Opposedtale (Undertale AU) Chapter 2 - New Guardian
Frisk found herself in a snowy place with a long way to the bridge with trees side by side that had no leaves. She walked towards it with strange sounds coming from the cold wind. There wasn't any obstacle in her way, making the travel more creep as she moved on. As she reached the bridge, she got blocked by the wooden gates that wouldn't let anyone pass through it unless a person was very, very thin to go through.
Then, a sound came out behind her, as she turned around in fright to see who was there.
"Don't hurt me, beast!" Frisk yelled, referring to the woman, Toriel, who was about to attack her before Flowey stopped her from doing so.
There weren't anyone around at all…. until there was someone that shocked her as she turned back to the bridge. This someone was a humanoid fish with a red hair that got mostly dyed with pink and gills that were coloured from pink to red. She wore a hot pink strap dress with a left-strapped outer light pink shirt that had the red text, accompanied with red sprinkles, saying 'I ❤️ Humans'. Her right eye had normal red eye and yellow eye sclera while her left eye had a yellow eye with two heart shapes coloured pink and red acting as the eye pupil. She also wore a high-heeled hot pink shoes with the flat bottom coloured ginger.
"Hello there, child!" The fish greeted Frisk. "Are you lost?"
Frisk had never seen a fish under winter before nor even had colourful fashion. She wondered why she didn't wear a sweater under cold temperature. But considering that fishes were cold-blooded, she went on anyway.
"Hi, miss," she greeted back. "No, I'm not lost. I just ran away from that crazy goat monster."
The fish gasped, then turned serious on knowing about that goat woman. "Oh, that queen of the monsters, Toriel! Always on killing spree of humans that fall down to the underground," she reflected. "These royals are up to no good and it is up to me to fix that!"
Frisk raised her eyebrow on her purpose. "So, you wanted to help me escape?"
"Well, duh!" The fish replied with a gesture of raising her her shoulders and hands, as if it was a shrug. "I have a very good heart! I believe in humanity! I will-" But then, she stopped saying that sentence as she forgot her manners of introducing oneself to another. "Oh, excuse my manners, I was more focused on my destiny then saying my name out! My name is Undyne. Sounds familiar? A pun of 'undine' and 'undying'. But hey, it sounds more like 'Diane' to me, and it's a human name! But still, I like to be called 'Undyne'."
Frisk felt so strange when looking at Undyne's funny behaviour. "C'mon, a fish that is overly-cheerful? That have a good heart? What is life?" she thought in confusion.
Undyne had happened to be a psychic. "Wow, you never heard of a sea-creature being cheerful and kind-hearted? Have you ever heard of a show? You know….who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
Frisk shook her head, still being mazed. "Nope. Never heard of that."
"Hmph!" Undyne scoffed at her lack of knowledge. "Kids who never heard of that show. It's one of the most well-known kids show from late 90s! Welp, I can show that series with old Seasons once in awhile."
Frisk, being too sensitive, looked down on being mocked. "Okay, I'll rather be dead by now."
Undyne quickly realised what she had done. She tried to cheer Frisk up. "No, child! Suicide is never the answer. There are some people who care about you. I bet your Mommy is looking for you now."
"My parents hurt me a lot," Frisk screamed with darkened bags under her eyes. She couldn't take the pain anymore. "I do not deserve to live on with cruelty! I had enough of these cruel people!"
Undyne's eyes widen. She didn't really knew she was talking to an abused child. She never approach humans like Frisk before. "I am so sorry!" she apologised. "I never met suicidal people like you before. Guess my words were way too harsh."
But Frisk broke down in tears. She really couldn't handle her feelings. Undyne hugged her to calm her down, shushing her softly and said "It's okay." in a motherly way. Undyne checked to see how the child was feeling. Before she could say anything, it was interrupted by another Monster that came by to see his partner.
"Un-Undyne…...why are you sitting down…...with a strange looking monster?" the short, wide skeleton asked. His white eyes shook to represent his quietness and shyness. He wore a white tank top and a short black boxer with blue line by sides. He also wore bright blue beach slippers and a blue towel on his shoulders that show how much he exercised. He had a visible mouth that could open despite being a skeleton, which had a blue tounge. He was just panting with sweats as soon as he reached his destination.
"Oh, there you are, sweet, chubby and cute assistant," Undyne greeted him with a smile. "Look! It's a human."
The skeleton jumped in horror. "A-a-a-a HUMAN!?" His voice shook and yelled at the same time. "What if my brother sees her!? Oh-oh….oh I'm in trouble now….."
"I'll take care of that," Undyne assured him. "Uh, child," she told Frisk," can you introduce yourself to me and this helpful and hardworking assistant of mine?"
"Frisk," the child presented herself to the two monsters.
"Hi….." the skeleton greeted by simply holding up his left hand in a wimpy way.
"That's all?" Undyne asked the skeleton in concern. "C'mon, say your name. She won't bite."
"I'm…..I'm….." He said, but it faded into mumbles.
"Uh, Frisk. He is rather timid when it comes to meeting strangers," Undyne reminded her. "He isn't very confident with introductions." She looked back at her partner and encouraged him to speak louder.
"Ooooh….okay….then….." The skeleton nodded slowly. "I'm….the skeleton…"
Undyne raised her eyebrow. His name isn't 'The Skeleton'.
"Okay, proper introduction!" She took over his place. "He's Sense the Skeleton."
"What!? It's Sans the Skeleton!" He corrected her in irritation.
Undyne giggled. "Well, now you learned his name. Too easy. Now Sans, have some fun with Frisk while I'll make strawberry cake for her!"
As she walked through the wide bars, Frisk stared at her in shock.
"She knew that I loved strawberry cakes!?" She asked in a dumbfounded manner.
"...Undyne is just being herself….." Sans replied, still having no confidence on talking to a stranger. "Well, do you eat that flavoured cake?"
"No," Frisk responded in sadness. "I asked my Father to buy me a strawberry cake once. But I got 10 whips as a payback."
"Oh my goodness, what kind of a parent….would raise you like that?" Sans shook in horror.
"That's how the world works," Frisk looked down on the ground.
"Oh….my…..you do not really deserve that…..I wished I could help…." he said.
"I appreciate your help, Sans….." Frisk thanked Sans for no reason.
"No….thank Undyne for that….. She does everything she could do to help people. She had done charities to raise up funds for monsters who do not have enough money, makes sure the money value of an item is right based on it weight, even set up proper educational schools for children. Undyne is full of inspiration and is loved by everyone who opposed the evil royalty's plan. They even wished for her to become president. She also hired me as an assistant to help check on everything she put according to plan," he told Frisk.
"What do you do, aside from helping Undyne as an assistant?" Frisk asked.
"I worked as a coolie. I would usually be paid by Undyne during coolie jobs. Well…..the pay for the coolie job is twice the job as an assistant, since it requires a lot of strength and hard work. I don't have enough sleep, but I'm fine with it."
"You're a workaholic! It is too weird to meet a skeleton who loves to work a lot!" Frisk concluded.
"Yup….." Sans nodded, coming back to his nervous state. "Wow, I never thought of talking to a stranger until….this day…."
"We're basically friends now," Frisk smiled. "It's nice to get to know each other. Man, I wouldn't really want to come back home. I want to stay at a place where everyone is nice to me."
"...Aside from the king and the queen, you can stay here….." Sans said, then became worried. "Just….watch out for my brother….."
Frisk became curious. "What's wrong with your brother?"
"Papyrus…..he's one of the Royal Guards, so he will capture you," Sans replied frighteningly.
"That sound like a fun name," Frisk commented.
"He's no fun, he's very SCRICT! He will follow whatever is given to him. He doesn't care if you're a tragic child. He just….capture you in any shape…..." Sans explained in anxiety.
"What does he look like?" Frisk asked.
"Taller than me…..," Sans answered, "...and he looked almost like….a typical skeleton."
"So he is the older brother then," Frisk guessed.
"Actually…...he is the youngest brother of mine," Sans corrected her statement. "My family only have two children. It includes him and me….the oldest brother."
"Well, why didn't you discourage him for being a Royal Guard?" Frisk asked in curiosity.
San blushed blue cheeks in embarrassment. He explained closer to Frisk's ear, "I'm always looked down by my brother. I believed that he is the most superior brother and I usually tend to act…..childish. Brother Papyrus told me in a stern way, 'If you do anything mischievous, I will hit your back with a bone 5 times'. No kidding….when I tried to pour my favourite ketchup onto his armor, I….got that kind of punishment. I'm very sc-scared of my brother, so I am very careful with my actions."
Frisk wondered what were the positive things that Papyrus did to his brother. "Is there any good thing he does to you?"
"Yes," Sans nodded with a fade smile. "I told him that I wished to be a pun comedian…..but I have fear of thinking that people would not like it and…..stage frights. Only then, even if he doesn't like jokes as much as I do, he would encourage me to not give up my dreams. Well, he is a very well-behaved person, so if I could ever tell a joke to him, he would stay patient. Unless…...I tell jokes overtime, I could go free without punishments."
Frisk finished the topic as she looked at the bars. Suddenly, they were wide. Sans still stayed in his usual self and said, "Papyrus ordered me to make the bars the prison-style so that nobody can enter that…...but Undyne told me to make them wider to let everyone enter it. Well….I like Undyne more so I did what she told me to…"
"It just appeared out of nowhere!" Frisk exclaimed in surprise.
"...Undyne is very special…" Sans said without any good reasons.
"Hey, your favourite strawberry cake is ready!" Undyne called out as she came back to them out of nowhere, looking happy as if nothing happened. "I deactivated the puzzles around this place so that you can walk all the pathway safely!"
"Wow….she really cared about you," Sans smiled in a cute way. "After baking her cake in a soft manner and finding all the puzzle switches in a long time, she still looked very…..happy."
While walking to Snowdin, Sans looked back at Frisk with a blush on his face. He was about to say something nice to her, but felt himself shaking nervously. "Ummmm…" he said, "...would you like to stay….at my home…..?"
"But I have to escape!" Frisk replied in frustration. "That crazy goat is after me and so do your brother."
"But my home is safe," Sans convinced her kindly. He seemed to have become more confident at being socialized. But he still act weird at the way he talk.
"Yeah, it would be best if you stay underground," Undyne suggested. "My home, Waterfall, is the safest place to stay. Human temperature cannot stay under cold places like Snowdin. By the way, if Papyrus ever approach you two, I will deal with him."
Sans felt embarrassed upon hearing that. He really didn't have anything good to say.
"Don't feel blue!" Undyne encouraged the poor skeleton cheerfully. "You tried your very best. Keep a smile on your face."
Sans smiled shyly again. He really loved to hear very kind words. That's why he's with Undyne more than Papyrus.
It was a very quiet place. No monsters roaming at the north of Snowdin. Each puzzle section; the electric maze, the X-to-O puzzle, the colour titled puzzle and the swinging weapons, were all deactivated. Arriving to Snowdin, some monsters were shocked to find a dirty kid along with their favourite fish pal and the short skeleton, who just happened to hide behind Frisk as he saw them. Here, they came to Sans' house, with a pleasant smell coming from the window opened.
Entering his home was a warm welcome. Everything was neat and classy-looking. Undyne described the design as 'Papyrus' Taste of Fanciness'. The TV was a television invented from the 70s. It usually play cooking channels, live shows and anything fancy. There was a staircase of the second floor that leads to the skeletons' room. Papyrus' door had a sign that says 'Authorities Allowed' and Sans' door was filled with cute and bubbly decorations. Somehow, Sans allowed Undyne to decorate it as an 'enhancement'. That was a cabinet with trophies that belong to Papyrus and an accurate painting of the two skeletons, again made by Undyne. Sans stated that Undyne was full of creativity and used it to keep everyone happy, but his Brother considered her behaviour an insult to proper and royal people. Even when Sans said that while she was around, she still stayed positive.
An orange kitchen beside the living room had a tall stove, while everything else was normal. A strawberry cake was just sitting on a plate on the counter.
"This is your chance of getting your favourite food," Undyne winked gleefully. "A chance of finally eating your desired food after all the abuses you get from outside, you deserve a fair treatment from your new Guardian. As long as you stay with me, I will always protect you from harm who dared to harm you."
Frisk could feel tears coming out of her eyes. She never receive a great gift from a fellow creature. She thought she wouldn't get a good family and that she almost gave up her life from falling into the hole. "Oh…." she said quietly as her knees went down on the floor again, getting Sans to hug her. "Thank you so much…..I thought I wouldn't get a home….."
"...I told you to thank Undyne….." Sans said, stroking her messy hair gently.
"From now on, I am your sweet Mommy," Undyne announced, "and I will let you stay in my house. Plus, I can even get your to education school. It's located at Hotlands, and that place had a Royal Scientist who happened to be a mad genius. I'll tell her to let you live and teach you everything you need to know. She can teach you any subject, easy to difficult. She knows when is the time to change the difficulty, so no worries about learning it quick. Also, while you are eating the cake, I will check outside to see if Papyrus is around and if he isn't around, I will let you come to Waterfall safely. Have fun!"
As she exited the interior, Frisk walked to the counter to take the taste of a strawberry cake for a test. It tastes very sweet and good. As a person who haven't eat it until now, she could finally lie down with a wide smile on her face. She now really, really loved strawberry cakes.
"Frisk…." Sans asked. "Do you mind…...if you could come into my room….and play?"
"Sure," Frisk accepted. "We're friends after all."
Sans laughed with nerves. "Okay….follow me."
So Frisk followed Sans upstairs to his room. Inside his room was a clean and well-decorated room. The decorations were quite girly with blue flowers and cute anime-style drawings, which he mentioned about it being called as 'kawaii'. Opening the closet had a lot of exercise outfits and dresses.
"I have more comfort with…..dresses….." Sans said truthfully. "They…..fit me."
"So…" Frisk awkwardly said upon seeing dresses, "have Papyrus said anything about…...these?"
"I showed him these….." Sans responded. "...he said they don't suit my gender…...very well…..but I liked them….."
"Try one of them," Frisk dared him.
"Umm…..fine?" Sans said in confusion as he chose the sweater-like dress that was long-sleeved and knee-length.
Despite being a skeleton that had no skin and genital parts, he had to cover himself with a closet so that Frisk would not see him clothless. As he finished putting on a dress, Frisk's eyes popped out to see how pretty Sans looked in a dress. Adorable in a weird way.
Sans closed his eyes in a flattered way. "Aww….I really am pretty…..nothing can change that…"
Frisk gave Sans a thumbs up. "You are right. Now I can see how close you are with Undyne. Lemme ask you a question. Do you ever date?"
Sans blushed deeper than before.
"...what?"
End of Chapter 2