Minor Changes Can Make A Huge Difference
I do not own this song, it belong's to it's respectful owner. But for the life of me, every time I hear this song I just think of Error. It fits him perfectly in my opinion.
I thought about this after I got the idea that Error could have fell into any Universe/Multiverse when he jumped into the VOID. Destiny could have put him into any Universe/Multiverse; Marvel, DC, Steven Universe, TMNT, Sonic, hell it could have even been The Muppet's! And that's not counting all the different Undertale Multiverses. I could have literally put Error anywhere and make it work. But I wanted to keep Null and Void, so I decided to have Error have a bigger freak out in the chapters 'When You Call For Help, I Will Come', and 'Breaking Things At Breakfast'. He flips out and tries to kill himself again, thinking that it is the better alternative, and Null and Void go in with him much to his horror.
Destiny once again pulls them into a different Multiverse for them to heal in. They land in many different Multiverses. This is going to be one-shots - with multiple parts, maybe - on different places Error could land in and make a home in with his kids.
Some Multiverses he lands in will have a Error, but will very different to our Error. Like in Jock and Nerd, that Error and our Error are completely different - so much so that our Error could pass off as a look a like but in no way related to him. In this case he will adopt a different name for himself so that he can blend in, that or keep it if he doesn't care enough to. Hard to tell yet. If so many Sanses and Papyruses look alike and no one questions it and are not related in some cases, then our Error can too.
In other Multiverses there will be no Error. Maybe Reboot or another version of him in some way, but no Error. He will be the first. But in all of them - or most of them - he hides his powers and who he used to be. He knows now that he is in a New Multiverse, and he is going to take this second - Third Chance technically, now that he knows that the other place was most likely another multiverse - chance by the horns. Especially since the kids followed him, much to his horrified shock. And the universes work different or view magic differently. Like in some, fighting magic - like gaster blasters and Error's strings - is unheard of and/or doesn't exist, or using magic like how they do in Error's Multiverse - like making someone 'blue' then making them float, or using magic like that in general - is unheard of or can't be done. So Error has to hide his strings and magical abilities in some Multiverses.
But the thing is that Error knows how to play with the Universe's code, so he knows he is nowhere near his Original Multiverse. Where the last one was almost alike to the original it would be hard to tell he was in a different one, this is not the case here. He has no idea what to do now.
Error is now stuck in a world(s) that is lead by different rules and surrounded by Monsters that may share the same faces with others, but with how the world is set up makes them very different to the ones that hurt him. Or even in a world(s) that have no Monsters and he and the kids are the only ones.
But they are the same by one fact alone; They will not give up Error without a fight.
-Start Chapter-
To be fair, Error has failed and has made plenty of poor decisions in his long life.
(Like when he was lost in the madness, screaming out for someone to save him as he destroyed so many different lives and AU's because he was forced to. Or that time he kidnapped Swap, keeping him because he was so lonely. It was nice to talk to another, to just sit by them. But in the end Error let him go, didn't want him turning into a glitch like he was. Another time was when he tried to kill himself the first time, he hanged himself with his own strings. His neck snapped, but he didn't die. He hung there for god only knows how long before his neck healed itself as the strings faded. Everything wrong was Error's fault after all, Inky made sure to tell him that. He couldn't even kill himself right.)
But this really took the cake. The cake, the whole buffet that was with it and ran with it. Because he wanted death, craved it even, so that all his pain can finally stop. So that he can finally rest and be free from Fate. But instead he got two kids and landed into a whole new Multiverse - Again it seems, because now Error can see that he had landed into a new one when he fell the first time. But all he could see where the faces of his tormentors at the time. - where he had no idea what was going on around him. He should have tried his chances with the tall Inky now that he thought about it.
-MobTale-
When you make a different choice,
"You know," Error glanced to the goat Monster as he filled up the bottle at the sink. "I have a first aid kit in the bathroom right over there." She gave a gentle smile, eyes swimming with concern.
Maybe he would have said yes if not for the sudden shriek of childish laughter not too far away. It reminded him of that Null had almost gotten hurt in this AU, and he could not-would not let that happen again. Not when the little one was looking at him for protection, that makes him and the other his responsibility. His makeshift bindings will have to do for now, he would not leave them alone here.
So without hesitation, Error shook his head as he went back to getting the bottle ready for Void. "NO ThaNKS."
you alter the course of your destiny.
When Mob!Undyne came busting in, Error was feeding Void on the couch with Null tucked in his side. His dark glare was enough to keep even her at bay, not wanting to chance what this strange Monster has up his sleeve if she were to try anything. She had heard stories about terrified and protective parents, and even she would not step up to that kind of challenge. No, she will stay at a distance, watching what this broken Monster will do once everything is said and done.
After Error and the children are gone, Undyne will hide her tears and think 'We could have helped them.' as no one deserves that kind of pain, no one reacts that way without reason. 'We could have healed him. Protected him.'
Your destiny unravels and forms a new string with every choice one takes.
All the gathered Monsters watched the new three closely, wondering who and why they were there. The cracks and scratches on the older ones skull did not paint a pretty picture or help them think positively, but they are Toriel's guests.
Papyrus asked the same questions, making Skull hurry out of the room to get into contact with Ink. Error wouldn't have noticed if he had kept a socket out on Undyne or if he was distracted by keeping a eye out on Null and Void as they played across the room. But the kids were in his arms, and Undyne was no threat at that moment. He saw the Mob!Sans slip out of the room, making alarms go off in his head.
Error positioned the kids so that he could hid them behind the couch in a moments notice, making sure that the travel bag is tightly on him, and kept a eye out on all the Monsters for even one threatening step to them.
One little choice, one different step, one different reaction can cause so much to change.
When Toriel called for the others to eat, Error refused to get up. He would not show his back to them, or to the door where Mob!Sans left. That was asking to get stabbed in the back from his experience.
Seeing the paranoid expression on the other, Toriel was in the middle of making a plate for her guests when Ink and Skull walked in. All Toriel could do was watch in horror as everything fell apart right in front of her, watched as another dove for his death and his children loving him too much not to go after.
It reminded her of her own children, both would rather be together in death if one is already gone, would do anything for the other even if it meant death.
'Why does this happen!?' Toriel cried, screaming when all was said and done. 'I should have done more! I could have helped them get to a safe place!'
What if's hurt to think about, what you could have done differently or said something to change the outcome, they cloud your mind after everything happens. But what if you had done that 'what if'?
When Ink came in after hearing that the strange skeleton was in MobTale, he truly didn't know what to expect. Maybe for there to be a short freak out, misunderstandings, confusion, maybe even a short fight before they could talk things out and reach a understanding with the skeleton coming with them to get answers.
In a way Ink had been right, but oh so W R O N G.
The minute that the other saw him, he pushed his kids behind the couch to hide, eyes lighting up with a deadly gleam that screamed 'I will kill you, slaughter you, before you hurt me once more.'. But Ink had never seen this Monster before, and before he could get a word out, his SOUL was out, his whole body limp as blue strings come out from nowhere to hang him up.
It was only when the other glanced at his SOUL when things started to turn, that made Ink wish that he had reacted sooner, or even just let someone else come and get the other so that he didn't feel the need to Fall.
"ThIS sOUl...." The other skeleton breathed in, fingers twitching as if to touch his SOUL. "....YoUR nOt INk....RiGHt?" Multicolored eyes pined him down, something swirling in his eye sockets as he lightly shook. "YoUR noT iNKy?"
No matter how many years and RESETS pass, Ink will forever look back on his answer and cry. If only he had said something different, phrased it different or something.
"I'm Ink, yes." Ink told the other, noticing how his shaking got worse with every word Ink said. "I've never been called-"
But the other didn't seem to hear the rest of Ink's words, as he let out a howl that only someone broken with so much anger could make.
"No-0000!" The dark skeleton clawed at his face, making the scars, chips, and marks all the worse. Blood and dust fell to the ground as he howled in agony and anger, wounds reopening. "Wh-H-Hy D000 Y0U t0rtU-ur3r M3 LIk-E-3 Th-i-iSSSS INk-Y-Y?!"
Ink didn't even notice how the strings tightened to a painful degree, or how they reseeded only after the stranger stumbled back, blood and dust dripping onto the wooden floor, staining it.
"Wh-YY CAn-T-T I-I-i B3 Fr3-E-3-e-3?!"
He could only focus that he did this, said the wrong thing at the wrong time. Whoever this other Ink was, or Inky as the other called them, has done great harm to this new Monster. Ink himself most likely looks like him too by the way this stranger reacted, and wasn't that a kick in the pelvis? He had just admitted to having the same name as them without thought or giving a true explanation for the other before saying that he only shares the name, that he is a different Ink.
"N0 M-0-oo00-R-E! I RaTH-e-3-e-3-RRrr DIE-DiE-Diee33e3e3e!
When he looked back on it, he realized just what this 'Inky' most likely done, making him blanch and cry out.
"i-I-I C-A-a-n-T PLAAAYYYY Th-I-iS gAm3 A-AnnnY MO0o0oR !nKY!.....I CAn_T-t....."
The other had confused him for his - or one of them - main abuser.
"N000 MO00R--E P--A-IN......N-O0O mO0OR3-E K-i-LlIn_G$.....No-NO0000-!"
Even years later he has nightmares about it.
"AgA!N! 0N3 M0R3 TIM3!......0N3-E-E_e lAS-s-$-s-$T Tim3....." A broken, dry sob echoed. "G3T iT RiGH-t Thi5 TI-i-i-iM3....S-$-0-o WoRtH-l-lEss....Can'T D!3-e-e-3 RiG-t! RatHEr DiE-e-D-!-3333!"
But every action has a counteraction, a consequence. Whatever you say and do changes how others react, how things will play out after you make your move. And when that happens?
Skull could only freeze when he felt a presence of something so wrong yet so powerful.
He watched the one called Error wave his hand as he tried to sneak to Null and Void to get them out of the line of fire, screams coming out as his whole body glitched wildly, face panted in pure fear and agony. When he was just in reaching distance to the kids was when he felt it.
Cold. Fear. Static surrounding him. Hungry cries echoing with a broken howl. The screams of regret mixing in with a soft sound behind it; A voice softly crying out that this wasn't what they wanted.
Before he even realized it, he was turning to look to where Error was. And once he was what was going on, he froze.
Skull will forever hate himself for freezing up like he did. His mind and SOUL telling 'It's our fault! If only we were faster! Moved!' even years later. He will stare at the same spot every time he comes over to Toriel's, where the blood has stained the floor and can't be cleaned no matter how much they try. But for some reason, they can never remove it.
But he knew why they could never get the feeling to remove it or even entertain that idea.
Because when all is said and done, they failed. Failed to heal the one that was broken. It was a reminder of who stood there and what happened. Where they failed the one who needed it most.
It was their guilt and regret, something they will never be able to get rid of or forget like that stain in the floor.
Anything can happen, that is why it is your destiny. Destiny is ever changing with every little action or decision you make. It is not like with fate, to where you have no choice, as it will drag you to make you go in it's direction. The choice is yours with Destiny. But that doesn't mean that Destiny can not put ideas into ones head, it can push and prod to show you other options, new roads that you can take. Fate is hated for a reason where Destiny is loved.
Null had no idea what was going on, only that these Monsters must have done something to make Daddy very angry and worried. But he knew Daddy was strong, he took down Him after all. So Null huddled Void close and kept a close eye on what was going on around him.
When his Daddy started to cry out after the colorful skeleton said something to him, it made Null angry.
His Daddy has done so much for him and his brother. His Daddy knew what it was like to be unmade, broken, and shattered in ways that normal Monsters do not. His Daddy had given them warmth and love, something he had only thought he could dream up and never get.
His Daddy deserved all the happiness in the world, because that is what he has given him and his little brother. Null - Project One - was given a name along with Void - Project Two - by the their Daddy.
He saved them, did not leave them even when he said to leave.
So when the floor under his Daddy suddenly changed to a dark hole, screams and pain filling the air, Null did the only thing that he could do.
Getting up with a tight grip on Void, he ran towards his Daddy with everything he had as the older skeleton fell into the black hole.
Why did Null do this?
Because he had FAITH that his Daddy would protect him and Void no matter what, that everything will be alright as long as they are together.
After all, it only got better after he met his Daddy.
So he wasn't going to let anyone take his Daddy away from him.
But just because destiny is the more kinder side, doesn't mean it will always work out for you on that road you have taken. Sometimes you have to make a different choice, taking a new road. Sometimes you know you are wrong and have to go back. Other times you do the same thing, but around different people, making the whole experience different thus making a whole new string to form for you to follow. Even Destiny themselves are wrong at times, and must push for a new string to be formed, for a new road to be made for you to see. But that's the thing with Destiny; You can always pick a different path, make a different choice, take a different road, or follow a different string because that is what Destiny is all about.
Error was beyond shattered and broken. His very SOUL was mangled just like his body, it was ugly and worthless. So why couldn't he die right?
Inky must have done something after he fell, time must have moved as he fell through the VOID for him to make another Ink. That or this was Inky, and time has changed his SOUL. Maybe with Error gone it had changed as he did not have to fight with him everyday. But for how long was he gone for either option to happen?
But that didn't matter in the long run. What mattered most, was that Error was done.
Done with taking all the abuse, done with being forced into a murder without a choice. Being forced to kill off so many AU's as the other half of the balanced just wouldn't stop no matter how much Error pleaded. If he stopped, then that meant Error could too. But no, Inky just went on without a care for the AU's or Error. Maybe he thought of it as a twisted game where he could always be the hero?
Error though, was so beyond done with playing. He may have failed the first time, but the second time was the charm right? While so many other methods have failed him, there was no way this time it would mess up. The VOID is a abyss where one is scattered across time and space, thus dying as one is ripped apart. The first time he fell and didn't scatter must have been a fluke, that or he didn't fall long enough.
Either way, there was no harm in trying once more. He would rather die then be the Destroyer once more, would rather die then be forced to play Inky's game, would rather die then be everyone's scapegoat. He would rather die then let Fate win.
Blood stained hands where quick to make a portal into the VOID. And when Error heard the familiar rumble of hungry static, he laughed. One more try, then finally he may get the peace he always wanted.
But then the sound of frantic clicking caught his attention mid-fall. Lifting his head a bit, his sockets widened, glitching got worse, and he screamed at what he saw.
Null and Void running towards him, a gleam in their sockets as they darted to him. The static rumbled below him as he fell further in. Shaking his head, his voice caught in his throat. Tears falling as he begged anyone that they wouldn't do it, to stay away.
Those kids were like sunshine, they do not deserve to be snuffled out by him and the VOID.
"DADDY!" "DA!"
It was like in slow motion when they dove in. Error couldn't even hear the screams of the other Monsters as they fell into the VOID with him. The darkness was closing in as Error reacted without thinking. Reaching up as the children fell, he grabbed them and tucked them tightly into his chest.
'Please no! No more!' Error sobbed as the VOID closed. This wasn't what he wanted! He didn't want anymore innocent blood on his hands! 'Not the kids! Please, show them Mercy where you haven't shown me!'
The kids screamed out when Error felt a familiar pull and tugging, their bodies going in every which way, starting to scatter.
Then he felt something he thought he dreamed up the last time he was in the VOID. A warm, soft touch. Soft crying as he was lightly hugged by something he could not see.
"I am so sorry My Child! I should have done more for you." The soft voice whispered, soothing like cold water on a burn even as the cry. "But you have changed your destiny once again, that means that I can now step in once more."
He felt his body coming back together, the children safe and whole in his arms. The feeling of the warmth stayed with him even as he closed his eyes all the way. Was this how Null and Void felt with him? 'Safe.' If this is what safety feels like, then he can understand why they wanted to stay with him. Before he could do anything more, unconsciousness over took him and the children, wrapped up in the arms of Destiny.
Destiny was overjoyed once Error took to the children, a reason to live. Children can change so much, make the parent want to change for the better. But she forgot one thing. This AU was too similar to Error's.
Sure, there was no balance or another Error, Fate doesn't even have a foothold there. But the faces staring back at him were to similar. Not even different clothing or job in there AU. It was too much for Error to see the face of his abuser. Too soon, he didn't even know he was in a different Multiverse.
But Destiny can change that, they can learn just as mortals do. With that in mind, Destiny let the three go as another portal formed not too far below them. Destiny would keep a closer eye on them now more then ever. Error now needed to find a reason to heal as he already has a reason to live.
So with that, a new road was built, a new string formed, and another path was cleared for Error along with his children could walk on now.
His destiny changed once more, so where would he end up now with his two little terrors in tow?
-End Chapter-
This just wouldn't leave me alone really. Error could have landed anywhere, in any type of world/multiverse. Having said that, if you do have any requests or suggestions I will listen to them and see what I can do.
Error's pairing will depend on where he is at as with the kids and there puppy love. His job and what he does also changes depending on where he lands up at.
But in every single one he lands in, no one leaves him and his kids alone. Wanting to help and heal him much to Error's confusion and frustration.
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