Several hours later, the sun was already beginning to rise signalling the arrival of morning. The beams of light being emitted by the sun began to wash over the lush forest of Gravity Falls, and within the forest itself were the skeleton brothers and Toriel. They were currently making their way towards the Mystery Shack, the twins in question were carried by Papyrus and Sans, with Mabel on Sans's shoulders and Dipper on Papyrus's all while Toriel walked next to them. "WOWIE. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PLANTS BEFORE. AND THE TREES ARE SO TALL! THEY'RE EVEN TALLER THAN I AM!" Papyrus stated in awe at the forest. Toriel chuckled, "The Ruins had the occasional greenery but even then it is nothing compared to all of this." She said also admiring how lovely the forest looked and is enjoying the fresh pine scented wind that is being emitted. "The trees are nice and all but if there's one thing that you gotta admire...it's the grass!" Mabel proclaimed with a big grin prompting Sans to give her an odd glance, "the grass?" He repeated in question, "Totally! The grass is amazing for doing roly polies! And it's cause you get all kinds of tiny but cute little bugs all over you!" Mabel said buoyantly. "Yeah, and after that it takes around two hours for me to get them all off her hair.." Dipper added eyeing Mabel who shot him a silly look. "Goodness." Toriel voiced with raised brows. "WHAT? I DIDN'T KNOW THE GRASS HAD SO MANY TINY THINGS! WAIT...OH MY GOD! I'M STEPPING ON THEM RIGHT NOW!" Papyrus exclaimed in horror before he lunged over to Sans who grunted as Papyrus held onto his brother with Dipper nearly falling off the tall skeleton in the process, "SANS! QUICK! FIND US SOME HIGHER GROUND! WE M-" But he could not finish when all four of them collapsed to the ground, Toriel couldn't help but laugh a little at this. "OH MY GOD! SANS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! YOU'RE MAKING THIS WORSE!" Papyrus yelled at Sans as he had a distressed look on his face but Sans looked like he could not care less, "Whoa, whoa, Pap! Calm down! It's okay!" Dipper tried to calm him down as he sat up before adjusting his cap, "CALM DOWN!? HOW CAN I CALM DOWN!? I'M A MASS TINY THING MURDERER!" Papyrus exclaimed in horror as he shook Dipper by the shoulders, "bro don't worry about it. they get out of the way before you step on them. bugs are smart like that." Sans told him as he stood back up along with Mabel, "WHAT? REALLY?" Papyrus said in surprise, "Well, duh! So, don't you worry that cute little skull of yours, Papy! If anything the bugs would try to kill us!" Mabel said in a bizarrely joviant tone of voice, "OH, THAT'S A RELIEF. HAD I NOT KNOWN THEN I WOULD'VE BEEN WALKING WITH SINS CRAWLING ON MY BACK." Papyrus proclaimed in relief, "But uh...just make sure to carry a lot of bug spray with you just in case.." Dipper suggested anxiously with Toriel nodding in agreement, "Indeed. However, some of those insects could be quite the delicacy." The former queen thought to herself with a smirk.

"Hey, guys?" Mabel called to them, "what's up?" Sans replied with Papyrus, Toriel, and Dipper looking at her. "I noticed that we can't summon our souls, anymore. And all the magic in those souvenirs we got in the Underground is gone. What's that about?" Mabel wondered. "Hmm. I believe that since the barrier was destroyed, the magic that was being contained inside the mountain had escaped as well." Toriel believed much to the surprise of Dipper and Mabel, "Wait...seriously? So, if the magic is everywhere now...does that mean that people will get to channel their soul power like we did?" Dipper questioned curiously. "no one knows for sure, buddo. i mean as far as i can tell we still got our magic. don't know how it works for you humans since you're all just a bunch of weirdos." Sans cracked with a chortle. "Pfft. Can't argue you with you there, Sans." Dipper said in agreement. "BUT THEY ARE THE BEST KIND OF WEIRDOS!" Papyrus declared prompting Mabel to giggle, "Amen to that, Papy." Eventually, the four finally made it to the Mystery Shack and this allowed Toriel, Sans, and Papyrus to at last get a good look at it. From what they could see, the shack had no less than four exits. The main entrance, the porch entrance, a small door which leads directly to the floor room, and the gift shop door. One side of the sloping roof has the Mystery Shack name but with the "S" in "Shack" having fallen off, and the other has a small platform with what looks to be a cooler. The roof with the "GIFT" sign also has a weather vane that has the letters W, H, A, and T, along with a question mark, instead of the usual W, S, N, and E. "There it is, guys. This is the Mystery Shack." Dipper introduced them to their quarters with a smile. "Oh my...it looks more...decrepit then I originally imagined it would be." Toriel commented with a raised brow. "heh heh heh...now that looks like something i'd definitely have for a tourist trap." Sans stated with an amused grin. "WHOA! DIPPER AND MABEL YOU GUYS WEREN'T KIDDING. IT LOOKS SO...MYSTERIOUS AND MAGICAL." Papyrus stated in amazement at the shack's exterior while Sans and Toriel were not really that impressed. "Yepper peppers! This is where our Grunkle Stan leads all the saps that come from different trees in other places so they could see all the not-so-fake stuffies in there!" Mabel explained in her usual goofy way. "WOW...IT'S LIKE I'VE ENCOUNTERED A HUMAN VERSION OF MY BROTHER." Papyrus commented in disbelief with Sans winking towards his brother, "then this place should be all the more fun." The short skeleton chuckled mischievously. "Hehe, goodness Sans you just never seem to be able to behave." Toriel said while flashing him an amused look. "i wouldn't be me if i behaved, tori." Sans retorted with a chuckle. "OH MY GOD AND HERE I THOUGHT THE HUMAN WORLD WOULD BE FILLED WITH WONDERS BUT INSTEAD THESE WONDERS ARE SOMETHING SANS WOULD DREAM OF BUT I'D HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT!" Papyrus groaned as he placed his hands on his face. "Aww, don't get all frowny face, Papyrus. Trust me when I say that there's definitely a lot of things in the human world that you'd love." Mabel giggled with a wide grin. "REALLY? LIKE WHAT?" Papyrus asked her curiously as well as with anticipation, "Ooooh, you'll have to wait and see!" Mabel teased him with Papyrus stomping his foot on the ground impatiently like a child, "GOSH DARN IT! WHEN CAN I SEE THEM?" Papyrus then asked with jittery excitement. "I promise to the great Unicorn gods that I'll show you and believe me...it'll be worth the wait, Papy ol' buddy!" Mabel assured him with Papyrus unable to hold back his squealing his as he jumped up and down in excitement. "Let the hopping of excitement commence!" Mabel announced as she grabbed Papyrus's hands while the two then jumped up and down in place with sheer excitement as they squealed.

Dipper laughed a little at them before turning to Sans and Toriel, "So, uh, are...you guys gonna come with us?" He then asked them a little anxiously. However, he noticed that Sans and Toriel's faces dropped at the question with the former queen and the short skeleton looking at each other in uncertainty but with a hint of sadness behind them as well. Toriel's was more noticeable than Sans given that his face only shows an ever-present grin. Dipper slowly began to frown at that, "You're...not coming are you...?" He answered for them in question sadly and this prompted Mabel to stop hopping with Papyrus upon hearing that, "Wait..what? What's this I hear about not coming? Who isn't coming?!" Mabel questioned almost like a demand as she walked over to the three with Papyrus looking over as he approached as well, "I'm...sorry, my children. But I fear that it would not be that simple." Toriel stated as she looked down a little. "What? What do you mean it's not that simple?" Dipper asked with furrowed brows causing Toriel to sigh, "It has been...years. Possibly hundreds since the war between the humans and monsters. So much time has passed and it is more than likely that the humans have forgotten about us or at the very least deemed as nothing but legends and folklore. But from what I can understand is that our reputation here in the human world is just as...infamous as humans previously were in the monster kingdom." She began to explain. "What're you trying to say, Toriel?" Dipper then asked her as he took a step closer, "she's saying that the humans aren't ready to accept a race of monsters joining with their society." Sans answered for him, "Wait what?! But...you guys are like the sweetest monsters we've ever met! There's no way that the people up here would hate you!" Mabel said firmly. "We truly appreciate that, my dear. However, it would be best that if we blend into your world rather than just outright expose ourselves. For now at least." Toriel said to her calmly. "And how long is that gonna take..?" Dipper again asked her with furrowed brows, "Perhaps until we prove ourselves to them. To prove that we are no threat." Toriel responded with Dipper wiping his face once, "But we- agh! We just got you all out of that mountain and now you're saying that you should hide!?" Dipper exclaimed with Sans stepping forward, "kiddo...lemme ask you this...you want us, a whole race of monsters, to just outright step into the human world like it's all fine and dandy with humans, who all still think monsters are evil? what? you think they're just gonna take us in with big hugs and pies?" The short skeleton questioned him with Papyrus saying, "BIG HUGS AND PIES? THAT SOUNDS LOVELY!" He proclaimed with a large smile. "But Sansy they will! It's like uh...um...it's like...oh! It's like the time I introduced my pen pal from Switzerland to my parents! He was weird and stuff and Dipper thought he was an alien! But our parents like him!" Mabel tried to bring out the best analogy. "but we ain't from switzerland." Sans simply said. "This is so stupid..." Dipper muttered in frustration. "Dipper..." Toriel addressed him when she knelt down to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, "We won't exactly...hide from plain sight. Just in someway or fashion...blend in. I mean...as far as I am aware there are humans who are not exactly that fully aware of the oddities that surround them." Toriel said with Dipper looking to the side and found himself agreeing with her. Despite the fact that there are monsters that roam the surface world, there are people that treat like it is something that they would normally see in their world.

"As such they treat as a common humanly thing. And we are obviously not exactly bloodthirsty monsters who desire to devour and destroy all that we see." Toriel continued to say with a small smile. "WHAT? WHO SAID I WAS BLOODTHIRSTY? IF THERE'S ONE THING I AM THIRSTY FOR IT IS A CHALLENGE! AS THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL NEVER STEP DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE! THOUGH MAYBE I COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WATER JUST IN CASE." Papyrus proclaimed with the three laughing a little at that, "And that there is evidence." Toriel said making a point of her previous statement. "It's just...you guys...you guys are like so awesome and..." Dipper struggled to say when Mabel approached standing next to Dipper, "We're gonna miss you and we're scared that we...might not even see you again." She said to them sadly before Toriel pulled the twins gently into a loving embrace to which the children gladly returned as the skeleton brothers looked on with saddened expressions themselves. "Please do not think of such things, my children. Over the course of time that we have interacted, however brief it may have been, we have created strong and deep bonds. Enough to where we can even be a family." Toriel told them with the twins smiling at that word when Toriel slowly broke the embrace and gazed at the twins, "I can assure you that this will not be the last you will see of us." Toriel promised them with a warm smile when Papyrus stepped in, "LADY ASGORE IS CORRECT! WHERE I COME FROM THERE ARE NO SUCH THING AS GOODBYES. JUST SEE YOU LATERS! NYEH HEH HEH!" He remarked with his trademark cackle. "bro's got a point...and if i gotta be honest...i ain't never had this much in a long time when it came to meeting up with a bunch of humans. besides, who else am i gonna torture with my pranks aside from my brother?" Sans deviously said with the comment directed at Dipper who caught it and flashed him a smirk but shook his head, "KEEP THAT UP AND YOU WON'T GET TO HAVE ANY OF MY FAMOUS PASTA, SANS." Papyrus threatened him. "well then i guess you could say my lunch just pasta away." Sans quipped which of course angered the tall skeleton, "OH MY GOD, SANS!" He yelled angrily. "so to that spaghetti i say pasta la vista, baby." Sans continued with the twins starting to laugh along with Toriel, "SANS! STOP!" Papyrus demanded. "sorry bro, i'm not sure that'll be pastabl-" Sans was then cut off immediately by Papyrus, "SANS! I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS LOW QUALITY HUMOR! ESPECIALLY NOT ABOUT A CULINARY MASTERPIECE!" He exclaimed furiously. "sorry kiddos, pap cannoli take so much." Sans quipped with a wink. "SANS!" Papyrus cried out in rage with the twins laughing hard and holding their sides as Toriel covered her mouth to restrain some laughter herself. "This is why you guys are just outright the best." Dipper told them between laughs.

"HMPH. IF MY TORMENT BRINGS JOY TO MY BEST HUMAN FRIENDS THEN I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SWEAR THE ENDURE FURTHER HARSH TRIALS!" Papyrus declared strongly. "good...cause i got a whole lot more where that came from." Sans said to him with a devious grin. "...WHAT HAVE I DONE?" Papyrus said in apprehension. The twins just smiled widely before Mabel said, "We're gonna miss you all. Like, so much it's not even funny." Papyrus and Sans approached them next to Toriel, "AND I WILL MISS YOU DEARLY AS WELL, MABEL PINES." Papyrus said before kneeling down in front of her and Dipper, "FOR TRULY IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED HUMANS WITH SO MUCH PASSION AND CERTAINLY WITH A LOVE OF PUZZLES LIKE MYSELF." He began to say before putting his hands on their shoulders, "BUT WORRY NOT! YOU ARE NOT JUST DIPPER AND MABEL PINES! YOU ARE THE MYSTERY TWINS! YOU HAVE FACED AND OVERCAME MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR JOURNEYS IN BOTH THE HUMAN WORLD AND THE UNDERGROUND. WHAT'S MORE IS THAT YOU EVEN OVERCAME THE GREAT PAPYRUS! SUCH A FEAT WILL BE REMEMBERED IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS FOR YEARS TO COME!" Papyrus proclaimed with the twins' smiles widening, as Mabel grew flustered, "IF YOU'RE CAPABLE OF THAT...THEN SURELY YOU ARE CAPABLE OF MUCH MORE AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING NOW! I ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL." Papyrus ensured with a grin before the twins jumped in and gave Papyrus a long and warm hug to which he happily returned, "Thank you, Pap." Dipper expressed his gratitude with a warm smile. "You really are the greatest." Mabel added with a light giggle. "NYEH HEH! OF COURSE I AM." Papyrus said in agreement before they separated. "hey, am i gonna be left out of the fluffy session?" Sans wondered in a teasing manner before Mabel immediately lunged at him with a large and strong hug. Sans nearly fell back but his face warmed up before returning the embrace, "Thanks for all the laughs, Sansy. And...thank you for keeping your promise." Mabel told him softly as she squeezed him a little, "heh...anything for you, cupcake." Sans replied gently as well as he rubbed the back of her head, when Dipper walked over as the two then separated, "welp, so long, buddy ol' pal." Sans held out his hand for a shake but Dipper smirked with a raised brow and shook his head before he then hugged Sans as well. "this isn't awkward at all." Sans cracked as he returned it earning a light laugh from Dipper, "Nope. Totally not awkward at all." He retorted, "SANS, STOP BEING WEIRD." Papyrus said to him crossly when Mabel joined in the hug as Sans then sighed, "it's sure been fun, pipsqueaks." The twins then broke the hug slowly, "It really has." Dipper said in agreement as Mabel sniffed and wiped her eye. The twins then turned to Toriel who opened her arms out with the twins quickly hugging her as she returned it, "Tori...thanks for taking care of us. And...I'm sorry for you know...what happened back there in the Ruins..." Dipper apologized as he remembered his dark thoughts of what he would do to Toriel should she have harmed Mabel.

"Please do not apologize, my child. I am the one that should be sorry. I should never have resorted to such a cowardly choice especially after thinking that I did not have faith in your abilities. But I see now that I was wrong...and I am so fortunate to know that I am wrong." Toriel countered gently with a smile. Just then, Sans and Papyrus joined in with all five being held together in a warm and tender embrace. After a long while, they broke it with the twins approaching the Mystery Shack before turning back to give them one last look, "Are we ever gonna see you guys, again?" Mabel asked them anxiously. "count on it, apple cheeks." Sans assured her with a wink. "AND WHAT'S MORE IS THAT WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY!" Papyrus then said before he pulled out the sweater Mabel made for him from inside his battle body, with Sans opening his blue hoodie jacket to show his own sweater that Mabel made and lastly Toriel as well pulled out the sweater Mabel made for her before they left the Ruins and first entered Snowdin. Mabel squealed as she hopped in place as Dipper smiled at her direction. Before they could move on, Sans stopped Dipper, "hey kid! you forgot something!" He yelled as Dipper turned to his direction only to have a navy blue vest being tossed at him but he managed to catch it in time, "Wha- My vest! Sans you got my vest back!" Dipper said in joy, "wouldn't want ya to go explorin' without now would we?" Sans winked at him prompting Dipper to grin before placing it on. The twins set off to return to their home while waving off to their friends whom returned it. A while later, the twins entered the gift shop and almost immediately the they were attacked by three people, though they were very familiar people at that. "KIDS!" One yelled in a hoarse voice, "DUDES!" Another yelled, "GUYS!" A third one yelled all in extreme relief and joy as they held the children in a tight embrace. The first one looked to have brown eyes with cataracts, gray eyebrows, and gray hair, that is covered by a maroon fez, which bore a yellow crescent shape, albeit with straight edges, with a dot next to it, resembling an oyster with a pearl in it. He bears a somewhat large, droopy, pear-shaped, reddish-pinkish nose, large ears, and fair skin. He also has a perpetual five o'clock shadow covering his lower face. He finally was wearing a black suit, with the jacket buttoned closed, a bow tie similar in color to his fez, and a white dress shirt. He also wears big, light brown shoes and the aforementioned fez and glasses. It was their Great Uncle Stan, "HOT BELGIAN WAFFLES WHERE IN THE NAME OF MOSES HAVE YOU TWO KNUCKLE HEADS BEEN?!" Their Great Uncle exclaimed in shock as well as anger with the second person who stepping in was wearing a light brown cap, has light peach fair skin, and buck teeth, similar to those of a beaver. He's stocky and wears dark brown shoes, beige shorts and a jade green-ish gray shirt with a big dark green poorly painted question mark on the front and the word "Staff" on the back, which is from the Mystery Shack. He also has a double chin and has a few hairs on his face that he glues on himself. He has short light brown hair that is styled similar to Dipper's. His neck is wider than his head, or so it appears. It seems to be obscured by his double chin. "Seriously, dudes! You, like, gave us around 50 heart attacks! Granted we're like three people but we're people with huge hearts so there's bound to be 50 hearts in there! No wait scratch that, dudes! 50,000 heart attacks!" Soos exclaimed alongside Grunkle Stan.

The last person looked to be a fifteen year old girl who is a very tall and skinny. She has green eyes, a fair complexion and some freckles. She has long red hair just past her hips and is usually seen wearing a tan and dark brown lumberjack hat. Her outfit is an emerald green plaid shirt with a white tank top underneath, green stub earrings, blue jeans, and muddy rain boots, with yellow and orange socks underneath. She also wears blue earrings and wears a name tag at work. "Holy crud you two gave us the biggest scare of a lifetime! We all thought you were dead or something!" Wendy audibly said in deep relief and worry as she held them close with Grunkle Stan and Soos, "Whoa, whoa, whoa guys it's okay! It's okay! It's all right, we're fine!" Dipper assured them as they squeezed them both, "Totally! Me and Dipper are like totally fine! See these cute little bandages with dolphins and rainbows? They always help." Mabel joined in reassurance before Grunkle Stan broke from the embrace, "Bandages with dolphins and rainbows ain't gonna cut it! Do you have any idea how long we've been looking for you two!?" He yelled at them furiously which made the twins flinch as they had never seen Grunkle Stan so angry before though it was deserved given that they ventured off for Lord knows how long, "Was 30 minutes?" Mabel naively responded in question, "Oh ho you WISH it was 30 minutes, Mabel. YOU TWO HAVE BEEN GONE FOR A WHOLE FREAKING DAY!" Grunkle Stan exclaimed tossing his arms up which greatly surprised the twins, "A...a day?!" Dipper said in bewilderment, "Yeah, dudes! Mister Pines sent Wendy and I to go looking for you all over the place! We searched high and low! I looked in the bathroom, the attic, the basement, the boiler room. I mean come on dudes look at these!" Soos then showed them the bruises he received from trying to search for them, "If these ain't proof of some effort then I don't know what is! And by the way...I always knew that boiler room was suspicious." Soos stated with narrowed eyes. The twins were still in disbelief that they were gone for a day, as they were certain that they were gone for much longer than that. More than likely for around two days at best but that did not make the situation any better. "I had to interrogate so many critters in the forest. Granted I looked pretty awesome doing it but still! Ugh, you guys had us worried sick!" Wendy vocalized crossly before she hugged them again with Dipper blushing a little at that, until he caught the sly look that Mabel was giving him. "Okay, before I lay down the whole parental speech of disapprovement or whatever...you're gonna tell us where you two have been so I can get Soos to put so many road blocks and signs which say "KEEP OUT TWO CERTAIN KNUCKLEHEADS'!" Grunkle Stan demanded as he crossed his arms. The twins looked at each other for a while before looking back up at their steaming Great Uncle, "We fell down a hole." Dipper simply responded, "And then we walked in a dark cave." Mabel added as well.

"But we met some really nice cave people!" Mabel quickly then said which surprised all three of them, "Wait what? Cave people?" Wendy questioned. "Whoa, whoa, dudes! Did one of them happen to yell yabadabadoo?" Soos asked them. "Um, well...they were...like weird looking. I mean, like, one was short, the other tall and skinny and uh..." Dipper struggled for a good answer before he gave Mabel a look as that only seemed to corner them further, "And there was a talking flower! We thought he was a turd at first but it actually turned out to be a cute little goat boy! Not like Gompers because this goat is like way more adorable no offense to Gompers! And there was this robot that did all these wacky shows that transformed into a sexy robot girl/guy I think! And there was this super cute ghost named Napstablook and-" Mabel continued to ramble on until Stan held his hands up to stop her "Alright, alright, that's all I needed to hear. Sheesh you two must've hit your heads harder than I thought. Okay, first off...are you two gremlins all right?" Grunkle Stan asked them and the twins nodded in response. "Good. Because you two are so grounded that coffee is gonna envy you!" He then said making them flinch a little as he loomed over them. "Seriously, dudes. That was not cool." Soos stated with a frown as he crossed his arms, "But at least you two are fine and that's all that matters. Though I'm in full agreement to the grounding...okay that made me sound like an adult and I'm gonna need some therapy for that." Wendy stated before shuddering at the image. Mabel's eyes widened when she heard squealing, and upon moving Grunkle Stan out of the way, a light pink pig with a plump face and a darker pink spot on his left eye and two spots on his left side, one large and one tiny, close to his tail. His snout is a slightly darker hot pink color. He has a short, quite curly tail and his hooves are grayish black. "WADDLES!" Mabel cried out in sheer joy before she ran over to her pet pig as the animal jumped at her, knocking her to the floor gently, "WADDLES! OH MY GOSH I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! MOMMY MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" Mabel squealed and laughed as Waddles affectionately licked her face while snorting. Dipper smiled and sighed deeply in relief, "Man, it's good to be back." He muttered lowly as Wendy and Soos looked at Mabel being bombarded with Waddles' love as the Pines girl chortled and squeaked. Dipper then jumped very slightly when he felt Wendy's hand on his shoulder as she knelt to his level on one knee, "You okay there, little man?" Wendy asked him and Dipper had to do all he could to restrain his blush, "O-oh! Um, yeah. I'm fine. I'm good...hey, uh...Wendy...I'm sorry for you know...worrying you like that." Dipper apologized to her sheepishly, "Ah, don't worry about it, man. It's just that...you're like one of my best friends and if anything ever happened to you I'd totally hate myself forever." Wendy admitted as she gave a brief side glance before looking back at Dipper who smiled thoughtfully. "So, maybe next time you decide to fall down a hole and explore some dark spooky cave to meet a bunch of rad cave people...call me before you do, alright?" Wendy suggested with a smirk prompting Dipper to laugh a little, "Sure thing." He responded with Wendy then playfully tugging his cap down a little, "By the way that's a pretty sweet scarf you got there." She complimented the orange scarf, "Told ya I'm a knitter extraordinaire!" Mabel boasted as she held Waddles.

"Oh and we also got souvenirs!" Mabel announced much to the surprise of the three, "Wait..souvenirs?" Grunkle Stan repeated in bewilderment. "Yepper! I've got a frying pan and a toy gun and some ballet shoes! See?" Mabel said as she showed off the ballet shoes she was wearing, "Whoa, hambone. How'd you find those puppies?" Soos asked her. "They were just lying around." Mabel simply responded with a grin. "All I have is this glove, bandanna, and a dagger for cutting plants I think. Oh and I have this notebook and these glasses...but I didn't really need em." Dipper added in showing off his own 'collections'. The notebook and glasses he found when they visited the old turtle monster Gerson. Grunkle Stan's eyes widened by two inches when he saw the glasses, "Uh, kid, hey um how about you hand me those glasses? Just in case these babies here don't exactly work like they used to." Grunkle Stan requested with Dipper raising one eyebrow at that, "Oh, uh, sure Grunkle Stan. Here you go." Dipper offered him the glasses as the old man placed them in his pockets. "Now up those stairs and to your rooms now!" Grunkle Stan commanded sternly with the twins cowering a little before walking up to their room. "Easy there, Mister Pines. They've probably been through a lot." Soos advised him, "I know that, Soos. But from what Mabel said I've definitely had it worse! Oh and don't even get me started on what's gonna happen to me if their parents ever found out about this!" Stan proclaimed anxiously as he rubbed his temples, "Ugh, I'm 62 years old for crying out loud and already my hair is gonna turn more gray than usual." He grumbled with Wendy snickering, "And the more wrinkles you get the more you'll turn into a butt face." She mocked him prompting Stan to give her a shrill look, "Wendy..I'd fire you on the spot for that but...it was so good it's just keeping me from doing so." He claimed with a frown.

Three days later, the twins went about the past days as normally as they could take though they spent just one day relaxing given that Grunkle Stan stated that the following day would consist of them doing mountainous amounts of chores as punishment for doing such a foolish act of falling down a hole, though Dipper did most of the work since he admitted it was his fault to begin with. Their chores consisted of mowing the lawn, cleaning the dishes, sorting out the rooms, dusting the attractions within the shack, but the worst part is that they had to unclog the toilets. Soos, however, bless his soul, managed to finish that task for them since according to him he is the only one in the shack that is more suited for the job. All while this was happening, both of the children replayed everything that had happened while they were in the Underground. All the way from meeting Flowey to facing off against an array of monsters whom they managed to somehow befriend, both bizarre and abnormal as nothing about these monsters were normal. They especially reminisced the times where they hung out with Sans and Papyrus, to the point where neither of them could help but wait to hear Papyrus's trademark cackle and Sans's goofy puns along with the hilarious moment of Papyrus raging over such puns. When they would sit down at the table for breakfast, they would usually imagine Papyrus and Undyne offering to cook them breakfast which of course leads to chaos and mayhem and something which Mabel would be more than willing to partake in. And at the very least, they would expect Toriel's butterscotch-cinnamon pies. When Grunkle Stan noticed the particularly saddened looks on the twins, he offered to take them to Greasy's Diner, though this only reminded them of the pub Grillby's run by the fire monster who was named Grillby and they would remember the greasy food there as well which was rather delicious. Dipper and Mabel were currently sitting on the table eating breakfast on the beginning of the fourth day. The twins had a normal breakfast which mainly consisted of scrambled eggs and bacon with glasses of orange juice next to them. Dipper ate a piece of his bacon as he was reading some notes he wrote in the journal, that is until he looked up and noticed Mabel had a rather depressed look on her face which worried him greatly given how cheery and optimistic Mabel is. He frowned as he saw her messing around with the eggs with the fork while resting the side of her face on her hand supported by her elbow on the table.

"Mabel..?" Dipper called her and she only looked up, "You okay?" He asked her to which she just let out a small noise in response with a shrug before returning to mess around with her eggs and the bacon. "You haven't touched your breakfast." Dipper said as he closed the book, "...Yeah." Mabel spoke out lowly. "Mabel...you know if there's anything bothering you...you can tell me, right?" Dipper assured her with a small smile to which Mabel sighed, "I know, bro bro..." She replied in the same dull tone. In truth, she was thinking about Flowey, or rather Asriel. She remembers him saying that without the souls he would revert back to being a flower and would no longer experience any emotions. Moreover, given that all the monsters are finally free and likely exploring the human world while blending into the environment, Mabel believes that Asriel was unable to acquire such freedom and as such he was left down there in the Underground by his lonesome. "Mabel." Dipper addressed her one more time prompting Mabel to look up at him once again, "Come on...tell me what's wrong." He said to her to which she dropped the fork, "Is it the food? I mean I know Grunkle Stan's a lousy cook but-" But before he could finish Mabel let out a loud, "BLARGH!" She yelled tossing her arms out and startling Dipper, "Blargh! Blargh this! Blargh that! Blargh all of this and that! Blarghedy blargha blargh blegh blagh BLARGH!" She shouted incoherently while flailing her arms before slamming her hands down on the table, "I can't deal with this! I can't take it anymore, Dipper!" She shouted, "Whoa, Mabel! Calm down tell me what's wrong. Is it about Toriel and-" He asked as he had his hands up but Mabel stopped him before he could finish, "No! Well, kinda, I mean...blargh no! They're fine it's...it's just..." Mabel began to trail off before she sunk back down in her seat with a deep sigh and planted her face in the table with a groan, "It's what?" Dipper asked as Mabel slowly peered up with sad eyes, "It's Asriel..." She responded which surprised Dipper a little until his expression dropped. "Oh.." Was all he could say which prompted Mabel to groan louder and gripped her head, "Ugh! I knew you'd react like that." Dipper quickly stopped her, "No no! You got it all wrong it's just...what is it about Asriel? What's wrong?" He said trying to get her to calmly say what the problem is. Mabel threw her arms up, "I can't just...gah I can't just take it, Dipper! Azzy said that he'll turn back into a flower and he won't feel any love! He finally got what he wanted and yes I know it's not in the good kind of way but..but that's not the worst part...the worst part is that he's all alone down there now!" Mabel yelled as she hopped off the chair, "Everyone got out except for him! He's all by himself down there with no one to take care of him and it...it just kills me, Dipper. I can't stand knowing that everyone got their happy ending except for him! It's just not fair! It's not freaking fair!" Mabel stomped the floor in frustration as Dipper got off the chair as well approaching Mabel, "Mabel, hey, whoa relax." He said trying to calm her down but to no avail, "No I can't calm down! How do you expect me to calm down when the thought of someone living down there in a dark underground cave all by themselves with no friends or family just runs in my mind every single day?! It's like Waddles running on a treadmill trying to get that last candy apple!" Mabel questioned him sternly.

Dipper sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, "Okay, Mabel. Then what do you wanna do?" He then asks her before crossing his arms together, "I'm gonna get him outta there." Mabel responded strongly before she turned but not before shocking Dipper, "What?! Whoa, hey, Mabel hold up!" He stopped her by holding her hand, "Dipper, I am NOT just gonna leave him down there." She firmly proclaimed, "I know but...but what makes you think he's not going to try and attack you? I mean he said it himself he's gonna go back to being soulless and won't feel anything like love again." Dipper said to her before Mabel swapped his hand off, "He's changed! Okay?! Asriel knew what he did was wrong and he regrets everything! So if he's a flower now he'd still remember all the bad things he did and probably still regrets doing them and wishing he could take it back!" Mabel countered as she tapped Dipper on the chest, "L-look I get it but-" Dipper was cut off before he could continue, "But nothing! Those are for saddles! I'm gonna go over there and get him out...he deserves a happy ending after what he's been through. Don't try to stop me." Mabel declared as she turned around walking forward, "No wait I mean...but if what Grunkle Stan catches us?" Dipper finished with Mabel turning her head to glance at him and smiled, "We'll just come up with a clever lie. But...you do that since you know I suck at lying." She responded with Dipper flashing a sly smirk. A few moments later, the twins exited the Mystery Shack with Dipper now having his vest on this time and lacked the scarf, though Mabel had a backpack on with what looked to be a climbing rope on its side. "You sure Grunkle Stan bought that whole 'hanging out with Wendy's friends' thing?" Mabel asked him anxiously. "It's Stan...I mean the guy lies for a living." Dipper assured her as they walked forward making their way towards the mountain. After a long journey, they finally made their way towards the entrance of the mountain, more specifically, the hole that the twins first fell into and where their amazing adventure inside the mountain first began. Dipper hammered the nail into the ground a few times near the edge of the hole before tying the rope around it and tossing it over. He tugged the rope a little to see if it and the nail were secure, "Alright. You're all set." Dipper said as he double-checked with Mabel nodding before placing the harness on, and clipped the rope to the one that hung below the hole. "Mabel...are you sure about this?" Dipper questioned for the last time with Mabel giving him a glance, "I'm more sure than that time I was sure there's an invisible wizard in the closet, bro bro." She confirmed with Dipper sighing and nodding once, "Okay. I trust you, Mabes." He told her with a smile which she returned, "Thanks, Dipping sauce." The twins fist bumped before Mabel lowered herself down gap by gap below, and as she did she was amazed at how she and her brother managed to survive such a fall given its length. Thankfully, the bed of golden flowers broke their fall otherwise they would have been seriously injured.

Eventually, Mabel finally landed back down the ground with a sigh. "You all good?!" Dipper called out from above, "Yeah, I'm good, broski!" She responded with a thumbs up before she unclipped the hook from the rope and adjusted the backpack she was carrying behind. She looked ahead at the dark entrance into the Underground which was now devoid of monsters except for just one individual, whom she was determined to save. She walked forward before taking out a flash light from her backpack, activating it and navigated her way into the dark caverns while also looking for Asriel. Speaking of the fallen prince, Asriel or rather Flowey was in another area within the Ruins. Asriel has reverted back into a flower and was doing nothing but just staring at the ground in deep sadness as he was in a bed of golden flowers while a beam of light from the outside world shone above him as particles of dust and pollen aimlessly wandered around him. Flowey was thinking back on all the things he had done, all the terrible and horrible things he had performed on the monsters, even his own parents. All of this heinous actions he wished he would forget them, but he knew perfectly well that it would not change as if he did forget while he is a soulless flower he would just do the same things over and over again simply out of amusement or boredom given that he is incapable of feeling intense emotions. Flowey, despite not feeling any emotions at the moment, could not help but feel regret at his actions and all that he had done which for some reason actually surprised him. He would think that he would not feel anything like regret and yet from remembering what he had done, it made him feel terrible. Could it be that when he finally returned as Asriel Dreemurr, those feelings still linger? Those feelings of compassion, sadness, and regret? He was unsure, and more than likely could never be truly sure as well. He could not understand himself as a flower. He would think he would be used to it but he truthfully he could not get used to it. He knows he has been a flower for a very long time, and he knows that the amount of resets he had done to the timeline would hinder his feelings of compassion and what not, leaving nothing but boredom, coldness, and malice as well. Or maybe he could in someway. He could understand himself. Not himself but he could understand the emotions of positivity. Which of course is all in gratitude towards a certain girl with a colorful sweater and a braces-filled smile that would do nothing but bring light to the darkness that consumes peoples' lives. Flowey let out a deep sight as he closed his eyes, that is until they snapped opened upon hearing movement to the side in the dark caverns. He looked over to the source, "Who's there?" Flowey called out with narrowed eyes. He heard footsteps approaching and he couldn't tell if he should be afraid, cautious, or overjoyed. He was starting to make out a shape from the darkness as he squinted his eyes, and when the figure got closer and stepped into the light. Flowey's eyes widened as he instantly recognized the person that was in front of him. He recognized those round blushing cheeks, that long brown hair that reaches her hips, those brown eyes and the silver-colored braces. Especially that dark pink sweater with a shooting star sewn on it, skirt, headband, black shoes, white socks, and star earrings.

"M...Mabel...?" He addressed in disbelief that she returned to the Underground. The Pines girl took three steps forward with a gentle smile on her face, "Hiya, Azzy." She greeted with a wave of her hand. Flowey blinked until his expression dropped with furrowed brows, "Mabel...why're you here? You shouldn't even be here." Flowey told her, frustrated that despite things she is so determined to save him even though Flowey is seemingly beyond saving at this point. "I know but...I just couldn't leave you down here all by yourself." Mabel responded taking another step towards him. "Yes you could. It's for the best. I'm nothing but a threat to you all." Flowey countered as he turned his direction back to the ground, "But that was then. This is now. Asriel-" Mabel began to say only for Flowey to interrupt her, "I'm not Asriel, anymore. I'm Flowey...Asriel's gone." He proclaimed sternly. "Okay. I'll call you Flowey...Flowey look...I know you think that you can't be saved and that I shouldn't bother to do anything to save you." She began to say as she walked forward to him slowly before stopping as she was now in front of him by a foot. "But can't you at least just let me make my own decisions?" Mabel asked him with a head tilt as Flowey gave her glance before sighing and closing his eyes, "Mabel, please just leave me alone. I can't come back. I just can't, okay?" Flowey said adamantly when Mabel frowned at him, "If I do I'm just going to break their hearts all over again. I'm going to hurt people or worse. It's better if I just stay down here for the rest of my life." Flowey declared with Mabel shaking her head, "I'm sorry but I can't let you do that." She said in denial. "And why's that? Mabel...do you realize what you're doing? You're not saving me...you're just going to ruin everyone's happy endings. History's going to repeat itself if you do this." Flowey told her as he looked up at her with angry eyes. "No, Flowey. They already got their happy endings. Except you. When I said that I'd save everyone I meant that I'll save everyone. And that includes you." Mabel remarked strongly. "Flowey...the reason I was trying to help you even if you were trying to kill us is because...something in me just told me that there's more to you than just a butt faced flower. There's...something about you that was telling me that you needed to be saved. You needed to be helped. That you just...needed a friend." Mabel began to say as Flowey blinked before frowning and averting his gaze from Mabel with a scoff. "And I can be that friend. I can be the friend that'll make you laugh, smile, put stickers on you, give you some pretty make up and we'd take selfies together, hehe." Mabel giggled as Flowey just rolled his eyes once, before she sat down in front of him on her knees, "But...I can only be that if you let me." She finished with a tender look on her face prompting Flowey to look back at her with raised brows. He just could not believe that Mabel was so determined to help him despite everything he had done. Sure, she does know the real story now but regardless, even though he firmly believed that he was not supposed to be saved, this girl right here in front of him, would break through such beliefs and is so set on helping him that she would more than likely overcome so many obstacles just to save someone that would bring nothing but pain and misery.

"Mabel..." Flowey addressed her. "Yes?" Mabel replied with a lit expression, "If you're really doing this...and if I go with you...what makes you think that I won't just try and kill you, Dipper, and everyone else again?" Flowey asked her as he furrowed his brows together, "Because that's all going to be on you. Every death, every pain, all that is going to be on you. Because you decided to bring me up to the surface thus restarting the cycle where I'm just going to take everyone's souls and destroy the timeline." He said with aggression behind his voice, "I can't love you! I can't love anyone! I'll just make you all miserable up there! So what makes you think that I'm just gonna be all buddy buddy with everyone up there?!" Flowey shouted but Mabel was not deterred by this, she only sighed, "I don't think it." She responded, "Hmph. I knew that'd be your answer." Flowey sneered but he froze when Mabel continued, "I believe it." She finished stunning the flower. "I know you're not interested in being friends...or, family with anyone. And I know that I'm not Frisk and Dipper isn't Chara. But maybe..." Mabel then moved closer to him, "You think maybe understanding all that would be enough?" She asked him tenderly as Flowey looked to the side in deep thought, "How can I understand...?" Flowey questioned her in response, "I can help you understand." Mabel answered before she then removed the backpack off and placed it in front of her. She then unzipped it and took out something that rather shocked the flower. It was a flower pot, "If you let me." She added with a warm expression and a big smile. Flowey blinked twice as he closed his eyes with a deep sigh with his head lowering to the ground now thinking about this for a long while. "Okay...fine...whatever." He accepted lowly which of course caused Mabel to squeal with delight, "Really?! Oh em gee!" She chirped which made Flowey cringe, "Okay, look, if we're gonna do this you have got to stop doing that." He said to her which made her giggle, "No promises." She winked before she took out a garden spade from the backpack. "Hold still. This might tickle." Mabel advised him before she shoved the garden spade into the ground with a grunt two inches away from Flowey's being. She then started to cut through the soil strongly with her tongue sticking out as she put effort into it with Flowey just looking at her, "Hey...Mabel?" He spoke, "Yeah?" Mabel replied as she formed a circle around Flowey while cutting through the ground around him, "Why did you come here?" He asks her with a raised but curious brow, "I already told you, silly." Mabel responded, "No I mean...why did you and your brother climb the mountain? I mean you guys obviously know the legend, right? Those who climb Mt. Ebott are said to disappear without a trace. So, why would you ever climb a mountain like that?" Flowey specified more clearly as Mabel finished cutting a circle around the ground that Flowey is planted in. "Honestly, blame Dipper for that. Like, seriously, the moment he saw info about the mountain in that nerdy book of his...his puzzle solving, explorer instincts kicked in like Mabel Juice, and he just went ahead to go and discover the 'wonders' about the mountain." Mabel answered rolling her eyes at Dipper's needs of wanting to explore and discover the many mysteries in Gravity Falls. "Wow...your brother's quite an idiot then." Flowey said with Mabel snorting, "Eh, he's got his moments." She retorted before she dug her fingers into the cuts, then grunted a few times before pulling Flowey out of the ground though he was still connected to a small part of it with pieces of dirt falling off.

"There you go, little buddy." Mabel said with a smile as she placed Flowey in the flower pot, patting the small portion of ground that was around him in order for the piece to adjust to the depth of the pot. "Mabel..I don't know about this." Flowey said in uncertainty as he was now planted in the flower pot before Mabel picked him up, "Don't worry, sweetie. I promise that everything is gonna be okay." She reassured him with a gentle smile. "And what makes you say that?" Flowey then asked her. "Because I believe in you." She responded before she placed a soft kiss between his eyes, which surprisingly he did not react that much to. And with that they were off with Mabel putting the backpack on, and holding Flowey, now in a pot, in her hands. As they were walking back to where Mabel entered the mountain, Flowey said, "Hey, Mabel? Can I tell you something?" Mabel nodded once, "You can tell me anything, Flowey." She answered with a grin as Flowey took a moment before he said, "I know why Chara and Frisk climbed that mountain. Well, mostly Chara. And it wasn't out of curiosity...it was just...not for a very happy reason." He revealed much to Mabel's shock, "Chara actually hated humanity. And why she did she never talked about it...even Frisk wouldn't tell me. But all I know is that she felt very strongly about while Frisk didn't really seem to care that much given that...well...it's Frisk." Flowey continued to say as Mabel listened while they walked through the caverns. "And if I had to be honest...when I look at you and Dipper...even though you guys have almost similar fashion choices and personalities...in some weird way you guys are different from each other. So, I don't know why I acted like you were the same people. But maybe, the truth is that...Chara wasn't really the greatest person." Flowey admitted with a frown. "Though Frisk was the type of friend I always wanted...but now they're gone." He finished sorrowfully. "Well, I can't replace Chara or Frisk...neither can Dipper...but we can try again. A brand new chapter for you. You fine with that?" Mabel said to him as Flowey fell silent for a while before nodding a little, "Yeah. Whatever I guess." He responded. "Also, if we're telling truth time stories. Here's mine...you know how I managed to do all that stuff when you came back as Asriel?" She asked him with Flowey facing lighting up curiously at that, "It's because of Chara." She revealed which of course shocked Flowey greatly, "W-what?! Chara?! But I thought she-" He stammered in disbelief, "I know right! I thought so too! But she said she came back because of my determination. And she wasn't just helping me to stop you but also save you." Mabel continued with the revelation. "She was...trying to...save me?" Flowey stuttered a little in befuddlement with Mabel nodding as she smiled widely, "So she...doesn't hate me?" Flowey continued with his question, "Of course not, silly goose. Why would she hate you?" Mabel responded with her own question.

Flowey hesitated for a moment and he was about to answer until Mabel said, "We made it!" She joyfully said as they at last made it back to the exit with Flowey looking up with wide eyes. "Mabel? Is that you? Are you all right!?" Dipper called to her from above with his voice echoing through the depth of the hole. "I'm fine, bro bro! I got him!" Mabel replied as she held Flowey up by his flower pot. "You do? Okay! I'm gonna help you back up!" Dipper said but Mabel declined, "No need, Dipping spice! Cause I've got my..." She then placed Flowey in one of the bag's pockets securely before she reached behind her in the backpack, twirled once, and revealed her grappling hook, "GRAPPLING HOOK!" She announced with a bright grin as she aimed the grappling hook upward. "Oh my g- Seriously, Mabel?! Do you have any idea how long it took me to convince Soos to hand over this climbing equipment!?" Dipper exclaimed in agitation. "Well you should know by now that the grappling hook is saved for special occasions! And this my nerdy little bro, is one of em!" Mabel proclaimed before she shot the grappling hook with the hook rapidly reaching upward, only for it to hit Dipper in the face knocking him backward but hooked against a piece of rock, "Bullseye!" She said before she paused upon hearing a snicker from Flowey. She turned to face him with a smirk upon seeing that he was holding back laughter, but when he noticed the look he cleared his throat and adjusted himself, "That doesn't count! I just like to see Dipper get hurt." Flowey scoffed with Mabel giggle, "Then we're making progress." She retorted before they were both pulled up via the grappling hook as Flowey looked to the side for a moment then back up at Mabel. He then glanced down to see that he was truly leaving the mountain, a place he once called home, and a place he deems as his prison. Yet here he was, being put in a flower pot, and is given a second chance despite everything that he has done. Eventually, they made it back up as Mabel climbed out with a grunt and sigh. She retracted the grappling hook back into the gun before setting it back in the bag. She took Flowey out of the pocket and presented him to the human world, "Welcome to the human world, Flowey!" Mabel introduced as Flowey look ahead and could not help but stare in awe at the majestic sight before him which was the human world. "This is...this is the human world?" Flowey said lowly in reverence. "Sure is! And this right here is my unconscious big brother, Dipper!" She showed him to Dipper who was slowly regaining consciousness with a pained groan. "Heh...nice to meet you." Flowey greeted with a mischievous grin before he was pulled into a hug making him grunt, "Aaaaaahh! Flowey! This is gonna be the best summer ever with you on the board now! There's so much stuff that we're gonna do! And so much that we totally have to do!" Mabel squealed in sheer excitement. "Hold up! Before we do anything...you just gotta agree to these conditions first." Flowey said to her annoyed by her cheery attitude, "Shoot." She nodded. "First of all, you don't tell anyone who I really am. Especially Toriel and Asgore. And second...no more of that weird...fluffy or jittery hug stuff!" Flowey met his terms with Mabel thinking for a moment, "I can promise on the whole secret identity thing but the second part...oh ho Flowey that's like a part of me so expect a whole lot of it." Mabel giggled cutely but deviously. "...joy." Flowey muttered in chagrin.

"Don't worry about it! Cause I guarantee that we're gonna have tons of fun!" Mabel promised flamboyantly as Dipper began to stand up rubbing his head. Eventually, the twins with the addition of Flowey made it back to the Mystery Shack, all while Mabel held Flowey's pot in both hands, "Wait...this is where you guys live? What a dump." Flowey commented as he inspected the interior of the Mystery Shack. "It's not much but hey you should never judge a book by its character." Dipper stated as they headed towards the door that leads to the gift shop. Flowey noticed the "S" from the word Shack was missing which made it seem like it read Mystery Hack. This of course caused the flowery to smirk in amusement as they entered the gift shop, "And this right here is the gift shop. This is where the boys and girls hang out the most! And believe me when they do...it's one of heck of a paaaaaartay!" Mabel proclaimed as she performed a brief dance. "Hmph. Still looks more of a dump to me. And these gifts don't even seem like gifts. They're more like cheap items you sell in the garbage dump." Flowey commented in a mocking tone, "Pfft. Just wait till you see the attractions inside." Dipper retorted with a snort as Mabel laughed when she realized something, "Oh shoot! Better hide this stuff before Grunkle Stan sees em. Be right back!" Mabel set Flowey down on the counter next to the cash register before she rushed out of the gift shop leaving Flowey with Dipper. Dipper in question noticed the way Flowey was looking at Mabel prompting him to lean against the counter close to him, "Penny for your thoughts?" Dipper requested with Flowey sighing, "Why is she doing this? Why does she think that with false hope everything's just gonna turn out fine?" He questioned with Dipper shrugging his shoulders, "Maybe it's cause that hope got us this far in the place." He responded. "By what doesn't she just let people accept their fate?" He wondered again before looking down a little, "I've accepted mine, anyway." He added with Dipper raising a single brow at him for that, "Really? And what is your fate?" He asked him until Flowey gave him a brief glance, "To die in that mountain. It's how it is...it's how the story should end." He believed with Dipper sighing and standing up, "Well, from what I've learned, it's more of a choice then a fate. So, whatever you do in the end is your choice...not your fate. Not everything should follow the way the story wants it to." Dipper stated as he placed his hands in the pockets of his vest. Flowey was in a moment of silence before saying, "You told me that if we follow the steps correctly...we get good results. Not the results we wanted all the time but they're good results nonetheless." He said remembering what Dipper told him after their fight when Flowey became Omega Flowey until the latter looked at him with curious but anxious eyes, "Is it easy? Does it ever get easy?" He asks him as Dipper thought for a moment, "It's not easy at first. But keep it up and it does get easy. Eventually, you'll get used to it to where you won't even realize that there's hardships all the time in these kind of things." Dipper responded. "Hm...I'll take your word for it." Flowey said as he then saw Mabel coming back.

"So did you boys behave while I was out?" Mabel wondered with a grin. "Eh it could've been worse." Dipper responded nonchalantly. "Yeah I could've showed him my friendliness pellets." Flowey said rather darkly. "Yay! Progress!" Mabel fist pumped the air twice in victory. "KIDS! My sucker senses were tingling and there's a bus full of saps parking by the shack! Quick! Dust the Jackalope! Dress the Crotchsquatch! And keep that pig away from the Cornacorn!" Grunkle Stan called out with Mabel and Dipper readying themselves, "You got it, Grunkle Stan!" They both replied with Flowey's brow raising up at what was just said, "Two minutes in this place and I'm already confused." Flowey commented in bewilderment, "Sorry, Flowey! We'll be busy for a while so I'm gonna have to leave you here!" Mabel told him as she was making her way to the exhibit. "Wha- So what am I supposed to do?" Flowey questioned with furrowed brows, "Just...be a flower! Act natural or something!" Dipper responded as he left for to perform his task. "Act natural...? So, what does that mean I get to kill the tourists here and collect their souls?" Flowey asked himself with his eyes becoming black and having white dot pupils giving off a demonic feel. "Nah. I'm way over that now." Flowey then rejected his own thoughts as his eyes returned back to normal. Meanwhile, Grunkle Stan was showing a bunch of tourists the attractions inside the shack, "You gotta see it to believe it, folks! At this point if you see it you could never unsee it! Like the things you can't unsee in your bathroom after your old grandpa is done with his number two!" Grunkle Stan said as he lead them over to one of them while the tourists looked around in amazement and awe, "And now...I'd like to present to you..." He gripped the covers and pulled them off revealing what looked to be a giant Sasquatch but was covered in a slimy substance, "The Squishsquatch!" He announced and the tourists all cooed in awe before taking photographs. Mabel was seen placing some of the sticky substances on it for a brief moment only to quickly toss them away when Grunkle Stan showed the Squishsquatch. "An unnatural hybrid of a Sasquatch and something squishy! They say that it came into being when a bunch of aliens came down and tried to abduct it but they used the wrong setting on the tractor beam...thus the Squishsquatch was born!" He elaborated before he lead them over to the next one, "And over here we have the Fishsquatch! It's...uh, you've seen those Alien movies, right?" Grunkle Stan asked one of the tourists as Mabel looked over with a smile. She then turned when she saw one of the tourists was prodding the slime on the Squishsquatch, "Hey, lady! You're gonna lose your groupie!" Mabel addressed and the woman in question looked to be wearing a purple sweater with two red stripes on it and with what seems to be a puppy playing basketball. She had long messy hair that reached all the way to her hips, her skin was dark complexion, and her eyes seemed to be squinted. From the looks of it, she seems to be around her late 20's at best. "Oh! Yeah I know I'm just admiring the squishiness of this Squishsquatch." She said as she continued to prod the slime, "Hehe, yeah I know right? It's pretty squishy." Mabel said in agreement before poking it as well, "Squish!"

"Squash!" The lady followed as she poked it as well with the two performing this for a while until they broke into laughter. Mabel then gasped when she noticed the sweater she was wearing, "Holy ravioli! Lady! Can I just take a moment to say how adorable your sweater is!" Mabel complimented as she hopped over to the woman, "Awww! Really? Thanks so much! I made it myself! But...oh em gee that's nothing compared to your sweater! I mean just look at the craftsmanship on that!" She returned the compliment which made Mabel fluster, "Ohhhhh stop it you! I know I try and I'm a genius!" She chirped as she waved her sweater sleeve in a playful dismissive gesture. "Say...you wouldn't happen to use-" The lady began to say until the two of them both said, "Angora Wool?!" And the lady squealed at that with a jump, "Yes! Yes totally!" She chirped buoyantly, "It's one of my favorites types of wool! That along with Cashmere wool and Mohair wool!" Mabel said and the two held each other's hands squealing in delight, "Those are my favorites! Oh my gosh yes finally I found one of my people!" The lady said in relief. "Lady you have no idea how hard it is to find a fellow sweater lover! Oh, by the way I'm Mabel! What's your name?" Mabel introduced herself. "I'm Frisk!" She introduced and from that Mabel immediately froze with her expression dropping in extreme shock, "Whoa, you okay there, Mabel? You look like someone gave you a flu shot and you didn't notice until now." Frisk said upon noticing the extreme stunned expression on Mabel's face, "Y...you're...you're Frisk?" She asked her still completely in disbelief, "Um...yeah I'm Frisk. What? Do you know me?" Frisk asks her anxiously with Mabel shaking her head removing herself out of her trance, "Know you? Not really but...b-but I've heard about you!" Mabel answered which in turn surprised Frisk quite a bit, "Heard about me? Through who?" She questioned curiously to which Mabel took something out from underneath her sweater and revealed the heart shaped locket. Frisk's squinted eyes widened greatly as she took a step back in extreme stupefaction, "Oh...o-oh my...oh my god...is that..." Frisk stammered as she was completely taken back by this and Mabel nodded in confirmation before she removed the locket from around her neck, "I honestly didn't expect this either...trust me my brain is completely blargh splooge by this point but...I know that...you need this more than I do so...here." Mabel offered her the locket to which Frisk shakily took it from her gently as she gazed at it in the palm of her hand. Frisk's lower lips trembled as tears started to trail down her cheeks before she lunged at Mabel with a large and tight hug. Mabel smiled widely and returned it, patting her back, ,"M-Mabel...t-thank you...thank you so much..." She whispered with a broken tone of voice. "It's no problem at all, girlfriend." Mabel said to her softly when Frisk slowly broke the embrace before sniffing and wiping her eyes, "Mabel I...I don't know what else to say...but...h-how? How'd you get this? Wait...did you actually-" Mabel finished for her, "Fell down that hole and met a whole bunch of awesomtastic monsters? Totes."

"But...I'm not the right person to be talking to right now." Mabel then said to her which confused Frisk. Back in the gift shop, Flowey was reading one of the brochures while Wendy laid out by the cash register as she had her legs propped up on the counter with a pair of headphones in her ears, listening to music while reading a magazine. Surprisingly she was so engrossed in the magazine she did not even notice the sentient golden flower by the cash register, then again she does not really care much when it comes to her job. "Hey, Flowey!" Mabel called to him as she rushed over to the flower, "Took you long enough. And by the way Mabel, there's just no way that the humans could be this stupid in believing the crud your Great Uncle shows off." Flowey stated before he thought back to his statement, "Actually, having met you two I'll believe it." He retracted his comment until Mabel picked him up, "Uh, where're we going?" He asked with Mabel's grin widening, "There's someone who wants to see you." She responded which only confused Flowey further but also made him anxious. She went out from the back door then set him down next to the porch where Flowey noticed Frisk waiting for him next to the couch on the porch, "Mabel...? Who's that? What's going on?" Flowey questioned with Mabel giggling, "Oh you'll find out. I'll leave you crazy cats alone." She winked before returning inside leaving Frisk with Flowey who was oblivious as to who Frisk really was. It was not until Frisk gently picked up Flowey's pot as she brought him up to her face, "Um, okay I don't know what's going on or who you are bu-" Flowey then suddenly froze in mid-sentence when he saw the features on the woman's face. Instantly a cord of familiarity struck Flowey which resulted in him being completely overwhelmed with a tidal wave of emotions. Frisk saw it and she smiled in response, "Hi, Azzy." She greeted with Flowey breathing a little hard at that, "...F...Frisk..? You...y-you're...you're alive...?" He stuttered in immense shock as he was unable to form the proper words to this development, "As alive as I've ever been." Frisk responded as she sat down on the front of the porch. "But...I thought you were..." Flowey again tried to say with Frisk shaking her head, "No. I just...I ran. I know I shouldn't have but I did. I'm sorry for making you think that I was dead." Frisk told him shamefully. "Sorry...? Why're you sorry...? Why're you sorry for what I've done?! I'm the one that should be sorry because...because I..." He stopped himself hesitating greatly, "Because you what?" Frisk urged him to continue, "Because I killed Chara..." Flowey answered in a broken tone of voice with Frisk frowning at that, "Asriel..." She addressed but Flowey continued nonetheless, "It's true! You know it is! I'm the one that got Chara killed in the first place! Because she-" Frisk cut him off, "Because Chara wanted to do it." Flowey of course stopped once again before he could rant as he was now in shock, "...w-what?" Frisk sighed, "Asriel...I know about what happened. I know what really happened. I'm not stupid...Chara's my sister...my twin sister and I know her down to the last molecule. I know that she's the one that wanted to do this and asked you to do it. And I know that you didn't want to do it." She revealed and Flowey looked like he was going to explode from the amount of emotions he was feeling.

"B-but...but this whole time I...I thought that you...you and Chara hated me." Flowey said with his voice cracking a little as he tried his best to hold back his tears. "Hate you? Why would we hate you?" Frisk asked him curiously as she set him down on her lap. "Because...because when Chara's soul and my own combined...the control over our body was actually split between us. She was the one that picked up her own empty body. And then, when we got to the village...they were the one that wanted to...to use our full power. And I was the one that resisted...and then...because of me we-" Flowey began to explain until Frisk placed her finger on his mouth tenderly, "Shh. Azzy...it's okay. It's all right." Frisk assured him in a soothing voice, "I got us all into this mess...and because of it...I thought you hated me and I've...never hated myself so much for what I did." Flowey said through grit teeth as eyes began to water. "Azzy...Chara and I don't hate you...we can't hate you because of what we did...not what you did. I was the one that ran away...Chara was that one that wanted to...you know. And we...the both of us pulled you into our mess...and believe me it's something that's been chewing at my head for so many years and I spent so many of them wishing I could take it back. And Chara...Chara more than likely did so too..." Frisk said sadly as Flowey let out a shaky sigh, "F-Frisk...I...I actually...I tried to destroy the world...because I wanted...I wanted to get you back...I wanted you and Chara to come back...I wanted the life I had to come back...and that didn't work because...it wasn't Mabel or Dipper that stopped me...it was Chara." He revealed much to Frisk's surprise, "And...I don't know why she tried to stop me...but I'd wager that...she did it because she probably saw the error of her ways and that-.." Flowey continued when Frisk said, "And that it proves that she doesn't hate you for what happened." She finished for him and Flowey nodded once but weakly. "Frisk...I'm...I'm so scared. I don't want to be alone. I want you to come back." He said to her. "Asriel...believe me...really believe me if there was any other way for us to get back together I'd take it but...the past is behind us now. I've moved on...especially knowing the truth about all that's happened now. You should, too." Frisk said to him with a smile. "But how can I?" Flowey asked her. "You've got Mabel and Dipper." Frisk responded. "But I..." Flowey tried to say, "Azzy it's gonna be okay. I promise. Mabel's a lot like me...and Dipper's probably like Chara too in some way. So, in a crazy sense, you could see this as a second chance for you. A new chapter in your new life. You took care of Chara and I back then...now it's time for someone to take care of you. And trust me...I've known Mabel for only a few minutes and already I know for sure that she's definitely the right person to show you how friendship and family works." Frisk assured him as Flowey stared at her with sad eyes and quivering lips, "Will I...will I ever see you again?" He asks her weakly. "I'm not sure...but you might if I decide to come back here. I promise you'll see me again sometime. But for now...enjoy the future for me." Frisk told him.

Flowey swallowed a lump in his throat as he felt like he was choking from the intense crying he was holding back, "I-I'll try..." He promised when Frisk leaned in and planted a long but soft and tender kiss on Flowey, "I love you, Asriel." She affectionately said to him with teary eyes as Flowey's lower lips trembled before shutting his eyes tight while tears streamed down from them. "I...l-love you...too, Frisk.." He weakly replied back as the two shared a tender moment for a while before eventually Frisk returned Flowey back to Mabel. She pulled Mabel to the side before she was about to leave, "Mabel...please take good care of him, okay? I know it's gonna take a while...but the Asriel I know is still in there. And if there's one person that'll bring him out it's you." Frisk said to her while kneeling down to her level, "I'll do my best. I promise." Mabel swore with the two then sharing a brief hug with a wide smile which Frisk returned until she had to leave the gift shop. Frisk boarded the bus before she looked out the window to see Flowey interacting with Mabel and Dipper in the distance through the gift shop window. She smiled before looking down at the heart locket that Mabel returned to her. She slowly clutched the locket tightly in her hand before leaning back against her seat and looked up with a shaky sigh, "He made it, Chara..." She said to her deceased sister as the bus took off to parts unknown. Back in the shack, Mabel and Dipper opened the door to their room, "Ta-da! Say hello to our humble abode!" Mabel introduced Flowey to their room. It features a triangular window that faces the same direction as the main entrance, multiple old arcade games, the bell rope that comes through the floor from the floor room, an alcove that has a fortune telling machine, as well as a coffin used as a TV table, and a small area with a second window (stained glass). Finally there are two closets, one next to the exit. Flowey examined the room and yet was not all that impressed, "What a surprise...it's about as much of a dump as the rest of this place is." Flowey said in grouchy manner. "Aw don't be such a frowny flower! Give it sometime and you'll see that this is room is like where the totally awesome and radastical people hang out!" Mabel proclaimed when a piece of wood fell down from the roof of the room. "And you my adorable little rose are one of those awesome and radastical people." Mabel said to Flowey with a wide braces-filled grin. "Pfft. I bet that's what you to say to all the people you invite up to your room." Flowey shot at her rolling his eyes, "Yeah maybe, but none of them are flowers." She countered playfully with a wink. "You know if had to be honest...it's kinda weird having a talking flower live with us. I'm not complaining it's just something I never thought would happen." Dipper stated as he walked over to his bed while Mabel held Flowey's pot as she walked over to the nightstand between their beds with the triangular window above it.

"Oh pfft to that! How can you say it's weird when we're living in the weirdest place in all of America?" Mabel challenged him with a smirk. "Point taken. So, at this point having a talking flower live with us is normal." Dipper corrected himself with Flowey scoffing at that, "Don't forget that it's a talking flower that can kill you both at any moment." He threatened with Mabel making a raspberry at him, "If you were really that kind of flower you would've done it by now." She said to him with a sly look making Flowey flustered, "Shut up! That doesn't mean I like you or anything, okay?!" He exclaimed with a steaming face. "Haha! You'll get there eventually." She assured him before setting him down on the nightstand between their beds, "There we go. Perfect!" Mabel said as she inspected the image of Flowey being between the twins, "This is dumb." Flowey grumbled. "Hey, it's life, man." Dipper shrugged as he sat down on his bed stretching a little. "And life could only get so bright...but that's only when I'm around!" Mabel proclaimed before she fired some confetti from the confetti poppers, "WELCOME TO YOUR NEW HOME, FLOWEY!" She celebrated happily as the confetti covered Flowey who's expression remained cold and grumpy. "Sooooo, what do you thiiiiiiink?" Mabel asked him with rising anticipation as she pursed her lips eagerly. "Well, it's not dark...it's not damp, for the most part at least and it's definitely not wet either..." Flowey said his thoughts on the shack as he glanced around, "But it's definitely stupid looking." He concluded, "I'll take that as a 'I like it'!" Mabel remarked happily before embracing Flowey who grunted and cringed at the physical contact, "Mabel! What did I say about the hugging?!" He angrily reminded her, "You can't stop the huggle train!" Mabel declared with a goofy laugh, "I can sure as heck derail it." Flowey muttered darkly to the side. Dipper chuckled until he realized something, "Hey, uh, Mabel? How do you think Grunkle Stan and the others are gonna react when they see a talking flower?" He asked her. "Ah they'll be fine. Soos' seen pretty weird stuff here and Grunkle Stan is like ancient so he definitely has too. Not sure about Wendy...but teenagers watch those weird stuff on TV so she won't react much if she sees a talking flower, right?" Mabel wondered with Dipper shrugging his shoulders, "I dunno. Teenagers are pretty weird themselves so yeah I guess so." He responded a little in uncertainty, "Then we're good!" Mabel reassured him happily. "The fat guy and the emotionally strained teenager I can get behind but not your uncle. He just gives me these weird vibes. And not in the good kind of way, either." Flowey said with narrowed eyes. "Ah don't worry about Grunkle Stan. He's harmless. For the most part at least." Dipper said to him but Flowey was not convinced for obvious reasons, "Gee, that makes things so much better." He retorted sardonically. "He is! He's just a cranky, gross, and weird old man. Those types of old people wouldn't hurt flies. Mostly cause they're so slow to catch them!" Mabel assured him. Flowey sighed as he took a moment to take in all of this, "So, this is happening. This is really happening." He muttered a little. "Hey, man. I know it's a lot to take in but trust me...it gets better as time goes on and we'll do all we can to make sure that you feel at home here." Dipper said to him with a smile. "I second that notion!" Mabel audibly said in agreement. "Hm...well...if there's one thing that I can trust you guys on...it's this. If you prove to me that things will get better here for me...then I trust you on it. Don't let me down or else you'll really regret it." Flowey informed them. "Don't you worry those pretty little petals of yours, Flowey. With us around there's no way that things will go bad." Mabel declared proudly.

As if on cue, Gompers the goat was nearing Flowey who noticed this and shrieked in fright. Gompers had nearly devoured him had Dipper and Mabel not caught him in time, "GOMPERS NO!" The twins yelled as they pulled him away with Flowey giving the goat a shrill but harsh glare, "Okay, uh, starting now!" Mabel reiterated with a sheepish grin as Gompers let out a bleat. A few hours later, Mabel showed Flowey around the rest of the shack during those passing hours while also explaining to him what goes on in which room and what room. It was now nighttime as Mabel was laid on the bed with her front, texting on her phone with Waddles sleeping next to her. She seemed to be texting someone known only as B-Fly with a star in-between the B and the word Fly. She looked to be telling her all the insane and bizarre things that had happened recently to her and her brother. Dipper in question was occupied with his own thoughts, more specifically, he was gathering all the unsolved mysteries he had discovered in the underground. Though the main ones were the mystery behind the warnings that the River Person had told him. The warnings of a man who speaks in hands and a man who came from the other world. Dipper wrote down 'man who speaks in hands' on a piece of paper before placing it on his chart with a thumb tack. He believed that the man who speaks in hands could have some sort of possible connection to the author given that the cover of the books had a golden hand print on them, but that was a bit of a stretch on his part. He also had a paper with the words 'man who came from the other world' pinned there, and believed that it may be connected to the time traveler Blendin Blandin, but that too was a theory rather than a confirmation as the other world could be a lot of things like another universe all together rather than a future timeline. Moreover, there were rough sketches of the gray monsters he had encountered in the Underground pinned at another side of his chart, which were somehow ghosts and yet they were not so perhaps something that was between the two. He was not certain, but those were something else entirely on their own. It was now approaching midnight, and the twins were already asleep but Flowey was still awake, though he was starting to find himself drift off into slumber as his eyes went droopy, slowly closing but opening immediately as he jerked his head up before lowering it back down as he succumbed to his sleep. Meanwhile, in Stan's office, the old man was by his desk now wearing nothing but an undershirt and boxers with his slippers. He was staring at the pair of glasses that Dipper found during their time in the Underground. He sighed as he leaned back against the chair, "You know this whole hiding in the shadows thing is starting to get old." He seemingly spoke to himself until he heard low but brief laughter in the dark corners of his office as the only source of light was his lamp on his desk. "I can't help it. It throws people off when it comes to how I normally am." A figure spoke while standing in the dark shadows. "Of course it does. You're creepy like that." Stan remarked and the figure chuckled at that, "I'll take that as a compliment." He retorted when Stan sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, "I just can't believe those kids fell down there. If I just would've stopped them at the right time then..." He said in regret. "Hey, they made it out didn't they? Those kids of yours are pretty tough from what I've seen. So, they weren't in any real danger." The figure told him prompting Stan to sit up and shoot him a shrill glare, "Don't give me that crud. You know as well as I do of the things that're down there! Especially that...that flower." He said with venom in his voice, revealing to be aware of Flowey and his malevolent nature.

"Speaking of which, I heard that your great niece took in the flower. Normally, I'd say it's the worst idea any person would make but given how she is...I'll trust her on it." The figure stated as he too is aware of Flowey. "And what makes you think that darn flower won't strike at any moment? For all we know he could be planning on burying us all six feet under then fertilizing us with our own bones!" Stan proclaimed strongly. "Sheesh, quite the imagination. But I wouldn't worry too much. Cause he's not gonna lay a leaf on those kids." The figure assured him with Stan narrowing his eyes at that, "And what makes you say that? You and I both know that you're one to hate making promises." He said to him with the figure chuckling at that, "Heh, heh, heh...got me there. But when it comes to those kids and with some motivation at the side..." He then stepped into the light of the lamp revealing himself to be none other than Sans the skeleton, "...i can be pretty good at keeping my promises." The short skeleton winked at Stan who just stared intensely at him, "It wouldn't kill you to just made sure they made it out without scratches or bruises." He coldly told him but Sans was not fazed by it, "like i said...those kids of yours are pretty tough. if they were really in any danger i would've done that from the get go but i didn't cause unlike some people i know...i'm a good judge of character. besides...weren't you the one that toughed them up when it came to these sort of things?" Sans questioned him prompting Stan to look to the side thoughtfully. "that's what i thought...now, i'd love to stay and catch up but i gotta scram." Sans said as he turned to leave, "Still would've tried to stop them if I could." Stan stated with Sans letting out a light chuckle, "if that were the case then i wouldn't be here talking to you right now. so...it wasn't a complete disaster." He retorted. "Where're you and the others staying, anyway?" Stan asked him with Sans opening one eye to look behind him. "oh. we're staying somewhere nearby..that's all i can say...and don't worry...your kids will see us that way. but before i do anything, i just gotta have a little chat with our new flower friend." Sans closed his eye sockets completely, "oh, and one more thing..." Sans addressed as Stan looked up, "what you're cooking in that little lab...do me a favor...leave the kids out of it." Sans told him in a threatening and dark manner as he reopened his eye sockets which were devoid of any orbs, before he disappeared completely, leaving behind Stan before he sunk into his seat, flinching at the thought of the children finding out about the truth. Back in Mabel and Dipper's bedroom, the twins were sound asleep with Flowey too now asleep. However, once he had immediately sensed someone was inside the bedroom other than him and the twins he woke up with a frightened gasp, but was surprised and stunned to see who was standing before him, "heya, bud." Sans greeted. "Sans..? W...what're you doing here?" Flowey wondered in surprise. "just came to see how things're going...you liking the new place so far?" Sans asked him with a raised brow, "Um, it's...it's not home but...I guess it's kind of nice." Flowey responded a little nervously. "that's good to hear...i'd hate to have someone ruin all this when it's just brand new to them, amirite?" Sans said with a closed eye socket making Flowey all the more nervous. "Why're you here, Sans?" He asked him once again.

"well, seeing how things are turning up...i might as well be giving you the pep talk." Sans answered. "Pep talk...?" Flowey repeated in wonder. "mhm...don't worry it's nothing completely serious...but it's something that i hope you keep in that little flower brain of yours." Sans remarked as Flowey's eyebrows raised. "now as i'm aware...cupcake was the one that got you into this. and you and i both know that it's bad idea but unlike you...i trust her judgement. so maybe at least act like you give a crap." Sans began to say before continuing, "and now i'm just gonna lay this on you.." He said as his eye sockets were closed before opening them but this revealing the hollow and black empty sockets giving Sans a chilling demeanor, "I know about the resets. I know about the things you did before those resets. And I especially know that little deal you made with a certain one eyed triangle." He said to him in a cold voice, "B-but Sans I-" Flowey tried to say only for Sans to silence him, "I wasn't finished. Now listen here...that deal you made cost the Underground the lives of a lot of good monsters. But the worst part is that it cost the soul of Dipper over there. Making a deal like that just to hurt these kids...has a real tendency to tick me off." Sans continued with Flowey cowering a little in fear as the skeleton started to loom over him. He then leaned close to Flowey with his voice deepening and grin widening resembling a demented and insane grin as well which sent chills up Flowey's stem, "If anything ever happened to these kids and I find out that you had something to do with it...a bad time won't even begin to describe the Hell that I'm going to put you through." Sans threatened him in a cold, and dark chilling voice his left eye giving off a bright yellow/blue glow which made Flowey shiver as he cowered further into his pot. Sans may be a prankster but when he is in such moods, he becomes rather terrifying. "Do I make myself clear?" Sans said to him and Flowey nodded a little fearfully, "C-Crystal.." He replied with a shaky voice before Sans returned to his usual demeanor, "good. oh and by the way...make sure to pass the message to your little one eyed nacho friend...be seeing ya." Sans turned his back to Flowey before walking forward, "W-Wait...Sans...I need to ask you something." Flowey stopped him before he could take another step, "hm?" Sans waited for his question, "How...how're you gonna communicate with Dipper and Mabel...just wondering..." Flowey asked him a bit anxiously. "oh...uh, alphys is setting up a new WiFi network so we could talk with the kids on social media. best way to keep in touch i always say. anyway, gotta head out...papyrus is waiting for his bedtime story." Sans responded before he walked in the dark areas of the children's bedroom then disappearing from plain sight. Flowey let out a deep sigh of relief before opening his eyes to gaze at where Sans disappeared before glancing at both Dipper and Mabel from each side for a few moments. "Well, I'm completely and utterly doomed. But...maybe...I can still try. I can still be...Asriel. No...Asriel's gone...and there's only Flowey now. But since this is a new ending in a new chapter...maybe a new Flowey could be put in the mix. It's gonna be hard that's for darn sure but...Mabel's done everything she could to get me here. So, I should give her a chance like she gave me." Flowey said to himself until he paused, "And now I'm talking to myself. Wow, I'm more insane than usual." Flowey groaned before tossed his head back with an exhale.

The next morning, the sun was already shining through the triangular window of the twins' bedroom. Gompers bleated out as he stood on top of Stan's car outside with a woodpecker pecking the bark of a nearby tree. Flowey was currently asleep inside the soil of his flower pot until Mabel woke up before stretching out with a yawn. She looked over to Dipper who was turning as he groaned, "Morning, bro bro!" Mabel greeted with a wave, "Ngh...morning, Mabel." Dipper returned it weakly and tiredly when she looked at Flowey's pot on the nightstand between the twins' beds before she tapped on it gently, "Flooooweyy. Heeeyy...rise and shine sleepy bud!" Mabel greeted the flower with him visibly groaning inside his pot before he popped his head out from the soil obviously tired, "Aww you look so adorable!" Mabel squealed with glittery eyes. "Mabel...if this is what I'm gonna waking up to every day then I might as well just sleep for the rest of my life." Flowey remarked sardonically, "Aw but mornings with me are the best kind!" Mabel proclaimed with a joviant grin but Flowey only blinked once and stared, "Ha. Yeah, let's go with that then." Flowey retorted before jutting back into the pot, "Awh come on, Flowey. Don't be a morning pooper." Mabel pouted as she tapped his flower pot, "A morning pooper is what I am, Mabel. Wait...that came out wrong...so did that." Flowey paused as he realized what he had said while his voice was muffled a little as he was within the soil. Mabel snorted a laugh, "Flowey! You rapscallion!" She gave his pot a light push, "Flattery won't get me out of my sleep, either." Flowey responded before Mabel hopped out of the bed, "Well, too bad! Cause you're coming with me, anyway!" She declared as she carried him then walked to the bathroom. Dipper was already removing himself out of the bed, "Yep. I can tell this summer's gonna be a lot more interesting." He tiredly remarked as he rubbed his eye with a yawn. Dipper and Mabel were brushing their teeth with their electric tooth brushes after which Mabel then watered Flowey with a watering can, the flower in question having a grumpy and not-so happy expression as well. The twins were now in the dining room waiting for the breakfast with Flowey being set on the table near Mabel. They saw Grunkle Stan walking past them with a tired look, "Morning, Grunkle Stan." The twins greeted their great uncle at the same time, "Huh? Oh yeah, morning." He replied tiredly as he opened one of the kitchen cabinets, "What's for breakfast?" Dipper asked him as Flowey was looking out the window not really paying that much attention. "Well, we've got some beans and...yeah, just beans. Remind me to go grocery shopping. Or just put a big sign on my face so that way I don't forget." Grunkle Stan remarked as he placed the cans of beans in front of his great niece and nephew, "Oh goodie! Fava beans!" Mabel joyfully said as she prepared to open them, "Fava beans? Seriously? You call this breakfast?" Flowey said with a sneer. "It's not really our every day breakfast." Dipper corrected him as he handed the can opener to Mabel when he opened his own can of beans. "From the way this place looks I wouldn't be surprised if you were secretly hobos." Flowey remarked with amusement. Grunkle Stan peered from behind the exit of the dining room, "Hey, Mabel? You gonna take that flower everywhere with you?" Stan asked her with furrowed eyebrows, "Yep! Cause Flowey's my one and only favorite flower in the whole world!" Mabel declared with joy as she hugged Flowey once again, "Mabel...hugs." The flower growled.

Stan simply blinked and shrugged, "Eh, can't argue with that. But if this is some kind of phase that hippies go through then you and I are gonna have a problem. Soos! Where's that hippie correction tape I have?!" Stan called out to Soos as he walked away. Flowey slithered out of Mabel's grasp, "So is this how your mornings usually are?" Flowey asked them, "Sometimes. But it doesn't get boring cause there's usually something new that happens." Dipper replied as he took a bite out of his beans from his spoon, "Yep! And that only happens when someone's part of the family!" Mabel proclaimed with Flowey pausing at that, "Part of the...family?" He repeated in shock, "Duh! Anyone that lives with us is officially part of the Pines family! So, you know what that meeeeeans..." Mabel chirped eagerly as she leaned into a stunned Flowey. "Heh, welcome to the family, Flowey." Dipper welcomed him with Mabel cheerily throwing her arms up in celebration as Flowey said nothing. He could not say anything to such kindness. He had been rude and mean, and even threatening and yet they were treating him so nicely. But what's more is that this relationship was more than just friendship, it blossomed into something he thought he would never have again: family. Flowey could not help but form a weak and quivering smile. He could not believe that despite everything, even he got a happy ending out of this. "Flowey? You okay?" Mabel asked him in worry snapping him out of his thoughts, "Oh, uh, yeah. I'm okay. I'm good." He replied quickly but Mabel and Dipper smiled as they knew the truth but decided not to pester him about it. "You're gonna love it here." Dipper said to him, giving his flower pot a pat. "And we'll make sure that you have the best time that any flower could only dream of having!" Mabel added with a bright and happy face. "Heh...I guess we'll see about that, won't we?" Flowey wondered with Mabel again hugging him with a squeal much to his chagrin.

Meanwhile, in an area that did not seem to be any Earthy location, a certain triangular dream demon was sitting on a large red chair while the area he was in looked to be a decaying and cracking dimension. "Gotta admit...didn't really expect Pine Tree and Shooting Star to put up that much of a fight. Though it's to be expected, nonetheless. I swear these Pines sure are stubborn. And Sans...oh, lazy bones trash bag Sans...you always did manage to put a thumb tack on my chair when I least see it. But...none of them will be so smug when they realize what's to come." Bill Cipher ominously said as he raised his hand up, then opened his palm with the whitish flames that were the monster souls appeared in his hand, "And it's all thanks to, buttercup." Bill expressed his 'gratitude' towards Flowey, whom was unaware of Bill's true motives before Bill fashioned the monster souls using his power into what seems to be a single soul. But unlike the monster soul which resembled a spade, this one was a regular heart-shaped soul, much like the one a human would possess but was white. "Hehehe...hahahaha! All according to plan." Bill then let out a shrill and insane cackle for a long time before he paused with a brightened look upon hearing a doorbell ring, "Oh! The pizza's here!" Bill excitedly said before porting to the door and opening it, "Oh ho ho, hello there handsome~" Bill greeted the pizza man who was actually Bill as well but wearing a pizza delivery hat, "Well, hello yourself~ I've got a pizza for you!" The pizza delivery Bill offered the pie to regular Bill, "Thanks a ton! But if there's a time vortex in there I will destroy you!" Bill threatened in his normal tone of voice. "You probably won't since we're the same entity!" Pizza Bill retorted. "Oh yeah! You're right about that! Hahahaha!" Bill laughed before he stopped as he saw that he was just talking to himself the whole time, "Wow...I am incredibly lonely!" Bill proclaimed raising his arms up.

And that's the end of that. Before I get into the whole usual deal I just want to say this: I want to thank each and every one of you for joining me on this incredible journey. Reading your reviews and your praises of this story is what helped me keep going and it helped me try to make it as enjoyable as it can be for you all. In the end none of this would've been possible without you guys. So, thank you so much for all the praise and support you've given me. It really means a lot. And I wanna give credit to the artists and YouTubers that helped inspire a lot of the scenes I wrote down in the story. I'd list them all but there's just too many to write. Now then, you're all probably wondering...is there going to be a sequel? I'm happy to announce that yes, there is going to be a sequel to this. However, it's not exactly the sequel you'll be expecting. And by that it's going to be more of an indirect sequel then a direct sequel. Will it feature the Undertale cast? For the most part yes. Well they be around? Count on it. Just think of this as a beginning of a huge universe that I'm setting up, and one which I hope you all are going to enjoy. And for the next question: When's the sequel coming out? Sooner than you think. So, all those burning questions you have about what you all saw in this chapter? Don't worry, they'll be answered in the coming stories. But for now...thanks a ton for staying with me throughout this. Be sure to favorite the story if you liked it and leave behind a review showing what you thought about the story as a whole or a particular chapter you enjoyed the most, whichever. I don't own Gravity Falls or Undertale. Have a nice day, guys. Be seeing you real soon.