Chapter Seventeen
It Has Begun
Shadow took a quick shower since she took a longer one last night after the beach and got ready for the day. She slipped on some black heels and ran out the door. Her pretty flowy white skirt was blowing in the wind. She held it down and was thankful that her black tank top was tighter on her. When she got to the parking lot she realized something.
"Paps still has my car… Shit!" Shadow exclaimed looking pissed off.
She quickly called Sans, "Shad, you gotta stop waking me up like this."
His tired rough voice made Shadow blush a bit but she was too pissed off to really care, "I don't have a car Sans."
"Oh, one moment, let me get clothes on and I'll be right there", with that he hung up. Shadow walked back to her apartment to find Sans waiting for her, "Where were you?"
"The parking lot…" She replied with a frown.
Sans tried not to laugh at her and took her hand, "To Alphys' house?"
Shadow nodded and with that they were there. Sans waved and winked then vanished into thin air. Shadow knocked on the door to be let in. She found that Mettaton opened the door again. He saw her and gasped in joy and immediately dragged her inside. Shadow was confused but went with it anyways.
"Darling we must get you the perfect dress. I happen to have quite the selection of dresses!" Mettaton purred.
"Why though?" Shadow asked confounded on how a robot would have a bunch of dresses.
"Oh, I have them for fun, I love to shop for cute things and you never know when someone like you per say will need a dress." Mettaton practically sang as he dragged Shadow to his room.
It was very pink. Shadow didn't say anything about it but she looked around the room with silent amazement. He also had a walk in closet that he strutted into too. Shadow followed him close behind. She found herself in a room filled to the brim with dresses.
"Okay darling wait here I'll pick out a few dresses for you." Mettaton said walking further into his closet.
Shadow waited for a few minutes and soon enough she saw Mettaton running over with a dress covered in roses. Mettaton simply threw it at her and shut the closet door. Shadow figured that he wanted her to try it on and started undressing. Soon she was in the dress. She stood in the full length mirror that was in the closet and had to admit it was a really pretty dress. The dress was short and silky, it had a fluffy skirt and a tight top part, it was also a sweetheart cut. The base color was black and it had a beautiful rose design adorning it. She spun around a little and had to admit she really liked it. Mettaton knocked on the door and Shadow told him to come in.
"Darling you look amazing!" Mettaton sang. Shadow looked and saw Undyne and Alphys there too.
"Punk that dress looks good on you!"
"W-wow Shady you look really nice!"
Shadow flushed red, "Oh thank you."
With that they started talking about the party and what would happen at it. Looks like Blooky was going to be DJing again. Other than that this one was going to focus mostly on drinking and dancing. Shadow was pretty excited for next Saturday which was the day of the party. Soon enough they were done planning and they were sitting down for lunch.
"Shady d-do you have a date?" Alphys asked.
"I actually do, Sans asked me yesterday when he took me home." Shadow smiled.
"R-really? Is he your boyfriend yet?"
"No not yet."
"Wow punk he needs to get his act together", Undyne said.
"Oh it's fine. We haven't even kissed yet. I'm happy to take this nice and slow."
"W-well if you're happy like this I guess it's fine", Alphys said with a nervous smile.
Shadow smiled back and they ate the rest of their food in peace. Right after lunch Shadow called Sans to take her home.
"Hey Shad wanna watch a movie at my place?" Sans asked.
"A movie? Um, okay sure." Shadow replied nervously.
Sans teleported Shadow to his home and then put on a lame scary movie. It didn't take long for Shadow to end up on his lap and for her screams to fill the house. Sans was holding back his laughter because they were watching Scary Movie One. He had no idea how Shadow could be possibly scared. By the time the movie ended she was hiding her face in his chest.
"It's over now Shad." Sans smirked.
"I know", She replied.
"Are you going to get off?" He asked.
"Nope, too comfy."
His smirk turned into a smile as he wrapped his arms around her. The two sat there for awhile till, "BROTHER IT IS ME THE GREAT PAPYRUS, I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE STORE WITH INGREDIENTS FOR THESE THINGS CALLED RAVIOLIS."
"That's nice Paps, going to try new things?" Sans asked.
'YES! I'M EVEN GOING TO FOLLOW THIS THING CALLED A RECIPE!" Papyrus said proudly.
"That's pretty cool."
"I KNOW!" Papyrus exclaimed with pride.
Shadow was giggling softly and turned to Papyrus from Sans' lap, "Hey Paps!"
"OH SHADOW! HELLO! I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE." Papyrus said.
Shadow simply smiled at him, "Yeah sorry about that."
"WELL I'LL LEAVE YOU AND SANS BE WHILE I GO COOK DINNER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT WITH US SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY HERE?" Papyrus asked.
"Sure Paps", Shadow replied.
"YAY!" Papyrus cheered.
Soon enough Shadow joined Papyrus in the kitchen and helped him cook. After about an hour dinner was ready and served.
"Thanks for the grub guys." Sans said and he dug in, "This is pretty good!"
Shadow and Papyrus smiled at each other and high fived. After dinner Sans took Shadow home and she working on her game more. Her work week was uneventful, she didn't really see any of her friends. She was concerned about the new humans coming in. They had to ask serval to leave. They called Shadow names like whore and monster lover. She didn't really take offence to the last one.
"Sir I have to ask you to leave." Shadow said to the latest asshole that walked through the door.
"Oh, the monster fucker doesn't wanna share any of her precious monsters!" He yelled in her face.
"Get out now." Was all she said as she pointed to the door. The man punched her in the face and walked out the door. Shadow was knocked down and had a huge bruise on her cheek.
"What was his name?" Grillby asked lowly. His hair turned into an angry red as he asked Shadow.
"Ryan Rogers", Shadow replied seeing the name on his I.D. when he asked for liquor.
Grillby nodded and went to call the police. Soon enough they arrived and took Shadow's statement. She decided to press charges and got that guy on probation. He was caught with in the same day since he was on foot and drunken. Shadow knew she opened a can of worms but she was hoping this would cause people to think twice about attacking anyone in this fine rest of the week was quiet and she quickly found herself on Friday. The rather large bruise on her face was mostly faded now, she guessed the guy didn't punch that hard.
Sans walked in and saw Shadow's cheek, "Who the fuck did this to you?"
Sans' voice was dark and scary causing Shadow to flinch, "Sans! Uhh he's on probation now. I pressed charges against him."
Sans nodded, he still looked pissed off but softened his expression for Shadow's sake, "ALright Shad, as long as you're okay. I should really be punch that asshole in the face though.."
Shadow smiled at him knowing that he cared, "I know. Wanna have a few drinks?"
Sans nodded at her and sat with her at the bar. They were relaxing when another brick flew through the window.
"Why on Fridays before parties?!" Shadow shouted looking pissed off. She downed her drink and marched up to the brick and picked it up. This time she read it out loud, "You didn't listen to our warnings. You've made a grave mistake. Here's a warning from us to you leave or you'll be like the mother of Monster Kid!"
Shadows eyes widened as a bag of ash was thrown into the room. The room went silent and Grillby called the police. A terrible crime had been committed. The police showed up and took the ash. Telling everyone that they will find out if this really is Monster Kid's mother. The police took statements again and headed off to find the perpetrator.
Everyone was silent. Even if it wasn't Monster Kid's mom it was still a monster that died. "Those fucking monster, how dare they kill that poor soul."
Everyone turned to Shadow as she said this, "If anyone is a monster it's them. We need not sink to their levels. We will stay proud and strong. If we fight back more will die. We must wait this out. A war won't solve anything."
"Who do you think you are?" A monster with dog ears and a tail stood up. His hair was gray and he had a hunting knife strapped to his leg, "Frisk?"
"No, I'm Shadow Knight. I might not be the Frisk you need but I can do my best to fix this problem!" Shadow shouted out.
"Ha!" The man said, "Only the one with the soul of empathy can do that!"
"Well your in luck. Sans do it!", Shadow nodded at Sans.
Sans took in a breath pulled out Shadow's soul. A pure white light appeared in the room. "This is our chosen one, she is the soul of empathy."
The room went quiet and the man sat down. He had nothing to say anymore.
"So who do I think I am? I am the soul of empathy. Let me tell you something about monsters. It's not the outside that matters, it's the inside. We are all good souls from what I can tell. Let's not become the monsters they want us to be." Shadow ended her speech with a smile.
The room burst into applause and sat down and finished her drink in a single gulp, "Sans can you take me home?"
He nodded and teleported them back to her place. "That was really something. You've become our Frisk Shadow. What will you do?"
"I need to get on T.V. and I think I know someone who can help." Shadow smiled.
"Don't tell me its the bucket of bolts…"
"Sorry Sans."
"Fine but be careful, I'd hate to see you hurt. You're going to be a huge target. Honestly you shouldn't be living alone anymore. We have a spare room at our house, how about you move in with us. We'll charge three hundred for rent. It'll help us pay our mortgage off." Sans told her.
"I… I guess I can do that, we can start moving me on Sunday. I'll tell boss I need a week off to move." Shadow took out her phone to call Grillby.
"I'll take care of it, just let me stay here tonight. You shouldn't be alone."
"Alright. I need to get to bed now Sans." Shadow said backing out of the room and into hers.
"Gotcha, goodnight Shad."
"Night Sans."