Fair warning, this fanfic runs with the Narrator Chara theory so if you're not a fan of it you're probably not gonna like this. Otherwise, enjoy!
"Frisk."
"Frisk!"
"For the love of god Frisk, wake up already!"
It was a sunny day, the light came in from the windows of the bedroom where Frisk was peacefully sleeping in until they got so rudely awakened. They sat up on their bed and yawned while stretching their arms, then scratched their head a bit, messing their bed hair even more than it already was.
"Good morning, Chara," they said to Chara in their thoughts.
"Are you taking sleeping lessons from Sans or something?" Chara responded, sighing in annoyance. "If you take any longer, you're going to school without breakfast."
Frisk nodded in acknowledgement of Chara then yawned, rubbed their eyes and got out of bed, heading towards the door, once they opened it they could smell the scent of waffles coming from the living room. After leaving their room they were left in a small corridor that led directly into the living room where they could see Toriel placing a plate with some waffles on a table. She was quick to notice their arrival as they walked up to her, and greeted them with the usual warm smile
"Good morning, my child. I was just about to wake you up myself," she told them, gesturing towards the waffles almost as if she was some sort of maid, "your breakfast is ready."
Frisk nodded "Thanks, Mom." they smiled as they pulled a chair for them to sit on and eat.
"With how long it took for me to wake you up, I bet Mom would end up losing her patience with you if she tried," Chara commented, still sounding annoyed.
Frisk didn't grace that comment with a response and simply dug into the waffles. Toriel simply stood there patiently watching them happily eat her food before she remembered something
"Oh yes, remember to pack up some change of clothes before we go. You will be leaving school to spend the weekend at Sans and Papyrus' house, am I right?"
It took a moment for Frisk to remember, but they recalled that it was already Friday and they had promised Papyrus that they would spend a couple of days in his house so that they could have some fun together alongside Sans since it had been a little while since they last hung out.
"I almosh fohgot abouthit!" said Frisk, just then realizing they had their mouth full and swallowing down the food.
"Frisk, please do not speak with your mouth full," said Toriel, giving the kid a disapproving look, "thinking about it, I will just pack it while you eat so you we can save some time."
Frisk responded with just an apologetic look and a nod. Toriel then proceeded to calmly walk away towards Frisk's room and left them to eat in peace. She actually had made quite a few waffles, more than they could eat by themselves. She kinda had a problem of going a bit overboard on the amount of food...
"So, is it good?" asked Chara.
Frisk answered simply by nodding as they ate.
"Well, of course it is. It's Mom's food after all." said Chara, sounding happy about Toriel's cooking skills.
Frisk slightly tilted their head in confusion and gulped down their food before inquiring, "Then why did you ask?"
"You have weird taste in stuff, I mean, you literally ate garbage back in the Underground."
Frisk shrugged and continued to eat. The table they were sitting at had a golden flower in a glass vase sitting on top of a white, flower shaped fabric. From their position in the table, they could see the front door and also the windows to the outside, open and letting some wind come in that made the golden flower shake gently with every refreshing gust of wind that came by. Eating breakfast like that sure was a relaxing way of beginning the day.
From there on it was all the same everyday routine. Having a shower, brushing teeth, getting dressed... Standard stuff really. Soon, it was almost time for school to begin, but thankfully they lived very close to it so it wouldn't take very long to get there, they could even end up arriving early.
Once everything was done, Frisk stood by the front door waiting for Toriel. She also had to get herself ready since she was a teacher at the school and she often ended up taking a little longer to prepare herself as she always tried to look as "proper" as she could for her job. Although she wasn't a particularly vain woman, Toriel still concerned herself greatly with how she presented herself to others, having been the queen of the monsters probably had something to do with it.
"Mom still taking as long to get herself ready for going out as ever, and having to wait for her is also just as annoying and boring as it was before," said Chara, sighing.
Frisk giggled and, while they waited for her, they looked at the rest of the living room to which they had their back turned while they were having breakfast earlier. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, it had a sofa, a fireplace, a ceiling fan, a TV and the big chair Toriel could often be seen sitting on, plus a small bookshelf to the side next to the television; a simple, warm and cozy living room. Just looking at it made Frisk wish they didn't have to go to school and could just sit there watch TV and read all day alongside Toriel.
"MK wanted to visit Papyrus too, right?" Frisk reminded themselves as they waited, "I wonder if their parents will let them."
"Considering what happened back in Waterfall, even if they don't the kid will probably just sneak out and lie to us by saying they did," commented Chara, one could just tell they were rolling their eyes.
Frisk sighed, they couldn't really deny that it was something that Kid would do. One had to wonder just what must have gone through their parent's heads while they were exploring Waterfall in search of Undyne.
Toriel finally arrived, wearing a pair of small glasses and carrying a second backpack for Frisk. She was wearing her purple dress that she usually wore when working since her robes were a little too old-fashioned for human society.
"This is the backpack with your change of clothes, Frisk. I will keep it with me since it would be rather bothersome for you to walk around with two bags. I will be teaching you by the time the school day ends, so we can switch bags once class is over, all right?"
Frisk nodded with a smile, prompting Toriel to smile back. The two then left their house, Frisk looking up at the clear blue sky and feeling a refreshing breeze pass by. Toriel made a point to hold Frisk's hand as they walked off.
During the trip, Frisk looked around at what was happening in the neighbourhood. It was normally very quiet, the sounds of the birds singing and blowing wind shaking the leaves on the trees along the way filling the void when there weren't any conversations going on between anyone who happened to be outside, making for a very peaceful neighbourhood. At that time were some people walking around, a lot of them being parents with their kids which were wearing an uniform similar to Frisk's, which was a dark blue shirt with white shorts, or skirts for the girls who wanted it. Many different cars were passing by here and there, some probably heading towards the school as well.
Eventually they got to the school, it was a fairly small building all things considered and it was surrounded by quite a lovely garden where many kids, be they monster or human, were hanging out at while waiting for the bell to ring, either sitting on either a couple of benches left around the place, the steps leading into the building or even just the grass while others were playing around. However, Frisk hadn't seen MK among them, but considering they still managed to arrive a bit early, it wasn't much of a surprise, MK kinda had a habit of arriving late.
"Looks like we arrived early," said Toriel, letting go of Frisk's hand "I will get everything prepared for the class, you should go join your classmates in the meantime, my child."
Frisk simply nodded and smiled in response. Toriel then began walking towards the school building, waving hello to any children that made eye contact with her on the way. They could see some of the other kids walking around and chatting, but they weren't really feeling up for small talk. As they walked past the kids, they heard the sounds of some of them whispering, probably nothing good either.
"Hmph…" muttered Chara.
"Are you okay, Chara?" asked Frisk, sounding quite concerned.
"Yeah, yeah. Just go inside already," they responded, sounding significantly grumpier than before.
Frisk sighed, there was really nothing that could be done about any of it at the moment, Chara still had a great distaste of humanity and that was something that was going to take time to change. On their way to the school building they soon noticed Asgore in the corner watering some flowers.
"Hey Chara, it's Asgore," said Frisk, in an attempt to distract them a little.
"What about him?" Asked Chara, then noticing the pink sweater that Asgore was wearing. "Oh my god he's still wearing that old thing from ages ago…" one could tell just from their tone of voice that they really wanted to facepalm now.
Frisk merely snickered at the embarrassed Chara before deciding to approach the monster king, after all there was still some time before the bell rang.
"Howdy, Frisk! Nice day today, huh?" said Asgore, noticing the child approaching him and giving them a warm smile
Frisk nodded and smiled back. "How are you doing?" They asked in an attempt of making small talk.
"I'm doing quite well, working here is a very good way of relieving stress from my duties as a king." He then began scratching his cheek with one finger from his free hand. "Although I wish you kids were a bit more mindful of the flowers when you're playing around."
Frisk let out an awkward chuckle and placed a hand behind their head to further show their embarrassment, as they were quite guilty of occasionally stepping on flowers and the like when playing around during break
"If nothing else you're giving him some more lovely work to do," commented Chara, "but I bet some of those human kids are messing with the flowers just to annoy Dad," they added, their tone sounding more bitter.
"It's all right, at least you are all having fun," said Asgore and just as he was about to say something else to add the sound of the bell ringing began echoing through the area, "Well, you should hurry to your class now, Tori wouldn't like it if she found out you arrived in class late because of me." He chuckled
"Yeah, especially if it's you…" said Chara, this time not sounding grumpy but rather just bothered by something.
"Actually we start with gym class today, so Undyne's gonna be our teacher, which… I guess doesn't make it any better as far as being late goes," said Frisk, snickering a bit, "anyway, see you later!"
Asgore chuckled a little himself. "Have a nice class!"
Both waved goodbye at each other and Frisk headed inside the school building. Most kids that were playing around in the garden had already made their way inside as well. The first thing to do was to drop out their bag in class before heading to the gym so they looked for the door leading to their classroom and upon finding it they went in. Taking a quick look around the room they spotted Kid's bag lying down on their chair, which was usually the one right next to Frisk, meaning they had already arrived, maybe during the time they spent talking to Asgore.
Once they were done, Frisk left the classroom and headed to the gym which was still in the same building. It was a court surrounded by stands that were there in case any big event or announcement happened in the school, although there weren't any so far. Judging by the presence of goalposts on both ends of the court, it looked like they were going to play soccer that day.
The other kids were all waiting for Undyne in the court, some passing time by running around the open space playing tag or similar games. Frisk just joined in with the crowd waiting and among that group of children was MK, who immediately took notice of Frisk and dashed towards them.
"Yo!" They said just before tripping and landing face-first on the floor and earning the laughter of most of the others.
"This kid has some serious balance issues." Said Chara.
"Maybe it's the lack of arms." Frisk responded, shrugging.
MK then got up and shook their head before speaking up again. "What's up, dude?" They asked, apparently blissfully ignoring the laughter from the others.
Frisk was about to answer when they heard a very familiar, and loud, voice.
"All right, punks! Time to play some football!" Yelled Undyne enthusiastically as she walked into the court wearing a gym outfit comprised of red pants and a white top as well as a pair of red sneakers, she was also carrying a soccer ball with her.
The kids all exchanged confused looks with each other for a moment before someone decided to say something
"You mean soccer?" Asked a human boy
One could just see the enthusiasm be drained away from Undyne's expression to be replaced with grouchiness. "Oh, right, soccer. Yeah that's it." She said, rolling her eye "Why do we call the sport where we carry the ball with the hands 'football' and then call the one where we actually use our feet 'soccer'?! Who the heck named these sports?!" She muttered under her breath.
Fortunately even her muttering was loud enough for others to hear, which also resulted in the kids all snickering as their gym teacher complained about the language.
"ANYWAY!" Yelled Undyne as she regained her composure, "Let's just do some practice today, I'll be the goalie and you guys take turns trying to score a goal on me, got it?"
"Yes ma'am!" The class responded passionately as if they were in a military camp.
"Then what are you waiting for? Form a line!" Said Undyne as she started moving towards the goalpost
Everyone then began to gather and form a line, Frisk ended up being the last one in a line comprised of around twenty kids not counting them. Undyne dropped the soccer ball in the spot used for penalty kicks and got in position, waiting for the first kid to make their attempt.
From them on Undyne proceeded to catch the ball without fail every single time, all the while keeping a proud grin on her face while every kid looked disappointed as they were failing one by one and having to go to the end of the line.
"Come on kids, you can do better than that!" Said Undyne in an attempt to encourage them
Eventually Frisk's turn arrived and once Undyne saw them stepping forward, she grinned like she had been eagerly waiting for it this entire time. The grin on her face looked almost psychotic much to Frisk's dismay as seeing that kind of expression on her face could never lead to anything pleasant.
"Thank god she's not the one kicking," Said Chara, sounding almost scared, Frisk slightly nodding in agreement.
"Come on, Frisk, show me what you've got!" Said Undyne as she was getting in position.
Frisk gulped and got themselves in position, taking a step back and then dashing towards the ball. They briefly glanced to Undyne's left, which she seemed to catch on to, and as soon as Frisk kicked the ball she dove to her left, only for Frisk to kick it in the other direction and score a goal.
All of their classmates then let out a collective "Ooooh!" And Undyne looked shocked with her failure as she dropped to the ground. She quickly got back on her feet and picked up the ball up and tossed it at Frisk, who caught it in their hands.
"Nice shot, punk! But this time it won't get past me!" She said, getting in position for the next shot.
It wasn't just some soccer practice now, it was a competition, a duel between two great friends. Undyne was pumped now and now they could only hope she would calm down before she ended up wrecking the place somehow, but until them they just had to endure.
Frisk placed the ball in its spot, took some steps back and rushed to kick it once more, trying to use the same strategy as before, unfortunately Undyne seemed to have caught up to it as she leaped to the correct side and grabbed the ball, much to the disappointment of Frisk's classmates, who did a collective "Aaaw." in response to the events.
"Best of three, come on!" Said Undyne as she threw the ball back at Frisk.
"Frisk! Frisk! Frisk!" Chanted their classmates.
"Wow, they're actually rooting for you," said Chara, sounding genuinely surprised.
Frisk then put the ball in place and stepped back before taking a very deep breath.
"You're at it again," said Chara, rolling their eyes as much as a disembodied voice could, "hearing your classmates cheer for you, it's filling you with determination."
"What are you waiting for?! Just kick already!" Yelled Undyne, starting to get impatient.
Frisk then ran at full speed towards the ball, preparing themselves for their best kick as their classmates' cheering intensified almost as if they were in a big stadium watching the finals of the world cup. Frisk kicked the ball as hard as they could and Undyne dove to the right at such speed that all everyone could see was a blur for that brief moment before she ended up going straight at one the goalposts and hitting her head on it.
As it turned out, Frisk's kick went too far to the side, hitting only the side of the ball, which resulted in it slowly going forward while spinning madly. There was dead, suspenseful silence as the ball began slowly but surely making it's way into the goal while Undyne was still recovering from her dramatic act.
The ball made it in, it was the second and final goal. The students burst into joy as they began cheering for Frisk's victory, throwing their arms up and some even clapping. Frisk turned to them looking sheepish, they were not used to being the center of attention like that, at least, not outside of a serious situation.
"Grr…" Undyne grumbled as she stood back up, rubbing the area of her head that bumped into the goalpost. She grabbed the ball and walked towards Frisk with an expression her face that looked like a mix of anger and challenging as she pointed to the goal with her free hand. "Switch, now! I'll show you what a REAL kick looks like!"
The class gasped and Frisk flinched as they could feel a huge chill down their spine as their worst fear, at least as far as that class was concerned, had become a reality.
"And there goes the determination," said Chara.
Frisk gulped and nodded before walking towards the goal and getting in position. As they stood there fearing for their life and shaking while trying to maintain a brave face, Undyne was getting ready for her kick, with the ball being the only thing between the two of them as they stared each other.
"You are not thinking of actuallycatching that thing, right?" Asked Chara, beginning to sound worried.
Frisk just shook their head slightly as they waited for their fate.
"Ready?! Here comes the kick of a true warrior! NGAAAAAAH!"
Undyne rushed towards the ball and then kicked it so hard that the sound of the impact her foot made on the ball echoed through the gym as the ball was sent flying past Frisk at such speed that it was nothing more than a blur rending the air next to them. The rope behind the goal was not nearly enough to fully contain the ball's might as it tore a hole through it and went straight into a wall, hitting it so hard it left a huge hole in the wall and exploded into a million pieces that rained down on the court like it was confetti.
There was pure silence as all of the class' had their jaws on the floor, their arms hanging out limply and their eyes bugging out in disbelief, except for Frisk, whose body had tensed out in such a way that they couldn't even move as if they had been turned to stone, staring blankly ahead as their life flashed before their very eyes.
"I… I don't think she should be teaching children, or anyone," said Chara, the events managing to break even their composure.
Undyne blinked as she stared at the hole the ball made on the wall when it exploded, her one eye twitching as it dawned on her just what she had done.
"Uh…" she then looked at the watch on her arm, then back at the class, "Well! Class is over, punks! Go to your classrooms!"
Everyone nodded and quickly ran off, except for Frisk, who had just now broken off statue mode by sitting on the ground, taking deep breaths as they placed a hand on their chest where their heart would be. Noticing all that, Undyne walked over to them with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Hey, Frisk, sorry about all that." She chuckled. "It's just that, y'know, I get a little excited, especially with you since we're friends, if it was any of the other kids I wouldn't have gone this far."
"Well, aren't you lucky," said Chara, their tone dripping with sarcasm.
"It's… fine…" said Frisk, while panting for breath.
"All right, so, get outta here and go to class! I gotta figure out what to do now," she said, grimacing as she looked back at the hole in the wall, "Toriel is gonna kill me after this…" she muttered under her breath as she began walking towards it to have a better notion of the extent of the damage she had done.
Frisk then got up and, with a little sigh, went after their other classmates to go to some more normal classes. Although they could have potentially gotten themselves killed by a soccer ball,they couldn't help but smile a bit at the sheer ridiculousness of the events that just transpired in the gym.
Undyne's class was always an exciting way to start the school day.