I'm sorry with the late updates! If I could, I would upload a loooong chapter everyday. But I have school and a serious case of writer's block, so I'm sorry if the chapters I upload are crappy. I think I've rewritten this chapter like ten times by now though, and since I'm not gonna like anything that I type, here you go. I hope I did okay.

Chapter 15: A Little Bit of Drama...

Whatever I have just experienced felt too real to just be a nightmare. I could still feel the sting of that collar, still hear my "daughter's" voice ringing in my ears, could still see men and women in lab coats performing experiments on... me and other girls that were kidnapped. Not a nightmare, definitely not a dream, so maybe a... vision? Glimpse into the future? That was my best answer, nothing else other than that. My head ached from the events of last night and I guess this new... "ability" to see into the future. I would just have to think about it later.

I looked to the sky and saw that the sun was starting to rise, so it was pretty early in the morning, maybe six something. I looked around and everyone seemed to be asleep, even Sans. Since I was the first awake, maybe I could get some time to myself or get to the city for breakfast before anyone else woke up. Ha, then they'd be mad at me for going without them.

I decided to go for a walk to pass the time. So I got up, dusted myself off, grabbed my satchel, and started walking back up to the underground. I would probably have an hour, maybe two, to think and take in the world around me. The bad thing with free time and thinking though, was that thinking could be extremely bad for you. My mind was still on the "vision", my parents, and what I did to myself last night. I felt ashamed of what I did last night, but it felt good to do it. I hated it when everything was grey and numb, it meant that I was bound to be emotionless and cold at one point or another, kinda how Chara was. Then again... what was the point? Why can't I just turn myself into the authorities and be with my parents? If I did that then it'd be over with. I wouldn't have to worry about bringing dangerous people to my family and friends, Melody would be safer without me, and nobody would really even miss me that much. I'd be fine with those people. I was used to their abuse. Everything would be the way it should be.

I was so deep in thought, that I didn't even notice when Sans came up beside me, "heya kid, watcha doing all the way out here? you're gonna give someone a heart attack with all this running off you've been doing. wanna talk about anything?" He didn't surprise me, he's done this before. He did sound a bit worried though, from the running off? I've probably been gone longer than I thought.

"Oh, hey Sans. Sorry, it's just been a while since I've had a walk by myself. I've just been thinking about what we're gonna do here in the future. Y'know, where we're gonna live, what we're gonna do to make money, things like that. Oh, and we need to get Mel back in school! It's been a while, and I want to get here back in school as soon as possible! But, Toriel's teaching her right now, maybe she could just learn that way. But then there's the other children, would other humans be so accepting? I don't know, I can think of tons of examples where people weren't as accepting to other people, but to add the monster race into the mix? And then there's always going to be those people who'll just hate us right away, and they can be dangerous and I don't even know what else!" I felt like my head was going to explode just thinking about all of this stuff. I looked to Sans, who looked a bit amused. "I was ranting again, wasn't I?"

"yep. don't worry frisk, you don't have to do this all alone, you have us to help you. now," He held out his hand and I took it, "let's get back to the others before anyone else starts looking for ya." And then we were right back in our little area.

After deciding that we would just live normal lives among the humans instead of creating an area for ourselves, we went to meet up with the mayor. Throughout Ebott city many people stopped and stared. Most people were very excited to see monsters up on the surface and seemed like they'd be very accepting, but I could spot the people who looked disapproving. Other than those few people though, everything seemed to be going fine. We got to the Mayor's, spent a few hours there going over everything, and then we were free to go out, get the other monsters in the underground, find our homes, and do whatever. And if you're wondering about keeping Mel hidden, she was just outside waiting with Chara, so she wasn't set up to go to a public school or anything.

We were walking away from the mayor's when something got thrown at us and we heard some people shouting, "Go back to where you came from, freaks!" "Fucking monsters!" Those were only two very rude comments, there were plenty more that I could list. And then there were the ones directed to me, Mel, and Chara, "You can't ignore us furry-fuckers!" "Dirty monster fuckers!" And those are two more examples out of a long list of very vulgar things shouted at us. I had covered Mel's ears and told her to hum loudly right after I heard the one about us being freaks and stuff, everyone else was standing absolutely still, their faces unreadable for a split second before they changed into many expressions.

Undyne looked furious, Alphys looked nervous, Asgore Toriel and Asriel were shocked/sad, Chara looked like she was gonna murder someone, Papyrus was confused, Sans upset, Mettaton shocked, Mel was crying because she didn't liked being called a freak (bad memories), and I have no idea what I looked like. I know what I felt though, my blood was boiling at the things that we were being called and for making Mel cry, I could feel myself shaking, I wanted to say some things that were also very vulgar back, but I didn't. My expression was probably unreadable though, I am very good at hiding things, after all.

So with my head down and my teeth gritted, I said, "Ignore them, they don't know anything about you guys. Now come on, before Chara and Undyne murder some people." I started walking away with Mel still covering her ears and humming. The others took a second or two, but they started walking with me just as security came out to take care of the issue. I turned my head to look back and caught the eyes of the security guards I had met the night before, they looked apologetic for a second, before looking angry and turning their attention to the small crowd that had formed.

Chara was messing with her golden locket while muttering, "So much for a warm welcome. Maybe I could..." And I ignored the other things she said. Instead, I turned my attention to Mel before joining in on Chara's plan.

She still had her ears covered and was humming with her eyes closed, I knelt down, "Mel, it's okay now, they're not here anymore." She still hummed on. I gently pried her hands away and she looked at me, "Melody, you're fine. They can't do or say anything to you, not while I'm around. Okay?" She looked scared.

"A-are you sure? I- He was- Frisk?" She wasn't just scared of of the crowd, it was something else.

I turned to the others and gave them a look that said we needed to be alone for a moment, so they walked ahead of us and tried to cheer up. "Okay, now you can tell me. What's making you so scared? Cause I promise, it can't get you when we have an army of Temmies waiting to sell them Tem flakes and annoy them until they run away." I got a wobbly smile.

"Hehe," And a small giggle! But that was over in a second, "Frisk, I saw dad with them. He was smiling and waved, he knows where we are! He's gonna get us! He's gonna hurt you, and he'll take me away, and then, and then-" She was starting to hyperventilate. I could feel all of the color drain from my face, but I remained calm.

I sat cross-legged, pulled her into my lap, and started rubbing big soothing circles on her back. "Shhh, it's okay Melody, you're okay. Shhh, calm down, breathe. Just breathe for me, okay? One big breath, let it out, and another big breath, can you do that?" I have no idea why I was so calm, or why I wasn't hunting our father down and strangling him myself for doing this to my little Melody. Not his Melody, mine. Honestly though, I was freaking out on the inside. But I repeated what I was doing to Mel until she calmed down.

The others were still up ahead, but they were watching this little scene go down instead of minding their own damn business. I know, they were worried about us and about what happened back there, but they shouldn't have to worry about things like this. And I was kinda freaking out inside, along with wanting to stab a certain someone about a hundred million times. I just gave them another look, and they started walking again. Sans looked hesitant because of the situation, but he went ahead too. I watched as he started walking away, turned back for a moment, and then headed on when I nodded my head for him to continue. Then I heard a small voice coming from my lap, "Frisk?"

"Yeah sweetheart?" I started rubbing her hand with my thumb.

"Promise me you'll tell everyone the truth. Then you won't have to lie, and we won't have to do this by ourselves. I don't like keeping secrets from them." She was playing with a loose string on my shirt while saying this. How can you sound so grown up like this? She was only, what, 10 going on 11?

"I... I will tell them everything. Just, not right now. When we settle down, it'll be easier for everyone that way. But I promise, I will tell them. Now why don't you guys go ahead and head to the mountain to get the other monsters. I'm gonna go find our new houses." I gave a small smile and she smiled back. Y'know, the only other worse thing to deal with other than my parents, is seeing Mel like this and lying to everyone I love.

Mel perked right up, "Okay, now let's get everyone else and head to our new houses!" I have no idea how she could be terrified and panicky one second, and then happy and without a care in the world another second. Then again, she is a kid, and they are pretty tough. She ran right up to Sans, took his hand, and started running to catch up with the group. Sans had to run with too or else he would've gotten dragged across the pavement.

He looked back at me, and motioned for me to either come along, or save him from my sister. I don't know, it could've been both for all I know. I just gave him a smile, shook my head, and held up the keys and shook them. He seemed to get that much (He's a very smart skeleton after all), and waved goodbye before almost falling flat on his face and possibly losing his one HP. I gave a small giggle before pulling out the mayor's directions and heading on my way.

So that's it for now! This chapter was gonna be longer, but I really wanted something for Thanksgiving. I'll start the next chapter right away though! I hope you enjoyed this!

Until next time~

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