A Different Kind of End

by Kuani-Kawaii

Hatred is like an infection, if left to fester it only becomes worse, until there is little to no hope of return. Frisk had abandoned her life on the surface, she had not expected to survive the fall, even less so make friends with the monsters rumoured to live under the mountain. So what happens when she leaves and is all alone once again. Why did she listen to the flowers advice?

10. 9 - Friendship is Important

A/N - I've been following pretty close to the actual game play for the most part, but things are going to slowly start to become different as I now begin implementing more into the direction I'm going. Hope you guys will enjoy it and thanks for reading and the continued support!

He looks down at his hands once again, he had lost count now how many times he had done this. But it had been so long since he had had physical hands and he was not even quite sure how it was possible, since most of the time it was hard enough to stay focused on the present and not the countless other timelines and universes out there. Usually he was lost among his and the many other versions of himself memories, but ever since she came into that room, the one room he could form himself somewhat in. Things were changing. He looks at the two young humans, although one was clearly a ghost. He was extremely curious about the two, the girl could reset and although it seems like most were unaware, he remembered. He had been watching the fight and seen the girl die, but then the world rippled around him and she was alive again. He was aware of the ability a determination soul gave one and although he had seen it through the eyes of a few of his alternate selves before, he had not experienced it himself. Not like this, not this strong. Sure, the flower had had this ability too, but it was never like this. The boy also interested him, no one else seemed to be able to see him, well they did not let on that they saw him. He was almost certain Nabstablook could. There was something oddly familiar about the ghostly boy, those crimson eyes, he had seen them before. A long time ago. But as he tries to focus on memories from his past, his specific past, his mind becomes fuzzy and everything blurs so he gives his head a shake and looks to the humans. When the girl reset back after dying he had also felt a rush of energy, he had become stronger 'and gained hands' he notes while once again looking at them. He raises them to his face and feels around, it feels less misshapen.

"Are you crazy!?" the ghostly boy shouts, he moves closer, they seem to be arguing,

"No, I'm not crazy!" the girl huffs and moves long bangs out of her golden eyes, "I told you, I've done this before, I know what I'm doing,"

"Then why do the same, let's just get you out of here and home!"

"I'm not going home," the girl folds her arms, "I'm going to break the barrier," she sounds determined, this statement sends shock rumbling through him, it was not possible to break the barrier, he had tried for many years, even experimented on the first couple of human souls they had gathered, but it simply was not possible,

"This again? The barrier can't be broken Frisk, and it shouldn't," the ghost boy scowls darkly,

"You're wrong, it will be broken and I will free everyone. They deserve to be free Chara, they are good..." Frisk insists. 'Chara...' he frowns and examines the crimson eyed boy, even the name rang bells in his mind but he just could not remember. Chara lets out a small groan,

"Fine, so you wanna try get the monsters out... that does not mean we have to go all the way back into Waterfall and talk to the crazy fish woman who just tried to kill you! Wait no, she did kill you!" Chara flings his arms into the air in aggravation,

"It's important to make friends," Frisk says simply and starts walking down the steps towards the river, Chara lets out a sigh and stomps after her muttering how Frisk must be losing her mind. He hesitantly follows them.

"Tra la la, I am the river man, or am I the river woman...?" he rolls his eyes upon hearing his old friend speak to the children,

"What..." Chara frowns at the river person,

"It doesn't matter. I love to ride in my boat. Would you care to join me?" it is impossible to see a face within the dark hood, but their head glances over the two humans and then to him, ' they can't see me... can they?' Frisk steps lightly onto the boat followed by Chara more hesitantly. He quickly also moves onto the boat before the river person takes up his pole and pushes away from the banking. "Where would you like to go? I can take you to Waterfall or Snowdin,"

"Waterfall please?" Frisk asks with a polite smile, Chara just rolls his eyes. River person nods their head and uses the pole to push the boat along,

"I heard, Asgore has a favourite food," the river person looks down at where Frisk and Chara sit side by side, Frisk smiles and nods before glancing at Chara then frowning. Chara had tensed up slightly at the mention of Asgore, 'interesting...' "I also heard that spiders have a favourite food," there is a deep chuckle, "it's spiders." he can't help but smile and chuckle himself as both humans shudder slightly, "Beware the man who speaks in hands," there is amusement in the voice and he feels eyes on him, looking at the river person he frowns, 'they must see me, that was definitely a dig at me,' "Beware of the man who comes from the other world," they were looking directly at him as he said those words, 'was that a warning to me? man from the other world... which one?' the River Person says no more and brings his boat to a stop, Frisk and Chara are whispering quietly to one another as they step off,

"Thank you," Frisk smiles at the River Person before jogging away, Chara running after her, he sighs and is about to follow,

"It's good... seeing, you Doctor," the River Person's rumbling voice chuckles, his eyes narrow and he slaps their arm, a little shocked when he actually makes contact, they just laugh a little deeper.

...

Papyrus tries not to sigh as he glances down at his older brother, older yet lazier brother, "I mean seriously bro, you sure putting the kid and Undyne in the same room is... wise?"

"BROTHER, I THINK THEY WILL MAKE PERFECT FRIENDS!" Papyrus shakes his head, eyeing the small red stain on Sans' sleeve, it did not look like ketchup so he was wondering what it was and how he exactly he was going to convince Sans to take the damn thing off so he could wash it,

"But this is Undyne Paps... I know you two became friends but... Undyne is out to capture the kid..." Sans is clearly concerned about the human, and Papyrus can honestly understand, he too is concerned, and worried. But Flowey had insisted that he should try get the human and Undyne together and to get them to be friends, he was adamant it was possible and that the human would be fine, and Flowey was his friend and would not lie to him he was sure of that, "Paps?" realising he had not responded for some time Papyrus stops and looks down at his brother,

"WORRY NOT BROTHER, I WILL WATCH OVER THE HUMAN, AS THEIR FIRST AND BEST FRIEND! I WILL LET NO HARM COME OF THEM!" Papyrus promises, Sans smiles, though it seems a little forced, Papyrus has noticed he does that a lot lately, smile, but not a true smile. Although, when the human stayed at the house he definitely had a genuine smile, and he kept rattling out those puns. They caused no end of frustration to Papyrus, but Sans seemed to enjoy making them and the human found them funny which clearly made Sans happier. Papyrus grins wide, he is determined that they will all become great friends, just as Flowey said, "IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE FRIENDS,"

"Okay bro, well I better head back to my post... just... watch over the kid okay?" there was a flash of frustrated concern on his brothers face but it was gone just as quick as it came, Papyrus wishes Sans would just talk to him more, 'it's clear he has more going on than he tells me,'

"THE HUMAN IS PERFECTLY SAFE WITH ME," he promises, Sans nods and walks off, Papyrus is sure the post he is supposed to be at now is the other way, with a shrug he continues the rest of his way to Undyne's, hoping Flowey is right, and hoping that this all goes okay.

...

Frisk ignores Chara's continuing rant, she could not understand why he would not just listen, she knew what she was doing and sure she understood this was new to him and he did not trust the monsters but she did, he trusted her right? 'Does he trust me?' she glances at him as they get closer to Undyne's house, 'then again, I know nothing about him other than his name and that he died down here, and I don't think he's one of the others, their souls are with Asgore' with a sigh she turns back to looking forward as Chara goes quiet and Papyrus is there waving,

"OHO! THE HUMAN ARRIVES! ARE YOU READY TO HANG OUT WITH UNDYNE? I HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE YOU TWO GREAT FRIENDS!" He's grinning brightly and Frisk grins back, Chara on the other hand is looking around,

"Hold up, is that Angry dummy?" the three of them were outside Undyne's now, "no wonder he's so angry..." he mutters,

"OKAY! STAND BEHIND ME! OH, PSST MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER THIS!" he holds up a bone neatly wrapped in gold paper and with a big red bow, "SHE LOVES THESE!" he then quickly knocks on the door, Chara stands beside Frisk nervous and seriously wondering if she is like suicidal or just likes pain,

"Hi Papyrus!" Undyne grins cheerfully, "Read for your extra-private, one-on-one training?"

"YOU BET I AM! AND I BROUGHT A FRIEND!" he takes a dramatic step to the side to reveal Frisk, who smiles a little shyly up at Undyne,

"Hi, I don't think we've..." Undyne's eyes narrow and a vein twitches on her temple, then through gritted teeth she continues, "Why don't. You two. Come in?" she steps aside and sweeps her arm back in a welcoming gesture, even while forcing a grin. They all enter the fish woman's house.

"HERE UNDYNE, MY FRIEND BROUGHT A GIFT FOR YOU, ON THEIR OWN!" Papyrus holds out the golden wrapped bone to her and Undyne takes it slowly,

"Uhhh... thanks. I'll, uh, put it with the others," she walks over to the kitchen and opens a drawer to drop it in, Chara had followed and Frisk watches with concern and wide eyes,

"Holy mother of cow... there's a whole load of them!" Chara exclaims,

"So, are we ready to start?" Undyne asks folding her arms across her chest and narrowing her gaze slightly on Frisk, Papyrus shifts from one foot to the other and glances to the side away from both Undyne and Frisk,

"WHOOPSY DOOPSY!" he chuckles almost nervously, "I JUST REMEMBERED! I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM! YOU TWO HAVE FUN!" and with that revelation he literally dives out the window, Chara stares dumbfounded then looks at Frisk,

"But he's a skeleton..." there is a long uncomfortable silence in the room then as Undyne stares at her broken window in shock. After a while she gives herself a little shake and zeros in on the girl,

"So why are YOU here? To rub you victory in my face?"

"Can't really call it a victory, all I did was run..." she mutters quietly, 'well Chara did anyhow,'

"To humiliate me even further? IS THAT IT!?" Undyne practically roars takings a step towards Frisk,

"No!" she responds quickly and with feeling, she would never do that, confusion floods Undyne's face,

"Then why are you here?" shock ripples over her features, "wait, I get it. You think I'm gonna be friends with you, huh? Right?" a look crosses her face, Frisk is not quite sure if it is a sneer or just disgust,

"I... I would like that, to be friends," she responds barely audible,

"Really?" Undyne starts laughing mockingly, "How delightful! I accept! Let's all frolic in the fields of friendship!... NOT! Why would I EVER be friends with YOU!? If you weren't my houseguest, I'd beat you up right now!"

"Guess a fish can have some manners," Chara comments now back at Frisk's side,

"You're the enemy of everyone's hopes and dreams! I WILL NEVER BE YOUR FRIEND!" she yells out the last part right in Frisk's face,

"Welp we tried let's go," Chara turns to the door,

"Now get out of my house!" Undyne glares down at Frisk with those yellow eyes and Frisk feels the sting of tears in the back of her eyes, 'got to keep it together,'

"DANG!" Papyrus has popped his head through the broken window, "WHAT A SHAME..." he glances down briefly, "I THOUGHT UNDYNE COULD BE FRIENDS WITH YOU," he looked upset but that quickly turns into a shifty grin, "BUT I GUESS... I OVERESTIMATED HER. SHE'S JUST NOT UP TO THE CHALLENGE." he then runs away, Frisk gulps watching Undyne and the emotions crossing the fish woman's face, shock, anger, pride.

"CHALLENGE!? What!? Papyrus! Wait a second...!" but he is already long gone, "Darn it!" she shakes her head, "He thinks I can't be friends with YOU!?" she starts to laugh, truly laugh, "What a joke! I could make friends with a wimpy loser like you any day! I'll show him," a look of pure determination enters those yellow eyes, "Listen up human."

"It's Frisk..." she responds quietly,

"We're not just going to be friends, we're going to be," Undyne places her hands on her cheeks and Frisk could swear her eyes even glitter with stars, "BESTIES," 'all that's needed is a squeal and it's a scene from some anime...' "I'll make you like me so much... You won't be able to think of anyone else! It's the PERFECT REVENGE!" she pauses thinking for a moment then claps her hands together, "Why don't you have a seat?" she stares at Frisk expectantly,

"You're kidding right?" Chara asks, Frisk moves over to the table and takes a seat, discreetly looking at Chara as the ghostly boy sits on the edge of the table like a rebel,

"I'll get you something to drink," after a small discussion on what to actually drink, and Frisk remembering what choice was best to go for, Undyne starts to make her tea. Frisk wonders while she waits just why Undyne has fizzy pop when she does not like it, something about rotting teeth, mind and fighting spirit. Her eyes drift over to the ridiculously large sword propped against the wall, 'clearly something out of an anime... hold up, Alphys likes pop...and anime,' Frisk glances at Undyne's back, 'and last time I tried to look in her room...' she had been curious and Undyne had stopped her, saying no nerds allowed in there, but then implying that some nerds could, 'does she like Alphys?' Frisk felt the unnecessary need to squeal but held it in, Chara was giving her funny looks, he could clearly see a sparkle of excitement in her golden eyes. Undyne places a cup of steaming tea on the table in front of Frisk, "Careful, it's hot," she sits down opposite and Frisk wonders how long an appropriate time is to wait for it to cool, "It's not THAT hot! Just drink it already!" Undyne suddenly snaps, Frisk quickly picks the cup up and takes a mouthful of the scalding hot liquid, and although her tongue is most definitely blistering, it tastes amazing and she cannot help but smile, "It's pretty good right? Nothing but the best for my ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS FRIEND!" there is a short pause after that bellow, "Hey... You know... It's kind of strange you chose THAT tea," Undyne looks away her forced smile dropping lightly, 'well technically I only chose it because you don't have any hot chocolate left and you seem dead against the fizzy pop so...' of course Frisk cannot bring herself to actually speak those words out loud, after all she would seem crazy if she did. "Golden flower tea..." Frisk notices Chara freeze and stare at Undyne, "That's Asgore's favourite kind of," there is a natural smile on Undyne's face now and it completely transforms her, she looks a whole lot less threatening, Chara has completely tensed at the name of the monster king though and this worries Frisk a little, but the boy looks down at the ground with a deep frown and Frisk vows to ask him about this later, once they are alone, "Actually," Undyne looks at the table, examining the crack, from when she threw her spear at it, "now that I think about it... You kind of remind me of him," she chuckles and Frisk sips more tea, listening and keeping an eye on Chara out of the corner of her eye, he seems to be somewhat unstable, fading in and out, it takes all her control not to panic and keep a neutral expression on her face, "You're both TOTAL weenies!" Undyne laughs out loudly but then abruptly stops, "sort of," she shrugs, "Y'know, I was a pretty hot-headed kid. Once, to prove I was the strongest, I tried to fight Asgore. Emphasis on TRIED," she grins wide drawing a smile out of Frisk, "I couldn't land a single blow on him! and worse, the whole time, he refused to fight back! I was so humiliated... Afterwards, he apologised and said something goofy... " she makes her voice deeper, gruff and imitates Asgore, "Excuse me, do you want to know how to beat me?" Frisk giggles lightly, "I said yes, and from then on, he trained me. One day, during practice, I finally knocked him down." She shakes her head, "I felt... bad," she sighs but smiles soon after, "But he was beaming..." she laughs again, "I had never seen someone prouder to get their butt kicked. Anyway, long story short, he kept training me... And now I'm the head of the Royal Guard!" she laughs louder, "So I'm the one who gets to train dorks to fight!" she stops laughing, "Like, uh, Papyrus," another sigh escapes the fish woman, "But, um, to be honest... I don't know if... I can ever let Papyrus into the Royal Guard." Her eyes go wide and she looks Frisk dead in the face, "Don't tell him I said that! He's just... well... I mean, it's not that he's weak. He's actually pretty freaking tough!" and she actually seems shocked to admit that out loud, "It's just that... He's... He's too innocent and nice! I mean, look, he was SUPPOSED to capture you... And he ended up being FRIENDS with you instead," she looks exasperated now, "I could NEVER send him into battle! He'd get ripped into little smiling shreds. That's part of why... I started teaching him how to cook, you know? So, um, maybe he can do something else with his life," Undyne suddenly realises something, "Oh, sorry, I was talking for so long... You're out of tea, aren't you?" Frisk looks into the cup to find it empty, a small pang of sadness hits her. It had been good tea, "I'll get you some more," Undyne jumps to her feet and walks towards the kettle only to pause in her steps, "Wait a second. Papyrus... His cooking lesson... HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW! And if HE'S not here to have it... YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT FOR HIM!"

Let us just say that after that, things escalated a little, well maybe a lot. Frisk finds herself outside Undyne's house where the fish woman is setting her on her feet. The house is on fire. Frisk momentarily reflects on how that had not changed from last time although she does wonder if there had been a way she could prevent the fire, sadly she had gotten a little too much into it, "Well, that was fun, huh?" Undyne asks with a nervous chuckle as they both stare at the destruction, Frisk feels bad for the damage, "Don't worry, I'll just crash on Papyrus' couch, hey, um could I borrow your phone? Do you have a phone?" Frisk quickly holds out her phone to her, "Thanks, oh, if you ever need my help, just ring Papyrus, I'll stick with him for a while so I'll be able to talk too!" she wonders a few steps away to make a call and after making sure she was fully distracted, Frisk turns to Chara with a worried gaze,

"Chara?" she whispers,

"I'm okay Frisk, just tired," that did not seem entirely true to Frisk but before she could press further Undyne calls to her,

"Hey punk! I'm heading to Snowdin, you wanna tag along for a while, I bet Papyrus has a sewing kit that we can fix that sweater of yours with?" Frisk was unsure how to answer, on one hand her jumper really was in need of fixing, but on the other hand, something was clearly wrong with Chara,

"Go, it's fine, I'm gonna find some place to rest up, I'll come find you later I promise," Chara says giving Frisk a little nudge towards Undyne, "go do the friend thing," Frisk hesitantly walks towards Undyne, worry for Chara twisting her stomach, 'Was this right to just split up again?' before she could change her mind and stay with the ghost boy Undyne had scooped her up and practically flung her over her wide shoulder and begun to run fast towards Snowdin. Chara's form soon vanished from sight, but for one moment, just before they turned a corner. Frisk was sure, no she was adamant she had seen another figure, something tall and draped in dark clothing, 'was that... the monster from the grey room...?' Frisk did not think she would ever find that out.

...

Sans stares at his younger brother and tries to swallow the lump of panic trying to rise through him, "So just to confirm, you LEFT the kid, ALONE with UNDYNE, who wants to CAPTURE her?" he was trying his best not to freak out, after all Papyrus clearly did not fully understand the problem here, he did not know Sans had promised to look out for the kid, he did not know that Sans was no longer looking out for the kid purely on that promise alone. He liked the kid and believes they do not deserve to be stuck down here with their life being threatened every few steps. They deserved to be able to go home, alive and soul intact,

"UNDYNE WON'T HURT THE HUMAN SANS," Papyrus shakes his head and waves one of his gloved hands, "THE HUMAN IS A HOUSE GUEST AND YOU KNOW HOW SHE IS A STICKLER FOR MANNERS,"

"I also know how short her patience is Paps!" Sans shouts, he quickly scolds himself for raising his voice at Papyrus, "sorry Paps, I guess I'm just worried..."

"IT'S ALRIGHT BROTHER, I ALREADY FORGIVE YOU... PLUS, I UNDERSTAND, I CARE ABOUT THE HUMAN TOO," Papyrus smiles and Sans sighs, "IF YOU LIKE, WHY DON'T WE GO AND CHECK ON THEM?"

"I'd like that bro yeah," he puts on his best face, his smile that is not exactly a true smile and they both exit the house only to freeze on the steps,

"Yo!" Undyne grins, over her shoulder the kid has been slung like a sack of potatoes,

"Undyne what did you do? Is the kid okay?" the amount of concern in his voice annoys him a little but he is coming to just accept it, Frisk pushes up and twists in Undyne's grip,

"I'm okay, just a little jostled," they say quietly with a small smile,

"SO... DID YOU TWO MAKE FRIENDS?" Papyrus asks hopeful, Undyne and the kid exchange glances before grinning,

"You bet! We are total BESTIES now!" Undyne laughs, "Though I have to admit things got a little out of hand and I, uh, need a place to crash for a while,"

"Why?" Sans asks as Papyrus shouts,

"YOU CAN STAY HERE! IT WILL BE LIKE A SLUMBER PARTY! ONLY WITH JUST THREE OF US!"

"Four," Undyne says plonking the kid onto unsteady feet, "the punk here should at least stay the night, you have a sewing kit? I was thinking we fix up this jumper of theirs," they all look at the kid now, who blushes and folds their arms across their chest. Sans notices there are far more holes in the jumper than from when he last saw, including a large one on their chest, now slightly hidden by their arms,

"YES! WE CAN PUT PATCHES ON IT!" Papyrus rushes inside followed quickly by Undyne, "WE CAN ADD FLOWERS AND BONES"

"What about spears?" Undyne asks,

"I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY PATCHES THAT ARE IN THE SHAPE OF SPEARS..." their voices fade off somewhere in the house, most likely Papyrus' room. Sans turns back to the kid,

"Come on kiddo, let's get you inside before you become an icicle," he nods towards the open door,

"Thank you," they respond quietly with a smile and step inside, Sans follows and is about to shut the door when he spots him, 'damn flower' Flowey grins at Sans before disappearing into the ground, with a shake of his head he quickly shuts the door and finds Papyrus and Undyne now back downstairs and holding a large box filled with all the scraps left from when they made Papyrus' battle armour.

"Okay punk, take it off!" Undyne demands of the kid,

"I thought you were one for manners Undyne?" Sans asks while dropping onto the sofa,

"Fine, please take it off," Undyne grins,

"HUMAN DO YOU LIKE RIBBONS?" Papyrus raises his head out of the box as the kid pulls of their jumper and frowns at it, Sans could only imagine if they were wondering the same as him, is it really worth the effort to save. They hand the jumper to Undyne then fold their arms again, seems the t-shirt they wore under also has a few holes, including one on the chest area, If Sans did not know any better, he would say the kid had been hit in the chest with something. Everyone's eyes were drawn to the multiple bruises covering their arms though,

"Are these my fault?" Undyne asks with a remorseful frown, Sans frowns, some of the bruises are fresh yes, but from what he can tell, considering he had read those books of his Dads, most of them were old,

"Um, no. Maybe a couple, I... bruise really easy and they take a while to fade," they say in a small voice and wrap their arms around them tighter, now everyone is a little uncomfortable, Sans shrugs out of his hoodie and drops it over their shoulders, making sure the hood flops over their head too,

"I'll go see if I have a spare shirt you can have, can't have you running around like that," he heads upstairs ignoring the looks of disbelief on his brother and Undyne's faces,

"Did he just take of his hoodie?" Undyne had never seen the eldest brother without it,

"I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID THAT, IT'S FILTHY, IT'S STAINED AND NEEDS A WASH, IT'S JUST RUDE TO THROW IT ON YOU, WORRY NOT HUMAN, I WILL WASH IT AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP YOU WARM!"

"No... no, it's fine, I don't mind," the kid says quickly, raising their voice slightly to be heard, Sans smiles, a genuine real smile and covers his face as he ducks into his room. He rests his head against the door, the voices from downstairs becoming muffled,

"I didn't know a smiley trash bag could become so attached," Sans spins around fast, summoning a bone and sending it flying at the flower, Flowey simply dodges it,

"Weed," Sans glares at it, "I'm gonna give you one change to leaf before I get the weed killer,"

"Wow... you even do puns when annoyed," the little golden flower shakes his head, "I only came to check up on our mutual friend," it smiles widely and it is disturbing,

"Stay away from the kid," Sans warns,

"Oh, don't worry, I will. For now," he vanishes quickly with a cackling laugh as Sans throws another bone at him.

"One day, I will figure out a way to destroy that thing for good," he storms over to where Papyrus had placed a pile of folded clothing, well they had been folded until Sans had rummaged through them that morning for a specific set of shorts. Sure, all his shorts looked the same but they definitely were not the same. He grabs a clean shirt, one that he knows has shrunk then after one more look around the room he heads back down to the others.

...

Frisk examines her sweater; all the holes are now patched up with various shaped colourful pieces of fabric. Both Undyne and Papyrus had insisted they fix it all, apparently, they thought all the holes were their faults, from their battles. Frisk had to let them in the end, since technically they were truthfully, specially the big hole in the chest, 'how had I not noticed that before?' it's now hidden by a big flower shaped patch, what concerned her more was that the damage had followed over. Which she finds odd as it had not happened last time, 'maybe it's some kind of corruption? Although, a lot of things are different this time round,' "You ready kiddo?" Sans draws her out of her thoughts, he is stood by the door waiting, it was morning and Undyne and Papyrus are passed out cold. Frisk nods and glances back at the two sleeping friends, "Don't worry, they won't mind that you didn't say goodbye, Paps will probably ring you later," Sans opens the door and steps out into the snow, Frisk follows him,

"I don't like goodbyes, they seem so very... final," she still vividly remembers the call from beyond the barrier, "I just wanted to say, see you later, I guess," Sans smiles wider at her and nods before leading the way. She was still wearing the shirt he gave her last night, he had insisted she keep it, she was determined to make it up to him some way,

"So, you're gonna keep heading on..." Sans has his hands stuffed into his pockets,

"Yeah..." Frisk looks at her feet as she walks, honestly, she does not quite know what to say,

"You should go see Alphys, uh, she's the head scientist, well only scientist now... but yeah, you will find her in the lab in hotland,"

"I'll do that," Frisk smiles, she was planning to anyway. Sans pulls her to a stop some distance from where they can see the river person waiting on their boat,

"Listen..." he sighs, "just be careful kiddo okay?" the deep concern in his voice shocks her a little and brings about a blush,

"I will, and its Frisk," she grins, "you should try calling me that," she laughs then starts running towards the boat,

"I'll be seeing you soon Frisk!" Sans calls after her, she grins, spins so she is running backwards and waves before quickly turning back around and hurrying to the river person, who seems to have been watching them.

A/N - So this totally ended up being incredibly longer than I planned... but what the heck. Long chapter! XD Please be aware I won't be able to do as long all the time, but there wasn't an appropriate cutting off point. I'll try to update again soon!