Duska

Music begins to play as the lights dim around the room, I guess that's my cue. I walk out into the pitch black stage, magic hiding my bright white bones from the audience.

"When tomorrow comes I'll be on my own,

Feeling frightened of the things that I don't know,

When tomorrow comes,

Tomorrow comes

Tomorrow comes."

"And though the road is long

I look up to the sky
And in the dark I found, 
Lost hope that I won't fly,
And I sing along, 
I sing along, 
And I sing along."

The lights blind me for a second, a light blue reflects off of my dress, but my voice doesn't falter. The audience is unable to be seen as the light is too bright for my eyes, which is probably a good thing considering all the people watching me right now.

"I got all I need when I got you and I
I look around me, 
And see a sweet life.
I'm stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me,
Getting me through the night."

"Kick my heart when you shine it in my eyes
Can't lie, 
It's a sweet life.
Stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me, 
Getting me through the night.
'Cause you're my flashlight,
You're my flashlight, 
You're my flashlight."

The back up voices surprise me, no one told me that there would be back ups! I also notice that i'm moving unconcsiously as I sing, my movements seem to be in perfect sinc to the music.

"I see the shadows long beneath the mountain top
I'm not afraid,
When the rain won't stop
'Cause you light the way
You light the way,
You light the way."

"I got all I need when I got you and I
I look around me,
And see a sweet life.
I'm stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me, 
Getting me through the night.
Kick start my heart when you shine it in my eyes
Can't lie,
It's a sweet life.
Stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me, 
Getting me through the night."

The back ups repeat the word 'light' as I add in some 'flashlights' myself. This is turning out to be a better song then what I heard in my mind.

"I got all I need when I got you and I
I look around me,
And see a sweet life.
I'm stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me, 
Getting me through the night.
Kick start my heart when you shine it in my eyes
Can't lie, 
It's a sweet life.
Stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight"

"You're getting me,
Getting me through the night
'Cause you're my flashlight
'Cause you're my flashlight
You're my flashlight."

I throw in some 'ooh's and 'oh's to make the break less awkward sounding, a last minute add in of mine. Lights flash rapidly in my eyes that give me the feeling that people are loving this.

"You're my flashlight
Light,
Light
You're my flashlight
Light light ye-yeah."

"You're my flashlight."

The music fades as a loud noise rings through my ears, I must have broken the stereos or something. As the lights fade I see that i'm wrong, the crowd before me is clapping and cheering my name. I look at the far back, the skeleton brothers are both smiling wider than i've ever seen. 

"W-wow darling... even i'm speechless! That was beautiful!"

The clapping intensifies and I feel a tear run down my cheek, my smile is huge right now.

"Oh, don't cry now darling! Go calm your nerves and join the party now!"

He says this away from the microphone and gives me an encouraging push towards the stairs. Once i'm out of sight I wipe away my tears and check that I didn't smudge the face paint, not even a small smudge! As I leave the backstage i'm bombared by both humans and monsters.

"Ah ah ah! Don't crowd the poor dear now!"

Apparently Mettaton was watching the backstage door just as I walked out. They began to disband until only Toriel and Frisk remained, Frisk was holding something behind his back.Toriels wearing a blood covered apron and a fake knide through her shoulder while Frisk is wearing a knight's suit that looks a lot like Undynes.

"Hello child! You did so well and your costume looks great!"

"Thank you. You two look great as well."

Frisk gives me a smile as he also slightly shakes the object behind his back. 

"Toriel, what is Frisk holding?"

"Oh... um... He wanted to bring him so..."

"Bring who?"

"Um... Flowey."

"HEY! You want some friendliness pellets?"

Frisk brings out the yellow flower from behind his back, he seems to have recently planted him in the brown pot. I feel my left eye twitch, my hand ache with magic and my chest get tighter.

"What's the matter? Flower got your tongue?"

"I'm gonna kill it."

Frisk shakes his head and sticks out his pinky finger.

"What!?! That plant is... evil."

He protectively holds the plant by his hip as he sticks his hand closer to me.

"Frisk, do you really want me to promise? He. Nearly. Killed. Me."

His face shows his answer, 'well he did absorb my soul'. My head flops to my chest as I sigh in defeat.

"Fine! Fine Frisk, you win. I promise that I won't kill-"

He gives me a stern look.

"Fine! I promise that i will neither kill, maim or harm him. Except verbally."

He seems content with my promise and I wrap my pinky finger around his, watching Flowey's face change into something more devious.

"Hehehe."

"I'm gonna kill you, you stupid flower."

I'm immediately eyed by Frisk but I put my hands up defencively. Toriel walks away with him directly at her feet, I will murder that plant one day.

"HUMAN!"

I turn to the enthusiatic skeleton. His outfit looks like Jack Skellington's, I knew it looked familiar!

"Hey Pap!"

"YOU WERE GREAT! SANS WAS STUNNED WHEN YOU GOT UP THERE! YOU LOOK ALMOST LIKE A SKELETON!"

"Really? I wasn't that good..."

"DO NOT UNDERSTIMATE YOURSELF OR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IT TO BE SO!"

"Alright Pap, I believe you."

"GOOD! DID YOU MEET FLOWEY?"

"Yeah..."

"YOU HAVE THE SAME LOOK ON YOUR FACE THAT SANS DID."

"Not surprised real-"

"DUSKA!!"

Our conversation became interupted by the yelling of an anime warrior cosplayer. She's wearing a red and black japanese style armor while holding a possibly real sword about the length of herself with only her right arm.

"I've been looking EVERYWHERE for you!"

She swings her sword at me but i'm able to dodge it quickly.

"Undyne!?!"

She swings again and again and again, each swing she takes I dodge without gaining a scratch.

"Stop Undyne! This will... woah... make my hand... ah... do 'the' thing!"

Her sword suddenly lights up with a blue glow as it's lifted from her hands and placed gently onto the floor.

"that's enough right? you got your answer."

"But it was just getting to the fun part!"

"Fun... part? When... was it... ever... to be... fun?"

"I was seeing how powerful you really were! Toriel said that you told her that you have black belts for three different types of fighting!"

"Yeah... but... I haven't... practised... them in... years!"

My knees buckle and I collapse onto them, heavily breathing from the workout. A hand rests onto my shoulder and I turn to see Sans looking down at me.

"you alright kid?"

"Yeah... just... tired... gimme... minute..."

His hand pushes magic into me, making the tightness in my chest disappear.

"Thanks Sans."

"no problem kiddo."

"Hey."

Undyne reaches out a hand and I take it with a smile.

"Sorry, I just wanted to know how strong you were!"

"Could've asked. Do you know how hard it is to dodge in a dress!?!"

"I know! There isn't enough room to manuver in them! I usually just take the hit."

"Take a hit? From that sword!?!"

"Ha! You got a point there."

"U-undyne! Are y-you alright!?!"

Alphys appears to Undyne's side from seems to be knowhere dressed up as a... demonic angel? 

"I'm fine Alphys!"

"I h-heard that there was a f-fight."

"Yeah... I sorta started it..."

"that sentence sounded 'fishy'."

"Never say that again around me skeleton."

"was it to 'scaly' for you?"

"YOU LITTLE-"

"Undyne! C-come on, let's g-grab some food."

"Grr... fine let's g-"

"FRISK! Why are we still here!?!"

Undyne quickly drags Alphys away before Frisk arrives, Flowey in hand. Sans' eye flashes blue for a brief moment before he turns his back on the smiling flower.

"Aw, poor Mr Lonely! Do you want Frisk to reset that badly? Hahaha!"

"... shut up flower."

Before Flowey can say another upsetting remark Sans teleports away, leaving the area he was standing in empty. 

"Why don't you just reset Frisk? It'll make life more... fun."

"WHERE DID SANS GO? IS HE SLACKING OFF?"

Papyrus finds his way to us and begins searching around us for his brother.

"Flowey got him mad."

"OH. HE PROBABLY WENT SOMEWHERE CLOSE."

"You sure? I'll go find him."

"Hehehe. Don't be surprised if you only find dust."

"Flowey I said that I wouldn't harm you, but I will put you in a very dark hole and fill it with cement."

I quickly exit the large room and I begin heading to the most calming place in the building, the roof. The stairs quickly take me up there and I instantly see the shorter skeletons figure.

"Sans?"

He's shaking violently, he seems to be crying. My thoughts are confirmed as he turns around and I see blue tinted tears run down from his eye sockets. I run up to him and place my hand on his shoulder.

"Just ignore the stupid flower Sans, he doesn't deserve your tears."

"n-no more r-resets! i-i don't w-want to g-go b-back..."

"Okay."

We both look towards the doorway, Frisk is standing there while holding a surprised flower.

"WHAT!?! N-NO FRISK! RESET!"

He shakes his head and walks up to the two of us, Sans is still shaking but not as much as before.

"I can't."

"h-huh? what you mean kid? t-this ain't funny..."

Frisk gently puts Flowey beside Sans and sits cross legged infront of them.

"I can't reset. My 'save' is gone."

The two sit there, mouth agape, as Frisk looks up to me with a smile on his small face.

"I'll be downstairs. Look after them?"

I nod in confusion as he stands and calmly leaves the roof. Both Flowey and Sans look confusingly at the floor, tears streaming from both of their eyes.

"N-no more... resets...?"

"n-no more... dying... no d-deaths... papyrus..."

I awkwardly stand beside Sans, my hand on his shoulder, as I watch the two absorb the information Frisk gave them. If I could guess, the 'reset' that the three are talking about is something that only Frisk could control. If 'reseting' is the same as what you do in games then it would mean that Frisk has reset life over and over again and only Flowey and Sans has noticed this.

"duska..."

"Yeah Sans?"

"i... i'm not dreaming... am i?"

"No Sans, this isn't a dream. No more resets, ever."

He runs into me, pulling me into a hug, and I feel him crying into my shoulder. I rub his back as I give a small smile to the confused flower.

"Don't worry Sans, Papyrus and I will look after you."

"heh, i'm older."

"Well that's too bad then isn't it?"

He chuckles again as he pulls away from me. I pick up his magicians hat from beside him and placed it back onto his head, the costume really suits him. He begins walking back inside but see me standing still, looking at Flowey.

"Hey Flowey, you want to come inside?"

He looks up at me with a sad face, it doesn't suit the flower.

"Why are you being nice to me? I nearly killed you."

"Yeah but everyone deserves a second chance. Sometimes a third or fourth."

He smiles as I pick up his pot.

"Can I..."

He looks shy about his question, saying that he means good intentions.

"Yes Flowey?"

"Can I sit on your shoulder? I want to get out of the pot for a while."

Sans looks worringly at me but I nod as Flowey shoots vines around my arm and pulls himself onto my shoulder.

"I'm not restraining your arm am I?"

"Nah, your fine."

His vines don't have thorns on them and they look more like roots then vines. Sans takes the pot from my hands and carries it for me.

"you look weird as a skeleton."

"I know but Alphys was making it and I needed something for Halloween so..."

"you really are new, aren't you?"

"To the timelines? I guess so."

My words surprise Sans but he smiles at my answer.

"glad your here."

"Thanks. I'm glad too."

The rest of the night became a blur, I guess I was having too much fun. Everyone became worried for me when they saw Flowey wrapped around my arm but after a while I made them more trustworthy of Flowey. I danced with each and every one of my friends, Papyrus started the dancing by pulling me onto the dancefloor and started spinning me around. The most rememorable though was Sans, he decided that he wanted to slow dance with me which was awkward since his head was the only part of him that reached past my hips. It was fun though as he made puns the entire time, making the flower on my shoulder push his head into my hair to try and block him out. 

"hey kid, when's your birthday?"

"My birthday? Alphys machine said that it was the first of December."

"heh heh, alright then."

I look strangely at him but all he does is make his smile wider. He almost forces me to slow dance with him through three songs until Mettaton's DJ finally brings up a more... violent song. He lets me go and decides to head back to his hotel room which is where most of the guests have gone now.

"Hey Flowey? You mind sleeping in my room? Frisk seems to have gone to bed..."

"You sure you trust me?"

"Flowey you say that you have no soul, yet you cried when Frisk said that there will be no more resets. Beings with no souls can't be sad. You must have one hidden away somewhere, you just need to find it."

I pick up his pot from one of the tables and head towards an elevator, once it opens I see it full to the brim of mostly humans. I stay frozen to the spot until the doors close and it heads up without me.

"Why didn't you go in?"

"There was... not enough room."

"You could've squeezed in, your basically a skeleton."

"I'm... claustrophobic."

"Huh? What's that?"

I enter the second elevator to open which thankfully has no one inside.

"Claustrophobia is a fear of tight spaces."

"Oh. So what's fear of being alone?"

"Monophobia."

"Well... thank you."

I guess that he has that but I don't ask to make sure. As soon as I enter my room I place the pot down which Flowey jumps into, then I get changed into a shirt and shorts. As soon as I walk out of the bathroom my skeleton flickers and returns to a normal black suit.

"Ain't that convenient."

I hear him yawn as I return into the bathroom to remove the suit for Alphys, I collapse onto the bed the second I walk out of there. I look over to where Flowey is quietly sleeping on the counter and I quickly follow.

  (This song is by Jessie J called Flashlight, it suited my mood at the time. I hope you enjoyed!)