Chapter Two | The cute little house in the ruins.
Author's Notes
This is the second chapter in my Undertale saga. I'm just trying to get better at writing with this first fanfic, but then i'll take on a greater challenge. Anyways hope you all enjoy.
Toriel looked at Frisk surprised by being called "Mother". It had been a long time since anyone had called her that. She started blushing. "Thank you Frisk. You calling me that means more to me than you know." A long time ago Toriel's son was killed while taking his adoptive human sister to her home village after absorbing her soul. Her last wish before dying was that she the flowers at her village again, and he did that for her but at the high price of his life.
Frisk went up and hugged Toriel as she left. Toriel told her once again to stay here and wait for her return. Though Frisk continued on a few minutes after Toriel left out of loneliness. There was a Froggit waiting outside the door. He asked her kindly to spare the monsters she fought. Frisk nodded with understanding. The room was scattered with red leaves and moss hung from the walls. There were two ways to go now. Frisk checked the door to the left of where she came in first. Inside there were fountains and a bowl saying "Take one", and inside the bowl were little candies called Monster Candies. They tasted so sweet when she tried one. She so badly wanted another but the bowl said to only take one so she listened.
After leaving the candy room she decided to check the other room. Inside was a hole, shaft looking thing in the wall, and the ground was wet and didn't look safe to walk on but she had to try. She tried walking across and it caved in. She fell though she didn't scream. There wasn't a point. She knew she would survive. She was determined to survive. When she arrived at the bottom there were two shafts. She expected the one closest to where she fell to take her right back up to where she started so she would have to fall down again. She decided to take the other one. Climbing up the slippery shaft was difficult, though Frisk made it up in the end after falling back down once or twice.
After Frisk got up she realized she made the right choice. She was on the other side of the wet ground. She felt accomplished. She strode off into the next room. She then felt her phone buzz. It was Toriel calling, so Frisk picked up.
"Hello?", Toriel asked and Frisk guessed this meant she had to talk. Toriel couldn't exactly see her nodding her head over the phone. "Hi." Toriel then asked "For no reason in particular which do you prefer cinnamon or butterscotch?" Frisk didn't expect this odd question. Frisk had actually never tried either of them. Her mother would not allow her to eat such things. She told Toriel this. "Oh.. you poor thing. Do not worry about my question then." She quickly hung up. That was odd.
Frisk found a pressure plate and a rock in the next room. Also the same default looks of the rest of the rooms. More moss and purple brick. Ahead of her was some more spikes. She assumed putting the rock on the pressure plate removed them. Her theory was correct after she pushed the rock over. After crossing the spikes she found another wet floor puzzle. She tried to be careful when stepping on it but to no avail it gave out underneath her just as the last did. She was in a different room. There was a lot of red leaves all of the place. Where there was not leaves it looked like a path, but there was another stone sign thing. It read, "Please do not step on the leaves." Frisk didn't step on the leaves though she looked at the leaves for a long time memorizing their twits and turns. She soon had a map of the path she needed to take for above in her head.
It was easier for her to get up this shaft. She was getting used to these types of things. Though now that she had the map in her head she followed it along the wet ground. She made it through without falling. She grinned to herself quite content with her smart actions. She was growing more confident going through the ruins. After going off to the next room she found herself in an area very much like the rock and pressure plate one. Only this time there was three rocks. She pushed the first two onto their pressure plates, but something unexpected happened with the third one. It... talked? "WOAH there, pardner! Who said you could push me around?" She tried talking back to the rock. "Could you please move over for me Mr... Rock?" "HMM... I guess I could, just for you though pumpkin." She smiled brightly at the rock but it quickly went away when the rock only moved three inches. She tried talking to it again. "Could you please move over a bit more Mr. Rock?" The rock made some grumbling noises "Alrighty, how's this?" The rock moved in the wrong direction and Frisk was fighting the urge to giggle. "No, no. That is the wrong direction. Could you please move onto that?" She pointed at the pressure plate. "You're giving me a real work out." Frisk smiled as the rock moved onto the pressure plate and the spikes went down.
After encountering the nice rock Frisk went down a corridor to find herself in a rectangular room. There was a patch of more red leaves, but this time there was a ghost lying down on it. He kept saying "ZzZzZzzzzZZZzzzzZzzZZZz..." pretending to be asleep. Frisk didn't want to be rude but she decided to push the ghost over. As soon as she did she felt the still awkward pull of her soul from her body as the ghost entered a fight with her. He looked sad and she felt bad so she decided to cheer for him. After this the ghost sent acidic tears at her. Which Frisk thought was a bit sad instead of scary. She dodged them all with ease. She cheered him on again. She felt him getting happier. The ghost didn't even give an attack that time. She cheered him on one final time to give him enough courage to try something. "hey... watch this..." Frisk was curious by the ghost's sudden talking. She watched him use his attack tears to make a top hat shape on his head. "do you like it..." Frisk giggled and said "Yes!" She suddenly felt her soul returning to her. "wow... I came out here to be all alone and I met someone nice... oh.. i'm rambling... my name is Napstablook by the way... good bye..." Frisk liked the ghost and hoped to see him again as she waved good bye to him. He just disappeared though he was a ghost after all.
When she went across where the ghost had once lain she found two doors. She decided to head straight first. Inside she found two spider webs and a sign that read "Spider Bakery, all profit goes to real spiders!" Frisk didn't have enough gold to buy anything though she left 3 pieces there saying she didn't have enough for an actual pastry, but she'd love to donate. The spiders insisted on giving her a pastry anyway, and refused saying she wouldn't take something that she hadn't fully paid for, but the spiders were like brick walls so she took the pastry and said "Thank you so much" to the spiders. She then went through the other door.
In the other room there were three Froggits talking to each other so she decided not to interrupt. Then Toriel called, so she answered once more. "Hello? It's me Toriel of course and I just wanted to tell you that it has been a while and my house is quite messy. I was not expecting to have company. Also, feel free to pick things up but make sure you have room for other things because one day you might find something you want and end up not having room for it. Anyways, good bye my child!" Toriel hung up. Hmmm... Frisk thought to herself. Toriel sure was an interesting person and Frisk loved her for it.
When Frisk went into the next room she saw another stone sign. It read, "There is only one button". There were lots of those wet patchy holes in the floor that usually meant there was a room under she guessed she had to go through them to find the button. It was a long process, but Frisk found Napstablook in one of them and they said Hello to each other before she moved on and found the switch. Which, of course, once again brought down the spikes blocking her way. She found a new room with different colored levers and another stone sign. The sign read "The far door is not an exit. It simply marks a rotation in prospective." Frisk continued on to the next room to find it was full of more colored levers only the spikes were up on the door this time. She found a stone sign that read "Flip the blue switch!". She found the blue switch behind one of the pillars in the room. The spikes went down so she continued on to find more levers and another stone sign that said "Flip the red switch!" The red switch was easily spotted besides a pillar in the room. The next spikes went down. There was another room with colored levers and a stone sign. Even though the puzzles were easy Frisk was growing tired of these rooms. She wanted a rest, but she was determined to keep going. The sign read "Press the green switch!" The green switch was behind the second pillar she found in the room. The spikes went down and she trucked on!
Finally there was a room with something other than levers. Maybe she was getting close? There were green leaves and purple flowers across the ground, and a cross roads. She decided to go straight first. In the room she entered she found a Froggit. "Don't tell anyone I told you, but I just saw Toriel come out of this room carrying groceries. I didn't talk to her since most of us are intimidated by her." When she went in to the next room she hoped to find Toriel, but all she found was a balcony with a toy knife on it. She thought about the knife Should I really keep it? I don't want to hurt people. Though something deep inside of her told her that one day she would need a weapon whether she liked it or not, so she took the knife and threw out her pathetic weapon that was a stick. There was something else that surprised her on the balcony. Wind. She just sat there for a few moments loving the wind, but knew it was time to go.
She returned back to the crossroads and went the other way. There was more red leaves scattering across the ground. Inside the room was a dead looking tree, a cute little purple house, and then she heard a familiar voice. Toriel! She ran to the voice and hugged Toriel so tight. Toriel looked both happy and confused. "My child? Are you hurt? How did you get here on your own? Well that doesn't really matter now come along Frisk. I want to show you something." Toriel walked into the purple house. Before Frisk could follow she saw anohter one of those glowing stars. Frisk reached out to touch it. She was filled with a strong sense of purpose and a need to move on. Toriel had already gone inside so she followed.
"I made you a Cinnamon Butterscotch Pie. I have a feeling you'll love it." Frisk had a feeling she would love it too. "It's still cooling right now so I want to show you something." Frisk followed Toriel curiously into a hall with doors. They stopped in front of the first one. "This is your room now. I hope you like it. Oh my.. is something burning? I'll be right back." Frisk was stunned. She knew she couldn't stay in the ruins forever. She needed fresh air and it was claustrophobic being cramped up in the little ruins. She wanted to explore the rest of the underground. Frisk decided to wait a bit to tell Toriel of this though. She didn't want to hurt her adoptive mother's feelings. Frisk explored the room and found different signs of life and figured that they belonged to Toriel's former son Asriel who had died. She didn't like these types of thoughts tainting her mind, so she got into the bed and was out like a light.
When she woke up, she found a plate of pie on the floor of the bedroom. She smiled and took the pie. It was delicious. Instantly her favorite dessert. She also felt energized. She really needed that rest. She decided to look for Toriel and she found her in a sitting area. "Hello, my child. I didn't expect you to wake up so early over your long journey over here. Would you like to hear an exciting fact about snails?" Frisk shook her head. Now was the time to tell Toriel. Frisk didn't want to live in lies. Toriel looked a bit sad. Frisk spoke "Mom... i'm so sorry but I can't stay here cramped in the ruins. I want to adventure the rest of the underground and get back to the surface to feel fresh air again." Toriel looked a bit impatient as she said "I will be right back, do not follow me." Frisk followed her anyway. She felt the need to. She went down the stairs in the main room and found Toriel in a corridor. "This leads to the exit of the ruins. I am going to destroy it. Do not try to stop me." Frisk was unnerved. Had Toriel been like Flowey all along? Secretly evil? She followed Toriel down the corridor. She stopped and said "Please go back to your room. Do you not understand? He will kill you Asgore will kill you. He is the king of all monsters. He will kill you to get the final soul to free our people and break the barrier forcing us to be imprisoned, but this is wrong. His methods are not right. You must not go Frisk. I can't let another child die. She continued down the corridor but Frisk followed, Determined. They reached the door. Toriel started to look sad and said "If you truly wish to leave prove you are strong enough to survive." Frisk was surprised when she felt the now familiar feeling of her soul leaving her body. Toriel had entered a fight with her.
She would not hurt Toriel. Never. No matter how many fireballs she hurled at Frisk, she kept dodging. She kept sparing Toriel until Toriel looked like she was about to cry. Frisk ran up to her and hugged her and Toriel finally said "I understand I cannot keep you in here forever. You will get lonely like me. You may go but when you do, do not turn back."
Toriel hugged Frisk and returned back down the corridor. Frisk was on her own now as she went through the door.