Sophie was quiet as a mouse as she followed Toriel through the dark corridor and as they got half way, she suddenly stopped and began speaking to Sophie, like she knew that she was following behind her.
"At the end lies the exit from the ruins" she said, not turning around to face the small girl "I am going to destroy it so no one will ever be able to leave again, you must understand that I'm doing this for your own good."
"But I don't want to stay down here" Sophie protested as Toriel turned around to face her "I just want to get back to the surface, I just want to go home, to my real family, they'll be worried sick about me by now." The little girl was now on the verge of tears and Toriel knelt down to her level and tried to explain why she wanted to keep her there, that it was dangerous beyond the ruins for a young child.
"I promise that I will take very good care of you, it's just not safe out there, there's monsters out there who want to kill you, now be a good child and go back upstairs." She stood up, turned around and continued walking towards the end of the corridor but Sophie wasn't willing to give up and carried on following Toriel all the way to where the exit to the ruins where.
"You want to leave so badly?" Toriel asked, not turning around to face the girl standing behind her "well, there's only thing you must do if you are so desperate to leave, proof that you can survive out there, proof that you are strong enough." She then turned around to face Sophie and before the girl could react, a ball of black flames came hurtling towards her but she managed to dodge out of the way before it could hit her and she just looked straight at Toriel, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"What are you doing?" she questioned as Sophie dodged her attacks without even looking away "fight me or go back upstairs."
"I don't want to fight you" Sophie sobbed "I don't want any of this, I don't want to hurt you, I just want to go home." At that point, the attacks seemed to be easing off, it was as if Toriel was now reluctant to do this.
"I know you want to go home but I promise, I will take very good care of you" she said, trying to reassure the sobbing child "I know we don't have much but at least you'll be safe here." Now knowing that the child was not willing to fight her, Toriel stopped using her attacks and knelt down in front of the small girl who's eyes where now red from sobbing, her cheeks now tear stained.
"You really are a stubborn little girl aren't you?" she asked with a small smile "it's funny, I can't even safe the life of one single child but I see you are so desperate to get back to the surface and besides, the ruins are pretty small once you get used to them and it wouldn't be right you growing up here so I will put my worries, my fears for you aside, my child." She began wiping the tears away from Sophie's cheeks before pulling her into a hug and the little girl returned the gesture, sobbing into the Goat like woman's shoulder.
"Thank you for taking care of me when I hurt my wrist" Sophie said "I know you wanted to take care of me more but I already have a Mommy and Daddy up on the surface."
"Well you should get back to them, I now understand that you need to get back to the surface but you must understand, once you leave the ruins, you cannot come back here" Toriel explained and Sophie nodded silently, indicating that she did indeed understand "good now I think it's time we said goodbye here. Farewell, my child and remember, no matter what happens, don't let any of the monsters take your soul." Sophie was about to ask about why any of the monsters outside the ruins wanted to take her soul but Toriel had already stood up and was heading back through the corridor, leaving thr young girl all alone so she turned around and headed through the exit which lead into another long corridor.
"Well, here goes nothing" Sophie said to herself as she took a deep breath and began making her way down the long corridor which seemed to go one forever and ever but eventually she came to another entrance and she walked through it, only to come face the face with the very first creature she had encountered when she first fell into the underground.
"Clever, veeery clever" flowey taunted with a sarcastic smirk as Sophie kept her distance "you think you are really smart don't you. You spared the life of one single person, I guess you haven't learned anything have you, in this world, it's kill or be killed, do you really think you can survive in this world?" Sophie said nothing, she just slowly nodded and clenched her fists "ha! you really are something, but what will you do if you come across a relentless killer, what will you do, kill out of frustration?" Sophie shook her head again, still saying nothing "well maybe not, maybe you'll soon realize that you won't be able to stand a chance in this world, a small child like yourself, so small and weak, what will you do, give up entirely and allow me to inherit the power to control it" his cartoonish expression rapidly changed into a malicious grin causing Sophie to back up further against the wall as she tried to keep her distance "I am the prince of this world's future but don't worry my little monarch, my plan isn't regicide" Sophie was now shaking "this is much more interesting as is watching a weak and small little child like you trying to survive this world" he then cackled insanely before retreating into the ground and Sophie still shaking continued forward, determined not to give up and once she walked through the entrance on the other side, the girl found herself in the middle of a snow covered forest and the cold air hit her almost immediately and shivered as the cold air swept through her body, after all, her thin turtle neck sweater and overalls were not the best outfit suited for this kind of weather.
"Come on Sophie, just keep going" she mumbled to herself as she pushed herself forward "just find a way to get out this place and then you can go home." The little girl walked through the forest, wrapping her arms around her small body to keep herself warm unaware that she was being followed but when she heard the sound of a twig snapping, the girl quickly turned around and narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Hello?" she called out "who's there?" there was no response and Sophie continued walking but moved slightly quicker as she was still certain that she was being followed and when she got to a bridge that had some kind of huge gate thing in the middle of it, she heard footsteps behind her and now scared, Sophie froze on the spot, listening as the footsteps grew nearer and nearer until they suddenly stopped and she heard a voice behind her.
"Human, don't you know how to greet a new pal?" the voice sounded pretty sinister to Sophie "turn around and shake my hand." Squeezing her eyes shut, Sophie slowly turned around and stuck out her hand and felt a cold and boney hand touch hers before she heard what sounded like a huge fart. Opening her eyes, she found herself face to face with a short smiling Skeleton wearing a blue parker jacket, black shorts and pink fluffy slippers.
"He he he he, the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick, never gets old" he chuckled as Sophie just stared at him, not knowing what to think "anyway, you're a human aren't you?"
"Last time I checked" Sophie replied as the Skeleton chuckled again.
"He he he, that's hilarious, I'm Sans by the way kid, Sans the Skeleton" he replied.
"I'm Sophie" Sophie said simply, not taking her eyes of the Skeleton.
"Good to meet you. You know, I'm actually supposed to be on the watch for humans right now" Sans replied "but to be honest, I don't really care about capturing anybody but, my brother Papyrus is obsessed with hunting down humans, I think he's coming this way right now, just go through the bars, he made them to trap any humans that come through here but he made the bars too wide so you should be able to fit through them." Sans then led Sophie through the badly made gate and then told her to hide behind a lamp and when she did, a taller Skeleton had arrived and he was wearing some kind of outfit that reminded Sophie of something that a super hero would wear.
"HAVE NO FEAR, THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS HERE" he said in a loud and excited voice as he posed dramaticly, his red cape billowing in the wind as Sophie watched from behind the lamp, covering her mouth to keep herself from giggling "SANS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE, IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T RECALIBRATED YOUR PUZZLES. " The taller skeleton was now stomping in his food onto the ground like he was having a tantrum whilst Sans just stood with his hands in his pockets, chilling.
"Oh I was just looking at this lamp, it's really cool, want to see it?" he asked.
"NO I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT LAMP" Papyrus said, stomping his foot against the ground again "WHAT IF A HUMAN COMES THROUGH HERE, I WILL BE THE ONE, I MUST BE THE ONE TO CAPTURE THEM" he then posed dramaticly again "THEN I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL HAVE THE RESPECT THAT I DESERVE, I WILL FINALLY BE IN THE ROYAL GUARD, NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH." Papyrus then hurried off and Sans signalled to Sophie that she could now come out but she already knew because she had been watching the two skeletons interacting from behind the lamp.
"You ought to get going kid, if he comes back then well, you'll have to listen to some of my hilarious jokes and don't worry about Papyrus, he isn't even that dangerous" Sans stated "and I think it would make his day if he met you, he's never actually seen a human before."
"Okay, well I better get going" Sophie replied.
"Well see you around kid" Sans replied "and don't worry, I'll keep an eye socket out for ya." Sophie thanked him and continued walking through the snow, hugging herself to protect her small body from the coldness.
Meanwhile, a certain Flower had been watching as the small girl conversed with the Skeleton and smirked in amusement as he watched her head off through the snow, knowing that it was too cold for a little thing like her to overcome.
"That kid is such an Idiot" flowey said to himself, watching the girl trudge through the snow, wrapping her arms around herself to protect her from the cold "she won't last five minutes out there yet she thinks that she survive in this world,hmmmm, I think watching the little brat trying to survive this world should be very interesting indeed." Flowey then chuckled to himself before disappearing into the ground.