Wealth, Fame, and Power! W. D. Gaster, The King of The Pirates, had all those and the rest of what the world had to offer! Through many battles and trials, he had reached the pinnacle of the world's virtues and had nothing left but an illness that plagued him.

He brought himself in and was held at a worldwide public execution. Before he was executed, a man from the crowd asked:

"Where did you hide all your treasure?!"

To which the King of Pirates smiled and said:

"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left the most important treasure in the world on an island! Go and find it! 'For the next pirate that finds the UnderPiece, will be claimed the new King of The Pirates!"

Those were his final words before he was executed. He smiled to his death.

With those words, the world was flipped upside down as he created The Golden Pirate Era! People and already existing pirates from around the works started to sail the seas in search of the treasure that W. D. Gaster claimed to be-

The UnderPiece!

It had been Twenty Years since, and people have yet to find the treasure he was talking about. Except for one girl, who is now going to change the world by storm for the sake of her people.

This is the story of Muffet D. Baker and her way to becoming Queen of the Pirates!

How could things have gone so wrong?

They had it...they had it and they just let it fizzle out.

Undyne and Ralsei had left the room in shame and tears...they only had just finished working on fixing it but they just made it worse.

They messed up in that room...now they just sat outside, in silence in each other's defeat.

"I thought you were a doctor! Why couldn't you fix this one thing!" Said Undyne in rage.

"I tried my best, you saw! All my potions just made it worse..." Ralsei said blaming herself.

"Now our one chance of happiness...is gone..."

They looked at the ground in shame and disgust.

It was had just turned dark out, the bit of sun had just finished fading into the horizon, out of sight.

Only the sounds of the ocean were heard.

The door creaked open.

"Dearies~ You don't have to get yourself worked up over a few failed cupcakes." Said Muffet poking her head out of the door.

Muffet was fine, she had made a full recovery since this morning. She got to speak with Ralsei for a bit and promised both of them that she'd bake for them as a token of gratitude. They chimed in to help her but, Undyne's aggressiveness messed up the batter and Ralsei tried using potions to make the cupcakes pop, and well, they did 'pop' technically.

They felt ashamed in the kitchen and they felt like a failure to Muffet so they stormed out in a fit.

Muffet giggled at how cute they were, it was no big deal to her. She was just happy that people wanted to help her bake for once.

That gave her an idea.

She stepped out of the dining room to catch Undyne and Ralsei arguing on the deck in front of the latch.

Muffet generally didn't know how to approach this situation.

"Honestly!" Undyne said angrily, "I don't know why you used potions on homemade cupcakes."

"I thought adding a bit of soul into it would increase the flavor-" Ralsei said slightly afraid of Undyne.

Who wouldn't be?

"How dare you suggest that my captain's cooking isn't good enough!" Undyne said with passion in her eyes.

Muffet giggled awkwardly.

Hehe, soul food.

"I didn't mean that I-I just m-meant-" said Ralsei backing away slowly.

"Dearies~! The cupcakes are ready, may you please step inside. I promise I don't bite, fuhuhuhu~" Muffet said finding a way to ease the tension between the two. She continued her sentence with a laugh with her hand politely raised below her lower jaw.

Undyne didn't understand her, Muffet at her core is a true barbarian, a tomboy, she had animal instincts and was always good with her gut rather than reason. But to also be trying to act like she's fancy was a weird clash of personality.

She chose to take that into further investigation later.

Ralsei nodded and shuffled across the deck with her oversized green coat scuttling along the grass.

They had learned earlier that day that Ralsei was a goat person. She was just born anti-albino. Which made her fur and skin unusually pitch black. The sun increases her stimulus and pheromones. Making her slowly lose herself the more sun hits her. Which was why she wore the big hat and coat, to block as much sun as possible.

It was smart of her, and the shade the hat provides made her essentially a shadow person at first glance.

This slowly made more sense to Undyne and Muffet, that was probably the reason why she didn't run out to help them originally because she would've been struck by the summer sunlight. And This is why her room is the darkest and downstairs.

Both of them also realized that Ralsei was older than both of them. Ralsei is 21.

Undyne was about to turn 20 and Muffet had just turned 17.

Muffet knew that she had to ease the tension between Undyne and Ralsei at all times. Their personalities conflicted a lot. Undyne hates quiet, nerdy, shy people. While Ralsei hates brutes and anyone loud.

That was quite troublesome.

Undyne walked towards Muffet to try and get to the dining room as well, but Muffet hugged her before she can pass.

"Heh, what's this for 'M'?" Said Undyne with a grin. She secretly loved the six-armed hug.

"Thank you for handling yourself back there on the ship a few days ago. As your captain, I promise to never fall like that again! Plus the wound already healed, no more stitches!" Said Muffet excited.

Undyne nodded at her promise and looked over to the wound...that was on her chest...that was exposed by her vest...

Oh god-

Undyne slapped her cheeks again and looked away blushing.

"Yeah yeah I've seen it, I was there! Now let's get inside, I'm starving!" Said Undyne holding Muffet in a headlock while giving her a noogie.

Muffet secretly enjoyed it when she did that, it brought her back to when she was younger. Frisk and her older brothers would always give her noogies whenever she did something good or cool to them.

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"So Ralsei dearie~ About my soul... its Perseverance right?" Said Muffet laying down on the purple and orange grass on the deck.

At first, Undyne and Muffet thought the grass patting was weird, but over time they like it.

"Yeah, Perseverance is the second strongest soul, it allows the user to prolong and persist after their death. It can also be used offensively, the more you are filled with Perseverance and the more hit you connect in a row, the more damage it does. More like an exponential build-up." Said Ralsei looking off into the sky while also laying on the grass next to Muffet.

"Wow! That's awesome, I have to make attacks that compliment my soul then right?" Said Muffet with wonder in her voice.

"If you want to, however, you have an incredible amount of the will to persevere. You just want to see your ambitions through do you?" Ralsei smiled.

"Much more than you know. For my Spider Kin. I want to be able to buy and rule the whole continent made just for spiders! And my friends too, fuhuhuhu~" Muffet said wiggling her back on the grass.

The silence went by, they both were in their imaginations just thinking.

"Undyne dearie~?" Muffet said out of the blue.

This woke Undyne up from reality, she had just been laying on her side staring at Muff- the grass! She was staring at the grass!

"Uh, what's on your mind 'M'?" Undyne said almost immediately and shy.

"What are your aspirations?" Muffet said with a glance to her partner in crime...

"That's easy, I just want-"

"No dearie~ You don't live to just serve my dream, you must have a dream too. What's the dream you've always wanted to make a reality." Muffet said giving a slightly more deadly stare to Undyne.

Undyne thought hard about it.

"To beat a Fleet Admiral or atleast best all of the Admirals! If I can do that, I know my mom can pass on." Undyne said in a hopeful tone.

Muffet and Ralsei just stared at her with wide eyes. That was a huge goal for an equally huge reason. Muffet was ecstatic to hear it.

"We have to fight countless Navy men anyways since they're out for you, you think you can handle it? Fuhuhuhu~" Muffet said as she held out her fist.

Undyne laughed too.

"I'm more than capable!" Undyne completed the fist bump.

Ralsei just giggled to herself. They both raised a brow to her.

"It's just that...I feel that...In a way...we were meant to meet each other. None of my past crewmates ever spoke about their personal lives. This boat is named 'Fields of Hopes and Dreams', which is the opposite of what they made it." Ralsei said gradually getting more hopeful.

"Then you two just come into my life out of the blue, and start speaking proudly about your Hopes and Dreams. You guys are something else, I'll tell you that."

Undyne and Muffet smiled.

"You know Ralsei, you can always join our crew." Said Muffet as both she and Undyne looked at Ralsei anticipating a yes.

"Sorry...I have to pass" Ralsei uttered sadly.

"Why not?" Both of them whined.

"I'm just not cut out to be on a ship with you two. Everything is too intense and so dangerous. I'm not strong enough to pull my weight...and frankly I rather die than be an anchor on the ship." Ralsei said looking at the stars again.

Undyne grew angry at her wimpy remark. Before she could lash out her frustrations, Muffet stopped her.

"You can't change her mind Undyne, I don't want to recruit someone who genuinely doesn't want to join. But, you aren't as useless on the ship as you think. You're one of a kind." Said Muffet before re-looking at the stars.

Ralsei flinched.

"...I can atleast take you guys and drop you off at the next island, which is Stardrop Island. This is where this ship was heading originally. They should have a port there. After I drop you off I have to leave...I don't want a bounty on my head." Said Ralsei carefully picking her words.

Undyne didn't know how to feel regarding that statement. Betrayal wasn't the word...it was a disappointment.

Muffet just nodded.

"How long till we get there-"

"Tomorrow afternoon, that's when we depart." Said Ralsei sternly.

"When were you planning on telling us?!" Undyne finally lashed out.

Muffet didn't hold her back this time, not because Ralsei deserved the following words, but because she couldn't hold Undyne back from speaking her mind. She knew what she was in for when recruiting Undyne. Muffet just tilted her hat downward to cover her eyes.

"I was going to tell you in the morning-"

"Bullshit! What if you were planning to quietly hand us over to the Navy while they jump us and you get reward money?!" Said Undyne progressively getting angrier.

"How...dare you! I give you a place to stay and heal your captain and you speak to me like this?! What the hell is wrong with you!" Said Ralsei finally raising her voice. However, raising her voice led to Undyne's eye gleaming a hint of red. Ralsei gulped.

"I appreciated that! But still, I thought we were going to go together! Why give us all this information just to leave us?! You had me believing that we were in this together-" Undyne said more pissed off.

Another part of Ralsei's soul crack and gleamed a sliver of orange.

She was slightly filled with...

Courage!

"IT WAS NEVER ABOUT 'US'. IT WAS ABOUT ME FEELING SORRY FOR YOU! YOU'VE BEEN SO LOUD AND UNREASONABLE LATELY! YOU SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL! YOUR MOTHER WOULD BE ASHAMED-" Ralsei said with a shrieking voice that altered Muffet.

Undyne in almost sound speed, picked Ralsei up by her scarf and slammed her against the mast of the ship with a blue spear aimed at her neck.

"Say that again! I dare you! Let me not remind you on who lost their entire ship full of crewmates because they weren't good enough to DIE!" Undyne said with immediate remorse as she saw Ralsei starting to tear up and cry.

Undyne let loose her grip on Ralsei letting her fall to the ground. Demateralizing the spear.

Undyne felt immediate guilt and a sense of whiplash. Ralsei just got into the fetal position and started uncontrollably sobbing.

The fish woman heard footsteps behind her.

"I'm sorry Muffet-"

Muffet delivered a furious left hook with all her left arms right at Undyne's right cheek.

Undyne flew towards the port of the ship and smacked against the wall in a painful thrash.

Smoke emitted from Muffet's knuckles.

"Undyne! Are you stupid! Get a hold of yourself for God's sake! You got to stop letting your anger get the better of you!" Said Muffet yelling across the ship.

Undyne just stood against the wall looking down at the ground in thought.

Muffet rubbed her temples with her top set of hands while using her left middle hand to squeeze the bridge of her nose.

"We are leaving...Can you do that bident sheet again?" Said Muffet more relaxed now but with lingering tension.

"Yeah...I'll make one right away..." said Undyne wishing to beat herself up physically because of her actions.

Undyne shot her hand on the right of the ship, creating a little board of spears.

Walking to it, Muffet passed a glance over at Ralsei and whistled, as if whistling for a dog. Then she spat at the grass which made a purple puddle.

"This is to keep you company...I'm sorry...my friend." Said Muffet before sitting criss-cross on the board of spears.

Undyne stood behind her on the board and they shot off on the spears, in the direction where the ship was headed.

Ralsei just rolled there on the Fields of Hopes and Dreams...losing both.

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It had just turned morning. Muffet took a nap sitting upon the spears. They took shifts sleeping.

They had eventually landed on the shore of what they presumed to be StarDrop Island.

They can see why the buildings and streets seemed to be paved with star icons and glowing billboards. They could tell that this place was meant for the rich, this was one of the more modernized gambling islands.

They soon came to realize, the land of the most famous casino in the East Blue.

Everything seems to be paved in star glitter and people dressed in outfits with stars on them at some part of the dress.

Undyne still felt horrible about earlier. Mostly because of the impression she may have imposed on her captain.

Muffet turned around to Undyne as if reading her mind.

"There's no point in beating yourself up over it...just try and enjoy yourself here," Muffet said quietly.

Undyne didn't utter a single word and just took her captain's words as gold.

Undyne did speak up about another thing though.

"Um 'M', as far as funds go, we have no funds. And uh, the news that I switched sides is still now on the news. So we can't scam people anymore."

Muffet rested her chin between her index finger and thumb while rubbing her chin to think.

"Guess we just have to win some games at the casino then!" Muffet said with her trademark closed-eyed wide smile that Undyne loved.

That seemed to ease the tension a lot.

"You know the casinos are mostly rigged right? It's almost impossible to try and win any of those games." Undyne said with a cracked smile.

"Well, the casinos haven't met me yet! I'm pretty lucky, hehehe!" Muffet said with an odd new giggle.

Undyne's heart fluttered at that laugh. She wondered why she laughed like that now and not her usual polite laugh. Had she dropped an act?

Muffet stretched her six arms out to go stretch out the tiredness. Opening a bit of her vest revealed more of her chest.

Undyne's mood was more than lifted.

"Let's go!" Muffet yelled in excitement while putting all six of her arms behind her head while walking towards the big casino.

Undyne followed her happily.

Okay, this should knock out three birds with one stone. I can take Undyne's mind off her post rage sadness with a few games, get money to buy a ship, and potentially look for more crew members... I hope Undyne's doing alright.

As they walked down the streets of this light blaring city of glowing stars and bronze. The people who saw these two hetero-morphic females walking downtown seemed to move out of the way.

Seems segregation was prominent here. Muffet didn't care. She just hummed to herself a melody that Undyne couldn't remember where from.

They had entered the casino and the instant they did, the music and patrons stopped. They all gave Muffet and Undyne their undivided attention. The people started to gossip about the two.

The most abundant was noticing Undyne as a traitor to the Navy. Undyne got irritated by that.

"Hey 'M', it's best if we are as quiet as possible." Said Undyne quietly.

Muffet gave her a wink.

"Gotcha," Muffet said super quietly. She took a deep breath.

"WHERE'S THE POKER TABLE?!" Muffet yelled throughout the entirety of the casino.

Undyne facepalmed and shook her head.

A lady with long and well-kept blonde hair and a bronze long dress approached them with the sound of long heels. She had a hazel skin complexion and bronze thin gloves.

She walked towards them with a smile.

"You two are new around here aren't you?" Said the woman in a sultry voice.

Muffet nodded.

"I wanna play some casino games!" Muffet said in a childlike impatience.

The lady laughed a short laugh.

"You will get to play don't you worry. I've heard that you two are pirates aren't you?" She said with a sweet smile.

Undyne spoke up being the responsible one in this scenario.

"You won't call the navy on us will you?" She said genuinely concerned.

"Not at all, all pirates are welcomed here and are granted immunity on this island. However, if any crime is committed on this island. This island's head executive, Marshall Bronzio will personally escort you to the jail we have underneath the casino." The woman said in a chirpy tone.

Undyne thought to herself.

Like to see him try.

"My name is Esmeralda Gladin, and I'll happily be your guide in the casino. Right this way, I'll show you to the changing rooms, we'll get you into full Stardrop attire!" The Esmeralda strikes a pose after finishing.

Undyne and Muffet channeled their inner child and started getting giddy, high-fiving each other with both hands and squealing.

Esmeralda walked them across the first floor of the Bronzio Casino and into a dressing room where there were lines of bronze-colored clothing and accessories that were star-shaped.

"Please make yourself at home, with esteemed guests as yourselves, after your done, you'll be presented with one million dollars worth of chips to gamble with." Esmeralda posed again when she finished.

Muffet's pupils turned into dollar signs and she started drooling.

I can turn that one million into a billion in no time...

Undyne however found something weird.

Esteemed guest?

"Hey, you say esteemed guest as if you plan for us to be here. What gives? We only arrived half an hour ago." Said Undyne.

Esmeralda got out of her illustrious pose.

"We know everyone who walks on this island as if we are all connected as a family," Esmeralda said with a smile.

Undyne found that creepy and unsettling, what did she mean by that.

Esmeralda pressed her ear in and began talking into her ear. They couldn't hear what she was saying.

She was finally done and spoke to them again with a smile.

"Sorry ladies, I have to attend business elsewhere with Marshall Bronzio, I'll rest your chips here...have fun!" She placed the chips on the table with the mirror for makeup. She then waved and walked away.

"Nice lady!" Muffet said innocently.

"I don't think we should be here, I think we should leave." Undyne protested.

Muffet snickered.

"Wha? Why not, we can make bank here. See! I'm a lucky charm." Muffet said opening the suitcase to see the bronze and black chips. She started picking up handfuls of the chips and watching them trickle through her fingers in amazement.

"Yeah but, I feel like this place is plotting something, I don't know what yet, but that lady was fishy as all hell!" She caught herself saying a pun which Muffet giggled at.

"I'm sorry, but, even though we could make a lot of money here...I'm choosing that we leave this place immediately. And-" Undyne said trying to be the better person and glancing at Muffet.

She took off her vest right in front of her and started sifting through bronze suits to wear. Finally deciding on a potential outfit.

"You know what I can stay for a while!" Said Undyne with blood trickling down her nose and her eye dilated.

She was pleased with this place enough, mostly because of Muffet's 'display'.

"Zzzt- Did you bring in the pirate and the traitor." Spoke through Emeralda's earbud.

"Worked like a charm, they're about to gamble their lives away in a game that we designed."

"Zzzt- Good. Now give them a good time, I want to have a good show before claiming them as prizes."

"Anything for you~" Esmeralda giggled.

"Anything else you need me to do for their evaluation? Bronzio Sir?" Esmeralda said with a wicked grin.

"Zzzt- Let us now evaluate how long their luck will last! The clock is ticking for our brand new game. Show them the place where Stars Drop!"

**To Be Continued**