div style="line-height: 2em; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;"New Snowdinbr style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /2056br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /5 Years After Monster/Human Union/div
div style="line-height: 2em; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;"br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /It had been a long time since the monsters had been reintegrated into society. At first humans were uneasy. The monsters didn't always look friendly, and some were nightmarish. However, when they were actually given a chance, humans and monsters got along well. The humans had only heard of the war against monsters in tales of old, and the monsters held no ill will against humans for what their ancestors did, so neither party was against the other. Most monsters preferred the artificial climates of New Snowdin and New Hotland (courtesy of Alphys), but some travelled the world, living in different countries and continents. And some humans had begun to move into the cities the monsters lived in. It was a popular tourist location at first, but some people enjoyed the different lifestyle that the monsters had, and decided to join them. No matter how bright things had seemed, however, there was always something dark. When the monsters grew in numbers, a bill was issued making sure that every monster was accounted for, in order to keep both sides safe from violence and prejudice. However, some monsters were opposed to the idea, and refused to sign the bill. As a result, these monsters were considered dangerous, and a lot of them were. As well as this, there were reports of a lone human killing monsters, but there was no definitive proof, as no monsters had been reported missing. Some believed that this was because of the bill, and made sure they signed it, as they would be noticed if they went missing suddenly. But still, a lot of monsters hadn't signed the bill, and the human roamed style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /Toriel and Asgore had been back in a relationship for a while, and a year back, Asgore re-proposed to her. After some deliberation, Toriel said yes, and since, they had been spending nights out instead of just being inside. While Toriel wanted to be a teacher, she had to do a lot of reading first, before she could apply. Most of what she knew had already come from books, but since she found out that she had to do more preparation, she had been spending numerous nights reading. So when Asgore managed to get her out of the house, it was a relief for both of them. From the earlier friendship that Asgore and Undyne had, the two couples would meet up on occasions, with Undyne usually having to drag Alphys out of her lab. Papyrus would tag along too most of the time, and Sans somehow managed to be there before everyone else. Mettaton was the only one who wasn't there regularly, having begun to tour the world as part of his show. It was on one of these nights that Asgore and Toriel were walking home, after meeting up with their friends again. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"So I've been thinking about what I'm gonna do for a job." Asgore said, as they walked. He wasn't sure exactly what he wanted to do, but he wanted to be close to Toriel, so he had delayed for as long as style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Oh?" Toriel said, looking at style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"I think I wanna be a gardener. Grow some flowers, trim hedges... you know, mundane stuff like that. The last thing I want to do is be in a position of power again." He said, thinking back on his rule in the style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"After what happened with the human souls, I don't think anyone would." Toriel said, teasing the goat. He blushed, rubbing the back of his style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Well, you know, I had to make a decision, aaaand I messed up." As they walked past an alleyway, a figure walked out in front of them, wearing a dark jacket, with the hood covering their face. They quickly maneuvered around the two goats, giving a quick apology. The two looked back at the figure, who was walking away at a fast pace. This caused them to not notice the monsters in front of them, which they ended up colliding with. The monsters weren't that unusual, but the way the acted was. They were clearly thugs, as they quickly made sure to circle the two style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Who- what's going on?" Asgore style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Basically, we're robbing you." Said one of the monsters, a large humanoid with three eyes and a tail. He pulled a switchblade from his jacket, and pointed it at them. "And if you make a move for your weapons, we'll gut you before you can bat an ey-" The thug didn't have a chance to finish his words before his hand fell off. He was shocked, looking at the stump, as his fellow thugs were beaten by the hooded figure from before. One ripped at the jacket, pulling the hood down and exposing the clothing underneath. The blade of a sword was swiftly placed between their eyes, and they disintegrated, part of them flowing into the human. The other thug tried to run, but the human jumped in front of them. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Beg." was all he said, pointing the tip of the sword at him. The monster instead tried to run to the side, and the human threw the sword into the monster's leg. He retrieved it quickly, and threw himself into the first thug, the body of them turning to dust when the two hit the ground. The human walked over to the remaining thug. "Tell people what you saw. Tell them that someone is hunting the people who aren't on the bill. Tell them that they have a choice, and I WILL come for them." The monster nodded, and scurried away quickly. Sighing, the human pulled the hood back up, trying to keep their identity hidden. But the damage was already done. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"...Frisk?" Toriel said, unsure of herself. He turned to her, looking at her sadly. He had taken a dark path, but it was one that only he could. Alphys had made the weapon for him, a blade that could fold up into a compact size. He had taken the power from the monsters, and from the voice inside his head. He didn't listen when the voice said to do things that were plain wrong, but when it was something where it could save people, Frisk had no choice. He wanted to talk to her, and tell her that he didn't want to do this. He wanted to be her child like he had been offered. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"I'm sorry." was all he said. He walked away from them, knowing that they couldn't see her without her seeing him as a killer. Before the two could say anything, he was gone./div
div style="line-height: 2em; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, '.SFNSText-Regular', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; clear: none !important; background-color: #fefefe;"br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /It had been a long time since the monsters had been reintegrated into society. At first humans were uneasy. The monsters didn't always look friendly, and some were nightmarish. However, when they were actually given a chance, humans and monsters got along well. The humans had only heard of the war against monsters in tales of old, and the monsters held no ill will against humans for what their ancestors did, so neither party was against the other. Most monsters preferred the artificial climates of New Snowdin and New Hotland (courtesy of Alphys), but some travelled the world, living in different countries and continents. And some humans had begun to move into the cities the monsters lived in. It was a popular tourist location at first, but some people enjoyed the different lifestyle that the monsters had, and decided to join them. No matter how bright things had seemed, however, there was always something dark. When the monsters grew in numbers, a bill was issued making sure that every monster was accounted for, in order to keep both sides safe from violence and prejudice. However, some monsters were opposed to the idea, and refused to sign the bill. As a result, these monsters were considered dangerous, and a lot of them were. As well as this, there were reports of a lone human killing monsters, but there was no definitive proof, as no monsters had been reported missing. Some believed that this was because of the bill, and made sure they signed it, as they would be noticed if they went missing suddenly. But still, a lot of monsters hadn't signed the bill, and the human roamed style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /Toriel and Asgore had been back in a relationship for a while, and a year back, Asgore re-proposed to her. After some deliberation, Toriel said yes, and since, they had been spending nights out instead of just being inside. While Toriel wanted to be a teacher, she had to do a lot of reading first, before she could apply. Most of what she knew had already come from books, but since she found out that she had to do more preparation, she had been spending numerous nights reading. So when Asgore managed to get her out of the house, it was a relief for both of them. From the earlier friendship that Asgore and Undyne had, the two couples would meet up on occasions, with Undyne usually having to drag Alphys out of her lab. Papyrus would tag along too most of the time, and Sans somehow managed to be there before everyone else. Mettaton was the only one who wasn't there regularly, having begun to tour the world as part of his show. It was on one of these nights that Asgore and Toriel were walking home, after meeting up with their friends again. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"So I've been thinking about what I'm gonna do for a job." Asgore said, as they walked. He wasn't sure exactly what he wanted to do, but he wanted to be close to Toriel, so he had delayed for as long as style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Oh?" Toriel said, looking at style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"I think I wanna be a gardener. Grow some flowers, trim hedges... you know, mundane stuff like that. The last thing I want to do is be in a position of power again." He said, thinking back on his rule in the style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"After what happened with the human souls, I don't think anyone would." Toriel said, teasing the goat. He blushed, rubbing the back of his style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Well, you know, I had to make a decision, aaaand I messed up." As they walked past an alleyway, a figure walked out in front of them, wearing a dark jacket, with the hood covering their face. They quickly maneuvered around the two goats, giving a quick apology. The two looked back at the figure, who was walking away at a fast pace. This caused them to not notice the monsters in front of them, which they ended up colliding with. The monsters weren't that unusual, but the way the acted was. They were clearly thugs, as they quickly made sure to circle the two style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Who- what's going on?" Asgore style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Basically, we're robbing you." Said one of the monsters, a large humanoid with three eyes and a tail. He pulled a switchblade from his jacket, and pointed it at them. "And if you make a move for your weapons, we'll gut you before you can bat an ey-" The thug didn't have a chance to finish his words before his hand fell off. He was shocked, looking at the stump, as his fellow thugs were beaten by the hooded figure from before. One ripped at the jacket, pulling the hood down and exposing the clothing underneath. The blade of a sword was swiftly placed between their eyes, and they disintegrated, part of them flowing into the human. The other thug tried to run, but the human jumped in front of them. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"Beg." was all he said, pointing the tip of the sword at him. The monster instead tried to run to the side, and the human threw the sword into the monster's leg. He retrieved it quickly, and threw himself into the first thug, the body of them turning to dust when the two hit the ground. The human walked over to the remaining thug. "Tell people what you saw. Tell them that someone is hunting the people who aren't on the bill. Tell them that they have a choice, and I WILL come for them." The monster nodded, and scurried away quickly. Sighing, the human pulled the hood back up, trying to keep their identity hidden. But the damage was already done. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"...Frisk?" Toriel said, unsure of herself. He turned to her, looking at her sadly. He had taken a dark path, but it was one that only he could. Alphys had made the weapon for him, a blade that could fold up into a compact size. He had taken the power from the monsters, and from the voice inside his head. He didn't listen when the voice said to do things that were plain wrong, but when it was something where it could save people, Frisk had no choice. He wanted to talk to her, and tell her that he didn't want to do this. He wanted to be her child like he had been offered. br style="line-height: 2em; color: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; clear: none !important;" /"I'm sorry." was all he said. He walked away from them, knowing that they couldn't see her without her seeing him as a killer. Before the two could say anything, he was gone./div