Chapter Eighteen
Parties and Reporters
Shadow woke up the next morning and got jumped scared by the sleeping Sans on the couch. She forgot he stayed here last night. It took her a bit to shake off the scare, soon enough though she started cooking breakfast. When she finished she went over to Sans and started shaking him awake gently.
"I have food, be awake so you can eat it!" She called out.
Sans opened his eyes and stared at her, she could see that he was still rather tired, "It's morning?"
"Yes, Sans its morning. Now get up lazy bones, it's chow time!" Shadow pulled Sans off the couch and into the kitchen where she had breakfast set up on the counter with bar stools to sit on.
"You can make food?" Sans asked.
"I don't know, tell me yourself", Shadow smirked a little at him.
Sans tried the food and nodded in contentment, "It's pretty good Shad."
Shadow smiled in pride and finished eating the rest of her food, "Alright Sans I need to get ready for the party and so do you. Come to get me later okay?"
Sans started making sure everything was locked before coming back to her, "Alright, don't open the door for anyone. Okay?"
Sans gave Shadow a stern look, "Sans I'm not five. I know better."
Sans nodded at her, "You're gonna talk to Mettaton aren't you?"
"I really have to, I need to get on the news to announce becoming the Frisk for the monsters." Shadow sighed when she referred to herself as Frisk.
"You're better than Frisk. You'd never be a killer." Sans said putting a hand on Shadow's shoulders.
She nodded at him and pushed him away, "Get going I need to get ready."
With that Sans teleported out and Shadow went to get ready. She took a shower and got on her makeup. She put on some silver eyeshadow showed off her ruby eyes. She then put her hair up in a hairstyle that resembles Bell's from Beauty and the Beast. With a nod in the mirror, she threw on her silky rose dress and finished it off with a rose choker and a black rose hair flower. She slipped on her rose heels and called Sans.
"I'm ready Sans!" Shadow chirped.
"Alright, Shad I'll be right there to pick you up."
Soon enough Sans appeared and grabbed Shadow and teleported her back to his house. Once they got there Sans took the time to look Shadow up and down. His face turned a light hue of blue.
"You look really nice today Shad", Sans complimented.
"Oh no not really", Shadow said with a blush on her own face. When she looked at Sans her blush got darker. He was dressed in a tux with a red tie on, it was a rose red. Shadow had to admit Sans looked pretty good in a tux, "You don't look too bad yourself."
Papyrus soon came out and looked at the two, "WOWIE YOU TOO LOOK LIKE A COUPLE!"
Papyrus smiled at the two and their blushes got a few shades darker. Shadow gave Sans a small smile and he returned it with one of his own.
"Um", Shadow's shy voice rang out, "Thank you Paps."
She smiled at Papyrus and he returned it. Soon enough the three of them were on their way to the party. Shadow knew what she had to do, she knew this was going to be hard but she loved these monsters because these monsters were more human than the humans could ever be. They deserved to have equal rights and to be treated like everyone else.
Once they arrived at the party Shadow and Sans stopped at the bar. Shadow downed a drink and nodded to Sans. She was off looking for Mettaton.
"Take out my soul in front of everyone." Was all she said to the robot.
"What? Darling why?" Mettaton looked confused and shocked.
"Do it please." Mettaton stopped questioning and took Shadow to the stage.
"Well, darling I can't argue with that look. Darlings I have an odd request from our human friend here but I'll grant it just this once." Mettaton announced.
Shadow took a deep breath in and watched her soul get pulled out. The room went quiet as everyone stared at the pure white soul in front of them.
"Let me be your savior!" Shadow yelled into the large crowd, "I know I sound crazy asking this. However, you all deserve to be treated fairly by the humans. I can't stand to watch you all get treated like dirt and even killed for being who you are. Please let me help!"
The room was silent as Shadow spoke. Even when she finished not a word of uttered until "Shadow offered to be our savior! She is offering to represent us to the humans! She's offering the hope of finally having peace!"
Shadow looked at Sans and smiled brightly, "Let me save us all!"
The room started to get louder, after a bit of whispering the room started to cheer for the young woman in front of them. This was it Shadow had become the Frisk they needed.
"Darling we must get you on T.V", Mettaton stated.
Shadow nodded at him and spent the rest of the night talking to monsters. She learned a lot about the legend. Asgore actually told it to her, "One with a soul of pure white will bring peace to the monsters and set them free."
It was a summary, everyone only knew that part. The rest of it was lost. The legend was an oral tradition where pieces of it were lost over the hundred or so years in the Underground. Shadow knew that she had a lot ahead of her but she didn't realize she put a target on her back.
Soon the party was over and Sans stayed at Shadow's home again. She was still trying to calm down after all the attention she got that day. The questions were endless. They asked her what she planned to do, how she wanted to save them and her only answer was, "I'm going to take it one step at a time."
Shadow was laying in bed staring at the ceiling thinking about the day. The monsters were so kind while the humans called her awful things. She knew though, she just had a feeling that everything was going to work out. She was sure of it.
The next morning Shadow started moving out, she paid her rent for the last time and started moving her things out. The brothers had a spare room so she moved into there. The room was originally an exercise room but they thought they shouldn't let their Frisk sleep on the couch. After a week of hard work, it was done. Shadow had moved fully in and was about to be sent on T.V.
"Hello everyone this is Channel Six News and we come with a special guest. Meet Miss Shadow Knight keeper of the soul of empathy!" The news lady introduce.
"Hello! Nice to be here." Shadow greeted with a nervous smile. She had no idea how Mettaton pulled this off but he did.
"So we heard you are going to be the ambassador for the monsters. Is that right?" The lady asked.
"Yes, it is. Monsters and humans can't seem to get along properly. I've seen bricks thrown through the windows at my work threatening the monsters. My goal is to help us live in peace. I'm not sure what I can do to fix this but I would love to take steps too." Shadow replied.
"Is it true that to escape the Underground monsters had to murder seven humans?"
"No, it was six, one human willingly gave their soul to save the monsters. The rest of the humans, however, killed monsters while they were down there. They murdered and the price of murder was death."
"These murderers were just children!"
"No, the first human was also a child but they didn't harm a single soul. In that world down there it was hopeless. All they could do was pray for help. The sentries killed the six children after they themselves were attacked. It was self-defense. I've talked to the monsters over the past week about these matters and I'm proud to report they are not killers. Even if they did kill to be free, wouldn't we humans do the same?"
The reporter paused and nodded at the girl, "I suppose you are correct. We wouldn't hesitate to kill if it meant our freedom. These monsters only killed those who killed first regardless of who did it. We wouldn't spare people like that. We would just murder seven people and free ourselves."
The reporter frowned at her own words but refused to lie about it, even though she wanted to she felt like in this case she had to be truthful. Every human watching the T.V. knew that she was correct.
"Any more questions?" Shadow asked with a gentle smile.
"I'm afraid we are all out of time today so no. Thank you for your time, Miss Knight. I do hope to see you again."
Shadow nodded at her and got up to leave. The week following the interview Grillby's was packed with humans and monsters alike. It seemed to be a quiet period or at least it was till Markus grabbed her again.
"Think I was going to let you get away. If you disappear all your monster friends will get murdered!" The man cackled at her. He had wrapped his arms around her and she was struggling to break free from the menace.
Shadow bit is hand and scampered over to Grillby, "Don't think I'll be left alone ever. I refuse to be caught by the likes of you until peace is obtained Even then I won't get caught by you humans!"
The man left in a rage, he grabbed the nearest beer bottle and threw it at Shadow, she just barely managed to duck under it. The restaurant went quiet as they watched him leave. Shadow had no idea how to change his mind. She could sense the hate in his soul. She knew he wasn't evil though. He may have done something horrible to her in a past timeline but that doesn't mean she can't save him now. Shadow was sure she could change everyone's mind. It would just take time and dedication.
Markus was a very angry man who hated monsters because they were different. Shadow knew that for sure. She was also sure that he was part of an anti-monster group. There were two groups that Shadow had to tackle in order to bring peace, the anti-monster group and the anti-human group. She knew the leader of the anti-human group and called her friend. The Royal Guard was the name of the group and they were led by Undyne. Shadow wasn't sure about the details on the anti-monster group. She, however, was working really hard to break up the Royal Guard. Undyne had promised Shadow at the party that they wouldn't do anything for as long as Shadow was safe and on their side.
Shadow had a lot of pressure on her but she knew everything was going to work out no matter how hard. She had her work really cut out for her. She spent a lot of days talking to humans and looking up details about the anti-monster group. She was due to have a conversation with president Trump who so far could care less. The conversation was to make monster citizens and prove that they are harmless to humans. Sadly Shadow couldn't prove the second part.
It took a lot of practice to be ready for her speech, the worst part was it was going to be on live T.V. Shadow wasn't sure how she was going to do this. It was going to be really hard and she'd have to deal with politics. Politics were never something Shadow was good at. Sans was helping her practice and tried to be as brutal as possible. Sadly Shadow lost the fight almost every single time. When she won though it made her remember that it was possible.
Soon it was time, her, Sans and Undyne all got onto a plane and headed to the white house. Sans and Undyne went with her to protect her from anyone who would want to hurt her. Shadow held Sans' hand tightly when they got off the plane. Reporters were everywhere taking pictures asking questions. Undyne was in front of the two telling everyone to back off.
One of the reporters got through, "What is this? Are you dating this monster?"
"Yes, I am seeing him currently, we aren't official as of yet though", Shadow answered calmly.
"A human and a monster dating? This is unheard of!"
"People of different races date, monsters are really like another race. I don't see why it's such a big deal to be seeing one. They aren't that much different than us."
"They can use magic! When they die they turn to dust!" The reporter exclaimed.
"Hey as this one country song says, 'we all cry tears we all bleed red'. In a way, they are humans too. We just put a label of monster on them because they are a little different." Shadow replied with her eyes shining brightly.
The reporter shut her mouth and had nothing more to say. Soon enough the three got to the white house and were standing outside of the oval office.
"Um, may we come in?" Shadow bravely asked as she knocked on the door.