When I opened my eyes, I'm in a child's bedroom. The bed was so soft, it practically engulfed me. I crawled out of the bed, curious to see more of the room. There was a little box with all kinds of toys at the foot of the bed. a small closet beside my bed and beside that was a wooden box full of shoes. Looking down at my dress/tank top, I decided to actually change into some clothes that fit me. All I found in the closet were either sweaters or baggy T-shirts and shorts. I decided on a black T-shirt, blue shorts and a pair of bright yellow sneakers. Now the bigger question... Should I keep my vest or not...?
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I scurried over to the toy box and pulled out a rubber ball. I hope to God it's not that skeleton again... The door creaked open and Toriel's head popped out. She smiled at me.
"Having fun playing with your toys? I thought I heard you moving around here." She said gently. I put the ball back in the box. My luck turned sour; the skeleton peeked around the door as well. I let out a yelp and hid underneath the blankets. I heard a sigh.
"I'm so sorry Sans. I was so sure that she wasn't afraid of you..." Toriel murmured sadly.
"Welp, she's just a kid. Probably only saw not so friendly skeletons in cartoons or something." Sans sighed.
"Th-That's not it..." I mumbled. I peeked out from under the blanket. "I... It was Halloween and some kid had a skeleton costume... It had horns and..." I shuddered at the memory of it. It was a teenage boy and I was only seven at the time. The guy was really into costumes so he made his extra scary. He was handing out full-sized candy bars at his house, but no one dared to go near him. I only went up to him because I was dared to... I remembered how the eyes glowed in their sockets and the way he spoke... Ngh... I suddenly felt a hand on my head. I looked up, seeing Sans smile at me. I got chills down my spine.
"Hey, don't worry kiddo. No one's gonna hurt ya." He assured me. He didn't seem threatening, but... I took cover in the blanket.
"S-Sorry..." I mumbled, shuddering. I felt a depression in the mattress.
"There, there my child... As much as it pains me to say it, we cannot stay here much longer. You see... I am the queen of the underground. I only came back to the Ruins to reclaim some of my possessions. We have to journey back to the palace. I wish I could take you with me, but I'm afraid we will have to part in Snowdin." Toriel explained, sadly as she patted my head. "Unless, you would like to stay with me." I poked my head out. Stay here? I'm not entirely sure if I could... My friends are probably worried about me, but... I feel like there's so much to do here. Besides, I have to find that child and save them, if I can.
"I... I don't know. I came here because... There was a kid, or at least I heard one." I replied. There was a moment of complete silence.
"A... Child? I'm afraid there hasn't been a child here for a while. If there was, someone would have found them by now." Toriel explained. Well, that doesn't make me feel any better. She patted my head again. "You must have heard them elsewhere." She might be right... I could have sworn I heard them down here though...
"Well, what'cha gonna do kid?" Sans asked. I thought for a while. Go with Toriel, or stay in a place called Snowdin? Due to my silence, Toriel spoke up,
"Well, you can decide once we get there. I'll go bake us a pie. Sans, care to help me?"
"Sure thing." With that, the two left me to my room. I wrapped myself in the blanket. Geeze, this is all getting a bit weird... I knew I heard a kid crying... I began to doze off due to the warmth and fell back asleep for a short nap.
I don't remember much of what I dreamt, but I do remember hearing a conversation between two kids.
"Hey, you'll save me, right? I've been waiting for so long for someone like you to show up. Please... Get me out from here!"
"Don't listen to them Lizzy! They just want to use you! Save the monsters, not the kid! The monsters need you more than ever!"
"I didn't get a chance to be myself, Lizzy. Please, you gotta give me another chance. I'll find a way to repay you."
"No! Lizzy, don't listen to them please!"
The dream startled me awake. I felt sick. How did they know my name? Well, it was a dream, right? My dream, my head, my mind. Of course they knew my name, because I knew my name. Yet... It was still insanely creepy. Recalling the argument, I snuck out of my room and seared for a way out. I overheard Toriel and Sans from what I assume was the kitchen.
"Could there be another child here Sans? What if they're hiding in the Ruins?"
"Toriel... We've looked all over. The only kid we found was her. I don't think the other human is coming back."
"It's just... If it was them, do you think they called for the girl? Maybe because she's really the one who can help us?"
"Maybe. I'm not sure to be honest."
I bit my lip and tip toed down the stairs. Once I was at the bottom I scurried down the hallway and went out the doorway. Another spotlight from above shone on top of a small hill. Similar to the second room I was in- the one with the big golden flower. It felt somehow lonely in this room... I shook it off and went straight outside.
