A/N: Sorry for taking such a long break guys. I got sick over Thanksgiving, and wasn't able to write for a while. Hopefully, that doesn't happen again and I'll be able to upload by Sunday or something.

Chapter 9

Talking to Friends Old and New

When I woke up, Frisk was standing over me, red magic dust pouring out of her hands. W-Wait… Magic? That can't be right… "F-Frisk…" I groaned. She gasped, and I head gasps from what I thought were Sans and Papyrus. I sat up, and Frisk stopped her magic. "What the hell happened? All I remember is something about spaghetti and passing out…"

Frisk explained. "Sans said something about Papyrus cooking you some spaghetti, and you passed out. We brought you home and tried feeding you monster food to wake you up, but nothing happened. I just had to bring back some old technique of mine. Using DETERMINATION to heal humans. You're save to come over now, Skelebros."

Sans chuckled. "i don't know how you did it kid, but you woke him up after a three day nap. pap could only do that when he threatened to cancel my tab with grillby."

Papyrus laughed too. "IT'S TRUE, HUMANS! HE SLEPT FOR THREE WHOLE DAYS AND WHEN I YELLED AT HIM THAT THE TAB WAS GOING TO BE CANCELED, HE GOT UP IN AN INSTANT!"

I stretched my back. "Hey… I'm gonna deliver something to an old friend…" I grabbed Chara's sweater and Asriel's toys and went to the Ruins door. My battle outfit actually kept me quite warm.

I knocked on the door. "Hey… Toriel… I know you're busy and I'm probably talking to myself, but if you're there… I have some things to give you… I have Chara's sweater and Asriel's set of toys. I don't know if you want them back, but I thought I'd try anyways…" The door opened and Toriel stood there. I handed her the sweater and toys.

"Thank you, my child… I am very grateful for this…" Toriel smiled at me, and I could almost feel her Soul pulse with joy. "I must say though, I almost don't recognize you. You look like one of the Royal Guard members…" She laughed slightly. "Felix, I wish you good luck…"

I smiled and nodded before walking away. I heard the Ruins door click shut behind me. I walked back to Sans and Papyrus's place. Papyrus and Frisk were talking, while Sans leaned against the wall. Papyrus turned to me. "FANTASTIC FELIX! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM GOING TO GO ON A DATE WITH FRISK! SO THEREFORE YOU WILL HAVE TO STAY IN SNOWDIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER!" I felt my smile waiver, and it turned into just a slight smile.

"That… That's great Papyrus…" Although I said that was great, on the inside I felt… jealousy? "Why would I feel jealousy? It's just Frisk… She can date who she likes too." I thought to myself.

Sans had a proposition. "say, felix. while frisk and pap are on their date, why don't i take ya to grillby's?" I nodded, not really wanting to say more. "alright, this way. i know a shortcut." He started walking the opposite direction, and I followed him, thinking that Grillby maybe had another restaurant somewhere. Suddenly, we were there. Inside the Grillby's at Snowdin Town. Everyone said hello to Sans, and we sat down.

Grillby's voice was soft, almost getting lost in his flames. "What'll you have, kid?"

I sighed. I just wanted to go back to bed to be honest. And by bed, I mean floor. "Strongest stuff you'll allow me to have." Grillby went in back and came out with two bottles of ketchup. He slid one to Sans and one to me. "Whatever, if it helps me erase what I saw, I'm fine with it…"

"sorry, kid, but that won't help. shall i get to the real reason i brought you here?" Sans seemed oddly serious. I just shrugged as I drank a little ketchup. It wasn't like I expected, oddly enough. "well…" Time seemed to freeze around us as I raised an eyebrow. "have you ever heard of a talking flower?" I thought of Flowey the Flower and shuddered. I nodded. "you shuddered… do you know of anything called an echo flower?" Sans's signature smile was gone, and replaced with a thin line signifying a neutral expression.

"What's an… 'echo flower'? Never heard of those… The talking flower I'm talking about is a prick named Flowey…" I frowned, drinking more ketchup.

Sans's eyes went pupil less. I looked over at him, feeling slightly scared. "so you do know about the weed…" I felt like a bad time was coming my way. Countless sins crawled up my back and weighed on my neck. Karma that presumably was mine was coursing through my veins. I felt sick… Doomed to the death of KARMA… "hey felix… you alright?" He had his smile back, and his pupils were shining through again.

"Yeah… I'm just… fine… So what'd you have to say about the weed?" I drank some more ketchup, trying to just calm my nerves.

Sans shrugged a bit. "eh… he's made my life hell…" He drank his entire bottle of ketchup in one shot. "sadly enough, frisk has too." I looked at him like he was crazy. Frisk couldn't make his life hell, right? "kid, you've got to be kidding me… you don't know about the resets?"

"What's a reset?" My tone was skeptical. It sounded like we were in a videogame or something.

Sans sighed, closing his eyes, his smile fading again. "that's a question you'll have to ask frisk… it's not my place to tell…" he got up, and time appeared to go back to normal again. "welp, i gotta get back to my station. can you foot the bill this time? it's only 10G." I smirked, putting 10G on the counter for Grillby. He nodded thankfully. "i'll see all you guys later." A collection of goodbyes were heard, and Sans left.

I walked out, now with more questions than I ever had. What were these resets Sans talked about? How were both Flowey and Frisk connected to them? How had they hurt Sans? Why did nobody else remember them? The final question seemed most important to me. If I didn't remember the resets… was I supposed to even be here?