Alphys: As I promised in the former chapter, this one is much more cheerful!

Undyne: Yep! This chapter is so cheerful!...SO BE CHEERFUL!

Toriel: You cannot demand for someone to be cheeful.

Undyne:...Why not?

Asgore: We're fairly certain that's not how that works.

Chara: Who...CARES?! After this, we can finally get back to some actual plot!

Frisk: You seem to have something against fillers, Chara.

Muffet: Aww...Chara dearie doesn't like to just kick back and relax. He's more of an action guy than a relaxing guy like his younger brothers~

Chara:...I'll tolerate them. I don't have to like them.

Asriel: That's all we're asking.

Chapter Start!


Asriel has become more and more aware of something as time kept going by on the surface. He was almost ashamed that he's never noticed it earlier until now. It had something to do with their housemate and friend, Red.

As a few days passed at a time, with her living at the Dreemurr Household, Red found herself feeling very down. She didn't know why, but at certain times in the Dreemurr Residence, she wasn't able to feel as happy as she'd want to. It wasn't that she wasn't trying to be happy with her friends, but something in her just felt like something was missing. And for the life of her, she had no idea what.

It was getting to the point where Asriel was getting very worried about her. And it made Chara pretty curious to see that Asriel would be the most worried of all for the canine. He said nothing about it though, because this did feel like a bit of a serious issue. Red didn't seem to be comfortable enough to talk about her problems to any of the Dreemurr Family. And the sibling trio truly did try to get her to talk about it, because the rest of them did feel like the issue was slowly growing more concerning.

Asriel decided one afternoon to try and get her to speak just one more time, maybe he'll get lucky. Maybe he won't. But he couldn't handle seeing her so sad, he needed to at least try.

Asriel slowly poked his head out from behind the wall. Then Chara slowly poked his head out the wall, a bit more hidden than Asriel. Then Frisk appeared on the floor, peeping from behind the wall, just barely being able to see what they see.

Red was lying on the couch like she always sleeps on during the night, since it was still pretty early in the morning for today. Though she wasn't sleeping right now even though the day has just begun. She was completely awake, but it seems that she has chosen to wake up and simply lie down for the time being. She...looked sad. Her eyes were halfway lowered, her ears flattened against her head, which was lying on her paws. Her tail stayed completely still, lying limply on the side of the couch, and her cowl was pulled back so the facial expression could be seen.

Asriel really didn't like seeing her so sad and not knowing why, nor what to do about it. He had to at least try to cheer her up. So without further delay, he walked up to the couch and sits next to her. She didn't turn towards him, but a flickering ear was enough for him to know that she acknowledged his presence.

"Howdy, Red..." Asriel said softly as he reached out and began gently petting the top of her head, including her pink hair.

"Hi, Asriel..." She responded quietly, still not turning to him.

Asriel grew very worried. Red loves being pet, despite how much she tries to deny it. Something must really be eating at her if petting wasn't getting her to brighten up even a little. Even si, he didn't stop. She didn't seem to be denying his petting, so he continued to do so.

"Is...is everything okay, Red? There are certain times you're down in the dumps, and there's other times that you're totally fine. Is there a reason for that?"

"Haa...I don't know, Asriel." Red blew some of her hair away from her face. "I'm not trying to be a total downer. But something is just bugging me...and I can't make it go away. At least, not by myself." Red mumbled, her head lying on top of her paws. "I just don't get it. I'm totally fine at certain times, but then I'm bummed at other times, like right now. I don't know why."

"Well...what we do know is that this wasn't a recent thing. Didn't anything happen to make you feel this way? Was it perhaps...that unexpected trip to the Flowerfell Verse?"

"No, it wasn't that. I mean, fully hearing it's story was enough to get me to cry, and it makes me happy that the ending was able to be changed. But no, this doesn't have anything to do with that. At least, not all of it." Red lowered her eyelids a bit further. "I can't put my paw on it...but I really eish there was some way for me to figure this out. I don't want to make everyone else feel down and worry about me. Especially not you or your family, Asriel."

Asriel sighed as he stopped petting her, pulling away reluctantly. "I know...but if we can't figure out what's making you feel down, how are we supposed to make you feel better?"

"...I don't know, Asriel. I just don't know. I'm sorry."

"Don't be. We'll figure this out somehow."

Both Red and Asriel sighed at their lack of progress. Asriel got up from the couch and left Red there to lie down and continue to think about how to actually cheer herself up, not just staving off her occasional gloomy mood.

Frisk and Chara soon see Asriel walking back to them. Both humans could see that the Prince was discouraged that he was unable to help with whatever Red is feeling. Chara folded his arms. "No luck, Azzy?"

"No...I just don't know what to do. Neither of us know why she's feeling like this, so how are we supposed to help her?" Asriel sighed. "If we can only find out just what is bothering her, then that will definitely be a first step to try and cheer her up. But we can't force her to speak about what's troubling her. She needs to come to us on her own."

"That's not gonna be easy. Whatever's on her mind is causing her serious discomfort." Chara noted. "...Wait. I just thought of something the further I think of this. Let's recap a bit. Red's been sealed in that red Artifact for years, right? Obviously a long time, since she's been sealed around the time the Human-Monster War started. We can draw a couple clues from that."

"Hey...yeah! You're right!" Asriel suddenly became a bit more hopeful, which made Chara smile. He likes it much better when Asriel is like this. It suited him much better than sulking. "We just have to think about the time period she's from to get a decent idea of what she might be upset about, then we can surely cheer her up!"

"Yes. Noe let's think. She's been cut off from the world for entire centuries. Obviously she would he shocked that it's changed so much, and that kind of thing does lead to depression. However, she quickly got used to the fact that times have changed, so she wouldn't be updet over that now. So we can cross that possible explanation off of our list."

"I've already asked her if our unexpected trip to the Flowerfell Verse has anything to do with it, but she denied that." Asriel shook his head slowly. "It was a pretty dark and gloomy place, and itnwould have gotten a tragic ending forever if we didn't step in and do something about it. It ended as close as it could get with our intervention; now it is on them to decide where their timeline goes from there. During that entire time, Red was just determined to see us through that timeline and make sure we get out alive. She was shaken, but not to the point of depression."

"Right. So we can cross the Alternate Universe cause off of our list. What else?" Chara narrowed his eyes. "Think...what could it be...?"

Frisk thought for a moment, his hand on his chin while trying to come up with a most likely scenario for Red's occasional depression. Then he raised his head. "Guys...Red is a warrior from a different time period entirely. She's now further into the modern world. Think, what could she have left behind?"

Chara and Asriel looked at Frisk in slight confusion, which was quickly replaced by understanding. Chara facepalmed a bit angrily. "Of course...of COURSE that would be the reason! We never thought about what she's lost when she woke up in thid time period."

"It's really sad. Red can't remember anything from her past..." Asriel said as he lightly tugged on his ears. "And even if she did, it still wouldn't matter too much to her. All of her possible loved ones are most likely gone. So either way, she'll be sad about this no matter what. We can't fix the fact that any possible loved ones she may have had in the past are long gone. And unlike the three of us, they can't come back..."

Frisk sighed, head tilted downwards the floor. "Then...what are we supposed to do...?"

Chara folded his arms, tapping his foot on the ground and his head tilted to the side. What could they do...what could they do...? He tried to think about his own experiences. For a long some, he felt like he didn't belong, and yet everyone continued to reassure him that he belonged with them no matter what he's done in the past. He's cleaned himself up, and he doesn't want to go back. He knew where be belonged, despite feeling thst he didn't for a long time.

"She feels that she just dropped in on our lives on pure accident. She doesn't actually feel like she's one of us." Chara guessed. "And by the looks of it, doubled by how she's acting, she's too afraid to voice these thoughts aloud in fesr of hurting our feelings. She'll feel even more like an outsider, AND she'll feel ungreatful.

"You think she feels like an outsider becaude she's not from this time period?" Asriel asked, wondering if this could actually be the reason.

"I can't be certain, Azzy. But right now it's the best we've got. It's up to us to decide how we handle this sort of hypothesis."

Asriel placed a paw on his head, his eyes squinting until they looked a lot like Frisk's. How would they make Red feel like they were one of them? She feels like she shouldn't belong with them, even though she clearly does. But how would they be able to convince her...?

Asriel's soul began to pulse brightly and warmly as he thought of what he could do. He smiled softly as he lifted his head up as an idea filled in his mind, and was positively reinforced by his rainbow colored soul.

He was filled with...Creativity.

"Guys. I have an idea." Asriel said as he brought Chara and Frisk closer together and began softly whispering his idea to them, in case Red could hear them from the other room. Chara's face slowly shifted to one of impression, while Frisk's turned into a look of excitement...which still looked mostly neutral.

After Asriel finished, Chara folded his arms and nodded. "Seems like you know what you're doing with this, Azzy. We'll go along with your plan." Chara walked away and pulled out his phone. "This is sure to cheer her up, bro. If the act itself won't, then the sentiment surely will."

"Right!" Asriel nodded as the three of them split up to prepare for what's to come.

It would begin the next day.

(The Next Day)

Red was a bit curious about what might be going on this morning. She couldn't smell any sign of Asriel, Frisk, or Chara being inside the house. She could definitely smell Asgore and Toriel still in the house, though none of of the siblings were here at all.

...she did smell something delicious, though.

Deciding to confront the rather delicious smell, Red got up her sleeping position and stretched out, her tail lightly wagging. She then stood up and followed the scent to the living room, where the aroma originated. Nose up and tail wagging, Red stopped just before the entrance into the kitchen.

Toriel was holding a tray of steaming dog treats. Not the dog treats/biscuits that Doggo usually smokes, but the ones that's more suitable and safely edible for Red. And they were cinnamon-flavored. Red found that to be a very effective bonus.

"Good morning, Red! I'll assume that you must be hungry as always in the morning, so I decided to try something that reaches out a bit more to your canine side~" Toriel smiled warmly as she placed the tray on the oven. She didn't even need to use oven mitts. Just one of the many benefits of being a master of pyrokinesis. Heat doesn't bother the user unless they're not concentrating. "I made you Cinnaon Dog Treats! Rather strange concept...but I am trying nee things when it comes to breakfast for you!"

Asgore turns around from the refrigerator and smiled. He was holding a pot on his paw, heating it with his fire magic. It wasn't that they never used the oven and mircowave. But when three of them have fire magic that can help with cooking, they're rendered obsolete. It just came with the house, no sense of getting rid of it. "And I believe some strange morning tea would suffice with such a strange morning treat~"

"Strange...we seem to sync well in the breakfast category."

"Don't we ever, Tori?~"

Asgore and Toriel lovingly nuzzled each others noses as Red was eating the cinnamon dog treats with an excited gaze, as well as sipping some of the tea. Her eyes were slightly wide as her tail wagged happily.

"These dog treats and tea are so delicious! I mean, cinnamon dog treats? I never eould have thought of that!" Red said while hungrily biting into another dog treat, as well as the rest of them consecutively. Then she took a long, gentle sip of the tea.

"If you're wondering where the boys are, they've gone out for a while to prepare something. No clue as to where or why. They'll be gone for quite a while, though." Toriel confirmed.

Red's ears lowered. She wasn't feeling as down today, and wanted to spend time with the three boys. But they went out without waking her up? They must have had their reasons, but she at least expected Asriel to stop by and say good morning. It made her wonder what they were up to.

"Sans and Papyrus have requested for your audience. If you can find the time, please go over to their house and see what they want." Toriel asked politely.

"Huh? Well, okay." Red nodded as she moved away from the table and left the kitchen. As she left, Toriel and Asgore smiled at each other with secretive accomplishment.

"I wonder what's gotten into Toriel and Asgore? By the way they were talking, it felt like they were up to something." Red wondered as she made her way to the skeleton brothers house. She licked the last of the cinnamon off of her muzzle. "But I can't deny that the cinnamon biscuits and breakfast tea were delicious~"

Sans and Papyrus were standing in front of their house. They saw that Red was approaching, and waved at her. "well whaddya know, it's little red. how's it goin', pup?"

Red blinked in confusion. "Wait a minute...Toriel and Asgore said that you both wanted me here."

"oh yeah, we did. we kind of...uh..." Sans scratched his skull, shrugging lazily as he looked towards the sky. "i, uh...i can't really remember why we called you here..."

"LUCKILY I CAN REMEMBER JUST FINE, LAZYBONES." Papyrus declared while looking towards Red. "WE THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD USE A LITTLE FUN, TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS! JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FUN TO GET YOU GOING!"

Red seemed a bit confused, folding her arms. "I...I'm not sure what's going on here..."

"NOT TO WORRY! I AM THE ONE TAKING CHARGE OF THIS PLEASANT OPERATION!" Papyrus pounded his chest with confidence. "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL BE TAKING YOU OUT ON A DRIVE! IT WILL BE FUN!"

"yep. i think you'll like this little casual drive. just a bit of a feelin'."

Red folded her arms as she raised an eyebrow. "Why would you be so certain that I would enjoy it?"

Several minutes later...

"WHY DO I FEEL SO ALIVE?!" Red shouted as she rode in the backseat of Papyrus's car. She stuck her head out, her tongue lolling out as she felt her hair and fur being rustled by the wind.

"dunno. i guess it's sort of a canine thing? i can't really say for certain why they like it so much. i just took a shot at guessing that you would." Sans shrugged. "and we aren't really anywhere where it could be bad for ya, so you might be alright."

Red was laughing cheerfully, her pink hair flowing with the breeze while she allowed her tingue to hang free. Papyrus grinned. "NYEHHEH! I KNEW SHE'D LIKE IT! OF COURSE I HEAR THAT MANY DOGS ENJOY DOING THIS, AND THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD AS WELL! OUR SETUP IS WORKING QUITE WELL, SANS! SHE'S SURE TO APRRCIATE THIS!"

"Heck yeah I do! But...what is this for?" Red couldn't help but ask. First Toriel and Asgore, now Sans and Papyrus? What's going on here? Is someone planning something? It smells fishy...both figuratively and literally...Undyne must be near.

"nothin that ya need to be worried about. you're not in trouble or anythin'." Sans shrugged. The car slowly came to a stop as the car stops in front of a park. "welp, here's your stop. might wanna tend to that. undyne awaits."

"But what is she up to?!"

"how should i know? we're just messengers." Sans shrugged. "hit it paps. we've done our part."

"WE WILL MEET ONCE AGAIN AT A LATER TIME, CANINE FRIEND! NYEH!" Papyrus saluted as Red flipped out of the car and onto the ground, and pouted childishly as they both drived away.

"Why is no one telling me anything helpful? I would REALLY like to know just what the heck is going on?" She groaned in a bit of annoyance as she simply followed the scent of Undyne. The smell of mermaid was very strong here, so it had to be her. Though she was aware that calling Undyne a mermaid was sometimes a bit awkward for the female in question. She didn't have any idea why, she certainly had the beauty for such a term. And she's a great swimmer.

With enough time passing, she's come across the mermaid in question. Undyne was speedrunning around the park paths with astounding running speed. Onlookers were stupefied as she completes yet another lap, adding to a total of twenty laps, in about seven minutes.

Alphys...wasn't doing as well as her girlfriend. She managed eleven laps at best. She was lying on her back, sweating profusely and breathing heavily. It looked like she had completely burned out all of her energy. Undyne stopped by her with a skid, then picked her up by the sides with a concerned look. "You're getting really worn out, Alph. Maybe we should stop before you faint..."

"No...*huff*...I...totally got this...*puff*...Undyne...I...*huff*...am still ready...*puff*...to do..." Alphys panted as Undyne held the poor lizard up as gently as she could. Alphys was babbling a bit, as she adjusted her glasses to see better. "Hey...is it getting white around here...nope. Just getting dizzy..."

"...Yeah. I'm proud of you for the laps you did take today; but you've gotta take a break." Undyne carried the sweating lizard over to a park bench and set her down gently. She gives an affectionate kiss to her forehead while petting the top of her head. "I'm gonna go a few more laps. You stay put until I'm finished." Undyne stands up straight and turns to see Red. She grinned. "Red! Just the gal I wanted to see! Maybe you can step in as lap partner for a bit? Alph is a bit exhuasted...okay she's VERY exhausted."

Red blinked. "You want me to run a few laps with you? Are you sure?"

"It's FINE. I'll even let you run on all fours, if that can help you keep up. Fuhuhu~" That...was a friendly taunt. But it did it's job.

Challenge accepted.

Red got down on all fours right where Undyne started, and sprinted outwards on the park path. The mermaid simply cackled again and sprinted after her, their somewhat competitive lab beginning a bit out of nowhere. They picked up a bit of rocks the entire time they were both running, not wanting to be outdone by the other so easily.

Red was unfortunately unable to last, however. She had to stop and catch her breath as Undyne effortlessly speeds past her. She wasn't even breaking a sweat. Just yet another instance to how far apart they were when it came to endurance. But fairly, Undyne was inspiring her to become better. Undyne skidded to a stop as she slapped Red's back jovially.

"Fuhuhu! Not bad! But you've still got a long way to go if you wanna keep up with me and Papyrus!" Undyne grinned.

"Really? Papyrus?"

"Papyrus can do 100 Laps without breaking a sweat. For me...that's just a warm up."

"Holy Dog Biscuits..." Red seemed was blown away by this. "I can't be left so far behind like that!"

"And you shouldn't let yourself get left behind like that! So get better, Pup!" Undyne grinned. "Now that's enough for me, I've gotta go take Alphys home before she passes out." Undyne walks over to Alphys and picks her up with one arm, and walking away. "Let's go, Alphys. You need something cold to help you cool down."

"I could really go for some ramen..."

"I said cool down! Not heat up, ya dummy!",

"Okay, see you, I guess." Red waved casually, still panting a little.

"Oh! By the way, Muffet and Chara are not too far from here. They're sitting on the grass, really." With this, Undyne takes off with her sweating, exhausted, adorable lizard girlfriend in arm.

Chara! Maybe he can tell me something useful! Tracking down Chara was easy enough, all she had to do was follow the smell of chocolate, as well as magical spiders. She sprinted on all fours towards the source of the two scents, making sure she wouldn't lose either of their trails. She needed answers to why everyone was acting mostly suspicious.

Once Red finds the two of them, they're doing just as Undyne described to her, simply sitting on the grass and talking. She blinked at how relaxed they were with one another. One of Muffet's eyes spotted Red, so her whole head turned towards her. "Oh! Well if it isn't my fellow Ribbon Buddy!"

"You're not letting that name go, are you?" Chara rolled his eyes.

"Why should I? We're both wearing cute ribbons. You said so yourself that I looked cute in my ribbon!~"

"...I never said that." Chara looked away, trying to hide his blush.

"Yes you diiiiiid~" Muffet's four lower arms pulled him back to her, smooshing her cheek to his. "You think I'm really cute in this ribbon of mine, don't you?~"

"...No." Chara refused to allow her to embarass him in front of Red, not right now. She wouldn't win this time. Muffet seemed content with this, but she didn't let him go. Instead, she used her other arms to hand a Spider Donut to Red, who eagerly takes it with appreciation. Then she hands out some Spider Cider to go with it, which she also takes.

"So, Ribbon Buddy. I see that you've been on quite a wild goose chase." Muffet smiled sneakily as she kept nuzzling Chara's cheek.

"Yeah, I've-" She saw the knowing look on Muffet's face, and gasped. "You know! You know what's going on here, do you?!"

"I do not know what you mean, Ribbon Buddy. I'm just as clueless as you are in the issue." Muffet smiled as she sips a cup of tea with her free arms. "Well...maybe not totally clueless. I might know a couple things...but that's not for me to tell. I've been sworn to secrecy. Shhhh~"

"Yep. You've gotta figure this out on your own, Red. But I will give you a hint, it's almost over." Chara shrugged. "But until then, I'm gonna chill right here with Muffet. Because we've kinda done our part."

"Ugh. Sometimes you two are impossible." Red rolled her eyes. "And Muffet, once again I catch you out here instead of managing your parlor yourself?"

"That's correct."

"But why? You opened your business on the Surface to make a lot of money with your spider pastries. Or at least...that's the impression you gave. And yet I find you away from your parlor most of the time."

Muffet smiled. "Of course I still intent to make money. My spiders are very well trained and can manage the place without me just fine...as long as no one does anything hostile. And besides...while I do like making money, I've come to a realization during my time in the Underground. There can be far more rewarding experiences in the world than just money." The spider girl then squeezed Chara's hand, scooted closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. In response, he blushed slightly. But he smiled regardless. Muffet smoothed out her skirt and turned to Red with a smile.

Red smiled back. "Wow...you're more mature than I took you for, Muffet."

"Oh my. I actually look mature? Let's fix that~" Muffet suddenly shifted herself over, swinging her legs over so that she was sitting on Chara's lap, a better position to cuddle him. "Much better!"

"Muffet...please get off." Chara demanded, blushing once again. But he made no move to make her do such a thing.

"But why? This is a far more comfortable place to sit than the grass~"

"Muffet..."

"Nope!~"

"Muffeeeeeeet!"

Red rubbed her neck, moving backwards. "I'm...just gonna go find Frisk and Asriel. You two keep doin' what you're doing."

"What?! You're just going to leave me here with her when she's like this!?" Chara said in disbelief.

"Chara The Chocolatier is also Chara the Cute and Cuddly! Ahuhuhu~" Muffet cooed, nuzzling his cheek affectionately.

"See you later!" Red waved while following the smell of cinnamon once again, leaving the spider girl to cuddle Chara relentlessly.

There was rustling in the grass...it smelled like glitter and hot robot. "...Ooooohhhh mmmyyyyyy! How adorable!"

"GO AWAY METTATON!"

(Entrance of Underground)

Red didn't know how long she was sprinting, just that the smell of cinnamon grew stronger the longer she followed it. She wasn't unaware that it was leading her back to the entrance to the Underground, though she wondered why she would be taken back here. What exactly were Frisk and Asriel trying to do here? They definitely had some sort of purpose to all of this, she just needed to know what and why.

Once she got there, she was surprised to see that Asriel and Frisk were sitting in a field of dandelions. Many of them haven't fully grown, but some of them have. She blinked as she sees the both of them gesture for her to come over to them. She made her way over to them, then sits down on her knees, straightening out her skirt.

Frisk holds out a Cinnamon Bunny to her. She immediately takes it and bites into it eagerly. "Monch Monch...hey wait a minute, I'm not gonna be distracted by this! Even though it is delicious! I smell that this entire day was mostly because of you two!"

Frisk shook his head. "No. This was all mostly Asriel."

Red blinked in surprise and turned to the prince in question. He awkwardly rubbed his neck. "Yeah...most of this was thought up by me. It wasn't the best thing in the world...but I did try something out of the box." Asriel smiled as he picked a fully bloom dandelion, and gently placed it in her hair. Her smile was proof enough that she liked the gesture.

"...So, wait. Toriel and Asgore making me breakfast, Sans and Papyrus taking me out on a drive, joining Undyne and Alphys on a jog, having Chara and Muffet share their snacks with me, and now you guys...this was thought up by you, Asriel?"

"It wasn't meant to be something seriously big or anything...but it was to show you that we like spending time with you, Red. We didn't want you to think that you just dropped in on our lives and feel like you don't belong. We all want to assure you, you do belong with us. You're special to us just like we're special to one another."

"Red...we don't know what your life was like before in the past anymore than you do. We just want you to know that just because you're new, it doesn't mean that you don't belong with us. Because you do, more than you know." Frisk said.

Red was stunned. Every monster of the main gang took a bit of time out of their daily routines so they could do one little thing with her. Something that they usually like to do, and share a bit with her. And they were all likely in on it. It was in one day and didn't take as long as they might have thought.

"...You knew I was beginning to let the realization of being in a different time period finally truly catch up to me...so you asked everyone everyone to spend a little bit of their time with me or to do what they usually do with me...just so I wouldn't feel out of place?" Red asked slowly. "And Asriel...this was your idea?"

"I mean, I know it's not the best plan. Of course they might have been a bit rushed with you. It was an attempt at me being creative, and I'm not always on point with that when I want to be." Red smiled at Asriel as he tried to explain. "Not to mention that-"

"Mmmmmwah.~" Red leaned over and kissed Asriel fully on his cheek. His eyes widened to comical proportions as a maddening blush erupted on both cheeks. She giggled at the reachion, her tail softly and happily wagging. "You really are a sweetheart, Asriel.~"

"W...W...Wha...?" Asriel blinked owlishly. "It was just...I mean...Frisk and I...create...cinnamon...oh golly!" Not knowing what to do, Asriel simply grabbed his floppy ears and pulled them around his face so she couldn't see his embarassment. Frisk and Red laughed heartily as the latter finished her Cinnamon Bunny.

"So, anything from the both of you?" Red said after licking more cinnaom from her muzzle.

"Just one thing from me." Frisk said a bit mysteriously, causing Red to watch him curiously. He pulled a stick from behind his back...then promptly throws it a couple feet away. "Fetch."

"STIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!" Red called out excitedly as she went to go fetch it, her eyes suddenly very focused. "Bark Bark Bark! Arf Arf!"

"Friiiiiissssssk..." Asriel turned over to Frisk, his expression completely deadpan.

"I just wanted to see her do it!" Frisk raised his hands in surrender.

Red soon came back with the stick in her mouth, then dropped it in front of Frisk as her tail wagged with pride.

"Aw yeah! I fetched that stick like a CHAMP!" Red cheered, pumping her fist. She seemed so proud of herself for such a minimal task. Asriel didn't have the heart to tell her that Frisk was just messing with her a little. She then sits down in-between Frisk and Asriel, and hugs them both. "You two are absolutely amazing to me. I can't thank you enough for reassuring me that I haven't been a burden. Even if I don't ever get my memories back...at least I can make new ones with you and everyone else."

"That's kind of the point we were trying to get across...so yeah~" Frisk smiled.

"Hopefully you will get your memories back, Red. Then you can truly keep moving on. But for now...just keep enjoying your time with us, like we do you. Okay?" Asriel asked. Red nodded an affirmative, as the three of them sit peacefully in the patch of dandelions, watching them majestically fly around and spread so that more of them could grow.

Red is filled with reassurance that even though her memories might not come back anytime soon, she can still belong.


Red: I can belong...

Frisk: Of course you can. You already do.

Asriel: And we'll do our best to make you keep feeling that way.

Red: *smiles* Thanks, guys. This really means a lot t-

Chara: The next chapter is when the plot comes back! PLOT! PLOT! PL-ow!

Muffet: *pinches ear* Fix your attitude, Chara-Dearie.

Chara: You embarass me in the author's notes too. NOT FAIR!

Asriel: Until the next chapter, when the plot is finally back. Bye readers!