Good afternoon, everyone! It's Thanksgiving break for me, so when I'm not doing food preparations or homework, I'll be posting two PTA chapters and a BatIM oneshot! I hope you enjoy it.

This chapter came to mind when I saw somewhere that PTA meetings can be on the news. I figured that if any school would be on TV, it would be the monster x human school. Thus, this was born. See you at the bottom of the page!


Chapter 34: Extra, Extra! Read All Ab-Otto It!


"Good evening, viewers, and welcome to Ebott News." Alfred Deanston smiled cheerily at the camera man in front of his desk. "Straight into the news: today, we'll be looking at the monster x human school PTA meetings! On the scene is Katie Messer; Katie, how are things going at the school?"

The camera flicked to a different camera's view, this one at the front of the cafeteria doors at the monster x human school. A woman with dark skin and hair smiled just as brightly as her coworker and lifted the microphone to her mouth.

"Good evening, Alfred. I'm outside today's PTA meeting room with Mr. Otto, or The Official PTA Person with Official Business Whose Only Purpose Is to Progress the Plot. Sir, how are you doing today?" She held the microphone to his face.

Otto didn't smile, but simply said, "I'm fine."

"Alright, Mr. Otto, you've given this school's PTA a B+ as an overall rating. Can you explain your reasoning?"

Otto adjusted his black tie. "Well, you have to understand the complications of having a monster x human school. There's a lot of attention on this school, from all sorts of government officials. As an Official PTA Person with Official Business whose Only Purpose is to Progress the Plot, it's my job to make sure the meetings go peacefully and that the members are doing the right thing."

"Of course," Katie said, "but what about the grade you gave this school? Why a B+?"

"W-well," Otto loosened his tie a bit. "There's a lot of tension between monsters and humans in the world, and we need to make sure both parties are being fair to each other."

"Are you saying the human and monsters aren't being fair to each other?"

"Well, you see, from my first supervision of a PTA meeting at this school, it was clear to me that the monsters were insistent on not having a nativity scene for their winter play, to the protests of some of the humans. There was a lot of back and forth between the two, and the head of the PTA and the PTA president—who are both monsters, mind you—sided heavily with the monsters. I gave the PTA at this school such a high grade because of how quickly they were able to evenly divide the judging for the winter choir."

Katie frowned. "So... you're saying you gave them a bad grade because they tried to not show religious preference in the school? And because monsters stand up for each other?"

"A-ah, well—"

"Yeah, that's basically why," a new voice behind Otto said. A skeleton was crawling on his back. Otto made a frightened noise as the skeleton in a blue jacket and pink slippers hopped off of Otto's back and next to Katie. Katie jumped at the sudden presence, but quickly held the microphone to the skeleton's mouth.

"Hello, uh... sir?" The skeleton nodded. "Sir, would you mind being interviewed? What is your connection to the PTA at the monster x human school?"

"I'm Sans. Sans the skeleton," Sans said. "And I'm a member of the PTA."

"ROOOOOOOOOOLL CREDITS!" A woman in a pink #2 Sister T-shirt popped her head through the doorway to the meeting room before retreating just as quickly.

"Who was that?" Katie asked.

"Just The Author. Don't mind her; she's not playing a serious role in the chapter today."

"Chapter...?" Katie shook her head and returned to reporter mode. "Sans, as a member of the monster x human PTA, do you feel Mr. Otto's grade was fair?"

"Hey, a B+ is a passing grade. Still," he glanced at Otto. "I feel like maybe there's a little monster hate in this particular branch of the government."

"How so?" Katie prompted.

"Well, as Otto said, there's a lot of tension between humans and monsters right now, and I'm not saying the PTA is free from that, either. A few of the human parents here still try to be exclusive of monster practices and some monster parents are still wary of humans. But, since there's so much attention on the success of this school, we get a lot of funding from the government, namely the PTA Supervision branch. Unfortunately, most of that funding use is decided on by said branch, so we get a lot of 'monster minded' purchases for the school."

"Can you please elaborate?" Katie asked.

"I thought this was supposed to be my interview..." Otto muttered. Katie ignored him.

"I remember a year or two back that the school was given funding in the form of towels."

"...Towels?" Katie asked.

Sans nodded. "Apparently, the government thought the monsters would leave behind a residue, so the towels were to wipe up the school and for monsters to use for themselves. The PTA's been doing their own fundraisers to pay for things the school actually needs."

"I see," Katie nodded. She looked up to see a blond woman standing a few feet away. It appeared as though she had been walking to the PTA meeting room and was waiting for the interviewer to leave. Katie jumped at the chance. "Excuse me, miss! Would you mind doing a group interview?"

"Hey, Linda," Sans said, waving slightly. Linda slowly walked up to the reporter.

"I. um, haven't prepared to speak," she said tensely.

"Don't worry, ma'am, this will be very straightforward." Katie held the mike up to Linda. "Would you tell us your connection to the school PTA?"

"Actually, I'm a member of the PTA."

The Author popped her head back through the door way. "I never knew I wanted this day to come, but now that it has, I'm quite pleased! ROLL CREDITS AGAIN!" She disappeared again from the doorway.

"...Okay, anyway," Katie smiled at Linda. "Linda, what's your opinion on the grade the monster x human PTA got from the PTA Supervision team?"

Linda thought for a moment. "Wasn't that grade from a few years ago? I feel like we should have gotten a new grade at some point, to better reflect the current PTA."

Katie nodded, and then held the mike to Otto. "What do you have to say about this, sir?"

"Um, w-well—" Otto sweated for a bit, then lowered his head. "I'll... ask my PTA Supervision Supervisor about a possible second grading."

"Very good to hear," Katie returned to Linda. "Now, Linda, how would you describe your relationship with the other members of the PTA, monster and human?"

Linda was quiet for a moment. "I'm... not actually that popular among the other parents. I have a few friends, of course, and I participate in every event I can for my son, but I guess it's just not enough."

"Don't forget your occasional monster racism. She's getting better though," Sans said before Linda could protest. "Some of her friends are actually monsters now. Or two of them are, at least."

"Who are these two monster friends, Linda?" Katie asked.

"Papyrus the skeleton and Asgore Dreemurr," Linda replied quickly. "Though everyone likes Papyrus, so that might not count."

"Hey, it matters to my bro," Sans smiled, a slightly more genuine one.

"Isn't Asgore Dreemurr the ex-king of monsters?" Katie asked.

"His ambassador goes to this school," Linda replied. "He doesn't come often, but he brings this wonderful tea with him when he does."

"That's lovely to hear," Katie smiled and turned to the camera. "Well, Alfred and viewers, there may be some issues to work out for this school, funding and relation wise, but I think this is a good sign that monsters and humans are on their way to getting along for the future and their children. Back to you, Alfred."


Head Canon I Don't Actually Think #41: Sans, as in Undertale, is at least partially aware of the fact that he's a character in a fanfiction. The only difference here is that he knows who the "player" is (The Author), and the story is mostly moving forward, with only the occasional change to previous chapters.


Relatively long compared to my previous posts, but I think it's pretty good. What do you think?

I imagine that Alfred Deanston and Katie Messer get along well, but are just friends. Alfred has a wife and son that goes to a fully human school a few miles away from the monster x human school, and Katie is a bisexual colored woman who's closeted to most people. She's told a few close family members (who accept her) and Alfred, hence their very good friendship.

It should also be noted that Linda has been dropping in popularity for a long time, even before the monster x human school was made. She wasn't popular among her old human PTA because of how she liked to control everything; she's not popular among monster parents and teachers for her occasional racism, and now she's not even that popular with the other human parents and staff because of her slowly coming to accept the monsters. She's always wanted the perfect life, but after three divorces, and not succeeding much after college, she's kind of lost hope for such a life. But, as Sans said, she's getting better, and the few friends she has are very good for her.

So, what did you think? Leave a review, tell me what you thought, and check out my poll on my profile! It's a new one: Which should come first, the BatIM fic or the PTA Thanksgiving fic? If you can't find the poll, or if it's showing the old pol for some reason, leave a review and tell me your opinion! I'll see you later this week!