Talltales

Chapter 1- Reminiscing

Frisk finished putting away her new school supplies in her book bag. She was so excited. Tomorrow would be her first day of school with her new family. She couldn't wait to meet all the new people and maybe new friends. She was a little nervous though, since everyone came to know that she was the one that freed the monsters from Mt. Ebott. But, she was determined all the same.

She glanced up at her clock on her bedstand. The clock was reading 6:30. That means it was almost dinner time. Frisk got down from her bed and went out the door to downstairs.

When she got downstairs, she smelt a pleasant aroma in the kitchen meaning, they weren't having spaghetti that night. Speaking of which, Frisk turned and saw friend Papyrus sitting at the table trying to solve a puzzle. It looked like he was having some trouble with it. She went over and sat in the chair next to him. Frisk- "Hey Papyrus, do you need any help?"

He turned his eyesockets from his puzzle and gave a smile to his friend as he looked at her. Papyrus- "Hello tiny human! While I am the puzzle master, I'm having trouble finding a word in this wordsearch."

He showed her the incomplete puzzle. Sure enough, he had every word found expect the last word. Frisk loved puzzles like this as she knew all the secrets on how to find every word. It didn't take her long to find the missing word and point it out and show Papyrus how she found it.

Papyrus- "Wowie! I would have never guessed that. You're smart, but I hope you become extra smarter when you go to school tomorrow."

She nodded at him. Frisk- "Yeah, I also excited to meet some new friends."

Papyrus- "I'm sure you will make tons of friends. Oh yeah, called earlier. She said that she and Undyne wish you good luck tomorrow."

Frisk was happy to learn that all her monster friends were wishing her luck with school. She was also happy to learn that Asgore even called despite the tension between him and her mom.

Frisk saw her mom come from the kitchen with her small apron on whenever she baked a pie. Toriel- "Oh, there you are my child. I was just about have Papyrus go and get you. Is everything packed for school tomorrow?"

Frisk- "Yes Mom! Everything is packed and ready to go."

Toriel went and pat Frisk's head. Toriel- "Good girl. Can you do me a favor? Can you go get Sans and tell him that dinner is almost done?"

Frisk nodded. She got up from her chair and went out the door to the backyard leading to the forest.

Frisk followed the path that led deeper in the forest. She passed by all sort birds flying through the skies. In all her time in the Underground, she kind of forgot what it was like to see natural wildlife. She loved being back on the surface but she missed the atmosphere and attitudes in the Underground. Well, since the Barrier was broken, she could go back there when she wanted, with permission of course.

Frisk eventually got to the clearing where her friend usually was. She saw that he was in his usual sitting position, sitting down with his legs up. Sans was Frisk's best friend and Papyrus's older brother. Frisk always loved Sans's sense of humor and she loved talking to him. There was something else about him that was special that always intrigued her. Unlike his brother or any of the other monsters, he was much taller than anyone else. She didn't understand why that was since he was like that when she met him.

Frisk went near to where one of his hands was on the ground. She began to tap it to get his attention but it wasn't working. She could tell that he was lost in thought with the expression he had on his face. She decided to just try calling his name to see if that would work. Frisk- "Sans!"

Sans got out of his thoughts when he heard his name being called. He looked over his right shoulder and saw Frisk's pretty brown eyes staring up at him. Sans- "Hey kid, what's going on?"

Frisk- "Mom wanted me to tell you that dinner is almost done."

Sans- "Thanks for the info."

A moment passed in silence between the two. Frisk was about to head back home but she heard Sans about to talk. Sans- "So, you excited about school tomorrow?"

She gave a quick nod. Frisk- "Yeah! Can't wait to meet all the new people."

Sans- "Heh, glad to hear that."

Frisk saw that Sans turned over his hand, so she could get in it. She got in the hand and sat down in his palm as he raise it up. He placed her in usual spot on his right shoulder. After she was comfy in her spot, he used his other hand and petted Frisk's head with one of his fingers. Sans- "Feels like forever since you saved us."

Frisk- "Mhm! It was a fun journey though. I met a lot of nice friends. There was Mom, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, Mettaton, Blooky, Dad I mean Asgore." Frisk stopped for a second when she thought of the last person and blushed. "And you Sans."

He noticed the way she blushed when she said his name and couldn't help but blush also. Sans- "Do you remember when we first met?"

Frisk gave a little giggle in response. Frisk- "How could I forget?"

The one thing Frisk didn't expect when she got out of the Ruins was a cool, wintry blast. She was surrounded by snow on all sides. She thought for a second of just running back inside to Toriel and being wrapped in a blanket getting warm. It was a nice idea, but she wanted to see what else was out there and what new people she could meet.

Frisk clinged on to her striped sweater to keep her warm. She continued walking down the path she was on. The sound of the wind was howling but there was a loud thud in the distance. Frisk didn't know what to make of the noise and kept going. The thuds became more frequent and louder, almost if something was coming for her. She was terrified at this point and froze in her place. She observe that a rather large shadow was looming over her.

?- "Human. Don't you know how to greet a new pal? Turn around and say hello."

Frisk tried to get away from what was behind her but ended up tripping and falling backwards in the snow. From where she was now, she was able to get a look at the monster above her. Staring down at her was a skeleton with a blue jacket on with a wide grin on his face. He was massive compare to the other monsters Frisk had met. With that grin on his face, Frisk assumed that she was done for. Instead, the skeleton just started to chuckle. ?- "Heh, I guess you took a small trip."

Frisk didn't know what was going on anymore. First, this skeleton acted like he was going to kill her by his presence and voice, and he is joking around. She watched as he crossed his arms and cock his head towards her. ?- "C'mon kid, that didn't tickle your funny bone?"

That got Frisk to ease up a little as she watched the skeleton lower himself gently towards the ground. He sat down with his legs crossed together while still looking at Frisk. ?- "There, not as threating anymore. I'm Sans, Sans the Skeleton."

Frisk- "My name is Frisk."

Sans- "Well, it's ice to meet you."

She giggled at his pun. He didn't seem like a bad guy. Sure, his unusual size scared her at first but he seems like a delightful person.

Sans- "So, what's a cute kid like you doing out here?"

Frisk- "I wanted to meet all the different types of monsters and become friends with them."

Sans- "That's a great plan kiddo. Just, be careful though. There are some monsters that will try to hurt you and take your SOUL."

Frisk understood all about that when she met a certain flower earlier. She nodded at Sans's statement. Sans- "See, my brother Papyrus has been trying to capture a human to join the Royal Guard."

Frisk got nervous when he said that his brother was trying to catch a human. Sans saw the worried expression on her face and used one of his fingers and patted her on the head to reassure her. Sans- "Don't worry about him. He isn't tall like me and wouldn't hurt you.

She sighed with relief when she heard his statement. She was surprised when she felt his fingers patting her head but he just haves this calm atmosphere around him that she felt happy. Something he said however made her curious. He said his brother isn't tall like him. Does that mean that Sans was the only monster this big? She wondered why that was.

She was shaken out her thoughts when she heard Sans talking to her. Sans- "Hey, I see my brother coming towards us. Hide behind me."

Frisk did as she was told and ran behind Sans towards his back. She gave a quick glance to see Sans's brother. He wore an outfit like a superhero, complete with a cape blowing in the wind. She hid again to avoid being seen and listened to their conservation.

Papyrus- "Sans! What are you doing sitting down on the job?"

Sans- "C'mon bro, I'm bone-tired. Just needed to sit down and relax."

Papyrus- "I haven't seen you work all day. Here I thought, with your increased size that we could spot humans easier."

Sans- "Wow Papyrus. Sounds like you had some big expectations for me."

Papyrus- "Ugh, you're not helping with your puns."

Sans- "Oh c'mon Paps, don't be such short-tempered."

Papyrus- "I'm going now to fix the puzzles, just in case a human does show up."

Papyrus left to go do his job, leaving Sans sitting in the snow. Sans- "Ok kid, you can come out now."

Frisk came out from behind him and had her hands in front of her mouth to prevent from laughing earlier. Sans- "Heh, those jokes were quite punny, weren't they?"

Frisk- "Yeah, I love them."

Sans- "Thanks kid. Hey, can I ask a huge favor?"

Frisk- "What is it?"

Sans- "I think it will make my brother happy to see a human. Do some of his puzzles, make him happy. You don't have to worry, I will even help you."

Frisk- "Sure, I would love to."

Sans's grin spread a little wider with her answer as he stood up. Sans- "Thanks, I will see you up ahead then."

Frisk gave him a quick wave as she watch him leave her. This journey was now starting to get very interesting.

Sans- "A lot has happen since we met that day."

Frisk finished thinking about that day and was brought back into reality. She slowly realized where she was when she saw Sans looking at her. Frisk- "Yeah, a lot has happened."

She noticed a beautiful sunset going down in the distance. She pointed to the sunset to get Sans to look at it. Frisk- "Look at the pretty sunset Sans!"

He looked at where she was pointing to and smiled. Sans- "It is pretty. It's just as beautiful when I first saw it with you and everybody else."

Frisk felt and heard her stomach growl. She kinda forgot what she came to get Sans for. She saw that his hand was beside her once again to get on. Sans- "C'mon kid, we're both getting hungry. Plus, we don't want Tori getting worry about us."

Frisk nodded as she climbed back into his palm. She made her way to his thumb and wrapped around it as he was standing up. Frisk- "Hey Sans, guess I'm wrapped around your little finger."

Sans chuckled as he slowly lifted her up. Sans- "Heh, good one."

He started to walk back towards the house while his fingers was wrapped around his friend protecting her. Frisk was happy to be with Sans. As long as he was there to protect her, she had nothing to worry about.

Notes:

Frisk is 11 years old.

She is going into middle school.

Frisk was in the Underground at least a year.

Sans can eat the regular food. The food will change to fit the energy for him.