Chapter 1: The Duty of a guardian pt.1
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Once upon a time there was a multiverse
Filled with hundreds of thousands of beautiful universes each one of them special in their own unique way
And to guard them all three powerful beings came to existence
The God of Creation
The Prince of Positivity
The Guard of Justice
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The three powerful beings together would fight day after day against their negative counterparts
An eternal fight to keep the balance between opposites
Both needed for the existence of the multiverse it was like an eternal dance
Creation and Destruction
Positivity and Negativity
Justice and Corruption
Always one against the other
Perfectly balanced
Until they weren’t anymore
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One faithful day a new menace appeared
The three entities didn’t notice it at first, too busy dealing with their usual problems and enemies
The God of Creation was quietly sat in his realm with the Guard of Justice
The two of them were busy over a sketchbook
Blue deeply desired a new armor and let’s just say when creating something new was on the table Ink wasn’t really hard to convince to help
More often than not if creating was involved Ink would self-insert his own persona into the project without really waiting for an invitation
The God of Creation had decided to organize their little meetings in the Doodle Sphere
Blue was quiet relaxed and excited for the projects displayed in front of his blue eye-lights
Eventually his sight shifted and landed on his friend who was excitedly chattering to both him, himself, none and the whole multiverse at the same time as he worked on the current task
The mere sight made the royal guard smile
Ink was so cheerfully chattering and adding details, colors, adjustments and ideas in such chaotic innovative way
The usually always distracted skeleton was so uncharacteristically focused whenever he was creating something he deemed important the sight was as unusual as endearing
Blue knew Ink didn’t have a real soul, or at least it wasn’t considered as such by most of those who were aware of this peculiar feature of his
Using vials to feel emotions wasn’t exactly something conventional and it was deemed by most as a cheap replacement
The Guard of Justice thought they were wrong
Who were they to decide what was the right way to feel? What was genuine and what was fake?
Ink may have no soul
Ink may lack of empathy
Ink may be blunt and oblivious
Sometimes he may even be cold or cruel
His lack of conventional soul didn’t excuse his actions, but it didn’t make him a soulless object either
Whenever Blue had the chance to see the other skeleton so absorbed into his art he couldn’t stop himself but thinking that such passion and endless curiosity couldn’t be created by some random mix of paint
He knew it was genuine, he didn’t care what others may think or say
Or at least that was what he liked to think
He always tried to think the best of pretty much everyone
Believing that Ink was genuine was to his eyes a much preferred option than despise him for something he actually had no real control over
He liked to think his friend was real
Maybe he was one of the most real and honest beings in the whole multiverse and that was what made lots upset
The knowledge that a soulless entity could be more real than all their souls together
Blue decided to take a break from reflecting on his friend’s peculiar nature to simply take some time to admire the majestic place they were in
The Doodle Sphere
The royal guard always felt such indescribable wave of awe and subjection whenever his mind would try to wrap around the immense magnitude they so carefully guarded
Ten of hundreds of thousands of universes floating around him reminding him of how tiny and insignificant he was
It didn’t bother him, it kept him humble, it reminded him where he came from
Even if he was a well-known member of the Star Sanses, respected, recognized and appreciated across the whole Multiverse he knew at the end of the day he was just a simple royal guard
One of the best and most amazing royal guards for sure, but still a simple Sans from an AU that even if beautiful had nothing special if compared to all the others existing around him besides being one of the first being created
That knowledge didn’t fill him with uncomfortableness or sadness or envy for his much more powerful counterparts
On the contrary he felt himself filled with even more determination on doing good
He felt so honored at the thought that between all the AUs that surrounded him in that moment, he had been deemed as the worthy of being a guardian of the multiverse
He felt thankful for the chance Fate gave him
He felt lucky whenever he would look at his best friends, a Prince and God, two entities so superior that never even thought of looking down upon him, always treating him as an equal
He was glad for the opportunity he had to prove himself and to be able to give his contribute to keep peace in the multiverse
Blue kept smiling and admiring all the AUs until he noticed the Doodle Sphere had gone strangely quiet
The Guard of Justice looked back down to his friend thinking maybe the other had asked him something while he wasn’t paying attention and was waiting for an answer
What he saw somehow made him feel uneasy
Ink wasn’t anymore looking all excited to the armor projects scattered around him, his hand was still casually doodling over the paper in an automatic motion, but his eye-lights were fixed curiously on something distant
It was unusual for the God of Creation to space out, or at least he usually didn’t while he was busy creating something
“Ink?”
Blue attempted to call out for him, but the other ignored him
He frowned as he tried to stare at the same point his friend was, but he couldn’t really see anything aside lot of AUs as in every other direction of the Doodle Sphere
Starting to get a bit worried Blue got closer to Ink noticing his eye-lights, even if not white dots, looked dimmer than usual
It didn’t make the littlest sense, he knew the other had taken his paints earlier that day so he couldn’t be running out of them already
Eventually Blue got closer and gently placed a hand on Ink’s shoulder
The other didn’t really jerk, he simply blinked a few times his eye-lights changing color and shapes for a good while until they finally settled in an exclamation and question mark as he turned to Blue
“Oh hi Blue- when did you get here?”
He asked chuckling as he took a sip of yellow to show his happiness seeing his friend there before slightly adjusting his scarf as he waited for an answer quickly growing distracted again
Blue patiently sighed
“Ink you invited me here remember? You were helping me with the design of my new armor”
Ink kept blinking curios and chuckling as he looked at him, then at the sketches and after a while he finally nodded as something clicked in him
“Oh right- I was thinking to add-“
Before the other could lose himself in another creativity rush Blue interrupted him
“You were staring at that point, did something happen? You looked a bit off”
He said pointing to the exact spot the other was staring just a few moments earlier
Normally he wouldn’t interrupt people, but he knew Ink and knew better than just wait for the other to finish his blabbing about art as it could potentially be an endless speech
Short phrases, go straight to the point, that was the best way to talk to Ink when you needed him to focus
If you tried to sugar coat things or take too long to explain something his short attention span would make him distracted and he would either ignore you or forget what you were talking about forcing you to explain it all over again
Ink needed direct and clear information so that was how Blue went with
Even if this strategy usually worked, this time the God of Creation looked just confused at him
It was normal for Ink to forget what he was talking about even mid-phrase, but the fact that he couldn’t remember something so recent even after being specifically prompted was again really unusual
“Did Error destroyed some AU?”
Blue kept insisting, but after taking a few sips of lights green and giving his friend his best thinking look, Ink simply shook his head before shrugging his shoulders
“Maybe I simply spaced a bit out“
He said not really worried by his own behavior as he checked his scarf before shaking his head
“I didn’t write anything down so I guess it wasn’t really something important”
Blue glanced a few more times to Ink and then to the spot the other was staring at
He had a bit of a bad feeling regarding what was going on, but probably he had just been spooked by his friend’s weird behavior, it wouldn’t be the first time
“What if we make your epaulettes shaped like mini Gaster Blaster?”
Ink suggested chuckling making Blue break laughing
“Well- they indeed seem appropriate for the great Blue! MWEH HEH HEH!”
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It was late and the Guard of Justice and Prince of Positivity were in an AU with a medieval theme
The two of them had been helping setting up a festival to celebrate the new peace established in the AU after they solved all the issues the King of Negativity and his gang had been causing around
Technically Ink was supposed to be there helping them too, but he had briefly left to pick up some decorations he had created earlier on that day
That had been around 3 hours earlier and Blue really doubted his forgetful friend was ever going to be back
He was at least thankful Dream was with him to teleport him home when they had finished and he hadn’t been left in a random AU with no way of leaving by Ink … again
“Blue, are you sure the monsters of this AU are going to enjoy tacos?”
Dream asked as he glanced to the food the other was preparing
It wasn’t exactly typical of that AU, but Blue knew to that point the timeline was screwed up enough nothing they did really mattered anymore
“Of course they are going to enjoy them! I mean the magnificent Blue is the one cooking! And I am not alone, I even have the help of the Prince of Positivity himself”
He reassured the other who huffed playful, his small smile able to instantly brighten the whole room
“Well- if we have to keep up our reputation we better do a good job right?”
Dream asked eyes filled with determination as always as he gained an excited grin from Blue who nodded
The two of them started working and working for hours and hours until everything was nicely settled and ready for the festival
Both of them were exhausted, but also satisfied of their work
“I will just take these to the back so the local Sans can pick these up tomorrow morning and bring them to the center and then we can leave”
Dream said as he picked up a few boxes filled with the decorations and food they had made for the festival
Blue nodded to his words as he would just finish cleaning some of the mess they had done while preparing the tacos and then he would follow his friend
It really only took a couple of minutes, the royal guard stretched himself and moved quickly to the exit as Dream was probably already waiting for him
As he rushed out he didn’t notice the figure standing still as a statue and he ended running into him
Him and Dream fell both to the floor, Blue immediately got back up and was going to help his friend but ended frowning slightly as he noticed the other had dropped something
It was the box he had taken out several minutes earlier
“Dream? Is everything alright?”
Blue asked confused and as he saw how his friend was still looking up to a no-specified point in the sky he got quiet worried
He remembered Ink doing the exact same thing, it wasn’t weird for the God of Creation to act weird, but this kind of behavior was much more unusual by the Prince of Positivity
“Dream?”
He insisted again as the other finally seemed to snap out
“I- sorry Blue”
The other apologized but any trace of the happiness previously present had totally disappeared as Dream kept frowning and glancing to the sky, his own arms slightly wrapped around himself as if he was cold
“I just … there is something off”
He commented as he kept glancing up, Blue tried to follow his eyes, but he found once more lost as he couldn’t see anything at all but the stars peppering the night
“Off like Nightmare attacking an AU?”
Dream frowned more as he shook his head
“No, not that kind of off … is just … “
His words trailed off carried by the wind as Blue tried to understand what he meant and why he couldn’t sense whatever both his friends did
Trying to offer his contribution he told Dream what had happened with Ink a few days earlier
He had at first dismissed it as the God of Creation having a bit peculiar behavior as always, but now that the Prince of Positivity was feeling off as well so maybe there was actually something much more serious going on
Dream took the information and nodded, his expression serious and focused
“The best we can do is go and find Ink to discuss the matter at hands with him hoping he will remember something. We will need to investigate this, even if is just a coincidence I don’t want to risk something passing under our radar”
The Prince of Positivity said as Blue nodded to the directives
Even if Blue was technically older and Ink stronger, Dream was the undiscussed leader of their group
The God of Creation was by far too distracted and forgetful, while the Guard of Justice simply thought his friend had much more leadership and authority so gladly let him the role
The two guardians quickly picked up the decorations that had fallen from the box earlier on and left immediately after
They needed to get at the bottom of this as soon as possible
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Blue followed Dream, portal after portal
Ink seemed impossible to find
They tried to spill ink several times in several AUs, but the other didn’t show up
The Guard of Justice had the temptation to curse under his breath as never before as in that moment he regretted his incapability to create portals across different universes
If he was able to do so him and Dream could split and cover a bigger area in less time
They were back in the Doodle Sphere, Dream pacing around trying to create some sort of plan
Blue looked around, he knew keeping jumping from universe to universe was useless
They were surrounded by so many AUs and the royal guard knew what his eye-lights saw was just a small fraction of all of them
No, they needed to come up with something much more efficient
Blue was starting getting really worried, Ink was forgetful and distracted but not to this point
Maybe something bad happened to him? But what could have been? Ink knew to always warn them whenever he engaged a fight with either the Destroyer or the King of Negativity and his gang
Blue kept scanning the AUs as if they could somehow speak and give some, any indication about the whereabouts of their main protector
And they indeed did
“Dream, look!”
Blue said catching the other’s attention as he pointed to a particular AU
It was quiet far from their position, but it nearly looked as if the others around it wanted to distance themselves from it as much as they could
The two friends immediately teleported there
“Is … is freezing”
Blue muttered lost as the edge of the paper was somehow turning into ice and that same ice was slowly but gradually expanding across the whole surface
It didn’t make the littlest sense, he had never seen or heard about anything like that
In their paper form all the AUs looked exactly the same, they didn’t have any peculiar aspect that could help you distinguish one from other, you could only do so by checking their data
Blue saw how his friend frowned
“I can’t sense any emotion from there”
He said seriously
A simple exchanged glance was enough for Blue to know to get ready for a possible fight with an unknown threat as Dream opened a portal for them to enter the AU
Once they were inside the AU the royal guard’s eyes widened to the sight
They were on the surface, but it was hard to notice as the sky was dark and void of any star
It was so cold Blue natural’s instinct was to curl slightly in himself trying to keep some warmth as he adjusted his scarf
He turned to his friend to see Dream shining in a soft warm gold light as if his own aura had suddenly turned visible
The Prince of Positivity seemed surprised of it as well as he looked puzzled to his own hands and arms as he kept emitting this soft light
A little warm star shining in the darkness
They exchanged again a brief glance before Blue moved closer to his friend to try keep some warmth and they both quickly got deeper into the AU searching for their missing friend
As they walked it seemed to get colder and colder, darker and darker
Blue felt more and more uneasy as the darkness seemed to get thicker and thicker so much that breathing itself was becoming an unusually challenging task
Just to be sure the royal guard decided to summon a couple of bones noticing with the corner of his eye-lights that Dream must have had the same idea as he had summon his arch as well
The two kept walking and walking in total silence wary of their surroundings at any moment
And then Dream stopped Blue on his track as he pointed at his right
There Blue saw some weak colorful shine
They both immediately recognized it as Ink’s vials but were still cautious as they got closer
What Blue saw wasn’t what he was expecting
It was indeed his dear friend’s vials the source of such light, but he seemed in a distress he had never seen before
“Ink- what is going on?”
Blue heard Dream ask as they both finally ran to their friend stopping on their tracks as they saw how ice was climbing up on Ink’s leg
Blue was frozen in place while the Prince of Positivity was the first to react as he used his magic to melt the ice and free the God of Creation
Dream who looked concerned started checking on Ink, but Blue noticed how the ice that had been easily melted had reformed itself again and was quickly moving as if to catch them
“We have to leave, now!
He warned his friends as immediately Dream opened a portal for the three of them to be safely back to the Doodle Sphere
Blue was thankful for the lack of a proper floor that avoided them to crash against it as they fell in a quiet ungraceful was from the portal
Quickly the royal guard focused on his friends and moved closer to them
Ink seemed particularly upset, which was quiet concerning considering he usually could decide on which emotions act on thanks to his vials
Blue tried to comfort him as he rubbed his back in a soothing way, the younger indeed laying slightly to the touch
The royal guard would have liked for Ink to rest a bit, but the Prince of Positivity disagreed and eventually Blue decided to follow as always his lead
“Ink, can you try tell us what happened?”
The royal guard kept soothingly rubbing his back as Dream attempted to gently coerce their friend into speaking
After some minutes Ink seemed to be back to his senses, Blue quietly observed as he took some sips of white to wash out every feeling that could cloud his mind
The royal guard knew how much his friend hated drinking white avoiding it as much as possible
His whole body tensed at the implications of such drastic measures, if Ink really was so determined on not having his feelings distract him the matter at hands was much more serious than what they had originally expected
Dream must have thought the same thing as he immediately straightened his back when the God of Creation started drinking white
“A new AU had appeared … I just wanted to help the Creators fill it as usual”
The blank skeleton started, his monotone voice echoing in the Doodle Sphere in a way that sent chills down Blue’s spine
“But once I got there and started creating … it got cold … so so cold … I thought it was simple a snow-themed AU or something like that, but then it got worst”
Even if technically totally devoid of emotions Blue would have sworn that there was an undertone of fear in his friend’s voice
“The ice around me started moving, it moved fast, much faster than what should be possible. It started freezing all my creations. I tried to free them, but the ice would climb up my brush”
Blue had never heard of something like that, what kind of AU was even that? Of course sometimes the inhabitants would be hostile, especially in the most violent universes, but never an AU itself directly attacked the God of Creation
After all he was there to help the Creators, why would they ever harm him if he was there to help, when it was his duty to do so?
“Did you try opening a portal?”
Blue heard Dream asking, his tone not accusatory at all as he was simply trying to access more the situation
“I tried, but my ink would instantly freeze”
That was unheard of, how could even a portal through dimensions even freeze?
After that answer there was a long silence, Blue helped Ink drink once more his vials in the right order before looking up to Dream, the two of them waiting on instructions on how proceed
“We won’t step again in that AU, the best thing we can at the moment is simply wait and keep it checked. We can just hope it was simply a strangely hostile Creator, I know it doesn’t make much sense, but for now it is our best bet”
He dictated
“Blue, I’ll take you back home now. If anything happens we will come pick you up”
The royal guard nodded to his words, he was indeed exhausted and for how worried he could be about what was going on he also knew there was nothing they could do at the moment
“Ink, remember to not try go again in that AU”
Dream insisted knowing how curios and forgetful the other could be
After having drunk all his paints Ink simply gave him a sheepish chuckle
“Trust me, I didn’t know I would have ever felt like this but I want to stay as far away as possible from that place for a while … look, I have even written it on my scarf!”
He exclaimed looking quiet proud of himself having noted it without anyone telling him to do it
The other’s excited words made Blue smile and he knew Dream had just an equally fond expression as the two of them turned and left
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Some time had passed by and everything seemed to be back to normal, but the incident never really slipped from Blue’s mind
Even if everything seemed normal he had started having a really bad feeling regarding the whole situation and he knew his friends were feeling the same
Blue tried to keep himself distracted as he baked some tacos to share with his friends, when suddenly a portal opened under him
“What-“
Before he could properly react he fell through it, he silently thanked his quick reflex as he got to land on his feet
“I am sorry Blue, but this is an emergency”
He heard Dream say, as soon as he turned to face his friend he froze on his track to what he was witnessing
There were at least a dozen of AUs that were slowly freezing in front of them
“What happened?”
“I don’t know! This thing is affecting all the AUs like a disease”
Blue looked how Ink was clearly distressed for such quick loss of universes and immediately moved himself to help them trying to stop the spreading of the infection
Dream’s magic seemed by far the most efficient in effectively melting the ice, whereas Ink and Blue did their best to destroy the biggest chunks
They kept doing it for a long time, but Blue knew they couldn’t go on forever
Dream seemed to start getting tired for using so much of his magic, Ink was more and more in distress and the infection wasn’t disappearing or slowing down, it would actually come back to the ‘healed’ AUs as soon as Dream moved a bit too far from them
“We can’t keep going like this”
Blue said and his friends clearly agreed, but both of them also refused to stop
“We need help”
He continued
He had an idea of who could help them, but at the same time slightly feared saying it aloud
“Could we try … ask Error and Nightmare to help?”
Silence followed his words
Ink quickly sipped some light cyan to show his shock
“Bring here the God of Destruction himself? You know I am always up for crazy plan, but this is too much even for me”
Ink said and Blue knew how uncomfortable he was with the idea of bringing the Destroyer in the place they had fought so hard to keep him out of
“What other options do we have? Nightmare and his gang could help us trying to break and slow down the ice for the sake of negativity, but we need someone able to shatter the AU that started this all! I could try and convince him”
Blue insisted, he knew it was a crazy plan, but he liked to think the best out of everyone and hoped that their enemies would understand the gravity of the situation and actually help them for once
Ink still seemed unsure about it, so both of them turned to Dream who was going to have the final word
The Prince of positivity looked at his own hands glowing in warm light and then back to the frozen AUs
He took a deep breath
“We can try”
The others two simply nodded as they immediately went to convince their counterparts to help
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It didn’t go at all as Blue had planned
He had faith the others would understand
They didn’t
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The first they went to was the God of Destruction himself
His expression was totally unimpressed when they explained what was going on
“And I should help you because?”
“Error, this thing is affecting the whole multiverse we don’t know what effects could it have on the long run, we need your hel-“
“You need to shut up”
The Destroyer snapped to the Prince of Positivity
Ink immediately reached for his loyal Broomie to start a fight, but Dream stopped him holding gently his forearm and shaking his head
Blue knew it wasn’t worth it, but he himself felt uncharacteristically upset with the Destroyer who had clearly no intention to help them and had indeed passed all the time just teasing and pushing Ink at the edge
“You do realize my goal is to destroy the multiverse right?”
“And would you let this ice disease take such pleasure from you?”
Dream clearly tried to use the other’s ego to make him help them
Error seemed to actually think about it before huffing laying back down nonchalantly on his string hammock
“No I wouldn’t”
“Well- then get up and-“
“That doesn’t mean I am going to help you squid”
He interrupted the other with a cheeky grin
“You are the protectors of the AUs not me, I am sure you will figure out some way to fix this mess eventually”
“Error, you-“
One of Ink’s eye-lights had turned into a red cross, but once more Dream stopped him on his tracks
They couldn’t waste any more time
“Fine, we’ll leave then”
Blue heard Dream saying diplomatically as always and he really could do nothing but admire the patience their leader always showed
As Dream moved a bit Ink to a side to calm him down before leaving, Blue approached Error
“You didn’t have to be so mean you know? Stop teasing Ink he is already enough upset”
He scolded the other as he wasn’t in the mood to be patient with the Destroyer’s crap
“Chill Blue, you are becoming as stiff as the Goldy back there”
He huffed rolling slightly his eye-lights
“And you know me- making that squid with goldfish memory upset is amusing, so get a move on with fixing the problem, is been a while since we had a nice fight and you know it is my favorite second hobby”
“Second?”
“The first is Undernovela, now stop pestering me and go back to your friends. The new season will come out in a few minutes”
He said dismissing an irritated Blue with a swift movement of his hand
Before the royal guard could do or say anything else he heard Dream calling for him
He eventually sighed heavily sparing a last disappointed glance to the Destroyer who ignored him before he finally left
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Blue wished he could say things with Nightmare and his Gang went better
Unfortunately, they didn’t
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If talking with Error had been frustrating, dealing with Nightmare had been absolutely humiliating
The King of Negativity nearly laughed at their face when they asked for help, his gang surely did
Blue wasn’t even sure he really wanted to hold Ink back when Nightmare started verbally attacking his brother
He felt such frustration and helplessness as he just watched Dream endure the insults, the mockery and humiliation
Brave, Compassionate, Proud Prince of Positivity full of such power and grace ready to humiliate himself for the sake of the multiverse without any hesitation
It wasn’t enough
It would never be enough
Not for someone so blinded by their own greediness and rage as Nightmare
“You have always been the golden perfect little prince between us. Always perfect, always brave, always innocent. Prove your pathetic theory that good always wins against evil, go and do your duty and stop wasting my time”
Dream had to humiliate himself to the point of begging Nightmare to get anywhere
In the end, amused by what he considered a show as pathetic as entertaining, the King of Negativity said he would avoid attacking AUs until they solved their mess but wasn’t going to play breaking the ice with them, not him and not any member of his gang
Blue knew they were not going to get anything else from them
Bitterly he could do nothing but glare to the mocking crew as he helped Dream dragging Ink out of there
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Once upon a time there was a multiverse
Filled with hundreds of thousands of beautiful universes each one of them special in their own unique way
And to guard them all three powerful beings came to existence
The God of Creation
The Prince of Positivity
The Guard of Justice
One day it started turning in cold ice
The three entities tried to seek for help
But nobody came
They didn’t give up
They would save their multiverse even if it was only the three of them against Fate
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The three guardians of the multiverse had found their way to the first universe that had suffered the infection
Blue observed quietly the totally frozen paper
The coldness it radiated was impossible to describe
It was the kind of coldness that sinks deeply in your bones and doesn’t leave you alone doesn’t matter how many layers of fabric you could try put on them
It was the last universe any of them would have ever wanted to find themselves in
But they had no choice
If they wanted to stop this disease they had to destroy it from its very roots
“We have to stay together okay? No solo missions, this is probably the greatest menace we have encountered up until now. We get in, try to get at the source of this ice storm and stop whatever it is causing it”
Dream said as serious as Blue had never seen him before
The royal guard and Ink could do nothing but nod
They had to stay together and especially stick to Dream as his portals were the only ones that actually worked in that iced place
Everyone had already their weapons out and ready
A last exchanged glance and then Dream opened the portal and they were in
What they met inside was so much worse than what they remembered
A strong violent wind so harsh it seemed to be biting their bones
Everything was dark
The air was thick and cold
Blue was sure that if he had actual lungs he would have already them frozen
The only light in the darkness were Dream’s whole figure, Ink’s vials and their eye-lights
Blue had a goal in mind
He couldn’t do much but break the ice
Their best bet was Dream being able to face whatever was causing this mess thanks to his magic or, how they have recently found out, use Ink’s warm colored vials in an extreme case
Blue was going to make sure to keep the other two guardians safe
It was his duty as a guard to do so
It was his duty as the older one to do so
It was his duty as a friend to do so
With those silent promises in mind, they got deeper and deeper into the cold storm
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Blue did his best
He really did
It wasn’t enough
As they got to the heart of the storm what they found was a shadowy figure
It was so dark Blue couldn’t identify any of its feature but the fact that he was a skeleton just like them
Was he the Sans of this universe?
Of course there were Sanses from AUs drastically different from the original
Ink and Dream were clear examples of it
But this was unheard of
The shadow immediately started attacking them
He wasn’t sure if his intent was to kill or freeze them
Both options seemed equally unpleasant to his eye-lights
Blue did his best to keep the others two on sight and as he did his best to break whatever ice attack in their directions with his bones and Gaster Blasters he soon realized the shadow wasn’t really targeting them
It was targeting Ink
A long battle followed as the shadow did its best to separate them
It knew they were much more vulnerable if apart
He tried to get to Ink time and time again
The God of Creation was fast and experienced thanks to all the fights he had endured up until that moment
But this was different from anything they had ever faced before
The shadow merciless attacked Dream and Blue himself not caring of the damages he made, but at the seemed to only want to immobilize Ink
“We have to get Ink out of here”
Dream tried to open portal near Ink whereas Blue fought against the ice attacks using every bit of magic to do so
Soon enough the shadow stop trying to actively get to Ink and focused on the couple of friends and pulled them apart
Blue for a few instant thought the figure was tired as he didn’t move for a good amount of seconds
He tried desperately tried to catch his breath before he noticed the shadow staring at Dream’s glowing aura that was melting the ice around them
In an instant the dark skeleton sent an ice attack to Ink who had his long scarf stuck and couldn’t dodge while at the same time quickly teleported in front of Dream wrapping his hand around his neck and lifting him up
The royal guard didn’t even have any idea that thing could use magic outside his ice powers
Blue found himself frozen, everything moving in slow motion as he couldn’t decide which of his friends help
He needed to take a decision, fast
But it was in impossible for him pick who save
He had nearly no magic left
He was hurt
He was exhausted
He was cold
So cold
But then with the corner of his eye-lights he noticed a faint red and orange glow from Ink’s hands
With that he made his decision as he used all the magic left in his body to evocate a Gaster Blaster and shot directly to the figure that was holding Dream with all his strength
The Prince of Positivity fell to floor and Blue tried to drag himself to where he was
He horrified saw how Dream sat up holding his neck that was quickly turning in ice
Blue didn’t think he could ever forget the expression on his friend’s face as he realized it wasn’t stopping
It was expanding
Fast
Very fast
That ice seemed different from the one the figure had used to attack up until that point
It was quickly expanding ignoring the Prince of Positivity’s aura and embracing his body bit by bit
Blue’s legs didn’t seem able to sustain him, it didn’t matter if he tried to get closer to his friend it was too out of reach for his exhausted body
What pained him the most was when Dream looked at him and Ink’s screams from behind him
Before he could even rationalize what was happening he saw one last gold warm glow from Dream’s iced hands
And then he was falling through a portal
Everything turned black
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When Blue came to his senses everything he could sense was pain
He was sure he had more than a couple of bruises
As he tried to sit up with a pined groan he checked on his body
Both his legs had several cracks and a couple of his ribs were totally broken
At first he didn’t totally remembered what happened until he looked up in Doodle Sphere and was met with the iced universes
What he quickly noticed was that the infection had stopped
The frozen universes were still frozen, but they didn’t emit any kind of coldness anymore
The ones who were just half frozen stayed like that as if time had stopped
He should be happy
They had made it
But as his eyes fell on the golden apple in front of him he could have sworn he felt his soul shatter
They had won, but Blue felt as if everything was lost
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He had somehow made it to Ink’s house in the Doodle Sphere
He wanted to just break down and cry and he was surely going to do so soon or later
He always scolded Dream for bottling up his feelings it would be hypocrite to do the same
He just needed to get somewhere safe
Somewhere familiar
Somewhere with some traces of warmth
Blue could have gone to the guest room where he would sometimes sleep during long missions
But instead he decided to lay on the couch
The couch they had spent so much time together it didn’t matter if it was watching a movie or planning something
He climbed on it the Golden Apple Dream must have sent with his last energies in his hands
Even at the very end the other had been a true guardian
Instead of trying saving himself he had given up the Golden Apple for the sake of positivity
For the sake of the happiness of the AUs
Blue had no idea of how he did it and he didn’t really want to know
His head ached too much to think about it
The royal guard curled on a little ball, wrapping the blanket Ink had made around his broken frame and cradled the apple as close to his chest as possible
He let himself fall apart as thick tears streamed down his check-bones
His sobbing was the only sound echoing in the Doodle Sphere
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Blue had respect for his own grief
He didn’t try to stop the crying he just let it all out until he was too exhausted to keep doing it
Having the source of happiness itself in his hands didn’t sooth in the slightest the pain, the sorrow for who he had lost, who the whole multiverse had lost
But for how deep the wound was he knew he couldn’t let himself give up
Dream and Ink wouldn’t have wanted that to happen
If he just stopped doing his duty, then their sacrifice would have been vain
He wasn’t going to disrespect them like that
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Once upon a time there was a multiverse
Filled with hundreds of thousands of beautiful universes each one of them special in their own unique way
And to guard them all three powerful beings came to existence
The God of Creation
The Prince of Positivity
The Guard of Justice
To save the multiverse these three powerful beings fought with all their strength and determination
Two of them perished
Once upon a time there was a multiverse
Filled with hundreds of thousands of beautiful universes each one of them special in their own unique way
And to guard them all one being, a survivor that decided to not give up
The Guard of Justice
Chapter 2: the duty of a guardian pt.2
Summary:
WARNING = this contains angst but i am also so so proud of this!
After the events of the first part of "The duty of a guardian", Blue has to deal with the consequences of the ice infection.
What are Error and Nightmare's reaction to the consequences of their selfishness? Will they be able to fix it and bring peace to the whole multiverse? Or will everything collapse now that two guardians are missing?
Notes:
You have no idea how proud i am of this- if you like it pls let me know!
Enjoy this angsty second part of my story :3
Again- we are going to have Blue's POV
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Once upon a time there was a multiverse
Filled with hundreds of thousands of beautiful universes each one of them special in their own unique way
And to guard them all one being, a survivor that decided to not give up
The Guard of Justice
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Blue refused to let himself give up
He knew he couldn’t
He healed himself
He passed hours and hours lonely patching all his wounds both in his body and spirit
His soul filled with as much sorrow as determination
The Guard of Justice wasn’t going to let his friends’ sacrifice be vain
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Blue didn’t give out the news of the death of his two dear friends
He wasn’t ready to do so and spreading panic across the multiverse wasn’t going to make his job easier in any way
He avoided carefully getting near to the frozen AUs deciding to instead dedicate himself to train
And he did train
Harder and longer than what he have ever done before
Now the safety of the multiverse relayed only on his shoulders
Soon enough he learnt he could and should use the Golden Apple
It hurt use what used to be his friend’s soul but he had no other option
The Golden Apple allowed him to travel across universes
He passed several time just jumping from one AU to another, just to check if everything was fine
Luckily Nightmare indeed kept his words of not attacking any universe until they solved the ice infection problem, so he wasn’t going to be bothered facing him and his gang at least for the moment
Unluckily for him, the King of Negativity wasn’t his only problem
One day while he was busy checking the list of AUs he had already visited in the Doodle Sphere he noticed something with the corner of his eye-light
He moved wary close to the AU that had caught his attention
He saw how glitches started appearing all over the smooth paper
The way the propagated similarly to some sort of infection gave him chills down his spine
The AU got covered in more and more glitches until suddenly blue strings came out of it wrapping themselves around the paper and totally destroying it
Not even dust was left behind
Just emptiness
Nothing
Those blue string needed to introduction
Blue knew who was the responsible for this even if it was his first time witnessing the destruction of an AU from the Doodle Sphere
Ink would have stepped in to stop Error on a normal day
Blue bitterly reminded himself that his friend was no longer around to do so
No other AU seemed affected so for the moment the Guard of Justice decided to just keep on with his training
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More AUs had been destroyed with time
Mind you they were only minor timelines for the most
Each time and AU started glitching like that he simply felt paralyzed
He would just blankly stare to the infection spread and take down the timeline without being able to move a single bone
It was as if somehow he expected the God of Creation to simply appear and stop it
It never happened
None ever came
He knew they wouldn’t
He had no idea of how much time he spent waiting for his friends to come back
At some point he had hoped that being so fundamental for the balance of the universe they would just be brought back by the Creators
But the Doodle Sphere remained quiet and empty
It didn’t matter how many times he had ‘accidentally’ spilled ink while he was writing something
It didn’t matter how many times he had stared to the Golden Apple enchanted by his comforting light
None of his friends ever came back from the iced AU
None of his friends was going to stop Error
He had to do it
He had promised himself he would do it
He wouldn’t hesitate a second in fighting all alone Nightmare and all his gang for the sake of an AU
But … seeing those glitches spreading over the white pages made him sick
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Blue was once more doing the usual check of the AUs when he heard the sound of glitches appearing
He turned and rapidly found the infected page
His eyes widened as he realized it wasn’t anymore a minor timeline
It was a main timeline
That was a much bigger of a deal as its destruction would directly affect other timelines too
Blue ran towards it, but felt once more paralyzed as soon as he observed how the glitches slowly started expanding over the page
The Guard of Justice kept scolding himself, but just couldn’t bring himself to take another step
Frustrated with himself he stomped harshly the floor but stopped his tantrum as soon as he noticed his negativity affecting the Golden Apple he was holding
He immediately whispered a soft apology as he cradled close the source of positivity as it eased his nerves
As he looked to its ethereal shine he felt his soul fill with hope
He couldn’t give up
But he also couldn’t do this totally alone
Blue turned on his feet and quickly ran to their base in the Doodle Sphere
He had avoided totally going in his friends’ room up until that moment
He was scared of how their emptiness would remind him too painfully of what he had lost
But he couldn’t go on like this, he needed to face the problem and needed to seek for something that could help him
Blue climbed quickly the stair deciding to first stop in front of Dream’s room
He took a deep breath as he placed a hand over the apple, nearly as if he was silently asking permission to walk in his room
And then he opened the door
He knew he should be fast and search for something useful before going to stop Error
But Blue could do nothing but allow himself a few instants to just admire the room he had just stepped in
His room reflected perfectly the Prince of Positivity’s personality
It was really tidy, but not stark
Unlike what others may expect it wasn’t filled with bright yellows and decorations, not at all
It was decorated in a really simple way
The colors were warm and welcoming, not bright and blinding
It was a clean room that could make you feel home even if it was the first time you’ve ever visited it
The soft and fresh flower scent engulfing him was so familiar it nearly made Blue tear up
For how long he wanted to lay in the new found bubble of comfort he couldn’t
He forced himself move faster as he searched in the room, constantly and silently apologizing for breaking into the other’s privacy in such way
He didn’t found weapons, of course he didn’t as the other invocated all of them with his own positivity when they were needed
Before he could leave the room, something caught his attention
There laying at the side of the bed there was a staff
Blue carefully picked it up
He remembered how Dream used it as his main weapon when the Star Sanses were created
He could do nothing but smile as he remembered how much of a pacifist he was back then
Soon enough they all learnt that if they wanted to survive others measurements needed to be taken
So Dream switched to bow and arrows
He didn’t use anymore his staff in battle, but he would still summon it from time to time
It seemed to bring him comfort
Blue noticed how the glow of the Golden Apple seemed to increase as he moved it closer to the staff
The two objects fused together until they formed some kind of scepter
For the first time since the ice infection had started Blue’s eye-lights switched to a couple of amazed shining stars
He smiled more as he held the object and felt the pure positivity running through it
He doubted he could really use attacks made of positivity, but the scepter gave him such confidence, nearly as if Dream was still there by his side
Nodding to himself he decided to take it with him as he moved to the other room
He was going to have time to loose himself in soft memories if he survived the confrontation with Error in a second moment
With those thoughts in mind he went to Ink’s room
The door wasn’t even closed, it was wide open as always
As soon as he stepped in a fond sad smile formed on Blue’s face
The room was, for how surprising it may seem, quiet tidy
Unlike the soft elegant warm colors in Dream’s room, here every single surface was covered in some kind of paint, drawing, doodle or notes
Ink surely made sure to use each single existent color, not forgetting even one as it would be absolutely impossible to find two points where the artist had used the same shade
The art didn’t limit itself to the walls, of course it didn’t
Every single object and piece of furniture was itself a work of art of some sort
If overall the room was surprisingly quiet tidy, all the mess was concentrated on the desk
Ink had this huge desk that represented the epitome of chaos
All his arts supplies of every sort where thrown around, everything was spread in such chaotic way
It looked so … full of life
Nearly as if Ink had just left to go and make something to eat and was going to be back at any moment, continuing working on whatever project that was scattered around
Blue got closer, eye-lights laying and roaming over all the mess
Ink had always refused to tidy his desk as he always said that artistic chaos enhanced his creativity
A wet giggle escaped from his body as he remembered how Dream and he himself tried time and time again to put some order just to inevitably fail
Raising a hand to wipe off the tears Blue got close enough to actually see the half-finished project Ink had been working on before he left without knowing it for the last time
His soul dropped as he realized what was the last project his dear friend had worked on
There, laying in the middle of all the mess there was the unfinished upper part of an armor
The Guard of Justice quickly recognized the design as the one him and Ink created back in the Doodle Sphere
He slowly raised his hand
He took off his blue glove
He wanted to feel the material under his bones
He took a deep breath as he caressed it carefully, admiring the design his friend was carefully bringing up to life with such care for every little detail
There, laying near his armor there were a couple of ink vials
The God of Creation had a couple of spare ones for each color
He never lost his sash, but he didn’t want to take any risk
Plus the colors that gave him feels were particularly useful when it came to create the most beautiful creations
Blue picked up the yellow vial that was lying there
The color of happiness shining of its own in such beautiful way
It was the only color that could have ever been compared to the precious brightness of Dream’s eye-lights
The reminders of his friends made his soul ache so badly
He felt more tears gathering, but they all stopped as he looked down on the papers scattered around
There were the sketches of Blue’s armor
But on the corner of one of the sketches there was something else
A black skeleton messily drawn
A cold icy blue aura around him
Blue didn’t stay to catch any other detail
He picked up the armor and left
When he found himself in front of the glitching AU he didn’t hesitate an instant
He opened a portal using his scepter and stepped in without looking behind
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Finding Error wasn’t a hard task at all
The black skeleton surely didn’t do his job in secret
The other seemed to be taking his time in destroying that particular AU
Blue had never faced Error by himself
Not for long periods at least as Ink was surely the favorite rival of the black skeleton
He wasn’t really surprised
Opposites were bonded to gravitate one towards the other after all
Blue scanned the battlefield
The Guard of Justice had always been a loyal opponent
He would always face his enemy and never try to trick them in any sneaky way
He was convinced the right was to fight was with honor
But now he was by himself
He couldn’t anymore take the luxury of following all his ideals
He needed to be smart like Ink and resolute like Dream if he wanted to have any chance of survival
Without any warning Blue teleported himself behind the other skeleton as he used a bone attack throw the other to the floor just to then trap him in bones
Error let out a glitched groan as he surely wasn’t expecting that kind of attack
He seemed quiet pissed off until he looked up to his attacker and found Blue there
The black skeleton seemed a bit confused and glanced around as if he was searching for something, someone else
He then let out a cold chuckle as he got up
“Well well- I surely didn’t expect such sneaky attack from you Blue. I thought Ink was the one with goldfish memory, did you forget your code of honor?”
He teased him before suddenly sending his strings towards the other
Using his new staff Blue cut them and tried to get closer to attack once more
The two of them kept fighting for a while, but Error seemed becoming more and more unnerved
He kept glancing around as if he expected someone to snick up on him at any given moment
But none came
That made the fight easier for Blue who focused on the battle ignoring everything else
The instinct of turning to check on his friends was always at the back of his mind bitterly mixing with the knowledge that such action wasn’t anymore needed
“So what about your new toys? New weapon and armor? Another disgusting creation of that squid?”
Error kept trying starting a conversation with him
Blue simply ignored him
That seemed to piss off more and more the God of Destruction to the point his attacks started turning more aggressive
“So where is that Ink stain? Since when he is too busy to look after his precious AUs?”
Blue kept silence
“You know- I destroyed several timelines before this one, wasn’t it enough to catch the all mighty God of Creation’s attention?”
Error said sarcastically trying to get some sort of answer to what was going on as he had already picked something was off
The strings were becoming harder and harder to dodge
The God of Destruction’s annoyance making him stronger and more aggressive
Blue wasn’t sure how long he could keep up this peace if the other didn’t calm down
“Maybe I should go after a major one as Underfell to have him show up instead of sending here his assistant!? Or is the squid simply slacking off-“
“Ink is gone”
Blue’s voice cut the atmosphere instantly
Error stopped on his tracks
His body glitched lightly as he focused his mismatched eye-lights on Blue for a few instants before huffing
“Where did he go now? He finally managed to loose himself in the AUs due his goldfish me-“
“Ink is dead”
Saying it aloud broke Blue from inside more than what he could have ever imagined
He knew they were gone, he had cried for them, he had acknowledged what had happened in every possible way
But saying it aloud
Somehow it made it more real than what had ever been up until that moment
Somehow it made him feel as if he was the one who had killed them
Right in that moment as he stated the painful truth
His train of thought was abruptly interrupted by a glitched laugh
“You have to be kidding me-“
The black skeleton said as ore glitches appeared on his body as he laughed so hard he bent holding his stomach
“As if that squid could die- now you nearly had me for a second. Is he so afraid of facing me to invent this little story to go on holiday or something?”
Blue silently looked at him
He couldn’t stop himself but feeling some sort of pity for the other
After all he used to like consider Error some sort of friend
“I am sorry Error”
He said quietly
His tone was final
He knew he shouldn’t feel such anger
But as he stared to the other incredulous skeleton he couldn’t stop himself but bitterly think how maybe both his friends would still be by his side if the other had bothered helping them for once
The glitches over Error’s body became more and more as he seemed to slowly become more unstable before they stopped
And then Blue was tightly wrapped in blue strings dragged closer to the Destroyer who stared at him with a crazy deadly eye-lights
“Tell Ink that if he wants to play hide and seek I will destroy the main timelines until he doesn’t show his face”
The other threatened him before letting him fall to the ground abruptly and leaving the AU
Blue stayed quietly sat there for a while before finally standing back up on his feet
Things hadn’t exactly go as planned, but at least he had survived and for the moment this AU was safe
He quickly found the human and told him to reset before going back to the Doodle Sphere
He silently hoped Error didn’t have any intention to fulfill his threat any time soon
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Blue became more skillful in the use of his new weapons
The scepter was always in his hand, shining in such soft warm light that could bring comfort to anyone who even glanced at it
It would allow him to teleport from AU to AU and spread positivity thanks to it
The new armor even if unfinished fitted his frame perfectly and offered an extra layer of protection that would soon come in handy
He decided to take with him some of Ink’s vials, having them on his belt brought him comfort
As he travelled across AUs, if he allowed himself to close his eye-lights he could even allow himself to imagine his friends were at his side
For how nice the thought was, he never dwelled too much into it
It was just dream
It made him happy for a few seconds sure, but at the end of the day it was just an illusion and nothing more
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It didn’t matter how much Blue wished he didn’t
Error ended indeed fulfilling his promise
The God of Destruction started attacking more and more timelines
He would demand at great voice for the God of Creation to appear
He never did
And with each attack Error became more and more unstable
Blue wished he could say he was in denial for the loss of a friend
Just as he had been
But after several times of trying over and over again to reason with him he stopped
He knew the other was in total denial
But not out of care for Ink
Or at least Blue didn’t think that was the reason behind his craziness
If he had cared he would have helped them back then when the ice infection was spreading
He wouldn’t have teased them and ignored them
Blue didn’t think Error cared
And for this lack of his, he couldn’t find any way to reason with him
He couldn’t stop him
For the most their fights would end with either Blue running away or Error being so pissed off he would storm out of the AU
The Guard of Justice knew he was no match for the other
Not when his craziness had made him become more dangerous than what he had ever
Stronger than what he ever was
The only option that came to his mind was trying to make him go back to his senses
To do so he would have to understand Error
Understand the reason behind his sudden picks of insanity
Before he could really explore that option, someone opened a portal behind him
Blue turned to face the King of Negativity and his gang
He couldn’t stop himself but notice that Horror was nowhere to be seen
“Error is out of control”
It was surprisingly Dust to break the silence
Blue quietly looked at them for a few instants before nodding solemnly
Using his scepter he opened a portal to the Doodle Sphere
It didn’t escape to him how Nightmare didn’t even dare to glance to the Golden Apple
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With Sci’s help they were able to create devices that allowed beings to travel across AUs to escape from the destruction of their own homes
Nightmare and his gang with time revealed to be powerful allies
They kept up with Error for a long while
Weeks? Months? Years? Decades?
Maybe even centuries
Blue couldn’t really tell
The only thing he knew was that he was becoming tired
So tired
He barely visited his home AU at all as he spent all his time in the Doodle Sphere and travelling across AUs making sure everything was in place
Without Ink the rate of universes created dropped sensibly
The new ones were extremely rare
And even when they appeared, most of the time they were barely more than few sketches and basic alternative timelines
It didn’t matter how hard he tried, Blue couldn’t really replace his friends in many aspects
The only thing he could do was look out for the already existing AUs
Nightmare and his gang helped
Blue didn’t really mind if it was out of genuine good intentions, guilt or selfish proposes
They didn’t cause problems anymore and dealt with Error
They represented a good much for a while
Unfortunately the black skeleton wasn’t considered a God for nothing
With each attack he got stronger and crazier
Glitches covering his body, making his angered words a mess impossible to understand
The God of Destruction lived up his title
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The gang was back to the Doodle Sphere
They barely made it out alive, again
Blue knew they could no longer go on like this
Error needed to be stopped
It didn’t matter how much Blue tried to avoid it
He knew to that point nothing but drastic measures would work
He knew they couldn’t do it on their own
The other was too powerful and dangerous
They had tried many times
It didn’t matter how carefully they planned it all
The other’s determination in causing destruction was unstoppable
Trying to stop him was risky- heck even trying to face him directly was to that point a suicide mission
Blue restless thought of a solution
Days and days passed in Ink’s room
Hoping, praying there was something somewhere that could tell him how to defeat Error once for all
After all Ink had always been so forgetful, he had to have written it somewhere right?
As he collapsed on the artist’s bed he sighed heavily
Nothing
Of course Ink didn’t write down anything about it
He silently wondered how his dear friend would have reacted if the Destroyer had suddenly gone missing
Would he have felt guilty? Would he have forgotten of the other’s existence? Would he have turned crazy?
Blue shook his head
He didn’t like thinking of his friend like that
The Guard of Justice stared to the decorated ceiling with tired eye-lights were there were some doodles of the Star Sanses
He smiled to the little drawings he had grown so familiar with
Was this how Ink fell asleep and woke up every night?
Wanting him and Dream to be the first things on his mind each time?
Never wanting to forget them?
He wished Ink was there
He never had any real struggle dealing with Error
He wished Dream was there
He would have known what do
Blue’s eye-lights landed on his scepter
The Golden Apple was still shining at its top
He quietly enjoyed his warmth
Quickly his relaxed thinking expression turned into a frown
Such frown got deeper and deeper as he observed the source of such warm and comforting positivity
Blue picked up the object and ran out of the house
For the first time since the incident he ran to the frozen AUs area
He opened a portal to the first infected AU
With no hesitation he stepped in
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Blue ignored how sick the landscape in front of him made him as he walked deeper in the AU
The violent storm that once brutally attacked his bones with its strong wind had totally disappeared
Everything was still
Frozen in time and space
The shadow figure completely gone
Nothing was left behind but a frozen land
Even if Blue had been there only once many many years before he perfectly remembered that fateful day
Without hesitation he walked in the same direction he, they, had went in that occasion
The first thing his eye-lights met aside from ice were vials scattered all around
Some partially cracked
Some totally shattered
No trace of their owner could be found anywhere
Blue had no idea what Ink did to stop that shadowy creature from destroying their multiverse
He wasn’t sure he wanted to even find out
He didn’t make any attempted of picking up the vials
They were frozen, stuck in the ice forever
He kept going on
Blue didn’t have to walk much before finding what he was looking for
Who he was looking for
Who he had hoped to find
In that desolated land the frozen figure of the Prince of Positivity was hard to miss
Blue found himself too tired to even cry
He looked up to his dear friend sadly and fondly
All Dream’s body was covered in ice
His figure had been perfectly preserved as if it hadn’t pass even a single day since when he had been frozen
Blue observed the other’s expression carefully
The Prince of Positivity
So full of power and grace
Even in his last moments his expression was fair and brave
Hopeful and peaceful in his eternal sleep
He had faith they wouldn’t fail
He had faith in Blue
He couldn’t stop himself but feel as if he was disappointing him
He couldn’t do it by himself
He was too tired and Error too powerful
Dream would know what to do
The leader of the Star Sanses always knew what to do
That was why he needed to bring him back
Blue took a deep breath
This could either be a blessing or a total catastrophe
There was no guarantee that his plan was going to work
He never dared to try what his intuition told him to do because he feared the consequences
What if he ended losing the Golden Apple?
It didn’t matter how badly he wanted his friend back
He couldn’t take such risk for his selfish desire
But now that didn’t matter anymore
If they didn’t stop Error then the Golden Apple would be useless anyway
Blue glanced to the precious fruit as determination and hope filled him once more
With a firm hand he went to his belt and picked up a couple of Ink’s vials
Yellow and Orange
Positive emotions
Warm colors
The same ones the artist itself had used to melt the ice during his final battle
Blue took the little heart shaped plugs from the vials and carefully let the ink come out
He poured them over Dream’s figure for the most as he didn’t want to risk contaminating the Golden Apple
He used some yellow just to potentiate some more the holy fruit before slowly letting it come closer to Dream
For a few instants nothing happened
Blue felt tears down his cheeks but he refused to stop
He put all his faith and hopes in what he was doing
And then a light appeared
So bright and powerful it could break the sky
It was so blinding Blue had to close his eye-lights
When he was able to open them once more they widened as plates
All around him the ice had melted
But that wasn’t what caught his attention
Just in front of him a figure was lightly floating over the ground
Blue could barely believe it
“D-Dream?”
He muttered moving closer
Needing to be closer
To hug him
To cry
But he froze on his tracks as he actually focused on the seemingly ethereal being in front of him
White gold eye-lights calmly staring back to him
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There was no time to loose
Blue and Dream quickly made their way into a nearly totally devastated AU
Dust and Killer were laying down
Several bones broken
Nightmare was heavily panting
A couple of his own tentacles missing from his back
Thick black good dripping on the floor from his body
There suspended in the middle of the air was Error
All his body was covered in glitches
His blue string were tightly wrapped around Cross as a maniacal laugh escaped from the corrupted black skeleton
Blue cut the string with a bone attack letting the bi-chromatic skeleton fall to the ground
The Guard of Justice prepared himself for the battle as the mass of glitches that he once even considered a friend turned in their directions
But the destroyer didn’t attack
He was so still Blue for a few instants thought that he had entered in a reboot
But the signs of error were disappearing not increasing
The mismatched eye-lights were fixed not on Blue, but on the figure at his side
Soon enough the royal guard noticed how Dream was slightly shining in a soft light
It wasn’t warm and welcoming
It was much colder and ethereal
Blue observed how Dream moved closer and closer to the suddenly calm destroyer
The Prince of Positivity offered a hand to the God of Destruction
And then white smoke and light engulfed the two figures
Before they disappeared Blue would have sworn he had heard Error mutter the name of the God of Creation while staring at Dream
The Guard of Justice simply stared at the soft cloud that had embraced his friend and the destroyer
All his body was tensed
He was ready to jump in at any instant
At the littlest signal that something could be going wrong
He couldn’t lose his friend like that
Not again
But the white smoke cloud quickly dissipated by itself revealing Dream’s figure holding Error in his embrace
Hands interlaced loosely
The God of Destruction had fallen asleep
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The God of Destruction had fallen asleep
He never woke up
Not in hours, not in days and not in weeks
He seemed peaceful in his sleep
Blue couldn’t even remember when was the last time he had seen his once friend so calm and relaxed
The Guard of Justice didn’t dare to ask Dream what he had done
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Blue wasn’t alone anymore
Dream was back at his side
The Guard of Justice barely recognized what used to be one of his dearest friends
At first Blue had thought the other needed time
After all he had just been brought back to life from an ice prison and fought the destroyer himself
He was probably getting once more adjusted to his own soul
He was probably trying to catch up with all the changes
He was probably just tired
Just like Blue
He was so tired
But he couldn’t stop
There were so many things to do
The presence to his side may be much colder than what used to be
It was comforting nevertheless
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Dream was much more silent than what he used to be
He never smiled
Blue wasn’t able to catch not even once a single glimpse of happiness in those calm white gold eye-lights
Dream would encourage him to take a break whenever he would go around to spread positivity
Blue wanted to accompany him at first
He didn’t want to leave him alone
But he was just so tired
Taking a little break would do no harm right?
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…
Blue had no peaceful sleep
After so long of being the only guardian of the multiverse he couldn’t just find it in himself to rest
It didn’t matter how tired he was, he couldn’t stop
He was the only left guardian for so long, he couldn’t just take a break
He had to stay alert at any moment
The multiverse needed him to make sure everything was in order
The Guard of Justice decided to check on how his friend was doing
When he found him he finally realized that Dream’s behavior wasn’t the only thing that had changed
The other had the same ideals of bringing peace and happiness as before
But his methods were surely much different
Blue knew Dream was going to pay a visit to Underfell
Such important timeline had been deeply wounded by Error
He may not have got to destroy it totally, but damage had been done and without Ink around it was impossible to make up for it
No reset could bring things back how they used to be
That of course had caused the negativity to reach high picks in the area
Nothing that Blue had tried could bring comfort to the inhabitants who unhappy and with violent tendencies were constantly rioting or attacking each other
But as the Guard of Justice stepped into the usual noisy AU he was welcomed by calm and silence
Such total quietness was unreal
Confused he walked around the universe trying to find his friend or some explanation to what was going on
His eye-lights widened as he saw tons of monsters lying down near the main square
They were so still Blue would have sworn they seemed statues
And at the center of it all there was Dream
The Prince of Positivity was holding Fell!Papyrus’ hand as the tall skeleton was laid down like the others deeply asleep
Blue was totally frozen in his place
“What did you do?”
He finally let out
It was so quiet it didn’t matter how his words were barely a whisper, it was heard loud and clear in the square
White golden eye-lights fixed on him
Blue couldn’t decipher his expression
“They wanted to be happy”
He stated calmly before looking down to the peacefully sleeping Papyrus as he squeezed gently his hand
“They were so tired”
Blue didn’t argue back
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…
Blue was coming back from checking the main timelines
Now that Error had been stopped he could finally try to deal with the consequences his destruction rush had caused across all the multiverse
The task revealed itself to be much more complex than what he had firstly thought
Half of the multiverse was hanging on a string whereas the other half was deeply affected as well by the deep lack of balance
Blue just felt more and more exhausted as time passed by
He still refused to rest
As soon as he entered the Doodle Sphere his aching head was welcomed by loud yelling
At first he simply thought it was just the members of the gang arguing
They did that pretty often, it was never really harmful so he had learnt to stop worrying
He really wanted to lay down for a while, but as the yelling continued he decided he should probably go and check on them
Just to make sure they didn’t bring things too far
He soon found out the ones yelling weren’t Dust or Killer
“Do you even hear yourself?! You are just an empty husk who takes advantage-“
“Cross came to me because he was tired, I offered him a hand and he took it”
“He isn’t waking up”
“He doesn’t want to, he is happy now”
“What do you even know about happiness?! You can’t even feel it anymore! Everything you do, everything you offer is fake!”
“You always said I was fake, aren’t you happy I became what you wanted me to?”
“You-“
The negativity as he got closer and closer was so strong Blue himself felt suffocated
It clouded his mind and he wanted nothing else but leave
Anger, Sadness, Disgust, Guilt, Fear
Blue simply wanted to get out of there as Nightmare’s yelling became louder and louder
The angered King of Negativity started stepping angrily closer to his brother but he stopped on his tracks as a cracking noise was heard echoing in the whole Doodle Sphere
Blue looked up so fast his neck nearly snapped
Nightmare’s expression had switched from an angered to a horrified one
Blue felt sick as he saw how Dream’s bones were cracking in various point as if he was made of the finest glass
All desire to leave disappeared as the Guard of Justice teleported in front of the King of Negativity harshly shoving him away
He had to restrain himself with all his strength to keep himself in check and not yell at Nightmare
More negativity wasn’t going to help Dream
If Nightmare had seemed horrified just a few seconds earlier his expression had back switched to a much more mocking one
“To be the Guard of Justice you aren’t really keeping in check that ‘thing’. Doing favoritism isn’t really fair you know”
“Since when do you care for what is and isn’t fair?”
Blue couldn’t help himself but scoff
“Since when trapping monsters in eternal dreams is part of your work ethic of bringing peace and happiness?”
Blue stayed quiet
“That is what I thought. You better stop this pathetic empty husk here, he is the evil one not me-“
“He is your brother”
“He isn’t”
“Well- maybe he would still be if you hadn’t abandoned us to our doomed destiny”
Nightmare’s tentacles sharpened but Blue was faster summoning a gaster blaster and pointing it to the other
The King of Negativity observed him for a few moments his dark aura suffocating the Guard of Justice
Blue didn’t back off the littlest bit as he openly challenged him
Nightmare briefly glanced to him and then to Dream who was behind him
“Make him wake Cross up”
He simply said as he turned and left
Blue kept his rigid fighting stand for a while more before finally relaxing and immediately rushing to Dream
“Dream-“
He said as he observed how his white bones had cracks in many points
“I am fine … I just need some positivity and they will heal”
The other answered calmly
It should be frustrating how devoid of emotions he was
Blue remembered how upset it would make him deal with Ink when he forgot to take his vials
But with Dream somehow his constant calm behavior reassured him
He sighed heavily as he nodded
“Dream we need to talk”
He said as the other didn’t seem in any pain, he was simply staring to the point where Nightmare was moments earlier
Blue wished he was able to read his expression
“You have to make Cross wake up”
“I can’t”
Was the quiet answer
That made Blue frown, it didn’t sound right
“You made him fall asleep, you can wake him up. We have a truce with Nightmare, but I doubt he’ll want to respect it if you make his gang fall asleep”
Dream stayed quiet looking down to the crack on his arms bones
“Waking him up would make them unhappy again”
He said softly before lifting his gaze to meet Blue’s one
“I just want them all to be happy”
For some reason those words made the Guard of Justice’s soul ache due the innocent sincerity of the tone his dear friend used
He didn’t totally understand it, but he guessed that was why he wasn’t the Prince of Positivity
“They can all really wake up if they want to?”
Dream nodded
Blue decided to believe him
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…
The next years had grown to be quieter and quieter
Surprisingly enough Nightmare never picked up a fight, even when Cross never woke up
Blue followed Dream everywhere he went, didn’t matter how tired he was
His friend hadn’t lied
Dream didn’t make fall asleep anyone that didn’t want to
Dream didn’t hide what he did because it wasn’t wrong
Dream openly talked about it to whoever would ask
Dream would never force anyone
Dream would simply lay a hand to everyone and it came to them if accept and take it or not
More than once Blue found himself staring to that hand so gently and compassionately offered to everyone
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Years kept passing by
The voices about what Dream was able to do reached every corner of the multiverse
Most of the time they didn’t even have to go around and seek for someone to help
Monsters and humans alike would just come to Dream spontaneously
Entire universes seeking for peace accepted to take the Prince of Positivity’s hand and fall asleep in his reassuring embrace
Blue kept refusing to take a break
He would keep going on from universe to universe
He even visited the ones who were totally asleep
He would observe their peaceful and relaxed sleeping expressions
He would close his eyes and enjoy the calm and quietness before jumping again to another universe
Blue was getting ready to change AU when suddenly a hand laid on his shoulder scaring him out
He turned quickly a bone up to the throat of his potential enemy
“You are becoming slow Blue, on your best days I wouldn’t have been able to sneak up on you so easily”
The Guard of Justice couldn’t stop himself but smile fondly and lightly embarrassed
“Years are passing by for me too Dust”
He said letting down his weapon at the sight of his ally
Him and the other skeleton had surely grown closer during the long truce that had been going on between the gang and the only member of the Star Sanses left
They were never really the closest friends
Dust was a bit too sadistic and Blue too busy being the only guardian left to really let any time for their relationship to grow much
Still Dust made some of the most terrible puns Blue ever heard and the latter was a nice change of company from the usual gang
This added to the fact that they shared some common ideal of justice, even if shaped in really different ways, made so that they got along with each other pretty well
“What brings you here in this asleep universe my friend? How can the magnificent Blue help you?”
The Guard of Justice said, eye-lights lightly sparkling as he didn’t have often the chance to use his old introduction
Not with everything that had been going on
Dust showed a rare smile before shrugging his shoulders
The two of them simply watched the cloudy sky for a while, the soft wind their only company
Blue noticed how Dust adjusted the scarf around his neck even if it wasn’t cold at all
As years had passed by the royal guard had grasped it was a nervous habit of the other
“I was looking for Dream”
The words cut the air like butter
“Nightmare won’t be happy”
Blue said as he looked to the other frowning, but Dust only scoffed
“I don’t think I remember the last time he had been happy anyway, it wouldn’t make any difference”
“He may go after Dream”
“You know he won’t”
Blue stayed quiet once more
“Still- why would you or anyone want to just sleep?”
“You know why- monsters and humans alike fall asleep and can live their best lives. No more loops, no more resets, no more destruction. Just dreams”
“They are indeed just dreams”
Blue blurted out
“They are illusions, nothing there is real”
“It is real enough for them”
Dust replied without hesitation
“It doesn’t matter if it is a lie or not, if you believe strong enough in it, it can become your reality”
Blue looked a bit down
“And what about you? You have never been the type of monster who believes in joyful dreams, especially if you know they are illusions. They stay asleep because they think what they see is real, but you wouldn’t fall for that. So what are you looking for falling in the land of dreams?”
Blue insisted, trying to understand
Dust closed his eyes and took a deep breath
“Do you hear this?”
Blue frowned confused as he closed his eyes too
“I can’t hear nothing”
“That’s it”
Blue was just more puzzled than before
“I don’t think I understand”
“I don’t want happy sappy dreams … I just want peace and silence”
“Well- you can have it staying awake too”
“You know we can’t”
Dust opened his eyes to look at Blue
“Think about it Blue. We have done our best to keep the multiverse together, but the balance is too far messed up to be restored and you know it. Everything is so precarious. Both gods of Creation and Destruction gone in a way or another. I contributed to the fall of our multiverse centuries ago when I refused to help you and I recognize that. We all just decided that the guardians were the one who had to solve problems and we were just there to cause them. We were wrong. I failed our multiverse. I failed my brother. I failed Ink and Dream. I failed Nightmare. I failed you”
He said sighing heavily
“There is nothing else we can do at this point but seek peace. A peace we don’t deserve, but one Dream is nevertheless offering”
Dust turned to Blue and laid a hand on his shoulder gently squeezing it
“We are all tired Blue. You are tired too and more than anyone else you deserve to rest”
That was the end of their conversation
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…
Blue was with Dust when Dream made him fall asleep
It didn’t feel as a goodbye
Dust’s words kept resonating over and over again in his head
With time he started understanding him
He started smiling as universe after universe they all met peace
That was everything he ever wanted
No more wars or conflicts or destruction
Everything turned quiet and peaceful
He was so tired, but he had also learnt the art of patience
So he waited
He waited and waited until pretty much everyone else had succumbed to the desire of living free in their dreams
Until everything was peaceful
He left the his home universe with a smile on his face as he left only silence behind him
Once he stepped in the Doodle Sphere he looked with pride to all the AUs he had been able to protect and preserve
He wished Ink was there to see it too
The Guard of Justice turned and walked to the Star Sanses base
He laid Dream’s staff down on the carpet of the living room
He took off the armor Ink had designed for him and carefully placed it to its side
Blue laid down on the couch
The skeleton with white golden eye-lights was already at his side
His expression calm and unreadable as always
When Dream offered him his hand he took it
He couldn’t wait to see them again
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Once upon a time there was a multiverse
Filled with hundreds of thousands of beautiful universes each one of them special in their own unique way
It grew quieter and quieter as time passed
All of them had finally found happiness
All of them peacefully sleeping
Such silent heaven owed its existence to one ethereal being
Eternal!Dream
Notes:
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I decided to make Blue fall asleep in the Star Sanses base instead of his home AU because he had spent so little time there in the past centuries that he feels more at home at the base of Star Sanses. He also decided to sleep on the couch rather than Dream or Ink's room because most of their happy memories happened on that couch! The same couch where they watched so many movies eating tacos, the same couch he cried when they died is the same couch where he decided to fall asleep forever, encountering once more all his friends and loved ones in his dreams, finally free- it sounded poetic to me XDAny theories about who is actually Eternal!Dream and why he acts like this? Let me know!
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