Chara crept up from behind a tree. She had been forced to gather wood all day, so she was exhausted. She got as close to the fire as possible without being seen. The closer she got the more clearly she could hear them. Laughing, singing and all having a good time. She heard all the normal things, climbing the mountain to kill the monsters, one or two insults to her, and eventually they got to the song. Chara was the only one in the village who didn't know it well. She only knew small parts of it,

"Under the mountain,

deep deep deep.

A climb, to get there,

steep, steep, steep.

Where creatures of evil and

cruelty lie!

But how did they get there?

You may ask why?"

Chara started feeling ill. She didn't know why, the song hadn't done this to her before. But they didn't notice. They didn't know she was there. They continued singing,

"In an attempt to steal our souls,

we put them there, in a bunch of holes!

And there they still lie,

now, today!" At this point they had gathered a drunk mob. They were all marching with torches and makeshift weapons. Chara new they'd be back in the morning. They always were...

Chara just sat in the chair, remembering one if the gatherings. She cried about it even more now. Gaster just watched with a pitied look on his face. He didn't want to say anything, ad it would be awkward with Sans translating. They knew it would be best to let her get on with it.

"Kid... Do you wanna stop now? I really think you should. We can call queen Toriel right now if-" Sans said, concerned

"No..." said Chara, between tears, "I-I want t-to talk about it, it's just... hard"

"Kid we understand. Take your time, it's all ok. We don't mind," eventually, after a minute or so, Chara managed to continue,

"They really...really, hated monsters. There was one gathering each year that was... more special than the rest. It was the...anniversary, of the day the humans beat the monsters," Chara said the last part almost angrily, "they loved reminding themselves of how amazing they were." Sans and Gaster hadn't seen her like this before. After realising what she'd said and how she'd said it she became timid again, embarrassed that she'd snapped in front of them,

"(Child... something just occurred to me. Who was taking care of you on the surface?)" Gaster asked,

"Who uh, took care of you on the surface kid?" Sans translated. Chara went quiet at that moment. Memories of her 'father' suddenly flooded back. She began whimpering. Sans, seeing how uncomfortable she looked asked," Do you... not wanna answer that one?" Chara nodded,

"(I...think that'll be all right now then)"Gaster said, "(unless there's anything else you'd like to say,)"

"So is there anything else you wanna say then?" Sans asked,

"N-no thank you," Chara mumbled,

"Well, that's all then ," Sans said, ,"you uh, want anything to eat? We have hot chocolate of you want," Chara looked up. She'd never actually had chocolate before so she was eager to try it,

"Yes p-please," she said, in a slightly happier way than before,

"(I'll prepare it,)" Gaster said, standing up and leaving the room. Sans and Chara just sat in silence. Sans didn't want to push Chara into another conversation. After a minute or so, Gaster returned, holding a mug of hot Chocolate. He handed it over to Chara, then sat down and begun reading over his notes. Chara took a small sip of it, and instantly her eyes lit up,

"Heh. You like it kiddo?" Sans chuckled. Chara just nodded enthusiastically. Sans checked the time, and saw it would be a while until Toriel would arrive. So he fetched some pens and paper for Chara to pass the time. After a while, Toriel arrived to take Chara home.

"Thanks again for, lettin' the kid do this," said Sans "They did get... upset during one of the question. We understand if you 'goat' mad at us, heh,"

"It is fine Sans. While upsetting, I believe it is good for her to talk about it. Monsters will ask about the surface. Talking about it will become inevitable," Toriel replied,

"Oh, and one more thing. She really likes chocolate,"