Credit Note: The original universe of Undertale and Deltarune, along with all of the characters within, belong to Toby Fox. The usage of the picture "Vessel" is credited to MarshieMonarch on Deviantart.


Deltarune: An Innocent Wish
Chapter 1: An Innocent Wish

Kris lies in bed. At their feet at the end of the room is the light tapping of an entity beyond their control. At least, beyond their control sometimes. Kris, their face ragged and tired, their eyes traveling a million miles ahead peering through stray spaces in the spillage of their hair. It's been a long day… and today was a weekend. Tomorrow is Monday. School. Kris closes their eyes, a stray tear escaping and tapping onto the pillow.

They almost fall asleep, but the cage rattles a little bit, shocking them awake. That dumb heart woke them up again. Half asleep and frazzled, something catches their eye.

"Ngh…?" They mumble, removing the blanket and walking towards the window. Kris slept in their clothes again… but regardless, moves the curtain to see a bright, but not blinding star in the sky. Something about it, burning gold and twinkling from four sides… they get an idea.

Monster magic exists… why not celestial magic…? Kris, still tired, half asleep, and more than anything- desperate… gets on their knees and prays.

"Please… I want… a friend… who understands me… and wants what's best for me… someone I can love…" Kris mumbles. Before long, another stray tear falls, and they wipe their eyes before crawling back into bed exhausted.


Kris wakes up and throws their blanket off. Before immediately noticing something wrong. In a cold sweat and a shock of anxiety they jump out of bed. How long have they been asleep?! They don't remember being taken by the soul! Kris looks around for a calendar or something but looks instead at the cage.

It's… empty…?

Kris, mouth open, looks at the empty cage as the door to their room opens, showing a shocked Toriel.

"Kris…? You're awake?" Her expression is one of genuine surprise before it fades to being pleased.
"Mom? I'm… huh… I guess I… am?" Kris says, confused. Toriel frowns however.
"You slept in your clothes again, Kris… but at least you didn't take so long to wake up today. Normally I have to try to wake you up over and over, and then on the third go I have to open the curtain! But you're up early, we actually have an hour before we leave. I cleaned a pair of clothes for you, why not take a shower, my child?" Toriel lets out. Kris, blinking once, nods.

"Okay. Thanks mom." Kris says with an extremely faint, but noticeable smile. Toriel notices it and can't help but smile back, closing the door. When it's closed, a bead of sweat drops to the floor.

WHERE'S THE SOUL?


Kris exits the shower and gets dressed. They haven't bathed in about a week, or at least they don't think they have. They haven't had this much concurrent freedom in an extremely long time. It almost feels kind of strange. They leave the bathroom, their hair poofy from the shampoo to the point where their striking red eyes can actually be visibly seen. Toriel notices and smiles, her smile however, hidden behind a book she's reading. She doesn't want to embarrass Kris, but it's been such a long time since she's seen their eyes.

"Good morning my child. I trust you feel refreshed. We still have half an hour until we have to go to school." Toriel states.
"Hey mom. Do you mind if I step outside for a bit?"
"Of course, Kris. Just remember we have school."
"Thanks, mom."

Kris steps outside of the house to be blasted by a small gust of cool air. Their recently dried (but still kind of wet) skin recoils from the chill and they shiver a small bit, but shortly gets comfortable again. Kris looks around. They don't expect to see the soul just sitting around or anything, but it couldn't hurt to spend a few minutes of the morning checking things out.

Kris walks down the street, being greeted by the neighbors. Not all of them, since it's still very early and the sun is only partially peeking over the eastern lake. They look around the town for a little bit before realizing they should probably go to school, and as if to summon the devil himself, their phone rings. Kris answers it.

"Kris, honey? It's time to go to school. You can play after class. I'll meet you there, I'm driving now."
"Alright, mom. I'll be there."


With a perk in their step, Kris begins to go to school without that damn heart getting in the way like it always does. Kris, with an uncharacteristic smile, greets the townspeople, who knowing Kris are shocked, but pleased and wave back!

For so long, Kris has just been going through the motions, being kind of a loner and even admits they were kind of weird, but ever since they had that dream last night, they feel like an entirely different person.

Maybe people… CAN change who they are in this world!


Kris enters their classroom, most of the kids here only just got here and aren't even sitting yet, the light bustle of activity fills the room. Kris walks to his desk before being noticed.

"HOI Kris!" Temmie lets out. Kris waves. Noelle walks over.
"Oh, you're early, Kris. Did you do your weekend homework?" Noelle asks. Kris's expression turns ice cold and she diverts her eyes and breaks into a wiggly smile.
"Well, I can help if you want."
"That would be great, thanks." Kris says, Noelle looking back, surprised. Kris hasn't taken up her offer in a long time. In fact, she cocks her head a little bit, and under her vision, she can make out Kris's eyes.
"Hmm?" Kris mumbles. Noelle waves her hand.
"Nothing! Uh, we have about 5 minutes until class starts. It's just some simple history lessons." Kris sits down and scoots his desk over to Noelle's and takes out their unfinished homework. Noelle goes over it slightly.

"It's about the human war a long time ago. Um, it's not awkward to talk about it, is it?" Noelle asks.
"I guess not. It happened, it's important to know about." Kris says. Noelle smiles.
"I agree. But yeah, it's just a recap of the events of the war. Monsters started the war and didn't hold back, and before long only a very few amount of humans were left. Ravaged by the conflict, the guilty monsters sought to atone, but many humans ran from this world, disappearing into the heavens. Well, that last part is more of a poetic retelling than a literal logical explanation. But the basics are about how-" Noelle goes on as the classroom door opens, miss Alphys entering.

Kris very quickly scoots his desk back with a blush and hurriedly fills in a few lines. The details are always vague to Kris. He didn't just forget the weekend homework, he kind of forgot the war, like he only just kind of remembered it today. But regardless, he fills it out and run to the teacher's desk before she sits down.

Alphys nods and puts it with the rest. "Very good, Kris. Class is about to start, take your seat everyone!" She says to the class as everyone sits down, including Kris. Alphys looks around before frowning.

"Susie isn't back yet, I sent her to get chalk with…" Alphys says, coming to a realization.
"Oh, right. Class, they aren't here yet, but we're expecting a new student today! They're with Susie getting chalk at the moment. I'm sure they'll be back any minute. Anyway. Everyone pair up. Whoever is left out… hmm… I suppose we can form a group of three."

Alphys instructs the class and people gravitate towards each other. To Berdly's annoyance, Noelle agreed to be both Kris AND his assistant. Making a smug face; he balks.

"Just sit back and relax, Kris! You get to watch me get us an A!"
"Berdly, that's not nice! Kris can help!" Noelle grumbles. They all pair up and class proceeds as Alphys avoids the chalkboard. Those two are awfully late.