Chapter 19
Crow POV:
I didn't know how powerful I could possibly be if I had 7 souls to work with from good natured humans... but the power that I had... it was one that made me absolutely terrified. I barely was able to destroy the barrier, as Muffet had to help me out halfway through when saying the incantation to perform the spell. And the moment the spell was complete, the souls all exploded in energy all around me, the barrier being completely demolished from the blast... I then passed out when the spell was over and I started to have a dream... a dream that I would never forget.
The area was very bright and it looked very peaceful... I was standing on what looked like a cloud and there was a large gate in front of me made of gold. "Oh my... am I... am I... dead?" I asked in shock, hoping that wasn't the case. I then looked through the gate and gasped at who I saw.
"M-Mom? Dad?!" I asked in shock when I saw them, the duo smiling at me happily, them coming to the gate and me going to it, but when I touched it, I was shocked literally just from touching it. "W-What?..." I asked in confusion at that.
"Son... Crow," Dad said when he saw me, me smiling at him with a smile as I stood outside the gate with a smile.
"Dad... what's going on?... I'm not dead, am I?" I asked them.
"You're not, son. You're currently in a comatose state. The power that you used to destroy the barrier was too much for you to handle, so Muffet broke apart from you and you fell into a coma," dad said, me sighing at that.
"So that's what happened... but everyone wants to go to the surface! And I know they'll be waiting for me to wake up! Please, tell me how to go back!" I said, mom smiling at me.
"We just wanted to let you know how proud we are of you, hon," mom smiled at me, me smiling at her voice. Just as calm and serene as ever. "You can go back at anytime, just walk to the escalator right over there." Mom then pointed over to a down escalator that was a bit to the left of the gate. I smiled at them happily.
"I'll come back one day, guys... and until then, not only will I make you proud, I'll be the ambassador for all monster kind. I'll make the world a much better place... well... until we meet again, guys... I love both of you," I smiled at them with tears running down my face.
"We love you too, Crow. And tell the others that we'll always be watching over them," mom smiled, me then smirking and going down the escalator, my soul brimming with happiness like never before as I then opened my eyes...
"Crow!" Norma exclaimed as she nudged me awake with her head, me smiling as I tried to get up, but saw that I was still pretty weak.
"Hehe... hey, guys..." I smiled at all the people I saw, those being Toriel, Papyrus, Sans, Asriel, Undyne, Alphys, and Mettaton, who I saw now had a much different look to him. He looked much more like a humanoid robot and he looked at me with a smile.
"Can you get up?" Asriel asked with a smile, me trying to pick myself off the ground and finding that I could move my arms fine, but my legs felt like jello. I couldn't move them at all.
"Rgh... looks like that spell... took a lot out of me... my legs aren't moving... I may need assistance..." I smiled honestly, Norma trying to help out as best she could, but all she managed to do was get me to sit upright, as she only had her head to work with. "Thanks, Norma," I smiled at her.
"I was worried sick about you, hon... I thought you'd given up the ghost!" Norma said, Napstablook coming over and looking at her with a smile. "Uh... figuratively speaking."
"It's fine, Norma... I just got conked out a bit... does anyone have any kind of cane or something?" I smiled, a monster looking like an odd reindeer with a mandible mouth appearing and him having numerous stuff on his antlers.
"Here, take the canes. I'm Gyfftrot, by the way," he said, me smiling and accepting the gifts as I then put them both under my armpits and tried to force myself to stand up. I fumbled a couple times, but I eventually managed to stand on my own two feet, even though it was kinda tough.
"Thanks, Gyfftrot... ugh... my legs feel like they've been turned into jello mold... any time I think of moving them, I just can't..." I groaned as I then used the canes as crutches, but found they really hurt to use, me sighing as I breathed in and out in pain. "I can't do it... I need someone to either carry me or hold my weight..." I sighed at my legs.
"I'll help ya out!" Undyne smirked as she came over and grabbed onto me, holding me in her grasp effortlessly. "By the way... I don't know why I think this, but I think you've got some kind of thing going on with your spine..." Undyne frowned, me gasping as I felt where she was touching me. That part of my spine, right down in the pelvis. It felt like it was... missing.
"So that proves it... I'm completely crippled... my legs are useless..." I sighed.
"Considering the power that needed to be used to defeat the barrier, you should be grateful that loss of walking is the only side effect," Sans said, him having two blue eyes instead of one. And he was speaking in a regular tone instead of his soft-spoken one. "Let's go to the surface, everyone," Sans smirked, all the monsters behind us cheering in joy and me looking at Muffet with a smile. "Hey, Muffet?" I smiled, her looking at me with a smile. "Just wanted to let you know, humans do squish spiders sometimes... but only because they're scared of them... as ambassador of monster kind, I'm going to make sure all monsters and their loved ones will get the same treatment as regular humans. So if you see people being mean to spiders, just know that most of them do it just out of arachnophobia," I said, Muffet sighing an nodding her head at that.
"I understand... though I don't like it, I understand... but what was that about 'ambassador'?" she asked.
"If all of you are okay with it, I wanted to be a human representative for the combined voice of all monsters... so that an incident like the war that sealed everyone here never happens again. Okay?" I smiled.
"Of course... by the way, bro?" Cinder smiled at me, her being next to a furry creature that had a frying pan in hand. "Two things. One, thanks for letting me see Burgerpants again. He's my boyfriend," Cinder smirked, Burgerpants smiling at that. "And second, all of us in the Burr family are being adopted by the Dreamurr family. That means that now, technically, we're royalty," Cinder smiled, me smiling at that.
"Then I guess I am an ambassador after all," I smiled. "Now let's go to the surface. The sunrise will happen soon," I smirked, Undyne carrying me to the surface with every other monster behind me. And upon reaching the summit, I saw the sun starting to creep over the horizon, everyone looking at it in either tears of joy or wonder.
"This... it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..." Muffet gawked when she saw it.
"So this is the sunrise... it looks gorgeous!" Bonnie gawked at the sight, the Temmies looking at it and them actually doing something different. They stood in place and petted each other with their extendable legs.
"We have a lot of work to do, fellow Temmies. We'll probably be the first that humans will accept just because of our cuteness and our history, but everyone else will need assistance," Bob said with a smile.
"Yaya! With ambassador Crow, it be easy! Easy as p!" Temma smiled widely.
"The sunrise is indeed beautiful... this is going to be a tradition. Every single year, on this exact day, all of us monsters will come back to this mountain to watch the sunrise! What do you all say?" Burgerpants asked, me smiling at that.
"Who votes that we make that a tradition? All those in favor, say I," I smiled, everyone in the crowd saying the letter in unison. "Motion carried," I smirked, my siblings smiling and laughing at that as I then looked at my friends with a smile.
"Papyrus, you will be the mascot for the joy monsters can bring, as you are the kindest of the more powerful monsters I've come across," I smiled at him, Papyrus smiling at that.
"I agree wholeheartedly, Crow! I'll be the best ambassador ever!" he smiled widely.
"Alphys will be promoted from Royal Scientist to the position of chief of machinery, considering how she was able to perfect Mettaton's body while I was knocked out and her amazing skills with cell phones," I smiled, Alphys smiling at that.
"You'll never regret it, Crow," she smiled at me.
"Undyne will be the bodyguard for the ambassador. That is acceptable, right?" I smiled at her, Undyne smirking at that widely.
"You couldn't have picked a better person for the job, Crow! You can count on me!" Undyne smirked widely as I then looked at Sans with a smile.
"Sans, you will be promoted from hot dog vendor to... well, whatever you want. After all, if not for you, Gaster would still be causing time resets," I smiled, Sans smiling at me.
"I'll go ahead and be the one in charge of record keeping and management. After all, I can see all, remember?" Sans smiled.
"Perfect!" I smirked at him. "And of course, everyone else will help to chip in for helping spread the word about the kindness of monsters and will integrate back into society along with everyone else," I smiled.
"And as for me and Asgore, I believe that we'll open up a school in your village, Crow," Toriel smiled.
"Great idea! After all, our village is connected to at least 4 different cities on different routes! Of course, building the school would be the only hurdle," Andy smiled.
"And I'll be the ambassador's girlfriend," Norma smiled, me smiling and leaning down from Undyne holding me and kissing Norma on the face, her giggling at that.
"Time to go spread out," Papyrus smiled, him being the first to rush down the mountain trail and towards my village, everyone following after him in their own way, which made me smile again.
"You've given us the greatest gift ever, Crow," Asriel smiled at me as Undyne helped carry me to town and he stayed alongside me with Norma. "I'd be honored if we could be the best of brothers... you accept, right?" he smiled.
"How could I say no? I'd be extremely lucky to have a prince as a friend," I smiled, Asriel smirking at me and us giving each other a knuckle bump at that. "We'll need to do a lot, so it may take awhile, but I'm sure the day will come when humans and monsters will all treat each other as equals," I smirked widely.
"With you helping lead the charge, it shouldn't take too long," Undyne smiled at me.
"Agreed! None but Crow have been able to beat me in the ratings contest! And so you're aware, Crow, I still want to have a fun sparring match. But not between soul battles. In fact, I think we should outlaw soul battles altogether," Mettaton said, him hovering above me with a smile on his face.
"I agree. After all, from what the oldest monster records say, the soul battles were what made the humans so angry at us in the first place," Undyne frowned.
"Then that will be the first law I'll get passed. No more soul battles," I smiled.
