I'm not one of you <Frans>

CHAPTER 56: The Final Warning

Time: Unknown
Location: Unknown
This feeling of nostalgia overwhelmed me with a sense of dread and sorrow. It almost gave me a slight hint of fear at the darkened, eerie room. It was then I had realized that I had developed the ability to feel once more.

The numbness I once had had already begun to fade, flexing my skeletal fingers, opening and closing them in front of me, as if they weren't my own hands, I pondered the thought of my situation. Had I really forgotten the ability to feel after all this time? Had I really gone mad, and not realized it?

I looked around the dark room. It seemed familiar, as if I had been here before this particular time-many times, in fact. It was almost the same feeling of nostalgia as a RESET in the timeline. The familiar movements, only a hazy dream of a memory submitting to the recollection of my mind. It was infuriating and frustrating because I couldn't place my finger on it. "Why is thus place so familiar?" I had to ask myself aloud, only to wince at the loudness of my voice in the given area. It had seemed that when I was here previously, I didn't have the mind capabilities to fully understand and be aware of what was going on with myself. I suppose I really HAD gone mad. But why was everything up until this point so hazy? Was this Frisk's doing? Or was she the one who brought me out of the blackness of insanity?

"SANS." Papyrus' voice echoed, much quieter than my voice had been, to my surprise. "YOU HAVE LOST YOUR FOCUS." He said, as I turned around swiftly in anticipation and excitement. It had felt like I hadn't seen my little brother in forever, and I couldn't quite understand as to why I felt like this. Everything was so hazy and fuzzy. My thoughts were all jumbled up. I couldn't understand. I'm so confused.

"Papyr-!" I turned around to call out his name, only to turn and see yet another vast, empty oblivion of the darkness. I couldn't grasp where I was. The water down at my feet, however, it was dry. The white noise in the background of this place, however, it was a deafening silence. "huh?" I dropped my shoulders slightly to let out a huff in disappointment. Why was this happening? Why was his voice so faint?

"I WARNED YOU, SANS." Papyrus' voice echoed quietly, yet everywhere. It seemed like he was in no particular place at all, but he was everywhere. "NOW YOU MUST PAY THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH THIS." He said, almost in a menacing voice. Was this really my little brother? "YOU ARE GETTING TOO CLOSE WITH THE HUMAN, DESPITE MY WARNINGS I HAD GIVEN YOU." Papyrus said, and I still looked around, as if anything would change. As if i could find him. "AND NOW I AM FADING BECAUSE OF YOU." He said.

"What are you talking about?!" I tried to yell, as if he were too far away, but I cringed and held my head as it felt like high frequency beams were pounding through my ears. I couldn't hear! It was too loud! It hurt so, so badly. I couldn't take it. I yelled in response to the pain out of mere reaction, which caused the pain to linger more, blasting my eardrums with the high-pitched noises.

"AND BECAUSE I AM FADING, YOU ARE GROWING WEAK." Papyrus said, as if he were spitting on my name. "THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION TO FIX THIS, SANS." Papyrus said, as I just managed to hear him as the noises died out. "TO FIX BOTH OF OUR PROBLEMS." He said, as if he were suggesting something I had no choice over.

"And that is?" I whispered this time, noticing that my own voice didn't hurt as bad when I didn't have much to say.

"ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE HERE." Papyrus said. I felt as if I could feel his grin of malicious intent from a mile away. It almost reminded me of ...

Who am I thinking of again?

"Remember?" I questioned Papyrus. "Remember what?" I whispered until my voice was barely audible. Papyrus always seemed to hear me just fine either way. Maybe I would just keep my voice this low?