedly, but he held strong, his squid needed him right now.

So he ignored the pain and sat down with Shift in his lap. He positioned Shift so he was straddling Galaxy with his legs around Galaxy's hips and his face and arms in his chest. His jacket was getting soaked with Shift’s tears.

Galaxy did the first thing that came to mind, he started humming. It was song he once heard while destroying an au, he had stolen the speaker, the cord and the Mp3 player that had the music on it. He plays the music when he needs to calm down from his anger or just simply wants to relax.

Shift felt when he was moved, and them the warmth of a person, another skeleton monster. He felt vibrations through the person he was laying on, he moved closer so he could focus on that. The next thing he noticed was the sound. The vibrations were the person humming, Shift realized excitedly, and he concentrated on that as well, moving his skull so he could hear better. His breathing was coming back under control. His tears slowing down.

Galaxy noticed Shift’s movements, and a faint smile crossed his face as he realized Shift was focusing on his humming and his breathing was going back to normal. He started humming a bit softer, trying to him get to focus more, but not to softly as to make Shift lose his focus.

Shift heard the humming getting softer and focused harder on it.

His breathing was back to normal, his tears had stopped.

“Are you calm now?” Galaxy asked. Shift heard Galaxy’s voice above him, then proceeded to notice the colour of the jacket his tears had soaked. “Sorry about your jacket” his voice was hoarse, from his crying. “Don’t worry about it” Galaxy replied. Shift moved his arms around Galaxy’s neck, and buried his face into his shoulder, not wanting to look into the white and blankness of Galaxy’s home.

Galaxy noted that Shift buried his face into his neck. “Not even going to tell why you had a panic attack?” Galaxy questioned. Shift stayed quiet. Galaxy sighed in frustration, but noticed that that pain in this bones was nearly gone even though Shift was still very much clinging to him. With that he could feel Shift's breath against his neck, his face warmed up.

“…. I-I-I It It’s” Shift said wanting to answer but didn’t know how to phrase it. Galaxy noticed Shift struggling to make a sentence. Galaxy put his arms around Shift and pulled him closer, rubbing his hands down and up Shift's back seemed to be the push he needed to tell Galaxy. “It’s the white and blankness of the anti-void, I’m afraid of it, it reminds me too much of something I wish I could forget” he didn’t want to tell Galaxy his past.

“So you remember something you don’t what too, but forget the things you want to remember? Really Shift, the hell is with your memory” Galaxy said looking at Shift, thoughtfully. Shift gave a small laugh which vibrated through his chest, into Galaxy's. “Yeah” Shift sighed into Galaxy's neck. Galaxy started blushing.

Galaxy's breath hitched, Shift took notice of this. “Are you ok Galaxy?” Shift questioned, he didn’t get an answer. Shift got suspicious, he lifted his head from Galaxy's neck. He saw Galaxy’s blushing face, turned away from his. His own face heated up from the position they were in. They were so close to each other. ‘Wait, Galaxy he’s, he’s touching me’ Shift squealed in his mind his face flushing more. They were chest to chest, with Shift sitting in Galaxy’s lap, their pelvis’s touching.

Galaxy turned back around to face Shift, and noticed his flushed face ‘Fuck that’s adorable’. He saw the look on Shift’s face it was a mix of surprise and delight.

Shift noticed Galaxy looking at him, they locked eyes. They soon were subconsciously moving closer to each other. They could feel each other’s breath on their lips (?). They started at each other neither willing to make the first move, they didn’t know if the other wanted it or not.

Galaxy eyes closed. ‘Fuck it’ Galaxy closed the gap between the two, his lips fitting perfectly with Shift’s, like they were made for one another. He felt Shift gasp into his mouth, ‘fuck he didn’t want too’. Galaxy pulled away shamefully, all while keeping his eyes closed.

Before Galaxy could turn away from him, Shift crashed their lips together. Shift had want this for a long time, just not wanting to tell Error his feelings or that he makes it feel like Shift has a soul.

Galaxy eye sockets opened in surprise. He looked at Shift and noticed his eyes closed, he closed his and kissed back just as passionately.

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Blood woke with a start, his one good eye light staring into the dark of his room. It was Friday the 13^th. The day were the others would insist on watching horror or thriller movies all day. It was the day that scared him, the day he hated.

Dull always gave them the day off, Dull loved the day. Every year there was a least one, he normally tried to hide in his room the whole day, under the covers, hiding from the world. Keeping everyone out with his magic he sets up in the morning, when he wakes.

He noticed the shadows move around the room, he froze, there was a shadow in front of him, out of his eye light range. “Boo” screamed the shadow in front of him. He screamed.

He feel off his bed, at the same time his curtains opened. Showing who the shadows were. The shadows were Ash, Tears and Scar. They peered down at him, and started laughing even Scar, who was the most serious of the group. Blood felt his checks heat up, not only had they scared him shitless, when he feel down he got tangled in his bed sheets.

Blood struggled to untangle himself from this trap that would spell his demise, knowing the torture they would put him though. Unnoticed, the others had stop laughing, watch him struggle to get himself out, and away from them. Oh no that wouldn’t do, they learned their lesson last time they untangled him he ran away from them and didn’t partake in the movie marathon.

Tears got off from the bed where he had scared Blood, he grabbed the end of the blanket, by Blood’s feet. “Lift the two sides would you? It would easier than dragging him”. Ash and Scar walked over from where they were both standing by the curtains. They grabbed one side each and carried Blood to the living room where Dull and Galaxy were waiting for them. “What the hell are you doing” Dull said irritated, Galaxy just smiled form where he was parked on Dulls lap in the love seat. They dumped Blood on the couch, still struggling to untangle himself.

“Dragging him here so he wouldn’t escape” replied Ash, smiling manically at the dad of the group. Dull shook his head, sighing softly. “Enjoying your spot there Galaxy?” Galaxy blushed at Ash’s words. “Yes, Yes I am” Galaxy regained his confidence back. The others minus Dull looked at Galaxy surprised.

After the major fight with Shift last week Galaxy has been recovering well, though Galaxy’s Haphephobia has been acting up and he wouldn’t let anyone touch him. Galaxy being in Dull’s lap leaning back into him is a great improvement, one today Dull would take advantage of.

Blood had finally managed to untangle himself from his bedsheets, the first thing he noticed was that he was on the couch in the lounge room. The second is that everyone was still in their sleep wear. Blood himself was in a blood red top and a pair black shorts, everyone had a top that matched their magic, and black shorts. Ash was a soft purple with a hint of blue, Scar’s was a lavender purple, and Dulls was a mixture of purple and cyan in a tie die pattern.

Unlike the rest Tears and surprisingly Galaxy were wearing nightgowns. Tears’ nightgown was a soft red nearly pink with light green flowers. Galaxy’s nightgown was black with a slight dark blue tinge, and had different colored stars on it, to resemble a galaxy or the night sky.

Blood froze when Scar moved to the kitchen to bring out the breakfast, while Tears went to put on the first movie. Ash moved over to Blood, moved the bedsheet and picked up Blood caging him in his arms so he couldn’t escape. Dull looked over to them, when the fear he was feeling from Blood spiked.

He didn’t have time to say anything. “Does anyone want anything on their pancakes?” Scar called out from the kitchen “Jam” Tears called out quickly. “Jam and cream for me and Galaxy, with chocolate flakes for just Galaxy” Dull replied for both himself and Galaxy who was looking up at Dull with wide eye sockets. Galaxy leaned forward and kissed Dull on the check, Dull flushed and turned away. “Blood, what do you want on your pancakes?” “Honey and mixed berries” Blood whispered shakily. “Honey and mixed berries for Blood and nutella for me” Ash called back to Scar.

Five minutes later Tears was sat on the couch next to them with the remote, while the TV was on the home screen of ‘Friday the 13^th’. Scar came out with Dull’s and Galaxy’s pancakes, then went back for Blood’s and Ash’s, Tears followed behind him to grab his and Scar’s nutella and berry pancakes. They handed them out and sat down. Tears turned on the movie.

Halfway thought the third movie Blood felt a sense of calm wash over this was the first time he had stayed with his family anytime during a Friday the 13^th. He-he liked it, to be sounded by the people that love and care for him, it was nice.

At lunch they got up for a stretch, while everyone was stretching Dull came over to where Blood was. “I felt your negative energy spike this morning when the others had dragged you here, what was that about?” Dull questioned.

Everyone was looking at them. Blood felt his nerves creep up on him, he didn’t like the suspecting look in Dull’s eye light. Blood calmed himself down, “A-a Friday the 13th, w-was the date when I-I got this h-hole in my s-skull, I don’t l-like because something b-bad always h-happened in my au on this day”. Blood stuttered through his words. He looked down at the ground, staring at his feet. The others looked at him shocked, they didn’t know when Blood had gotten the hole in his skull. He was very secretive about it.

Galaxy was the first to break out of the spell, being the mother like figure to them, he walked up to Blood and hugged him, and this snapped the others out of their stump. They all came forward and hugged him, Dull wrapped his tentacles around them hugging them close.

“How about we watch the rest of the movies we have lined up” Ash suggested. “I’ll get the snacks” Tears volunteered breaking the hug and walking to the kitchen, Scar nodded in agreement, and follow after him. Dull moved over to the couch, the others followed, he sat down and pulled Galaxy to his left, and then Ash in between them lying back, with Blood on his chest. Ash cuddled Blood close, and kissed the top of his head, Blood smiled.

‘Yes, the rest of the day will be good’.

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It was regular day in the save screen, the small round green patch of grass with a white light surrounding it for about 10 meters every direction. Surrounding that was just as dark as black, as far as the eye could see.

In the middle of that small patch of grass, or ‘patchy’ as the save screens occupant fondly called it, you could find said occupant lying in the middle of ‘patchy’. They were face down of the grass, sleeping. The sleeping person was a skeleton. The skeleton was wearing black shorts, with a white top that had a red slash through it, and a white hoddie over the top. A red scarf was tired around his neck, a ‘gift’ from his brother.

A hollow sound was heard as a portal was opened into the sleeping occupant’s home. The god of death stepped through the portal, and smiled at his sleeping datemate. ‘Gash is so cute’ was the first thing that went through Cloak’s head as he saw him. Cloak smiled at him.

“Why are you here Cloak?” Cloak jumped, he didn’t realise that gash was awake. Gash had woken up as soon as Cloak had entered the save screen, he could feel when people opened portals.

Cloak stared at gash, the blood stain on his chin was fresh with new blood. Cloak slowly looked up and looked eyes with Gash, his eyes were hollow, black bags under his eyes for the lack of sleep. Cloaks expression hardened.

“When was the last time you slept Gash?”

“I had a nap just then”

“Other than just then, and a proper sleep, Gash?” Cloak was exasperated with Gash, who was more stubborn than his brother when he put his mind to something.

Gash was silent, Cloaks face softened. Gash just looked so tired. Being one of the closest version to the original, who was always tired. It was no miracle that Classic was awake most of the day, it was a miracle when he managed to get a proper night’s sleep. Classic hadn’t, which lead to his Papyrus dragging him into his bed. Hoping that with him there the nightmares would disappear, it worked as long as Papyrus was there to cuddle him to death.

Gash didn’t answer. He didn’t want to. Nightmares plagued his sleep. He didn’t know what to do. He wanted to sleep but he just couldn’t, no matter how much sleep swam in his vision, he just couldn’t fall asleep.

His nightmares were brutal, bloody and violent, and oh so violent. Flashes of them raced through his mind, they wouldn’t stop. Images of a snowy place, clear water not tainted by humankind, hot lava pools with bridges over the top of them, the lab where he had found Alphys’s dust and a hallway bathed in gold, but all the place were covered in dust and blood.

These images stopped at the image of a knife stained with blood and dust. It gleamed at him, shining menacing at him. It was still sharp, after all the people that had been killed with it.

It was his fault.

Cloak noticed the far off look in Gash’s eye sockets. ‘Nightmares, he’s been having nightmares, wait that means…. fuck, I need to get him out of that mind frame that everything is his fault’

Cloak floated over to Gash and slowly floated down until he hit the ground. He pulled gash into his lap for a hug, rapping his arms around his date mate.

Gash felt the warms arms of a person around him, they felt safe, like nothing could get to him. They felt like his brother was hugging him, but he knew that wasn’t possible, his brother was dead. Tears rolled down his cheek bones painting them a pale pink. He hugged back as tightly as he could. He didn’t want to leave this moment.

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Cloak smiled at the memory, it was one of his favourites with the old Gash. But, Cloak looked down at the glitch laying in his lap sleeping, he loved the new person gash he’s become. Gash had changed his name to Galaxy after he left the save screen and started glitching even more. His once white blood stained bones a midnight black, the glitching was gone from his eye socket, instead his whole body was glitching. Galaxy’s once blank face, now had midnight blue tear tracks, trailing down his skull.

It didn’t matter, Cloak loved him anyway.

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It consumed everything it touched, swallowing it whole. Light could not escape it, but light also drove it back. It was a constant war between the two. That’s why Sans feared the darkness. It reminded him of the human Chara, black tears with a tar like consistency, it haunted his dreams, he should be really be saying nightmares. It reminded him of the loneliness he felt when Chara trapped him in the underground after killing everyone but him. Leaving him to wallow in the agony of losing his brother and friends.

He could feel that loneliness again, with those same black tears with a tar like consistency starting to stick to his own face, under his eye sockets, trailing down his check bones. He had just killed everyone after making a deal with the demon known as Chara. His brother had tried to stop him from killing everyone, but ultimately he died along with everyone else.

Many resets later Sans couldn’t feel anything. His soul was in a target shape, beating outside his ribcage, beating to the adrenaline in his magic. He had killed everyone again, he has lost count of how many times he has killed everyone at this point. But he knows this one thing, his brother’s last words will haunt him forever, they are always the same no matter the situation. “I’ll always believe in you, brother”. Sans could feel the pain of losing and killing his own brother again.

He could feel the darkness devouring his soul with every reset. Those black tears stayed after every reset, it would still be there, and it was getting worse with every reset. He wanted them to go away. He wanted this darkness to go away, and leave him alone.

But looking at where he is now, Sans Tears doesn’t mind the darkness, he embraces it, along with his new found family. Scar his world a blank void, Blood starving in his au, Ash who went insane and killed everyone in his au, and Dull the god of negativity, bullied for it in his own au.

His new family has been with him through his ups and downs, they know what he’s gone through, and they won’t judge him for it.

Would he trade his new family for his old one?

Not a chance.