Both children opened the giant doors of the ruins and were met with a burst of freezing air. Letting out a shudder the silent child held onto their stuffed toy tightly for warmth, due to the freezing cold air whilst Frisk merely slightly shuddered before stretching their legs. As soon as they stepped over the thresh hold the giant door suddenly slammed behind the two children, causing them both to jump slightly.
Turning to look up at Frisk for a moment the silent child then decided to look around themselves. From the looks of it they were both in some sort of snowy forest with dark eerie trees looming all around them. Taking a step forward they then noticed a glint off to their left. Glancing back at Frisk for a moment and then turning back tot he glint they made their way on over to inspect it. Before they could take a closer look at the shiny object hidden within the bushes, Frisk had suddenly taken a hold of their hand and started to lead them onto the trail.
"Ah..." the silent child yelped out in surprise as they were being dragged along.
"We are going to meet a friend," Frisk called back as they walked on.
As they traversed through the cold trail the mute child looked around them and couldn't help shuddering at the tall trees. Hugging their teddy bear close to them, they had almost tripped when they walked over a giant branch laying on the road. The silent child turned back around and could have swore they saw something moving beneath the shadows of the trees. Turning back around quickly, they tried to voice a warning to Frisk, but seemingly they were ignored by the other child. Curious as to why Frisk wasn't responding to them they both suddenly stopped when they stood in front of what looked like a bridge. The mute child shuddered when they heard footsteps behind them that sounded like it was getting closer and closer. They had wanted to turn around or run away from the approaching noise but something seemed to have keep them rooted on the spot.
"hey little humans. don't you know how to greet a new friend? turn around and shake my hand," a deep voice spoke behind the two children.
Frisk quickly turned around, took a firm hold of said person's hand and was delighted when they heard the sound of passing gas.
At the sound of the flatulence noise the mute child cocked a brow and quickly turn around. They were flabbergasted, when they saw Frisk holding onto the hands of what looked like a skeleton, dressed in a blue coat, white undershirt, black shorts and sneakers. What was most peculiar about the skeleton though was his height, he was about only several heads higher than the children themselves and had a big giant grin plastered onto his face with small pinpricks of lights for his eyes.
"the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick. it's ALWAYS funny!" the skeleton chuckled aloud, noticing the other child quickly hiding behind Frisk when they saw him.
"Sans!" Frisk cried out happily as they suddenly threw their arms around the stout skeleton.
"uh... do we know each other kid?" Sans asked curiously, shocked to be suddenly hugged by the human child.
Upon hearing San's confused voice, Frisk quickly looked up at the skeleton, noticing those small pinprick dots of lights staring curiously back down at them. Letting go of Sans slowly, Frisk took a step back and slowly brought their hands over their heart. Embarrassing, Frisk looked down to the side and thought to themselves for a moment.
It couldn't be, could it? Did the reset erase San's memories as well? Usually though, Sans would be able to remember them or recall certain events at least. This time instead the skeleton was reacting to them as if this was their first time meeting ever.
The mute child slowly walked on over to Frisk's side and tugged gently on their sleeve. Why were they so sad all of a sudden? It didn't make sense. Did Frisk know this monster? They turned to look back up at the skeleton in the blue hoodie whom was observing them quietly. They could sense no animosity directed towards them, so then, why was Frisk so sad? Unexpectedly, Frisk suddenly fell onto their knees and started to weep quietly, surprising all of them.
"h-hey kid, why... why you suddenly cryin?" Sans asked in a worried voice as he approach the two children and knelt beside them.
"You... You don't remember," Frisk sobbed quietly as they wiped at their eyes with the back of their sleeve.
Frisk felt so embarrassed about crying in front of both Sans and the other child but this was all too much. They had expected for Flowey and Toriel to have had their memories erased but not Sans too. They didn't want to be the only one to remember the past. They had thought that Sans, whom was always aware of what was going on, would be able to help them. However now, it seems as if every monster in the underground, not just the underground but the world had their memories erased and upon knowing this really hurt them a lot.
Sans on the other hand, frowned down at Frisk whom was silently crying to themselves. When he had tried to console them, they had silently said that he did not remember. Upon hearing this, Sans had frozen on the spot and merely gazed down at Frisk, who continually wiped at their teary eyes while the other child merely gave them reassuring pats, head looking back and forth between the both of them.
"wha-what did you say kid?" Sans whispered, his phalanges shaking slightly.
What did Frisk mean that he did not remember? Was this the Frisk that he knew? Sure he had wanted to ask the kid to see if they had did the reset but wasn't so sure. He honestly had not wanted to ask mainly due to it disrupting the time line. However now, seeing Frisk crying in front of him and saying that he did not remember brought in a whole lot of new questions.
Frisk sniffed quietly before slowly looking back up at Sans as he stared down at them with large white glowing eyes.
"Sans?" Frisk said aloud quietly, noticing the skeleton's face dropping slightly.
Frisk slowly stood back up and timidly approached Sans, whom was slightly shaking. Looking back up into San's wide eyes, they slowly embraced the skeleton once more.
"Do... Do you remember?" Frisk hesitantly asked. "Do you remember when we became friends? How we all went up into the human world? How we lived happily up there even though it was hard at first? When I showed you the stars?" Frisk kept on asking.
Sans was quiet for a moment, letting Frisk bury their face into his abdomen before he slowly wrapped his hands around them.
"yeah kid... I remember. everything," Sans responded as he placed his head on top of Frisk's as he closed his eyes with bright blue bio luminescent tears cascading down from his closed eye sockets. "you're not alone kid. i'm right here with ya," he said in a very soft voice. " i'm sorry i didn't answer ya before... i was just afraid," he finished while Frisk nodded their head in understanding.
Seeing the two embrace, the mute child couldn't help but smile warmly at them. Even though they didn't understand what was going on or who this skeleton monster was, Frisk seemed to be really attached to him and he to them. Whatever the skeleton had said to Frisk, caused the child to sob out quietly once more. The tears that were being shed by both human and monster though, were not tears of sadness but those of happiness and it brought a great warmth feeling deep from within the silent child.
Suddenly a light shined forth from within the mute child, startling both Frisk and Sans. Turning around to look at the startled human, they both saw the other kid's cyan colored SOUL suddenly warped itself into a amber colored one. Before they all knew it, they were all being surrounded by golden globes of light. These spheres of amber showed moving images, scenes of both Frisk and Sans. One of the spheres showed how Frisk had first met with the friendly skeleton. Other spheres showed the two eating happily at some diner which then transitioned to the skeleton playing some pranks on the human child.
"are... are these... memories?" Sans asked quietly aloud as he stood up and looked all around them, shocked at what he was seeing.
As the mute child placed their hand over their chest and stared up at the spheres of moving images, they understood now. They now knew that Frisk was the child who saved the monsters whom were all trapped within the underground. Knew that Sans is a very powerful monster who is a dear friend and wanted nothing more but to stop the resets that had been plaguing him and the other monsters' lives. Knew that the world had been reset and that they must now find a way to fix all of this.
Slowly the amber light of the silent child's SOUL finally stopped glowing and turned back into it's cyan color.
"you got a strange power there kid," Sans spoke up, appearing right in front of the mute child, causing them to quickly look up at him with a small gasp.
The silent child hadn't expected, or did they expect, Sans to suddenly appear in front of them? It didn't really matter, all that mattered was that they knew that they could trust this monster whom was standing in front of them.
"heh, the names sans by the way, but something tells me you already know that, dont'cha?" Sans greeted to which the human child timidly placed their head behind their stuffed teddy bear before peeking up at him again, a small smile etched onto their face.
As if they had remembered something, they mute child suddenly pulled out a small notepad, courtesy of Toriel whom had handed it to them in the underground and quickly scribbled something on it. After they were done, they quickly turned the notepad around pointed at the word before pointed a finger at themselves.
"this your name kid?" Sans asked as he eyed the letters to which the child nodded vigorously. "heh, heh, that's an interesting name you got there kid," Sans responded with a smile.
He then quirked his boney brow when the silent child quickly scribbled into their notepad again before showing him. He took a look at what the kid had wrote and curiously glanced back at the child.
"friend kid? you want to be friends?" he asked while the child timidly took a step back and nodded while not making eye contact.
San's face took on the look of surprise for a moment before he smiled warmly back down at the new human child.
"heh, heh, sure kid, we can be friends."
Upon hearing this, the child smiled widely before they put away their notepad and pen. Then they slowly and timidly opened their arms and looked up expectantly at Sans whom arched a boney brow at the gesture. The skeleton didn't quite understood what the human had wanted and noticed the small blush on the kid's face before he nodded once, understanding. Kneeling down on one knee, Sans reached out and pulled the human kid into a great warm hug.
"i think we're going to be great pals," Sans whispered.
Frisk watched in wonderment as Sans greeted the other human child and quickly befriended them. Frisk couldn't help but think of when they had first met Sans and how friendly he was to them. Watching the two though, Frisk turned their attention onto the human child and wondered about them. What role did they have in this new time line? What secrets did they hold? And what was this new power that they had? However one thing was for sure though, they will get through this together and this fills them with Determination.
Everything for the silent child was so confusing, at first. They didn't know what was going on or who to trust and what to do. Everything became clear when their heart shaped SOUL turned into an amber color and showed them. It showed them of both Frisk's and San's past, giving them an insight of how the two were like with one another. This in turn gave them enough courage to ask the skeleton monster to be their friend, to which their surprise the skeleton obliged with ended up in a great big hug. Even though they were still unsure of this new world before them but upon gaining a new and valuable friend fills them with Hope.
This one is a little short and I apologize to any of the readers if this section is a bit confusing. PM me if some parts aren't understandable and if anyone did enjoy this chapter or story in general, do post a comment below. Thanks!