Disclaimer: Hey guys! It's me, RockerGirl0709. It's been a while since I've updated anything or wrote anything, but FEAR NOT! I am still here! Just, life is getting in the way and it's affecting my writing a lot. But I've been obsessed with Undertale lately and I've wanted to write some stories for it. So, here's one of them! I hope you guys enjoy!

I do not own Undertale or any of the characters

Chapter One

Please…Frisk…

If we're really friends…you won't come back…

Sunlight filled the room from above. Slowly opening my eyes, I put a hand to my forehead and groaned. "Ow…what happened…?" Looking around at my surroundings, I realized I was…in a hole? How did I get down here? Getting up off the ground, I remembered what happened. "Oh yeah, I fell down." I chuckled. "Silly me." Looking up, I tried to figure a way out. "Well, looks like I can't get back up the way I came." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a hallway brighten up with light. "Oh, maybe this hallway will help me get out."

Walking down the hallway, I eventually came into another room. But in this particular room there was a small light looming above a lone flower.

"Huh, a single flower? That's very…odd…"

Taking a couple extra steps, the flower started to move.

"Oh! Hello there!" the flower said. "I'm Flowey, Flowey the flower!" It looked at me for a while, its eyes moving up and down. "Hmm, you're new to the underground aren't you?"

I stayed silent, wondering why a flower was talking to me. Then again, I did hit my head pretty hard when I fell.

"Golly!" it continued, "You must be so confused. Someone ought to teach you how things work around here. I guess little old me will have to do."

"W-What? How things work around here? What do you–"

"Ready? Here we go~"

Suddenly, my heart started glowing a bright red. I'm not talking about the obvious color of the organ. I'm talking about it appearing out of my body and resonating a bright red color. Alright, this was already getting weird.

"See that heart? That is your soul, the very culmination of your being!"

Oh…so this is my soul. I…guess that makes sense…

"Your soul starts off weak, but can grow strong if you gain a lot of Lv."

"Lv? What does…Lv stand for?" I asked, going along with his little tutorial.

"Why love of course!" he said happily.

"Oh, okay," I smiled.

"You want some love don't you? Don't worry, I'll share some with you~"

Giving a little wink, little white circle things started to surround me.

"W-What are those?"

"Down here, love is shared through…little white friendliness pellets," he answered.

I stayed quiet for a moment. Friendliness pellets? What does that even mean?

"Are you ready? Get as many as you can!"

Suddenly the little white circles started closing in on me quickly. I jumped straight up and avoided the pellets.

Flowey frowned a bit. "H-Hey buddy…you missed them. Let's try again okay?

The white circles surrounded me once again and started to close in.

Seeing Flowey's expression change made me think these friendliness pellets weren't all that friendly. So as the pellets got closer and closer, I jumped up again and dodged them.

Then Flowey looked mad. "Is this a joke? Are you brain dead?"

"No, I'm just–"

"Run…into…the…bullets!"

"What?" My eyes widened at the term he used. "I thought you said they were friendliness pellets! Now they're bullets?"

The white circles surrounded me once more and began to close in, but I jumped out of the way one final time.

Realizing what I was doing, Flowey's expression turned…evil.

"You know what's going on here…don't you? You just wanted to see me suffer."

I shook my head. "No! That's not it at all! It just seems like you're trying to kill me!"

Not listening to me, Flowey formed more of those pellets but they made a tighter circle around me.

"DIE!" Flowey yelled.

"Oh dear…" I said, trying to move with what little room I had.

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha!" Flowey laughed.

"Oh no…oh no oh no…what did I get myself into? I'm going to die here!" I panicked.

As the pellets got closer and closer, a bright light appeared next to Flowey. Looking closer, I could see that the bright light was actually a flame.

"What the–" Seeing the flame, Flowey's eyes widened. "No! Don't!"

The small flame then hit Flowey which sent him flying and the bullets disappear.

Taking a breath of relief, I looked around. "Wh-Who saved me?"

A tall figure came out of the shadows and it appeared to be a goat lady with a white and purple dress with a strange symbol on it.

"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth," she said. Seeing me startled, she knelt down to one knee and put a hand on her chest. "Ah, do not be afraid my child. I am Toriel, caretaker of the ruins. I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first human to come here in a long time." She held out her hand in a gentle manner. "What is your name my child?"

Not sure what to think of these…monsters…I hesitated before answering. "I'm…I'm Frisk."

Smiling, Toriel stood up and turned her back. "Come, Frisk, I will guide you through the catacombs."

Walking into the next room, I waited for a bit trying to gather my thoughts.

"Should I…follow her? I don't know if I can trust her. What if she wants to eat me?" I shivered at the thought. "But then again…she did save me from that flower…" I turned my attention in the direction Toriel went. Still debating on what I should do, I slowly started to follow her.

In the next room, I noticed a bright light shining in the distance. Out of curiosity, I walked up to it slowly and reached out my hand to touch it. Then a weird fuzzy feeling started crawling up my body. What…was that?

Continuing on, I saw Toriel standing next to a bunch of buttons on the floor and a random switch on the wall.

"Welcome to your new home, innocent one," she smiled. "Please, allow me to educate you in the operation of the ruins." Stepping on the buttons in a particular order, she then pulled the switch on the wall. "The ruins are full of puzzles. Ancient fusions between diversions and doorkeys. One must solve them to move from room to room." I nodded. "Please adjust yourself to the sight of them."

While she moved into the next room, I took a moment to study the puzzle she solved.

"Alright," I said, as I continued on.

In the next room, there were bridges over moats of water and switches scattered throughout all the walls.

"Whoa," I said, eyes widening in amusement.

"To make progress here," Toriel continued, "you will need to trigger several switches. Do not worry though, I have labelled the ones you need to flip."

Going across the bridges, there were two sets of switches on the wall. One having arrows pointing at it and the other with a blank space on the wall.

Pulling the left switch, a clicking sound echoed throughout the room.

"Splendid!" Toriel smiled. "I am so proud of you little one. Let us now move to the next room."

As I followed her into the next room, I saw a dummy standing in one of the corners.

"As a human living in the underground, monsters may attack you. You will need to prepare for that type of situation."

I got scared for a second. "O-Oh?"

"However, worry not. The process is simple!" she smiled encouragingly. "When you encounter a monster, you will enter a fight. While you are in said fight, strike up a friendly conversation."

I stared at her dumbfounded. "Huh…?"

"Here, practice talking to the dummy."

Walking over the door, she blocked the way until I did as she asked.

"O-Okay…" I said, walking up to the dummy. "Um…h-hi dummy, how are you–"

Before I could complete my question, my 'soul' appeared in front of me again. "W-What?"

The dummy waited for my next move.

Biting my lip, I started talking to the dummy.

"H-Hey dummy, how's it going?"

"…"

"Y-Yeah, that sounds fun!" This dummy did not seem one for conversation.

Toriel clapped proudly. "Well done! You are good! Very good indeed!" She moved into the next room and I quickly followed after.

As I continued to follow her, I felt something hop close to my feet. "W-What the – " When I turned around, I encountered a strange looking frog.

"Aw! It's so cute!" I said. Then I remembered what Toriel said to me before. Once I encounter a 'fight' strike up a friendly conversation. "Hey there little froggy! You look cute today!"

The frog cocked its head at me and croaked.

Then Toriel came into view and gave the frog a dirty look. Frightened by her look, the frog ran away.

"Aw, bye froggy!"

Continuing on, we came across a spikey bridge.

"Uh oh," I said.

"This puzzle is a bit too dangerous for you right now," she said. "I shall help you with this one."

She then took my hand and helped me across the bridge, already knowing the solution to the puzzle. When we got to the next room, she released my hand and turned to look at me.

"You have done excellently thus far my child."

I smiled. "Thank you!"

"However," she continued, "I have a difficult request to ask of you."

I raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Oh?"

"I would like you to walk to the end of this room by yourself."

My heart stopped beating for a slight second. "W-What?"

She bowed her head politely. "Forgive me for this."

And then she ran off. Leaving me all alone to face the monsters that await me in this dark room.

"Uh…um…" I shivered. "O-Okay…"

Walking down the long hallway, I called out her name multiple times. "Toriel! Toriel!"

Finally, a pillar came into sight. Maybe that was a sign that it was the end of the room? Approaching the pillar, I saw Toriel and ran up to her.

She smiled. "Do not worry my child, I did not leave you. I was merely behind this pillar the whole time. Thank you for trusting me." She bowed politely.

I smiled.

Then her stern face came back. "However, there was an important reason for this exercise. It was to test your independence." I cocked my head in confusion. "I must attend to some business, and you must stay alone for a while." My heart skipped a beat again. "Please, stay here. It is much too dangerous to explore by yourself."

"But…" I said, clinging to her dress. "What if a monster comes in here? What if I need you?" I cried.

"Hmmm…." she thought. "I have an idea."

Rummaging through her pockets, she pulled out a cell phone.

"I will give you this cell phone in case you run into trouble. And if you ever need anything, just give me a call okay?

I sniffled. "Okay."

"Be good alright?" she said as she departed, leaving me alone in the dark room once again.

Wiping the tears off of my face and sniffling a couple times, I looked at the cell phone and saw Toriel's number was already in the contacts.

"Hmm…maybe I can call her up and see what business she's attending to. Or..." A brilliant idea popped into my head. "Oh! I can call her mom! She has been calling me her child and has been treating me like one all this time. Yeah, I'm going to call her mother!"

Pushing Toriel's number, the phone starting ringing on the other side.

"Hello, this is Toriel," she answered.

"Hi Mom!" I said, cheerfully.

"H-Huh?" There was a small pause. "D-Did you just call me…Mom?" She chuckled softly. "W-Well, I suppose, would that make you happy? To call me…Mother?"

"Mhmm,," I nodded.

"Well then!" I could hear her smile from the other side. "Call me whatever you like."

And then she hung up.

Smiling brightly, I hugged the phone tight beaming with excitement. "Yay! Goat mom!"

Looking at the phone again, I thought about calling to talk about something else. But, then again, she was doing some 'business' things, so I shouldn't be bothering her. And it has been a while since she left…

Biting my lip, I continued onto the next room regardless what goat mom told me.

"I'll be okay…I'm sure I'll be okay…"

RING

"Ah!" Practically jumping out of my skin, I quickly answered the phone. "H-Hello?"

"Hello, this is Toriel."

"Goat Mom!" I called.

"You have not left the room have you?"

My face flushed. Uh oh, she knows I left the room. I'm in big trouble now!

"Uh…I uh…"

"There are a few puzzles I have yet to explain. It would be dangerous to try and solve them yourself. Be good alright? And remember what I told you before."

Click

Okay…so she doesn't want me to continue on because there are more puzzles up ahead. But…how long will it be before she comes back?"

Moving into the next room, there was a tiny pillar with a bowl of candy on it.

"Ooh, candy!"

Walking up to the bowl, there was a note. 'Please take one'

I took a piece of candy and looked at the wrapper.

"Non-licorice flavor, yum!"

Walking out of the room, I put the piece of candy in my pocket and moved on. While I continued to walk forward, there was another bright light, kind of like the one I saw a couple rooms ago.

"This light made me feel funny when I touched it before. I wonder…"

Reaching my hand out, I could feel the warm fuzzy feeling crawl up my spine.

Playfully crinkling through the leaves fills you with determination

HP fully restored

"Huh, there's that feeling again…" I said. "No matter, I must continue on! I need to find goat mom!"

As I continued throughout the ruins, I came across some other monsters like Whimsums, Vegatoids and Loox and some very difficult puzzles. I also came across a really nice ghost. He seemed a little sad about something, so I tried to cheer him up. I hope I get to see him again.

While I continued, I picked up a ribbon that would raise my defense and threw away my bandage that I no longer needed.

RING

"Oh, goat mom?"

"Hello, this is Toriel. Um, for no particular reason, which do you prefer? Cinnamon or Butterscotch?" she asked kindly.

"Butterscotch!" I immediately said. "I love butterscotch!"

"Oh, I see. Well, thank you for your decision."

Click

Is she…baking something?

RING

"Oh?"

"Hello, this is Toriel. You do not…dislike cinnamon do you? I-I know what your preference is but, would you turn up your nose if you found it on your plate?"

"Mmmm…no…" I said honestly.

"Ah, I see. Well, thank you."

Click

"T-Thank you…goat mom…"

What was that all about?

Not taking it too much to mind, I continued to walk forward. And it was a long walk. Monsters popped up around every corner and I had a friendly conversation with every one of them. There were also very difficult puzzles in every room. The further into the ruins I went, the harder the puzzles seemed.

Finally, I got to a creepy looking tree and heard footsteps.

"Oh dear, that took longer than I thought it would."

From behind the tree, Toriel saw me and ran up to me in fright.

"H-How did you get here my child? Are you hurt?" She examined me up close and put her hand ontop of my head. "There, there, I will heal you."

I hugged her tight, relieved that I was finally reunited with her.

"I should not have left you alone for so long," she said, comforting me. "It was irresponsible to try and surprise you like this."

"Surprise?" I asked.

She blushed a bit. "Er, well, I suppose I can't hide it any longer. Come small one," she said, walking up to a small, comfortable home.

As she walked inside, another bright light loomed from the side.

Seeing such a cute, tidy house in the middle of the ruins gives you determination

After the warm sensation shot through my body, I continued on into the cozy home.

"Smell that?" Toriel said. I sniffed the air. "Surprise! It is a butterscotch-cinnamon pie!"

My eyes lit up and I clapped happily.

Toriel giggled. "I thought we might celebrate your arrival. I…I want you to have a nice time living here."

Wait, living here?

"So I will hold off on snail pie for tonight," she continued, smiling. "I also have another surprise for you. Follow me please."

As she took off to a hallway to the right, I followed after her, still concerned about what she said before.

"This is it," she said. She took my hand and led me to one of the rooms. "A room of your own. I hope you like it."

She patted my head and sniffed the air.

"D-Do you smell that?"

"Hmm?" I said, taking a sniff as well.

"Ah! M-Make yourself at home!" she said, as she bolted to the left.

Taking another sniff of the air, I realized it was her pie that was in danger. Knowing she had it under control, I went inside my new bedroom and looked around.

A twin size bed was in the right hand corner next to a closet with a chest full of toys. Moving to the other side of the room, there was a empty photo frame that looked a bit dusty.

"Huh…that's odd…"

Next to the photo frame was a box of kids' shoes in a disparity of sizes.

"Um…" I slowly backed away. Why is there a bunch of kids' shoes here? Where are the kids? My eyes widened at the thought. Is goat mom going to eat me?

Turning off the light, I quickly jumped into the bed and pulled the covers over my head. Forgetting all about the butterscotch-cinnamon pie, I closed my eyes and went straight to sleep.

THERE! Finally done! I know this chapter was super long guys, but I'm trying to make these about 2,000 words long now. This one was a bit longer cause I was trying to get through all the tutorial stuff in one chapter. But chapter one is always slow in my opinion. But please let me know if you liked it! This story is definitely going to pick up in the next chapter I promise. Just stay with me on this. Please leave a review! They always help me out :) Love you guys!