UNDERSONA

Prologue The Velvet room

Frisk sleepily closed her eyes and listened to the clatter of train as it rolled down the tracks. She thought about the events of the last few days. How mad she felt when her parents told her she would be transferring to a new school for a year. How sad her friends looked when she left. After what seemed like no time at all, she was on the train to some small backwater town. To live with an aunt she knew nothing about all because her parents were working over seas.

Frisk decided that thinking about this would only make her feel worse. She tried to focus back on the sounds of the train but it wasn't there. In fact she couldn't hear anything at all. Opening her eyes Frisk found she was no longer on the train headed for Inaba. Instead she was sitting on a comfy couch in a limo. The space seemed very fancy with dark blue velvet lining almost everything inside. A thick fog outside made it impossible to see through the windows.

The thing that really drew Frisk's attention were the two people right across from her. Sitting on a blue velvet sofa just like the one Frisk was in. There was an old man with an abnormally long nose and a balding head. Next to him, a woman in a long dark blue pea coat. With long waving gray hair.

Despite having gray hair the woman looked to be in her mid twenties. Her arms folded gently in her lap along with a strange book. She seemed to be staring straight ahead and avoided making direct eye contact with the teen. The man on the other hand creepily stared at Frisk. Leaning forward, elbows placed on a dark blue table in front of him. He was the first to speak.

"Ah.. It seems we have a guest with an intriguing destiny."

Frisk didn't understand. Just a second ago she was on a train but now.

"My name is Igor… I am delighted to make your acquaintance."

Frisk needed to know more about this place.

"Where am I?"

She asked. Igor answered her with an answer that seemed vary rehearsed. Like he has said it many times before.

"This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. It is a room where only those bound by a "contract" may enter. It may be that such a fate awaits you in the near future. Now then… Why don't you introduce yourself…?"

Frisk didn't understand most of what Igor was saying but she went with it assuming this was just some messed up dream she was having on the train.

"Frisk Dreemurr."

"Hmm... I see."

Igor thought to himself for a moment before continuing.

"Now, let's take a look into your future, shall we?"

He held out his hand and a deck of cards appeared out of nowhere.

"Do you believe in fortune telling?"

Igor said ominously. He waved his hand over the deck and it spread out over the table.

"Each reading is done with the same cards, yet the result is always different. Life itself follows the same principles, doesn't it?"

He flipped over one of the cards, it had a picture of a tower being struck with lightning.

"Hm… The Tower in the upright position represents the immediate future. It seems a terrible catastrophe is imminent. The card representing the future beyond that is…"

He flipped over the next card which had a picture of the moon on it.

"The moon in the upright position. This card represents "hesitation" and "mystery"... Very interesting indeed. It seems you will meet a misfortune at your destination, and a great mystery will be imposed upon you."

How did he get that from two cards? Igor continued on.

"In the coming days, you will enter into a contract of some sort, after which you will return here. The coming days will be a turning point in your destiny… If the mystery goes unsolved, your future may be lost forever."

"My duty is to provide assistance to our guests to ensure that dose not happen."

He waved his hand and the cards disappeared then Igor seemed to remember something.

"Ah. I have neglected to introduce my assistant to you. This is Margret. She is a resident here, like myself."

She finally looked over to Frisk, then smiled and said.

"My name is Margaret. I am here to accompany you through your journey."

Once she was done Igor spoke again.

"We shall return to the details another time. Until then farewell."

Before Frisk could say anything. The Velvet room disappeared and she was jolted awake when she heard the the conductor's voice over the intercom.

"We will be arriving in Yasoinaba station shortly."

Frisk sighed forgetting the strange dream and began to get ready to meet her Aunt.

Frisk stepped off the platform. She looked around for her Aunt then heard someone call out to her.

"Hello! Sorry we're late!"

Turning around Frisk saw a woman wearing a bright yellow floral blouse with a long white skirt. Behind her was a boy about Frisk's age with a cell phone in his hands texting away. He wore a black sweat shirt with green cargo pants. Frisk assumed it was her Aunt Toriel and cousin Asriel. She had never met them in person. She just knew about them based off of what her mother says and the pictures they get every Christmas.

"Hope you weren't waiting too long."

Toriel said as she approached Frisk.

"I was working with a student and lost track of time."

Frisk shook her head and said.

"Don't worry about it the train was late anyway."

"Oh good"

Toriel sighed then after a moment she slapped her forehead and said.

"Oh! I forgot to properly introduce myself. I'm Toriel and this is your cousin Asriel."

In turn she gestured to the teen who simply nodded not looking up from his phone. Toriel clapped her hands and said.

"Whelp. I bet you're just itching to get to your new home but I have to get some gas first if that's alright with you."

Frisk nodded and Toriel smiled and the three entered in a small car next to the station. After a short and awkward drive. Toriel stepped out of the car she was about to fill the gas tank but her cell phone started ringing.

"Oh. It's the school I need to take this."

She walked off and Frisk and Asriel decided to step out as well. Asriel started toward the gas station and without turning around he said.

"I'll get a snack, make sure no one steals the car, or... something."

With both Asriel and Toriel gone Frisk was all alone or at least she thought she was. When both Toriel and Asriel where out of sight she heard a voice call out from behind.

"Oh. Haven't seen you around! Are you visiting Inaba?"

Frisk whipped around to see a girl about Frisk's age. She wore a green and yellow school uniform and had a hair cut similar to Frisk's. At first glace Frisk though the girl had red eyes but looking at them again Frisk saw they where just brown. Frisk shook her head and said.

"No I'm an exchange student."

The girl smiled and extended her hand and and said.

"The name's Chara"

Frisk took Chara's hand and replied with a quick.

"Frisk."

Chara suddenly seemed to remember something and shouted.

"Oh-no. I forgot! My Senpai's waiting for me! It was nice to meet you but I need to go!"

She ran off and as soon as Chara was out of sight. Asriel came out of the gas station holding a candy bar and a soda. Frisk was still staring in the direction Chara had ran off to and Asriel looked at Frisk questioningly.

"Dude. You alright?"

"Huh?"

Frisk turned around and remembered what she was doing.

"Right. I just-"

"Nevermind tell me later."

Asriel said getting back into the car then Toriel came back apologizing for wandering off but assured that the call was very important. After that Toriel filled the gas tank and they drove the rest of the way to Toriel's house.

Later that night, when Frisk fell asleep. She found herself in another strange world. This time instead of the lavish blue velvet room she stood on what looked like a empty red platform. A thick fog rolled over the area. She couldn't see a thing and the fog seemed almost suffocating. Suddenly Frisk felt a strange presence.

"So you wish pursue the truth."

Said an unseen voice.

Frisk looked around wildly to try and find the source of the voice but it was impossible to find. Then out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure phase by. Acting quickly, Frisk extended her hand and suddenly a blast of fire shot out at the figure.

Frisk didn't know how that happened. She suddenly felt a surge of energy when she reached out to find the figure. Despite the extra light from the fire Frisk could still only barely make out the figure.

"So you can see a little despite the fog. Let's see if you can truly grasp the truth."

More fog rolled in and Frisk tried to find the figure again but couldn't see a thing. Soon it started to get darker and darker until Frisk couldn't even see anything at all.