The Secret {Flowerfell} (Version 1)

Chapter 3: Shadows

           Sans and Asriel woke up drowsily, and saw Frisk sitting in front of an echo flower, probably listening to it. Sans scooted closer to them, "Whatcha'  lookin' at sweetheart?", Frisk turned to him with an expression he couldn't read, their tone quiet and sad. "Sans.....how was it?", they asked, Sans felt that something wasn't right, "How was what?", he slowly responded. "T-The...surface......H-How did it....go?",they stammered. Sans sat straight up, unsure of how to answer their question, the surface was......slightly different from what the monsters had expected...the humans...they didn't really....appreciate them...and wouldn't necessarily treat them...nicely, so most of the monsters came back down to the underground to live life normally again. Sans kinda wanted to avoid that question, mainly because he didn't want to disappoint Frisk, they gave up their soul in the first place to free the monsters and give them a chance to experience the life on the surface, but now that they have.....it wasn't the life they had really hoped for....."Oh...the surface eh....well..uh..it was different from what we um....expected...the humans...didn't really want us there...",Sans tried to make sure that what he was saying wouldn't hurt Frisk, but telling them that living on the surface wasn't really a success was probably enough to break them apart. Frisk turned away, in disappointment and sadness, "I-I see...so the humans still had something against monsters huh.....", Sans didn't like seeing Frisk upset, so he asked the first thing that was on his mind. "Hey cmon, lighten up, how bout we go to Grillby's?", he asked, immediately Frisk seemed to light up in excitement, they nodded furiously. Sans chuckled, and they headed off back to Snowdin.

          While they were eating, Sans noticed that Frisk still seemed a bit down, so as always, he would tell a bad joke, "Heh heh, brrrrrr, it's quite chilly here, I should go stand in a corner, cause ya know, their always 90 degrees", Frisk bursted out laughing. They laughed so loudly that everyone in Grillby's seemed to be staring at them in curiosity. Frisk signed a sorry signal to everyone around them, and turned back to their meal with a smile. "Heh, I knew that would work". They chatted for the rest of their meal, obviously about bad jokes and past experiences with each other, but Sans still felt that there was something wrong.....he just couldn't tell what it was.....By the time they had finished, Sans realized that it was already dark, "Crap, Papyrus is gonna kill me if I'm late!", he thought in a slight panic. "Well, honey I gotta go or Papyrus will have my head", he grinned. He brought Frisk back to the inn, "Cya tomorrow", he said as he disappeared in a blink of and eye.                                                                                "Finally, I'm here, I gotta hurry before Papyrus gets home", he thought as he opened the front door of their house, to reveal a tall slender figure standing in the living room "Crap! He's already here?!". Papyrus had his arms crossed, anger was written all over his expression, "HAVE FUN AT WORK BROTHER?!", he growled. "Dammit, I was too caught up with Frisk that I didn't even show up at my post even once!", "Oh...uh work was great thanks!", Sans stuttered. "OH REALLY?! I'M SURPRISED YOU WERE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB......WHEN YOU DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP!!!!",he shouted in a menacing tone."I uh...was probably on break when you checked on me", Sans tried to make an excuse. "HMM IS THAT SO? WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR BREAK LASTED A WHOLE DAY!!!!!", Sans gulped, "H-How did y-you find out??",he could feel himself shaking. "I TOLD ALPHYS TO SET UP A CAMERA AT YOUR SENTRY POST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, SANS WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!", now Papyrus was really getting pissed, his eye started glowing orange, as if prepared to start a battle with his own brother. "UGH! Ok,ok, ya caught me...I was uh....visiting the human's grave", he lied. Papyrus seemed to calm down a bit, his eye stopped glowing, his made a low sigh, "SANS, ARE YOU REALLY THAT ATTACHED TO THE HUMAN?!", Sans answered with a slight nod, Papyrus sighed again, "UGH FINE! I'LL LET YOU OFF JUST THIS ONCE! BUT YOU MUST START WORK TOMORROW!", he seemed a lot more clam now, but still a bit angry. This surprised Sans a bit, "Really? Wow thanks bro", that was a relief....Papyrus didn't find out about Frisk. "Welp, I'm going to bed, night", he said entering his room, "I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT YOU BROTHER...", Papyrus whispered, Sans turned around "What was that?", "NOTHING JUST GO TO BED!!!", obviously Papyrus was too embarrassed to admit that he cared for Sans.

           Asriel was already fast asleep, Frisk thought about why they were back here, they didn't reset, everything was still the same, expect the whole surface thing,could it have been a glitch? They slowly started to doze off. Frisk awoke, it was dark, very dark and quiet, they tried to move, but they were stuck in place, in the same position. Out of nowhere, a voice spoke, "Hello there Frisk, I've been expecting you!", the voice did not sound very pleasant,it was the voice of a girl. Frisk tried to yell, but no words came out. "Don't worry, I'm here to help...In a way, your just like me....Hahaha!", Frisk called for help..........but nobody came. "Hehehe, you and I are gonna have a lot of fun!", suddenly Frisk felt their soul be engulfed in darkness. "Ha, pathetic, that was too easy!",the voice giggled continuously....Frisk bolted straight up on their bed in horror, "W-what was that...was it all...just a nightmare??", Asriel was slightly startled, "Frisk, are you okay?!", their voice in a panic. "I-I'm fine... j-just a bad dream..", they reply. "Ah..I see..Well I guess that explains why you were tossing and turning the whole night".                                                                                                                                                                                           The two stood outside the inn, waiting for Sans, they waited for quite some time, Asriel started to get a little impatient. "Frisk, I don't think he's gonna come this early again, I mean...Papyrus could have gotten suspicious and made him stay at the house, or something", Frisk shook their head, "I think we should go check up on his sentry post, I'm worried about him", they say as they started to walk slowly. "No! I'll go, you stay here....besides, you can barely walk, and what if Papyrus saw you, or  worse, if  you get killed by someone or something", Asriel spoke in worry, Frisk sighed, "Ok...you do have a point". Asriel crawled off of Frisk's arm, and disappeared into the ground. All Frisk could do was wait, they couldn't do anything without someone to support them, they sat on their bed, thinking about the nightmare they had last night. It felt so real.....was it a message?, Frisk shook away the thought, it was the last thing they wanted to think about right now. They tugged slightly on a flower, hoping that it would result in something other than pain, but nope, it was still the same, a bolt of agony shot through Frisk as they tried to remove the flower. They clenched their teeth, waiting for the pain to end. "Maybe, I should do something else while I wait", they said. They fell back on their bed, still a bit tired since they weren't able to get a good night's sleep. They slowly fell into a peaceful slumber...

              Sans got up early, "7:00,hmm... new record", he thought. He got dressed and went downstairs, Papyrus was waiting at the front door again, with his arms crossed as always, and glared at Sans, "What?", Sans spat at his brother, "BROTHER, I'M GOING TO WORK WITH YOU TODAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ON TASK!", he sneered. Sans shot his brother a stare of hate, "What?! Why?! It's not like I'm planning some demonic mission , with an evil human child who possesses other children to do their bidding, to destroy the underground". Papyrus looked at Sans, slightly confused and pissed "SANS, I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOUR TRICKS, HURRY AND MOVE ALONG, OK?!", he said as he pointed out the front door and gestured for Sans to leave first. It was a bummer....He wouldn't be able to spend time with Frisk...but he  was getting these eerie feelings around them.....he shook the thought of it, "Ugh why must Papyrus be all up in my own business, it's not like I'm gonna die or somethin', and even if I did...he wouldn't care", they both walked slowly in the snow, until Asriel sprouted from the ground in front of them. "S-Sans.....Where...*Huff*, have you bee-", Asriel's gaze fell upon Paprus, "O-Oh, H-Howdy, you must be Papyrus, former captain of the royal guard...right?", they poke with a bit of panic in their voice. Papyrus turned to Sans, "BROTHER, IS THIS YOUR FLOWER FRIEND YOU'VE MENTIONED BEFORE? ASRIEL, WAS HIS NAME?", Sans seemed a bit surprised to see Asriel just randomly pop up in front of them, "Uh, yeah..that's him.What about it", he asked. "SANS TELL HIM TO LEAVE, AND WHAT DOES HE EVEN WANT WITH YOU?!", Papyrus growled. "I uh...was um...just gonna ask Sans if we could hangout, but I see your busy so bye!", Asriel spoke as he rushed back into the dirt. It was clear that Sans was busy with Papyrus and that he couldn't hang around, but it was fine, Asriel thought that Frisk should have a day to rest, especially after that so called nightmare. They'll just wait another time to be together.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I try to update at least twice a day, so don't worry about waiting too long. Bye <3