Chapter 2
I slowly walked closer towards the human child as they walked towards the gate. I think they realized I was behind them because they started to slow down. I suddenly had the urge to talk to them so when they stopped I walked right up to them
"Hey your human right? This is so funny to me because I actually had a dream last night about a human coming through here that looked just like you. They were going to save us all and take us to the surface. You should have seen the sun set it was beautiful." I knew I was rambling but I couldn't help it.
The human just looked at me and didn't talk. I suddenly remembered that Papyrus would be coming to check on me soon. I couldn't let him see this human yet. He would immediately try to capture them and I needed more answers.
"Um, why don't you come through here? I'm not really into hunting humans right now so I'll protect you from my brother. He loves trying to capture humans, even though he has actually never one. Come through here and we will go to my station." I nervously stutter.
The human comes along still not talking. It's pretty eerie since it's only me talking and it's pretty creepy this deep in the forest. Even though I know my way around like the back of my hand I still doubt myself sometimes. When we get to my station I realize the conveniently shaped lamp is conveniently shaped for the human so I tell the child to hide there. No sooner than the child gets into position I hear Papyrus calling my name.
"Sans! Have you seen a human yet? I just came up with the most beautiful speech and it would be such a shame for it to go to waste!" cried Papyrus.
"Nothing to report here, Pap." I looked at the lamp. "Just this conveniently shaped lamp. No idea how it got there. Other than that it's been pretty bonely." I smile and wink.
Papyrus sighs "Fine then carry on! I hope to see one soon! We have lived here for three months now because Undyne said it was the best human hunting spot!" He shouted as he left for his puzzles
"Ok you can come out now." I whispered to the human. "Hey can I ask you a question. Were you ever here before? Like another life or something? I swear I have seen you before."
The human just looks at me with blank eyes. How am I supposed to get any answers from this child if it won't talk to me? I am starting to panic. I have never seen that lamp before today, aside from my dream. In my dream Papyrus actually had a pretty great speech when confronting the child. Was I psychic? Or was that "reset" box real? Were we in some stupid video game? That couldn't be. I have my own thoughts. The things I am saying now were not things I said to the human but so far everything else is the exact thing. Especially when the child is around.
"You should get going. He might come back." I tell the child "I also tell the child they should not be afraid, nothing to fear here. But before you go maybe you could introduce yourself to my brother. He won't hurt you but it would mean the world to him."
The child just looks at me and walks on. This is just like my dream. I really did mean everything I said to the child, but I remember saying that to the child in my dream. I sign and go back to work. Maybe it wasn't a dream after all. Maybe something else bigger than me was going on.