Hi guys! Yup, I've decided to re-vamp this story, too! And if you don't know what I mean, well I probably just finished this redo first. I'm giving both of my longer stories an overhaul since, looking back, I think they both could use a good amount of work. Not a lot, just enough to improve their quality. If I haven't started Nine Humans? yet, then don't worry, I will soon. I'm probably just stuck trying to re-word or add something. Anywho, let's get on with this!

(Disclaimer: All rights for Undertale and its characters and music belong to Toby Fox and the crew that helped create this amazing game. I only own my OC(s) and nothing more.)

Aviana had a pretty simple life up until that one night.

She would go to school and learn quietly in the back, walk home, and do her homework whie locked in her room. Then she would go donstairs to have dinner with her mother, being as quiet and polite as possible. Sometimes she would be hit regardless, but it usually kept things to a minimum. So did holding in her tears until she was back in her room.

It was a hard routine for the girl to get used to, but she really had no choice- Aviana's mother was her only family. Her father had left before Aviana was even born, and her mother's parents- according to her during druken rants- had never loved her and had breated her when they learned who she was dating. And of course things only got worse after she got pregnant with Aviana. Apparently the last thing her father ever did for the family was send them to their current home- the house he used to live in. It was because of all these factors, Aviana couldn't bring herself to hate her mother. It wasn't her fault; it was her father's and grandparents' faults. They were the reason she needed alcohol for comfort, the reason she hurt her own daughter. She was scared and hurt and confused. Just as Aviana had been when the beatings started.

But one night changed everything. Her mother stumbled in their house, reaking of alcohol. Unprepared for this, Aviana had tried to sneak away, but the woman honed in on her and attacked. She started beating her harder than ever, screaming the whole time. "I hate you" and "You're worthless" and "I never wanted you!" were the most repeated phrases, though most of her words were incomprehensibly slurred. Aviana had never heard thing like this from her mother and was so hurt and confused by it all. She eventually struggled out of her mother's grasp and bolted in the first direction she could- towards the glass patio door, which her mom had left open after coming inside.

The young girl burst outside, nearly falling on her face because of the drop. Once she recovered, she flew forward, running for a time she couldn't place. When she finally stopped, she collapsed against a tree, panting and still crying. Now that she was alone, she let herself start openly sobbing as she slowly fell to the ground. What on earth had that been about? Her mother was hurting, sure, but... Aviana never thought it would cause her to lash out that badly. She still loved Aviana, didn't she?

... Didn't she?

After struggling to regain her breath for a few minutes, Aviana stood up and wiped at her face. She finally realized just how cold it was and how thin her striped shirt really was, and she hugged herself as she looked around. It only took a few moments for her to realize where she was: the base of Mount Ebott. She'd heard the stories, just like everyone else- the stories of other young children wandering up the mountain and never being seen or heard from again. Aviana shivered, both from that thought and the sudden burst of wind that came through the bare trees. She thought about turning back, but the nearest city was 20-some-odd miles away, and the very idea of what her mother might do to her now... Well, she decided just to stay on the mountain for tonight. Besides, those kids could all just... be living with a nice mountain man who adopted them because he was lonely.

... Who was Aviana kidding, they died. Still. It somehow sounded better to her to die by a stanger's hands than those of someone who she thought loved her. So, she started climbing. On her way up she looked around for any sign of a house, and occasionally called out in hopes of somebody being nearby. Nobody ever responded. She pushed onward, desperately trying to find anyone who could help her.

That's why she didn't see the branch that caused her to trip and fall into the nearby hole.

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Aviana groaned when she came to. She slowly pushed herself up, instantly sending waves of pain through her body. Everything felt so stiff and sore... She took a few minutes to massage at her shoulders, hoping to at least quell that pain, before looking around. She waws sitting on a small patch of golden flowers in a dark room. There was only a single ray of light coming from... the ceiling? The girl looked up. Yikes... Look like I fell at least twenty feet... Probably more, she thought. No wonder I'm hurting so much... That and of course- She shook her head. Now wasn't the time to think about that.

Looking back up, she made a startling discovery. What she thought was a normal ceiling turned out to be made of dirt. She stood up as quickly as her body would allow and walked carefully until she found a wall. It, too, was dirt, and from what she could see in the dim lighting it seemed to slope, almost like the walls of a pyramid. So she was definitely underground... What now?