Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: Humans and Monsters. One day, war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans were victorious. They sealed the monsters underground with a magic spell. The humans settled down near the mountain that they had sealed the monsters within, and its original name was been lost to time…

Many years later…

Legends say that those who climb the Mountain never return… However, a child ignored these rumors and fell into the mountain, she moved through and slaughtered the monsters, leaving not a single survivor, until she found herself facing off against a certain comedian. There are many rumors regarding their fate… Some say that the human killed the skeleton, some say that the skeleton killed the child, some say that they are still locked in combat, and will be until the end of time… However, this story is not about any of that, instead this story is about two alien beings that try and stop it…

Wander let out a loud groan, as his eyes slowly opened. His head was pounding and he could barely see in the intense darkness that surrounded him. Wander got onto his feet and began to take in his surroundings, and noticed his large green hat sitting a small distance away, lying in the golden flowers that had broken his fall. "Oh! My hat!" Wander shouted, before rushing forward to grab it. He plopped the hat on his head, and suddenly a loud voice rang through the room.

"WANDER!" It was a voice that the intergalactic do-gooder would recognize anywhere, it was his best friend, and trusty steed, Sylvia. He whirled around trying to find to find where his friend was, until he heard her call again from above. "WANDER!"

Wander looked up, and a hole. Light flooded in in, making it difficult to look at, but he could barely see the outline of his friend. "Sylvia! I think I fell down a hole or somethin'." Wander shouted back, and he could see her rub at her temples.

"Yes Wander, that's already been established… Are you all right? Nothing broken?" His friend's tone shifted from annoyed to concerned, and Wander shook his head. "Well… That's good at least… Can you use an Orbble to get back up?" Sylvia asked, and Wander once again shook his head.

Wander began to inspect the area around the hole, and almost instantly found a few problems. "It looks like there's a lot of sharp rocks up near there, the Orbble would pop reaaaal quick… Well golly, looks like I'm lucky I didn't hit one of those on my way down… Don't worry Sylvia, I'll find another out!" Wander announced, but before he could walk off, Sylvia began to speak up.

"W-Wander! Just wait there a moment, I'm coming down too!" Sylvia shouted, before she dropped herself through the hole, barely avoiding the sharp stones. She landed with a loud thud and scattered the flowers golden petals in every direction.

Wander smiled and climbed onto Sylvia's back, before the duo set out through the dark hallway and found another patch of sunlight shining down. Sylvia's head shot upwards, hoping to see the way out, but was quickly disappointed, for the hole was too small for either of them to fit through. Sylvia suddenly felt Wander's weight disappear and she noticed him slowly approaching a single golden flower. She joined him, but as they approached she began to feel nervous, perhaps it was because the flower seemed to be crying.

"H-Howdy. My name's…" Wander began, but the flower let out a startled shriek and tried to hide, until it noticed them.

The flower sniffled, before its eyes turned angry. "What's the big idea!? Don't you know not to scare people like that!? Nearly had a… A… Well, I guess I can't really call it a heart attack… But that's not important, what is important is who you two are." It said, and Wander felt a smile growing on his face, before he reached into his hat and quickly removed his banjo.

Wander inhaled, before strumming a few notes, and just as he was about to sing the flower let out an angry growl. "L-Look, I don't have time for this, so just give me your names."

"Well, I'm Wander, and this is my friend, Sylvia!" Wander pulled her to his side, and noticed the flower almost had a smile.

"Friend? You better say…"

"And what's your name little fella?" Wander asked, and the flower fell silent. "Well, you do have a name… Don't ya?" The flower began to chuckle.

"You sound just like her… Before she…" It paused, and grimaced, like it remembered something awful, but before they could question it, the flower began to speak again. "Flowey… I'm Flowey the Flower. Now as I was saying… You know what… Never mind… I think I know what you want… To get out right?" Wander nodded, and Flowey smiled brightly. "Well then, all you need to do is get out of the RUINS, move through SNOWDIN, slosh through WATERFALL, hike through the HOTLANDS, cruise through the CORE, stroll through the CAPITAL, and then you should find yourself at the Barri… Exit… You should find yourselves at the exit." Flowey said, and Wander gave the flower a pat on the head.

"Thank you Flowey! Oh, and before I go, I want you to have this." Wander reached into his hat once again, and pulled out what appeared to be a small badge. "I call 'em my 'Friendship Badges'. I started givin' em out to my new friends. I still got to go back for my older friends, but for now, you are officially my friend!" Wander announced and Flowey let Wander tie the little badge around him. "Well, let's go Sylvia! I bet we're gonna make plenty of new friends down here!"

Flowey's eyes widened at this statement and he quickly intervened. "You aren't going to see very many monsters down here! They're all… Um…" Flowey quickly tried to think of something, but Wander interrupted.

"Monsters? Now I'm sorry Flowey, but you really shouldn't go callin' folks monsters."

"But they are monsters, literal monsters. You know, like not human… Or… Whatever you two are… The humans sealed us all underground, and we've been trying to find a way out…"

"Wait, so does that mean that we're trapped down here to?" Sylvia asked, noticing a few holes in what they had just been told.

"N-No! Its magic is designed to… To, um… Keep monsters trapped down here." Flowey lied, but it seemed more than enough to convince Wander. "You won't see many of them because they're all… Sleeping…?"

"In the middle of the day?"

"They're nocturnal. Not every monster is, but… You just won't see many of them." Flowey quickly disappeared under the ground, and Wander began to leave with Sylvia, heading deeper into the RUINS.

Wander couldn't help but feel creeped out, the RUINS were so empty, and lonely, and he could feel a cold breeze blowing against his back. Although, he didn't understand how there was a breeze in a place like this, he didn't care. "How you holding up, Wander? You seem a bit… Freaked out…" Sylvia commented and Wander gulped nervously.

"Me? Scared? PSSH! No way! I'm just… Feelin' quiet right now…" Wander said, noticing what appeared to be a floor of spikes ahead.

"Oh great, how are we gonna get past this…" Sylvia began, before she inhaled sharply. "All right, Wander… Hold on tight!" She shouted, before taking a running leap, she could feel herself losing altitude and much to both of their relief, she made it to the other side safely. "You all right, Wander? Wasn't too rough was it?" Sylvia asked, and Wander nodded.

After what felt like an eternity, the duo had passed through countless rooms, and by several solved puzzles, although Wander enthusiastically suggested that they reset the puzzles to figure it out themselves, Sylvia was able to coax him away. It wasn't very long until they found themselves at a cute little house. Wander couldn't stop babbling about how such an adorable house was in a creepy place.

"Look, Wander. You might want to be a bit quieter… If Flowey was right about these monsters… Then we don't want to wake up the one that lives here do we? Especially since it looks like we need to cut through its house…" Sylvia began, but noticed that Wander had already entered, and heard him let out a surprised gasp. She rushed in after her excitable friend, and saw that he was reading a note that had been tacked to the wall.

"Dear Stranger, if you are reading this, then that means that you have come here from the surface. I am not home right now, but please help yourself to some butterscotch pie. It should be in the kitchen which is down the left hallway. If you find yourself tired, feel free to take a nap in my chair, but please stay out of the three rooms down the right hall, and don't take the path downstairs, that leads to the RUINS exit, and it is every dangerous outside of here. Please make yourself at home. From, Toriel." Wander read aloud, before he darted down the hall that led to the kitchen.

"WANDER!" Sylvia shouted, before taking off after him, only to see that he had large slices of pie prepared.

"Eat up, Sylvia! You can smell the love that was poured into this pie! Besides, aren't ya hungry? We'd been travelling for a while now…" Wander said, holding out one of the slices, although Sylvia wanted to move on and get to the exit, she couldn't help but look at the pie slice, and the irresistible scent hit her nostrils. She let out a defeated sigh and took the plate from her friend. "See Sylvia, I knew that we needed a break anyhow…" Wander said, but it wasn't long after that moment that they began to move again, now with full bellies.

"So that note said that the exit is downstairs? Good to know…" Sylvia muttered, before the two moved down the winding staircase, and after a small hallway they found themselves at a small field similar to the one that they had met Flowey in. Across from that was a tall arch, and they knew that this was the exit to the ruins. They prepared to step out, but a bodiless voice filled the air. It sounded sad, and angry.

"Y... yOu... ReAlLy HaTe Me ThAt MuCh? NoW i SeE wHo I wAs PrOtEcTiNg By KeEpInG yOu HeRe. NoT yOu... BuT tHeM! hA... hA..."

"Sylvia…? Did you hear that too?" Wander asked, and she nodded slowly.

"L-Let's get out of here… Now…" Sylvia said, before they left the room, and they heard another voice, this one calmer, nicer, not as frightening.

"Exiting the RUINS fills you with DETERMINATION."