A/N: This is my third attempt at making this story. *pinches nose* I won't delete it once again. As of now this chapter isn't done but I wanted to post it anyways to celebrate the third year of Undertale. I will update it completely by Wednesday. 9/19/18 EDIT: Finished the prologue, hope ya enjoy!

Every Tale has a beginning …

It was midnight as Frisk crouched in the shadow of the huge tree beside the road. He looked back at his house, perhaps for the last time, where his sister was climbing out of her window on their rope made of bed sheets that they had made in the last minutes of preparation. She was wearing her favorite sweater, just like him. The only difference was that hers was purple with blue stripes while his was blue with purple stripes. They were running away from the cruel monsters in their home, their parents.

"Hurry up, Hope," Frisk called to her, "We have a limited time before they will return home!" Hope picked up her pace and quickly finished climbing down their makeshift rope. Once she reached ground level, she snuck over to Frisk, as quiet as possible.

"Where are we going brother?" she asked him. Frisk hadn't told her anything else about his escape plan other than the fact that they were going to run away.

"I was thinking we should go to the mountain and stay there for the night. I have already snuck over there and found us a cave to hide in for now." Frisk responded.

Hope's eyes widened at the mention of the mountain. "Isn't there a legend about Mt. Ebott? Something like people who scale the mountain don't come back," she questioned, quivering at the thought of the ominous legend.

Frisk shook his head. "It's just a legend, something mothers tell their kids so that they don't run away. That's why they reminded us of the legend whenever we were near the mountain."

Hope seemed to accept his explanation and motioned for him to lead the way. "Alright let's go, little brother." she teased.

Frisk would have groaned, if they weren't trying to be as quiet as possible. She had been born a few minutes before him and rubbed it in whenever the chance arose. Frisk started to head north, going down the road, when he saw two pinpricks of light in the distance.

"Quick, get down," Frisk hissed to Hope, dropping down beside the road noiselessly. Hope silently complied and laid down beside him. Frisk heard the roar of the engine as the car came towards them, his heart thumping painfully against his chest. This is it, he thought glumly, we are going to get caught before we even leave our lawn. However, fortune smiled upon them today, and the car kept going. Frisk waited until it drove into his driveway before he got up and motioned for Hope to do the same.

They continued walking alongside the road until they saw the terrifying mountain a few hours later. Just being near it gave him chills, like it was actually cursed. Frisk didn't believe in curses or legends but he still was unnerved by the mountain. As he was marveling at the mountain, a hooded figure moved in front of them. Frisk jumped, startled by the appearance of the stranger, and pushed Hope behind him.

"Hey," the stranger called, "What are kids like ya doing out at this time? Shouldn't ya be at home!"

"We could ask you the same!" Frisk shot back, not bothering to hide the suspicion he felt.

The stranger chuckled and pulled their hood down revealing the young man underneath. The first thing Frisk noticed about him was his red hair and how much it contrasted his green eyes. The second thing he noticed was the man's face, dotted in freckles like stars across the night sky. Frisk's inspection was cut short when he started to speak. "Sorry about the rude introduction, it's just that ya don't usually see two kids beside a mountain at midnight everyday," he said apologetically. "The name's Kai by the way."

Before Frisk could come up with a response, Hope stepped out from behind him and started to introduce them. "It's alright Mister Kai, I'm Hope and this is my brother, Frisk."

Kai nodded, accepting her answer. "But why are ya here at this mountain at such a hour? It's dangerous for kids like ya to be alone around here."

This time Frisk spoke up immediately so Hope couldn't give away too much information again. "We just wanted to go on a walk, so if you'll excuse us, we will go now," Frisk said, starting to walk past Kai without waiting for a response.

"Woah there kid, I can't let ya climb that mountain. Anyone who goes up there never returns so how about ya walk home instead." He said, full of concern, albeit a little forcefully.

Instead of comforting Frisk, his tone just scared him even more. It sounded too much like the tone he heard at home whenever… Frisk shook his head to stop the painful memories and grabbed Hope's hand. He couldn't afford to panic right now. He ran away from the stranger, dragging Hope with him. Behind them, the stranger called for them stop and when they did not show any signs of slowing down, he ran after them.

Three hours later, Frisk and Hope were huddling together deep inside a pitch black cave near the summit of the cursed mountain. It had started to rain shortly after he had dashed away from the stranger and the cave was the first shelter they had stumbled across. As far as Frisk could tell, the stranger had quit following them a while back. "I'm going to go see if the storm is over yet," Frisk called over his shoulder to Hope, "I'll be back soon, I promise." Hope nodded to show that she had heard him.

Frisk walked out of the cave and checked the starlit sky. Fortunately there were no more clouds in the sky. "It looks like it will be a good day tomorrow." Frisk said to himself.

"Actually, there's another storm coming in around noon tomorrow." Kai said a few feet behind Frisk.

Frisk jumped up and turned around, his normally golden tan skinned face a sickly shade of pale. "How did you find me," he demanded, "I thought you quit following us."

"I just followed your footprint," said the young man, shrugging. "It wasn't too hard to be honest. Will you come down the mountain now? I've had to chase you for hours! I promise I won't tell your parents."

Frisk didn't trust Kai, not because he was a stranger, but he just did NOT want to go back to his guardian's home. Rather than go back to that shithole called his home, Frisk ran away from Kai for the second time that night. He ran back inside the cave and passed Hope, hoping she would follow him. Frisk kept sprinting into the cave, unable to see where he was going at this point. He could hear Kai right behind him, slowly cutting the distance in between them. Since he was not paying attention to where was going, Frisk did not notice the slope of the ground in time to realize what a slope in a cave indicated. A hole. When he did realize there was a slope in the cave, it was already too late. Trying to slow down, Frisk tripped on rock and fell into the gaping hole.

"Kid!"

Frisk could feel his head starting to hurt from all the pressure the fall was putting on him. He felt someone grab him just as he lost unconsciousness.

And the Tale begins...

AN: If anyone could tell me how to do an actual authors note on mobile that would be great