Terratale

Chapter 1

„Hey, wake up." Ark hears a voice in his dream. „How long do you intend to sleep?" „My duty is done, let me sleep..." he said in his sleep. „WAKE UP YOU LAZY HUMAN!" the voice screamed by his surprised, which lead to him waking up. „Damn it! I said let …." He sat up and looked around. He wasn't in his house or in Crysta. The sun was shining in his back from a hole above the ceiling. He couldn't remember that he was in a place like this. He noticed that he was lying on some golden flowers. He did not know if he should be happy or sad. He thought he finished his duty but apparently there was something left to do. He looked around but could not see anybody. „This is strange..." he said to himself. „I'm sure I heard a voice but there's nobody around." Ark noticed that his appearance changed a bit. His golden brown hair was longer than before and it reached down to his chest. His clothes did not change much. He wears a headbone with a small blue stone instead of a large one he used to have. Around his neck he wore a red scarf. His shoulder pads were simply brown without any special design. He wore a green shirt under his brown leather armor which had some geometric figures on it without any special meaning to them. He still wore his baggy red trousers which were held by a cloth belt. Both ends of the cloth belt were hanging around in front of him but would not disturb him in battle. On his arm he wore some red straps. His shoes were in a bright yellow color. „Aww man, I hope my friends will still recognize me," he said to himself. „If my friends are even here... This place looks so old and I've traveled around the whole world. I've never seen any place like this before." He did not believe that he would really find some old friends in a place he has never heard of. „Well at least it is not like that strange Astarica place. I still don't know what that was back there. Maybe an alternate reality? Well it was definitely weird. Anyway I think I should start exploring." With that said he started walking. He went into a strange room with nothing inside. At the other side of the room, a white light blinded his eyes and then he could see something like an entrance. The entrance could be reached by the stairs which were at the right and left side of it. But at the beginning of the stairs there was a yellow light. Out of curiosity he went to the light and touched it. The light changed into a book and Ark could see his name on it. „The shadow of the ruins looms above, filling you with courage." Those words began echoing in his head. A closer look and he could see his LV. His LV was 50. He doesn't know if that was good or bad so he just ignored it. He went up the stairs and went into the next room. He saw a stone tablet on the wall, on the ground some kind of switches and a lever on the wall. The door to the other room was already open. It did not took to long for him to realize this was supposed to be a puzzle. He read the stone tablet „Only the fearless may proceed. Brave ones, foolish ones. Both don't dare walk the middle road." Ark looked at the switches and noticed that the only switches that were pressed were the one not in the middle. The stone tablet seemed to give a hint how to solve the puzzle. „I guess somebody else was before me here and solved all the puzzles. Lucky me," Ark said and just went to the next room. There was another puzzle but Ark just ignored it. It was already solved so there was nothing he could solve. Also, the puzzles seemed a bit too easy. He noticed the yellow arrow marks at the walls directly beside the levers. „Are those even puzzles?" he asked himself that. On the next room he saw a dummy but it was torn in half. The cotton was scattered all over the place. „Geez... Someone must've over did their training." There was nothing else to notice in the room. Ark thought to clean that mess up but he decided against it. He had more important things to do. He went into the next room and his path was blocked by spikes erected from the ground. He thought the puzzles have all been solved but not this one. Or it might've set itself back to it's original function. He read the stone tablet on the wall next to the puzzle. „The western room is the eastern room's blueprint." With that in mind he went back to the western room and looked around. Then he noticed on the ground that there were some more highlighted tablets. He tries to memorize the formation and walk back to the spikes. As he began to set foot on the spikes they immediately went down. Now Ark understood how the puzzle worked and walked through without any problems. The next few rooms were pretty easy. Even though he fell down the room with the cracked ground, he easily memorized the path. These puzzles were a bit too easy. Ark walked across the correct path and ignored the next puzzle since it was already solved. He noticed cheese lying idly on a table in the next room which didn't look too fresh. But there was another golden Light. He touch it and a voice echoed in his head „Knowing the mouse might one day leave its hole and get the cheese … It fills you with Courage." „Oh god, I hope not..." He responded to the voice. The book appeared and his name was written down there again. Ark still does not know what use the book will have. The path split in the next room and he went straight first and saw a sign in the room. „Spider Bake Sale. All proceeds go to real spiders and their families." Ark looked through his pocket and noticed that he have no money with him. He sight and decide to go the other way. Without money he could not buy from the spider bake sale. „Aww... And I really wanted some food, too... Well I'm sure I will find something sooner or later!" he said to himself and continues his adventure. The next few rooms were not really interesting to him. They just were empty and the puzzles were solved. „The puzzle with the perspective is interesting but too bad it is already solved," he said to himself. The next interesting thing he saw was a tree. He found it interesting how a tree was underground but yet it appeared dead. He saw another light and touched it once again. It didn't hurt at all to touch it so he just did it. „Seeing such a cute, tidy house in the RUINS gives you courage" that very same voice echoed in his head. Once again his name and LV appeared. He walked into the house the voice described since the door was just wide open. „Hello! Is anyone here?" he yelled while he entered it. But nobody came. „Strange. It does not look like it's deserted." He starts smelling something sweet. He follows the scent through the living room and directly into the Kitchen. He saw the Pie where a piece of it was left. The Pie still looked fresh and he tried a piece of it. „Woah, that's good." he said. He rummaged around the kitchen for the kitchen knife but could not find it. He looked in the fridge and saw that there was chocolate and took it. He prefer some healthier food but he had to take whatever he could find. He went to the living room and saw the book shelf. It had lots of books with snail facts or books themed on snails, but there was one book that didn't look the same. Ark then examined the obscure book. It said, 'MONSTER HISTORY' in bold letters at the front. Ark took the Monster History book out of it and starts reading. „Trapped behind the barrier and fearful of further human attacks, we retreated. Far, far into the earth we walked, until we reached the cavern's end. This was our home, which we named… Home. As great as our king is, he is pretty lousy at names." Ark sat down at the big settlement and gather his thoughts. As he was thinking he took the Chocolate and remove the wrapping of it. „HEY THAT'S MY CHOCOLATE!" He heard a voice yelling at him as he was about to sink his teeth into it. He looked around and then saw in front of him a child in a green pullover with a single yellow stripe and brown shorts. It had red eyes and brown hair. Ark gave the child the chocolate and it immediately started to eat it. „I'm sorry, little one. The Great Ark didn't want to steal chocolate from a child" he said. „My name is Ark. What's yours, kid?" „I'm not gonna tell you my name yet" the child says. „Well that's okay." Ark responded in a polite manner. „Anyway do you know where I can find the barrier? I want to destroy it." The kid looked surprised when Ark said it casually like it was an easy task. „Do you really think you can destroy it that easily?" the Kid stared with it's dark red eyes into the eyes of Ark. „I think it shouldn't be impossible for the legendary Hero" the kid started to laugh as Ark finished his sentence very casually. „I think I will have lots of fun with you, 'Legendary Hero'." The kid said. „Well I can show you the way to it but that is all I will do." „Thanks, kid" Ark said with a smile on his face. „Do you mind if I take a look in your house a bit more?" „Take your time" the kid does not have any problems with it. Ark found a room which was supposed to be the room of a child. He thought it must be the kid's room but he noticed that the toys were dusty like they were not used a while ago. One other room was locked which had a note on it. „Room under renovations," the note read. Ark went into the last room and saw a diary which had lots of puns in it which he didn't enjoy. The room looked like it was for an adult. He did not find anything else interesting in the room and decided to go down stairs. When he got down there, he saw a long pathway and walked along it until he reached a door. But right before the door was a huge pile of dust. „This is the exit of the ruins." The kid said. „Okay and why is that huge amount of dust right in front of it?" asked Ark, wondering why there is such a huge amount of dust in one place. As he walked to it a monster soul appeared in out of the dust pile and took the form of a female goat, but it was transparent. „Greetings, Human." the goat said „I am or I rather was Toriel, caretaker of the ruins." „Nice to meet you Toriel. I'm Ark the legendary Hero." he responded casually. „Your Magic allows me to talk to you in this form before my soul will vanish. Please listen to my last word." Ark just nodded. „There is a another human who starts to kill all the monster in the underground. I plead you to stop the child. I'm sorry that you have to clean up my mess human. They killed me not too long ago, while I tried preventing him from leaving the ruins because I was worried about them. But, in reality, all I did was try to protect the underground. I could've stopped them, but… they were only a child..." „Don't worry, Toriel. The great Hero Ark will fulfill your demand and will even break the barrier to set the monsters free." „Thank… you…." the instant the transparent goat woman smiled, it began to disappear. Now, there was a moment of awkward silence between Ark and the kid. „Okay, how did you do that?" The kid broke the silence with a question. Ark knew what the kid meant „That is just a trait of me. I didn't really think about it but I think it is because I was created by a god." „Do you think I am stupid?" said the kid angry to Ark's casual answer. „There is no god so don't give me that crap! Just say it and don't tell me lies you jerk!" Ark sighed. „Well I won't force you to believe me, but what benefits would it bring me to tell lies?" he asked the kid. The kid did not know how to respond. „Whatever" the kid said. „Let's get moving." They both walked towards the exit of the ruins. Ark opened the door and was surprised that on the other side of the door there was someone already waiting…..

AN: Correction by SuperG777 thanks a lot man