Chapter 2 coming up! Just to let you guys know, I know that first chapter was pretty scripted but I wanted to keep that first part as true as possible. At this point, I'm gonna start putting in my own things about this. Enjoy!

"Clever, veeeeeerrrrry clever." said a familiar, cold voice.

I turned around with a start, seeing Flowey behind me smirking with squinted eyes. Clearly mocking me, but a bit of interest showed in his eyes. "You think you're really smart, don't you? In this world, its kill or be killed"

What did he mean? What was going on? Why was I back here?! "So you were able to play by your own rules. You spared the life of a single person. Hee hee hee." Flowey started to cackle a bit as his eyes hollowed into black pits, fang-like protrusions appearing just below his lips. "But don't act so cocky. I know what you did."

His face changed again... to my horror, it was a near perfect replica of Toriel's face. "You murdered her." As I watched his face, it began to melt and droop. Toriel's eyes slanting off center and lips twisted into a cold grin. "And then you went back, because you regretted it."

He knew what I did? And what does he mean by I went back? What was going on!? "Ha ha ha ha." mocked Flowey with a slow laugh at my confusion. "You naive idiot. Do you think you are the only one with that power?" He barked, showing his teeth again in a cruel grin as his eyes turned white. The power to reshape the world purely by your own determination. The ability to 'SAVE.' I thought I was the only one with that power. But..."

The power to save... like in a video game? "I can't save anymore. Apparently YOUR desires for this world override MINE." he said with an almost bitter, jealous tone. His lips curling in yet another grin and eyes narrowing. "Well well, enjoy that power while it lasts. I'll be watching." his face seeming to inflate up from his flower petals as he began laughing cruelly before ducking back down into the ground out of sight. Tunneling away.

I had to take a minute to take in what just happened. To realize what had just occurred. I lay down on the flowers and looked up at the hope in the cavern ceiling. The power to save? To reset? What did it all mean? Everything I had before was gone. The candy from the bowl, the toy knife, the spider doughnut and the spider cider too.

Did I... reset? Did I start over again from the beginning when I fell down in the hole? If I did, that means Toriel is alive! That Vegetoid too! Then the realization hit me.

I could do whatever I wanted here. I could reset this world again and again and do whatever I wanted with it.

You could kill everyone!

I could spare everyone!

Leave no one alive, take their power!

No one would have to die. I could figure out what it takes for me to spare everyone!

I stood up from the flowers, dusting myself off and getting up, looking around and remembering that there was a doorway out. I headed towards it, and followed along the path.

"Oh my!" said a warm, familiar voice ahead of me as I walked through the archway. Toriel came rushing towards me, relief coming off of my chest. Flowey was right, everything did reset. I had another chance at this!

"Little one, are you alright? Are you hurt?" she asked as she looked me over, keeping a foot or so in front of me at first. Seeming to not want to startle me that a strange goat-lady walked up to a human child who in all likeliness had never seen her kind before.

She gave me a warm smile and crouched down a bit in front of me, getting eye-level. "I'm sure you must be very confused, little one. You are in Underground! Come with me, I have a home you can stay in." she said, offering her hand to me.

I blinked a few times, then took her hand. Following along with her as she went into the ruins. It all played out exactly the same. Toriel showing me how the ruins, the puzzles, giving me the cell phone, showing me how to fight the dummy (which I didn't break it this time).

I came to the same room that I killed the vegetoid in last time. I was curious if he was still there, so I fell into that crack on the floor and down below on the leaf pile. Sure enough, the crown of the vegetoid stuck out of the ground! But as I walked passed it, it rustled and popped out of the ground.

I felt a fight begin

I stared at the Vegetoid as its rather creepy, evil looking face... Wondering how I could convince it to let me spare it. I felt my stomach growl, my hand resting on it and rubbing it lightly. I hadn't eaten when I had reset...

"Eat your greens!" said the vegetoid. Pellets appearing in the shapes of carrots and flying towards me. But I noticed something strange. One of them was green. So I had a thought. I dodged the white ones, and caught the green one with my Soul.

I didn't feel any pain. I felt a warmth fill me up as any weariness I had melted away. The Vegetoid looked overjoyed, bouncing happily in its spot. I felt that it was going to let me spare it. So I decided to give it a friendly wave goodbye, and walk away. Though before I left it spat out two gold coins at me before burying itself down in the earth. I pocketed the change and moved on.

So far I had encountered a Vegetoid and a Froggit. But as I went through the ruins this time I would encounter several more monster. A little demon with one large eye called a Loox who didn't want to be picked on. A gelatinous creature called a Moldsmal that liked to wiggle at me. A little fuzzy weeping moth-like pixie called a Whimsun who seemed too sensitive to fight. And a bunny like creature called a Migsop that would only let me spare it if I convinced everyone else to leave first.

I amassed a bit of gold, even getting the spider cider and doughnut back too. As well as my piece of candy. By the time I arrived at Toriel's home, I hadn't killed anything. In fact, I made friends! A lot of the Froggits liked to talk to me on the way through if I approached them.

Why aren't you killing them?

I ignored that voice in my head. Walking up to Toriel's house and heading inside. And just like before, she surprised me about the cake and showed me my room. I felt a bit more weary this time. Having been hit a few times during my fights, but still in relatively good shape. But still, a nap wouldn't hurt.

The bed was just too inviting. I walked over to it and plopped face down on it. The power to save... But where would it be? I wanted to test something later when I woke up... I soon drifted into a much needed slumber.

Nothing was going to survive. I wasn't gonna let these monsters get the better of me. Why should I spare them? They attacked me! They hurt me!

I pulled that toy knife out of the chest of a Froggit. Watching as it faded to dust. It was kind of thrilling, watching these monsters die by my hand... A strangely satisfying feeling washing over me. Feeling myself getting stronger and stronger with each passing moment.

Feeling the need for more, I wandered around the ruins for quite a while. Staying somewhat close to Toriel's house just for the sake of it. Strangely though, the monsters stopped coming. No one came. Did I kill them all? Serves them right for attacking me.

I went into Toriel's house, looking up at her as she greeted me and 'surprised' me with the pie. She guided me to my room, the gold coins in my pocket jingling a bit. Seems I got quite a few from killing all those monsters.

When she smelled the pie burning, she rushed off down the hall. I decided to go into my room and take a quick break. Laying on the bed and staring up at the ceiling. I looked over the toy knife in my hand, sliding my fingers along the blade. It wasn't really all that sharp... but with enough force it could hurt someone. Something I knew all too well.

Was it wrong of me to do it? I mean... They kept attacking me so why should I show them mercy? I guess Flowey was kinda right. It's kill or be killed. Well... whatever it takes to get home. I lost track of time, then the door opened. Toriel walking in with a slice of that Butterscotch-Cinnamon pie on a plate.

"Here, the pie is ready! Have a slice." she said warmly as she placed the plate in my lap. Fork laying next to the pie slice. "Don't eat it too fast. It might make your tummy hurt." she said as she turned and walked out of the room. Presumably going back to the living room.

I stared at the pie for a long while before digging in. I ate a few pieces of candy down in the ruins. It helped heal my Soul to fight more monsters... Once my plate was finished, I left it on the bed and walked into the living room.

She sat on the lazy boy chair with her book. I already knew what she was gonna say, so I just went on with it. I asked her a few times about leaving the ruins, and she got up and left. Going down the stairs into the basement. Following her along to the exit of the ruins where she stood and blocked my way.

The firey orbs appeared around her in an arch above her head, illuminating the way in front of her. "Prove yourself. Prove to me you are strong enough to survive."

I felt a fight begin.

Toriel stood blocking my way. I held the toy knife in my hand, narrowing my eyes and rushing at her right away, slashing towards her face!

KILL HER! Echoed something in my mind. The sharp plastic leaving a deep cut in her cheek before I jumped back. But to my pure shock, there was another cut along her abdomen. Very deep as she clutched it and fell to her knees. A look of pure shock on her face.

"You... really hate me... that much? Now I see who I was protecting by keeping you here. Not you... but them!" she said, her voice trembling. Not in hurt this time, but pure unbridled fear. "Ha... ha..." she chuckled as her body crumbled away into ashes. Her eyes closing as she resigned to her fate.

The same upside down gray heart hung in the are before splitting in half again like before, shattering into pieces. I felt myself get stronger, as if I could hit harder and faster. I could take more hits.

Keep going. Keep taking their power! No one will stop you from leaving!

I looked at the knife in my hand, a light smirk touching my lips. She was nice and all... but she shouldn't have gotten in my way. I walked through the door as it swung open wide. Walking into the darkness after.

I stared into the darkness of the void beyond the door, looking around and noticing that even the hallway behind me had vanished.

"Greetings." said a voice from the blackened void. I looked around frantically for the source. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna reveal myself to you just yet. I just wanted to talk to you."

I recognized this voice... it's the same one telling me I should kill. My eyes narrowing in alarm. "Ohh such a scary face. You're a good egg, aren't you? Well, that's fine. You hang onto that as long as you like. But just know this. I'm always here. Your power awakened me from death. Your power of Save, and Reset. Your determination is strong. I wonder if its strong enough to keep that misguided sentimentality."

I could only look around in confusion as to what it meant. I brought it back to live? How? And what did I just see? "What you saw before was a memory. You see, I've been going on a few of my own little... journeys through the Underground. You might see them from time to time... take from them what you will. But just know that these visions are a part of you too."

A loud, booming laugh echoed through the void. It was impossible for me to describe how cruel... how twisted it sounded.

I woke up with a start, jumping upright in my bed with a startled yell. My heart beating out of my chest, cold sweat on my brow. My hands shaking.

What was that? I felt every thing in that dream... I felt the rush of killing them. The satisfaction of watching Toriel fade into dust after one hit. And that voice... what was that?

It mentioned that power of Save again, and determination... was there something to that? I noticed the slice of pie sitting on a plate on the floor again. Despite the disturbing dream, I rushed over and ate it up. Just as tasty as I remembered.

I stepped out of the room, only this time I went outside. I stood in front of the house, filled with determination again. Though this time I was going to try something different... If this worked like a video game, I was gonna find out exactly how much of that was true.

In hindsight this was a stupid idea... something could've went very wrong.

I walked into the ruins and wandered around. Soon coming across a Loox. Almost immediately, I felt a fight begin. This time, I picked on him. Egged him on a bit. He shot his own pellets in the shapes of circles, letting them hit my Soul. Little by little it chipped away at me... It was extremely painful.

Then I felt myself break. My Soul splitting down the middle into two before disintegrating entirely. My vision going black. I felt as if I was floating in an empty black void. I had no hands... feet... even body. I was just a consciousness floating in the void. Was this what death was like?

"You cannot give up just yet..." said a strange, deep rumbling voice. "Stay determined!" shouted the deep voice, encouraging me to keep going.

I didn't want to die yet. I wanted to keep going! I was determined to keep going! I don't want to reset. I want to keep going!

Then I woke up in front of Toriel's house. I looked around startled for a moment, a strange similar feeling to when I reset the world earlier. It was there that I confirmed my suspicions. In those places where I feel the most determined, I can come back there!

This was weirdly like a video game.

I went back into the house, looking for Toriel. Next came the part I knew would be harder. I walked up to her, and asked her where the exit to the ruins were.

"Uh... How about a snail fact?" she asked, her voice a bit nervous. "Did you know that snails have a chainsaw-like tongue called a radula?" she said with an enthusiastic intrigue. Honestly I didn't know that... but I still wanted to leave. I asked her again where the exit was.

"...Excuse me please. I have to take care of something." she said as she closed the book and folded her glasses, tucking them away in her dress. She walked down the hall, towards the basement.

It played out the same as last time. She waited in the tunnel under the house to tell me the exit was ahead. And that she was going to destroy it to stop me from leaving. Telling me that others had gone through, and all of them had died. Telling me that Asgore will kill me. That she was protecting me. Pleading with me to go back to my room.

But I couldn't... As much as it pained me to admit, I wanted to go home. And I was gonna do it without killing anyone! Even if it kills me again and again.

"Prove yourself. Prove to me you are strong enough to survive." said Toriel as the firey orbs came out of her hands and arched above her.

I felt a Fight begin.

KILL HER!

Toriel blocked my way. But I refused to fight her, I was going to spare her.

"..." she quietly glared at me and waved her hands, torrents of fire flowing out in serpentine patterns. I moved forwards and back to stay in the openings, one of the balls of fire hitting my soul. It hurt just as bad as I remembered, but I wasn't going to stop now!

I refused to fight her, or even talked to her. I just kept trying to spare her. "What are you doing?" she said with a confused look on her face. She waved her hands across her chest, two waves of fire shooting out towards me. I rolled out of the way of them, another hitting my Soul.

Even then I still refused to fight. I was going to spare her! "Fight me... Fight me or leave!"

She waved a single hand out with a similar line of fireballs. This was a bit easier for me to dodge, managing to roll out of the way and not get hit as they chased me before fizzling out.

Still, I kept sparing her. Toriel began to act aloof. "What are you proving this way?" she asked, eyes narrowed at me. She fired two more streams of fire from her hands. One of them hit me, but it barely hurt this time. It felt purposely weakened. Like getting hit with a lit matchstick.

I was hurt quite a bit, and it showed. Toriel's face saddened as she looked at me. Still, I refused to fight her. "Stop it." she ordered. As if getting annoyed. She fired more flames at me, only this time they didn't even get close to me.

I stood up, refusing to leave. Refusing to fight. Making sure she knew I was determined to keep going.

"Stop looking at me like that..." she said as she looked through me. Her face still saddened as she still stood in front of me.

But I wouldn't fight her. No matter what.

"Go away!" she pleaded with me. Her face changing from saddened, to an almost agonized face. Her eyes kept drifting, as if memories kept flooding her mind. She would almost absentmindedly shoot fire at me, making no effort at all to hit me. Not even getting close to me.

"I know you want to go home..." she said, keeping her eyes on me. Tears welling up in her red eyes. "But please... go upstairs now."

I refused to budge. But in no way was I going to threaten or hurt her now. That kind smile touched her lips, even as tears started to streak down the fur on her cheeks. "I promise I will take good care of you."

I had no doubt that she would. She was kind, loving, if she was my actual mother, I'd be very happy. But this wasn't my home. Even though I had no one to go back to on the surface... I didn't feel like I could live here. Maybe visit though.

"I know we don't have much, but... we can have a good life here." she said as tears kept streaking down her face. Still smiling at me, but her eyes showing... begging for me to give up on leaving. It was painful to watch.

But still, I didn't move. "Why are you making this so difficult?" she asked, her eyes drifting to the side. "Please... go upstairs..." she said, seeming to be having trouble even looking at me now.

I refused to move, her face saddening more as she let out a light sob. After a moment though... she smiled. "Ha... pathetic is it not? I cant even protect one child..."

Was she starting to get it? I still stood in front of her, in fact I took a step closer. "No... I understand. You would just be unhappy trapped down here. The ruins are very small once you get used to them. It would not be right for you to grow up in a place like this."

Her words were true. It was part of the reason I was so determined to move on. I wasn't trying to be selfish... but it was just a fact that I would feel trapped. Like a caged animal to be doted by my captor. Even if my captor had the best of intentions in mind.

Toriel's eyes drifted down to look at the floor in front of me. "My expectations... my loneliness... my fear. For you, my child... I will put them aside."

The fight ended. Toriel turned and faced towards the door behind her. "If you truly wish to leave the ruins... I will not stop you."

I felt a weight come off of my chest. Glad I was able to convince her to let me leave without having to hurt her. "However." she said punctually. "When you leave... Please do not come back. I hope you understand."

With little warning, Toriel turned around and wrapped her arms around me, pulling me into her chest for a very warm hug. I understood what she meant... if I came back, odds are she wouldn't be able to hold herself back anymore like this. She wouldn't let me leave and she would be as miserable as I would be.

I wrapped my arms around her midsection to return the hug. Toriel pressing her cheek up against mine for a moment. Her warm fur tickling against my cheek. A little bit of dampness from the tears that fell from her eyes. For a long few seconds, she just held me. Hugging me like a mother would a child. Soon, she broke the hug and stood up straight. That same kind, loving smile on her face.

"Goodbye, my child." she said, walking around me and heading down the hall. I heard her stop for a moment as she turned to look at me one last time, then made her way for the stairs.

The door stood before me to exit the ruins. I did it! I managed to save Toriel and get through the ruins without killing any of the monsters down here. It felt good... they seemed nice! Even though they usually attack me at first they seemed like they were friendly once I would interact with them a bit. Get to know them.

I stepped through the door, pushing it open and walking through the ruins. I walked down the tunnel, it was very long. My footsteps echoing with each stride. The floor beginning to get lighter and lighter in that magenta color. I could see a light at the end of the tunnel. I noticed a little patch of grass on the ground with a light shining above it.

As I walked up to it, the ground shifted. And Flowey popped out of it, giving me a smug grin. "Clever. Verrryyy clever." he said. Mimicking what he said earlier. "You spared the life of a single person." said Flowey.

Technically two... but I didn't bother to correct him. "Hee hee hee..." cackled Flowey. "I bet you feel really great. You didn't kill anybody this time. Seems like you might have a soft little heart in there. But what will you do if you meet a relentless killer? You'll die again and again and again. Till you tire of trying. What will you do then? Will you kill out of frustration? Desperation? Or will you give up entirely on this world?"

His face curled into that same strange cruel grin, his eyes white with a vicious madness. "And let ME inherit the power to control it? I am the prince of this world's future. Don't worry, my little monarch, my plan isn't regicide."

Flowey had some kind of plan? I didn't want to know what it was. But there was no way I was gonna leave any kind of power to this crazy little daisy flower. "This is so much more interesting." he said as he started to laugh again, then sank down in the ground out of sight.

I had to be careful... especially with that flower. I moved on, finding an opening at the end of the tunnel with a bright light shining through. I walked with a hurry to reach the exit. I accomplished the first hurdle in my Undertale. Many more were to come.

Alright gonna end that chapter here. It was a lot shorter because I didn't want the first chapter to be too long. Read and review!