So if you guys didn't read one of the Author's notes from an earlier chapter, this is a sequel to another story I did. This chapter has some references to that time, m'kay? I'm warning you so that you guys don't get super confused. Anyway, onto the story! :D
Frisk, Sans, Flowey, and Toriel appeared at their house, all looking irritated at the events that unfolded. Sans looked slightly worried as well.
"I cannot believe that human," Toriel fumed. "How dare he talk about my son in that manner! Asriel wouldn't hurt anyone!" Toriel crossed her arms. "I did not know just how bad the humans thought of us, I guess."
Sans patted Toriel on the back. "it's okay tori." Sans held up an expo marker. "he should be seeing a message right about now from me and frisk." Sans smirked. "and he should be hearing some words from me. not swears, but it'll still get the message across."
Toriel smiled. "Why thank you!" She turned to Frisk. "Now I think one of us needs to talk about the 'Flowey Incident.' What exactly happened?"
"Well, the teacher was saying mean things about Asriel, so Flowey began to be mad. He shook the bag I had him in. Then he started yelling at the teacher! What did you call him again, Flowey?"
Flowey grinned. "I basically called him a mean-spirited, gullible idiot."
Toriel tilted her head. "And you said this because they insulted my child?"
Flowey looked to the side. "Well, he's an important part of our history."
Toriel smiled. "Thank you Flowey. Perhaps you are not as bad as I thought you were."
"I wish that statement could mean something to me," Flowey muttered. "But thank you."
Toriel pet the flower on the head. "Well, I will go upstairs. I have some homework of my own to do." She waved at the group of people gathered in the room and walked up the stairs.
Sans' eyes widened and he held his skull. "oh gosh! chara was her kid?"
Frisk nodded. "By adoption, yes."
"why didn't you tell me?"
Frisk shrugged. "You never asked."
"now that comment of her killing her mom makes sense! i just thought, ya know, she was bluffing or lying! i killed her daughter with no remorse several times!"
Flowey shrugged. "You also killed her son countless times with no remorse. Wow. Great boyfriend material, huh?"
Sans glared at Flowey. "you stay out of this, murder flower."
"Oh! Back to the name calling, huh?"
Frisk stepped between the feuding monsters. "Stop it guys." She turned to Sans. "Can we try and help Flowey today?"
"i don't know if i should." Sans crossed his arms.
Frisk pouted at the skeleton. "He wouldn't be murdery anymore."
Sans sighed. "well, he wouldn't try to bother anyone with a soul."
Frisk nodded. "Yeah!"
"go get papyrus. he said he saw a soul without an owner, right?"
Frisk smiled and ran out of the room.
Sans glanced at Flowey. "so, you expressed anger? i thought you were emotionless."
"I can be angry. With these extra memories, I got really angry at that stupid man."
Frisk ran back inside the room, clutching the arms of both Papyrus and Gaster.
"So Frisk told me that you were going to help Flowey! That's great and all, but was it necessary to drag me here," Papyrus asked.
"And I do not know why I was brought. Papyrus and I saw the soul, yes, but surely one person is enough."
Frisk smiled at the skeletons. "Well, I want Flowey to be Asriel as soon as he can." She turned to Gaster. "And you were the Royal Scientist! You'll be a great help!"
Gaster rubbed his head. "Well, if you insist. I haven't done anything like this in a long while, so I only hope that I am able to do this."
Frisk grinned. "Papyrus, where was the soul?"
Papyrus placed his hands on his hips. He posed triumphantly. "I saw the monster soul in Dr. Alphys' old lab!"
"What was my soul doing there," Flowey asked. "I didn't die there."
Sans shrugged. "maybe it was lookin for ya."
Frisk began to bounce excitedly. "Mom's gonna be so happy," she cheered.
"whoa frisk. calm down. don't temmie out on me." Sans sighed. "i don't even know if i'll be able to help flowey with this. you told me in another timeline that you found asriel when flowey took our souls and the human souls."
Papyrus' eyes widened. "What? Flowey did that?"
"Well... maybe Flowey just needed his own soul back," Frisk suggested.
"I don't think that it'll work, but feel free to try," Flowey stated.
A look of pure determination appeared on Frisk's face. "You must have a happy ending Flowey! Now that everyone's here, TO THE LAB," Frisk exclaimed. She made a small noise as if she were on a cartoon and it was going to change scenes. "So uh... Sans, can we take a shortcut?"
Sans nodded. "yeah. grab my hood." Frisk grabbed Sans' hood. Gaster and Papyrus did not. Sans glanced warily at the two. "what are ya guys waiting for?"
"After being exposed to the void, I've got my own shortcut power," Gaster explained.
"really? that's kinda cool actually."
"Yeah! And I'm going with Dad," Papyrus exclaimed.
Gaster held out his hand. A grey door appeared in front of him. Frisk gasped at the door. "It looks just like the door I saw in Waterfall!"
Gaster nodded. "This is the only power I had in that void, Papyrus as well."
Frisk looked back and forth between Papyrus and Gaster. "What does that mean? Papyrus was in that room?"
"Yes! I woke up there after dying to Chara. This is why I can remember that timeline. Dad used some sort of... liquid stuff? Determination, I think it was." Papyrus frowned. "I was forced to watch everyone die though. Undyne was distracted by me and started melting." Papyrus glanced at Sans. "Sans... after trying to defeat Chara, died after one attack. He turned to dust in front of me." Finally, Papyrus looked at Flowey. "And I saw everyone filled with fear and sadness, even Flowey."
Frisk detached her hand from Sans' hod. She walked over to Papyrus and hugged him. "I'm sorry. I am so sorry."
Papyrus smiled at Frisk. "Worry not human! I, the Great Papyrus, have already forgiven you! I just simply got caught up in the moment. I did have to explain myself, after all. Besides, that's long past now! You saved us once again!"
"And I promise to never reset! Cross my heart," Frisk assured.
"And I believe you Frisk! Now, let's go help our flower friend," Papyrus cheered.
Gaster turned the doorknob. Beyond the door was Alphys' old lab. The group walked inside the door.
Alphys was also there, sitting at her desk playing with her figurines. She noticed the party approaching and gasped. She put away her figurines.
"Heh heh. What are y-you guys doing here," she asked, fumbling over her own words.
"We're going to help Flowey," Frisk exclaimed.
"Y-You mean the p-plant I injected with determination?"
Frisk nodded, smiling.
Alphys began to sweat. "B-But why? He has no soul. He's j-just a flower!"
"are you sure you want to know? it's kinda a strange tale," Sans informed. He shrugged.
Alphys straightened up. "W-Why of course!"
"Alphys, when you helped to bring me back from the void, you remember there being a lost soul in the room, right," Gaster asked, trying to remind her of the soul.
Alphys nodded. "Why of course! I-It's been hurting my head to think who it could belong to," she exclaimed. "Wait! D-Did you find out who it belonged to?"
Papyrus nodded. "It belongs to Flowey, of course!"
"But how? He's a f-flower! A flower I injected with determination!"
Sans walked closer. "so, do you remember the prophecy about the angel that would free us?"
Alphys nodded once again. "Y-Yes! But it didn't happen, did it? Asriel didn't come back, right?"
Frisk shook her head. "When Asriel turned to dust, it spread on the flowers in the king's garden."
"And I-I took a flower from that garden to inject with d-determination... the f-flower from the human world," she muttered. Alphys' gaze turned to Flowey. "Oh my gosh! You're A-Asriel?"
"eh. sorta, but not really. he has no soul right now. he's stuck in the form of a flower," Sans explained.
"O-Oh. A-And you came here to h-help him, right?"
Frisk nodded and smiled. "Everyone deserves a happy ending." Frisk moved closer to Alphys and stared into her eyes. "Do not tell Mom or Asgore about this. Please. It's a surprise."
"A really great surprise," Papyrus added.
Alphys nodded. She smiled. "I-I promise I won't tell!" She shuffled over towards a box-like machine. "L-Like I told Papyrus a while ago... this m-machine allows us to locate souls."
Sans shot her a wary glance. "i mean, it comes in handy, but why do you need a machine like that?"
Alphys stared at the floor. "My experiments with determination needed a machine to see the readings of the soul. I-It was a really awful thing before all this, but I'm glad it's useful now." She flipped a lever. Five monster souls and a human soul came into view. Their bodies were no longer visible, however.
"It's my soul," Flowey exclaimed.
The soul flashed and moved closer towards the human soul. "It sees you Flowey," Frisk cheered.
"Now how do we get the soul," Flowey asked.
"W-Well, the actual soul seems to be in the void. I'll have to retrieve it," Alphys stuttered. "B-But... my machine was broken by Endogeny," Alphys muttered.
"You, Gaster, and Sans can make another machine! I'm sure of it," Frisk exclaimed. The red soul brightened.
And this looks like a good stopping point for now! Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I probably won't update tomorrow either. *Hums Gravity Falls theme song*
Anyway, we'll be going to another lab next time. Sans'. Yay! :D I just wanna thank you for reading this! I'm trying to go back and edit stuffs. Basic spelling errors and clarifications, y'know.
Anyway, bye guys!
