Chara was lying on the floor, barely conscious. She remembered as she slipped on a vine and fell down a huge hole. The fall was long and then she landed on hard ground. Hurt by the fall, she felt she couldn't move.

-H-help… Someone… Anyone…-

She groaned out in despair. Suddenly, she heard soft footsteps.

-It sounds like it came from over here…-

Sounded a kind, childish voice. After a moment, as Chara rose her gaze, she found herself in front of a little goat who stood on two and wore black pants and a green shirt with a yellow stripe. Exactly the same shirt that she had.

-Oh, you've fallen down… Haven't you? Are you okay? Here, get up...-

The small goat crouched to her, stretching its… Paw. It appeared to have paws. Chara shrank. What was it?! A talking goat? A walking-on-two goat? She was sure she hallucinated or passed out from the fall and now dreamed of… This. And then she remembered the legend of Mt. Ebott. The monsters were trapped underground after the war. So the legend actually was real. Hesitating shortly, Chara gave the monster her hand and stood up.

-Um… Hi. I'm Chara.-

She introduced herself. She felt like she was going to fall unconscious, as it appeared the fall to the hard ground did some not small damage.

-Chara, huh? That's a nice name. My name is Asriel.-

So Asriel, huh? Probably a boy then.

-Oh… You got hurt… Come with.-

Asriel helped Chara to go. Most of the way she looked down, until they reached a big house. It almost looked like a castle.

-What is… This place?-

Chara asked.

-That's my home! My mom will heal you.-

At the entrance, was standing a tall monster-goat in long purple robe with an emblem on it.

-Oh, Asriel, what happened?-

The goat asked with kind, motherly-caring voice.

-Mom! This human fell down… She appears to be hurt! Can you heal her?-

-Of course, I will heal her!-

Asriel's mother took Chara in her own arms. Chara felt the pain from injuries getting weaker. Looking at her body, she saw the wounds healing. It scared her as if she saw a ghost.

-What is that?-

She asked, gasping, nearly falling off the goat's arms.

-This is magic, my child. Are you feeling better?-

Chara nodded slowly in response. Magic? What? Is she actually awake?

-I'm Toriel, the queen of the underground. Asriel said you fell down here. Was it an accident?-

Thinking a bit, Chara nodded again. Technically, it was an accident. She meant to hide in the cave, but not to fall down the hole. Toriel gave her a slight smile.

-I know you probably want to go home, but the barrier won't let one human soul to pass. Neither a monster. Now come, you seem very confused. Asriel and I will be your tutorials in the underground.-

As Toriel was leading the human to the throne room, on the way explaining few things about mosterkind and underground, Chara was more looking at the monsters' behavior than actually listened to her. All the monsters appeared to be kind, much better than humans. Some of the monsters took fighting stances, but just because it was their first time seeing a human in the underground and they didn't know what to expect. Humans wouldn't behave like this. If a monster would suddenly appear on the surface on any way, the humans would probably kill him immediately, just because he was different, not like them. And here, all the monsters were different and easily accepted another different creature. Chara even made friends with few Froggits and royal guards. Most of the royal guards were dogs, thus they sniffed and licked her. Nothing to say, quite an unusual way to become friends, but fun. When Toriel brought Chara to the throne room to meet the king, Chara was still studying monsters. So kind, friendly and accepting… Chara felt safe with them. It was like as if all the good people were concentrated in one limited place. Looking up at Toriel, Chara felt the good aura in her. Much more pure and kind area than she felt in her biological mother. When she met the king, named Asgore, his friendliness was greater than of any other living being she ever met. He was so kind, joked while talking and smiled from ear to ear. And he also looked absolutely pure.

The kindness, acceptation, purity and friendliness of the monsters filled Chara with DETERMINATION.