Chapter 9: Healing And Love
Going down the mountain, everyone followed Frisk, who began leading the way to her home. She paused a moment and jumped in glee at seeing her home from the mountain. "We're almost there, guys," she said encouragingly and took Sans' hand, who smiled at her and they continued down until they reached a vast meadow and Frisk continued to lead them until they reached the front yard of a house that was so grand they stopped to look in awe.
"It's about as big as Asgore's castle," Mettaton said in awe.
Papyrus, who had been feeling Frisk's excitement ever since they reached the meadow, kneeled down to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Frisk…are you certain…your parents will accept us?" He asked worriedly.
"Of course they will," she said. "They don't judge and they've taught me not to judge."
The door opened and Frisk turned to see her mother walk out of the house, but her head was down in sadness. "Mama?" She called out.
Amelia froze at hearing her daughter's voice and looked up, gasping as she recognized her daughter at once. "Frisk!" She cried out in joy. "Joe! Come quick!"
With that, she ran down the stairs to Frisk, who began running towards her and jumped into her mother's arms. "Oh, Frisk, my baby," she said softly, tears falling down her face as she held her daughter close.
Joe, having heard his wife call, came out and his eyes went wide in surprise before he too rushed down the stairs and engulfed both his wife and daughter in a hug. "Daddy!" Frisk exclaimed, hugging him too.
"Frisk, are you alright, sweetheart?" He asked.
She nodded before looking sad. "Did…Did you two…know about Stephen?" She asked.
Amelia and Joe looked heartbroken. "We knew he was struggling after his injury, but we had no idea he was abusing his pain medicine," her mother said.
"We did wonder where he had gone after the police couldn't find him," her father said before looking up and seeing the monsters all standing there, looking uncertain and hanging back a little. Frisk noticed her father looking at her friends and she turned to look at them.
"He hurt my friends badly," she said.
"We saw through what looked like a window," Amelia answered.
Frisk looked confused and Gaster stepped forward. "That was me, Frisk," he said. "You wished your parents saw what had happened to Stephen and I felt it best to show them."
Joe looked even sadder. "No amount of words can make up for what our son did to you all," he said. "But we welcome all of you to stay with us and we'll help you rest and recoup from…the horrors our son put you through."
Asgore stepped forward. "You are very kind, as is your daughter," he said. "She gave us a reason to hold onto the hope that we'd be free someday. You raised her well."
"Thank you," Amelia said. "Why don't you all come inside and we'll get you settled?"
The kindness of both Frisk's parents helped them all, including Alphys, who was still a little skittish, but beginning to calm down, even allowing Joe and Amelia to tend to the deep wounds she still had.
A few weeks later, one would be hard-pressed to find any injuries on the monsters, but while the physical injuries healed, the mental injuries were a bit slower to heal, but Frisk and her parents took it in stride, helping Alphys when she got nightmares or flashbacks and helping the others to not feel so confined. Toriel and Asgore took up gardening along with Chara and Asriel, who helped their parents out with the garden. Muffet learned how to bake from Amelia and began selling homemade pastries and treats to local businesses to sell. Grillby became the live-in chef, although Joe and Amelia did step in to give the fire monster a break from cooking now and then. Mettaton set up equipment in his room to record his singing on the Internet, to which his songs became very popular and when he cut his first CD, it flew off the shelves so fast that he was stunned and continued to do songs. Papyrus and Sans stuck by Gaster and Alphys with the tall skeleton helping pent-up feelings to escape while Sans would read to Alphys, something she enjoyed as she recovered. Frisk would even help too by helping to make sure the dinosaur was comfortable, something that she appreciated greatly.
Undyne decided to study karate and Tai Chi, working the negative energy out with the helpful exercises. And upon learning that Amelia did yoga, the fish woman decided to try that and found all three exercises helped a great deal, even offering to show the others, who would join her sometimes as it helped them too.
About a month after they had been freed from the Underground, Gaster glanced around the house, searching for Frisk and finding her in Alphys' room keeping the dinosaur company. Both smiled as Gaster came in. "Alphys, dear, how are you feeling?" He asked her.
"I'm doing better, thank you, Gaster," she said. "Haven't had any nightmares for a few days now and Undyne's exercises are helping a lot too."
The skeleton smiled before looking at Frisk. "Frisk, little one, there's something we didn't tell you when you freed us," he said.
"What is it?" The young girl asked.
"Well, in defeating Stephen, you've become our master," he said.
"He's right," Alphys said.
Frisk's face fell before she got a determined look on her face. "No, I don't want to be your master," she said. "I want all of you to be a part of my family."
She looked at them. "No more masters for you guys. You're a huge part of my family now."
Amelia and Joe, who had been coming to bring Alphys some more food, overhead their daughter and nodded. "She's right," said Joe. "You all are a huge part of our family."
The other monsters came in just in time to hear that and looked at the humans gratefully and Gaster nodded, feeling a weight lifted off his shoulders and Frisk hugged him. "My other birthday wish came true," she said.
"You had two of them, kid?" Sans asked.
"Three actually," she said. "For you guys to get better and to be part of the family."
"Such an unselfish child and equally unselfish wishes," Gaster said, returning Frisk's hug.
Toriel smiled. "When was Frisk's birthday?" She asked.
"About two months ago to the day," Amelia asked.
Asgore smiled. "Chara's and Asriel's birthdays were also about two months ago to the day," he said. "Sounds like our children have the same birthdays."
Frisk instantly had an idea. "Mama? Daddy? Can we do another party to celebrate everyone's birthdays and to celebrate us all becoming a family?" She asked hopefully.
"That's a wonderful idea, sweetheart," Joe said as his wife agreed and the monsters all lit up at hearing that, even Alphys did.
They all couldn't wait for the party, but their hearts were all warm from the love they had gained with the family.
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