Alice passed away not long after Sans made his promise. Alphys contained the soul, which emitted a strong purple glow. She then closed the human's eyes and draped a sheet over her. Undyne and Asgore were contacted and brought up to speed on what had just transpired.
"A-and her last request was….that her baby not be harmed, and instead be given a good life." both Asgore and Undyne bowed their heads, Undyne was the first to speak.
"So the lady died saving her infant kid? Holy crap….that's really intense."
"there's more, she…..wanted me to be the one to take care of it. and you both know i don't do promises lightly."
Both Asgore and Undyne nodded, Asgore began to speak "I see, then we shall inform the guard immediately of what has transpired. Sans, Snowdin is too cold for one so young, I would suggest a shortcut directly to your home for now." He then walked over to Sans and put a large paw on his shoulder. "I for one think you will make an excellent father. From what Undyne has told me, you raised Papyrus yourself, I have the utmost confidence in you."
Sans nodded "thanks….alright well, the kiddo is completely tuckered out….i think it's time to get her home." and with that Sans disappeared. Undyne looked to the fallen human
"We should bury her somewhere nice….that's what humans do for funerals right?"Undyne had asked Alphys, who responded by simply nodding. The trio went about their tasks, and Alice was given a grave in Waterfall. It laid under the cavern's sparkling stones, with echo flowers adorning the site, with a plaque that read:
"Here lies Alice Warren, a caring mother. Frisk, should you see this one day, know that your mother loved you dearly."
Sans' shortcut took him and the child to the living room. With a Sigh as his feet touched the carpet, he heard Papyrus
"AH BROTHER, IS THAT YOU? UNDYNE SAID YOU WOULD BE TAKING SOME TIME OFF DUTY FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT! WHAT IS IT?" Sans chuckled, glad his brother's naturally loud voice didn't wake Frisk. He neared the kitchen, with a familiar smell of burning spaghetti wafting through his nasal cavity.
"alright bro, but i need ya to lower your voice, there's…..quite a bit to tell ya." Papyrus patiently let Sans talk, noticing that his brother was holding Frisk a little closer.
" and well…..you know how i am with promises bro." Papyrus nodded and spoke as quietly as he could, so a normal speaking voice.
"Well, Sans I have the utmost belief that you will be the greatest papabones ever until I myself have a child someday! After all, it was you who cared for me, and I turned out amazing! No less from the brother of the great Papyrus, who shall be the greatest uncle ever!Nyeh heh heh!"
Sans' tired grin grew "heh, thanks bro. Oh, could you go by the store for some diapers and baby food? Can't take the kiddo out in the cold yet, and i don't really want to leave her just yet."
Papyrus' smiled and nodded, carrying out the very important task. Sans laid Frisk on the floor, making his way to fetch some spare blankets to lay out for her to play on. Just as well, he still had some of Papyrus' old baby toys to bring as well. Undyne and Asgore brought essentials, a crib that once belonged to Asriel, baby formula, diapers, and different pillows, blankets, and toys. Sans was grateful for all of this, but there was someone he needed to see. The 'old lady' as he called her, was someone else that he could talk to with little effort, and she had a great sense of humor. It had been a few days, since Frisk and her mom fell, and he had gotten everything set up. He approached the old purple door and knocked.
" knock knock."
"Who is there?"
"nobel"
"Nobel who?"
"no-bel is here, so i knocked." her laughter rang through the door, a small part of Sans wondered what it would sound like when not muffled by a door.
"So what kept you, my friend? You seem to have been quite busy, did something happen?" Sans let out a sigh
" where do i even start….." and once he was done recounting the tale, Sans heard ….crying.
"Sans that is…...that is a lot to take in. and you say Asgore agreed to leave the child be?"
" yeah, though i was more worried about undyne than asgore, and even then she ain't the type to hurt a freakin' baby. Paps is ecstatic of course, to have a niece, though….i wasn't quite expecting kids so soon, heh."
"So how is the child now?"
" well, they're a decent sleeper, she seems to be taking monster food well. I've even taken the kid to alphys for a checkup, gonna be doin that regularly for a while to make sure everything is good. Most of it is the same as when i took care of my bro, except for diaper changing, how do humans even stand that?" To which the door lady only responded with a light laugh.
"Ah, that is good to hear friend, BABY when they're older you might bring her with you!"
" guess it's a goo-d thing i have winter clothes." The duo carried on for a few hours, before Sans went to his house, greeted by what he thought was the most precious sight. Papyrus, with a book open in front of him, had Frisk cradled in his arms, sleeping peacefully. He spotted Sans and smiled, handing the child to him carefully.
" heh, who'da thought that i'd wind up bein a dad…..welp, buckle up kiddo, somethin tells me that we're both in for a ride." Frisk simply nuzzled into the fluff of his jacket in response.
Time seemed to run smoothly for Sans, which was odd because usually, he would have deja vu, but all of that stopped when the kid fell. He had found that he quite liked being a dad, though he wasn't quite used to having to get up from his naps. Thankfully, Papyrus would sometimes take over to let him rest, god his bro was so cool. Sans decided that by now word would have spread enough that he would risk introducing the kid to his favorite place in the underground, Grillby's. Once the kiddo was wide awake, he told Papyrus he was heading out, and promptly took a shortcut directly to Grillby's. The bar was warm and cozy, just as Sans remembered, His resting theme played and everyone turned to him. The K-9 unit was on break, taking their usual seats, though the other usuals weren't in quite yet. From across the bar, Grillby looked up, smiling at Sans and his child.
Dogamy and Ressa sniffed the air and walked over to Sans.
"Sans! Is this the human we were told about?"
(They're adorable)
"heh, yeah this is frisk, say hi kiddo." In response, Frisk cooed and reached up to pet their faces. She smiled, letting out a little happy shriek at their softness.
Greater Dog leaped out of his armor and bounded towards Sans. He carefully set Frisk on the floor and Greater Dog began to sniff. Frisk brushed her tiny hand over the canine monster's back and giggled. After all the dogs got their turn getting to know his kid, Sans picked her up and took her to Grillby.
" heya grillbz." The fire elemental grinned
"Well hello there Sans, so this is the human everyone has been going on about?" As he leaned in for a closer look, Frisk reached her tiny hand out. Grillby lifted a finger for her to grab, and lightly shook her hand.
"A pleasure to meet you, small one." Frisk smiled and cooed, while Sans' constant smile seemed to grow.
"yup, poor kid's been through a lot already, but things are lookin good." Grillby had a small idea, it was something Sans found cool when he was just a little scamp running around Snowden. He moved his hand to grab Frisk's attention, and as she stared, green, white, blue, and red puffs of smoke came from his fingers. The child cooed at the sight and reached for the puffs of smoke, attempting to catch them with her tiny hands with little success. Despite this, she seemed content.
"She is simply too precious Sans."
"yeah, frisk is really somethin.".
