Sans closed the worn notebook that he had gotten from the Waterfall, sitting on a branch in a tree. He placed his pen and notebook in a bag and repeated what he wrote down in his own words. "The underground was plunged into depression, distrust, and disappointment. Toriel left the Ruins and tried to rule over the underground again. But the monsters didn't approve her new rules, she surrendered peacefully and headed back to the ruins. Next Papyrus decided to become the king, the king of the underworld. The underground is steady, maybe until another human falls down."
Sans sighed, he looked at the snow that was falling slowly to the ground. He jumped off the branch and headed toward Snowdin. It had been eight months since Frisk left the underground. Sans walked past the once happy bunny monster with her stuffed bunny. But now she had a black cloak on and she was holding it while sitting on a bench, looking at the doll blankly. Sans looked where the decorated Christmas tree once was, just white snow, an empty spot. Grillby's was worn down, the shop and inn weren't doing the best either. The once faint happy tune Sans could hear was now just bells in the background.
He looked where ice wolf had once worked, now it was just an automatic conveyor belt with a machine picking up the ice blocks and throwing them into the icy water. Sans walked back to the middle of town. A few monsters were sitting on benches, but most monsters stayed inside their houses, not caring anymore. Everyone gave up once Asgore was killed. Sans thought he was already depressed as it is. But the town he lived in wasn't helping. The only cheerful ones were the kids, and even sometimes they weren't happy at all. As Sans walked through Snowdin Forest, he was reminded of Frisk. The one human he thought that wouldn't kill anyone. I wonder what was going through Frisk's head when they started this. He thought, Papyrus, now being a king, no longer lives in Snowdin, and he's always busy. Sans hasn't seen him for awhile, only hearing about what his dear brother is doing every now and then. He sighed, being a king was what Papyrus wanted to do... To save the underground, but Sans still wanted his old naive personality back, the one that cheered him up and made him smile. Not the one that was unhappy and knows how dark the world actually is. Sans knew he couldn't go back if the kid hasn't reset yet, they never will.
Sans made his way to Snowdin Forest, and once he got there, he took a random pathway, while walking through the forest when he heard soft humming, he looked around, his eyes landed on a white and royal blue Phoenix he's never seen before. It seemed to be looking for something. "Hello?" Sans asked as he looked at the monster. "Hm? Oh hello." It said with a thick Australian accent. Sans then replied, "Hello, if I may ask, who are you?" The Phoenix looked at him. "You probably haven't seen me before. Well, I'm Shard, I live in a place not usually known to normal monsters." Sans nodded, "Well, Shard, what exactly are you doing?" Sans asked. "Well, young skeleton, I'm doing a favor for a friend of mine. I'm bringing some wood back to my home." Shard replied, picking up some logs. They seemed to be having trouble. "Maybe I could help?" Sans asked Shard nodded, "I needed some help with these logs anyway." Sans helped them pick up the logs and put it into the net beside her. "Alright, now that I have it loaded I need you to hold onto it so I can land there easily." Shard spread their wings and took off. Sans closed his eyes. It had been a while since he met someone who was friendly and easily comforting around him. Sans felt them gracefully land, and he sat up slightly.
"Alright we're here, c'mon don't be shy." Shard nudged Sans and he slid off. Around him was like an Aurora, The walls seemed to be glowing in smooth gigantic waves of purple, blue, and green against the wall. Sans was amazed by the sight, Shard seemed to notice and caught his attention. "Welcome to Crystal Cavern," She said. "Our ancestors here lived in the Arctic, they saw the Aurora there and when we were banished underground, they made this place us Winter Phoenixes call The Glowing Cavern." Shard paused before asking. "Oh, I forgot to ask! What's your name?" Sans replied with, "Sans, Sans the Skeleton. A sentry from Snowdin." Sans looked at Shard. "Oh! what a glorious name!" Shard exclaimed excitedly.
"Let me show you around, Sans." She said, leading Sans to the first area of Crystal Cavern leaving their footprints behind them. Sans saw different colored birds. In the area that they were in, birds were mining with their beaks. But they had some sort of steel shaped like their beaks, protecting it as they mined away at the rock, trying to retrieve crystals. Birds also had this weird pair of magnifying goggles that allowed them to see the Crystals better as they picked them up with their claws and examined them.
Shard walked over to one of the birds examining a purple, glowing crystal. He looked at her and put down the crystal. "Hello Shard, I see you've been busy. Who's your new friend there?" The male bird asked, he had pale blue feathers and the rest was white. His glowing blue eyes were like daggers cutting through your soul.
"His name is Sans, love, and he comes from a place called Snowdin!" Shard added, gleaming at the older male. "Hello, Sans! It's nice to meet you!" He said Sans waved back shyly. Shard noticed and said. "Hey, love! No need to act shy around him! His name is Mr. Gemstone, you can trust him!" Shard said urging Sans to greet Mr. Gemstone properly.
"He doesn't need to call me Mr. Gemstone, Shard, he can call me Adrianne." He said smiling at Sans softly. Sans chuckled, "It's nice to meet you, Adrianne. So, I want to know, how come we've never heard of you?" Sans asked. "Well, we had a little fight with the king and became, uh... rebels to them... That was more than forty years ago though. Even before the queen was around."
Adrianne said, looking at the pale pink crystal. "But I've heard things here and there. I'm not sure if it's true. But it seems reasonable." He said. Sans heard the bells ring. Saying it was time for sentry meet up. "Shard I need to leave, could you take me back?"
Shard seemed to understand and nodded. She took Sans back and said goodbye.
Sans started his dull walk to Hotland, and once he got there, he headed toward the Castle. He saw some sentries already sitting in the meeting room. Sans entered calmly, he was small compared to all of them, most of them were six or six foot five. He sat down far away from the others. They glanced at him and looked away. He couldn't tell if it was in respect or disrespect. Sans waited until the next line of bells rang. Then he sat up, one of the sentries stood up and looked at all of them. "Alright, so I want all of you to report the daily activity in your area, starting with you." He said pointing to a monster. "Everything was normal other than some monsters trying to repair the core, sir." The sentry replied.
After some others talked. Sans heard someone whisper to the person beside him. "Isn't he a little puny to be a sentry?" Sans looked over and saw them looking at him. "Oh you must be new here, yeah, he isn't that talkative either. We don't even know if he has any real power, or if he was just chosen because he's the brother of our king, Papyrus." He looked away, they snickered and mocked him. Now he's not one to get mad. But judging him because of his height and purposely underestimating his strength? That pissed him off, his slammed his fist the table so hard that he cracked the table.
Then he looked at them with rage pulsing through his veins. "And who told you that it would be fine to judge others by their height? Or the fact that they hate talking to others? That they don't want to be a show-off?" He said giving them a death glare. They were all staring at him silently now with shocked faces. Sans managed to calm himself down and he left the room.
Sans walked back to his house, he got into his room and laid on his bed. "Why do I even try?" He mumbled to himself before closing his eyes.