A/N: Eh, maybe two chapters in one day is weird, but I already had it written, so why bother holding it back?

In case anybody was wondering, this will be the last chapter of "Beyond Forgiveness."

The sound of Frisk's ringtone blaring through the peace of Toriel's home startled both children at first. Once Frisk realized what it was, she reached for her phone and pulled it out.

"It's Papyrus... but why's he calling?" Puzzled, Frisk put the phone to her ear, realizing as she did that it was a stupid question. According to Asriel I've been missing for an hour, of course they're going to be looking for me. "Hello?"

"HELLO, FRISK! WHERE ARE YOU? EVERYONE IS SO WORRIED! THE LAST THING WE REMEMBER IS VINES COMING FROM NOWHERE AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF LIGHT! AND WHEN WE WOKE UP THE BARRIER WAS DESTROYED AND YOU WEREN'T ANYWHERE AND EVERYONE WAS SO WORRIED AND LOOKING FOR YOU UNTIL SANS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF CALLING YOU AND NOW I'M ON THE PHONE WITH YOU!"

Asriel, who could hear everything the overenthusiastic skeleton was saying with his hyper-attentive ears, nudged Frisk. "Tell him to put Sans on the phone. He can just teleport here and get us, right?"

"Hey, Papyrus." Frisk scratched the back of her head. "We're in the Ruins; it's that area right before Snowdin. Sans and Mom know where it is."

"OH, OKAY!" Frisk could hear Papyrus's voice distantly shouting, "SHE'S IN THIS RUINED PLACE! SANS, SHE SAYS YOU AND ASGORE'S CLONE KNOW WHERE IT IS!"

Frisk heard fumbling and skeletal fingers clicking against Papyrus's phone, and then she heard Sans say, "so you're in the ruins, huh, kiddo? we'll come and get you. i know a shortcut."

"Wait! Before you hang up, can you put Mom on the phone?" Frisk asked.

"uh, okay, sure." She heard Sans say, "hey, toriel, the kid wants to talk to you."

"My child! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Mom. Just... when you get here, don't be too shocked by what you see, okay?"

"Frisk, what are you talking about?"

"Eh, it's easier if you see for yourself."

Toriel sighed. "Very well. See you in a moment, my child!"

Click...

"I wonder how she's going to take the news that I'm alive again." Asriel sat on the floor and propped up his chin on his hand.

"Probably happily." Frisk sat down next to him. "So what were you saying before my phone rang?"

"Right." Asriel sat upright and turned his head towards Frisk. "So, I'm guessing you're going to be staying with my mom when we get to the surface, right?"

"Of course I will!" Frisk responded.

"Well, what I was wondering was if... I could consider you as my sister?"

Frisk laughed. "Sure, why not?" she replied. "If you want to know the truth, what with having reset over nine hundred times, you already feel like a brother to me." She put her hand under his long ear and flipped it upwards.

"Hey! No!" Asriel reached up and flattened his ear against the side of his head, trying to hide his smile. "Seriously, Frisk?"

"Sorry, I can't help it. I've got SHGPD."

"What?"

"Spontaneous Hyperactive Goat Petting Disorder." Frisk explained.

"Come on, Frisk, be serious!" Asriel laughed.

"It is serious. In fact, I can feel another bout of random goat petting coming on right now."

Fortunately for said goat, Frisk's fictious disorder was interrupted by the sound of pounding feet, and then Toriel raced up the stairs. "Frisk, are you-" she started, and then stopped.

Staring at Asriel.

"Hi, Mom." Asriel grinned sheepishly and waved.

Toriel blinked in shock. "Asriel? Is that... really you?"

"Yeah. I'm back." he confirmed.

Frisk cleared her throat.

"With some help from Frisk-" Asriel started, and then he stopped as Toriel embraced both children with tears of happiness pouring down her face.

"Isn't it so beautiful?" Toriel asked, staring transfixed at the ball of light in the sky.

"Sky's pretty, too." Asriel observed, pointing at the drifting clouds. "What're those fluffy things?"

"Those are clouds." Frisk replied, putting an arm around his shoulders. Asriel returned the gesture.

"WHAT'S THAT BIG BALL OF LIGHT UP THERE?" Papyrus wondered.

"that, my friend, is the sun." Sans dug a hand into his pocket and pulled out a bottle of ketchup. "best watched while drinking a nice big bottle of tomato product." He took a swig from the bottle before placing it back in his pocket. "eh, i should probably save this in case they don't have any ketchup around."

"You don't need to worry about that." Frisk told him. "Just walk into practically any place with food in it and they'll have ketchup."

Sans dabbed at his eyesockets. "i'm in heaven."

"IS THERE SPAGHETTI?" asked Papyrus excitedly.

"Lots." Frisk confirmed.

"YAY!" Papyrus jumped up and down excitedly. "I'M GOING TO GO GET SOME RIGHT NOW!" He raced off, presumably to attempt to procure some of this fabled human pasta.

"welp, somebody's gotta stop him from getting into any trouble." Sans followed his brother at a more sedate pace.

One by one, the other monsters left for some reason or another until only Frisk, Asriel, Toriel, and Asgore were left watching the sunset.

"What will you do now, Frisk?" Toriel asked.

Frisk turned her head to look at Asriel, who was as transfixed by the beauty of the world above as his mother had been. "I'm going to stay with Asriel... and I'll assume he'll want to stay with his parents." She tugged at Asriel's shirt. "Right?"

Asriel managed to tear his gaze away from the sunset. "Hmm? Oh, yeah." he said, then returned his attention to the sky.

"Well, then." Asgore said at last. "Let us go and begin this new age of coexistence with humans. Everybody is waiting for us."

And the four of them walked after the other monsters.

It was uncertain what the future would be. But they could hope it would be good.

A/N: Well, that's the end. I hope you all enjoyed this-

Wait. Back up.

Did I say that this was the end?

It's not.

Oh, no, I don't mean that there's more chapters to come in "Beyond Forgiveness." But there will be a sequel! It is titled "In At the Death" and, at the time that I'm editing my author's note, the first chapter just came out. It can be found here (after a fanfiction .net is added in front of it): s/12221915/1/In-At-the-Death. Or, you can just go to my profile page, click "hide bio," and it should be the first one there.

Now that you know that, I'd just like to thank you all for reading this, and I hope you had as much fun reading this as I had writing it.