Chapter 2 : The Place

Instead of hiding inside a bush, I decided to climb up on a tree which was not too high from the ground. After I managed to reach to the top, two figures quickly emerged down below me. Carefully, I moved some branches that blocked my view and silently observed the surroundings. In front of me, I saw a town filled with tiny colourful light which were glowing brightly in the starry night. The scene just caught my attention until I heard the figures started talking. It's hard to see in the dark but I saw a short, chubby guy and a girl, who were standing in front of a cliff watching the city view.

'It's a lovely evening, isn't it?' the guy asked.

'It is….. the stars are so big and bright tonight…' the girl answered.

The guy gave a small chuckle but quickly stopped.

'You do not seem to look well tonight….are you alright?' the girl asked, sounded concerned.

'Yeah I'm fine….just tired…' the guy said, sounded unhappy.

They stopped speaking for few minutes.

'Is there something you want to tell me? You really don't sound ok…' the girl said suddenly.

The guy sighed and took a deep breath.

'It's been 5 years ever since we've made it to the surface, everyone seems to be so happy and can live peacefully with the humans…even now I still find it hard to believe we finally be free from Underground…' the guy said.

'That's a good thing, right?' the girl said, trying to sound cheerful.

'Not until everything disappeared in the blink of an eye…' the guy finished coldly.

Even though I have no idea of what the two figures were talking about that time, right after the guy stopped, I felt a sense of chillness slowly crawling on my back.

'Look kid…I don't know how long I can keep up, but you need to know even monsters have a bottom line….one day I might just snap and hurt you and others…' the guy said. '…And this is the last thing I ever want it to happen…'

The girl stayed silent, only continued to stare at the view. After some time later, she finally spoke.

'I'm sorry…' the girl murmured. 'It's all my fault…'

'So you finally admit….all the timeline shenanigans….it's all your work, am I correct?' the guy asked.

The girl hesitated for a moment but later gave him a firm nod.

'Why?' the guy asked quietly slowly turned and faced the girl.

The moment he turned, I just stared at him fearfully, he's glaring at the girl with one bright blue eye. For some reason, something about him seemed really familiar to me.

'How many times do I need to watch my brother died over and over again while I can't do anything to prevent it happen?' he said, his voice slowly raised. 'How many times do you want to send everyone back to square one?'

The guy's blue eye flashed rapidly in the colour of light blue like a tiny flame of fire.

'When can this nightmare truly ends and everyone can live happily ever after for real!? ANSWER ME, FRISK!' the guy's voice wavered, later he just kneeled down on the ground and I heard sniffing sound came from him.

The girl slowly kneeled down next to him and hugged him. The guy hesitated a moment but later just hugged back. Both of them remained in their position for a long time. At that moment, I can't help but felt sad for him.

'I promise, Sans….I will never Reset again…' the girl said quietly.

Sans? Why was the guy got the same name like me? Things just got more complicated and I don't like it.

Time slowly passed, I started to feel hungry at that time. I patiently waited until the two figures left, later slowly climbed down the tree. The longer I stayed in this place, the more uncomfortable I felt. Before I tried to find my way back home, I decided to head towards the town for food.

It was not a long way to town, around 15 minutes, I have reached to the entrance. Inside of the town, most of the shops were closed and the street was deserted. I cautiously looked around the area and found a bakery was still opened, interestingly, there's no one in the shop. I quickly double checked the place and make sure everything was safe before going inside.

Different types of pastries, cakes, bread lined up neatly and accordingly on the shelves, the whole shop was filled with vanilla and cake smell. I carefully took a small bag of cookies which placed near the door and a bag of bread next to it. I felt guilty to steal things but there's no other choice, I got no money and I'm really hungry and tired after the walk from the forest. Just when I was about to leave the shop, a woman came out from a door behind the cashier counter. We stared at each other for few seconds, later I slowly turned around and started running. Behind me, I heard the woman started screaming 'Thief!' and a mixture of noise that I don't bother to care. All I wanted that time was to go home and left this place forever.

When I was about to reach to the entrance, a small oval shape hole that I saw earlier appeared in front of me, instead of displaying a scene of a forest, this time it displayed my house. Without thinking, I ran towards it. The familiar feeling of landing into a pool of water occurred once my body contacted the hole, sometime later, I found myself standing in front of the house.

At that time, I wasn't sure if I managed to escape that place. Slowly, I opened the front door and peeked inside. Inside of the house, my dad was sitting on the couch, looking tired and worried. Next to him, Papyrus was sleeping on my dad's lap, he looked unhappy. Gathered up my courage, I carefully walked into the living room.

'Dad? Papyrus?' I asked cautiously.

My dad looked up and faced me, his expression went from worry to relieve. Before I can say anything, he quickly hugged me. Tears started to form inside my eye sockets and I started to cry…..

(END OF CHAPTER 2)