User blog:IRPeacock/Glitchtale: Reincarnation

This is basically my idea of how things would go down if Betty was never evil from the start. She tries her best to be a normal human girl and goes against Agate's demands for violence. It's my own re-write of Glitchtale and has a splash of romance. This will have slow updates. (I own nothing. Undertale belongs to Toby Fox, Glitchtale belongs to Camila Cuevas.) ANYWAYS, here's the story!

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It was a beautiful autumn day outside. Flowers were closing up, squirrels were gathering nuts and seeds for their winter food stash. The leaves on the trees and bushes changed from green to various shades of red, orange, and yellow. Frisk was out exploring the woods. He always liked being around nature, even as a little kid. He was wearing a red scarf similar to Papyrus's, but it had dark red stripes and was shorter. Frisk sighed as he admired the leaves as they broke off from the trees and glided to the ground.

That's when he noticed something strange as he traveled deeper into the woods. He came to an old abandoned house with rickety walls and a broken roof. There was a broken door in front and a shattered window. Frisk walked inside and looked around. Broken glass from the window covered part of the floor, and streams of sunlight from the holes in the roof shone down, illuminating a human girl lying in a corner of the house.

The girl was unlike any human Frisk had ever seen. She had pale skin and brown hair with pink tips. She wore a light purple turtleneck with a large light pink stripe at the bottom, a torn magenta skirt, light purple leggings, and knee-length brown boots. Her eyes were closed, as if she was asleep. Frisk knelt down to the girl and checked her pulse. She was alive, but barely. When he touched her cheek, he almost instantaneously drew back from how cold her skin was.

'She must've been out here for a long time to be that cold,' Frisk thought as he gently picked up the girl. He carried her out of the old house and back to the city. He walked to Sans, Papyrus, and Gaster's place, where he figured would be the best place for the girl to stay for the time being.

Frisk knocked on the door, and the sound of footsteps followed. The door opened, revealing Gaster. His tall and thin stature, cracked skull, and the holes in his hands were features that made him stand out in any crowd.

"Frisk, what brings you--" Gaster gasped when he saw the girl in Frisk's arms.

"I found her out in the woods," Frisk explained to Gaster as he walked inside the skeleton's house. He placed the girl on the couch and sat next to her. "She's alive, but barely."

Gaster felt the girl's cheek. "Oh, she's freezing!" he said. "Should we contact the others?"

Frisk nodded. "I think it might be best if they all know about this," he agreed.

Ten minutes after Frisk texted everyone to meet at the skeleton family's place, all his friends came. Asgore, Toriel, Chara, Asriel, Alphys, and Undyne all entered the room. Flowey was carried in his flower pot by Asriel. When the Barrier broke, Asriel and Flowey became two separate beings and Flowey was forgiven for everything he had done. Chara had been resurrected by the six human Souls. He was still working on his teetering relationship with Sans, given everything he had done in the past, but he was progressing.

"Bro, what's going on?" Chara asked Frisk. His question was answered when he saw the girl lying on the couch. "Who's that?"

Frisk filled everyone in on how he found the girl in the old house in the woods. After he had explained, Sans and Papyrus walked into the room.

"What's all the commotion?" Sans asked.

"Did something happen?" Papyrus asked, also curious on the situation, as he was with everything.

Frisk repeated his explanation of how he found the girl for Sans and Papyrus's benefit.

"We don't know who she is or where she came from," Frisk said. "She might be an orphan or from one of the other districts."

"That's v-very unlikely," Alphys replied. "As f-far as I know, t-there aren't a-any missing c-child posters anywhere in the c-city. W-we would know i-if a child went m-missing."

Toriel walked over to the girl and moved her hair out of her face. There was a small cut on the girl's cheek.

"Oh, the poor thing!" Toriel said when she and everyone else saw the cut. "She must've been through quite an ordeal to end up in the forest."

"Maybe she ran away from home and went to that old house for refuge," Asgore guessed. "She had to have then fainted from exhaustion."

Undyne sighed. "I guess we'll just have to wait for someone in the city to claim her," she said.

"But until then, who's she going to stay with?" Asriel asked. "I don't think we have enough room in our house for her to stay."

Papyrus's face lit up with an idea. "Maybe she can stay with me, Sans, and Dad!" he suggested. "We do have a spare room, after all!"

Sans shrugged. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt for her to stay. What do you think, Dad?"

Gaster thought for a moment. "Well...if it's alright with the boys, then it's alright with me," he agreed.

Asgore nodded and stood up. "Very well, then. Unless someone claims her, she can stay with Gaster, Sans, and Papyrus."

And with that said, everyone else except Frisk, Chara, and Gaster stood up and left the room.

"Mom, is it okay if me and Chara stay with the skeletons for tonight? I just want to make sure the girl I found is taken care of," Frisk asked Toriel.

"Of course, my child," Toriel said, and followed Asgore and Asriel out of the room.

Frisk and Chara helped Gaster carry the girl to the spare room. Gaster placed her on the bed and covered her with the blanket. He made sure she was in a comfortable position and gently moved her head onto the pillow. Toby--the small white dog that the skeleton family kept as a pet--walked into the room, jumped onto the bed, and snuggled up next to the girl.

"You keep her company until she wakes up, Toby," Gaster told his dog.

Gaster, Frisk, and Chara walked out of the room. Frisk lingered in the doorway and looked back at the girl before following his brother and godfather, praying with all his heart that the girl would wake up.

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The next morning, Gaster walked into the room the girl was being kept in. He had a seat by her bed and stared at her. She was sleeping soundly with Toby at her side. Ever since he first saw the girl, he became sort of paternal around her. He didn't know why, but he was always like that around children. He stood close to her, he watched her, and helped Frisk take care of her. The boys were sleeping in Papyrus's room on his bed (which he over-generously offered, as he always did) while Papyrus himself slept in a sleeping bag on the floor.

The elder skeleton monster touched the girl's cheek. She was warmer, and the cut on her cheek was getting better. He sighed and held the girl's hand in his. It was small compared to his; she could fit her four main fingers inside of the hole in his palm. Part of Gaster worried that the girl would never wake up.

"It'll be alright, she'll wake up soon," Gaster whispered to himself. "She's just a child, there's no reason to be this anxious about her."

That's when Gaster heard the girl groan. His head snapped towards her as he let go of her hand. Her eyes slowly fluttered open, and to his surprise, they were a magenta pink color. He expected the girl to have a Perseverance or maybe even a Determination trait like Frisk and Chara, but apparently he was wrong. The girl's eyes suddenly widened in alarm, and screwed her eyes shut again. She opened her eyes a second time, and squinted as she was bombarded by the bright light of the room. The girl then slowly tried to sit up. Her arms trembled from holding her weight, and fell back onto the cot with an "omph". She attempted to sit up again, and after a tremendous amount of effort on her part, she managed to sit up.

The girl looked around the room, silently taking in her surroundings. Gaster couldn't tell what she was thinking; her face was completely deadpan.

"Hello, little one," Gaster said softly.

The girl flinched at the sound of his voice and turned to look at him. She froze as she caught sight of him sitting beside her, her tiny frame shivering from the effort of continuing to hold herself upright. She then shifted her weight off of her arms and leaned forward. The girl reached out towards him, curiosity shining in her eyes. She placed a hand on one of his cheekbones; Gaster froze at the unexpected contact and his face went slack. He didn't do or say anything about the fact that the girl just touched him, and instead allowed her to continue her exploration of his face. He even let her touch the cracks in his skull, something anyone else would otherwise be very sensitive.

When the girl went to stick her hand in Gaster’s eyesocket, he snapped out of his trance‐like state. He caught her by the wrist, and gently pulled her hands away from his eyesocket. She jumped a little bit, and cocks her head as she studied the sight of Gaster’s hands around her own. Then her gaze traveled down her own arms, and continued along them until she was looking down at herself. She blinked, and pulls her arms out of Gaster’s grip. She studied her hands, a look of astonishment entering her face as she turned them over. Then she patted herself down, and eventually felt her own face. Gaster watched her in awe.

The girl blinked again, and furrowed her brows adorably.

"Do you understand 'name'? My name is Gaster," he said quietly.

She cocked her head to the side, her eyes unwavering in their place trained on Gaster’s mouth.

“Do you understand me?” Gaster asked gently. “Do you know what I’m saying?”

The girl blinked a third time, then nodded.

"Good," he said. "Do you know what your name is?"

She continued to stare at Gaster’s mouth, her eyes widening as she seemed to put two and two together. She focused intently for a second, and then made a sound. It sounded a little bit like she was trying to pronounce the letter "B".

"B...B-Betty," the girl said. She seemed surprised to hear her own voice, which was high-pitched like a toddler's, even though she looked to be about twelve-to-fourteen years old. "Betty."

"Your name is Betty?" Gaster asked.

"Mm-hm," she confirmed with a nod. "My name is Betty."

Gaster smiled. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Betty," he said.

Betty tilted her head curiously as she looked Gaster up and down. "What are you, anyway?" she asked.

"I'm a skeleton monster," he said.

Betty's eyes went wide and she quickly backed away from Gaster. "S-stay away from me!" she squeaked.

Gaster's smile faded and he put his hands up. "No, it's alright. I'm not going to hurt you," he reassured her.

"But you're a monster! Monsters are bad!" Betty said. Tears started running down her face.

"No, we're not. We're all very nice and none of us would hurt a fly," he said. He extended his hand for her to take, but she just stared fearfully at it. "I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

Betty calmed down, wiped the tears off her face with her sleeve, and hesitantly took Gaster's hand. He helped her out of bed and she staggered.

"Do you know how to walk?" Gaster asked as he held her hand and placed his free hand on her back.

Betty thought for a moment, then took a step forward. She staggered a bit before steadying herself and continued to take another step. She took more steps around the room until she got the hang of it and gathered the courage to allow Gaster to let go of her. She walked faster and faster until she was running around the room with a smile on her face. She walked back to Gaster and held his hand as he guided her towards the door out of the room.

By this point, Toby had woken up and followed Gaster and Betty out of the room into the rest of the house. The little dog excitedly ran down the stairs to Sans, who was sleeping on the couch. Toby jumped on top of him, jolting him awake.

"Mornin', T," Sans said with a yawn. Toby looked back at Gaster and Betty and let out a high-pitched bark. Sans followed the canine's gaze and his eyesockets landed on Betty, who was walking apprehensively down the stairs with the help of Gaster. Finally, she made it to the bottom of the stairs. "So, you're the kid Frisk found," he said.

Betty flinched at the sound of Sans's voice and looked in his direction. Once she saw him, she cowered behind Gaster. At first, the elder skeleton was confused as to why she was scared, then looked in Sans's direction, then looked back at Betty and realized why she was scared.

"Oh, don't be afraid, Betty," Gaster reassured her. "This is my son, Sans. He lives here with me."

Sans got up and walked over to Betty, who was still scared. He gave her a gentle smile and held out his hand for her to shake. "Nice to meet ya, kid," he said. "I'm Sans."

Once Betty calmed down and got over her fear of Sans, she slowly reached out and shook his hand, and then yanked it back immediately after. A few moments later, Papyrus and the boys walked out of his room. Frisk stretched his arms and yawned, but his mouth snapped shut once he saw Betty.

"You're awake!" Frisk said with raised eyebrows. He, Chara and Papyrus walked down the stairs to Betty, Gaster, and Sans. She cowered behind Gaster once more, as she now saw the elder skeleton as her guardian.

Papyrus knelt down to Betty's eye level and smiled. "Hello, tiny human! I am the Great Papyrus! I see you've already met my dad and brother!" he greeted. "These are the humans, Frisk and Chara! Frisk was the one that found you!"