Author's note

Hello readers! This is my first fanfic, so be nice. Anyways! SPOILERS AHEAD! This fic is heavily based on all of the Undertale endings, as well as containing a lot of in-game references. I'm sure a lot of you will love them. Before you read on, I have to stress a few things: Frisk is androgynous mostly, but I side with them being more of a male, so if I slip up, sorry! It will happen! This fic will also contain relationships, some including Sans x Frisk, Papyrus x Mettaton, and the canon Undyne x Alphys of course. I will TRY to be as canon as possible. The entire first chapter is canon. Last thing to say, this is after Frisk defeats Asriel in the True Pacifist ending (Well, when he begins to defeat). Enjoy!

(Many Thanks to Lucky D and Alkirian)

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Frisk repeatedly wanted to save Asriel. They knew one last soul remained in him. It cried out, needing aid. It was almost childlike, warm, and nice, still in the giant, winged demon goat. They tried to save this small soul, causing the powerful, magical being in front of them to question their actions.

"Wh… What did you do? What's this feeling? What's happening to me?" Asriel demanded to know, feeling a tightness in his chest, almost like something was tugging at his heart. "No! No, I don't need ANYONE!" He exclaimed as he hit Frisk with a full-force scattering attack. Frisk couldn't do anything but desperately try to dodge the attacks, but to no avail. They huffed, but stayed determined, trying to save the soul once again after the barrage of attacks.

"STOP IT! Get away from me! Do you hear me?! I'll tear you apart!" Asriel half-heartedly cried out, unleashing a second magic attack similar to the first one but with half power. Frisk hardly had to dodge this attack, and they knew that Asriel was starting to give. They tried again to save the soul.

"…Chara, do you know why I'm doing this…? Why I keep fighting to keep you around…?" The goat heaved with a sigh, giving out a small attack, but avoiding to hit the human. Frisk still called out to the goat's lost soul. In response, a sad Asriel replied, "I'm doing this… Because you're special, Chara. You're the only one that understands me. You're the only one who's any fun to play with anymore." He looked at Frisk with a serious, yet solemn expression, attacking again with no force. Frisk nodded in response, standing still among the attacks floating around them.

"… No. That's not JUST it. I… I… I'm doing this because I care about you, Chara! I care about you more than anyone else!" Asriel let out a light sob, and threw yet another weak attack, not wanting to hurt the person in front of him. Frisk stood there still, feeling their own heart wanting to break, hearing the confession of the monster in front of him. This filled them with even more determination, to SAVE Asriel's soul!

"I'm not ready for this to end. I'm not ready for you to leave. I'm not ready to say goodbye to someone like you again…" Hyperventilating, feelings rising up, Asriel let out his last weak attack unto the unrelenting human. Frisk wiped a tear forming on the corner of their eye. This was it. These were the final moments they would call out to a dear lost soul. They stood their ground and tried to save the soul for good.

Asriel couldn't take it anymore; he just couldn't hold in the pressure of his soul trying to break free of the sadistic bonds he held. Speaking through his uncontrollable sobs, he cried out, "So please, STOP doing this… AND JUST LET ME WIN!" Asriel yelled as he supercharged huge orbs of attack energy onto his hands, and released his final attack onto the human. The rainbow energy surrounded Frisk, as they took all of the damage head on, facing their final foe. They could feel themselves almost dying, their soul struggling to hold onto dear life.

"STOP IT!" Asriel screamed his throat raw, pounding into his rival all of his last remnants of power. Frisk felt their being almost sucked out. "STOP IT NOW!" The wave of the attack struck out at full force, before finally stopping. Frisk inhaled deeply, and yelled to save the soul of Asriel with every ounce of their being.

"Chara… I'm so alone, Chara… I'm so afraid, Chara…" Asriel let out a final breath, and he heard Frisk call out for the last time. "I…"

And then, there was nothing. Asriel had exhausted all of his power onto Frisk, all of his emotions spilled out of him, and he dematerialized into the small goat child that Frisk knew was there all along. The poor kid cried uncontrollably in front of him, wearing their old friend's striped sweater.

"I'm so sorry. I was always a crybaby, wasn't I, Chara?" He looked up at Frisk with puffy, watery eyes. "… I know. You're not actually Chara, are you? Chara's been gone for a long time." Asriel scrunched up his tiny face. He watched the human in front of him again, only to see them nodding their head in response. "Um… What… What IS your name?" The human smiled at the child sweetly, and simply said, "Frisk."

"Frisk? That's… A nice name… Frisk. I haven't felt like this for a long time. As a flower, I was soulless. I lacked the power to love other people. However, with everyone's souls inside me… I not only have my own compassion back… But I can feel every other monsters as well," he said breathily, as if the words were simply pouring out of his mouth. "They care about each other so much. And… they care about you too, Frisk. I wish I could tell you how everyone feels about you. Papyrus… sans… Undyne… Alphys… Toriel. Monsters are weird. Even though they barely know you… It feels like they all really love you." Asriel chuckled a little. "Frisk… I… I understand if you can't forgive me. I understand if you hate me. I acted so strange and horrible. I hurt you, I hurt so many people. Friends, family, bystanders… There's no excuse for what I've done."

Frisk took in all of what Asriel said. The confession was so deep, so pure. They understood why Asriel did this, and they knew in their heart that they had to forgive the goat. "I forgive you," said Frisk. Asriel gaped at Frisk in total disbelief. "Wh... What? …Frisk, come on. You're… You're gonna make me cry again. Besides, even if you do forgive me… I can't keep these souls inside of me. The least I can do is return them. But first… There' something I have to do. Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts beating as one." Asriel showed a bold face, smiling slightly. "They're all burning with the same desire. With everyone's power… With everyone's determination…" Asriel breathed in heavily, "It's time for monsters… To finally go free."

And with that, Asriel inhaled deeply. All was still. Then he raised his hands, closing his eyes. He mustered up the power of all of the souls inhabiting him, and rose up. sans, Undyne, Alphys, Papyrus, Toriel, Asgore, even Woshua, and Aaron, every soul added their power to Asriel's. All of the souls came bursting out of Asriel's tiny body, and circled his frame. Together, they all broke through the barrier once and for all. With a resounding crack, it all fell to glimmering pieces on the ground. The barrier was destroyed.

Asriel weakly descended to the ground, letting his arms fall slowly to his sides, and opening his eyes in a sleepy sort of way. "Frisk… I have to go now. Without the power of everyone's souls… I can't keep maintaining this form. In a little while, I'll turn back into a flower." Frisk's face fell, and Asriel bowed his head in remorse. "I'll stop being 'myself'. I'll stop being able to feel love again. So… Frisk. It's best if you just forget about me, OK? Just go be with the people who love you." Asriel's face contorted in a depressed expression, almost crying once again. Frisk's eyebrows furrowed into understanding, and they walked over to their newfound friend. They wrapped their arms around the little goat, and cuddled the small fuzzy creature. It felt warm and comforting. Asriel hugged back tightly, knowing this was probably the last hug he would ever receive. The human rubbed his side softly, letting him know everything was going to be okay. Frisk tried to pull back a little, but Asriel only hugged tighter, "Ha ha… I don't want to let go…" He reluctantly removed his arms from Frisk, and stepped back. "Frisk…You're… You're going to do a great job, OK? No matter what you do. Everyone will be there for you, okay?" He smiled tiredly.

Asriel sluggishly turned from Frisk. He sighed heavily, "Well… My time's running out." He bowed his head, "Goodbye." The soft sound of footsteps echoed as Asriel walked away. Then he stopped, and turned around again to Frisk, forgetting something. "By the way… Frisk. Take care of Mom and Dad for me, OK?" Frisk nodded sadly.

The goat walked away as Frisk observed solemnly. This was someone who they could have been friends with in another time. The both of them would be so happy together, but yet it just couldn't be. Suddenly, the human whited out.

"Frisk! This is all just a bad dream. Please, wake up!" The sound of someone familiar blurred into Frisk's ears. They opened their eyes blearily, and looked all around the room. What they saw brought a giant smile to their face. Getting up, Toriel flashed a relieved smile right back.

"Oh! You are awake! Thank goodness!" She exclaimed.

"We-we were so worried! It felt like you were out forever!" Alphys managed to stammer out.

"Yeah! Any longer and I would have freaked out! Undyne said with her usual toothy smile. "Tell us next time you decide to take a nap, okay!?"

"yeah. you made papyrus cry like a baby." sans jokingly glanced over at his brother. He seemed a little nervous…?

"WHAT! I DIDN'T CRY! I DON'T CRY!" Papyrus responded in mock anger, "I JUST… CAUGHT SOMETHING IN MY EYE…"

"what did you catch?" sans asked, dismissing all of his previous nervousness into making the joke.

"TEARS!" Came the joke of Papyrus, as tears streamed down his face again. sans nodded, knowing just how Pap felt.

"Now, now. The important part is that Frisk is all right. Here Frisk, why not drink some tea?" Asgore quietly calmed down the pooling skeleton, and offered a cup to Frisk. "It'll make you feel better."

"Errr… How about we give them space first? They must be very exhausted. Though, from what, I am not certain. Frisk… We do not remember exactly what happened." Toriel's face showed confusion as she studied Frisk concernedly. "There was a flower, and then everything went white. But now the barrier is gone." Toriel dropped her previous subject and instead turned her attention to new freedom. "When you are ready, we will all return to the surface. It seems the door to the east will lead us there now. But before then, perhaps you might want to take a walk? You can say goodbye to all of your wonderful friends. Do as you wish, we will all wait here."

Frisk nodded and acknowledged what their goat mama said. It made sense that they would forget being absorbed by Flowey, it was almost like they all died. Frisk contemplated whether to go and tell all their friends that the barrier was down, but then they realized something, and felt someone still out there. Someone who still needed more consolation. A good friend.

Frisk waved a small hand at their friends, signaling that they'd be right back. They ran down the long corridors to the core. All of the grey reminded them of the long journey they took ever since falling down Mount Ebott. It was amazing how far they had come. They went into the MTT Resort, running past all the busy monsters waiting for the elevator. Frisk wanted to talk to everyone, tell them all to stop worrying about work, but knew that this last mission couldn't be delayed any longer than it had to. They ran past the Nice Cream man, past the two happy guards, and up to Heats Flamesman who was still in awe because Frisk remembered their name. They went into the elevator, and down some more paths until they reached the River Person.

"Tra la la. Where to?" The cloaked river person on their boat turned to ask Frisk. "Snowdin," Frisk quickly replied. They climbed onto the unsteady bow, and set off. On the way, the river person said one of his odd saying as always, "Tra la la. What's my name? …It doesn't really matter…" Frisk thought about the question humorously. So, what WAS the river person's name anyways? It mattered, it mattered very much to Frisk, though they weren't sure why…

The river person arrived on the bank of Snowdin. Without letting them speak, Frisk jumped off and ran at a breakneck pace into the heart of Snowdin. The residents noticed Frisk alarmingly, as they sped past everyone in the town, and out at the west end. Frisk was where they first met sans and Papyrus on the outskirts of the small town, solving various puzzles. They smiled happily and raced on forward, into the first forest after the ruins, past the wide gate Papyrus had built, and jumping over the broken stick. They just knew he would be there at the beginning.

Frisk finally found the door connecting the ruins and the path to Snowdin. They shoved the large door aside with determination, and ran on in. Frisk dodged the puzzles here and there, giggling to themselves as they remembered how fun it was, the excitement of finally making it past the leaf maze room, or when Toriel left them to wander the ruins alone. It was all so nostalgic, that they nearly forgot why they were there.

In the end, they came upon the room that was the second to last. The room that started all the chaos. The room where they first met Flowey. Frisk's smile fell a little, for they knew what lay after this room. They walked to the center, where little light shone through the cracks in Mt. Ebott. Looking down at the ground, at the patch of grass where Flowey once sprouted, Frisk sighed, and beheld the purple door in front of them, they walked towards it, and entered the first place they landed in the Underground. They walked forth a little, and smiled when they saw just who they expected to be there. Little Asriel.

Frisk stepped forward, and Asriel jumped a little when he heard footsteps. He turned around slowly, not expecting any monsters to be there. He beamed a little when he saw Frisk. "Don't worry about me. Someone has to take care of these flowers." Asriel admired at the small patch of Golden flowers blooming on the ground. Frisk gazed on at the flowers that just seemed to save their life at the right times. They glanced back at Asriel expectantly. The goat stared back, "Frisk, please leave me alone. I can't come back, I just can't, OK?" Asriel looked blankly ahead, trying not to let on about his feelings. Frisk kept staring at the kid, knowing that he was in need of consoling, he had to let out his frustration.

In response, Asriel sighed, "I don't want to break their hearts all over again. It's better if they never see me." He bowed his head down in shame. He wanted to badly to see his mother and father, but knew it just wasn't the best decision. Yet Frisk kept staring blankly at Asriel. He got a little uncomfortable, "… why are you still here? Are you trying to keep me company? Frisk… Hey. Let me ask you a question." The human nodded in response, glad that Asriel finally agreed to open up. Just like a flower.

"Frisk… Why did you come here?" Asriel asked, trying to reason why Frisk would ever fall into the mountain in the first place. "Everyone knows the legend, right…? 'Travelers who climb Mt. Ebott are said to disappear.' Frisk…. Why would you ever climb a mountain like that? Was it foolishness? Was it fate? Or was it… because you…?" Asriel decided to let that last thought slide. "Well. Only you know the answer, don't you…? I know why Chara climbed the mountain. It wasn't for a very happy reason." He squeezed his face a little, remembering his dear friend.

"Frisk. I'll be honest with you. Chara hated humanity. Why they did, they never talked about it. But they felt very strongly about that. Frisk. You really ARE different from Chara. In fact, though you have similar, uh, fashion choices…" Asriel pored over himself, wearing Chara's sweater, then at Frisk, wearing a similar in different colors, "I don't know why I ever acted like you were the same person. Maybe… the truth is… Chara wasn't really the greatest person. While, Frisk… You're the type of person I wish I always had. So maybe I was kind of projecting a little bit. Let's be honest. I did some weird stuff as a flower." Asriel smiled and regarded the flowers. He was one of them in a way. The human nodded and smiled a little, remembering the odd stuff Flowey used to do.

"There's one last thing I feel I should tell you." Frisk surveyed Asriel curiously. "When Chara and I combined our souls together… The control over our body was actually split between us. Chara was the one who picked up their own empty body. And then, when we got to the village… Chara was the one that wanted to… to use our full power. I was the one that resisted. And then, because of me, we… Well, that's why I ended up as a flower." In their mind, Frisk panicked. That's what happened in other timelines with Chara… They squinted their eyes a little to focus on what their friend was saying.

Asriel continued, "Frisk, this whole time, I've blamed myself for that decision. That's why I adopted that horrible view of the world." Asriel frowned as he spoke the phrase, 'Kill or be killed.' But now… After meeting you… Frisk, I don't regret that decision anymore. I did the right thing. If I killed those humans…" His faced showed slight anger, "We would have to wage war against all of humanity. But, in the end, everyone went free right?"

Asriel looked at Frisk with a hearty smile. Frisk nodded happily. "I still feel kind of sad knowing how long it took. So maybe, it wasn't a perfect decision. But you can't regret hard choices your whole life, right? Well, not that I have much of a life left." The little goat almost lost his composure, but, not wanting to cry, inhaled sharply. "But that's beside the point. Frisk, thank you for listening to me. You should really go be with your friends now, OK? Oh, and, please… In the future, if you uh, see me… Don't think of it as me, OK? I just want you to remember me like this, someone that was your friend for a little while." Frisk nodded again, knowing sadly that Flowey will once again be all that was left of Asriel.

"Oh, and Frisk… Be careful in the outside world, OK? Despite what everyone thinks, it's not as nice as it is here. There are a lot of Floweys out there, and not everything can be resolved by just being nice. Frisk… Don't kill, and don't be killed, alright? That's the best you can strive for." Frisk gave Asriel a quick hug. They had a small plan for later. "Well, see you." Frisk smiled, simply saying, "See you, too." They could finally walk away from the Underground happily. Asriel would finally be at peace. Frisk went to the door in the room, and with a final turn towards their good friend, they hurried back to the entrance of Mt. Ebott. After all, they couldn't keep their other friends waiting.

Frisk took the short way back to Asgore's castle, once again climbing onto the river person's boat. All the anticipation made them very anxious. They wanted to see their friends, and get out of the claustrophobic cave. Once at the core, Frisk tried their hardest to sprint back, almost running into some curious monsters along the way. Finally, they got to the throne room. It seemed like their friends were chatting amongst themselves.

Frisk went up to his goat Mom, seeing her new, upgraded phone. It looked a lot like Frisk's! Toriel grinned at her child, "Hello, Frisk. Alphys upgraded my phone." Frisk made an "O" with their mouth, so that's why it was similar to theirs! Toriel tapped the screen and showed Frisk some messages with sans, "I am having a lot of fun with the 'texting' feature!" She hit the 'send' button, "sans, 'check out' this one." san's pocket buzzed, and he grabbed his phone to look at what she sent, "oh man, tori…that's brutal." Frisk motioned their hand to see what was sent, but Toriel merely shook her head.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THE QUEEN HAS RETURNED… AND ALSO SHE'S A HUGE DORK!" Papyrus yelled, not understanding why the two would be texting so close to each other, "YOU TWO ARE TWO FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER! WHY ARE YOU TEXTING!?" Papyrus furrowed his brow bones.

"Worry not, Papyrus. We are texting for a good reason." She said.

"WHY IS THAT?" Papyrus cautiously questioned, almost feeling the puns radiating off his brother. Noooo…Don't make a pun!

"well. 'cause we're huge dorks!" sans winked, letting his brother off the hook with his puns. For now…

"sans, please do not say that. You are not a dork." Toriel could hardly contain herself, "You are more of a bonehead!" She giggled uncontrollably.

"HAHAHA, WOW! THOSE PUNS ARE EVEN LESS FUNNY COMING FROM HER!" Papyrus just knew that some pun would creep out! KNEW IT. But he still smiled.

"then why are you smiling?" sans spied his straining brother's face.

"IT'S A PITY SMILE!" He yelled back.

Frisk was completely delighted, and decided to let those three talk it out for now. They made their way over to Asgore. Fighting the urge to pick up the human in a hug, Asgore said, "Howdy, Frisk. Sorry about almost trying to take your soul. I feel very bad about it. I hope we can still be pals." The king's face was apologetic. Frisk smiled, "Of course."

"Hey, don't worry about it Asgore." Undyne piped in. "I think everybody's tried to kill Frisk at least once." She grinned a little sadistically.

"Oh… I see! In that case, I'm not sorry, Frisk." The human gave him an incredulous look. Okay?

"ASGORE! That's not what I meant!" Undyne chuckled and rolled her eyes at the innocence of the king. The human nodded, and decided to let Undyne explain further as they heard Alphys whisper to them.

"Psst… F-Frisk. Um, you've gotta tell me. D… do you think Asgore and Toriel are…? Uh, ever gonna get back together?"

The human hardly had to think about it, and quickly answered, "Yeah!" Alphys beamed and giddily nodded several times,

"Y-yeah! Yeah, that's what I hope too! Just think about how cute they must have been together. It's quickly becoming my number one ship of all time. Tori and Gorey… My… Old boss and his ex-wife." Her face screwed up, "…uh, that sounds a lot less cool all of a sudden." Frisk shrugged, and let Alphys linger on that thought a while longer, heading over to Undyne.

"So, Alphys…What do you want to do now that we're all free?" Undyne asked to the yellow reptile. "We have the whole world to explore now."

"W-Well, of course I'm going to go out and… Um…" Alphys thought of lying, but… "No, I should be honest! I'm gonna stay inside and watch anime like a total loser!" Her face glowed with all the anime anticipation.

"THAT'S THE SPIRIT!" Papyrus piped in sarcastically, "EVERYONE! A CELEBRATION! TO BEING LOSERS!"

Undyne saluted the skeleton, "Heh. Papyrus had the right idea. Losing to Frisk is the best thing to ever happen to me." Undyne smirked at Frisk, who gave her an affirmative grin. "Huh? What is it, Asgore?" Undyne questioned the King, who had a puzzled look.

"Um… What's an anime?" Asgore asked meekly. He didn't really fiddle too much with modern things to know what this was. He didn't even know why Toriel was so absorbed in "texting." That was so strange!

Alphys nearly screamed. 'Oh My God?' She whispered to the human,"Frisk. Please. Help me explain what anime is to Asgore." Her eyes lowered in a lofty way, planning to teach Asgore the way of the anime. "Y-you see, it's like a cartoon but… "She grasped at straws, trying to find a good way to explain what anime was. Frisk helped her out, "With swords."

Asgore dipped his head in understanding. "So it's like a cartoon… but with swords? Golly! That sounds neato! Where is this? Where can I see the anime?" Alphys fumbled with her phone, "H-hold on, I think I have some on my phone." She tapped a video file and held up the screen so Asgore could see. She realized a few seconds in that she picked the wrong video to show. "Oh, uh…. Um, that's the… That's the wrong…" She started to blush immensely. "Uh, never mind."

The goat widened his eyes, "Golly. Were those two robots…?" He couldn't finish the sentence. Too strange, too odd.

"…Kissing?" Undyne completed the thought.

Asgore inclined his head a little, "Boy! Technology sure is something, isn't it?"

Alphys tried to switch the conversation to something a little less embarrassing, "Eehehe, yeah! It sure is!"

Frisk shook their head, and inched over to where Papyrus was at. He changed the subject quickly, "So, Asgore… How about making me a member of the Royal Guard?" His eye sockets lit up enthusiastically.

Asgore winced a little, "Well, Papyrus, now that the war is over… We might not need the Royal Guard anymore."

"WHAT?! THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE HUMAN'S QUEST?! THEY JOURNEYED ALL THAT WAY… AND I'M STILL NOT A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GUARD!?" The tall skeleton just couldn't believe it! Disband the Royal Guard? Preposterous! "TRULY, THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE ENDING." He huffed.

Frisk went to sans last. Something seemed... off about the skeleton. Almost like he was afraid of something? The thought went away as soon as sans spoke, "frisk, tori was telling me how she made b'scotch pie for you."

Toriel quickly added in, "Oh, I should bake it for everyone sometime!" Everyone suddenly wanted a sliver of the famous butterscotch pie. Undyne and Papyrus prompted to help. Toriel was delighted at such a display of buoyancy. "Certainly! It would be fun to cook together!" After hearing that Undyne was wanting to help, Alphys changed her mind, 'On second thought, maybe I'll order pizza.'

Frisk was delighted to hear everyone so happy, making plans for the future. Oh, right! The future! They went to tug on Toriel's robe, signaling that they were ready to go up to the surface. It was time to see the outside world again! She acknowledged Frisk's anticipation, and waved a hand for everyone to follow.

Leading up to where the barrier once stood, all were silent. The crew of friends walked side by side, until they met the blinding orange-ness of the sky. Undyne and Papyrus ran up to the edge where the Underground and Overworld met. The rest joined, and reveled in the beauty of the land beneath them. The sun was setting, shadowing most of the features, and backing the rest in a gorgeous array of orange, red and yellow all over a city in the distance in the right, and a mountain to their left. It was the most amazing thing that they had ever seen.

Toriel sharply gasped, "Oh my…"

"Isn't it beautiful?" Asgore reveled in the sunlight. It had been so long. Maybe twenty, no, thirty? Many years. Most of Frisk's friends had never seen the outside world, they were barely young adults.

"Wow. It's e-even better than on TV. WAY better! Better than I ever imagined!" The reptile glowed, and stared at the setting sun. It might be bad to stare at a giant ultraviolet lamp of gas in the sky, but it was so worth it.

"Frisk, you LIVE with this?! The sunlight is so nice… and the air is so fresh!" Undyne took in a long, deep breath. The smell of pine trees and fresh grass filled her nose. "I really feel alive!" She said, yelling the last part out onto the mountain below her.

"HEY SANS… WHAT'S THAT GIANT BALL?" Papyrus squinted at the ball of light in the sky. It burned so very much.

"we call that, 'the sun,' my friend." The older brother replied. sans relaxed a little. 'they see me. frisk. forget about me for a bit, just for now, please.' The skeleton shifted a little, thinking of what to do next.

"THAT'S THE SUN?! WOWIE! I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FINALLY MEETING THE SUN!" Papyrus would have extended his arm to shake the sun's hand if he could.

"I could stand here and watch this for hours…" The king's mouth was slightly cornered into a smile. It was a happy expression, one of complete peace.

Toriel decided it was time to do something, "Yes, it is beautiful, is it not? But we should really think about what comes next." She gently reminded the King. A quick thought raced through her mind, one that made her face slightly heat up. 'No. No, not now.' She chastised herself.

"Oh, right. Everyone… This is the beginning of a bright new future. An era of peace between humans and monsters. Frisk… I have something to ask of you. Will you act as our ambassador to the humans?"

Frisk raised an eyebrow. They were a little inexperienced at handling such responsibilities like that. Maybe they would just be a speech person. "Yes." They replied. They knew a talk with Asgore was needed later to clarify that the humans didn't run things as liberally as the monsters did. Frisk decided to hold off on it, not to ruin the amazing moment with their friends.

"YEAH! FRISK WILL BE THE BEST AMBASSADOR! AND I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS… WILL BE THE BEST MASCOT! I'LL GO MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION!" Before Frisk could stop him, Papyrus sped off to the north as the sun started to set in the west.

sans shook his head and shrugged, "welp. someone's gotta keep him from getting in trouble. see you guys." sans knew this was his chance to leave and collect his thoughts. Winking, he turned on his heel and went east. He could deal with the trouble his little brother would cause later. Frisk took a mental note of sans' action. It wasn't unusual for sans to do that, but the expression on his face said something different.

Undyne groaned. "Man, do I have to do EVERYTHING!? Papyrus, wait!" Undyne chuckled to herself and ran after the rogue skeleton. Alphys did a double take, "Hey, Undyne! Wait up!" Her short legs ran after Undyne as fast as they would carry her.

Now all that was left were the monarchs and the human. Asgore shuffled his feet, feeling the awkwardness. "Whoops." Yes, awkward. He turned to look at Toriel and Frisk, standing side by side, "Uh, should I do something?" Toriel gave Asgore an evil glare that said, 'Go away.' Asgore was immediately intimidate, and jogged off, saying, "Well, gotta go!"

Toriel left out a breath of relief. She could finally talk to her child in peace. "It seems that everyone is quite eager to set off." She paused for a moment, before finally asking Frisk a very important question. "Frisk. You came from this world, right…? So you must have a place to return to, do you not? What will you do now?" Toriel finally asked. What if Frisk had to leave? What would she tell the others? Her heart pounded loudly. Would this be the last time she would see her little Frisk?

The human didn't even want to think about the answer. They knew exactly where they belonged. Of course, there was always, that other place, but there was no point in returning to it. Eyes closed, and smile wider than a crescent moon, Frisk answered what was the most obvious to them, "I want to stay with you."

Toriel went fish-eyed. "What? Frisk…You really are a funny child! If you had said that earlier, none of this would have happened. It is a good thing you took so long to change your mind." Toriel let out a loud laugh of relief. "Ah, well…I suppose if you really do not have any other place to go… I will do my best to take care of you as long as you need. All right? Now, come along!" She grasped Frisk's hand tightly in her right hand, "Everyone is waiting for us!" They hurried in the direction as everyone else went. Frisk scouted the direction where sans left. 'He'll be fine. Stop worrying.' Frisk assured themselves.

Toriel guided them down the mountain, holding Frisk's hand all the way. Frisk didn't mind. This was their new mother. The thought made them smile. The two stumbled a little on some rocks and crevices in the mountain's terrain. Some itchy, yellow grass made its way into Frisk's shoes, and the branches off of pine trees threatened to prick at the human's head. It was okay though, because they made it to a small clearing where the foliage wasn't so thick. Toriel focused her vision down the mountain and saw a small village down at the base. It seemed quaint, maybe only containing a few thousand people. Scanning further up, she could make out the silhouettes of the others. It seemed that Undyne was successful in retrieving the skeleton. Alphys seemed like she was much closer, bending over and panting. Asgore was patting the little reptile's back.

Toriel was relieved that Papyrus hadn't reached the village yet. The humans might not be ready to see monsters. She remembered that long ago, before the humans erected the magical barrier that sealed all of the monsters Underground, she and Asgore had thought about a plan. Right before the war broke out, the two monarchs agreed that if a solution other than war could not be made, they would erase the human's memories…

Years ago

"Tori, this cannot go on." A much younger Asgore sat on a large armchair. He was sweating from the nervousness of the tensions between the humans and monsters. Recently, humans had found out that monsters could absorb their souls. It caused a great outcry, and many of the humans started attacking monsters out of sheer fear. It was ridiculous, of course. Humans far succeeded monsters when it came to soul power, and it was very unlikely that the monsters would start going out of their way to kill humans. It did not make sense that the humans would be worried about losing their souls, when the monsters were almost helpless against them.

Toriel did not look up at her husband from where she sat. Her expression was somber, and she was not up to the task of discussing such a serious matter at the time. She placed a paw tenderly on her growing stomach, and almost teared up. She simply had to be pregnant at a time like this. Such a crisis was going on, and she could do nothing but sit at home and worry! Toriel struggled to keep the lump of emotions down in her throat. 'Why did you have to come to me, child? Why at a time where we are in need of all the help we can get?' Toriel rubbed her stomach softly, as if to calm the unborn kid. Her rubbing became a little vigorous, as tears welled up in her eyes. 'Why, why, simply why?' She grit her teeth and raised her hand. Toriel shook it forcefully, balling it into a fist that slammed down on the arm of her chair. 'What a horrid omen had been brought unto all my children!' She tilted her head back and wailed uncontrollably, tears now pouring down her face and onto her neck. Asgore was startled by the outburst and quickly came to the aide of his wife, who was now shouting.

"These humans! Can they not see that we are helpless?" She yelled, looking at the ceiling as if it would provide the answers. "This cannot happen, it cannot! We have done nothing to them, and yet they slaughter our people mercilessly like ants!" Asgore kneeled down by the armchair, rubbing the tense arms of his queen. She did not take kindly to the action, and retracted her arm away from the lightly touches, "HONESTLY? You are not concerned that our child might be born in the time of a war? What about our other children? Our people!" She spat at Asgore, who was almost at the brink of tears himself. She bore her fangs, tears at full steam, snot gathering at her nose. "WH-What if they killed you? What if they killed you!? What will I do then?" Toriel's voice started to pitch higher, filled with desperation, "WHAT IF YOU DIED. I WOULD NEVER, EVER SEE YOU AGAIN, ASGORE! PLEASE… Please… P-Please…" She slumped in her chair, almost melting into the cushion, "Please, dear. Do something…" She finally whispered in a hoarse voice.

Asgore was taken aback by her outburst. She had a right to be angry, yes, though she was a little out of her usual character. Asgore assumed it was the child, as well as the atmosphere of where she was. So close to all of the murders, she must have been very anxious while he was gone. Asgore had been away a lot lately, discussing with his fellow monsters about what to do about the killings.

Some had wanted to attack the humans and kill them to even the score. After all, monsters were certainly able to kill humans. Even Paracelsus, Undyne's father who was a rookie in training, could lift up boulders the size of elephants. If he could do that, they could kill the humans without a problem. It was the weakness of their soul, however, that gave them a huge disadvantage. A magical attack at a monster would kill them easily, if done correctly. Monsters were made of mostly magic, and it reacted badly when the right type of magic was used against them. That, or enough physical injuries sustained would of course kill the body, and thus kill the soul. (That makes sense, right?)

Asgore highly disagreed with this option. It was too risky, and too many of the monsters would be lost in the bloodshed. He decided that if a war broke out, which at this point was inevitable, the monsters should flee to a safety point where they would all be safe. In the meeting, they all agreed that Mountain Ebott would be a great place to go. It had a lot of deep caverns and mazes to keep humans distracted while they made their getaway. Asgore would relay the information with the queen as soon as he returned, that way she would know what to do in a time of crisis. Though, at the moment, with the queen with child, there was hardly a thing she could do.

Toriel was crying softly, gripping the edges of her chair. "Asgore, what do we do? If the humans end up attacking at once? What do we do?" She was at a loss. Her husband slowly placed his hand on her arm, and this time she didn't react. He leaned closely to Toriel, looking into her sparkling burgundy eyes. The two gazed at each other in a sad way, before finally edging closer in a reassuring kiss. Toriel sighed as they pulled apart, and felt a little calmer.

The king gave her a small smile, "Dear, I think we need to make a plan. Other than going to Mount Ebott when the war breaks out, we should have a backup method." He stroked his wife's arm soothingly, searching her face for a reaction. He indeed found it, and she closed her eyes in a mixture of sadness and disgust.

"I cannot believe we must have another plan. Do you really think that they will not stop if we flee to Mountain Ebott?" She asked, brows gathered in concern. Surely, the humans wouldn't be so cruel.

But Asgore bobbed his head slowly in response, rising her fears once again. The humans were so merciless as to attack without warning now, what made them think that they wouldn't stop attacking when a war was at hand? "War is a frightening category of violence, my love." Asgore bluntly put.

Toriel looked up at the ceiling once again, thinking of some other backup plan. What else could they do but fight and run? Of course, speaking to the humans was out of the question. Asgore cleared his throat to get the attention of his wife, who was lost in thought. She quickly observed at him with question. "I have been speaking with Madjick and Shyren. With their magic and knowledge of memories, I was thinking…" Toriel shuddered at the mention of the fish creature, even though she knew that the poor monster was trying their best with music. Asgore continued his explanation, "I was thinking that we could erase the human's memories if we find ourselves backed into a corner." He finished, hoping his wife would accept the secondary method.

Toriel pursed her lip and raised her eyebrows, "Why is this a secondary option? Can we not erase the memories of the humans right now?" It seemed like a much simpler option.

It was a little more complicated, however, as Asgore replied, "First, we need more than a few humans to be together at one spot. Our plan was to cast the spell on them if they tracked us to the mountain. That way, the most powerful humans would be affected. Second, there is a problem with the spell. It seems that Madjick and Shyren casting the spell together will cause whichever humans to forget that they have magical abilities at all. That might cause-"

Toriel interrupted Asgore, "Then do it. The benefits seem to far outweigh the consequences of casting that spell. I will allow it."

Asgore wanted to finish, but he suspected Toriel was starting to tire of the conversation. "Yes, dear."

He stood up, and let his wife be. It was time for him to go to another meeting with the others. He stood at the doorway of the living room, and looked back at Toriel, who was starting to fall into a troubled sleep. "I guess this is how it will all be, my love…" Asgore frowned sadly, gazing at Toriel for a few moments longer. She nodded lightly, before closing her eyes with a depressed expression. Asgore walked out, feeling undetermined.

Current day

Toriel came out of her flashback. Yes, they indeed erased the human's memories. What the king and queen hadn't planned, however, was that the spell worked too well, and ended up erasing the memories of the entire human populace. It was going to be a little difficult to get the whole Underground to live on the surface, but she knew everything would work out.

Toriel smiled at her Frisk. Everything would work out because she had them. "Frisk, let's go meet Papyrus and Undyne, yes?" Frisk nodded their head joyfully. This was going to be an adventure! They tugged on Toriel's hand, and ushered her quickly down the mountain, being careful not to let the two trip.

Asgore saw the two coming down and smiled heartily. It seemed that Frisk had chosen to stay with their friends. He waved a giant paw at them and tapped Alphys with his other free paw. She looked up from her bent over position to see her friend and Toriel coming closer. She beamed happily to see them in such a rush. She could hardly handle her own excitement as well.

Once the pair reached their friends, all four of them descended down to Undyne and Papyrus. It seemed that she was scolding him.

"Dummy! What if the humans attacked you? You'd be a pile of little smiling pieces! And then I would have to beat them all up!" She fumed, hands crossed in front of her chest. Her lips were scrunched in annoyance.

"I'M SORRY, UNDYNE! I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI!" Papyrus made a puppy-dog face. He held his hands in front of him, pleading Undyne to let him off the hook. He was just trying to be a great visitor!

Undyne rolled her eyes gaily. "Ah fine, you knucklehead. I'll let it slide this time. But next time you go nuts without telling anyone, I'll personally pound your face in, ya hear?" She smiled with her serrated teeth glinting in the setting sun. Papyrus nodded his head quickly.

"I WILL, UNDYNE! PLEASE DON'T POUND MY FACE." He turned to see his friends joyfully taking in the scene. The skeleton flinched back, "HEY! DON'T WE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE?" He pointed his hand in the direction of the village, which was only a few hundred feet away. Frisk smiled and pulled Toriel's hand again, heading to the village.

All of the friends walked to the border of where the village started. Many small houses lined the outskirts, then it led to a small square where there were children playing. As the monsters approached, many humans started to turn their heads towards the small group. Their eyes became wide with astonishment. Two walking goats, a fish monster, a yellow dinosaur, and a skeleton with a person following the lead? Was this some elaborate cosplay?

Frisk walked boldly, noticing the stares of all the bystanders. They narrowed their eyes, but kept walking with determination. His friends seemed calm enough, as long as none of them made any sudden moves, everything would go smoothly…

"Hey! Mamma look! It's a skeleton!" A child ran up to Papyrus as the group reached the central hub of the village where a crowd was starting to gather. The skeleton took a step back in confusion with a worried expression on his bony face. The child only inched closer!

The child's brown-haired mother approached the group cautiously, her eyes darting back and forth between all of the creatures. All of the other villagers stared at the interaction with the woman and the strange newcomers. Papyrus was unsure of what to do, so he spoke instead, "EH, HELLO LITTLE ONE! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! WHO MIGHT YOU BE?" He was unsure of what would happen after that.

The little child poked Papyrus' tibia bone with their finger. "I'm Joanna! You look funny!" The little girl then poked her finger through the leg bones. That's when the mother froze and studied Papyrus carefully. It's a walking skeleton! She scanned the other monsters carefully. The fur on the goats looked real! The fish monster and the dinosaur looked real too!

"Oh. I see. Oh my God." She quietly said to herself. She peered back at her child, who was still investigating the tall skeleton's legs. The woman then briskly walked over to the skeleton, and stuck out her hand in an attempt to greet him. Her face was scrunched in fear with a mask of friendliness. The people around them leaned back, and wondered what would happen.

Papyrus bobbed his head to look at the girl, then at her mother. He gingerly stretched his gloved hand out and grasped the woman's palm. They shook hands for a while. Papyrus stared at the woman's eyes, while she seemed to search for eyes in the skeleton's black eye sockets. The child stood with her mouth open while her mother shook hands with the big man.

Suddenly, the woman stopped shaking Papyrus' hand, but still held it. She gripped it hard, and yanked the glove off, revealing what was underneath. She gasped when she saw the phalanges without skin or muscle structure. So this was a real talking, living skeleton!

"I-I-I didn't think I would believe it until I saw your hand. You're real, aren't you?" The woman wasn't frightened as much as she was intrigued. The crowd around the monsters had gotten larger. A burly man stepped forward. He was almost as tall and as big as Asgore! He wasn't scared at all, and approached the group courageously. Once he was a few feet from them, he outstretched his large arms.

"Welcome! I am Roscoe Edric, the Mayor of our humble village of Crystallea! Who might you be?" He grinned genuinely, showing his teeth.

Asgore was the first to react, instinctively responding with a kingly response, "Hello, human! I am Asgore, king of the Underground's monsters. I have come with a message of peace. We would like to settle on your surface world." Asgore was delighted that the humans didn't remember the monsters at all! In fact, the Mayor's name seemed familiar, but Asgore dismissed it.

The Mayor wasn't skeptical at all: these were in fact monsters, and not humans dressed up. Something seemed to tell him that he's seen the big goat before, but maybe it was just his imagination. Hearing Asgore's reply, Roscoe placed his hands together in front of him, and bowed slightly, "Welcome, King Asgore. I would love to know more about your kind, and it would be fine if you settle by our town. We have heard of the legend of Mount Ebott, but never knew where it came from. We finally know why people who climb to the top never return," He took a gander at Frisk, "But now we know why!"

Frisk flushed a little and retreated their eyes to the corners. They released Toriel's hand, which was beginning to get wet from their clammy hand. Frisk went to go and shake Mr. Edric's hand. The mayor cordially and shook Frisk's hand in return. "Ho Ho! How are you, young one? Did you fall into Mount Ebott? It must have been quite the experience!" His cheeks shone red. Frisk imagined that the Mayor was probably responsible for being Santa Claus around Christmas time…

Asgore shook his head in affirmation, "Yes, our Frisk sha- I mean, they showed us how to get out of the Underground mazes! We have lived Underground for a… A long time!" Asgore almost forgot that the humans wouldn't remember that they sealed the monsters underground with a barrier.

Undyne feeling forgotten, strut to the mayor and thrust her chest out, "I'm Undyne, protector of monsters! Fiercest warrior of the Underground!" She bowed deeply to the mayor, who admired the blue fish monster and bowed back.

"Please to meet you, Undyne! Ah, who's your little, yellow friend there?" The mayor motioned towards Alphys, who was hiding behind Undyne. A blue hand grabbed the back of Alphys and thrust her forward toward the human. She extended a quivering hand to him, "H-h-hello, m-my name's A-Alphys. I-I'm Asgore's royal s-scientist." Roscoe strongly shook the clawed hand, which just dead-fished around.

"A royal scientist you say? Well, we have a scientist of our own here in the village! I'm sure you and Ms. Pernuts will get along fine!" Mr. Edric said, ignoring Alphys' fearful face.

"And who might this one be?" The mayor turned to see Toriel, who was enjoying the scene in front of her. She shook the man's hand that was already out to give her a greeting.

"I am Toriel, nice to meet you. Your village is very nice, and I would love to make many friends here." Toriel noticed the some villagers were starting to come closer to the group. She also noticed that the skeleton was missing from where he stood! She looked around alarmingly, still clutching the man's hand. 'Oh, Papyrus! Where did you go?'

The woman noticed Toriel's dismay, and pointed to where Papyrus had skipped the introductions and way playing with Joanna and some of the other children. "He's really great with kids! I'm sorry for taking his glove off," She handed Toriel the glove with an apologetic smile, "I was just a little startled to see a skeleton walking around! I thought that monsters were just fairytales."

Toriel sighed with relief, "Ah, I see. Thank you. We had to calm him down on the way down the mountain, he's such a feisty one!" They both exchanged a jolly glance before the woman slapped her hand on her forehead.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Dahlia Edric, pleased to meet you!" Toriel was flattered by the woman's kindness, "I'm pleased to meet you as well, Ms. Edric." Toriel paused for a moment. 'Edric? Wasn't that the mayor's last name as well?'

It seemed that the mayor read Toriel's mind, "Ah yes, I'm sorry that I didn't introduce you earlier, my dear!" He placed his hand behind his head and rubbed his neck, "This is my wife, Dahlia!" Dahlia bowed to the group, "Nice to meet all of you! I look forward to being great friends!" Roscoe placed his hand on the small of her back, and motioned for some of the staring villagers to come and meet the group. "Come one now, they don't bite! I wouldn't have a hand if they did!" He chuckled. Some of the people came a little closer, and some even went up to Toriel and Asgore.

"Hello, how are you? My name is Debbie!" One shook hands with Asgore

"Hi, I'm Elijah, I hope you'll enjoy it here." Another shook Toriel's hand.

Undyne and Alphys also got their fair share of people greeting them. "Your skin is so cold! Is it scales, or skin?" A villager who shook her hand asked Undyne. Another was being very gentle with Alphys, "Oh, hello! I'm Carmen, don't be shy, I won't hurt you."

Frisk beamed. Everything turned out so well! This could end up well after all.

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Well, hoped you liked the first chapter! I know it was a little lengthy, but so will the rest. Tell me if I should split it up into two chapters, it might be a little too much. Thanks for reading!