"Frisk… are you sure this is a good idea? I mean… we don't even know what's down here." Harry whimpered, clutching the human's sleeve. Frisk only gave him a small smile putting a hand on his head in comfort.

"It'll be OK. I know what's down here… just… don't freak out OK. The things down here may look scary but they're not mean." They replied, leading the younger child through the halls. The first thing they ran into was what looked like a mixture between gelatin, a mermaid and a bodybuilder.

"A̕m ̛͞͞I̛ ̀̀͞p҉͢r̕e͠t͟t͝y?̡" The thing asked, making Harry yell and hide behind Frisk. The human merely smiled at the monster and began to hum, seeming to calm it down. They then backed up a few steps, calming it down more. Finally, they flexed, completely calming the monster. Frisk slowly approached it, holding out their hand.

Harry, remembering what had happened with Gaster, and seeing how… melty this creature was, reached out his hand too. The thing put one of it's hands on theirs….

But nothing happened.

Harry looked at the ground, wondering why it hadn't worked. Frisk frowned but patted the creature's hand gently. The creature slid away sadly, leaving the two children to themselves.

"Why… didn't it work?" Harry asked, tears pooling in his eyes.

"I don't know little guy… I don't know."

Meanwhile…

"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!" Alphys yelled, pacing.

"They only went into the basement though? What's bad about that?" Gaster asked.

"That's… well… I… Ooh… I'm so sorry!" The lizard monster cried, beginning to explain the situation. Gaster was a bit shocked, but not horrified, he'd done terrible experiments himself.

"YOU DON'T NEED TO FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT ALPHYS! AFTER ALL, YOU WERE TRYING TO DO A GOOD THING!" Papyrus said, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"B-but…"

"Alphys, you don't need to feel bad, it's OK." Everyone's head turned to the front door, where Undyne was standing. The fish monster walked forward and knelt in front of her friend.

"You… were trying to help, and yeah you messed up, but that's OK! We're not going to think less of you for it." She continued, staring into Alphys' eyes.

"U-Undyne… you…" Alphys began to sob, burying her face into the larger's chest. Undyne stroked the other's back gently, making shushing sounds.

"Shh, it's OK. It's OK."

"Undyne… I thought… I thought you would hate me because of this… I… I… I think you're really neat and… I don't want you to hate me…" Alphys sniffled, making Undyne pause.

"Alphys, I think you're pretty neat too. I mean, you're a giant nerd but you have a lot of passion! It doesn't matter what you do, you always give 100%. That's amazing! You're amazing Alphys. I promise." Undyne pressed a small kiss to Alphys' forehead, causing the dinosaur monster to go bright red.

There was a small sound of clicking, and they all turned to Mettaton who was taking pictures.

"M-Mettaton?! What are you doing?" Alphys yelled, covering her face.

"This is just too cute of a moment to NOT take photos of! After all, a picture is worth a thousand words! Besides, it's nice to see you FINALLY get together, you two have been pining over each other for so long I was expecting us to get to the surface before you two got together!" The robot cried, draping himself across a table dramatically.

"um... i hate to break up the happy moment but, if you guys have forgotten, there are two children downstairs with alphys' experiments and we don't know if those experiments are hostile. and, those two children are our only hope of getting to the surface." Sans spoke up, pointing to the door.

"OH FUCK!" Undyne shouted, jumping to her feet.

"D-d-don't worry! Those guys are hostile! I mean, they're a little grumpy if they don't get fed but they aren't dangerous!" Alphys assured, rubbing the back of her head.

"Still, it's best if we retrieve the children before they get hurt. Lord knows how much trouble children can get into." Gaster mumbled, looking at his sons.

Meanwhile, in the basement…

Harry looked at the blank television screen curiously, listening to the sound coming from it. Someone who Frisk called Asriel was talking to someone named Chara, which was the same name as the ghost that followed Frisk around

Harry turned to said ghost and looked at him curiously. The ghost merely turned away, looking at the wall. Harry then turned to Frisk with the same expression.

"Well… that's uh… It's not really my place to talk about it. Besides, you're a bit too young to understand…" They explained. Harry pouted.

"I'm only two years younger than you!" He yelled, hands on his hips. Frisk giggled a little and led him away, deeper into the bowels of the lab.

"Do you hear that?"

"Y-yeah and it sounds a lot like…"

"CHILDREN YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!" The two children turned and saw Toriel stomping her way towards them. Harry hid behind Frisk, tears building in his eyes.

"What were you two thinking?! Running off on your own into an unknown place! You could've been killed!" She screamed finally getting to the two. Harry was whimpering and hiding his face in Frisk's sweater. "You have no idea how worried I was!"

"I-I-I'm sorry…" Harry whimpered, gripping Frisk's sweater tighter.

"But mom, we're OK! We knew that we'd be fine. Plus, we're fine. We managed to talk to them and get them to let us try and break the barrier without using our SOULs!" Frisk protested, putting a hand on Harry's shoulder. Toriel was about to continue yelling but realizing how afraid Harry was she calmed down.

"My children, I am not angry… I was merely afraid for you two. I was so worried that you would be killed. You should not have gone on your own. Yes you are safe, but you didn't know that you would be…" Toriel said softly, kneeling down.

"B-but we did… F-Frisk said they knew Sans from all the times before and that he'd help us." Harry mumbled, making Frisk tense up.

"What are you talking about child? 'Times before'?" The goat woman asked, tilting her head.

"he means the previous timelines. kiddo i think it's time you came clean about all those timelines eh? better to get it out of the way now than to have everyone else find out some other way." Sans urged, walking around the corner with the others.

"Yes… that would be best. After all, if we are going to break the barrier there would be no more need for the resets after this." Gaster agreed, nodding.

"I… DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT YES HUMAN! YOU SHOULD TELL EVERYONE!"

"I… OK… There's no harm I guess… So, what he means is…" Frisk began to tell everyone about their power to SAVE and RESET, and how there had been many timelines before this one. They left out the genocide timeline however, not wanting to worry anyone. They also mentioned how this was the first time that Harry had appeared.

"So… what you're saying time travel is involved? That's never a good sign…" Alphys groaned, putting her head in her hands.

"Whoa.. that's freaking awesome!" Undyne cried, a sparkle in her eye.

"That is… I see… well, even so, you should have told me about what you were doing my child… I was so worried for you both. I feared that you were dead…" Toriel whispered, gently hugging the two.

"I'm sorry… p-please don't be mad… I won't do it again…" Harry pleaded, burying his face into Toriel's shirt.

"No, no, I'm not angry. I was only worried. I'm very glad that you are safe. But knowing you two are alright makes me much more calm." She pet the two children's hair gently, shushing Harry as he cried.

Frisk was much more calm, but was hugging Toriel tightly all the same.

No one but Chara noticed a certain yellow flower watching them from the end of the hall…

(Everything I touch turns to angst)