Chapter 5: No Longer Enemies
Frisk was giggling as she ran through the snow. "Can't catch me, Fuku!" She called out to her.
"Oh, yes I can!" Fuku called back as she ran through the snow, the boots Frisk had given her keeping her feet dry and warm as she chased after her best friend.
Sans was watching nearby and chuckled at seeing the two play. Even Papyrus paused in checking his puzzles to watch the two. "They've really become good friends," the tall skeleton said.
"Yeah, they have," the short skeleton said with a nod.
Papyrus chuckled as Fuku caught Frisk and the two girls were giggling up a storm. "I never thought humans could actually be our friends and help us," he admitted. "But our little Frisk has proven that she can and will."
"Yeah, she's quite a kid," Sans said, also chuckling before sobering. "What's the situation with Undyne?"
The tall skeleton's face fell into a frown. "Sans, I don't think I want to be a Royal Guard after all," he said, to his brother's surprise. "Undyne keeps saying that no human can be our friend, but when I tell her about Frisk, she just shuts me down and says I don't know what I'm talking about."
The hoodie-wearing skeleton looked at his brother, knowing that he wouldn't be saying that he didn't want to be a Royal Guard on a whim. It was his dream and to suddenly give up on that dream wasn't like him. "Bro, are you sure?" He asked him. "You don't have to hunt humans to be a Royal Guard."
"Not with the way Undyne is about it," Papyrus said. "I'm serious, Sans. For Frisk."
That was one thing that Sans knew and loved about his brother. He would always do the right thing and it was a lot to give up a dream for someone, but the short skeleton understood what his brother meant. "You don't want her to get hurt and you don't want Undyne to get her," he said.
"No," the tall skeleton said before looking at his brother. "Besides, I'm already a guard in a way. I've been guarding Frisk, as have you, from Undyne."
"That's true," the hoodie-wearing skeleton said before a flash of red caught his eye and he looked up to see Undyne was headed their way and she seemed to be heading for the two girls. "Bro, Undyne alert," he said urgently.
Papyrus looked up and gasped in shock. "Fuku! Frisk! Look out!" He called out.
Frisk looked up and gasped in shock at seeing the fish woman coming their way. "Fuku," she said urgently.
The green fire elemental looked up and her eyes widened. "Frisk, get behind me," she said, standing firmly in front of the child.
Undyne stood a few yards away, her spear in her hand. "Kid, get out of the way," she said firmly, her one good eye glaring.
Fuku shook her head. "No," she said firmly.
Papyrus and Sans came up to them. "Undyne, please," the taller skeleton pleaded. "Listen to me. Frisk is just a child, but she's a good child."
"She's human, Papyrus," Undyne said through gritted teeth. "No human is good."
"Frisk is," Sans said firmly. "And if you dare take a shot at her, you'll answer to me."
The fish woman snarled at them. "I expected better from my student," she said.
Papyrus stood taller. "I'd rather be Frisk's uncle than your student, Undyne," he said.
That just made the fish woman angrier and Fuku felt it was a good time to get Frisk to safety. "Frisk, go to Grillby's," she said softly. "He'll hide you."
The green fire elemental held out her hands and a fire shield formed around the brown-haired child, who realized what her friend was doing. The teenage monster nodded. "Go," she said urgently.
Frisk nodded and quickly ran for the restaurant, which was thankfully just around the corner and she burst through the door, closing it behind her. Grillby looked up as she came in and noticed the slowly-fading fire shield around the child. "Frisk?" He said, coming around the counter and going up to her quickly, pausing when he saw the shield was still up. He couldn't get past the shield unless she let him.
The child looked at him. "Uncle Grillby," she sobbed, running up to him and latching onto his leg, the fire shield around her surrounding him too. He scooped her up and held her protectively in his arms.
"Frisk, what is it, little one?" He asked.
She looked up at him, fear in her eyes. "Undyne," she said. "She came up to us. Fuku used the fire shield to keep me safe, but she's out there with Uncle Papyrus and Dunkle Sans."
Grillby held the child close to comfort her, quickly locking the door to his restaurant and flipping over the closed sign, creating a fire shield around himself and Frisk. "I've got you, Frisk," he said soothingly. "I won't let her hurt you."
Outside, Undyne threw her spears, but they got wacked away by Fuku's fireballs and Papyrus' bone attacks. Sans was behind them with his Gaster Blasters, ready to defend. Fuku sensed another fire shield go up and she nodded. "She made it to Grillby's," she said to Sans.
He nodded. "Good, he'll keep her safe," he said.
Undyne was furious. "Why are you protecting her?! She's a human! No human is good!" She yelled.
"Frisk is different!" Fuku said, her voice firm. "She sees monsters as equals! And she's been helping me! If she wasn't good, she wouldn't do all that!"
"She's right!" Papyrus said, standing tall.
The fish woman growled. "Humans lie!" She roared, charging at them.
Grillby heard the clash of magic and he grew worried, though he knew Sans and Papyrus could hold their own. Frisk grew worried too and looked out the window before getting an idea. "Uncle Grillby, we need to go out there," she said. "Maybe I can convince Undyne."
"Frisk," he said worriedly.
She gave him a look of determination. "Uncle Papyrus, Fuku, and Dunkle Sans are fighting to keep me safe," she said. "But Undyne's not going to listen to them. Maybe she'll listen to me."
The male fire elemental could see the child was serious. "Alright, but you stay beside me at all times," he said, making the shield surrounding them stronger. "The shield will block her attacks."
The child nodded and held onto her uncle as he walked outside with her in his arms. Undyne saw them and snarled. "Give me the child!" She yelled.
"Never," Grillby hissed at her.
The fish woman grew angrier. "The king will hear about your treason!" She yelled.
"Then so be it," the orange fire elemental said. "I will not have this child's blood on my hands."
Just as Undyne was about to charge again, her spear hit the ground and broke, a broken end hitting her right leg and making her yelp in shock and pain as she fell down. Fuku gasped in surprise, looking at Papyrus and Sans, who both shrugged. Even Grillby was surprised, but then he grew worried. "She let her anger get in the way and the stress broke her spear," he said.
Frisk grew worried and lightly squirmed, to which the male fire elemental put her down and the child ran up to the fish woman, who was gasping in pain from the spear having pierced her leg. "Undyne," she said, kneeling by her head.
The warrior looked up at her and the child held out a piece of Toriel's butterscotch pie to her. Puzzled over the child's behavior, Undyne looked at her and Frisk smiled. "I know a way to break the barrier," she said.
That statement stunned all the monsters present. "Frisk, are you sure?" Fuku asked.
"Yes," the brown-haired girl said. "I'm sure of it. But before I can break the barrier, I have to keep a promise I made."
"A promise?" Papyrus asked curiously.
Frisk nodded. "I made a promise to help someone close to me," she said. "And I'm going to keep that promise."
"What promise was that, kiddo?" Sans asked.
She shook her head. "I can't say yet," she said. "And right now, Undyne needs help. Uncle Papyrus, you know healing magic, right?"
The tall skeleton nodded and kneeled down beside Undyne, who was groaning in pain. The child looked up at Grillby, who nodded and moved to beside Papyrus, grasping the end of the spear and giving it a sharp yank. The fish woman screamed at it hurt and felt her friend's healing magic flowing into her. Frisk held up the pie to the warrior's mouth. "Come on," she said. "Mom's pie will help."
Undyne looked up at her. "Your mom?" She asked.
"Toriel," Sans said in reply.
The fish woman sat up sharply, groaning as that jarred her injury and Papyrus gently pushed her back down as his healing magic was still at work. Grillby joined in with his own healing magic to help out while the warrior looked at Frisk. "The Queen?" She asked. "Where is she?"
"She's in the Ruins," Frisk said. "She adopted me."
Undyne actually smiled, but it was a smile as if she was remembering something. "Queen Toriel really loved kids," she said softly. "Guess that hasn't changed even with what happened to Asriel and Chara."
Knowing the story, the brown-haired child nodded before looking serious. "I really mean it that I can break the barrier," she said as the fish woman finally began eating the pie the child held out to her.
"How, Frisk?" Fuku asked.
The child looked at her. "Why was the barrier put up in the first place?" She asked.
"Cause humans hated monsters," Sans said.
"Right, but someone once told me that love conquers hate and love can make things right," Frisk said.
They looked at her before it dawned on Fuku. "You mean real love, like family love or how friends love each other, right?" She said.
"Yes," the child said with a nod.
Grillby smiled. "I think the king needs to meet with you, Frisk," he said.
"I agree," Papyrus said. "He needs hope and you seem to bring hope, Frisk."
"That she does," Sans said with a nod.
Undyne looked at them before chuckling a bit herself. "She's really made an impression on you all, huh?" She asked.
"Yes, she has," Fuku said firmly. "So please, stop chasing Frisk. She's our chance for not only freedom, but happiness too. And she's willing to help us."
The fish woman nodded, feeling better and she checked her HP, finding it back to its max level. She sat up with Grillby and Papyrus' help and looked at the teenage monster and human child. "Okay," she said, looking better, but still tired. "What do you need to do, kid?"
Frisk looked thoughtful. "King Asgore is Mom's husband, right?" She asked.
"They've been separated a long time, but essentially yes," Sans said.
The child nodded. "I need to speak with him," she said. "So I can keep the promise I made and break the barrier."
Seeing the child was determined, they all nodded before Undyne stood up and looked at them. "Come on," she said. "I know a shortcut to the castle."
Will Asgore be willing to work with Frisk so that she can keep her promise and so that she can break the barrier? Stay tuned! :)
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