Chapter 11: Explanations

At Sans and Papyrus' house, they all sat in the living room and the monsters gazed at the three dancers, who looked at each other. "Well, one thing we never guessed is that we'd be part of something this huge," Amber said. "I was a student studying choreography and dancing at college, as I was hoping to be a dance teacher after school."

She then sighed. "But…things started going south at home with my dad deciding to leave me and mom, which made it harder for me to be able to attend school because mom couldn't work," she continued. "I found a job and worked hard to try to support us both, but it didn't go well. Then one day, Laura and Gaster appeared and they offered to help us if I helped them out. Laura was looking to be a dancer, and so I said yes. Gaster found a good apartment and put my mom in there and took care of the rent while I became Laura's teacher and in return, she began calling her sister. Since then, I've been helping them, especially when it became clear that we were facing something very dangerous, more dangerous than what we had normally faced."

"What do you mean?" Papyrus asked.

Amber paused and looked at Dylan, who nodded. "We mostly would stop criminals by dancing to distract them, which is where both Laura and Amber decided to have their dance skirts be detachable for when they danced, having colorful leotards as well. This would help police with crime, but they never saw us, like we were ghosts, thanks to Gaster, who could summon his ghostly hands to help us," he said.

"And what about you?" Sans asked. "How did you meet up with them?"

"I was in college too, like Amber, studying photography and media, which included film making, drawing, all the works," Dylan answered. "I had applied to some major movie companies to work for them and develop films, but no one was looking to hire a college kid. So, I kept my camera with me and would just film for fun, when I met Amber, who was dancing to a song in hopes of competing in a dance competition. I offered to help her by videotaping her and we could look over the tape and see if there were any errors. She jumped at it as she hadn't had someone give her an honest critique about her dancing and that's how we became friends, kind of like cousins."

They then turned to Laura, who smiled before looking up at her father, who nodded. "Gaster found me wandering the streets after my foster family kicked me out, not wanting me," she said. "He offered to become my father, which is what any five year old child wants. I accepted and he's raised me ever since, teaching me dancing and everything else I know. Around the time I was ten, we learned that there was something trying to get through the void, but would dissipate because the void was so unstable, although Dad had managed to create some safe areas for us to live and hide in, especially when some of those blobs were trying to get to us, but would always fail, which was when Dad started keeping a close eye on the barrier."

"What do you mean?" Sans asked.

Gaster took a deep breath. "Every time Asgore collected a soul of one of the traits, the barrier would, in a sense, weaken. Not enough for the monsters to escape, but enough where the blobs coming into the void could make it much farther, forcing my daughter and me to retreat further into the void. By blind luck, we learned that if Laura used her dancing in self-defense, it would defeat the blobs temporarily. Seeing this, I began seeking a dance teacher for her, but didn't find one until about two years ago, a few months before Frisk broke the barrier. Laura and I met Amber and invited her to join us as Laura's teacher. She accepted and introduced us to Dylan, who agreed to help us out as well."

"The three of us became close like family," Amber explained. "And we soon began teaching each other new dance moves and Dylan would work with us to fix any errors or point out attacks that were useful. He even began working close with Gaster to try and figure out why blobs were trying to get into the void, or through it."

"Which didn't become clear until after Frisk had broken the barrier and we saw more and more blobs trying to push through," Dylan said. "Gaster and I studied them for a long time before we figured out someone was sending the blobs through to get to the Pacifist Timeline here. But we had no idea they were after Frisk until the two blobs got to Grillby's restaurant that day, the day you first saw Laura and I."

"And when the blobs started to really fight back, we knew something was up, especially when they began going after you guys," Laura said. "We consulted a friend of ours, who told us they had had the same problems with those blobs and advised us to be careful and…even told Amber and I to look for partners in Papyrus and Grillby."

She blushed and ducked her head at saying this, making Gaster chuckle. "Our friends were right, because as the blobs got stronger, the harder it was for Amber and Laura to fight them," he said. "And after seeing that the blobs real target was Frisk…I felt there was no choice but to get her to safety fast, which resulted in me bringing her to the void."

Sans held Frisk close now. "She was safe with Pap and I," he said a bit sternly.

Gaster looked at his younger brother. "If that blob that entered here hadn't been stopped by Laura or she hadn't come when Alphys arrived, under the Follower's control, Frisk would have been kidnapped by them or…possibly erased completely with the timeline being RESET," he said. "None of us could have helped her then."

"Sans, Dad wasn't looking to hurt Frisk," Laura explained. "He wanted to keep her safe and he took good care of her before the final battle earlier today. She was even able to help us. If the Follower had gotten hold of her, we wouldn't have been able to stop him because Frisk would have been his leverage."

The eleven-year-old girl hugged Sans. "She's right, Dunkle," she said. "Gaster's a lot different from what you told me. He's changed a lot."

"And they did save Frisk, Sans," Grillby said quietly.

The joke-loving skeleton nodded. "True," he admitted and then sighed. "Well, since the kiddo's willing to give you another chance, bro, I can too."

"Thank you, Sans," Gaster said with a smile.

Papyrus jumped up and hugged his older brother before going over and hugging Amber. "Is it too forward to say that…I like you more than just friends?" He asked.

She giggled before looking up at him. "In case you haven't noticed, I feel the same way," she said, kissing him on the mouth and he returned the kiss. The others smiled before Laura went over to Grillby.

"We never meant for you guys to get pulled into our battle, but thank you for helping us," she said.

He pulled her closer. "It's not often I get to dance with a beautiful girl," he said. "And you saved me the first time we met, so it was only fair I return the favor by helping."

He gently tilted her chin up. "And you also won my heart," he said before kissing her and she held onto him, kissing him in return.

The timeline was at peace now and the RESET button destroyed forever, meaning no one could take away their lives now.


Well, we are approaching the end of the story. As with all my chapter stories, I am sad to see the story end as I've enjoyed writing them, but even good stories must have an ending to make way for new stories. :)

Next chapter is the epilogue. :)

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