Party Preparations

For the fifth anniversary of the creation of my main(and first complete) Undertale fic, Hopes, Dreams, and DETERMINATION, I thought it might be fun to write about Frisk's first birthday with her monster family and friends as a three chapter mini fic. Frisk hasn't had much of a real birthday before, so her boyfriend, friends, and family plan to throw her the best party she's ever had!

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Papyrus, wearing his favorite Super Papyrus shirt, stood proudly in front of his assembled friends and family. Toriel, Asgore, Chara, Asriel, Felicity, Tina, Sans, Alphys, Undyne and their little skeleton son Benji, and Mettaton were all his attentive audience. The only two missing were Frisk and Gaster; Gaster distracting Frisk by asking her for help with an experiment so her family, boyfriend and friends could complete their main objective.

"NOW WE ALL KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE! OUR LOVELY FRISK'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP IN EXACTLY ONE MONTH! AND IT IS OUR MISSION TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY SHE'S EVER HAD! DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?"

"Ooh, we should throw her a massive surprise party! Just like in all the movies!" Mettaton suggested. "For the morning, someone will keep Frisk distracted, or we all just act like it's a normal day, and then we take her to the rec center, the lights are all off, and then as she walks in, the lights come on, we all jump out and yell "Surprise!" and she sees a massive, beautifully decorated party just for her." He posed dramatically. "The drama! The suspense! She'll love it!"

"Unless she's like Chara and startles easily." Asriel pointed out.

"Yeah, on Chara's twelfth birthday when we all jumped out and yelled, "Surprise!" Chara was so shocked she threw a punch and hit Az right in the nose." Sans chuckled.

"Thanks for reminding me." Chara grumbled, blushing in embarrassment.

Papyrus patted his friend's shoulder sympathetically. "IT'S OKAY, CHARA. I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THROWN A BONE ATTACK DURING THE SURPRISE PARTY SANS THREW ME ONCE DURING MY OWN BIRTHDAY. AND ASRIEL, YOU ARE RIGHT. NO ONE SHOULD JUMP OUT AT FRISK. BEING SCARED AND THEN FEELING GUILTY FOR ACCIDENTALLY UNLEASHING A FIGHT REFLEX IS NOT A GOOD FEELING FOR ONE'S BIRTHDAY. BUT STILL! A LARGE PARTY WITH ALL HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS CELEBRATING WITH HER WOULD BE SOMETHING FRISK WOULD ENJOY!" He glanced to Chara to make sure of this, knowing that while Frisk had told him most things, it was Chara who had literally been in Frisk's head. "WHAT DO YOU THINK, CHARA?"

"I think she'd enjoy it. Frisk loves being around people." Chara agreed.

"And we could still make it a surprise even without the fun of jumping out at her." Undyne added.

"Yeah! Plus seeing something like a banner or a bunch of balloons on the door will let her know what's going on when someone brings her to the rec center, so she won't be shocked. And that way she'll already be excited when she walks in." Asriel agreed.

Papyrus's eyes shone. "THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA!" He then looked thoughtful and a bit worried. "BUT IF WE MAKE IT A SURPRISE PARTY, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MAKE IT BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY RATHER THAN ON THE EXACT DAY."

"Why?" Mettaton asked, confused.

"BECAUSE WE'LL ALL BE DISTRACTED THE DAY WE GET IT SET UP. AND ON ALL THE TV EPISODES I'VE SEEN SURPRISE PARTIES HAPPEN IN, THE PERSON IS SAD BEFORE THE PARTY BECAUSE THEY THINK EVERYONE FORGOT THEIR BIRTHDAY. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BE SAD ON THEIR BIRTHDAY OR FEEL LIKE THEIR LOVED ONES FORGOT IT, AND FRISK HAS HAD FAR TOO MANY SAD BIRTHDAYS ALREADY. SHE SHOULD BE HAPPY AT ALL TIMES ON HER BIRTHDAY." Papyrus told him.

"Papyrus has a point. We do not want Frisk to feel sad or alone on her birthday, and we would have to be gone to set up the party without her knowing." Toriel agreed. "Plus, as her birthday falls on a Wednesday this year, it would be a better idea to have it the Saturday before her birthday so her friends do not have to worry about school or work. We'll have a small family dinner for her actual birthday."

"GOOD IDEA, LADY TORIEL! SO HER PARTY SHALL BE THE 28th OF MAY!" Papyrus said cheerfully.

All were in agreement for this, and Mettaton's eyes shone. "This is going to be wonderful! I've been wanting to help plan a birthday party ever since we arrived at the surface, but Chara wouldn't let me plan one for her." He pouted at Chara.

"Hey, it was MY birthday, and I was completely happy having a dinner with my family and friends at home and going to Hershey Park." Chara retorted. "I don't like giant parties where everyone stares at me!"

"A BIRTHDAY EVENT SHOULD ALWAYS BEING SOMETHING THE BIRTHDAY PERSON ENJOYS." Papyrus agreed. "CHARA'S BIRTHDAY WAS VERY FUN! AND NOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE FRISK'S BIRTHDAY IS FUN FOR HER TOO! NOW SHALL WE GET THE PLANNING STARTED?"

A slightly abashed Mettaton nodded, and soon the plans were underway. A guest list was discussed, invitations were ordered, and the rec center was reserved.

"Next up on the list, food. Should we do catered, cook everything ourselves, or do a pot luck?" Asgore asked.

"As much as I love cooking, it may be a difficult task cooking for what would nearly amount to the entire Underground, especially without Frisk noticing." Toriel sighed.

"I'll ask Grillby. He could cater for us." Sans suggested.

Papyrus frowned. "FRISK'S STOMACH IS STILL RECOVERING. TOO MUCH GREASE WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR HER."

"Don't worry, darling! I know plenty of wonderful places with exquisite dishes fit for a princess!" Mettaton offered. "Catering is on me! Decorations too! It'll be my gift to her."

"And we could have Muffet do the cake." Asriel suggested. "Frisk loves her pastries."

"We'll just have to have her skip the spiders. Frisk may not care, but her human friends will." Chara said.

"GOOD IDEA." Papyrus agreed. "NOW FOR MUSIC! FRISK LOVES TO DANCE! METTATON, IS NAPSTABLOOK UP TO DJING FOR THE PARTY?"

"I'll ask them, but I'm sure they will be." Mettaton promised.

With food and music taken care of, party games were discussed, then decorations. The latter took the most time to decide, as themes and colors were thrown out and Mettaton's suggestion of a Mettaton ice sculpture to "add some glamor," was rejected, though kindly. Finally ideas were settled upon, and everyone was getting pumped.

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The next few weeks were busy, with invitations being sent, party supplies being picked up, and the catering, music, and cake settled, all while making sure to keep Frisk in the dark. This came with a few near misses, with Felicity and Tina almost getting caught making decorations by Frisk a few times and badly lying about it. Toriel was relieved Frisk had a habit about not pushing.

As Frisk's party drew closer and closer, excitement grew and seemed to fill the whole town. Many times a conversation was cut off in the middle when someone spotted Frisk, and secret messages were passed and this happened more and more the week before the party. Frisk did wonder why everyone was acting weird at one point, but thankfully didn't catch on.

As the morning of the party dawned, Toriel cooked breakfast on the stove; blueberry pancakes, Frisk's favorite after Papyrus's waffles. Asgore had already gone, saying he had to stop by his work for something, though in truth he was helping Napstablook take their supplies to the rec center. Tina and Felicity were bouncing in excitement.

"You guys look excited. Something happening today?" Frisk asked as she set the table.

"Yes, in fact." Toriel said smoothly before the surprise could be spilled, setting pancakes in front of her children. "Undyne called this morning. She, Benji and Alphys want to take you, Felicity and Tina to the pool today." Undyne and Alphys had been named the Designated Distracters, partially because Undyne did indeed want to teach the girls to swim after Frisk's near drowning in Snowdin, though mostly because she had nearly set Frisk's party streamers on fire in her enthusiasm to "help" make the decorations for Frisk's party. Toriel didn't know whose bright idea it had been to give Undyne a hot glue gun.

"Sounds like fun." Frisk said with a smile. She glanced to Asriel and Chara. "You guys coming too?"

"Can't. The team wants to get together for soccer practice." Asriel lied.

"And I'm meeting Sans." Chara told her.

"All right. Have fun, you guys." Frisk said, digging into her breakfast. Felicity and Tina ate so fast that Toriel had to warn them three times to slow down so they wouldn't choke, then bolted up to their room, giggling.

"They must be really excited to go swimming." Frisk chuckled as she finished her breakfast. She then started to gather the dishes to take to the sink to wash.

Toriel gently pushed her aside. "Don't worry, dear, I've got that. Go get your things packed. Undyne and Alphys will be here soon."

And she was proven right, as ten minutes later the door rang and Alphys and Undyne came in with little Benji, just as the girls came running back downstairs with their gym bags.

"Hey punks! You ready to go?" Undyne asked.

"Yeah!" Tina and Felicity cheered as Frisk grinned and nodded.

"Then let's go!"

Toriel waved goodbye to them as they headed out. As soon as she heard Alphys's car pull away she grinned and grabbed the phone, calling Papyrus. "Frisk just left. It's time."

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Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter! Next is the day of, with shenanigans happening as Papyrus tries to make the party perfect for Frisk!