Chapter 5

Sans sat with Mila and Alice, Alice next to him in a blanket, drinking hot cocoa, and Mila in his lap, also drinking hot cocoa.

They had just gotten home from Alice's lake adventure.

I still gotta take Alice to get her phone fixed, but for now, I wanna make sure that she's warm.

"So, what did you see?" Sans asked. Alice took a sip and paused.

"Before I tell you, I need to ask you something." Sans tilted his head.

"Shoot."

"Do you know what a Shifter is?"

Sans blinked. He hadn't expected this question. He shifted his weight, adjusting Mila. "Yes, I do."

"I met one. Named them Kaya."

"Kaya?" Sans raised a non existant eyebrow.

"Yes," Alice confirmed. She took another sip. "They were so pretty. They had r-really pale blonde hair that was super fluffy and curly. They had the most gorgeous eyes, it was like staring into an angel's eyes…" Alice sighed.

"It sounds like you really like them," Sans commented.

"I do. They were really nice, even though we didn't talk for long." Alice paused, staring off into space. "They had a really bad stutter. Worse than mine."

"Shifters have been through a lot," Sans commented. "I'm not surprised."

"They have?" Alice frowned, taking a sip. Mila crawled out of Sans' lap, knocking over her hot cocoa. Out of habit, Alice moved to grab the cup, and successfully did so, not realizing that the cup would still spill...all over her pants. Mila giggled loudly as Alice frowned at her.

"You ok, Alice?" Sans asked, grabbing the cup from her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's not that hot." Alice stood up and took the cup from Sans. "I can take this."

"You sure?" Sans asked. Alice nodded.

"I got this." She walked out of the living room into the kitchen. Sans turned his attention back to Mila, who had stopped laughing and was staring at Sans with a smile on her face.

"Mila, you need to be more careful," Sans sighed, picking up the small child. Mila smiled at him and then managed to wiggle out from his arms, landing on her butt on the floor, standing up and toddling off.

"Mila!" Sans "ran" after her (more like walking but making movement like running) to catch up to the child. "You're too fast! I can't catch up!"

Mila giggled once more and toddled behind a corner, and then bonked her head on something. She fell on her butt again, and sat back and cried. Sans' "run" turned into an actual run and he followed her and picked her up, cudding her into his arms.

"What happened?" Toriel came running, taking Mila from him.

"She hit her head on something," Sans explained.

"Awww, Mila!" Toriel cuddled her daughter closer.

"I-it's not my fault!" Mila blubbered. "Handy told me to wun the cowner!" Toriel comforted the child.

"It's ok Mila. Let me get you some ice, my child." Toriel gave the girl back to Sans and went to the kitchen.

"Mila, honey, you know you can't always listen to Handy," Sans warned. "This isn't the first time he's told you to do something that hurt you."

"It's not his fault! I'm being an idiot," Mila frowned.

"Mila, do me a favor and never call yourself an idiot because of how someone else's behavior affected you. Ever."

"Why?" Mila tilted her head, tears dripping from her eyes.

"B-because it opens you up to getting hurt." They both looked up at Alice's bell-like voice. Sans noted the stain still on her pants. "Mom told me to bring the ice, she wanted to grab something for Mila," Alice explained, before adding onto what she had said with "Trust me Mila. Don't blame yourself for what other people have done to you." Mila blinked.

"Why?"

"Bad people can take a-advantage of you. If you blame yourself for their behavior, then it excuses their behavior. And they'll keep doing it," Alice sat down, and put the ice pack on Mila's head.

"COWD!" Mila yelped, taking it off and throwing it at Alice. It hit her in the chest, and she jumped back.

"That is cold Mila!" Alice squeaked. "But you have to put it on your head. I promise it'll help with the pain."

"...ok." Mila relented, shivering as the ice pack went on her head.

"See, t-that's not too bad!" Alice tried to encourage the baby, who just stared at her. "Right, it is that bad. Ok, uhhhhh, h-how about i make you another hot chocolate?" Mila perked up and nodded at that.

"Yes pease." Mila smiled.

"You have to keep the ice pack on, though," Alice told her. "Agreed?"

"Agweed." Mila nodded, wincing. Alice left to grab the hot chocolate as Toriel came back in with a slice of butterscotch cinnamon pie.

"Oh, Alice?" Sans called after the girl, but she had already gone into the kitchen. "Tori, you mind getting Mila settled?"
"Of course not." Toriel turned her attention to her daughter as Sans walked after Alice to the kitchen.

"Hey, Alice, you wanna take care of that stain?" Sans asked.

"Oh, I-I completely forgot about it." Alice frowned, looking down at her pants. "I'll just give Mila her hot chocolate and take care of it." Before Sans could say anything, Alice walked off with the hot chocolate. He sat down at the table, thinking about what Alice had said about Kaya.

Alice should really be careful with that Shifter. I don't know why exactly they exist, why they were created, but I doubt its for a good reason. Alice doesn't deserve to be hurt anymore.

*A/N Hey y'all.

Sorry for the super late update, I've been busy with college applications and dance and skating and all that Senior year stuff.

It's review time!

Merp asks: How old is Kaya?

Kaya can take the form of either an adult or a child, but technically they're the same age as Alice, so 17.

Are we going to see any of those ambassador meetings?

Yes.

Teh Esprite asks: Can we have more males this time around?

There will be more characters who are men.

Alex asks: How did Sans know where Alice was?

Sans knew she was at the lake, and her footprints led into the woods.

DarkPugLord23 asks: Is Sans gonna give someone a bad time in the future?

Yes.

Opti-chan asks: Tea, will there be any fandom ships? (Like Asrielxrandomhuman)

Some characters will gain partners, but I can't say right now whether or not there will be fandom ships. Most likely not.

That's all for now! Thank you all so much for reading, and I hope you all have a wonderful day/afternoon/night/whenever you read this!

~Skater/Tea