Chapter Two

Anticipation

It smelled as of despair, as if people died there, but the blood was also from animals, from monsters, Frisk was scared, they didn't knew anything about the Underground, they only knew something was calling them to go, to go and walk into the Mount Ebott, it was almost as something compulsory but they couldn't explain why… then they fall and woke up in the bed of yellow flowers.

It was as descending into hell, a hell they couldn't imagined it was on Earth, but it was a place that seemed to exist out of time, it was an odd place that shouldn't even exist, but it was there. The bricks on the ruins seemed old, they were wondering how long were they? Probably a millennium, but even so, they knew the place was familiar it was almost as home… what was home?

"Did the flower hurt you?" Said Toriel to them.

"No, I am just scared"

"I feel I know, I know you from another time, when I heard your screams I rushed as fast as I could as if my own child was needing me and I found you"

"Thank you.."

"Let's go home"

The Underground was completely desolated apart from a few monsters that stayed behind with Toriel, but there was an environment of loneliness. They reached a series of stairs and continue walking, there were some frogs in which Frisk ask Toriel if they had a name? She replied Froggits. Frisk was curious as they never saw something like those, they wanted to touch the Froggits but Toriel ask them to stop as the little animals where peaceful beings.

"It feels familiar" They thought, as if it wasn't the first time they were there. The senses, the environment, it was almost as home, as if they knew where to walk, where to go, who to talk… except they were feeling at peace, as if it was the place they belong.

As they continued walking, Toriel stop and ask Frisk to show her how they would treat a dummy that was sitting in the Ruins. It was a strange task, but they did accept without any issues.

"You can talk to the Dummy; he won't be bothered by anything you say"

"OK" They approached slowly, and whispered to the Dummy, Toriel tried to hear but she was a little bit far away waiting for Frisk"

"I am sorry…" They walked away and smile to Toriel.

"You did good my child"

Asgore was imponent, one of the tallest monsters in the tunnels, he was their king, their buck, the god of the spear and he was a nightmare. He was there, in his lab on the other side of the Underground, where the barrier kept them in check from being in contact with the humans. He was lamenting the death of his children, Alphys the newly appointed royal scientist wasn't far behind.

Toriel was remembering those days where Asgore wanted to break free, but suddenly for almost 20 years no more humans fell on the Underground, she wanted to place some test on Frisk to know if they were kindhearted but also to see their behavior more openly without her interfering. So she gave Frisk a very outdated cellphone with her phone number, she apologized and went back to her house.

She knew there was only one road that would leave the exit, in case the human decides to go and fight Asgore, she prayed Frisk won't do anything stupid.

Frisk started to walk, around the Underground Ruin's, they were deserted, there was some desolation around them… it was a sensation of sadness that was in the environment, as if better times were there. They were wondering if the flower would appear again. They didn't know. The Ruins extended far beyond the small tunnels; it was a small citadel with a palace on the horizon. They wanted to explore but they knew there wasn't anything there.

While they were walking, Frisk found a small bake sell run by spiders, it was strange, as they never saw one ran by actual spiders.

"Who are you?" Said the tiny little black widow.

"I am Frisk, you?"

"I have no name, I am here on behalf Muffet, she is trying to rise funds for the spiders on the ruins, all profits will go to real spiders"

Frisk was starving, as they didn't eat anything before leaving to explore the mountain. They had some extra cash they got from their mother in case they need it to call a vehicle for transportation, probably it wasn't a bad idea as they were wondering if the human's money would work in the underground.

"That doughnut looks amazing, how much it is?"

"18 pieces of Gold"

"Here!" They screamed as loud as they could, and bought two of them, only to save one for later"

The spiders were happy and Frisk was full, they started to walk again, only to receive a brief message from Toriel asking if they were having difficulties around or getting in trouble? Frisk replied no, that they were meeting the monsters around. Toriel said that her house wasn't far away from the room with the spiders, only one room to the right where they came and then up.

Frisk closed the phone and kept walking, they knew they were being followed, it wasn't the same presence of the flower, but it was something else, there was sadness around that individual and that individual couldn't even hide it.

"Who is there?!" Frisk screamed out loud.

"Don't hurt me, I am below you" The somber voice replied.

They weren't expecting that, it was a ghost, a real ghost that was luring on their shadow, and was matching it perfectly.

"I am Napstablook nice to meet you"

"I am Frisk, why are you crying?"

"I am not feeling well today". As soon Napstablook said those words the area around them changed a little bit, suddenly Frisk realized the ghost was blocking their way, Napsta exposed the concept of fighting in the Underground and it was quite creepy itself, as they were surrounded by a red light that was coming from their chest and the ghost was controlling the environment around them.

"That's your SOUL, we monster's we don't have it, some of them do but artificially, a SOUL can kill us in a permanent way"

Frisk was confused.

Asriel was with Chara, the two of them were climbing the entrance of the ruins, where the flowers bed was on the bottom, the same entrance on Mount Ebott. They knew the surface could be the point for them to go and see the sun and Chara to esape.