I groan as the alarm goes off, it's too damn early for this…God if I didn't need the money. I roll out of bed and walk over to the dresser getting dressed for the day, kinda. I slip on sneakers, mainly because this was a trip to the palace. Heh, only the best for royalty…even if I don't see the guy. I make sure everything's in order and port out. Walking through the final corridor, it's twilight, right before dawn, I look out the large stain glass windows before I enter the hall leading me to the throne room. I stop at the double door and take a deep breath in. Welp, here we go.

I walk inside. Looking around at the large flowerbed consuming the middle of the throne room, back turned to me the king sits in the large throne, resting, he stirs lightly once I clear my throat. I tug my hood up, I just want to get out of there and back to bed. Idly I notice the songs of birds, heh guess they didn't get the memo the suns not up yet. I yawn into my arm as for the first time the king speaks to me.

"Isn't their song beautiful my friend? How peaceful and lovely it is, warm and inviting…How I envy them." I roll my eyes. God must he drag this out, I woke up like 5 minutes ago and I just want to go to bed.

"Uhhhh, yeah…I guess so, sir?"

He chuckled deeply, sitting up it's easy to see why he's known as king of the mountain. The guys a mountain on his own, if only in stature, talking to the guy, he's actually pretty meek.

"I'm sorry…Would you like a cup of tea?" I inwardly sigh, No…. I want to get out of here and back to bed…she's calling me.

"Sorry sir…ya know…work." He chuckles again.

"Right, right of course…My Judge…" I roll my eyes at the title, I was never one to use it formally or otherwise, "Your orders are to watch and guild the human to my castle should one fall here, that is all- report anything you feel is suspicious." Same as it always was. I nod and bow before turning, I can FEEL my eyes fade and I start to sweat as he starts to move. The job is so much easier if I don't see him, ya know a disconnect from what I'm doing. If I make a connection, then I become chummy, and…I don't want to be chummy. I port before he can speak again.

I pant as I lean against my dresser drawer, that was too close, he almost…. well it doesn't matter, damn I can almost hear those birds still. I shook my head as I kick off my sneakers and flop on my mattress. Yeah…I know…I wasn't the nicest to the guy, he's not that bad really…It's just…I…hate to…really become friends with someone, get close to people. Ya never know when they'll disappear…I feel a knot at the bottom of my non-existent stomach, I may have not said those things aloud but I still thought some pretty rude stuff, I guess I feel a little guilty for it. Heh…Whatever. I close my eyes for a little shut eye before work.

I wake up to the sound of Papyrus screaming, it's both the most terrifying thing I've ever heard and the most comforting, once I realize why he's screaming that is.

"SANS! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT! I WORKED VERY HARD ON OUR BREAKFAST AND I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO MISS OUT! IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY AND I WILL NOT LET YOU LEAVE UNTIL YOU HAVE EATTEN!"

I chuckle to myself, man he's the greatest…am I right? I get my slippers on and trudge down the stairs yawning. "Coming bro." I smile as I sniff the air, the smell of eggs – slightly burned- wafting all around me. Heh…He's getting better. He ONLY slightly burnt the eggs. Everything else is bland as hell, but hey some improvement is better than none.

I smile as I eat, when someone takes the time to cook you breakfast, you eat it. Not the greatest meal I've eaten but certainly not the worst. Then we head out to Undynes for our morning assignments. That done we head out, then break off to start our human hunt. As I leave him I smile. He's trying so hard to be liked, I feel bad about it, and wish I could do more but-

I stopped, eye on me feeling full blast, and smile. To others it must have been to myself, but no…I know this feeling.

"So then SPROUT ya gonna come out here or do we have to play hid and seek again." I teleport when A barrage of, how did he put it? 'Friendliness bullets' come my way. Re-landing on the same stop I stretch, heh, don't want to pull a MUCSELE.

I open my eyes and what do I see. A bright, yellow flower, like the ones in the throne room or the kings garden.

NOW, I can go over this thing. Along time ago when I first started my job as judge I was I found out this…this thing. Flowey, everyone's PEST friend.

Little monster is responsible for a number of incidents and the bane of my existence. Let me explain further, see…He does things, things I can never fully understand…Sometimes it's good, like- he knows what's coming and can actually warn monsters of dangers and stuff like that. That was way in the beginning of meeting him. Now a day, he is the danger, using his otherworldly knowledge to harm other monsters. Effecting the flow of battle and incidents in his favor.

It's sickening really because he uses it against my brother whenever he can. I smile wider as the flower slowly comes to greet me. That ugly little face it makes. Normally I let things BLOOM and see from there, but I know…it's better to take care of this WEED before it becomes an INFESTATION.

I walk towards him, my hands in my pockets. Not only does this little weed have the ability to effect the flow of battle, but it can come back from death…I've seen it. There have been times, I'm positive I've killed it, but when I do… Somehow everything goes back to the way it was before we even crossed paths. It's hard to explain and annoying. Somehow…this…weed has the ability to reset time.

Thus he can control the flow of battle. Making all these battles pointless. I take a deep breath, raise my hand. Okay…. Maybe not pointless…If I can keep this thing away from my brother, protect the only thing left worth protecting, then maybe these battles are worth something. He sees I'm ready to fight him, but strangely he backs off. I watch him crawl back from where he came from. Confused…Huh…. Guess he's not in the mood to make trouble.

Sometimes, the way that monster acts, reminds me of a kid…

I head to my sentry station, then walk the familiar path to the door. With all this excitement today I need a de-stressor and that's just what I need.

I walk up to the door and start with a firm knock, knock joke. "Knock, knock. Whose there- Waiter- waiter who? Waiter minute let me tie my shoe laces."

I laugh, it's silly but sometimes ya gotta laugh at the simple things. The funny thing is I just got this weird feeling that it wasn't just me there. Maybe it was the flower, watching me. Heh…yeah had to be that. So I go on, and on. Till finally it's time for me to head back.

I walk the path to Snowdin, stopping at the bridge as I spot my bro. Big guy looks at my station in annoyance and starts to organize my bottles. I'm so proud of him. I place both hands in my pockets, teleporting behind him, well I could use a good laugh. "Paps what are you doing?" I ask in a quick loud whisper.

It got the desired result. He jumped and turned, guilty faced then calmed down. He narrowed his eyes sockets at me and muttered to me," Sans! Do not sneak up on me like that! You nearly scared me to death!" I laugh as I rose a brow.

"But bro, we don't have a heart so- "

"UGH, you know what I mean! Anyways…Did you find a human?"

My smile fades a little, hell if it would make him happy I'd give him a million humans, "Sorry bro, no such luck today." He sighs as we walk towards Undyne to give our report and then head home. Undyne tells Paps not to worry about it, and when we see a human it'll all change, but sometimes I feel like Paps doesn't here her.

Once home, he cooks. His cooking prowess never ceases to amaze me. He somehow managed to make a Lasagna that is both crunchy on the bottom, but soggy on the top. I thank the stars every day that me and Pap aren't human, he'd kill us with his cooking long time ago- if not from the food he makes but how Undynes been teaching him.

Still, the bonehead tries his hardest. I'm really proud of him for that. We eat then I walk into his bedroom. He's wearing his cool guy PJ's. I smile as I take my seat on the edge of his bed as I look over the book selection. Peek- a- boo with fluffy bunny, our family classic. He snuggles down as I lean back and look at the book.

"Ready?"

"Of course I am Sans. I have brushed my teeth. Cleaned up for the night, said my good nights I am ready for my bed time story."

I chuckle as I tuck him in, he never fusses. I flick open the book and off handedly comment. "Oh that's good, ya know I don't want you to have a BED time." He groans at the lame pun, I keep going, it's on again, "Just be sure to obey the laws of sleep when your cruising dream land bro. I don't want you to- "

"Sans no." Sans yes.

"Be under a-rest."

He hides a smirk as I grin, still got it. "Now then fluffy bunny." He settles back as I begin.

"Once upon a time in a forest Glenn far, far away-"

"Sans…that's now how the story begins…If you're not going to tell it right…"

I laugh, "Sorry bro, I was just testing to see if you remember the story or not."

"Once Upon a time, in a land where the mountains greet the sun and moon bids good night to the waters, there lived a family of bunny's a momma, a poppa, and two siblings, brother bunnies. All of them were fluffy bunnies but none was fluffier than the youngest, Fluffy the bunny.

One-day Momma bunny turned to her two little bunnies and said." I clear my throat and play up as female a voice I can muster, "' My little bunnies I need you to get me some fresh carrots for dinner tonight. It is important though that you take the lite path in the forest and be weary of the tricky fox who walks by the shadows. Should he trick you, you may be lost…" I trail off, today must be tiring for the poor guy. He's already out. I shut the book slowly and lean in, resting my head against his. We may not kiss, but skeletons have a way around things.

I make sure he's tucked in once more and smile as I put the book away and walk towards the door. I look back and shut off the lights. I smile as I watch him for a moment. Every night takes me back to when we were younger. I have to marvel at one thing, and one thing only. How can someone like him stay so innocent. I shake my head and walk out. I yawn and stretch as I walked towards my room, grab my key and head out. I slip on my sneakers and frowned as I tug up my hood and teleport out.

I stop at the large imposing doors, then push inside. I look around, no longer is this throne room bathed in golden lights but rather, cascaded in darkness…Heh…Sounds flowery when I put it like that…. It's dark. Let's just leave it at that. I walk towards the throne as I hear soft snoring. I chuckle to myself. Guy fell asleep. I'm tempted to wake him up, by scaring the crap out of him, but think better of it.

"Uh your majesty?"

He stirs and groans as he sits up and stretches. "Ohhhh do forgive me…It has been…a long day." He mumbles, geeze the guy sounds half dead. I shake my head, deciding to be a hell of a lot kinder than this morning.

"Sorry boss…I just wanted to give ya my report...I could give it tomorrow if you want when I come in."

Even in the dark I see him shake his head, "No…It is alright, thank you for your concern, Please…. Proceed." he sits back as I begin.

"Well there has been no movement from human's underground. Seems we're still free of them right now. No imminent dangers to worry about. Nothing…everything is fine…in a sense of speaking." He nods as I report the waves his hand.

"Thank you my knight, please…. Have a good evening, that is all you are dismissed." I nod and port outside. Poor guy…he seemed tired and down… I shake my head and walk a few feet. I smirk to myself and decide to pop in at Alphys. I want to see if she has any more of those odd blueprints, recently she had found a whole bunch- funny thing is only I can read them. I smirk and port out and into her workroom/bedroom. I was expecting a scream, but I turn and see she isn't in her bed. I walk towards the escalator.

Peering down over the landing I spot her, sleeping away at her computer desk. The large monitor still on, showing us the waterfalls. I sigh as I take a step and go down, I look at the messy desk, it's covered in anime crap, figurines, and half eaten food. I give another sigh as I walk over and loop an arm under her. She stirs as I help her stand, I can't exactly lift her," Come on Al, time for bed." I Look up at the screen and frown. She's still plugging away at a cure for her mistakes. I sigh as she mumbled to me. "Sans…. I….doesn't wor…..C….An…Sans…gotta…." I rub her back as we slowly go up towards her bed.

"I know buddy, I know…Come on, killing yerself isn't gonna help anyone." I press the large cube in the corner converting it into a bed. Dimming the lights upstairs I step on the escalator and head back down. I stop at the monitor. Huh…some friend I'm supposed to be. I sit down and look over what she's gotten done so far. I can't say I know much about her problem, but that doesn't mean I can't help her. I lean back and stifle a yawn in my jacket sleeve.

Damn…Looks like it's gonna be another long night.