Prologue 3: Ruins below
Finally a new chapter! sorry for the long wait to those who actually read this I'm really glad some people appreciate this, Thank you!
Also this chapter introduces Callie and Marie to two characters that you may know by now.
Disclaimer: Splatoon and Undertale don't belong to me.
Marie felt her body ache as if she had fallen from a great distance. She slowly opened her eyes and saw a bright light, she was dazed for a moment. Marie then managed to move herself upright and notice something.
She was laying on a bed of flowers.
"That might have broke our fall," thought Marie as she managed to regain her composure and remember something,"Callie! Callie! Where is she?" she turned to look and then notice her at her side unconscious.
Marie sighed in relief for her cousin being safe and sound next to her. But she had to wake her up, so she shook her to try to wake her up.
"Wake up! Please wake up now Callie," Marie pleaded. "Pretty please!".
"Ugh... five more minutes Marie," said Callie as she was dozing off in her slumber.
Marie knew that Callie was stubborn in her sleep so she done the only thing that could.
"*Snor- Haha! hahaha!" cried Callie as she was tickled by Marie."Ok ok! I'm up I'm up".
After Callie awoke she then noticed that they were in a cavern on a bed of flowers and asked: "Umm Marie? Are we in another cave?"
"Wait? What?!" exclaimed Marie as she turned to see the hole above and surroundings around them.
She then remembered what had happened that lead them to this. Them going to the mountain, Callie's carelessness, the pit fall and them landing on the flowers.
"If you weren't careless we wouldn't be here," said Marie as she stood up and looked up where they'd fallen from.
"I didn't mean to be careless, it was an accident," answered Callie as she also stood next to her.
"Its okay, we just need to find a way out of here," replied Marie.
"I think I see a path," said Callie as she turned around and noticed a pathway. "Maybe that may lead to the way out."
"Let's just go," groaned Marie as they walk to the pathway and encounter something.
A entrance, an old looking gateway. It was all purple, it had two columns and had a weird but barely noticeable design/ engravement.
"Maybe this is the way out?" guessed Callie as she didn't know what was ahead of it.
"I don't think so but let's just go now," said Marie. " I'm getting the uncomfortable staying here.
The place that they now entered was entirely dark but the floor and had a patch of grass. On the the patch was a flower, similar to those were they landed on but was slightly bigger but turned against the back.
"Wow! look Marie a flower," exclaimed Callie as she walked closer to it. "It looks so pretty,".
"Callie wait it looks supicious," observed Marie as she noticed that it was the only one and was not in the other patch full of them.
"Don't be such a downer Marie it just a-" Callie stopped mid sentence as she was caught off guard on what happens next.
The flower turned to them and it had a face. It had black beady eyes and a wide grim.
"Howdy!" it said in cheerful tone. "I FLOWEY! FLOWEY the flower,".
"What the what?" is all that Callie can mutter as she was baffled at the talking flower.
"Hmmm... You two are new to the UNDERGROUND aren'tcha?" asked Flowey
They nodded and Flowey continued "Golly, you two must so confused right now."Someone ought to teach you two how things work around here,".
"There is something not right about this," thought Marie hunched as she countinued to observe Flowey.
"I guess little old me will have to do,"Flowey then winked at them. "Ready? Here we go!".
Then Callie and Marie felt and notice a tinged glow around their bodies, they couldn't describe it but then it beamed out and took the form of a heart.
"It looks so pretty!" exclaimed Callie as she stared at the Magenta heart in front of her.
"Hmmm, interesting," muttered Marie as she looked at her own Lime colored heart.
"So... see those hearts in front you two."Those are your SOULs, the very essence and culmination of your being," explained Flowey.
Callie then moved herself around and saw that her SOUL followed her every move.
"Wow, it feels so warm," remarked Marie as she touched her SOUL. Also she noted that a red hue emitting from both of their SOULs.
"Ahem!" interrupted Flowey. "As I was saying your SOULs start off weak, but you two can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV.
"What does LV mean?" asked Callie.
"What does LV stand for you asked? Why, LOVE of course!" answered Flowey.
"Yay! I love LOVE." Callie said cheerfully. "Its the feeling I get when from the people I care about!".
"You want some LOVE don't cha?" asked their buttercup guide. "Don't worry, I'll share some with you!".
As soon as he said that many star shaped pellets appear behind him.
"Down here, LOVE is spread through.." gestured Flowey behind with his leaves. "Little white...".
"Friendliness pellets."
"Yup, I'm definitely having a bad feeling about this," Marie felt as she looked at the "friendliness pellets".
"So shiny," admired Callie as she stared at the "pellets".
"Are you ready? move around, Get as many as you can!" exclaimed Flowey as observed their the actions.
Callie gleefully done what she was instructed to do by their petaled guide. Marie knew that something was up, so tugged Callie by her yukata. This effectively cause the both of them to miss and avoid the incoming "pellets".
Flowey then became confused and asked "Hey buddy, you missed them."Ok then let's do again okay?"
Flowey then materialize another batch of "pellets".
"Marie! what were doing?" asked Callie. "Flowey was just giving us some LOVE,".
"I don't think so Cal" Marie answered quietly. " This seems really suspicious,".
"That doesn't mean that Flowe-"
Callie was interrupted by Marie as she cotinued to tug Callie to her side as she managed to dodge all the "pellets" that shot to them.
"Is this a joke?" questioned an irritated Flowey. "Are you braindead?
Flowey then made another array of "pellets" and growled a command.
"RUN. INTO. THE. BULLETS!"
Callie was frightened by Flowey's change of tone and was frozen in fear.
Marie managed to take advantage of this and kept Callie out of harm's way.
Flowey then slips from his friendly facade and takes on a more demonic and malevolent personality.
"You know what's going on here, don't you?" said a now high-pitched and demonic sounding Flowey. "You just wanted to see me suffer huh,".
"Why are you doing this?" asked a now terrified Marie holding on to still a frightened Callie.
"Don't you two get it?" In this world... It's KILL or BE killed!" answered Flowey.
Callie couldn't handle the pressure so she sobbed her heart out to Marie's side. Marie too also couldn't take the dread of this, so they closed their eyes and huddled together and continued to Sob.
Flowey laughed hystericly and remarked to himself "Why would ANYONE pass up an opportunity like this?!".
"Friendliness pellets" now surround the two as it looms close in to them. They did something that Flowey didn't expect.
They then transformed into their squid form to which surprised Flowey.
"Well that's new," commented Flowey. "But still, I'm gonna enjoy this even more."
Marie and Callie were now meeting their demise to a flower, a evil flower to be exact. Callie HOPEd that someone would save them. Marie HOPEd someone would stop him. They HOPEd someone would intervene.
But someone did.
*Scorch*
They opened their eyes and saw that the "pellets" were burned by circling ring of fire, after which dissapated into thin air.
"Huh? who did tha-" Flowey was knocked over to the side before he could even finish his sentense.
Their Savior was behind where the demonic buttercup was. They couldn't see who or what it was cause of shadow obscuring them, but they knew cause they had one flaming palm.
The figure then walked out and put out the flame in their hand. There were a woman with unique features that they never seen before. She had a white furred coat, droppy ears and short horns. She had a pair of visible fangs and long eyelashes and her irises have a dark red tint. She wore a long purple robe that had a symbol similar to the engravement on the gate before they entered.
"What a terrible creature, torturing two poor innocent gir- Oh my!" she said in a motherly tone and was perplexed at their current form.
Callie and Marie then reverted back to their humanoid form which surprised the goat woman but remained her composure.
Callie was in frightened from what she just experience before and is skeptical of the monster in front of them, so she hid behind Marie for protection. Marie on the other hand managed to over come shock and held her cousin close by her side.
"Ah, do not be afraid children, I am TORIEL, caretaker of the RUINS," Toriel introduced herself to them.
"Are you gonna hurt us?" asked Marie as she readied herself for what might happen to them.
"Oh goodness no, I would never do such a thing," answered Toriel. "I assure you that I have no ill intention."
"I have come through here everyday to see if anyone has fallen down," She explained. "You two are the first ones to come down here for a very long time."
"Wait? others?" thought Marie as what she meant by others. But before she could ask Toriel about the others, Callie then managed to say something before she could.
"Thank you miss Toriel," thanked a meek Callie peeking from behind Marie. "If weren't for you, Flowey would have hurt us."
"Don't worry about that, I am willing to help those in need," reassured Toriel. "And also you could just simply call me Toriel"
"OK! miss Toriel-errr I mean Toriel," said a now peppy Callie as she regained her vitality and eagerness.
"Now come children! I will guide you through the catacombs," Toriel gestured to the entrance behind her.
"Wait? catacombs," asked a confused Marie.
"Yes, the catacombs where there are traps and puzzles that will test your wits and skills," explained Toriel. "But don't worry I shall guide you through it all.
Toriel then exited to the entrance where she entered, Callie and Marie then followed so after. Marie took one last glance at where they encountered Flowey, before being dragged by Callie.
They entered a new room which was vastly different from the previous two. The reason for this is the room was clad in different shades of purple and had vines entangled around the two columns. Leaves were at the center surrounded by two staircases arching to the top where Toriel was waiting for them.
Callie and Marie noticed something, a shining star was at pile leaves. They approach the star and noticed that it twinkle and gave off a mysterious, yet calming aura/glow.
Tempted by curiosity, they simultaneosly touched the star and felt a soothing feeling through their bodies and SOULs. Then heard and a voice saying something.
*The shadow of the Ruins looms above you two...Filling you both with Determination.
They were fazed by the voice at first but shrug it off and continued to the staircase where they thought about what would happen next.
They didn't know what they would encounter and expect in this journey. So they have to do it together.
Cause Together they are Feeling with Determination.
Author's note: This FantasySimulations bringing you the third and final prologue of Calamari Underground. This took longer than other cause of other reasons like: playing splatoon2, splatfest, finding inspiration etc.
Next chapter Callie and Marie will have to through the ruins and solve puzzles and also meet a dapper ghost along the way.
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(~Gasshun~)