It's been 2 weeks since that dream, and it has occurred much often then it needed to be. Berlin always had these types of dreams, and he knew very well that Dayne had them too. They were sitting at the lunch room, Berlin was much quiet and everybody seemed to notice. "What's wrong, dude?" Dayne asked, he was eating a apple. "Have you..." Berlin trailed off, not sure how he would explain it. "Have you ever had strange dreams? Like of a certain person, you told me about it before" Berlin said, Dayne thought about it. "You mean the goat man?" He asked, Berlin nodded. "Yup, I had that last night. Nothing to worry about though, it is just a dream" Dayne said, eating the apple. "I know but, it just seems like it was more than a dream" Berlin said, looking down. "Don't worry about it, bro. It's just a dream, we have other stuff to worry about" Dayne said, Berlin lifted his eyebrow. "For example, why on earth does Chara have a blade?" Dayne pointed at Chara who was teaching Eras how to make a paper blade. Berlin snickered at the sight, Dayne laughed. "See! Stop worrying about the dream, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about" Dayne pat Berlin's back. "I guess your right, for once" Berlin said, Dayne just smiled in response. "I'm always right!" Dayne said, Berlin gave him a look. "Are you? Are you really?" Berlin asked, which got Dayne to stop talking. The bell rang.

It was reading time, Berlin was just looking around. He couldn't stop thinking about the dream, Purrla noticed. "What's wrong?" She whispered, Berlin shrugged. "Just some dream I had" He whispered back, looking at her. "What was it about?" She asked, Berlin tried to remember. "I just remember seeing this dude, like a goat man wearing a lab coat or something" Berlin whispered, Purrla looked confused. "Have you encountered anybody like that before?" She asked, he shook his head. "Not that I know of" He responded, Purrla looked worried. "Maybe you can talk about it to your parents?" Purrla whispered, Berlin thought about it. "Pretty sure they would think I was crazy, not like they know anything about a goat man in a lab coat" Berlin shrugged it off, Purrla nodded. "Maybe your right, hopefully Dayne's right and it really is just a dream" Purrla said, Berlin nodded. The teacher glanced at them, they went silent.

The day blew by real quick, it was the end of the day already. Berlin, Chara and Gaster were walking home since Eras and Dayne had activities that day. "Hey, have you two ever known a goat man? Not Uncle Asgore, like someone in a lab coat?" Berlin asked, Gaster and Chara turned around. "Oh, yeah! He was the royal scientist before Alphys" Gaster said, Berlin was surprised he knew. "So he is real?" Berlin asked, Gaster nodded. "I only know him for... a number of reasons, but a long time ago him and Papyrus were very good friends" Gaster said, Berlin looked down. "Why you ask?" Gaster asked him, Berlin looked up. "Dunno, had this dream about him last night. He just stood there watching me, no speaking or anything" Berlin said, Gaster and Chara exchanged looks. "Was this the first time this happened?" Chara asked, Berlin shook his head. "Nope, this is a regular thing. Still weird but mainly normal" Berlin said, he paused when he saw the confused expression on Gaster and Chara's face. "Uh... Don't think it's normal to dream of somebody who you never met before" Chara said "As in, never seen, met in general". Berlin shrugged, they walked closer to their home. "Why don't you tell Toriel?" Gaster asked, Berlin shrugged. "I don't know how to explain it" Berlin said, Chara spread her arms. "Just explain like you did with us, no biggie" Chara said, resting her arms behind her head. "Hm... I can try? She should be home by now" Berlin said, they walked inside. "Hey, kiddos" Toriel walked out of the kitchen, she was baking an apple pie. "Hey Mom" Berlin waved, the other two waved as well. "Berlin as something to tell you!" Chara said, dashing upstairs. "Hey!" Berlin said, but Chara was already in her room. Gaster just sat on the couch, watching Berlin and Toriel.

"Did you need to tell me something?" Toriel asked, Berlin quickly looked at her. "Uh... No! Nope, not at all" Berlin said, Toriel raised an eyebrow. "You sure? You can tell me anything" She said, Berlin nodded. "I know Mom, I'm fine" Berlin gave her a thumbs up, Toriel shrugged and walked back into the kitchen. The smell of pie filled the air, Berlin sat on the couch. "How come you didn't tell her?" Gaster asked, as Berlin sat besides him. "I don't know how she'll react" Berlin said, laying on the couch. Gaster rested his hand on Berlin's shoulder, Berlin looked up at him. "I know you'll find a way to make sense of it" Gaster said, patting Berlin's shoulder. "Thanks Uncle Gaster" Berlin said, nodding a bit.

*Tem skip*

It was dinner, they were all eating when Chara slammed her fists on the table. "GIVE ME A BED!" Chara yelled, Papyrus flinched while Sans looked up. "No offense to you Sans, OFFENSE TO YOU PAPYRUS!" Chara pointed at Papyrus, who was confused. "Why me!?" Papyrus asked, Chara sat down again. "Me and Gaster have been on the couch for WHO Knows how long!" Chara said, Papyrus shrugged. "We ordered beds! I don't know what happened to them!" Papyrus said, Chara growled. "I see how it is now, FAVORITISM!" Chara pointed at Papyrus, who flinched again. "Chara stop pointing at people" Sans was eating the spaghetti, Chara sat down. "Yes Sans" She crossed her arms. "I swear I have no clue what happened to your beds, besides, the couch is comfortable" Papyrus said, trying to calm Chara down a bit. "No offense, but it's a little small. Chara falls off the couch every night" Gaster said, Chara nodded slowly. "I have seen that, and it's hilarious" Eras added in, Chara crossed her arms. "You people are bullies" She pouted.

"Its not bullying if I can hear a loud thud from upstairs" Eras added, Chara pouted. Gaster snickered at the comment, Chara glared at him. "Gaster, you are NOT helping our case" Chara said, he smiled at her. "Sorry sorry, but seriously I can't deal with Chara kicking herself off the couch" Gaster said, Chara flinched. "Wha- Ba- Ga- GASTER!"

"What??? I've seen you do and trust me it's quite impressive" He was eating the spaghetti

"You two are interesting" Tori chimed in, watching the two bickering to each other. "How about this? Chara, if your so tired of sleeping on the couch. You can go to Eras's room and Gaster can go to Berlin's" Sans said, Chara and Gaster froze. "Well... Anything is better than the couch" Gaster shrugged, Chara covered his mouth. "Where in their room are we sleeping exactly?" Chara raised an eyebrow, Sans put his fork down. "Eras has a big enough bed for the two of you and Berlin and Gaster can figure out what they want to do" Sans said, Gaster pushed Chara's hand away. "Chara, your sleeping on a bed, be greatful" Gaster said, Chara pouted again

Tem skip ~ by the author who should be sleeping since its 2am right now =)

Gaster and Berlin were sharing the bed as it was big enough to keep them both apart. Berlin was struggling to sleep, he kept seeing the scientist each time he closed his eyes. He sat up, looking over at Uncle Gaster who was fast asleep. He sighed, turning back. He couldn't stop the dream from happening, what would he even do? He sighed again, leaning back as he stared at the ceiling. He closed his eyes again, drifting off to sleep...

"We need this machine to work..."

"But Doctor-"

"This NEEDS to work, everybody is counting on us, our people... We cant suffer like this any longer..."

"But the Kings... They said that-"

"We need 1 human soul, just to experiment on it. To see how we can break it without murdering helpless humans, King Sans requested us to find a way"

"... Yes, I understand but-"

"Their grieving, I get it but, this needs to work!"

"Doctor! Careful!"

"Of what?"

"DOCTOR ASRIE-"

Berlin shot up, he looked over to see Gaster looking at him worriedly. "A-Are you okay...?" He asked him, Berlin looked down at the bed sheets. Breathing heavily, he closed his eyes. Gaster pat his back "Deep breaths, Berlin" He said, Berlin did as told. He finally calmed down, Gaster looked at him.

"I-I had that dream again..."

"The doctor?"

"Y-Yeah..."

"Berlin... If it's bothering you this much, maybe you should tell Sans. He specializes in this kind of stuff, ya know"

"Yeah... I'll think about it"

"Your starting to sound like Toriel"

"Heh... I guess... I guess I'll talk to him tomorrow"

"Good... If it doesn't bother you... What was this one about?"

"I just heard voices... Two scientists talking about human souls... And... Dad was mentioned and... Something about... Experimenting?"

Gaster's eyes widened

"Do you know what that is...?"

"... That's not up to me to tell you"

"Then.... Who?"

"... I don't think you should mention that to Sans or Tori...."

"Why...?"

"Trust me... It's a bad idea..."

"A very very bad idea...."

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