"how long has it been since we've been above ground now?" sans sighed as he gazed up at the sky. His eye lights were unfocused, his mind focused elsewhere.

"Two years, three months and five days." A ten year old Frisk responded, their own eyes focused on the flower chain they were making.

"Doesn't really feel like it's been that long…" Asriel, in his flower form spoke up from his spot, coiled around Frisk's neck.

"feels like it's been longer." The skeleton finally glanced away from the sky. "c'mon, it's getting late. tori'll have my skull if i don't get you two home before dinner." He started walking off down the dirt path before the human could get to their feet. The child sighed as they lifted themself from the ground and trotted forward to keep up with their uncle.

The surface had been strangely kind to the monsters once the barrier was broken. Most humans welcomed them with open arms, while others only tolerated them as business partners and the like. Then of course there were racists against them just like how the humans hated their own for being different. All in all though it was a peaceful existence, and the monsters couldn't have been happier by the way things turned out… except for a select few that still grieved the loss of a beloved human. In the two years they had been above ground, the human had shown no signs of waking from her comatose state.

"Do you think she'll wake up soon, Frisk?" Asriel whispered to their adopted sibling so the skeleton would not hear.

"I hope she will… we all miss her, some more than others." They whispered back, looking down at the flower crown in their hands. They had been the ones to tell everyone what had happened, having to call one of them to bring their sister back with them. Sans was the one that had come, to say he was upset was an understatement.

The skeleton had been furious and distraught at the same time. He couldn't seem to wrap his skull around what had happened and had wanted Frisk to reset in hopes of preventing it. They had to tell him she had to do what she did to stop the resets from happening ever again; to give everyone the happy ending they deserved. That did not go over very well either, but he had relented. He had then carried the comatose girl, leading the two children back to the group. The rest of them were also shocked.

Toriel and Asgore were both overjoyed and despairing. They were both ecstatic to find out their son was alive, but were sorrowful at the stated of the woman they claimed as their daughter. They cried tears of joy and tears of sorrow at the same time.

Undyne showed her sorrow through anger, punching the nearest wall and cursing everything. Alphys kept more to herself but was crying all the same, trying to get the fish woman to calm her rage. She only calmed enough to wrap her arms around the lizard woman in a comforting embrace.

Papyrus was heartbroken. Someone who became like a sister to him was basically lifeless before him. The only sign of life coming from her was the rise and fall of her chest with every intake of breath. He felt that he was going to cry, but she wouldn't want that of him. He told himself that she would wake up soon, and they could all be happy again.

The three continued back toward the house in silence. Red, orange and yellow leaves fell around them with the autumn season setting in. Frisk ran ahead, kicking through the fallen leaves and laughing. Sans' grin lifted slightly, glad to see the kid having fun. The old farm house came into view, a few vehicles parked in front of it.

"It looks like Papyrus is home and that Alphys and Undyne are visiting!" Frisk chirped happily, running on ahead. Sans continued to stroll his normal pace, gloom starting to spread the closer he got to the house. She was in there, only living because she was attached to a machine that kept her alive. He was grateful for it but it wasn't the same as having her conscious, talking and laughing with everyone. It made his soul ache just thinking about it. He despised not being able to see her face light up with a smile.

The skeleton sighed again as he ascended the porch steps and wandered through the door into the family room. Everyone was seated, except for Frisk and Asriel, who had run off somewhere. Asgore was serving everyone some sort of tea while Toriel placed out a heaping tray of snacks. He plopped down on a spacious recliner that he had claimed since their arrival on the surface.

Sans watched as everyone talked and laughed together, but that dark cloud of gloom was still floating about. Each smile seemed a bit more forced and every word a bit more careful. He felt a bit off, not really enjoying how happy everyone seemed. Living on the surface, being able to see the sky, making new friends; it all felt off without one of the humans responsible for their happiness being there.

Frisk gently placed the flower crown on the comatose woman's head. She looked so peaceful in her slumber that it seemed wrong to want her to awaken. Asriel, who had figured out how to switch between the flower and his true form, was standing on the other side of the bed, checking the machines that were keeping the older human alive. They had both been taught what the machines did; one to help with bodily functions, one to monitor brain waves and one to monitor heartbeat. There was even a device, of Alphys' design, that allowed them to view her soul.

"Has anything changed over there?" Frisk asked.

"Not really… a few spikes on the brain one though." Asriel watched the monitor closely.

"Really? That's new! Maybe she'll be able to hear us now if we try talking to her!" The human child was giddy over the discovery. "Keep watching the brain one, I'll try talking to her." They leaned closer to their older sister's ear. "Lenna? It's me, Frisk… we did it, we all made it to the surface… We miss you, sis. We all want you to wake up soon okay?" They glanced up at the goat child, who looked awed at the machine.

"I think you got through to her! Come look!" The boy moved aside so the human could look. They saw that the bars were spiking rapidly, bringing a grin to their face. "Try again! Let's see if we can get her to move or something!" The two were both very excited.

"Lenna, can you maybe try to move one of your fingers?" Frisk kept a careful eye on the woman's hands, watching as her pointer finger twitched. "She's doing it! Quick, go get Alphys! She has to know about this!" They were ecstatic. Asriel rushed off to find the formal royal scientist as soon as the words left their mouth.

The boy ran down the hall into the family room and scurried up to the lizard woman. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at him, making him nervous. He quickly whispered to the scientist about what was going on, making her gasp as they both hurriedly walked back to the room of the comatose woman. The others all stared on after the two, worry on their features.

Frisk had continued talking to their sister, who seemed closer and closer to coming to. She was moving the more they asked but her eye had yet to open. Alphys ran into the room, with Asriel trailing behind her, and started to look over the human and machine almost instantly.

"Y-you've both just been checking the brainwave monitor and her reactions t-to speaking to her, r-right?" The timid doctor pulled out the device used to check the comatose woman's soul.

"Yeah, we haven't checked anything else." Asriel was the one to reply. Alphys nodded, moving the device into place over the woman's chest. Her eyes widened as the image of the half soul was pulsating.

"Alphys? What's wrong?" Frisk stared, eyes full of worry.

"Her s-soul is p-p-pulsing…" It confused the lizard woman, having never seen a soul react like this before. The two children stood up on their tip toes to glance at the device, confirming the doctor wasn't hallucinating. The three of them stood watching the soul for a good few minutes, unsure of what to do.

~Break time!~

Selenia sighed, staring out at the void around her as she floated about. Her mind had delved back into the dark space after she split her soul, giving her ample time to get to know her mother again. She also learned a few bits and pieces about the skeleton man named Gaster. He had been the royal scientist before Alphys, and he was also the father of both Sans and Papyrus. One of his experiments had gone wrong, transporting him to the void and twisting some of his magic to it's will. Being the scientist that he is, he adored learning more about the void so he decided to stay and continue his work in the place.

From what she had observed of the scientist and her mother together, she concluded that they were either a strange pair of lovers or the best of friends. She hoped more for the latter, since the thought of her mother with Sans and Papyrus' father made her slightly uncomfortable. She was still happy that they were happy though.

Another sigh passed the young woman's lips as she got lost in her own thoughts. She wondered how everyone was faring outside of the void; hoping they were all doing well in her absence. "Has Toriel become a teacher? Undyne a coach of some sort? Maybe Alphys getting a degree in science? What about everyone else?" She muttered to herself, drawing her knees to her chest.

"You need to stop worrying so much, moonbeam." Vivianne huffed, taking a seat beside her daughter. "You're going to end up getting wrinkles."

"I'll get them no matter what." The young woman countered. "I just miss everyone so much."

"We know you do… The thing G is working on is almost complete though, so you'll be able to go back and see them soon enough." The older woman wrapped an arm around her daughter's shoulders. "Just be patient for a little longer."

"I'll try." Selenia sighed. "Its been a little over two years though… How do you think they're all faring?"

"Hmm... " Vivianne rested her unoccupied hand on her chin. "Well Mettaton is probably a super big star by now; tons of fangirls and groupie chicks to perv on instead of you." The mother laughed at her daughter's futile attempt to swat at her. "Okay, okay! Seriously though, hon, they are all doing the best they could be. Only thing they're really missing in their lives right now is you. Otherwise it's just like all the other happy endings they could get."

"So… because of me their happy ending isn't a happy ending?" The younger woman drew in a shaky breath, a frown marring her features.

"Stop thinking like that, moonbeam. I know you haven't had any of your depression meds for a while, but you should still try to be happy." The older woman smoothed a hand over her daughter's hair in an attempt to calm her.

Vivianne started to hum softly, breaking the silence of the void around them. They wre both seemingly done with conversation at this point; just glad to be in each others company for the time being. They had both found out from Gaster that a repercussion of Selenia splitting her soul was that it may never heal enough for her body to awaken from it's coma. Both women had been absolutely livid about it. The older woman didn't even speak to the skeletal man for months after she demanded he find a solution to the problem.

Selenia saw how much not talking to one another hurt the older two; Gaster withdrew into himself while her mother seemed to somehow conjure up dishes to clean. She knew the older woman's way of coping well enough to speak to her about talking to the skeleton man. Vivianne reluctantly agreed if only to stifle the worry she saw in her daughter. The two made up a little while after that, resulting in Gaster working harder on getting the girl to return to the waking world.

"I'm worried about Sans and Papyrus the most though." Selenia confided, her single eye focused on her thumbs as they rotated over one another.

"Could have figured out that one easily." Vivianne smirked, drawing her daughter's attention. "One's overly trusting without a mean bone in him, leading to the thought that he could easily be hurt. The other takes forever to trust someone and open up to them. Then he's slightly protective over the ones he does let in. It's completely understandable."

"I suppose so…" The younger woman flopped backwards to stare up into the never-ending darkness of the void, seeing a few white specks above her that resembled stars in the night sky.

"And, not to mention, you're hopelessly in love with the shorter one." The mother teased.

"Mom no!" Selenia's cheeks warmed at the words. "You and Toriel are one in the same when it comes to teasing me about him."

"It's in a mother's nature to tease their children every once in a while." The older woman laughed before they delved back into the comfortable silence. Each woman was once again lost in their own thoughts; Vivianne drawing patterns in the inky void and Selenia gazing up at the star like specks above.

The tall figure of Gaster emerged from the darkness before the two women. His arms were behind his back, a dark box clutched carefully in his holed hands. He greeted the women warmly, eye lights flickering with excitement. A smile adorned his cracked, mask like face.

"What's that behind your back, G?" Vivianne stood, trying to look around the tall male with little success.

"Ah, you see this is the solution to the problem we have been facing…" His echoing voice hinted.

"Is that the thing to fix my soul?" Selenia lept to her feet, also trying to look around him.

"It is indeed, child." The skeletal man revealed the box to them, lifting its lid to show what seemed to be a dark, but oddly clear half heart shape. It pulsed softly within the box, making both women stare at it in awe.

"So how does it work?" The older woman reached out to touch it, but the scientist quickly pulled it out of her reach.

"It will absorb residual magic from your friends soul tethers to you. It will feed directly into your broken soul to make up for the half you gave away." Gaster explained.

"So it's like a magical soul sponge?" Selenia continued to stare at the object.

"Something like that, yes." The male chuckled. "May I?" He held a hand toward the younger woman's chest, indicating that he wanted to see her soul. She nodded and felt the sting of her soul leaving her body.

The little, violet, half heart lit the faces of the three standing around it. THe light coming from it was dimmer than normal, due to the sad state it was in. Selenia swallowed hard as she stared at it, still not used to seeing it looking so pitiful.

"This may hurt a bit, child. Are you prepared?" Gaster watched the girl carefully, his eye lights flickering. She took in a deep breath and swallowed hard again, nodding in response. "There is no turning back after this… Are you positive you are ready?"

"Mom…" The younger woman turned to the older, embracing her. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too, moonbeam." Vivianne returned the hug, placing a loving kiss to her daughter's temple. "You be safe and get strong fast. There's a lot of people waiting for you that love you."

"I'll try." Steeling her resolve, Selenia backed away from the older woman. Her eye focused back on Gaster as she nodded to him. "I'm ready."

The skeletal scientist took gentle hold on the broken soul, pulling it closer to the box. Some dark but translucent tendrils came out from the strange half heart, reaching toward the soul fragment. As soon as one of the tendrils touched the soul, Selenia felt immense pain in her chest. Her knees buckled under her and her vision started to swim. The pain increased as the void soul attached itself to hers; her vision flashing white before going dark.

~Another Happy break time!~

Alphys watched the soul monitor worriedly, her small, dark pupils moving from it to the other machines at the comatose woman's bedside. The two children were still talking, trying to get the older human to open her eyes. Monitors starting to beep alerted the three's attention, making the reptilian scientist turn her attention fully toward them.

"H-heart rate, breathing, a-and brain a-a-activity are high… how…" The skittish female returned her gaze back to the soul monitor and gasped at what it displayed. A dark blob had attached itself to the weak half soul, making up the unfinished half as it formed. "W-what is going on?!"

Time seemed to slow as the monitors stopped their incessant beeping and the woman laying in the bed opened her eye. Her soul continued to pulsate as it started to draw in the magic residue from those near her. Her blurred vision started to sharpen after a few blinks, noticing the three faces staring back at her in surprise.

"Good morning." Selenia's voice was rough as she forced her vocal cords to work.

"Lenna!" Frisk crashed into their sister, unable to hold back happy tears as their arms wrapped around her neck.

"I missed you too, squirt." The older human wrapped her weak arms around her sibling. "Can't really call you that anymore huh? YOu've gotten so big." Her eye slowly turned up to look at the other two in the room. "Als, Asriel… it's good to see you two as well." Her smile was small but genuine.

"I-I-It's nice to finally s-see you awake, Selenia." Alphys moved her glasses aside to get rid of her gathering tears.

"Miss Lenna… I'm so sorry, this is my fault." Asriel was trying to hold back his tears, his small frame shaking from holding in sobs.

"It's not your fault, sweet boy." Selenia smiled at the goat child, beckoning him over for a hug as well. He slowly climbed onto the bed, to which she pulled him into the hug. He started bawling as soon as his head touched her shoulder, the sobs muffled by her shirt. "There, there now, no need for tears. We're all here and okay… and I said for you to just call me Lenna, silly." The woman chuckled weakly, squeezing both children close to her.

Soon the monster child pulled away, wiping his tears with a smile on his face. "I'll go tell the others you're awake." He slid from the bed and quickly padded from the room. He picked up his pace, running down the hall calling out as he went. "Everyone! Everyone!" He slid around the corner into the living room, almost knocking into and end table in his haste. He panted for a moment, drawing everyone's attention before turning a smiling, relieved face to the room's occupants. "She's awake!"

Sans dropped the treat he was holding, eye sockets wide. His breath hitched before, in the blink of an eye, he was standing in the formerly comatose woman's room. Said woman was weakly holding a happy, sobbing Frisk in her arms, a tiny smile gracing her lips as she tried to calm them. Her left eyelid was down as far as it could go, while her right eye focused its attention on the child. Almost as if she felt eyes on her, she turned his way, her smile widening a fraction at seeing him.

"Sans…" Selenia's voice was rough from disuse. She held onto Frisk with one arm as she held the other one out to him, inviting him to come give her a hug as well. The skeleton stood frozen to the spot, not sure if he was stuck inside of one of his dreams or not. Her smile faltered slightly at his actions.

"HUMAN!" Papyrus barreled his way into the room, quickly reaching the bedside and lifting the older human up into his arms. Frisk flopped gently to the bed, grinning up at the tall skeleton and their sister. Papyrus had tangerine colored tears leaking from his eye sockets in happiness as he held the human to him in a bone crushing hug.

"Hey there, Paps…" The woman whimpered slightly in his hold, making him loosen his grip for her comfort. "It's been a while huh?"

"WE HAVE ALL MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" The skeleton's happy tears continued to flow as he nuzzled his skull into her hair.

"Don't scare us like that again, punk!" Undyne had entered the room next, stalking up to the duo before lightly tapping the human's arm. "Next time I'll beat you awake if I have to!"

"I missed you too…" Selenia lowered her voice so Frisk wouldn't hear. "Fishtits." The fish woman let out a loud guffawed at the old nickname. Toriel and Asgore were the last ones in, the goat woman quickly scooping the frail human into her arms with happy tears streaming down her muzzle. The boss monsters both nuzzled their adopted daughter in happiness.

Sans stood off to the side, watching everyone happily fawning over the woman. He didn't know what to do; he wanted to be happy and embrace her like the others, but his inhibitions held him back from going forward. He could not fully grasp the situation before him, not quite convinced that it wasn't a dream yet. Her singular gaze would wander his direction every now and again, worry etched on her brow. In a blink he was standing out on the porch, eye sockets devoid of their eye lights and skull tilted toward the ground in thought.

Selenia stared at the spot the shorter skeleton once stood in confusion; why had he not come to greet her like the others had? What was going on in that head of his? She shook the thought off to ponder later, for now she was just happy to be back in her crazy, little, mismatched family.

~Another Break for your viewing pleasure!~

A few hours later everyone had gone off to let Selenia rest on her own for a while. She stared out of the closest window, watching fall leaves flutter by on their descent to the ground below. Everyone had happily relayed information to her of what she had missed while in her coma. They all seemed to be doing really well and she was happy for all of them. They all had gotten the happiness they deserved; they got their true happy ending. The only one she was unsure of was the short, comedic skeleton.

Selenia slowly turned in her bed, reaching out for the drawer on her bedside table. SHe searched around the inside of the drawer before finding the small hand mirror she wanted. She weakly sat back upright, holding the mirror in front of herself to take a look at her face. She winced at her reflection, she looked like death warmed over; sickly pale, eye slightly sunken in with a dark ring around it, hair wilted and tangled in knots. She quickly through the mirror away from her in disgust.

"hey kid, what did that mirror do to you?" The deep, rumbling voice quickly drew her attention. Sans stood leaning against the far wall of the room, looking slightly uncomfortable.

"It showed me a real monster." Selenia stuck out her tongue and shook her head, making disgusted noises.

"heh, you'll be looking better in no time." He tried smiling her way.

"We look like twins at the moment though." She smiled back at him before patting the bed beside her, inviting him to sit with her. He complied but sat beside her feet instead of closer, making her frown. "What's going on in that thick skull of yours, Sans?"

"hoping that this isn't some kind of fucked up dream." The skeleton admitted, his eye lights turned away from her.

"What's making you think that way?" She wished that he would look at her, but didn't blame him for not doing so.

" 've had dreams about you waking up before that just turned out to not be true when i woke up." He shrugged it off, making her frown deepen.

"Give me your hand for a sec." She carefully reached out to him, her hand palm up to await his. He stared at her outstretched hand for a while before turning his gaze away again. A memory made itself to the fore front of her mind, making her smile. "Don't you know how to greet an old pal? Turn around and shake my hand." He froze, slowly turning to look back at her, his hand shakily finding hers.

Selenia gripped his hand tightly, using what little strength she had to pull him to her and wrap her arms around his shoulders. The skeleton grunted as he was jerked into her embrace. He timidly returned the hug, feeling how soft she was, her breath tickling his bones and how her fingers gripped his jacket seemed to pull him out of the 'this is a dream' trance.

"this… is real…" Sans held the human tighter, nuzzling into the crook of her neck and releasing a shaky breath. She rubbed soothing circles into his spine, patiently waiting for him to sort out whatever was on his mind. "I-i thought we lost ya kid." His voice was watery.

"You can't get rid of me that easily, numbskull." They both quietly laughed before the woman turned serious. "You didn't have to wait around for me though, you could have moved on and been happy." She felt his grip on her tighten.

"who told you-"

"Everyone."

"figures." He chuckled dryly.

"I'm serious, Sans. I didn't know if I was going to wake up either… and when I did I would have been happier knowing that you moved on rather than moping about and being lonely." She pulled back from him, holding him at arm's length. Her eye stared intently into his sockets, trying to get a read on him. "I wanted all of you to have the happy ending you deserved."

"wouldn't have been a true happy ending without you here." The skeleton's eye lights were dim. "you've influenced all of us so much, kid. it wouldn't have been the same without you here." He sighed, trying to come up with the right words. "everything was a bit darker without you here while you were out. the fog just started to lift with you waking up."

"Guess I'm the dummy then." Selenia smiled gently. "I missed you, Sans." She drew him back into another hug, that he swiftly returned.

"missed you too." He clung onto her like a lifeline, a relieved sob escaping him. She tried to soothe him to the best of her abilities; throwing out some bad puns and rubbing circles into his spine again. "should probably get out of your hair and let you rest." The skeleton was reluctant to pull away.

"I really don't want to be alone right now… so pillow?" She pulled her best puppy dog face that she could manage, making him chuckle in response.

"alright, don't give me that look." He quickly removed his shoes and crawled under the covers with her, where she quickly latched onto him.

The duo laid in silence, just happy to be back in one another's presence after so long. Selenia rested her head on his sternum, listening to the dull thrum of magic flowing through him. It calmed her and brought a smile to her lips before she started to giggle.

"what's tickling your funny bone, kid?" Sans showed her a genuine smile, his eye lights sparkling with life.

"I missed my pillow…" She got out between her giggles. "These other ones just weren't up to my sansdards." She felt his rumbling laughter before she heard it, making her grin.

"jeeze kid, that was a good one." He continued to laugh it off for a minute.

"I really did miss you thought, Sans… Every moment I was out of commission my thoughts were on you, the others too, but you topped my list." She sighed, snuggling herself closer to him. "I need to tell you something else as well, the reason I was able to wake up." A yawn escaped her.

"you can tell me later." His voice was soft.

"No, I really want you to know now." She sluggishly sat up, turning to pull the soul monitor in front of her, switching it on to reveal her soul fragment and the translucent glob that was fused to it.

"what…" The skeleton was at a loss for words.

"My consciousness found its way into the void between worlds while I was out. My mother was there, as well as someone you may know. His name was Gaster." She watched as his eye lights disappeared.

"my... old man was there?" His voice was low, a dangerous edge on it.

"He created the thing you see attached to my soul to wake me up and return me to all of you." Selenia eyed him carefully. "It acts as a sort of sponge that draws in left over magic from our soul tethers. It's keeping me from falling back into a coma by fueling me with that magic because of all the damage I did to my soul."

"you shouldn't have trusted him so easily, kid. he's a tricky old bastard, and there's probably another reason why he tried to 'help' you." Sans was on edge and very skeptical.

"Yeah… he kind of had to put up with my mother and found out how long she can hold a grudge." She rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly. Quietly she turned the monitor off and returned it to its proper place. "One thing you never do is anger my mom."

"what... uh… are they to one another?" He seemed a bit nervous, and awkward, asking.

"All I know is that they're really close… Mom was always interested in alternate timeline theories and the likes." She quickly covered her mouth, eye wide at the information she let slip.

"no need to hide it from me, i already know about all the alternate timelines and endings." He watched her release a breath.

"Good, makes it a ton easier to explain then. So you know why I had to split my soul?"

"still not to clear on that one, pal." She fliched at his words before sighing.

"I gave the other half to Asriel so he could feel again. Through that connection he would be able to come with us and permanently stop the resets." She gasped as he pulled her into his lap, his arms encircling her waist and his skull resting on her shoulder.

"i knew you would make this timeline different." He murmured into her.

"No more resets… the true happy ending." She smiled and softly kissed his cheek bone. "You and everyone else, don't have to worry about living in the shadows anymore." The two then both drifted into a comfortable sleep, holding one another close.

~A/N~ And there you have it my lovelies! Thank all of you for sticking with me through the end! You guys really, really, really inspired me so much through all of your reviews and it brought this girl out of her depressed state just to give you guys this little bit of happiness! Thank you all so much! Until next time, and have a great day! =D