Several days had passed. Error had practically come to love the feeling of having a home where nobody shouts at you. Or forces you to kill and destroy. Or abuses you for doing what you were told.

He also found out that this AU's Frisk is much, much better than their counterparts. They don't do Genocide runs. They also never put the blame on Chara for anything and instead helped to find a way for them to appear and be able to talk to everyone in person. They have the potential and all but they never did it.

In fact, when he said that, Daunt started to have a panic attack. Chara appeared beside Frisk in a ghost body and told him that they made Frisk vow to their SOUL to never hurt them with Chara possessing them and forcing a RESET as a just-in-case. How this Chara managed that, he would never know.

But he does wonder what's happening to his Multiverse. They're probably looking for him because of all the AU's crashing. He wonders if Ink has told them the truth or not. He does keep connection with Nightmare's gang and Swap, who was agreed on being a medic. He showed how genuinely he wanted to join by slapping his brother in front of everyone because Honey got mad that they were there.

He also heard that Blue also screamed at him the truth of the matter and that Honey was crying and screaming when it ended. They left after that and Honey was depressed. Blue was pretending not to care about it.

Apparently, they were now all wreaking havoc in the Multiverse. And the other Sanses were doing everything they could to find and bring him back. Hopefully that time will come far later.

And there's also another weird thing. Intentionally triggering someone's fear in this AU is one of the biggest crime to ever commit. Bigger than murder even.

There was also the fact that this AU's research is far from normal. Apprehend, what the Alphys wishes to be called, had asked for a sample of his magic, which he saw nothing wrong with, she was probably very curious about it so he gave one to her.

Few hours later, she comes back with the healing magic in a bottle. She says that it came from him, that it was his very own magic which he can confirm, so his body had no reason to fight against it. It worked. Much to his confused surprise. The smaller scars were now healed, the bigger and more prominent ones would need more time.

To be honest, he almost forgot that some of the guys who are giving him so much comfort are the counterparts to those that had hurt him. Almost. Daunt and Paralyze, what the Papyrus of this AU wishes to be called, are almost always with him. Even though they both have shifts, Paralyze as the Royal Chef and Daunt as the Royal Judge. If both of them are gone then the Frisk and Chara, who had decided to be called Neutralize and Dread, decided to hang out with him.

They almost never leave him alone which is something he's confused of. Why do they do that? Is it because of concern, habit, or pure curiosity? A mixture of two or three? Something else?

There are some things that he will never know the purpose of.

Really, he was grateful for them doing this. Daunt doesn't remind him too much of his counterparts. Neither does Paralyze, he was far from innocent, and while childlike, can and will lace someone's food with poison. Paralyze is also considerably more quiet than other Papyrus'. Whereas they would be saying how great they and their cooking were, Paralyze would be waiting patiently to know if he failed of all things.

It was...nice here.

Was this it? Was he going to stay here? But what would happen to his Multiverse? What if they found him? What if they forced him back and no one here could do anything? What if Fate personally decides to drag him back and torture him and destroy this AU for deciding to house him? What if he accidentally hurt them all?

He reached up and scratched on his skull because of the stress. Daunt noticed.

"Hey...,"

Multi-colored eyes looked over to the voice that broke his thoughts.

"I really don't know what you're thinking, but stop it. I'll admit it, thinking negatively has probably helped you a lot as your time as a destroyer..., but you no longer need to kill here. You think I'm gonna let them take you away? No way. You think they're gonna hurt us instead for treating you nicely? Ha. Who do you think we are? We may not be the strongest, but we have one of the strongest weapons in our arsenal. So for now, think positively. I don't know whether that will trigger you're memories or anything but, well, didn't we tell you this? You're safe here. None of us will let you get taken without a fight, none of us will die without a fight. We may not fear death like how Neutralize does but we don't want to die. I'm pretty sure you've wanted to die before, but, for the people you're fond of, for the people who care about you, don't die. We'd all probably wallow in guilt for the next hundred RESETs if you do."

Daunt chuckled out at Error's dumbfounded face.

"I got some things right, didn't I? You're scared, but you won't ever admit that. You don't want to lose the people you're fond of. You don't want them to be broken like you were. You're afraid of that creator and Fate going out of their way to break them into something like you just to get back at you. That was one of the reasons you put up with their abuse. Their torture. You don't want them to break, you want to help them. But helping them means you care about them and people will go after them to get at you. You're DAUNTed of them going insane and turning into something beyond broken. Heh,"

Error didn't say anything. He was too busy processing the truth that has been calmly put down for him to see. For him to realize even though he knew it.

"You don't dare come to close with them in fear of accidentally lashing out and hurting them. You care about them, and that scares you. Because everything you loved and cared for before becoming Error was killed and destroyed. You don't want them to have the same fate. The fear comes from the amount of how much you care for them and you're scared."

Daunt just smiled at the darker one. "People would say that fear is bad..., it is in most aspects, but well... what's so wrong about not wanting to be hurt? What's so wrong about not wanting to lose the people you care about?

Nothing."

Error was distraught. He knew that he feared Fate, Inky going too far and those who are his breaking more than they are, but... having those fears called out is very different than knowing and keeping it to yourself.

"I feel the most noble and selfless people are those who don't fear about themselves getting hurt or even dying but fear people they care about being hurt. Because you'd do anything to keep them safe. Because you'd rather face an opponent far stronger than yourself then let them get hurt even the slightest. Because you'd fight back with everything you have if you are unable to do anything.

You are the most noble and selfless person I've ever met."

'It's sad that he doesn't think this, really.' Daunt thought with a sigh. This guy was a god, which he still partly can't get over, yet he wasn't arrogant or self-righteous. He was a hated and feared god for doing something that he was forced to do to keep the rest from dying.

How could anyone hurt someone so kind and selfless?

'That creator...I can't remember clearly what his fear was..., damnit, c'mon brain!' Daunt had been wracking his brain to remember what it was that that creator was afraid of. After all, no one is truly fearless. They all fear at least something to some extent.

After all, BRAVERY isn't about fearlessness. It's about doing something even though you're afraid. That human with the BRAVERY SOUL that came was highly respected. It was a shame that humans had short lifespans, especially those with sicknesses.

None of the humans were killed when they fell into the Underground. They died of old age or sickness. It was a shame that monsters had no idea how to heal humans. Restore their HP? Sure, but sicknesses...

They'd need more research. The human's body always seemed to deteriorate in a far too fast way, especially in Hotland which was where the lab was placed.

Error had no idea how to reply. The thoughts were whirling around in his head. Though, one stood out. 'I have another AU in my protection.'

Meanwhile, in the Original Multiverse

Ink's eye-lights were red, different from their usual mellow colors. The Original Council were having another meeting. Hopefully, Nightmare's gang don't crash it again and kill more of them.

"What are we supposed to do? Error isn't here and now some Original AUs have destroyed themselves!" Classic asked with a frown.

"Not to mention Nightmare's group causing havoc...," G muttered out loud.

"Why would Blue join them...?" Dream asked himself, wondering what could have made the happy-go-lucky small skeleton have joined a negative force. Everyone heard and asked themselves it too.

"Honey's been depressed because of it, but there seems to be something else going on here." Edge growled out, pointedly looking at Ink.

Ink turned his empty gaze over to him. "Are you implying that I'm hiding something?"

"Ink, me and some others have been trying to piece together clues about Error," Classic started. Ink put his gaze on him instead. "Well, do we know why Error destroys? Why is he so mad he destroys universes in the first place?"

Ink blinked. He didn't know, no one did. All he knew was that he destroys universes and because of that, Error was bad. Not to mention he used to want to destroy the Multi...verse... used to... why does he destroy?

"I don't... know..., why does he destroy, actually...?" Ink muttered out loud. Confusion ran over him.

Dream then spoke up, "I have a feeling that there's something none of us know. The Charas started going crazy right after we nearly killed Error, didn't they? Nightmare and his group attacked us because they thought we killed Error, didn't they? Blue joined their gang right after that big ambush happened, right?"

Everyone was paling at this realization.

"There's something more to this, and I think they know. Why would Blue help the people Error are at least fond of when Error kidnapped him for months? Why would the Charas go insane on all of us after that? Nightmare even admitted to loving Error. Why would he love someone who could potentially kill him with a click of his fingers?

I haven't heard any cases of the ones in Chara's place attacking someone other then the one's in the Sans' place, so why us? Why are the negative forces of the Multiverse going insane because we tried to put a stop to the Destruction Error was doing?

There is something more to this. I want to know what and who Error is. Why he is needed here. How he came to be. Where he came from. When he started hating all of us immensely. I want answers and I think I speak for everyone else here as well."

Dream finished what he was saying while everyone was sub-consciously nodding while they pondered the very same questions.

'Why?'

Back in PhobiaTale

"Ey, Error. Ya gonna eat anything other than the chocolate in Chara's not-so-secret stash? You seriously need to eat more."

"nO, i DoN'T. ANd I lIKe CHocOlATe."

"I can maybe ask Pap-Paralyze to make you a chocolate dish? I'm not gonna force ya, but you need to ease eating into an everyday thing to ya. So how about a SANS-wich?"

"CaN i hAVE ThaT cHocOLaTe AnD hAzELnUT spREaD tHAT ChARa lIkES So mUCh?"

"Nutella? Sure but uh, don't tell 'em, Alright?"

"oK,"

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I can't seem to stop writing this, hELP—

Sorry, other books. My mind is currently making far too many ideas to throw away.

Sh*t I made them all too OOC.

But thanks for reading!

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