Sorry for the delay for such a short chapter, but hey, life happens.

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Chapter 7: Nightmares and Makeup

Undyne and I ended up having a nice time together, and Papyrus joined us after a while. We had fun cooking and talking and stuff. After a while, Papyrus had gone home for bed, while I stayed with Undyne, helping her prepare to ask Alphys on a date and things like that.

Undyne was nervous, "What if she rejects me? What if she likes someone else because I took too long to confess? What if she doesn't like me? What if I do something wrong? What if-"

Undyne worries too much. I had to keep my voice gentle, "Hey! You'll do fine, she won't reject you, she isn't interested in someone else, and of course she likes you! You guys hang out all the time, I don't think she'd hang out with someone she didn't like."

Undyne's death grip on my arm loosened, "Yeah, I guess. Man, I'm acting kind of silly. I already know she likes me, and there's a very little chance that I'll do something wrong. You're right Frisk, it'll be fine. Let's go." Undyne was wearing a white turtleneck, with a leather jacket, and jeans. She was trying to look nice, and she did. So we went out of her house, and got a ride with the river person. The whole way there, I was keeping Undyne encouraged, and making sure she didn't back out of plan. I did an awesome job. When we got to Hotland, me and Undyne headed to the lab to get Alphys. I waited by the door, while Undyne asked Alphys on a date, which was step one in the plan. Alphys said yes, next was step two, the date. We had to wait for Alphys as she got on a nice outfit, but it was okay. When Alphys came back with a nice black dress with dotted polka dots, I knew Undyne could handle the rest of the steps without me. It would all come naturally for them, I think. I didn't really know, I was kind of with my sister all the time. Y'know, protecting her. I didn't really have time for romance on the surface. Besides, no one would've been interested anyway. So while Undyne and Alphys went off to the dump for their date, I was stuck with Mettaton.

"Darling, have you ever tried makeup? I mean, you look beautiful, but I want to experiment. Is that okay?" Mettaton asked.

I had never really tried makeup before, I was kind of surviving at the time. So I nodded my head to make Mettaton happy. I knew it was a mistake when Mettaton pulled out a bag filled to the brim with makeup. I was in a lot of trouble.

Mettaton asked me questions, "What kind of makeup did you use on the surface? Which foundation is right for you? Do you want your lashes curled? Do you want mascara? What about eyeshadow?"

I didn't know what most of this stuff was. So I had to interrupt Mettaton, "Um, Mettaton. I don't know what any of the stuff you're talking about is. And I don't know how you know what most of this stuff is, aren't you a guy?"

I heard a gasp of surprise, "Sweetie, are you in for a treat. By the time I'm done with you, I probably won't recognize you." And with that, Mettaton got to work. He experimented with something called foundation, until he found the "Right one" for me. He put something called concealer on me, curled my eyelashes, put eyeshadow on my eyelids, used something called mascara on my eyelashes, "Filled in" my eyebrows, put blush on me, put something called lipstick on me, and put some "finishing touches" on me. He had me wait in my seat until he could give me a mirror.

He handed me a hand mirror and said, "You're a masterpiece. Sweetie, you look better than me! And that's saying something."

I looked in the mirror, and saw the works of Mettaton. My lips were red, my cheeks were a light pink, my eyelids had pink on them, any light bruises were covered, I thought I looked like someone off of a magazine I had seen. It looked pretty, but it wasn't for me. And when I looked at Mettaton, and saw the hope in his eyes, I knew I couldn't take it off in front of him.

I had to sound cheerful, "I love it! Thanks Mettaton, you're the best." That sounded good.

Mettaton was full of pride, "You're welcome darling. Now you'll have to come here at least once or twice a week so I can try different things on you. It'll be so much fun!"

I nodded my head and said, "Well, I should go check on Alphys and Undyne. I'll see you later, okay?"

Mettaton waved goodbye, "Ok dear Frisk. Make sure you're safe out there. Buh-Bye~!"

I waved back, and stepped out of the lab. Now I was off to the dump.

When I got to the dump, Alphys and Undyne looked like they were having a serious talk. I decided to see what it was about.

I sat down next them and said, "Hey guys, whatcha talking about?"

There was… tension in the air. Undyne responded, "Frisk, I need to know…. Is anime real?!"

I looked from Alphys, back to Undyne, "Uhhh, yes! It is real."

Undyne looked relieved, "See Alphys? Frisk is from the surface, and if she says anime is real, then it's real."

The tension was still there, "Soo, if the date is going good, I think I'll leave you two-"

Undyne grabbed my hands, and had them behind my back. Crap, she told Alphys.

Alphys looked me in the eyes, "Frisk, were you really going to break the barrier, after you promised me and Mettaton you wouldn't?"

I would not win this fight. I looked down in shame, "Yes. But I wanted to help you guys. I won't be able to live with myself, knowing that I didn't try to help you."

I felt a hug from behind, and from in front of me. They both responded, "You did try to though, and we stopped you."

It was only Alphys now, "But we can't leave you alone now. We don't know if you'll actually stay away from the barrier, or not. You already promised once, and you broke that promise."

I felt bad. But I suggested, "What if someone else promises to look after me? You know, like Sans, or Papyrus."

Undyne said, "Yeah, that could work. Papyrus looks up to me, and will do anything for me. And Sans always keeps his promises." Undyne looked at Alphys, Alphys nodded in agreement. "Ok then, it's settled. One, or both of the brothers will look after you. By the way, when did you start wearing makeup?"

I put my face into my hands, "Mettaton."

Undyne patted my back, "You, are a soldier. Anyway, I'll call Sans about looking after you, and then me and Alphys will talk some more. We'll see ya later."

I waved goodbye, and headed to the river person. It was hopeless, I'd never break the barrier for them. So I just headed back to Snowdin, I did have to stay with the skeleton brothers since Sans lost the argument. Crap. Sans was going to have to look after me, and he didn't exactly like me.

It was past midnight by the time I got to Snowdin. I ran to the house because of how cold it was. I was about to knock, when Sans opened the door. He looked mad, and yanked me inside.

"you're sleeping on the couch. the rules are, don't wake me or papyrus. behave. don't try anything funny. stay where i can see you at all times. got it?" He growled those last words.

I nodded my head, and put my bag on the ground. He went up the stairs, and into his room without another word. I wondered where the nice Sans was, maybe it was an on and off thing. It was really nice in the house, much better than on the surface. I looked through my bag until I found the pajamas from Toriel. It was a black tank top that had a puppy on it, with the words "Time For A Little Snooze", and some light pink pajama pants with black polka dots. I stumbled around in the dark, until I found the bathroom. I flipped the lightswitch, and quietly closed the door. I took off my striped shirt, and brown shorts. I took off my faded, pink bra, and put the tank top on. It felt nice to have that old thing off, and some new clothes on. Next, I put on the pajama pants, and washed my face in the sink. The makeup took a lot of time and scrubbing to come off, but it was worth it. When I was done in the bathroom, I went back out to the couch. I put my clothes in my bag, and laid down on the couch. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep… and it took no time at all for me to wake up. Nightmares. This nightmare in particular, was pretty bad. It was so bad to me, that I woke up crying and gasping. I was shaking uncontrollably, and it was hard to keep from screaming. I got up from the couch, and got into my bag. I rummaged through it until I found my voice recorder. I used my voice recorder to record any nightmares I had, and to record the day's events. I even recorded the bad days, like the day we escaped. Right now, I was in dire need of recording the nightmare. It always helped to talk about it, even if it's just to a voice recorder. I didn't care if it was freezing outside, or the middle of the night, I needed to go somewhere to record my thoughts. So I left the house, and went into the forest. I found a good tree, and climbed as high as I dared. Then I sat down, and caught my breath.

After a minute, I started recording, "Hey, it's me again. The past couple of days have been crazy, so I should start at the beginning.

It was Thursday, June 2, 2015. I had just gotten home to find Mel in a corner, crying. I thought it'd be okay to leave for a little bit, so I could get Mel a gift. I was wrong. While I was gone, our parents came home. Mel was in the room, and alone with them. I don't know exactly what happened, but I know that they touched her. Hurt her. And when I came home to see her in that corner, I was crushed. I had approached her, and she cried, and kicked, and hit. It wasn't until she looked up and saw me, that she stopped. When she looked up, I saw pure terror there. That's when I snapped. I packed everything we would need to survive, because I wasn't staying with these people any longer. We were about to leave when they came home again. I shoved Mel through the dog door, and told her to stay away until they were gone. When she was gone, they did things to me. I won't name what they did, I had to block it out. But I do remember someone telling me to "Hold on to Hope." and to "Stay DETERMINED." After our parents and their friends were gone, we left. I noticed some strange buttons that said FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, and MERCY, but I'll get to those later. Anyway, we hopped on a bus that led to . When we got to , we started walking up it in hopes of getting to the cabin up there. We were almost to the cabin, when we fell down the hole that lead here, to the UnderGround. I was out for three days, while Mel was in safe hands. I met Toriel, our new, kind, mother. She brought me to Mel, and the three of us had fun together. But I told Toriel that I was going to explore, and that I couldn't take Mel with me. It was the hardest decision I had ever made, but I did it. Toriel provided me with things I could use, and I left. I met some new monsters, like Sans. He was nice at first, with his hilarious jokes, puns, and pranks. I also met his brother, The Great Papyrus, he's the coolest. I like them both. And then Sans was… different. He's mean to me, doesn't really joke with me, make puns, do pranks. He tells me to… dig my own grave. And that he won't forgive me for… killing everyone. I want to fix whatever I did, but… how can I fix what I didn't do?" I sniffled some, I felt really bad when Sans was mean to me. But I continued, "Anyway, I met a lot of nice monsters. Like Undyne, Alphys, Mettaton, Napstablook, Temmie, even King Asgore. I want to break the barrier for all of them, but they won't let me. Though, I don't think Sans would mind. So right now, Sans has to make sure I don't go breaking the barrier. And I have to stay at the house with him and Papyrus. So that's what I've been doing for these past few days. Now… onto the nightmare." I had to stop talking for a moment to gather my bearings. I began again, "In the nightmare, I was getting back from the store, to find Mel in the corner. I approached her, she looked up at me and screamed. I had a knife in hand, and slit her throat. Then, I mutilated her body. But that was it, it wasn't me doing those things. I had no control over my body, someone was possessing me. The nightmare then went to me being in the underground. I killed everything and anything in my way, the person possessing me didn't even bat an eye. I was screaming and pounding against an invisible wall, trying to stop this thing from killing, but I was weak. I watched it kill kind Toriel, lovable Papyrus, courageous Undyne, and then I woke up. I was almost screaming when I woke, that's why I'm in a tree, in the cold, in the middle of the night. This nightmare is the worst by far, I can only hope that they stop. This is Frisk Saunders, logging out." I took a deep breath, and sighed. I felt somewhat better, that nightmare really got to me. I noticed that I was shivering from the cold, and decided that it was best if I went back to the house.

When I got back to the house, Sans was waiting for me. Of course he'd be waiting for me. I trudged up the steps, past the pissed off Sans, and into the house. When I got into the house, I got a hard slap across the face. I stumbled backwards, surprised. The slap was loud, it stung, and it would probably leave a big red welt. I felt tears sting my eyes as I looked at Sans, his fists clenched.

I expected another blow, but he said, "don't do it again. or else… you're gonna have a bad time. got it?" I could tell he really wanted to hit me again, but he knew that Undyne wanted me alive. He wouldn't have promised to watch me otherwise.

I nodded my head in understanding, seeing the satisfaction in his eyes.

I didn't start crying until he was in his room, the door locked. I sunk down to the floor, my face in my hands, crying without a sound. Is my time down here, going to be like my time on the surface? I wasn't going to sleep tonight. Not with the nightmares, or the memories, the new fears, the old fears, not with Sans nearby. I climbed back onto the couch, and curled up in the blankets. What would I do in the time that was supposed to be used for sleep? I thought about turning on the TV, but the fear of Sans coming down kept that thought away. I thought about listening to some music, but again, the fear of Sans was there. So I decided on cooking. I'd be very quiet, because I've done this for years, so what can go wrong?

I looked through the cupboards, drawers, the fridge, and the freezer. I found stuff for baking, but it looked like it would never be used. Especially since Sans didn't cook, and Papyrus only made spaghetti. So I decided to make some butterscotch bars. It was a recipe that I learned from the janitor who taught me how to sing, and play some instruments. It was fairly easy, and required a small amount of ingredients. I was done with the butterscotch bars in about half an hour, so I decided to make enough butterscotch bars for the whole underground. It would be my present to them, and a tasty present if I do say so myself. I was done with all of the butterscotch bars by five in the morning. So I decided to make some breakfast for me, Papyrus, and, yes, Sans. Breakfast consisted of two waffles, scrambled eggs, sausage, and orange juice for each of us. It was only six in the morning when I was done with breakfast for us. So I decided to clean the house, organize everything, make up the couch, clean the dishes, set up the table for breakfast, and to drop off the butterscotch bars at everyone's doorstep to kill some time. By seven forty-five, Papyrus was awake, and enjoying the food I made. I was exhausted from everything I did, and because I couldn't sleep.

Papyrus noticed how tired I was, "HUMAN, THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THIS STUFF FOR US. BUT, CAN YOU PLEASE GET SOME REST? YOU LOOK VERY TIRED."

I came up with an excuse, "I don't wanna mess up the couch."

He came up with a solution, "YOU CAN MAKE IT AGAIN."

Another excuse, "I don't want to make it again. It was very hard work."

Solution, "I'LL MAKE IT FOR YOU."

Excuse, "I don't want you to make it for me."

Solution, "YOU CAN SLEEP ON MY BED."

I wasn't going to win this fight, "Ok. But wake me by eight, I want to do the dishes for you guys." I yawned, put my head down, and closed my eyes at the table.

"FRISK? ARE YOU OKAY?" Papyrus was slightly concerned.

I yawned and mumbled, "Peachy." My eyes were closed, but I knew Papyrus was getting up to put me in bed. I didn't complain when he carried me up the stairs, into his room, and tucked me into bed.

Papyrus whispered, "SWEET DREAMS HUMAN."

I whispered back, "Night Paps." And I was asleep without any

I liked sleeping peacefully, maybe I'd have some good dreams tonight.

I can't get over about how short this chapter is! Ugh. Anyway, until next time!