You sneeze lightly as you bundle yourself up in the many blankets Black and Paps gave you, but you were still very cold.

The heater went out in the middle of the night last night and the two have been trying to keep you warm as they wait for their scientist friend who they assured you wasn't going to do anything odd or bad to you.

You were still cold though, so the dance party would have to wait, because you are almost certain that if you exit the mountain of blankets you are under, you would freeze.

You sigh and burry your face into the warm mountain that is supposed to keep you warm. You are so getting sick after this, you just know it.

You glance over at the digital clock next to you and whine. It's only 6:00 in the morning. You've been up since 3:00. You yawn and snuggle down in the blankets even more in an attempt to keep warm enough to fall asleep.

Just as you start to drift off, a freezing bit of air slips through the blanket mountain waking you up. Your frown and quickly snatch your phone. If you were going to be forced to stay awake, you refuse to be bored.

You pull up the YouTube app and scroll through several different animations of the songs Black had suggested. You find you quite like looking through all the different stories that different people can come up with all based around the same song.

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You perk up as you feel the air start to heat up. You spring from your blanket prison, and sure enough the air isn't a freezing block of hate anymore. You cackle loudly as you run around the house, no longer trapped in the same position on your bed, unable to fall asleep.

You jump onto Black's back, a mischievous grin on your face. "Black! Dance party! NOW! Then nap time..."

Black stumbles forward, startled by your sudden weight on his back. He grabs your arms and pries you off his back, putting you down in front of him. "FINE. I SUPPOSE I OWE YOU THAT MUCH FOR ALLOWING THE HEATER TO GO OUT AND KEEP YOU UP. HOWEVER, YOU MUST PROMISE THAT YOU WILL GO TO BED RIGHT AFTER. NIGHTMARE WILL KILL ME IF HE REALIZES YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR REQUIRED REST."

You grin and hold out your pinky finger. "Promise!"

Black chuckles and rolls his eyes, but he seals the pinky promise anyway. "NOW, YOU GO WAKE UP MY LAZYBONES BROTHER AND I SHALL SET UP THE SPEAKERS AND THE PLAYLIST FOR OUR "DANCE PARTY" DOES THAT SOUND EQUITABLE?"

You tilt your head in questioning. "Equi- what?"

Black perks up and smiles down at you. "EQUITABLE, SOMETHING THAT IS FAIR AND IMPARTIAL OR SOMETHING BOTH SIDES CAN AGREE TO. IN OTHER WORDS I'M ASKING IF YOU THINK THE DIVISION OF LABOR OR HOW I SPLIT OUR JOBS IS FAIR."

"Oooooohhhhh. Okay, I get it. And, yeah. I guess it sounds fair." You nod. You grin up at Black. "You seem like you'd be a good teacher." You turn and run off before Black has a chance to respond. "I'mma go wake up your brother now, okay? Great. Bye-bye Uncle Black!"

Black blinks, and smiles in amusement. He turns to the speakers and begins hooking them up to his phone.

A teacher, huh? Sounds nice. Maybe in another life.

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You run into Paps' room and jump on top of him. "WAKE UP PAPPY!" You yell out, shaking the the poor previously sleeping skeleton.

"Wh- Wha? Kid? What're Ya Doing Waking Me Up At..." He glances over at his slightly broken alarm clock. "9:00 In The Morning On My Day Off?"

You stare at Paps with a serious look in your eyes. You say in the most serious voice you can muster, "Dance party. Downstairs. Three minutes."

You then jump off the tall skeleton and walk off without another word, leaving an already confused skeleton even more confused and concerned than before.

You skip back down the stairs to Black, practically beaming. "Dance party! Dance party! Dance party!" You chant loudly, excitement and anticipation seeping through your very being.

Black looks up at you, amused. "WELL, YOU SEEM EXCITED."

You jump up and throw your hands in the air. "YEAH! Cuz it's a DANCE PARTY! And I don't even have to be doing chores while doing it. And even better, PEOPLE ARE GOING YO JOIN IN!!"

You bounce on the heels of your feet excitedly, your eyes practically shining with pure joy. Black smiles at your excitement and roll his eyes. "YES, WELL YOU APPEAR TO HAVE EXCELLENT TIMING. I SIMPLY NEED TO PUSH PLAY AND WE ARE READY TO GO."

You scurry over to the now open space in the living room and glance at the stairs. Paps slowly climbs down the stairs, curious and amused at the sight before him.

"Wasn't Sure If The Kid Was Tellin' The Truth, But It Seems We Really Are Going To Have A Dance Party."

You grin as the music starts up. An upbeat song you can easily dance to begins to play. You hop up and dance around, not caring if you looked good, you just wanted to have some fun.

Black easily joins in on the fun and eventually you manage to get Paps to dance with you guys.

After about an hour long dance party, you grab some breakfast in the kitchen then March upstairs to take a nap. You fall asleep quickly and without further issue.

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Reaper looks over the wreckage of the once operational testing facility. A pained expression flickers across his face. Many different souls have died here in very painful ways.

He shakes his head. That isn't why he came here. The god of death descends upon the ruins and begins to walk through.

Soul shards are scattered around the ruins. The shards are all that is left from the original souls. They can no longer be saved. The thing worse than death, the erasure of the soul.

Reaper stops at the center of the destruction. Sitting at the center was a powerful memory, right before the death of the being.

Reaper summons his scythe and taps the ground. Suddenly a bunch of images appear in the air, they quickly fly into each other and create something akin to a playable video.

Reaper presses play.

~~~

A woman with short (H/C) hair stands in the middle of what appears to be a testing facility. Behind the woman is a child of maybe a few hours.

The woman is dressed in a white medical gown and her frantic black eyes dart around the room.

"Stay away! I won't let you have them! They don't deserve to grow up here!"

The heavily armored guards continue to make their way towards the two. The woman's frightened, wild eyes narrow. The black eyes change to a bright, fiery red.

"I. Said. BACK. OFF!" The woman's body seems to glow in a bright glow of red, orange, and yellow. The very air around her change. Waves of heat emit off of her.

The guards hesitate, but continue their way forward.

The woman screams as an explosion is released from within her, incinerating the area around her, the damaging effects expertly weaving around the child behind her.

'I'm sorry, (Y/N). It looks like I won't be able to escape with you. But I can do one last thing for you, I can make sure you don't ever have to see this horrid place ever again. Live on my child, live and make a better life for yourself. I love you.'

~~~

With that the video goes black, the woman's screams fading out and then the video ends.

Reaper grits his teeth in frustration. He really needs to Nightmare, and soon. There seems to be something going on, and it also seems like those responsible might still be out there.

The storm is coming.