You really liked Nabstablook. The shy, quiet little ghost had invited you and Frisk into his home, showed you his music he had made, tried to feed you ghost food, and even offered some ghost towels to dry both of you. Of course, neither you or Frisk could eat the food or use the towels, but the sentiment was still there, and you both appreciated it very much. Though you still had a shirt that stuck to you because of the water, and uncomfortable jeans on, you did feel refreshed. The weariness you were feeling after the battle with the mad dummy was washed away when Napstablook invited you to lay down with him and feel like trash (a family tradition he had explained).

It was a nice change.

You and Frisk had to say goodbye to Napstablook when you remembered that you both still had a quest to do. You both were trying to save the monsters in the underground quickly. You had jobs and college to keep up with to make sure Frisk could be cared for, and you also had a half sentient mother to watch over back on the surface. Though.. If you didn't have to worry about anything like that, you would've basked in how beautiful, amazing, and different this place that the monsters called home. It was like… while you were there, you didn't have to face your version of reality; like this place was a dream.

"So Frisk," You prompt after the two of you had been walking for a long while. You're traveling through a dark, very dark, room that only had neon glowing trees and grass to help guide you. It was like following the stars, but in grass and flower form. "Do you know who the armored guy is, chasing us?" The kid hummed as they skipped in front of you. Then, as they touched one of the plants to relight your path, they turned around to nod and sign.

"That's-" They then freeze, their face contorting.

"They're…?"

"U-n-d-y-n-e," Frisk spells out.

"Undyne?" They nod. "Wait...I've heard that before…."

"Papyrus said it earlier," You nod, recalling the eery memory of Papyrus "selling you out". When his voice was quiet, and wavering, and not at all loud and happy like always. Though, later, he tried to save you and Frisk from the soldier's wrath, the memory still made you shiver. You hoped you'd never hear Papyrus that quiet ever again.

"Do they... Change? Because right now it doesn't seem like the whole… pacifict thing is going to work on them." The kid didn't even flinch at your words, which surprised you. They had done so much to convince you in the beginning to not hurt any of the monsters, even if they were trying to take either of your souls. It was never like you were out to hurt them, but you were sure self defense was a thing, along with the fact that you wouldn't let anyone- human or monster- mess with Frisk. Yet, you had stayed true to your promise with the kid. But...Shouldn't they be upset you had even proposed the idea of backing out of it to get past this Undyne character?

The path gets darker as you two walk, and soon the flower that Frisk had used to light the way had disappeared.

Suddenly, you run into a wall.

You stumble back, rubbing at your nose as your face flushed in embarrassment. You're happy it was so dark that no one could've seen. However, you do hear Frisk snickering. You give them a look, but then notice something blue to your side. You raise a brow, and reach out, forging glaring at the amused kid.

Your fingers brush across a soft blue petal, sparking it to glow brighter and show that it was one of those echo flowers you had seen in the fields earlier. You hold a finger up to Frisk, who was bathed in the bright light, and lean closer to listen in excitement.

"..Behind….you…"

Light fills the cavern and you whirl around, your heart in your throat as you're faced with the looming suit of armor called Undyne. You try to spot a way out, but you and Frisk had walked right into a dead end, that this guy had taken full advantage of.

You swing your bat out, pushing Frisk quickly behind you. You don't think a measly bat could hold up to the flying blue spears Undyne threw, but you'd put up a hell of a fight.

They take a threatening step forward.

"Seven," Echo's out a muffled voice that is just as metallic as the clunky metal suit. "Seven human souls. With the power of seven human souls, our king… King Asgore Dreemurr… Will become a god. With that power, Asgore can finally shatter the barrier. He will finally take the surface back from humanity, and give them back the suffering and pain that we have endured." They take another step, and you get ready for whatever is about to happen, your muscles tensing. "Understand, humans? This is your only chance at redemption. Give up your soul… Or i'll tear if from one of your bodies." The suit of armor then crouches for a split second, conjuring a blue spear in their hands, and then begins sprinting your way.

In instinct, you shove Frisk out of the way, giving you no time to move yourself out of the way. Just as the idea of moving your bat to block begins to form, the seaweed covering the wall to your right ruffles and a yellow, armless, small monster pops out, stopping Undyne mid-step.

"Undyne! I'll help you fight!" The monster, who you remember seeing at the beginning of Waterfall, looks from the towering suit of armor, to Frisk, and then to you. The flicker in their eyes show that they recognize Frisk, but surprisingly they give you a look as if they know you too. Their eyes flicker between all three of you before it seems it dawns on them what situation they had just jumped into.

"Yo! You did it!" Or... not. "You found your sister and Undyne is right in front of you! You got front row seats to the fight." You purse your lips, looking from the monster kid to Frisk, who gives a silent sigh. "Wait.. Who's she fighting?" The spear in the suit of armors hands dissipates and they replace it with the monster kids spike, pulling them off like a mother would by gripping their child's ear. "H-Hey! You aren't gonna tell my parents about this, are you?" Then, they're gone, and the tension floods out the room with them.

"That was… interesting." Frisk nods, giggling as they made grabby hands up at you. You smirk, picking them up and setting them on your shoulders as you begin to back track. Luckily, it seems the line of wall actually gave way to another path of glowing grass, and not just void like you had originally thought.

You ignore the fearful thoughts about what Undyne had said that swam through you mind like a violent school of fish, and instead busy yourself with messing with Frisk and looking at the small patch of Echo flowers that crowd your walkway to another part of the labyrinth of Waterfall.

Again you're faced with more pale wooden bridges which seemed to be the theme of Waterfall, other than, of course, waterfalls and water in general, but this one seemed more stable; new. At least, the main path of it did. There was a very old, rickety part branching out to the right that had somewhat fallen and looked much too dangerous for anyone of any size to touch it. Even a fly would upset it.

You're about to get safely to the other side, onto solid ground, but a soft voice calls for you to stop and turn around.

"Yo!" The monster kid is back, and Frisk makes a noise that tells you they want to put them down.

As soon as your siblings is down on the bridge, the monster kids begins to come closer until he is standing just in front of Frisk.

"Yo, I know i'm not supposed to be here, but… I wanna ask you something." Frisk nods. "...Man, i've never had to ask anyone this before...Umm… Yo… You're human, right? Your sister too?" He nervously laughs, looking from side to side, refusing to meet Frisk's eyes.

Your kid nods.

"Man! I knew it! ….Well, I know it now, i mean…" He then pauses, down casting his eyes and kicking at something with his foot. His yellow cheeks were going a vermillion. "Undyne told me, uh, "stay away from those humans." So, like, I guess that makes us enemies or something. But I kinda stink at that," His eyebrows dip, and he looks almost on the brink of tears. And, as if it was Frisk about to cry, you have the inkling to go and hug the monster kid. Slowly, he meets Frisk eyes. "Yo, saying something mean... Please?"

"No," Frisk signs, along with shaking their head.

"Yo, what? So...So I have to do it?" He then takes a deep breath. "Alright then… here it goes… Yo, I...I hate your guts." He then frowns heavily and uses his sweatered shoulder to rub at something about to falling from his eye. "Man, I'm such a turd. I'm...I'm going to head home, now." Slowly, he starts to back up, and Frisk takes a step forward to stop him. Their outstretched hand seems to be the breaking point, because the monster kid spins around and begins to sprint away-

But his balance fails him, and he falls onto to the broken bridge. A loud snap echos out, and you see the whole structure begin to tremble.

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

Then, multiple things happen. At the same time you see Frisk begin to run forward, going to save their friend from falling, you watch Undyne appear on the other side of the bridge, looking ready to attack.

"Frisk!" You call, also running forward. You don't hesitate to drop to your knees and help Frisk pull up the kid.

Once his feet touch safe, stable bridge, he looks between you two in awe, and then, takes a serious look as he runs around you and blocks Undyne.

"Y….Y...Yo… Dude… If… If y-you wanna hurt my friends… You're gonna have to get through me, first." You slowly stand, wide eyed, looking between the suit of armor and the shaking tiny monster in front of you.

Though you can't see Undyne's face, the way she begins to back away slowly makes it seem like she is just as surprised as you are; just as stunned. Once she's out of sight, the monster kid turns around and smiles at you and Frisk, seemingly still shaken by falling and facing Undyne.

"You, you two really saved my skin…" He then looks to Frisk and goes vermillion again. "Guess being enemies was just a nice thought...We'll just have to be friends instead."

He blinks, looks around, and pales.

"...Man, I should really go home… I bet my parents are worried sick about me!" Just as he begins to walk off, he stops again. "Later, dudes!" He calls with a big smile, waving his tail, and then sprints off. You stare for a long time before silently reaching down and picking up Frisk again.

"You've made a lot of great friends, Frisk," You say, continuing to the other side of the bridge. The kid happily bounces on your shoulders before reaching a hand down to sign in your field of vision.

"You like them, right?" You laugh and nod.

"Yeah. They're pretty nice. In fact, all of the monster's are. They're.. Kind, once they get the fight in that they've been wanting against a human for so long."

Finally, after only a short distance of walking, you begin to realize that the once luke warm air of Waterfall that sometimes made you shiver was now causing sweat on the back of your neck. It was getting hotter and at the same time, darker. The large mountain of spiked rocks that stood before you cast a shadow because of the red light that poured out behind it. It seemed to be the entrance into another area, probably just as drastically different from how Snowdin was to the surface or to Waterfall.

Frisk had slipped down from your shoulders once again, and laced their tiny hand with yours, giving a determined look that set you on edge. Before you could enter, Frisk stopped you by pointing straight up. And, when you look, you spot the large suit of armor that had been following and attacking you two since you had entered Waterfall. She stood at the top of the mountain of rocks, over looking you and simultaneously the area beyond.

"Seven," Her voice booms, echoing in her helmet and around the cave. "Seven human souls, and King Asgore will become a god." Slowly she turned around, her shadow looming over you. "Six. That's how many we have collected thus far. Understand? Through your seventh and final soul, this world will be transformed. First, however, as is customary for those who make it this far...I shall tell you the tragic tale of our people. It all started, long ago…" She then pauses, the silence giving way to the loud thumping music that had chased you earlier in the caverns. The song has you pushing Frisk away, telling them to find a place to hide.

"I can help!" They sign as you take your bat out. "She's really strong, like Toriel and Papyrus!"

"I know you can, Frisk. Look, you handled Papyrus, so imma fight her." You give Frisk face, and for a moment they just stare.

"But _, You only fight monsters… " You furrow your brows in confusion at the child's soft words.

"No, you know what?" Undyne's voice has the kid darting through the entrance that you had pointed to and you focusing on the royal guard. "Screw it! Why should I tell you that story when you're about to die!?" She then lets out a warrior's cry as she rips off her helmet and chucks it your way.

You jump to the side with a surprised yelp.

"You!" She points, her long red ponytail flying in the wind- wind that shouldn't be there since you were underground. "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 swordsmen…."

...You are positive that there were no "flowery swordsmen" or "giant robots" in the history books at any point in time.

"But you? You're just a coward!" You ruffle, standing up straighter as you gloward at the woman. "Hiding behind that kid so you could run away from me again! And let's not forget your wimpy goody-two-shoes schtick! Oooh! I'm making such a difference by hugging random strangers!"

"Oi!" You shout, actually getting annoyed by her childish cooing. You were doing the whole schtick because Frisk wanted you to! If it wasn't for the kid you.. You don't know how you would've reacted to monsters jumping out randomly to attack you.

"You know what would be more valuable to everyone? If you were dead! That's right human! Your continued existence is a crime! Your life is all that stands between us and our freedom!" She raises her fist high, cackling. "Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts pounding together! Everyone's been waiting their whole lives for this moment! But we're not nervous at all. When everyone puts their hearts together, they can't lose! Now, human! Let's end this, right here, right now. I'll show you how determined monsters can be! Step forward when you're ready!"

You're annoyed, but just snort and turn to touch the save star at your side. Maybe she was a royal guard, and was determined to steal your soul, but Frisk had gotten past her before, so you'd have no trouble. Plus, so far, none of the monsters had been too bad. A few bruises and scrapes, but nothing you couldn't handle.

"That's it, then. No more running away! Here I come!" With a whoop she jumps off, aiming a spear at your head. Your soul rips from your body, flying up to meet her halfway.

You're forced into a fight, the eye-patch wearing fish woman now standing tall before you.

"Engarde!" She swipes at you, with a shit eating grin, but she then furrows her brow as she stares at your floating soul. Something about it makes Undyne's eye twitch, and she holds her hand up.

Blue floating spears conjure up around her, and then shoot off, aiming directly for you.

However, with how fast they come, your smirk only widens. You raise your bat and take a home run worthy swing at one, which flings it back towards Undyne, and then bounce the others off as if you were baby bumping a pitch.

She growls your way, and then conjures up even more spears, and they move even faster.

But you were once your baseball's team main hitter. You could follow the spears movement easily with your trained eyes, and easily deflected them.

"Is that all?" You taunt, and her fins flare on either side of her head. "You've been hounding me and the kid since we first got to Waterfall, and when you posed up on the mountain I thought there would be a challenge!" She screams, throwing more spears.

Multiple nick your arms and face, but none fully pierce your flesh. What really annoyed you were the golden spears that you flip around on you at the last second.

"I don't know how you've gotten this far," Undyne says, narrowing her eye. "You should've given up when I sent Papyrus after you!" You dart around one of the spears, taking another swing at one to see how close you could get it to Undyne.

It was close enough that she had to roll out of the way.

"Frisk handled Pap." You grin. "Did you really think spaghetti and puzzle loving Papyrus would be able to kill a kid? Specially one as sweet as Frisk?" Undyne frowns, but she doesn't disagree. "Look, why don't you just let us by? S'not like you can hit me anyway," This time, taunting her was not the best idea.

A shadow spears in an odd shape at your feet. Following it up, you're faced was a bundle of spears that were so tightly put together that there were way more than what the shadow made it seem at first. Undyne gives a glaring smirk at your look. As she fires them, you take a single step back, in hesitation, before you hold your bat out to defend. Surprisingly, you get though the majority of them with being stabbed through. This didn't include getting a deep enough slice on your leg that had your knee falter at the pain.

You spin around to bounce away a golden spear when you're met with the, suddenly, hovering face of Undyne. You don't know when she ran around you so quickly and so quietly. She's grinning toothily, her eye wide in pride. For a moment, you wonder why she looks so happy, because you can just easily duck around her, but then… then you feel it.

Pain. Hot, throbbing pain in your chest.

Slowly, numbly, you look down to see a spear, clenched tightly in Undyne's gloved hands, skewered through your pulsing green soul, and your chest. You open your mouth, but nothing sounds- except for a sickening gurgle. You look up, meeting Undyne's eye again.

"I. Hit. You." She hisses quietly. You throw your hands out, your bat dropping to the ground, and curl them into her suits cold metal. You strain to breathe, her spear having to have gone threw one of your lungs.

You blink, trying to wet your bulging eyes, to make them stop burning.

And, abruptly, you're no longer staring down a grinning Undyne, but staring at the warm light of the save star.

You slowly look up, spotting the woman still at the top of the mountain, waiting for you to walk up to her for the battle to begin.

She had just killed you.

You had died.

You still felt the spear through your chest, burning, the blood gushing, the lack of air- suffocation… But looking and feeling, there was no wound. No red.

Yet, as you stare at the woman, fear doesn't fill you, you don't go numb because you're scared of her, instead, your blood boils.

You had felt worse than that damn spear in your chest, because what you had went through? You hadn't died after.

Something lights up in you. You don't what it is, because you've never felt it before, but whatever it is, you liked it. It gave you adrenaline, but also a clear mind, and even a dash of confidence. You took a deep, calming breath.

But _, You only fight monsters…

That...Was right. You had thought, at first, that promising Frisk, before you both fell into the Underground, to not fight any of the monsters, was weird. But, this is how you had always fought, isn't it? You had always beaten up the monsters that preyed on your sibling. But these monsters? Down here? They weren't monsters. You had met, seen, talked to, and mauled monsters that were supposed to be human, and these so called "monsters", here in the underground, weren't that. Far from it. You had never branded a fist to someone who didn't deserve it, so why would you now?

"Listen up!" You yell out, swinging the bat up to point threateningly at Undyne. "Maybe you think everyone down here is hoping you murder another innocent lost child, but i don't care what you, or any of them, want! I'm Determined to make it past you, and to show you Kindness. Because that's how I fight! And nothing you swing at me will stop that! So get ready, because I don't think you're ready for this."

During your fight with Undyne just now, you had been so peeved at her for hunting Frisk and you for so long that you had been more worried about trying to annoy her and 1-up her, than you were about trying to get past her.

"Come at me, tall human!"

The wind is howling.

The music of Undyne's soul is pounding in your ears.

You're filled with newfound Kindness as you step forward to attempt fighting Undyne once more. Hopefully, you don't die this time.

But… You're confident you won't. You really liked Nabstablook. The shy, quiet little ghost had invited you and Frisk into his home, showed you his music he had made, tried to feed you ghost food, and even offered some ghost towels to dry both of you. Of course, neither you or Frisk could eat the food or use the towels, but the sentiment was still there, and you both appreciated it very much. Though you still had a shirt that stuck to you because of the water, and uncomfortable jeans on, you did feel refreshed. The weariness you were feeling after the battle with the mad dummy was washed away when Napstablook invited you to lay down with him and feel like trash (a family tradition he had explained).

It was a nice change.

You and Frisk had to say goodbye to Napstablook when you remembered that you both still had a quest to do. You both were trying to save the monsters in the underground quickly. You had jobs and college to keep up with to make sure Frisk could be cared for, and you also had a half sentient mother to watch over back on the surface. Though.. If you didn't have to worry about anything like that, you would've basked in how beautiful, amazing, and different this place that the monsters called home. It was like… while you were there, you didn't have to face your version of reality; like this place was a dream.

"So Frisk," You prompt after the two of you had been walking for a long while. You're traveling through a dark, very dark, room that only had neon glowing trees and grass to help guide you. It was like following the stars, but in grass and flower form. "Do you know who the armored guy is, chasing us?" The kid hummed as they skipped in front of you. Then, as they touched one of the plants to relight your path, they turned around to nod and sign.

"That's-" They then freeze, their face contorting.

"They're…?"

"U-n-d-y-n-e," Frisk spells out.

"Undyne?" They nod. "Wait...I've heard that before…."

"Papyrus said it earlier," You nod, recalling the eery memory of Papyrus "selling you out". When his voice was quiet, and wavering, and not at all loud and happy like always. Though, later, he tried to save you and Frisk from the soldier's wrath, the memory still made you shiver. You hoped you'd never hear Papyrus that quiet ever again.

"Do they... Change? Because right now it doesn't seem like the whole… pacifict thing is going to work on them." The kid didn't even flinch at your words, which surprised you. They had done so much to convince you in the beginning to not hurt any of the monsters, even if they were trying to take either of your souls. It was never like you were out to hurt them, but you were sure self defense was a thing, along with the fact that you wouldn't let anyone- human or monster- mess with Frisk. Yet, you had stayed true to your promise with the kid. But...Shouldn't they be upset you had even proposed the idea of backing out of it to get past this Undyne character?

The path gets darker as you two walk, and soon the flower that Frisk had used to light the way had disappeared.

Suddenly, you run into a wall.

You stumble back, rubbing at your nose as your face flushed in embarrassment. You're happy it was so dark that no one could've seen. However, you do hear Frisk snickering. You give them a look, but then notice something blue to your side. You raise a brow, and reach out, forging glaring at the amused kid.

Your fingers brush across a soft blue petal, sparking it to glow brighter and show that it was one of those echo flowers you had seen in the fields earlier. You hold a finger up to Frisk, who was bathed in the bright light, and lean closer to listen in excitement.

"..Behind….you…"

Light fills the cavern and you whirl around, your heart in your throat as you're faced with the looming suit of armor called Undyne. You try to spot a way out, but you and Frisk had walked right into a dead end, that this guy had taken full advantage of.

You swing your bat out, pushing Frisk quickly behind you. You don't think a measly bat could hold up to the flying blue spears Undyne threw, but you'd put up a hell of a fight.

They take a threatening step forward.

"Seven," Echo's out a muffled voice that is just as metallic as the clunky metal suit. "Seven human souls. With the power of seven human souls, our king… King Asgore Dreemurr… Will become a god. With that power, Asgore can finally shatter the barrier. He will finally take the surface back from humanity, and give them back the suffering and pain that we have endured." They take another step, and you get ready for whatever is about to happen, your muscles tensing. "Understand, humans? This is your only chance at redemption. Give up your soul… Or i'll tear if from one of your bodies." The suit of armor then crouches for a split second, conjuring a blue spear in their hands, and then begins sprinting your way.

In instinct, you shove Frisk out of the way, giving you no time to move yourself out of the way. Just as the idea of moving your bat to block begins to form, the seaweed covering the wall to your right ruffles and a yellow, armless, small monster pops out, stopping Undyne mid-step.

"Undyne! I'll help you fight!" The monster, who you remember seeing at the beginning of Waterfall, looks from the towering suit of armor, to Frisk, and then to you. The flicker in their eyes show that they recognize Frisk, but surprisingly they give you a look as if they know you too. Their eyes flicker between all three of you before it seems it dawns on them what situation they had just jumped into.

"Yo! You did it!" Or... not. "You found your sister and Undyne is right in front of you! You got front row seats to the fight." You purse your lips, looking from the monster kid to Frisk, who gives a silent sigh. "Wait.. Who's she fighting?" The spear in the suit of armors hands dissipates and they replace it with the monster kids spike, pulling them off like a mother would by gripping their child's ear. "H-Hey! You aren't gonna tell my parents about this, are you?" Then, they're gone, and the tension floods out the room with them.

"That was… interesting." Frisk nods, giggling as they made grabby hands up at you. You smirk, picking them up and setting them on your shoulders as you begin to back track. Luckily, it seems the line of wall actually gave way to another path of glowing grass, and not just void like you had originally thought.

You ignore the fearful thoughts about what Undyne had said that swam through you mind like a violent school of fish, and instead busy yourself with messing with Frisk and looking at the small patch of Echo flowers that crowd your walkway to another part of the labyrinth of Waterfall.

Again you're faced with more pale wooden bridges which seemed to be the theme of Waterfall, other than, of course, waterfalls and water in general, but this one seemed more stable; new. At least, the main path of it did. There was a very old, rickety part branching out to the right that had somewhat fallen and looked much too dangerous for anyone of any size to touch it. Even a fly would upset it.

You're about to get safely to the other side, onto solid ground, but a soft voice calls for you to stop and turn around.

"Yo!" The monster kid is back, and Frisk makes a noise that tells you they want to put them down.

As soon as your siblings is down on the bridge, the monster kids begins to come closer until he is standing just in front of Frisk.

"Yo, I know i'm not supposed to be here, but… I wanna ask you something." Frisk nods. "...Man, i've never had to ask anyone this before...Umm… Yo… You're human, right? Your sister too?" He nervously laughs, looking from side to side, refusing to meet Frisk's eyes.

Your kid nods.

"Man! I knew it! ….Well, I know it now, i mean…" He then pauses, down casting his eyes and kicking at something with his foot. His yellow cheeks were going a vermillion. "Undyne told me, uh, "stay away from those humans." So, like, I guess that makes us enemies or something. But I kinda stink at that," His eyebrows dip, and he looks almost on the brink of tears. And, as if it was Frisk about to cry, you have the inkling to go and hug the monster kid. Slowly, he meets Frisk eyes. "Yo, saying something mean... Please?"

"No," Frisk signs, along with shaking their head.

"Yo, what? So...So I have to do it?" He then takes a deep breath. "Alright then… here it goes… Yo, I...I hate your guts." He then frowns heavily and uses his sweatered shoulder to rub at something about to falling from his eye. "Man, I'm such a turd. I'm...I'm going to head home, now." Slowly, he starts to back up, and Frisk takes a step forward to stop him. Their outstretched hand seems to be the breaking point, because the monster kid spins around and begins to sprint away-

But his balance fails him, and he falls onto to the broken bridge. A loud snap echos out, and you see the whole structure begin to tremble.

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

Then, multiple things happen. At the same time you see Frisk begin to run forward, going to save their friend from falling, you watch Undyne appear on the other side of the bridge, looking ready to attack.

"Frisk!" You call, also running forward. You don't hesitate to drop to your knees and help Frisk pull up the kid.

Once his feet touch safe, stable bridge, he looks between you two in awe, and then, takes a serious look as he runs around you and blocks Undyne.

"Y….Y...Yo… Dude… If… If y-you wanna hurt my friends… You're gonna have to get through me, first." You slowly stand, wide eyed, looking between the suit of armor and the shaking tiny monster in front of you.

Though you can't see Undyne's face, the way she begins to back away slowly makes it seem like she is just as surprised as you are; just as stunned. Once she's out of sight, the monster kid turns around and smiles at you and Frisk, seemingly still shaken by falling and facing Undyne.

"You, you two really saved my skin…" He then looks to Frisk and goes vermillion again. "Guess being enemies was just a nice thought...We'll just have to be friends instead."

He blinks, looks around, and pales.

"...Man, I should really go home… I bet my parents are worried sick about me!" Just as he begins to walk off, he stops again. "Later, dudes!" He calls with a big smile, waving his tail, and then sprints off. You stare for a long time before silently reaching down and picking up Frisk again.

"You've made a lot of great friends, Frisk," You say, continuing to the other side of the bridge. The kid happily bounces on your shoulders before reaching a hand down to sign in your field of vision.

"You like them, right?" You laugh and nod.

"Yeah. They're pretty nice. In fact, all of the monster's are. They're.. Kind, once they get the fight in that they've been wanting against a human for so long."

Finally, after only a short distance of walking, you begin to realize that the once luke warm air of Waterfall that sometimes made you shiver was now causing sweat on the back of your neck. It was getting hotter and at the same time, darker. The large mountain of spiked rocks that stood before you cast a shadow because of the red light that poured out behind it. It seemed to be the entrance into another area, probably just as drastically different from how Snowdin was to the surface or to Waterfall.

Frisk had slipped down from your shoulders once again, and laced their tiny hand with yours, giving a determined look that set you on edge. Before you could enter, Frisk stopped you by pointing straight up. And, when you look, you spot the large suit of armor that had been following and attacking you two since you had entered Waterfall. She stood at the top of the mountain of rocks, over looking you and simultaneously the area beyond.

"Seven," Her voice booms, echoing in her helmet and around the cave. "Seven human souls, and King Asgore will become a god." Slowly she turned around, her shadow looming over you. "Six. That's how many we have collected thus far. Understand? Through your seventh and final soul, this world will be transformed. First, however, as is customary for those who make it this far...I shall tell you the tragic tale of our people. It all started, long ago…" She then pauses, the silence giving way to the loud thumping music that had chased you earlier in the caverns. The song has you pushing Frisk away, telling them to find a place to hide.

"I can help!" They sign as you take your bat out. "She's really strong, like Toriel and Papyrus!"

"I know you can, Frisk. Look, you handled Papyrus, so imma fight her." You give Frisk face, and for a moment they just stare.

"But _, You only fight monsters… " You furrow your brows in confusion at the child's soft words.

"No, you know what?" Undyne's voice has the kid darting through the entrance that you had pointed to and you focusing on the royal guard. "Screw it! Why should I tell you that story when you're about to die!?" She then lets out a warrior's cry as she rips off her helmet and chucks it your way.

You jump to the side with a surprised yelp.

"You!" She points, her long red ponytail flying in the wind- wind that shouldn't be there since you were underground. "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 swordsmen…."

...You are positive that there were no "flowery swordsmen" or "giant robots" in the history books at any point in time.

"But you? You're just a coward!" You ruffle, standing up straighter as you gloward at the woman. "Hiding behind that kid so you could run away from me again! And let's not forget your wimpy goody-two-shoes schtick! Oooh! I'm making such a difference by hugging random strangers!"

"Oi!" You shout, actually getting annoyed by her childish cooing. You were doing the whole schtick because Frisk wanted you to! If it wasn't for the kid you.. You don't know how you would've reacted to monsters jumping out randomly to attack you.

"You know what would be more valuable to everyone? If you were dead! That's right human! Your continued existence is a crime! Your life is all that stands between us and our freedom!" She raises her fist high, cackling. "Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts pounding together! Everyone's been waiting their whole lives for this moment! But we're not nervous at all. When everyone puts their hearts together, they can't lose! Now, human! Let's end this, right here, right now. I'll show you how determined monsters can be! Step forward when you're ready!"

You're annoyed, but just snort and turn to touch the save star at your side. Maybe she was a royal guard, and was determined to steal your soul, but Frisk had gotten past her before, so you'd have no trouble. Plus, so far, none of the monsters had been too bad. A few bruises and scrapes, but nothing you couldn't handle.

"That's it, then. No more running away! Here I come!" With a whoop she jumps off, aiming a spear at your head. Your soul rips from your body, flying up to meet her halfway.

You're forced into a fight, the eye-patch wearing fish woman now standing tall before you.

"Engarde!" She swipes at you, with a shit eating grin, but she then furrows her brow as she stares at your floating soul. Something about it makes Undyne's eye twitch, and she holds her hand up.

Blue floating spears conjure up around her, and then shoot off, aiming directly for you.

However, with how fast they come, your smirk only widens. You raise your bat and take a home run worthy swing at one, which flings it back towards Undyne, and then bounce the others off as if you were baby bumping a pitch.

She growls your way, and then conjures up even more spears, and they move even faster.

But you were once your baseball's team main hitter. You could follow the spears movement easily with your trained eyes, and easily deflected them.

"Is that all?" You taunt, and her fins flare on either side of her head. "You've been hounding me and the kid since we first got to Waterfall, and when you posed up on the mountain I thought there would be a challenge!" She screams, throwing more spears.

Multiple nick your arms and face, but none fully pierce your flesh. What really annoyed you were the golden spears that you flip around on you at the last second.

"I don't know how you've gotten this far," Undyne says, narrowing her eye. "You should've given up when I sent Papyrus after you!" You dart around one of the spears, taking another swing at one to see how close you could get it to Undyne.

It was close enough that she had to roll out of the way.

"Frisk handled Pap." You grin. "Did you really think spaghetti and puzzle loving Papyrus would be able to kill a kid? Specially one as sweet as Frisk?" Undyne frowns, but she doesn't disagree. "Look, why don't you just let us by? S'not like you can hit me anyway," This time, taunting her was not the best idea.

A shadow spears in an odd shape at your feet. Following it up, you're faced was a bundle of spears that were so tightly put together that there were way more than what the shadow made it seem at first. Undyne gives a glaring smirk at your look. As she fires them, you take a single step back, in hesitation, before you hold your bat out to defend. Surprisingly, you get though the majority of them with being stabbed through. This didn't include getting a deep enough slice on your leg that had your knee falter at the pain.

You spin around to bounce away a golden spear when you're met with the, suddenly, hovering face of Undyne. You don't know when she ran around you so quickly and so quietly. She's grinning toothily, her eye wide in pride. For a moment, you wonder why she looks so happy, because you can just easily duck around her, but then… then you feel it.

Pain. Hot, throbbing pain in your chest.

Slowly, numbly, you look down to see a spear, clenched tightly in Undyne's gloved hands, skewered through your pulsing green soul, and your chest. You open your mouth, but nothing sounds- except for a sickening gurgle. You look up, meeting Undyne's eye again.

"I. Hit. You." She hisses quietly. You throw your hands out, your bat dropping to the ground, and curl them into her suits cold metal. You strain to breathe, her spear having to have gone threw one of your lungs.

You blink, trying to wet your bulging eyes, to make them stop burning.

And, abruptly, you're no longer staring down a grinning Undyne, but staring at the warm light of the save star.

You slowly look up, spotting the woman still at the top of the mountain, waiting for you to walk up to her for the battle to begin.

She had just killed you.

You had died.

You still felt the spear through your chest, burning, the blood gushing, the lack of air- suffocation… But looking and feeling, there was no wound. No red.

Yet, as you stare at the woman, fear doesn't fill you, you don't go numb because you're scared of her, instead, your blood boils.

You had felt worse than that damn spear in your chest, because what you had went through? You hadn't died after.

Something lights up in you. You don't what it is, because you've never felt it before, but whatever it is, you liked it. It gave you adrenaline, but also a clear mind, and even a dash of confidence. You took a deep, calming breath.

But _, You only fight monsters…

That...Was right. You had thought, at first, that promising Frisk, before you both fell into the Underground, to not fight any of the monsters, was weird. But, this is how you had always fought, isn't it? You had always beaten up the monsters that preyed on your sibling. But these monsters? Down here? They weren't monsters. You had met, seen, talked to, and mauled monsters that were supposed to be human, and these so called "monsters", here in the underground, weren't that. Far from it. You had never branded a fist to someone who didn't deserve it, so why would you now?

"Listen up!" You yell out, swinging the bat up to point threateningly at Undyne. "Maybe you think everyone down here is hoping you murder another innocent lost child, but i don't care what you, or any of them, want! I'm Determined to make it past you, and to show you Kindness. Because that's how I fight! And nothing you swing at me will stop that! So get ready, because I don't think you're ready for this."

During your fight with Undyne just now, you had been so peeved at her for hunting Frisk and you for so long that you had been more worried about trying to annoy her and 1-up her, than you were about trying to get past her.

"Come at me, tall human!"

The wind is howling.

The music of Undyne's soul is pounding in your ears.

You're filled with newfound Kindness as you step forward to attempt fighting Undyne once more. Hopefully, you don't die this time.

But… You're confident you won't.