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WRATH-188X
"Ugh. What… Happened…" I slowly opened my eyes through the pain in my head and got up from the bed of golden flowers that I was lying on. I was in a dark, cave like area with a doorway on one side. There was a light source coming from above and when I looked up I saw a large cavern going straight up to the surface with sunlight streaming through. The last thing I remember was climbing Mt. Ebbott. (+). When I got to the top, the ground gave way below me and I fell into the earth. Looking up at the hole above me I wondered how a layer of small flowers would cushion me from that six-story fall, but I decided to focus on the more important matter of getting out of this mountain. I walked through the doorway and saw another area like I had been in, but with no looming pit or flowers. As I approached the other doorway, a looming figure came from the other side and approached me. I stumbled away from the eight-foot creature as it stepped out of the shadows of the doorway revealing it to be a humanoid like beast with large ears, goat horns, and short white fur covering its body. I started to panic. Monsters were evil, they kill for sport, and they want to enslave humanity. That's what I had always been taught to believe. But this monster didn't seem hostile. In fact it seemed just as surprised to see him, as he was to see it. The monster suddenly seemed to recover from its surprise and spoke to me.
"Hello my child. How did you get down here? Are you hurt?" It had a distinct female voice.
"Other than a headache, I'm okay," I replied warily. I was scared of the monster but I didn't feel threatened.
"Oh thank goodness. My name is Toriel and this place is called the ruins. What's your name, my child?" She spoke with an almost loving voice. I was going to reply but I couldn't seem to remember my name, or anything of my past for that matter. I told this to Toriel and she immediately got worried.
"Oh my. You must have hit your head harder than I though. Follow me, my child." She held her hand out and, despite my fear, I took her furry hand in mine and allowed her to lead me through a complicated labyrinth of traps and puzzles. I tried to ask her why there were so many traps but she was in such a hurry that I was struggling to keep up, and decided to ask her when I got to wherever she was leading me.
Eventually, Toriel stopped in front of another doorway with flowers on either side and told me this was her home. I thought I saw one of the flowers watching us, but I dismissed it as my imagination. She quickly led me down a hallway and into a small bedroom with two beds. She worriedly told me that sleep was the best medicine for headaches and ushered me into one of the beds. I heard a noise outside the hallway and Toriel jumped. She quickly told me to sleep and rushed out of the room. I soon heard voices at the end of the hallway. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but I knew that one was Toriel. The voices quickly disappeared. Despite how nice she was, I still didn't completely trust Toriel. I wanted to sneak out, but I suddenly realized how tired I was and how soft the bed felt. Before I could convince myself otherwise, I was asleep.
When I woke up the next morning, I got out of the bed and almost stepped on a slice of pie sitting on the floor. I was starving at the time after falling down a mountain and being rushed through the ruins the day before. Was it day or was it night? There was no way to tell but I assumed that it was morning. I thought briefly that Toriel may have poisoned the pie or something but I decided that if she hadn't killed me the night before, then she wouldn't kill me at all. I ate the pie as if it was the first meal I've had in months. It was a strange tasting combination of cinnamon and butterscotch, but was delicious nonetheless. After I finished the pie, which didn't take long, I left the room and wandered the hallway back towards the front of the house. I heard voices on the other side of the front room and went into a small library. There I saw Toriel talking with another large goat man and two well-dressed skeletons all facing away from me.
"You saw what happened the last time a human fell down here. It killed our son and we ended up forced down here." The large goat man said in an insistent tone.
"You know Asgore, you shouldn't say things behind people's backs, especially when the person in question is right behind yours." The taller of the two skeletons said sarcastically.
The group spun around to face me. I sheepishly waved hello to them, greatly intimidated the number of potentially homicidal monsters in the room with me. I studied the faces of the monsters while they silently studied me. Toriel of course, had a caring expression, but Asgore and the taller skeleton both seemed suspicious of me, while the other skeleton simply stared in curiosity.
Toriel spoke up first "Good morning my child. I see you are feeling better. I hope you enjoyed the pie. I baked it especially for you. This is my husband Asgore. These two are the leading royal scientists and the king's advisors. The taller one here is T.N. Roman. The other is his son W.D. Gaster." They each waved to me as they were named. "Hello child. If I may ask, where is your soul? It doesn t seem to be anywhere nearby. Have you hidden it? Is it with you? Is it within you? Do you even have one? I ve never gotten the chance to observe a human up close before, so I don t know if the rumors are true," Gaster said excitedly in a strange language. After a few moments of awkward silence, Roman spoke up. "Allow me to translate for him. He can understand this language but he can't speak it due to a slight accident in the lab while studying dialects. He was asking where your soul is." I shrugged my shoulders. I thought a soul would only emerge from it's body when the being died. "Usually, a human's soul will appear if they enter the underground, but another way a soul can emerge is if it is threatened." Roman said, seemingly reading my mind. Suddenly, a large white bone materialized in mid air, and with a flick of Roman's wrist, was sent hurtling thought the air towards me. I ducked out of the way of the flying appendage easily, it speeding well away from my body. It never touched me but as it passed by, I felt a blinding pain sear through the base of my skull. When I looked up I saw the reason why. Floating in front of me was a glowing green cartoon heart. My soul. It was right in the path of the bone. "Ahh. You have a green soul. So that means your trait is kindness. Let's see your HP, shall we?" Roman said, intrigued. He sent another bone towards me. I reached up to try and yank my soul away from the attack but when I touched it, my hand phased through it. I was met once again with the blinding flash of pain. This time I felt a large portion of my strength leave me, and my knees threatened to buckle. I looked helplessly at the other but they all just stared blankly. When he sent another attack all I could do was will my soul to move. As the bone flew closer, my will got stronger and to my surprise, my soul sped away from the attack. A few seconds later, I had my soul zipping around the room at a breakneck speed. I laughed silently to myself. There was no way those bones could hit me now. As Roman watched the green blur, he frowned. "Hmm. Every soul has its own special ability or attack. Your soul moves much faster than that of a regular soul. That must be its special ability. Allow me to show you mine." He lifted his hand and pointed the palm towards my soul and before I had a chance to react, a dark purple beam shot out of his upturned palm and slammed into my soul. I winced, bracing myself for the pain, but it never came. I looked at my soul and saw that it was outlined in the same purple color as the beam. He sent another bone towards my soul but this time when I tried to move it, it felt as if I was trying to push it through jello. It moved so slowly and sluggishly that I couldn't avoid Roman's attack and when it hit, I was driven to my knees by the pain. As I struggled to get up, my soul was hit with another attack and I slumped onto the ground. I pushed myself up onto my elbows and looked at the royal scientist pleadingly. He no longer looked curious. He wanted to kill me. I watched as yet another appendage was launched towards me. When it hit, I couldn't stop the scream of agony that escaped my lips. I no longer had the strength to move my body and I stared in what seemed like slow motion as a bone flew towards my soul that I knew would end my life. Just before it reached my soul, a sphere of white fire slammed into it from the side, completely obliterating the deadly attack. I looked towards the source of the sphere and saw Toriel, the glow of magic fading from her outstretched paw. "That's quite enough tests for now Times. Allow me to heal you my child" She walked over to me and wrapped her paws around my ailing soul, and almost instantaneously, I felt a rush of energy wash through me. I felt completely revitalized, as if I had just woken from a long sleep. When she removed her hands, my soul no longer had the purple tint and seemed to be glowing even more than it had when the battle began. My soul retreated back into my chest as I warily stood up and walked closer to Toriel. She turned and glared at Roman. "You should just leave Times." She stated. He bowed humbly "Yes, my queen. But don't give trust to this human so quickly. After all you don't want another Chara do you?" he turned and walked through the door along with Gaster.