dream1990 asked for this one. Here you go, Amigo! Enjoy! :)

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A/N: This story will loosely follow the game, but with a lot of differences. Just a heads up. :)

Alright, on with the story!


The Three Pacifists

Chapter 1: More Than One Child

"Come on, before they get here," said a child to two other children.

"Are you sure they won't find us up there?" Another asked.

"If the story we were told in school is true, then yes."

"She's right," said the third child as they quickly moved to get to the back door and slip outside before moving quickly to disappear into the thick forest behind their home.

The three children were siblings by the names of Frisk, Chara, and Asriel. The two girls were twins, but could be told apart by their shirts and eyes, while Asriel was a small goat that had been adopted into the family. All three were the same age, ten years old, and had lost their parents not too long ago.

Chara paused a moment and straightened her yellow and green sweater, looking back at her adopted brother and helping him to keep up with her and Frisk, who had paused a moment to brush some leaves off her purple and pink sweater. Asriel glanced back when he heard police sirens. "Frisk, Chara," he said urgently.

The two girls each grabbed one of their brother's hands and began moving quickly, all three gripping each other's hands tightly as they made it to Mount Ebbot and started climbing.

The reason they were trying to get away from the authorities was because their parents had told them that if the three were ever taken away from them, Asriel would be separated from them and it was possible the two girls would be separated too. Promising their parents that they would always stick together, the three siblings weren't going to leave each other behind.

Frisk gazed ahead and saw they were getting close to the top of the mountain. "Chara, Asriel, we're almost there," she said.

Chara glanced up. "You mean, we're almost on the other side, where that hole should be?" She asked.

"Yup," said Frisk.

Asriel suddenly gasped, looking back down the trail. "Frisk, dogs," he said in fear.

Right after he said that, they heard said dogs bark. Chara gripped her siblings' hands and they looked at each other and reached a unanimous decision: run.

But in their mad run, they didn't watch where they were going and Frisk suddenly slipped, making the other two slip as they slid a little ways down before falling into a hole hidden behind some thick bushes in the mountain, losing conscious as they fell.

Frisk was the first one to wake up and went to crawl over to her brother and sister when she winced and lifted up her hands to see they were scraped up pretty badly. She saw Chara sit up and wince, looking at her right elbow, which was also sporting a nasty scrape. Asriel was standing mostly on one foot nearby with his left knee also scraped up. "Did…Did we make it?" He asked.

Chara glanced around. "I think we did," she said. "So, maybe that story is true?"

She and Frisk went over to Asriel and stood on either side of him, allowing him to hold onto them and hop on one foot as they walked a bit and found a path, but before they could take it, they heard someone speak.

"Three children?" The person asked.

Chara glanced up and gasped, catching her siblings' attention and they saw a tall goat that wore a purple dress, giving them the hint that she was a female and she was looking at them in concern, kneeling down so that she was close to their height. Asriel stared at her in surprise that she was a goat like him and Frisk moved so that she was between her siblings and this female goat, who immediately noticed the young girl's injured hands. "Oh, you three are hurt," she said, her voice taking on a motherly tone. "What happened?"

They didn't respond right away and her face softened even more. "It's alright. I won't harm you," she said. "I can heal you, if you wish."

Asriel seemed to perk up at that. "You…You have a healing touch, like some superheroes?" He asked curiously.

The goat lady chuckled in amusement. "Yes," she said.

Frisk took a step closer to her. "Who are you?" She asked.

"I am Toriel, my dear," was the answer. "Keeper of the Ruins and watcher of the entrance to here, the Underground."

All three children almost fell over in shock, to which Toriel noticed and her eyes widened. "You three are from the surface, aren't you?" She asked.

They nodded. "We ran up the mountain to see if the story we had been told in school was true," Chara explained.

Toriel seemed intrigued by that, but then noticed that Chara's elbow and Asriel's knee were scraped. "First, let me heal you three and…are you hungry?" She asked.

The hopeful faces they gave her told her the answer was yes and she chuckled, gently taking Frisk's hands in her own and healing them as the other two watched and after seeing their sister was healed, they allowed the kind goat lady to heal their injuries too and followed her inside the Ruins. While Toriel fed them some dinner, she told the three that the story was true about the Underground and that King Asgore was not that far away from breaking the barrier. "But that was so long ago now, that awful war," she said. "Tell me, how long do humans live?"

"Well, some live to be a little over a hundred years old," said Frisk. "But not all."

Toriel bit her lip. "Are there any humans that are a couple hundred years old that are still alive? Or even older than that?" She asked.

The three children shook their heads. "Why?" Chara asked.

"Well, the war between humans and monsters took place well over a millennium ago," Toriel explained.

Asriel looked shocked. "Wait, um, no offense, but…are those monsters that were in the war still alive?" He asked.

"Many of them are, yes," she said with a nod. "Monsters can live a very long time."

The children looked at her, noting how sad she looked. "Tell me, are the sunsets still beautiful?" She asked.

They nodded. "We like to see the sunset before we go to bed," said Chara. "Mom and Dad used to say that the clouds were tucking the sun into bed."

Toriel smiled. "I do vaguely remember it seemed like that too," she said softly. "But, the only way we monsters can see it again, is if the barrier is broken by the seventh human."

Asriel looked at his sisters in concern and they shared equal looks before Frisk stood up, her face set in a determined look. "How can the barrier be broken?" She asked.

"Only with the combination of seven traits: Determination, bravery, justice, kindness, patience, integrity and perseverance," Toriel answered. "Asgore now only needs a human with the first trait in order to do so."

She then looked at the three children worriedly and shook her head. "You three will be easy targets for him," she said. "He won't even think twice about hurting you."

"That's what our teacher said about all the monsters in the Underground," said Chara. "She said they were evil, but you're not."

That made Toriel pause, her mouth slightly open in surprise. "Humans…still think we're evil?" She asked.

"That's what we were told," said Asriel.

She shook her head. "No, not all monsters are evil," she said and then sighed. "Maybe…Maybe you three just might be the ones we need to be free once again."

Standing up, she motioned them to follow her and led them to another door, but before she opened it, she turned to them. "I will not lie, many of the monsters will initiate a 'FIGHT' sequence and try to hurt you," she said and then looked thoughtful. "Here, I'll show you."

Reaching a hand forward, the children felt gentle tugs and saw three bright red hearts floating in front of them and saw Toriel's hands light up with fire. "Select your actions very carefully," she cautioned.

Frisk looked at each option and saw Chara press the 'ACT' button, which brought up several options and the red-eyed girl selected 'TALK'. Toriel seemed very pleased with the choice and sent a couple fireballs that were easy to dodge. Again, when it was the children's turn, they selected to use words. This went on for a bit until Toriel nodded, pleased that the three were open-minded and she spared them, to which they spared her. "Well done," she said. "But not all fights will be that easy. Some of the monsters may not be so keen to listen instead of acting."

Asriel stood taller. "Then we won't give up until they listen," he said determinedly. Chara and Frisk also stood taller at that, which made the female goat smile in pride and she handed them a cellphone and some of her butterscotch pie for their journey, along with proper winter clothing.

"Good luck, little ones," she said.

Frisk paused a moment. "Um, Toriel? If…If we want to come back…?" She began to ask.

"Can we?" Chara finished hopefully.

"Of course you may," Toriel said. "And promise me something?"

They nodded. "Promise that you'll keep your determination, but also temper it with the other six traits," she said.

"We will," Frisk, Chara, and Asriel said in unison before hugging her and heading out, skipping happily and taking turns leading the way and stopping a couple times to build snowmen along the path and even have a small snowball fight. Finally, they took a moment to glance at their surroundings and found themselves staring at a wooden bridge that had small patches of ice and wooden bars in the center.

"That's a different looking bridge," Chara said.

Just then, Asriel's ears perked up. "Um, I heard something," he said.

Before they could turn around, a chuckle made them all freeze.

"Well, well, well. Three little souls. Perhaps there's hope after all."


Who is behind the three? Next chapter, you will see. ;)

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