This may be sad, or intense, but it's a fun kind of intense, not a physical fight. ^_^

Anywho, possibly only one more chapter, and I really did not do much ErrorFell shipping. Sorry guys...First, I don't really prefer ErrorFell, but all of the *important* moments are with Fell when DV Error is concerned. Second, I wanted to focus more on the end of DeterminedVerse and have the epilogue have more love. Anyways. Yeah, 22 chapters probably. SO....P Sure we have the ending here in the next chapter.

DeterminedVerse Blue sits beside his Error, Lust sitting beside the blue-clad skeleton for support.

"Error...I" Error looks at Blue, FreeVerse Fell beside the black boned skeleton.

"It's okay, Blue. Ink...he did this...he took Nova from me..." The blue strings start to wrap around every part of the house, causing cracks to form.

"I'll make him pay." Blue hums softly.

"We'll get Nova back...but...I think Ink plans on using what you care for deeply to make you play the way he wants." FV Fell looks at DV Blue, confused.

"What does that crazy Ink of yours want?" Blue looks at his fellows from the DeterminedVerse, a face of worry and inevitable sorrow transferring between all from the DeterminedVerse. DV Blue speaks, the words sending stones to the pits of all the FV Skeletons.

(Edit 08/02/2020 (mm/dd/yyyy): I have a small 'context' filler I'll be adding at the end of this section, so people don't keep losing their minds on me.)

DV Nightmare lays on a bed, looking up at the ceiling while DV Dream dresses right next to him. The silence that descended on the house after Blue revealed what all the DV Sansi suspected upon dropping into this world in the middle of a chaotic war.

"Our drop-in was odd...Our Ink got here and had enough time to gather an army and start a war..." Dream lays down, cuddling against Nightmare. Nightmare hums softly.

"It is strange...but what's stranger is seeing Error so...close to a Fell..." Dream sighs, nodding against Nightmare.

"I know...but...to be honestly fair, this whole situation is strange. Error is a forced Destroyer, Ink is a crazy Creator, and now we're somewhere new, fighting a war to protect the guy I was trying to kill only weeks before...how can anyone trust me with Error?" Nightmare shrugs.

"I dunno...probably the fact you're here, defending Error, allying and protecting. Look. Don't worry too much. I'll keep you safe, Dreamy." Nightmare pulls Dream close, and the two fall asleep in each other's embrace.

(Edit 08/02/2020 (mm/dd/yyyy): Context surrounding this Dream + Nightmare interaction is lacking. Yes. Dream is changing. BUT. It could be as simple as brothers giving each other comfort and Dream changing into pajamas. We don't know Nightmare's state, and I won't state either way. Is there sexual connotations? Only if you look for it. To all of you who are saying this is distinctly DreamMare being romantically or sexually shipped, that says a lot about your thought processes. This could be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. People who think this is DreamMare shipping, if you like it, cool, whatever. If you don't like it, then stop thinking of it like that. By this point in the story, and Dream even states it directly in this segment, Dream has changed his entire perspective, and has repeatedly helped Nightmare find Error. Nightmare, in my mind, doesn't so much hate Dream as it is he wanted Dream to understand what it was like. So I feel that if Dream had proved himself to Nightmare, Nightmare would extend comfort towards Dream, in a similar but different way to the 'Bad' Sanses (Because DadMare is adorable).)

Error paces in the living room even as the house descends into a different type of quiet compared to the quiet that descended when Blue spoke of what all the DeterminedVerse Skeletons knew. Fell walks downstairs into the living room, and Error flicks his eyelights to the red edgy boi before going back to pacing.

"Can't sleep?"

"Fell...I can't even sit still. Nova is gone. He trusted me to protect him...and I failed. Now he's in danger, I'm in danger...I don't know what to do...." Arms wrap around Error gently, a comforting warmth engulfing Error.

"Calm down. We'll get Nova back. I promise."

*Timeskippu*

Error runs through the halls, Fell hot on his trail. The DV Skeletons have distracted the army of Inks, and the small party of FV Skeletons and DV Error consists of DV Error (Duh), Fell, Ink, and Error. The four skid to a halt when they enter the throne room. A throne of bones sits up on a step, a recognizable skeleton tapping his fingers rhythmically against the arm. Error looks up at a hanging cage, a recognizable little babybones sitting. The skeleton atop the bone throne stands, slowly clapping.

"Y'know, it was real clever of you. Using all your 'DeterminedVerse' pals who 'woke up' to distract my army so you could get here. Now that you are here, you had likely planned on a big fight, where your true love is killed, I'm sure. The toll would have been high, but I would have been destroyed..." Ink's blank, empty, white eyelights look at DV Error.

"As I'm the villain of your story, aren't I, Error? How many lives did you steal? How many universes are gone permanently due to you?" Ink chuckles.

"I may be your villain, but we both know who the bad guy is. You can pretend all you like, fight to convince yourself and your new family of your lies. Error. You are just a destroyer. You will never become a better skeleton, you'll always be a destroyer."

"What does he mean, Dad?" Ink's face shifts to a smirk.

"Yeah, what do I mean, dad?" Error looks down, tears leaking out of his eye sockets.

"Nova...remember how I said things are never black and white and first impressions are deceiving..." Nova gives an affirmative noise. Error lifts his head, letting his tears of anger fall.

"Ink is more deceiving than I have ever been. I haven't hidden my love for you, my desire to see you happy, to see you safe. I, however, know Ink to be a deceiver. He lied to Blue, Dream, Color, Outer, Fell, Mob, and every other skeleton whoever sided with him. Ink has never spoke a word of truth." Ink shrugs.

"Maybe I haven't...but the only person I ever attempted to kill or anything else was you." Error steps forward, his blue strings glowing.

"TELL THAT TO HORROR, DUST, KILLER! TELL THAT BULL**** TO PEOPLE YOU MADE WHO SUFFERED FROM LACK OF FOOD, FROM A REPETITIVE GENOCIDE THAT A HOPELESS MONSTER FOUGHT TO END, OR A SKELETON MANIPULATED INTO DESTRUCTION BY HIS GENOCIDER. TELL THAT TO NIGHTMARE, OUTCASTED FROM THE DAY HE WAS CREATED. TELL THAT TO CROSS, WHO LOST ALL FREEWILL WHEN YOU HELPED HIS GASTER TO 'HAVE MORE IDEAS'. OR TELL THAT BULL**** TO LUST, INSULTED FOR LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE THE ONLY CHOICE IS ONE THAT KEEPS HIM ALIVE. Tell that to Blue, who had to hide his new awareness for fear of torture. Tell that to everyone who's ever suffered due to your lies. Geno, Fresh..." Error blinks more tears away.

"You've hurt so many lives, it's not even fair for you to try and pull that bull**** on me. I killed sansi like Flowey Possessed, who practically begged me to end them. I've killed universes where only a Sans was made and would have gone insane without my help. I've put so many out of their misery, you've only sought to create misery." Ink hums softly, walking around the throne once before leaning against it.

"I suppose you bring up good points." Ink's dead eyelights pass over the four in front of him.

"However, some eggs must be broken to make an omelet. And if they really had such a terrible life, why not kill them yourself? Put them out of their misery?" Ink chuckles.

"I know the answer. You are selfish, Error. Fate told me she made you unkillable just so I could always have fun. You didn't want to kill them because you didn't want to have to live a shitty life by yourself." Ink hums.

"And now you're here. Spreading the idea that you were somehow blameless in this dance of creation and destruction."

"Creation?" FV Ink speaks up, stepping forward.

"You never had to create. I know. I never have had the ability to create completely new timelines. If the multiverse can handle another AU growing, it allows an AU idea to sprout and grow naturally." DV Ink rolls his eyelights, huffing.

"Well, that maybe your world, but ours requires Creation AND Destruction. Error remaining here is a slight on his-"

"'Chosen duty'? That's what you were going to say, right? Except, Error wasn't chosen, he was forced. You said it yourself. Fate made Error unkillable just for you. That means Error wasn't predestined to be the destroyer. He was something else, someone else. He had an AU, a home, a family. And it was taken from him because you needed someone else to control your creating instead of you gaining self-control." DV Ink glares.

"And you aren't a destroyer?"

"I'm not. Why would I ever be? If my Ink isn't a creator, there is no need for a destroyer. The universe is balanced, not sadistic." FV Error stands beside Error and FV Ink. FV Fell grabs Error's hand from behind, gently sending comfort to the black boned skeleton. DV Ink hums softly, smiling.

"Aha...You all are completely brainwashed into believing my destroyer..." Ink sits in the throne, closing his eyes.

"You know...I was really hoping it wouldn't come to this but..." Ink summons a ring of gaster blasters around the cage holding Nova.

"If you won't come willingly...I'll have to make you." Error's eye sockets widen as he reacts very quickly, teleporting right next to Nova, using his strings to cocoon the two. The sound of someone dusting leaves Error waiting with Nova held protectively in his arms as the cage is lowered.

"Hey, Error? It's okay. The DV Ink was dusted by Fell." Error blinks, removing a bit of the cocoon to see the FV Error smiling. The blue strings completely fall apart at Error's request, and Nova hops out of Error's hold, running over to Fell who is holding a dusty bone in his hand. Error stands, slowly making his way over to Fell.

"Fell?" Fell turns, quickly surprising Error with a hug. The two remain in the hug, not mentioning anything.