Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow…

I groaned as I felt my bones creak and my bruised skin stretch. How the heck was Frisk ever able to fall down here without feeling like shit? I realized that I was laying on a bunch of golden flowers, but I doubted that would've helped to break my fall. Then I realized what I was laying on. My backpack. That was what had cushioned me. I hoped nothing was broken. I tried to get the backpack off of me, but it was a pain just to move, and I felt myself growling under my breath. It looked like I would have to remain stationary, for now.

I turned my head up and found the gaping hole in front of me, with it's intimidating sides stretching up to meet the bright sky. Those walls would make it impossible to climb back out. And was it afternoon already? That didn't matter. All that mattered was that I had made it.

I had made it into Mt. Ebbot! Realizing this accomplishment made me feel so glad that I didn't even feel that bad anymore. I shouldered the backpack off and started to get up…

Bad idea. I immediately felt myself growing dizzy, and I plopped back into the bed of flowers. It looked like I really was going to just stay here for a while. I sighed and opened up my backpack to grab some chips. Then I realized I was thirsty, so I got out a water bottle too.

Then suddenly, a large, yellow flower grew out in front of me. In two seconds flat. That could be no other than…

"Howdy! I'm Flowey." Now that I was actually seeing a talking flower with its face and all, I couldn't help feeling a little overwhelmed. "Flowey the-"

"Flower!" I finished for him. "But you're not supposed to meet me until I pass the door…"

"Who cares about the door?" The flower said dismissively, then paused. His face suddenly grew a little menacing as he noticed the state I was in. "You know what's going on here, don't you?"

"W-what?" I gasped, "You're not supposed to say that until you introduce me to LV and friendliness pellets!"

"You idiot." Flowey cackled, the little fangs on his smile showing very obviously, "In this world, it's kill or be killed! Why would anyone pass up an opportunity like this?" Suddenly, little white pellets erupted from the ground behind Flowey and surrounded me. I was in absolute no shape to get up or crawl away. "DIE." Flowey started to laugh. The pellets started to move in on me.

I hoped Toriel would show up to save me, but there was no sign of her. Maybe she only showed up when the both of us were present in the other room? It looked like I couldn't depend on her now. I was going to have to fend for myself. Still sitting, I feebly swung my backpack around and deflected the upcoming bullets. I was pretty sure there were a couple of holes in my backpack now.

Flowey looked surprised, like he hadn't expected me to retaliate. This was probably my only chance. I threw my backpack at Flowey, hoping my aim would be true.

It missed, and bounced harmlessly two inches away from Flowey. The flower gave me an amused look, but I wasn't done with him yet. I picked up a water bottle and threw that at him too.

I didn't miss. The water bottle clonked onto Flowey's head in the middle of his smug smile. He gave me a weak disbelieving look, and I couldn't help feeling a little proud of myself.

"I'll be back!" He ranted, before popping back into the ground. He left no traces of him behind. I huffed in satisfaction before settling back into the flower patch. It was comfortable there.

I didn't remember when I had fallen asleep, but when I woke up, I was staring at the dark hole above me. Little stars twinkled in the night sky, and I knew it was nighttime. Apparently, I had been sleeping for a long time. I sat up and shook the flower petals from my hair. My body was a little sore, but that was all. The sleep really had helped me after all. I got up and finally left the flower patch.

I went to retrieve the backpack and water bottle that I had threw before looking back. I had left a big mess in the bed of flowers. So many of them were crushed and squashed, it made me feel bad. But then I realized that I had only caused one-eighth of the destruction, since the others would've caused damage too. So that slightly reassured me.

That being said, I wondered how many had already made it here. Was I really the last one, or was there more to come? I guess I could only find out by continuing. I went on ahead through the cave halls and past the first door, and found the patch of grass that Flowey usually appeared on. Except for the fact that he wasn't here this time. I guess that meeting him already means you don't get to meet him again? I frowned before going forward.

The purple ruins were magnificent. It looked much more impressive in real life. With vines stretching around the walls and up on the ceiling, and little colorful leaf piles here and there. In fact, the shadow of the ruins that loomed above filled me with determination. I suddenly felt stronger and healthier as I thought this, and I knew I was creating a save.

Or was I? Could all the others create saves too? That would make sense, but then how would the whole system work if eight people could create saves or reset? This was all very confusing, and I couldn't help wondering how much the rest of the game would change just because of all our appearances happening at once. What was going to happen?

After climbing some marble staircases, I was in another room with grey buttons. Just as I was about to head towards them, I realized that the door was already open. Someone had already solved this puzzle, so there was no need for me to redo it.

In the next room of rivers and bridges, I realized that the correct levers were already pulled, and the spikes were already sheathed. This was annoying. With all these puzzles already solved, I would have no challenges. Before continuing though, I refilled some water bottles with the water from the rivers. It was surprisingly clean.

In the next room, there was a dummy. I realized that this was usually when Toriel would give me the lesson on battle, and I decided that this would be good practice for me too, even without her here. I headed up to the dummy, and expected a red soul to fly out of my body.

A red soul had flown out of my body. But what I did not expect was for me to glow a bright red before flying up into the air! I yelped as I felt myself rising, and stopped right before reaching the ceiling. Why was I flying? I started to panic for a moment before attempting to calm myself down. Flying was cool, it was. I just had to figure out why and how I was.

I looked forward and found that my soul was flying in front of me. I stared back down at the dummy in question, and he stared back without comment. I urged myself to go forward, but nothing happened. Then I urged my soul to move forward, and it did, but I flew forward as well! This was an amazing discovery, and completely new to me. I attempted to move the soul in all sorts of directions, and found myself flying along with it. With discovery, I knew that I would be able to fly anywhere I wanted, as long as I controlled the soul correctly. This was like real flying! And it made sense too, since having the red heart meant you could go anywhere you wanted, without the forces of gravity pulling you down.

And that's what the red glow was about, which meant I was one with determination. I wondered if everyone else was like that too, or if they all actually had different colored souls with different knacks and abilities. That would be so cool! I smiled giddily to myself as I continued to float around. I practiced and twirled in the air, dodging pretend bullets and projectiles. I would need all the practice I could get to become the best I could be.

After a while, I realized that the dummy was growing impatient. He shuffled away to the corner, and I felt myself descending back to the ground. Gravity was back. Apparently, the dummy had tired of my "aimless shenanigans". I smiled mischievously before continuing.

No frog showed up in the next room. However, I was able to successfully cross the spike bridge even though I was scared of every step I took. Let's just say that in real life, those spikes looked a lot scarier. Honestly, do you know anyone who would willingly step on some spikes without being scared? Not me, but I was still able to do it somehow. Every time I put my foot down and felt the spikes sheathe, relief would pass through me, and I would gain enough courage for the next step.

I was finally in the long hallway that Toriel would usually use to test my independence. I started down the hall, and suddenly noticed something white. At first, I thought it was the white pillar that Toriel used to hide behind. But then as I continued to walk, I realized that it was none other than Toriel herself!

Honestly, seeing a large goat in a purple dress in real life gives you some pretty disturbing ideas. But her warm smile was enough to erase all the doubts I had. "Ah, do not be afraid, my child. I am Toriel-"

"Caretaker of the Ruins!" I finished for her excitedly. "It's so great to finally meet you!

Toriel managed a small laugh before continuing to speak. "I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the last human to come down here for a long time." So I was the last person to fall down here? That made me feel a little left out. "Come! I will guide you through the catacombs." She beckoned to me, "This way." Then she exited through the next door.

Well, this was different. Maybe Toriel was feeling overprotective lately? She usually left me by now, but instead, she was leading me. That was strange.

In the next room, I had a word with the frog before heading into the room that I presumed held the monster candies. I went up to the bowl to take a candy, but found that there was only one more left. Who had taken all the other candies? Probably the people that had come before me. I pouted before taking the last one, and then I went back out to play in one of the colorful leaf piles. Playfully crinkling through the leaves filled me with determination. Somehow, Toriel had enough patience to just stand there and watch as I did my business.

Toriel lead me through all the puzzles, even though I already knew how to do all of them. But there were so many holes in the cracks, and all the rocks were moved already, so there wasn't even that many puzzles for Toriel to lead me through. Just mainly how to fight. I could tell she was surprised when I started to fly while engaging in a fight, and that made me laugh a little. She explained to me the concepts, and I learned quickly, while dodging projectiles. No monster ever approached Toriel, but that was no surprise. Whenever I was even slightly hurt, Toriel healed me. After every battle, the monster would leave a small pile of gold as thanks for being spared. They were surprisingly light and small, and I found that I was able to fit many into my pocket at once.

The strange cheese sitting on the table had definitely drawn my attention. I went to the mousehole and heard a couple of squeaks. Knowing that the mouse might one day leave the hole and get the cheese filled me with determination. I smiled at the warm feeling that filled me, and I headed onto the next rooms with Toriel.

Later, I even met Nabstablook. Seeing almost transparent figures floating around was a little frightening, but I guess he was less intimidating than Toriel. I expected him to be in a foul mood, but he was in fact in a cheery mood. He said that most of the people that had passed by were relatively nice to him, and he wasn't feeling so bad anymore. I noticed how he said most, and I wondered who could've been mean to such a nice ghost like Nabstablook. I said my farewells to him, and continued on with Toriel.

Later, I even paid a visit to the Spider Bake sale. Seeing real cobwebs and spiders skittering around made my skin crawl, but I managed to place the appropriate number of coins in each large web. I was mildly surprised the webs were strong enough to hold up 18G. I then received my Spider Donut and Spider Cider. Little pieces of webs stuck to them, and I decided not to eat or drink them. It was probably for the best.

Along the way, I found that the faded ribbon was already gone. Someone had gotten ahold of it, and now I would be at a greater disadvantage. I huffed, and later found that even the toy knife was gone. But who would've taken it? They weren't planning on killing anyone, were they?

And then, we had finally reached Toriel's home. Seeing such a cute, tidy house in the Ruins filled me with determination.

"Now, my child, you will meet the others." She promised. Then I quickly followed her into her purple bricked cottage.

Well that was fast paced. (I had already went step-by-step of the Ruins through another story, and I'm not keen on doing it again)

Already, Frisk is noticing some strange differences! What's causing them, I wonder? :)

Also, although I'm not sure how it will go, I'm willing to accept some alternate endings for chapters! I got this idea from Noraneko-dono, and I think it's pretty neat! So if you have any ideas of an alternate ending for this chapter, or for any upcoming chapters, tell me and I'll possibly write it and post it along with the next chapter, and etc. Sound good? :)

So there goes another longish chapter, and I hope you enjoyed! Thank you for all your follows and support! :3 ~Pizza