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saikowatermelons · 21 days ago

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“Resurface”

TAOYP mini sequel

“Somethings should be left forgotten"

[Just an FYI for you, reader, this sequel will be OC focused, if you wanted more Sans, this isn’t for you]

Corriette shuffles through her stuff, trying to look for the correct ingredients for this new potion she needed to make for Adero. Alchemy wasn’t really her thing but it was needed for her new research and Adero wanted to upgrade his magic. She groaned in frustration once she looked back at the recipe. It was so specific, so messy and most ingredients were rare. She only had about a tiny fraction of the ingredients listed below.

So, she had to conduct an expedition, however once Adero heard that she had to travel, he forc- tasked SweetC to go with her so she can defend Corriette in the big wide world filled with criminals, bandits, pirates, thieves and more that they had the misfortune of living in.

“So we’re heading there. This entire area has all the needed ingredients.” Corriette hovers her hand over the map, showing SweetC the specific area. “It’s a kingdom ruled by the monster king, Asgore Dreemurr so I’m sure we’ll need to be extra careful-” SweetC flinched. Not again. Not when it’s been about a year. She told herself she would never associate herself with monsters after you know who and now she’s being tested to go back?

“Corriette, is there any other area with these ingredients?” SweetC questioned with hesitation, rubbing the back of her neck.

“No, sadly, echo flowers are most known to be in that area as well as the other items.” Corriette responded, continuing to flip through the recipe book before stopping and realizing how odd of a question SweetC asked her. She wasn’t the type of person to say ‘no’ on expeditions. Corriette looks back at SweetC with a tiny hint of concern “Why are you asking though? We can surely avoid monsters, plus you kill th-” SweetC covers Corriette’s mouth with her gloved hand, her expression darkening. “Don’t mention that.” She pulls her hand away.

Corriette starts to feel confused and scared. What exactly happened? SweetC wasn’t normally like this to her. Sure, the knight was secretive sometimes but never this much of a gatekeeper. She would be open about her feelings so she can at least get comforted however this was certainly out of the ordinary. “A-alright.” Corriette stuttered, a bit perplexed and worried.

The duo make their way into the domain, having disguises and such in order to avoid any sort of attack due to them being humans. SweetC kept her blade up, ready to strike at anyone who dares come near them whilst Corriette goes on to grab things she needed for the potion. The two make it to the wetter parts of the area, Corriette took notes of the landscapes as well as the items she found.

She sat down on the grass whilst SweetC wandered around the area, fireflies surrounded her, slowly, guilt and trauma crawled up on her back like an insect, taunting her for the life she lost. The fireflies didn’t even help ease her discomfort, they only made things worse as she remembered those damn eyes that glowed like them. Her hand suddenly gripped tighter onto her blade.

From behind however, she felt a cold hand touch her shoulder, its temperature and weight reminding her too much of him, she turned around quickly, unsheathing her sword in fear that she’ll see that toothy grin only to be met with the worried eyes of Corriette. “SweetC, are you okay? It isn’t like you to just stay silent..I’m worried.” Even if the two don’t interact as much, Corriette still valued her as a friend either way. SweetC stayed silent before shrugging it off “It’s just this mission that got me very focused, that’s all, haha.” SweetC replied in her usual cheery demeanor, forcing it in order for Corriette to not worry. She’s smarter than to believe the knight but she doesn’t press her further.

They venture on, encountering many interesting things along the way, seeing new sights and trying to avoid getting caught by monsterkind’s royal guards. Corriette tried her best to lighten up the mood by mimicking how optimistic SweetC was, pointing out to the many things that may have interested the knight. SweetC just gave a small smile or a nod in response, and really, it never seemed like she meant it. In all honesty, SweetC was grateful by how insistent Corriette was in trying to make her happy again, it’s just the fact she really can’t seem to despite the effort. Hell, Corriette out of all people was trying to be positive, that alone was hard for her to truly believe, and by how optimistic she was being, the knight can’t help but see how lazy of an impersonation Corriette was doing of her. She thought that you really can’t fix what’s already broken.

One day, they had all the ingredients for the potion and they needed the last one near the more snowier parts of the area. SweetC was never used to snow despite having the power to use fire from time to time, snow was never her thing. But after she met him, she always made sure to find ways to sneak past guards and find secret paths just to meet up with him in his old area before it…yeah. What sucked the most however is that Corriette led her to the exact same path she went on the day of the massacre. SweetC was reluctant, telling Corriette there were other paths, but Corriette insisted it was the fastest way there.

SweetC felt her sins crawling on her back.

No, no way in hell she’s going back… but she did as Corriette forced her to.

*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*

It was an ordinary day in the district named “Snowdin”. Every monster was having fun, spending time with their family. Children ran across the village, accidentally hitting themselves in the process before giggling their way through as they got up and repeated the same thing again. Sans sat by his post, relaxing for a bit. It was just a beautiful day outside and nothing more that was until he heard sudden screams of terror, sounds of metal, horses and smelt the scent of blood and smoke. And once he knew what it was, he turned around and saw it. It was all too soon as he looked at his village, from how peaceful it was earlier to how it just suddenly shifted to absolute bloodshed all of a sudden just made something in him snapped. He was a lazy guy, sure, but he wasn't just going to stand there and let everyone die, not anymore, not when his brother could return and get involved. So as quickly as possible, he decided to be responsible for once and start saving some monsters and attacking some knights, trying his best to get them to evacuate before they get slaughtered.

While he got a monster to evacuate, he heard a scream of terror and turned to see a monster getting killed by a particular human… It was then when he saw in front of him, the one human he thought that would be different, the one human he thought he trusted due to how horrible the reputations humans had on monsters and how they treated monsters like scum making them worth nothing despite them being on the same level of intelligence as they are, the same human that is now fighting in this massacre against monsters that just took everyone by surprised and didn’t even give them time to react until they were left to dust, the same human he thought was the first one to ever love a creature like him; SweetC. He looked at her in fear and suddenly that fear disappeared and got replaced with anger. She turns back and sees him, and you know how it goes.

*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*

Corriette steps into the ruins of Snowdin with SweetC by her side. The ghost town was barely guarded by anyone and everything was left to be abandoned in horrible shape. Everything was burnt down from the massacre, dust circulated the air in the area, making anyone who visits start having the most horrible coughs they have ever had in their lives. Corriette looks over to the burnt down sign, “Welcome to Snowdin!”. All the sign’s color has faded and is now mostly charcoal black. Corriette’s eyes widened in absolute horror as she saw the scene laid before her eyes.

“What happened here?” She turns to SweetC, begging for any kind of explanation or at least some information she may or may not know, but SweetC just chose to gatekeep once more and lie to her like a cheap lawyer in court. “I’m not sure, but whatever happened here must have been rough.”, she says.

Corriette doesn’t have time to pretend to believe her lies any longer however, since her mind was insatiable for knowledge, it was frustrating to play into SweetC’s little game of lies so she snapped. “Damn it, SweetC, you already know I’m not stupid. What happened here, huh? What happened to you specifically? When will you be done gatekeeping and bottling up everything, you coward? Just tell me the truth, I’m offering help and yet you keep rejecting it. I need to know, and I want to. So tell me already.” Corriette shouted, her voice almost echoing throughout the entire abandoned town as she glared at SweetC.

“I have been trying. Even when I don’t ask for what happened and just pretend that it’s fine and dandy and that the world is just some fairy tale, you still don't give a damn fuck. I don’t understand you. You have never been this way throughout the once in a blue moon encounters we have. Even if we don’t meet often, I still think of you as a friend and I will treat you as such.” her voice started to raise as the more irritated and impatient she got with SweetC.

The knight couldn’t argue back. Usually in arguments she would always find a way to argue back, but this time, she stayed silent and let every word soak into her like a sponge. Guilt and shame started piling and circling inside her head as more words spew out of Corriette.

“Just tell me, please. I care even if you won’t care, please..” She begged, almost wanting to go down on her knees just to coax out SweetC’s inner turmoil to just fix her. And yet, as stubborn as the knight was, she just replies with “It’s fine, I don’t think I’d want to burden you with everything.” SweetC looks away in regret knowing she should have just come clean, yet she’s again running away from everything like the coward Corriette was now introduced to.

She sighs in defeat, knowing there was no way to repair SweetC’s permanent damage. “I’m sorry for yelling, let’s just forget about it, okay?” She glances at the knight, seeing as she avoided her gaze. SweetC nodded and the two headed on.

As their adventure was almost coming to a close, they accidentally had the misfortune of stumbling upon an active village, the worst part was their disguises finally gave way after days of use and broke upon arrival. The snowy weather was just right and it’d be a normal day if not for the humans the monsters saw. The survivors of the massacre from a year ago went to evacuate immediately, the royal guards were let out and so, SweetC and Corriette were left to fight together. Corriette kept the potion ingredients safe somewhere as she helped SweetC attack, however she could sense the knight’s reluctance in her moves. It was VERY unlikely of her to attack with such lousy and unprofessional slices of her blade and the royal guard seemed to be fighting with so much effort, blasting so much magic that could pop both their brains out. The duo still kept fighting, dodging and making sure they returned home with their lives, plus despite the constant barrage of magic, the guards were amateur at best compared to SweetC, however…

“SEND HIM IN!” one of the guards yelled from the top of their lungs. Corriette’s eyes widened in anticipation and fear until she suddenly heard a quick rattle and felt a sharp pain on her arms. She didn’t know what it was until when she tried to move, the pain started flooding her entire head with remnants of her past mistakes and trauma before making her arms bleed uncontrollably. Tears automatically form from her eyes and once she looked at her arms she saw bones going through it. The attack didn’t hurt much physically, but it only hurt more if she moved. SweetC falls dead silent as she then sees those bones she knew too well from almost dying. She can feel that same familiar presence that now became eerie and unrecognizable. She turns around and sees that hooded figure that was the embodiment of her failure.

“heya.” his greeting low and nothing close to your average friendly greeting. SweetC immediately ran to defend Corriette, getting her out of the bones and running as fast as she could, away from him, away from everything, away from what she was trying to run from. He looked at her as she disappeared deep into the forest, his grin never fading and yet that same grin was not one of happiness either way. She panted, lungs not catching a break as she ran quickly, not wanting to look back when she looked back far too much. Her hands clutch onto Corriette tightly, carrying her bridal style as she ran away from her problems trying to make sure the one person who cared was safe.

The knight settled her friend onto a tree stump, trying to catch her breath from the marathon she just participated in. Her heart felt like it was about to explode in her chest, as she tried to hold onto it to calm herself down. “He didn’t follow us, right? Right??” She glanced down at Corriette, petrified and vulnerable, tears forming in her eyes. “Yeah, he didn’t follow..hey, are you…?” Despite having both her arms stabbed, Corriette tried to reach her hand out to the terrified knight. “Don't, you need to heal up.” She immediately retracts her hand once the knight said that.

“SweetC, just please be honest, who is he? What really happened?” she winces at the pain on her arms slightly but she was determined to hear SweetC finally open up.

And yet, she only managed to let out a choked sob before crying to herself, curling up in self deprecation as she shows how defenseless and pathetic she really was. What a ‘fearless’ knight.

Knowing it was just impossible to truly help SweetC having been denied of showing proper comfort, Corriette just sat there and listened to the broken Knight's cries.

*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*

Once the two made their way back to the Sun Kingdom, with the potion made and given to Adero, Corriette left to run some errands, yet she was reluctant to just leave SweetC there but knew she had no chance of actually getting her to speak up. Adero, as cheery as ever, drank the potion before looking down at his peasant.

“You seem off for the past few days, knight. What's wrong?” Adero questioned in his usual sunny tone.

“It's complicated, your majesty.” SweetC replied reluctantly. “But it isn't important to your Royal affairs.” she added.

“Well, we can't have that, can we, hm? Come on, open up, ‘C’ “ Once he said that, she shuddered. That nickname has never been uttered from anyone but Sans and it makes her beg to question how…

“Where did you hear that..?” She murmured, but it was loud enough for the prince to hear. He chuckles, a small, psychotic grin forms on his face. “Oh you know, I might have accidentally walked in on you and this mysterious little sweetheart of yours one night when I wanted to say hi.” Adero's smile widened, his tone was friendly yet forced, the sick, perverse satisfaction in his voice was prominent yet not obvious.

All the wind got knocked out of SweetC's stomach. Her heart started pounding as she felt her stomach twist and turn horribly. “But I'm sorry for your falling out, really. I noticed how he doesn't visit any longer. Maybe he's off somewhere far, y'know how skeletons are..” Adero chuckles to himself. SweetC's breathing quickens even more. “Ah, well, next time you see him, tell him I said hi.”

Adero leaves and SweetC is left alone staring blankly into the royal red carpet beneath her feet, too mortified to even breathe.

-End-

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