Lately, I had been visiting the Dark World with Kris after school almost every day. Sometimes we teamed up with Ralsei and went on an adventure, but most of the time we just visited Ralsei, Lancer, and our other Dark World friends to hang out.

But not today though. Kris got sick. After School, I dropped by Kris’s house to check up on them, deliver their homework, and say hi to Toriel. Normally I'd stay for pie, but I didn't feel up to it today.

I walked away, feeling kind of weird. Sure I might be able to travel to the Dark World by myself, but it didn't feel right to do it without Kris.

So... what the hell do I do after school? Homework? Wait, Kris isn't around to do it for me. Crap.

I stand at a street corner, contemplating what to do next with my hands in my pockets. I take out a box of chalk from my pocket that I swiped from Alphys's classroom earlier. I pull out a chalk stick and take a bite as it were a piece of jerky.

Other monsters walk on by, all of them intimidated by me as they cautiously step around me or take routes to avoid me completely. I get it, I'm big and imposing... but Toriel is much bigger than me, and everyone loves her... Maybe that's because she's a big fluffy goat and I look like a big scaly dragon? Hell if I know.

Weird how I had a reputation for beating up monsters in the Dark World, and yet the Darkners themselves don’t look at me with the same fear that the people up here in the Light World do. It actually felt good to be a hero of prophecy in that world. It was like I was one of the main characters from Dragon Blazers.

I notice you staring at me. I can tell you're new here. While I barely interacted with most of the monsters here, this is a small town where I see the same people practically every day... and you are not one of them.

"Hey Dumbass. It's rude to stare. Keep gawking like that and you'll lose your face."