"Alphys."

The day had been a ruckus. After the children had left, the adults had stayed behind to discuss possible plans and locations of other family members. They hadn't made much progress, but at least they managed to get some things settled out. The past was in the past now, everyone was on the same team. They had to learn to work together, and although it had been a little difficult, they managed to settle some things out.

Then they had received a phone call to learn that Cole had stolen an entire dinosaur fossil, and they had to convince him to ditch it at the door. Ben had to go and erase the camera footage, and Asgore had to use his royal power to convince the security guards not to arrest Cole. The excuse was that the boy was under house arrest with Asgore, and it was his own fault for letting the teenager out. So now Cole was under 'house arrest' and he couldn't go into public anymore.

They had only been out for two hours.

Only two.

Alphys grumbled as she was drawn out of her sleep, the blanket slowly shifting to the side as she sat up. The skeletal hand pressed against her scales was cold, poking her lightly.

"Alphys," Leonie repeated again, voice light with the darkness.

"I'm up, I-I'm up," Alphys muttered, hand fumbling for her glasses on her night stand.

Once the cool metal was pressed again her face did Alphys finally manage to make out Leonie's face, the light of her phone screen cascading down onto the lizard monster. Her soft white eye lights focused down, no hint of emotions within them.

"You're a scientist, right?" Leonie asked her.

"Hm, y-yeah. Why?" The question was quick despite how tired Alphys was.

"I need your help with something."

And just like that, Alphys was up.

Her white shirt bagged around her torso as she climbed out of bed, looking back at Undyne's sleeping form. Strands of red hair dangled down onto her face, lips pulled back as she snored loudly. Oh Toby Fox how she loved her.

Walking past Papyrus' room, Alphys followed his niece down the stairs. Alphys really did like Leonie, the girl was nice and even like Mew Mew Kissy Cutie. But how she managed to stay up night and day was lost on Alphys, as Leonie only seemed to sleep a few hours everyday.

Instead of turning to go down the hall towards the rest of the house, however, Leonie continued forward to the front door and pushed it open. In confusion, Alphys followed, clicking the door behind her.

"I just didn't want to wake up anyone else," Leonie explained, "But uh, Cole wasn't the only one who stole something."

As she spoke, Leonie produced out an old looking book from under her shirt, holding it out for Alphys to see.

The cover was a light brown, worn from age. The pages were yellow and torn at the corners, but overall it was preserved well by the museum. The cover was void of any words, two triangles on the front decorating the otherwise blank slate.

"W-What is this?" Alphys asked her.

"Well, I'm not sure," Leonie said, balancing back and forth on her feet.

"What?" Alphys asked, looking up at her in surprise. "Then w-why did you s-steal it?"

"The triangles, I know those from somewhere," Leonie said, finger tapping the front of the cover. "I don't remember where, but it's on the tip of my non existent tongue. But I know I've seen them before, and I know they're important. The exhibit information just said it was an old book from some tribe, it didn't really help at all. Do you know anything about it?"

"Y-You stole a book o-on a hunch?" Alphys asked in disbelief.

"I know it sounds bad, and I know it wasn't a good idea after what Cole did, but everyone was so focused on Cole that I took the opportunity to steal it. No one saw, the camera footage is gone, and I moved the other books from the tribe to cover that it's missing. But-"

"N-No buts!" Alphys stuttered, looking up at Leonie from the book. "You s-shouldn't have stolen this! W-we're already o-on watch from the human police, you could o-of gotten arrested!"

"I-"

"No, n-no, we're already in a lot of trouble! L-Leonie!" Alphys stuttered, "If they f-find out and track you d-down, they'll find the rest of you and i-it'll all be over!"

Maybe if it had happened on another day, or from a less important location, then Alphys would have accepted it. But after what happened that day, the human police were made at Asgore for letting Cole attempt to steal the fossil. If they noticed Leonie stole the book, they would come back and discover her siblings and parents. There would be no excuses for them, and this would all be over. And on a hunch?

"Why didn't y-you just take photos o-of the book?" Alphys asked her, "If it was s-so important, you could o-of just taken photos of the book!"

Leonie looked at her with desperation. "It's not just about the outside of the book, it's about the inside, too. I can't translate the language inside, and I was hoping you could of. And I've been using my time to take pictures of the pages inside of the book so I could return it, but still be able to read it! I'm not stupid, I know we're on thin ice but this is important!"

"How is it important? B-Because you saw two triangles somewhere b-before?" Alphys demanded, pointing to the cover. "It's j-just two shapes! Leonie, we could all get a-arrested because of this!"

Did Leonie not understand the situation? Asgore barely managed to get them out of Cole's robbery, and now the teenager couldn't leave the house. And it was very likely that the security guards were looking over all of their items to ensure nothing else was stolen. And it was just as likely that they would notice the missing book, connect it to Cole's robbery on the same day, and hunt him down to Papyrus' house. They would all be arrested for housing serial killers, and it would be over just like that. There would be no finding their family, no finding Sans.

"I came to you because I knew Silky would be mad!" Leonie said, snatching the book from Alphys.

"She w-was mad at Cole because he put us in a bad s-situation!" Alphys objected, "O-Of course she w-would have yelled at you!"

"I'm having Ben return it tonight!" Leonie said, "I already have most of the pages in my phone, I just have a few more then I'll have Ben take it back tonight."

"That doesn't m-mean they haven't noticed it yet, or t-that they won't see you replacing it!" Alphys said, "You h-have no idea what the book says, f-for all we know it could have recipes for s-snail pie! If you k-knew for sure it was important, that would make s-sense, but you don't!"

"I know it is, I know we need it!" Leonie fought back, "I never bother doing anything unless it's important! But I know we need this, I know it has something to do with something! I just can't remember what!"

"Leonie, we could a-all go to jail! You should have j-just come back home, told u-us about the book, and then we research it online to s-see if it's important. Then, if it was, we c-could have gone and gotten it afterwards!"

The skeleton girl blinked, looking down at the book. "I saw an opportunity, and I took it. I'm returning it tonight, and I know no one will notice. I know what I'm doing, Dad has trained me for this. Ben can sneak it back, and no one will say anything."

"But you took that risk w-without considering the consequences!" Alphys argued, "You may k-know it's important, but it's l-likely it won't help us."

"I never do anything unless I'm absolutely certain I have to," Leonie fought back, "I know I had to take the book, and I knew earlier today that we would need it! Can you translate it or not?"

"I'm a scientist, n-not a historian," Alphys said softly, "I only know english and a few japanese words. I'm sorry, I-I can't help you."

With a sigh, Leonie nodded. "Fine, I'll ask Silky."

The girl started to walk past Alphys back towards the house. Alphys turned to follow her movements, speaking up again.

"She'll s-say the same things I said," Alphys told her.

"But she understands that sometimes, doing the wrong things for the right reasons is helpful!" Leonie turned towards Alphys.

"I understand t-that too!" Alphys said, tapping her chest. "I-I understand that Addy and Eyeless J-Jack need to eat organs, and I'm o-okay with that now!"

"You understand Addy, yeah," Leonie said, "But you don't understand me. This is the first time I've been serious to you because this is actually really f*cking important. Just because you have one CreepyPasta kid down doesn't mean you have all of them. Look around, I'm not Addy. You can't treat all of us like we're all children, I know what I'm doing. I may only be 15, but that doesn't mean I wasn't taught by my parents my entire life. I know how to steal, and I know how to get away with it. Open up your f*cking eyes."

And just like that, Leonie walked through the front door and closed it behind her, leaving Alphys standing alone in the summer night.

《》《》《》

Yeah, both girls do have good points. 

Alphys was right. Leonie shouldn't have stolen that book on a hunch she couldn't even remember, they're already under a lot of pressure because of Cole. She should have at least went back and did research before deciding to steal it or not. And Leonie is still a teenager, teenagers do make mistakes.

Leonie was right, too. She knew the book was important, and she's not an ignorant child. She knew she made a risky decision but she knows that the book is important, even though she can't remember exactly where she's seen it before. And Alphys shouldn't have treated her like that though, Leonie knew what she was doing because she's stolen before. She's Sans' child, she's been trained for this.

So basically both did right and wrong and both have good arguments. Leonie shouldn't have acted on impulse and stolen it, and Alphys shouldn't have been treating all of them like they were Addy. Basically Alphys had been treating Leonie like she had no choice but to kill and to be a Creepypasta, because Addy and Eyeless Jack don't, but Leonie knew what she was doing and called Alphys out on it because she willingly stole the book and she willingly knew the consequences of robbing it. Neither girls are wrong or right, they both have valid arguments and beliefs. Basically no one's wrong in this situation, but neither are right either. Once again, it's not black and white on right/wrong, good/evil!