Authors note: Story time! A dash of dadster, learn the reason why i ship soriel so hard, and a few more nice lil bits of story. depending on how fast you guys read i would recommend either listening to 'his theme' or 'undertale' i believe its called, the one that playes before the judgement hall.
Frisk would eventually wake up from quite possibly the deepest sleep she ever had. It was around ten in the morning, Papyrus and Toriel had pancakes ready, and the whole gang was over for breakfast "Mornin guys, what brings you all over?" "About time you woke up punk! We need to train you more so you don't nap the day away again." "H-Heya Frisk, w-we had a nice idea f-for a family activity." "INDEED, WE ALL HAVE DECIDED TO SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM AND SHARE NICE STORIES!" "AnD ThErE aRe A GooD FEw to TEll."Toriel nodded "Asgore should be arriving too. He's just picking up Mettaton from his flight back to the states, and some more refreshments. Would you like some eggs my child?" Frisk nodded "Wow so Mettaton's gonna be here too? Sweet, seems like he's really trying to make more time despite being quite possibly the world's most famous monster." "heh yeah, shocking that he would bolt away from the spotlight." Sans added sipping a cup of ketchup….wait when did he get there from the couch? "SANS! IT IS ENTIRELY TOO EARLY FOR YOUR STATIC HUMOR!" Papyrus was actually smiling "eh you know me bro, my jokes are just electrifying." A few giggles were earned, breakfast was eaten and everyone took a seat in the livingroom.
Chara was munching on some chocolate and looked around "So uuuuh….how do we start?" Gaster smiled as he mused an idea "WoUld ANYoNe like to hEAr abouT SaNs and PaPyRuS as children?" Frisk clapped her hands together "Oh my god, that sounds adorable!" Everyone nodded in agreement and Gaster began to tell his story.
FLASHBACK
Gaster had just gotten home from his lab. He put up his coat and his shoes, and heard a clatter in the kitchen followed by laughter "papyrus!" "NYEHEHEH SKETTIE!" "Now now what in the world is-" Gaster paused as he saw Papyrus with a bowl of spaghetti on top of his head, covered in noodles and sauce "DADDY! SKETTIE!" with Sans holding back a laugh with his hand over his mouth " i gave him some leftover spaghetti, turned around to make me something and all of the sudden this." Gaster chuckled " That's hilarious. Alright Sans before you fix your meal would you please clean up the mess on the floor?" Sans nodded as Gaster strode over to Papyrus "Alright you noodle head, lets get you cleaned up." Papyrus giggled and kicked his feet around while Gaster carried him to the bathroom.
End flashback
Everyone laughed, including Papyrus "WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING?" he said with hsi hand over his face. "i think you were thinkin you liked spaghetti bro." "WELL OF COURSE I DO, IT IS THE GREATEST FOOD! BUT STILL…" Toriel was laughing "Ah, that reminds me of the time Asriel got syrup in his fur, it took a long time to wash out." Everyone chuckled. Papyrus stood up "I BELIEVE I HAVE A GOOD STORY….BUT IT DOESN'T START OFF INCREDIBLY HAPPY. HOWEVER THE ENDING IS PHENOMENAL AND NEEDS TO BE TOLD! UNDYNE AND ALPHYS MIGHT REMEMBER THIS TOO WHEN YOU BOTH HEAR IT." Toriel looked concerned "So this matter has been on your mind for a while then?" Papyrus nodded, and everyone looked at him ready for his tale. "AFTER WATCHING FRISK GO THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND WITH FLOWEY INTERFERING, AND FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RESETS….I BEGAN TO THINK ON THIS A LOT. YOU SEE, I REALIZED THAT BEFORE FRISK FELL, FLOWEY HAD CONTROL OF THE TIMELINE. CONSIDERING WHAT HE DID TO FRISK…..I CAN IMAGINE WHAT HE MUST HAVE DONE BEFORE." Sans looked at his brother, eye sockets widened a little, Papyrus turned to him "BROTHER…..HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT FLOWER HARM US, OR TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT IT?" Sans looked down at his feet "i...dunno, hundreds? I kinda lost count but…"
Papyrus nodded " I THOUGHT AS MUCH….IT EXPLAINS THE SUDDEN DROP IN HP YOU HAD…..BUT IT WASN'T SUDDEN, WAS IT? WHAT I DO REMEMBER THOUGH, IS FOR MOST OF THAT YEAR IT WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO GET SANS OUT OF BED, LET ALONE TO THE LIVING ROOM, OR EVEN OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. EVENTUALLY THOUGH AS TIME PASSED THINGS GOT BETTER. ONE DAY I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET HIM TO TAKE UP THE SENTRY POSITION JUST BEFORE THE RUINS DOOR. UNDYNE TOLD ME THAT FROM WHAT ALPHYS HAD SAID, THAT IS THE ONLY OTHER ENTRANCE TO THE UNDERGROUND, SO SHE HAD PLACED CAMERAS IN VARIOUS PLACES. ONE OF WHICH BEING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR. I HAD THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SANS WAS GETTING BETTER, THAT WHAT EVER LOWERED HIS HP WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT NEVER DID. I WASN'T SURE IF I SHOULD BRING IT UP TO UNDYNE THOUGH. AFTER ALL, IF HE DIDN'T SHARE IT WITH ME OF ALL PEOPLE, THEN HE DIDN'T WANT IT SHARED AT ALL. I WOULD CHECK ON HIM TO FIND HIM SNOOZING, OR TAKING A BREAK AT GRILLBYS, BUT THERE WAS ONE DAY WHERE HE WAS IN NEITHER PLACE." Everyone was quiet, wondering where Papyrus was going with this, then Undyne and Alphys smiled, he mentioned the cameras.
"I CALLED UNDYNE THEN TO ASK WHERE HE WAS, AT THE TIME I DID NOT HAVE ALPHYS'S NUMBER." "Hey Papyrus, can Alphys and I put our two cents in? We know where this is going now." Papyrus nodded , and Undyne continued "Sweet. So I got the call from Papyrus and naturally I went over to Alphys's lab to have her check the snowden cameras. We had found Sans at the Ruins door area. I remember getting mad that he wasn't at his post when Alphys reminded me that technically that was the only spot a human could come through. He was sitting there telling knock knock jokes." Alphys spoke up W-We watched this go on for a few days., b-but suddenly after Sans started another joke….a voice actually answered him."
Undyne grinned "Well now we know that the voice was you Toriel, so we called Papyrus over to show him." "INDEED, WHEN I ARRIVED YOU WERE STILL TELLING THOSE HORRID JOKES AT THE DOOR, BUT THEN I SAW SOMETHING THAT I HAD NOT SEEN IN….A VERY LONG TIME. TORIEL HAD EVENTUALLY TOLD A JOKE ABOUT YODELING AND HE LAUGHED. NOT THE USUAL LAUGH EITHER. THIS WAS A RARE LAUGH UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND UNDER THOSE PAST CIRCUMSTANCES I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE IT AGAIN. Papyrus looked over at Toriel and Frisk, still smiling "EVER SINCE YOU RESPONDED TO HIM, HE BEGAN TO WAKE UP EARLIER, THOUGH STILL SLEEPING IN, AND TAKING HIS BREAKS, HE ACTUALLY BEGAN TO GO WITHOUT ANY SEEN STRUGGLE. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE HE WOULD START DOING THINGS LIKE MAKING PIES, OR WRITING JOKE MATERIEL, HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DO THINGS ONCE MORE….AND NOW KNOWING WHAT YOU MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH SANS….KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER GO THROUGH IT ALONE AGAIN, EVER."
Papyrus promptly walked over and pulled Sans into a hug, with everyone sitting in silence "that…..means a lot bro….but uh, i already know it ain't happenin." Chara spoke up " Darn right it isn't happening. Nope, nopenopenopenope. The only reason I haven't had dad destroy my reset option is incase something really really REALLY irreversibly bad happens that a load can't fix, and even then that would still be put up for debate." Sans shrugged "eh, can't blame ya for being cautious kiddo." Toriel smiled "Well, I may have helped Sans….but he helped me too, I believe I shall share my own story next." Everyone looked over to Toriel, Frisk had moved over beside Sans and Papyrus.
"I will admit, fleeing the ruins was a cowardly thing to do. Not only did I abandon the kingdom in its time of greatest need, but I was also the only one left that Asgore had to help in his grief. I left him alone for all of that and that shame is entirely on me. Though I still would not stay with him, he deserved to be treated better than how I treated him. In the ruins it was a quiet and lonely life. The humans that fell always stayed for a time, but they also always became curious about the rest of the underground, or would leave immediately. It was a hard and lonely existence, and every day i would go and perform upkeep on the ruins door's sealing spell. Day after day of routines, Things grew more and more tiresome, a hole in my heart that never got any smaller, an emptiness that would never go away." Toriel looked over at Sans "But then one day, While I was maintaining the door, I heard a strange knocking. Sans on the other side was telling jokes to himself, so many great ones that I had to work very hard to stifle my laughter. One day I had decided to respond, and It was the funniest thing I had heard in over a hundred years."
Frisk giggled "Oh yeah, Dad told me about that one, infact he pretty much said it sounded to him like it was the best joke you heard in a hundred years." "Well it was true my child. It became a thing I looked forward to, we both did. We wouldn't just do jokes, we would talk about our days. Sans would often talk about Papyrus, or his pranks. It would seem that in the end, we saved each other from a lonely existence." Sans chuckled "i suppose we just needed a tu-TORIEL in being happy again." Everyone laughed as the mood lightened "but in all seriousness….tori...kiddo's, paps, i really was in a bad way. Shoot i was thinkin that at any point i'd just fall down, but you all pretty muched save my lazy backside." Chara looked confused "Wait how did I-" Frisk giggled "Are you kidding Chara? You followed me through the underground giving me tips on how to survive. You and Asriel are a big part of how we managed to break the barrier." Chara smiled and decided to accept the thanks"Then i guess, it was no proBONE." Sans laughed hard, louder than normal "ok that was great kiddo." "IT SEEMS WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THAT RARE LAUGH OF YOURS MORE OFTEN!" "heh, maybe."
Undyne grinned "Alright enough with the mushy crap, its my turn! How about I tell you guys about the first time I managed to land a hit on Asgore and get into the royal guard?" Everyone nodded and Papyrus looked like he was paying extra attention. Undyne began to tell her tale.
Flashback
Undyne had spent years trying to fight and hit Asgore. Though she would come close, he was just too good. Then one day they began their training session, the Fight began. Asgore dodged rapidly as Undyne hurled many spears at him. She would have them appear out of the ground, from the sides, but never hitting. Eventually she shouted "NGAAAAAH! STOP FRICKIN MOVING!" She swung her spear and turned Asgore green, a spear materializing in his hand "Oho now this is interesting!" Undyne sent several patterns at him, but he always managed to deflect them, she needed a new strategy. She grinned as she decided to experement with her magic, She sent another volley of spears Asgore's way, and made some of them flip to the opposite side of where they appeared. This managed to confuse Asgore enough that eventually, one of them managed to knock him down.
End flashback
Undyne continued "Of course, i felt really bad about it, considering he never once tried to hit me." Everyone nodded and grinned. Frisk looked over at Alphys "What about you alphys? " Alphys began to sweat "O-Oh i d-don't really h-have anything interesting to s-speak of..I sp-spent most of my time watching a-anime and being weeaboo trash, ehheh." CHara giggled "Aw come on Alphys, how about how you and Mettaton met?" Alphys was about to speak when a knock came from the front door. Papyrus went to open it, and was greeted by Mettaton "Oh hello darling! I do hope I wasn't interrupting something." "O-OF COURSE NOT METTATON! ALPHYS WAS JUST ABOUT TO TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU TWO MET." "Oh my, a truly wonderful tale, may Asgore and I come in?" Toriel walked behind Papyrus, who seemed to have a light orange blush on his cheekbones "Of course, come on in you two." The two sat down and were greeted by everyone. Alphys began to speak "W-Well, I c-could talk about how Mettaton and I m-met, b-but um…..maybe i-it would be better for m-Mettaton to tell it?" "Of course I could darling. Now this started quite some time ago…"
Flashback
Hapstablook spent most of his days at the blook family farm with his cousin napstablook. They were close, and yet every different. Napstablook liked to stay indoors, making his music or listening to some. Hapstablook however wanted the spotlight, he felt the stage calling his name. However to do this, he knew he would need a corporeal form to entertain with. He searched high and low for the perfect vessel but could fine none. He had heard of Alphys the royal scientist from passerby. Apparently she was working on something to do with human souls, and he wondered if she could help him too. He had flown straight to the lab where she lived, and used magic to knock on her door. Alphys opened up "O-oh h-hello there." "Sorry to intrude darling, but might you be doctor Alphys?" "Y-Yes, t-that's me." "My name is Hapstablook, you may know my cousin napstablook from undernet. I had heard of your expertise and am in grave need of your help." Alphys looked shocked, someone needed her help with something? "O-Ok, um, come on in, a-and you can tell me about it." They walked into the lab and Hapstablook told her of his search for a body to make his corporeal form, and of his dreams of stardom. "O-Oh! And y-you want me to try making you a body then?" "If that is at all possible darling." Alphys actually had a determined look in her eyes "I-I'll do my best t-to make a good body for you and make it w-work. Ummm, I will need your help w-with the d-design, after all this will be your body." Hapstablook agreed and helped out Alphys wherever possible, the two became what they did up to the point where Frisk fell.
End flashback
Mettaton concluded his story " I….deeply regret the way I acted afterwards. You worked so hard for someone you barely knew Alphys, and for that i thank you." Everyone was smiling and Asgore rubbed his beard "Well I do believe I have a short story to tell. So one day I was tending to my indoor garden When I received a letter requesting my presence from Gerson. When i went, according to him and many of the people of Waterfall talked of an incident where every echo flower seemed to say the same word….'butts'" Chara burst out laughing and Asgore chuckled "I of course knew exactly who the culprits were, and so did everyone else, it was quite hilarious to most of them." Once Chara caught her breath she spoke "Asriel and I..hahahahaha….we spent most of the day doing that prank, it was glorious, sometimes we would sing the word or say it funny too. So Frisk do you have any cool stories?" "Well, you guys know my Underground adventures…and you guys saw most of my life in fast forward from that soul memory thing, so im not sure I have one either."
Everyone then decided to play various board and party games, until Alphys got a call from her lab "Y-Yes? W-wait what it was cleared? We can proceed with the experiment? Oh my god that's great news….O-Ok I'll tell them, thank you." Alphys turned to face everyone "G-Great news everyone! So that was o-one of my lab assistants, apparently We got an Ok on transferring souls to Flowey to b-bring Asriel back…..F-From the president himself….h-he was made aware of the situation, all the documents are going to be put under the strictest of classification, and further research will be st-stopped after we bring him back…" Chara brought her hands to her mouth, tears welled up "We're gonna get him back.." "alright then let's not waste time, dad you take tori, chara, asgore and alphys, i'll bring everyone else." Gaster nodded and with that everyone was soon to see their prince, brother, son, once more.
Aurhors note: NEXT TIME ON DRAGON GOAT Z! GOAT BROOOOOOOOOOOOO! and also I think this is why a lot of people ship soriel, they just kinda...fit. Both of them had their issues that the other could make feel a little less painful without even having to meet face to face.