ErrorInk:To Be Enemies Or Not To Be Enemies

Chapter 26:Forget or Not Forget

I check the clock Ink had made to see hours had flown by, but I didn't really care. I hold the puppet of Ink in my hand, still lost in wonder about him. I begin to think that I should put the past behind me. Forget Ink. Our truce. Or friendship. Our good times and fun. Our love. Everything. That's clearly what the kid wanted by splashing that stuff on Ink. Besides, maybe Ink and I will get back to this in some other timeline. I'm sure Ink would enjoy the fights, just like I used to. And surely the gang would like destruction again. I was starting to believe this and plan on going to the gang's place to rejoin my old ways when a portal opened. My hopes went through the roof, if there was one. I look to see Blue coming through a portal, but didn't see me. He began pacing back and forth, the portal shutting. He didn't seem impatient or waiting for someone. He seemed worried and in thought. Wouldn't he be with the Star Sanses and Ink right now?

I stand up and approach him. He jumps when I taps him on a shoulder. He looks at me and sighs.

"Oh phew, it's only you."Blue says

"WhAt dO yOu mEaN? WeRe yA sCaReD iT wAs sOmEoNe ElSe?"I ask

"Well, kinda. Something weird is going on with Ink. He's been freaking me out too."Blue says

"ExPlAiN."I say, looking at him confusedly, then notice the injuries on him

"Ink hasn't shown up to any meetings at the new base, he hasn't contacted anyone or come to help protect any AUs, and I've witnessed some odd things. I went to his place recently to check on him. I found the door wide open and enter. I found the place completely blank, you and I know how he feels about blank spaces. Not only that, but I went upstairs hearing some banging noises to witness him destroying his sash of vials. Then he opens some strange portal. I got the heck outta there! Few days later, I Dream sent me to check on some AU that's been acting up, so I went to investigate. I witnessed Ink destroying an AU! Something is seriously up!"Blue explains

"Is tHat wHeRe yOu cAmE fRoM?"I ask

He nods.

I pause to think. I wrap his injuries with my strings to bandage them. I then remember something. The notepad.

"BlUe, dId you find hIs nOtEpAd or sKeTcHbOokS deStrOyeD?"I cautiously ask

"I found 2 of them, but not broken. And I didn't find the puppet of you anywhere. Here, I took them to see if there'd be any clues. Why do you need them anyway?"Blue asks, handing me the sketchbooks and notepads

"JuSt cUrIoUs. Go cHeCk oN eVerYoNe. DrEam, Dust, CrosS, my brO, yOuR bRo, Ink!Pap. MaKe sUre TheY'rE oK anD nOt iN dAnGer Or cAusInG tRoUble. Get hElP fRoM DusT wItH yOuR iNjUrIes aNd tElL hIm wHat yA tOlD me, He mAy KnOw sOmEtHinG."I say, opening a portal to Dust

"Okay, but what are you gonna do?"Blue asks

"ExaMiNe tHeSe. A tRiP dOwn Ink'S mEmORy LaNe cAn'T hUrT."I tell him

Blue nods and goes through. I shut it. I sit down, having a new feeling inside me. Something was up. And it was more than Ink's memory. I now got this feeling of not wanting to forget the times and go back to my old ways. Surely Ink had some memory and was just being manipulated. I flip through the books and found one page in one of them. It was recent. It was in the pad that Ink was using at the time of being in Science's isolation things. I read it carefully.

"Dear Future Ink or whoever may read this,

Hello. Hope this works. If you are reading this, it could mean two things. One, my nightmare has come true again. Or, I just forgot about this and found it, either that or someone else. Sometimes I hate my memory, especially now. No matter, time to focus! The past few nights, I've had the same nightmare repeatedly that it's now predictable, like a movie watched too many times. It has a glitchy kid laughing and throwing something at me. From there, I see myself at first acting forgetful, but then destroying my vials, abandoning my allies, which would grow to destroying AUs and erasing my place. I seem to answer to the glitchy kid. They hide away in some cave in what seems to be an unfinished AU and is meant to be Mt Ebott. They refer to it as A!Tale. Unlike the kid my bro created that wants to be a destroyer and set things back to the past of me protecting AUs and fighting Error the destroyer, this kid wants these roles to swap for their fun. In order to do that, they'll create AUs from the ones I destroy from them, and plan on getting my allies on their side. Except the members of Nightmare's gang or Error and Dust, they have different plans which I think is clear due to role-swap idea already. I've seen my puppet of Error and Error's of me on some note later in this nightmare. Someone holds it and it seems I gain control again. Maybe this is that note. Future Ink or reader, if this is the situation and you're reading this, remember the good times. Remember the fun. Do not hurt the blue scarfed, the golden crowned, the hooded, the X-clothed, glitchy Papyrus or the skeleton with error signs. I'm sorry for any destruction I've caused. Remember the laughs, the good times, the creativity, the friends and allies, the love, everything. Don't listen to the glitchy kid. I, and possibly you, are Ink. A Star Sans. Protector of AUs. Silly. Creative. A friend. A secret shortie. Inky. A skittle shortie.