(A/N: Just wanted to thank you guys for the patience, I've been having trouble getting the plot moving for this story. But! The next few chapters are gonna be were shit goes down, so look forward to that. Thanks again, buh-bye.)

Nia Dreamwalker

Nia woke up at seven a.m. every morning, took a shower, cooked a small breakfast, and watched T.V. She did this every morning, unless she was hung-over. Then she woke up at nine, reluctantly, took a long shower, and walked over to The Ruins to get some coffee and pie. Nursing her headache, Nia pushed open the door to the café and flinched at the bell announcing her arrival. Toriel looked up from the counter and gave a small smile, she knew. Getting out some chocolate pie and starting Nia's coffee, Toriel gave Nia some medicine.

"You need to watch what you drink." Toriel joked.

Nia groaned, "I need to stop going to Muffet's, or at least stop letting Tok talk me into drinking competitions." She downed the medicine and water and began on the pie.

"Oh, Tok again? That makes sense. How many was it this time?" Toriel placed the fresh coffee in front of Nia.

"Almost twenty if memory serves me right. After that everything's a bit blurry." She sipped her coffee and felt her head get better.

"What's on the schedule today?" Toriel went around and took plates off the empty tables. Nine was pretty late in the morning for someone to come in to the café, so Nia was the only one there at the moment.

"I don't know, drawing? I found this nice spot on the roof of my apartment building. Shows a great a view city and the rivers surrounding it. Might head back to Muffet's to make sure Tok didn't steal anything off me."

"That's nice, dear. Have a nice day, and make sure to be careful around Tok this time."

"She means well, Tori. How much?" Nia reached for her pocket, but realized she had left her wallet at home in her hung-over stupor. "Crap."

Tori laughed, "I'll put it on a tab, pay next time you come."

"Thanks, and the pie was delicious as always. But before I leave I was wondering, where's Asriel?" The boy hadn't shown up once since Nia walked in.

"Oh, he and Kid took a walk about half-an-hour ago when business went down. I'll tell him you said hi."

"Okay, bye Tori." Nia got up from the bar and exited the establishment.

On her walk to the Spider's Web, it was about half-a-mile walk from The Ruins, Nia tried recalling what had happened when she was drinking with Tok. The last thing she could remember was a flame of some kind, it made her angry that she couldn't remember anything else. Approaching the bar, Nia pulled open the door and looked around. Since it was not even noon yet, there was almost no one in the bar. Except, of course, for Muffet and her crew. Now Nia knew Muffet was in the mafia, hell she knew everyone in the building was in the mafia, but she let it slip by for two reasons. 1: She wasn't a cop anymore so it's not like she could really do anything about it and 2: Muffet wasn't into the whole killing thing, she was only in it for the money and as long as she got it legally Nia didn't care. She walked up to the spider, with the prospect of asking where Tok was, but then she heard her mumbling to herself about a hangover and decided to leave her alone this morning. Nia just waved at her as she made her way to the back room, Muffet waved back with only one hand. Two others gripped her head, one held a glass of water, the other two were writing something down. Nia went to the Tok's dressing room first, door open and empty. When she saw Mettaton's door was closed, she silently waited outside, but her curiosity got the best of her when she heard them talking on the other side. She pressed her ear against the door and tried to hear.

"Darling, you can't be serious." MTT said.

"I am. Ow, do you have to pull so hard?" Tok answered back.

'What?' thought Nia.

"You always keep your hair up in a messy ponytail, I'm just adding some flare to it." He said back.

'Oh, he's probably braiding her hair again.'

Mettaton went on, "You kissed her, to distract her from Mr. Flamehead."

Tok left out a short laugh, "Stars, Met, don't call him that. He's as dignified as Ms. Muffet. And ya, I kissed Nia to distract her. So what?"

'Oh, so that's another thing that happened last night.' Nia thought.

"Not like she'll mind when I tell her, I've done it before." Tok continued, letting out another grunt.

"Finished!" Mettaton sang out.

"Thanks, Met." Tok grumbled and Nia shifted away from the door when she heard Tok move towards it. The door opened, "Oh, hey Nia. How long you've been there?"

"Oh, I just got in. Making sure you didn't steal anything." Nia answered jokingly, Tok wasn't the only one with a silver tongue.

"Oh, not this time." Tok winked, "Did you come by just for that?"

"Well, no actually. My mind is kind of blurry when it comes to last night, care to fill me in?"

"Love to, step into my office." Tok gestured to her dressing room and fell behind Nia to walk to it. The two sat down, Tok at her cluttered vanity and Nia on the leather couch that took up half a wall. "Where should I start?"

"I blacked out a little bit after a drinking competition." Nia explained.

Before Tok could begin, NC knocked on the open door, "Hiya, boss. Just got here, need anything?"

Tok looked to Nia, who shook her head, she turned back to NC, "Nah, thank you though." He nodded and left. "Anyway, after you blacked out, you fell off your chair. I caught you, and we talked for a while before you left."

"I remember a fire." Nia said simply, letting go of the kissing incident for the moment.

"Oh." Tok stopped for a second, then smiled. "Well, that was Ms. Muffet's business partner. Grillby." Her smile was confident, but Tok's eyes screamed 'Please don't be mad!'

"Ah, Grillby. Of course. That's why you kissed me, you believed in my drunken state I would've caused trouble for him and in effect, Muffet." Nia stated, smiling at Tok's face.

Her smile was gone and Tok just had a look of awe. "Stars. You have a knack for getting it right on the nose, don't cha?" Nia just laughed as a response.

Nia was walking back to her complex, whistling a simple tune. The sun was just beginning to set and she really wanted to watch from the roof. When she left the Spider's Web, nothing really happened for the rest of the day. She went back home to watch some TV, made a quick lunch, then went back out for a walk. The walk went on longer than she expected when she got jumped by a guy, just some random monster. Her training kicked in pretty fast and she kicked him in the nuts, getting away without a scratch. Soon she reached her home, sighing as she walked up the stairs, opened and shut the door then collapsed on the couch. Though, remembering her idea with the sunset made her jump back up, grab her sketch book, and almost sprint up the remaining stairs to the roof. The sight of the sun setting over the buildings and far off woods made Nia hum to herself as she took a seat against the doorway and began drawing.