Previously: The Yellow Soul child's cause of death has been found out and while Frisk, Flowey, Deos and Toriel head to the Capital, Sans heads to the Lab in Hotland, where Undyne, Dr. Alphys and Mettaton are located, where he finds out that Dr. Alphys has created something potentially tide-turning as well as dangerous for fighting against a dark presence that Deos is there to deal with...

(New Home)

Frisk, Flowey, Deos and Toriel find themselves in front of New Home (again, Asgore is bad with naming things) which looks physically identical to Home in the ruins. "Toriel, I don't think that you need to hide anymore, not when we're so close to Asgore." Deos said She then came out of the Dimensional Pocket Amulet and was met with a hug from Frisk, which she accepted as they went into where she once lived...even the interior was mostly identical, except devoid of color and with a chain with two locks preventing access to the basement...that and there was living flowers, rather than dead ones in Home, Toriel didn't want to admit this, but she missed having flowers around her, she might be a great cook, but she was no gardener, that was what Asgore was better at. They then found the kitchen, where Deos examined the crumpled pieces of paper. "He's attempting to recreate Butterscotch-Cinnamon Pie and has failed miserably, possibly because he's missing an ingredient that comes from something that I can't mention around children..." Deos said, with some caution in his voice.

"Please do not..." Toriel said.

"But it's mostly because he's as bad a cook as you are a gardener." Deos said.

"Well, you're not wrong there..." Flowey said, not being able to argue with him, they then inspected the first bedroom that used to have Asriel and Chara in it, Flowey briefly showed recognition of this place, but made sure that only Deos could see that.

"Is there a reason for seeing this?..." Toriel asked.

"There is, let's check the other bedroom..." Deos replied, as they entered the bed that Asgore likely finds it difficult to sleep in, as Deos was looking through the documents in the drawers, Toriel was checking his diary.

"The same entry over and over again, either he is blissfully ignorant of his situation or...the pain is deeper than I thought...we can linger no longer, Deos!" Toriel said, impatient to get to Asgore.

"Ah, here it is...we're ready now." Deos said.

"Finally!" Flowey said, almost as impatient as Toriel, as they proceeded to find the keys that would unlock the chain that lead to the Throne Room.

(Deos' Apartment / Lab)

Cali has finished explaining everything to those that Sans has gathered, at Deos' request, Muffet looked annoyed "Why didn't I think of doing this sooner?".

"Probably because you were into the whole bake sale sctick, Dr. Alphys could come up with some kind of heated box to take them out of Snowdin" Undyne said.

"Y-yeah, I've just finished Mettaton's reconfiguration, ironing out the defence issue that it had previously.

"I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DEOS HAS INVITED US FOR." Papyrus said.

"He said that he wanted witnesses for something, he wanted it to be a surprise, he also needed me and Mettaton to deal with something that's a danger to both humans and monsters that's down here with us, he thinks that it might be due to what the first human carried with them without knowing it, Undyne's just an unexpected bonus." Sans said.

"I just hope that this doesn't ruin things between us..." Cali said, in a worried tone.

"Don't sweat it, Cali, it's not like he'll butcher your words." Sans said.

"SANS!" Papyrus said.

"That's bad, even by your standards...okay, we're ready to be brought here by Deos, you're ready to head to the Capital, we'll see you all there." Cali thought to herself, they're finally doing this! Of course, they won't be able to go out the same way, but once the barrier is broken, that will no longer matter...

(Judgment Hall)

They proceed down to the basement in silence and then enter a brightly lit hallway, a little further ahead of them, they see Sans...Deos doesn't look surprised about this. "Let's get to the point, you're here to judge us, so...have any of us gained any EXP or Execution Points?"

"Nope" Sans said.

"What about LOVE or Level of Violence?" Deos said.

"A big nope, although that doesn't mean that you're entirely innocent." Sans said.

"We've made mistakes, I admit, but nothing like that, in fact we've made things slightly better." Deos said.

"I can't argue with that, I feel better knowing that I don't have to make excuses to Papy to avoid his cooking." Sans said.

"I would have stayed hidden in the ruins and not accepted my responsibility for what has happened" Toriel said.

"Frisk would've had to fight a lot more than they did and Flowey would've showed his vine either after Asgore was defeated or while he was interrupted by Toriel, Undyne, Dr. Alphys,

Papyrus and you. As for the fear of everything being reset that has caused you depression...yes Toriel, the smile is deceptive...what is coming quite soon will remove that problem, as for dealing with the immediate effects, Simone can help you with that." Deos said.

"She was my gym teacher." Frisk said

"Yeah, she has a great amount of experience with child self-confidence issues, you've met the rest of my order at some point, Neil was in charge of the orphanage that caused you to be here, Lara was your doctor, Alec was who helped you deal with the initial trauma of what you experienced, Cali fixed some computer problems in the school you were in and Paula was the police officer who found you when...I'll stop there" Deos said, noticing Frisk starting to look upset.

"Well, I won't keep you here any longer, you'll be seein' me a little later for what Deos has planned..." Sans said, as his eyes hollowed briefly "You'd better not try anything, weed."

"Like I could, with both of you watching me!" Flowey said.

Sans then disappeared into the shadows and no matter where they looked as they walked along the hall, he was nowhere to be seen, they continued down the path to a familiar sight, the entrance to the throne room, Deos held his hand up before they entered. "Wait here, there's something I need to check before we enter."

"I can wait, it's been a long time since I was last here, I can afford to wait a little while longer." Toriel said, Deos then rushed to the other way that they could do as he made sure that the lids of the coffins were opened using his magic for when the barrier was shattered and to check if the Rewind Orbs were there...thankfully they were, he then rushed back to the others.

"Just making sure that they don't suffocate when they are brought back to life, now...let's get on with this." Deos said, Toriel nodded and they walked into what would've been the last place that Toriel would want to go before she was convinced to go there.

(Throne Room)

They entered and just as Deos said, Asgore was watering the flowers in the throne room, a brightly lit room with one thone in the middle and another one on the far end of the room covered in a white cloth, most likely Toriel's. He had his back turned and was wearing a purple cloak with golden pauldrons, he was goat-like and white furred. much like Toriel, although with golden hair and larger horns.

Asgore hummed as he watered the flowers "Dum dee dum...Oh? Is someone there?" he said this as Toriel moved right behind him "Just a moment! I have almost finished watering these flowers." He then stopped watering them "...Here we are!" he then turned around and right in front of his golden bearded face and crown is the one that he's been missing greatly and run out on him long ago, on his face was a look of shock as she put a paw over his mouth to stop him from speaking.

"Asgore...we need to talk, before we start, I know that you didn't kill those humans yourself and yet you still feel the guilt as if you had done so, but you are not entirely to blame for this, I should have stopped you before the first one was killed...but there is another way..." Toriel said this with a serious, yet not condemning look on her face. She stepped aside and then had a neutral expression on her face to reveal Frisk holding Flowey and Deos.

"Howdy..." Asgore said in shock.

"This is Frisk, they're the last human that is needed, the last soul to break the barrier, in fact they and Deos are both humans, either one of them would do, but if you want to claim that soul..." Toriel said, then she switched to a more hostile look on his face as she stepped back in front of Frisk with fire in her paws. "YOU'LL HAVE TO COME THROUGH ME! Now tell me, is it worth blood and dust on your hands just to do your duty as King?!"

His response was clear, he collapsed on his knees with tears flowing out of his eyes "no...how can I fight you? My love for you is still as strong as it was long ago, your sudden departure was painful, but I understood it and forgave you for that, you had every right to be angry at me, I hoped that we could at least be friends, even though we might never be a family again, I would rather..." Asgore said with sadness in his voice, Toriel got him back up and smiled slightly at him.

"You were right Deos, I should have done this a long time ago!" Toriel shouted with relief that Asgore was still the same man that she loved.

"There's also another reason why you shouldn't kill Frisk..." Deos said, as she showed the document that he took from Asgore's drawer in his bedroom, it was a combined divorce / abdication document that she had made and forced Asgore to sign it, they read it and noticed something was missing...Toriel's signature, much to both their shock. "I'm guessing that the pen ran out or was low on ink at the time you signed it..."

"Give me that" Toriel said, as she snatched it out of his hand with a narrow eyed confident look on her face and proceeded to turn it to ashes with her pyromancy. "Gorey, there's something that you need to know about Frisk...I adopted them, which means that you did as well..." what surprised Asgore was Frisk hugging him to show that they didn't see him as a threat.

"I am glad that I do not have to fight them or indeed, either of you..." Asgore said, as he looked at Deos "I have a feeling that it was you who persuaded Tori to come out of hiding.

"I also used my psychometry and other talents to find out how the other six died and deal with the monsters in the underground in a non-lethal way." Deos said, quickly changing the subject when he sees Asgore looking sad at hearing about the other human children. "I also have something to show you..." He revealed the barrier breaching device that he and Cali was working on earlier and also the red human soul that was in it. "That was my grandmother and predecessor, she died of an incurable medical condition known as cancer and volunteered to be a part of this, although that's later, I haven't forgotten about our deal, Flowey"

"Yeah, I was wondering if you've forgotten me..." Flowey said, uninterested, he is then treated to some magic from Deos, he felt strange as if there was something in him that was there in him, it was clear that it was in him.

"You're a human mage?!" Asgore said, surprised by this.

"One of the Order that created the barrier that kept you down here to protect you from those who would've finished what they started, Toriel can explain it all later..." Deos said, then his attention is back on Flowey "It would appear that there is a monster soul fragment inside you...good, I can do what I initially planned to do, I just need to bring the others." He then focused his magic and it seemed as if space was rippling around him as six other humans appeared, clad in similar masks and cloaks as him. Cali look off her purple mask to reveal her purple dyed fat pigtailed head and then took Deos' mask off.

"Deos..." Cali said calmly, which then followed her slapping him in the face with an angry look on her face and crossed arms "That was for earlier!" she then had a happier look on her face "he he, finally..." she said with a look of desire on her directed towards him.

"Cali...even if I wanted to do what I think you want to do, Toriel would interrupt us as Frisk is watching, once we're alone as this demonic presence is dealt with, then we can do that." Deos said, nervously as he put his mask back on.

"Okay..." Cali said with a smile on her face as she put her mask back on, as she and the others lined up on the left-hand side of the Throne Room, Asgore and Toriel did the same on the right hand side.

"Right...now for the rest of this to come together..." Deos said, which was when Mettaton came in with Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Dr. Alphys and Muffet, they all saw Asgore and Toriel, Muffet was surprised by Toriel, but decided to hold her questions until she's not on-camera.

"HELLO BEAUTIES AND GENTLEBEAUTIES TO THE REUNITING OF THE ROYAL COUPLE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A HUMAN MAGE HERE AND HE'S BROUGHT SOME OF HIS OTHER MAGES HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOT FOR US, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING FABULOUS!" Mettaton said.

"Indeed, it is..." As Deos walked towards the throne while carrying Flowey in his flower pot and putting him on the throne "Monsters of the underground! Humanity have wronged you for far too long, first attacking out of fear of what you MIGHT do, the only reason why many of you are here now is because of the barrier, they feared entering the underground and so spread the legend that has resulted in only those wanting to disappear climbing up here...or those wanting to break it, we have that capability now and with no further dust or blood being spread! The first debt that I intend to repay, on behalf of my race, is returning what was lost to you..."

"WHAT IS THAT? DON'T KEEP THE AUDIANCE IN SUSPENSE!" Mettaton said, silently excited to see his ratings climbing quickly at the anticipation.

"This!" Deos said as he used his magic to engulf Flowey in a bright, yet painless light, which made a lot of white fragments fly into him, the others had to shield their eyes from the light, so it was unclear as to what was happening within that light...

What was Deos doing? Will Flowey come out of it intact? What consequences will there be? Find out in Chapter 28: Light and Dark