"Ow….H-Hey, wait a minute, Frisk!"
All they could hear was ringing. They tried to move, but everything hurt too much. Everything seemed to be so foggy, especially their thoughts.
"Easy there….Y-You okay? I….I don't think…."
Groggily, they tried to open their eyes. They got them open just a bit before they slipped close again. All they could see was just several blurry figures of dark orange red, yellow, and deep blue. They doubted that it was actually anybody, probably just the surrounding areas.
"Whoa! Wait….Frisk, just hang on for a little longer!"
With a jolt of alarm, they realized they were slowly drifting off again. They tried to stay conscious for just a little longer. But it was no use. Suddenly, they couldn't hear or feel anything anymore.
"FRISK! WAIIIIIIIIT!"
Sunset had already fallen by the time Monster Kid made it to the hill. He looked up at the tent, which was made to look like a smiling skeleton, and frowned slightly, swishing his tail nervously. He paced around a bit as well, before standing firmly in front of it.
"N-No! I can't wait any longer!" He declared, taking a deep breath. "This is it, I've gotta be brave today!" Without any hesitation, he stood on a steel grate in front of him. After a few moments, a rather loud voice drifted up to him, making the child jump slightly.
"Monster Detected! Monster Detected!"
"Whose footprint? Whose footprint?"
"The footprint is Reptilian! The footprint is Reptilian!"
"A-Aaah!" Monster Kid ran backwards from the gate, breathing sharply before calming down. "Y-Yo….that was way too shocking…." He sighed, looking down. But it wasn't at the ground, it was at a strange rock tied around his neck. It had a strange symbol inscribed on it, one that he couldn't quite recognize, but still liked anyways. "Man...And I thought that holding onto my special treasure today would've helped me...But I guess not. Yo, this absolutely sucks….I should've known I would've been too much of a coward…."
Sighing, Monster Kid turned and began walking back down the cliff, head down and tail dragging behind him. But he didn't quite see two other monsters emerge from the shadows. One of them looked, frankly, like a roach with beady little eyes that still followed the poor child as he walked away. The other looked like some kind of cyclops, even with little horns sticking out of its head.
"Hey, Migosp….You see what that kid had on him?" The cyclops asked, grinning as it looked over to their partner. "He had somethin' pretty good, didn't he?"
"You bet he did, Loox." The bug, Migosp, said, with an equally wide grin. "Looked like some kind of treasure to me!"
"So, what do we do?" Loox asked. "Do we go after him?"
"We do." Migosp said with a nod. The two exchanged a glance before they began following right behind the poor child.
Monster Kid eventually made it to where he wanted to go. The beach. Sun had already begun to sink underneath the waves, and some of the Water-type monsters that lived in the area had already begun blowing several bubbles into the air. He ran right to the water's edge, looking out at the gorgeous view with sparkling eyes.
"Oh man! I'm really glad I didn't miss this! I was actually worried for bit that they'd already started and all the bubbles would be gone!" He said excitedly. "...Every single sunset, any monster that lives near the beach comes down and starts blowing bubbles. Then they start reflecting the light the sun gives off as its setting. I always love coming here….especially when I'm feeling like total trash…..like now…."
Monster Kid let out a sigh, before he was about to begin walking back. However, he saw something out of the corner of his eye that made him do a double-take.
"Yo, what's going on over there?" He asked himself, slowly walking forwards. However, he soon realized that the thing was literally another monster lying face-down in the sand. He also quickly discovered that the waves were slowly pulling the monster into the sea. "Y-Yo! That's a monster over there! And they're…..H-Hey! Yo, you okay?!"
Monster Kid ran over, bending down near the monster and even poking them once or twice with his tail. The monster soon gave a soft groan, pushing themselves up while holding their head.
"Yo, you're awake! Awesome!" He said as the monster steadied themselves and stood upright. "You weren't moving at ALL before, so I got really worried. How did you even end up unconscious on the beach." The monster scratched at their head, a bit confused. I...had been unconscious? They thought, trying to think. A massive wave of confusion and slight panic washed over them as they realized all they could remember was their name, and the fact they were human. They told Monster Kid this, only to get a confused look in reply.
"But….dude, you say you're a human….but you don't look like a human." The child said, tilting his head slightly. "You look like an ordinary monster to me!" They couldn't understand it. They were human, right? Remembering they were right next to the sea, they got onto their knees and peered down into their reflection.
They were absolutely covered in snow-white fur, although strangely enough, they had dark brown, almost human-looking hair covering most of their head. Long floppy ears replaced what would've been their ears had they been human, as well as little tiny goat horns poking their way out. They wore a dark, cyan blue sweater with lighter purple stripes and a heart locket. They touched a hand, or rather paw, to their face, before letting out a small gasp and backing away.
"You know…..you're kinda weird…." Monster Kid said, backing away a bit. "Um….Are you pulling some sort of trick on me?" The Monster spun around to face them, shaking their head and making "No! No!" gestures. "Okay then…..your name. Dude, what's your name then?" Their name…..Ah, that's right, their name….
Their name was Frisk.
"Your name is Frisk? Okay…." Monster Kid thought for a minute, before giving a big grin. "Well my name's Monster Kid! It's great to meet you, and at least you aren't a bad monster either! Y'see, more and more Monsters have been becoming really big jerks over the past couple of day. Things have gotten really crazy over the past few days."
Before Frisk could say anything else, two monsters (the ones who had been watching him b came up from behind Monster Kid. The bigger of the two, Loox, gave him a huge push, causing him to stumble forwards and fall right on his face. The small rock he had tied around his neck flew off, landing in the sand not too far from them.
"Well, I certainly beg your pardon." Loox sneered. Monster Kid pulled himself up, somehow managing the feet without even having arms, before turning to the two thugs angrily.
"Yo! What's the whole deal?" He demanded, his tail lashing wildly. Migosp walked out from behind Loox, snickering to himself.
"What'd you think, you were in the way and we wanted to mess with you!" The roach said. "But whatever. That thing over there is your's, ain't it?" He pointed to the rock, making Monster Kid's eyes widen in alarm.
"W-What? N-No….I-"
"Tough luck, kiddo!" Migosp rushed forwards, scooping up the rock before literally crawling up and onto the top of Loox's head. "We'll be takin' this with us!"
"Dang, you're not even gonna make a move to get it back?" Loox asked, laughing slightly. "What's wrong, too scared to get it back? You're more of a coward than I would've thought!" The two began walking past them, laughing the whole time.
"Oooh…." Monster Kid said, staring down at the ground as tears began to form in his eyes. "T-That was my personal treasure….It means the whole world to me…." Frisk bit their lip (immediately regretting it as they got a bit of fur in their mouth, that would certainly take some getting used to) and thought carefully. They really wanted to help, but they felt it wouldn't be a good idea to fight it about it.
"No, that's it! I've gotta go get it back!" Monster Kid suddenly said, snapping Frisk out of their thoughts. "Um….Yo, Frisk! Why don't you come help me?" Now they really had no choice, not when someone was asking them to help. They nodded and told him that they would help.
"Y-You will?!" Monster kid looked shocked, before his entire face lit up. "Y-Yo, awesome! Let's go, this way!" He ran after the two bullies, leaving Frisk to hurry behind.
Turns out the two had unknowingly ventured into a beach-side cave. There were a few other, more wild monsters in there, but they were no match for the duo. The only thing was Frisk didn't exactly like fighting others, so Monster Kid took the lead when exploring the cave. After several rooms and even climbing further down into the cave, they came out into a small clearing that was somehow filled with light. Both Loox and Migosp stood on the other end, as if they were trying to figure out a way out of the small clearing.
"Y-Yo! You two, right there!" Monster Kid yelled, taking a step forwards and actually making the two bullies jump a bit before they turned. "Give….Give me back what you took from me! Give me back my treasure!"
"Heh-heh-heh, so this piece of junk is actually worth something, huh?" Migosp asked, looking at the rock in his claw. "Thanks for letting us know then, kid!"
"Yeah, all the more reason not to give it back then!" Loox said, laughing. Monster Kid was taken back by this, backing away while looking extremely upset.
"If you want it back so badly kid…." Migosp said, throwing the rock into the air and catching it. "Then come and get it!" Loox charged forwards, disappearing to either the left or right once or twice. Once he reached them, however, he lashed out at Monster Kid immediately. The child flinched slightly, but tried to hit the cyclops back with his tail. Only to be stopped by Migosp's Scratch attack. Unable to watch their friend be hurt like this any longer, Frisk finally took a stand.
Frisk didn't even think, they just did the most natural thing to them. They opened their mouth, only to see small bolts of fire shoot out and hit both of the Monsters. Loox didn't seem to be too affected by it, although it obviously still hurt, while Migosp was sent to the ground after the attack. Monster Kid took advantage of the momentary confusion after Frisk's sudden attack and let loose a huge electrical outburst. This one sent Loox reeling back from it, falling onto his back.
"Owww….." He groaned, pushing himself into a sitting position.
"We-we got…..roughed up…." Migosp hissed, hitting one of his many legs against the sand in order to put out the tiny fire. Both Monster Kid and Frisk backed away so the two bullies could stand up once more.
"Fine, take the stupid thing then." The roach monster yelled, throwing the rock down in the sand. "But don't think you two are cool or anything!"
"Yeah, your victory was only a fluke!" Loox added. Before Monster Kid or Frisk could do a thing, the two ran past them back into the Beach Cave. Monster Kid, instead of pursuing them, ran forwards and grabbed onto the rock using his tail, holding it close to his body while sighing gratefully.
"Oh man….I thought I'd never be able to get it back….I'm so relieved, man!" Monster Kid said, before he turned back to Frisk. "And, it's all thanks to you that I was able to get back, Frisk. So thanks! Thanks a lot!"
The duo's journey back through the Beach Cave was so much easier than the journey in. In fact, it even felt like they had just appeared on the other end just by walking through the way they came from. Halfway down the beach, Monster Kid spun around to face Frisk, shifting his tail, which was still holding his special treasure tightly.
"Yo, I really want to thank you, Frisk. You helped me get my special treasure back and I...I thought I would've never get it back." He admitted, beaming widely. Frisk wondered for a moment if what they had done was the right thing. Was it really a good idea to help out with something like this? But seeing Monster Kid's smile made it feel worth it. It was truly nice to be appreciated. "This is what they stole, by the way. I call it my relic fragment!"
Frisk asked what was so important about the rock. It seemed to just be an ordinary stone, possibly something the monster had found on the side of the road one day. That is, however, before they caught sight of the strange inscription on the flat end of it. It was a swirl that spiraled out and ended with three extended lines, curved and almost mystical in a way. It made their heart race for some reason, and they didn't know why.
"Noticed why it's so important, huh?" Monster Kid asked, clearing taking note of Frisk's sudden interest. "Y'see the pattern on it? Doesn't it just make your heart race? It's what inspired me to get really interested in exploring, old legends, monsters who can bend reality or heroes who helped the rest of us. And I just got so excited all of a sudden!" He turned to face the sunset, eyes sparkling even more than the sea if that was even possible. "Learning old legends, discovering new places. And to make historic discoveries! Wouldn't that just be so exciting?! That's why, earlier, I tried to join a guild so I could become an explorer. The only problem was...I chickened out." He sighed, shaking his head before he turned back to Frisk. "Yo, Frisk. I was curious...So you said you were human, right? But, now you're suddenly a monster with no clue how you turned into one. What're you gonna do now, dude?"
Frisk crossed their arms and thought. It was certainly true they had no idea how or why they were suddenly turned into a monster, or even who they really were. They only knew they were human once and that their name was Frisk. But where was Monster Kid even going with this?
"Listen, if you don't have anywhere to go...or anything to do..." Monster Kid said, somehow managing to put his relic fragment back around his neck using his tail. "Would you form an exploration team with me? I feel we could become a top-notch exploration team if we work together. So...Please? Pretty please?" Frisk thought even more. It was completely true they had nowhere else to go, or anything to do. Maybe...joining up with this monster would help them figure out who they were.
Their mind made up, they told Monster Kid exactly what their answer was.
"Y-You'll do it?! Yo, dude that's awesome!" Monster Kid yelled, even jumping up slightly out of pure joy. "So, first thing we gotta do is join Papyrus's guild and start training there. Then...Then we're gonna become the best exploration team ever, I just know it!" He held out his tail, almost as a replacement to holding a hand out. Frisk did the same with one of their paws, gripping onto the tail and shaking it firmly.
Both of them knew that this would be the start of a great adventure.
Dungeontale; Explorers of Sky
A/N: So I'm doing this because 1) Explorers of Sky is my favorite Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game and Undertale is one of my favorite games period. And 2) I thought that this would be a fun thing to do. I also love seeing those things where people compare the monsters from Undertale to Pokemon. I think those kind of things are really cool.
Anyways, I'd love to hear any feedback on this. It'd be really helpful. Also, I hope you all like the character roster I put together for this. I personally like it and think it's a good fit. But whatever. I hope you all enjoy!