Light & Darkness

"Where…"

"Don't worry, we can still go to QC's!"

"Where am I?"

"Haha! I win! Guess you're taking the knock-off again!"

"Hello...? Anyone...?"

"Honey? Please get out of bed."

"Is… is anybody out there...?"

"I know, honey. I miss him too."

"Someone!? Anyone!? Can anyone hear me!?"

"It's only you."

"..."

"It is a beautiful day today, is it not?"

"It's dark."

"Um… H-has anyone seen the chalk?"

"It's so dark in here."

"Quiet people piss me off."

"Someone, anyone, if you can hear me…"

"I hope I can see you again soon."

"Say something… please…"

"Let's go back there tomorrow, alright?"

"Does it even matter... if you hear me?"

A sharp pain rang through their body. The feeling of their insides being pulled around and ripped apart left them sprawling onto a nonexistent floor. Fractured pieces of their rib cage poked into their lungs and heart, one small push away from piercing them.

"What!? What's happenning?" They couldn't help but smile, even as another pull from within them pulled them further into darkness. Red liquid leaked from their chest.

A light shined somewhere in the distance.

"Am I… free…?" Laughter filled the emptiness around them. Even as the pain grew sharper, they laughed.

Even as the light grew blinding, they laughed.

Even as they felt their own blood leaking into their throat, they laughed.

Their freedom was so close.

But just as quickly as it appeared, it vanished. They now felt themself being pulled on, along with their jailer.

"What?!" they screamed into the void, "What are you doing?! Why are you taking me with it!?" They could see it now; the large, red, pulsing thing that had held them prisoner for so long once again had five massive digits wrapped around it. Only now, those digits were wrapped around them as well.

The light was close now. Far too close. It's blinding light made it impossible to see, but they didn't mind. As long as it kept them from seeing what was on the other side.

"Please… please…" A teardrop fell down their left cheek, and they laughed a little more. "I just us want to be Kris again…"

Kris stretched out their arms and legs. It had been a while since they had used them, and they still were still reacclimating. They must have grown a little taller since they were last in control.

They checked their appearance in the reflection of their dagger's winding blade. They were deathly pale, their hair had grown a little longer, their right eye was glowing a bloody red, and their left eye was still… like that...

Luckily their hair was long enough to cover it.

Taking a deep breath, they lowered their blade to look at their imprisoner, now trapped within their birdcage once again. They'd appreciate the irony of it more if they didn't already know it could escape and retake them. Already it was banging on the sides of the cage, moving the wagon it sat in ever so slightly.

Kris wished they had thrown it harder. Sure, it would've caused the red liquid inside it to add to the already awful carpet stain, but at least it wouldn't be making such an annoying banging noise.

But now wasn't the time to focus on that. They had to work quickly, or else it'd have them back under its control by sunrise. And it would keep playing its twisted little game forever.

They took a second deep breath and a shaky step forward. Then another, and another, and another, until they felt they were able to walk without toppling over. Their hand stretched out to reach for the doorknob until, as expected, it found nothing.

They smiled. It worked!

Kris looked past their door to see complete nothingness. With a final deep breath, and their fingers wrapped tightly around their knife, they walked out to the edge of endless darkness...

And took another step.

So I realize I might be a bit late to the Deltarune party, but whatever. I wanted to try my hand at writing stuff for different fandoms, and this was a WIP I've had since after I first played Deltarune Chapter 1 when it came out. I loved the game and I absolutely loved Undertale, so I'm hoping this does well, because I have a lot of ideas for Undertale/Deltarune fics that I really want to write some day.

I'm also looking for someone to beta these stories, so if you're interested, send me a PM.

Now, this is a Deltarune/Undertale crossover, so next chapter we'll be seeing what Frisk and all of the other OG Undertale characters have been up to.

A snippet of the next chapter:

"You're playing that stupid piano AGAIN?!"

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"Hm? So the connection has been established, has it? Well, this will be very, very interesting."