Previously: Asgore and Toriel are forgiven by the six human children that have been killed, then Deos was pulled away from sight by Cali and they had their first kiss. Meanwhile Dr. Alphys received a friendlier visit from Toriel, understanding that she needed to ease off on her as she wants to repair the damage that she caused.
(Deos' Apartment)
It was a day later and Deos was able to sleep well for the first time in years, the barrier was broken, the Dreemurrs were back together and Frisk is with a family that truly cared about them, the demon within Chara (who was now, by their own admission, a better person as they were brought back to life as a boss monster) was exorcised and he and Cali are together...he then walked out of his bedroom and he was then ambushed by Cali, who pinned him to the wall.
"I let myself in..." Cali said, with a big smile on her face, Deos noticed the change in her attire, the purple hoodie, purple training shoes and the purple dyed fat pigtails were still there, but she was wearing a black tank-top, a purple skirt with black tights.
"What's the occasion?" Deos asked.
"I just felt like a change, he he." Cali replied.
"Well..." Deos said, as he made them switch positions, much to Cali's surprise, her eyes were wide open in shock, this wasn't what she was expecting at all, even less so when he kissed her, they could feel each other's tongues in their mouths, Cali stopped after a short while and she had an amused smile on her face.
"Deos...now I know that we're together..." Cali said.
"Is it because I kissed you this time?" Deos asked.
"Yeah, don't leave it all to me..." Cali replied, in a teasing voice.
"Now, let's get some tea before we carry out what we've got to do today." Deos said.
"So you don't mind me keeping the key?..." Cali asked with affection in her voice.
"We're boyfriend and girlfriend now, we should act like that..." Deos said, Cali was unable to speak, she was that happy with how things are going between them, she sat down as she watched Deos make their tea..."
(Snowdin)
Frisk, Asriel and Chara were in Snowdin Town, walking around meeting the other monsters, they were surprised with Asriel's return and even more so with the way that Chara returned, then Monster Kid walked up to them. "Yo! Someone told me that you're a human!" Monster Kid said.
"Last time I checked, I'm Frisk" Frisk said.
"I'm glad that I don't have to hate you anymore." he then looked at Chara "So you used to be human and now you're a boss monster, Prince Chara?" Monster Kid asked.
"Just Chara, please...and yeah, I like who and what I am now, I wasn't a nice human..." Chara replied.
"How was it like to be a flower, Prince Asriel?" Monster Kid asked.
"Just Asriel...it was torture, my soul was in pieces and I couldn't feel anything, I was...mean..." Asriel replied, while painfully recollecting.
"That's not you anymore, Asriel! We've got everything back and more." Chara shouted, this surprised Asriel, they've never reacted like this before.
"Thanks, Chara." Asriel said, Frisk silently agreed, while Asriel felt better now that he has his family on his side and Chara felt truly happy in a way that they'd never been as a human.
"Why are you still here, Frisk? The barrier's gone...don't you have a family on the surface?" Monster Kid asked.
"No-one, my human family are dead and..." Frisk said, hesitating before smiling "I've found a new family." they put an arm around each of the two boss monsters.
"They took you in?" Monster Kid asked.
"They're not the first that they did, Mom took in six others, like us two, there were dead, but they're now alive again, they're in the Lab, Dr. Alphys is monitoring them to make sure they're okay." Chara explained.
"When do you think we'll move to the surface?" Monster Kid asked.
"Dr. Alphys and Mettaton are working on a sign that will attract their attention, so that they come to us, it'll hopefully be safer, I went to the surface to bring Chara's body to the surface...it went badly..." Asriel replied, not enjoying remember that day.
"Cool! I'll go tell my parents!" Monster Kid shouted and ran to do so, falling flat on his face and then got back up to continue running.
"You're making friends already." Sans said, he was watching them while they were talking.
"Howdy Sans." Asriel said.
"Hey Sans" Chara said, a little nervous.
"What's happening?" Frisk asked.
"I heard that Dr. Alphys watched over you, I'm guessin' that it went well as Dr. Alphys isn't sufferin' from second degree burns, she must've scaled it up with Tori" Sans replied.
Chara groaned at this, Asriel and Toriel chuckled at this. "Is Papyrus maintaining his new standards in the kitchen?" Asriel asked.
"Yeah, he's feelin' a lot better now, I'm feelin' better as well, now that I know that I'm not going back to the way things were before" Sans said, with a hint of genuine joy in his voice.
"I'm glad that you're feeling better now...we can all move forward from now on, if we do need to reset, we'll do it from a point AFTER the barrier is broken." Asriel said, still regretting his actions as Flowey.
"That reminds me, your Mom wanted me to take you home, she's saying that she's making Snail Pie, that'll make Napstablook happy." Sans said.
"My mouth is watering..." Chara said, still horrified at what is causing this.
"Give in to it, Chara..." Asriel said, happy by how Chara has changed.
"I haven't tried it yet." Frisk said.
"Welp...you're about to find out." Sans said as he took all of them and used one of his shortcuts to take them to the Capital.
(Mt. Ebott)
Outside of Mt. Ebott, two humans, a male and a female in climbing gear overlooked it with the intention of climbing it, neither are aware of what was below or that the legend is now no longer relevant, they also saw the huge sign near the top, a yellow arrow on a purple background with flashing alternating lights...
(New Home)
Undyne burst into New Home in her usual less than subtle way "Hey, Toriel, I wanted to tell you how..." she said, stopping mid-sentence as she sees Chara make delighted noises out of their mouth as they're eating, they stop when they see Undyne, the others turned to face her.
"Undyne, is there a reason why you are interrupting our Lunch?" Toriel asked, with some minor annoyance.
"When I was human, I thought that Snail Pie was gross...now..." Chara said, then they smiled when they next spoke "I can't get enough of it!"
"It's not that bad, Chara." Frisk said.
"I guess Frisk is just more open minded with what they eat...oh yeah, I wanted to think you for helping me to cook without burning the house down...again, Alphys liked her Udon Noodles, I thought it was time that she ate healthy, she's been destroyin' herself since the amalgamates, NO LONGER!" Undyne said.
"There are some who are still hostile towards humans, I should have known that it would not be so easy to calm everyone down." Asgore said.
"I am sure that you will succeed eventually, that is why we are not moving to the surface right away." Toriel said "I was impressed by how good Dr. Alphys was with my children...and the others, she has proven to me that I can trust her."
"I'm glad that you two have smoothed things out with each other." Undyne said, smiling at this development.
"Some of the others were around before Anime was even released in this part of the world, they liked it and so did we." Frisk said, with a smile on their face.
"Yeah, I thought it was ridiculous, exaugurated and crazy in places...then again, so was yesterday and it was kind of the point of it." Chara said.
"It was well received, Undyne, that was that they were trying to say." Asriel said.
"Lemme know when you think that the two fuzzy kids are ready for training from me, we've seen one demon that was out there, who knows what else is there, I want them to be ready for it, we might not have a group of mages helpin' us out next time." Undyne said.
"I will take that into consideration, they are not yet ready for that." Asgore said, with some concern about her eagerness to train Asriel and Chara, so soon after they've been brought back to life.
"I gotta go now, that kid might've fallen down again, he doesn't have any arms, so gettin' back up again might be a problem, see ya!" Undyne ran out.
Toriel looked at Asgore "Is she usually like this?"
"Yes, she was, first time I met her, she challenged me to a fight." Asgore said.
"Which in the end, made her the woman that she is now..." Toriel said.
"Saving Dr. Alphys from jumping into the Abyss, just by getting to her before she did it." Asriel said.
"It is surprising how events ripple like stones in a still pool of water..." Asgore said.
"Yes, Fluffybuns...it is" Toriel said, while smiling at him...things were certainly looking up, they then continued eating.
(Ebott City)
Deos and Cali were eating out at a cafe, they had some fruit smoothies as they both felt like it and some ham salad sandwiches, they then spent some time drinking their smoothies while looking at each other with desire in their eyes.
"I've had dreams about this...the only difference was that everyone isn't in their underwear" Cali said, she had a big smile on her face when she said that.
"You're less...angry than you usually are, is it because we're finally together and that you're telling me this without feeling embarrassed?" Deos said, slightly confused by this revealing thought.
"He he, you noticed?...I was angry and annoyed a lot because you didn't get the message, you know how to keep me waiting...I have a lot of things that I want us to try out, things that will bring us closer..." Cali said, now looking mischievous.
"I'm guessing that it involves the two of us in the same room together, where we become more revealing." Deos said, Cali gasped at this.
"Deos!..." Cali said, in astonishment and then she put her elbows on the table and held her head in place with an amused expression on her face "You've been reading my mind, haven't you?..."
"We've been slowly getting to know each other for a while now, if you feel that we're ready for it, I'm willing to do that with you..." Deos said, his full attention on her.
"Well...just before that, I'll talk you through what I've been doing today..." Cali said, then she moved close enough to Deos to whisper in his left ear, in a seductive voice "sub-routine...by sub-routing, line...by line" this caused Deos to use all his willpower to restrain himself, this made Cali smile, she knows what Deos likes about her and she likes being able to embrace who she is.
"I see you two are warming up to each other" Paula said as she approached the other two in her ECPD Uniform.
"Paula, we were discussing how we were going to help the two sides get on with each other, then...I guess we got distracted with each other." Deos said.
"We regret nothing..." Cali said, smiling at those words.
"You might wanna check up on them, see how they are, I know it's only been a day, but they might think that we've forgotten them already." Paula said.
"You're right, we were finished anyway, come on, Deos" Cali said, as she took him by the hand and dragged him away, Deos knew that it was pointless to resist and Cali was smiling at how they were behaving towards each other now.
(Mt. Ebott)
Two human climbers were making steady progress up Mt. Ebott, they then found an opening in the mountain, they could see that others have been there before them, the tracks leading to and from the opening and the giant arrow on the sign that's lit up.
"Carol..." The man said "This wasn't here before."
"I can't think of anyone that could do put that up here, not even choppers fly over this mountain, you know the old legend, Simon?" Carol asked.
"Yeah, those that climb up here, never come back, that's why we're here...to prove that false." Simon replied.
"No one has ever climbed up this high before..." Carol said.
"Let's see what's in here" Simon said.
"Wait, Simon...whoever or whatever put this here might be inside." Carol said.
"Maybe we'll find out why none got out alive." Simon said.
They cautiously walked closer to the opening, not knowing what is inside...
(Throne Room)
Simon and Carol, two humans that have climbed up Mt. Ebott is walking into the Throne Room, it was the last thing that they were expecting, two thrones on a field of yellow flowers.
"I think something lives here...something big..." Simon said.
"What gave that away?! The huge thrones in the middle of the room?!" Carol asked, hysterically.
"I know, right?" Simon replied.
"I think we should get out of here, before whatever sits here comes back." Carol said, nervously.
They then hear something walk in, it was Asriel and Chara.
"I never thought that I'd miss the surface." Chara said.
"I'm hoping that things go better than..." Asriel said, stopping wide-eyed in shock as he sees the two adult humans that are right in, Chara reacted in a similar way to Asriel, but they were trembling in terror as their track record with humans was not good, when they were human, the adult humans in front of them, didn't know what they were seeing.
"Carol...are you seeing two anthropomorphic goats?" Simon asked.
"Yeah Simon..." Carol replied.
"So, it's not altitude sickness, then?" Simon asked.
"Nope..." Carol replied.
"Howdy...I'm Asriel, this is Chara, welcome to the Underground." Asriel greeted them, this put them at ease.
"It's started! We're going to die, aren't we?!" Chara shouted at Asriel, bad memories surfacing from what happened last time they encountered adult humans, this made Carol kneel down.
"Why would I want to kill such a bundle of cuteness?..." Carol asked, while petting Chara, now looking embarrassed as they usually do when humans treat them like this.
"Not unless they're killing you with kindness, Chara." Asriel said, then he found himself pulled closer to Carol and was being petting himself, he now felt the same way.
"Don't think you're getting out of it, Asriel, I don't want you to feel left out..." Carol said, in an affectionate voice, she's quite taken with the fuzzy boss monsters.
"Carol, I think they get the message, they know that we don't want to kill them..." Simon said, cautiously.
"I know...I just like doing this..." Carol said, happily...she stopped when she saw Frisk walk in, seeing this woman petting his new siblings, who stood back up upon seeing this human child.
"Hey, I'm Frisk." Frisk said, surprised by the two human adults that have arrived in the throne room.
"You're human, aren't you?" Simon asked.
"Last I checked, did you see the sign outside?" Frisk asked.
"Yeah, did someone here put that there?" Simon asked.
"A ghost in a robot body put it there." Frisk replied, this confused the two human adults, although considering what they have in front of them, that doesn't sound as crazy.
"Do you wanna met our parents?" Asriel asked.
"Good idea, Asriel, we need to find out as much as we can, where better than from someone in charge?" Carol said.
Simon and Carol then walked out of the Throne Room with the children, questioning how a human child could've gotten there before them and if any others have come down there, what happened to them? Any questions would have to wait until they spoke to their parents...
How will this meeting go? What will it lead to? How will the Order of Seven react to this latest development? Find out in Chapter 34: Friendlier Terms