Chapter Five
Green Hatred
Red Joy
"They say, Red is the color of danger."
"Of evil."
"Do they know that Green..."
"Could also be a color of evil acts?"
"Colors do not decide… but the soul does."
"they, burn with green anger."
"it burns with red happiness."
Monster's Record
Entry Two
"So Toriel said she would live in the house… begrudgingly."
"However, she was surprised to see my plans for the house. The kids get the two largest room, and I have taken the smallest..."
"Granted its the same size as my room now, however. I owe them more than anything. A king? I was a fool."
"It makes me smile that Toriel will never let me live it down, its good for me to know this. I let my emotions run and people suffered."
"Anyways, Further talks have revealed some… hate for our kind. To be expected, we are in simple terms, physically better than humans."
"Their wits and will outclass ours by much farther than I can see. Apparently, some humans have approached me with facades to get some 'tests' done."
"These humans, I can feel emotions, our magic can sense your motives. They wish to experiment on us, see what makes us tick, however thanks to Frisk..."
"… we don't have to worry. Shes enacted some sort of rule? Apparently since there is enough of us, we count as a 'minority' and have a few laws to protect us."
"I saw her reading some law books before all this, shes determined. To protect us, she managed to get Asriel to read some too..."
"If she protects us… he may have to protect them from us at one point."
"Next week we have more talks… about employment!"
"That will be the best news to talk about, so far we do know that for the time…"
"Some places may refuse us service, the mayor said something about allowing us access to prebuilt buildings for us to setup stores for us to use."
"He said he'd also get connections to sell us stuff for our gems, there are people whom don't care who you are as long as you pay good..."
"However… Frisk tells me that those people always go with the highest pay… so hopefully no one tries to sabotage our survival."
"I do want to say, things are looking up."
"Small extra entry… Someone tried to send this group called… 'Child protective services' on us for Frisk."
"Toriel gave them a good lecturing, but it seems someone wants to indeed undermine us of her."
"Apparently the initial cause was… Humans and monsters shouldn't live together for unknown diseases and what not..."
"Humans… have forgotten their past. They don't know about us."
"They forgot our relations with them..."
"Did we scare them that much back then?"
Sun light shines down upon the Dreemurr home, a skeleton wearing a blue jacket and pink slippers could be seen making his way across the snow covered lawn towards their house. Upon reaching the door he raises his hand and knocks on the door.
"Just a second!" Toriel's voice echos through the door. The skeleton smiles and waits patiently. When it finally opens he gives a chuckle.
"Heh, Feelin cool Tor?" He says as Toriel lets him in. She was wearing something different today, dressed in blue pants and a purple sweater.
"Oh you..." Toriel says with a smile. "I would say I am quite… chill." The skeleton gives a chuckle. "How are you Sans?" She asks, the newcomer shrugs.
"I could be doing better. How are the kiddos?" Sans asks looking up at Toriel, whom was smiling very brightly, she leans down and whispers.
"The two have a unoffical date today~ oh seeing my kids grow up makes me so proud!" Sans' smile grows a tad bit.
"Really? Well good on em. Still oblivious to each other?" Toriel nods before Sans chuckles.
"Anyways I came by to see how everyone was doin. Kids still asleep?" Sans asks as he walks towards the kitchen.
"Yes, they won't be getting up for another hour or two. Its only seven thirty after all." Sans nods before taking climbing up onto a barstool next to their kitchen and dining room's divider counter.
"I see, so I have been meaning to ask how is Frisk doing…?" Sans asks looking at Toriel before she sighs.
"If your talking if being in the Underground for five years has had an effect on her? The only difference I can tell you that I have watched is she actually has a level of magic to her. Equal to Asriel's own magic. Can she use it? No idea, the underground was saturated with magic so it was easy for someone to use things to defend and for weird gadgets to work. Here though? They still work if someone with magic uses them with ease. Otherwise they don't work at all… Frisk is using a phone that runs off magic, and shes so attuned to the stuff so its naturally siphoning off the magic from her body." Toriel says taking a seat next to Sans.
"I see. I spoke to Alphys about the last check up, she says physically she is indeed human… however she refused to talk about her soul. I plan to press her more, but I didn't think it necessary at the time." Says leans against the counter with a loud sigh. "This kid, shes a mystery. Gaster used to talk about how there was something special about certain souls, ones that looked like human souls yet were able to wield magic. The mages used to have this ability, but they didn't have magic in their bodies… Could Frisk be a descendant of a mage whom just gained magic flow while being flooded with magic?" Sans asks looking over to Toriel whom shakes her head.
"No, she would have noticed the magic. Shes attuned, not sensitive to it. Mages were sensitive to it, they never got attuned to it, everyone whom talked about them always said the same thing. Mages when around monsters… felt negative affects for prolonged times… Frisk has been around monsters for years. I don't know why, for all we know she could be someone whom had a monster parent… but I don't know. For all we know everyone else whom didn't make it died." Toriel says with a frown. She shakes her head before standing up.
"Eh, we shouldn't worry too much. Frisk, is smart and strong. IF we learn anything new about her I say we tell her… though forgive me if I say; part of me says we should visit her birthplace. Though, its mainly me wanting to learn more about her past." Sans says shrugging.
"I will think about it. Her birthplace may hold some answers we want to know about her that she don't even know herself. Anyways, would you like to stay for breakfast?" Toriel asks looking at the skeleton.
"Sure, why not. Papyrus is off to Undyne's for another cooking lesson this morning. She started teaching him proper cooking lessons two months ago they do this three times a week now." Sans says, Toriel smiles before she heads to the fridge.
"Oh by the way, we are holding a birthday for both Asriel and Frisk next week. I learned by listening in on them yesterday, so just something you should think about as well." Sans slumps against the counter.
"Gifts, I suck at that. I know I gave Frisk that coat and Asriel that sword for Giftmas. However I had gotten the sword from Undyne in a bet… and it was my coat." Sans says with a loud sigh.
"They loved them though. Asriel still practices with the sword and he even got a treatment pack to sharpen and keep it from rusting. Granted I don't like the idea of Asriel having it, but its too late to complain now." Toriel says with a smile as she begins to pull things out of the fridge. After pulling things out of the fridge she pulls some more out from a cupboard before setting a couple of skillets and pans out onto the stove top.
Toriel spent the next hour preparing and cooking breakfast for her family and guest. Asgore was the first up middle of her cooking He greets the skeleton before looking at the clock and then heading to his spot in the living room, as Toriel soon comes by with a cup of coffee she sets down for him.
"Thank you Toriel." Toriel nods with a smile before heading back to the kitchen. He reads the paper with a sigh. "So, Toriel about the gifts? What do you think for them? I want to get them each something from the each of us." He says catching Toriel off guard.
"O-Oh uh, I am not sure. I know Asriel and Frisk have been looking at things on their computers, but to be honest… I am note entirely sure. Asriel was looking at a sword on one page I notice and Frisk was looking at well, weapons as well..." Toriel says with worry in her voice.
"Actually, I was talking with Frisk one day, she told me she wish she knew when Asriel's birthday was so she could buy him another sword since he was at the time talking about it." Sans says, causing Toriel's ears twitch before she lets out of a soft sigh and gives a smile.
"Why not ask Undyne, Frisk and her spend a lot of time together. Or even her friend Penny." Asgore suggests looking over his shoulder at the two.
"Eh sounds like an idea. I'll let you talk to Undyne Tor, I will poke her friend's brain for an idea." Sans says with a smile.
"Alright. Just make sure her friend don't spoil the surprise." Toriel says before sighing and glancing at the clock. "Breakfast is just about ready, Asgore will you wake the children this morning?" Toriel asks, Asgore gives a thumbs up before placing his newspaper down and stands up. He walks towards then up the stairs.
Frisk's room
Frisk was sleeping soundly, lying on her side hugging her pillow with a large smile on her face.
"Asriel..." She mumbles happily in her sleep, however a rather dark chuckle echos in her mind soon after.
'I'm coming...' Frisk's smile quickly fades as she suddenly twitches. 'All your fault! You did this, its your fault!' The words echo in her head.
"n-no..." She mumbles, she curls as tears form in her eyes.
'Now… he will pay your price!' The voice screams in her head when suddenly a knock on her door causes her eyes to snap open. Her heart was pounding and in that second she felt a cold sweat across her body despite being in her pajamas and under the covers.
"Frisk, time to wake up. Breakfast is almost ready." Asgore's booming voice passes through the door.
"uh… A-Alright, Thank you Asgore." She quickly calls as she felt fully awake. She sits up and looks at her hands, shaking and full of fear. That voice, she remembers all too well. Grabbing her pillow and pulls it against her and then her knees against it."Please, just leave me alone..." She quietly says into the pillow. Her eyes full of tears and fear.
The sound of footsteps pass by her room as Asgore heads to Asriel's room.
Asriel's room.
Asriel was sprawled out crazily across his bed, his clothes in disarray and his bedding knocked off with a stupid looking smile on his face. He gives a slumbering chuckle as he rolls to the left closer to the edge of his bed.
"Frisk..." He quietly says as he teeters on the edge.
'I hate you...' A voice echos, though goes unheard as soon as the words were echoed… a loud knock woke Asriel causing him to roll, his foot managed to catch the little bit of his blanket before it rolled around his legs as he fell.
"Aaah!" The loud thud before a chuckle echos through the door.
"Your mother is nearly done making breakfast. Get up and get ready for the day son." Asgore says before his steps are heard heading back down the hall. Asriel sighs before looking at his situation.
"Ah crap I am all tangled up!" He says with a groan before he fights his bedding to get out of his situation. He was thankful it wasn't a full body tangle, but by the time he realized he was untangled an odd feeling washed over him in the direction of Frisk. "Huh…" He slips on a light green shirt and a pair of blue shorts, since all he wore to bed were his boxers. Before heading out of his room and down the hall to Frisk's room. He reaches to knock on the door as he stopped an inch from it. Hearing slight sniffling, he knocks before calling out.
"Frisk I am coming in alright?" He says before opening the door to see Frisk hugging her pillow her eyes red as tears were falling down her face. He closes the door and quickly walks to her side, before taking a seat and pulling her into a hug, causing her to realize his presence. She had been staring at where her feet where on the other side of her blanket.
"A-Asriel?" She says looking over to him.
"Frisk, what is wrong? I never seen you like this in the morning." Frisk shakes her head.
"I… I heard his voice again. Every time I hear his voice, all the bad memories… they just..." Frisk never talked about her bad memories of the underground. Asriel wraps his arms around her with a smile.
"Don't let Chara's voice bother you. Besides, we have plans today don't we? Don't fret about the past right now. Besides I recall you saying you promised to make sure I had plenty of good memories here, so if they are good for me then they must be good for you too!" Asriel says with a bright smile on his face. Frisk looks at him with wide eyes before she feels one of his hands wipe away her tears around her eyes. "Okay?" He asks before she nods. With a bright smile she looks at him.
"Yeah." She says, tears still in her eyes, but a genuine smile on her face. She looked calmer and that is all that mattered.
"Alright! So I am gonna take a shower and get down stairs. I'll let you get up and about and see you down there okay Frisk?" She gives another nod. Asriel stands up and walks out of the room. Now alone, she closes her eyes and listens to her heart. It was pounding, happily. Her heart racing from the fact Asriel came to her side when she needed him. She didn't understand how, but he knew to come. Just like always. Drying her eyes again she climbs out of the bed and heads to her dresser to get some clothes for this morning's breakfast. Her eyes glance over to a solid black covered outfit on her wall next to her dresser. Her heart starts pounding thinking about Asriel and seeing her in the outfit.
'Will… he like it? I should have just gone shopping and got something today… but I am glad I did that yesterday. Penny wouldn't do anything to ruin my love for Asriel.' Her smile grows slightly before pulling out a pair of shorts and a light shirt, similar to what Asriel had yet in a purple color. She pulls out a pair of panties and bra before glancing at the clock. It was nine, it was time to be heading down stairs for breakfast.
"I am done Frisk, you can use the shower now." Asriel call's from the other side of the door.
"Thanks, Asriel." She calls out back. She takes her clothes before heading out of her room and into the bathroom across from her room.
Downstairs Asriel was walking down stairs in the same clothes he talked to Frisk in before heading to the table, he noticed Sans before giving a wave.
"Howdy Sans, whatcha doin here so early?" Sans shrugs before looking at Asriel.
"Eh, if I tibia honest, I came to check up on everyone." Sans says casually. Asriel's eye twitches with a glare.
"I see..." He says with an annoyed tone of the pun. Hey dad, what is with that amount you put in my account?!" Asriel says before glancing at Asgore whom just smiles and shrugs.
"I have no idea what your talking about, I put your allowance in that morning after you went up stairs." Asgore says calmly. Asriel glares at him.
"That was not triple of my normal allowance, what game are you playing at?" Asriel asks, Asgore however shrugs.
"I still don't understand what you mean..." Asgore says before looking at his son with a smile. Asriel stares before he realizes what his father was doing.
"I see..." Asriel says before glancing down at his empty spot on the table. 'Hes doing it so we can treat Frisk… I guess I should have figured I couldn't hide anything from my parents.' He gives a mental chuckle as feet are heard running upstairs before coming down stairs. She stops at the bottom of the stairs and looks at everyone.
"Sorry I took so long!" Frisk says before running towards the table, taking her spot next to Asriel. She notices Sans sitting across from her at the table. "Hey Sans whatcha doing here?" She asks before getting a chuckle from the skeleton.
"As I told Az here, I came by the check up on you guys." Sans looks to Frisk and then to Asriel. "Heh, you both look like your in a good mood." Asriel jumps in his seat as Frisk just tilts her head with a smile.
"Asriel is taking me into town for some shopping!" She says quickly. 'And I hope I can see if he will return my feelings… I need to finally make my move or I will lose him.' Frisk's worried thoughts come forth but she mentally shakes her head as Toriel starts to bring plates of eggs, bacon, and sausage with another plate of pancakes before everyone.
"Indeed, I hope you two stay safe and enjoy your day in town." Toriel says with a smile as she places another pair of plates down.
"We will be fine mom." Frisk says with a sigh.
"Kiddo, she only worries. Besides I don't blame her, things have been tense with humans and monsters since we are still new for everyone." Sans says with a smile before Asriel smirks.
"If anyone tries anything to me, they'd answer to Frisk or Asgore, and if anything happened to Frisk, they'd have to know they'd have more than just a couple of monsters on their bad side." Asriel says. Toriel, Sans, and Asgore glance at Asriel. He was right, there would be hell to pay if Frisk were hurt. However he didn't bring himself up being the biggest protector of Frisk, they knew in order for something to happen to Frisk that something would happen to Asriel. That is why it worried them slightly, he didn't mention himself because he assumed he would be dead before that happened.
"True as that may be… perhaps Sans should-" Frisk chokes with wide eyes on a sip of juice she happened to be drinking of.
"I don't think that is needed!" Frisk says with a smile, acting as if she didn't choke on her drink. Sans was holding in a snicker, as was Asgore. Meanwhile Toriel looks at Frisk with worry.
"Dear, it would just be for yours and Asriel's protection..." Toriel says, letting her motherly side get the better of her.
"Mom, everyone knows who I am with, and I will have Asriel with me! Hes more than skilled enough to protect us both. Besides Humans are not as strong as Monsters and they know that, it would be stupid to make a move against me or him. It counts as a loss if anyone did try!" Frisk says a little too excited, Asriel was wondering why Frisk was acting so oddly suddenly. Though he had to agree, for when it came to take her to dinner… he wanted them to be alone.
"Let them be Tor, the kiddos will be fine. The brats have me both on their phone's quick dial if they need me, heck Frisk has to just send a text and I'll be there in an instant." Frisk felt a bit of relief as Sans backed her up a bit. Toriel sighs and sits down.
"Alright..." Toriel's motherly nature has everyone smiling at her.
"I appreicate what you want to do mom, but Asriel and I are fixing to be seventeen. If we don't try to get out on our own, we may become too dependent on you watching over us." Toriel's face turns to surprise before she smiles at Frisk.
"I understand dear." She gives a look to Asriel before giving a knowing look at him, which he caught and glances away before taking another bite of food. 'You may be embarrassed, but shes seems wanting to not become too dependent on us, she will be wanting a job next I assume. Asriel, take care of her for us when we are gone.' Toriel thinks to herself with a smile still on her face. Breakfast comes and goes quickly as Frisk and Asriel glance at the clock, Frisk decides to high tail it as she excuses herself from the table and rushes up stairs, while Asriel takes it a bit more casually. Once hes standing he is called out to by his mother.
"Yes mom?" Asriel asks looking over to Toriel, whom was smiling.
"You have fun alright? Both of you, give me a call if you need anything." Asriel smiles at his mother and nods. "Treat her well Asriel, I hope to see you both smiling tonight when you get home." She says as he starts walking away. He waves his hand to acknowledge her words as he quickly walks up the stairs, his green eyes filled with hope and excitement.
Up in Frisk's room, with the door locked she strip out of her morning clothes and begins to open her outfit she had gotten yesterday. The black cover coming off it shows an ocean blue color on what she could see of the upper part. It was an actual dress, something she wasn't all that fond of yet the idea of wearing such with Asriel excited her. It made her feel okay to dress up for once.
"Lets get ready. For Asriel." She says under her breath.
Over in Asriel's room, he had something similar in his room except there was two. Opening one he reveals a rather fashionable dark purple over shirt, with a soothing deep sunset inner shirt. The purple over-shirt had the symbol of his family on the right side just on his collar of it. Inside was also a deep purple with an emerald lining with the same symbol texturing the front. The other one held a pair of dark purple pants with the same symbol on a black belt on the golden buckle.
"… I can't believe that she did this much for me… I owe mom a big thanks for covering the fees." He says as he starts to undress and redress into the suit, his heart pounding. Little did he know, he was feeling the same feeling Frisk was feeling this moment a lot like that morning, but instead of sadness, he felt an overpowering joy inside himself pointing towards Frisk, and himself. After getting the clothes on he heard a knock on his door.
"Son, may I come in?" Asgore's voice echos through the door. Asriel walks over with the unbuttoned up shirt on as he lets his father in, whom walks in and closes the door. Asgore takes a good look at his son with wide eyes.
"Whats up pops?" He asks as he buttons up his shirt, Asgore giving his son a good look over nods with approval.
"You, feel like your overdressed yet?" He asks with a smile. Asriel gives a gentle chuckle.
"A little? Alot, but if I plan to take Frisk to dinner… I want to show how far I am willing to go." Asriel says, getting another nod from Asgore. He sees his son toying with the tie, obviously not used to it he walks over and motions to his son.
"Let me, these things are finicky, even back when they were first introduced to monsters, I found them to be a hassle." Asgore says as he helps his son put on the tie.
"Finicky is an understatement." Asriel says as he lets his father help him.
"You know, if Frisk and you hit it off well, I may have to watch my son dress up like this for everyone to be given to the girl he loves." Asgore says with a smile, Asriel's face flusters with heat before looking away.
"A-Abit too soon don't cha think so pops?" Asgore shakes his head.
"With how old you are, no. I hope things go well for you two, I don't want to worry if my son is going to live a happy fulfilling life here of if hes going to struggle. "Asgore says as he sighs. "I wanted to talk to you about that in particular. When that day comes… You do know how much responsibility you will hold to every monster right?" Asriel stops as he listens to his father. "When I am gone, you will be the one they look to, for your my son, The one that gives them hope and the will to go on." Asgore finishes.
"I know. Listen, can we talk about this more tomorrow? Frisk… she needs to understand what to expect too, dust can you imagine what she will think when she only has a year left in the least to spend with mom? Toriel… mom, is her mother now too. Sometimes I wonder how much love Frisk got from her blood mother if she is so easily replaced by my own mother." Asriel shakes his head. "I don't need this on my mind tonight. So lets talk more tomorrow." Asriel says looking into the mirror as he looks over his own getup.
"Alright." Asgore glances to an electronic clock on Asriel's nightstand. "I guess you best to get going. Its going on eleven now." Asriel nods with a smile before he walks out of his room. Walking down the hall he soon reaches the stairs and looks down stairs to see Frisk dressed up aswell, his eyes widen as he looks at her. The deep blue color around her dress from a single angle was supported with a more vibrant blue in the core of the view he could see. Her dress was more elegant than she ever wore, her face was red as she was slightly embarrassed wearing it since she wasn't much for feminine fashion.
Her dress went down just past her knees, it was open on one side of her legs allowing her to move more freely without feeling restricted. The colors in it was a deep ocean blue surrounding a vibrant ocean blue in the middle. Purple design pattern rested subtly with it in a vibrant purple with the same effect going deeper towards the edges of her dress. On left side of her dress was the Dreemurr symbol on the skirt of it. It was a bit of a form fit allowing her body's curves be seen. Asgore walks up behind Asriel and sees what he does before smiling.
"A catch does not describe how she looks in that. Now stop staring and go compliment her." Asriel jumps slightly before walking down the stairs.
"I have to say Frisk, if I knew you were dressing up like this for a little hangout I would have gone and gotten something a little flashier my self." Asriel says causing Frisk to turn to his direction, her eyes widen as she sees his outfit.
"I-It was Penny's idea" She says quickly looking away with a blush promiently on her face. Asriel gives a chuckle as he smiles at her.
"I think it looks great on you, Though if we are going to be going into town like this would you like to go somewhere in specific?" Asriel asks as she takes a deep breath and exhales.
"I… don't know. I was originally going to have us go shopping, but it… would look sorta silly to go out dressed like this for something like that." Asriel smiles as he glances at his phone.
"Well in that case, let us go and find something. Odd or not, it would be a waste to change clothes for something so trivial when you can't get any better." Asriel says as he walks towards the door. Frisk seeing him walking towards the door begins to join him. The two fail to notice Toriel taking a picture with her phone with a gleeful smile on her face. Asriel opening the door lets Frisk walk out first as he follows suit. The two are met with a skeleton as they walk out into the cold.
"Sans?" Frisk asks, whom shrugs with a smile.
"I don't recommend walking out in the cold with that clothing..." He says as looks at the two. Frisk however quickly noticed the odd sensation… she wasn't cold in the slightest.
"Huh why not? I feel fine right now Sans." Sans' eyes look at her with a curious glance.
'Not cold? Even Asriel ain't even bothered by the weather… ah. Magic threaded clothes...' Asriel hums as he clicks his fingers before he realizes it as well.
"Thats right! Did you get your clothes from Kiny's Tailoring as well?" Frisk nods before Asriel smiles.
"Her specialty magic is thread magic. She can make special magic threads that use magic near them to keep the body from getting too cold or too hot. Its like… temperature regulated clothing with abuilt in heater or air unit!" Asriel says, Sans smiles at Asriel's knowledge.
"That is right kiddo, however its not her specialty magic. Magical threads can be spun by anyone with magic however it takes a lot of control that most don't dare try to attempt since… well if your not careful you might cut your self to pieces if your not careful." Sans says with a smile. "Anyways, I was about to see if you guys wanted a ride in town, since your wearing magic threaded clothing you should be fine. Yet its still an hour walk from here to get anywhere good in town." Sans notes looking at the two. Asriel gives a shrug.
"I think we will be fine, we need to figure out our plan anyways. Thanks though Sans." Asriel says, Frisk nods with a bright smile catching Sans off guard. It felt, surreal to see her smile so brightly. Shes been better off yes… however Sans could always tell she was still far from being truly happy with everything. She definitely was happier since Asriel was saved, however something told him that this was exactly what she was looking for. He closes his eyes and sighs with a smile.
"Alright kiddos, well off with ya then. This old bag of bones has bothered ya too long." Sans says turning and walking off from them, leaving the two of them to walk off with each of their own smiles.
Frisk gives a twirl as she feels the freedom on the lighter clothing she was wearing. Asriel could only smile looking at her being so cheery.
"I almost forgot how good it felt to wear normal clothes outside!" Frisk says with joy as she turns to Asriel whom gives a chuckle.
"Is that so? I couldn't tell..." He says sarcastically at her joy getting him a light punch in the arm. "So I was wondering, I saw an arcade in town, since we got no real plans anymore since Penny kinda threw those out the window with that dress of yours." Asriel says reminding her of the outfit she was in. Her face heats up, but she notices how Asriel's eyes were locked to her more so than ever.
'Hes… looking at me! Not just looking at me in conversation but in actually I've caught his attention fully.' Frisk mentally shakes her head before she looks at Asriel, taking in his looks with his outfit. This outfit showed he was rather built, his broad shoulders were more prominent as she focuses on his words next.
"An Arcade? Sure, I don't remember the last time I went to an arcade." Frisk replies, her eyes looking over Asriel. She only had one issue… she didn't like having to look up at him. She at first had to look down at him when she got her first growth spurt, but he quickly surpassed her.
"Sounds like a plan then. We can chill till four there and then… well its a surprise." Asriel says confidently. His tone was calm and powerful to her ears, the idea he had a surprise for her was causing a flutter of emotions in her chest. It was exciting, she didn't know what to expect. There was only a change to each of their plans that they decided was best to save for tomorrow…
'Tomorrow… I will get him/her gifts. For now let us see what today holds.' Was their thoughts as they continue down the sidewalk. Frisk smiling brightly at Asriel whom was smiling in general as he lead the way. The walk they were taking was indeed a long one to town, yet it felt like it was not long enough as they soon did reach the Arcade Asriel said he saw in town. Spending a good forty minutes to get there, Frisk glances up at the sign.
"Frozen… Throne…" Frisk read the name aloud, as it echoed in her mind. It was familiar, as Asriel led the two of them in.
"This place looked pretty cool from the outside, gotta say the inside in just as cool." Asriel says as he leads them up to a counter with a sign up for 'Tokens'. He rings a bell before waiting with Frisk whom was having a bit of a headache as her head was trying to recall a memory.
'This place, why do I feel like I was here before-' Her thoughts were cut off as someone else spoke. It was an elderly human whom smiled at Asriel and Frisk's presence.
"Ah welcome." The human says, they were male in their upper years as their white hair was a clear sign of someone of their upper sixties or more. "I don't think I have been able to be properly introduced to one of your kind sir..." Asriel feels his face flush as the elderly human shows some very serious respect to his kind in general.
"Ah n-no need to worry bout that sir, I am just grateful your not being well..." Asriel didn't know the right words to say, he didn't want to offend the elderly man.
"rude, racist, or worse to you for your race?" The human says with a chuckle. "My kind are not known for their initial kindness, but they will warm up sooner rather than later. However what can I do for you today?" Asriel smiles at the man.
"Well me and her were wanting to get some tokens, how much do you charge?" He asks as the man nods.
"Well since your the first people I have seen this week, I think I will let you two go with a discount. Thirty will get you enough coins to last all day and you can bring 'em by whenever you see the need." Asriel's eyes widen as does Frisk's.
"I… sir that seems a bit much..." Asriel says trying not to seem like hes conning the man.
"Its fine. I don't know how much longer this place is going to keep its doors open if I am being honest. If I can enjoy seeing someone enjoy the place even for a little while, then it is a blessing." Asriel stares surprised at the man whom just smiles.
"I… Thank you." Asriel says, however his voice was more sorry for him.
"Your welcome. Though I can say I know why your worried, don't worry about this old man and his impending end and all. We humans have adjusted to living our short finite lives, its your kind that is meant to watch our world and protect it from our recklessness. After all, not everyone has forgotten the tales of what happened so long ago." The man says catching Asriel off guard. Frisk smiles gently moving closer to Asriel's side.
"We appriecate the gesture, and your words as true as they are… it will take their kind some time to adjust to our finite time… after all what can you do when you lived around people who live for so long..." Frisk says causing the man to nod.
"Indeed. Go and have fun, everything is still going strong right now so enjoy life with whom you can and what you can do freely for now." The man says. Asriel gently smiles and nods.
"We will. Thank you." Asriel pulls out his wallet from his back pocket and hands the man his card whom charges him before he walks away for a moment to collect their tokens. Asriel looks to Frisk before sighing.
"Don't let the unavoidable future worry you right now..." Asriel's ears twitch before he looks at Frisk.
"You… I… I don't know what I would do if that day came though. You, Penny, Jake… your my friends, my family. Sure I could make new friends and have a family eventually… but it would never be the same without you guys…" Asriel says 'More specifically you… I can't think of living without you around.' Asriel mentally shrugs off the thoughts. "Lets go look at some arcade machines." He says gently with a smile. Brushing off the topic.
"You might be needing these young man..." The elderly man says before placing a large leather pouch full of tokens.
"I will repeat…. This seems a bit much." The human laughs before motioning for them to scurry off. Frisk drags Asriel away, though she was smiling gently for the elderly man, she was mentally frowning at Asriel whom quickly brushed off the topic.
'It does bother him… perhaps it would be a stupid idea to think I could live in his world too… if he fell for me, it'd always end with despair for him.' Frisk's mental worries troubled her. Asriel stops letting her drag him pulling her from her own thoughts, she saw the machine Asriel stopped at, a Claw machine. 'This is...' Her eyes gently widen.
Nearly six years ago…
A small girl with brown eyes wearing a purple sweater with two blue stripes on it, the sweater was way too big but, it didn't seem to bother her. She looked at the machine she was standing infront of. Inside were dozens of small stuffed animals. Her golden eyes locked onto a red and white stuffed fox with a green stuffed gem. She took the token in her hand and put it in the machine, she had trouble aiming the machine and when the claw fell her eyes widened as it fell… and missed. Warm tears started to fill her eyes as she squats down and covers her eyes with the sweater.
"Heya! Whatcha cryin about?" A voice calls, the small girl crying turns to see a girl an inch or two taller than her with brown eyes and hair. Wearing a blue sweater and thick winter pants.
"I-I m-missed the fox in the machine… it was… really pretty..." The smaller girl says as she wipes her eyes. The taller one hums before pulling out a token and moves the stick with percision. The hand soon drops and grabs the same stuffed fox and drags it up before… clank! It lands in the shoot, before the taller girl hands it to the smaller with a bright smile.
"There ya go! No need to feel sad if you don't win the first time!" The taller says with a large smile. The smaller stares at her in awe. "So what is your name?" She asks as she puffs her small chest out. "I am Penny! The magnificent!" The girl now know as 'Penny' says with joy. The smaller girl gently smiles and stares at the floor, her golden eyes give a soft glow in the light.
"Frisk..." It all came back… This was when she first met Penny…
Present time…
Frisk felt a jolt of the past causing her to lose footing and stumble a bit, as Asriel groans. Frisk glances over to see another stuffed fox, with a yellow gem in it's mouth being attempted and failed to be claimed.
"This is so hard..." Asriel says before Frisk smiles gently and scoots up to him causing him to move and look at her. "Frisk?" She smiles gently as her hand moves in a similar fashion as she recalled Penny doing all those years ago, It lands and drags the stuffed animal before it falls into the shoot with a gentle thud instead of a clank, showing her how aged the machine to be missing the sound. She takes it and hands it to Asriel whom looks at it then her.
"There you go..." She says smiling, Asriel stares before smiling and look at her in her eyes. The gentle glow was inviting to his eyes.
"Thanks… Lets go… check out some other machines." Asriel says, Frisk nods before the two get entranced by numerious games, the elderly man came by a bit to give Asriel a 'ticket card' so they could deposit their tickets into so they don't have to hold onto all the tickets. After some time passes, Frisk retells the story to Asriel whom smiles warmly and explains it sounds just like their friend to act like she did. Asriel after so long checks the time to see its going on three thirty, deciding since its a bit of a walk to call it now and head that way.
"Hey Frisk lets save these for another day, I want to go grab food in town." Frisk turns her head, they could eat here… however she shrugs, if Asriel wanted to head out for a bit why not… the cool air sounds great after spending so much time playing the arcade so long. The two wave bye to the man before they head out, Asriel taking lead as they walk down the side walk. Despite the town from being a decent size, people tended to avoid leaving buildings often, due to the weather. Monsters included, though most of their jobs are on the outskirts.
The silence of the wind blowing gently and the cool air blasting against their bodies, Frisk smiles at the cooling feel as they walk. Yes it wasn't too cold, but the feeling after being inside felt amazing. Magic couldn't stop all the best parts even if it wanted. However after a few minutes Frisk looks to Asriel with curiousity.
"So where exactly are we going?" Frisk looks at Asriel with confusion at his actions.
"Oh, uh well… I found a resturant that I figured would be nice to try, they accept Monsters and Humans so I figured it'd be better than eating out or something else that is just fast food..." Asriel says causing Frisk's eye to raise.
'That almost sounds like hes treating it… l-l-like a d-d-date?!' Frisk's mind starts to wander as her eyes mentally widen. 'ohmygosh, d-did he realize my feelings?' Her face felt warm causing her to snap to reality, she took quiet breaths to cool her face of her fluster. However, that was before all she saw next was a wooden bat flying into Asriel's head causing him to slam against the ground.
"Asriel!" She screamed and turned to see a pair of bright red eyes residing in the dark shadow of the alley they were passing by, her body shook in fear as suddenly it all went dark, a set of three young adults walk out of the nearby alley and pick up Frisk leaving a fourth to walk up with the bat standing over Asriel, leaning over they take a paper and shove it into Asriel's suit's chest pocket before walking off with a rather broken laughter.
Asriel soon came as he saw his mother looking down at him calling his name. Nearby was Sans and Undyne behind Toriel whom look at him with worry.
"Asriel!" She cries, he sits up as he looks around, his head was pounding and he could feel some of his fur on his head all matted down, his hand reaches back to searing pain and the warm wetness of blood. "Don't touch it Asriel!" Toriel cries as she moves his hands and he could feel the cooling sensation of magic, his eyes look around… Frisk was missing as his mind wanders, the paper crinkles as he tries to get up only to be forced back onto his bottom by his mother while he looks at the paper before Undyne notices and reaches over and snatches it as he finishes reading. Undyne wearing a black tank top and blue pants like always her blue scales had lightened up to match a skyish blue color in the cold weather before her hand crunches the paper.
"Is this some sort of sick game to some human!? Undyne growls, Asriel was staring where the paper was.
The paper had read as such…
"Well, its time to play."
"A, I have taken what you find precious… So I got a question for you when we next meet..."
"Who am I… how dare I… why did I… do this just to you..."
"Hehe… good luck, and lets play when you arrive… after all k or bk."
The wording was cryptic and the current fear of Frisk being in danger prevented him rationally thinking as before in Toriel's arms he jerks forward only to be stopped by Undyne whom reacted quickly.
"FRISK!" He screams as he jerks around, causing Undyne to have a hard hold on him, jerking her around worse than she ever experienced even from her spars.
"Snow on dust! Hes in shock or something, but damn hes strong!" Undyne says as she struggles to keep him from breaking free of her hold. Sans moves over and places his hand on Asriel's head and causes a blue glow that slowly calms him down before he slumps in Undyne's arms. "What the heck was that Sans?" The skeleton sighs before looking away.
"I just overpowered his magic and forced him to sleep… I did this back for Papyrus when he was younger if he had nightmares." Sans explains before looking to Toriel whom was dropping her tears down towards the ground. Facing the ground her tears flowing freely, Frisk was taken… her adopted daughter was taken from her. It brought back too many memories of Chara's death. "You alright Tor, did Asriel accidently hit you or anything when he freaked out?" Sans asks, getting a shaking of a head.
"N-No… The only thing wrong is Frisk is gone! I should have enforced you with them! I should have!" She cries as she moves her hands to her chest, Asriel and Toriel were taken back to the Dreemurr house, where Alphys took care of tending Asriel while he was out. Asgore was holding a phone to his head with an angry glare.
"I swear if you place a hair's harm on her I will make sure you rot in the darkest cell this city!" Asgore snaps as he hears a beep, before growling out causing Papyrus to jump.
"LORD ASGORE, I AM SURE THINGS WILL BE FINE!" Papyrus says with a frown upon his face, Toriel looks at Asgore as he sighs.
"Was that… for Frisk?" Toriel asks with worry, the monster nods with a frown.
"Money trade… looks like some sort of group of punks really wants money… money we don't have." Asgore grips his seat as a rip is heard ringing in the room, his claws digging into the seat. "DAMN IT!" He screams as he stands up and walks to the kitchen. Undyne growls and looks at Toriel then Asgore.
"So… did they give a locations? Are we going to fucking act?!" She says before Toriel looks up and glares at her.
"Don't! Just… don't curse in my house..." Toriel pleads, before Undyne glares.
"THAT, is my sister out there, held by a group of scum! I will damn well curse if I so fucking please!" Undyne snaps, her own aggressive nature clashing with her emotions.
"That won't solve anything Undyne..." Alphys says coming from Toriel's room where Asriel was placed for the time being, with Sans in tow.
"She has a point fishy. However… I also agree something must be done." Sans says his eyes having a blueish mist raise from them. His own voice laced with anger that he was holding back.
"Anyways… Asriel woke up, hes staring into the wall right now… I don't know what to say, he has symptons of shock with how hes acting its like he can't believe what has happened.. and yet, his eyes are burning with emotion… hes full of hate and I don't know what to think of that either. Other than those things, his wound has closed up surprisingly well and the blood was cleaned up with a rag Sans produced for us." Alphys says before looking to Undyne whom looks to Asgore.
" 'Gore! Didn't they say anything?!" She asks again before he sighs. The door to Toriel's room was slightly cracked as Asgore spoke.
"Yes…. But I don't know what to do… They want money in cold cash, and its an ammount we don't even have..." Asgore says as Undyne growls.
"Then we fake it, then once we arrive we kick their ass!" Undyne says, getting a slightly nod from Sans.
"UNDYNE, WE MUSTN'T RESORT TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMANS, IT WOULD MAKE THINGS HARDER ON HUMAN-FRISK!" Papyrus pleads before Asgore sighs.
"Yes… it would, but it also would be bad on us to do nothing… I…" Asgore sighs as suddenly a creak comes from Toriel's door causing him to look to see Asriel standing there, his eyes narrow and glaring at his father as he walks up to him. Asgore's eyes were tired and low… however seeing Asriel's eyes his own narrow as he looks to Sans and Undyne.
"Make it look like your there to drop off the money for Frisk..." Asgore says as Asriel walks towards them, Undyne glares at Asriel but froze seeing the look in his eyes. It was a look she had seen long ago from someone else whom watched over her and her training partner.
It clicked… Asriel trained with her when before he passed away, and the person watching with those detested eyes were… Chara's She shivered before sighing and walking towards the door.
"Where too… father." Asriel says monotonously, Asgore grunts before sighing.
"The western quarry that is locked down right now still in the first warehouse over there." Asgore says as Toriel's eyes widen at him.
"No! I forbid it! I can't… I can't let the same mistake happe-" Asriel turns to Toriel, with an expression on his face of blankness.
"It won't. I will bring her back." Asriel says as his vision turns to the floor. "I promised, to take care of her." He quietly says, Sans catching his words widen his eyes. His promise was still weighing on Asriel, In a way that he never expected. He let his promise become his reason for living, he made it into a life debt.
'I should talk to Asriel later… I meant for him to do her right, not… become someone who is just willing to throw their life away at the drop of a hat just because they feel like they owe someone.' Sans' own guilt built, but he mentally sighs as he moves with Undyne and Asriel, taking their leave. They walk out into the cold as Undyne's yellow eye snaps to Asriel before she looks back towards the path they take.
"Brat, I know what your thinking… don't be stupid. If you get human blood on your hand, there is a chance she won't ever forgive you." Undyne says being serious, Asriel glances down to his hands.
"If that is what it takes to protect… to save her. I don't care… I didn't ask for this chance, but she sacrificed everything for me to have it, I would give my life if she asks because of this. My life, that I never had was never meant I believe." Asriel says, his tone far from his normal self. It was as if something snapped inside him, and he is admitting what he feels for this chance of life.
"Brat, that is so disrespectful! If Frisk grows old and dies then what? If she dies next week to due to some stupid illness then WHAT?!" Undyne snarls towards him, her sharp teeth gritting in anger.
"Undyne, calm down. Getting Angry when someone is like this is pointless… Az, listen… you promised to protect her, don't let that stop you from living your life freely." Sans says as he sees Asriel's ear twitches, a response he was looking for.
"..." Asriel says something deep under his breath. Niether Undyne or Sans caught what he said as Sans looks at him curiously.
"could ya repeat that? I didn't hear you Az." Sans asks as he looks at the goat monster.
"… I said, it'd be pointless to live in a world without her… I could never love anyone else as much as I love her..." Asriel says quietly, Undyne's eye widens slightly before she smiles gently and places a hand on his shoulder.
"Brat, listen… I'll tell ya again. There is no point in fighting… if Frisk gets mad at me or Sans its fine, we have done this before and our hands are already stained with out past… she sees a clean slate with you." Undyne says before looking towards the darkening sky. It had been two hours since they found Asriel and the sun was dropping quickly. Where they lived it was dark by eight, and it was seven now when they got a call saying Asriel hadn't arrived for his dinner plan that caused everyone to go high alert for after that… no one could get in touch with him or Frisk.
"I… can't promise that." Asriel says with no emotion in his tone. Undyne sighs before Sans shrugs.
"Undyne, what your asking would be the same if He or someone else asked you not to if Alphys got hurt by someone human or monster." Undyne's mouth opens to retort, however he was right. Someone you hold close, someone you love. You can't forgive, you can only punish those who did it. The three continue walking, their breaths leaving thick trails of steam from their exhales as they walk. This quietness was troublesome, however it was also… very ominous for the skeleton.
He had a very bad feeling about all this.
Warehouse.
"So we kidnap the girl, lure the family to give us money… and we then take the money and run out of town. This sounds way too easy." One of the young adults say, he had auburn colored hair, he looks to his companions, two with black hair and the fourth whom gave them the plan with brown hair. The dude sorta creeped out the man. They all had brown eyes, except for him, whom had red eyes… the brown hair and red eyes told the auburn haired kidnapper that the dude wasn't right.
"Hehe… well there is a few other steps, but those are for me to do hehehe…." The brown haired man says, his voice breaks into a broken chuckle, as he toys with a knife in his hand. A rather sharp kitchen knife.
"Extra steps…" The man says as suddenly the smell of blood fills the room. The man he was looking at was suddenly before him, he could see his other two companions on the ground blood pooling with their clothing on their chests soaking up blood as well from the front. "D-De-" The man tried to speak as he felt a sharp pain before his vision started to blur before he felt the knife against his throat.
"Bleed for me. I need this to be a spectacle for… my guest." The red eyed man says as he kneels down, and with a flick, rips into the auburn's neck with the knife.
"Soon… we shall have our reunion again. This time… you will pay." The man says, his voice breaks back into the broken laughter, the walls echo the sound as the daylight fades entirely…
Tick.
Tick.
Tick…
Time ticks on an old clock on the wall as soon the sound of a door opens. Sans, Undyne and Asriel walk into the warehouse, before them Frisk was unconcious in the back of the room, but the four kidnappers were not to be seen, the room was darker than one should be when occupied.
"You arrived… how nice. However… you should have came alone!" A voice echos across the warehouse's walls. It was then Undyne's gut churned at the smell. Blood, lots of blood. The lights flick on to reveal the other three bodies on the ground cut open slight as blood was covering the floor. Before the fourth drops from the ceiling into a squatting position on top of a box above Frisk.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Undyne screams in fury. The man cackles like mad as Sans felt uneasy at the sight before him. Asriel's eyes were locked onto the red ones. They were filled with utter joy, while his was filled with utter hate.
"Well… I am waiting for the answer… ASRIEL." The man speaks, his voice slowly breaking into a two different voices.
"How could you Chara..." The man's face breaks into a large smile as he begins to laugh, his body slowly taking on a different form somewhat. Into what looks like an older Chara of roughly twenty, his face not as flushed as it was as a child… yet the insane look of the ruby eyes looked down upon Asriel. "WHY DID YOU DO THIS? WHY FRISK WHY?!" Asriel screams as Chara gives a weak chuckle.
" 'Why' You ask? Because… I hate you… I HATE FRISK!" Chara screams as his ruby eyes snap to Asriel. "AFTER ALL WE DID, AFTER GETTING SO CLOSE YOU RUINED EVERYTHING BACK THEN, THEN YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO ACCEPT FRISK'S KINDNESS TO BE BROUGHT BACK AND FORGET ME IN THE PROCCESS! WE HAD A JOB ASRIEL, TO KILL HUMANS AND UNLEASH YOUR KIND! ONCE WE HAD DONE THAT, THEN I COULD HAVE DESTROYED ALL OF HUMAN RACE WITH THE POWER WE HAD!" Chara screams in fury. "But now.. I have a chance… and I am going to take it..." He says with a large smile, everything slowed down as suddenly he took the knife and swung it down towards Frisk's chest.
It was slow…. It was scary… it was… infuriating. Asriel's body leaps into action towards Chara, making a charge as he climbs onto a box to jump, however the distance was too great as the blade made contact with her flesh and slid all the way to the hilt, Frisk's eyes snap open as she screams in pain before it was yanked out abruptly… her eyes widen as they started to get cloudy.
"Your next… Asriel." Chara says, Asriel screams in fury as magic begins to flow through him. Leaping off the box he blasts off and gives Chara a right hook to the face knocking him away from Frisk, Asriel lands where Chara was, he was down on all fours holding onto the box as his magic was slowly escaping his body visually, like flames yet in light blue hue around his body. Some of it leaked off and started to coat Frisk in a similar blue hue as his eyes look to her then Chara.
"Wrong, its you!" Asriel retorts, before he leaps off leaving a blue hue colored Frisk to be suddenly attended to by Undyne and Sans both of which were wide eyed. Undyne takes her hand and places to Frisk's neck however she suddenly started to gasp for air in a different fashion as Undyne quickly lifts Frisk up bridal style.
"She is having trouble breathing! I think the knife missed her heart and hit her lungs we need to get her out of here and where I can try to help her." Undyne says as Sans looks at her, the look in her eye as she notices him looking. "Look, I live with a monster who is literally a doctor! You kinda learn stuff for emergencies incase I was watching over Frisk or someone okay?! Undyne says allowing Sans to sigh and help her get out of the room. Frisk's eyes looked to Asriel as her body starts to feel cold from blood loss, and her vision fades on his furious looking form as his own fur begins to stand straight out before she blacks out entirely.
"Az, we will take care of Frisk. I… I leave this up to you kiddo." Sans says as he runs out of the room, Chara's eyes narrow before he tries to jump towards them leaving only to be knocked straight down into a crate from a kick. Rolling out of the wood he glances up to see Asriel above him only to dodge and thrust the knife towards him Asriel's hands come up to the blade as a green glow stops it.
"Even if I fail to kill her, I will make sure you die tonight!" Chara says with a glare, Asriel's eyes narrow, the emerald color begins to give a gentle glow.
"Brother… family… did that mean anything to you?!" Asriel asks, his voice deeper and more furious than before.
"Never. You were all tools for me, I by all reason should have overpowered your soul that day! However, you had to be born with DETERMINATION! Out of all the soul traits you could have been given, you had to be born with that, I despise you for that, because you ruined EVERYTHING!" Chara screams pressing the knife tightly against Asriel's defense. The magic glows as suddenly the blade shatters and shoves Chara to the side, however he saw an opportunity and took a shard and slashes past his arm cutting Asriel's face causing him to drop and scream in pain. The cut was across his left eye, blood began pouring down his face as the cut was just deep enough to be painful and hindering to his sight.
Magic burns around Asriel in fiery passion, before the blueish magic flames turn green and give off a bright glow as Chara moves back to see them vanish, the blood flow from the cut slows quickly to a near-stop, however his eyes slowly glow orange as his fur across his arms sticks out like needles as lightning dances across his fur around the tips of the hairs. His body laxes as his arms drop. Chara felt dread for once, Asriel's eyes no longer held hate… they held something he hadn't seen on anyone's face before. They held the same joy he had in what he was about to do. Before he knew what happened he was taking cover as several hundred needle like hairs were across the room.
"You missed… now its time to-" The hum of electricity fills his ears.
"DIE!" Asriel screams as the needles allowed him to to shoot electricity across the room. Chara's eyes widen as the blueish purplish lightning fires from Asriel's hands, and quickly spreads towards him. His body flooded with pain as he quickly drops the second his body unlocks from the magic causing him to lock up. The second he hits the floor. Chara sees black smoke starting to surround him as he growls.
"Next time… I will not lose…" Chara says as the body begins to return to normal showing brown hair and blue eyes. This wasn't Chara's body… he had possessed the human's body. Asriel's body started to weaken as he fell to his knees. His fur was thinner in his arms visibly as Sans could be seen running back in.
"Kid, I- holy dust..." The room was filled with a light smoke. Asriel was on his knees bleeding from the wound on his face. His eyes still glowing orange for a second turn to green as he falls to the floor unconscious. Sans once he took a step near Asriel realized one thing… it was better he was out to not see the aftermath of apparently his last attack. The three bodies that were there before… were charred beyond the point of being identified. He felt a level of disgust in his gut. 'He… He can't know. Frisk either… I will take care of this once they are home...' Sans walks over to Asriel and lifts the monster up before carrying him out of the building to see Undyne had left with Frisk. He sighs looking to the dark sky, void of stars as he frowns.
"Kid… I think I am the one whom fail you." Sans says before looking to Asriel whom was out and hanging over his shoulder. "I hope everything returns to normal tomorrow."