Ok so, this idea came so suddenly in my mind ahah. I was watching dan&phil's videos about undertale and BAM, everything goes in my head so quickly ! So, to make everything clear since the beginning : I only take the universe of undertale here, the story itself is mine but I don't own the universe and the characters (because obviously they're from fairy tail).
(Again, I want to apologize in advance if you'll find some grammatical mistakes.)
Here's the prologue for you, hope it'll please you !
Illumines the darkness.
(Prologue)
Everything began with a war…
This storytakes place in the Underground, a realm where monsters, once equal to humans, were banished to after war broke out between them. The Underground is sealed from the surface world by an imperfect magic barrier, the only point of entry being at Mount Ebott, a high mountain where nobody want to go near by… usually. Sometimes, too curious human children venture into this mountain, wanting to prove that this history is only pointless and that this world does not exist, or quite the opposite, wanting to prove that all of this is the pure truth.
One fateful day, a little girl…
"What was her name ?"
The beautiful, blonde woman who was telling the story to, probably her child, hiccupped of surprise at the sudden question.
"Well… I don't know, it's not written in the book, sweetie." She took a look at her adorable daughter, who was pouting a little because of who-know-what, and giggled at the view. "How do you want to name her ?"
The child, comfortably in her bed and catching the end of her light pink blanket, seemed to think hardly. Suddenly, she had an illumination and said by raising high arms,
"Gonzales !"
The mother held her mouth closed to not exploding of laughs, for fear of hurting her child.
"Well, why not just call her like you ? Lucy ?"
Again, she watched attentively her little girl, and this time, Lucy did not look very cheerful in the idea. She inflated cheeks and looked somewhere else, as to avoid any threat.
"No…"
It seemed to intrigue her mother, whether of concern or of curiosity. "…Why not ? Aren't you the one who always want to go somewhere in an adventure ?" Her daughter shook positively the head, hiding slightly under her blanket. "So what's wrong, my love ?"
Instead of answering, she contented herself to hiding a little more profoundly under her warm and comfortable fortress. Still in it, she mumbled something incomprehensible.
It's with a warm smile her beloved mother took her on the thighs, still rolled up in the thick blanket. This scene looked like if the blonde woman was holding an enormous pink burrito, and that's what made her laugh. Both blondes stayed in this position during long minutes, appreciating each other's presence. Finally, Lucy decided that it was about time for her to breathe on the fresh air, and took out her head of the "huge burrito" which was of use to her as protection. She fixed the eyes of her mother for a long time, without a smile. Again after some minutes without telling anything, the 7 years old blonde girl said something, something her mom hasn't expected.
"Let's just call her Layla." she said with a bright smile.
Her name ?
"Hum… yes ok, but why do you want to name the little girl like me ?"
"Because I'm scared and you're not !"
"Huh ?"
Layla did not understand the reaction of her daughter… Lucy was afraid, and she, was not ?... What ?
"…Can you repeat please, sweetie ? I don't get it…"
As fast as the little girl could, she almost shouted the same answer "Because I'm always scared and you're never !" And before the incomprehension of Layla has grown up, Lucy finished her sentence very fast too, "You're the only one who can be the hero, the hero's never afraid ! You're brave and beautiful and strong and smart and you're a mom ! A mom is always a hero at first, so I want to name the little girl like you because I want her to be as good as you, mommy !"
It took long seconds to "her hero" before her eyes grew bigger, stunned by the little speech her daughter just almost shouted at her, with eyes looking brighter than ever. Right after this, she took her adorable, lovely, beautiful girl in arms, squeezing her as hardly as she could. It's only after few minutes where the two girls hugged each other so tightly that the mother decided to talk to her treasure.
"You are amazing too, you know. You're very smart, and beautiful, and everything what you described me just now. You're my lovely child, so you are like me, but even better. Remember this, Lucy." And then she kissed her front with all the mother love she could have.
Unfortunately, Lucy's smile fainted a little at this, and she made a cuddle to her mother, placing the head in the hollow of her neck for more comfort. "…Really ?" Her voice was beginning to shake a little, like if she was about to cry, and Layla exactly knew why Lucy had this sudden mood swing. "Am I going to be like you, even when you'll not be there anymore ?" She began to sniff, squeezing the neck of her loved mom.
That made the loved woman shiver a little, her own smile now fainted too. She knew, everyone knew. She was extremely sick, affected by an extremely rare disease and still incurable at this day. For now, the doctors and others specialists said that she'll still have maximum 1 year to live… that was too small. Too small because she won't be capable to see her daughter becoming a beautiful, strong and independent woman. Too small because she wanted to stay a little bit more longer with her beloved husband, the one who gave her and Lucy all the love they needed. Too small because she wanted to live her entire life without the fear of being too weak… but, that's what she was now. Jude, her husband and Lucy's father, needed to work too much because of her sickness. They didn't have a lot of money, even if it once was the case. She told him more than one time to calm down a little, to relax, because if he wouldn't do it he would be sick too and that won't help their daughter in the future. She sighed as the thought travelled her mind, how stubborn her husband could be sometimes… and it seemed that Lucy had inherited of it, to her bigger disappointment and pleasure. She couldn't hide it, she adored this personality's line of her husband and her daughter, it made everything more fun with them.
Her thought were suddenly interrupted by Lucy's intense glare.
Oh right, her poor girl was waiting for an answer.
She glanced back at her, her smile now again on her face. Holding Lucy's face into her hands, she looked deeply into her chocolate eyes, similar to her own, and smiled even more.
"Lucy… Of course, of course you'll still be like this ! You're a better version of me, you're Lucy, a gorgeous and adventurous girl who's loved and who understand easily people's emotions. I've always been envious of you, my little angel." One more time, she kissed her child front. "You have that ability I've never had : you can easily make a lot of friends with nothing but your smile and your honesty." She finished her speech while posing the index on Lucy's nose. "Please remember that, and it'll never get out of your heart. Alright ?"
It's only after a moment of silence that Lucy finally answered in a short breath, smiling lightly again.
"Alright." And they did an Eskimo kiss to finally end all of these torturous thoughts in peace.
Layla glanced at the book which was now on the ground after their little scene. She grabbed it again and stared at Lucy who was going to go to her bed, settling down comfortably.
"So, are we going to finish this story or are you too tired for it ?"
The fast answer of her daughter made her laugh, "No ! I want to know what happened to Layla !" as she settled her back comfortably in her chair, starting to read again.
One fateful day, a little girl travelled alone in this high mountain. Her name was Layla. During her lonely journey, she was crying, oh crying a lot. She has just lost everything, her mother, father, and even her neighbors. Everything and everyone she loved was ripped apart now... why ? Why ? Everything happened so fast, and the fault was on only one thing : the fire.
The fire had come out of nowhere while they all enjoyed a simple and good afternoon under the sun.
Now, everything was a souvenir, the fire has eaten the entire dream they all were into, killing everybody, except her. Some people would think it was made my monsters, but everyone knew that it was impossible since they all were trapped in the Underground.
While Layla walked in tears into the deep forest which was on the mountain, she hasn't even had the time to understand what was happening when she saw herself fall into a deep black and cold hole.
Layla –the real one- stopped reading when she perceived her little Lucy sleeping like a kitty, her fingers hanging on slightly to her blanket. Smiling warmly to her daughter, she kissed her little front a last time like always, and put the book on it shelf. Sighing, she wanted for her girl to be awake at least a little bit, like this she couldn't have only listened the "dark side" of the story, but well, she'll still have the time to read it to her an other day.
But what she knew not, is that her little girl will be in less than 15 years, confronted at the almost same fate as the "Layla" in the story.
She'll lost everything…
But in the same way, she'll win everything she ever wanted.
The story isn't really a legend then, isn't it ?
Sooo I hope everything went fine with that !
The chapter one will begin 13 years later, with a 21 years old Lucy. It's going to be at this moment where everything will really begin ;)
Like I said in the beginning, I just take the universe of undertale for this story. So, I don't own the places (most of them tho) and some of the characters positions. I already know "who will play who" in the future, but only for a little part of ft characters… well, I'll see.
Hope it pleased you !
-Daria.