Note: This is happening right after Chapter six. Like only ten minutes after the other chapter.

Chapter Six: Arctic Shoulder

As Sans rightened himself he placed Frisk's small form down. "*how about you play in the snow a bit? you have been cooped up in the cabin for a while. stretching your legs kiddo." Frisk nodded her head sobberly. She walked about 12 feet from him and started to survey the area. Looking for the perfect spot to start her Snow-Pappy.

Sans dug in his pocket for another medical cigarette. Lighting it with his magic again, he took a long drag as he watches Frisk plays quietly. Smiling at her as her little nose turns red from the cold while she tries to pile up snow into the tall Skeleton's form. He closed his eye sockets and sighs contentedly. 'why can't you stay like this kid? why do you all have to go to the barrier? what is it you hope to achieve?' Sans thought bitterly.

(FLASHBACK)

*SANS POV*

"Sans, you silly head! You're supposed to make a snowman with us!" cried a high pitched child's voice. "*heh, but it is a snowman. it's me Little blue." I chuckled as my eye lights roll to my left to where the voice came from. "No, it's not! You're more than a lump of snow Sans! You're my Funny Bone Buddy!" she giggles as she threw the little snowball she had been forming at my shoulder. She missed. I looked down at her tiny form as I pulled her in for a hug. She hugged me back.

Her long blond locks blew in the snowy magic wind. Those large caribbean blue eyes had a patience expression in them. "I'll wait until you make a real snow lazy bones!" Her blue orbs gleamed with mirth as she looked up at him. He chuckled at her cute display.

"LITTLE HUMAN HALEEMA WHERE IS MY HUG?!"asked Papyrus in a loud cry of sorrow. "It's right here Pappy!" cried Little Blue as she crawled down from my arms to make a mad dash for Papyrus, who scooped her up into a bear hug. Pap winked at me over Little Blue's shoulder as the child cried out in joy at being held.

(Little Blue - 351 resets later; Pacific)

Again, we stand here making snowmen with Paps "Sans, you silly head. You're supposed to make a snowman with us." stated the high pitch voice. Sans had noted that as the resets had went on that Blue slowly seemed to be get tried each time. And not the bored kind of tried. Like the exhausted kind of tried.

Her words were slow and low. Her once caribbean blue beaming eyes were now murky swamp water. Dark bags under eyes made her look sick and frail. Her little frame looked dreadfully thin. Soul no longer beating powerfully, it was slow and off rhythm. Her dress looked more white than blue than last time. Her blond hair looked oily, tangled, and faded. Her reaction time was very slow, and her HP was lower. What once was a good 20 HP now was a weak 5 HP.

Sans had lost count how many times he had to revive the kid after her HP would drop to 0 for no reason. She'd just be walking one moment then she'd just give out under her own weight the next with no HP left. He had no idea how she got passed Toriel with such low HP and strength.

"*heh, but it is a snowman. it's me Little blue." I chuckled as my eye lights roll to my left to where the voice came from. "No, it's not. You're more than a lump of snow Sans." her eyes were casted down as the snowball she was working on fell from her limp hand. I hugged to to me like normal, only this time she didn't hug back. This time she whispered in my ear. Her whisper was in a sobbing tone, "Sans...I'm so tired. I can't...I can't go on like this...I need strength, need ma...Too tired…..too tired…" at this point Little Blue seemed to be talking to herself, "Gunnar...I'm sorry...so sorry...Gunnar please live on, fight on...Aaron...I lov…"

Little Blue's HP dropped to 0 again. Only this time I was too shocked to react fast enough to save her from the HP drop.

(Haleema's - 352 reset; Genocide)

Killed everyone, and killed me in the end.

(Little Blue - 353 reset; Child Dead)

I remember reading the guard reports. But the reports only covered what the monster thought happened. Three days later I got a letter delivered to me. A monster had found the letter half jammed under the Ruin doors addressed to Papy. My best guess is that Little Blue had tried to shove it under the door for him to find before she died.

The monster that found it said they hadn't read it because that would be rude. Thank god monsters were so thoughtful. Once the monster left with my thanks I decide to read the letter first.

While it was only addressed to Papy, I figured it was a letter for both of us. Little Blue always favored my brother and was very sad that no one ever sent mail to Papyrus. She always thought he deserved more love than what he was given by others.

But what I read in the letter...I could never let Papy read it… It'd break his heart as well as confuse him with the reset information. But it was the bits on Chara and a being or group they called 'Sinner's Hand' that had my' bones shaking. This was when I realized that something evil was happening behind everything. But what?

From what I gathered from the letter and reports I came to the conclusion that Haleema Arctic is the real name of the dead child of Patience. She waited too long for Toriel to return and so Haleema was attacked by a to her low HP she had to flee the battle. The Froggit gave chase causing her to fall down the wrong pit in the Hole Puzzle. A Vegetoid snapped at for her when she wouldn't eat her greens, thus dropping her ribbon.

She ran to Toriel and stayed with her for a few months.

Sadly one day after a year of waiting a voice called to Haleema. A voice she said in her letter that was Chara…How she knew Chara was beyond me because that human had died a hundred years before Haleema fell. They can't be possible for humans right?

She said Chara haunted her day and night for a week; slowly wearing at her small remaining patience. Driving her into exhaustion and silence.

Haleema's writing got panicky and unreadable. All I could make out were, "Chara!","Blood" "Puppet! Puppet!", "The Sinner's Hand is watching.", "Strings", "Red", "They pull.", and "Not real CHARA…"

Chara must have driven Little Blue mad over time. There was nothing I could do...right? Guilt...I feel so guilty.

I guess Chara had lead her to the room overlooking the city one night. And talked Haleema into killing herself with a knife from the kitchen. Her favorite tea set toy butter knife fell out of her pocket when Toriel picked up her dead body.

Toriel gave her soul to Asgore. But became angry when he refused to use the soul and free everyone at that moment. Haleema's exhaustion overpowered her patience and thus she was locked away in a cold jar.

Thus the monsters had the first soul, the light blue of patience. Haleema Arctic was no more. I'm so sorry my friend…

(END OF FLASHBACK)

"Sans...why are you crying?" called a small voice, drawing Sans back to the present time. The memory of Little Blue had made his masking smile slip it would seem. Sans coughed as he quickly wiped the tears away and looked everywhere but at Frisk. "*just aha a side affect from my medicine. please i'm fine. give it a few hours and i'll be right as Papy." Sans smiled sweetly. And while Frisk didn't buy it for a moment, she decided to drop it for now. After all they both have skeletons in their closet. One of them more than the other.

Sorry I know this one was very short but it dropped a lot of backstory and plot. I hope this chapter helps fill in some bits, but it won't make sense until you hear how all the kids died and what the "Sinner's Hand" is.