Chapter 21:

I was sitting in the gym, awaiting my next class as I pondered inside my head. It had been quite some time we were on the surface now; it was near the middle of the school year. I thought I would've ran into Jack or one of his lackeys by now.

And yet, I never heard anything about an anti-monster group, nor saw any. I was getting kind of worried, since they never showed up in any shape or form. Not even a symbol.

My train of thoughts were interrupted as Chara came dashing into the gym, along with the rest of the class. They seemed to be slightly nervous about something.

Especially Chara.

I looked at them puzzled before one of them spoke.

"They're back..."

"Who's back?"

"...him...", Chara said, her voice showing her fear. I froze. The student could see I was suddenly uneasy.

Trying my best to ignore my feelings, I proceeded with the lesson, but the students could see I was not okay.

Chara did notice me shred one of the dummies with a shit ton of bones. I was uneasy, but also pissed off. I had just learned that he was back, and that he had attacked some monsters.

To say I was mad was an understatement. I was furious.

As the class ended, I asked Chara to stay behind.

"You do realize what this means right?", I asked Chara, my voice wavering a bit.

"Yes...I do… He's going to come for us...", Chara said, fear in her eyes.

"Then if he does...", I started, staring intently at my sister before continuing.

"We'll have to fight back"

I left the principal's office after discussing the situation. Thankfully, he agreed and asked for some of the monsters and human mercenaries to aid in defending the school in case of an eventual attack.

I was quite relieved that he was so understanding, that man is so fucking kind.

As I was leaving the school, I noticed Chara waiting for me at the entrance. She seemed a bit embarrassed.

"Hey sis, what's up?", I asked, as casually as I could, considering Jack was out and about.

"I...I need to talk to you.."

"About Jack?"

"N-no...about Sans..."

"Sans? Why? What happened?", I asked. I knew that Sans and Chara were not on the best of terms after the whole genocide timeline bullshit.

"It's nothing he did...just...I remembered some old moments from before I died...I...had a crush on Sans...but when the genocide happened, I was kinda corrupted...and I had no feelings...", Chara paused, visibly in emotional pain.

"I doubt he'll want to go out with me after what happened...I'm scared..."

"I...I see...you should probably talk to him about it. I recall him saying something about a crush too, he didn't say on who. Maybe you should ask him about it, talk to him. If he says yes, then great, but if he says no...well...try and move on...", I said, trying my best to offer some good advice.

As we walked back towards the Dreemurr residence, I could see Asgore and Toriel standing outside with Frisk and another child. It looked like the girl from a few days ago, who had helped me deal with the bullying problem in school.

Apparently, she became good friends with Frisk.

The girl was wearing a lime dress with flowers, with short brownish-yellowish hair. She had bandages around her arms and legs.

She was playing with Frisk in the yard, under the supervision of Toriel and Asgore, who had gotten back together on their own terms to take care of Frisk and Chara. Sure, it wasn't easy in the beginning, but things slowly got sorted out between them.

"Kala, come on!", I heard Frisk shout out as she grabbed the girl called Kala and brought her into the house.

"What is her name?", Chara asked as she spoke to Toriel.

"Kala Perdo, she is the girl that helped you during the bullying incident", Toriel said, eyeing Chara when speaking of said event.

At the mention of her name, the girl looked back, and waved at Chara and I, before running off to play with Frisk.

I turned to Toriel.

"Where's Asgore? I need to speak to him..."

"In the garden, just be careful to not walk on the flowers"

I thanked her as I made my way through the house and out into the garden, staying on the porch as I watched Asgore take care of his garden filled with so many different flowers.

"Hmm? Is someone there, let me just finish watering these lilies", Asgore said, humming a soft tune, before turning around.

"Ah, Serif, I'm glad to see you. I suppose you wanted to speak with me?"

"Yes, I'm sure you've heard of the Anti-Monster group that made itself known yesterday…?", I asked, slightly worried.

"I have, I had a meeting this morning about that with the other ambassadors… It's not good… They're a real threat", Asgore said, still worried about the monsters who had been attacked.

Luckily, none of them had died. One of the victims was Muffet, and she managed to escape unscathed, much to Grillby's relief.

Grillby and Muffet had worked on establishing their businesses together, and became very good friends.

"Here's the thing, I know who the leader is...and he's going to come for me and Chara...", I continued.

"What do you mean?", Asgore asked.

"After Tahoma perished in the war, my mom remarried with a man who hates monsters. He would rape Chara almost every week, and abuse me as well. We tried to flee to Mt. Ebbott and Jack and his goons chased us. When I became a monster, he chased me down to Mt. Ebbott as well… He hates monsters with a burning passion, and if he discovers Chara and I are still alive, he'll go mad..."

Asgore was silent as I recited my story, listening intently to every detail.

"He'll come for us...and won't stop before we're all gone...", I finished, looking at Asgore.

"I see...how about you come with me to the next meeting so we can talk about all this...", Asgore said, placing a large paw on my shoulder, a warm reassuring smile on his face.