Cover Art: FairyFan94 from Deviant Art

A/N: Happy new year everyone.


Chapter 7 – Suspicious Friends, Forgotten Fears

While rewatching Mew Mew Kissy Cuty Alphys certainly didn't expect her crush to burst through her door, followed by a tall skeleton who carried a small human in his arms. She also didn't expect her crush to ask the scientist to help the small human since Undynes job is to hunt them. It wasn't helping that Undyne told Papyrus that she was an expert when it came to humans because of all the historical books and videos she had when all they were nothing but mangas and animes.

Alphys practically trembled with nervousness when Undyne looked expectant and hopeful at her while Papyrus eyes were also radiant with hope. She couldn't help but give in when she directed the skeleton to place the small child on her bed on the upper level.

"I… uhm…" The scientist didn't really have any idea what she should do. She knew that she couldn't relay on animes or mangas to help the small child. Alphys grimaced when she heard a small whimper from the child. It was her lucky day that Mettaton wasn't around. The dinosaur couldn't image the chaos that could break out if her friend was here.

"…uhm… j-just…" carefully Alphys placed her hand over the childs head, stroking it a little and it seemed like Frisk was relaxing slowly. The scientist eyes light up for a moment in determination. Even if she didn't really know how, she was going to help the human child.

"I-I n-need to give t-the human a c-checkup. P-Please w-wait down s-stairs." She turned to the others, for the first time also noticing the short skeleton which caused a little panic to raise in her. Sans looked from the child on the bed over to Alphys who was nervously fiddling around with her hands. His eye-sockets were pitch black as he watched Alphys every move, making the poor monster even more nervous than she already was.

"SANS?" Papyrus called from the stairs that lead to the lower level were Undyne already had gone to. But Sans didn't move. He was standing next to the bed by Frisks head and refused to leave her side. If it was for Alphys' or Frisks safety he didn't know. But he couldn't just leave when there was a change that the child was no longer their Frisk but someone else everyone feared.

He knew that Alphys was startled by the fact that Undyne more or less stormed into her home and wanted her to help the human child. Papyrus had placed the child on a bed on the upper level off Alphys home and Sans had arrived were the dinosaur monster had ask for them to go downstairs. Needless to say he was aware that he had given the poor scientist a scare when she turned around and saw him. He had a small hunch on why but didn't want to be suspicious of his friend.

"Fine." With these words Sans slowly walked over to the moving stairs, giving Alphys one last look before going down. He leaned against the wall his hands stuffed into the pockets of his jacket and eyes slightly closed. He could feel Papyrus curious gaze but the tall skeleton didn't ask anything which he was thankful for.

Slight shuffling was heard and the short skeleton knew that Aplhys was trying to figure out what to do. He didn't know how much he could trust her yet. After all she used to help Frisk out in other timelines when it came to Mettaton but he also knew that she did experiments with liquidated 'determination'.

He didn't judge her on that. After all they both had worked with a certain skeleton on it and both of them were the only ones that remembered him most likely because of that. But that made him wonder if the shy scientist was aware of different timelines too.

Crashes were heard from upstairs, the short skeletons eyes snapped open while Papyrus and Undyne exchanged curious yet worried looks. More crashes were heard and then the sounds of drills as well as other various mechanics. Pushing himself of the wall Sans eye-lights stared up at the upper level.

"UHM DO YOU THINK DOCTOR ALPHYS CAN FIX THE HUMAN?" Papyrus asked unsure looking from his brother to the upper level to Undyne and then back at his brother.

"Of course she can!" Undyne stated crossing her arms and grinning smugly as all the noises stopped. "If anyone can fix the punk than it's her!"

"T-the human is okay." Alphys stuttered coming down a few minutes later. She shot Sans a nervous look before giving Papyrus and Undyne a small smile. "T-they a-are just exhaust a-and n-need-"

Papyrus cheered loudly not letting the dinosaur monster finish her sentence. He rushed upstairs, followed soon by Undyne. Sans could hear in the distance that the two were getting into another argument. Alphys had one hand in a motion that looked like she wanted to stop the two but didn't have the courage for it.

"W-wait s-she needs r-rest." Sans eye-sockets went black for a moment before he looked over at the scientist with his default grin in place.

"So the kid is okay now?" A little startled Alphys nodded, clearly uncomfortable to be alone with the short skeleton and he felt slightly bad for making her this nervous.

"T-they are." Sans nodded and started to walk to the moving stairs.

"Uhm… t-there is something I… uhm…" the short skeleton stopped to look over his shoulder to the scientist who stared at the ground. "…t-there are traces of… of… t-time an-anomaly on her…"

"…d-did t-they…" Slowly Alphys looked up, worry written all over her face. "Did she travel through time…?"

The skeleton turned now fully to the scientist watching her quietly. The air around the two was slowly getting tense. Maybe Sans did have a reason to be suspicious of his friend after all…

Frisk heard muffled voices. She couldn't tell if the darkness that clouded her mind was the cause or not. All she knew was that she no longer felt like it was suffocating her. The strange voice she had heard earlier had disappeared as if nothing happened yet her mind still felt cloudy.

The small human child couldn't tell what was happening around her. Everything seemed to fade together into one woozy, cloudy, dizzy picture, all sounds turned into a strange buzz in her ears. Nothing was clear to her anymore, everything was confusing yet clear at the same time.

"You really hate me that much?" Frisk head snapped to the side to see her goat mother, wounded and falling to her knees. The child screamed, trying to reach her goat mother.

"N-no! I DON'T!" Frisk trembled when Toriel turned into dust. Fear was gripping her heart as she slowly stepped back from the pile of dust. Her foot bumped into something and the child turned around scared.

"I BELIEVE IN YOU, HUMAN!" Frisk fell backwards as she saw Papyrus head looking at her. Tears welled up in their eyes and a chocked sob escaped them as he too turned into dust and disappeared.

"N-no… don't go…" Frisk held back a sob and closed her eyes tightly.

"This world will live on!" the human childs head turned to the side hopeful looking up at her new monster friend who grinned widely. For a moment the tears stopped. But then the image of Undyne started to melt away her grin looking pained.

"NO!" Frisk hurried to up to get to her friend to help her in anyway but she was too late. Tears streamed down her cheeks and she cried. Her crys echoed inside the empty darkness, but nobody came.

"It's a beautiful day outside." Scared of what she was going to see next Frisk slowly turned to see Sans. His eyes were closed and he seemed calm. Slowly Frisk wiped away a few tears and gathered the courage to step closer to him.

"Birds are singing. Flowers are blooming…" the child stopped a few feet away from the skeleton and reached out a hand to him.

"On days like these. Kids like you…" Sans eye-sockets opened only to be pitch black. Scared Frisk took a step back, her whole body trembling. "…should be burning in hell."

Fear overtook the childs heart and they stepped away from the short skeleton. She bumped into something, slowly they looked at what was behind them and a scared whimper escaped her lips. Right behind her stood someone who looked just like her, but her cheeks were rosy colored yet her skin was pale, her sweater was green with yellow stripes. Though what scared Frisk the most, where the glowing red eyes and the creepy smile that graced their face. A hand shot out and grabbed Frisk wrist firmly. A knife seemed to glow in the darkness.

Panicked the child tried to get away, she struggled trying to free her wrist but was to weak. The scared child closed her eyes fearing what was going to happen, not noticing how the grip around her wrist disappeared. She made herself as small as she could, trembling with fear as tears slowly made their way down her cheeks. But nothing happened.

Slowly she felt how someone patted her head for a moment and Frisk thought that she could hear Sans voice telling her that everything was alright now, yet she didn't feel that way. Something deep inside her seemed to be wrong yet it seemed right at the same time. Slowly all the fear and grief she had felt melted away causing her to more and more relax into the touch.

All the images of earlier started disappear from her mind and slowly the child wondered why she had been crying only seconds ago. Slowly Frisk opened her eyes and there stood a teenage girl. Confused Frisk tilted her head to the side as the older girl smiled and crouched down to her level wiping away all traces of tears that had been there. That was when Frisk took notice that this teenage girl was wearing a stripped sweater that looked awfully a lot like the one she owned.

"You don't need to fear them or her. All we need is the strength of our soul." Frisk blinked she opened her mouth to say something but the older girl had already disappeared. Slightly frustrated and even more confused Frisk stomped her foot in a very childish manner, crossed her arms and puffed out her cheeks.

"I forgot how god it felt to be just a child." Frisk turned to the side to see the teenage girl standing there her arms behind her back and smiling brightly. She turned around spreading her arms out. The darkness around Frisk changed and suddenly she stood next to the older girl who looked up at a star filled sky. "Sans always loved the night sky. It really is beautiful. I wonder if he still loves it."

Frisk stared a moment longer at the starry sky before she looked at the older girl, slowly the child opened her mouth to say something but the older girl was faster.

"I am sure you have a lot of questions but I can't answer them." The older girl once again patted the childs head who puffed out her cheeks and pouted. "I am nothing more than a mmmh…"

Frisk watched how the older girl stopped and placed a hand on the childs shoulder crouching down once more. "I guess you can call me an imaginary friend that is built of memories, you are not allowed to remember and a friend here to protect our soul."

"Not allowed…" Frisk hand flew to her throat, her voice was hoarse from the crying. The older girl gave her a soft smile.

"Everything will be answered with time." Frisk plopped down on the ground crossing her arms, turning her head to the side not looking at the older girl. The older girl only giggled.

"We have a lot of great friends and we will find a lot more, Frisk." The childs head turn to look at the teenanger but instead of the other girl frisk saw a transparent heart floating held by a white figure.

Curious the child reached out to them but instead Frisk sat up in an unknown bed her hand outstretched. She blinked a few times still confused, the child pouted a little before she was tackled into a hug by a tall skeleton. Faintly she could hear a giggle in the back of her mind that sounded a lot like her own yet it was far more mature somehow.

A frustrated hiss echoed through Sans laboratory. Flowey stared at the phone on the floor. The faint yelling of Papyrus was replaced with the monotone dial tone quite a while ago. The flowers head turned to look around the room. His eyes narrowed at nothing as he felt great frustration within him, from being trapped in a flower pot as well as being muted by tape. But even so he knew… someone had messed with time and Flowey could feel it in every cell of his flowery body.

Was it the kid? Or maybe… the short skeleton? Flowey couldn't really tell like he usually could. Someone must have loaded a safe or something similar to that. He was sure that something had happened or was supposed to happen yet Flowey for the first time in his whole existence couldn't remember.

He always knew when a child reseted, or loaded a safe file. Having once had that power himself had given him the knowledge of when it happened. Well unless someone pulled a true reset on him. Shaking his head the flowers narrowed eyes turned into a heated glare. Someone was messing with his game and he didn't like that at all. Besides the way the skeleton had reacted and taped his mouth. Flowey knew that he must have said something to anger the lazy bonesack, something that must have been so bad that there was a need to mess with time.

A muffled chuckle was heard through the tape as Flowey's eyes turned hollow. 'Even if I don't remember, I will find a way to kill them all!'