Ominous future.
The day of the meeting between Saphaella and the group of monsters had arrived quicker than expected and Sans wasn't looking forward to it at all. Papyrus on the other hand was ecstatic and so was bouncing everywhere in anticipation. "SO WHAT DOES SAPHAELLA NEED OF ME? THE GREAT, PAPYRUS!" He shouts as he nears the door. Frisk pulls on Toriel's sleeve and whispers in her ear. "It is hard to explain right now Frisk but, everything will be explained when we get to the Great One's castle," Toriel says to Frisk. Toriel and Asgore look at each other with worry as they too near the door to the castle. Wait… how is there a door if the castle is a floating one? Well the door is in fact a teleport pad that will send them to the castle. It's just called a door for laziness sake. As for why Toriel calling Saphaella Great One? Well… I'll let Saphaella explain when the time comes.
Once the group reach the "door" Sans gives the briefing on how it works, "Sigh, Here I'll explain how this mechanism works I guess," He begins "You stand on the lighted platform there and wait as it scans you. It will plot out your body type and such as to make sure that when you're teleported through the fabric of space and yada, yada, yada you don't end up with some part of you missing, everyone get this?" Everyone just stands there flabbergasted as Sans finished his explanation as they didn't believe he would actually be as smart as he was originally making himself out to be. Sans sees the situation and tries to back himself out when all of a sudden Saphaella materialises on the "door" "Now, Now everyone, you can all ask the necessary questions later when we've all made ourselves comfortable in my home," Saphaella says with a big smile on her face as she turns around; back onto the "door" and heads back to her home.
Everyone then follows suit, with the last to go on being Sans. As each and every one of the team "land" on the castle grounds, they all feel quite dizzy and nauseous from their experience. Some maids and butlers come out and hand them all warm towels to wipe their fatigue off and give them some lemon and ginger tea to soothe their errr… "stomachs"?... not really sure where it goes for the skeletons but yea. Once Sans arrives though he just walks over to the main hall to look for Saphaella. "HEY SANS! WHY AREN'T YOU AFFECTED BY THIS THING!?" Papyrus yells, almost throwing up. Sans hears his brother and immediately rushes over to him to help him get over his "teleportation sickness".
As everyone get over it, Saphaella comes running out saying "I guess I should have waited here for everyone, seeing as how you all got Teleportation sickness," She then goes around and helps everyone out and explains in depth the reasons behind Teleportation Sickness "Teleportation Sickness is a type of nausea you get when you Teleport. Often happens for first-timers and the next few times. You will eventually get used to the way that teleportation does its thing to your body, I assure you," Mettaton was quite sick as he says "But I'm a robot! I shouldn't suffer like the rest of them," Saphaella explains to Mettaton that teleportation can also mess with circuitry and thus creates the same effect on such beings. "Wait," Alphys says "How is it that you have such knowledge of how teleportation works on beings like Mettaton?" she asks with a slight cautious curiosity. Saphaella smiles and explains "If you look at my maids and butlers you will see, that they are Androids. Humanoid robots with organic type skin but with internals like a robot except their bodies have infused mechanics of both organic and nanotechnology,"
The group are shocked as 2 of the androids, a maid and a butler, take off their clothing and open their chests to show the group their internal networking layouts. I know… I was confused too when I first read this, but I guess things have to be smart to make sense in a way, BACK TO THE STORY!
Alphys creeps slowly to try and touch the things but is stopped by Saphaella who tells her that touching them is prohibited outside the repair bay and if she wants to look at them she can go there later. Alphys' eyes light up at the opportunity to look at such advanced machinery and giggles. Saphaella sees Mettaton with a look of jealousy and states to him that she can make him into an android if he wishes in which his body will be just as he specifies. Alphys looks onward a bit sad but then Saphaella turns around and smiles at her saying "Alphys. Worry not as you will be the chief builder and circuitry architect on board for Mettaton's remodelling," She squeals in excitement and runs over to Undyne to tell her what is going on. After a while of just idle chatter and banter, Saphaella clears her throat and tells everyone to come inside as the matter at hand is quite important.
They all look at each other worried (except for Sans who just looks at Papyrus) and then walk through the Great Hall into the Meeting Room. As they go through the entrance of the castle the maids and butlers all take their turns at grabbing the shoes and coats of the guests. They all ask if they wish for anything specific during their stay in which some meals were ordered and a fresh change of clothes as well. The maids and butlers take note of what is wanted and head off to alert the chefs as well as the tailors. As they walk down the hallway to the Meeting Room, flying scanners come to scan the group in order to fit them for their new clothing. Due to the sudden nature of their arrival thought, Undyne attacks one of them and destroys it.
Saphaella turns around in shock and yells at Undyne for destroying her equipment. Undyne states she was just protecting herself and Saphaella sighs saying that they were scanners. They were just going to measure them to make sure their clothing fit. Saphaella calls over one of her maids and she picks up the remains and takes it to the repair bay. The remaining scanners do their thing and they arrive at the Meeting Room. They all sit down and Saphaella gets straight to the point:
"As some of you know. There is a group of humans calling themselves "Humanists" going around, destroying places where humans and monsters are trying to live in peace and harmony. Just recently a bombing of a symbiosis education centre here in town was destroyed that lead to many unnecessary death of both humans and monsters alike. The "Humanists" are led by a "Creature" called "Takera". He is in fact like my husband Viito as he is a daemon from hell itself. Now before any questions are raised. Eden where I was born openly allows Daemons from Hell to come to visit as Hell is only a plane of rebirth, just like Eden. The difference being that Hell is where the Evil reside before their cycle of rebirth begins. Those condemned to Hell don't get a happy ending when it comes to rebirth. Those who pass and come to Eden are notified of when their rebirth cycle has been reset and they are giving a happy ending where their rebirth is of something good instead of something like a slug or what not. Anyways, I'm side-tracking. The Daemon known as Takera is masquerading as a "Human with magic powers" in order to gain the support of "corrupted" followers who follow his orders without question. As their numbers grow, so too do the number of "creatures" that are made. What are "creatures"? They are like monsters but MUCH MORE EVIL! Born from the corruption of the followers, some of them transforms into these beasts. The "Humanists" use these now twisted "creatures" to help destroy monster/human settlements and buildings in order to spread pain and suffering. The only way to "save" a "creature" is for me to merge with someone's projectile weapon in which they aim for the "heart" of the "creature". Once the "heart" has been struck, I go into the "Core" of the "creature" to find the "innocent" SOUL within, once I've found it; I take the SOUL out from the "creature" where I then soothe it before it passes on. Now the reason I called you all here is because I am asking you all for help.
Myself and my family cannot be the only ones to fight this fight as we are all beginning to feel the strain of it. I asked Sans 3 days ago to have you all gather here today mainly so that I may all plead for your help. So my friends… Will you help us fight so that no more deaths happen?" Quite the long monologue eh? Anyways. That's pretty much how it was for Saphaella. She gathered all of them to her home to plead her case to them all. After about 30 minutes of silence while they were all wrapping their minds over the situation, Asgore was the first to speak "I will help you Great one," he says in a booming voice. Saphaella smiles and tells Asgore and the rest of the group "Thanks Asgore and just as I've told Sans. I HATE formalities so just call me either Saphaella or Saphie," once she finishes her speech, Frisk and Toriel say their piece "Saphie, after long debates between each other, Frisk and I have decided we shall help any way we can," Saphaella smiles happily and thanks them for their help. Alphys and Undyne then stand up and say they will help as well with Mettaton interjecting with his piece saying that as long as he doesn't take too much damage he will help.
Saphaella is on point to cry at this moment but she then turns towards Sans and Papyrus as they have yet to say anything. Papyrus then begins to speak "NYEH! THIS IS QUITE A LOT TO TAKE IN. KNOWING THAT THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE WHO WISH US HARM IS A BAD THING SO I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL HELP!" Sans though looking a bit dejected at what his brother said, had this to say "Well, if Papyrus is willing to help out in this new war. I guess I'll have to help out," Now Saphaella begins to cry as she feels a wave of relief wash over her
She falls to the floor on her knees and cries her eyes out to the point she begins crying tears of blood. As this happens the group rush over to help the "fallen angel" heh… see what I did there?... IT WAS A PUN GOD DAMNIT! Well whatever… hmph! Let's just get back to the story….
Saphaella smiles through her tears as she gains these new friends but then she suddenly shuts down and topples over again. Everyone except Sans, scream at this point thinking that Saphaella is dying. "Sigh. This little angel just shut down. She over-cries and now her body is just recuperating while her cells regenerate themselves," again everyone looks at him confusedly but Alphys then has a "oh!" moment. "So basically what Sans is saying is," Alphys begins "Saphaella cried to the point of crying those tears of blood. Her body couldn't take that and it shut down so she could regain herself after some rest," Everyone then goes "ooooohhhh" Sans nods in agreement to her explanation. One of the Maids come into the room to see Saphaella sleeping and calls Alfred. "Yes I am coming!" cries out a feline voice as a big white Nekomata comes walking through the door. Just to explain, a Nekomata is a twin tailed cat demon. This particular one Alfred is one of 2 of Saphaella's familiars that walk freely through the grounds.
"I see master Sans has returned to us. I am glad that the former Head scientist of the Eden Elites could come back to help us out," The large Nekomata said with a smile as he picked up his master and took her to her room to sleep.
The group follow after Alfred to see how Saphaella is doing. Sans drags himself behind and Papyrus asks him a somewhat big question "SANS?" He begins, "Yeah Papyrus?" Sans replies, "WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO SAPHAELLA? IT'S KINDA BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR A WHILE NOW," Papyrus asks with a look of intrigue on his face. All of a sudden, everyone turns around as they all wonder the same thing. Saphaella hear this and wakes up early from her nap saying "I guess, I should be the one to explain that," "Mother! You didn't have to wake up just so Master Sans would avoid something like this. You know he would have to explain things sooner or later," Alfred shouts at Saphaella. Saphaella gives a sad smile and just says it would be better that she explain it as Sans is too uncomfortable to do it himself.
"A long time ago," She starts, "before the great human/monster war, Sans was working in Eden as part of a group called the Eden Elites. He was their Head Scientist. It was due to his expertise in his field that so many great inventions were made. Things such as the "door" to my castle, the power limiter (which by its name limits the powers of those whose powers are too great) and the fountain of youth potion. He was happy as I heard since he was able to do things at his own pace and create in his own way. After a while, I came in; right then my body was that of a young girl as I age quite slowly even though I am older than time itself. Anyways, I came in through the door of the research facility with my family, Viito; whom at the time wasn't my husband but still my bodyguard was there to do his job, My older sister Saori who is my counterpart in the roles of the cosmos; She is the Angel of life and then my brother-in-law Neo who also has a role in the cosmos as the keeper of Emotions, Willpower and Intelligence. We all came in and my sister went up to Sans stating that it would be his job from then on to keep my body in check. His brilliance kept my body in check for a long time and I even began to age at a slightly faster rate. Which to some may seem bad but I couldn't wait to achieve this form that you see now. But during that time, there was an accident… my powers went haywire one day and no-one was able to come near me as my powers sparked everywhere and caused a lot of things to die. Sans saw the pain I was in though as I cried so much that day. My powers were going haywire again and I couldn't stop it. My family looked on as they couldn't come near me or else I would have stolen their abilities and caused them to turn to mud. They knew I didn't want to lose my family so they were forced to watch as I sat there, balled up in the containment chamber with tears of blood streaming down my face. It was then that Sans stood in with a Power limiter and through my power surge went in to try and place the limiter on me to stop me from harming everything. I kept pleading with him to not come near me but Sans came anyways, I even shot at him to try and keep him away but he dodged every single blast and held me when he was closer enough to do so. Just as he was about to put a limiter on me though, a surge of power came from my eye and struck him in his eye.
He was in immense pain but he still placed the limiter on me with the last of his strength and my power surge stopped. He then fell to the ground and was out for a while. My family came rushing in seeing if I was alright but I didn't care about them at the time as I was screaming at Sans, hoping he was ok. Saori came and just said that he should be ok and I cried again as it was my fault that Sans was in that state. My unstable powers attacked Sans while I was unstable in both mind and body and now he was unconscious. After a few days though he woke up, to find me sleeping on top of him on the chair next to him. I think that was the time he started falling for me as I felt something touch my head and when I woke it was Sans with the biggest grin I'd ever seen, petting my head. I looked at him, still crying but he just smiled at me and gave me all these skele-puns like how he was a real bonehead for running in there and such. I laughed though still crying and apologized profusely as Sans sat there in his bed, stroking my head and telling me that everything was ok and that it wasn't my fault," Saphaella finishes up her story there and everyone was shocked to hear that Sans of all people was actually that smart. Saphaella also said that due to that accident, Sans has the powers that he has now, Teleportation, Better dodging skills, Blue attack skills and even the abilities to watch over timelines. Watch over timelines!? So that why he has such knowledge even if he doesn't remember when a reset happens. Then Toriel said something "So you were Sans' first love?" she asks. Saphaella nods and says that she always knew from the day of the accident that he had feelings for her. She wanted to reciprocate but she already had feelings of deep love for Viito which would blossom into the marriage she has today. Which was why after a while she told Sans that she was indeed in love with Viito and that he should give up such fruitless love before it destroyed him. The day she had to tell Sans to give up was a very painful day for her but Sans though at first was heartbroken, smiled like he usually did and put his hand on my shoulder and bid her good luck.
Saphaella cried that day and Sans said "Hey, c'mon Saphie. No need to shed tears for me. At least I know what love really feels like and who knows, I may find another one day," He gave a big grin and walked off. Anyways… enough of the flashbacks. Back to our story…
Toriel shed some tears as she felt pain in Sans' place for what happened that day but Sans smiled and said to Toriel "Hey c'mon Tori. At least I found you eh? Another who shares my taste in comedy and understands me right down to the marrow," Saphaella smiles happily and tells Sans good luck with this new found love and may he find the strength to let it continue. Sans blushes at this point and hides his head in his hoodie. Toriel giggles while Asgore watches from the side-lines and laments the fact that he lost his wife to a skeleton. But will allow Toriel to be happy. Saphaella starts laughing and as this happens 2 more people come into the hallways to check up on Saphaella. "MOM!" Says the white haired boy with steely blue eyes as he held Saphaella in his arms, "Mother!" The young black haired girl said as she also held Saphaella his her arms. "We heard you cried tears of blood again, we were worried," the two said in synchronicity.
Sans was surprised at this point and asks "You have kids now?" Saphaella turns around with the kids still clinging to her and states "Well, a lot can happen in the many years we've been apart. Yes these are my children. The white haired man is my son Tenshii and my young daughter is named Shizuko," Sans though still surprised at the fact she has kids greets them and says hello while trying his usual prank of the whoopee cushion in his hand. Seems though that the children were 2 steps ahead of him as all of a sudden Tenshii grabs Sans in a hug and yells out at the top of his lungs while pile driving him "GETTTTTTT DUNKED ON!" Toriel look in utter horror as this exchange happens while Saphaella laughs her head off. Once Sans makes head and tails of the situation he laughs and says "Heh, so you kids are also pranksters eh? I got dunked on pretty well just then," Saphaella and the group then start laughing as they all get the joke.
Saphaella then says "Why don't we all go for a bath? We must all smell from the fact we haven't bathed in a while, come, I'll lead you guys to my hot spring bath," she walks past everyone to show then the way to the bath and after 10 minutes of walking they reach a single door labelled "Bathroom". Sans' face grimaces and he blushes very hard as he knows this all too well. The others though are all very confused to the situation and Toriel asks "Why is there only one bath? Shouldn't there be separate springs for girls and boys?" Saphaella smiles and states "Under normal circumstances yes, but I believe that separation of that calibre is wrong. So there is only one bath where everyone can bathe together," after hearing this explanation everyone follows suit of Sans and blush hard. Toriel then begins yelling at Saphaella saying what about Frisk? He is just a child and he will see nudity. Saphaella then continues "*giggle* if you had let me finish I would have told you that I have the mist cover ready for you. Just push the button on the scanner and it will send bots to cover you in a veil of mist to cover the more "inappropriate" areas. Just when you sit in the spring they cannot follow so they will sit by and wait for when you get out of the bath again,"
Saphaella walks through as her maids take her clothing off and she is automatically veils in mist. Everyone asks why is it that she is able to be veils without being scanned and she explains that she has the ability of mist veil so she doesn't need to be scanned. "You guys go into the gender specific changing rooms and my staff will handle you there. Just walk through the door and push the button to be scanned. It will take a couple of minutes for each of you to be fully scanned so be patient," Saphaella says as she dips herself into the massive hot spring in front of her. Just as she sits down, her husband Viito comes flying down, his clothes just disappear from his body and he sits in the spring next to her. "You're never late for a bath are you hun," She giggles out as he holds her close. "You know that I would never miss the chance to be this close to my beloved wife," Viito says as he nuzzles his head on top of hers. Saphaella giggles and sits on his lap. As this exchange happens everyone if finishing up with the scans and they all have their own mist veils covering them appropriately.
They enter the bath and notice then Viito is there with Saphaella on his lap and again they blush hard. The pair giggle and look at each other with a look of true love. Sans shows visible uncomfortableness at what is happening in front of him and hides his face to try and hide the fact that he is upset about it. Toriel notices Sans' expression however and moves to sit beside him. "Sans? Are you uncomfortable at how your previous love is so happy with her new life?" Toriel asks with a look of concern on her face. Sans keeps his face turned away from Toriel while saying "I'm fine Tori, I'm happy that the girl I took care of was able to be so happy," He looked as if he was going to cry when all of a sudden he felt something holding him. It was Toriel, she held him with as much love as Saphaella did with Viito and said in his ear "You don't have to bear that pain anymore, I'm here aren't I?" Sans then begins to cry silently in her arms as everyone else enjoys the bath. Though it seems the major group here didn't notice Sans and Toriel, Saphaella noticed but she continued the flirt with Viito. She wanted Sans to show that side of him to Toriel as she knew that in their future, it would be a good time for them.
After a while of being in the bath, everyone decided it was time to go get ready for bed and so Saphaella and Viito got up first, followed by Sans, Toriel and Frisk and then the rest of the group came out of the bath. "Ahhhhh!" Undyne said with a look of bliss on her face "That bath sure was relaxing, hey Undyne?" Alphys says with a smile on her face. Undyne nods her head in agreement and Saphaella shows everyone to their rooms. Alphys and Undyne share a room, Asgore gets his own room, Toriel and Frisk share a room, Mettaton gets his own room as well (Can't forget the robot) and the skele-bros got their own "divided" room. Sans asked Saphaella in advance if he could share a room with Papyrus but have the room sectioned off so that he had his own sort of space. As everyone went to their respective rooms to get ready for bed things were good.
Then on the screens that were placed in all their rooms Saphaella speaks out "Don't be alarmed at the screens. This is just so I can brief you guys on things going on. I don't see in but I do have sensors in your rooms so I know who is sneaking out for "treats" in the middle of the night. It's just an extra safety measure to make sure no-one gets fat in my home. Anyways! Just to brief you guys on what is happening next. You guys will be staying here until the whole ordeal with the "Humanists" is over, hence why I had these rooms prepared in advance. Make sure you guys rest up as the plan for tomorrow will be told at 7am sharp,"
They all nod in unison, though I don't know how they all could have done that since they're all in separate rooms but DON'T ASK ME! I'm just telling you the story ok!? Anyways….
Though everyone had gone to sleep, someone was wide awake and was unable to sleep due to thoughts in his head….