Hello, I would like to apologize for my long term inactivity. for those who have read UT:RD before, you'll notice a HUGE difference in dialogue and script in this chapter. plus I also had to move the introductory into this chapter and remove the protagonist bio entirely as it was basically a waste of space and not a good first impression. Anyway hope you Vets and Newcomers alike enjoy this fanfic as much as I enjoy entertaining with stories like this.
Many years ago. There were two races who ruled together over the surface, Humans… and Monsters. They have been in peace since the dawn of the first year on earth, civilized life was easy enough with Humans and Monsters living together. But one day, the Humans declared war against the Monsters and chaos had broken out. Massive destruction and casualties. But in the end, the humans were victorious in their battle and had driven the Monsters underground and sealed them off with a magic spell. Separating them from the rest of the world forever.
Many years have passed since the war. And now the world looks seemingly peaceful with a mix of modern and medieval merged together, but scars of the war still linger around. But in the middle of once was a battlefield, a small village several miles from Mt. Ebbott surrounded by acres of forest land with the peak of the mountain itself as the popular view from inside the town. But as the focus moves onto the village, one of the human occupants walks out from the city gates, armed with a large lightweight blade with a razor-sharp edging and a dark red pattern across the entire length. And a tower shield as large and wide as his entire body with a dark red pentagon in the center as it's locked onto his back while his blade locks in place alongside his belt. Long strands of hair sweeps across his black armor from the wind. But suddenly, his phone rings up as it shows one of his friends calling him. He answers it and brings it up on his ear.
Human: "Hello?"
Friend: "Hey, umm… are you still planning on hosting the party this week after the funeral?"
Human: "Not really, I need to get my house prepared for family guests. I just got my father's mansion inherited to me last week ever since he…" *sigh*
Friend: "Look, I know you're still hurting about your father's passing... You still got me and plenty of friends to look after.
Human: "I know that, but i'm not one for funeral speeches. I mean he's put me through a bunch of combat school and magic training, and I think it was a good thing he did that cause now I'm on my own. Anyway, I'm heading back to my house, then gonna head off to Mt. Ebbott for a walk to clear my mind for a bit. But who knows, maybe i'll stop by the pub for a drink or two when i'm back."
Friend: "Oh, alright then, sounds fun. I'll see you around."
Human: "Alright, Oh… and say hi to Frisk for me, alright?.
Friend: "Sure, they're always so happy to hear from you."
Human: "Yea, I still remember when they called me 'uncle' when you had me babysit them for the night. Anyway see you later"
The human then hangs up his phone and heads down the path to his home and settles in for a bit. Going to each bedroom to have them prepared which took a short time each, but finished up after 8 bedrooms later. He checks the clock and reading that it's 12:30 pm. So he grabs a sandwich for lunch as he sets out again with his gear in tow. The time and distance to reach Mt. Ebbott found that it's half the time it takes to walk to the village.
An hour has passed and the human has already climbed up to the peak of the mountain itself, sitting around and watching the view of the village down below and the distant city past the large patch of forests. He opens up his sandwich he packed and scarfs it down to sate his hunger for the afternoon. After he finishes up eating, he moves closer and realised that there is a cave on the side of the mountain that he's never seen before in his past visits in his life. Which made him very curious as he enters the cave. He could feel the wind pushing him while he moves further in until he walks near the edge of a hole in the ground of the size of a regular sinkhole. He edge closer, but he took a wrong step and slips, causing him to fall over the ledge, but he catches on quick and grabs hold on some tree roots to try and pull himself up, but they were easily broken, causing him to lose grip and fall in the dark abyss.
And thus the Undertale Story begins.
Hours have passed since the human had fallen from the surface. He lies unconscious in a bed of golden flowers with his gear scattered around him. His sword sticks out from the ground as it's stabbed halfway down the full blade. His shield however lies flat on the ground a few feet away from the stuck blade. A huge beam of light shines down on the human and suddenly there's been some twitching on his fingers as his eyes open up, his hands grip to relieve some stiffness from being unconscious for a few hours. He sits up while looking up at the beam of light as he groans in pain from his injuries from the fall.
Human: "Where am I? … *groan* how did I even survive a fall from such height?"
Just as the human stopped talking, strange noises sound off and were coming from a distant gateway. The human couldn't help but investigate the sound but couldn't get up from his pain.
Human: "Hello? Anyone out there? *grunt* I've seem to have fallen down and…*grunt* I'm in terrible pain right now."
He tries hard to work around the pain, getting up onto his feet with a lot of struggle. But succeeds with confidence in his part as he smiles with a grin. He then moves to the gateway to investigate further about the noise until he walks into another section with another dark area with no golden flower bed, but instead a single flower stands out as he walks further to the center.
Unknown voice: "Howdy!"
Looking around the area carefully after hearing that sudden voice until he looks down at the flower looking back up at him with a smile.
Flower: "Howdy!"
Caught unaware of the flower, he steps back and trips over a rock, sending him falling onto his back on the ground. Groaning in pain while he sits back up looking shocked at the flower, shaking his head back and forth to make sure he wasn't hallucinating as he slowly gets back up on his feet.
Human: "I must be going crazy where I'm now hallucinating talking flowers."
Flower: "Sorry dude, but this is no hallucination. I'm just as real as everything else. Name's Flowey. Flowey the Flower!"
Human: "Uh huh …. Okay Flowey… So what is this place?"
Flowey: "Sounds like you're new to the Underground, given by your confused look and questioning"
Human: "Wait … the Underground? Like the old stories and legends about monsters?"
Flowey: "Yup… the very underground below the mountain."
Human: "So the legends are true then. Monsters, The Great War… they're all true.
Flowey: "You must be so confused right now. Maybe someone should teach you how things work around here. Ah well, I guess little old me will have to do. You ready?"
Human: "Wait, ready for what exactly?"
Flowey does something that caused a red heart to emerge and glow inside the human's chest through his armor. The human trying to piece together what Flowey did, looking just as confused as much as he's shocked at the heart pulsing out of his chest glowing in bright red.
Human: "Flowey …what did you … Is that my heart?
Flowey: "That, my friend is your soul. The very culmination of your being. You can use your soul for a lot of things. Even communicate with the monsters that live down here. But however, your soul starts off weak, but you can make it strong if you gain some -LV-."
Human: "LV?... What is this, some sort of video game or something?
Flowey: "Why that's -Love- of course. But since you're looking a bit banged up from the fall. I can give you some love right now if you like"
Flowey then conjures some white large seed. Giving the human a wink as he moves away and conjures more seeds in front of him
Flowey: "Down here in the underground, Love is shared through these… -Healing pellets- I can't send them directly at you, so you'll have to catch them all. Cause once they touch you, you consume them and become as healthy as you were before."
Human: "As long as I can get rid of this pain..."
After the pellets fly into the air, they surround the human as he reaches one of his hands out and one of the white pellets end up hitting his arm, and he ended up feeling something that was not at all what Flowey said. But it instead causes his ears to ring from the amount of pain as he grips tightly onto the impact point of his arm, groaning and screaming while the rest of the pellets hit the rest of his body, sending him flying across the the room and onto a stone pillar. The heart cracks from the critical injuries Flowey had inflicted on him. Now lying crumpled on the ground and gravely injured and losing blood, the human now struggling to stay alive as he's convinced that he's going to die in the underground. Flowey now looking down at him with a creepy smile on his face like an evil being.
Flowey:*Demonic Voice* "You Idiot! In this world, it's KILL or BE KILLED!"
Human: *Coughing blood* "Ugh… you … bastard…" *groans loudly*
Flowey:*Demonic Voice* "Why would anyone pass up an opportunity like this?"
The human looking up at Flowey slowly with a death stare. He struggles to let out his last words before Flowey's pellets start to circle and surround him.
Human: "S-s-s-somebody! H-H-H-HELP!
Flowey: "DIE!"
The pellets now start closing in on him as flowey starts laughing hysterically like a psychopath, but instead of finishing off the human, something stops them and at a moment's notice. Something starts healing the human as his wounds closed up and stops the bleeding. Fireballs conjure out of nowhere and strike Flowey as he tries to fight back, but gets knocked away. The human then sighs and looks down onto the ground still thinking that his wounds are still there as a female voice is heard in the distance.
Female Voice: "What a terrible creature, torturing such poor innocent youth."
The human staring down at the ground, still grunting from the pain he endured before being healed while the female monster who saved him calmly walks up to the human, noticing that the stone pillar is smeared and stained with his blood.
Female voice: "Do not worry anymore my child… I will not hurt you."
The female monster looking up and down his body to inspect for anymore damage inflicted on him while she heals him up more, rejuvenating and relieving all pain from the attack. The human nearing unconsciousness noticing that he's suddenly feeling as healthy as he was in the first place. He then slowly gets up onto his knees but lost some balance. Falling against the female monster as she catches him into her arms. she looks at him up and down once more to realise that he's just as tall as her and far past being a child
Female Monster: "Wait a minute… you're no child at all."
Human: "H-h-how …. y-you … you saved me?"
Looking up and down his form again, realising that this human looks like a young adult in his early twenties. She starts to blush in embarrassment despite saving him while he helps get him back on his feet and regain full consciousness and balance as he brushes off any dirt off of his armor.
Female Monster: "It would seem so. Are you still hurt anywhere else?
Human: "It's fine… I thought I was gonna die, until you came along. Thank you"
Female Monster: "Well. I am Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins. I pass through this place everyday to see if anyone had fallen down. You are the first human to have come down here in a long time."
Human: "Does sound like a rare occasion … w-wait, long time?!"
Toriel: "Yes, few years to be exact since the last human fell."
Human: "Heh… guess Mt. Ebbott has claimed it's newest victim. So what is this place anyway?"
Toriel: "Well anyway, beyond this gate behind me leads to safe haven past the catacombs. I would be honored if you would like me to guide you there."
Human: "Well, I am a stranger in this new world. I could use the guidance, so i'll follow you."
Toriel: "Alright, whenever you're ready, we will proceed to our destination."
The human then check around his body to make sure he hadn't lost anything from the unfortunate encounter with Flowey. His shield had apparently stuck itself halfway into the ground as it took a bit of effort to pull it out and put it on the back of his armor where it belongs. He then signals Toriel that he's ready and they both begin to proceed into the Ruins. During then, the Human's thoughts start to speak inside him
Human's Thoughts: -Toriel seems like the kind of monster that could be one of those motherly types. Even though she seems to know her way around the ruins given the happyish tone she's given me, she saved me from Flowey. I trust her enough to guide me safely to wherever she's taking me. Will this underground be a whole new bizarre adventure for me? Or will I be trapped in the underground for the rest of my life with no way out? Well… I guess I'll have to find out one way or another-
While following Toriel, he looks around at the new environment before walking up a set of stairs into a room with several slabs of stone standing out from the ground as Toriel stands next to the doorway waiting for him to catch up.
Toriel: "Since we're here, allow me to educate you in the operation in the ruins. Here in the underground, you'll come across puzzles that you'll have to solve in order to progress any further. Like this one for example, 6 stone buttons, but only 4 can unlock this door. I may advise that you start adapting to them"
Toriel then walks over to the puzzle, stepping on the four stone slabs that each pressed down and the door unlocks behind her. She then signals for the human to follow her. He complies and follows her into the next room while doing a little sightseeing before he has to stop for her.
Toriel: "You'll have to find several switches in this room in order to proceed further. I'll be waiting at the end of the room here"
Toriel then looking behind her to realize that the switches are already labeled. Realising that she had fixed them up in advance for future children to fall down
Toriel: "Well, it seems I've had the switches already labeled out. I … I had them fixed up in advance for anymore children to fall down. About a few years ago I believe."
Human: "Toriel, if I may ask. Have you ever had an older human fall down here before me?"
Toriel: "Well … no, you're the first, given that kind of description"
While he was conversing with Toriel about the question. He moves over to the labeled switches and pushes them down, causing the spikes behind Toriel to retract and descend. Toriel smiling in his accomplishment before they move into another room. As the human looks down at a Dummy standing out in front of him, Toriel moves in front of the doorway as she gives new instructions to him.
Toriel: "As a human living in the underground. There will be monsters that will attack you, and you'll need to be prepared for this sort of situation. Have you had any combat experience during your life up above?"
Human: "There was some training I went through for a few years back when I was just a teenager. My father wanted me to start early and paid top gold to put me through the most advanced training they could find."
Toriel: "That does sound like a rough childhood."
Human: "Well I've got more of personal history like that. Plenty of stories to share"
Toriel: "Maybe when we reach home, you can share as much as you like."
Human: "Alright, so what are we doing in this room?"
Toriel: "This may be a little silly for someone your age. But when you encounter a monster, you'll enter a fight. but I'd suggest a more -friendlier- approach to your enemy, like you could strike a conversation this dummy for example"
Human: "Like what? What can I say to a dummy?"
Toriel: "Here's an example. What does a skeleton tile his roof with?"
Human: "I wonder what that would be…"
Toriel: "They tile them with -Shin-gles-"
Human: "Wow… good one. Alright then, I think I get it"
The human then approaches the dummy and kneels down to it's level, giving it some thought, he lets out his way of speaking to the dummy
Human: "So there was this one time where I donate a ton of money to the blind charity. Not like the kids will ever see it"
The dummy slides away, assuming it's been horrified by the human's dark joke, while Toriel in the background starts bursting out in uncontrollable laughter. Causing her to draw tears out of her eyes as the dummy flies away.
Toriel: "Goodness… hahaha… didn't expect you to go that far"
Human: "Never heard of dark humor, huh?"
Toriel: "Been more fond towards some things. Anyway, let us proceed"
They begin to enter another room and walk down the hallway. The human staring off at the interior of the ruins, slowing down in the process. After he looks down on the pathway again, he encounters a frog-like monster, they stare awkwardly at each other until Toriel shows up and looks at it with a very stern look on her face. Causing the result of the Froggit to leave. Allowing the human to catch up with her until they approach another puzzle with lots of lethal spikes sticking out as he looks at Toriel with concern while he grabs a long stick and pushes against one of the slabs. The spikes end up disappearing off the slab, but retract back up once he pulls the stick off.
Human: "This might be a little dangerous. Which ones are safe to cross?"
Toriel: "It might be better if I guide you through. Take my hand"
He takes hold of Toriel's hand as she escorts him through, but feeling cautious. He indirectly tightens the grip on her hand until they make the other side of the spike floor. He lets go of her hand and lets out a sigh of relief as they walk into a long hallway as Toriel turns around to face him.
Toriel: "You've done excellent so far, however I may have a difficult request to ask of you. But first, how experienced are you with being by yourself?"
Human: "Enough to last a long period of time. Then again, it does get lonely after a while."
Toriel: "Oh, well in that case, nevermind about the request. But however I'll have to leave you alone for a while. Got some business that I must attend to. I may not advise going through the ruins alone, but i'm confident you can handle yourself.
Human: "Something urgent popped up or something?"
Toriel: "Just need to do a quick grocery run. In the meantime, I'll hand you this Cell Phone so we can keep in touch."
Human: "Actually, I've already got a phone here in one of my pouches. I'm sure it works down here"
Toriel: "No… no, that phone of yours won't work. Your surface phone will never be able to pick up signals here."
Human: "Oh… well bummer then. I'll take any working phone."
The human then puts away his phone into one of his pouches while putting the new phone into his pocket. He tests it out by calling Toriel's phone which her number is already in the contact list. Her phone starts ringing as he now knows it works.
Toriel: "Well, looks like you're all set. If you need anything, feel free to call me."
Human: "I'll keep that in mind."
Toriel then moves off to run her errands, leaving the human alone as he wanders down some hallway and encounters some more Froggits and Whimsums along the way until in the middle of another hallway, the floor suddenly crumbles under him and he falls down. He is able to land on his feet due to the landing being only short from the crumpled floor. He climbs back up to the hallway and moves on to another room with more spikes and what looks like a button slab on the ground with a chunk of rock beside it. His phone suddenly rings and finds that it's Toriel calling him. He
Human: "Hey Tori, what's up?"
Toriel: "Hey, I was just calling to ask you something. For no reason in particular, which do you prefer? Cinnamon or Butterscotch?"
Human: "Well, I actually like both flavors, but Butterscotch is more favorable."
Toriel: "Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
Toriel then hangs up the call with the human feeling awkward from the sudden call. But then as he takes a few more steps, his phone rings again and he picks up finding it was Toriel again.
Human: "Yes?"
Toriel: "Hey, it's me again… I know you said you like both flavors but prefer Butterscotch, but would you like it better if I used Cinnamon and Butterscotch?"
Human: "Hmm, well I've never put that in any thought, but sure, sounds good."
Toriel: "Right, right, I understand. Thank you for being patient, by the way"
Human: "It's all good"
Toriel hangs up again and allowing the human to resume his focus on more exploring with the ruins as he pushes the rock into the slab, causing the spikes to retract. He walks through into another room where there's lots of cracks all over the room. He cautiously walks onto some cracks and the floor crumbles under him, causing him to fall once more into the room below. While looking onto the ground, he noticed a pathway that could resemble safe steps up above. He climbs back up to the floor above and cautiously walks across the safe path until he eventually reaches the end, sighing out in relief. He walks into another room where it looks the same as the last one but with three slabs this time, so he pushes the rocks into them but unaware about the third rock being alive as it speaks.
Chunk of rock: "Hey, what's the big idea, pal? Who said you could push me around?"
Human: "Woah, hey … sorry, didn't know you were alive"
Chunk of rock: "No worries, not like those other rocks you've been pushing"
Human: "Anyway, I need to go through those spikes, and I'd very much appreciate it if you move over on that slab next to you. Please?"
Chunk of rock: "Well, you seem like an okay guy, alright I'll do that for you"
Human: "Thank you"
The rock then move over on the slab, causing the spikes to retract and he quickly moves across. The rock then moves off after crossing the spike traps. He moves on to the next hallway with the table with cheese on top, passing by and showing no interest in the cheese, another room he walks into with a narrow walkway and apparently there's a ghost laying down in the middle and in the human's way. But can clearly hear it pretending to sleep
Human: "Umm, hey… excuse me …"
Ghost: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (Is he gone yet?) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
Human: "Hey buddy, I'm wondering if you could move please? I'm just looking to pass through"
The human forces his way through the ghost, but he ends up being stopped by it. Finding no other way, He starts being patient and leaves a smile towards the Ghost.
Human: "So… uh… what's your story? You got a name?"
Ghost: "Oh, sorry about that… i'm Napstablook"
Human: "Ah, that's a unique name for a ghost"
Napstablook: "Heh…"
Human: "So what brings you here?" got any family?"
Napstablook: "Just hanging here in the ruins, thought it was nicer than home."
Human: "Honestly, I thought this place would 'ruin' people's lives.
Napstablook: "Heh heh … not really feeling up to it, sorry."
Human: "C'mon Naps, cheer up… no good being sad all the time."
Upon hearing the human cheer him up, they ask him to watch as tears from its eyes over his head, forming from what looks like a top-hat
Napstablook: "I call that the 'dapper blook', you like it?"
Human: "Not bad at all. You look like one of those broadway stars but without a dancing cane"
Napstablook: "You know, I came here expecting for nobody to be around, but I met someone very nice today. Oh wait, i'm rambling aren't I? I'll get out of your way then."
Napstablook then disappears, clearing the way for human to pass through while he enters another hallway. Passing by some froggits as they watch him closely up until his phone rings again with Toriel calling. He picks up and answers her.
Human: "Hey Tori, What's up?"
Toriel: "Hey, I was just calling to let you know that I realised it's been a while since I cleaned up. I just wasn't expecting to have any company this soon."
Human: "I can understand that part, company must be very rare on your part"
Toriel: "Well anyway, there's probably some items lying around, you can pick them up if you like. But you don't want to end up carrying too many because you might see sometime you'll want"
Human: "Well luckily i've got plenty of spare pockets that I never use. Anyway, how's the grocery run going?"
Toriel: "Ah, well it's going great, just getting some last things ready. Then i'll come over and get you"
Human: "Alright, see you later then"
Toriel then hangs up the call then continues looking for more groceries. Picking out some ingredients for the pie she plans to make.
Toriel: "I just hope that he's okay, that he may be living down here now."
As Toriel pauses to think about how the Human will react, he had already moved down some rooms and ran into Napstablook again along the way while searching for a switch. He runs into more spike traps and having to find some hidden switches to cause them to retract down again. While progressing to more of the same rooms, the monsters that he meets were friendly with him, making small talk with him while he works on getting past the puzzles up until the last room as they walk away. The human presses down on the next switch and the last spike wall retracts, allowing him to cross into a three-direction hallway, He turns left and walks over a pile of leaves in the form of a cross. Then the next room, he sees leafless tree. Followed by a familiar voice of Toriel as he moves closer.
Toriel: "Oh god, that was a lot longer than I wanted it to be, I hope the human makes it here safely."
Human: "Toriel?"
The second she hears the human's voice, she looks surprised and happy at the same time. She rushes towards him checking for any damage
Toriel: "How did you find your way here? Are you hurt?"
Human: "Surprisingly, no… in fact the monsters here are very friendly."
Toriel: "Oh, well in that case, i'm glad you're okay, It probably wasn't a good idea for me to surprise you like this. But anyway, since you're here now. I suppose I cannot hide it any longer. Behind me is my house, and yours too. you're free to stay here as long as you like. Please come inside with me"
As they both enter the house, Toriel moves to the closes door on the hallway, and opens it up to reveal a bedroom that was supposed to be a child's bedroom but changed around for the human's needs.
Toriel: "I had to rush to making the bed bigger for you after the grocery run, so I hope this is enough for you.
Human: "Oh, well I can make it work. Just gonna get used to it. Other than that, i'm perfectly okay with how it's turned out."
Toriel: "I also put a spare Armor Rack in your bedroom, maybe have a place to put up all of that armor while you're staying here"
Once the human settles in the bedroom, he slips off his armor and hangs each piece on the armor rack, leaving him with only his black long sleeved shirt and pants. After that, he lets out a huge yawn, indicating that he's tired, he checks his watch, realising that it's only 9pm, so he opens up the bedsheets before he walks up to Toriel in front of the door.
Human: "Alright, so i'm starting to feel very sleepy, and I really do appreciate what you've provided me tonight. So anyway, I'm gonna go ahead and get some rest, you good with that Tori?"
Toriel: "Of course, It is getting pretty late anyway. So I'll see you tomorrow then?"
Human: "Sure, anyway, Goodnight Tori."
Toriel: "Goodnight to you as well."
And with that, the human gets comfortable as he climbs into bed, loving the soft and cushiony fabric on the bed with a hint of firmness on it as he lays down, looking up at the ceiling as he dozes off with his eyes closing up while thinking about his new adventure in the underground until he eventually falls asleep.
(To be Continued)
Next Time on Raw Determination
The human settles in to Toriel's house as her guest. And the human kept on his promise and sat down with Toriel to tell his history and stories on the surface. After a while, his curiosity drew him into checking out the basement. Toriel starts acting a little strange and starts treating him as if he's a young child. He later questions her about the basement, but learning of his history, she is debating whether to let him through or keep him in. The outcome will be dependant on his actions.
Next time on Chapter 2: Heartbreak
