Hmm… New Chapt.

Thanks to bLuewErewOlf25 for being my beta!

Zarabapha, the dusty tutu is an armor in the game. It's the armor of the BLUE child. (The dark blue, not aqua.)

Jason wasn't sure when the last time he had seen Piper so happy was. Certainly not since Leo had died. Well, not for sure died; Jason still wasn't going to give up on him.

Still, though, Piper was smiling, and that made him happy. He wasn't sure about the demon kid, though. Would a demon really go so far as to befriend everyone?

Piper tugged the ribbon out of her hair and handed it back to them, which they accepted graciously with a nod. The tutu and ballet shoes they were wearing earlier had disappeared.

"Thank you," Piper said. "It was pretty fun."

They smiled and made a series of motions with their hands.

Piper winced a bit. "Sorry, I don't understand sign language," she apologized.

Their face fell, but a big, bluish-white blob appeared behind them. "Oooh, they're just saying you're a fast learner."

It was the DJ ghost. He was only partially visible, but he was slowly appearing. Oh, great, another undead creature that was probably going to freak Nico out.

Speaking of which, he wondered where everyone was. He had thought they were following him.

The ghost noticed him looking around. "Ooh, they probably went to the shore. Papyrus did say that he thought it was a good way to bond or something… Better than wrestling." He blushed. "Oh, that was an awful thing to say. I know she was just trying to be friendly!" He started to fade.

The kid patted the ghost on his "back", and signed what was probably a very meaningful pep talk, because the ghost started appearing again and nodding, happy tears forming in his eyes. "Ooh, thank you, Frisk. Don't worry, I didn't forget your name."

"WELL, BL-NAPSTABLOOK, I KNOW HOW NICE IT IS TO CATCH UP, BUT WE REALLY DO HAVE TO LEAVE," said an annoying robotic voice. It was the boxy robot, who was apparently a ghost in reality. "COME BY THE HOTEL ANY TIME. MAKE SURE TO BRING THAT." He pointed to her ticket. "IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE HAVING YOU, FRISK." He wrapped his noodle arms around Frisk approximately 6 times, before letting them go.

The ghost DJ hugged the kid, Frisk, apparently, goodbye, and followed the robot out. The floating fish rubbed up against Frisk's cheek affectionately, and whispered goodbye as well.

After they left, Frisk regarded Jason and Piper for a second, before walking up to the security dog Jason had talked to earlier. The camera monsters were packing up.

Piper looked after the monsters leaving. "They were… Really nice." She looked out the door after Frisk. "I don't know Jason. I mean, I hate doing what…" she glanced up at the ceiling, "but do you think, maybe… they're…"

Jason was glad she was holding back from getting the god's attention, but he had to agree, something didn't seem right.

The dog came over. "Told you your girlfriend would be fine. Frisk wants to know if you're going to swim with everybody. Sans' brother already made all your other friends come."

"Uh, sure? If everybody's there, I guess," Jason agreed.

Frisk came over and tugged on the dog's paw. "Oh, yeah, Frisk, I'll tell her you said hi. And make Sans take you up there sometime." He patted Frisk on the head, and went out the door.

Frisk took out an old notebook and scribbled something in it. 'Go get something you don't mind getting wet and I'll show you to the beach.'

The beach was very nice. The lake was clear and clean, and the sun was shining. All of the teens were there in old t-shirts and worn shorts, enjoying the water. Well, except for the black-haired kid, who was probably skulking somewhere. He probably just didn't like the light.

"NYEH HEH HEH. MAKE SURE YOU STRETCH BEFORE YOU SWIM, HUMANS!" Papyrus was wearing a swimsuit, despite it not being very necessary for a skeleton, but it was kind of funny, nonetheless.

"Hell, yeah, Papyrus," a scratchy voice nearby agreed. Frisk exhaled happily. Undyne was well enough to train with Papyrus, she must have been getting better.

"UNDYNE, YOU MUSTN'T PUSH YOURSELF TOO FAR," Papyrus chided. "YOU ARE STILL RECOVERING."

"i prefer not to push myself at all," Sans told him, appearing without notice. He seemed very relaxed, sipping a drink and spreading suntan lotion on his bones. Did these skeletons even understand anything about their anatomy? Well, Sans probably understood everything and just did it to mess with people.

"OH, NO, NOT THIS TIME, SANS!" Papyrus protested, picking him up.

Sans barely reacted at all, continuing to sip his drink, which was somehow not just flowing out of him. "water you doing?"

"YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME EXERCISE FOR ONCE!" He threw his brother as far as he could, which was actually pretty far. There was a splashing noise from the middle of the lake.

Undyne whistled, then coughed. "Nice. I could do better, though." She looked over to the two teens who had followed Frisk. "Hey, I don't mind you guys but get something across to your friend; if he so much as looks the wrong way at a Moldsmal, I'll punch his lights out."

"OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH TRAUMATIZING CHILDREN FOR TODAY," Papyrus said, pushing her towards the water. "LET'S SEE WHO CAN DO MORE LAPS ACROSS THE LAKE. HOW MANY DID YOU GET LAST TIME? I HAD FIFTEEN AND A HALF."

"Halves don't count!" Undyne protested. "I'll get twice as many as that! Thirty-one!"

"I THOUGHT YOU JUST SAID HALVES DON'T COUNT…"

While he was distracted, Undyne raced past him and made a perfect surface dive. "I LIED!"

Papyrus raced to follow her, keeping afloat pretty well, considering he was a skeleton.

Frisk watched them for a minute, then led the girl to the Nice Cream bunny, paying for the order, and giving him a few extra G. Frisk gestured to her arm, then to the Nice Cream. They took a big bite of their own starberry Nice Cream with sparkles. Perfect. They tucked an extra treat away for later. Toriel would probably scold them for eating so many sweets, but who cared?

The girl looked like she didn't quite understand, but ate it anyway. Her eyes widened when she felt the burns on her arm fading.

Frisk grinned, polishing off the cream. Their face probably looked like they had tried to eat a tub of glitter glue, but that was okay.

Frisk left her behind with her boyfriend and hurried over to the raft. Frisk figured they should go find Sans, or else he probably wouldn't come back until he was feeling bored enough to teleport out.

They pushed the raft out and headed towards where they had seen Sans. When they finally found him, he was sleeping on the bottom of the lake, twenty feet deep. Typical.

They splashed the surface to get his attention a few times.

He opened his eyes and looked up. His grin increased, and he used his eye to float himself up to the surface. He grabbed onto the side of the raft and pulled himself up.

"'sup, kiddo?" he asked, draining the water out of his skull. "thanks for bring this, by the way."

Frisk nodded and dangled their legs in the water. They gritted their teeth, before the tears started flowing.

"woah!" Sans said, startled. "was it something i did? oh, crap, don't cry. tori'll get mad at me if you cry."

They shook their head, then decided to actually talk, since their hands were shaking. "I don't d-deserve this," they sobbed. "After what I've done, I'm just acting. I'm… I can't take this. I don't want people to think I'm nice, when I'm a horrible person."

"hey, shh, shh," Sans shushed them. He held out his arms for a hug, but Frisk backed away. They did not deserve to touch him, after he had been so kind. "look, i don't know if they made you feel that way, or if you're just stressed, but you're not a bad person. you've done some bad things, true. but i can see your soul, and i know that your decision was very painful, and that you're sorry," he comforted. "we've all done some bad things that have hurt other people. the important thing is that you are truly sorry."

"B-but most p-people haven't k-k-ki-"

"you were scared, and they were the only person who could reassure you. you can't just say that it was all them, and you'll have to live with that for the rest of your life. but you fixed your mistakes, and i'll always be there for you." He held out his arms again. "can i get that hug now?"

Frisk graciously returned it. "Th-thanks."

"no problem kid. and, if you have anymore nightmares, even if they're about… well, just come to me, anytime. i'll understand."

Frisk nodded and splashed water into their face to wipe away the tears, just in time, too.

"UGH, FRISK, WHY DO YOU GO SO EASY ON MY LAZY BROTHER? HE SHOULD LEARN TO GO BACK ON HIS OWN!" Papyrus scowled, swimming close.

Frisk chuckled. 'Sorry, Papyrus,' they signed, and blew him a kiss, just to tease him.

"DON'T DO THAT!" he yelled at them, getting flustered.

"Later, punk!" Undyne screamed as she swam past him.

Sans chuckled as he watched them race back to the shore. He took on a more serious tone. "hey, frisk… did you notice anything unusual about those kids?"

Frisk stared at him a moment. This was sort of like the time he had asked if they knew anything about a "flower". 'No, sorry. Why, is something wrong?'

He gazed out towards the shore. "nah, it's nothing. oh, by the way, thanks for the nice cream." He was enjoying a kiwi cream, which Frisk had sworn… they checked their inventory.

'Hey!' But when they looked to where Sans had been, he was already gone. "Jerk," Frisk muttered.

Yay! I got this done a lot sooner than expected! Just a few more chapters, guys.