((A/N: Thank you to JasherTheDarkened, BlackHeart303, faystay, 'Ya boi', 'Meg', and 'rshtrt' for your reveiws!))
Frisk was in the first room in the ruins where she fell. She looked around to see that the usual corridor that she would leave through was gone. She looked down to push herself up from the ground. She blinked realising she was still in her human body.
Upon contact with her hands, the golden flowers surrounding her shrivelled up into dust.
"W-what?" She called out confused. And then she felt their presence creeping over her like a snake up her spine and on her shoulders becoming hands.
Chara.
"Hehehe, don't pretend that you don't know yet Frisk~" They sang, their eyes flashing red, "Everything you touch turns to dust."
Frisk shook her head, "N-no!"
Chara grinned, bearing black teeth, "Haven't I shown you enough?" They darted around Frisk, their messy red hair blocking her vision.
"They all died because you cared about them, Frisk. It's true I did it, but that's your fault too, and you didn't even have the strength to stop me, so much for your DETERMINATION… And you RESET the world for me, again and again, causing Sans so much torment." Chara suddenly darted to Frisk, their face inches away from hers. Frisk whimpered, trying to look away from Chara's black eyes.
"We both know Frisk, that it might as well been you holding the knife."
Frisk grabbed Chara by their black blazer and pushed them off of her. "No! I would never…. I didn't do it... Y-you did… I'm not bad… I'm not bad…" She whimpered her mantra, clinging on to it.
"Yes, you are. That's why I punish you Frisk, why I kill them, and why I'm never going to go away." Chara stalked up to Frisk, and Frisk's eyes widened when she saw a black knife in Chara's grey hand.
"To punish you for the sin you made." Frisk then had the sudden realisation that the one in front of her wasn't Chara, but Falmercia, grinning sweetly as she raised her knife and drove it into Frisk's chest.
Frisk screamed as she jumped out of bed. She blinked a few times to realise that she was in Papyrus' room. She looked at her hands and sighed when she saw that she was a skeleton again.
"SISTER? ARE YOU ALRIGHT? I HEARD YOU SCREAM!" Papyrus called from downstairs. Frisk smiled and shook off the dream.
"I'm alright! I just a nightmare, that's all!" She called back. There was silence for a few moments and Frisk crawled to her shoes by the door, taking notice of her continued drowsiness.
"… IF YOU SAY SO… SANS HAS NIGHTMARES TOO." Frisk took notice that Papyrus sounded more than just a bit concerned while she was tying her shoelaces, but also calculating, like when he was solving a particularly tricky puzzle.
Papyrus was smarter than Chara gave him credit, Frisk could tell, he was already noticing the similarities between her and Sans, it was possible that given enough time he might even find out about the RESETS or their deals or both all on his own.
Frisk hurried down the stairs and into the living room. Sans was sleeping on the couch, and if the smell was anything to indicate, Papyrus was cooking in the kitchen. Frisk mentally groaned, if she wanted to prevent more kitchen disasters in the morning, she'd need to wake up earlier, which she could already tell would be completely exhausting as she is now after her contract.
"you alright kid?" Sans asked, bringing Frisk out of her thoughts. Turns out that although his eyes were closed, he wasn't actually asleep. He sat up, giving her a concerned look, "you said you had a nightmare."
"Yeah… it was just… them… and her too." Frisk looked up to Sans, and they shared an understanding in a glance. Sans had the same sort of dreams.
Papyrus called them saying that breakfast was ready. Frisk and Sans shared a fearful look and went to the table. Papyrus presented them each a plate of spaghetti and cheerfully sat down and started to munch on his. They both excepted their fate and joined in.
"TODAY SANS AND I HAVE SENTRY DUTY, SO I'M AFRAID THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE YOU ALONE TODAY," Papyrus said guiltily, and Frisk looked down saddened. She had forgotten that Sans and Papyrus each had jobs to do, and she had been hoping to spend some more time with them today, especially after only just regaining Sans' friendship and trust.
"don't be like that, babybones, you could always join me at my station." Sans offered. Frisk looked up at him hopefully. "yeah, i could always use an extra pair of eyes, considering mine are usually shut."
"SANS!" Papyrus groaned, looking at Sans with disappointment, "BUT, IF THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY SISTER, YOU CAN JOIN HIM."
Frisk nodded her head enthusiastically.
Papyrus had let Sans and Frisk go on ahead to Sans' stations without him while he recalibrated his puzzles. Frisk eyed Sans' hand for a few moments, before grabbing it.
Sans' eye-sockets widened before he smiled warmly at her. "you're too cute, babybones." He said, making Frisk giggle.
The two arrived at Sans' station shortly after that. Sans' pulled out a cushion and offered it to Frisk as a make-shift seat, which Frisk gratefully accepted. Sans sat down in his own seat and motioned for Frisk to lean against him.
"i think we can both agree, that our first order of business is a good nap." Frisk feeling her own drowsiness could only agree, so they did.
Frisk woke to the sound of Papyrus shouting.
"SANS! YOU'RE BEING A BAD INFLUENCE ON OUR YOUNGER SISTER. IF YOU KEEP THIS UP SHE'S GOING TO END UP BEING A LAZYBONES JUST LIKE YOU."
Frisk frowned slightly. Normally she would have been amused at Papyrus' annoyance at Sans' lazy tendencies, but now that she knew that Sans couldn't help it, it wasn't as funny. But still, Papyrus didn't know that, nor did Sans want him to know, so the whole situation made Frisk feel a pang in her soul.
"sorry bro, i guess we were both bone-tired. i'd say it won't happen again, but tibia honest, that's probably not true." Sans said with an amused smile.
"SANS!" Papyrus groaned before sighing, "WELL, YOU SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SLEEP THROUGH OUR ENTIRE SHIFT TODAY, SO IT'S TIME TO GO HOME."
"sweet bro."
When the three got back home, Papyrus suddenly stopped at the door with an odd look on his face.
"what's wrong bro?" Sans asked.
"FOR SOME REASON… I FEEL LIKE I HAVE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING IMPORTANT." That was weird, Papyrus wasn't a forgetful person, but now that Frisk thought about it, she felt like they were forgetting something.
They entered the house anyway still contemplating what it was that they had forgotten. They started to get settled into the house while still feeling uneasy, that is Papyrus and Frisk. Sans was already carelessly sleeping on the couch.
That was interrupted when their front door slammed open and Undyne burst into the room. "PAPYRUS, YOU PUNK! WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOW UP FOR YOUR TRAINING!"
Oh, so that's what they forgot.
"UM, I'M SORRY UNDYNE, I GOT BUZY AND DISTRACTED YESTERDAY AND I FORGOT." Papyrus apologised, looking like a kicked puppy. Undyne took it down a notch, unable to be mad at Papyrus when he gets like this.
A bit calmer now, she spots Frisk, who had instinctually stepped behind Papyrus at the sight of Undyne. Frisk was close to having a panic attack and was shaking like a leaf. When she saw that she had been spotted, she squeaked and stepped back a bit.
But instead of being angry or anything, Undyne was surprisingly calm. "Hey, kid, who are you? I haven't seen you around before." She asked more gently than she had ever spoken to Frisk before.
"THIS IS OUR NEW SISTER, FRISK!" Papyrus came to Frisk's rescue, who had been too nervous to speak. "BROTHER SAYS SHE LIVED IN THE RUINS AND HER PARENTS HAD FALLEN DOWN, SO NOW SHE IS LIVING WITH US!"
Undyne looked sympathetically at Frisk for a brief moment, before grinning. "Nice to meet ya, kid! I'm Undyne, captain of the royal guard, if you're ever in any trouble, don't be scared to ask for my help." She smirked, "That is unless you've been up to mischief, then I'm going to have to teach you a lesson."
Frisk whimpered, having a flashback of Undyne's 'Undyne the undying' form.
Undyne chuckled, "Just messin' with ya! I don't go after kids, punk." She went up to Frisk and gave her a noogie on the head.
"DON'T NOOGIE THE SKELETON!" Papyrus pleaded, "HEY! BE CAREFUL, SHE ONLY HAS 1 HP!"
"Don't worry, I'm not hurting 'ah"
Frisk couldn't help but chuckle herself.
