A/N: I guess I need to go ahead and lay this out now as just a little disclaimer. While this story does follow kind of the basic premise and story of Undertale and technically does exist in it's own Timeline within the vast Undertale Multiverse, there are and are going to be quite a few differences. Aside from just plot differences, this story is going to take a lot less of a meta approach. Obviously with people like Sans and Flowey there will probably be meta references, but not in terms of the whole thing being a video game. There is no RESET button or any Button for that matter and there are no SAVE POINTS just actions and Points within Frisk's memory that stick out most in her mind. I hope I'm making since. Just imagine this as what if Undertale were a short story or a novel instead of a video game. I hesitate to call this a more realistic Undertale considering nothing about Undertale is realistic, but I hope you get the idea. I hope you still enjoy it.

There was something about this that Undyne still couldn't bye. How could a kid who had only killed a few monsters, RESET or not, be so powerful? Undyne had put herself through years of vigorous training ever since she was a small child, chasing wild beast in the caverns., Suplexing large boulders to test her strength, even having one on one sparing matches with Asgore himself.

Yet this little girl that could have been no older than 11 had essentially handed her butt to her like she was an amateur. It just didn't make any sense .

"Frisk, Are you sure you didn't use your reset ability during our battle? I will not be mad if you did. I know what it's like to not want to lose to anybody."

"No, I didn't want to fight you at all." Frisk said.

Undyne had the uncanny ability to see through deception much like sans in a way. She could always tell when Sans was lying about being ok, she could tell when Paps gave a fish story, in Frisk's case, it seemed like she was telling the truth, but the pieces just didn't feel like they added up. Either Frisk was the world's best liar, or she really downplayed her own abilities.

Undyne chuckled. "It's just you're a really good fighter. I mean really good. When you and I battled, you showed agility that took me years to build up. You controlled that spear as if you had been handling it for years. If it wasn't the fact that you were human I would have recruited you into the royal guard right. You're a heck of a warrior. Don't you know how great that is? How special that is?

Frisk looked at Undyne tears streaming down her face

"You know what I did to you. I didn't just kill you. I tortured you. I hit you in all the places that would make you hurt. I don't want to be like that I don't WANT to hurt people. But I don't know if I can stop. And that is what scares me. I know you're a warrior I know that's probably your whole life is revolved around fighting. I don't expect you to Understand.

Undyne sighed. "Trust me. I understand better than you might think." She then took a sip from her drink. "Truth be told, I don't think I could ever put Papyrus into the royal guard."

"Why?" Frisk asked.

"I mean it's not that he's weak. He's actually really tough. One of the toughest I've seen in a long time in fact but…"

"But what?"

"He's… He's too soft hearted. I mean look at you. He was supposed to capture you, but he ended up becoming friends with you instead. He does that to everyone. He sees good in people even when they don't see it in themselves. As much as he wants to fight for king Asgore, I think he would be just as happy if everyone made friends and cooked spaghetti together. Truth is, That's why I love him. If I sent him to battle just to watch him get ripped to pieces, I'd never forgive myself."

Frisk smiled wiping the tears from her eyes "That's adorable!"

Undyne Chuckled. "That's why I've been teaching him how to cook. That's the whole one on one training I was talking about on the phone I thought maybe if I taught maybe Paps how to cook, he could do something else with his life…Now if only I could teach him how to make something besides spaghetti ."

Frisk giggled before turning around to hear a knock at the door.

"Speak of the devil."

Undyne got up and opened the door. There stood Papayus with his wide mouthed grin.

"Greetings Undyne. I the Great Papayrus, have come for our day of the hangout."

"Hey Paps. Come in."

"I have also brought you a gift."

Papyrus pulled out an orange bone wrapped in a pink bow.

"Oh thanks."

Undyne tossed the bone into a drawer that had a bunch of the same kind of bones in it.

"Greetings human." Paps said as he picked frisk up and spun her around. "I hope Undyne hasn't given you too much trouble. "

"You know there was this one time where Undyne caught Sans sleeping at his post, and apparently in his sleep he called Undyne a swordfish. Nyeh heh, She got so mad at him she chased him through the whole underground. It was the first time I ever saw Sans run. It was…"

"Ok that's enough." Undyne said interrupting the story secretly trying to avoid embarrassment. "Paps why don't you go ahead and order a pizza.

Papayrus lifted his arms in a salute.

"Will do captain. Frisk you like Pepperoni Right?"

Frisk nodded

He then pulled up his cell phone and dialed it.

"Yes Grillby's? I'd like a large Pepperoni pizza. Yes Fire baked, ooh stuffted crust. No hold the Anchovies Undyne hates anchovies…Would I like a side of ribs with that? Who is…? SANS! CURSE YOU AND YOUR HORRIBLE SKELETON PUNS!"

Papayrus ears started to shoot steam as his face scrunched up as he hanged up and dialed again.

"Prank call?" Undyne asked.

"Yes…Prank call."

Paps once placed again placed an order and then hanged up the phone.

"Ah well then. I placed the order. No horrible skeleton puns this time."

Al of the sudden there was a ring at the doorbell

"Well that was quick I just placed the order."

Undyne opened the door. There stood Sans holding a pizza box.

"Hey Pizza!" He shouted.

Undyne looked at him with a confused look on her face.

"What a guy can't have more than one job?"

"I know that. I just didn't now you worked at Grillby's.

"Eh Grillby doesn't let me put meals on the tab so I agreed to work for food. You're my last delivery."

"Do my ears deceive me? Did I the Great Papyrus hear Sans say that he actually works."

"Hey Paps feel free to call me many things, but I won't turn down free food."

"Do you have to report back to your boss?" Undyne asked.

"Nope after this delivery I'm heading home?"

"Would you like to stay and hang out with us.?"

Sans looked at the inside of the house, then back at Undyne. "Dibs on the couch!" He shouted

Sans plopped on the couch giving a wave at Frisk. "Hey Frisk. Sword Fish here giving ya trouble?"

Undyne grunted and shook her head. "Give me a break I already said sorry for getting mad and chasing you everywhere."

"Mad you were so steamed. You might has well have been served with a side of butter."

"That's lobster."

Sans gathered with the rest of the group. The group talked about several things. Sans gave a bunch of bad skeleton pus, Undyne started talking about Asgore.

"It's getting worse. He's getting to the point now where he doesin't even come out of his chamber. I think he's starting to lose hope."

"it's not all bad here." Sans said "We've got restaurants we have movie theaters. I'd say we have done pretty well for ourselves considering."

Undyne sighed and shook her head. "I know you've found contentment here in the underground, but some of us dream of feeling slight shine on our skin.

Sans chuckled. "When did I ever say I was content?"

Undyne gave him a strange look before looking back down on her plate. "Hey Paps I hate to be a bother, but do you think maybe you and Frisk can make yourselves scarce for a bit. I need to talk to Sans privotly. Your free to go to my room. Alphys made this new holographic game system you're free to knock yourselves out."

"Of course captain, um this conversation doesn't has anything to do with me does it?

"Don't worry Paps you're not in trouble. I just need to talk to Sans for a bit."

"Right away. Come on human. Undyne has the best video games, and I the great Paparus am king of the Dance Party."

The duo went into Undyne's room. Leaving Sans and Undyne alone.

Sans chuckled "Alright Sword Fish what's rubbing your ribs the wrong way? You've been acting weird ever since I got here."

Undyne took a deep breath. "Sans have you ever had that feeling of Déjà vu? Like everything that you've experienced right now you've experanced before, like regaurdless of what you accomplish today you could wake up tomorrow and it's like it never happened?

Sans simply smiled. " I might, but pretend I don't explain what'cha mean."

"If I did you'd think I was crazy."

"Go ahead and try me."

Undyne took a deep breat hand explained everything that had happened during her encounter with Frisk, the fight, dying the resting. And as she talked Sans just continued to smile and nod. Undyne finished her tale.

"I know I fought her Sans. I could see her as clear as I see you right now,She was more powerful than anything I've ever fought before and yet without so much as a flash or a warning, I'm back on the mountain unscathed as if nothing ever happened. I was dying Sans. The funny thing is, according to the human I should not be able to remember this, but I remember all of it as clear as day. Am I going crazy?

"Well you always have been a couple of scales short of a shark fin. Hehe."

"Sans…I'm serious."

Sans held up his hand and nodded. "No I don't think you're crazy. In fact you've just confirmed something I've known for a while now. You see Undyne. I go to sleep every night and I get these visions in my head. All of them involve the kid. In some dreams we almost make it to the surface world, in others, Asgore is gone and the underground is left leaderless. Heck in some of them you're even queen of the Underground."

"What's your point?"

"I never did truly believe that these were dreams. They always felt too real. Heck they feel as real as the conversation we are having right now. I don't think these are dreams. I think they are Timelines. Whether they are stuff that has happened before or things that could happen I don't know. But I've always wondered if you get be snapped out of a vision like a dream, if the same thing could happen in real life. If what you say about the whole RESET thing is true then that means the Answer is yes. To be honest, That's the reason why I don't worry too much, because even if I do try to struggle it can all be taken away in an instant. Or maybe that's just an excuse of being lazy. I don't know."

Undyne grunted "Sans Swear to me you won't repeat what I'm about to say to Papyrus."

"I don't make promises, but there is a lot of stuff I don't tell Paps about so go ahead."

"I know I'm supposed to be the tough one who is unafraid of everything, but as I stood their dying melting like a candle, I was afraid. I was afraid of dying, I was afraid of never seeing the ones I love again."

Tears started to flow from her eyes. Sans wrapped his arms around her shoulder and hugged her.

"Everyone gets scared of death Undyne. Death is facing an unknown you can't back away from. If it make you feel any better I'm afraid of losing the one's I love too."

His face frowned. *It never gets any easier.*

"Thanks Sans." Undyne wiped the tears from her eyes. Another questioned entered her mind. "Hey Sans have you ever heard of Someone named Chara?"

Sans found himself frozen Unable to move. His Blue eyes shrank to the back of his skull as sweat dripped from his forehead.

"I…Uh"

Flashbacks started to enter his mind

"Sans?" Undyne asked .

Here we are again...Just me and you comedian, right With your blasters, your flashing eye ? You should better be prepared because soon...Your last hour strikes!

"No," Sans managed to choke out. "I can't say I ever heard that name before.

Undyne wasn't buying it. "Sans I know that look. That's the look I had when I fought Frisk on that mountain. What is it you're not telling me."

"I don't know anything I…"

'I guess I have to give you the look." Undyne's eyes widened giving a piercing sharp glare that Sans felt cu through his very soul. "The eyes can't avoid must confess…Okay fine!"

"Alright spit it out."

"Of all the dreams I have there is one that remains consistent and repeating. I'm in this judgment hall standing on the other side is a figure of a girl who can't be much older than Frisk, but she's different, Her Eyes are this blood red color. Her teeth Sharpen to a point. Black tears stream from her face. She's Carrying this blood soaked knife, I never actually witness anything, but something in that dream tells me she kills my brother, and if I don't do something she'll kill everyone else. I ask her what her name is and she calls herself Chara We engage in this big battle and..."

"What happens in the Sans?"

"You don't want to…"

What…Happens Sans?"

"…Everything dies."

Undyne Stood there like a deer in a headlight. What Sans described in his nightmares sounded an awful lot like the brief umage she saw during her fight with Frisk. Sans continued to speak

"It's a beautiful day outside Birds are singing Flowers are blooming On days like this

Kids like you…"

He stopped suddenly stopped

"Like what Sans?" Undyne asked.

The Skeleton just smiled "Forget it. It's probably just a dream right?"

Undyne wasn't happy with Sans dismissal of the situation "And what if it's not? What if your right? What if these are future possibilities? These things could happen. Our kingdom maybe in danger. I mean Frisk said it herself she finds herself unable to control her actions, what if something is possessing her?"

"And what do you plan to do about it kill the kid? That's not exactly going to bode well with the promise that I made for her.

"No, not kill her. Even if we tried that's she'd probably just RESET a whole lot more ticked off. But maybe we can destroy whatever is controlling her. I mean it's a long shot, but if your vision is a warning, we don't have much of a choice."

Sans nodded. "I've never met anyone named Chara, but I do know Toriel, she and I would tell knock knock jokes to each other through the ruins entrance. I never saw her face, but if this Flowey character that keeps calling Frisk Chara hangs out in the ruins, then Toriel might know about it. It's a long shot but like you said what choice do we have.

"Sans, Promise me you won't say a word about this to Papyrus or Frisk unless you have to. I do not want to worry them."

San's nodded. "That's a promise I can make."