Toriel gulped, her pink eyes widening at the sight in front of her.

The Prince that she had heard so much about, Prince Sans, was right there!

Her new best friend was a runaway Prince! A part of royalty!

"I'm Toriel," Toriel said, quickly calming herself down on the outside before shaking his hand.

"You're pretty short and cute," Sans observed, making Toriel blush.

"Thanks," She muttered, diverting her gaze to the snow, "Um, here's your pie and stuff."

"Thank you," Sans said, taking the items from her outstretched hands, "It's been years since I've actually seen the outside of the ruins, the air is so crisp out here."

"Yeah, you get used to it after awhile," Toriel said, "We can hang out by the doors for a bit, if you want."

"I have to go give Frisk dinner," Sans said, "But we can hang out tomorrow, I would prefer not to out here, I don't want anyone knowing I live here."

"Of course," Toriel said, smiling at him, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Sans disappeared behind the doors as quickly as he appeared, giving her a quick goodbye before rushing off to help the human child. Toriel stood where she was standing for a bit longer before turning around, deciding to walk the long way home to her house.

She had no idea what to do.

She considered both Papyrus and Sans friends of hers, and she wanted to make both of them happy.

So, this wasn't good.

Sans obviously didn't want to see Papyrus, that was clear by his eye sockets constantly looking around for any witnesses in the short time he was outside.

But, at the same time, there was Papyrus. He so desperately wanted to see his brother again, and she knew where he was. Papyrus had seemed so down and hopeless lately, and her suggesting going searching for his brother again had filled him with hope. Of course, she knew it would quickly die down with the little success she had. So, Papyrus would be miserable again. Not to mention all of the monsters in the underground would feel more secure knowing another member of royalty is alive and well with his family once more. She could understand the kind of pain Papyrus was inside of with that confusion over his lost brother, so she could relate.

But, at the same time, this affected the human. If she revealed where Prince Sans was, what would happen next? They'd most likely be found and killed, almost immediately. Sure, the monsters could escape from the underground, but she made a promise not to give away where the human is and to protect them. Not to mention Sans seemed to really grown attached to them.

But what would she do?

These two secrets were secrets that could save the underground from despair! The final human had fallen down, and they could escape! Not to mention the long lost Prince could finally be found!

They could escape!

But... What about those promises she made?

She didn't want to go against Sans.

She didn't want to go against Frisk.

She didn't want to go against Papyrus.

She didn't want to lie.

She didn't want to tell the truth.

She had no idea what she was going to do.

She basically had two options. Don't tell anyone, and lie to everyone, or tell someone, and make Sans hate her and kill an innocent child.

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After a long walk of thinking, Toriel came up with an idea.

She was going to ask Asgore what she should do.

Of course, she wouldn't say it directly to him, that would be an awkward conversation, not to mention that Asgore would tell everyone he knew that his sister was best friends with the Prince.

No, she was going to do it in secret.

She was going to say she overheard a conversation at Grillby's about someone having difficulties with two friends, and she was going to ask him what his opinion on it was. If he said tell the King, she'd tell the King. If he said not to, she'd keep it a secret.

"Hey, bro," Toriel said as she opened the front door.

"Hello Sister!" Asgore said, waving to her from his chess game on the table, "You look troubled. Is there something wrong?"

"Actually, there is," Toriel admitted, plopping down across from him, "I'm so stressed out about it that it's giving me a headache. Can I talk about it with you?"

"I'll make us some tea!" Asgore declared, running to the cabinets and frantically pulling out the required items to make tea.

Toriel couldn't blame him for being happy that she was telling him about her problems for once. She often just bottled it up inside and calmed herself down by making pies, so her reaching out to her Brother was a first in a long time.

Asgore was practically flying around inside of the kitchen as he made tea, quickly pouring two cups of steaming tea before he set them down at the table, rather excited to start talking.

"So, I have these two friends who are siblings," Toriel started, "The younger one said something really mean to the older one that hurt his feelings so much, that he ran off. Now, the younger one feels really sad, and wants the Older one home, so does everyone of his friends. So, if the older sibling comes back home, everyone in the town would be happy."

"Then the older sibling should come home!" Asgore said.

"Wait, there's more," Toriel said, "I pinkie promised to help bring their sibling home, and I became good friends with him. It turns out, he became friends with the families enemy, and they'll end up hurting that enemy really bad if the older sibling comes home. Not to mention I promised him I'd keep him a secret and keep his friend safe. However, I also promised his family and friends I'd find him, but he'll be really mad if I rat him out. So, what do I do?"

Asgore thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion, sipping a small gulp of his tea before he started.

"If you ask me, there is a way around this," Asgore said, "You can invite the enemy over here before telling his family where he is, because he has to forgive his brother eventually. You know how sad King Papyrus is, I don't think anyone else should suffer that. You should tell his brother where he is."

Toriel stared at him for a bit before sighing, closing her eyes and leaning her head back.

"Asgore, which do you think is more important?" The short female asked him, tilting her head back down to it's normal level, "Capturing a human or returning Prince Sans home?"

Asgore cocked his head to the side, not making the connection that the two are related.

"Um, well," The older brother muttered, "I'd say bringing the Prince home. Even though you get lazy at certain times, I would be really upset if you disappeared for years and years."

"Me too," Toriel said, "Me too."

"Was that all you were concerned about?" Asgore asked her.

"Asgore, what I'm about to tell you, you can't tell anyone!" Toriel said, "I'll tell the King myself, but I want you to know the full story."

"Cross my heart, hope to die," Asgore recited the old promise, drawing an 'X' over where his heart was located, "I won't tell anyone."

And with all of her strength summed up within her soul, she said the truth to her brother.

"I found Prince Sans."