JourneyTale Chapter 1
Return of a Prince
REMAKE!
Summery: A journey through the underground was one thing… the journey here on the surface is another… Frisk and Asriel are caught between new and old Foes as things becomes increasingly rough on them as they learn that not everything can be simple.
In the darkness of the underground, a silent peace was held over the entire area. Once more they had been freed… yet it to everyone, but two. It was the First time they would see the sun.
A small child of thirteen sat in a room alone as she stares at the options in front of her. She had brown short hair, her eyes were of a wonderful Golden yellow that seemed to shine brightly. She stood Four foot Five as she wore a Blue sweater with two purple stripes and a pair shorts that were ragged. She gives a sigh as she looks at the magical floating options in front of her.
-Continue- -Quit- -True Reset-
She knew what each option were by now. Continue this current path and go to the surface, Quit and end it all…, and finally Reset it all back to zero once more to where nearly everyone does not remember her.
"I can't keep this up..." She says as a short Skeleton walks in behind her. He stood Four foot Four, as he wore a white shirt under his Blue hooded jacket, Fur covered the hood, he wore a pair of black shorts with it. He gives a sigh. "Kiddo… Why do you do this to your self?" He asks as his hands slip into his pockets, He leans in the doorway as he looks at her.
"Because… I can't abandon him Sans… After all the runs… After all the Resets! I know for a fact… I have Fallen for him… haha… Hes so kind… so gentle… and no matter how many times hes tried to kill me… I can't stop wanting to be there for him." She says as she looks to the ground tears fall down her face.
Sans sighs as he pushes himself off the doorway, He makes his way to the child. "Frisk..." He says as places his hand on her shoulder. "Is it really worth it? To likely lose your soul… to save him? Not everyone can-" Frisk's head turns to Sans. "He can be saved though! Not everyone can be saved by normal means! However I know he can be saved! I can feel it… and I won't leave without him." She says as turns her head down.
Sans sighs as he looks at her. "So… what are you fixing to do? What is your plan?" He asks as he looks at her, His hand still on her shoulder.
"To save him… To finally take him to the surface… and to stop the resets." She says as she looks back, Her eyes puffy and red from her tears. Sans gives another sigh as he smiles. He always noticed a change in her, A change that seemed to grow stronger, she worked harder than ever with each run. Her DETERMINATION had grown from just small… short interactions with a certain goatboy… The son of Asgore and Toriel. Asriel… he affected her in a way he never expected.
"Lets take a walk shall we? If your stopping the resets… then this is the last time we will get to do so here." He says as he moves his hand off her shoulder. Frisk nods as she stands up, Sans turns around and starts walking as Frisk follows suit. They walk past the doorway as they find themselves walking down a path in the Waterfall area. "So, what is your plan? What did you find out in order to save Asriel?" He says as they walk. The luminescent flowers glowing brightly around them as Frisk recalls everything.
She had reset so many times… hundreds of times as she sighs. She had gotten so tired of doing so...yet the small reward to spend time with him each time… had everlasting effects. She recalled all the resets… all the runs she had done. She stops in her tracks, Sans stops as he turns to face her. A sting in his chest as he sees her tears start to fall.
She couldn't stop her mind from wandering to a single run… the run she hates the most. "I'm sorry..." She says as she drops to her knees. "I'm sorry!" She says again as she stares at the ground. Sans quickly walks up to her and bends down. "Whoa, Sorry for what kiddo? You did nothing wron-" "I did! I… hurt you… I hurt everyone that time..." San's eyes widen as he realizes what is happening… she recalled what she did ages ago in a previous run… where she killed nearly everyone.
It hurt, he couldn't lie that he did in fact not trust her at one point anymore cause of it… yet the child in front of him now… was no killer. It happened only once… and he slowly forgave her. "It is OK, Frisk. Calm down please..." He tries to calm her down as she begins to cry harder. "It is not OK! How… how can you trust me after something like that… I betrayed you… I hurt Paps… I hurt everyone!" She says as Sans wraps his arms around her. "That was a long time ago kiddo… so please… stop crying..." He says.
It hurt him even more now to see her cry. To break down over something so long ago… "That happened so long ago… so please… just let it go Alright?" Sans asks as he holds her. "I'm sorry… I just… wanted to save Asriel so bad… I thought… maybe… if I could collect a Monster Soul without using it… I could give it to him! To save him!" She cries out into his shoulder. Sans sighs, if he knew that was the reason… perhaps he could have corrected her. She didn't know then that you couldn't just collect a Monster Soul, in a state for proper use again… it just was not possible. "I know… so please stop crying… you want to stop the resets don't you?" He asks as he feels her nod her head. "OK, then lets get back on track… don't worry I forgive you for that… after all who could hate such a nice buddy?" He says with a small smile on his face.
"Thank you… I never wanted to hurt any of you… I care for you all..." She says as she slowly stands, still being hugged by Sans. "Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, Toriel, Mettaton, Asgore, and you Sans… are all important to me..." She says into his jacket. "I know… so don't worry about it… you have us all right now." He says as he keeps one arm wrapped around her shoulder as he walks with her moving down the path. The gentle glow of the Echo Flowers having a calming effect on Frisk as she soon stops sobbing and crying all together. Her eyes were now even more puffy it seems now.
Sans didn't like how easily she was breaking down today… it hurt him to no end to think that it was all finally getting to her. She was Determined… yet her will was breaking down to continue. Once her willpower is gone… her determination would leave her soon after.
"Now… you got a plan or what?" He asks again gently as they walk, they soon find them selves at a bench next to a couple of echo flowers and a river. Frisk recalled her runs again. It did hurt, no matter what it hurt her to hit TRUE RESET each time… because it felt like she betrayed them all. To seal them away back in the underground and erase their memories… she was happy to have at least Sans remember her somehow. All for the desire to save one person… a single Monster. Haha… monster… no even if they were called that… they were no monsters… They were people in the core of their beings. No matter what people said about this place… these people were the farthest thing from 'Monsters'.
Yeah they had different features… and turned to dust when they die… and didn't age normally. Yet deep down they were no different from humans. They had families… they loved… they cried… they felt pain… they cared… they die… and they give birth to new lives. Frisk had done so much down here… and when she heard of the prophecy, the one which foretold of an Angel who would save them all from the underground… she took the word ALL at first as the only reason she couldn't leave, if someone was alive during her time down there for even a moment… she would save them, after all. She felt like if she had a bond with them… she couldn't justify the reason of abandoning them.
She felt a small nudge as she looks to Sans. He held a couple of tissues out for her, she gave a light laugh as she took them, using one to blow her nose. She recalled a bit further as she remembers all the times with Asriel. Oh the tales she could tell people from all the runs she did. She started to label each run with unique events that helped her remember her times with Asriel.
For example… her twelfth run, She and Asriel took to tending the Golden Flowers… he told her quiet a bit of them as they tended to them.
On her Twentieth run she and Asriel, talked about some of their best and favorite memories along side some of their worst memories. Asriel had some great times he really enjoyed it seemed, yet he always seemed down when he thought about any of the memories. She started to plan out ways to give Asriel even better memories once she brought him to the surface.
One of the most recent runs she mixed things up a little… Instead of giving Asriel a hug goodbye in his final moments with them… she pressed her lips to his and made a moment to remember. Oh she could feel her face heating up as she was a courageous little one that time. That was her ninety eighth run… oh she could still feel the joy she felt when she did that… her fingers pressed to her lips as she thought about it. 'I would love… to do that again...' She thought though… she doubt she could find the courage to do so if she saved him.
No she would save him… she made a promise after all. She recalls the last run she had… a smile spread across her face.
/Flash back/
Frisk and Asriel were standing by looking at an old statue playing music. "This is nice… I remember when I first placed that music box in there with Chara next to me… they seemed at peace when it played… ever since then if something bothered us we came here." Asriel says as he looks at the statue.
"Asriel..." Frisk says as she looks at the statue with a sad expression. Asriel turns to her and frowns. "Whats wrong?" He asks as he looks at her. "I don't know if you remember… but I have been here hundreds… if not thousands of times with the power of the SAVE… I want you to know… No matter what I am going to save you… even if it is a million more runs away from now… I want you hold this promise in your soul that I will save you..." She says as Asriel's eyes widen. He smiles as he looks away.
"You shouldn't make a promise you can't keep Frisk… Don't you have anything better to do than to try to save me?" He asks as he stares at the Statue.
Frisk shook her head. "Not until I save you and we are on the surface… I do not have anything better I would rather do." She replies as they listen to the music. "Alright then… I'll hold you to that promise until you tell me otherwise. Just… don't give up your life for mine OK?" He requests as he looks to her. She didn't reply as she leans her head onto his shoulder. He sighs as they enjoy the little time they have left.
/Flash Back end/
Her face felt hot as she remember what she wish she could have done right then and there. A small desire to make that last run the most perfect.
Sans looks at her with a questioning look. "What got you so tomato faced?" He asks as he marks an eyebrow onto his face only to raise it. Frisk would laugh if she didn't turn her head and speak up. "N-Nothing!" She says as Sans chuckles as he turns his head back forwards. Frisk tried calming her body down. 'Calm down… First thing you have to do before you can even consider that is make him yours…' She mentally sighs as she continues down the memories.
She recalls what Gerson told her way back when she did her first run here, she learned a lot that time.
His voice echoed in her mind. "When Boss Monsters have an offspring, their Soul Power is then set into a transfer state, transferring it over to the child. Causing the Child to grow, and causing the parents to age." That was it! The link between Asriel and his parents! She turns to Sans as she gives a big smile. "Sans I got it!" She says as Sans turns to her and gives his own smile. "Neat, so what is it?" He asks as she looks forwards. "You remember what happens when Boss Monsters have an Offspring right?" she says as she walks forwards faster. Sans's arm leaves her shoulder as she turns around walking backwards.
"Yeah, but what does… well shit kid aren't you a smart one?" He says as he recalls.
Asriel was the son of Toriel and Asgore. Asgore was classified as a Boss Monster while Toriel even though no one knew was also a Boss Monster. Meaning the Boss souls of both of them was transferring Soul Power into Asriel sustaining his form for an extended time… over the numerous of resets it would have gotten longer and longer due to his body adjusting to having a flow of power returning to him. Though either way it was a temporary as he does not have a soul to contain the Soul Power.
"You sure your a kid? And not some middle-aged scientist that fell down here instead?" He says jokingly.
Frisk gives a light chuckle as she turns back around her head turns to the ground. "Yet… it is only temporarily keeping him as him… and the only ways I can think of… is to either split my soul in half… and give it to him… or give him a Soul Vessel… a way to store the power of his parents into him." She says with a sigh. She turns around and looks at Sans. "I want you to give Alphys a call… and ask her to see if she can create a Soul Vessel… using my soul as a template." She says as Sans's eyes widen. "Whoa Frisk! This is dangerous! You could die, hell your entire soul could shatter!" He says with his voice filled with worry and fear.
It was no surprise to hear him be afraid of this option… He didn't want to lose her… She was family after all… He nearly lost her once before to her own darkness… he couldn't stand it if he lost her, someone who gave him the most hope of peace. He didn't want to help… but he had to either way… if he didn't then he would regret what ever happens next.
"I understand your afraid of the outcome Sans… I am out of time though… we either make the Soul Vessel, or I go and rip my soul in half and give it to him… I have already accepted the worse outcome as a likely end… I need to do this… If I don't… I will lose him again… I can not stand that… not again…" She exclaims with a mixture of emotions flowing through her voice.
Sans gives a sigh as looks at her. Her eyes filled with Determination… her choice made… "Nothing I say or do… will stop or change your mind… Alright… just… do not give up… If you feel like your going to die… try… and survive. For me… and everyone else alright?" He says as he looks at her with a depressed expression on his face.
"I will try my hardest… after all I want to see Asriel's expression when we make it to the surface!" She says with a smile.
Sans gives a slight chuckle as he pulls his phone out. He begins to dial in Alphy's number.
Soon the Phone starts ringing as he places to his head. Not a few moments later a voice is heard.
"H-Hello?" "Hey Alphys… I need a favor." "W-What sort of favor Sans? Can't it wait I am sort of busy..." "Sorry… no it can't wait… I need you to prepare a room for a Soul Vessel operation… I am gonna need you to create a new Soul Vessel." "W-What?! S-Sans! D-Do you even know what that entails?! H-How painful it can be?! H-How dangerous it can be?!" Alphy's voice seemed quieter as she says this.
"Yeah… I know… It's very important though Alphys… If this does not happen… then I can promise you… things will be very...dark." "D-Dark? What… who is it for Sans…?" "I… would rather not tell you over the phone… Can you meet us at your lab? Just you… I can tell you more there." "U-Us? A-Alright… I will be there…" "Thanks… We are heading over right now… No time to lose OK?" "G-Got you… heading to the lab now then..."
Sans hangs up as he places his phone away. "Lets get going… I need to talk to someone else after I talk to Alphys." He says as he begins walking Frisk nods as she follows suit. They walk a few moments before they find them selves walking down the main room of Alphy's lab.
They walk to the end of the room where a room labeled 'Operation room' is. They walk up as the door slides open to reveal Alphys preparing an operation table. She turns around as she wears her lab coat over her yellow scaly body, her Tail sticking out the back like usual and a pair of glasses donned on her face.
"S-Sans… you got here quicker than expected… and you brought Frisk… I should have guessed Frisk was with you when you said 'Us' and 'We'…" She says as she felt worry fill her being.
"Sorry to have Sans call you like that Alphys..." Frisk says as she looks to the ground. "S-So what is this for…" Alphys asks as she worries about the answer.
Frisk looks back up to Alphys as she speaks. "Well.. I want you to make a Soul Vessel based off my soul… I asked Sans to call you up and pull you here… I want to use that Soul Vessel to save Asriel… He is the son of Asgore and Toriel. I figured out a way to save him since he was… brought back temporarily after my last fight..." She says as she looks to the ground, her voice serious.
"F-Frisk… this is extremely… dangerous! You could die… you could be utterly destroyed..." Alphys exclaims loudly, She figured there had to be another way...right?
"I wish… there was another way Alphys… yet if I don't do it this way… I am going to… split my soul to save him. Alphy's eyes widen even further. That was even more dangerous! It would most likely kill her for sure! Yeah Asriel would live… yet the pain from splitting the soul… it would be too much for her body to handle.
"We don't have much time… so please Alphys… If I don't do this… I feel like I will lose him!" Frisk presses on with her Determination. Alphys sighs… as she looks with a sad expression on her face. "A-Are you sure about this? I need to know… that you are absolutelysure about this before I can help you..." Alphys asks needing to hear Frisk to confirm it.
"Yes… I am absolutely sure." Frisk replies instantly giving it no more thought.
Alphys gives in as she sighs one last time. "o-OK then, Sans can you make sure no one bothers us… I can lock the door...yet I have not found the time to… Undyne-Proof it… and if anyone were to find out… they would try to stop this. I will need to concentrate on this for a while as well…" Alphys says as she looks to Sans.
He nods as he replies. "Sure thing, Just get this done." He says as he pulls his phone out sending a text to someone. He vanishes in a blink of an eye as Alphys turns back to Frisk. "A-Alright come lie down… so I can get started. I will need to put you under for the whole ordeal… I would rather not have you be in pain… and it will make it go easier without you moving from the pain as well." Alphys says as she leads the way.
/Sans/
Sans appears on a loft of flowers right in front of a certain small goat child. The sudden appearance causes said child to fall back on his rear, startled and surprised he backs up a bit more before he speaks.
"W-What the?! Who are you?!" The child shouts, his emerald-green eyes stare down Sans. The child was wearing a green shirt with two yellow stripes on it with a pair of blue shorts. A golden locket around his neck. He has white fur covering his entire body.
"Hmm, did ya bump your head or something buddy? To forget this small skeleton..." Sans says sarcastically. The child looks at the Skeleton a bit closer as he recognizes him. He was one of the scientists that worked for the old royal scientist… he had talked to Sans a couple times before… yet something was different than what he remembers.
"S-Sans?!" He says as he remembers that Sans was also a close friend to Frisk. "What did Frisk send you to talk to me about coming to the surface? I told her already.. it is impossible.. I can't go to the surface..." He says as he looks to the ground.
Sans shakes his head. "Nah… I am here for another reason…" He says. The child looks up and feels fear spread across him. Sans's eye sockets were blank… "We need to have a small talk Asriel..." He says as he sits down… his voice cracked and hurt.
Asriel takes a seat across from Sans as he looks at him. "A-About what?" He asks feeling like something bad had happened. Sans gives a sigh as he looks to the ground.
"Frisk… chose a very dangerous path… She… is currently laying down on an operation table… with a small chance of death… or a chance to have severe damage to her soul…" He says his voice fill with pain.
Asriel's eyes widen as he feels a ping of pain in his chest. "W-What?! Why don't you try and sto-" He shuts up as Sans looks up to him, His left eye glowing blue with a tint of yellow to it at times. "If I could I would!" He shouts as the blue glow fades… leaving his sockets blank once more. "However… if it was not this way… it was another way she would go about things… just to save you… at least this way… she has a chance to survive… a higher chance." He says his voice still filled with pain.
"Why..." Asriel starts to feel tears form at his eyes. "Why is she doing this all for me… I told her to forget about me! To just let me go!" He cries out as he is unable to hold back his tears. "Well I think… it's cause she really cares for you… She said she refuses to abandon her best friend… can't say I blame her… I don't think I would have the same amount of courage… or will to do what she is doing for someone close to me." He says with a slight smile.
"Listen Az…" He starts to say as he looks back to the ground. Asriel looks at Sans. "She cares for you deeply it seems, If… if things work out and everything goes fine… Promise me… you will never make her regret saving you… and you will always protect her." He requests, Sans rarely asks anything of anyone. Even more so to accept promises. Asriel looks down to the ground, before he looks back up to Sans. "I… I promise." Asriel replies. Sans smiles as his eyes return to normal. "Thanks..." He says as he stands up, he then walks past Asriel to vanish without a trace.
Asriel looks to the ground, now alone at the flower bed before him a tear falls down his face. "Please… Don't die now Frisk… not after everything you have done for us monsters..." He says to himself in the lone room deep inside the ruins.
/Alphys's Lab/
Alphys was working carefully and quickly as she could on Frisk's Soul, getting everything ready for the final process of creating the Soul Vessel. She had no idea how it would effect a monster… never the less a child of Boss monster… however it was just to contain Soul Power of the parents so it could work even if it was based around a human's soul.
She reaches over Frisk towards a blunt strange tool, as she was pulling to back to her to use it slips from her hand hitting the edge of Frisk's soul causing it to break off a small fragment.
"Oh no!" She says as she quickly scrambles to get the fragment and place it back, but by the time she got it to the soul she noticed something very strange.
Frisk's soul regrew the missing fragment. "W-What?! How is this… that is… No this is not the time to ask that… I am short on time as it is already." She says as she places the fragment into a container and continuing her work.
Two hours later Alphys wipes her brow of sweat along side a sigh of relief. She felt like she held that breath in since she started this operation. It was terrifying… she felt like it was all going to end right then when she dropped her tool onto Frisk's soul. Turns out it was surprisingly very durable, more so than she expected.
She looks over at a container that now has the freshly and newly made Soul Vessel that she made… it was not easy… nor was it quick, yet she managed to do it in the short span of time.
Frisk told her that it needed to be done before it was six… the clock now read four fifty. She still was curious how the vessel would affect another monster… and she was worried that it would fail… but she would place her faith into Frisk's plan.
"I-I guess it is time to wake Frisk up then..." She says as she walks over to Frisk.
/Asriel/
His time was soon over as Asriel… and soon he would return to being a flower. He would have accepted this by now… however he couldn't. He was unable to relax as he was very worried and agitated ever since he talked with Sans… about Frisk. He was extremely worried… no not just worried… afraid… afraid he would lose someone who felt extremely close to him… even though they just met face to face today. He felt like they had known each other for a long time… longer than he knew Chara. Yet he felt the same as he did when Chara was his best friend.
Chara… now that was a dark and messed up child. 'I was so naive back then...' Asriel sighs as he remembers what happened that day… Chara used him… and he found out when he fused with Chara's soul. 'he...no they… wanted only to use my powers to kill everyone...' The though of what happened brought another sigh to him.
He was looking at the flowers before him. He looks up as he sees Sans standing before him. Not expecting him he fell back and bumps his head on the hard ground.
"Sans! Stop doing that… seriously can't you enter a room like a normal person. Anyways what is… it..." He slows his speak as he sees Sans with a depressed expression his eye sockets blank as he stares at Asriel. He looked emotionally hurt. "Someone wants to talk to you… Please come with me." His voice void of all emotion as he stands there.
This did not help Asriel at all… he felt fear crawl over his entire being. 'Oh no… please do not be what I think this is about...' He thinks to himself as he stands up, He didn't have time to waste as Sans starts to walk off he follows after.
They walk out of sight from the Flower bed as Asriel finds them both in Alphys's Lab. They were standing in front of the room labeled 'Operation Room' As Alphys walks out, she gives a slight jump seeing Asriel.
Sans turns around as he walks away. The sound of his footsteps the only sound in the room as Alphys walks up to Asriel. "Y-You must be Asriel… F-Frisk told me about you..." She says as she starts to head back in the room. She waves to Asriel to follow as he follows behind her.
They walk through the room as they come towards an Operation table with Frisk laying on it motionless. "F-Frisk said you were a good friend of her's… Great even…" She says as she stops. "W-Well the Operation was a success, but… she won't wake up… She is alive… yet in a coma..." Alphys says looking to the ground.
Asriel felt pain in his chest. 'A… coma? Frisk… why...' He was shook up by this, he was afraid she died… yet this felt just as bad. There was always a case were people would never...wake up from a coma again. It was the same as dying nearly. "W-Will she… ever wake up?" He asks as he looks at Frisk. Alphys gives a sigh. "I-I don't know..." She replies. She was however having a different thought. 'I- I don't like this… it is not right to do this to him...' Alphys thinks as she walks off a bit. She picks up a container containing a red heart shaped soul that was nothing, but the outline.
"T-This is the Soul VesselFrisk had me make for you… so you could live on..." She says as she unseals the container. She carefully pulls the Soul Vessel out and hands it to Asriel. "H-Here… she told me to get this to you… in the case that something bad happens… If the operation was a failure… she told me to give you what I could of her soul… luckily we don't have to do that though!" She says with a tad bit of happiness in her voice.
"I…" Asriel started to speak, yet he couldn't find his words. His eyes looking at the Soul Vessel … if he had been looking closely at Frisk… he would have noticed her left eye barely open watching him. "P-Please… take it… Frisk would be upset if you didn't take it… she really wanted you to live on in life..." Alphys pleads.
Asriel sighs as he looks at it. 'Frisk… there may be a chance to see you and thank you for this...' He feels like something was kept that they had made… like a promise between them was kept. He pulls the vessel to his chest as it enters his body. He feels pain cover his entire being as the Soul Power forces its way into his new soul. Forcing its way in allowing it accept the monster power. He falls to his knees panting as the pain subsides.
"W-What happen." He gasps out as the pain fades completely. "I-It may have hurt to change the soul inside your being… to allow the Soul Power of your parents to be accepted… it seems to have worked either way… He looks down as he calls his soul out to see it. A red outline with a center slowly being filled with a white core.
Frisk smiles as she slowly and quietly gets up behind Asriel. Her legs hand off the side of the table as she smirks. "Howdy! Asriel are you there?" She starts off as Asriel turns his head, tears starting to form in his eyes. He sees Frisk sitting on the side of the table with a smirk-smile on her face.
"It's me! Your best friend… Fri-" She is cut off as Asriel jumps to her and hugs her. "Y-You idiot… you big jerk!" He cries out as he hugs her. Her eyes wide as they return to gentle look, her arms wrap around Asriel. "Welcome home Asriel…" She says with a smile as he cries into her sweater.
She decided to play a prank on him since he did so one time and hurt her feelings. He had taken the smallest of the Golden Flowers while she was distracted and placed it in his spot quietly as he then quietly took off and hid behind a pillar. She broke down crying and he felt bad… however it still hurt her feelings more as it was one of the earlier runs.
Sans walks into the room, his eyes normal again with the white specks for eyes. He was smiling as he spoke. "So now… Frisk what is the plan?" He asks as Frisk scratches her head some. "Well to be honest… I was expecting never to wake up..." Everyone looked at her with an annoyed look. However her face takes a serious look. "But if I were to take a guess… then it is time to surprise Asgore and Toriel!" She says with a smile. Asriel felt his sins crawl down his spine… As flowey he never told them that he was their child since his own resets. It was going to be tough to explain who he was before Frisk saved him.
"Sans can you have everyone meet us at the ruins? Also if you don't mind take me and Asriel to the Flower bed where I fell in at before Toriel's house?" She asks as Sans smiles. "Sure thing kiddo." He says as he turns to Alphys. "Since you will be seeing Undyne soon… I expect you to take her there… oh and don't spoil the surprise." He says as He and the two kids walk off to vanish on the other side of the door leaving the operation room.
Alphys sighs. "T-This is not gonna be fun…" She says as she turns out the lights, leaving only one glowing object lighting up a small area. The Soul Fragment glows brightly as it grows a bit while Alphys leaves. Leaving a new and curious mystery to be solved.
/Flower bed/
Frisk and Asriel find them selves standing on the flowerbed without sans. Asriel looks around trying to find him. "How does he do that?" Asriel asks as he scratches his head. "I have no idea… yet it is handy so why complain about it?" She says with a smile. Her heart pounding as she looks at Asriel. His emerald eyes seem to glisten beautifully in the light from the surface. She looks away as he turns his head. "Anyways… we should give him a few minutes so he can alert every… and to let everyone arrive." She says with a slight blush.
Asriel looks to the ground after she says that and gives a sigh. "Hey… Frisk… I was thinking about it earlier… why did you come to the underground… why did you jump into Mt. Ebott..." He asks as he stares at the flowers. Frisk's eyes widen as she looks up at the hole above her. "Y-You want to know… why I jumped down here?" She asks hesitantly, it was on the bottom of things she was not expecting to be asked today.
Asriel looks up to her. "Sorry… if you don't want to tell me that is fine… I was just curious." He says as he looks at her. She gives a small smile as she looks back to him. "It's fine… I just was not expecting anyone to ask me that today…" She says as she sits down looking back up to the hole. "Well… I am not going to say it lightly… I was… not very well liked on the surface… I was miserable to be honest. I don't remember my parents… My father… I cant remember if I knew him or not… my mother… I heard she died some time after I was born. I lived on the streets my entire life before I fell here… I had to dig through trash for food as no one wanted to sell anything to me for some reason." She says as Asriel's eyes widen.
"Though not everyone was entirely cruel to me… there was several elderly that gave me food some times… and a few times they gave me clothes. It was winter when I left it… in fact it was when I got this sweater from one lady… she told me to stay warm this winter… saying it was gonna be quite cold. I thanked her before I went on my way to the mountain… I scrounged for food on my way there finding berries to eat." She says as she looks down to the ground.
"I decided that since… Mt Ebott had rumors saying you would vanish… or die by falling into the mountain… that I would do so… since it seemed at the time there was no where else for me to go. I never hated the other humans… I hated the fact I couldn't be happier… but I don't blame them. They had families to look out for..." Asriel felt bad for asking now though as he looks away. "Then you know the rest after I fell in..." Asriel swallows the knot in his throat as he speaks. "I… I am sorry Frisk I didn't..." he started as Frisk shook her head.
"It is fine… after all.. if I never fell down here… I wouldn't have met any of you! Toriel, Sans, Papyrus, Mettaton, you… every single person here has made me more happier than anything..." She says as she lies back with a smile. "You are all my family and friends now...I couldn't be any happier right this moment!" She says as she closes her eyes taking the sunlight onto her skin. Asriel smiles knowing that this made her happier… if it was true then he was happy to be part of the reason. If only he knew how much he really helped her.
They hear a voice from in front of them. "Heya, Everyone is waiting you two." Sans says as he stands there. Asriel's eye twitches as he looks at the Skeleton. "A little warning next time will you?" He says as Sans shrugs. Frisk sits up with a smile. "We will be right there, I am gonna take Asriel through the front door!" She says with a smile. Sans nods as he walks off vanishing past a pillar.
Frisk jumps up as Asriel stands up. The second he is on his feet Frisk grabs his hand and starts to pull him with her. "H-Hey Slow down Frisk!" He says as Frisk pulls him along the ruins.
/Toriel's home/
Sans walks in through the front door as he closes it, he sees everyone sitting in the living room. Toriel was glaring daggers at Asgore, who was trying to get her to accept his apologies. Alphys and Undyne were sitting on the couch talking casually. While Papyrus was talking with Mettaton about the show earlier that day with Frisk. Toriel notices Sans walking into the living room as she stands up. "Did you find Frisk?" She asks with worry. Sans nods as he replies. "Yeah… she will be here in a bit. She was flowering about..." He says with a smile, Toriel gives a light laugh as Papyrus yells at him. "SANS THIS IS NO TIME FOR YOUR PUNS!" He shouts out at him.
"Ah come on Paps… You know all my jokes are… Tearrific" Sans replies as he tears a piece a paper in half. Toriel starts to laugh harder at the stupid puns. "Sans please… you called us all here as if this was a serious matter..." Asgore says with a sigh. Sans gives a huge smile as she turns to Asgore. "oh, but Toriel seems to be having..." Sans starts off. Asgore's eyebrow twitches as Papyrus's eyes stare him down. "a goat of a time!" He finishes as Asgore tries to leap at Sans. "ENOUGH OF YOUR DAMN PUNS YOU DAMN SKELETON!" He shouts as Undyne manages to grab him laughing at the rage Asgore was in. Toriel was on the floor holding her gut laughing hard.
A few minutes later everything goes quiet as the front door opens. Frisk walks in with a large smile on her face. "Hey everyone!" She says as she stands in front of the door waving to everyone in the living room. "I got someone I want you all to meet!" She says as she waves her arm in to someone outside. Said person shyly walks in as the room stares and is dead silent.
"H-Howdy everyone..." Asriel says as he looks to the ground slightly embarrassed. Asgore stares in disbelief as Toriel's eyes start to tear up some.
"Is… is it really you son?" Asgore asks as he looks at Asriel. Asriel smiles as he looks at his father. He goes to speak as he feels an urge.
"I'm ASRIEL as it gets!" He says with a large smile. Toriel's eyes widen with joy as she smiles and sheds tears of happiness. "That is my boy!" She says with a cheer. Asgore however was being held back from attacking Sans. "YOU HAVE CORRUPTED MY CHILD WITH THOSE HORRIBLE PUNS OF YOURS!" He yells out as Undyne laughs at his rage once more.
Asriel smiles as he was home..
The prince was home again.
/Extra Scene/
It soon came time to leave the underground as everyone walks towards where the barrier once stood. "Well Asriel… are you ready to finally be free to truly experience what the surface is like?" Frisk asks as she holds his hand. She had not left his side since he was brought back. "Y-Yeah… This should be interesting." He says as they walk towards the blinding light of the exit. They soon stood outside as Asriel's eyes went wide. The sun was setting beautifully over the large forest and the mountain terrain before them. "G-Golly… this is… amazing!" He says as Frisk smiles. Sans walks up besides the two smiling. Mettaton looks out over the horizon with a smile as Toriel stands next to Frisk and Asriel along side Sans.
Papyrus yells hes ready to experience everything there is in the human world. Undyne joins him in cheers as she was pumped up to see what this world had to offer. Alphys smiles as she looks around at her new friends. Asgore smiles as stares at the new life everyone had ahead of them… the world seems almost perfect now.
/Break/
Chapter 1 Remake: The return of a Prince. Completed
Chapter 2: Wait what you think im gonna work on Chapter 2 Remake yet?! Hold your horses! I need to finish Chapter 10 First! Take the original Chapter 2!
Chapter 2: A surface of love? Completed
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