Bryan Anderson entered the principal's office a little after the first period had begun. Toriel was doing some paperwork as she was waiting for him.

"Ah, Bryan. There you are. Please take a seat, I have much to discuss with you." Toriel said as she put the papers in her file cabinet.

Bryan rolled his eyes and sat down. "What's this about Ms Toriel?" He scoffed. It was clear he didn't show much respect to the Monster, probably because of his mother.

"I am acutely aware of everything you have done to Frisk. They told me the other day. Now, fighting is heavily frowned upon here at my school. You should know this." Toriel said gently.

Bryan rolled his eyes again. "Whatever. You can't prove anything! I didn't do anything to your precious little girl." Bryan said.

Toriel chose to ignore his blatant disrespect for Frisk's preferred gender role and kept her anger down. "Are you calling Frisk a liar, Bryan?"

"What if I am?" He spat.

Toriel had enough. "I'm suspending you for the rest of the week." Toriel said, filling out the proper forms and making it official over the attendance records.

Bryan slammed his fists on Toriel's desk. "Bullshit!"

"Watch your mouth, Bryan." Toriel said calmly.

"You're just trying to get rid of me like you got rid of my Mom!" Bryan accused.

"Bryan, your mother is being held at the sheriff's office to answer a few questions. If she didn't tell you this, it's not my fault. I didn't press charges against her, so she should've been able to call you." Toriel said calmly.

"I will have Mr. Cruz take you home, please wait by the school bus stop." Toriel said.

Bryan gave her a death glare as he stood up and grabbed his backpack. "You Monsters have no right to do this." He sneered before slamming the door.

Toriel sighed and rubbed her temples. "I wish I could just...ugh...that family is such a headache." Toriel groaned before getting back to work.


Sans was half asleep in his office. His mind kept travelling back to his dream. He didn't know what to do about it, so he kept pushing it away. He'd deal with it later.

He was about to just take a nap when there was a knock on his door.

"Dr. Sans? Are you available?" A child's voice called from outside of the room.

Sans stretched his arms and back before he sat up straight. He pulled himself up to his desk. "Sure am, kid. Come on in." He told the child.

The door opened to reveal a child that had become something of a regular visit to his office. The child was about a year younger than Frisk. He was wearing a black t-shirt with some flame patterns on the sleeves and white shorts. He had sandals on today, since he didn't have P.E.

"How ya doing Billy?" Sans greeted.

Billy smiled at him. "Good I guess." He said before walking over to the chair in front of Sans.

"So what is it this time? Mother? Brother? Or something else?" Sans asked.

"...I...I want to talk to you about Bryan." Billy said.

"Brother it is, then." Sans said as he sat up, giving Billy the go ahead.

Billy pulled out his phone and scrolled through his text messages to one he just got not ten minutes ago. He passed it over to Sans.

Sans picked up his phone and looked at the text message. It was from Bryan. It read: "I just got suspended for the rest of the week. It was because that Monster lover bitch snitched. Teach her a lesson for me while I'm gone."

Sans' eye sockets were blank. He sighed and put the phone down. "Sheesh. Your brother's a real menace. No offense." Sans said.

"None taken. Believe me." Billy said as he picked his phone back up and put it away. "I don't know what to do. I'm definitely not going to try and fight Frisk, but I don't know if I should tell anyone about this, I don't want Bryan to be mad at me." Billy said.

"Well. As long as you don't do anything, I won't tell anybody else unless you want me to, kid." Sans told Billy.

Billy smiled at the skeleton. "Thanks, Dr. Sans! You're the best. Before I go, can you help me with one more thing?" Billy asked with a blush.

"Sure kid, what is it?" Sans asked.

"...Teach me how to tie my shoes?" Billy asked sheepishly.

Sans sighed to himself. Did Linda seriously not even teach him how to tie his shoes? "Sure, kid. Knot a problem." Sans jokes, causing the child to giggle a bit.

Sans walked out from his desk and took him through it step by step.

"Thanks Dr. Sans!" Billy said, giving the skeleton a high five.

"Like I said, kid, not a problem. Be sure to come to me if you want to talk about anything at all. That's what I'm here for." Sans said as Billy walked to the door.

"I will!" Billy said before leaving the office.

Sans walked back to his chair and sat back down. " 'Least one of them is a bright star." Sans said as documented this visit.


Frisk placed their tray down at their usual table. MK and Shiro had come into the cafeteria a little late, so they were unfortunately still in line.

Chara snickered a bit at this, causing Frisk to roll their eyes. They pulled out a sketchbook and began to idly doodle, not wanting to eat without their friends.

Chara floated above them and peered at their drawing. It was Sans getting a slam dunk in basketball.

"Figures." The ghost child snorted.

Frisk smiled to themself as they drew it. They heard footsteps approach their table. They kept drawing, assuming it was MK or Shiro.

"Excuse me?" a young child's voice called out.

Frisk looked up to see none other than Billy had come over to their table. "I usually eat with my brother...but he's not here...can...can I eat with you?" Billy asked nervously.

Frisk gave Billy a patient smile and nodded. They pulled out one of the extra chairs for him.

"Thank you!" Billy said before he sat down, placing the tray on the table.

He had some chicken nuggets and fries. A classic. "Hey...listen...I know my brother is really mean to you...I uh...I wanted to apologize to you on his behalf." Billy said.

"Sheesh kid. Pretty awkward way to start a conversation. " Chara said with an eye roll.

Frisk shook their head. 'It's fine.' They signed.

"I'm sorry, Frisk...but...I don't know sign language." Bill admitted.

Frisk tore out a piece of paper and wrote "It's okay, I can just do this." On it.

Billy giggled a bit. "It's okay, you know. I can just stop talking." He said.

'It's not really much of a problem for me to write.' Frisk wrote.

Billy looked unsure. "I don't wanna be a bother."

'You aren't. I promise.' Frisk wrote.

Billy could feel his smile return. "Okay. If you're sure. Well...my brother was suspended for at least the rest of the week, if you haven't heard that already."

'I don't want to come off as rude, but, I'm glad. I was getting tired of dealing with him. It would be nice to get a small break.' Frisk wrote.

Billy just laughed. "Oh trust me, I get it. I have to live with him!" He said in between his laughing.

Frisk giggled a bit as well. They talked like this with Billy for a few more minutes before eventually MK and Shiro came over to the table.

"Yo Frisk!" MK said as he placed his tray down. "Yo, Billy! Won't your brother get mad at you if you sit with us?" MK asked the younger child.

Billy shook his head. "We don't have to worry about that today. Or for the rest of the week, as a matter of fact. He's been suspended." Billy told MK.

"Yo! That's awesome!" MK said excitedly. "Uh...well I mean..." He sputtered sheepishly once he realized exactly what he said.

"It's fine, Kid, I get it, really. Bryan's a jerk." Billy said as he ate his food.

Shiro came over a few minutes later, waving to everyone. "Hey Frisk, MK. Who's this?" He asked as he sat down next to MK.

"Yo, Shiro!" MK greeted. "This is Billy! He's a year behind us, but he's really cool."

Billy was looking at Shiro with stars in his eyes. "Are you a dragon? I love dragons!" Billy said excitedly.

Shiro smiled at the younger child. "Yes, I am." He said politely.

MK pouted and rolled his eyes. "I'm a dragon to you know?" He huffed playfully.

'Yeah but you breathe ice!' Frisk signed.

"So?!" MK exclaimed, causing Frisk to laugh.

Billy talked to Shiro about dragon stuff for the next few minutes. Mostly questions about legends he heard about Dragons, he wanted to see if they were true.

Surprisingly, or not surprisingly, depending on your stance on the matter, most of them turned out false. Or at the very least highly exaggerated.

The last thing Billy asked was if Shiro could show him his fire breath. "Yeah, sure. But during recess, okay?" Shiro answered.

Billy pouted but accepted these terms. He could be patient if it meant seeing real dragon fire.

'So, Billy. Are you excited for fourth grade, or are you dreading it?' Frisk asked. Shiro and MK were here now, so they would translate for them.

"Um...I guess I'm looking forward to it. I never had multiple different classes before. That's exciting to think about." Billy answered.

'Hopefully you get good teachers next year.' Frisk signed.

"I hope so too." Billy said with a smile.

Shiro ate a few more bites of his packed lunch. "Yeah. Hopefully you don't get Mrs. Anderson."

Frisk and MK looked away at those words, the mood of the table shifted a bit. Billy looked less chipper now, and a little sad.

"What? What did I say?" Shiro asked, looking at everyone with concern.

"Mrs. Anderson...She's...She's my Mom." Billy admitted.

"...Oh...Uh...I'm sorry for what I said, I'm sure she can be nice." Shiro said, waving his hands around nervously.

"No, I understand how mean she is. She doesn't really treat me or my big brother much better. I'm just...embarrassed about the things she does. Those videos going around are always going to be associated with my family now." He groaned.

"Maybe forever with Mrs. Anderson, but definitely not you. People know how nice of a kid you are, Billy!" MK said in his most reassuring tone.

"I guess..." Billy sighed.

'Chin up, dude. You try just as hard if not harder than everyone else at being a good kid. If you were old enough, I'm sure people would be voting for you to be student council president.' Frisk signed.

"Yeah man. Your cruddy family doesn't describe who you are. You are your own person." Shiro told Billy.

Billy looked at all three of them, a happy smile on his face. He wiped away the tears of joy that were stinging his eyes. "You guys...you have no idea how much that means to me. You guys are awesome!" Billy said happily.

The three older children had varying reactions to those words. They were all mostly just smiles and laughter. 'You're welcome to hang out with us if you want to you know.' Frisk signed.

"Yeah! It'd be fun to have a fourth person in our group! Tag would be way more fun!" MK said excitedly.

"If I ever get a body I'm going to be the God of Tag." Chara commented, thinking back to the many times they and Asriel messed around when they were still alive.

"You know what? I think I will! I don't care what Bryan or anyone else thinks! You guys are my friends, and I feel happy about that!"

"Awesome!" MK said excitedly.

Shiro patted Billy on the back. "That's the spirit, Billy."

Frisk smiled reassuringly at Billy and gave him two thumbs up. " * The fact that you and your friends were able to help another friend feel more confident with himself fills you with determination." Chara said to Frisk.


Mr. Jones was sitting on a bench on the outside of the campus, watching all the kids run around during recess. He was the chaperone for 1st recess today.

He had been texting for the past few minutes, looking up occasionally to make sure nobody was hurt or was being bullied. About halfway into recess, a child came up to Mr. Jones with a question.

"Hey Mr. Jones?" The child asked.

"Yes, what is it?" The history teacher said, looking up from his phone.

The child pointed over to Frisk and the others. Both Frisk and Billy were watching as Shiro and MK were making their own little light show with Shiro's flames and MK's ice.

"Isn't that dangerous?" The child asked.

Mr. Jones chuckled to himself before he shook his head. "Now I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, but to my knowledge, Monster Magic doesn't hurt anyone unless the Monster using the magic wants it to." He told the child.

"Oh! That's pretty cool! I'm gonna go see if they'll let me watch." The child said before running off.

Mr. Jones smiled as he watched the children play.

'Now make a heart!' Frisk signed excitedly.

"Could you be any more lame, Frisk?" Chara teased with a giggle.

Billy was just as excited as Frisk was to see another fire and ice creation.

"Sure, guys. That sounds easy enough, right MK?" Shiro asked as he stretched out a bit.

MK nodded. "Yeah, sure thing. This'll be easy." He said.

MK and Shiro both stood a couple feet apart from each other and took deep breaths.

"Ready?" Shiro asked MK.

"Yo, I was born ready, dude!" MK said with a confident grin.

Shiro grinned back at his friend. "Okay then, let's do it!" Shiro said as he began building up his magic.

MK followed suit before they both breathed out and shot their respective elements in the air. Frisk and Billy watched with awestruck faces as Shiro's red stream and MK's blue stream flew through the air and intertwined together into a heart.

MK and Shiro grinned at their combined creation as it floated there for a few moments before it slowly faded away. Shiro and MK clapped their tails together.

"That was awesome!" Billy exclaimed while Frisk gave them an excited clap.

Both MK and Shiro blushed a bit and looked away. "C-Come on guys. It was nothing." Shiro said with a small smile.

"Yeah, there was nothing to it, yo!" MK said with a laugh.

Frisk and Billy both laughed at their reactions. Billy seemed to notice something a few seconds later as he cleared his throat.

"Hey guys? I think we have a bit of an audience." He said as he pointed behind Shiro and MK.

There were a couple of kids around the same age as them sitting down on the grass. "Don't mind us! We just wanted to watch! I hope that's okay!" One of them said once she realized they've been spotted.

"It's uh….fine, I guess?" Shiro said.

"Yo, this isn't some kind of joke, is it?" MK asked. He was a little skeptical.

"Nah, man! We just think the stuff you're doing is pretty cool looking!" The other child said.

MK swelled his chest up with pride. "Haha! Alright then, do you two have any requests?" MK asked.

"Yeah, I do! Could you combine both of your colors and make a purple smiley face?" The girl asked.

"That's a bit more complicated than the heart, but it shouldn't be too much of a problem." Shiro said as he began stretching again.

MK struck a pose. "It's not a problem at all for us, Nyeh Heh Heh!" MK grinned, his scarf waving in the wind.

Chara snickered at MK's antics while Frisk gave him a patient smile. Shiro and MK got into position and took deep breaths before spewing out their fire and ice, forcing them to combine into one magical color, purple, the color requested. As it morphed into one, they forced it to take the shape of a smiley face.

Once they were finished, Mk and Shiro needed to catch their breath. All four children watching their little magic show applauded them.

Frisk and Billy spent the rest of recess watching Shiro and MK mess around with their magic.


A teacher was currently on break and she had decided to spend it by taking a walk along the campus perimeter. She'd be back in time for her next class, so why not enjoy her break. She walked along the fence that lined the forest behind the school. The seasons were starting to change to fall. The leaves were beginning to change colors. Fall was her favorite time of year. Not too hot, not too cold, and the scenery was always beautiful.

She looked toward the main buildings of the school, and then felt her heart sink. She could see black smoke rising from the front of the school.

"Oh shit." She said as she took off running.

Toriel stood in front of her school's office, right outside of the parking lot, staring just outside the fence. Undyne was standing next to her, in just as much shock.

"Who could have done this? Did you see anyone on the cameras?" Toriel asked Undyne.

Undyne jammed her hands in her pants pockets and sighed. "Nobody was paying attention to the front of the school when this happened, but I went back through the footage. Some guys in a black truck came in with those things and lined them up before setting them all on fire." Undyne told Toriel.

The two monsters were staring past the parking lot, just outside of the fence of the school. There were thirty stuffed monster figures planted in the ground, all on fire.

"What cruel person could have done this in front of a school?! What's even the point of this?! Was this some kind of message? Or some stupid Joke!?" Toriel growled, getting angrier and angrier the longer she stared at the scene before her.

The woman on break came running through one of the front entrances of the school. She stopped next to Toriel and Undyne and stared at the figures.

She covered her mouth in shock, staring at the scene in disbelief. "Who would do this?" She mumbled.

"Ms Jenkins. I'm sorry to bother you, but could you call the police and have them send a fire truck?" Toriel asked the teacher.

"Of….Of course ma'am. Right away!" Ms. Jenkins said before she ran to the office.

Toriel wiped away the tears that had formed in her eyes before she turned away from the scene. Undnye placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. "I'm going to find out who did this, Tori. You don't need to worry."

"I just...worry that one day things will escalate farther than anybody expects...and the day will come where those won't be fake Monsters on those posts." Toriel said darkly.

"Tori...come on...that's not gonna happen. Not if we have to say anything about it." Undyne said reassuringly.

"I hope you're right Undyne, I really do." Toriel said before she walked away.

Undyne clenched her fists and stared out at the burning posts one more time. "I'm going to find out who did this and I'm going to kick their asses." She growled before she too walked away.


Frisk felt a lot better than they did the other day by the time school was over today. They were ready to walk home when Toriel had called them and told them not to leave until Sans got there, that he'd walk them home from today onward. Frisk was concerned at the tone in their mother's voice.

"I-Is ever..everything okay?" Frisk said into their phone. They were a little more comfortable with talking if it was over the phone.

"Yes, my child. Something happened earlier, and I'm just concerned about you." Toriel told them.

"Ok-kay, Mom. Th-Thank you. I'll wait." Frisk said as they walked to a nearby bench.

Frisk could feel Toriel's motherly smile through the phone. "Thank you my child. I love you." Toriel said happily.

"I love you too, Mom." Frisk said before the phone call ended.

Chara floated above Frisk. "Guess it's time to play the waiting game." They said with a yawn.

'How do ghosts get tired?' Frisk asked, signing once again.

Chara shrugged. "I dunno. Use your imagination. Mmmmmmmmmmagic." They said, wiggling their fingers.

Frisk rolled their eyes and sat back. Hopefully Sans wouldn't be long and they could just get going. They really wanted to play some video games with Flowey today. The new Smash character was just announced!


A/N: Thank you all so much for reading! This story is growing really fast, even if it is reupload from archiveofourown. 40 views already?! Sheesh! I'll be sure to keep it up! :)