Alice chapter 2: Mysterious Powers

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SANS POV:

Time flew by. We had to rebuild part of the house so Alice could have her own room. She spent an hour a day learning English with us, but we made sure she kept her first language by learning some of that too. Days of friendship turned into weeks and months of bonding in the snow outside and around various board games at the table. We spent a lot of time out exploring the forest, having snowball fights and making snow monsters. We introduced her to Toriel, who taught her to sing beautifully, and Papyrus always let her help with his puzzles.

As she grew up, Toriel remade her clothes to fit her. She always wore the same sweater, the same orange shirt, the same jeans and boots, and we got her a warm blue scarf too. Months turned into years, and she grew up into a beautiful little girl with big dreams and an even bigger imagination. She was lightning on her feet, always evading us both whenever we played tag. The only thing that worried us was that she sometimes became slightly distant, but she always assured us it was fine.

Alice’s 9th birthday was finally in a few weeks, and we knew the Royal Guard started taking trainees from that age, so we took her to meet Undyne. Papyrus was super excited, and it clearly rubbed off on Alice because the two were running in circles after each other all the way to the caves. Things changed when we entered the dark space though. The softly glowing water in the streams seemed to soothe her, and she went quiet as she gazed at her reflection in the water. I stood next to her in silence, looking her reflection in the eye. Her arm crept round me, and a familiar fuzzy feeling filled my heart as we hugged.

“Sans...” she mumbled. She was already just a bit taller than me. “Is Undyne nice?” “Of course she is!” Papyrus’ voice echoed through the caves. Alice let me go and reached up to him, and he got on his knees so she could reach around his neck. “I like it here.” She said. “It’s... Mooi.” “Wowie, is that Dutch??” “Yes. It means beautiful.” Alice smiled at Papyrus warmly as he stood up, and we got moving again. Soon the glowing lakes were behind us, and the rainy waterfalls flowing out from the high cave ceiling were a sign we were almost there.

After jumping in all the puddles together, we were finally standing just outside Undyne’s house. It looked like a big black fish, with sharp teeth for a front door. Alice squeaked in fear and hid behind me, so I bravely knocked on the door. The scary teeth vanished into the lips of the fish, and there was Undyne, dressed in her usual jeans and black tank top. Her bright red hair stood out against her blue scaly skin, and I could hear Papyrus behind me greeting her happily. I grinned lazily, with my hands in my pockets and Alice still hidden away behind my back.

“Hey Undyne. We have a visitor for ya.” I tried to be casual, but I was getting excited too. “A visitor, huh?” She bared her shark teeth and flashed a dangerous grin at Papyrus. “All I see is you two dorks, who’s...” She trailed off, her smug expression replaced with one of surprise. Next, it melted into a soft smile, and I could see Alice’s face in the corner of my eye, peeking over my shoulder. “Well hi there, who might you be?” she gushed, kneeling down and beaming at Alice. “I’m Alice...” she stuttered nervously. Undyne shot up to her full height again and speedily invited us inside. Alice calmed down when she spotted a chair at the large dining table and sat herself down.

Undyne put various drinks on the kitchen worktop and insisted we have one, but it turned out she only really had tea. Everyone sat at the table except Undyne, who got very energetic with the kettle and almost dropped the whole thing on the floor. Alice politely got mugs with a teabag and some sugar in each one, and sat back down next to me. The boiling water somehow made it into our mugs, and Alice became much more relaxed once she’d finished her drink.

“So... You’re Undyne?” “That’s me, head of the Royal Guard and personal trainer for Papyrus!” “Cool. You have a nice house Undyne.” “Thanks kiddo. Designed it myself! Heheheh!” They quickly got into girly topics neither me nor Papyrus could understand. They chatted about drawing on their eyes with pencils and putting paint on their nails, and Papyrus and I just sat back and let them make friends. I asked him how his training was going, and we got into our own punny conversation about weapons and odd socks.

Alice helped Papyrus cook spaghetti for lunch. As we sat down, Undyne suggested Alice could join Papyrus in training once she turned 9. She entertained us with epic stories of her battles, what crazy things had happened when she was around, and when she wasn’t, and Alice grinned when Undyne mentioned Papyrus’ puzzles. After lunch, she helped wash the dishes. “So Alice... Did you ever find out what happened to your parents?” Undyne asked.

There was an eerie silence. Alice didn’t reply. For a few moments she stood frozen in place, a look of numb shock on her face. “... I-I... I don’t know... I don’t like talking about it...” I picked up the subtle pain in her voice and sat up in my chair. Papyrus sat next to me was too busy sketching a new puzzle to notice anything. Undyne squatted and looked at Alice. “Hey kiddo... I’m sorry if I hit a nerve. Let’s never speak of this again, yeah?” Alice covered her face with her hands. “H-help...” Papyrus had noticed the change of atmosphere, and we both stood up, concerned.

“I’m sorry...”

An invisible force suddenly rammed hard into the right side of my face. It felt like an axe, cracking my skull and blurring my vision badly. The sheer force of the demonic thing sent me tumbling to the floor, and as suddenly as it assaulted me, it vanished. Everything was fading fast, but I could see Papyrus’ face above me. His eyes were glowing amber, and I felt his hand against my face, healing me with his magic. It felt warm and comforting, but I couldn’t ignore Alice. My right ear was ringing but on the left, I heard her shouting.

“Stay away from me! Please!! I don’t want to hurt anyone!!” a chair hit the floor and footsteps left the house. She’d run off by herself, upset. Papyrus’ magic faded and I could think much more clearly, although my right eye was still blurry and sore. Undyne was quick to follow Alice, but Papyrus stayed with me. I was shocked by what had happened, but I couldn’t bring myself to get mad at the poor girl. I sat up. “Brother, are you alright??” “I’m fine, Papyrus... What happened to Alice?” “Glow your eyes.” I blinked hard, and when I opened my eyes again I felt the familiar tingle of a flame in my left eye. My right eye on the other hand, didn’t do anything. 



ALICE POV:

I knew what I was. When I was just 6, the first signs of my power started showing, but I hid it well. Suppressing it for so long was a stupid idea though. I snuck into Papyrus’ room at night to use his computer, reading about invisible arms what left scratches. I read stories of small children with this power being abandoned by parents who were afraid of them. I came to understand what happened to me. I was upset, but I didn’t want to scare Papyrus and Sans, so I hid it, kept it secret, tried to forget about it. But, as I grew up, my power only got stronger. I finally couldn’t hide it any longer, and Sans was an unlucky random target.

I felt so guilty. How could I allow my power to attack him? How could I let it attack anyone? I ran away from them all as fast as I could, out into the waterfalls. I didn’t stop there, and after a few minutes I saw snow. As I came out into the sunlight, I couldn’t run any further. I collapsed limply onto the snow outside the cave, disgusted by the vile ribbon of death that now followed me. It was tinted very slightly red, and clawed viciously in the snow, leaving tiny red hues in the pristine white blanket. I curled into a ball and hid my face from the light.

As I burst into tears, the ribbon rose up towards the sky. I could see its glassy surface clearly in the sunlight, but no one else could. It was insidious, going undetected until it was much too late. I cried solidly for 5 minutes when a familiar voice yelled from the cave. “Alice!! What happened?? Are you ok??” Undyne dropped to her knees next to me. With sheer willpower I calmed myself, and the evil ribbon seemed to do the same. I tried to lower it to the ground, but it resisted me, so I let it hang in the air. “Alice are you ok?”

Undyne’s face was a mixture of shock and fear. I took a deep breath and told her everything. I didn’t even trust her all that much just yet but I felt like I needed to tell her everything anyway, just because she was there next to me. The power, my parents, the fear... She seemed to understand my pain. “Alice... When I was a kid I had incredible strength. I was a freak in school. I broke my friend’s arm once, just because I got overexcited about a puppy. Just like you, I couldn’t control it so I hurt people by accident. But I learned to control it. It was such a struggle but in the end I did it. And I think you can do it too.”

I felt myself relax. Undyne’s inspiring words convinced me to start training for the Royal Guard as soon as I could. The tears stopped falling, and my invisible arm started to get shorter. I uncurled myself and flung my arms around her, and finally my power vanished. I was calm. Moments later I heard more footsteps, and Papyrus appeared in the cave entrance with Sans by his side. He had Papyrus’ bright red scarf tied around his face to cover his eye, but despite what I’d done to him, he smiled brightly at me.

“Hey, kid... You ok?” He said, worried. “I’m fine... I’m sorry...” The guilt came back. I stood up and approached him with my arms open, and he took his hands out of his pockets and hugged me warmly. “Alice? My eye doesn’t glow anymore. But that’s ok, as long as my other eye still glows I’m fine.” “I’m so sorry...” “It’s ok. Let’s go home now and talk about this, ok?” “Ok...” The walk back home seemed much longer than I remembered. I walked between Undyne and Sans, who still had the scarf tied around his right eye. No one said a word, even Papyrus had nothing to say.

We sat down around the dining table. There was an awkward silence as Undyne made tea for everyone. When we’d all finished our drinks, Sans spoke up. “Alice, please. What was that thing?” I hesitated, then spilled the first beans. “I was born like this... With these... They first came out 3 years ago but I didn’t want to scare you guys so I hid them... I snuck into Papyrus’ room to read about them on the internet, and that’s how I worked out why you found me in that bush...”

More silence. “They... They’re called Vectors... They were getting stronger and stronger and today I finally couldn’t hold them in anymore so... They came out...” Papyrus’ jaw dropped, almost to the floor. “They?? You have more??” “I have 4...” I mumbled. Undyne looked determined. “Tomorrow I’ll come by here and we’ll start teaching you to control them. They’ll only get stronger, so you have to grow with them.” “You really should have told us about this 3 years ago, Alice... From now on, don’t keep secrets, ok?” Sans joined in kindly. He smiled gently, lifting my spirits. “Ok Sans... No more secrets...”




Alice has Vectors!! My favourite anime superpower! :D ALSO EXPLAINED SANS' ONE GLOWING EYE!! :XD: anyways, hope you guys like this!
Comments and faves appreciated. :)

Part 3 sees Alice start her training with Undyne a few weeks early, but there are only more accidents so Alice shuts herself away in her room. Will she ever learn to control her power?

Chapter 1: Alice chapter 1: New Kid In Town
Chapter 2: :meow:
Chapter 3: Alice chapter 3: Control
Chapter 4: Alice chapter 4: Fear

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NanoMilkshake's avatar
This is great so far!! Loving the explanation for Sans' one glowing eye!