《Failing Can Lead To Peace》 Chapter One: How It All Began Ink''s POV: I opened my eye sockets to see just black. I sat up confused about where I was. I rubbed them, hoping for a different result just to see the black again. I got up and looked around, seeing if I was just facing a black wall, just to see that I''m in a black wasteland. I caught a glimpse of a light tan as I turned. I turned again to see that it was the end of my scarf. I quietly ruled out the possibility of me being blind as I looked down to see I''m in my normal clothes. I was about to run through more options of what''s going on in my ''mind'' when I heard sobbing. I turned to the direction it was, seeing is my ''ears'' were playing a trick on me. They weren''t. I quickly ran to see who was crying when I saw Error hugging himself and crying. I froze at the sight. I''ve never seen Error cry. His back was facing me as I heard him sobbing apologies to everyone. I quietly sighed as I walked over to him. I knelt and hugged him from behind. He immediately reacted and pushed himself away from me. He stared at me as tear''s run down his bones.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. "Error? Why are you crying?" I worriedly asked. I know he''s the destroyer but I''ve never seen him cry. He snapped back into reality and started to sob again. I crawled over and wrapped him in my arms. This time, instead of pulling away, he leaned in. His hand gripped my shirt tightly as I started to slowly rock him. "I''m sorry I''m sorry I''m sorry I''m sorry I''m sorry." Error kept on repeating. "What for Error?" I quietly asked, leading to him sobbing harder as his grip tightens. I quietly sighed as I started to hum ''Don''t Forget'' to calm him down. A few minutes later Error started to go limp. I looked down to see him almost asleep. "Goodnight Error." I quietly hummed as I rocked my rival. "Night...little...berry..." Error muttered as he fully fell asleep. I raised a bone brow in confusion. That sounds like a nickname that''d be given to Blue but why would Error give Blue a nickname? I laid down beside Error, causing him to immediately cuddle up to my chest. I hummed quietly as darkness swarmed my vision. I Failed! Error¡¯s POV: I woke up to feeling something soft. I immediately think that it¡¯s Nighty but when I turn over I see Ink. I jump back away from my rival, waking him up in the process. He sits up while looking at me with hat- wait where¡¯s the hatred? The disgust at my very existence? Why is it sorrow and pity? I glance around to see we are in a black wasteland. When did we get here? ¡°Error? Are you okay?¡± Ink asked as everything started to come back. I felt more tears start to run down my face once I started to remember. ¡°How can I be¡­¡± I hold back a sob. I can¡¯t cry in front of him. He¡¯s my rival! The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°What do you mean? What even happened?¡± Ink questioned my words. ¡°I failed Ink.¡± I sobbed out, hugging myself again. Ink comes over and wraps his arms around me, causing me to glitch more but lean in at the same time. ¡°What do you mean you failed?¡± Ink quietly wondered. The tears that were streaming down my face run faster. ¡°I failed at keeping the balance Ink! I was meant to make sure there was not too much destruction or creation! We¡¯re in the void! Our friends, family, lovers¡­ They''re all gone! It¡¯s my fault! I should have destroyed more!¡± I hiccuped. Ink stays silent for a bit as I wept. ¡°Look, I may not understand the balance but we have each other. You aren¡¯t alone here.¡± Ink whispered to me. ¡°But we are meant to be rivals¡­ we are yin and yang¡­ we aren¡¯t meant to get along.¡± I whimpered. ¡°So? Apparently, I¡¯m bad at following rules.¡± Ink lightly joked as he rubbed circles onto my back. I tried to calm down my whimpers but they just came out muffled as Ink laid me on his chest. There was a light in the distance, causing me to turn away from Ink¡¯s chest to see who was there. We got up and saw two deities. I recognized them right away. ¡°Lady Fate¡­? Lady Destiny¡­?¡± I questioned as I wiped my tears. Our Job
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Part of our family. Error¡¯s POV: ¡°Anyways we should head out,¡± I suggested, wanting to be by my family¡¯s side again. I miss them but I¡¯ve cried enough. I¡¯ve cracked some jokes, glad Ink doesn''t know that I say jokes when I¡¯m hurting. I don¡¯t like to say I''m hurting right out since I was taught by the voices to never let anyone know. So Nighty suggested this way. Nighty¡­ No, we¡¯ll find him soon. We¡¯ll find our family soon. ¡°Right!¡± Ink chirped, snapping out of his thoughts. I opened up a portal from the living room to a library that contains every single book to exist. I lead Inky through the darkly colored wooden place and up to the front desk where a purple-haired human typed away. She looked up to see me. ¡°Hi Misprint! Hi Roto!¡± She smiled kindly. ¡°Um, our names are Error and Ink,¡± I said. She blinked a few times before giggling. ¡°Ah sorry sorry! There are so many multiverses and I¡¯m used to only seeing one or a group at one time. Once they leave, another comes. So how may I help?¡± She rambled. ¡°Can we access the multiversal plains?¡± I politely asked the female. ¡°Sure! What for if I may ask?¡± She hummed as she looked through a drawer. ¡°Our multiverse fell and we need to find the council and ¡®bad¡¯ sanses to restore it.¡± Ink explained. ¡°Kay! Use this orb to open a portal to the Multiversal Astral Plains! It¡¯s not like other orbs that you have to drop. Just double-tap it and a portal will open in front of you! I¡¯d start with Dreamswap personally.¡± She explained while handing us a spacey orb. ¡°Got it. Thank you!¡± I thanked her. ¡°Your welcome!¡± She chirped as we walked away. ¡°Lunar did you mix us up again?¡± I heard in the distance. When I looked back with Ink, I saw a cloned version of us talking to the girl. ¡°Yeah, Sorry Roto! You guys do often look similar.¡± The human giggled. ¡°How are you able to travel multiverses is beyond me.¡± My clone sighed. ¡°Let¡¯s see if this works,¡± I said, turning to Ink. He turned his gaze back to me.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Right.¡± Ink agreed. I tapped on the orb twice. It opened up to an astral plane with a strip of ground that¡¯s in-between the orbs. We walked through as the density changed from normal to light and airy. I gasped at everything around us, and so did Ink. ¡°Wow I heard of multiverses being shaped like orbs but I''ve never seen any!¡± I gasped as I looked around the space-themed area. ¡°It¡¯s so pretty!¡± Ink said as he covered his mouth with his hand. It reminds me of OuterTale. Actually that¡¯s where Nighty and I met. Nighty¡­ Right we have to find them. ¡°Well, we should get started.¡± I hummed, snapping out of my thoughts while getting Ink out of his. ¡°Right. Do¡­we know which one DreamSwap is?¡± Ink asked. I blinked. ¡°No¡­ Hm¡­ Ah! I can just look for its code!¡± I chirped and pulled up a screen. I started to scroll through the codes of this place as Ink walked over and looked over my shoulder. ¡°What¡¯s that color code?¡± Ink asked as I paused for a bit to read the codes. ¡°It¡¯s our codes. Each monster or person has their own coding that¡¯s colored in. Yours is the rainbow while mine is the Dark Blue one. Black codes are for places such as this. It makes up the entire place. Get rid of one piece and they place falls down.¡± I explained, gesturing to each piece of code as I explained it. ¡°Cool! Hey, what is the place that you gestured to?¡± Ink wondered. I re-read it and lit up. ¡°Dreamswap! First orb to the left!¡± I chirped as we headed there, leaving the screen to fade away. We entered the multiverse to end up in a clearing at night. I look over to see a version of a passive Nightmare, Cross, and Blue. ¡°Ruru? Is that you? Do you know what¡¯s going on?¡± Nightmare asked.? Wait¡­ is that Nighty? Tears start to build up in the corner of my eye sockets. ¡°Nighty¡­?¡± I questioned. What if it¡¯s not him? What if it¡¯s just this AU¡¯s versio- ¡°Yeah? What happened? Why can¡¯t I turn back?¡± Nightmare pondered. I couldn¡¯t hold back. I ran up to him and hugged him tightly as tears streamed down my face. He stared in shock before he face relaxes. He hugs back and rubs circles onto my back. I sobbed apologies, not noticing Blue, Cross, and Ink talking about what happened. Nightmare tried to calm me down but it only reminded me that I failed them, causing my words to go faster. Nightmare pulled me into a kiss, which I immediately kissed back, tears still streaming down my face. We pulled apart as he rested me on his chest. ¡°Ruru you have nothing to apologize for.¡± Nighty quietly hummed as he rubbed circles onto my back. ¡°B-but I didn¡¯t keep the balance.¡± I quietly sobbed in his chest. ¡°Erry everyone else could have done something more,¡± Blue said as he walked over with Ink and Cross. ¡°You¡¯re the only one who did everything in their power to keep it stable,¡± Cross added on as they stood around us. ¡°You guys should have to do anything though! It was my job to keep it stable. I failed.¡± I cried out. ¡°No, it¡¯s our job. Now that Fate finally explained it to that I can hear, it won¡¯t be imbalanced again. Error you didn¡¯t fail.¡± Ink assured me. Nighty picked me up as my sobs started to quiet down. I leaned into his chest right away, missing us snuggling on the love seat. Nighty, Cross, Blue, and Ink walked through the portal as I was carried. I closed my eye sockets as I felt the soft shirt turn slimy. I felt tentacles wrap around me as I adjusted myself to lean deeper into my lover¡¯s chest. I opened my eyesockets halfway to see that we are back in front of the castle just as we walked through the portal. I yawned as we headed inside. I looked at the clock on the grey walls to see that it¡¯s 10 pm.? I yawned again as Nighty sat us on the loveseat with Cross and Blue sitting in the armchairs they claimed and Ink sitting on the couch. ¡°Tired?¡± Nightmare teased me as I yawned for the third time. I glared at him with heavy eye sockets. ¡°It¡¯s currently 10 pm. What did you expect? You all got me to sleep daily.¡± I grumbled as I buried my face into my boyfriend''s chest, closing my eye sockets. ¡°It¡¯s 10 already? That was fast.¡± Blue commented in shock. I made a sound to confirm his question as everything started to relax. ¡°We should go to bed and search in the morning then. It¡¯s obvious we¡¯re tired.¡± Ink said as Cross and Blue both yawned. ¡°I¡¯ll take you to a guest room Ink.¡± Cross hummed. ¡°I¡¯ll take this one to our room. Night guys.¡± Nighty added on as I felt us get up and walk away. I felt Nighty walk upstairs as I fell completely asleep. I hummed once more time and adjusted myself to lay into Nighty¡¯s chest completely. Nightmare¡¯s POV: I woke up to the feeling of something hitting my cheek. I quietly hummed confused as I looked at the time. Who woke me up at 5 AM? I felt myself get slapped again, fully waking me up. I turned over to see Error thrashing around in the bed, sobbing out apologies. I quickly sat up, pulled Ruru into my lap, and hugged him. He instantly stopped thrashing around but he still choked out sorries. I gently rocked him as I spoke kind words to the glitching skeleton in my arms. He slowly starts to stop crying. I wipe his tears as his dream turns fully positive. I laid us down but he refused to let go of me. I hummed lovingly as I wrapped my arms and tentacles around him, slowly starting to fall back asleep. The rest of our family. Nightmare¡¯s POV: I woke up again in the morning. We decided Cross and Blue would stay back, so the three of us headed out to the Astral Plains. I look over Error¡¯s shoulder as he scrolled through the codes. He refused to let go of my arm at the very least, so I have my arm wrapped around him. I watched as he perked up. ¡°I found duplicated codes! They¡¯re in ProdigyVerse!¡± Error chirped as the screen disappeared. ¡°That¡¯s great! Do you know all of who¡¯s ours?¡± Ink asked, walking to us. ¡°I just noticed Dream¡¯s code. Unless I¡¯m inside the multiverse, anyone who¡¯s not a god has an extremely dark version of their normal coding. Even if they are linked to that multiverse.¡± Error explained as he leaned on me. ¡°That makes sense. God¡¯s have more magic abilities then mortals so their codes would be stronger.¡± Ink hummed. ¡°Well, we should get going,¡± I suggested to my lover and his yang. ¡°Right. ProdigyVerse should be 5th orb on the right.¡± Error commented as we started walking throughout the space-themed area. We entered the multiverse Error said it was and landed in the Anti-Void. We looked around to see the version of Error. Ink walks up to start explaining what happened I believe. A few minutes go by as I studied the version of Error. He wore a plain red top, buttoned up in the middle. He had on blue jeans, ripped at his knee¡¯s, and black shoes. He somehow has a star on his skull. I looked back down at my lover and hug him tighter as I saw him staring at his alternative self with worry. Ruru looked up to see my face. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Ruru?¡± I asked my boyfriend. ¡°¡­Will you ever leave me?¡± Ruru questioned. I blinked in surprise before kissing his skull. ¡°I¡¯ll never leave you Ruru of my own free will. You are and always will be the only romantic interest I''ll truly have.¡± I responded to the glitching skeleton. ¡°I love you with all of my soul.¡± ¡°I love you too Nighty.¡± Error said as he hugged me from the side. I started to rub his skull, causing him to slightly purr. ¡°Guys! He found them!¡± Ink hollered out to us. We made our way across the white wasteland as we were soon next to them. ¡°By the way, just call me Prodigy.¡± Error¡¯s alternative said as he opened up a portal. Through said portal was a clearing.? We walked through to see Horror, Dust, Killer, and Dream. They turned around to see us. ¡°Mom? Dad?¡± Killer asked in awe. I chuckled as Error started to tear up. ¡°Come on you children.¡± I lightly joked at the title they have been given a long time ago. Error opens his arms as the kids run into our embrace. We hugged back right away. From the corner of my socket, I saw Ink, Dream, and Prodigy talking. ¡°I¡¯m sorry I¡¯m sorry I¡¯m sorry¡± Error sobbed out into their chests. ¡°Mom you don¡¯t have anything to be sorry for.¡± Dust reassured. ¡°I didn¡¯t keep the balance though!¡± Error wept as we reassured him he did nothing wrong. I glanced over to the trio to see that Dream was confused while Prodigy and Ink were giving Error looks of pity. Pity¡­ We¡¯ll need to tell them not to give us any. We survived long enough without it, we don¡¯t need or want it now. I turn back to see Error tiredly crying in my arms as the gang has taken a step back. I picked him up as he immediately leaned onto my chest, fully falling asleep. Dream and Ink walked up to us as Prodigy left. ¡°Mom really needs to stop blaming himself¡­ How did Fate expect him to keep the balance all alone? Especially when he is such an innocent soul?¡± Horror sighed. ¡°An innocent soul that¡¯s gone through to much,¡± I added. ¡°And from what Error has told me, Fate apologized and Error accepted. Also, Ink knows of the balance now.¡± ¡°We should head back to your home so Error can rest.¡± Ink said as he and Dream came up to us as Prodigy left to somewhere. ¡°Right.¡± I agreed as Ink opened the portal. We walked through and ended up in the living room. Cross and Blue hug Horror, Killer, and Dust right as they step through. I laid Error on the loveseat but he didn¡¯t let go of my shirt so I lifted myself up and laid Error on my lap. ¡°We¡¯ll go find the rest of the council while Error sleeps.¡± Dream said as He and Ink stood by the couch. ¡°Okay. I¡¯m not sure if any other AU¡¯s are restored yet or if we need all AU¡¯s for the others to be restored so bring them here.¡± I tell them. ¡°Right. Whelp, Be back soon!¡± Ink agreed before opening a portal, leading to the two yangs to leave. Healing Error¡¯s POV: I woke up staring at Nighty and I¡¯s ceiling. I try to move but my body is suddenly hit with a bursting pain, making me gasp. I suddenly feel a goopy hand lift me up onto the purple galaxy-themed bed. I divert my eyes to see Nighty sitting beside me. ¡°Here, take these. They¡¯re painkillers.¡± Nighty said as he put pills in front of me. I slowly moved my head to put them in my mouth. Once they are in my mouth,?? I start to gag from them being there. Nighty quickly helps me drink water to wash them down. Once they are down, Nighty helps me finish the water and sets it to the side. I lean on him, wondering on why I was in pain. Nighty must have noticed since he started talking. ¡°Some of the sanses Ink and Dream found attacked you out of instinct. Others blamed us for the separation.¡± Nighty explained while rubbing my skull. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°I mean, they got one right.¡± I weakly, yet darkly chuckled. Nighty sighs and puts me on his lap, kissing my skull. ¡°Ruru it wasn¡¯t your fault.¡± Nighty said as he put his arms around me. ¡°But I didn¡¯t keep the balance¡­¡± I argued, leaning onto his chest, tears forming at the edge of my eye sockets. ¡°Ruru your the only one who gave it your all.¡± Nighty sighed as I laid on my side, still in his lap. ¡°But it¡¯s my job to keep its balance. Not yours, not the gangs, not Blue¡¯s¡­¡± I stated, tears starting to roll down my cheeks. ¡°And you did an amazing job. How can it be your fault if you did everything to prevent it?¡± Nighty whispered. ¡°I¡­ I was meant to make sure it didn¡¯t fall¡­¡± I said, curling up and lightly gripping onto Nighty¡¯s goop covered shirt. ¡°And you did for so long. Besides, the multiverse didn¡¯t entirely fall. Our home is still here. Once all of the council is here, then the multiverse will be restored minus the copies.¡± Nighty hummed as he rocked me. ¡°I¡­ I guess so¡­¡± I replied, not believing it wasn¡¯t my fault. I wiped away my tears that started to roll down my cheeks. ¡°Ruru don¡¯t bottle up your emotions. It¡¯s not healthy¡­¡± Nighty sighed as he rubbed my skull. That seemed to be all that was needed to say since I started to violently sob into Nighty¡¯s chest, my grip tightening on his shirt. Every time I said something bad about myself, Nighty would reject it and say something kind. He kept on rocking me. Around 30 minutes later I slowly fell asleep, but tears rolled down my cheeks. Just as I was about to fall asleep, I felt Nighty lay us down and cover us up with the blanket. We never were aware of the shocked visitors outside our door that saw the entire thing. One More. Nightmare¡¯s POV: I woke up and looked over to my boyfriend, to see him groaning in pain. I sat us up as I used my tentacles to grab pain killers and water. I helped his take the pills and wash it down with water. ¡°Morning Nighty and thank you.¡± Error groaned out as we waited for the pain killers to kick in. He leaned on me with his eye sockets closed tightly. ¡°Morning Ruru and you¡¯re welcome,¡± I responded as I wrapped my tentacles around him, pulling him closer. ¡°Come in!¡± I called out after hearing a knock. The door opened to reveal the Star Sanses. Ruru opened his eye sockets a bit to see who entered.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°Hey Error, how are you doing?¡± Ink asked. ¡°My pain tolerance used to be higher,¡± Ruru complained as he moved a bit, causing him to squeeze his eye sockets in pain again. ¡°You pain tolerance isn¡¯t lower, your defenses are.¡± Blue pointed out. ¡°Doesn''t mean it hurts any less.¡± Error groaned out, leaning heavily on my side. I rubbed his skull in comfort. ¡°Anyways we found most Originals AU¡¯s but we can¡¯t find Classic.¡± Dream explained. Error opened his eye sockets and sat up mostly straight, wincing in pain. He still has to lean onto me for support though. ¡°Are you sure?¡± Error asked worriedly. ¡°Mhm. There are no duplicated codes in any other multiverse.¡± Ink answered. Error opened up a screen as Blue came to Ruru¡¯s other side. He scrolled through the codes as Blue and I looked over his shoulder, reading them for Classic¡¯s coding. ¡°What are you guys doing?¡± Dream questioned, confused. ¡°Looking through codes.¡± I hummed. ¡°To exact, Classic¡¯s.¡± Ruru continued. ¡°Wait, Blue you know how to read code?¡± Ink stared in awe. ¡°Mhm. Erry¡¯s a good teacher.¡± Blue answered without thinking. Found Him. Error¡¯s POV: I scrolled through the codes with Nighty and Berry looking over my shoulder. A few minutes later Nighty spoke up and pointed to a royal blue strip of code. ¡°Hey, isn¡¯t that Classic¡¯s code?¡± Nighty questioned. ¡°Yeah! And it¡¯s by the Tree of Feelings!¡± Blue added in as I made a portal there. Blue and Nighty stood up to head there. I tried to stand up too but my legs gave out under me as I fell. Nighty quickly caught me. ¡°Maybe you should stay here Ruru.¡± Nighty suggested, moving us towards the bed. I quickly shook my head. ¡°I can help though,¡± I argued, not wanting to do nothing. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. ¡°Erry you can barely stand.¡± Blue countered. ¡°Y-yes I can,¡± I stated, trying to stand again. I quickly fell to be caught by Nighty again. ¡°It won¡¯t take long Error.¡± Ink said from Dream¡¯s side. ¡°Yeah. We¡¯ll just go in, get Classic, then return.¡±? Dream explained. ¡°I¡¯ll even stay with you if it makes you feel better.¡± Nighty suggested. I looked down. ¡°But I¡¯ve barely helped¡­ I should have done more¡­¡± I countered the four skeletons. ¡°Error you¡¯ve done more than enough for so long. You out of everyone deserves to have a break.¡± Ink sighed. I sighed giving in, a bit confused though. ¡°¡­Fine¡­¡± I gave in. ¡°But you should still be able to track where Classic is exactly.¡± I pulled out an orb and handed it to Blue. ¡°Thank you. We¡¯ll be back very soon.¡± Berry said as he took the orb. I nodded as Nighty placed himself and me on the bed. I watched them leave through the portal as Nighty pulled me onto his chest and started to pet me. I began to subconsciously purr as I looked up at Nighty. ¡°Nighty?¡± I started as he looked down on me. ¡°Yeah, Ruru?¡± He hummed as he continued petting my skull. ¡°Earlier Ink mentioned something called a break. What is that?¡± I asked my boyfriend. He sighed, closing his eye sockets. He opened them a few moments later, looking at me. ¡°When someone takes a break it means they are resting Ruru.¡± Night explained sadly. ¡°Oh Okay!¡± I chirped, oblivious to his sadness. The petting slowly lulled me to sleep. Just before I fell asleep I saw Ink, Dream, Berry, and Classic come back into the room. I purred loudly knowing they were safe and talking to Nighty about something. I curled up into Nighty¡¯s arms and fully fell asleep. Peace Inside a dressing room, A blue-clothed skeleton finished putting a necklace on a glitching skeleton. ¡°Blue do I have to wear a dress?¡± Error asked with blue and yellow covering his cheeks. ¡°Why wouldn¡¯t you!¡± You look so pretty!¡° Blue giggled as he skipped around, looking for something. ¡°But it¡¯s so pretty to be worn on someone like me¡­¡± Error whispered as tears built up in his eye sockets. Blue stopped looking around and turned back to his friend. ¡°Error it wasn¡¯t your fault,¡± Blue reassured his friend. ¡°Isn¡¯t it? Had I been able to keep the balance we would have never been separated...¡± Error softly said as tears threatened to spill. The destroyer was hugged from behind. ¡°Had you been able to keep the balance- which was impossible to do alone- we would have never reached peace.¡± Nightmare said to his lover. ¡°There could have been some other way!¡± Error choked on his words as he turned around.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°Ruru, you did everything you could. Besides, it¡¯ll all be in the past. Nobody else blames you but you.¡± Nightmare said to the glitching skeleton. He wiped the tears from his lover¡¯s eye sockets. ¡°Now cmon. It¡¯s time to go.¡± Blue smiled gently. Error and Nightmare nodded as the trio left the room.
¡°Error Retribution and Ink Timeline. Do you promise to not create or destroy alternative universes as long as you live? Once you agree, the person who breaks it will be punished to live in DreamTale¡¯s cell for the rest of time.¡± Abyss asked. ¡°I, Error Retribution/Ink Timeline promise to not create/destroy alternative universes for the rest of time.¡± Ink and Error said in unison. Error glanced back to see Blue, Horror, Dust, Cross, and Killer behind him. He leaned on the shoulder of his lover, who was in front of his twin. ¡°Nightmare Feelings and Dream Feelings. Do you promise to not spread any positivity for negativity throughout alternative universes for as long as you live? Once you agree, the person who breaks it will be punished to live in DreamTale¡¯s cell for the rest of time.¡± Abyss questioned. ¡°I, Nightmare Feelings/Dream Feelings promise to not spread negativity/positivity throughout alternative universes for the rest of time.¡± Nightmare and Dream hummed. ¡°Then by the power invested in me as a judge, the truce is sealed,¡± Abyss smirked as Blue and the gang cheered. Error laughed at their antics while Nighty kissed Error¡¯s skull. It took a moment for Error to realize what happened, but when he did, he buried his blushing face into Nightmare¡¯s chest. ¡°Hey, You two should kiss!¡± Blue and Dust called out, only to be hit on the skull by Horror and Killer. It proved useless as Nightmare lifted Error¡¯s face and kissed the former destroyer. Error kissed back right away as Blue and Dust stuck echo-tongues out at Horror and Killer. Everyone else froze as they weren¡¯t used to this side of them, even Blue. ¡°Well, I guess we can¡¯t expect total peace from the child-like adults.¡± Nightmare chuckled as they pulled away. ¡°Dad how could you!¡± Cross gasped dramatically. Error chuckled fondly and laid himself back onto his boyfriend''s chest. ¡°Kids, we¡¯re gonna head home!¡± Nightmare called out as he saw his lover about to fall asleep. Horror, Dust, Cross, Blue, and Killer immediately stopped messing around and lined up in front of Nightmare, shocking the council. ¡°Dibs on TV!¡± Blue called out as they went through a portal, with Nightmare carrying Error. Our FairyTale ???¡¯s POV: ¡® ¡°Dib¡¯s on the TV!¡± Blue called out as they went through a portal, with Nightmare carrying Error. ¡® I wrote down the final sentence in the book. I placed the pen to the side and set the ink to dry. I look over to the rest of the papers that will soon become a book when I felt someone kiss my head. I look up to see my lover. ¡°Hey, love.¡± He smiled down on me. I chuckled and kissed him. We pulled apart a second later. ¡°Hi, babe!¡± I chirped. He rested his head on my shoulder. ¡°Are you done with that book?¡± He asked me, looking at the paper that I set to dry. ¡°Uhuh! Just have to let the ink dry before binding it.¡± I responded as he kissed my cheek. We look over to the doorway when we heard footsteps coming this way. Our child came in.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°Momma! Dadda! Dunckle¡¯s here!¡± Our baby boy chirped. ¡°Okay, sweetie. Momma and Dadda will be there in a minute, okay?¡± I smiled warmly. ¡°Okay!¡± Our baby boy giggled and ran back downstairs. My husband grabbed my hand and helped me up. ¡°You ready to go, love?¡± He purred. I nodded as we left downstairs. We arrived in the living room to see our baby boy playings with his brother and dunckle. ¡°Heya.¡± I smiled as we came down. ¡°Momma! Dadda!¡± Our children exclaimed as they ran to us, engulfing us in a hug. ¡°Hello sweetie, Hello pumpkin,¡± I said to our kids. ¡°Illusion, Dismay, why don¡¯t you go play in the other room okay?¡± My lover said. ¡°Okay!¡± Illusion and Dismay chirped as they ran to their bedroom. I chuckled fondly as we sat down next to our guest. ¡°Hey Ink. It¡¯s been awhile huh?¡± I greeted him. ¡°Yeah. How have you been Error and Nightmare?¡± Ink questioned. ¡°We¡¯ve been well. You?¡± My husband asked. ¡°I¡¯ve been well. I just came to drop off the binding items before I left but you know how they are.¡± Ink snickered. ¡°Haha well, they are our kids.¡± I giggled. ¡°Well, I got to get back to Fresh and Para. I¡¯ll see you guys later!¡± Ink smiled. ¡°Bye Ink!¡± We waved farewell as Ink left by a portal. My husband turned to me. ¡°Want to go see what binding stuff he brought, Ruru?¡± He asked. ¡°Sure Nighty.¡± I hummed as we looked through the basket. General Idea Chapter One: What¡¯s going on? It starts off by Ink waking up in a black space to hear sobbing. He goes just to find Error crying and muttering apologies to everyone about failing something. Ink¡¯s morals get in the way of what has happened and he hugs Error from behind. Error flinches away, out of Ink¡¯s grasp, looks at Ink and stares in shock as tears still run down his face. Ink asks why he was crying, causing Error to come back into reality and start to sob again. Ink hugs Error again, this time Error cries into Ink¡¯s chest saying Sorry over and over again. When Ink asks what for, Error cries harder and grips Ink¡¯s shirt tighter. Error only calmed down by falling asleep and he didn¡¯t calm down all the way. Ink rocked Error to calm him down, which worked. Ink is surprised when Error said ¡®love you¡¯ meant for Blue, but accidentally called him little berry. Chapter Two: ¡°I failed!¡± Error wakes up to see himself in Ink¡¯s lap and in a black place, causing him to jump out of Ink¡¯s hold, waking Ink up. When Ink asks how he was doing, everything caught up to Error as tears started to stream down his face again. Error asks how he can be okay, leaving Ink confused. Ink asks him what he means causing Error to sob out that he failed. Ink asks what he failed at and Error sobs out that he failed at keeping the balance. That they are in the void. That the multiverse is gone. Ink stares in shock as he tries to process it. Ink says that he may not know of the balance, but that Error isn¡¯t alone. Error cries that they are meant to be rivals and asks what¡¯s the point of going on if his family isn¡¯t there. Error starts to mutter apologies again before Fate and Destiny come. Chapter Three: Our Job. Error backs away in fear at Fate while Ink is confused. Destiny explains that the other¡¯s are across multiverses and they need to find them. Destiny reassures Error that he didn¡¯t fail, drying his tears. Error still says that even if it can be fixed, he failed his family by having it get unstable to start with. Destiny assures Error again that he didn¡¯t fail. While this is going on with Error and Destiny, Fate is saying the same thing about the multiverses with Ink and explaining the balance. Ink asks Fate why she didn¡¯t tell him again. Fate says that he was no-longer in her strings. Ink suggests that she could have come down herself. Fate says it¡¯s mess up the Multiverse and that they are allowed down since it¡¯s already messed up. Ink says that it didn¡¯t really help at this point. Fate gives in and says fair enough. Ink, Error, Fate, and Destiny meet up as Error is given enough reassurance that he didn¡¯t fail to stop sobbing, but a few tears do still fall every now and then. Fate apologizes as Error accepting right away. Fate and Destiny explain that they will have to travel through multiverses to find the main original AU¡¯s (So The ¡®Bad¡¯ sanses and the council.) for the multiverse to be restored. Error and Ink agree and head through a portal to a multiverse. Chapter Four: Part of our family. They end up in Dreamswap where Blue, Nightmare, and Cross are there. Blue, Cross, and Nightmare are talking to the side when Error and Ink come through. Nightmare questions if it¡¯s them and if they know what¡¯s going on. Error runs up and hugs Nightmare, repeatedly apologizing as Blue and Cross are filled Ink on whats going on. So Nightmare being able to talk, he kisses Error -who kisses back right away- and once they pull apart -but still hugging- Nightmare assures Error that he has nothing to apologize for. Error disagrees and says that he couldn¡¯t keep the balance. Blue and Cross counter it saying that everyone could have done something more. Error keeps on insisting it¡¯s his fault until they say it¡¯s not for the 10th time. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Nightmare picks up Error- who immediate leans into Nightmare¡¯s chest- and carries him through the portal that leads to the DreamTale part of their multiverse. Once arriving at Nightmare¡¯s Castle (DreamTales castle), They agree that they should sleep for the night -seeing as it is 10 PM- and head out in the morning where Nightmare, Error, and Ink will go search for others while Cross and Blue stay behind. Blue, Cross, and Ink have their own rooms while Nightmare and Error share a room. During the night, Nightmare wakes up to being slapped in the face. He looks over to see Error thrashing in the bed due to a night terror. Nightmare hug¡¯s Error, calming him down instantly and to sob out apologies. Nightmare whispers kind words to Error until he¡¯s fully calmed down, but he clings to Nightmare. Chapter Five: The rest of our family. In the morning they eat and head out -with Error still clinging onto Nightmare-. They land in a ProdigyVerse and they meet Prodigy. Ink explains what¡¯s going on as Error refuses to let Nightmare go. Prodigy leads them to Killer, Horror, Dust, and Dream. They recognize Error, Ink, and Nightmare immediately and rush over. Error sobs apologies to the rest of the gang leading to the cycle while Ink informs Dream of what¡¯s happened. While in Nightmare¡¯s arms, Error ends up falling asleep, causing them to head back to the mansion. The rest of the dysfunctional family reunited with each other (including Blue) as Nightmare sets Error on the couch. Error refuses to let go, leading to Nightmare being a pillow. Dream and Ink agree to head out to find the council while Error slept. Chapter Six: Healing Error wakes up in a bed and unable to move due to soreness. Nightmare notices this and helps Error take painkillers while explaining that some of the sanses attacked him out of instinct, some blaming the ¡®dark¡¯ sanses for the separation. Error weakly chuckles and says that they got one of them right, before Nightmare sitting on the bed, putting Error in his lap, And reassuring Error that he is not to blame. Error argues but eventually giving in for then. He wipes away his tears before Nightmare tells him to not bottle up his emotions. Error grips Nightmares shirt as he sobs into his lover''s chest, with Nightmare rejecting every bad thing Error sobs out about himself as he slowly rocks the bean. Error falls back asleep in Nightmare¡¯s arms. Soon after, Nightmare falls asleep while sub-consciously laying them down and pulling the blanket on them. The entire time they were unaware of the visitors that were right outside the door. Chapter Seven: One More. Nightmare wakes up to see Error groaning in pain and gives him pain killers. Error leans on Nightmare with his eyesockets squeezed tightly as Blue, Ink, and Dream enter the room (after knocking). Ink asks Error how he¡¯s doing, leading to Error complaining that his pain tolerance used to be higher. Blue states that his defense is lowered, not his pain tolerance. Error deadpans, saying that it doesn''t make it hurt any less. Dream starts explaining that they got most AU¡¯s back but can¡¯t find Classic. Error opens his eye sockets and sits up mostly straight (he still has to rely on Nightmare to not fall over in pain.) as asks if they''re sure. When Ink confirms it, Error starts sorting through code with Blue and Nightmare looking over his shoulder. Dream asks what they are doing, causing the three of them to reply in unison that they are looking through code. Chapter Eight: Found Him. Nightmare points out a royal blue code in another part of DreamTale. Blue quickly identifies it as the Tree of Feelings as Error makes a portal. Nightmare stands up with Error trying to shortly after, but instead falls down. Nightmare catches him and tries to set him on the bed but Error refuses, wanting to help. It takes them all to convince Error to stay behind, even then Nightmare stayed with him. Error gave Blue an orb that allows him to see the codes in case something happened. Once they leave, Error lies onto Nightmare''s chest as Nightmare started to pet him. Error slowly falls asleep as they return. Nightmare talks to them -without stopping on petting Error- as Error curled up and fell asleep in Nightmare''s arms. Nine: Peace It starts off with Blue finishing a formal outfit on Error and Nightmare and leading them to the room for the truce- where the gang is waiting-. Error takes Nightmare¡¯s hand as they enter -the gang behind Error with Blue- and walks down to the other end here Ink, Dream, Classic, Stretch, Red, Reaper, and Razz were. They reach the end as Ink faces Error and Nightmare faces Dream. Abyss does the truce thing as both sides accept it (Error and Nightmare first) as go through with it. Once it¡¯s done with, Nightmare kisses Error¡¯s forehead, causing Error to hide his skull into Nightmare''s chest while Blue and the gang laugh with everyone else not used to seeing this side of the ¡®bad¡¯ sanses. Chapter Ten: Our FairyTale (I forgot to write it down so I just made it up.)