Chapter four: heartache

As toriel stood not far from me, her face rid of any emotion and ready to fight, I had stood motionless, waiting for her to act first. Sure I was decent in a fight, but against another human not a goat monster and one that is older than I am.

I prayed that this fight would end soon, and that's when she surprised me.

[ frisk vs. toriel ]

Frisk spirited at toriel, hoping to close the destines and bring this fight to an end. That's when she noticed a fireball shooting right at her, barely missing her.

She had slammed into the wall, her body was pressed up against the cool stone, frisk looked back at toriel, who had her hand out stretched and surrounded in bright flames, when another ball of fire shot at her.

Pushing off the wall frisk had dodged out of the way, just in time as the ball of fire exploded leaving a scorch mark on the wall.

Leaving frisk little time to think, she thought this would be easy fight against a old goat lady hand to hand, not hand to magic. How in the world she going to fight her if she is using magic.

" toriel what are you doing," frisk yelled, dodging another fire ball.

" am teaching you what to expect," toriel said, " they won't come at you with just sword and spear but also magic, something that you must endure if you wish to leave."

More fireballs rained down at frisk, with dodge after dodge she felt her stamina failing. How many more can she dodge? It won't be long before she got tired, with that and the thought of getting hit was the only thing that was keeping her going. One thing for certain she had to get away.

Quickly running back glancing over her shoulder, she heard toriel shout something, but didn't dare turn back. A wall of flames burst forth a few feet from frisk, she had cover her eyes by the sudden light.

" don't even think about running away, turn around and fight me!" toriel shouted.

Turning back to face toriel was little harder than she thought, why won't toriel just let her go? Frisk knows she doesn't want to fight, by why continue throwing fire at her and not just giving up. Once she turned around she saw toriel pointing the fire scepter right at her. But she wasn't doing anything, her mouth formed silent words, this was her chance to close the gap and end this fight.

Running towards toriel as fast as she could, with each step she grew more confident that this will be all over. All she had to do was pull out her dagger and bring it across toriel's stomach.

Frisk skedded to a stop after thinking that thought.

What was she thinking? Why would she kill toriel? Who just wanted to protect her ( though she has a funny way of showing it ), forgetting the dagger frisk continued running thinking of a new plan as she went. Only took a few steps before another volley of fireballs shot at her.

She dodged, duck, dive, dip and dodge all that came at her with new found vigor, frisk jerked back as a fireball flew too close to her face missing it by inch's and causing her to stop.

"your really trying to kill me?" she asked as she felt her face for any burnt flesh.

" no not kill, but if I must inflict pain so that you can learn than so be it," she said as she again pointed the scepter at her.

Frisk was ready to avoid the fireballs again, ready to end this fight. And that's when a great ball of fire erupted from the scepter and right at frisk, she ha dlittle time to think. Dropping to the ground pulling her hood from her cloak over her head as the large ball of flame passed her bring heat onto her back. Once it passed she got up, her hood still on.

The human was getting tired, she dodged many of the fireballs and nearly got hit by some of them too, running out of time and possibly her life frisk had to finish this fight now or never, with the last of energy that she can muster the human ran towards toriel.

" this again? Very well, " toriel said before another great ball of flame shot out from the scepter, this time closer to the floor.

But frisk was ready, running fast towards the ball of flame and at the last moment the human teen ran as far as she can on the wall and jumping over the ball. She was surprised that it worked and so was toriel who was at a lost for words.

Long enough for frisk to close the gap.

Nearly tackling toriel, frisk wrapped her arm's around her waist and squeezed as best she could with little strength. She was hugging her.

"Toriel no matter what you do, I won't hurt you!" frisk cried.

The lady goat monster didn't say anything as her knees grew weak and brought down to a kneeling position, the fire scepter fell out of her grasp and landed on the stone floor hitting the ground hard. She returned the hug and nothing to let go.

" am s-sorry frisk, I didn't know what came over me, I shouldn't have forced you to fight and I know your mad at this old goat but I didn't want another innocent death on my hands," she said on the verge to tears.

" hey, don't worry toriel, I know you just wanted to protect me but am sixteen years old and I think I can handle myself, don't you think." She said calmly.

But on the inside she was not clam, in fact her heart was pounding away at the fact she survived and that the hug worked. The need to faint was ever great as toriel stood up and walked towards the doors and stopped.

"are you sure you want to leave?" she asked, "I mean, you could live a comfortable life here."

"thanks, but I cannot," frisk answered.

Frisk walked to the stone door and placed her hand ready to leave, she glanced back at toriel who had a sad smile across her face. She paused open the door and into darkness.

[ end chapter ]