It was cold outside. Raindrops fell from the sky, making the ground wet. The wind was howling (and it was really strong). On days like these people usually sit at home looking out of the window and having a rest under a warm blanket. But not in Hannah's case. Despite the awful weather, she was dressing up to go for a walk. On any other day like this she'd never go outside but now she couldn't stand it. She was upset. Why? It's simple. She was fed up with her friends talking about one game. The game was called Undertale and the girl's friends could talk about it all day long.
Hannah had played this game before but she didn't like it. "It's a strange game," she thought. "The graphics are pixel and lame, the characters are annoying, especially that fat skeleton, the girls' idol. Even the plot is dumb! They tell you to spare but then it turns out that some of them can't even be spared! And the ending is... stupid. You defeat an ugly monster and that's it!"
Her friends were perfectly aware that the game has something else to offer and that Hannah's ending isn't the only one but the girl didn't want to start a new game. She just put on her coat and went for a walk in order to not listen to her friends saying something like "This game is actually really cool! You just didn't understand it". Hannah hoped that she won't meet those girls on the street or they will continue annoying her about Undertale. And the girl didn't want this.
It was still raining. Hannah's hair quickly became soaking wet. She was a little angry with herself: "I should have tied my hair up into a ponytail. But no! I left it untouched and now it's wet!" However, Hannah didn't go back home. Instead, she continued walking under the rain.
She reached a park and decided to walk there. At least trees were protecting her from rain even if it wasn't enough. Hannah walked between trees, sometimes looking at the other people who decided to walk despite such weather. The girl didn't understand them. "Why are they here? It's not so bad for them! They are not mad at anyone! Are they here... just because they want? Getting wet under the rain even if they can simply sit at home? They're so weird!" she thought.
Hannah was looking at adults and children who were jumping on puddles just like toddlers who like to have fun. But the girl herself was bored. On days like these there's nothing to do except walking or sitting at home. But she didn't want to talk to her friends. They'll start discussing her least favorite game again. And so Hannah decided to walk a little more. She was already at the end of the park. There wasn't many people. She stood near the lonely bench. Sitting was pointless, as Hannah would get even wetter. She was just standing and looking at the bench for some reason, thinking this would cheer her up.
Suddenly she heard... barking? The girl turned around. There was a little white dog near her. It was wet as well. The dog was waving its tail as though it was asking the girl about something. "What a cute puppy!" Hannah thought and leaned towards the dog. She began petting it even if it wasn't so pleasant now when it was soaking wet. The dog waved its tail even faster and then... it ran away. The girl didn't even understand when the puppy disappeared without a trace. Hannah went forward, slightly disappointed. Away from the park.
She went further and further but there was nothing apart from her sodden clothes. Hannah decided to go home. "If they start sending me messages about this game, I'll just ignore them! That's enough!" The girl thought and ran homewards. She was almost there/ She just had to open the door and go to her floor when she heard... barking! Again! Hannah turned around again and saw the dog.
It was the same dog but now it was holding some sort of red ball or something like that in its mouth.
"What do you want?" The girl asked. The puppy gave her the ball as if it understood her. Hannah was a little surprised but she decided that playing with the dog is way better than reading messages about the damn game.
She took the ball (there was a little dirt on it) and threw it away. The dog immediately ran after the toy and caught it quickly. Then it ran straight to the girl and returned the ball. Hannah liked it. She threw the ball even farther and the dog ran after it again. While they were playing, Hannah really liked this funny puppy. "I don't know why this dog is stuck with me, but it's fun!" The girl thought throwing the ball once again. The dog returned with the toy in its mouth.
The doggy was almost fully covered in mud. Its white fur was dark-brown and not so beautiful anymore. However, Hannah carried on playing with the puppy.
Eventually she was tired of throwing the ball, so when the doggy once more returned her the toy, she said: "Sorry but I'm too exhausted. Let's play again later". Hannah doubted that the dog would understand her but it dropped the ball on the ground as if it had no problem understanding her. It didn't stop surprising Hannah. This dog was too smart. It gave her toys, it took them away when she asked it! This is not the thing the normal dog would do.
"I wonder, does this dog have an owner?" The girl thought and started examining the dog. She wanted to see if this dog had a collar. Maybe its owner was searching for their pet, and Hannah had been playing carelessly. But there wasn't a collar. Hannah was surprised. This dog was too friendly for a stray one. She knew that dogs love humans, but not like following them and demanding to play.
"Maybe the owner just didn't put on a collar?" The girl thought.
"Hey, do you have an owner?" She asked. Surprisingly, the dog... shook its head showing that it didn't have one. This behavior was quite unsettling. This strange dog understands her for some reason! Hannah backed away.
"I'm sorry, but you're scaring me! I don't want to play with you anymore!" The girl said. The puppy seemed to be frustrated. It gave her a sad look and offered the red ball once again. Hannah decided to get rid of the doggy. She threw the ball far away. But the dog didn't even bother to move. It just looked at Hannah.
"What? What do you want?" She asked the dog. "Look, I threw away your ball, so run and..."
Suddenly she heard a loud sound. Hannah didn't understand a thing. She was just hearing a horrible jangle and she couldn't do anything about it. Her vision became blurred. The girl tried to see the dog, to see at least someone. The sound was very loud, someone should have definitely heard it. But nobody came. Hannah was terrified. She fell on the ground.
The clothes went dirty but the girl didn't care. She saw this dog. It was looking at her with a happy face. Looks like the puppy caused it. The girl just knew it. She began to hate that doggy immediately. She knew there was something wrong with it from the very beginning. And now it was just watching her and smiling instead of calling for help. It could bark, it could call someone. But the dog did nothing. Absolutely nothing. The girl lost consciousness. The last thing she heard was a tiny bark. Her eyes closed. The world went black.
Hannah woke up. She smelled flowers. Opening her eyes a little she noticed a bright ray of sunshine falling from above. But then she remembered: it's rainy and windy outside! Where did that bright sun come from? She opened her eyes fully and stood up. No more loud sounds; that's certainly good. Hannah looked around. She was standing on flowers. A lot of golden flowers. "Something... familiar", the girl thought.
She raised her head. There was a giant hole above her. Hannah was confused. Suddenly she noticed that her coat had disappeared. She was dressed in a sweater. A purple sweater with three green stripes. She also had black pants on. "What does that mean?" she thought. "Why do I have such clothes on? Why am I so warm though it's rainy and windy on the street? Why's there a ray of sunshine falling from above? Why are flowers growing there?" There were too many questions, so the girl decided to think about it.
She sat on the flowers and recalled her memories. She remembered going for a walk because she didn't wanna listen to her friends. She remembered going to the park under the rain. She remembered... a dog! "That dog! It's because of it! It seems like its toy is the one to blame. This sound appeared after I had thrown a ball! And this puppy didn't even help! He brought me here!" Hannah was about to explode.
But still... she couldn't figure out where she was. Despite the place looking familiar, the girl couldn't remember it.
"Maybe I've seen it in a movie? No, definitely not. Maybe it's from a cartoon? No way. Maybe it's from a game? No. Or... hold on! It's from that pixel game the girls don't stop talking about! I think... That's right! It's from there!" the girl remembered. "But how... That dog! That's its fault! It better hide when I find it!"
But the thought sparkled up in her mind. She was standing in a computer game's room! That's when she was scared. She forgot about the dog instantly. Now she was worried about her own destiny. She didn't want to be here, she didn't understand it; how come she's in a game?! But most importantly - why didn't she understand it right away?
But eventually Hannah forced herself to calm down. She remembered a few cut-scenes, a few characters, that it's not so bad. "Come on, relax. Relax. Yeah, you can get through it, Hannah! Kill a bunch of characters; there's no other way! That's it. You can do it!" She encouraged herself and went further. As far as she knew, there would be a flower named Flowey. Oddly enough Hannah remembered his name. She also recollected that eventually he'd become an ugly monster.
The girl entered the room with a flower. Seeing him was eerily but Hannah knew that there was nothing to worry about. After all, she will be saved before flower kills her with his petals. "And who will save me? E-e-e-eh... I forgot her name! Oh well. She will introduce herself lately. I don't care. I don't like this game enough to remember all the names", the girl thought. She came closer to the flower so he could finally talk to her.
"Howdy! I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flower!" the flower introduced himself, seeing a human in front of him. "You're new to the Underground, arent'cha? Golly, you must be so confused! Someone ought to..."
"Look, I already know everything. Why do you even care if I'm new here? Maybe I don't want you to help me, you annoying flower. And besides... where's your hideous form? Come on!" The girl was teasing Flowey. "Come on, show me. Or you can't?"
Flowey was puzzled. He didn't even say anything, but he was already bullied by that arrogant human. The flower was upset with human's actions. He decided to teach her a lesson.
"So you know what's going on down here, don't you? Well... won't you mind if I kill you straight away?" The flower's voice was terrifying.
Hannah was surrounded by white petals and a bright red heart showed up. The flower wanted her to be afraid, but for some reason she was still smiling. Flowey was furious. But the girl knew that another monster would come and rescue her, so she just grinned. The flower went mad and sped the petals so they got Hannah.
The girl stopped smiling and collapsed. She was in pain. Every petal dug in her and left a bruise. Her body hurt like hell. Hannah was so scared. It was hard for her to move. The girl cried due to the pain, due to fear. She was caught off-guard.
"That's how such arrogant people as you should be treated!" the flower laughed. Hannah has prepared to die. She was afraid to even imagine what's it like to die. She closed her eyes not wanting to look at her torturer. She thought she was already dying.
Suddenly something kicked Flowey out of the room. It was some sort of a bright flash but Hannah didn't care. She saw someone running in her direction and then... she felt relieved. This was like magic. The girl finally could see clearly. She recognized the monster she'd been waiting for!
"Greetings, my child. I'm Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins", she introduced herself.
"Yeah, Toriel", Hannah's tone was slightly rude. "Could you come a bit earlier? I nearly died! And you just introduce yourself? You're so caring!" Her voice was overfilled with sarcasm.
"I... oh, child, I don't even want... I don't want to criticize you, but don't you think it was a little rude of you?" said Tori. But you could tell from her look that she didn't like the girl's manners.
"Okay, okay, let's just go", the girl still was upset.
"Yes, my child, let's hurry", the goat smiled and went forward.
Toriel led Hannah to a small purple room. The goat went further. Hannah took her time. She noticed a beautiful sparkling star near the pile of red leaves. The girl wasn't a professional at this game (she wasn't even interested in the game when she played it), but she knew that those stars were save points.
"Oh come on... I don't believe that this thing can save me. It's not a game anymore. I think", Hannah thought. But she attempted to use this star. Surprisingly enough, she really did it. When the girl saved, she felt some sort of breeze going through her hair. But she was distracted.
"Okay, I need to come up with a plan of getting out of this place as soon as possible. Even though it looks nicer, the characters would still be irritating. And the ending... should I even explain! Let's see... I'll go through this location, fight monsters, reach Toriel's house, kill her because she won't accept my mercy, then I'll go to the snowy location, meet two dumb overrated skeletons, reach the third location... damn, this adventure will take a while!"
Hannah sighed deeply in order to not scream and calm down. But deep inside she was angry. She was just playing with a dog near her house and then the dog did something. The girl wanted to find that sassy puppy and punish it. Maybe even hit it. Although... Hannah didn't like violence. Especially towards the animals.
"Hm, but I'll have to fight characters. And kill them. It's cruel... But what can I do? They're the ones disobeying the rules! And those are just characters. Nothing special!" the girl decided. She looked forward. She had to go already. She didn't want to be there for too long. She knew that she can beat this "game". She didn't find it interesting anyway. Just a usual pixel game. She'd seen better ones; the graphics of those were way better.
Even though it wasn't pixel anymore, Hannah could care less. She didn't like this game, get over it. She planned to defeat monster-Flowey, return home and play something worthwhile. And Hannah was sure that nothing could change her mind.