Journaltale

Entry Number 1

I don't really know how to write journal entries, so I think I'll try to write in this similarly to the way Dr. Alphys did in her lab.

Monsters made it back to the surface, and I am determined to keep it that way. No more resets. Ever. I've had fun times in the Underground, but now I just want to live. You know, as opposed to whatever I was doing. I also want to see my friends happy, and that's more important anyway.

It's been a while since I was last in the Underground. I guess there's not as much magic in the air out here, because I can't even save anymore. That's probably a good thing though; if I can't reset, it's less tempting. I'm not entirely sure if my theory is correct, because Mom hasn't had any difficulty using her magic, but that might just be because monsters are entirely made of it.

Mom's starting a new school this September, and I guess I'm going there when the time comes around. It's a small school with classes for elementary students and middle-school students. I am feeling relatively  nervous, but at least I'll know some of the people there. Dr. Alphys is going to be a teacher there, and monster kid will be attending. And, of course, mom will be teaching there too. Asgore offered to do some gardening work around the school, and with a bit of convincing from me, Mom allowed it, although she's still not too happy with him.

Mom and I live a couple of blocks away from the school, so it won't be very hard to get there. Sans and Papyrus actually live across the street from us, so we see them pretty often. I haven't seen where Undyne or Dr. Alphys live, but if I had to guess, I'd say that they're probably living together. I've actually been to Asgores place before, it's about as small as Mom's old house in the ruins, but considerably more colourful. He has so many different kinds of flowers around, you could almost say he's got an obsession. He didn't move all of the golden flowers from his old throne room, but he has some arranged in a heart pattern in his garden, among all the new additions.

It's pretty surprising how many humans actually are accepting of monsters. Sure, there are many who who don't like the idea of having them around, plus those who aren't sure what to think, but I've seen a lot of people either think that they're cool, or for whatever other reason are gladly welcoming them to the Surface. Of course, Mettatons shows set a new record for the average number of viewers that he gets. Heck, ever since he started working with a team, he's become even more popular among mosnters than he was before! That's not even including all the humans who watch his show now. Of course, he must've done some research on some things, because most of the parts of his shows that would've gotten violent before are faked, to put it simply. He changed one of his major catchphrases from "Drama, Romance, Bloodshed," to "Drama, Romance, Intensity". I see these things as improvement.

Honestly, I can't say I expected such a good result, but here we are. We made it. Humans and Monsters on the surface together. Everyone is here, and it's because of me. No that I'll tell anyone that once school starts up, but it feels good knowing I've given them this.

I don't think I can ever tell anyone the things I did before that last run. I especially can't tell Sans. If they knew, it would break them. It would make things feel so much worse. I already can't show as much emotion as I could originally. I didn't notice that at first, but people ended up pointing it out a few times. My face does show emotion usually, and I can do things like laugh, but I can't necessarily laugh very hard. I can live with it, however. No matter how heavy my regret feels, I have to stay Determined.

Mom's calling me down for supper, so I won't write much more today. I am excited, for what happens next, even though I don't know what it is.

*For once in a very long time, we have a future, and we're stepping into it. I'm filled with DETERMINATION.