The next day was a school day. Chara watched as Frisk made her way through the school. Chatting with Mk, making ice puns with one snow drake…..while another seemed to be glaring at them from behind. As recess started, Frisk walked over to the pun loving Snowdrake and their friend, MK, who seemed to be talking to a tall green fire elemental.
"Hey Frisk, ICE to see you!"
"Yo Frisk how's it going?" The fire elemental simply smiled, letting the two address Frisk first.
"Hey Snowy, hi MK! And hi there, My name is Frisk, what's yours?" Frisk asked addressing the green fire elemental. Her smile seemed familiar, a lot like Grillby's.
"Hiya, the names Fuku, nice to finally meet you Frisk! " Frisk blinked, OH. of course the smile looked familiar, Frisk had overheard Grillby and Sans talking about her.
"Oh! Grillby's your dad right? Him and my dad like to swap stories about us." The little orbs that acted as Fuku's eyes moved in a circle
( guess you can't really eyeroll when your eyes are just tiny dots.)
"Tell me about it, they won't stop until they tell every embarrassing thing huh?" Frisk shrugged
"That's what dads do."
( accurate. Well these monsters seem nice)
Fuku laughed and went to go hang out with other monsters, ones her own age, the group seemed nice.
(what about the monsters that keep glaring at you when they think you won't notice?)
*Those are some bullies. They think i'm an evil human, because their parents said that all humans were evil. But….that isn't true, because you aren't bad, and neither am I.*
(That is the right way of thinking Frisk, oh son of a- Frisk one of them is coming up behind you now, They have a snowball with a rock in it ready.)
*Left or right?*
(Dodge to the right!) Chara shouted as a snowdrake known as Chilldrake launched the snowball, only for it to land on the ground where Frisk WAS standing. She turned around to face the monster.
"OK, what do you want now? " Frisk said with an exasperated tone. The bullies had stuck to simple name calling and such for a while after getting in trouble the first time, so what's changed?
"Ain't it obvious freak? I may have gotten in trouble from the teachers for fighting you, but my parents don't care!" Chilldrake said with a sneer. MK stepped forward glaring daggers at the bully
"Leave her alone Chilldrake." to which the ice monster laughed.
"Awwwww is this human your giiiiiirlfriend? Surprising, seeing as how her own human parents clearly didn't want her around." Frisk froze.
(w h a t.)
A slight blush appeared on MK's face, but the shock faded fast.
"Yo,Chilldrake, I would highly recommend shutting up right now, sno-"
"Hah, i bet they just threw you down here because you were too weird for humans to even deal with." By this point, Frisk was shaking. She never had a mom, it was always just her and her dad….she knew she was adopted but…. She was torn from her thoughts as snowdrake rushed forward, glaring at his cousin.
"Okay i'm only gonna say this one time. As someone who's lost a parent? THAT IS NOT COOL. get the heck out of here, now." Tears were actually starting to sting Snowy's eyes.
"W-Wait snowy I wasn't…."
"You don't know what their parents went through! None of us do! How dare you try to use that to hurt them? Seriously and to think I thought you were cool. Yet despite KNOWING that I lost my mom, you try to use someones parents against them?" Snowy was shaking, and MK didn't look much happier.
"Yo, Frisk, Snowy, let's go somewhere else….this jerk isn't worth the time."
( Frisk don't let what chilldrake said get to you.)
*But…. Why am i not with my human parents…..what if they just didn't want me around?*
(Frisk…...you should talk to Sans, he may know how you got down here, but…..something tells me you weren't 'given up')
Frisk sniffed as she and snowy followed MK, leaving Chilldrake to stand there, reflecting on just how bad he messed up. When they got far enough away, MK turned to the two monsters.
"You guys okay?" Frisk shrugged while Snowy looked to her apologetically
"Hey I'm sorry Frisk, I didn't know my cousin was gonna be such a jerk. He should never have said that to you." Frisk sighed
"I….I need to talk to my dad….maybe he might know a bit more about what happened. Think we should get the teachers on him again?"
MK shook his head "I dunno dude, even if the teachers suspend him, or give him detention, clearly he's not going to get trouble for it at home." However Snowy grinned.
"My dad is able to exact some punishment, and when I tell him what Chilldrake said? He's gonna be angry enough to talk to my aunt and uncle." Eventually School ended, and Frisk walked back to her home, closing the door and putting away her things. She sat on her bed for a while, staring at the various pictures of her and her family. She heard a knock on her door.
"knock knock."
"Who's there?"
" apple."
"Apple who?"
"APPLEasure to see ya!" Chara snorted
(Oh my god that was simultaneously bad and amazing at the same time)
The pun earned a giggle from Frisk, and she opened the door to let him in. As Sans entered, he noticed that Frisk was looking down
" heya kiddo, how was school?"
"It was going okay, class work was kinda easy and at recess I played with Snowy and MK, oh and I got to meet Fuku!"Frisk seemed to perk up slightly as she discussed her friends.
"nice, fuku's a real….firecracker, huh?" The pun earned a snort from Frisk, but then the sad expression got to her again.
"Then….Chilldrake tired to hit me with a snowball, with a rock in it." Sans' eyelights disappeared.
" w h a t."
"But, he missed. I asked him what he wanted this time, because up till now he had just stuck to name calling. He….He said that his parents werent gonna do anything to him and…..he…." Tears started to form at Frisk's eyes. Sans quickly pulled his daughter into a hug, gently stroking her hair
"He said that the reason i'm living with you is….because my human parents didn't want me around, so they threw me down here….did….i get put here because they hated me?"
Sans sighed, and moved Frisk over to the bed to sit.
"kid, that couldn't be further from the truth…..and i know some of it. i just wasn't expecting to have to tell you so soon…" Frisk looked up at her dad, tears still pricking her eyes.
"You…..you know something about my human parents?" Sans nodded
"yeah, only part of it but….i know enough to know that what chilldrake said was a load of crap." Frisk wiped away her tears
"S-So...what happened?" Sans let out another sigh, best to start from the beginning.
He started with him walking by the river on his way to waterfall. How he had heard crying and discovered a raft, carrying her as an infant, and her mother floating beside it, shielding the raft from damage.
"she got hurt really bad. i did what i could, teleported you to alphys' lab. you were fine, but your mom...she didn't make it. She was able to ask me one thing, to take care of you." Frisk stared, trying to process what she just heard.
"So,my mom….died? And that's how you became my dad?...does that mean that Asgore has her soul then? For the barrier?" Frisk said as fresh tears rolled down her cheeks. Chara wrapped Frisk in a ghostly hug, though Frisk couldn't feel it it was the thought that counts.
(I am sorry Frisk….) Beyond that, Chara didn't know what to say. Sans continued to speak.
" yeah, she gave her permission to use it to help us get out of here." Frisk tilted her head.
" Can…..can I see her? her….soul?" Sans took a minute to think.
" i would hafta take it up with asgore, but i don't see why you couldn't. i'm gonna go call and check, okay?" Frisk nodded and Sans briefly left the room, informing Asgore of what happened.
"I see, Yes of course, I'll have the soul prepared for viewing….but she should brace herself, as the souls can emit their feelings."
Sans agreed, and went to bring Frisk to the castle. In the furthermost chamber, Asgore stood with a purple soul floating in a glass jar. Once Sans and Frisk popped in, she stared at the purple soul. Both Sans and Asgore gave the child some distance, close enough to observe without intruding on their moment.
(Purple….the color of perseverance.) Frisk stared at the soul, slowly approaching it. The soul glowed brightly,.
"It's really pretty….." Frisk walked up to put her hand on the glass, and felt a surge of emotion. Love, pride, joy, her mom was…..happy? The feeling brought more tears to her eyes. This was her mother, one that she never got to know.
"M-...Mom?" The soul pulsed in response, sending a wave of comfort washing over Frisk.
"I don't know what to say…." Alice's soul pulsed with curiosity.
(Perhaps she wants to hear about you?)
*Maybe...*
Frisk decided to talk about her life so far. She talked about her dad, and the jokes that they would tell. When Frisk told a few herself, the soul pulsed again with pride and joy.
( She likes puns as well. Your mother has excellent taste.)
Frisk continued, talking about spending time with Alphys, learning how to play the piano with Undyne, doing puzzles with uncle Papyrus. At all of this, the soul pulsed with contentment, and then another wave of curiosity.
*Hmmm anything else she may want?*
(Perhaps Sans should commune with her, after all he is fulfilling his promise to her.)
"Do you want to talk to my dad?" The soul shuddered slightly, a twinge of sorrow, but it was quickly covered with excitement. It changed too quickly for Frisk to notice. Frisk walked over to Sans and grabbed his hand.
"I think mom wants to talk to you to!" Sans seemed surprised for a second and then nodded, letting Frisk walk him to the soul. After placing his hand on the glass case, He felt a rush of gratitude, his smile widened.
"heh, of course, of course. your kid? she's doin good, plenty of laughs, and uh….interesting relatives." The soul brightened, encouraging Sans to continue.
" oh yeah she told ya bout 'aunty' undyne right? well, her and my brother, papyrus, like to cook. they're very….enthusiastic when it comes to this. needless to say the kid winds up having to get a bath each and every time." Alice's soul thrummed again with pure joy, she was happy to hear that her child was living a full life despite everything.
After some time, the pair decided to give their goodby's and head out. However home was not their destination, Sans had one more place to show Frisk. He had instead taken her to a room in Waterfall that Frisk had never been to. On the wall was a plaque adorned with golden and echo flowers that read:
"Here lies Alice Warren, a caring mother. Frisk, should you see this one day, know that your mother loved you dearly."
Frisk read the plaque, the words bringing a smile to her face, and turned to Sans
"This is...where her body is buried?" Sans nodded
"It's really pretty here. The stones in the ceiling even look a bit shinier than the other ones, and the flowers are nice too." Sans leaned against one of the walls
" yeah, it is pretty cool over here. undyne and asgore thought it best to have her here rather than some place in new home, here is way nicer." Once Frisk had decided it was time, the two headed back home. Outside the house, MK was standing and chatting with Papyrus. Frisk went to play with him while Sans called Undyne, seeing if she could do something about the bullying issue school-wide. She agreed enthusiastically and when the news reached the kids at school, MK and Frisk were ecstatic.
"Yo this is so cool! Undyne's actually coming to school today! I wonder what she's gonna do here." Frisk hummed in thought.
"I heard my dad talking to her a little, I think shes gonna talk about the bullying problem."
"Yo you think she'll kick their butts?" Frisk laughed
"Actually I think that once she says whatever she has to say, they won't be an issue for a good while." Eventually the school was gathered in an auditorium, and in front of everyone, stood Undyne.
"Alright, some of you punks already know why i'm here. From what i've been told, we seem to have a bit of a bullying problem here. Primarily to one specific student, and that is going to stop." Undyne said, preferring to get straight to the point.
"But they're a human! Shouldn't you be capturing them so the barrier can break?" Undyne shook her head
"No, and I'm gonna tell you why. She's been down here since before she could crawl. Like us, she has no idea what the surface looks like, like us, she's just as trapped as we are. As far as any of us are concerned, Frisk is just as much a monster as the rest of us. So let me make this PERFECTLY clear. I'm not gonna get another call about a bullying problem, because if I do, none of you will like what happens next." All of the children took this to heart and Frisk smiled.
(Huh, looks like they're taking her seriously. Perhaps now most of this will stop.) and it did, mostly. Occasional incidents staged as accidents, but they happen less often, and were fairly abrupt as nobody wanted to get caught bullying now that Undyne was being brought in. Some bullies however, quickly changed their tunes permanently, including Chilldrake. As the years passed, Frisk was eventually left alone all together, aside from those who wanted to be her friend.
