The very next day the skeleton brothers were helping assist Miley in eating again. But for some reason she wouldn't stop smiling in what appeared to be... amusement? And Sans was curious.

"what's up kiddo? what's got you grinning like the cheshire cat?" He questioned.

This only made her giggle.

Flashback to this morning....

Miley was barely awake as she heard strange noises. She turned her head to where Red was at the window beside the couch with the cat.... He was holding him funny.... At least to what she could barely see... And was making strange noises? Then she heard Edge coming into the room.

"gratatatatatata!!!! ratatatatata!!! brrrrrr!!!! look out! enemy coming from the south! bratatatat!"

He yelled as he "shot" people from the window via "kitty power".

"SANS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH DOOMFANGER!?" Edge screeched.

"oh shit-" Red threw Doomfanger out the window in blind panic.

The look on Edge's face was murderous. "DID YOU JUST. THROW. MY. CAT. OUT. THE. WINDOW?!"

"oh double shit- i'll go get him!" Red sweated nervously as he ran to go get the cat.

"YOU FUCKING BETTER!!!!" Red was gone before Edge could cause any harm. Then he looked at Miley. "NOT A WORD OF THIS." He hissed. He could only imagine the lecture they'd be getting for "shooting" people and being violent around the brat. Not to mention their use of language.

Miley, though she could only make out mostly his red clothes, looked amused and happily and carefully clapped her little hands in delight.

".... Kitty... machine... gun! Kitty... power!!!" She giggled.

Edge blushed and looked away. 'She's impressed? She should be trembling before me!!! Perhaps this brat has some potential...'

"I-I WILL TAKE THAT AS AN AGREEMENT.." He grumbled.

*A/N: Kitty machine gun inspired from this: https://youtu.be/UouYMTAH5LU *

Flashback over

She looked highly amused at the brief flashback. ".... Kitty... power!" She swung her one good arm in the air in cheer.

"uh... ok..?" Classic asked, still utterly confused. 'So something happened with Doomfanger I guess?' he raised a brow of amusement at her antics.

Said cat made his way onto the couch and rubbed against Miley before trying to climb on top of her. Climbing on top of her head that is. She giggled while Sans had to shoo him away because of the fragile state she was in.

"go on doomfanger, back to edge! she's still healing y'know!"

The cat seemed to grumble as he was forced off the couch while he flicked his tail back and forth in irritation. Sans just shook his head in amusement. Then Blue came in with a bright smile.

"hey blue, what's up buddy?"

"LADY TORIEL HAS ARRIVED!!!" His smile grew mischievous. "WITH THE YOUNG PRINCESS IN TOW~"

Classic blushed immediately. "blue! you know frisk hates being called that!" He cleared his "throat" and got up. "i'll invite them in, you stay with miley, k?"

"BUT OF COURSE! DON'T WANT TO INTRUDE~" Blue teased. Classic groaned and shortcutted away to the door. After he was sure the blush had faded, he put on his best easygoing grin and opened the door. "hey tori, kid, sorry to keep ya waiting, had to deal with the guys."

Toriel nodded with a smile in greeting. "Hello Sans. It's good to see you again dear friend."

Frisk had a slight red tint to her cheeks when seeing the skeleton. "H-Hey Sans. How are you?" She stuttered while Toriel giggled while she wiggled her brows at Frisk while playfully nudging her in the arm. The teen huffed and looked away.

Frisk was now almost eighteen. Seeing as how it's been seven years since the release of the monsters. And our dear Frisk had developed a crush on our Classic. And he, with her. Though both were being difficult at admitting it.

Sans fought off his own rising blush. "it's, uh, good to see you too, tori. frisk. i've been doing pretty good. the kid we took in is up now, and seems to be handling us well... she's, uh, she's had it pretty rough though. you might wanna prepare yourself.." He warned them in advance.

Toriel looked worried and Frisk looked uneasy. They went in and saw Blue feed the black haired little girl her oatmeal. But Toriel's "mom mode" immediately zeroed in how roughed up she was and almost screamed in worry and horror. She ran towards them and bent down at the child's level.

Miley was confused at first at what was happening as she felt new presences enter in the room. She felt around until her hand landed on a large, soft, furry paw beside her leg.

".... Fur... kitty?" She asked as she turned her head and blood red eyes to Tori. To say Tori was surprised was an understatement.

"Oh dear... these eyes.... They almost look like yours Frisk, and..." she choked up on her long gone child's name. Frisk immediately went to her mother's side and tried to help comfort her.

"I-I'm fine...." She tried to recover and slightly coughed and tried to straighten herself up. "Child? My name is Toriel and this is my daughter Frisk. May we have yours?"

Miley was a bit confused while the skeletons in the room looked uncomfortable about the situation.

"that's miley. at least that's what we are calling her for now. she seems to have difficulty speaking, though she's getting better... pap healed the worst of her injuries, but having an expert like you here is relieving." Sans explained. He could probably go in depth later if Toriel wanted, but he'd rather not say it around Miley. He didn't wanna bring up any more trauma than he already had yesterday.

Toriel nodded and looked at the young girl. "Child? May I take a better look at you? I know the boys are good at healing magic. But I'm a little more well versed at it. May I look at your wounds?"

Miley seemed to think about it and then after a moment she nodded in approval. Tori smiled and summoned her magic to scan her body. And as she was doing so, she looked horrified. It took her a few minutes for her to calm down from her horrified state and look her injuries over completely.

"O-okay... I located most of the injuries... and I must say that you boys did a good job. I'm just going to give the final touches." She then used her magic to repair and seal the remaining cracks and fractures.

"THANK YOU LADY TORIEL, WE DID OUR BEST TO HEAL AS MUCH OF THE DAMAGE AS WE COULD, RIGHT BLUE?" Blue nodded along with Cinnamon.

"we all had to pitch in for the soul damage." Mutt inputted to which Classic's head snapped over to him. He hadn't been up for that and nobody had told him.

"soul damage?! what soul damage?!"

Mutt froze and blipped off. Like hell he was explaining.

"the kid started bleeding everywhere and blue thought it was something to do with the soul so we healed it." Slim answered the slightly panicked Classic.

This just pissed Classic off more with Toriel looking highly confused and worried.

"and nobody told me why?! how bad was it?! why didn't anybody wake me so we could get an expert in sooner?!" He seethed. The others flinched.

"YOU HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT, BROTHER, WE HAD IT UNDER CONTROL." Cinnamon eased nervously.

"there was no immediate threat, so it must've slipped our minds.." Slim was sweating bullets.

"how can something like that slip your minds, for all we know, her soul could still be damaged and we just can't see it!" Classic was freaked out to say the least.

Frisk put her hand on his shoulder. "Sans. It's ok now. Mom is here. She can look at her soul." She nodded to Tori to go ahead. Toriel nodded back.

"Child? I'm going to look at your soul. Is that okay?" She asked gently for permission. Miley looked a bit unsure but nodded regardless. She then felt a slight pull from her chest and out came the only thing that she could see clearly. A scarlet red glowing heart. That seemed to have a blood red fog floating and swirling around it.

'Is that... me?' Miley thought as the room grew eerily quiet only for Toriel to gasp out, "O-oh my..."

"what..?" Classic asked nervously. "what's wrong? is it bad?"

"she gonna be ok?" Stretch would've bitten his lip if he had any.

Toriel straightened herself out and gently pushed the child's soul back in. And then gave a grave but serious look to the boys.

"We need to take this talk into the other room. Quickly." She said sternly as she made her way to the kitchen with the skeletons in tow. Frisk decided to stay with Miley and just talk about random things in order to calm the situation.

Sans' POV

Everyone situated themselves around Tori. Even the Edgelord and Red was present for whatever reason, but I wasn't going to question it. Whatever was wrong, Toriel was dead serious about it and that scared me.

"what's wrong?" I asked again, hating that Frisk wasn't here to reassure me.

Toriel seemed to have a worried and troubled face. "My friends. There... is nothing wrong in terms of medical wise that needs to be taken care for her as of now that I've healed her... it's just... I thought that I would ever see one of her kind again... Frisk was already a surprise enough... but with such a soul..."

"HER KIND? WHAT SORT OF SOUL DOES SHE HAVE?" Edge was actually the first to speak up.

At this, she started to hyperventilate but tried to calm herself and keep her trembling to a minimum. "Y-you know that Frisk... back when she turned thirteen, had her powers fully awakened... and was declared a mage of DETERMINATION?"

"you're saying... miley's the same..?" I asked, bewildered.

She seemed to pale and try to look away, trembling even more. There was something she wasn't tellin' us.

"tori. we gotta know. whatever you're holding back on, we gotta know what we are dealing with." I stated firmly.

She seemed to huff out before breathing in and she seemed to be holding back on breaking down. "As everyone knows... that, in no matter which AU... we are sealed underground because of the seven mages... what the history books DON'T say, is that these mages were by no ordinary means "ordinary". They were... Arch Mages.... And they were my friends."

"..."

"what...? i mean, if they were your friends, why would they... and what's the difference between a mage and an "arch" mage?" I hated when the answer of a question only led to more questions....

She seemed to downcast her gaze from us but continued nonetheless. "They were, at some point of time working for the monsters... but unfortunately were captured by the humans and were forced to do their bidding unless they had a death wish. They wanted to choose death... but that would mean that the humans would choose Arch Mages that would be less merciful.... And the difference my friend, is that Arch Mages were much more powerful, authoritative, and clever than the average mage. Back then, there were more practiced magicians than the scholars could record in registry at the time. But ARCH mages. They were few. But at the same time, there was a decent amount to push the war back and forth between winning and losing. Their souls... were more vibrant... stronger... durable... even without slaughtering thousands of our kind, they would still have enough HP to take down a Boss monster single handingly. And in order to make the barrier... my friends... gave up their lives in order to make it. It was either imprisoning us... or eradicating us all together with their magic. Ultimately... they protected us till the very end."

"... oh..." Well shit. That was a lot to take in. "it only took seven human souls though...? or were they all... uh... arch mages too...? the kids I mean... to break the barrier."

Toriel didn't lift her head. "They were Arch Mages... all six of them and Frisk... she might be one as well. I'm not sure. But that's not the worst of what happened. It was afterwards that we were imprisoned that things turned... dark."

"... how...?" I was almost afraid to ask. 'But the more we can learn about Miley, the better we can care for her... I think... and Frisk? And Arch Mage?'

She seemed uncomfortable and was almost at the brink of tears.

"T-there was one mage that I was close to. Her and her twin sister. Both Arch Mages of DETERMINATION... it was after one sister that gave away her life that... the other would soon fall suit. Along with thousands of innocent lives. It was only a month or two after we were trapped that the sister came to see us at the entrance and had relayed to us that she, along with half of her family and other supporters were looking up ways to break the barrier to set us free. During the war, there were many that sympathized with us and wanted to help. Even other mages in different prominent families. And it was because of conflicting differences in ideas and beliefs between the humans that friends and families turned against one another. And unfortunately, this didn't die down after the war. The Arch Mage... kept me up to date with what was going on through letters. They at one point said that they had found a solution to the barrier without having to sacrifice lives... but it only took one spy on their side to rat them out to the King of Ebott. In exchange for wealth, power, and high status for them, their associates, and their family that were against the monsters. That also included ratting out their own cousin, the leader and my friend of the resistance, that they were able to ambush them with the king's soldiers. And then... execute them for treason." She sighed heavily.

"... Unfortunately, this wasn't the end.... According to one supporter that was able to escape, that it wasn't just the mages that were executed... it was all those associated with the resistance. Even innocent humans. And with further information that before that they were all killed at the gallows and had their bodies burned at the stake... that my friend... along with countless others had prophecized that, "An angel was to fall into the underground and save them all." ... But she also cursed the humans of Ebott... even her own family... with what is known as the "Vengeance Creed"."

Everyone was dead silent. They didn't know what to say, that was a lot of crap, and it was no wonder the goat woman was holding back on it.

"... what's this gotta do with miley..?" Stretch finally asked. I already had a pretty good idea. Frisk was the angel so Miley...

She looked highly uneasy and nervous. "... The Vengeance Creed.... It's the curse to the humans who had participated in the slaughter that she said, "It is by my and my fellow freedom fighters that we do all declare that there shall be no arch mages or mages of infinite stature to assist your pettiness in future outcomes. Only those with the souls that are pure and true shall be the ones to inherit our power and righteousness. And they shall take up our mission to free the misunderstood race. And for those who have participated in this war and slaughter of innocents, let this be the curse of God... the Vengeance Creed, to punish you all. With famine, infertility, death, and poverty, that all your souls shall be in eternal darkness, and that ours and future pure souls shall be reincarnated into the next generation of the "Seven Mages" that shall by at all means free the monsters at any cost... even through death itself. And when they are freed... it is through the last reincarnation that shall ultimately decide your children's and future generations fates... and for all of your sakes..."

Miley's POV

As I stood a good distance from the people and saw the black haired woman smile manically at the terrified crowd, I could see that her tears were streaming from her face. Sad that this was the ultimate sacrifice that she had to do for what she believed in.

".... That you won't rot in the fiery pits of Hell and be tortured for an eternity!"

And with the magic words spoken after that... it seemed that everyone had been doomed to damnation. The uneasy and heavy atmosphere that seemed to strangle your heart. She cackled insanely at everyone's petrified faces. And right before she and the others were hanged, it was like she looked up and stared right at my very soul, with bloody red eyes that were swollen and mad with rage that struck me to the core.

I didn't know what to do as I saw all of this happen without my consent. And afterwards, I was sent back to an black and empty void that I had first arrived at after Frisk had told me this funny dad joke.

'Where am I?! I'm scared!'

"Anyone out here?! Hello?!" And after a few moments, my call was answered in the form of a horrifying slide show and a deep narrating voice that I couldn't find no matter how hard I looked.

"In this one, we have this girl being impaled by magic spears by the O'Malley's guards when she tried to run away when she demonstrated her powers to her parents. And in this one, this infant boy was thrown into the fire pit after he had awakened the moment he was born... this one I believe you saw through her eyes and emotions that she was running from her family, the magic guard dogs, and the witch hunters that her family hired to kill her after she refused to aid them in their greed... I believe that out of the little over 200 years worth of sacrifices that these petty humans did after your ancestor had cursed them. I believe she held out the longest after running away and surviving on her own at the age of twelve for over six months in the wild forests. Smart girl she was. Afterwords, your ancestors weren't reborn into what you are until a little over a decade ago after your Aunt gave birth to your first cousin. Your Aunt was smart enough that she and her lover hid your newborn cousin in the Ebott orphanage. A pity that she and her lover were found and secretly killed by your grandfather's assassins. It was after she was killed that, apparently, God decided to take your soul from the fourth dimension after your accident, and made it the last generation's "Cursed and Vengeful" soul. Although from what I've seen so far, is that your soul is also a veteran of being reincarnated for a little over a hundred years... with THAT I'm impressed with. Pity that you have to be tangled up in this mess. But I believe that our Creator saw potential in you. Must be for a century old soul..."

"...."

What he said was all true about me... I'm pretty much a pro at being reborn and getting killed for others' sake. It's because of my sacrifices that I've made during lifetimes that I've been allowed to try to make a better go-round with the new life that God gave me.... I wonder how much this guy knows...

".... Well. I shouldn't hold you up for too much longer. Your new family is fretting over you with how you "blacked out" on them. Give my regards and blessings to Frisk and Classic in their future endeavors in love. Or at least whatever awkward hot mess that is. And I'll be checking in on you from time to time. And remember..."

He showed his skeletal and cracked face to me with a mischievous and dark smile with a hand that had a hole in it to his mouth.

"This is our little secret~ Good luck... Miley."

......

I woke up with a gasp as my eyes started to tear up. And, to my shock, I see a LOT of skeletons around me. Along with a pretty goat lady and a teenage girl.

'What's going on now?!'

Papyrus's POV

"SMALL HUMAN, ARE YOU OK?! BIG SIS- I MEAN FRISK SAID YOU BLACKED OUT WHILE SHE WAS TELLING DAD JOKES! ARE YOU DEHYDRATED?! IS YOUR SOUL BOTHERING YOU- WHAT'S THAT FACE FOR...?" I went from being concerned to being confused, but still concerned, as she seemed to stare at us with shock? 'I thought she was blind though? That's what Stretch said, right?'

My brother caught my "mistake" and glared at me while blushing. I tried not to smirk at him, and made an innocent face instead. He turned his attention to Miley. "what happened kiddo? are you ok?"

"How-how can I see you...?" She said clearly. Her voice sounded like it was healed! And OH MY STARS, her voice sounded like those Caroling bells that humans use during Christmas!

We were now dead silent in shock, Stretch's mouth was opening and closing with unspoken words.

"I- WHAT- HOW-" I fumbled with my own words.

It was Blue that asked the question I couldn't. "HOW CAN WE HEAR YOU?! I MEAN EARLIER YOU COULDN'T SAY MUCH AT ALL, LITTLE ALONE A FULL QUESTION, BUT NOW!"

She patted her throat like she was even surprised herself! "I-I don't... know! I just know that... I was listening to Frisk with a joke and then I... I just blacked out." She got a little more quiet at the end... which seemed suspicious. But honestly, I don't care! As long as she was healthy again. Especially after what Asgore's Clo- I mean Miss Toriel, told us about the... curse. It unsettled me how much a small and defenseless girl was possibly holding something so large and important on her shoulders and that she wasn't even aware of it! At least I don't think she is. I rather not bring it up just in case I'm wrong. But I'm hardly wrong! But in this case... I hope I am. Heck! Maybe Toriel healing her might've actually helped ease her soul a bit! Along with the possibility of restoring the rest of her senses!

"WELL THEN! HOWEVER THIS HAPPENED DOES NOT MATTER, FOR NOW YOU CAN HAVE DINNER WITH US! YES! YOU CAN FINALLY TASTE THE MOST DELICIOUS OF CUISINE! SPAGHETTI!"

"NU-UH, NO WAY! IT'S MY MAGNIFICENT TACOS!" Blue argued.

"SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU." Edge hissed. "IT'S OBVIOUSLY MY LASAGNA."

"gentlemen, gentlemen... excluding edge, i still think we should take it easy. besides, you all have set days to cook, remember? you can make your meals then." Mutt tried to diffuse the situation before the other two got involved.

"Rwateetoorey!" She yelled out in her adorable voice.

All the skeletons "awed", though a good chunk of them tried to hide it.

"ratatouille, miley? that's what you want tonight?" Stretch asked.

She wildly shook her head up and down. "Miss May-May made it for me before I couldn't see. I really liked it! But after that she went missing."

We all stared at each other in concern. Who's May-May? And what happened to her?

"OH... WELL WE WILL MAKE IT AGAIN! I AM ALWAYS UP FOR MASTERING SOMETHING NEW!!! AND SANS!" I pointed at my brother who sighed dramatically, even though I could tell he didn't mind all too much about what was going to come next.

"yeah bro?"

"YOU WILL BE HELPING ME, NO IF'S, AND'S, OR BUT'S ABOUT IT!"

"mmmmmm'k bro, i know skeletons don't have butts though." He winked.

"SAAAAAANNNNSS!!!! THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A SETUP FOR A PUN!!!!!!"

"but it was~" He gave a cheshire grin and looked at Miley. "so, wanna try cooking with us, kiddo?"

She looked excited as she tried to stand up but got a little weak in the knees and almost fell. But lucky for her, the GREAT PAPYRUS had caught her just in time! NYEH HEH HEH!!!

"WORRY NOT, SMALL HUMAN, FOR I HAVE GOT YOU!" I chirped.

Sans looked to Frisk. "what 'bout you, kiddo~?"

She smiled brightly, that for a second, I thought that I saw my brother blushing blue. They have it so hard for each other that I have NO IDEA WHY ON ASGORE'S UNDERGROUND THAT HE DOESN'T ASK HER OUT!

"Sure thing! Only... there's something missing." Sans gave her a curious boney brow.

"and that is...?" He questioned.

She smiled mischievously and went to our closet, where we kept our props, and pulled out three of my chef's hats with gray attachable tail. She placed one on my and Miley's heads and then the taller one on Sans' head. She then took out a black marker and carefully drew three whiskers on his face while she attached the tail to the back of his shirt.

She then stepped back and then did a chef's kiss and replied a, "Voila~!!! Moi Menu Feick!" While she pulled out her phone and took a picture of him with a lazy grin. No doubt that the picture will be posted on Instagram later tonight.

"heh, guess the movie came true, yeah?" He wiggled his bonebrows. I'll take that over his stupid puns.

"LET'S GET COOKING!!!!" I plopped Miley on my shoulders as I took off running towards the kitchen, though before I did I could have swore I heard Sans say "good looking" while looking at Frisk.

To be continued.....