(This chapter gave me way more trouble than I thought it would. Writers block. I apologize for how short it is, hopefully the next one will be longer.)

It was a week before winter break, when a letter came from Albus Dumbledore, saying that he had gotten Harry's godfather freed from prison, and would be visiting during the break to introduce the man. Toriel had been worried at first, however, there was a second letter attached.

Dear Ms. Toriel,

My name is Sirius Black, Harry's godfather. Albus has told me a lot about you, but to be honest, I'm not trusting his word, so I would like to meet you myself. I would love to see Harry again, and to see if he is doing well living with you. If he is, I won't try and take custody of him, but if not, I will.

I have recently been released from Azkaban prison, so my physical and mental state are not exactly well, so forgive me if I act a bit strange.

Sirius Orion Black Proofread by Remus Lupin.

The handwriting was very sloppy, making it difficult to read, as well as the ink being smeared in some places. The final paragraph was written in different, neater handwriting, which Toriel assumed to have been written by 'Remus'.

Toriel showed the letter to the other residents of the house, making them a bit relieved.

"WELL, YOUNG HARRY IS BEING TAKEN GREAT CARE OF HERE! SO MR. BLACK WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TAKING HIM AWAY!" Papyrus proclaimed, picking up said child and putting him on his shoulders.

Harry smiled a bit. Truthfully, he did want to meet his godfather, mostly out of curiosity. Frisk was reading the letter over Toriel's shoulder, snickering at the sloppy handwriting.

"Hm… Azkaban… I recognize that name. Ah, yes, it's a wizarding prison, guarded by Dementors, beasts that feed off suffering and depression… if that man was there for seven years, I can understand if his mental state was damaged…" Gaster mused.

"Poor dear… Hopefully that Dumbledore fellow won't try to interfere… You… ARE happy here aren't you Harry?" Toriel asked, looking for confirmation. Harry nodded quickly.

"I like living here with you all… Frisk, Chara, Asriel, you, dad, Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, Mettatton… I love living you guys." The small boy replied, leaning his head onto Papyrus' skull. "You're… my family now."

Papyrus let out a squeal of joy and pulled the half human off his head, and into his arms, squeezing him in a hug.

"IT WARMS MY BONES TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT! EVERYONE! GROUP HUG TO BEING A FAMILY!" Papyrus left the others no choice as he immediately wrapped them in a hug. Chara struggled in the grip but eventually gave into the hugging, a pout on his face.

"I am so, so glad to hear you say that my child. We are a family, no matter what happens. I promise, you will all live good lives here." Toriel whispered, gently patting her children's heads.

The visit from the two men came two days before Christmas, which monsters had taken up after finding out how similar it was to their holiday, Gyftmas. The two came at just past six in the morning, much to the annoyance of some of the… lazier residents.

Sans had been sleeping on the couch as usual, when he heard the door knock. He groaned, sitting up, rubbing his eye socket slowly. He was so going to give whoever was knocking on the door at this undogly hour hell.

Using his magic to levitate himself he peeked through the peephole, seeing the familiar white beard immediately. He groaned, pinching his nasal bone, before unlocking the door. Albus smiled.

"Hello there Sans, it is good to see you again."

"what are you doing here this early old man?" The skeleton asked in annoyance.

"Well, we did not want to come too late in the day, and we assumed you'd be up already." The old wizard explained. The man behind him, who Sans assumed to be Sirius, was looking at the skeleton with something akin to amusement.

"well, the only other one who's up this early would be toriel, and she's in the kitchen making something. wait here, I'll go get her." Sans slammed the door in the wizards faces, storming off into the kitchen to get Toriel.

Meanwhile, Albus looked at Sirius, raising an eyebrow.

"Not a very good first impression I'm sure, but we just caught him at a bad time." Sirius shrugged at the Headmaster's words.

"Seems like he has a bone to pick with us." Albus let out a small groan at the younger man's pun, just as the door opened up again. Sans was standing there, his smile a bit wider, along with a tall goat woman.

"tibia honest buddy, that was pretty punny." Sans joked, giving Sirius a wink. Toriel covered her mouth to keep from laughing.

"You must be Mr. Black, please, come inside, it's practically freezing out there." Toriel said, stepping aside so the two wizards could come inside. The house was warm, a pleasant change from the almost freezing cold outside.

"Please, take a seat, I'll get you two some tea." Toriel said with a smile, but was stopped by Sirius gently grabbing her wrist.

"I would really like to see Harry. I haven't seen him since he was a baby and… I'm just a little worried." Toriel looked into the man's eyes as he spoke, seeing worry and almost panic in them. The man looked absolutely ragged, long, scraggly beard, long hair, and very thin.

"Ah, well, you see he is at a friend's house along with my other children. They wanted to visit them before the holidays. They should be back in a few hours. In the meantime, we can chat, it would be good to get to know you better." With that, Toriel left the room, leaving the other three in awkward silence.

Sirius was the one to break the silence. "So… out of curiosity, can you take off your arm or something? Since you're a skeleton?"

Sans raised an imaginary eyebrow, before shrugging. "i dunno, let's find out, i'll give you a hand with it." Sans held out his hand, which Sirius took. Despite how lightly the touch was, Sans' hand came right off, startling the young man.

Sans snickered and reattached his hand. "can't believe you fell for that. anyway, I'm sans the skeleton. harry calls me his 'dunkle'. i got a question for you now." Sans leaned forward, hands folded on his lap. "did you know lily potter was a skeleton monster?"

Sirius' eyes widened. "Wait what? No way, Lily looked like a human!" Sans shrugged.

"huh, well, it's just that since harry is a halfling, one of his parents had to be a monster, and from what lily's ghost told us, it was her."

"Wait, Lily's ghost?"

"yup, she was still hanging around protecting her kid. she moved on after monsters were freed though, don't know why, i just know what the kids told me."

Sirius looked at the ground, seemingly lost in thought.

"ya shouldn't be so surprised though. 'wizards' are just the descendants of monsters who had kids with humans. so, harry being half monster isn't too surprisin'. heck, for all we know, one of your relatives was probably a monster." Sans commented, making Sirius perk up slightly.

"That would kind of explain why Lily was so powerful… question, is it a kind of thing that the closer related you are to monsters, the more powerful you are?" Sirius asked, humming when Sans nodded.

"yup, also, if two half monsters have a kid, it'll be more powerful than if it was a half monster and a full human, though not as powerful as a monster. plus, the further this goes on, the weaker the magic is." Sans explained, putting his feet on the coffee table. Toriel, who must have some sort of radar for that sort of thing, came in at that moment and gave Sans a glare, making the skeleton sweat and put his feet down.

"The children should be arriving home soon, so, Mr. Black, Mr. Dumbledore, please, be ready. Also… if Chara is rude, I apologize in advance, he's not exactly fond of strangers."