He woke up in a bed of golden flowers, unharmed, but with a headache. Steven looked up, seeing the starry sky through the hole he fell through not too long ago, it filled him with something. It filled him with DETERMINATION.
He got up, and strolled through what looked like a doorway. Walking like there was nothing there, he jumped when a bubbly, shrill voice said, "Howdy!"
He looked around, confused as to who was talking to him.
"Down here." It said again, a little more gruff and irritated sounding. Steven looked at the ground, to see a golden flower, much like the ones in the bed he fell in earlier, but with a face on it. Steven backed away a little, but looked for a gem, making sure it wasn't corrupted. He saw no gem, and no other signs of danger, so he crouched down in front of the flower, and smiled back at it.
"Howdy! I'm Flowey! Flowey the flower!"
"I'm Steven. Steven the human!"
"A human? Oh wow, you must be new to the underground then! There are probably," it chuckles, "better people here that can teach you how this works, but I guess I'mm have to teach you how things work down here!" Steven quirked an eyebrow at the flower, and sat down to rest his legs.
"The Underground? What's that?" Flowey giggled, and his leaves waved around, like arms.
"That's where you are, silly! Now, things work differently here than they do on the surface."
"Ok...?"
"Now, if you'll allow me to teach you, I am going to confront your SOUL" Steven nodded at Flowey, and stood up. He put his hands by his sides, and stood up as straight as he could. Flowey chuckled at this, but pulled out his SOUL, nonetheless. Or, tried to, anyway. Steven's SOUL felt the pure ill will of the tiny flower, and bubbled Steven. As Flowey got more upset, his expression shifted to something demonic. Steven's eyes widened, and he backed away from Flowey.
"You! You're the reason why the timeline is all messed up now! And now, I can't even do the same things I used to to FRISK! You! You're gonna die, kid! It may not be by me, but it's going to happen! Because you're a HUMAN in a place where they HUNT HUMANS!" Flowey's face looked like it was melting, and by noun Steven's bubble had dropped. Flowey's face shifted into an evil smile, and vines shot up from the ground, and wrapped around Steven's ankles. It pulled on his ankles, until he fell on his bottom, with a hiss of pain. The thorns from Flowey's vines dug into his legs, causing him to bleed. Flowey laughed at him, and started speaking, in the same friendly tone it had used before.
"Now, in this world it's kill or be killed, and a little kid like you ain't got a snowman's chance in hell down here. You'll do your best to get out of my sight as soon as I let you go, got it?" Steven nodded, his eyes tearing up. He felt Flowey's vines release him, and he sprinted through the next doorway, and down the paths as far as he could, before running into a mass of indigo. He raised his arms and backed away, then saw the genuinely surprised look on the persons face. She had the likeness of a goat, and wore an indigo dress, with white sleeves and a white symbol on the chest. She looked down at Steven, then crouched down to his level and looked him in the eye.
"Child, are you hurt?"
"Yeah, there was a flower back there..." he looked at her, and then thought about what the flower said. This woman didn't seem to be malicious, but he never knew what would happen. "And how do I know that you won't hurt me?"
"You do not, but I will tell you this now, I do not mean you ill will, small one. Now, come here, and I will take you to my house so we can patch you up." She held her hand out, and Steven hesitantly took it. She led him through various puzzles, and introduced her to many of the monsters that resided in the underground. They arrived at the woman's house, which smelled like cinnamon, butterscotch, and... Snails? She led him to the table in what looked like the living room, and sat him on it, before going to get a first aid kit. She came back, and smiled at him before talking to him. "Forgive me for not telling you my name, young one. I am Toriel, the caretaker of the Ruins."
"I'm Steven. I'm part of the Crystal Gems."
"That explains why you are not as beat up as the other humans that have came through here." Steven's eyes lit up like stars, and Toriel looked up at him. She laughed and lifted him off of the table.
"Now, I remember the Crystal Gems from before the war, and how they came out as big as they were ever going to be, as well as them having their gems name. So, may I ask, why is your name Steven, and why do you resemble a human child?"
"I'm only half gem, my mom was Rose Quartz. My mom named me Steven." She looked at him, with sadness in her eyes, and she knelt down to his height. She took him into a hug, and her fur smelled flowery.
"I am sure that she loved you very much, Steven. Such as I will while you stay here." Steven pulled away from the embrace, and looked at Toriel, bewildered by what she was saying.
"What do you mean, while I stay here? I've gotta go home, to Pearl, and Garnet, and Amethyst, and Peridot, not to mention Jasper and Lapis... And my dad will be SO worried about me! Miss Toriel, I really need to get home, and fast!"
"Steven. The underground is a place that seeks vengeance at every corner. The monsters in the rest of the underground will not hesitate to kill you, my child. You must stay here, for if you leave... You may never see any of the Crystal Gems again." She stood up, and looked down at him, then smiled. She ruffled his hair, and walked off to the kitchen.
He explored the house, looking on bookshelves, in potted plants, drawers, and in the bedrooms. He set his phone on the bed Toriel told him was his, and he looked through the joke book that Toriel was writing. It was when he looked in the mirror, that he could tell that something was up, for it was not him that was in the mirror.
It was a Demon.
