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Chapter Six
Frisk pushed the five feet grass that engulfed her out of the way. The sudden rustling of the plant brought her to a stop. Curling into a ball, the child dropped to the ground. She hummed the tone she heard from the statue earlier. As she thought Undyne appeared and grabbed for her, but somehow the monster kid was picked up instead.
Grumbling, the knight set him down and moved on. Once certain that the knight had disappeared Frisk walked out of the grass. A moment later the monster child appeared. He stated something about Frisk getting unlucky. She wondered if he remembered anything. Then again, even the people who knew something of the past timelines only got glimpses.
The monster child ran ahead and Frisk followed. For some reason the room darkened. Running a hand around the wall, Frisk found an exit. She started to leave, but felt another force pull on her. At first she thought it was the voice, but shook her head at that thought. When it took over it felt like she disappeared for a bit, but she knew what she was doing. This felt more like someone else was forcing her to go a certain way.
"There's an exit right here! Why not go this way?" Frisk tried to do as stated, but her legs dragged her in the wrong direction. "Hey! What's going on?" She punched one of her legs. "I said go to the exit which I found. Stop!" Frisk stopped in front of an echo flower. Huffing in annoyance, she pressed the damn thing.
"Behind you," said a familiar voice.
At that moment the room lit up. Frisk ducked as several spears slammed into the wall. Undyne marched toward Frisk, her armor gleaming in the light. Yet as she advanced the monster kid jumped out. A confused expression on his face.
"Undyne! What are you doing?!"
"Move kid!" Undyne shoved the monster kid out of the way. "You don't understand what will happen if this child gets free."
"Screw this all!" Frisk tried to run past the knight but the pole of the magic spear caught her. It sent her flying into a wall.
"Sorry, brat." Crushing the child against the wall, Undyne laughed. "But there isn't going to be a second chance."
"Undyne!" Monster kid jumped on the knight's back. "Stop it!"
"Like hell I will." Throwing the kid off, the knight kept applying pressure. "I'm going to end you once and for all."
Yeah right. The voice sounded amused. The worst she can do is just send you back to the last save.
Frisk wished she could mention that being crushed to death hurts. Lack of oxygen made it difficult for her to think. But that small comment gave her an idea. "You know that killing me won't solve anything."
"What?" The crushing paused for a moment.
"You have memories right? You were killed."
The knight grunted.
"You're alive now. What does that mean?"
"I don't know."
"I can tell you." Sticking her tongue out, Frisk pulled down the skin under her eye. "I can control time."
What are you doing? asked the voice.
I'm going to try to bluff my way out of this. Get my green heart ready. Frisk offered a silly grin to the silent knight. "You heard me right. It's the only reason that you're still alive. Normally, I would erase your memory, but I wanted a challenge this time. You are a tough foe and I liked that." Frisk prayed that her expression was convincing. She felt ready to wet herself.
The knight just stared at her for a while. "Then I best make sure that the king absorbs your soul at once." The spear pulled away as Undyne reached for Frisk's neck. Slinging her arm up, Frisk grinned. "What the?"
The green heart appeared and a shield slammed into Undyne. She skidded back into a wall. A scream of pure rage escaped her throat. Frisk run as fast as she could. Her heart pounded against her chest. She thanked the voice for being so fast, but she could only think of getting away.
Hearing a second pair of feet, Frisk looked back to see the monster kid following after him. "What are you doing? Get out of here!"
"I can't leave you when Undyne is chasing after you."
"She's doing it because I am human." The poor child and monster kid stopped upon a wooden bridge. Below them a gorge cut deeper into the earth. Frisk glanced to exit. Her companion seemed confused. "Please go away. I don't want you to get hurt."
Yet the monster child turned around and stood in the path of the knight. "I'm standing my ground."
"Why?!"
"Because I like you." The monster child offer a smile. "I don't know why, but I get a feeling that we have met before. You're a good person. Please, I want to see you stay okay."
I'm getting it now. The game is bending itself.
What the hell are you talking about? asked Frisk.
Nothing important. Don't worry about the kid. He's going to be alright. Undyne, no matter how crazed she is, wouldn't hurt her own kind.
Nodding, Frisk run for her life. She left the narrow caves and entered a mountain range. High pecks jabbed into the airs. The path lead toward a tunnel in the mountain. Frisk run for it, but before she reached it a series of spears blocked off the path.
"Where the hell do you think you're doing?" Tearing off her helmet, Undyne tossed it to the side. The fish person with blue skin seemed to glow red. The fins attached to the side of her head flared out. The single yellow eye- the other covered by an eye patch- glared the child down. Yet Frisk couldn't help by wonder how she got long red hair tied into a ponytail to fit in the helmet.
"I didn't make him hold his ground." Frisk folded her arms. "And I don't want to fight you."
Spears sprung up around the child, but Frisk held her ground. Determination shined in her eyes.
"If what you said is true then killing you is waste of time. I'll just going to have to capture you and take you to the palace."
"That isn't going to happen."
With a swing of her spear, Undyne made Frisk's heart green. "Hold your ground! Coward!"
The spears that blocked the entrance disappeared, yet the magical weapons started to rain down on her. Huffing, Frisk summoned a shield around her. She yipped when one of the spear moved around the barrier and stabbed her in the back. Good thing they were only attacking her soul. A real weapon would have killed her at once. As more spears seemed to fall upon her, she took the blows the best she could, but the last one sent her to her knees. Taking out a moncit, the child ate it. She felt her health return, but the pain echoed through her body.
"Give it up kid! You can't win." Undyne charged with a spear in hand.
Changing heart mood, now!
Frisk felt her heart turn red. Sidestepping the attack, she summoned a stick in hand and whacked Undyne upon the head. This stunned her long enough for Frisk to run into the cave. The tunnel lead deep into the mountain. Undyne chased her and managed to capture her several times. Yet Frisk managed to fend her off long enough to escape.
Passing a river, the child started to feel an intense heat. She thought of removing her jacket, but realized she wore none. She spotted a sign that welcome her to Hotland. Whoever named these places were terrible with names. She paused for a moment upon spotting Sans sleeping at a post with snow on its roof. Yet the anger Undyne gave her little time to think.
Then her phone rang. Frisk opened it.
"Hello!" exclaimed the skeleton. "How are you doing?"
"I'm being hunted down by Undyne!"
"That's great. I'm just here to alert you that I arrange a little get together with Undyne. If you two can make friends with her it would be wonderful. Now, just go to her house-"
The ground shook under the child. Tripping, Frisk hit hard wood and the phone bounced out of her hand. Scrambling to feet, the child glanced back to see Undyne kneeling down. Sweat shimmered against her face as her spear hacking away at bridge.
"If I can't take your soul, I'll at least force you to restart!"
Frisk glanced down and her eyes widened. Lava flowed stretched to the far sizes of the cavern. The child fled for the opposite side of the bridge. She prayed that if she get close enough to land that Undyne would stop.
With a final crack Frisk felt the bridge gave why. With a yelp she leapt forward. Her upper body slammed into rock. It knocked the air out of her and for a few minutes she just hanged there. Once recovered she found the strength to pull herself into the platform.
Panting, the child stared down into the lava. If Undyne fell into it, she would have been dead at once.
And good riddance, stated the voice. She had been one of the more annoying people to exist.
Without a word Frisk opened the save panel and pressed the load button. A series of saves appeared before her.
What are you doing?
"I'm going to set this right." Shaking her head, the child bit the inside of her lip. "The reason she chased me was because she wanted to help her people, didn't she?"
The voice remained silent.
"I saw the panels back there. Humans chased monsters underground and now Undyne wants my soul to help them get back up. How they are doing this is wrong, however, but I can't blame them for what they did."
Do you honestly think that those monsters would spare your life?
"I do."
Then you're insane.
"Give me one good reason why I should listen to you."
Because in the end, it's just going to happen all over.
Frisk paused.
Hadn't you realized it yet? We are not in control of our actions. We never were.
"I'm choosing to load."
That's only because some idiot wants to have a better ending. He or she doesn't care that Undyne just killed herself. What they only care about is that they can make sure that they can see the best ending. If you load now all that you're doing is allowing their power to continue.
"And you want to break that power of control?"
Oh... if you only knew how I want to destroy it. We have the power, but I'm uncertain on how to use it.
"Then a restart should give you plenty of time to think." Frisk stated as she pushed a button and loaded a save.
. . .
I was betrayed on that day. There was nothing special about. Hell, it was downright boring. The sun was shining, the birds are chirping, and children were goofing off. Children like me was doing something unusual instead of going straight home. A group of people that might be called friends invited me to a birthday party. I had been to one or two before and have had a plenty of small ones with my father. I saw no reason to go.
I could walk pretty much anywhere around my village with ease. So I went to the party alone and then walked myself home. I called my father to alert him I was home. He didn't answer, which was normal. There were times when he came home so exhausted that he couldn't do anything. So I want into the living room to lose myself in television.
Father's still body laid on the floor. At first, I thought he just he was just sleeping. Hindsight told me that I just wanted him to be okay. So I shook him and probed him. I asked him to get off the floor. It was better to sleep on the bed. He didn't get up.
When I stood I found a bottle of pills on the floor. I thought I was so clever; take away the pills and Daddy would be alright. So I went back in time to remove the pills. When I returned home again that day Daddy was depressed but fine. A week went by and he appeared to be getting better. Then he took a gun to his head and blew it out.
Again and again I tried to keep him from killing himself. Yet as time wore by his many deaths took its toll. People around me started to notice that I looked sick. They asked what was wrong and I laughed. They would never believe that I kept my daddy from dying for the twentieth time in the last few months.
A part of me knew that Daddy needed help, but I didn't know where to go. Even if I found the right place I doubted I would have asked. Adults had never helped me before. After the fortieth attempt I gave up. Daddy betrayed me and there was nothing I could do about.
Hearing about the legend of Mt. Ebott, I decided it would be best if I disappeared. I climbed that mountain. I was ready to leave the world behind. But even that had proven to show more than once that it hated me.
. . .
Getting through the dummy proved a bit easier. With a clear mind and practice Frisk avoided all of the attacks until the ghost arrived. This time around the child thought of hanging out with the ghost for a bit. No need to go rush into an angry knight.
As they listened through the music, looked at the snails, and did a snail race, the child called up Papyrus. She asked if she could hang out with Undyne and the skeleton was excited. Now the only thing they needed was something to keep the knight calm enough to get her to accept the invite. To do that they needed Sans's help and plenty of glue. With that set up Frisk thanked the ghost for a good time and loved the music.
"Thanks." Napstablook offered a smile grinned. "I enjoy doing it. Good luck with Undyne."
With a nod Frisk went through the process of avoiding the knight a second time. When she came and grabbed the monster child a second time Frisk frowned. Undyne claimed that she remembered a past time line, but she still tossed the monster child away and marched on. She tried to talk to the voice about it, but it refused to do so.
Yet the second time she entered the darkened room a vision filled Frisk sight. The goat boy pointed up at the stars. Laughter escaped him as she struggled to name them. She had told the goat boy about the stars constellations above ground. Goat boy wanted to show her the constellations underground.
Frisk tried to find the row of crystals that formed the outline for the first hybrid of monster and human soul. She frowned. To her untrained eye all of the crystals looked alike.
"Hey Asriel," said Frisk, "Why did the humans force monsters underground?"
"Because they were afraid that we monsters would absorb their souls."
"You guys can do that?!"
Nodding, Asriel sat down. "I wish that we can say that humans had no reason to fear, but there had been several times in the past that a monster managed to do so." He clasped his hand to his head. "They were powerful beings. Normal humans would have needed armies to stop them."
"Really?!"
"At least, that's what my father told me." Asriel sheepishly agreed as he rubbed the back of his head. "Dad is rather old do to some odd way boss monsters work. It was the last monster that absorbed a human soul that scared the humans enough to go to war. I don't know all the details, but he was a terrible person. He wiped out entire countries until a combined force of humans and monsters finally managed to stop it."
Humming, Frisk picked at her legs. "Maybe that power will be needed once more."
"What do you mean?"
"Asriel, you know as well as I do that I can't break the barrier." Closing her eyes, she sighed. "No matter how many times Dad likes to tell me I can't do anyone good in my current state. I need more power, but even if I were to grow up it may not be enough."
The goat boy placed a hand on his sister's shoulder. "Come now! More humans have to come."
"I'm the first to come here in over hundreds of years. How long will it be until the next one comes? Months, decades, or a few more centuries? Asriel, I don't know about you, but I can't last that long. The oldest human I know of was in their seventies"
Asriel fell silent. For a while the two just sat there. Wrapping an arm around Asriel's neck, Frisk pulled him into a hug.
"Look, I don't know if this is a good idea either. It's just the only one that seemed to make sense at the moment." Flashing a grin, Frisk jabbed a finger at her chest. "Besides, I am the hero of this story. I should be able to do it."
The goat boy appeared dubious, but after a moment nodded his head. "Just promise me that if you do something stupid that I'll be a part of it as well."
Bopping Asriel on the nose, Frisk laughed. "Of course I am. If we're going to get pay back on humans we're going to have to work together."
With a nod the goat boy got closer to his sister. "You're right. All hail the hero!"
"All hail the hero!" A smile refused to leave her face.
"How long are you going to ignore me?!"
Turning around, Frisk stared Undyne down. "Do you still want to kill me?"
"Destroy your soul would be more like it." Undyne sighed as the monster kid stepped out of the bush. "Please give me a second."
Yet the monster kid redid his little act. Once rescued Frisk managed to get away. Undyne took her time to get to Frisk this time around, though the spears barred her path. The child stared the knight down. Both seemed a little uncertain of how to proceed.
"Frisk, aren't you getting tired of this?"
"Tired of what?"
The knight gestured to the area in general. "Why do you keep coming back? Even after a good ending. Why?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Placing a hand to her head, Frisk growled. "I don't know! For some reason I should, but at the same time I can't! It's so frustrating!" She pulled her hand away. "I do know this much. I'm uncertain of my actions. There are so many people telling me things that I can't even understand. I can't let you stop me, Undyne, but I don't want to hurt you."
"I can't agree to that statement." The spears fell and Frisk danced. She weaved around each attack with ease as if her body moved by its own command. Several times the child summoned her shield. The clashed of magic sent sparks into the air. "If I were to tell the truth I found all this irritating as well." Undyne charged in. She grabbed the spear in both hands and whirled it about. Frisk grimace as the tip glazed her cheek. "Something is wrong. I know it. Yet it feels as if the world itself refused to tell me why."
Slamming the end of the spear into the earth, Undyne shattered large fragments of it. Frisk halted as the earth trembled. With a second smashing of the earth, Undyne produced several large boulders. She kicked them in the air, grabbed one with her hand, and tossed it at Frisk. The child threw up her shield, but soon moved when the earth crashed right through it. The child looked to the gate that refused the fall. It fell last time.
The game is adapting, stated the voice
You mean the world.
Might as well be the same. Yes, the world itself is remembering things and is now doing its damn best to stop us.
Why?
I honestly have no idea. You're not even harming anyone. Then again… The voice chuckled.
Evading a third shot of rocks, Frisk stepped in front of the gate. Well, my shields are doing squat against great big rocks. Let's put them to good use. The child leapt out of the way of another rock and it slammed right through the gate. Frisk charged down it. She sprinted as fast as she could and refused to look back.
Somehow Frisk managed to keep ahead of the knight. Yet as she run she heard the sound of metal cluttering to the ground. She looked back to see the knight tearing off her armor. She managed to get the top half off. A sleeveless black shirt covered her chest. Just as they reached the bridge Undyne caught up. A wild gleam flashed in her eyes as she closed in at the last few inches.
"Hey, Undyne." Both females leapt as the Sans appeared in front of Frisk. Stepping around, the skeleton walked up to the knight. "Hey guys! I heard that you two are picking each other bones. I thought I'll come by and help settle things a bit."
"Sans?!" The knight tried to step around, but the skeleton refused to move.
"First we need the right sort of music." With a snap of his fingers Sans summoned a rather hunting tune. Huffing, the knight tried to force her way through. "Next, we need the decorations."
"For what?"
"For the party!" From behind a reindeer looped a coil of lights around Undyne's neck. "Care to join us?"
"What the?" Caught off guard the knight fell back. Yet before she hit the ground her heart became blue.
"Hey Undyne!" Papyrus waved a hand. "Frisk told us that you seemed to hate being trapped here for some reason. Need some help getting away?"
"No! I don't need help." Tugging at the strings, the knight grunted. They stick to her hand and body. "Why are you guys here?! Why isn't Sans asleep?"
"I asked for their help." Frisk offered a wide grin. "Nothing much. I just need you to calm down enough so we can talk."
"Give me a break!" Undyne struggled, but it hard to move when gravity fought back. "Don't you guys understand? This kid is going to destroy everything."
"I'm not!" Frisk started across the bridge. "I'm going to figure out what the hell is wrong with this world and fixed it!"
"!? !? "
Everyone froze. They looked about to see where the noise may had come from. The voice chuckled darkly. Startled, Frisk started to run.
" &* $# ( ." The world started to flicker black and white. "(^#! &^()# ! #)"
"Frisk!" shouted Sans. "Run."
Yet before the child could get far she felt herself be pulled apart and then put back together. "What is going on?"
It's him, stated the voice, he told me how to become a hero.
"" ;) $ # ! ) "
Frisk started into the darkness. A frown formed as she tried to pick out whatever the hell was talking. As the entity spoke she felt she could understand it. No, that was the wrong way of putting it. It's more like she can feel it wanting to talk, but with little real hostility.
A form started to take shape in the darkness. A gray blob that Frisk could tell was humanoid, yet had no real shape. For a while the two just stared at one another. The child gulped. She looked over her shoulder to see only darkness.
The form then broke apart. Frisk screamed as beings with formless bodies broke off. Large heads appeared and their gasping mouth bit the air. Frisk tried to run, but each step she took the formless being swarmed her. They engulfed her body, and in doing so the voice laughed.
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