She was falling, she loved falling. Having wings she was unafraid of falling. Falling was peaceful, but the crawling dread of racing towards the earth threatened a scream from her lips. Awaking in a white nothingness Lovii calmed herself, she had been here before when, she couldn't recall. There was no time here she knew that, this anti void she called the Noid was opposite the void being a blank white. She needed to leave; focusing her energy she gathered magic in between her hands and felt it stretch until it connected to a distant star. Closing her eyes she fell into the hole the magic created and appeared where the star floated just above ground. She looked around in the darkness, her bright amber eyes catching what little light they could from the distant sky above. She was in a deep hole she realized kneeling down exhausted. That's right as she recalled from her dream she was actually falling down this hole in hopes to escape her kidnappers. She had jumped down here thinking she had the advantage with opening her wings to float down, but the walls were too tight so she had to make a save star so that when she reached the bottom and went 'splat' she shook that mental image away, thankfully the star's follow some law of gravity and fell to the bottom safely so that she could respawn without having to repeat an endless cycle of this unfortunate turn of events. She would have to climb back up. A noise caught her attention as she looked around straining her eyes to see any movement. "Hello" she called out then clamped her mouth shut 'stupid, stupid!' she bereted herself 'your underground, where bloodthirsty carnivorous monsters live!' A dull golden flower emerged from the ground before her it had a toothy wicked grin stretched across its circular face. Devoid of eyes it appeared creepy but harmless. It spat out "It's kill or be killed down here." Lovii continued to stare dumbfounded at the creature for several quiet moments. The plant then lowered its petal head to sag like a wilted flower; its sickly green leaves sagged onto the floor as it said "what's the point in warning someone when they refuse to listen." "I'm listening" Lovii said "It's a kill or be killed world down in the underground huh. Well that sounds like it sucks, but it's not all roses and daisies on the surface either ya know." The flower looked up at her then smiled again "then some advice for you human, don't get too close. Stay alive and reach the end you are a winner, there's a secret shrouded in darkness, can you save us?" it asked "don't make promises you can't keep" it said then disappeared into the earth. Lovii was spooked, she had never been in the position to take a life or chose the worth of a life over her own. The flowers question threw her for a loop, did monsters need saving? From what she wondered? She had seen what monsters do for a living, but it wasn't all that different from other predatory animals trying to survive. Humans however were arguably more monstrous than monsters due to what she witnessed firsthand behind closed doors. She shuddered, there were too many monsters in the world. She hugged herself, maybe mankind had finally created a means of trapping monsterkind in the underground. "My, you've fallen down haven't you?" came a sweet motherly voice from the darkness. Creeping out of the shadows was a tall monster woman. As she came into the moonlight Lovii noted she had the maw of a goat, accompanied by two evenly jutted horns protruding from atop her head. Black mascara dripped from her blood shot, ruby red eyes. Her lips drew back over her sharp teeth in a smile as she embraced the fear struck Lovii petting her head softly while Lovii choked back the bile threatening to raise in the back of her throat due to the wafting stench coming off of the creature. She felt the aura of this women and found a little comfort in the fact that this monster doesn't intend any harm, reading her soul to be of a grieving mother. "Are you hurt my child?" she asks drawing back to asses any damage, Lovii shakes her head "good" she says grabbing Lovii's leg from under her the aura of her soul changed as she said "I'm sorry my child but you can't run away again it will break my heart." Darkness fogs her mind as she dreams.
"You can run, but you can't hide" says the man behind me
"You can hide, but you can't run" says the monster before me
"You can run, but I will always pursue you. You can hide too, but I will always find you" Says that deep dark voice that whispers and claws at her head, Lovii had had this nightmare more than once. She woke up atop a bed but ended up flinging herself onto the floor, pain racked up along her left leg causing her to holler. Gasping in air she turned herself over to see her foot wrapped up in bandages scaling all the way up to her knee, it felt broken. The door behind her unlocked and opened, the goat women came in "what's wrong my child?" "My leg" Lovii cried starting to shake violently. "Oh, do not worry my child I helped bend the bone back into position and wrapped it up in tender loving care; you are lucky the fall did not kill you." She stated as she offered a hand to help you up. Lovii realized the situation she was in, this crazy monster was only being nice because she wanted to play house and when she's done playing house she is most likely going eat me she dreaded. "Now then my child, I made a pie for us to eat to celebrate your fortune. You do not dislike apple or cinnamon do you?" the women said as she helped Lovii up. "umm I'm Lovii, what's your name?" she asked "Oh goodness me I'm sorry my child I completely forgot to tell you my name. I am Toriel keeper of the ruins. Now then follow me" Toriel then took Lovii's arm and lead her out of the room into a hall passing by a door on her left and stairs going down on her right, into a living room accompanied by a fireplace that looked inviting with an easy chair sitting just to the side. Toriel sat Lovii at the table tucked away in the corner and said "Wait here my child the pies almost ready" she smiled, Lovii smiled back. Oh what am I going to do she thought?
She had to escape, downstairs seemed to be the only option worth checking out since Toriel locked every door and she didn't want to waste any time picking locks when Toriel seemed a little unhinged at the mere thought of her leaving. Lovii rubbed her burned elbow, earlier while serving pie she had asked Toriel if she would assist her in returning to the surface. Toriel's motherly demeanor snapped into that of an obsessed monster, when she grabbed Lovii while her paws were on fire had hurt a lot. Thankfully Lovii's scream of agony awoke the Motherly side of Toriel and she bandaged her arm with a strict warning never to leave her again. Lovii had suspected Toriel was blinded by her grief of losing a child that she had developed the obsessive behavior of caring for any lost children she found, but being a monster in the underground really is all about kill or be killed. Toriel told her that they were so fortunate to have food this night, but the next night she would have to scavenge for unsuspecting victims. Lovii was thankful Toriel was a decent enough "mother" to serve her a salad of leaves when she passed on the apple pie, it didn't have apples in it at all. Lovii was guessing that monsters were starving in the underground since plants can't grow without sunlight, and since they couldn't go out in the day were forced into cannibalism. She had planned to escape while Toriel was asleep by picking the bedroom lock. She hadn't counted on Toriel locking her to the bed with a shackle, and a slimy kiss. She shuddered, soon Toriel would come to her senses and realize Lovii's not a little girl anymore and eat her. She had to escape before then unknown to Toriel Lovii healed her leg. The shackle had a combination lock. She searched the childish room for any indication to the four digit code. Perhaps someone before her had escaped successfully and left behind a clue. After all Toriel had said that 'if she ran away again', meaning someone else had gotten away. She found a peculiar stick figure picture that looked like they were showing numbers the first figure looked like a number 4 the second held up a peace sign meaning 2, and the last stick figure was in a weird stretch position that represented 6. Next to the stick figures was a picture of a capital E surrounded by exclamation marks. She tried the combo 4,2,6,3 it worked, her heart sped up now came the tricky part. Toriel would most likely be listening to any sound so Lovii had to make sure she could make it over to the door silently. Looking at the condition the wooden floors were in she doubted she could make it over there without making a sound, besides Toriel could have excellent hearing. Lovii got an idea, but it would be extremely risky. She put the shackle back on then rolled around on the bed covering her mouth and made muffled noises hoping to attract Toriel's attention, and then she screamed "MOMMY!" She heard an explosion in the other room as she braced herself Toriel burst into the room saying "What is it my child?" "There!" she pointed behind Toriel "It just left, a monster who said he was gonna eat me" she wailed acting crocodile tears she visibly shivered for dramatic effect. Toriel came over to inspect the ankle brace finding it locked she said "don't worry my child all is fine now" "No! It's going to keep coming back until I'm dead, I don't want to die!" Lovii grasped Toriel in a hug. "You are not going to die I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN." She said so coldly she may have as well spat ice. Toriel finally did what Lovii wanted which was look for the "monster" that had attacked her "I will be back soon my child, I believe I know who the culprit is and that slimy, no good, PIECE OF SHIT IS GOING TO DIE TODAY!" she roared as she exited the room and locked her door. Lovii waited to hear the front door open and close before she got the brace off again then set to work on the door lock using a clothes hanger she straightened out. Lovii wasted no time, if the basement was a dud she could run back to the room and feign innocents. Jumping over the railing she raced down the stairs and was met with a horrifying sight human and monster corpses were hung up rotting in the hallway before her their organs covered the floor in a sea of disgust. If she didn't have her adrenaline pumping she was sure she would've puked by now, but no time for that she ran past bumping into several bodies before making a sharp left turn. Further down the corridor of horror she found a door she guessed to be locked but not padlock or any mechanism decorated it, meaning it was opened with magic. Well shit she thought. She had to try her magic; however she wasn't a monster so she couldn't exert magic like they could. She focused her power, placing her palms on the door she forced it in the door surprisingly budged. What luck she thought, upstairs she heard a shrill roar, what luck she thought. She body slammed into the door to open it further, but only got a couple of inches "come on, come on!" she repeatedly slammed into the door opening it further and further enough to slip through, but Toriel was hot on her trails "NO!" she threw a ghastly fire ball. Lovii jumped back as the door flew wide open to reveal a charging mad goat mama. Lovii doubted her save star was still at the bottom of that ravine since she didn't have time to root it to that spot it was most likely gone by now meaning no respawn. Just as she was going to give up vines suddenly grew up from out of the ground and slammed the door shut tying it closed. The door banged and banged again and again but didn't budge. Lovii breathed a breath of relief. "Thank you" she said turning around to see the smiling flower "It's kill or be killed, yet you spared and showed mercy. Good because she would've killed you same as all the others" it laughed "now remember DON'T GET TO CLOSE!" it said darkly before disappearing underground.
Lovii realized that the ground where the flower disappeared was covered in a thin layer of snow. To the sides of the road were piles of snow, the chilly air fogged her breath. She sat down uncaring about getting wet and took in the sight. It was mystifying how the underground was visible at all despite being underground perhaps she had developed a kind of night vision because the sight before her looked like an evergreen forest basked in moonlight. Since she was alone she focused she energy into making a save star and placed it near the door. 'Make it to the end you're the winner' the flower had said and don't get to close. "that's some advice."
