Ha ha… Real funny.
I still remember the first time I heard about it.
"Oh, not Undertale again!" My brother had exclaimed this one day, raging over who knows what. I had no idea what Undertale was, had no idea about anything about it. But I hadn't thought much about it. But then a few days later…
My brother had gotten the game from a friend. His friend had gotten him Undertale.
Now I was feeling confused, and a bit angry. Why in the world would someone buy us a game we had no idea about, and one we might not even like? If we didn't like it, he would've just wasted his money on it. I doubted we would like it anyway. It didn't sound like my type of game.
But after a while… let's just say I was interested, and very curious. My brother was playing it, and he said it was good. Of course he had always thought all games were good. But the reason I played was because I felt a pull. I wanted to try this game on my own. I wanted to see what it was like. Was it good, like my brother claimed it to be? Would it be fun, and stand out against all other one's I've played?
Yes. Yes it would.
In the beginning of playing the game, it was strange. Almost scary, since an evil flower almost killed me. But I was saved by this strange creature, by the name of Toriel? Something like that. Yes, it was weird. I admit I was a little bored in the beginning, doing these puzzles that seemed to come to no end, and sparing these creatures that came every once in a while.
But then… I had made it to her house. I got butterscotch-cinnamon pie. I talked with Toriel. I fought her, spared her, and then I left. By this far, I liked the game, but I hadn't known there was more to come.
Almost immediately after leaving the ruins, I had found a new friend. A skeleton, by the name of Sans. He gave me my first laugh, my first real laugh for the game. His tricks, smile, jokes and puns, they were all great. His brother was just as amazing. And yes, although it may seem strange, I was determined.
I was quickly absorbed into this game. Soon after, I had met Undyne, Alphys, and Mettaton. Every little while, I would see Sans, either to give me a word of advice, or just to sell me a Hot Cat. We even went on a few dates, two to be exact. His presence was nice, and I missed him when I didn't see him on screen for some time.
Then, Asgore. He was simple enough, but let's just say that a little flower got in the way. I beat Omega Flowey first try, though I had a few close scrapes. I befriended Alphys and got past a couple of Amalgamates, then went back to Asgore.
This part… was definitely the strangest for me. Toriel stopped Asgore before he could try to hit me, and then all the rest of my friends arrived. When Sans and Toriel started relating to each other and sharing bad puns…. well, let's just say that I didn't like that. I didn't like that at all. Strange feelings were arising. The way they were hanging out together, sharing their interests like they had known each other for eternity, it made me feel… left out.
Then Fowey came again. My friends backed me up… and I defeated Asriel. Asriel sacrificed himself for the final break of the barrier. I said my last goodbye's, and then…
And then…
Needless to say, I had gotten out. We had gotten out, all the monsters working together. All my friends were the first to come out to see that first ray of sunshine, giving its rays over the horizon. I smiled and thought… this is a new life. With monster kind and humans together, the world will be changed, for the better.
Everyone started to slowly leave to do their things. I was sad to see Sans go, but I shook it off. When it was Asgore's turn to leave, Toriel just regarded him coldly. I thought that was mean. Then, Toriel asked me the final question. Did I want to stay with her?
I did't know. In the game, I had no family but the monsters. But with Toriel… I thought about it. Then I thought of Sans, and I figured… sure Toriel. I'll stay with you. She seemed surprised with my decision, but nevertheless, she accepted and I went with her to our new home.
And then…
Credits. Some last pictures of my monster friends. I laughed lightly at Sans riding his bike past Papyrus' car. I saw the picture of the big green hill, Mt. Ebott, slowly fading away into a dark grey.
Asriel showed up to give me some last words, then I was playing again. I enjoyed dodging the credits, and somehow ended up avoiding all of them. No idea how I did that.
And then… an image of me sleeping in my bed. Toriel came over, propped the pie on the floor, and left before giving me one last look.
A dark screen and then…
THE END.
The end?...
The end…
It's the end, isn't it?
I felt myself panicking. It was the end. There was no more left. Nothing left to play. It was all over. Then… relaxing music started to play. It was… nice, comforting even. I sighed in relief as I listened to it. Then little bells of the song clinging, the piano notes striking powerfully, the perfect harmony and synchronization, all playing together to form a perfect unison. No doubt about it, this was my favorite song now.
I continued to listen, even as Annoying Dog came on the screen and slept soundly at the bottom of the screen. I just sat there, staring, wondering. What next? What now? What is there left to do?...
I decided to test something. I exited the game and relaunched it. And then Flowey left me a message. He told me, tried to convince me, not to reset. He had almost convinced me… almost.
I reset.
There wasn't any choice though, was there? I had to reset. If I didn't, that would be the end. The end of Undertale. No more playing, ever. But by resetting, my problems were solved.
I played the entire pacifist run again, delighting in every choice again. But… it was less exhilarating. I knew what was going to happen already… and where was the fun in that?
I reset again, but this time I played it differently. I answered things differently. I killed a couple of smaller, unimportant monsters. I reset. This time, more important people were killed. Goodbye Doggo, Temmie, Royal Guards.
I spent every spare moment of my time playing and experimenting with Undertale. When I wasn't playing it, I was browsing the internet for info. I chose not to check out the Wikipedia, where would the fun in that be? However, I did read fanfiction and look at fanart. They were amazing, fantastic, glorious. The best I've ever seen. Frisk had never looked so cute, Papyrus had never been so lovable, and Sans had never been so hot. I now had a new love for Undertale, a deep burning passion for it.
Pretty soon, I was obsessed with it. I talked about it everywhere I went. I played Undertale songs on every instrument I could play. I sang it, chatted about it, and drew it (Even though I'm not the best at drawing). Let's just say, Undertale was my life.
Then the lonely pangs came.
The first one came when I was looking at a picture of Frisk and Sans together. I just thought, I wish I could be Frisk. Then I could… you know. Save all monster-kind. Have all these friends. Be with Sans.
Oh yeah. I was jealous of Frisk. But mainly? I just wanted to be in the game myself. I wanted to do the adventures Frisk had. I wanted to experience the thrills of battle. I wanted to have fun with all these great monster friends. But… then I realized the horrible truth.
Undertale didn't exist.
All the characters, setting, plot…
It's all fictional. It doesn't exist. And you know what's even worse to know?
All this… all these amazing things… came from the imagination of a single 24 year old. Nothing actually existed. It was all made up by a single person, and we flowed with it. We believed in it. We poured our hearts into it.
…
Let's just say I've never been so angry in my entire life.
I had grown obsessive over some fictional characters that had the nerve to not to exist. How much more stupider can I get?
I opened the game Undertale to start to play. I reset to try a different ending, and started out normally again. But this time, I felt like it was time for a change. It seemed like I had never had enough XP, and I could always get more if I just killed more monsters, right? What better way to get XP is there than to kill everyone in my way?
So after meeting Flowey and Toriel, I made my way to kill every single thing that got in my way. Monsters, small mobs, even Nabstablook. (But I was unable to kill him. He's a ghost, for goodness sake!) I earned lots of XP, and I felt stronger, undefeatable. With more XP, the more health I could maintain, and that was good.
Then, I made it to Toriel's house in the ruins. I did everything normally and the same, even though there was one mishap in the kitchen, but that's not a problem. Finally, I was at the door with Toriel trying to stop me.
And I thought… out of everyone I killed, I could spare Toriel right?
I thought about it. Toriel was nice, she had never done anything to hurt me. She was overprotective, yes, but that was all. She was innocent, she didn't deserve to die. I was going to spare her… but then I thought of something else. Something more disturbing.
I remembered in the pacifist route, how she had flirted around with Sans. I remembered how friendly she was being with him… and that pissed me off. And then I thought of something else, even more disturbing.
Like all the rest, she had the nerve to not exist.
Was I angry? Uh, yes I was. I took that toy knife and slaughtered her. My last hit was a critical, and she fell on the floor, looking pained and sad. For a second, I felt regret. But then I hardened myself and thought, it doesn't matter. Nothing changes if she's dead anyway.
She said a few last words to me before dissipating. Then her silver soul cracked.
And split.
And broke into a million little pieces.
Oh great. I'm starting another new story. (Jk I love new stories. :3 )
I think I'll be posting about one chapter every two days, since they're so long. But hey! That's still pretty good though, right?
Story partially inspired by story cover image, by NoFlyBird on Deviantart. Go check her out!
Leave a comment or favorite or whatevs! But just mainly... thx for readin'! ~Pizza
