Long Ago and Far Away| Sans x Reader

Chapter Five

Heading back to the small home you lived in, Gaster was waiting patiently in the living room sipping golden flower tea as he read through another human-related book. However, this book was different from the rest, as the cover of multiple colored hearts adorned it.

Flashing back to your fight against Sans' bullies they all had one in front of them no matter where they moved. Walking towards him Sans seemed to catch where your attention was heading and both of you sat next to Gaster who adjusted the book so everyone could read. You were able to read most of it but bits and pieces were hard to read so you just skipped them and moved on to the next few lines until the topic on 'Souls' appeared. Catching your interest you paid closer attention to the topic understanding most of the words and catching on to what was being explained.

As interesting as homo-sapiens are their physical matter surpasses that of a monster homo-sapiens are mostly made of water. As monsters insert magic into their food supply healing them of hunger the food when digested turns immediately into raw energy, unlike humans who just down it down and wait to gain the energy needed. However, due to this, their SOULS are able to persist after death as long as their physical bodies remain intact whereas a regular monster turns to dust as well as their SOUL. All human souls are determined by their distinct color which they carry along with them which is their main trait. By far 20 known soul traits are known.

Yet, there are 7 traits that exceed the average strength of a human soul those being...Green-Kindness,Red- Determination,Blue- Integrity,Sky blue-Patience,Golden yellow- Justice,Purple- PerseveranceOrange-Bravery

The main seven souls, if magic were to come in contact with them, then the worth of their souls will be far more valuable then originally thought.

Looking away from the book you gazed up at Gaster who was intently reading even more as he flipped the page with Sans still reading along. You began to wonder if by chance you were one of the special seven, though you highly doubt it. You already had magic which was rare enough and by the looks of it, if by chance you were then, you'd be one of the strongest if you're correct. Looking down at your chest you wondered how you were able to supposedly summon it out when you were fighting the other kids it just came out on its own. Too bad you didn't get to see what color it was, you were disappointed in yourself as you placed your hand on where your heart was and felt it ever so slightly beat.

Tapping Gaster's shoulder he looked down at you asking if you needed anything which you nodded slightly. Closing the book he adjusted himself on the couch with Sans deciding to sit next to you. "Gaster, what does my soul look like?" The question seemed to bother him as he gained a red tint on his face, surprised he looked over at Sans who was blazing blue avoiding eye contact from you. Confused you looked over the words you just said, it's just a soul what got them all flustered?

"What? All I said I was I wanted to know what my soul looked like. I didn't strip naked in front of you !" Sans completely lost it and started to laugh snorting in the process while Gaster did the same only he tried holding it back. "Listen, my child, I can't just pull your soul out. Souls are a very..."Pausing Gaster's face turned even redder but continued nonetheless, "Intimate thing that should not be pulled out unless in battle." You just there on the couch confused out of your mind as Gaster stood up and lead both you and Sans to the backyard.

Once outside Gaster had Sans facing you and you did the same as you both looked at each other from head to toe. "Now, the only safe way to see your soul is to be in an encounter and in this case it is Sans." On cue, sans waved at you and you waved back smiling and continued listening to what Gater had to say. "Now the way to encounter someone is to either forcefully bump into them such as fighting or have a mutual encounter where both parties are satisfied." Nodding away you looked over at Sans who was not sitting down on the grass waiting for the explanation to stop...he fell asleep on the grass.

You sat down as well as Gaster began to explain what FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, AND MERCY do, all of which you tried to use except ITEM since no matter how many times you pushed it you didn't get another option. Raising your hand up to ask a question you proudly said, "I don't understand why ITEM is there if it can't even be opened." Curiosity was written on Gaster as he asked why you thought that way,"I tried using it but it wouldn't let me get any options. It's pointless."

Something later landed on your lap, it was a sugar cube. it wasn't much but when you looked it over it started to gleam a bit. Looking over at Gaster he leads an encounter, everything then flickered into pitch darkness and later turned back to normal. As Gaster stood there he didn't have his soul visible like the other humans but rather he just stood there with his hands behind his back like the mature adult he was.

Feeling a light pressure was then removed from my chest and there appeared a magenta soul with wisps of pink flowing around it."That my child is your soul, the very culmination of your being." Looking it over the wisps of pink soon got brighter the more you looked it over, this was you. There in front of you was every flaw and every good inside of you.

"Eww, why is it pink?"

"IS THAT REALLY THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF ?!" Mortified at your comment you didn't bother to try to grab it as most people would. "THIS IS YOUR SOUL CRY OR SMILE OR SOMETHING--HEY DONT WALK AWAY FROM ME! AT LEAST TAKE YOUR SOUL WITH YOU!" Laughing the encounter was still open and Sans was still sleeping until he heard Gaster yell and woke up with a start.

Scratching his head he looked at his surroundings to find you and Gaster in an encounter, guess they must have started without me. Sans paid closer attention this time around and what really caught his attention was your pink soul, as weird as it looked he couldn't stop staring at it as his cheeks began to get blue.

Giggling you came back to where you were and continued on with the encounter with Gaster. The same four options were laid upon you and hesitantly you pressed ITEM and there laid the option S.Cube. Pressing S.Cube you gained back 5 HP, it was very sweet for your liking. While it was Gaster's turn he simply CHECKED you and soon realized that your mind is somewhere no else should enter for their own safety. Soon enough the encounter came to a close and Gaster and you spared each other. It was nice having a real hands-on teaching moment, did this count as your lesson for today? Not wanting to question the lesson, you walked towards Sans having thought that the topic of the encounter was over until Gaster brought up your EXP.

"So young lady, when you were fighting with those other kids...Did you fight back?" Gulping you fiddled around with your clothing and looked down at your burnt arm and slowly nodded. "How much did you fight ?" Thinking back you only punched them and they ran away, "Only once, man they can't even take a punch to the face before they ran away." Laughing at how dumb they looked Gaster only smiled and ruffled your hair, it felt nice having him around with you when no one else would.

Sans was also there with you when you barely had a friend in your village. Though you felt bad for leaving them there, you knew they would have a better life without the bad luck chasing after them too. Hearing birds once again chirp above you-you knew the drill by now as you stepped away from the two skeletons and watched bird poop began to land on them as they screamed in terror trying to get inside as quickly as possible. No matter how much bad luck you brought this specific event you will never get tired of seeing. As you entered the house both Sans and Gaster stared at you as you came in poo free, envious of how you remained clean.

Sans tried his best to get the bird poop off with what little magic he had and Gaster who swiftly took it off with the flick of wrist glowing a deep purple. In awe at how well-formed Gaster was at magic, you aspire to have an experience as he does. Apparently Sans thought the same as you both seemed to know what to do next.

"Can you PLEASE teach us magic ?!" In unison, you both were both on your knees hoping that he would agree. He just walked past you all the while he ruffled your hair and Sans' skull.

"I want you both up and early tomorrow, I know the perfect for magic practice." Smiling in glee you both nodded and practically tackled Gaster to the ground with a big hug. It was a mess with everyone laughing and now covered in bird poop.

(Knowing You Will Get Better At Magic...It Fills You DEDICATION)