"We, blame the tick-tock, that ticks to our song~
A second too soon, an hour far gone."

~~~~~~~~~~???'s P.O.V.~~~~~~~~~~

I felt burning pain as I sat (or stood) in the darkness. It was tearing me apart bit by bit. It was so lonely... Where were my brothers? Where is SharaX? I took a deep breath as light blinded me and the burning pain got worse. "MAKE IT STOP!!" I screamed, begging for whatever was hurting me to stop. "PLEASE STOP!!!" I begged.

~~~~~Shara's P.O.V.~~~~~

I had no choice but to overwrite the code. Most of it, anyways. I wanted Xephyr to keep his personality and memories. I started typing in the new coding while Cider and Chronos were screaming at me to stop.

"STOP HURTING HIM!!" Chronos screamed. I stopped typing.

"W-what?!" I asked, standing up and taking a step back.

"Y-you're hurting him!!! Stop!!!" Chronos explained, still sounding full of panic.

"I-I d-didn't k-know!!" I apologized. Cider and Chronos went silent. "Well...most of the coding is done, I-I w-w-was trying to help...."

"I get WHY you did it, but..." Cider trailed off, not comming up with anything else to say. I backed away from the computer Xephyr's file was in. "What will happen to him...?" Cider asked.

"He won't change," I reassured them. "Though...he needs a new name..."

"Aww...." Chronos' voice cracked with static. "What will his new name be?" He asked me.

"I want him to have a similar name to Xephyr.....any ideas?" I asked.

"I'm out of ideas," Cider sighed.

"What about...Zephyr?" Chronos suggested. I nodded.

"I like it," Cider said.

"Just one problem...I needed a new name because the part of the file that held his original name got corrupted...so I will have to insert 'Zephyr' in the coding...which might hurt him..." I said, feeling sheepish. Cider and Chronos groaned.

~~~~~Time Skip~~~~~

I'm done with fixing Zephyr's file, but he hasn't woken up yet. I recently had an idea, and I don't plan on telling the three brothers, it's a surprise for them. I had already driven the ship to a world called 'Undertale' so I could research. So far, the skeleton monsters seem like the best choice. They seem to have the best magical skills, such as attack and healing. I don't think that they will need to attack anything, though. I had set up three large tubes filled with a clear blue-ish liquid, large enough to fit a human. I stepped back into the room where the three brothers were. "I have a surprise, but I can only show one of you at a time," I announced.

"I elect Cider," Chronos said.

"I elect me too," Cider laughed. I removed the hard drive.

"It'll take a bit," I called to Chronos as I left the room.

In front of the three containers was a single computer. I inserted Cider's hard drive in it but didn't open the file. Instead, I connected it to one of the three containers. The computer buzzed as Cider's information got transfered. The container to the far left beeped. I went to a nearby counter and removed a jar with an artificial monster heart, or as they call it, a soul, and went back to the container. A slot opened below the conainer and I took of the lid of the lar. The soul was placed into the container and floated up into the blue liquid, right in the middle. I realized the 'a bit' that it would take a day or so.

I sighed and went back to Chronos. "Where is Cider?" He asked.

"I underestimated how long it would take. You'll have to wait until tomorrow," I told him.

"Umm...." Chronos sounded unsure and slightly nervous.

~~~~~One Day Later~~~~~

I got up and immediately went to check on Cider. Instead of the soul that was there yesterday, it was a skeleton, just floating there with his eyes closed. I quickly went to grab clothes for him. As soon as I had my arms full, something started beeping loudly. I ran back to CIder, trying not to drop anything. The computer beeped loudly, telling me that it was complete.

Right now, I felt like a mad scientist. It's not the best feeling in the world. I set the clothing down and typed into the computer the container Cider was in beeped. The blue-ish liquid started to drain and Cider's body was set down, still asleep. The container opened and Cider nearly fell out. I carried him and set him down on the nearby table. I dressed him. I started to wonder how long it would take for him to wake up...

Cider's body jolted and he coughed. "Uhhgggggg....." He groaned. He slowly opened his eyes, his right eye was purple while his left eye was green.

"You okay?" I asked. His gaze flickered towards me.

"Describe 'okay'..." He grunted.

"Can you move?" I asked.

"Why would I be able to move?" He asked. I stood beside him and pat his head. "What did you do?!" He demanded, slightly startled.

"So you felt that?" I asked.

"...yes...?"

"Hmm...it'll take a while for your muscles to start working..."

"I would like to know what that means."

I sighed. "You'll find out..."

I decided to go check on Chronos. "Hey," I greeted.

"What was the beeping that I heard? It everything okay?" He asked.

"Everything's fi-"

"WHAT THE FU-" I heard something hit the ground with a thump.

"If that hapened, then everything's perfect," I grinned.

"I WANT ANSWERS!" Chronos exclaimed.

I jogged back to Cider, who was lying on his back. "Let me guess, you fell off."

"Oww...." He groaned. Suddenly, he was confused. "Wait...I felt that...?"

"Yup. Here, let me help you up," I grabbed his hand and pulled him up with effort, seeing that he still couldn't move. He was practically on top of me to keep himself steady. I helped him sit down.

"How do I move?" He asked. I facepalmed.

"This is going to be alot harder tham I thought..." I mumbled. "Okay...um... Just think of, well, moving....? I mean, you can move your head just fine."

Cider slowly turned his head from side to side. "It feels weird..."

"You'll get used to it... Now, try moving your arms or legs," I stood, in case he fell over again. He gripped the table for balance and slowly stood up. His legs shook yet he still managed to stand up straight.

"This feels...odd..." He tried walking and nearly fell over. He started walked normally, looking around in awe. He started towards where Chronos was. I pulled him back. "Huh?" He asked.

"That's where Chronos it, I still need to do the same with him, it'll be a surprise. Cider shrugged.

"Okay," He glanced around. He suddenly clutched his 'stomach'. "What the fuck was that?!" He asked.

I couldn't help but laugh. "It's called 'hunger'," I said.

"Well I don't like it!"

"You need to eat."

Cider gave me a look that said 'tf do I have to do?' I pulled him over to the kitchen. I opened the fridge. "Does anything look interesting to you?" I asked. He stared blankly at it before taking a bottle of hot sauce.

"This...I guess...?" He shrugged and attempted to open it, and failing miserably.

"I wouldn't suggest that. It'll burn your mouth," I said while putting it back in the fridge. "Eh. I guess you can try anything else..." I left Cider to look for something to eat and went to get Chronos.

"Hey," I greeted.

"It's your turn!"

"Where is Cider?!"

"Somewhere."

"That doesn't help." I placed my hane on the hard drive, about to take it out. "W-wait!" I stopped. "Will it hurt...?" He asked.

"If you do what Cider did them yeah...but, why do you ask?"

I didn't get a proper response, Cider was making excited noises. He calmed down enough to talk.

"So I'm going to be able to feel?!" He asked. By 'feel' he didn't mean emotions, he meant like 'you felt the dogs fur', like feeling solid things.

"You are clever," I said. I removed the hard drive and went to repeat the process.

~~~~~???'s P.O.V.~~~~~

I looked around. Why is it so dark? Why is it so quiet? Where is Shara? Where are my brothers? I looked around wildly, suddenly feeling another presence.

"H-hello...?" I heard him ask.

"Hello?" Nether of us has phisycal forms, we were just voices. Just VOCs. "Who are you?" I asked.

"M-my name is Z-Zephyr..."

"Huh. My name's Xephyr," I said. "Maybe we're brothers," I said.

"Maybe...so, where are we?" Zephyr asked.

"I don't know."

"So, what do you know?"

"It depends, what do you want to know?"

"I don't know..."

"...I'll just tell you what I know before this gets too confusing..."

"Okay!"

"Well, I know that I have two more brothers: Cider and Chronos. We all sing and make songs! Shara, our creator, helps me make the scripts." I said.

"What's wrong?" Zephyr asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You voice...it's messing up..."

"It is? O-OW!!"

"A-are you okay?!"

"Ow...ow...that hurt..." I whimpered as the burning pain came back. I screamed again. I started screaming for it to stop. It seared through me lik a knife, then suddenly vanished. "Z-Zephyr...?" I asked.

"Y-yeah...?" He asked in concern.

"Do you want me to sing?"

"Huh?"

"It's suposed to calm someone down..."

"...sure..."

"Tick-tock,
Have a favorite hour?

Not one? It doesn't matter,
There's not a second that slips,
             Unnoticed,
                                    or ignored.

So ma-ny,
Events that take place,

Time is like,
An eternal keepsake.

Hold all the good memories,
And the ones, not so fun.

Well,
We both make mistakes,
And chose to do wrong,

When down on our luck,
When some can't go on,

We blame the tick-tock,
That ticks to our song-

A second to soon,
                    An hour far gone.

Though, all I gear are echoes,
Still, better keep my eyes closed,
Sometimes the truth is awful,
And, well, I'd rather not know.

There's not a light inside me,
Only a flickering flame,
How you inspire others,
I'll never understand it.

Shut down,
         Hear no speak no evil,
                      I wish I could rewind.

I have direction,
             But I don't have
                          Control of-

-Time.
There's just so many
Questions,
I know I will regret.

Why should I help another?

I'm on standby.

Shut down,
Hear no speak no evil,
I with I could rewind.

I have direction,
            But I don't have
                              Control of time.

There's just so many
Questions,
I know I will regret.

Tick-tock, time's up-
Look stranger,
I'd rather just stand by.

Tick-tock,
Have a favorite hour?

Not one? It doesn't matter,
There's not a second that slips,
             Unnoticed,
                                    or ignored.

So ma-ny,
Events that take place,

Time is like,
An eternal keepsake.

Hold all the good memories,
And the ones, not so fun.

Well,
We both make mistakes,
And chose to do wrong,

When down on our luck,
When some can't go on,

We blame the tick-tock,
That ticks to our song-

A second to soon,
                    An hour far gone.

Though, all I gear are echoes,
Still, better keep my eyes closed,
Sometimes the truth is awful,
And, well, I'd rather not know.

There's not a light inside me,
Only a flickering flame,
How you inspire others,
I'll never understand it.

Shut down,
Hear no speak no evil,
I with I could re-

-wind.
I have direction,
            But I don't have
                              Control of-

-time.
There's just so many
Questions,
I know I will regret.

Why should I help another?
I'll just survive on-

Shut down,
Hear no speak no evil,
I with I could rewind.

I have direction,
            But I don't have
                              Control of time.

There's just so many
Questions,
I know I will regret.

Tick-tock, time's up-
Look stranger,
I'd rather just stand by.

Though, all I hear are echoes,
Still, better keep my eyes closed,

Sometimes the truth is awful,
And, well I'd rather not know.

There's not a light inside me,
Only a flickering flame.

How you inspire others,
I'll never understand it.

Shut down,
Hear no speak no evil,
I with I could rewind.

I have direction,
            But I don't have
                              Control of-

-Time.
There's just so many
Questions,
I know I will regret.

Here take a ticket,
Welcome to my paradise,
Now.

Knock knock,
who's there?

Knock knock,
Laughter.

Knock knock,
who's there?

Knock knock,
Laughter."

"That was...amazing!" Zephyr exclaimed.

"It was?"

"Yeah!"

The burning pain started to return. "N-no...p-please no...not again..." I screamed in pain.

"XEPHYR?!?!"

I didn't hear.
The pain got worse,
               Blocking out all feeling,
                                Except pain.

"...help me..."

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I got carried away, so it went from 1k to 2k words XP