Alex woke slowly from the light filtered through the blinds on the window beside him. The first rays of the day were shining through and directly onto his eyes. It was dawn. Unable to fall back asleep, he got out of bed and swung their legs over the side of the bed, but they didn't touch the ground.

Alex swung them some more over to the right and began to climb down the ladder onto the floor. Below his bed lay Frisk Dreemurr, the adopted daughter of Toriel. Somewhere dormant in her mind also laid Chara Dreemurr, but Alex decided not to wake them. Though, he did stand there for a moment and smiled at her sleeping form. She looked pretty cute cuddled into a ball like that.

Alex stood there a moment to long and heard someone clear their throat. Alex turned around to see Asriel, sitting up in his own bed, looking intently with eyes narrowed toward Alex. A smirk was formed by his mouth. Alex, however, felt the heat on their face and a blush form rather than a smile.

Asriel opened his mouth to speak, whispering softly, "Wow, already?"

Alex narrowed his eyes in response and glared at him. Asriel simply giggled quietly. Alex shook their head and went to his dresser to get his pair of clothes for the day. While he was picking out a new pair of blue jeans and while looking for a shirt, Asriel spoke again.

"You're both so weird."

"No, you're weird. And says who?"

"Well, Chara agrees with me!"

"Nuh uh."

"Yeah, you are. You're just like how mom and dad always are…"

Alex tried to ignore Asriel's teasing as they picked out the shirt. It was a red shirt with the words "Cool Dude" in a large font on the front in silver. After seeing Papyrus' 'cool dude' shirt, Alex had asked for one as well. Being… well, Papyrus, he couldn't say no and made another just for him. Alex loved it!

He stood up with his clothes under his right arm and prepared to leave when Asriel spoke up again, "Just tell her how much you LOOoooovvvveee her!"

Alex turned around slowly and prepared his face. He turned around to look at Asriel and had one of the creepiest faces, forcing a shriek from Asriel as he fell backwards a bit. Alex couldn't hold it and laughed aloud, losing the creepy face.

Asriel crossed his arms and pouted, "No fair, you can't just use Chara's creepy face like that!"

Alex shrugged and held his arms in the air in defense, "Hey, blame Chara. She's the one who taught me."

"Taught what?" They both turned to Frisk to see the creepiest face ever constructed. Her eyes and sockets were pure black along with her mouth. In fact, if they didn't know any different, they'd say there was something black leaking out of her mouth and eyes.

Both of them shrieked and fell back while Chara laughed and rolled around on her bed. Her face shifted back to normal and her eyes being red now instead of black. Asriel scolded her, "Stop it Chara, not this early!"

After the fear left Alex, he laughed, "Dang Chara, you do creepy faces on a whole 'nother level."

Chara beamed and smiled with pride, "Of course. I am a pro, after all."

"Is Frisk still sleeping?" Asriel asked, almost innocently.

Chara nodded, "Yeah, but she'll likely wake up soon. Why Azzy?"

Asriel smirked deviously, and Alex knew why. "Chara, wouldn't you agree that Alex and Frisk llloooooovvvvveeeeee each other?!"

Alex's face turned beat red. Chara tried to suppress a laugh for a moment before giving up and rolling back and forth in bed. Alex dropped their clothes on the floor and leaped onto Asriel's bed, tackling him and shaking him by his shoulders. "Be quiet you little goat!"

Everyone was laughing now, making plenty of noise. It was enough to wake up Frisk, and now one eye was brown and the other was red. This was only for a moment before Chara slipped back inside and gave Frisk back full control, turning both eyes brown.

Suddenly, the door opened and Toriel stood in their doorway, "Up already, my children?"

Alex quickly hopped off of Asriel and ran to pick his clothes back up. "Yeah mom, I was just going to get changed!"

"On top of Asriel?" She asked, laughing.

Alex quickly shook his head, "No, he was just teasing me."

"Nuh uh, I didn't do anything, right Frisk?" Asriel tried to defend himself.

Chara couldn't resist and must have said something to Frisk, "Chara said that it's both of their faults!" Both Asriel and Alex glared at Frisk. For just a moment, an eye flashed red and winked at them. They were DEFINITLY going to get payback later.

"Alright, well why don't you all get dressed? This IS our last week before school!" Toriel added, smiling. This announcement forced a groan out of all children. Asriel pouted again.

"C'mon Asriel, no pouting… Asgore's making pancakes!"

Asriel immediately brightened up and jumped out of bed and bounded to his closet to pick out his clothes. Alex, Frisk, and Toriel all laughed.

She turned to Alex and Frisk, "You two, why don't you all get ready too. We're going to be meeting your some of your teachers today at Orientation, after all!"

Now they both grinned and giggled excitedly. Frisk now jumped out of bed to choose her own clothes for the day. Alex walked out the door to their bedroom and turned left. Only a few feet further, at the end of the hall, was the bathroom. He opened the door and closed it behind him.

Summer flew by pretty fast. He fell Underground (twice), freed the monsters with Frisk, and returned to the Surface. Already, the monsters had built a decent sized town around the mountain to live on and a nearby town had partnered with the monsters for various things, like education.

It was pretty hectic at first, getting adopted by Toriel, the announcement about the monsters, it was so crazy, but pretty much everything has worked out well. Who knows, maybe even school wouldn't be so bad. After all, some of their monster friends would be there with them and a few of their friends were teachers.

Alex brushed his teeth and finished getting dressed before he walked out of the bathroom to see Frisk waiting outside the door. She smiled warmly and entered the bathroom once Alex exited. This life with the monsters, it would be pretty great.

They had all arrived at the school only minutes ago after a rather uneventful day. They spent most of the day together at home as a family before enjoying one of Toriel's famous home-cooked dinners. Now that they were here, Alex, Frisk, and Asriel (and Chara too, kinda) would be meeting several of their teachers for the upcoming school year, which included their very own mother.

After the initial greeting from the Principal, which included a discussion on proper etiquette with monsters, many of the teachers went back to their respective classrooms to await parents and students. Asgore served as the adult chaperone for the children as they went around to see the teachers. First stop, the gym.

PE had always been one of Alex and Frisk's favorite classes, as long as they weren't doing pointless exercises that is. Standing near the bleachers by the side of the basketball court stood a familiar sight. A tall blue fish with crimson hair stood in the middle of a small crowd of students and parents alike. Alex and Frisk immediately ran over towards her, yelling her name and grabbing her attention.

"Hey punks, how's it going?" She exclaimed, almost literally throwing the other children out of her way to get to her 'besties'. She squatted down and gave them both a large hug, nearly squeezing the life out of them.

"St-stop it Undyne."

"Y-yeah. C-can't breathe. *Bleehh*" Frisk stuck her tongue out and pretended to die from the hug. She just laughed and released the pair.

"It's Miss Undyne to you nerds!" She said matter-of-factly with both of her fists on her hips, prompting the pair to stick their tongues out at her.

Asgore and Asriel finally made their way through the crowd and made it to them. Asriel ran up and hugged Undyne too for a moment before she met eye contact with Asgore. She smiled and stood up straight for a moment before offering her hand toward him. He reached out in response and shook it gently.

"Howdy Undyne."

"Your majesty."

Asgore held up his other hand slightly and shook his head. "No need for such formalities. I am no longer a King." She nodded, understanding what he said.

They all talked with her a bit longer before she realized that they weren't her only students and parents she was going to talk to. They bid her goodbye and walked away toward another building with many classrooms. Their next stop was Toriel's room.

Her classroom was decorated in many symbols and items from the Underground, however it was all very neat and organized. After all, Toriel had always wanted to be a teacher, and now she finally was. She was a reading teacher and one of the two librarians. There she stood, by her desk and standing next to another man while they both talked to the parents and students.

The man beside her wore black dress pants with matching black dress shoes and a red polo shirt. His short brown hair was neatly combed to the side, making him look even more professional. The four of them waited to the side for the other parents to finish their conversation before they finally approached Toriel and the other man.

"Oh, hello my children. And Asgore." She smiled as she bent down to hug her three children."

"Ah, so these are the three troublemakers I always hear about." The man beside her said. Toriel gave a quick chuckle in response and nodded. She stood back up after the hug and motioned toward the man beside her.

"This is Mr. Sower, my colleague." She said, smiling.

Mr. Sower rolled his hand in front of his chest before doing a quick bow. "Mr. Jordan Sower, at your service. How do you do?" He asked.

Asgore smiled and shook hands with the teacher. "And howdy to you, Mr. Sower. I'm Asgore, Toriel's husband."

"Pleasure to meet you all. Toriel has told me so much about you all. And none of it was bad." He said with a smile, winking towards Toriel, which caused a stifled laugh from her.

She nodded and continued, "He is the other librarian and will be your Writing and Grammar teacher."

He put on a friendly smile and extended he hand towards the children. Alex took it first, "Nice to meet you Mister Sower. I'm Alex!" Alex put on a wide grin as they shook hands.

"Nice to meet you Alex."

Next Frisk took his hand shook, "I-I'm F-Frisk." She said, a bit nervous. Alex and Asriel looked to her in slight concern. She wasn't normally nervous around strangers. That's when they noticed the slight red hue in her eye's signaling that it may be Chara who was nervous around this new human. For some reason, Chara always had a problem with meeting new humans, but she never really explained why to anyone.

Asriel took a step closer to Frisk/Chara, reached a paw for her other hand, and squeezed it gently. Frisk took a deep breath and shook his hand a bit more firmly. Mister Sower looked slightly concerned. After the hand shake he bent down to her level and looked into her eyes before speaking.

"Frisk?"

"…yeah?" She looked like she was a mixture of nervous and embarrassed. She tried to avoid eye-contact but eventually gave in and looked into her teacher's dark green eyes.

"Are you ok?" He asked in a hushed tone. "You seem a bit nervous. Am I making you feel this way?"

Frisk quickly shook her head side-to-side. "No, no, no. I'm just… nervous around new people, that's all."

Mister Sower nodded and smiled, "Alright. If you have any problems let me know, ok? I'm always here if you need help or someone to talk to."

Frisk brightened up and bit and nodded with a smile, "Thanks Mr. Sower."

Toriel smiled and silently thanked her colleague with a smile and nod. He understood. He then turned his attention to the little goat monster next to Frisk. He extended his hand toward the small boy, who quickly accepted it.

"Howdy, I'm Asriel."

"Ah, the prince, himself?" Asriel blushed slightly from the compliment.

"Yeah…"

Mister Sower smirked upon seeing the light blush on the young prince's face. He let out a quite chuckle and stood up a bit straighter. "Well, it seems all three of you will be in my Homeroom this year and in my class first thing in the morning. Do you three like to read?"

All three of them nodded with enthusiasm, but Alex and Frisk had a bit more than Asriel. Alex started, "Yeah, we love to read!" Frisk quickly agreed, "Reading is fun… at least… when it's a good book." Asriel quickly agreed as well, especially with Frisk's final comment.

Mister Sower laughed, "Hahaha, good. And don't worry, I only have good stories and books in store for you all this year. I'm sure you'll enjoy them!"

Just then, the next group of parents and students walked in to talk to the two English teachers. Mister Sower noticed them and looked back to the three Dreemurrs. "It looks like this is our cue to go. I look forward to seeing you all next Monday!" He said it with a smile before walking over to the new group of people.

Toriel sighed and looked toward her family, "Yes, unfortunately I will have to leave you all for now. Why don't you go check out the other teachers?"

Her three children frowned but agreed and began to walk towards the door. Asgore looked back to his wife and smiled, "I'll see you later, Tori."

She smiled back and replied, "And same to you, Fluffybuns." His face grew red as he hoped no one else heard her say that before catching up to the kids before he lost them. Toriel laughed to herself as she walked back over towards Mister Sower and the new group.

Quick Note:

Alright, I've been rewriting this for a while now, trying to make it good, which I think it may now be. Anyway, I've felt fairly uninspired to write for a while but I seem to be coming back now. I plan an update a week, or more, so we'll see how it goes. If you look forward to more, let me know and I hope you enjoyed it. Time to go back to writing and I've got quite a bit in store for this story. By the way, if you're American, Happy 4th of July/ Independence Day!

-swrWriter