53 - End



We were ready.


One and half months ago, Ink had started taking control of me, and I hated it every time; it had to stop before something bad happened. I didn't know how many times I had hurt Papyrus, and I didn't want to know; Papyrus is the best, and he shouldn't have been exposed to that. The others had been hard at work preparing our counter for Ink's control, and they had finally adjusted the panels enough to completely cancel out a specific feeling; it would only be fear towards Ink, though: removing the entire emotion of fear from me could have been devastating. We decided to do it in one of the unused storage rooms, which was the perfect place, really; there was plenty of space if something went wrong. My family, Dream, and Classic Sans were in the storage room, eagerly awaiting the results; if this didn't work, we would have had to find something else. When we were ready, Nightmare began to explain what we would be doing.


"Right." Nightmare looked around. "This room should be able to cancel out any fear you hold towards Ink and hopefully sever the link he has made with you. All you have to do is take a seat and wait for us to hook everything up."


"All right." I sat in a chair that had been helpfully provided and waited as the others set up the equipment.


"You'll be fine, brother!" Papyrus encouraged. "We'll protect you!"


"Thanks, Paps. You're the best."


"I am the Great Papyrus!"


"That should do it; we're ready!" Error smiled.


"I hope it works!" Killer jumped. 


"Y-yeah!" Cross was ready.


"Let's do i'!" Horror urged.


"Get ready!" Nightmare turned on the panel.


The others left the room to avoid any adverse affects, and the panel began to work. My soul was being filled with feelings of bravery and courage, which was exactly what I expected; it was supposed to make me lose my fear of Ink, after all. As these feelings flooded into my soul, I noticed that I really did feel brave, and it was exciting! When I thought of Ink, I didn't feel scared! I believed the plan was working; it had to be working. When Ink tried to take me over, surely this would stop him! The feelings filled my soul for a few minutes, strengthening my defense against Ink and making my connection to him weaker; I knew it was working. It continued for a few minutes more, and I felt that my previous fear of him was silly; I knew it wasn't, but we were trying to accomplish a goal, and it was becoming clear that the goal was in sight. After what felt like ten minutes, my soul came out on its own, and my eyelights widened; there was what looked to be a string connected to my soul, and it was fading - fading fast. I used my camera to record the event; this was a momentous moment in history, after all: nobody had ever broken a link before. When it was finished, the others reentered the room.


"Did it work?" Killer quickly asked.


"I'll be darned if it didn't." I chuckled.


"Shall we go see what Ink has to say about it?" Nightmare needed to confirm.


"Sure."


"Oh, I do hope it worked, brother!" Papyrus picked me up and hugged me tight.


"I do too."


Paps carried me all the way to the basement, but I didn't mind; the hallways felt a bit empty without the students crowding them. I wondered where they were; was it some form of recess? I wasn't sure. When we reached the lower level, we were quickly met with an angry Ink. I didn't even remember going down the stairs...something weird was going on.


"What did you do?!" Ink yelled.


"I guess it worked." Error shrugged.


"You broke link. That isn't possible!" Ink was visibly infuriated.


"Well, we couldn't have you controlling Dust, now, could we?"


"Yes! You could have!"


"When we care about our family, we do anything, Ink." Nightmare glared. "Maybe you don't understand that, and maybe you do, but one thing is for sure, and that is our love for our family."


"Yeah!" Killer could agree with that. "I know if I was in trouble, they'd help me in a pinch!"


"Of c-course!" Cross concurred. "I-I'd do anything f-for them!"


"Yep!" Horror grinned. "We're a fam'ly forever!"


"Oh, really?" Ink smirked.


"Yes!" Everyone agreed.


"In that case, I guess I have no cause to do this."


"Do what?" I didn't understand.


"Say goodbye, little Dusty." Ink acted before we could respond.


I didn't understand it; I was suddenly on my knees.


"Oh no!" Nightmare rushed to me.


What...happened?


"Somebody help him!" Killer sounded distant.


Why was I on the ground?


"Brother!" Paps?


Why couldn't I move?


"Get him help, now!" I couldn't make out the voices.


I was just fine a second ago.


"C-come on!"


Right?


"It'll be a'ight, Dusty!"


So why was I dying?




















































































"Dusty!" Killer jumped on my bed.


"Huh?" I looked around. "What time is it? My skull is pounding.."


"Whaddya mean? It's time!"


"Ugh..I feel like I was just run over by a truck.."


"Ya know, there's medicine for that."


"I'm fine..I had one crazy dream, though."


"Really? What was it about?"


"I'll tell you later.."


"Okay! Wanna go now?"


"Yeah, I think I'll be all right."


"Great!" 


Killer grabbed my wrist and began to run, but I did manage to grab my camera on the way out; that couldn't be forgotten, especially on a day like today! I never understood how Killer could run so fast; he was like a bullet, or maybe even a shooting star - yes, that was it! Killer ran like a shooting star! When we reached the living room, the lights were out, as custom would have it, and when we were in position, they flicked on in a surprising manner. The living room was decorated with pictures of my family, and there were dusty decorations everywhere; I couldn't have decorated it better myself!


"Happy birthday, Dust!" The hiders yelled. 


"Wow!" I was in awe. "It looks..amazing!"


"Well, we wanted to make it special." Nightmare came up to me.


"I'd say it's certainly special!"


"Oh, I knew you'd love it, brother!" Papyrus was ecstatic; he's the best.


"So can we watch him open presents now?" Killer pleaded. "Please?"


"Maybe we should let him choose?" Error still wanted to watch me, though.


"Fine..whaddya wanna do, Dusty?"


"I'm okay with presents - sounds fun!" I grinned.


"Then we'll start with that; the present opening seat is right this way." Nightmare led me to a couch and bid me sit.


"Oh boy, hope ya like them, Dusty!" Killer jumped. 


"I'm sure I will!" I accepted the gifts thoughtfully. 


In the gifts of the day, there were many exciting things, and I enjoyed every one of them. Killer gave me a knife, which I gladly accepted. Error sewed me a pair of gloves, which I adored; blue was always one of my favorite colors, and the gloves were amazing! Nightmare gave me a part of the book he had been writing for so long, and it was filled with a ton of adventures that I enjoyed the most! Horror gifted me a picture frame with some of my favorite photos that I had taken over the years; he was so thoughtful. Last, but not least, Cross look the liberty of giving me some parts for a machine I had been working on; I was missing a few needed parts, and they would come as a real help. I hugged my family tightly and expressed my love for them and the gifts, but mostly them; the gifts were simply objects, while they were living. After the gifts, we ate some cake; it was chocolate, since everybody in the house seemed to love chocolate to an unhealthy degree. It was probably terrible for us to be eating chocolate cake two days in a row, but it was only once a year; we let it slide.


When the cake was finished, we gathered in the library to hear Nightmare's brief but handcrafted story about my service to them over the years; we would enjoy this.


"Dust, you truly are something special." Nightmare smiled softly. "Dust was found a day after Killer joined me, and he was in a terrible circumstance, bordering on death. When we saved him, he joined us, and we've been happy to accept him ever since. Dust, in a case of insanity, had killed everyone in his AU, but we were willing to welcome him as a member of our family - our insane little bunch. I'm very proud to call him my adopted son. It's been a great decade."


"Aww!" We certainly enjoyed the story.


"So how's it feel, bein' ten?" Killer wondered. 


"Probably a bit less exciting than it was for you." I giggled.


"Eh, I can take that." 


"Yer growin' up too fas.'" Horror commented.


"You're only four months behind!" I joked.


"Almos' four."


"Sorry, almost four."


"Y-you're a-all older than me!" Cross was laughing.


"So you're the baby of the family?" Error inquired.


"I-I'm not a baby!" 


"But wait!" I halted them. "If you aren't baby Cross, where is he?"


"Baby Cross!" Killer joined. "Where are ya, baby Cross?"


Cross only laughed harder at this, and we were all pulled into a loving hug; we really were a family. After this display of affection, we went to the living room to talk about whatever we wanted to, and I had a great story.


"Okay." I started. "I had the craziest dream when I was asleep!"


"Really?" Nightmare was intrigued. "What was it about?"


"It was super weird, and it felt so real!"


"Dreams are weird." Killer enlightened. 


"So anyway, we were captured and sentenced to death, right? After we did that, Ink established a dictatorship! It was so insane!"


"As if that could happen!" Error was laughing his skull off.


"Then we overthrew him somehow after we came back to life, and it was actually kinda nice after that: Nightmare made the house into a literal school!"


"I like this dream." Nightmare mentioned. 


"Then Ink kinda killed me at the end, and I woke up."


"Ouch." Horror didn't like that end. 


"R-really." Cross didn't like it either.


"That was anticlimactic." Chara stated.


"I guess the part I liked about it the most..." I frowned. "Was that...Paps was alive. He could..actually..t-touch.."


"Brother, I am alive, just in spirit form!" Paps comforted me; he's the best.


"Thanks Paps..you're the best."


"I am the Great Papyrus!"


"Well, that was really a crazy dream!" Killer wanted to get off the sad topic.


"Yeah it was!" I laughed. "There was a lot more, but that was just the main parts! The weird part was that it really felt real..almost as if..it could have actually happened."


"Nah, that's crazy!" Error scoffed. "Ink, dictator? That's the craziest thing I've ever heard!"


"Yeah, you're probably right; it's pretty silly!"


We laughed about my ridiculous dream for a while before deciding to play a fun game; jumping off the roof was certainly an exciting game to play. We hopped onto the trampoline at the bottom and returned to the roof for a few hours before getting tired out and stargazing for a while. The stars lit up the night sky so brightly, and it was easy to see why every single skeleton loved them so much; they shone so brightly over the universe, and they truly were a sight to behold. I wondered how many of them there were - maybe a trillion! My family loved to stargaze; it was a perfect pastime for us, and we had so much fun doing it! Nightmare had a lot of facts about stars, such as what they did, how they did it, and so much more, but I really preferred to just look at them; they always looked so beautiful when they lit up the night sky.


"It's so..breathtaking." Nightmare also enjoyed the stars. 


"Agreed." Error smiled.


"Yeah!" Killer concurred.


"S-so amazing.." Cross sighed happily.


"Ain't nothin' like i.'" Horror confirmed. 


"It's perfect." I chuckled. "Absolutely perfect."


"Perfect for what?" Killer inquired.


"Everything. I love you guys."


"We love you too, Dust." The others replied in unison.


We shared a hug together, and we were happy. We would continue to do our job of spreading negativity forever, but we would always be there for eachother. I had the best family ever, and I knew it. Ink never did start a dictatorship, and the kid never reset, but I never excluded the possibility; I had to expect everything, after all. In the end, I was happy with my family, and I knew they were happy with me; we would never split apart. We would love eachother until the end, and that was a fact - no disputes and no contradictions, we were a family, and we would hold eachother up through everything. No matter the struggles, heartbreaks, or threats on our lives, we would always be a family, and we would always love eachother. That was what a family was supposed to do, right? That was what we did, and we continued that way, until this day, and hopefully long after.


Our story would never end.


~~~story end woot~~~


Dust bean happy boi.


Did this count as a plot twist?


Thanks for reading my dusty writing!


Bye!

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