"Knock Knock" | A HorrorTale Short Story

06 | A Plan

Now freely able to pass through Snowdin without being harmed, I went into a local shop selling new items since monsters no longer needed the determination anymore from human body parts. My mouth watered as I peered into the small window display that held what looked to be cinnamon buns shaped like bunnies. They were quite cute.

"Hello, Savior!" The shop owner greeted cheerfully, smiling at me with genuine happiness. Ever since my whole speech, the monsters in Snowdin have started calling me their savior instead of my actual name. I didn't mind it though, they could call me whatever they liked as long as I wasn't being eaten alive.

"Hello!" I replied cheerfully, pulling out some gold coins that Papyrus had given me that morning. The shop owner -- who was the bunny that had spoken up during my speech -- leaned her elbows on the counter. "What can I get for ya'?" She asked, her once dirty pelt now newly cleaned to show a soft purple coloring.

"I'll take one of those cinnamon bunnies please," I asked nicely, handing her the correct amount of gold coins. She put the gold in a pocket on her apron then leaned down and grabbed a cinnamon bunny from the oven next to the display case. She stood back up and put the treat inside a bag before handing it to me. I thanked her and walked out into the streets of Snowdin that had been recently plowed through so that the paths were easier to walk.

It's been three days since I had 'converted', you could say, the town of Snowdin. Monsters became nicer and the town had dramatically changed as well from horrific and gruesome to lively and joyous. Sans told me that Snowdin had once been like it was now several years ago before monsters turned murderous. His words left me feeling happy inside for reforming such a lost town.

Of course, giving the monsters hope and watching their town change for the better was amazing, but it will all be for nothing if I don't actually keep my word on saving them. The good thing is that I plan on breaking the barrier -- Sans told me about it last night -- by the end of the week. Today was Monday.

"Sans! Pap! I'm back!" I called, opening the door to the house I was temporarily staying in. Sans and Papyrus had changed as well. Papyrus became much sweeter and not as terrifying anymore. His cooking was still terrible but Sans told me that it had always been that way.

As for Sans, I could tell that his change was slower than the rest of the monsters. I knew because whenever he used his magic his eye would glow a blood red. That was bad because I learned that it was meant to be blue. But every now and then, when he used his magic, flickers and wisps of blue would overpower the red and would usually effect his mood. Sure, the whole 'reforming' process was taking forever, but at least he was trying to change.

"OH GOODY! DID YOU GET THE CINNABUNNIES LIKE I ASKED?" Papyrus popped his skull out from the kitchen, a hopeful smile on his face. I held up the bag. "Yup, just like you asked." I handed the bag to an excited Papyrus before taking a glance into the messy kitchen. Well that's not gonna be fun cleaning up.

"y/n, can we talk?" I heard Sans say from behind me, his tone a bit strange. I turned to look at him and nodded, wondering what he wanted to say. "Sure, talk away." He glanced over at Papyrus who was working in the kitchen and seemed oblivious to what was going on. "can we talk somewhere private?" What did I just say. "Okay." I agreed, following Sans out of the house and towards the woods.

Sans no longer carried around his axe either, which I always took that as a good sign. Especially now. Going into the woods to talk with a questionably murderous skeleton wasn't a very smart idea. But despite all that, I had a little bit of trust in Sans.

He stopped by a tree and leaned against it, watching me as I leaned against a tree opposite to him. "So . . . ?" I raised an eyebrow. Sans met my eyes and I could see a strange look in his eye sockets.

"when are you going to save us?"

I didn't speak. His question didn't surprise me much since I never really told him any of my plans. Of course, I knew the day I planned on saving them, the problem was how. "Well," I started, making sure to choose my words carefully. "My plan is to have the barrier broken at the end of the week." Sans nodded. "how though?" I took a breath. "That's what I'm still trying to figure out."

We both were silent for a few seconds before Sans shifted against the tree. "i mean, you could always save the other regions. that would probably be the smartest choice." Sans suggested, holding up a finger. "but then again, you could always skip all that and simply break the barrier without asgore's consent." He raised another finger. "and lastly, you could always risk fighting asgore, although that's not something i would recommend." Three fingers were now raised for each option I had.

I nodded thoughtfully. "Okay, I think I'll go with option one." Sans shoved his hands into his hoodie pockets and smiled. "there's waterfall, hotland, the ruins, and snowdin. you've already done snowdin, so we can check that off. what about the ruins?"

I shook my head. "I never thought to save them while I was there." Sans let out a huff. "But! We can go talk to Toriel and maybe have her convince them." I suggested, the idea being planted in Sans' head. "i guess, but would she have enough hope to do it?" I nodded. "I'll give her all the hope she'll need for the monsters. I plan on saving every single monster down here and I'm not planning to just give up and let a region go untouched."

Sans smiled at my determination. "okay then," He straightened himself off the tree and started walking towards where the doors to The Ruins were. "let's go save another region."

I'm so sorry this was so short! I didn't have enough time to write a longer chapter since I have to be somewhere in a few minutes.