Before I start the story I just want you guys to know that I have super mixed feelings for Undertale. I love the soundtrack and the character designs and the concept of befriending monster enemies, but I think some things in the story itself could've been handled better. Like for a few examples, most of the monsters are attacking an innocent child named Frisk (well, innocent if you choose to be a pacifist) even though they haven't really done anything wrong. Yet these monsters hypocritically believe that their souls are made of love, hope and compassion while a human's soul is not, which not only a racist mindset, but also makes them think that it justifies killing humans even if they're children and don't want to fight! All this because of a war that they lost to the humans that banished them as well as a group of humans killing the king's son... I get that losing your prince and your freedom like that sucks, but that no excuse for killing humans that haven't done anything wrong just because they were born from the same species that wronged you! None of them even bother giving the poor 6 humans that were killed by their king a proper funeral and most of them don't even feel guilty for what they've done to Frisk and those that do... never really make up for it and act like they haven't done anything wrong. At least Flowey is honest about how horrible he is and he's soulless, so what's everyone else's excuse? They all pretty much get away with attempted child murder/neglect and planned genocide of humanity... But what if they didn't?

"Good evening. We interrupt this broadcast to bring you breaking news of the discovery of what happened to the missing humans that disappeared around MT. Ebott. Asgore Dreemurr, King of the monsters trapped inside has seemed to have murdered these humans and kept their bodies hidden inside his castle. The tombs have been discovered by a group of nosy journalists that somehow sneaked inside and have said that some mysterious colorful glows showed them the way. Considering all the crazy stuff I've seen in my career, I might actually believe them. They also said the glows showed them a way to a lab and where they found camera footage of some monsters hunting down the only survivor of Ebott, Frisk, who is only a child."

"When the journalists got the footage to the police and showed them pictures of the tombs, King Asgore was arrested for his crimes. As were many other monsters that attacked Frisk including, the ex-captian of the royal guard, a robot built to kill, the royal scientist that built the robot and a creepy spider pastry chief…"

"Apparently, the former captain tried to resist arrest by suplexing the officers and had to be tranquilized. The robot resisted arrest as well and had to be tazered, since tranquilizers don't work on machines. Then a small skeleton came out of nowhere and seemed to have teleported himself and a taller skeleton away from a rookie officer named Steven that was about to put the taller one in handcuffs. The small skeleton was warned that he would be arrested as well if he didn't cooperate, but the skeleton just made puns and teleported whenever Steven got too close. Steven then decided to make some jokes of his own to distract comedian, while his partner Peter took the skeleton by surprise with a tazer on his boney back. Both skeletons who I assume are related were arrested shortly afterwards."

"Steven got mad at his partner for such brutal treatment, but Peter says that he regrets nothing. Criminals and puns are his two least favorite things, he said. He also explained that since the monster was literally made of bones, tranquilizers probably wouldn't have worked on him anyway."

"Shortly after that incident, even the former queen of monsters and adopted mother of Frisk was arrest for child neglect. When questioned where she was when Frisk was being hunted down by her people. Basically, when Frisk wanted to leave her home, she lets them go into the freezing woods on their own with not even a coat to keep them warm and she also trusted the small skeleton she barley knew at the time into protecting the kid."

"Speaking of Frisk, they were taken to an orphanage after the arrest of Toriel. It's a miracle poor Frisk isn't traumatized by all these experiences. Though they seem not to express much emotion, but it's probably their way of coping with all the stress. A reporter notes how cold and indifferent Frisk looked when they saw Toriel get taken away."

"There will be a trial in two weeks that will decide the fate of all the monsters that were trapped in MT. Ebott... Here's to hoping that some of them will be spared from the wrath of the court."

...

Asgore, Toriel, Undyne, Alphys, Papyrus and Sans all slowly walked to the defendant's table, wearing special cuffs that stop their magic and weaken their strength.

Many people in the courtroom glared at coldly at them as they walked across the room. Asgore, Toriel, Alphys and Papyrus kept their heads down, but Undyne defiantly glared right back at them while Sans casually waved. Once the reached their table, the prosecutor aka Peter the cop that tazed Sans, saw Undyne's glare and scoffed in disgust. Undyne growled at this and Alphys was quietly begging her not to make things worse. After some hesitation, Undyne relaxed and went to her seat.

The jury watched this whole exchange silently. Some were angry, others were scared and a few seemed conflicted on what to think.

Judge Joy watched them all with a more neutral gaze, adjusting her glasses.

Once the monsters all got seated, the judge cleared her throat and stated one thing...

"As we begin the trial, I would like everyone to know that we will be seeing some of the footage that was found in the underground and after we finish seeing a part of the video, I shall call some monsters to the stand that were involved in that video. But since we have no footage of what happened in the ruins, I would like to call Toriel to the stand to tell us her point of view of what happened inside the closed doors."

Toriel rised and walked to the stand.

When she sat down, the judge looked at her.

"Do you swear to speak nothing but the truth?"

"I do."

"Then we shall proceed."

Toriel nodded, but then realized something. "Before we do proceed your honor, I must ask. Shouldn't we have a defender?"

Judge Joy nodded. "Excellent question. You actually do have someone that wants to defend you, but for some reason he's running late. Shall we start?"

"Yes, your honor." Toriel sighed.

Peter glared at Toriel and thought about what he wanted to ask.

"Okay, Toriel." He started. "How did you and Frisk first meet?"

"Well, I first met my child when they were being attacked by a horrible flower. I saved them and brought them to my home where I made them pie."

Peter raised an eyebrow at this. "I see...So you were taking pretty good care of Frisk."

"Yes, I like to believe I was." Toriel smiled at these words, unaware of the man's disbelieving tone of voice.

Peter then pointed at the boss monster. "Then why the HELL did you send the poor kid into the freezing snow all alone?!"

Toriel froze at this question. Pun intended.

"...I... I didn't want to at first." Toriel stated sadly, looking at the wall. "Frisk wanted to leave so badly, but I tried to make them change their mind."

"How?"

"..."

"What did you do to try and change their mind?"

"..."

"May I remind you that you took an oath?"

"...I...I...I tried to get them to fight me. I had to so they could survive." Toriel said at last, shame written all over her face.

The jury and most of the courtroom gasped at this, while Peter looked furious.

"And did you use your magic on this fight?" He asked.

"Yes."

"What kind of magic was it?"

"The same kind as Asgore's." Toriel answered emotionlessly. Asgore flinched at Toriel mentioning his name.

"Fire magic."

"Yes..."

"You attack Frisk with fire magic."

"...Yes...I'm ashamed of what I did."

"Too bad shame can't reverse the physical and emotional damage you could've done to Frisk" the prosecutor growled.

Toriel began to shake and shiver. She felt her sins crawling on her back.

Judge Joy cleared her throat and Toriel looked at her with tear filled eyes.

The judge's eyes weren't cold, disgusted or angry like all the other humans, but they were disappointed.

"Toriel, I have one last question for you before return to your table. Why didn't you join Frisk when they left the ruins?"

"...I was scared of seeing my husband again... and the possibility of him no longer being the Asgore I once knew...I was also scared of the possibility that... I had to... I had to kill my best friend in order to protect Frisk..."

"So you let fear control your actions."

"...Yes...I guess I did... I guess Asgore isn't the only one who let his emotions get the better of him...But I didn't leave Frisk all by themselves."

"You didn't?" Peter asked in surprise.

The goat monster smiled through her tears.

"No, I didn't. I made a dear friend of mine promise me to protect them in my absence and his name is Sans. That's him over there." Toriel pointed to the skeleton in the blue jacket. Sans began to sweat nervously as Toriel looked at him with such kind, trusting eyes. If the humans have footage of what he said to Frisk at the MTT Resort, then Sans is in for a royally bad time.

Peter glared at the pile of lazy bones. "Him? Seriously?"

Toriel nodded confidently. "Indeed."

"...I think you need to see this footage just as much as the jury does."

Toriel blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Oh, you'll see. Return to your seat and we will play the first part."

When Toriel returns to the tale, she sits right next to Sans and when Sans tries to get up, Peter shows off his tazer with a smirk.

...Sans begrudgingly sits back down.

The video begins with Frisk opening the doors of the ruins and walking into the snow...