The back door opened with a cautious air. Napstablook and Mettaton EX stood at the other side of the door. "Ah… thank you once again for talking us in."

Toriel widened the door and allowed them in. "Please do come in."

Napstablook floated through the door and was followed by Mettaton. "thank you miss toriel," Napstablook said quietly.

"No problem. Just be aware that you two have to follow household rules while living here," Toriel warned. "More details will be given later. Right now you two need to explain to the others the reason you two are here."

Mettaton nodded and walked into the living room. Practically everyone who lived in the house was gathered there, aside from Frisk, Asriel, Chara, and Toriel. Toriel soon followed Mettaton into the room, however.

"Hello everyone," Mettaton greeted. He frowned slightly. "So, I'm going to be staying here with Blooky for a short while."

Undyne groaned slightly. "What's the occasion. Queen Toriel said to hear it from you." Undyne crossed her arms.

"Me and Blooky are on the run. And possibly Mad Dummy as well." Mettaton gulped. "I don't know where he is either," he realized.

Undyne rolled her eyes. "You're running from the media?"

Napstablook frowned and shushed her. "No. please… listen…" The ghost stiffened. "i'm sorry! i didn't mean to be rude. oh no…"

Mettaton shook his head. "Don't worry Blooky. But no Undyne. That isn't the reason." Mettaton walked over to the televison and turned it on. He then flipped it to the news channel. "Have you heard about the recent missing reports of local monsters?"

The room went silent. Alphys raised her hand shyly. "A-Aren't th-they blaming it on g-ghosts?"

Asgore looked pained. "This is the first I've heard of this. I've been in a meeting all day and not once was it brought up."

"It isn't just ghosts they're blaming it on, but ghost monsters. Two completely separate groups," Mettaton explained.

Napstablook nodded. "i can't go anywhere without seeing people run away from me…" Tiny ghost tears appeared in Napstablook's eyes. "the only person to believe that i didn't possess the monsters, was mettaton.

"Monster ghosts can't possess other monsters, only various objects, like dummies," Mettaton insisted. "Every monster has their own magic that keeps them from being possessed by monster ghosts. "

Gaster nodded. "And if that's true, then I wouldn't rule out human ghost possessions. It has happened recently." He raised a bonebrow. He studied Napstablook then placed his hand over his mouth to ponder. "I'll have to ask Chara about it later."

"That sounds like a great idea," Papyrus exclaimed. He grinned. "We wouldn't want an innocent monster to be persecuted because of a misunderstanding!"

Sans studied the monsters. "i believe you, but how do you know that ghost magic has no effect on other monsters?"

Mettaton and Alphys gulped and stiffened slightly. "Er… well… umm!"

Mettaton quickly recovered. "Well, I study of course, and I've heard it from Blooky here!"'

"you did?" Napstablook frowned slightly. "does that mean that i forgot about telling you that?"

Mettaton hugged Napstablook. "No no! You didn't! I mean you, that is to say…" His arms fell to his side. "Alphys, the jig's up."

Alphys let out a defeated sigh and sat down in an empty chair. "S-So it is. Guys… th-this is like my last lie I promise."

"And if I were to stay here, I do admit that I should be honest," Mettaton muttered. "I'm not just a robot that Alphys made in her lab one day."

Alphys chuckled nervously. "I-I'm surprised people thought I could even make a robot with emotions, even now!"

Mettaton shook his head. "Have more faith in yourself Alphys. Anyway, I was but a simple ghost, much like Blooky."

Napstablook gasped. Their eyes shimmered. "you were? you were like me?"

Asgore studied Mettaton and nodded. "I do recall there being more ghosts that worked at the snail farm."

Papyrus gasped. "I believe I have the answers!"

Undyne grinned. "So do I!"

They both rose from their chairs and posed dramatically at the robot. They pointed powerfully at Mettaton. "You were the pink ghost who was always so happy," Papyrus accused.

"Yeah! You were the ghost who lived in the pink house! Napstablook's cousin, right?"

Mettaton was taken aback. "Ack," he shouted in astonishment. "How did you know that?!"

Papyrus chuckled and rubbed his chin. "I have been practicing my puzzle prowess with this court game, and this has clues far more obvious than that!"

Mettaton sighed. He folded his arms together. "Well, it is true, no matter how you came up with the answer." He turned to Napstablook. "I didn't remember to look at someone other than myself, until the human battled me. I realized that I left everyone behind. I was ashamed of myself, that I left my dear cousin to sit in their depression, that I didn't help Alphys when she needed emotional support. I mistreated my employees as well," Mettaton lamented "And I've never apologized for my deeds. I ran away and forgot about them. I'm sorry, my dear cousin." He turned to Alphys. "And I'm sorry to you as well. Had it not been for Frisk, who knows what could have happened?"

There was a moment where nobody talked before Toriel walked into the center of the room. "So that is his tale. What do you think?"

There were hushed whispers as the group formed a circle. Each person peeked at the duo for a second then went back to whispering. Undyne was sent out of the now-disbanded circle. "Well good news, we believe ya and you can now stay here. Bad news is that you're gonna have to come clean to everyone once this whole thing blows over. Alphys can't live a lie, neither can you."

Mettaton smiled. "Oh thank you! Everyone! This means a lot, to be sure!"

Napstablook nodded. "yeah. it really does."

"What are friends for, am I right," Papyrus questioned. "Everyone here is your friend and don't forget that."

Undyne swiveled over to Sans. "So Sans! Wanna spill some 'Sans secrets' since the mood is very divulge-y?"

Sans cracked his knuckles and sat up in his chair. "alright. sure."

Undyne grinned and began making a drumbeat with two sporks and the table.

Once the drumbeat ended, Undyne pointed to Sans. "i hide bags of chips under the couch and under the beds, so that when i nap, i don't gotta get up to get a snack."

Undyne dropped the sporks. "That's the secret?"

Asgore reached under the couch and pulled out a bag of whole-wheat, cheddar flavored, square-shaped chips. "He isn't lying it seems. But… whole-wheat?"

Sans leaned back in his chair. "it's heart healthy."

"Sans, you have no heart to speak of," Undyne screamed.

Sans chuckled. "so i don't. tori gets the chips for the kiddos, and they taste p' good."

"I built up dramatic tension, for you to talk about your napping habits," Undyne groaned

"yup. did ya think i would tell you the heavy secrets?"

Undyne buried her head in her hands. "Why did I think you would?"

Sans waved his hands in the air lazily. "it's all a big ol' mystery."

A blue glow filled the house. Three figures wrapped in a blue glow exited the house.

"The dust spreads far and wide, but nothing will hide. To those who have recently died, come to me to change the tide!" A book floated in the air as it was supported by a blue glow. "Perfect. The time will be soon. Very soon."

And done! Sorry for the long wait! I had a small case of writers block, where I knew what I wanted done, but I didn't know how to translate that to the story. Also, got a school laptop. Hooray!

Btw, Sans was talking about Sunchips and they are actually pretty good and I don't see why more people don't like them.

Also: HAPPY BELATED B-DAY UNDERTALE! \^o^/

Well, I hope you liked this chapter. Bye guys!