Time to set things in motion.
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It had only been twenty four short hours since the two had met, and he was already seeing changes in the faces around him. Maybe I should go back and explain a little first. After Asgore met Winter they began to realize they had similar views on the world and she asked him if he would join her on her quest to spread happiness around the world until they found the child he was looking for. Over the next few hours they made it to a small town, and at first Asgore was shunned. Now however, people were beginning to warm up to him.
He walked down the street, still in full battle outfit and looking more menacing than the grim, but even the smallest of children had begun to accept him not for his appearance but for his outlook. Asgore smiled as he walked past a group of young children playing some sort of game out in the field. It brought him joy to see people like this, and when he was happy everyone was happy.
"You know, they've taken to calling you the Snow King now." Winter told him, walking up from behind him. As he usually did, he greeted her with a warm smile.
"You would think Asgore would suffice, but no matter. I will accept their prestigious title." She smiled at him and put her hand on his shoulder. It was moments like these that she lived for, but she knew all too well how short they tended to be. "You're worried, are you not?" He asked her.
She was slightly taken aback by this, as she pulled her hand from him. His menacing facade wasn't for nothing after all. Maybe he did have some skills of a fighter. "Yes, I am. I am worried of what tomorrow's journey brings. Have I told you what happened to my sister?"
He shook his head, he knew nothing of the sort. She sighed politely and began her tale. "She was ambushed. We were told it was an apparition of a young child who was hurt. When she tried to help the child turned out to be fake and she was assaulted. She almost won but in the end had the majority of her powers stripped by her assailants. I have grown weary of the same happening to me or anyone else. I was wondering if y-"
"Protect you. I'll do it, but to be honest the only thing that makes me strong is the child. Seeing them reminds me of a day where I could not defend myself, and they gave me mercy. Every time I see that child, I feel a surge of… some energy of some sort coursing through me. That energy is what keeps me going when nothing else will." He finished and he then removed his helmet and offered it to her. "I want you to have this. It will raise your defense ten fold, and on the day I reunite with my child.. That is the day I want it back, because on that day we will all be safe."
She smiled once again and put the helmet atop her head, it was kind of big but she felt guarded more than usual. "Consider that a deal, Snow King Asgore. Shall we make our way to the next settlement?"
He nodded and the two began to say their goodbyes to the friends they had made. Smiles were to be had and faces were bright and full of potential. They turned towards the long road leading to their next destination, both aware of the long walk ahead, and began their journey north.
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Undyne sat amongst her teammates who all stared at her in awe. To make it to level ten on the first day was unheard of, legendary even. In fact, she had become so well known that skipping levels had been nicknamed "Dyning". She smiled when she heard that; it was just like humans to be so proud of something she did. Well, that was with her only real experience being Frisk. Either way she was proud of herself and so was her team.
Sadly, however, it wouldn't last as she received a note when she returned to her bed saying she was transferred commander training. When she first read it she let into a fit of rage, she would never be able to prove herself against Raven! After reading it a few more times and suplexing a few bunk beds though, she was fine.
She gathered her things and made her way down the corridor with her new color code that occupied the space below her feet. Blue. Her favorite color. She smiled when she read that in the letter as well, hell maybe it was a sign. Either way, no matter where she went or what color the ground was she was gonna show them just what Royal Guard Leader means.
However, when she arrived at her destination it wasn't another room to sleep in crowded with other people. It was instead a docking bay. Undyne was confused to say the least when she saw the blue floor go all the way to an aircraft.
"Director's orders that all commanders and all troops are to be sent directly to Vale immediately. Anyone here past level five is shipping out anywhere from now to tomorrow." The voice said from behind, it was none other than her rival Raven. "Apparently they graduated me and you both after the fight. Straight to commander too. They must be scared."
Undyne raised her eyebrow, standing there watching the ships land and unload and others leave. "Scared of what? From my understanding the only enemy is the Grimm." She asked.
"They say there was a terrorist attack in Vale two days ago, along with foul play in a match. Apparently the foul play was the players fault and is public, but the attack has been kept quiet so it doesn't spook the tourists." She answered. For someone who looked sort of like a ninja, her intel sure did a good job of backing it up. Undyne fought the urge to find out how she knew the information.
"Got any details on the attack? I wanna know if I'll be fighting any cowards or some actual competition!" She grinned, her eyes showing a bright fire that was excitement for a good battle. It was actually kinda ironic that a fish has the most fire. Oh well.
"It was around some kid named Frisk or something. They say 'he' takes full responsibility for it but they say it was an attack on the poor kid and now 'she's' too mortified to tell anyone what happened." She finished, beginning to walk towards the plane now that it was starting to fill up. "Let's go now I don't want to be late."
Undyne smiled. Now she knew where Frisk was, and who knows maybe someone else too. She hoped so, she had to tell someone what she saw back in that lab that took her here. That against all odds, that thing was still alive.
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They had walked for about a day's journey before they saw the peak of the hill which laid their destination. It was almost saddening to Asgore knowing that at each town they came across him and Winter might change paths, he was starting to enjoy her company.
"Wait." she said, holding her arm out in front of the big goat. "Something's not right."
Asgore stared at the civilization with contempt, nothing seemed out of place though. The fields outside were green and the animals roamed the landscape, and best of all not a grim was in sight. Eventually he saw something, a banner of some sort was flying on the flagpole. It was not the same color as the other banners around the city though.
"It's Vale, they've taken over the city for some reason." She finally responded, answering Asgore's unanswered questions he had. He down at his palm and thought of the feeling he got in battle, when he had his trident in hand and all the odds were stacked against him. "You don't need to fight them. They and the other major kingdoms leaders are sworn to help all maidens in their quest and to keep them safe at all costs. They know the route we are on most likely and have come to escort us."
Asgore wore a more puzzled face at her as he pieced together more information in his head. The way this land worked was strange but he was beginning to understand. "So I assume you would like to find out why?" He asked and in response she shook her head.
The two excitedly hurried to the town without haste and ended up at the front door to the wall in about ten minutes. "Snow King! Winter! The commander of the Vale civilian corps wishes to see you!" A man yelled from above the wall, a gun in hand. Winter nodded to him and the two giant metal doors opened up for the two and swallowed them whole.
"Snow King, it's a pleasure to meet you." A voice asked as they entered the settlement. Apparently they had been waiting at the door for him. It still surprised him that his name had spread here already. Perhaps it was due to their communication system here? He didn't have time to ponder this anyways as he gave a quick bow to the man.
"And you too commander. For what have you called me here for?" He asked politely, flashing him a grin to take out some of the stress some of the men were showing in his presence. It worked perfectly.
The man stepped forwards and pulled out what they knew as a scroll, and showed Asgore a picture of a child. "Your search is over and Frisk has been notified of your arrival. I'm not sure what you've done to make that kid like you so much but the uppers love that kid and in turn that kid loves you. We are to take you immediately."
Winter's head visibly dropped down a bit as she knew the inevitable was finally here. Her snow king was about to leave and she was alone again. He kneeled down and gave her a hug. "It will be alright." He told her, removing the helmet from her head and placing it back on his own, but keeping one hand around her to keep the sentiment going. "I must go see my child.. Winter! It's up to you to make this world a better place! Don't give up! Keep trying! Stay determined…"
She smiled at him as it felt to her as if this was all some kind of remembrance, or a warm dream of a long lost son. Which it was. He smiled at her and waved, and he then got up and followed the guards to an airship bound for Vale, Winter looked at him as he left.
She whispered to him, knowing he couldn't hear her.
"Goodbye."
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Today had been a great day for Frisk. They finally had gotten confirmation that Asgore was here and was going to be here by tonight. To top it all off it was finally Pyrah's day for her one on one match and Ozpin gave them and sans front row seats! They looked around and saw the audience with the same amount of enthusiasm as well.
'Finally we get to see some violence.' 'Don't you watch the grim fights when I'm sleeping?" 'Just as you can never have enough pointless friends, I can never have enough murder to fill me.' Frisk looked over and saw Ruby wasn't there, huh strange. Maybe she went to the bathroom? Either way she was about to miss the fight.
For some reason there seemed to be a tension in the air even before the fight began. Was the rivalry between Vale and Haven this bad? Either way Frisk almost felt like their soul would pop out of their chest if they got anymore excitement between themself and Chara.
"3…" the announcer began, his words almost silencing the arena as the anticipation began to build.
"2…" the words echoed throughout the stadium and the announcer had fun dragging out each number to keep the suspense.
"1.." ...
"GO!" and the fight began. Instantly one of the competitors summoned a circle of swords in an attempt to hit the other, but instead they all just flew off like a gust of wind had hit them. They then remembered Pyrah's power to manipulate metals and from then on the battle made more sense…
Penny dodged and weaved through Pyrah's blows attempting to keep their distance from Pyrah's sword. It was working mostly but every once in awhile they were forced to summon a blade or two to defend or make an attempted attack.
Pyrah went in for a charge but once again Penny dodged, but then an opportunity arose and she took it. She saw Penny's metal sword flying above her so she went in for the hit, but her metal semblance not only gave her an injury but helped to rip the robot girl in half.
As her body split into two Frisk went wide eyed and so did the rest of the crowd. 'Finally a kill blow. Now if only that were Sans...' Frisk however wasn't even able to think of a coherent thought to respond. They knew Penny from some of Ruby's stories and after one of the matches. She was a really nice girl but now they were dead. Their robotic parts on the ground didn't matter so Frisk, in fact it made them even sadder thinking of Mettaton.
Suddenly a voice came over the speakers and the screens went blood red with a solid white chess piece taking center. It talked of violence and revolution.
It talked about how hunters were to be taught kindness, but instead huntresses like Yang had gone beyond that. So had Pyrah. It took them a moment as more propaganda filled the stadium for Frisk to realize it was the same voice they heard in JNPR's room. Frisk looked over to Sans to see what his reaction would be, or maybe even get some comic relief.
But nobody came.
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