Hey, sorry for the long wait! The power in my town was out for days after a huge storm.

Any who, enjoy!

Chapter 8: Meeting Her...

I woke to Sans and Papyrus arguing. I sat up in bed, stretching my arms and legs.

Sans was loud, "you don't just go inviting humans into your room! we still don't know if she's dangerous or not!"

Papyrus made an effort to be quiet, "SHE'S NOT DANGEROUS SANS! LOOK AT WHAT SHE'S DONE FOR US, SHE'S MAKING AN EFFORT TO BE WELCOMED."

Sans was quiet for a moment, "well i don't trust her. for all we know, she could be acting this out, waiting to murder us. and undyne had me promise to keep an eye on her, isn't that suspicious to you? i mean, just last night she snuck out, she deliberately ignored the rules i set out for her. all she had to do was behave, and stay where i could see her."

Papyrus was't backing down, "ARE YOU SERIOUS SANS?! SHE MADE US BREAKFAST, SHE CLEANED AND ORGANIZED THE HOUSE, SHE CLEANED UP AFTER HERSELF, AND SHE MADE DELICIOUS TREATS FOR EVERYONE. I TRUST HER, I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T."

I could hear Sans sigh, "fine- wait. you ate something she made?!"

I decided to ignore the rest of the conversation. I got up out of Papyrus's bed, and looked at the clock. No wonder I felt so well rested, it was past twelve in the afternoon. I opened the bedroom door, and went down the stairs. At the bottom was Papyrus, playing with a little white dog. Sans seemed to have walked out. I went around them, and to the couch. I sat down, put my bag on my lap, and looked for a clean pair of clothes. Being the great mom Toriel is, she packed all of the necessities. She packed a toothbrush, two different outfits, a brush, hair tie, some new underwear (including a bra, thank god!), and a couple of books. I picked out a white top with a jean jacket, and a white skirt that stopped at my knees. I went to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, changed my clothes, and did a simple waterfall braid to change things up. I looked at my reflection to make sure I looked nice, but not too nice. Of course, I was good to go. What I did notice though, was a light bruise to the side of my face, near my ear. It was from the surface, so I covered it up with my hair. I didn't want to worry anyone with things from the past. The one thing I couldn't hide though, was the outline of someone's hand on my cheek. So I thought of some excuses like... I have none. Crap, what would I tell mom when I visit her today? Hmmm... maybe I can say there was a bug and... I didn't think things through and... that I just slapped my face? Well, it was a little believable. Somewhat satisfied with the terrible excuse, I went and sat with Papyrus. I had to talk to him about letting me sleep in, but not with Sans roaming about.

So I got my trusty pen and piece of paper, {You were supposed to wake me at eight O' clock mister. What was the holdup?}

Papyrus read what I wrote, and sheepishly said, "THE GREAT PAPYRUS DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE YOU, YOU WERE SO TIRED. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T HURT TO LET YOU SLEEP A TEENSY BIT MORE. ARE YOU MAD AT ME?"

He... thought I was mad at him? He was a lot like Mel, sweet and innocent, it kind of broke my heart.

I took the paper from his hands, { I could never be mad at you Paps. And if you don't mind, please listen to me when I ask you for little things. I always get some rest in, I'm a special human, okay? So that means you shouldn't worry about me. Now for a secret! Later tonight, we will have some very special guests over. You and me will prepare dinner, and the guests will bring dessert. Don't tell Sans about this though, one of the guests are friends with Sans. And I want it to be a surprise. So right now, I'm gonna go spend some time with the guests, ok?}

Papyrus read the note, and gave me a big thumbs up. I could count on him. So I grabbed my bag, waved goodbye to Papyrus, and went out the door. It was cold, but not as cold as the day I arrived. Since I was getting used to the weather in Snowdin, the cold didn't really bother me anymore.

When I went through town, I saw everybody enjoying my butterscotch bars. Most of them waved to me and said thank you for the treats, but some of them were still a little weary of me, which was absolutely okay with me.

Since I had time, I decided to make a pitstop at Grillby's, I grabbed two bottles of ketchup for Sans, and a milkshake for Mel. The ketchup could go in my satchel, the milkshake I would have to carry though. I gave Grillby some extra cash to be nice, and then I left.

I had made it past the conveniently shaped lamp, when Sans showed up.

He looked irritated, "it'd be easier for me, if you just stayed in one place. ever think about think about that? where are you even going?"

I shook my head to his first question. And somehow I manage to sign with a milkshake in one hand, /I know you don't want to watch me, and I don't need a babysitter. I have looked after me and my sister for all of our lives, I think I can manage.\

Sans started walking with me, "i don't want to watch you twenty-four seven. but i promised undyne and alphys that i would keep my eye on you. y'know, to make sure you don't kill everyone again."

I stared at him in disbelief, /Are you kidding me? Why would I hurt a single monster here?\

Sans shrugged and in a mocking voice, said, "i dunno, maybe because you're a psychopathic killer who enjoys watching me suffer. or maybe it's-"

I stopped in my tracks, and faced him. I could feel tears threatening to spill over, /Look, I get that you hate my guts. I get that you want to kill me, or make me suffer, whatever. But I am sick of you telling me that I did those horrible things to these sweet monsters. My life on the surface wasn't pretty, and I thought it'd be better down here. But I have to deal with you and your abuse now. And I don't want to make anyone suffer, especially not you. So you can either stop being cruel and be friends with me, or you can continue hating me and I will stay away from you. But you have to decide now. Because I am not going to let my sister or Toriel be around you, when you hate me and don't want to be my friend.\ It's a miracle that I haven't spilt the milkshake by now... ok, maybe it got spilt a tiny bit.

Sans looked at me with hostility, "was that a threat?"

I sighed, fed up with this conversation, /No, those were some options.\ And then I turned, and walked the rest of the way to the ruins.

Sans was silent, until we got there. "are you serious? i've been here all of my life, and no one has ever gotten the door open. what, do you know the secret password? or maybe you were lying about having any family at all. nice try, we're leaving."

Sans didn't even give me a chance to knock on the door. He seized my arm, and started pulling me away from the ruins. I had to struggle just to get an inch away from him. I somehow managed to loosen his grip so I could reach out and knock, it was a light knock, but I knew Toriel would be able to hear it. She would pretty much be waiting by the door for me, since I called her ahead of time.

Sans grabbed my arm again, this time, hard enough to bruise. "come on, i'm done playing games!"

And then he yanked hard enough to pull my arm out of the socket, which caused me to yelp out in pain and almost drop Mel's milkshake, which caused Toriel to hear and start worrying about me.

She opened the door in time to see Sans raise his hand to hit me. And in a warning voice said, "Unhand my child, this instant. Or else, there will be dire consequences."

Sans let go of me instantly, "i-i'm sorry. but i don't think you understand what you're dealing with here. she's dangerous, and-"

Toriel raised her voice above his, "My child is not dangerous! She is a kind, caring person, who is vulnerable! And you're raising your hand to her, when she would not even fight back!" Toriel had to calm herself down before she started a fight. "I have not been her mother long, but I do know that she wouldn't dream of hurting anyone. So you better give me a good reason as to why you raised your hand to her. Starting, now."

Sans tried to hide his anger, "i tried to explain to you, that she's dangerous. you wouldn't understand, but she has killed monsters a countless number of times. now, if you would just hand her over to me, i will-"

Toriel entered a fight with Sans, "You have one more chance to give me a believable and true reason, before I am forced to resort to violence."

Sans would not back down, "hand her over to me, and you won't get hurt."

Toriel started throwing fireballs in Sans' direction, not wasting a single ounce of magic or energy. "I am not going to lose another child!"

Sans dodged them all, and used some bone attacks. I knew he was refraining from using his full power, I don't know how, but I knew.

They battled for awhile, Sans being careful, Toriel using force. It was when Mel snuck behind Sans, that Toriel took the chance to hit him. Sans was distracted by Mel, Toriel prepared a big fireball, and I was just helplessly standing to the side. They were trying to protect me, but if they hit Sans just once, he would die.

So, I did what I had to do. I entered the fight, joined Sans' side, and stepped right in front of him. I knew the fireball would probably kill me since Toriel put as much power into it as possible, but I didn't care. I wasn't going to let someone die right in front of me, even if he wanted to kill me. When the fireball hit my soul, I saw the look of shock and horror on Toriel's face, I heard Mel cry out my name, and I felt Sans catch me as I fell.

I didn't remember anything after that.

It was dark. And cold. There was no movement. Nothing.

I looked around, and saw nothing. Until, I saw someone in the distance. They looked like me, but with shorter, curlier, and lighter hair. But her eyes... were as red as blood. And they held violence, anger, hate, everything bad you could think of.

And she was coming towards me with a murderous look in her eyes.

"I-I mean no harm, j-just stay back!" I said, fear was evident in my voice.

The girl spoke in a crazed voice, "I know you don't mean me harm, Frisk."

I literally stopped breathing for a couple of seconds. "H-how do you know my name, why?"

She looked curiously at me. "You mean you don't remember? It's me, partner, Chara."

"No, I don't know you." I didn't remember her, but she looked familiar. Sounded familiar too, an awful lot like... the girl from the nightmares.

She threw her head back and laughed, laughed like I was the funniest thing in the world. "This is *Gasp* too good! Do you know *Gasp, Snort* how much fun I can have?" She laughed so hard, that she almost collapsed. I backed as far away as I could from her while she was distracted, Chara did not have good intentions.

I backed away until Chara noticed. "Hey partner, what'cha doing over there? I'm not done with you yet." She suddenly appeared right in front of me, a knife in hand. She pinned me to the ground so I was immobile, and said, "Just you wait, I'm gonna have so much fun with you and your friends," She plunged the blade into my stomach, "And don't think I'll forget your little Melody."

That got me going. Even with a blade in my stomach, I positioned myself so I could get Chara off of me, and pin her to the wall. It worked, and I took the knife from her hands. Chara looked shocked and furious at the same time, "So you learned some new tricks, huh? Wanna see some of mine?" She grabbed my arms and looked me straight in the eyes.

"Frisk, why are you doing this?!" Mel was cornered in the ruins, looking for a way to escape. I- No. Chara, had her trusty knife in hand, closing in on Mel. I could only sit and watch as Chara pinned Mel to the wall, and held the knife to her throat.

Chara didn't speak in a crazed voice anymore, she was using my voice, pretending to be me. "Honestly, I should've killed you long ago. You caused me so much pain, I never cared about you. What, did you really think I was any different than our parents? Did I really fool you with that goody-two-shoes schtick?" Chara had a demonic laugh, "Fool. In this world, it's kill or be killed. See ya in hell sweetie."

Mel's eyes widened as Chara slowly, dragged the knife across her throat. She tried screaming, tried getting away, tried defending herself. From me. I mean, Chara had me convinced that I was doing this to Mel. Until she said, "See Frisk? What did I tell ya, I'm having so much fun!"

The knife clattered at my feet. I collapsed, head in my hands, trying to get the images out of my head. Chara was smart, but not as smart as me. When you live with people who try to kill you every once in a while, you learn a thing or two.

"Caring about people will only hurt you, make you weak, vulnerable." I let Chara get close enough, that she was right beside me. In my ear she whispered, "And that's how I like most of my victims. But you, you struggle. You try to stop me, you-"

I grabbed the knife, and stabbed her in the chest. "I always spare monsters, give them a chance. But you, might just be an exception. I know that you're powerful and will try to get to me, but I can keep you at bay. You can't have my body, so you'll just have to be that annoying voice in my head." Chara was glaring at me with all of the hatred she could, arms around her body as she kneeled on the ground. "I'm sorry Chara."

And with those words, I ran as fast as I could, to the light that had appeared when Chara was talking to me. I didn't want to stay here any moment longer than I had to.

Welp, it's time for bed. I'll see ya later!

P.S. I think I'm going crazy 8D