DarkFoxKit: Donfyre isn't back yet, but I'm happy to know he's having fun. He'll be back by next post, I hope, it's pretty lonely up here without him. Anyways, I decided to upload a new chapter today, because I didn't feel like making you guys wait too long. Also, there is another Undertale fanfic I've been writing along with this one, and it's planned to be posted tomorrow. It's a lot more action packed then this one as this one was more or less a test story. I hope you guys will like it. :D

Chapter 4: Who Are You?

I felt scared as I lied on the couch. Questions ran through my head, such as how did Toriel know me? Why did she keep thinking I was her child? Was there another human named Frisk that I don't know about living here too? Is Toriel hiding another human child that nobody else knew about? What's going to happen to me now? Is Toriel going to call a doctor or something? I should probably get out of here. I don't want to cause a fuss, especially if I'm not truly the Frisk she knew.

All I wanted was to make my parents proud of me. I just wanted to go up the mountain, find something nobody discovered before and come back down before the school left. Maybe then Mom would say I wasn't so stupid, maybe Dad would care if Mom insulted me again, maybe I could finally be someone I wanted to be. But instead, I come here to find out someone else had been through the mountain and came back with a long lost civilization, and now for some reason Toriel's mistaken me for her child.

I thought that Undying… wait… Undine…? Un… uh… that fish lady monster said there was only one human child living among them, and that she was living with the queen. Maybe she made a mistake…? I don't know, but I'm scared what she would do if she finds me.

Spears being launched at me mercilessly went through my mind. I didn't want to go through that, I'd be skewered in seconds. But I'm sure if Jessica were here, she'd know what to do, she'd be able to get out of this situation quite easily. After all she's a genius, who's to say she's not an athlete too? She could probably outrun these guys.

"-don't know, but it might be amnesia."

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Toriel's voice. She must be talking to the doctor or whoever on the phone now.

"I can't explain why else Frisk wouldn't remember me. You should've seen her, she looked terrified that I was going to leave her out in the cold."

I cringed a bit when I heard her say that. I didn't mean to make her feel that way. What must it be like to have someone you care about to not recognize you? It must be awful.

But if I am the Frisk she knew, then why don't I remember her? I would've remembered meeting a monster before, right? … But if I am, did that mean everyone else I met knew who I was all along? I guess I didn't need the so-called disguise if that was the case, I probably just looked like a messy child to them. I feel conflicted. I want to try to sneak out and run before anymore monsters saw me, especially if it turns out I'm not the same Frisk that Toriel thought I was. But at the same time… what if I am? That would mean I really do have amnesia if I didn't remember living here. If that was the case, then what happened to me? Did I know the queen? Did I know the human who saved these monsters from their imprisonment?

There was a certain thought at the back of my head… but it was selfish and unrealistic. I guess a small part of me was thinking and hoping that maybe I was that human who freed these monsters, and that Toriel was the queen. But I denied that thought, it wasn't true. Toriel couldn't be the queen, rich maybe, but she couldn't be royalty, right? And besides, that would imply I was the monster's savior, which could never happen. Someone like me would've died long before I could ever get a chance to free a long lost civilization. I mean they're long lost for a reason after all. An ordinary, stupid child like me saving them is unfathomable and laughable. Still, I guess a part of me just hope and wish that was the case, after all it would mean I did something worthy in my lifetime.

I squeezed my eyes shut. I shouldn't allow myself to hope like that, it would be far more crushing when I realize it's not true.

"Are you sure? … Yes, you're right, you're their friend too. Okay, thank you."

I heard a click and looked over at Toriel as she came back to my view, "Frisk dear, someone is going to be coming over to check you out, okay? She's a really good friend of ours, and she only wants to help. Will you be good and cooperate with her?"

"Is she a doctor?" I asked.

"Yes Frisk… she's a doctor who studied humans more than any other monster," Toriel said in a reassuring tone. "She's going to help figure this out, okay? She also said she'll bring over some friends to help."

"F-friends?" I didn't mean to sound so scared there. I mean I had played with some monsters earlier, so they shouldn't be too bad, right? But what if I'm not who they think I am? That thought terrified me to the core.

"It's okay, Frisk. I'll make sure they don't overwhelm you. We just want to see what you remember, alright? It'll be okay, my child…" Toriel said calmly to me, but her eyes showed a lot of worry.

It felt strange being fussed over like this. I mean my own parents would be worried if I got sick or something, but at the most I would go to a doctor I didn't want to go to. This is something different…

"Just lay there, Frisk, try to stay warm and comfortable okay? You can even sleep if you want to. I'll wake you when it's necessary," Toriel said gently to me, putting her furry paw on my forehead again.

"Toriel, I'm fine. I may not know… or remember you, but I'm not sick…" I felt uneasy with her fussing over me. I didn't want people… or monsters for that matter, to worry about or fuss over me.

"Shhh, just stay quiet my child and rest," Toriel said quietly.

I didn't argue. I was pretty tired and this couch felt very comfortable. I looked at her as my head laid on the pillows. She put a fluffy blanket over me and tucked me in. It was so strange having someone care about me so much that they'd put up a fuss like this. I wanted to tell her I was fine, I didn't need so much attention, but I was too sleepy. My eyelids grew heavy as I stared into the fire place. Toriel must've used her fire magic on it, because it wasn't burning like a normal fire, instead it felt more like a warm heater. Before I knew it, my eyes closed and I must've fell into a light sleep.

The next thing I knew was hearing some familiar voices, as well as one I haven't heard yet.

"U-um… well I need to ask her some q-questions first to be sure…"

"I SHOULD'VE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS WRONG! FRISK DIDN'T GO HOME RIGHT AWAY LIKE SHE USUALLY DOES! I AM A FAILURE AS A FRIEND THAT I COULDN'T SEE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER!"

"Papyrus, it's okay, none of us knew something happened to Frisk. We'll figure it out."

I knew two of those voices… one of them was Papyrus, his voice was unmistakable, and the other was that short skeleton I saw at the gate. What are they doing here? Am I still dreaming?

"Frisk dear… the doctor is here to see you, please wake up…" I felt something soft gently tapping my arm.

I groggily blinked my eyes open. Why couldn't this wait until the morning? … Toriel, Papyrus, his shorter brother and a short yellow lizard wearing a white lab coat and glasses were looking at me. Oh great, so this wasn't a dream after all.

"Hey kiddo, had a nice nap?" Papyrus's brother asked me with a wink. "Do you know my name?"

I looked at him and frowned. Why didn't I ask his name when I had the chance? Eh, it probably would've boiled down to this anyway regardless of what I did, because I was too stupid to get out of it.

"From your lack of an answer, I'll be taking that as a no," the short skeleton said, though it was creepy that his smile remained on his bony face.

"HUMAN! PLEASE TELL ME YOU STILL REMEMBER THE GREAT PAPYRUS'S NAME!" Does he always yell like this?

"Yes." I answered him. "Your name is Papyrus."

"OH GOOD, FOR A SECOND THERE I WAS WORRIED SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH YOU!" I couldn't help but smile at how precious he was right now.

"Uh, Paps, something is seriously wrong with her," Papryus's brother said. "You just kinda shouted your name at them."

"... OH… I GUESS I SHOULDN'T CELEBRATE YET THEN. WELL THAT'S TOO BAD, AND HERE I WAS ALL READY TO MAKE MY CELEBRATION SPAGHETTI!"

"I guess you could say Frisk just didn't…"

"DON'T YOU DARE!"

"retain it in her skull!"

"SAAAAAANS!"

I raised my eyebrow… so his name is Sans?

I noticed Toriel was chuckling a bit herself, but was quick to change back into a worried expression.

"Frisk, do you remember her?" Toriel asked me as she gestured to the yellow lab lizard beside her.

The lizard monster gave me a timid wave.

I bit my lip as I waved back to her, I didn't want to make her feel bad by saying I didn't remember her either, but lying wouldn't get me anywhere. I would have no answers as to who this monster was and I would be found out pretty quick.

"N-no… sorry…" I answered with a cringe.

"H-hey, it's okay, there's no need to feel bad, Frisk. Um, T-Toriel warned us you may have suffered amnesia, th-that's why we're here," The lizard monster said kindly to me. "I brought over Papyrus and Sans as I figured you might be more comfortable with them since, besides Toriel, they were the first friends you made in the Underground."

"Underground?"

"O-oh… you don't remember being in the Underground at all?" She asked me.

Did she mean a place called Underground or just in underground in general? I wasn't sure, and I was too afraid to ask her on what she meant.

"I don't know…" I frowned, that was my usual answer to my mom whenever I got stuck on a question.

"Hey kiddo…" Sans spoke up to me. "Do you remember anything about climbing the mountain and falling into it?"

I shook my head.

"What was the last thing you remembered doing?" Sans asked me.

"I… I was on a field trip with my school. And I was heading to Mt. Ebott, but when I got out of the forest, I saw there was a monster settlement," I answered.

"Th-that's it? Did anything else happen before you saw the town?" The doctor lizard asked me.

I thought back on what happened before I saw the town, and remembered I had passed out.

"Oh yeah, I felt dizzy all of a sudden before I saw the town. And then I think I passed out, because when I came to again, that was when I saw this town," I answered.

"So that's it," Sans said. "That must've been where the memory was cut off."

"M-memory?" I frowned.

"MY FRIEND DOESN'T REMEMBER A THING ABOUT ME! THIS IS SO SAD! WAS OUR DATE MEANINGLESS?" Papyrus cried.

Date? Did he say DATE? I gave him a look. Why would I date a skeleton?

"Uh Paps, it might be too soon to mention the date," Sans said to his brother.

"Oh my poor child, she doesn't remember any of us, how could this have happened to my precious baby?" Toriel cried as she cradled her arms around me as if I was about to disappear.

I felt both guilty and incredibly awkward now. I didn't know what to say to her. I still don't want to believe I might be the same Frisk they're talking about, but who else could it be? They're clearly looking at me, the pajamas I'm wearing right now fit me to a T, and unless I have some kind of long lost twin with the same name I never knew about, they must be talking about me. But if that's the case then… why don't I remember? Did my brain get so stupid that it just dumped out however-many-days worth of memories? And why did it have to be on meeting these guys?

"Do you remember anything else, Frisk?" The doctor lizard asked me.

"I remember my life before coming here. I know my parents, my school, and who I am… or was before I met you all," I answered.

"But you don't remember the Underground or living here with us." Sans finished.

I nodded to that.

"IT'S QUITE CONVENIENT THAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE UNDERGROUND OR LIVING HERE. I'M STARTING TO THINK THIS ISN'T JUST A NORMAL AMNESIA." Papyrus said.

"You're right, Paps. This is too specific to be just the run of the mill amnesia," Sans agreed.

"So what should we do?" Toriel asked. "Will we have to start from scratch with Frisk?"

"I-it's hard to say, b-but if something or someone did this to Frisk…" The lizard doctor paused. "Then we have to look into this."

"Can you try to remember, Frisk? Don't you remember how you passed out? Did you meet with someone?" Toriel asked me with hints of desperation.

I was getting worried now. What happened to me? How much memories of worth did I lose?

"I-I don't know… I-I just remember getting dizzy and passing out… I-I woke up with a headache though…" I said, feeling useless once again.

Toriel embraced me as she began to sob quietly. I had half expected her to start insulting me like my mom did whenever I couldn't answer a question, but this… this made me feel sad for a different reason. I felt bad for her, she was heartbroken that I didn't remember her.

"Hey Tori, it'll be okay. Whatever happened to Frisk, we'll be sure to fix it," Sans said as he put his bony hand on her back.

"DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING! FRISK CAN'T FORGET ABOUT GREAT AND COOL FRIENDS LIKE US FOREVER!" Papyrus reassured her.

I gently rubbed Toriel's back while she still had me in her embrace before I looked at the doctor lizard.

"Um… who are you?"

"H-huh?"

"I mean what's your name? Could you please tell me?" I awkwardly asked her, wishing that I didn't have to.

"O-oh… right… my name is Alphys. We were… well w-we're friends too, Frisk…" Alphys is her name… I'll try to remember that.

"WE DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF FRISK'S AMNESIA, SO HOW DO WE CURE HER?" Papyrus asked.

"W-well… there's a way for us to be able to check… b-but…" Alphys hesitated as she looked at me.

I blinked at her, what was the problem?

"It would involve some soul diving," Sans finished for her.

Soul diving? Like meditation? Would that help my apparent amnesia?

"Frisk, would you allow this?" Toriel asked me.

I blinked, allow what? The soul diving thing? Why are they all looking at me as if I needed to give my consent on meditating? … Unless that's not what they meant? O-oh no… it's happening again… they're asking me a question I didn't understand and now they're waiting for my answer. S-should I ask them on what they meant? S-surely they'd understand that I didn't know anything about their culture because of my apparent 'amnesia'?

I opened my mouth to ask, but then my mother's voice came back to me.

"You're stupid! How can you not understand such a simple question? If this was Jessica, she would know right away what they're asking."

I bit my lip.

"Frisk?"

I looked up at these four monsters as they gave me a look of concern.

"Do you need us to clarify?" Toriel asked me with patience.

"Do you need a tutor?" I heard Jessica's kind voice ask me.

I shouldn't have to need clarification or a tutor…

"N-no… I…" I stuttered and cleared my throat. "If you think you could help me with this, then let's do it. Let's… uh… 'soul dive'."

I'm pretty sure they mean it figuratively, I mean what else could it mean? I'm supposed to meditate to find enlightenment, right? If they meant it in a literal sense… well that's impossible. Souls can't even come out of our bodies unless we're dead, let alone be seen by others.

"Alright kiddo, we'll take it nice and slow then. You might feel a little uncomfortable at first since you don't remember your experiences in the Underground," Sans said to me.

Uh…? I may not have meditated before, but it shouldn't be that weird, right?

"W-who should… uh… do the… um… h-honors?" Alphys asked the other three nervously.

"I shall do it. Just relax my child," Toriel said gently to me. "Close your eyes if you'd be more comfortable that way."

What is she going to do? I stayed on the couch while she looked down at my chest and lifted her furry hands at me. I felt a strange tingle go through my chest. Looking down, I gasped when I saw a little red heart glowing there. What's going on? What is she doing to me?

DarkFoxKit: Soul dive is what I call the battle system in Undertale. The one where you dodge the monsters attacks and you choose to fight or spare them. Anyways, I like to thank everyone who's reviewed thus far:

thekingdomheartsfan: So... you never played the game or saw the other endings? ... Why the heck are you reading this when you haven't played it yet? Undertale is best played blind! Well anyways... I'm glad my Toriel seems to be fitting in her character. But seriously, go play Undertale if you hadn't yet.

Dranicus101: Well you were yelling through text, so it's hard to tell what your emotion was. ^^' And I'm glad you enjoyed the game and are enjoying the story. :D I'm actually making another Undertale fanfic along with this one that's more action pack as stated in the AN above, I hope you'll be able to check it out when I post it.

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Link Fangirl01: Hee, hee, hee. :3

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The Moonfox Collective: Oh I'm sure someone will figure out what's going on sooner or later. :P And nice, I love hearing fans trying to come up with theories for my story. It makes it more fun to see what they'll come up with as the story progresses. And yeah, I've been watching the Undertale fandom since it was still new, so I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Thanks for the review!