Hellooooo my people. This chapter turned out pretty lame because I had a writing block, but heeeeeey the next one will have some horror genre.

-WHAT?!-

The young humans shouted. Their voices caught attention of Toriel and Asriel, even the still scared Mike looked at them with interest.

-Asgore, what have you told them?-

Toriel asked with concern as she saw the nervous humans.

-Chara has been wondering about why after such long time sealed here without anybody falling, she and the boys fell down so close to each other.-

Silence followed. Asgore sincerely regretted answering Chara's question. Asriel's big eyes began glowing.

-Really, why?-

He asked fascinated. From behind the wall was peeking the fourth fallen human.

-If we are about to have a serious conversation, don't you think that the kitchen isn't roomy enough for six... Actually seven people?-

Alex noticed. He had a point, and everybody went into the living room. Mike was sticking to the three other humans, but they didn't pay attention to his existence at all now. Asgore was protesting against telling this to them, so Toriel was left alone in it in front of the young audience.

-The news swore that... The first fallen was a demon a year ago...-

Mike mumbled, as Toiel wasn't sure where to begin. Finally he got attention.

-I'm not a demon. I'm... A bit weird.-

Chara answered.

-Yes, I understood that...-

Mike responded shakily.

-Sorry to get you into the weird conversations we tend to have here, but everything will get clear.-

Chara promised and he sat silent. Toriel finally found how to begin explaining the situation:

-As you probably know, the war occurred during the time humans call "the middle ages", six centuries ago, and the monsters were sealed underground. It is accepted not to mention any losses that both sides carried, but, there were deaths. But it's irrelevant right now. After the humans sealed us underground, they decided to... Test the barrier. Using humans.-

She paused and the young audience stopped breathing, except for Alex:

-So they sent humans through the barrier here?-

He asked.

-Exactly. The barrier let people in, but not everyone of them ended up here alive. We tried different things, and no fallen human had any injury, but still, few of them didn't survive. Eventually we noticed one weird thing: humans that died without any reason had transparent souls, almost invisible. They didn't belong to any trait. So, it was deducted that only wizards, the gifted humans, could pass the barrier from the outside alive, but they managed to pass back only with a monster soul, so they killed monsters for that. The prophecy about an angel means a wizard, since the last of them who fell before Chara told that the wizards are being terminated...-

-...To prevent any of them from falling down and freeing the monsters.-

Chara finished quietly.

-So that's why they burned "witches" alive for so many centuries.-

Alex clicked fingers. Cameron cringed nervously at the thought that if this "tradition" would stay he would be burned alive together with Alex, as they survived passing the barrier.

-So there simply was no person to fall, until wizards appeared in the world again.-

-But why do we fall in so close time to each other?-

Chara asked her final question.

-That's ridiculous, what could happen to us?-

Alex asked.

-The car crash.-

Cameron reminded him.

-Humans are sure that I'm a demon, close enough, isn't it?-

Chara noticed. The silence that followed was both creepy and awkward.

-But... If the magic protects you, you are safe here, everything is fine!-

Asriel eventually spoke up in his usual positive tone.

-I am feeling better about being here now.-

Mike mumbled.

-Well... Who gives our new human friend a guide?-

Toriel asked, trying to change the topic. The memory of the barrier testing made her shiver lightly.

-I will, after a couple more questions about the topic.-

Chara said, standing up. Behind her, Asriel almost facepalmed while the human boys prepared to cross themselves. They all surely heard enough.

-First, why haven't anybody used the souls of the ones who died to break the barrier, and second, why not a single human book I ever read or book from the Snowdin library says anything about all that?-

She asked roughly. Toriel sighed.

-I don't know about humans, but some monsters do keep files about this event, but since there are monsters who didn't live in this time, we decided it'll be the best to keep the files away from them to prevent another war in case humans appear here, like you did.-

-Okay, and the souls?-

-There were monsters who tried to use the souls. Some got... Crippled, others tried to pass the barrier and died in there, and the idea was dismissed. The souls without the magic, made only of determination, didn't go well with monster souls made of pure magic.-

-And what happened to the souls? Have they disappeared? Or...-

-Ooooookay I'm going to take a snack, who wants a snack? I'm up for a snack!-

Alex snapped first and stood up, interrupting Chara. He kept talking with a sing-song voice about snacks, and Chara gave up, sitting down. Alex didn't actually lie-he had gone to the kitchen and came back with a chocolate chip cookie. Chara didn't stand the temptation and hurried to the kitchen for cookies while the other three listeners recovered from the story.

-You are a master of excuses to me now.-

Cameron said when Alex approached with hands full of cookies.

-This wasn't an excuse. I saw cookies in the kitchen from where I was sitting, so I went to take some. Didn't you see how many times Chara had blocked my way to standing up?-

Alex responded, passing some cookies to his brother and to Asriel before reaching two to Mike.

-Want some?-

He asked. Mike took them silently, studied and bit.

-I think we scared him with this story.-

The blond boy noticed.

-Hey, heeeeey.-

Cameron began poking Mike's arm. Mike looked at him with large green eyes, with a cookie in his teeth.

-Hmm?-

-If you aren't afraid of this place after what you heard, you can choose a guide, from one of us. I suggest you to ask Chara...-

He was interrupted when Chara came into the room, her jacket and shoes on and a small bag hanging from her shoulder.

-Sorry boys if you're up to something, do it without me, I need to jump to Gaster for info...-

-I'm coming with you.-

Alex decided.

-What have you forgotten there?-

Cameron protested.

-Think of it as of continuation of my guide in Snowdin. But you were in the lab already, I wasn't. Fair, right?-

-Last time I was there I was feeling like a kettle forgotten on fire!-

-Hey, I just want to see things, fine? Give Mike a short mental preparation for what he is about to be through here.-

Chara and Alex left almost immediately.

-Why are you leaving your brother behind?-

Chara asked roughly.

-I'm allowed to be distant from him sometimes, mostly after those three years of being his crutches.-

Alex answered, hiding his hands in his black gloves. Chara felt weird for asking the previous question as a person who grew up

-Why do you wear gloves?-

-Cameron cut himself after realizing that he's forever crippled. He has scars, but prefers to hide them under gloves, so I started wearing those, pretending that it's our personal fashion. It makes him feel better. I forgot them at morning so I put them on now.-

-So you do love him.-

Chara made an "awwww" face, which Alex didn't like.

-Well he is my little brother, but he gets on my nerves often enough to tire me. Let's dump this topic, you planned on going to the lab.-

AT HOME, KINDA LATER

-It was wrong to tell them about the inner war. Chara is going to do something dangerous again. She had already gone to Gaster, and involved Alex in it.-

Asgore muttered, measuring the bedroom with his wide steps.

-I agree that Chara may become a bit reckless, but she's smart enough to keep away from unnecessary trouble, Asgore. Moreover, she is very responsible, and Alex chose to join her by himself. Chara is a curious child, it's okay if she wants to know everything.-

-But what if she will find the...-

-NO. We had it well covered. Nothing will happen to Chara, moreover the boys seem to get somewhat dependent on her, she won't get them into trouble just out of curiosity.-

Toriel peeked out of the room. Asriel was telling Mike, who seemed a bit less nervous by now, everything he needed to know as the beginner in the kingdom of monsters while Cameron was reading one of Chara's books for home-schooling. One thing more interesting was that Mike was literally glued to Cameron. Probably it was because Cameron was the most harmless person he met until now, not adventurous and curious like Chara, short-tempered, angry and in addition physically strong like Alex or hyperactive, jumpy like Asriel.

-Mike is getting along with them very well. He seems to be getting very... Close to Cameron.-

Toriel began thinking that something was odd with Mike, not like with the other humans, but she couldn't grasp what exactly.

-What if humans continue falling? Do you think they all will stay with us?-

Asgore asked.

-Even if, they are doing just fine with each other. But we will need to enlarge our renovations in this castle...-

THE LAB

To say that Gaster was surprised to hear Chara asking about the humans that "tested" the barrier, means to say totally nothing. He had almost passed out when he heard it.

-Why... Who told you, your Highness?-

-I-it doesn't matter. Can I just see some notes? I am very curious.-

It took good ten minutes to convince Gaster, but eventually he showed where he kept the old, worn out yellow papers.

-Did you write those between... 13th and 17th centuries? How do the letters stay readable?-

-Magic, Princess Chara.-

Gaster said grimly. Alex, meanwhile was looking through random files and books, when suddenly a full bullet recharge from a random book he picked up. He looked over at Gaster- the scientist didn't pay attention, and he grabbed the bullets into his pocket. He was suprised on weird levels. Why did he take them? He wasn't planning on killing anybody. Even Cameron was tolerable right now, so why would he want to take those? But it was just an odd feeling that told him to. Now that he took the bullets, he began paying attention to the book. It was dry and with yellow pages, written in very old broken English and had many symbols, all hand-drawn. The words, too, were hand-written.

-What kind of horror movie is about to begin here?-

Alex thought aloud, flipping the pages. He, eventually, found a date-15 of Libra, 1216.

-What is going on here?-

-Cool, right?-

Alex turned around so sharply that he ended up ramming his ribs into a shelf. He crouched, holding the hitten area. He was even more pissed when he realized that it was Sans who scared him.

-Damn... If you wanted revenge for the puns you could do something less... Endangering...-

Alex hissed, before straightening and picking the book he dropped a moment ago.

-Hehe, 1216, October the 7th.-

Sans translated. Alex closed the book.

-I didn't know you were here.-

He said.

-Yeaaaaah I wasn't here, I took a shortcut. So, whats up? How is foggy-eyes doing?-

-Foggy eyes? That's a nick you got to this boy? His name is Mike...-

-...Wazowski?-

Silence followed. Alex facepalmed and sighed loudly. So, the entire world had seen this movie.

-I don't know his last name. And to your first question, he's doing fine, if fine means being glued to the couch... And to my brother. Anyways, what are you...-

Just now Alex realized that Sans was wearing a lab coat.

-Are you... A scientist? Wow.-

-What? What's wrong with a punny guy in the lab?-

-I didn't think someone like you had guts for a lab?-

Sans began laughing so hard that Gaster and Chara turned to them. Alex was sincerely confused.

-It wasn't even funny!-

He exclaimed annoyed. Sans stopped laughing gradually when he caught the weirded out gazes of Chara and Gaster on himself, and they turned away.

-Anyways, what does the princess and her boyfriend are doing here?-

Sans burst out laughing at Alex's enraged face, but a heavy book launched in his skull from Chara's side made him shut up.

-Chara came here to research about the "testing" humans or whoever they were...-

Sans almost passed out, like Gaster almost did before. When he looked up, Alex took a good leap back: Sans's so called eye pupils inside his sockets disappeared. He looked terrifying without them.

-Why did she?-

-Toriel told us the full story and Chara went to look for details, and I'm here just... Because I'm here?-

Alex mumbled, trying to pay less attention to Sans's sockets. Sans vented quietly.

-Just... Just keep her away from trouble, fine? If anything, she may cause something that will hurt others...-

By Sans's concerned tone, Alex understood that he too had someone to worry about.

-Hurt others? How? Hurt whom?-

-Many people, boyo. Your brother may be one of them. Mine too...-

-Stop everything, you have a brother?-

Alex was sincerely surprised.

-Yeah, Papyrus... Well, if there will be a danger he won't see it, he's... Too innocent.-

-What danger? Why shall there be a danger? Can you explain at least something?-

Alex turned mad, but then Sans's eyes reappeared and he calmed down a little.

-I seriously am not sure, pal... But... I think I'm exaggerating a bit... Sorry to scare you.-

-But what were you talking about? Some kind of a horror movie script? Are those human ghosts that will kill us if we read some spell? Is there going to be a zombie Apocalypse? Or are we going to have a curse over us? SANS!-

Alex made sure that Chara or Gaster won't hear them, but he talked loud enough to sound threatening.

-Well... All of what you said may happen, but it's very unlikely... Yeah, I doubt Chara can cause anything just by reading some notes and books...-

Sans sounded too nervous for his speech. Alex didn't believe that skeletons could sweat before, but right now he was witnessing a sweating skeleton. Sans's reaction made him angry to an edge and he rubbed his arms to prevent from breaking Sans's neck.

-So you will get away this careless with the knowledge that something deadly may happen? You too have a brother to protect, don't you?-

Alex turned around to see Chara surrounded by books and notebooks.

-Hey Chara, I'm going, so you uh... Handle this library you chose to read alone.-

-Mhm... Okay, see you later.-

Chara answered quickly, shooing him away with a hand gesture. She was too sunken in the book. Alex threw a look at all the books she was sitting among. A good copy of Hermione Granger from Harry Potter, no more no less. Alex left the lab and went towards the castle through the capital, on the way being chasedby some monsters that were "human fans". He came home with a piece of his sleeve missing and in a lousy mood, but it got better the moment he heard a loud TV and Asriel with Cameron laughing in the living room. He witnessed the next picture-TV turned on the news casted by a pink robot in Snowdin with people shouting into the camera, Asriel and Cameron lying on the floor and laughing as if they were being tickled and Mike was being grumpy on the couch.

-Okay what the HECK is going on here?-

Alex asked, barely holding back a smile. Cameron coughed loudly after the throat drying laughter and gotup from the floor.

-This... This news guy... Was talking about Mike.-

-So?-

-A shopkeeper burst into the stream and said... Said that she almost sold him an apron and a pan! That she almost sold a human... THESE! Since when humans here became celebreties, if she was so proud to sell Mike something he doesn't need...-

Cameron began doubting that it was actually as funny as his laughter suggested before, but Alex still snickered at the ridiculous situiation. The mood got even better when Asgore entered the house. It seemed that the recent time he spent in the garden, and right now his fur was covered by sticky ground.

-We have a garden now. If I learned something it's that don't fight a sticky ground when you have fur. Oh, hello Alex, where's Chara?-

-Stayed in the lab. Reading.-

Chara came home only around night time, literally drowning in books, which soon inhebited the empty area under Alex's bed-then he regretted that he chose the bottom bunk bed under Chara's. This books seemed to put Asgore and Toriel on needles, but they couldn't collapse a trouble on Chara when she innocently asked Alex for a haircut-then the only trouble was the protesting Asriel.

-Take scissors, cut your hair and I'll fix it later.-

Alex responded angrily, trying to put Chara's books in a way they won't make his matress feel like a sleeping bag on rocks. Chara came fromthe bathroom twenty minutes later with a perfection on the sides of her head and a disaster behind. Asriel almost had a heart attack, and Alex had to shorten Chara's hair. After that Chara hadn't cameout of the bed, reading one of the books. Aside from that everything was normal-Mike was given the full control over the couch in the living room, Asriel won over Cameron in cards and that was all. But the weird, old books under Alex's bed creeped everyone out. And that without them knowing, what those books actually were.