Hey, sorry I didn't update this in a while. I told you guys that I wouldn't upload too regularly, but I do want to continue this thing. Anyways, here's the chapter.

CHAPTER 3

Suddenly, they were at Snowdin Town. Neither Frisk nor Asriel could describe how they got all the way to the village just seconds after they started following the smiling skeleton, and neither of them dared to ask him about it. All they cared about was that they were safe from Sans' punishment.

Sans led them to the skeleton brothers' house, unlocked the door, and went inside. Sans had forgotten about the trap he placed above the door designed to prank his brother, and found himself drenched with a bucket over his head. Frisk was in control of Asriels body at the moment and snorted (Much to Asriels horror) at the skeletons dismay.

Sans lifted the bucket off of his head slowly, revealing the bright blue eyeball in his right socket. Suddenly Frisk and Asriel both wanted to be anywhere but where they were then. All Frisk could do was stand there and hope for the best, since he knew running wasn't going to do anything against Sans.

After the bucket was off his head and on the ground, Sans started to mutter quietly.

N-No! Not again! Asriel was frightened.

"H-hey, Sans..." Frisk started to say. "I-it's just a joke, right?"

Sans continued to mutter quiet, mysterious things.

"I-I'm sorry!" Frisk squealed. "Please, I didn't mean anything!"

The muttering continued, and Sans started to creep towards the frightened creature. Frisk didn't dare to move though, much to Asriel's dismay. The poor soul didn't know what to do. All he did was stand there in awe and horror, awaiting his fate, knowing it would be futile to resist. Then the skeleton was right in front of him, breathing into his face heavily. He finally started to say something.

"... you know what happens to those who laugh at me...?" Sans asked him.

Asriel was quite fearful for a while, and had not said anything to Frisk since Sans started muttering.

"N-No, I don't." Frisk responded quite nervously. "Wh-what happens?"

Frisk screamed as Sans grabbed hold of the Monster's arms and turned him around, keeping hold of the poor creatures arms. Then Sans took his free hand and started to give him a nuggie.

"they get a nuggie!"

Sans never had hard feelings over things like pranks and jokes, even if he was the victim, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to let Frisk and Asriel go without a scare. Sans released Frisk after his nuggie and let them in the house. The two children were very relieved that Sans was still his old self, and gratefully went into the house. Sans shut the door behind them.

"make yourselves at home, i guess." Sans said as he strolled to the couch and plopped down onto it.

"Thank you, Sans." Frisk said. "I'm very happy that you let us stay here, but why aren't we going to the castle? Don't we have friends waiting to see the surface with us?"

Asriel remembered his parents, and started to feel anxious.

"you think they're still there?" Sans asked. "that's hilarious."

Sans took out his phone and displayed it in his hand.

"no, i sent papyrus a message." Sans informed them. "i told him to grab undyne and alphys, and to take them here to meet me."

"B-But, it only took us a few seconds to get to Snowdin Town, and you never took your phone out until just now." Frisk was confused, of course.

"don't worry about it." Sans shoved his phone back into his pocket. "all you need to worry about is how you're going to reveal all this to your other friends." Sans added.

Asriel took control of the body. Sans noticed the change in his eyes.

"Why didn't you get Mom and Dad as well?" Asriel asked as he sat on the floor.

"just think about it." Sans told him. "how do you think they'll react when they see their dead son alive and well, with Frisk's soul, come up and say 'howdy! mom, dad, are you there? it's me, your child!'?"

"Y-Yeah..." Asriel pouted. "That... does seem a little crazy..."

"so we're just gonna start with the other three people who care very much about frisks safety and don't know what they'd do if they found out frisk had died." Sans told Asriel. "they're gonna LOVE this story." Sans said sarcastically.

"What do we do?" Asriel asked nervously. "I- I don't want them to think-"

"hey." Sans interrupted him. "i'll help explain, but if they do anything... brash... i don't know if i should stop them."

Asriel started to feel afraid again.

"P-Please!" Asriel begged. "This isn't how I wanted this to turn out!"

"eh..." Sans shrugged. "maybe you shouldn't have killed our friend."

Asriel started to tear up. Frisk told him not to cry, but that made him cry harder. Sans started to feel rather bad for him, and wondered if he should be so hard on the creature or not. After minutes of sobbing and crying, Sans had second thoughts. 'maybe they really are telling the truth.' He thought, as he stood up off the couch and sat down next to the little monster. Sans patted him on the back.

"i'm sorry, little buddy." He said. "i'll make sure they won't hurt you, okay?"

Asriel sniffed. "O-Okay..."

Frisk had an idea.

Hey, Asriel.

Yes, Frisk?

Then Frisk gave him some quick instructions, instructions which seemed confusing to the poor monster. Asriel questioned him but his questions were met with a 'just do it' from his human friend. After pressing the human and failing, Asriel decided that he might as well do it.

"H-heys, Sans...?" Asriel said nervously.

"yeah, buddy?" Sans replied.

"Um... Frisk wanted me to tell you something." Asriel said to the skeleton.

"yeah? what's that?" Sans said after rubbing Asriel on the head.

"Um..." Asriel had a hard time getting himself to say it. "I... I am the... -ahem- I am the legendary fartmaster..."

Sans started to snort.

"wow. that's... um... very childish." Sans stood up and shrugged.

"I-I don't know... He just told me to say it..." Asriels cheeks became red.

"he probably thought it was a secret secret codeword." Sans said. "if so, then he is very wrong. however, if he thought it was a secret secret triple-secret codeword, then he is also wrong." Sans added.

"Wha-"

Sans interrupted Asriel. "i changed my secret secret triple-secret codeword a few minutes ago, so i might as well update you two."

"Huh?"

"i'm not the legendary fartmaster." Sans said. "that's the new secret secret triple-secret codeword. remember it."

"That's not much different!" Asriel told him.

"that's not the point." Sans told him. "the point is that i believe you two now, and i'll help you get the others to believe you as well."

"R-Really!?" Asriel and Frisk were very relieved that Sans had their backs now.

I told you it would work, Asriel.

"yeah, of course." Sans said. "it's hard not to trust a fellow ex-fartmaster."

There was a knock on the door.

End of Chapter 3