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A loud crash woke me up from my slumber, as well as a lot of yelling.

A LOT of yelling.

"You spillt da TEM FLAKES!" That was Tem.

"It's not my fault there not moving!" I didn't recognise the voice but it sounded strangely dog-like.

Another crash. More shrieking from Tem. Loud barking filled the air.

"Greater dog! No eating the Tem flakes!" A second, similarly dog-like, voice scolded. "That goes for you too, Lesser dog!"

"(Your not supposed to eat cat food. Or Temmie food.)" A more feminine version of the second voice pointed out.

"Your going to have to pay for those." I recognised Bob's voice, it was rather distinct.

"Calm down!" The second voice again.

"(We can't afford to break anything else. Or eat anything else.)"

More crashing. "Doggo!"

"Sorry! Maybe it would help if they moved!"

"I think you should leave." Bob again.

"But Undy-ARRGG!" A loud clanging and shattering sound followed by barking.

"You will regret this." Tem growled, in perfect English no less.

"(We should probably leave.)" The female agreed. The others started to protest but she cut them off, saying they could check the other buildings instead, then come back. Just for a while.

The dogs left.

I slipped out of bed and noticed a plate with a slice of pie on it, as well as a note.

It said:

Dear Frisk,

I saw you were asleep and didn't want to disturb you, so I left the butterscotch-cinnamon pie I made for you on the floor. I wasn't too sure which you preferred so I used both. Unfortunately the issue that called me away in the first place still hasn't been resolved. Hopefully by the time you wake up it will have been dealt with. If not, I'm sure Bob won't mind spending more time with you. I hope to see you soon!

Love

A silly old lady who worries too much

In other words, it was from Toriel, AKA Goat Mom. I picked up the pie and put it in my...pocket? I wasn't too sure how that worked. It was just something I realised I could do during Bob's tour of Temmie Village. I had picked up a stick and instinctively put it in my pocket. Somehow it fit and was just fine when I bought it out again.

I smoothed out my rumpled sweater, most of my clothes looked pretty good considering I accidentally slept in them (whoops), and made my way downstairs.

The Tem shop had been completely trashed. Tem flakes had been scattered all over, along with the broken glass of the jars they had been in. Other items she had been selling had been knocked over and several were broken.

Tem looked uncharacteristically, but understandably, grumpy and both she and Bob were picking things off the floor. Bob was most concerned about the broken shards of glass and Tem was focusing on the Tem flakes. Of course.

Tem was the first to spot me lingering on the steps. She immediately beamed at me and waved like a spaz, "hOI!"

Bob looked up as well, "morning."

I waved back and helped the temmies clean up while we talked. I asked them what happened.

"They spil da TEM fLAkes!" Tem was back to raging.

Bob filled me in. "The canine unit of the Royal Guard was just here. Unfortunately, Doggo can only see moving things, so he often crashes into said things and both Greater and Lesser dog can get...excited."

"Teh Dogi too buzy givin da goo-goo eyes and lovey turtle dovey things to do anythings!" Tem cut in. She was vibrating so hard her face had left her body, which I found rather alarming but then again, what do I know? So I kept my mouth shut.

"Dogamy and Dogeresa," Bob clarified, "a close couple. Sometimes they're too wrapped up in each other to notice the mayhem the others are causing. Even when they do see, they have difficulty keeping them under control."

"All broke!" Tem wailed, "no GoODS! HoW Tem get to colleg NOw?"

Bob and I consoled Tem. I asked them why the dogs were here.

"Look fOR hummans." Tem explained. (By now, her face had returned to her body, thankfully.)

"They somehow caught wind that you, a human, had come to Temmie Village." He shared a glance with Tem, "it's not safe for you here, not anymore. We need to get you to Toriel."

"Ohhh! Tem knows SEcret passaGe!" Tem said excitedly.

She ushered us through a back door then sprinted down a maze of corridors. I chased after her, she was going going ridiculously fast and I was finding it difficult to keep up. Thankfully, Bob made sure I wasn't left behind.

I was ready to collapse when a loud clanging began echoing through the corridors.

"Undyne!" Tem gasped. Thinking quickly, Bob pushed me into some nearby tall grass, concealing me completely.

A large armoured figure marched over to us, dwarfing the Temmies.

"hOI!" Tem cheered, sweating badly.

The armed figure looked them over. "Oh. It's just you...things."

"We're Temmies." Bob supplied.

"Pfffttt," she waved him off, "whatever, you things are weird."

It was probably for the best that I was petrified by terror because otherwise I would have leapt to their defence and gotten myself killed. As true as it was, there was no need to be so rude about it. Especially not to Bob, who was only insane by being sane.

Undyne leaned on her spear. "Anyway, have you seen any humans around here?"

"WheRE?!" Tem looked around frantically.

"We haven't seen any." Bob said firmly.

"Really." Undyne looked around and for a heart stoping moment I thought she saw me. But then her eyes slid past and I could breath again. "Well, I need to keep looking. Hope I don't see you around."

Soon Undyne left to go look for me and the rest of the Royal guard. As soon as the coast was clear, me and the Temmies continued our mad rush down the hallway.

But since just leaving would be too easy, it wasn't long before the howls of the dogs sounded behind us.

"Oh noseies!" Tem yelped and started pushing me down the hallway.

"They've caught your scent," Bob worried, "no chance of hiding now. Keep running, we'll stall."

The temmies tuned heel and ran the opposite way down the hall, towards the barking, while I continued to bolt.

I ran until my legs gave out beneath me. I collapsed, gasping for breath.

"Greetings."

Despite my exhaustion, I immediately leapt to my feet looking for the source of the voice. I turned and found myself staring at someone almost identical. The only differences being a green and yellow striped shirt (mine was blue and purple), wide open red eyes (I was permanently squinting, with brown eyes), light brown hair (mine was a shade darker), rosy cheeks, a heart shaped locket and a green pointed hat (I don't have rosy cheeks, a locket or a hat). Other than that, it was like looking into a mirror.

"I'm Chara, Wicked Witch of the West. The demon that comes when people call its name." They grinned like I just told them a hilarious joke (another contrast to my usual blank look), "I've been looking for you."

I scrambled backwards. THIS was Chara? The wickedest witch in all of Oz? Don't get me wrong. They were terrifying. That look especially. That look...is hard to describe. Like they just killed their entire family and enjoyed it.

But...they were about my age. Just a kid. They were much to young to be going on murderous rampages.

Their eyes landed on my shoes and a look of...something...appeared on their face. "Those don't belong to you." They snapped. "Give them to me, you can't even use them, anyway."

I shook my head, giving them to Chara seemed like a bad idea.

Chara's eyes went from red to black. "...no?"

On second thought, not giving them to Chara also seemed like a bad idea.

"Hmmm..."

A lose-lose situation. Wonderful.

"How curious." A knife appeared in their hand.

Crap.

"You must have misunderstood." They took a menacing step forward.

But still, I stood by my decision, no matter the consequences. The shoes must be powerful, or at least worth something, they wouldn't want them otherwise. If that was true then they would use them to hurt people. I couldn't let that happen.

"SINCE WHEN DID YOU HAVE A CHOICE?" Chara lunged forward, slashing the knife, inky blackness pouring out of their eyes.

I flung up my arms in an instinctive desire to protect myself and braced for the pain.

But it never came.

Tentatively, I lowered my arms and saw the knife hovering inches from my face! But what was so much more terrifying was Chara themselves. Their eyes were composed of pure nothingness. I gazed into the void, and the void gazed back into me.

The void was all there was. Nothing and everything. All there is. All there will be. A complete lack of existence. Nothing mattered. Nothing else mattered. Not the whispers at the edge of my vision. Not the colours at the edge of my hearing.

A red shimmer snapped me back into reality. And I realised why they weren't attacking, why I was still alive. The shoes had thrown up a barrier and Chara couldn't break it. And more importantly, it's glimmer had saved me from being lost in the void.

"Interesting." Chara stepped back. My shield dissipated. My heartbeat thudded in my ears.

"It seems we are more alike than I thought. Trying to get home?"

Well, now that they mentioned it...home sounded pretty good. Originally I hadn't considered it because I didn't think it was possible, but if there was a way back...I would definitely take it.

"Then I'll be waiting."

Then they left a quickly as they came.

Silence.

I called for help.

But nobody came.

I called for the Temmies, Toriel, for someone, anyone!

Nothing.

In my desperation I even tried calling for Undyne and the canine unit.

But nobody came.

The silence pressed in.

I ran as fast as I could, pelting down corridors without the slightest idea of where I was going.

I was rushing past some bushes when a white paw reached out and grabbed me!

I was yanked into the bush, struggling but to no avail.

"Shhhush! It's me, tEMMIE! hOI!" I stopped struggling and managed to see that my captor was indeed, a Temmie.

She let me go and patted my head, "hummans so Cutez!" She giggled.

I looked around, we were in a long purple hall, the entrance was covered with shrubbery, concealing it completely. Before I could ask Temmie where we were, loud marching echoed through the air. Boy, these halls are echoey.

Temmie nudged me. "Let watch!" She guided me to a hole in the bushes I could peek through without getting spotted.

With in moments, the people had come into view. It was Undyne and the canine unit, prodding Bob and Tem forward.

"Where's the human?" Undyne snarled.

"We haven't seen any humans." Bob lied.

"But you have the funny smell. Makes me want to eliminate!" Dogamy growled.

"(Human smell, eliminate human!)" Dogeresa agreed.

"HaD bubbble BAth!" Tem spluttered.

"No you didn't!" Doggo yelled.

"Yu-" Tem's reply was cut off by Undyne slamming her spear into the ground.

"Tell us where the human is!" She roared.

"Okkay, okkay! Tem tell you!" Tem yelped.

"..." There was a rather noticeable moment of Tem not telling them.

"Well? Which way did they go?" Dogamy demanded.

"They went that way." Bob said, cris-crossing his arms so he was pointing both left and right and Tem pointed up at the ceiling.

"(That doesn't make sense.)" Dogaresa pointed out. (Haha, get it? 'Cause the Temmies are pointing and she pointed it out, oh, nevermind.)

"They went this way!" Bob uncrossed his arms so he was still pointing in both directions, while Tem pointed downwards.

"That still doesn't make sense!" Doggo growled. It was a good thing he was yelling, it completely covered up my snickering.

They spun around so the were pointing at each other, "that way!" Before realising their mistake and swivelling so they were back to back, "this way!"

"Make up your mind!" Dogamy snapped. "At least agree on a direction!"

"That way!" They both pointed at the ceiling.

"Naaarrrrgggg! This is stupid!" Undyne lost her patience and started yelling orders, "Doggo and Dogi, go left! Greater and Lesser, your with me!" Then she bolted down the right tunnel with them at her heels.

After they had gone out of sight (and hearing) the Temmies ducked under the bushes, meeting up with us on the other side.

I grinned and thanked them for covering for me.

"No problem." Bob smiled back.

"CooVer!" Tem yelled and threw a blanket she pulled from seemingly nowhere over her head.

"tO Toriel!" Temmie cheered, heading down the purple hallway.

"Tem tinks we alReady gaVe da humman a tutorial..." Tem puzzled, following her down the hallway.

Reminded of my earlier question, I asked Bob where we were.

"We're in the Ruins. This path leads directly to Toriel's residence."

I thanked Bob for his answer.

We proceeded down the path and eventually came to a huge door.

Temmie rapped on the door, "knOCK, knOCK!"

"Who's there?" Asked a voice I immediately recognised as Toriel's.

"teMMie!"

"Temmie who?"

"Plze TeMMie you'LL lett us In!"

She laughed, though there was a tinge of sadness to it, and the door swung open.

She looked...well, not horrible but definitely in a state, her fur was disheveled and her eyes were blood shot from the lack of sleep. She gasped when she saw me, "my child! What are you doing here?"

Bob stepped forward, "we don't know how but somehow Chara knew Frisk was here. The canine unit showed up demanding we give up the human. We came here because it's no longer safe in Waterfall."

"We can't keep them and neither can you." Tem added, becoming serious for once. "They'll have to go home."

"That's impossible! You can't go through the barrier and the portal is closed off!"

"Toby wiLL knoW!" Temmie blurted out.

"Toby?" Toriel asked.

"Toby Fox. The Annoying dog. Just follow him." Bob clarified.

She snorted disbelievingly, "the Annoying dog never helps anyone. All he does is cause trouble."

"NEver say NEver!" Temmie piped up.

"Yaya! Folllow da Annoying Doge!" Tem added. (Memes!)

"Woof!"

AHHH- oh. It was just a small, fluffy white dog...gee, the canine unit really put me on edge.

It did an odd...fast-forwarded dance across the floor, weaving in between our legs. It dabbed((?) can dogs dab?) down the corridor, pausing at the end and looking back. Waiting.

"H-hey! How did you get out?!" Stammered a panicked looking Toriel.

"Follow the annoying dog!" All the Temmies chorused (yes, all of them, including Bob).

Alright then...I began to take a step forward when-

"Wait, my child!" I turned back to Toriel. "I had hoped-" she broke of sighing "well, I suppose it no longer matters." She knelt down and hugged me. "Please, be good."

I leaned into the hug, enveloped in her warm, soft fur. The comforting scent of cinnamon and butterscotch hung heavy in the air. I didn't want to let go.

I pulled back and smiled. Toriel smiled back before once again turning back and sealing herself in the ruins.

I tried to move forward but I was stopped again by the Temmies. Tem hooked her arm in mine and then linked her free arm with Temmie. Rather uncharacteristically, Bob took my other arm and joined the madness.

"Just go with it." The whispered warning form Bob was all the preparation I got for the next wave of insanity.

"Follow the annoying dog!

Follow the annoying dog!

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the annoying dog!"

The Temmies sang, performing an odd skipping dance that, due to the linked arms, I was also forced to do.

"Your off to see the wizard!

The wonderful wizard of Oz!

You'll find he is a wiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was!

If ever, oh ever, a wiz there was the wizard of Oz is one because~

Because, because, because, because, because~

Because of the wonderful things he does!"

Suddenly, the Temmies stopped and unlinked their arms. I looked back to see why and saw they were waving goodbye. I waved back, still walking on the path Toby had set. As odd as they were, I would miss the Temmies.

"Your off to see the wizard!

The wonderful wizard of Oz!"

The thought of a new adventure filled me with DETERMINATION!