Chapter 6
Frisk was running down the halls as she met up, to her surprise with Mk, Napstablook and Asriel, all whispering.
"What are you doing here?!" She asked in total surprise. The two looked surprised as well.
"We're rescuing the Hatter." Frisk looked at them and frowned.
"I’m rescuing the Hatter. But you can help. He told me that the Vorpal Sword is hidden in the castle. That means someone must have seen it... a
footfrog, a chamber mouse, a spiderstool, a spider someone! Ask them all! Go!" Mk and Napstablook immediately went on it. Asriel looked at her and crossed his arms.
"I don’t take orders from big clumsy, galumphing..." Frisk crossed her arms as well, towering over the goat monster. He looked off to the side and spoke.
"I know where the Sword is..." Frisk's eyes widened.
"Why did you say so?! Where is it?!"
"You’ll hit me again..." Frisk face-palmed.
"I won't hit you." The two walked and walked. They stand in front of the stables. Frisk was confused.
"The Sword’s hidden inside." Asriel says. Frisk opens the door. They both react to the stench. They both scrunch up their nose in disgust and norrow their eyes.
"I know that smell..." She said as she looks inside the stable. The Bandersnatch lays in his stall with his huge ugly head on its paws. He moans. The socket with the missing eye oozes blood. Frisk gasps and closes the door. Asriel ducks to avoid another hit.
"I’m not going in there! Look what that thing did to my arm!!!" Frisk says as she shows her wound. It was swollen, red and it looked 100% infected. Asriel's color seemed to fade.
"O-oh my god!! Why didn't you say anything?!"
"...It wasn’t this bad before..." Frisk says. But it wasn't true. She was just used to not talking about her problems with others. It was the golden rule in her house. She wasn't allowed to cry, to whine or to talk about her problems. Bottle them up and break down behind closed doors. You wouldn't want to be some sort of bother to anyone. You wouldn't want to dissapoint your mother or worse...You wouldn't want to make a fool of her and your family name...Asriel twitches, breathing fast, flapping his paws and faints. Frisk looks back at the door, considering...She has a plan.
She runs around the halls and finds Sans with binds a bit further from the room. She approcahes him.
"Sans!! Do you still have the Bandersnatch's eye?" He shruggs and takes it out of his pocket.
"right 'ere." He says. Frisk out-stretches her hand.
"Good!! I need it!" He norrows his eyes and takes his eye away from her.
"sorry, sweetheart. you'll have to get your own." He says as he tosses the eye up. Frisk with no hesitation catches the eye and runs off.
"HEY!! GET BACK HERE!!" Frisk just laughs as he runs after her. He stops in front of the room where The Hatter tries hats on the Queen with aloof disdain. She looks in her mirrors. Hatter looks up to see Ches shakes his head at the Hatter as if to say 'Frisk is a hopeless case'. She ends up outside atthe door to the stables again. Frisk approaches the Bandersnatch. He growls.
"Hey pal! I have your eye.." She holds it up. Seeing his lost eye, the Bandersnatch whines. Frisk slowly lifts the bar to open the stall door and eases inside. She holds the eye up. He growls. She puts it on the ground near him. He sniffs it, whines, and pulls it closer with his paws. Frisk smiles, but as he is distracted she gets a closer look to the back of the stable. She sees a chest covered by a tarp. She removes the tarp to reveal an ornate metal chest secured with a large lock. Disheartened she slumps to the ground. From that point of view she finally sees that the beast has a key around his neck. Frisk reaches her hand and the Bandersnatch closes his eyes and let's her approach.
"Thank you." She says and the beast purrs. She takes the key and opens the chest. Alice fits the key into the lock on the chest and opens it.
She lifts the Vorpal Sword. It’s made of shining silver with an ornate handle. She holds it up to the light. There are runes engraved on the blade. She carries it out of the stall, glancing back at the Bandersnatch before going out. Finally she could go back to her room and rest. The next day was uneventful until the noon.
The woman with the big nose and the man with the big belly walk silently to the Queen’s dressing room. They fidget as if they’re very uncomfortable. Once inside, they smile, gasp and flatter. Fake...
"You are stunning in that hat!" The man says. Papyrus norrows his eyes at the man and Sans was sitting on the bed with his eye-sockets closed. Gaster was also chained up in that room now, his stuff has been moved there. He was working on some mix. The Hatter takes it off and dumps a large brimmed hat on her that covers half her face.
"Your Majesty has never looked better." The woman says. Sans opens one of his sockets and it goes black in surprise as the woman's abnormaly large nose falls off. Oh. My. GOD!! Her NOSE falls off and lands on the Queen’s shoulder. The Hatter picks it up curiously. Ches snorted.
"it smells like you've dropped somethin', lady." Sans says with a grin. Gaster looks at the Queen with a nose on her shoulder and snorts as well.
"BROTHER!! THAT'S SUCH A DISTASTEFUL PUN!!" The woman feels for her nose which is still there but normal sized. She gasps, grabs the fake and turns away quickly. The Hatter’s eyes narrow suspiciously. He can see straps above BIG BELLY MAN’S pants which hold his protruding belly in place. The woman turns back with her long nose reattached. Hatter laughs out loud, not a mad laugh but with genuine amusement. Gaster and Sans join Papyrus. They look at them.
"Never mind them. They are lunatics." Lady Long-Ears rushes in and whispers into the Queen’s ear. Chara freezes in shock. Sans raises a bone-brow as Papyrus turns towards her and Gaster eyes the Queen curiously. Her face starts going red with anger as she starts screaming.
"STAYNEEEEEE!!!" Sans smiles more as he realizes that the woman was mad over what the 'important, high and mighty' Knave of Hearts did. Next thing they all knew: The Knave is on his knees before the Queen, talking fast.
"Um forced herself on me. I told her my heart belongs to you. But she’s obsessed with me." Everyone's sockets went black at the remark.
"OFF WITH HER HEAD!!" That's exactly what they all feared. Everyone apart from the skeletons left the room. Mk and Napstablook then stormed in.
"PAPYRUS!! WE CAME TO SAVE YOU!! Napstablook can you lock pick??" Mk asks happily. The ghost looks at him and frowns a bit.
"umm...i am a ghost.....sorry...."
"Stand back, Mk." Frisk says as she's victoriously holding the Vorpal Sword high over her head. They all looked at her in disbelief.
"How’s this for “muchness”?" She brings the sword toward the chain.
"Stop! It mustn’t be used for anything but--" Gaster tried to warn her, but she didn't get to bring her sword upon the chain when Stayne strides in with his Knights. He points to Frisk.
"Arrest that girl for unlawful seduction!!" Sans growls as he gets up and stands between them and Frisk. So does Gaster.
"PAPYRUS!!" Mk yells. Papyrus stands in front of Mk and Mouse. Mk however tosses Hatter with his head the decorative sword from the hall. He
fights with Stayne. Hatter is formidable even chained. So is Sans. Frisk also swings the sword. Sans looks at her and frowns.
"TAKE THAT TO THE WHITE QUEEN!!" He says. Frisk frowns.
"I’m not leaving without you!"
"FRISK RUN!!!" Papyrus yells and the others in the room stop dead. DAMN IT HATTER!!
"Frisk..? OH HO HO!! THIS IS GOLD!!!" Without any fruther complications they chain them all up. Stayne makes her drink a few drops of a drink and she immediately shrinks. Her under-garmets are a perfect fit for her in that size. Frisk frowns at the man who was now tracing her chin. Sans was struggling to get out of his binds as he saw Stayne touch her in that disturbing manner.
"Frisk... Of course! Why didn’t I see it? Well, it has been a long time. And you were such a little tyke then. Give me the Sword." He says to one of the Knights. They give him the sword. Frisk struggles as well.
"The Queen will be so pleased. She’ll take great pleasure in taking off your head. I believe she wants to do the deed herself. But first..?" Stayne says as he looks her up and down.
"Might as well have my own fun..." Frisk's eyes widen in terror as he starts coming closer. The Knights start pulling the three skeletons out of the room. Frisk backs away.
"Don't you dare touch me...GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" She yells. Sans couldn't do anything as he was pulled into the hallway alongside his brother and father.
"FRISK!! DAMN THAT BASTARD!!" He says as he bares his teeth. The next thing they knew they were in the dungeons...to make it worse? it was the cell connected with the Queen's dressing room. He could still hear her cries and screams. He put his hands over his ears as he shut his eye-sockets. Papyrus had a lost gaze as he was looking at the wall and Gaster had a disgusted look on his face. What that fucker was doing was called nothing else but rape....At one point they could hear her screaming even louder as that disgusting man groan in pleasure and Frisk's cries stopped. That had Sans worried sick. The sounds stopped completely. Sans was now pacing the cell. Damn it...Damn it!.. DAMN IT!! He punched the wall and Papyrus got up.
"BROTHER!! Stop It...Please.." Papyrus said. Gaster sighed as he took his glasses off. Sans slumped down and the doors to the dungeon could be heard opening. Multiple steps of footstepes, one sounding as bare feet. And there was Frisk being dragged to the cell and thrown in. She fell on her knees and Sans immediately rushed to her side.
"frisk..? come on sweetheart..talk to us..." Frisk didn't say anything as she let herself slide down one of the walls and put her head on her knees. The dress she was wearing, wasn't the under-garment she was wearing before. The bruises on her arms and legs were very visible and she looked roughened up. She looked senile. Sans could feel his guts twist and turn at the sight (if he would have had any..). Sans sat down next to her with his ears down and his tail around her. She finally looked at him and her red eyes said everything.
"...he....he..." Sans said looking at her. Gaster got up and looked at her as well. She was high as a kite....
"Father..That Man...Is No Knight....And A Bigger Monster Than All Of Us Combined..." Gaster nodded. Frisk was now silently crying.
"frisk we are right here..." Sans said trying to bring her back from the state she was in. It was pointless.
"Where Do You Think She Sees Herself Now...?" Papyrus asked with a strained voice. He was just as afraid of the answear as the other two.
"Hung pictures of patron saints up on my wall
To remind me that I am a fool.." She said with a strained voice, trying to sing. Sans, Papyrus and Gaster all looked at each-other dumbfound.
"Tell me where I came from, what I will always be
Just a spoiled little kid who went to catholic school..." Ches, Hatter and their father were all confused.
"When I am dead I won't join their ranks
'Cause they are both holy and free
And I'm in Ohio, satanic and chained up
And until the end, that's how it'll be..." Sans sockets went blank. Gaster backed away and Papyrus did so as well.
"I said make me love myself so that I might love you
Don't make me a liar, 'cause I swear to god
When I said it I thought it was true
Saint Calvin told me not to worry about you
But he's got his own things to deal with!!" She says with a bit of spark in her voice. She was...mad...Mad? Of course...she saw herself back in the loony-bin. Sans gritted his teeth as he pressed his eyes with his hands.
"W-what Is Frisk Saying..?" Papyrus asked. Gaster frowned and looked away.
"She's in a place with people Madder than a Hatter...and even more lost than our hope..." Papyrus and Gaster sat down as well now. Frisk was still singing.
"There's really just one thing that we have in common
Neither of us will be missed!!!" She says as she pretends to put a pistol to her head. Sans grabs her hand and pulls her in a hug. He could feel his soul breaking.
"when we are getting out of this place i am killing that lizard fucker...and that witch of a mother..." Frisk laughed. It was a far away laugh.
"Burn the witch down!! Hahaha....send her naked in the middle of the town!! weeeee!! Mom loves making money! Daddy died for money! My body is worth money! Make money stay, if not, bye bye!!" Sans stopped dead in his tracks. He pulled out of the hug, holding Frisk who was now mumbling stuff she wouldn't usually say out loud in her calm and senile state. Gaster got closer.
"What else did she do, Frisk?" Gaster asked, trying to seem calm. Frisk seemed to think about it.
"Haha!! Mom goes drinking and gambling! I am not supposed to dissapoint or else i am going back to the white place... i don't like the white place. They hurt me. They hurt all of us!! I can't remember why. Peculiar!! Weee!! My dad was the best. I miss dad. I want my dad. Oh well. Mom always says he's better off dead and i should follow his exemple!! la lal lal lalalal!!" Papyrus pulls the human in a hug.
"LET IT ALL OUT, TINY HUMAN. Do you know why a raven is like a writting desk? I have been thinking about things starting with the letter 'h'. The first one i thought of because of you is...Hope..." Frisk finally seemed to give a normal response as she went limp for a bit then she grabbed his goat and started sniffling. Sans and Gaster sighed in relief.
"YOU ARE SAFE NOW...WE WON'T LET ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN WITH YOU...WE PROMISE..." Sans then pulled Frisk in another hug from his brother.
"'ere 'ere sweetheart...you're safe now.." Frisk snorted.
"did you just steal me from your brother..?" Ches smirked.
"maybe..." Frisk rubbed her eyes and then slapped herself. All three skeletons winced and they winced even more as she got up and her joints popped. She laughed a bit and started looking around.
"Ok ok...we can work out of this...they want to execute us right..? That mean they will remove our binds and...Ok..ok...GOT IT!! Do you guys trust me..?"
All three skeletons looked at each other at the fast mood change and nodded. She smiled.
"They want a show right...?" Sans raised a bone-brow.
"pretty much that's why the crazy bitch gathers all of her slaves to see us get our heads chopped off." Frisk looked through the bars of the cell, out in the garden.
"Let's give them a show, shall we?"
"we're all ears..."