I slowly woke. I didn't want to move, the flowers I was lying on were so comfortable. 'Wait… Flowers?... But I fell down a hole in the mountain…' I sat up, rubbing my head and looking around, the crimson colour of my eyes glowing dimly as I noticed that I had been lying on a bed made of beautiful yellow flowers. This confused me as I slowly stood, wincing as I noticed that I had bruised my ankle from tripping over the vine.

'How did I survive that fall though?.. Did someone help me?...' I shook my head and noticed a pathway. I decided to follow it since it seemed to be the only way out of this room.

I walked into a larger cavern, with a single part of the area illuminated from above. In that patch of light, was a flower with a face. I approached it slowly, a bit nervous

"Hi! My name's Flowey! Flowey the Flower!" the Flower said to me when it noticed me. I softly said hello, and it said, "so you must be new to the underground, aren't ya? Well, someone needs to tell you about how things work around here, so I suppose little old me will have to do."

Suddenly, something changed. I looked around, and panicked when I saw a red heart floating in front of me.

Flowey then told me, "That heart is your SOUL. It's a physical representation of you at your very core. It starts out kinda weak, but you can make it stronger by gaining LV. What does LV stand for? Why, LOVE of course! And I'll give you some to start off with!" With that, Flowey summoned some odd white pellets. "LOVE is shared through little white 'Friendliness pellets'. Try and catch them!" With that, Flowey sent the pellets at me, and I let one touch me.

Immediately, I cried out in pain as my SOUL cracked, but then healed itself. Flowey now had an evil look on his face. "YOU IDIOT! WHY WOULD ANYONE JUST GIVE YOU LOVE! NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU AND TAKE YOUR SOUL!" I was suddenly surrounded by a dome of pellets, and my breathing quickened out of fear. As the pellets closed in, I suddenly saw Flowey get hit by a ball of fire, and he ran away, his pellets vanishing.

I watched fearfully as a goat-like woman approached me.

"What a horrible creature, torturing an innocent child like that. Do not worry, my child, I will not harm you. My name is Toriel. I walk by this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down."

I bit my lip nervously as Toriel approached me, a kind Aura that even a Riolu as young as me could feel. I felt myself relax slightly, and I managed a little smile.

"Th-thank you for saving m-me, Ms. Toriel," I said softly. She smiled.

"Of course, my child. Now let's leave this place just in case that creature attacks again."

I nod shyly and take Toriel's offered hand with my paw, and I followed her as she leads me forward. She started to explain how Puzzles work, and showed my by pressing four switched on the ground, then flipping a lever, making a door open up in front of us.

In the next room, Toriel told me that I needed to flip several switches, and that she had labeled the ones that needed to be flipped. She went over to the end of the room, and I walked over to the first switch after reading the sign, which said, "Stay on the Path."

I did so, and soon came across the first switch. I flipped it, and continued forward to the next switch. Upon flipping it, the spikes at the end of the room went underground.

Toriel smiled, saying she was proud of me, and we walked forward. In the next room was a Dummy, and Toriel said, "As you are a Pokemon living in the Underground, Monsters may attack you. You will need to be prepared for this situation. Do not worry, though, because you only need to talk to them and stall for time, and I will come to resolve the fight. Okay?"

I nodded in understanding. "Okay."

She then had me practice by talking to a Dummy. The conversation could have been better, but since it didn't reply to me at all, I guess that's to be expected.

Toriel stopped the Fight, and my SOUL returned to my body. "You did very well, little one. Congratulations. Now then, let us continue onward."

As we walked forward, Toriel told me all of the different Monsters I would be fighting in the Ruins, making sure I knew how to tell what was what.

The next room had a very strangely shaped path, which I examined out of curiousity, then followed Toriel to the next room, though before I got there, I encountered a Froggit. My SOUL appeared in front of me, and I bit my lip a bit.

"U-uh, hello. You look nice today," I said. Apparently this was the right thing to say, because it blushed. Toriel came over at that moment, and shooed the Froggit away. We continued on to the next room, a spike pit.

I gulped, and Toriel asked me to take her hand. I did so, closing my eyes, and let her lead me through the spikes, waiting for when I felt the metal piercing my paw pads.

When it never came, I opened my eyes to find we were on the other side.

I smiled in relief, and we exited the room. In the next room, Toriel asked me to walk to the end of the hall on my own. She then dashed off, hiding behind a pillar at the end of the room.

I bit my lip nervously and started forward, not encountering any monsters while walking, which helped calm me down a bit. I reached the end of the room, and Toriel came out of hiding, a smile on her face.

"I'm sorry to have had to do that, little one, but I needed to test your independence. You see, I have something I need to take care of for a little bit, and must ask you to stay here while I do so."

I nodded a bit in understanding, hiding my worry behind a small smile. She hugged me gently, and gave me a Cell Phone. "I want you to call me if you need anything, okay?"

"Okay," I answered, smiling at her. She then left, and I sat down to wait.

Soon, she called me to ask about my preference between Cinnamon and Butterscotch, I accidentally said, "I like Cinnamon, Mo- I-I mean, Toriel," Toriel seemed flustered when she said, "Thank you, my child. And… if it makes you happy, you may call me 'Mom'," obviously having heard my almost-slip-up.

This made me so happy, that tears started pouring down my face, and I am pretty sure I thanked her over a hundred times in just a few seconds.

Though my curiosity got the better of me when Toriel didn't come back after a little while, and I started forward. The next room had a Froggit standing around, though he seemed like he was peaceful, so I talked to him for a bit. He told me that if I Act a certain way, or Fight until the Monster is almost defeated, then I can use Mercy to ask them to leave, which he called Sparing.

I thanked him, before heading into the room to the north. Inside was a bowl of candies, which said, "Monster Candy, take one." I took one and left the room, before heading south. I was suddenly stopped by a Whimsum, which fled before I could do anything. I blinked a few times, head tilted in confusion. As I left the room, I felt a strange sense of Determination filling me.

The next room had a cracked floor, which made me a bit nervous. I walked on top of it. and yelped as I fell through. I landed on a pile of leaves, cushioning my fall. I walked around a little bit, and went over to one of the odd window-like things in the wall. Suddenly, I felt myself being yanked through the air, and was deposited on the far side of the cracked floor, allowing me to continue forward.

The next room simply had me pushing a rock forward onto a switch, lowering the spike wall. I continued forward into the next room.

This room was full of cracks! Though, something told me not all of them would actually make me fall down a hole. I started forward, and yelped when I fell down. I pouted a bit before noticing the leaves made a path. The sign on the wall said not to step on the leaves, so I memorized the path and went back up to try again. I managed to get through the room on my next try, and cheered a bit. Before I could continue on, though, I encountered a Moldsmal. It just wiggled a bit, so I wiggled back a bit. It sent a little attack at me, which I dodged. I could sense that it didn't want to fight any longer, so I let it go, and continued onwards, thoroughly confused.

After that, I found a room with three rocks and three pressure switches. I pushed the first two rocks onto the switches and tried to do the same with the third, but it started to talk to me. I was stunned, but recovered and asked if it could move onto the pressure plate and stay there until I crossed the bridge. It did so, and I thanked it, crossed the bridge, and exited the room.

In the next room, there was a table with cheese, and a mousehole in the wall. I smiled, knowing Toriel had put the cheese there for the Mouse. I continued forward, feeling Determination fill me.

In the next room, however, I found a ghost lying on the ground. I blinked in confusion, but when I approached it, my SOUL appeared in front of me, making me worry. The Ghost, which I realized must be Napstablook, got up, and looked over at me.

He seemed a bit sad, so I gave him

It seemed to work a bit, but then he began crying, the tears moving around and hurting me a bit when they hit me. I dodged as many as I could, and tried cheering Napstablook up some more.

He smiled a bit, and then said, "May I show you something?" I grinned and nodded, and he began crying, and the tears formed a top hat on his head.

"I call it 'Dapperblook'," he said. I grinned, telling him how it looked amazing. He looked startled, and my SOUL returned to my body.

"I came to the Ruins to be alone... but instead I met someone nice... He then left, leaving me confused. I shrugged and noticed two doors. I decided to enter the door to the east first, and found a sign that said "Spider Bake Sale". I decided to check what they had, and ended up buying a Spider Cider and a Spider Donut. I saved them for later.

I then left the room and went to the northern room, which was empty. I shrugged a bit and walked through it, though stopped when I got a call from Toriel. She told me that there might be a lot of things lying around, and that I can pick them up, but to leave some room in my pockets for when I might really want something. I told her I would, thanked her, and then she hung up. I headed forward.

The next room had six cracked spots. I noticed the way out was blocked, so I fell down the first pit I found. Inside was a small ribbon. I picked it up, and decided to wear it, using it like a bow tie. I headed back up, and started falling down the other pits. Eventually I found the switch and continued forward, though before I left the room, I suddenly encountered a Migosp. It only started swinging its arms, before leaving, confusing me greatly. I continued forward, shaking my head a bit.

The next room was shaped like the letter "L", and the sign said that each room was a change in perspective. I shrugged a bit and headed forward. The next room was the same as before, just a change in perspective as the sign had said. Another sign told me to flip the blue switch, and once I did so, the spikes lowered. The next room wanted me to flip the Green switch, and then the Red switch in the room after that.

The next room had a lot of vines and leaves. I headed north, not even noticing the doorway to the east. Inside, was a tree, and I could hear Toriel nearby. She was walking towards me.

When she noticed me, she asked me, "My child, how did you get here? Are you alright? Were you hurt?"

I looked down, my ears flattening. "I'm sorry... I just got curious... I wanted to see what else was here..."

Toriel gave me a gentle, reassuring smile. "It is okay, as long as you are unhurt, my child. Shall we go inside? I wish to show you something." I nodded, smiling a bit at Toriel, and took her hand, though as we entered the house, I felt an odd sense of Determination filling me.

I looked around the cozy little house, smiling. Toriel noticed this, and a soft smile lifted her face. She then told me she wanted to show me something, so I followed her over to a door in the hallway.

I tilted my head in confusion, and she said, "I thought that, if you'll be staying here, then you should have a room of your very own. I hope you like it."

I felt happiness swelling inside my heart, and tears started to form in my eyes, as I hugged Toriel tightly.

"Th-thank you, Mom!" I said, tears falling freely. Toriel hugged me back gently. "You are welcome, my child. Now, why don't you make yourself at home? I need to attend to the pie I am baking."

I nodded, wiping my eyes and smiling. She smiled back and then went to check on her pie. I entered the room, and my eyes lit up with joy as I saw the room. It was simple, but it was more than I had expected. I walked around the room a little bit, examining everything, but I soon yawned, startling myself a bit, and decided to climb into bed and sleep.