An older boy stirred with his coffin, feeling his heart starting to beat again. He tried to stretch within the tiny box, but he found himself too large to. He was about to try again when his concern suddenly shifted to breathing. He couldn't breathe! He scrambled to find a way out and took to pounding his fists on the top of his stone coffin.
"There's noise coming from this one!"
"Well, hurry up and open it."
The lid to his coffin slide off and he sprang up, gulping down as much air as he could. The light hurt his eyes, but he didn't care. He could breathe again.
"Wait…I can breathe again! I'm alive. I'm alive! I'm alive!"
The older boy cheered and whooped, jumping out of his coffin and twirling around with complete glee. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to smile at the girl who had touched him. She smiled back with the same enthusiasm.
"We are all alive here."
"I know!"
Their conversation was derailed by more pounding coming from the end of the room. They all rushed down over to the coffin with a dark blue heart on it and pushed the lid off. A girl, slightly shorter than the girl in the purple jacket, sat up, drinking in air. When she finally realized she was alive again, she hopped up and grabbed one of the younger children by the hands, spinning them around and laughing all the while. The older boy looked around and noticed that her coffin was the last one that needed opening, since Chara wasn't absorbed inside Asriel with them. He suddenly felt a pulling on his torn shirt and he looked down to see a boy in an orange shirt, only reaching about the bottom of his ribs in height.
"I bet you're wondering how the first person got out, huh?"
The older boy nodded and kneeled to the boys height.
"It was me! I smashed my coffins lid to bits! See?"
The older boy turned around and saw that the boy in the orange shirts lid was indeed broken in two. He chuckled and ruffled the boys dreadlocks.
"Strong as ever."
The older boy decided that now was a good time to talk about how in the hell they were here. Cupping his hands around his mouth, the older boy smiled.
"SOUL meeting!"
Everyone smiled the moment the older boy said that. Though they were dead, their SOULs were still able to communicate within the glass chambers in which they were kept. They already got to know each other as well as they could. The present children all gathered in a circle on the floor and summoned their SOULs. The older boy, who's SOUL was green, held his hands out. A boy dressed like a cowboy, who's SOUL was yellow, and a girl dressed in a light blue dress, who's SOUL was cyan, took them and held their hands out to who was at their sides. Soon, the circle was complete.
The older boy sighed and cleared his throat.
"Let's see if everyone remembers their names, first of all. I'll call out your SOUL color and we'll see if you remember your name after all this time. I know that my name is Gordy, so Purple SOUL!"
The girl wearing the zipped up purple jacket smiled.
"I do believe my name is Marissa!"
"Does everyone think that to be correct?"
The other four children nodded and Marissa smiled at remembering her own name. Gordy hummed in thought for a moment.
"Okay, Cyan SOUL!"
The young girl in the light blue dress smiled.
"It was..It was Bella! Right?"
Everyone nodded in agreement and she cheered, lifting her hands up but not breaking the circle.
"Dark Blue SOUL!"
The girl in dark blue sweater nodded and her eyes traced the ground in thought.
"A-Abigail?"
Everyone confirmed this name with a smile and Abigail chuckled, trying not to cry.
"Orange SOUL!"
"Cooper! I know that for a fact!"
Everyone chuckled at the boys enthusiasm.
"And finally, Yellow SOUL!"
The boy dressed like a cowboy suddenly felt self-conscious.
"Ah-Ah don't remember. Ah don't even remember what letter it starts with!"
The boy was clearly trying not to cry. The others all were trying to think of his name as well when suddenly, Bella perked up.
"Justin! It's Justin!"
"H-How do you know?"
"Because Justin sounds like Justice, which is what a Yellow SOUL stands for! Your name is Justin!"
The boy began to smile as his eyes lit up.
"That's right! My name is Justin! She's right! That's right!"
The others smiled and broke the circle to hug Justin. The hand holding wasn't required, so nothing happened. Abigail looked over to see something that made her eyes sparkle. Breaking away from the hug, she walked over to her coffin and looked behind it. She began to laugh as she picked up her old tutu and ballet shoes, slipping into them and smiling at how they still fit perfectly. Well, the tutu fit perfectly, but the shoes were a little too tight to wear.
"You guys! Look! Someone left our stuff here!"
The others searched behind their own coffins to find their old items again. Cooper slipped his hand back into his glove and tied his bandana back on to tame his dreadlocks. Justin fit his cowboy hat back on and picked up his gun, upset to find it empty. Gordy tied his apron back around his waist and spun his frying pan around in his hands. With the help of Abigail, Bellla tied her hair back up with her ribbon and swung her toy knife around. Marissa grabbed her notebook and put her glasses back on, but with how cloudy they were, she found she could see better without them on. She hung them on her jacket front and began flipping through the remains of her torn notebook.
Justin spun his gun on his finger and chuckled.
"Let's get a move on. If we're free, we should live it."
The others cheered in agreement and Gordy jumped to the front, leading the others out. They traversed up the stairs and into the throne room. Cooper, Justin, and Bella all hopped onto the throne, earning giggled form the others, until Gordy told them to come on. They continued on through the throne and room and into the room just before the barrier.
"OH, ALRIGHT BROTHER. YOU'RE ACTING STRANGELY."
"Isn't it beautiful everybody?"
Gordy held his hand out and listened as more voices rose up. He motioned for everyone to follow.
"Hey, I think I hear the voices coming from up here."
"Yeah, it had to be!"
Gordy helped the little kids up onto the outside of the barrier, noticing the monsters staring at them. One of them suddenly rushed over, enveloping them all in a hug as she tried softly.
"My children."