Oh here we go! I ended the last chapter with a cliffhanger to get you guys all pumped up for this chapter. Also, I have a special bit of backstory for one of the many minor characters in the game. He is a personal favorite of mine, see if you can figure it out. Until then...please stop reading this text.

BlueAhoge - Aaron is creepy? Yeah, I agree. It sort of weirded me out how he ended every sentence with a wink. I think you'll find him to be a bit more likeable after a while, though. Also, yes, Undyne says an anime quote in this chapter. Tell me what anime it's from.

Mockstevenh - I read your review and cried a bit. It wasn't heavy weeping tho. It was a small tear. Your review woke me up from my sleep XD. I'm so glad you enjoyed the story because it's something I enjoy doing. I want to make this story enjoyable for me and others.

STOP READING THIS TEXT! THE STORY IS DOWN THERE!


I ran throughout the boardwalk dodging the attacks from Undyne's spears. The place was practically a labyrinth. Whoever made this has reaaallly bad design. Some of the paths were narrow and lead to dead ends. I got trapped at one of them and took damage from the spears; she hit like a truck. As I went along the boardwalk, her attacks slowly got faster and faster before she slowed down. I reached a long path on the boardwalk and continued down it. Dead end, oh well...I can always just-

Undyne was standing at the other end of the boardwalk, staring me down. She says nothing, but cuts the boardwalk in half and leaves me to fall with it. I shoot downwards screaming for my life. As I hit the ground, my vision darkens.

"It sounds like it came from over here..." I hear a voice say,"Oh! You've fallen down, haven't you..."

"Are you okay? Here, get up..."

"...Chara, huh? That's a nice name," It speaks,"My name is..."

I don't hear the rest because I wake up too early to hear the end. I don't know how fast my heart was beating when I woke up. All I know is that I definitely injured something. Luckily, another patch of golden flowers just so happens to be around to break my fall again. I look around to see where I wound up. There were broken pieces of boards on the ground. Garbage littered the area and broken pieces of TVs showed up here and there. I must have landed in some sort of garbage dump.

I pat myself down to see if I dropped anything. Well, luckily I lost no-

Where's my diary? I can't SAVE without it. Where'd it go? Maybe it's among the garbage somewhere. Though most of it was unknown to me, I did see some Tupperware containers among other brands I've seen so far. I reached a spot where the waterfall was coming in from the ceiling and pouring down. The water was waist-deep.

There was a cooler among the garbage that had Astronaut Food inside. I decide to take it because, who knows? There was a dummy, much like the one in the RUINS, standing there all on its lonesome. I look at it for a second. It's lifeless eyes stare back at me as I scan the room for anyone. Getting bored, I tap it a bit roughly with my fist. I expected to be indifferent, but sudden guilt filled me. I started to walk off and get the guilt out of my system.

I didn't walk to far before I heard wood creeking slightly. I turn around and see the dummy come to life. It shakes for a second and falls below the water before coming up behind me. I fall backwards into the water and stare at it as it looks down at me. It looked angry and I don't know why. Unless that small tap had upset it.

"FOOL!" it says,"You think you can hurt ME?"

I wasn't trying to, but okay...

"I am a ghost that lives inside a DUMMY," it says,"My cousin used to live inside a DUMMY, too. Until...YOU CAME ALONG!"

"I'm sorry, but what do y-

"DON'T INTERRUPT!" it snaps,"When you talked to them, they thought they were in for a nice chat..."

Well, I really only said a sentence, so it wasn't much of a chat...

"But the things you SAID...!" it says,"Horrible. Shocking! UNBELIEVABLE!"

I had no idea that dummy's were so offended by someone asking them how long they've been in a room. Hopefully this is the only dummy out there that makes rash decisions when first meeting someone. Come to think of it, since this is just nonsense spouting off the top of his...whatever he has, has he been waiting all this time to yell at somebody for no reason? That's sad.

"It spooked them right out of their dummy!" it said,"HUMAN! I'll scare your SOUL out of your body!"

Wait...so this entire dialogue was just him wanting to take my soul?...That's sad. The dummy shakes, turns red, and a FIGHT starts. My SOUL appears and I'm trapped because of low range in battle. I didn't heal before this battle and I'm soaked. My health isn't doing too good from this ordeal.

"H-hey listen up a sec. M-Maybe this is all just a b-big misunderstanding," I'm stuttering from the shivering cold water.

"Foolish. Foolish! FOOLISH!" the dummy yells.

Smaller dummies began to surround me and fire magic at me. I dodge and some of the magic flies off and hits the dummy's body.

"OWWWW, you DUMMIES!," It says,"Watch where you're aiming your MAGIC attacks!"

I blinked at the dummy and it seemed to have realized its mistake. It hurriedly begins to try and act like nothing happened.

"Hey! You! Forget I said anything about MAGIC," it says.

"I'm sorry Mr. Ghost, but you've dragged me into this battle," I reply,"If you won't let me go, I'll have to make sure you leave on your own!"

It looked nervous after it heard me speak to it. Rightfully so, I've found its weak point. This makes me wonder if that fateful moment didn't happen, would I still be here fighting this thing.

"I'll defeat you and steal your SOUL," it says.

More dummies cast magic at me. The size of it wasn't too big, but it wasn't until they swarmed me that things started to get difficult. I was getting hit from all sides. Fortunately, the dummy got hit by the stray magic attacks.

"I'll stand in the window of a fancy store!"

That is an odd desire, but considering that he was a dummy, it makes sense...sort of...IF that makes any sense.

After a few more hits on the dummy's body, it starts to move around and make itself hard to get hits on.

"THEN EVERYTHING I WANT WILL BE MINE!"

How do you go from standing in a window, to getting everything your heart desires. It doesn't work that way. You have to earn your way to the things you want. You don't just waltz in and get things for free. Of course, this makes me the biggest hypocrite because of the Butterscotch-Cinnamon Pie and Sans' jacket he temporarily gave me.

"Huh? Yeah I guess then I'll avenge my cousin," it says,"What was their name again?"

What? It said that in the most uninterested way. If it has a cousin, why did it sound like it cared so little about them? Does it have a cousin?

Eventually the dummy got hit so many times that cotton started to fall from them. It would sometimes hide just out of the magic attack's reach or it would continuously change positions during the dummys' attack.

"HEY GUYS!" the dummy calls out,"Dummies. Dummies! DUMMIES!"

The smaller dummies that attacked me earlier all gather around to hear what the big one has to say. They stand there and listen to the big one berate them.

"Remember how I said NOT to shoot at me?" it says,"Well...FAILURES! YOU'RE FIRED! YOU'RE ALL BEING REPLACED!"

The Mad Dummy lets out a cackle as the regular dummies are replaced with robotic ones right before me. I expected a ramp up in difficulty and I wasn't wrong. The rocket attacks they shot homed in on me. Luckily, they stopped homing in after a while. I used that chance to launch them at the Mad Dummy.

"N...no way!" It says to itself, finally,"These guys are even WORSE than the other guys!"

I guess realization after five turns of hit trading sort of got the message to him. I took this moment to eat the Astronaut Food and kept up the battle.

"Who cares. Who cares! WHO CARES!" it says, its body parts sporadically flying everywhere,"I DON'T NEED FRIENDS! I'VE GOT KNIVES!"

A knife appears right near it and it's pointed in my direction. This dummy suddenly just became one of the top ten enemies I never want to see again. Luckily, the knife was slower than the rockets, and it appears that the Mad Dummy only had one of those. The battle worked out in my favor because Napstablook appeared and scared the dummy off with its tears. It said they felt like acid rain.

"...sorry, i interrupted you, didn't i?" Nap says,"as soon as i came over, your friend immediately left,"

"Oh, he's no friend of mine, believe me!" I say.

"he stopped being your friend because i appeared...oh-no...you guys looked like you were having fun...i just wanted to say hi...oh-no..." Napstablook says solemnly.

"Nap!" I exclaim,"You saved my life! Thank you so much!"

I run up to hug him, but fall through. Oh right, ghosts are incorporeal beings.

"...sorry about that," Nap says.

"You have NOTHING to apologize for," I say,"Thank you!"

"...heh..." Nap laughs a bit and fades away slowly.

I run out of the garbage dump and hear music playing. It sounds a bit eerie. I see that creeper horse-fish Aaron appear and put on a look of fright. Woshua comes by and looks around, confused.

"...what the HECK is that music?" Woshua says.

"I-I DUNNO, DUDE BUT IT'S SPOOKIN ME OUT ;)" Aaron replies.

Who knew that the big tough guy is the fraidy-cat.

"...this is worse than Shyren,"

"Hey! Shyren was just afraid! She was an amazing singer once she got over her nervousness!" I snap.

They turn in my direction and seem to remember who I am. Aaron calms down just a tiny bit and flexes for me before putting on that frightful look once the music got louder.

"No way, Shyren is way less scary ;)" Aaron says.

"...if you're so scared, why do you keep winking?" Woshua asks.

"I'D LIKE TO KNOW TOO! YA CREEP!" I yell.

"THESE ARE WINKS OF FEAR ;)" Aaron claims.

"Forget it. This beat is too...filthy," Woshua says, walking off.

Of course...

"Wosh! Wait! Don't leave me ;)" Aaron pleads,"Is this creepy music my punishment for being creepy? ;)"

"Maybe so! You should go and vow to never be creepy again!"

"Please..stop...I'll never creep again...Wahhhhh! ;)"

I was about to walk off before realizing that Aaron dropped my diary. THAT LITTLE- I run to pick it up and scan the pages. It's untouched except for a note at the end.

'Sorry for scaring you earlier. I hope keeping your diary safe from others is my way of asking to be friends with you,'

I suddenly feel bad for treating Aaron like dirt earlier. He was well meaning the entire time, but he accidentally caused me to keep my distance from him. Maybe if I see him again, we can make amends. I write down in my diary what I experienced with the dummy and my wounds are healed. I am also perfectly dry after I finish writing.

I walk off to the left remembering that...interesting situation with Aaron and Woshua. I stumble on what looks like a giant fish head. I assume this is Undyne's house. I look off towards the left and see the Mad Dummy from before on a mat. Me, not wanting to anger him again, ignore him and continue on my merry way.

I reach the next area and the place looks a slight bit darker than last time. There was a shiny path that I followed through the marsh. It seemed to be the only safe way because the other paths were either too faulty or were submerged in water.

As I'm walking I'm thrust into a fight with...a perfectly normal looking cat...what gives? Where's the one-eyed monster or animal hybrid? The only thing that gives me unease me about it is the fact that it's vibrating very intensely.

"Uh...hello?" I greet the animal.

"h0I! i'm tEMMIE!"

Okay...I'm not sure how to explain how that sounded. I can only say that there were dips in volume and pitch. It's like the internet manifested into an animal and slapped me in the face with dialogue...and considering what I've been through that is probably an attack.

I was wrong though...I got much worse. This cat grows gigantic legs and starts heading towards me. I had to stay directly under it otherwise I would take unneeded damage. It wasn't too difficult, but Temmie was a bit sporadic with her movements. It then tries to pounce on me and hug me, but I just denied it.

The next room darkened pretty clearly and it was hard to see where I was going. I stumble across a crystal and place my hands on it. It lights up the room and lets me see the path out of here. I hurriedly try and run towards the exit, but the path darkens again. I feel my way around with my hand before something grabs onto the end of it. It was another hand.

I scream and try to pull away from it, but it held on.

"Just listen to me okay?" it says,"I'll help you out of here,"

It was a male voice that I've heard before. I can't quite put my finger down on it before it speaks up again.

"I hope you're okay with me helping you out...you seemed pretty scared of me back there,"

"A-Aaron?"

It laughs a tiny bit.

"Yep,"

I sit in silence and let him guide me through the maze. I take this opportunity to show my gratitude to him.

"Aaron, I'd like to thank you for keeping my diary safe. It's something special that I can't afford to lose,"

"Well, I wanted to apologize for our first encounter with each other. I scared you off right?" Aaron asks,"Well, seeing your diary soaking wet like that gave me an idea, I'd hang onto it until you woke up and found me again!"

"You didn't take it from me while I was out cold, right?" I ask, just to be sure.

"No, I found it in the garbage dump, left on its own. It was near that frightening dummy," Aaron says,"It took a lot of willpower to get it. I thought that thing was going to come to life and attack me!"

His tone changes when he speaks of the dummy. I trip and nearly fall, but Aaron catches me and continues leading me through the marsh.

"Why do you act the way you do?" I ask him,"Around other people I mean, sorry if that was confusing,"

"It's not," Aaron replies,"I act that way to appear as someone confident. I get frightened easily of some things. They're usually stuff I can't explain or seem eerie to me,"

"Is that why that music scared you earlier?"

"Yeah," He answers, shyly,"Nobody likes a coward, so I act the opposite of that,"

"Well, you don't have to pretend around me, okay? I've gotten to know you a lot better, so...you can be yourself!" I say to him.

"T-thanks...Anna,"

"You know my name?"

"It's in the first page of your diary,"

"You read my diary!?"

Aaron laughs a bit loudly.

"Nope, Wosh told me," He says.

We reached the end of the little maze. Aaron touches a crystal and the room lights up. He waves to me and dives back under the water again and swims away, not winking once. I wave to him before realizing something.

"...WAIT A SECOND! WOSHUA HAS NO IDEA WHAT MY NAME IS!" I yell.

Oh well...Aaron turned out to be a nice guy. I wonder if more people are like him. Do they hide behind a certain personality just to appear better to other people. I sympathize with people like that. They're lying to themselves, and that's the worst kind of lie.

On my way through the marsh, I stumble across more echo flowers. They're about the two voices telling each other what their wishes were. Laughs were passed around, and I learned a bit more about monster history in the UNDERGROUND I reach a narrow bridge and cross it, making sure to step over the uneven board in it.

"Yo!" I hear from behind me.

I turn and Monster Kid runs up to me. He walks up to me a bit slowly and has a sort of frown on his face. Something seems to be bothering him.

"...Anything wrong?"

He pauses for a moment and speaks.

"Yo, I know I'm not supposed to be here, but...I wanna ask you something,"

"Ask away, Kid,"

"...Man, I've never had to ask anyone this before," He says, laughing,"Yo...You're human, right?"

"Y-Yeah?" I answer,"Something the matter?"

"Man, I knew it...well, I know it now, I mean," He says,"Undyne told me, um, "stay away from that human,"

I frown at what I hear. Undyne seriously thinks I'm a threat even though I haven't hurt anyone since I fell down here. Sure, there was that small tap on the dummy, but that hardly counts as INTENDING to hurt him, right?

"So, like, um...I guess that makes us enemies or something," He says,"But I kinda stink at that,"

Figures, he's way to nice to swear to be an enemy to someone. Who knows, maybe he's one of those people who hide something behind a different personality. I doubt it though.

"Yo, say something mean so I can hate you?"

"I'm sorry, Kid, I've never been that good with insults, most of them people have already heard from me," I say,"That's why they take it so lightly, because I can't think of anything better to say,"

"Yo, what? So I have to do it?"

"I-I guess..."

"Here goes nothing...Yo, I...I hate your guts," he says,"Man, I...I'm such a turd...I'm...I'm gonna go home now,"

It hurt, but for a different reason. It hurt because this kid has to hate someone he once called a friend. I remember that one time I got he and I an umbrella and we walked through the rain together. But now, he has to throw all that away and leave me behind.

Monster Kid slowly backs away before running off. He didn't get far because he tripped (surprised it wasn't me) and fell off the bridge.

"NO!"

"Yo, w-w-wait! Help! I tripped!"

I looked over the edge and breathed a sigh of relief. He was okay...as okay a kid hanging from a ledge over a deep bottom could be.

I hear heavy thuds on the bridge. It sounded like metal. That could only mean that-

Yep, Undyne.

She stands at the edge of the bridge, staring me down. I pay her no mind and run to Monster Kid's aid. I pull him up from the ledge and hug him tight. I almost lost another friend I really liked. Being in the UNDERGROUND changes you in some frightening, but powerful ways.

Monster Kid looks at the oncoming Undyne and steps forward, unafraid of her.

"Y...y...yo...dude..." He starts,"If...If y-you wanna hurt my friend...You're gonna have to get through me, first,"

Undyne backs away before walking off in silence.

"Kid, that was amazing!" I say in excitement.

"T-thanks..." He responds,"...She's gone...Yo, you really saved my skin,"

"No problem, Kid,"

"Guess being enemies was just a nice thought, haha," He says,"We'll just have to be friends instead...man, I should REALLY go home...I bet my parents are worried sick about me!"

Wait, this kid has-well duh. I just sorta figured they didn't because this guy would have to have the absolute worst parents to have come out this far and them not have come looking yet.

"Later, dude," He says.

"Bye, Kid!" I wave to him.

Monster Kid runs off without tripping at all. I turn around and head in the opposite direction of Undyne. I cross another bridge and reach a small cave. I was about to head inside before I heard a voice call out.

"Seven,"

I look upwards and see Undyne standing on the top of the cave, facing away from me. She didn't move an inch, and her voice echoed throughout the area.

"Seven human souls, and King ASGORE will become a god," she says.

Undyne faces east and looks out at all of the rocks surrounding the area.

"Six," She says,"That's how many we have collected thus far,"

She finally looks at me, unmoved and intimidating.

"Understand?" Undyne asks,"Through your seventh and final soul, this world will be transformed,"

So they want to take my soul and give it to King Asgore? I was right about what Papyrus had said earlier. This doesn't look good for me.

"First, however, as is customary for those that make it this far..." She starts,"I shall tell you the tragic tale of our people,"

So, I'm basically learning again what I read on those signs earlier? She is really going to do this to me?

"It all started, long ago," Undyne begins.

She's seriously doing it...

"No, you know what?"

Oh wait, she's not gonna do that? Undyne is more forgiving than I had thought!

"SCREW IT! WHY SHOULD I TELL THAT STORY WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE!? NGAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

I cover my ears and close my eyes from the sudden scream. I look up and she is facing away from me again, her helmet is off of her head. As she turns, her right eye glows brightly in the darkness surrounding us.

"YOU!" Undyne says,"You're standing in the way of everybody's hopes and dreams! Alphy's history books made me think humans were cool...with their giant robots and flowery swordswomen,"

Wait...what? That sounds like something COMPLETELY out of a cartoon...

"BUT YOU?" She says,"You're just a coward! Hiding behind that kid so you could run away from me again!"

I remember Aaron's words from earlier. 'Nobody likes a coward, so I act the opposite of that'.

"I may be a coward, but I guarantee that I'll go farther than you will any day!" I proclaim.

"Really? What about your goody-two-shoes shtick?" She asks,"You know what would be more valuable to everyone? IF YOU WERE DEAD!"

Even if they break the barrier with my SOUL, the war is just going to happen again aboveground! They're heading into a second war without any sort of preparation. They're looking to the King for hope, but they haven't even thought of what might happen.

"Your life is all that stands between us and our freedom!" she says,"Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts pounding together!"

"You think you're so tough behind numbers? One pure heart can beat a million empty ones!" I say out loud,"What if another war starts after your freedom?"

"I'll leave tomorrow's problems to tomorrow's me," she says,"Let's end this, right here, right now. Step forward when you're ready and I'll show you how determined monsters can be,"

I open my diary and write down a summary of Undyne's speech. The world SAVES and I look up at her. We stare each other down for a moment before yelling out.

"HERE WE GO!"

The battle was on.


Thanks for putting up with my wordy chapters! If you can't tell, I'm giving some of the enemies a bit of backstory. I felt that starting off with Aaron would be a good idea since he can come across as creepy. Seeing him frightened for that small period of time in the game made me think 'why does he hide that part of himself?'.

There will be some more cases like his spread throughout the story. Like always, be sure to review and give me feedback if you liked this chapter or if there's something you felt wrong with it. It really helps to improve my stories. Until then!