I walked slowly and carefully, being wary of every bump and crack as I limped my way down the dark stone corridor, the little bit of light from the entrance of the cave slowly disappearing behind me as I made my way deeper into the Ruins. My footsteps seem to echo in the empty, dark corridor as I made my way through, making the atmosphere feel heavy. I didn't like this; it felt as if something was lurking behind me, watching my every move. I tentatively turned around, of course seeing nothing. I took a deep breath and continued to make my way forward, ignoring the pain in my body and sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
After a time, I came upon a kind of atrium area, a pool of moonlight shining down on a lush patch of green grass from an open fissure in the mountain. I was able to smell the cool air and scent of greenery, a welcome change from the stale air of the Ruins I was growing accustomed to. I leaned against the entryway, the pain in my body seemingly growing worse, especially around my ribs. Maybe I sprained my ribs, as taking deep breaths was becoming increasingly painful. I grimaced, shortening my shuttering breaths to an acceptable, painless level. I pushed myself up straight, with some effort, and made my way forward. I barely made it a few steps when a high pitched voice sounded suddenly.
"Howdy!" I yelped and fell backwards at the sudden voice. I landed painfully on my butt and stared down in front of me. In the lush, moonlit grass in front of me, stood a single, yellow flower, much like the ones I landed on in the other room. I frowned. It wasn't there a moment ago! I looked around. Where dd that voice come from?
"H-hello?" I called out shyly. It can't be in my head, can it? A sudden childish laugh sounded, coming from directly in front of me. I looked at the flower and my eyes widened. That flower... has a face! It looked up at me with a friendly smile.
"Howdy there, Human! I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flower!" it bowed slightly in a friendly, comical way. I sighed in surprise, and felt a small smile pull at my lips. It's an old Legend that a long time ago, when humans were still able to use magic, that there were monsters that used to live with humans on the earth as equals. But then a huge war broke between the monsters and humans and the humans, being stronger, sent the monsters into the mountain.This Mountain. So this flower must be a monster, then.
"W-well then, it's nice to meet you Flowey. I'm Frisk." I said, smiling softly. It smiles and sticks out its tongue playfully.
"Well, it's awfully nice to meet'cha Frisk !" Flowey looks me over with a smile, and I started to feel nervous. "Hmmm... You're new to the Underground, aren'tcha? Golly, you must be so confused. Someone ought to teach you how things work around here!I guess little old me will have to do."
"What... do you mean?" I shakily got to my feet, and then I started to feel a deep heat and a pull in my chest, followed by a reddish glow. l looked at Flowey in panic, expecting the same reaction, but it only smiled.
"Ready Frisk? Here we go!" at that moment I felt a strong, yet painless pull as a red heart emerged from my chest. For a moment I thought it was my actual heart, but the shape of it was almost like a Valentine's heart, and such an unreal red. It felt much more... important than my actual heart. It pulsed with a warm, familiar energy. It felt like it was a part of me.
"See that heart?" Flowey gestured a leaf to the red heart, "That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being!"
"What? Really?!" I stared at the heart, feeling its warm pulse and soft glow. Flowey nodded, but his smiling face started to show a hint of annoyance.
"Yup! Your SOUL starts off weak, but can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV."
"Whats LV?" I asked, touching my Soul gently. I could feel my fingertips tickle it, the feeling resonating within me. Such a peculiar feeling, but it also made me feel vulnerable; exposed in a dangerous way.
"LV? Why LOVE of course! You want LOVE don't you? Down here LOVE is shared through... little white "Friendliness Pellets"." he said, his face suspiciously looking around. I instantly became alert as large white seeds spawned around me, encircling me and my Soul.
Flowey smiled, its eyes boring into me intensely. "Move around, get as many as you can!" he cried as the seeds began shooting towards me. I tried to dodge them as best as I could, protecting my Soul in the process, but a few seeds hit my back, and my Soul throbbed so painfully. I cried out and fell to my knees. Looking at my Soul, I saw a large crack going down it, throbbing with an unbelievable sharp pain.
Flowey laughed manically, it's face distorting int something truly evil. I gasped, trying to scoot away, but then an ungodly amount of those large seeds circled me, leaving me trapped.
"You IDIOT! In this world, it's Kill or Be Killed. Now DIE!" it laughed a loud, high pitched laugh. I shut my eyes, covering my Soul protectively as I waited for the seed bullets to hit me. But they never came.
"What the-OH!" I looked up, seeing a large red flame shoot around, burning away the seeds and then hitting Flowey, sending them away like a projectile.
"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth!" a soft, older voice said scoldingly. I looked up to see a large goat woman, her fur snow white and her blue eyes looking down at me kindly, at least I think she is. She's wearing a long blue dress with white, billowing bell sleeves, a large, strange crest embroidered on it in white. She approaches me slowly, and I scoot back further, preparing to run. She raises her hands in a peaceful, pleading manor and shushes me in a way a mother would to calm a child.
"Ah, do not be afraid, my child.I am Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins." She held her hand out to me. it was covered in soft, white fur and short, pointed nails. I look up at her, and see her smile, warmly, kindly at me, a soft twinkle in her eyes. I reached up to touch my Soul, but it has already faded, presumably back inside of my body. I reached up hesitantly, but Toriel just smiles warmly at me, nodding slightly, as if to say that it's okay. I placed my hand in hers and she held it warmly, and she helped pull me to my feet. I winched in pain but clenched my teeth. I don't want to how my injury in case this monster is just trying to hurt me, like Flowey.
"There now, child. What is your name?" She gently brushed my bangs from my face. She reminds me of my grandmother, but seemingly younger.
"Frisk..." My voice was small, and my vision was becoming blurry. I think I'm hitting my limit.
"So lovely to meet you Frisk. Come, dear, this way, I'll take you some place safe." I stood, but the world began to spin around me. I vaguely heard Toriel calling out my name as my world went black.