Altertale: New Generation

Chapter 30

It's been 2 weeks since that dream, and it has occurred much often then it needed to be. Berlin always had these types of dreams, and he knew very well that Dayne had them too. They were sitting at the lunch room, Berlin was much quiet and everybody seemed to notice. "What's wrong, dude?" Dayne asked, he was eating a apple. "Have you..." Berlin trailed off, not sure how he would explain it. "Have you ever had strange dreams? Like of a certain person, you told me about it before" Berlin said, Dayne thought about it. "You mean the goat man?" He asked, Berlin nodded. "Yup, I had that last night. Nothing to worry about though, it is just a dream" Dayne said, eating the apple. "I know but, it just seems like it was more than a dream" Berlin said, looking down. "Don't worry about it, bro. It's just a dream, we have other stuff to worry about" Dayne said, Berlin lifted his eyebrow. "For example, why on earth does Chara have a blade?" Dayne pointed at Chara who was teaching Eras how to make a paper blade. Berlin snickered at the sight, Dayne laughed. "See! Stop worrying about the dream, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about" Dayne pat Berlin's back. "I guess your right, for once" Berlin said, Dayne just smiled in response. "I'm always right!" Dayne said, Berlin gave him a look. "Are you? Are you really?" Berlin asked, which got Dayne to stop talking. The bell rang.

It was reading time, Berlin was just looking around. He couldn't stop thinking about the dream, Purrla noticed. "What's wrong?" She whispered, Berlin shrugged. "Just some dream I had" He whispered back, looking at her. "What was it about?" She asked, Berlin tried to remember. "I just remember seeing this dude, like a goat man wearing a lab coat or something" Berlin whispered, Purrla looked confused. "Have you encountered anybody like that before?" She asked, he shook his head. "Not that I know of" He responded, Purrla looked worried. "Maybe you can talk about it to your parents?" Purrla whispered, Berlin thought about it. "Pretty sure they would think I was crazy, not like they know anything about a goat man in a lab coat" Berlin shrugged it off, Purrla nodded. "Maybe your right, hopefully Dayne's right and it really is just a dream" Purrla said, Berlin nodded. The teacher glanced at them, they went silent.

The day blew by real quick, it was the end of the day already. Berlin, Chara and Gaster were walking home since Eras and Dayne had activities that day. "Hey, have you two ever known a goat man? Not Uncle Asgore, like someone in a lab coat?" Berlin asked, Gaster and Chara turned around. "Oh, yeah! He was the royal scientist before Alphys" Gaster said, Berlin was surprised he knew. "So he is real?" Berlin asked, Gaster nodded. "I only know him for... a number of reasons, but a long time ago him and Papyrus were very good friends" Gaster said, Berlin looked down. "Why you ask?" Gaster asked him, Berlin looked up. "Dunno, had this dream about him last night. He just stood there watching me, no speaking or anything" Berlin said, Gaster and Chara exchanged looks. "Was this the first time this happened?" Chara asked, Berlin shook his head. "Nope, this is a regular thing. Still weird but mainly normal" Berlin said, he paused when he saw the confused expression on Gaster and Chara's face. "Uh... Don't think it's normal to dream of somebody who you never met before" Chara said "As in, never seen, met in general". Berlin shrugged, they walked closer to their home. "Why don't you tell Toriel?" Gaster asked, Berlin shrugged. "I don't know how to explain it" Berlin said, Chara spread her arms. "Just explain like you did with us, no biggie" Chara said, resting her arms behind her head. "Hm... I can try? She should be home by now" Berlin said, they walked inside. "Hey, kiddos" Toriel walked out of the kitchen, she was baking an apple pie. "Hey Mom" Berlin waved, the other two waved as well. "Berlin as something to tell you!" Chara said, dashing upstairs. "Hey!" Berlin said, but Chara was already in her room. Gaster just sat on the couch, watching Berlin and Toriel.

"Did you need to tell me something?" Toriel asked, Berlin quickly looked at her. "Uh... No! Nope, not at all" Berlin said, Toriel raised an eyebrow. "You sure? You can tell me anything" She said, Berlin nodded. "I know Mom, I'm fine" Berlin gave her a thumbs up, Toriel shrugged and walked back into the kitchen. The smell of pie filled the air, Berlin sat on the couch. "How come you didn't tell her?" Gaster asked, as Berlin sat besides him. "I don't know how she'll react" Berlin said, laying on the couch. Gaster rested his hand on Berlin's shoulder, Berlin looked up at him. "I know you'll find a way to make sense of it" Gaster said, patting Berlin's shoulder. "Thanks Uncle Gaster" Berlin said, nodding a bit.