This is an idea I had for a while since I experienced the hit game "Undertale." If you aren't familiar with the game, here are some good options. Either watch a playthrough on YouTube of Undertale or buy the game on Steam and experience the game yourself. I ain't gonna lie, the game is pretty amazing. Also, sorry for the spoilers on the Pacifist Run in this prologue, but this is something I must include in order to make an understanding of the story here. So without further ado, enjoy.
Life…Death…Good…Evil
These are the 4 things that have been in my head since I was a little boy. When my soul was weak and vulnerable to anything.
My mom always told me that there are 2 types of people in the world. Good and evil. I guess you can say that my family is on the war of good vs evil. My mom's side of my family, the good side, vs my dad's side of the family, the evil side.
Ever since my mom and dad divorced when I was born, it divided our family apart. Me and my brother however, are like two peas in a pod. Our brotherly bond is unbreakable, but it's hard to keep it when your mom and dad, or your other relatives are either arguing or actually fighting, risking their souls to be destroyed. It's actually pretty hard to watch.
2 years ago, on a stormy day in April, a horrible news report came aborde. It was about a car accident that happened in the big city. The car shown in the news was something I immediately recognized.
It was my mom's car. I was left in tears, learning on how she didn't survive the crash. My brother took me to the funeral. I didn't really like being there because it makes me feel emotional inside. The service then gave me a golden flower to remember her by, and it was my mom's favorite flower when she was my brother's age. My dad however? Nobody knows what happened to him on the day my mom died. People say he's responsible for the manslaughter since nobody saw him on that stormy day.
My brother was old enough to be on his own after mom died, but me? I was only 5, and he was 6 years older than me. So my brother let me stay with my grandparents until I get old enough to be on my own. It wasn't easy though, because my dad's side of the family lived so close to us.
A human boy was crying in the corner of the living room while a young woman was yelling at the boy's grandparents.
"I feel like you should leave before someone gets hurt." The human's grandpa warned the young woman.
"ARGH! Fine! But don't think this is the last you'll see me." The young woman warned as she left the house and slammed the door.
"Christyan, dear? Are you alright?" The human's grandma asked as she walks to the human, now known as Christyan.
"No….no I'm not. I can't live like this anymore." Christyan started to sob loudly.
"Christyan, I'm sorry. I wish there is a way to get out of this." Christyan's grandma then picks up Christyan and hugs him lightly.
"Isn't there a place where those meanies can't find us? You heard my aunt. This isn't the last time we see her. I don't want another fight or another beating." Christyan then cries on his grandma's shoulder.
The grandparents looked at each other with bitterness. They know there's one place to be safe from Christyan's aggressive relatives, but it's very risky. They both know what the place they're thinking is filled with monsters. Monsters that was at war with the humans long ago, and they strive for the humans extinction and to rule the surface. They then sigh and held Christyan up.
"There is one place we can take you, dear." Christyan's grandpa stated, catching Christyan's attention. "But, in order for us to live there, we must be silent. We must be quiet. We can't attract attention to ourselves or we're goners."
Christyan didn't understand why he has to be quiet, but he nods in agreement, only to get out of this bombarded nightmare.
So, they took me to Mt. Ebott. And when we reached the top, there was this big hole. We were careful going down the hole. We had attached some vines to a tree and climbed down carefully. My grandparents used to be hikers when they were younger, so they have great experience with climbing.
When we were close to the bottom of the hole, grandpa cut the vine and we landed 2 feet from the ground without harm. Lucky for us, some kind of goat lady helped us settle in and lead us out of these ruins of some sort, but she lended us some food, drinks, and clothes. We were lucky to not get noticed by the locals of this weird place I'm at.
We stopped at this beautiful water like area, filled with these cool looking blue flowers and glowing blue water. We settled in secret, build a house out of what the area offered us, with little help from me and my powers. What are my powers you ask? Well, that's something you'll have to see for yourself.
I had a great childhood in the Underground. I learned so much about the history, how the monsters got trapped down here, and many other things about souls. Both monster and human souls. My grandma says that the color of a human soul makes up their personality. The color of my soul is magenta….and it stands for….
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Dedication
5 years later
The CORE, Underground
The barrier
"Frisk….do you know why I'm doing this…? Why I keep fighting to keep you around…?" Asriel asked as he fired magic flames, but none of them were hitting Frisk, who was just standing there, watching Asriel.
Frisk tried to reach out to Asriel, trying to save his soul from destruction, but then,
"I'm doing this….because you're special, Frisk. You're the only one that understands me. You're the only one who's any fun to play with anymore." Asriel fired more magic flames at Frisk, purposely missing Frisk.
"Asriel…." Frisk looks down, tears falling from her eyes, feeling like cold sadness and guilt from Asriel expressing himself. She then tried to reach out to Asriel.
"...no….that's not JUST it. I….I'm doing this because I care about you, Frisk! I care about you more than anybody else!" Asriel then looks down at Frisk, looking guilty for trying to destroy the world.
"I'm not ready for this to end. I'm not ready for you to leave. I'm not ready to say goodbye to someone like you again…"
Frisk felt really sad, seeing Asriel act like this, just to keep her alive.
"Asriel, please stop this. I don't want this to continue. Please….stop fighting." Frisk fell to her knees, crying waterfalls from her eyes.
"So please…." Frisk looks up, tears still falling from her eyes. "STOP doing this…." Asriel charged up a rainbow beam from his hands. Frisk gets up, ready to avoid the attack, but the attack was both large and powerful, almost looks unavoidable.
"AND JUST LET ME WIN!" Asriel combined the beams together and fires an enormous beam, hitting Frisk.
"AAAAAAAAAAAA!" Frisk screamed as she were being pushed back from the beam. Frisk then fell on one knee, feeling weak from the enormous beam hitting her, unable to avoid the attack. Frisk looks like she can't handle anymore of the attack, she feels like she's going to die there, her soul cracking. But, the cracks were disappearing as Frisk slowly gets up. Asriel sees Frisk getting up as he powers up the beam attack.
"STOP IT NOW!" Asriel screamed as the beam attack grew more powerful.
Frisk fell on one knee again, but she didn't plan to give up now. Her Determination was the one thing keeping her alive. And the support from her monster friends, Toriel, Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, and Asgore, was making her stronger. She then stands up on both of her feet and slowly walks towards Asriel.
Asriel looks down to see Frisk slowly walking towards him, trying to reach out to him and save his soul. Asriel closed his eyes, tears falling from his eyes as he stopped the rainbow beam. Frisk sees the guilt in Asriel's face as she continued to walk towards him.
"Frisk….I'm so alone….Frisk….I'm so afraid….Frisk….Frisk I….I…." Frisk stopped in front of Asriel and hugs him tightly. Asriel then starts to deform from his all-mighty form and goes back to his regular goat boy form.
"I'm so sorry." Asriel started to wipe the tears from his eyes with his arm. Frisk looked at Asriel and kindly smiles.
Asriel stopped wiping his eyes and looks at Frisk, smiling. "I always was a crybaby, wasn't I?" Asriel asked.
Frisk was slightly laughing from that question. Asriel then joins the laugh.
"Frisk, I'm sorry. I….I was just tired of being a flower. Not having the ability to feel love, or anything. Not having a soul inside me, it makes me hopeless. But now, with all of these monsters souls inside me…." Asriel smiles brightly, "I not only have my compassion, but I can feel that the monsters already love you."
Frisk smiles. "Really?"
Asriel nods, but then looks down with guilt. "Frisk? I….I understand if you can't forgive me."
Frisk's smile turned into a frown from hearing that. "Asriel…."
"I understand if you hate me. I did act horrible towards you. Towards everyone. I hurt not only you, but every other monster down here. I hurt families, friends, everyone. Humans and monsters alike. I….I really don't think I deserve to be forgiven." Asriel's eyes were filled with tears.
Frisk looks down with guilt as she slowly walks towards Asriel and hugs him. Asriel looked shocked.
"What? Frisk….stop. You're gonna….make me cry again. Please stop playing with me." Asriel started to form a small smile.
"Asriel….I'm not playing around. Despite what just happened moments ago….I forgive you. You weren't yourself. You were just being a little bit of a megalomaniac." Frisk tightens the hug. "Even someone like you can be forgiven. You just wanted a true friend. And….I'm here for you always."
Asriel smiles as tears fell from his eyes as he buried his face on Frisk's shoulder. Frisk smiled and gently rubbed Asriel's head, comforting him and letting him cry on her shoulder.
Asriel then let's go and gets up on his feet. "Frisk? I'd love to stick around, but….I can't keep these souls inside me."
"Asriel….? What do you mean?" Frisk asked.
"I'm sorry Frisk, but these souls is something I cannot keep forever. The least I can do is return them. Return them to their owners. You know?" Asriel asked, smiling.
Frisk smiled as well. "Yeah, I know. It's for the best."
"Yeah….but….there's….there's one thing I must do before I let these souls go. Frisk, I can feel their souls as one, wanting the same lifelong dream for all these years. The dream of being free from the barrier and leaving the Underground forever. That dream….that dream all of us monsters thought about….will now finally come true." Asriel opened his arms wide as he started to glow.
Frisk looked at Asriel with surprise as she slowly backs away from him.
"With everyone's power….and determination….I will break the barrier and let the monsters go free." Asriel floats up from the ground as all the souls he gathered flies out of him and swirls around.
Frisk looked at all the souls surrounding him. The power of all the souls combined are one in a million, fighting for their dream of freedom. The monsters dreams of freedom from the Underground were now finally coming true as a crack started forming around Frisk and Asriel. The power of the 6 human souls, along with the thousands of monsters souls, were powerful enough to break through the barrier.
Frisk smiled at how everyone was fighting back against the barrier, the one and only thing keeping the monsters trapped in the Underground. More cracks began to form around Frisk and Asriel. With one final push, the souls broke through the barrier, shattering it. The barrier was broken apart. The barrier was destroyed.
Nobody knows where the 6 human souls went, but all of the monster souls went back to their original bodies. The monsters woke up and don't remember what happened. They don't remember what they were doing, nor they remember how they got to where they were. Although, there was one soul that fallen into Waterfall. A human soul. While the other monster souls were falling back to their original bodies, this human soul went to the far ends of Waterfall. The human soul landed on a human and went inside their body, hidden from the other monsters in the area. The human then awoke and got up on their feet. They looked outside the window and saw the monster souls fall from the sky, or at least the ceiling.
The human then got out of their bed, put on their black fedora, and looked outside. They didn't know why it was happening, but they started to feel peaceful. They don't know why the souls are falling from the ceiling, but they smiled and took off his fedora and looked up.
This….is the start of our story.