Frisk enjoyed sleep, which made it even more of a crime to rob them of it very suddenly. If stealing sleep was a felony, Undyne would be put away for life. Frisk was startled awake by the impact of something hitting them in the belly. They jolted upright, and as they opened their eyes, something soft hit their face, and they saw nothing but utter darkness. They reached for their face and found cloth. They pulled it away and saw Papyrus, Undyne, and Sans standing at the foot of their cot. They almost screamed; seeing 3 smiling monsters, even after all this time, was still not comforting to them until they realized who it was. Especially when one of them carried an energy spear, tip pointed in the air. Frisk looked down to see that the cloth in their hands was a new sweatshirt for them. It was a simple, dark blue, with bright purple letters spelling, "Monsters' Favorite Human." They opened their mouth to thank them, but were shushed. Then, they all turned to face Asriel's bed. Sans picked up another ball of cloth and held it above his head, as Undyne raised her spear. She jabbed him in the stomach with the blunt end and as he bolted awake, the cloth covered his face, and Frisk had to cover their mouth so as not to laugh; He let out a little squeal as he rose, like a piglet.
"Wh-" He saw the other monsters after pulling away the fabric, then turned to see Frisk looking at him.
"GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!"
"Is that what you call it?" Asriel said as they rubbed their eyes and reached for their watch, which they were using as an alarm clock during their vacation. Asriel gasped.
"What time is it, Asriel?" Frisk said, fearing the answer.
In response, Asriel tossed the watch and Frisk's eyes bulged at the response as they did a double take.
"4:12!? In the morning!? What is wrong with all of you!?"
"Oh, quit whining-" Undyne began. "-We're going fishing today, and everyone knows you have to get up early to fish. Come on, your mom's already making breakfast."
The monsters left and the two children slowly got to the work of the morning, namely, getting dressed, stretched, and adorned in their new sweatshirts. They showed each other what they got, with Asriel's being a bright green color with even brighter yellow writing that spelt, "Prince of Monsters."
"Wait a second, when did we agree to going fishing?"
"Oh you know, it was when, uh, when, uh…" Asriel thought deeply. "Come to think of it, I don't think we ever discussed that."
"Oh, so I guess now they're just dragging us wherever they see fit?"
"To be perfectly honest, I don't think that's much of a problem. We'd have lots of fun basically wherever."
"Yeah, just making sure I understand the situation."
Undyne's voice carried through the tent. "Hurry up, before I have to come in there and drag you out!"
"Coming!"
They walked out and Toriel looked up from the early morning campfire. She was carrying a pan, cooking sausages over the fire, which lit up the darkness around her. It was still completely black outside, but they knew everyone was sitting somewhere around, due to the conversations.
"Good morning, my children!"
"Mom, why do you let them do stuff like this to us?"
"Oh hush, you'll have fun!"
"What about you?"
She put her hands on her hips as she placed the pan on a nearby table.
"And what are you implying, Frisk?"
"It's just, well, you don't do much."
"Au contraire, my child. I do plenty of things, and I used to do more when I was Queen. I don't know what you heard, going through the Underground, but every monster knows who really ran the Underground."
Frisk recalled a couple of statements made that Toriel used to run the Underground, even saying she was the brains of the royal couple, and now that they knew them, that statement appeared correct.
"Anyways, I've done plenty of fishing in my day, and I'm going to teach you how."
"What about Asriel?"
"Oh, I already know how."
"What!? And you never told me?"
"Frisk, I'm your brother. I don't have to tell you everything."
"Well, you should."
"Maybe I will. Just not today."
"Alright, that's enough. Come on, get some breakfast sausage and bacon, then we'll get ready to go. After Mettaton wakes up of course."
As everyone sat and ate breakfast, consisting of ham, bacon, sausage, muffins, and fruit, it became slightly lighter outside. Eventually, Mettaton's trailer door opened and he stumbled out, hair and clothes well-styled, but still clearly very tired. Interestingly, several parts of his body, such as his central chest piece, were glowing pink. When he noticed he immediately switched it off and looked sheepish for a moment. Napstablook exited soon after, seemingly unfazed by the early hour, but still his melancholy self.
"Good morning, darlings."
Everyone said good morning in their own way. Mettaton slowly came to life, and began to eat. Gentle conversation began and as they ate they all woke up a little more. Papyrus and Undyne finished first, and started loading up one of the cars with fishing supplies. Sans finished early too, but didn't bother to help.
"Frisk, what are you wearing under that sweatshirt?"
"Uh, a T-shirt."
"Wait, where are your swim trunks?" She asked, looking at his legs, currently covered by a pair of light blue shorts.
"Oh, right. Wait, do I need those?"
"Of course! We're going to fish until it becomes fruitless, then do some swimming in the lake. How could you-" She seemed to remember something and raised a finger to her mouth "- oh right, you were not informed of the plan. All of us adults made a plan last night. I suppose they forgot to tell you in their… excitement."
They all looked over to see Papyrus attempting to escape from some sort of submission hold, but Undyne had locked it in tight. Alphys was watching intently, lying on the ground with a hand raised, like a referee in a UFC fight, waiting for the tapout.
Toriel shook herself to attention. "Anyways, go change into swimwear, and you too Asriel, if you didn't." Toriel sighed and both children rose to do as they were told. As they were about to enter the tent, Toriel called after them:
"Did they at least wake you nicely?"
Undyne looked up and indignantly said, "Of course we did, Toriel! We're always kind to the little tykes."
Toriel raised her eyebrows and lowered her head slightly; a posture that posed the wordless question, "Really?"
"Well, mostly, anyways."
Toriel turned to see both children just inside the tent shaking their heads slowly and morosely. She smiled ruefully and waved them both away.
Suddenly, Papyrus broke free of the hold and tried to make a counter attack with his own hold. He did, but Undyne simply lifted him, then elbow dropped onto him. As he lay on the ground in pain, he spoke.
"I CONCEDE, GREAT WARRIOR. NYEH... HEH- OW."
"You may be Captain of the Royal Guard, Papyrus, but never forget who the master is." She said with a large, crazed, and toothy smile as she pointed a thumb at herself.
"UNDERSTOOD."
"All of you stop that, and get ready to go." Toriel said as she wagged a finger at them, both her inner and outer mother showing.
A few short minutes later, everyone sat in one of the many cars, on their way to the lake. Toriel hated driving, fearing she would cause an accident, so Sans drove. Toriel took the passenger seat and considering that Papyrus refused to leave Sans or the children, he sat between them, the top of his skull brushing the ceiling. Papyrus accused Sans of purposely running over bumps and rocks in the road, but he insisted with a snicker that it was just a bumpy road. Only Papyrus believed him.
"So Asriel, if you know how to fish, how come you didn't know how to swim, and Undyne had to teach you?"
"She didn't, Dad did."
"You mean Asgore, right?"
"Yeah… uhh, well, Asgore taught me when I was younger, practically a baby, and then Mom taught me to fish shortly after."
"Then why didn't you swim when Undyne tried to teach us, ya know, by throwing us into the water? 'Trial by water,' she called it?"
Asriel blushed a little. "Well, I knew you didn't know how, so I pretended I didn't, so you had someone. Undyne is a good friend of Asgore's, so I know her pretty well. I thought she might do something like she did, and I didn't want you to do it alone."
"I AM ALSO A GOOD FRIEND OF ASGORE'S! AND OF UNDYNE'S! AND EVERYONE!"
"Yes Papyrus, you're a good friend to everyone." Frisk said.
"No, a GREAT one!" Asriel chimed.
"OF COURSE! I AM, AFTER ALL, THE GREAT PAPYRUS!"
Suddenly, the car rose a couple inches and a loud, "CONK!" was heard as Papyrus smacked his forehead into the roof.
"OW! SANS!"
"Sorry bro, it's hard to control the car sometimes."
"IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, I'D SAY YOU'RE-"
"Papyrus, please try to quiet down, it's much too early in such a tight space for loud noises." Toriel said, drearily.
"OH, OF COURSE YOUR MAJESTY."
"Oh look, we're here."
"YAY!"
Everyone winced a little as his cheer reverberated around in the car, causing physical pain to their eardrums.
As soon as Frisk opened their door, Papyrus dove out, not even waiting for Frisk to get out first. Sans and Toriel calmly exited, met on one side of the car and held hands as they slowly made their way to the lake where everyone waited.
Before leaving, Frisk said, "Thanks for, thinking about me and stuff. You're right, I wouldn't have had nearly as much fun if I had to do it alone."
"Like I said earlier, Frisk. I'm your brother."
Frisk smiled a mischievous smile. "Aren't you leaving out a part?"
"No, I'm trying to be emotional and say something heartwarming and nice to you, you smug jerk." Asriel frowned, but it soon broke into a grin, as they got out and jogged to catch up to everyone else.