Krika: Hi guys! Welcome to my Undertale story called AfterMath! This story tells the events of a human boy who was close friends with Frisk, the adopted name of the main protagonist (antagonist if you went with the genocide route) of the game. Now, this story takes place after the events of the pacifist story of Undertale. Monsters and humans now live peacefully together once again. But even though there is peace...a shadow lurks underneath the light...and this time, it's not going to be a flower pulling the strings. Official Undertale characters are all owned by Toby Fox, not me. I will also be using an alternate Asriel OC created in a Tumblr page called A Dreamer Reborn. I REALLY recommend you guys go check that out and play the Undertale game before reading the story or you won't get anything at all about the story. Also I DO NOT own this version of Asriel.

Peace...that's a word spoken by many people in the world now...three years have passed since the barrier to the Underground was shattered forever and monsters lived on the surface once again. It was all thanks to the efforts of one human alone...Frisk. He was filled with one thing that carried him through his journey...DETERMINATION. He saved everyone in the Underground from a terrible fate...including the son of Asgore and Toriel. Asriel. Frisk gave his own SOUL to Asriel so that he can live again. Now, both of their SOULs have merged into one, and they are basically one and the same person now, just all in the body of Asriel. Of course...those who knew Frisk best had a hard time adjusting to this...they might not be able to see him again in his physical form, but he lives on inside of Asriel. Frisk can even come out and speak to everyone, of course this doesn't mean he's just speaking through Asriel, he can actually take control if Asriel is willing.

Now...this world needs some protectors to keep the peace. These protectors have been known as the Wardens. Asriel and a boy, who was a close friend to Frisk, were training with Undyne in combat.

"I hope you two are ready. This training session will be twice as hard than the last one. Young prince, keep on your feet when you dodge, and no help from Frisk. Soot, make sure your swings are precise," Undyne told them, creating an energy spear.

Soot, the young human boy, appeared differently and acted differently from most humans. He had grey hair and eyes, even though he was only 15. His height was 5' 6'', and he had a healthy weight for kids of his age. He wore grey and black clothing with white mixed in. He wore grey jeans with white shoes, he had a black shirt underneath a grey winter jacket that looked like Sans'. "Yeah, we know. We've been practicing," Soot said, holding a sword in a scabbard in his right hand.

"Yeah. Though of course we have been taking breaks now and again," Asriel said.

"Okay then, get ready!" Undyne holds her hand up and four energy spears appear and shoot towards the two.

*Play Undyne's battle music if you want a better experience*

Soot whacked away two with his covered sword while Asriel jumped back from the last two, "Let's go Asriel!" Soot dashed at Undyne, his right eye closed as he tried to go for a couple hits. However, being more skilled than the human, Undyne blocked or parried his attacks with ease.

Asriel holds his paws out (Since he's a freaking goat kid) and a rainbow colored star shot at Undyne, but she jumped over it and went for an overhead strike on Soot, who parried it and jumped back.

"I know why you have your right eye closed Soot. I hope Sans' has been teaching you to control that eye of yours?" Asriel asked.

"Yeah. He has been teaching me for over a year now. Time to see what 'eye' can do!" Soot punned with a smirk before his right eye snapped open, the color changing to a bright cyan color and a cyan mist flowing from it.

Undyne and Asriel just groaned at the terrible pun that Soot just made, "Really dude? Just...really?" Undyne asked.

"What? Don't judge me! That was a damn good pun!" Soot shouted, a cyan colored heart appearing on his chest and he dashed at her, much, much faster than earlier.

He's never moved this fast before. It must be the powers of his eye. Frisk's voice called out to Asriel.

Sans did say his magic focused more around gravity manipulation. He must have made himself lighter. Asriel said to his close friend.

Soot did some quick slashes with his covered sword at Undyne, who blocked or parried them, but was having more difficulty due to his increased speed.

"Nice! You've definitely gotten better kid! However..." Undyne trips Soot with her spear, which was quite easy since he made himself lighter, "you need about another year of training before you can be at my strength!"

Soot caught himself and flipped back and landed on his feet, sweating and panting a bit before his right eye returned to normal and the heart on his chest disappeared.

"Hey, don't wear yourself out too early Soot. You're still rather new with that power of yours," Asriel said, concerned about his friend.

"I'm fine...just give me a moment to catch my breath Asriel," Soot said.

"Right. We'll take it from here while you take a rest," Asriel said, shooting more magical stars at Undyne, who either blocked, deflected, or dodged them before going for Asriel.

Just as she was about to swing down her spear, she got hit by Soot's sheathed sword, which he thrown before jumping up and grabbing it and bonking on her head with it.

"OW!" Undyne shouted in pain, crouching down and holding her head.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Had to act quick," Soot said before falling to his back on the grass, panting heavily.

"Well...good hit either way. Plus good teamwork there. Okay, today's training session is over," Undyne said, getting up and heading home, rubbing her head along the way.

"We should probably be getting home to Soot," Asriel said, helping the boy up.

"Yeah...yeah, good idea. I'm going to need my rest after using my eye"

"Yeah, no kidding. That was the longest time you've used it," Asriel said as they head home. Soot never really had a family to begin with...his right eye's power awakened when he was just nine, and people felt afraid of him because of this. It was when the barrier was taken down when he found a family he cared about. Sans and Papyrus took him in, and Sans started helping Soot to control the powers his eye possessed. It is still unknown as to how and why he had this eye, but nonetheless, Soot started to consider a gift more than just a curse. Also, no other human was born with a magic eye, let alone two. Now, Soot is a Warden, protecting the fragile peace between monsters and humans. So...things have been going rather great for Soot nowadays, especially after that...near-death experience a week after the barrier was shattered.

"Well, here we are. Take care Soot, see ya tomorrow at school," Asriel said, heading back to their home.

"Yeah! See ya tomorrow!" Soot shouted to his friend, heading inside, "Hey Sans, Papy, I'm home!"

"Oh, hey kid. How was training today?" Sans, who was laying down on the living room couch, asked.

"Oh you know, the usual with Undyne. Brutal," Soot said, putting his jacket on a coat rack and sitting down.

"Did you use that pun I told you about?"

"Yep! They didn't expect that one!" Soot said happily, him and Sans laughing.

"Good kid. Proud of ya"

"Sans? Is that Soot?" Papyrus called from the kitchen.

"Yeah. He's back home. And luckily in one piece"

"Good! I most certainly would be sad if he missed on dining on my finest masterpiece!"

"Well, hopefully it can help with this headache. Been getting it ever since I've been using my eye longer than I need to," Soot said, rubbing his head.

"I'm sure it's nothing. After dinner, get some rest, okay? You need it for school tomorrow," Sans said, getting up and heading into the kitchen along with Soot and they sat down at the table, where Papyrus, wearing an apron over his (obviously) favorite clothes, was preparing spaghetti. Now, Papyrus used to...well, he sucked at cooking, really. But after the barrier was taken down, he started taking cooking classes to make him a better chef. Sans is a part-time comedian, but always saves the best jokes for close friends and family. Toriel is now a teacher, Asgore trims hedges for a living since he just loves gardening, Undyne is also a teacher for P.E., Alphys has continued her career as a scientist, Mettaton is now a famous entertainer, 01 and 02 are working as security guards, Temmi...well, who knows what those weird dog things are doing. All and all, everything worked out for the monsters of the Underground.

"So Papy, what kind of spaghetti have you cooked up this time?" Soot asked, smirking a bit, planning a joke.

"Oh nothing much. Just ground turkey"

"Does it have...updogg in it?" Soot said, trying to stifle his snickering.

"Huh? What is updogg?"

"Nothing much! What's up with you!?" Soot and Sans started laughing loudly while Papyrus let out a shout in frustration.

"Hahahah! Good one kid!" Sans said, wiping a tear from his right eye socket. (Yeah, don't ask me why...)

Papyrus sighed, "Honestly, makes me wonder how I haven't gone crazy with these jokes that you, Sans, and Toriel keep doing Soot"

"Hey, it's fun to make jokes. Can't really deny that," Soot said, smiling.

Papyrus sighed again and got three plates filled with some spaghetti and the three started eating. Afterwards, they all went to bed.

Another long day finally done... Soot said, smiling a little before dozing off.

Krika: Hope you guys like the chapter! Leave a review of what you think and take care!