A/N: Before I say anything else, I just want to thank all of you guys for taking the time to read this. Honestly, when I started writing this, I figured it'd take the same path as all of my other stories to date and not gain much of a following. But I was proven wrong. At the time I'm typing this, this story has 6.975 views, 58 followers, and 40 favorites (which none of my other stories have reached at only about a half of the way through), and I really didn't think a simple story about Frisk taking Sans's soul and then resetting would be so liked by the community, and so again, I just wanted to thank everybody for that.

I also have another announcement. I'm thinking about making an animation of this story. Remember, I'm only thinking about it, so it might not happen; however, if you still want to help out with anything, like voicing or animating, then just drop me a quick PM. Thanks.

And finally, I'm still borrowing my friend's computer, so again, please excuse any typos.

Frisk didn't even feel like she was running quickly, but in actuality she was probably going at twice the speed she normally could across the bridge. Undyne chased behind her, footsteps slowly growing weaker and finally slowing to a halt.

"Armor... too hot..."

Frisk was already filling a water cup by the time Undyne collapsed. Luckily the cup didn't evaporate like it had a few times before, and Frisk walked over to Undyne and poured it on her. Turning, she walked back to the water cooler and got another cup, then turned around. Undyne was standing upright, just looking at her with a slightly incredulous expression.

"Want some more water?" Frisk offered, holding up the cup.

Undyne's face twisted, as though someone had waved something nasty under her nostrils. Nevertheless, she accepted the cup, drank its contents so viciously she actually sucked the cup half inside out, and then dropped it to the floor, where it quickly evaporated. Undyne turned and walked away.

Frisk watched her go, and once she was sure Undyne wouldn't double back, she pulled out her phone. Although in this timeline Papyrus hadn't given her his number (and she actually wasn't even sure where the phone had come from) she remembered it from memory and punched it in.

Ring... Ring...

"HELLO?" Papyrus asked. "WHO IS THIS?"

"It's me, Frisk, the human." Frisk replied.

"OH, HELLO, FRISK!" Papyrus was his usual jolly self. "HOW DID YOU GET MY NUMBER? I DON'T RECALL GIVING IT TO YOU..."

Frisk smiled as an idea came to her. "Oh, it was easy. I just dialed every number sequentially until I got yours." she responded.

"WOWIE... SUCH DEVOTION! YOU WENT THROUGH ALL THAT... JUST TO TALK TO ME? WELL, WHAT IS IT YOU WISH THE GREAT PAPYRUS TO KNOW, HUMAN?"

"Actually, I just wanted to tell you that Undyne's going to be coming back soon. I'd suggest leaving her alone for a short amount of time and not mentioning certain twelve-year-old humans." Frisk smiled wryly. "How about we meet up at her house in four hours?"

"OKAY! THAT SOUNDS GREAT! SEE YOU THEN!"

Click...

Frisk headed forwards towards the lab. The river person would have been handy, except she didn't need them now considering she could teleport. Still, she might ride on their boat back to Waterfall just to enjoy the feeling of the water beneath her. That, and the river person often gave good advice if you listened to their rambling: without them she'd have never found the Temmie Village.

Shoot, I forgot to go back there and pay for Temmie's college to get the Temmie Armor. Oh, well, I don't really need armor in my new form. Still, I might go back and pay for her college just because I'm a nice person.

Frisk stopped directly in front of the lab doors and looked up at its vast size, taking a moment to admire the architecture... and then she walked forward.

She stepped through the hallway and into Alphys's lab. Unlike all the other times, the lights were on this time, and the giant TV screen was off.

Alphys was standing in the middle of the room.

"Oh. Um. H-hello. Frisk." Alphys tried to smile, but didn't quite make it.

"Greetings, Dr. Alphys." Frisk's smile was genuine. "Good to see you again."

"A-again? I d-don't really think that a camera lens works as a, uh, two-way system." Alphys stuttered.

I didn't do a True Reset before... killing everyone, she should at the very least experience déjà vu when she sees me...

or maybe the trauma of genocide in turn wiped THAT clean, or the two routes, so far apart from each other, erased the lagging memories of each other.

Good point. Opening her eyes, Frisk said, "I know you've been watching me all along. I also know that you've seen me use my powers. Why pretend you don't know what I am?"

"Uh..." Alphys didn't seem to know what to say.

"Great job, Frisk." Frisk muttered to herself under her breath, ensuring that Alphys could hear. "You just went and blew your chance of getting the help you need the most from the Royal Scientist."

As she had intended, Alphys overheard this. "H-hey, it's no problem, honestly. I-I can help you with, um. Whatever it is you need help with!"

Too easy. Frisk thought. "Okay then. I want you to teach me everything that you know about souls. About DETERMINATION. Specifically, human souls and determination."

"O-okay." Alphys seemed much more at ease now as she pulled out a notepad from her lab coat. "I can help you with that!"

"I also want to know about something more specialized, but that can wait until after the basics are covered." Frisk suddenly wondered what Alphys would think she was planning to do when she asked her final question. Would she simply not over-analyze it and just give her help, come to the wrong conclusion... or would she figure out what she really was going to do?

"W-well, if you tell me what this specialized thing is, then, um, I can tie in the basics to it." Alphys turned around. "Here, come up to the upper portion of my lab. It's where my equipment is."

Frisk dutifully followed her. Worth a risk. "I want to know about the effects of a human soul being placed inside of a living creature that's devoid of a soul. Short-term and long-term." Alphys began to turn with a questioning look in her eyes, and Frisk immediately added, "Purely academic reasons, of course. I'm just curious."

"O-of course. That kind of thing couldn't happen in real life, could it?" Alphys giggled nervously. "So, um, where do you want to start?"