The morning sun rose over the trees of the jungle, a soft breeze ruffled the leave coursing the branches to sway with the wind. It was at this time were many of the monsters of the forest would awaken to start there day, these monsters also included Toriel.
Her brown eyes opened to the bright sun peaking through the leaves, she sighed in contentment and turned over to wake her daughter, only to find no daughter.
"Frisk!?" She got up in a panic looking around frantically for her child, "Frisk where are you?!" She looked down into the bushes where she sore her husband doing his regular morning patrols.
"Asgore! Have you seen Frisk I can't find her" she said as calmly as she could so as not to start a panic.
"no, how should I know" he said in retort.
"um because you our leader and her father and you should be keeping an eye on her" she said crossing her arms, daring him to contradict her.
He didn't dare.
"I'll go check with the adolescent, I know she often hangs around them trying to join them in the trees, honestly, you need to keep a better eye on her, she's going to get someone hurt, most likely herself" he said in slit consent.
"every child wants to get up into the trees Asgore, why is it she's not permitted in your eyes" she said in exasperation.
"Because unlike every other child, Frisk doesn't have magic to help her climb or back her fall, that's why I don't like her going in the trees."
Tori smiled "you know it's strange Asgore, you worry for her safety like a father does his cub, and yet you refuse to spend any time with her.
"that's because I know not to get to attached" he said quietly as he turned away, trudging towards the higher climbing trees that many teens liked to clamber around on.
...
It was true young Frisk was indeed hanging around the adolescents of the tribe, as she was now 13 years old, Frisk was on the cusp of becoming a teen her self and by the looks of things she couldn't wait. The teens of the tribe were always to be trained up to help protects their territory, and the one to train them was always her father Asgore, at home she sore him very little, and when she did he always gave her this look, a look of sadness mixed with disappointment, as if she were a wild dog on her last legs, about to dye at any moments. Frisk didn't understand this, she had gotten past the age were younglings could perish easerly, she was both strong and healthy and had all her teeth so what was the problem, maybe it was her lack of hair but that didn't make sense ether, these were plenty of monsters in the tribe with no hair or fur and Asgore treated them just fine, maybe it was simple the normal relationship between a tribe leader and there daughter she didn't know, but either way, once she came of age to be trained she would finally be able to prove to her father that she was strong and would be able to protect the tribe from anything that comes their way.
But for now she had to settle with the closest contact with Asgore being the moments were he would carry her away from the trees if she tried climbing them, or away from the other monsters if they were being to ruff with play fights.
'Well at least he cares enough to keep me from harm, but then again If I was, mom would kill him' she though distantly, as she stared at the largest tree in the clearing trying to think of a way to climb it.
"banana for your Thoughts?" came a voice from behind her.
"SANS" Frisk cried grinning from ear to ear as she launched her self at the teen skeleton, raping her arms around his neck as he did the same with her waist.
"your back I mist you" she said in delight.
"I missed you to but... you just squished the banana I was gonna give you for your thoughts.
She backed up and looked down to see what remained of the banana gift oozing from the gaps between his ribs.
"Oh I'm so sorry I..."
"na it's fine, I could of picked the dragon fruit instead, that wouldn't have been good" he said wiping him self clean.
"so now my payment has... gone to peces will you lend me you thoughts, so I can pay you at a later date?" He asked grinding as she giggled
"it's fine I was just wondering how I would climb this tree if I could" she said looking back at the tree.
"why don't you, don't tell me Asgore is still not letting you in the trees" sans said in disbelief.
"Yeah..." she said wistfully, "but enough about me, what about you, how was your final training task, did you pass" she said in erntist waiting to hear of the fate of her best friend.
"WELL the thing is Frisk, the final task is really hard, and well I hate to tell you this but... I PASSED" he said in excitement.
"REALLY oh thank God, I was afraid you were being kicked out you horrid boy" she said pushing him over as he laughs.
"are you kidding, no way would they kick me out, I'm way to muscular and important to be given up, they wouldn't know what to do with out all of this" he said flexing his non-existent musles.
Frisk continued to giggle, "sans you have no muscles"
"alright smartly pants, the point is you are now looking at the newest junior protector of the tribe, please please try not to swoon I know it's hard" he said puffing his chest out in pride.
"sans... well I'm proud of you, now all I have to do is wait for my turn then we can protect the family together" she said grasping his hand in the two of hers.
"Yeah together" he said distantly as he looked at their hands holding each others.
She didn't notice this, not did she notice his sigh of disappointment when she let go.
"now how you to get up this tree?" She asked
"up there oh that's easy... like this" he as he disappeared and repaired in the tree.
"not like that, I can't do that sans" she said as he climbed down to her.
"your magic still not coming through?" He asked softly.
"no.. but it's ok, mom just said it takes longer for some monsters" she said with hope in her voice.
" yeah auntie Tori is pretty smart like that, but in the mean time, your gonna need a protector, somone to train you up teach you how to be a real monster, teach you how to impress Asgore when he starts training you to lead" he said nudging her in excitement.
" your really think he'll train me to lead" she asked
"your his kid aren't you? And besides you need me" he said.
"Oh really and whats in it for you, are you shore its not just because the others won't hang out with you?" She said smirking.
"are you kidding, I don't want to hang out with thoughts idiots, their idea of fun is to jump on each other and role around in there own wast" he said mater afactly.
" yeah I never really got into that fad" she said thoughtfully.
" see the point is you need me more than you think"
SANS
You're one of a kind, I can't explain it.
You're kind of cool, in a wonderful way.
Though you're weird, you can make it.
And who better than me to teach you.
Who better then me to set you on your way. (Mhm)
(Sans grabbed a hold of a green vine and hung himself upside down, his face level with hers)
This could take some hangin' in there
Though with persuasion I can take you on up
Make you grow up, beside the others
And who better than me to lead you
Who better than me to take you all the way (Hey hey hey yeah)
(He got down grabbed her hand and plast them on the vine in the correct position showing her how to climb it properly, while also lifting her up by the waist giving her a boost up the tree.)
FRISK & SANS
Struggling along for years and years
SANS
Until I came along for you
Now its all comin' together
( she lost her grip and fell into his arms, he smiled at her, and put her back were she could carry on climbing)
FRISK & SANS
And together will see this through
You for me and me for you
FRISK
I can learn, I can listen
I know there's something
Deep inside but
I need assistance to go the distance
( she was now half way up)
SANS
And who better than me
FRISK
To teach me
(Higher)
SANS
Who better than me
FRISK
To tell me all you know
(Higher)
SANS
Who better than me
FRISK
You reach me
(Almost at the top)
SANS
Who better than me
FRISK & SANS
To show them all we know!
They were finely at the top of the tree. Hooting and whooping in victory, Sans's arms around her to prevent her from falling as she jumped around.
"FRISK!" came a louder voice from bellow.
"eh oh"said Frisk.
"Oh hell" said Sans, as they looked down at the bottom of the tree, were several adults including Asgore were standing with fear and anger on their faces, non more than Asgore.
"What do you think your doing up there in the trees, get down here now before you hurt someone or brake your neck, or both!"
Frisk sighed and with the help of Sans made her way down the tree, stopping at Asgore's feet, both of them on their hands and knees bowing their heads in submission.
"how many times have I told you, no going into the trees" he started
" I know but, I managed to get up there this time" she said in hope.
"Yeah and it was by her self mostly, I was just supervising" sans defended.
"that's know excuse, your not allowed up there" he retorted.
" but everyone else my age is allowed" she said.
"everyone else has magic to prevent then from hurting themselves and others, you have non" he said racing his voice, but this didn't stop her.
" mother says I'm just a late bloomer, my magic will come in soon..."
"YOUR MOTHER IS WRONG!...your magic will never come though because you have non, you can never go up in the trees, you can never be one of them." He said, with hard eyes staring into hers, but they softened at the sight of the tears pricing at her eyes. He said nothing as she ran on all four into the bushes sobbing.
"how could you say that the her!" sans yelled when she was out of earshot.
"all she does is to try and make you proud, why isn't that enough for you?" He cried trying to get up into Asgore's face but was being held back by his fellow monsters.
"Enough! As for you Sans, I would have though you had better sence, your 15, and you need to grown up, what I say to my... what I say to Frisk is non of your concern" Asgore said sternly.
"you can't even say it can you?, she's you daughter, all she wants is to make you smile but that never enough for you" sans argued.
"KNOW YOUR PLACE SANS, I v had enough from you, Papyrus take your brother home, before he courses any more trouble for himself" said Asgore turning away.
"YES LEADER, COME ON SANS" said Sans's bother Papyrus, as he led the older skeleton home, home being their nest in the thicket.
"Asgore, what's going on? Wheres Frisk?, where is she Asgore" Torial said as she crawled over looking around for her child. As she looked around she saw the solum faces of the adults and her husband.
"Asgore what did you do?" She asked in panic.
"I said what I had to, she would have hurt someone, (sigh) shes gone now" he said.
" GONE what do you mean gone, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY CHILD" she yelled.
" What have I done? What have you done? Filing her head with dreams of magic that she didn't have, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE IS TORIAL, there's no changing that, there is no changing who she is, and I for one will not let yours and her ignorance endanger the tribe, she will live outside the group, we can provide her with food and a place with clean water, but that is all we can do" he said sternly.
"I won't let you she is my child, she survived past infancy, she is strong, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT" she demanded.
"I WANT MY SON BACK!" Asgore yelled his voice booming, before he relaxed and sighed, "there is no other way".
"I understand" she said sadly before crawling of towards the outskirts of their territory.
"where are you going?" asked Asgore
"to find her, we'll live away from the tribe like you said" she replied.
"for how long!" He said in a panic.
"for as long as she needs me!"
"but you can't...I ...I won't be able to protect you, Tori don't ... do... this"
" Asgore... I'm her mother" and that was her final word before she left leaving him alone with tribe.
...
A little ways of from the tribe, lay a fresh water spring, with a couple of fruit trees on ether side, this is were a very sad looking Frisk sat staring at her reflection in the water.
FRISK
Will someone tell me where I belong?
Where I should go?
Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?
I need to know
Why would I hurt the ones I love?
Why would I hurt you?
If I can't be what he wants of me
What am I to do?
When will I be me
The child that he can't see?
There must be somebody who understands
Out there, somewhere
When will I find home?
A place where I belong?
Surely there must be more like me
Out there, somewhere
There must be somebody just like me
Out there...
She looked down once again at her reflection, in frustration she splashed at the water befor grabbing a clump of mud and rubbing it all over her body and around her loun cloths.
"Frisk, what are you doing?" asked the voice of her mother as she came through the bushes.
" why am I so different?" asked Frisk as Torial started to clean her up.
" because your covered in mud, that's why" she said laughing.
" but, papa said I would never belong with them, that I would never have magic," Frisk said in frustration.
" never made what your father said, now hold still"
"but Look at me!"
"I am Frisk, and you know what I see, two eye just like mine, and nose some were, ahhh there it is" she said flicking frisk's nose playfully making the child giggle.
"here" she said holding frisk's and in hers, "what's this?" She asked
" two hands?"
"that can hold each other tight, and this?" She said holding there joined hands the frisk s chest.
"my heart"
"and this?" tori continued now holding their hands to her own chest.
" your hear" replied frisk.
" there exactly the same" tori said in emotion, before getting up cheerfully.
"were going to live away from the tribe for a while, just you and me it will be an adventure"
"is it because of me?" asked Frisk.
" no"
"Well I'm never going up into the trees again" she said glumly, he mother however got excited
"you MADE IT INTO THE TREES, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, I must be the luckiest mother in the world" she said hugging her daughter close.
Just then a rustle came from the bushes, Tori clutched Frisk close backing away, however to her relief, the thing that came timbering out of the bushes, was Sans.
"knock knock, mind if I drop in" he said from the ground.
"SANS" Frisk cried before braking free of her mother and running to hug her friend.
" hay Frisky, I herd what happened, there is no way I'm letting you and aunty Tori stay here on your own with out protection.
" you mean your staying?" asked Frisk in excitement.
" you try and stop me, like I said earlier, you need me more than you think," he said absentmindedly picking at her hair grooming her gently.
" but Sans, what about your brother" said Tori, in suspicion.
" no worries aunty T, he can look after him self just fine, and I'll be able to visit all the time, but I am no changing my mind frisk is my best friend and I'm not letting anything hurt her if I can help it." He said boldly.
Torial hesertated but smile.
...
Songs I used:
"Who Better Than Me"
"I Need To Know"