Sans' pov.

A couple of days passed. Papyrus got Undine and the Royal Guard to block that entrance to the Ruins. And Papyrus actually got accepted to the Royal Guard. The king Approved and so did Undine. Chara stayed silent. They haven't talked at all these days. Toriel said that they sat in their room and just lay in their bed. Asriel and Frisk tried to talk to Chara but they didn't respond. They stayed in the room and only moved to get some food. And that is the very room that I stood just outside of.

"chara i need to talk to you." No answer.

"can i come in?" No answer.

"i'll take that as a yes." I opened the door and stepped inside. Chara was still in bed.

"chara, why are you so silent. you haven't talked to everyone at all for a few days. i know that her words must have hit you pretty hard but you can't just listen to what others say. i did and look at me. i almost got us killed. i'm sorry about that. i thought i could end it quickly. Take them out before anyone else got hurt."

"You can't. You never could. Everyone else has to die before you do something."

"finally. i got you talking."

"Yeah. Congrats."

"kid, why didn't you talk the last few days?"

"I'm... well..."

"spit it out." Chara sat up and faced me.

"I'm afraid that she could be right. That I didn't regret those genocide runs. That I could have actually enjoyed them." I could see tears building up in her eyes.

"do you think you did?"

"I... I don't know." A tear came down their face.

"but if given the opportunity, would you do it again?"

"Well no but..."

"then she was wrong. kid, if you don't want to do another genocide run then you most likely regret the previous ones. you changed even thought I didn't think you could but you still did. in a way, i'm proud of you kiddo."

"Y-you are?"

"well for one, you still didn't kill me or anyone. And two, you didn't even bother to grab that plastics knife." Then Chara did what I didn't think they would do. They hugged me.

"I'm sorry Sans. For everything. Thank your for giving me a chance."

"everyone deserves a second chance. my brother has thought me that. i just couldn't imagine the 'pastabilities' back then."

"Sans. Was that a pun."

"yes."

"You didn't make a pun in quite a while. I guess the pun master is back in town."

"heh. i am indeed."

Chara's pov.

After that talk with Sans I felt a lot better. He seems to trust me at least a bit. I suggested that we should check on the door to the ruins.

"so kid. what do you think. will you tell asgore and toriel about who you really are?"

"I... I... I don't know. You forgave me, but will they?"

"i'm sure they will. if anything happens then me and paps will always be there to help. if they kick you out, you can stay with us."

"Really?"

"yeah, why not. papyrus' cooking has gotten way better than it was so you will survive of his food. and we always have the couch as an extra bed. besides, the more the mar..." he stood frozen in place. I looked where he was looking and saw it as well. The door was open. But the door no longer could be considered a door. It lay in bits and pieces. Besides it lay several piles of dust. All the weapons and armour were broken. Some were sliced. Others were shattered. Everyone was dead. We saw some cuts in the snow and the trees around us. I walked up to them and took a closer look. It was from a knife. But there were also some that were definitely from a spear. Undine's spear. She was definitely here. Probably she fought Emily and lost. There was a note on the door pinned by a black knife. It said the following:

Did you really think that a door could

hold me back? But I didn't even need

to break it. One of the monsters thought

that they could take me down on their

own. They couldn't and died. But then

the damn fish came. She was thought

to beat and destroyed everything. But

she wasn't strong enough ether. I am

coming for you traitor. With hate, Emily.

She was crazy. And she killed Undine. One of the toughest monsters in the underground. And did she mean me? That I betrayed humanity? Humanity was never nice to me. Why does she think I jumped down this dampened mountain? But she said she was coming.

"Sans, we need to warn the..." He gave me the ancient artefact that I could never get. How did he even get it?

"kid, if everyone dies then breaks this. i need to go check on my brother." With that he teleported away. I ran as fast as I could back to Snowdin. the artefact consumed some weird white particles. On closer inspection I realized that .they were souls. Everywhere I looked dust piles of dust were there. Then I saw Sans. He was holding something. It was an orange hoodie. But no one I know wore one. But then I saw the red scarf poking out of it. PAPYRUS. He tried and died. Like in all the other resets. Sans saw it each time and killed his own brother in some timelines. But he cried still. Even after everything.

I walked towards him carefully. Sans didn't mind. He just sat there and cried.

ELLL

UWIN

ETOL

BIDA