I edited this quickly because I'll be busy all weekend and I wasn't certain I'd get it uploaded until after Monday if I didn't. Please tell me if you find errors. Thank you so much for reading and all your continued support.


Chapter 11

Roman woke up early. He was snuggled firmly between Sans and Bernard. The latter of the two was practically laying on him.

Quietly, so as not to wake Sans, Roman shook his brother. "Come on, wake up."

"WHAT?"

"Shh, get out of bed."

"BUT I'M TIRED!"

"We can nap when we get back."

"BACK?" Bernard squinted as his brother climbed over Sans. "WHERE ARE WE GOING?"

"I'll tell you outside."

Scrambling downstairs, Bernard made a quick pit stop in the kitchen. If it was morning and he was going to do something today, he might as well eat. Roman didn't seem to agree.

"Are you coming or not?" Roman popped out the front door.

"YEAH, COMING!" Bernard hastily grabbed a leftover sandwich from yesterday. It'd have to do. "SO WHERE ARE WE GOING?"

"You know where I found you right?"

"YEAH…" Bernard didn't like where this was going.

"We're going there again."

"WHY?"

"You saw Dad grab some of those coffin things right?"

"UH HUH."

"Well, obviously, he's trying to get us a sibling!"

"I DON'T SEE THAT."

Dismissing Bernard's confusion, Roman started walking. "I am older so it makes sense that I would figure it out first."

"WE NEED TO TELL DAD WHERE WE ARE GOING. HE'LL BE MAD WHEN HE WAKES UP!"

"Not if we get back before then."

Bernard was barely keeping pace with Roman. "HE DIDN'T WANT US GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT TELLING HIM FIRST!"

"No, he didn't want us going anywhere dangerous without telling him." Roman gave his brother a wink. "Dad wouldn't let us live near something dangerous so it'll be fine."

"ARE YOU SURE HE WON'T BE UPSET?"

"'Course I am! Trust me will you?"

Within a matter of seconds, the boys were at the clearing brushing off snow. Roman started with purple while Bernard fumbled with red's lock. Luckily, it wasn't snowing too hard.

"I don't think this one made it." Roman mumbled looking at the small pile of dust in the purple coffin. The soul lingered in its case but it had no body to go to.

Bernard didn't notice. He was too pleased with opening the lock to have heard his brother. Happiness quickly turned into confusion.

"THIS ONE LOOKS FUNNY." Bernard poked the body inside. "IT'S ALL SQUISHY!"

"Don't worry about it." Roman closed the coffin. "It's probably some protective casing until its ready or something like that."

"WOW THAT'S REALLY SMART!" Roman beamed at Bernard momentarily before shuffling in the snow.

"ROMAN, I LOST THE LOCK."

"I'm sure it wasn't necessary. Dad can be a bit overcautious with extra layers sometimes. Plus, the lid is super heavy so nothing can get to them without being strong like us."

"I SUPPOSE."

Both boys turned towards the green coffin. It was their last chance to find a sibling on their own. Roman quickly threw the lock away. Hefting the lid open, Bernard bounced in delight.

Inside the coffin was another skeleton. This one blinked rapidly at the invasion of light. For a moment, all three skeletons were silent.

"I am your big brother, Roman." He puffed out his chest.

She snorted, standing up. "I don't think so. I'm taller."

"But I am older." Roman tried not to pout.

"ME TOO! I'M OLDER TOO!"

"Nice to meet you, older too." She gave a brilliant grin before faltering. "I'm, uhh, I actually don't know my name."

"I THINK YOUR FONT IS KRISTEN ITC. SO YOUR NAME IS KRISTEN."

"Font? I have a font?"

"Yep, it's what you speak in."

"How can you tell what it is so quickly?"

"Dunno, it just comes naturally I guess." Roman shrugged before pulling Kristen into town. He wasn't going to say that he'd been looking at different fonts to memorize their names for days like today. "We've got to get home before Dad knows we left."

"Dad?"

"YEAH, WE HAVE THE GREATEST DAD EVER!"

The three skeletons chattered all the way home and up the stairs. Roman was happy to fill Kristen in just how awesome their dad was. Bernard was particularly happy to have a sister who seemed interested in his shows. Both boys were happy to see Sans was still sleeping.

"This is our Dad." Roman proudly motioned to the shaking lump in the bed.

"But, why is he crying?"

"I don't know." Roman hadn't even noticed that Sans was crying until she mentioned it.

"IS DAD OKAY? IS HE HURT OR SOMETHING?"

"Um, I think he's fine just sad maybe?" Roman was shocked but the response seemed to calm Bernard.

"WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET HIM UN SAD THEN!" Bernard stopped to consider options. "BUT I DO NOT KNOW OF ANYTHING TO UNSADDEN HIM…"

"We could clean." Kristen whispered. "The house is really messy."

"OKAY BUT YOU CAN'T CLEAN."

"Why not?" Kristen was thoroughly baffled.

"Girls don't clean."

"Then what am I supposed to do?" Kristen glared. "How do you even know girls don't clean?"

"WE WATCHED IT ON A SHOW!"

"So, what do girls do?"

"I guess you can supervise."

"But what are girls supposed to do?"

"Uhh…" Roman stared at his brother for help.

"GIRLS LEAD THE CHARGE AND CONFUSE ENEMIES WITH THEIR CUTENESS!" Bernard struck a pose. "THEN THEY SAVE THE WORLD BY GOING TO THE STARS!"

"Oh, then I suppose I'll just watch until the world needs saving."

With that settled, Kristen watched her brothers running around the house trying to clean. They peaked into Papyrus' room but it was so clean, they didn't touch a thing. Even just a light swipe of a broom made the rest of the house look considerably better. Kristen primarily napped on the couch adding an occasional suggestion on what to clean next.

"Don't forget to move the sock before mopping, Bernard."

"THERE'S PAPER ON THE SOCK!" He scrunched his face up. "THERE'S WRITING ON THE PAPER!"

"Read it!" Roman was struggling with dishes.

"LET'S SEE, IT SAYS 'PICK THIS UP RIGHT NOW YOU LAZY BONES!'" Bernard threw the top paper away. "THE NEXT ONE SAYS, 'BUT I'VE BEEN WORKED DOWN TO THE BONE!"

Kristen giggled. "Those are funny. Let's save them! Maybe they'll make him happier…"

"UP TO YOU." Bernard dropped the mass of notes and one very smelly sock in Kristen's lap. "I THOUGHT THE JOKES STUNK."

Kristen and Bernard erupted in fits of laughter.

"You two are horrible!" Roman was not as pleased. "Just hurry up and finish cleaning the floor before Dad wakes up."

"ALMOST DONE!"


ArmCannos34

That's nice, the chapter ended with a happy ending, but knowing the boys, there will be more trouble to come. And that question about hurting people doesn't sit with me well. Your planing something that will hit me in the feels, aren'tcha? Also the silly games where funny, yet cruel. Funny for obvious reasons, and cruel because tasks like moving rocks are very tedious.

I'm trying not to have sad/depressing stuff in every chapter. It makes it a pain to edit (because I'm evil and it gives me more ideas on how to make Sans miserable so I get sidetracked). There will definitely be more trouble brewing with this little family. I refuse to confirm or deny anything which might hit you in the feels in the future. I will say that there are two different possible endings for this story. Moving rocks can be an absolute pain, although the comment makes me wonder if you've experienced a few silly games for yourself. Thank you so much for reading!

sans:

hey. great story. but you do know i can travel between timelines, right? whatever, it's a fanfiction. i can tell you put a bunch of backbone into it. i won't fibula- it's a lot more accurate than most fics out there. what humans up on the surface can write these days is a lot better than what we had underground.

welp, time for me to go to sleep. i haven't been getting a skeleton of rest lately.

Looks like we found the bone-ified comedian! Hopefully, some of the shenanigans tickled your funny bone. Tibia honest the accuracy statement was a bit out of left field, unless you've got some baby bones you've been hiding from the world. I expected a femur jokes coming from you but I appreciate the compliment. Anyways, thanks for reading and enjoy the sleep. You'll need it, at least in this story. It was nice to chat with the king of skelepuns.

Hope you guys don't mind this chapter being a bit kid centered. Also, I've set out a general outline for the rest of this story. You can expect 19-20 chapters, depending on the ending I choose. Any suggestions for future chapters will likely lengthen the story so 19-20 is a rough estimate. Thank you for reading and I hope you continue to enjoy!

I just noticed that this story is up to 40 followers and 3,900 views. That is incredible. I can't even name 40 of my closest relatives so those numbers are mind blowing. Thank you so very much.