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!

Ma'am...you have a '10' a '7' and a '2' of clubs...would you like to hit or stay?" The broker pleaded.

Muffet had been hitting off all the machines, now she started testing her luck on the cards. She hated leaving her luck up to machines.

Undyne however, didn't mind just simple slots.

She was positioned at the slots closest to Muffet and the "21" table.

"I don't think you should've betted 500,000 in chips on a '21' game. Just stay and that way you'll only lose half." Undyne cried to her captain.

They had already wasted about 100,000 in chips on the slots and one game of poker that Undyne tried and ended up folding. They only had 900,000 left and Muffet was betting a good 500,000. She viewed this as the most responsible outcome.

"Hit!" Muffet said with a gleam of greed and childlike promise in her eyes.

Undyne slapped her forehead. She loved this side of Muffet, it was her genuine side. She realized throughout these games that, the polite schtick she had was only just a front to prove to her crew members that she was atleast someone competent.

As if she thought that her being a total idiot in front of her crew members would result in a mutiny.

If only she knew that her charm and charisma alone make people stick to you...Undyne thought. It didn't matter anyway. The chances of Muffet getting another '2' off the next card was abysmal.

"Hmm I don't know...this next card doesn't look promising..." Pleaded the broker yet again.

Undyne saw a chance.

"'M' Don't hit! Just stay, just stay!" Undyne said aggressively whispering, praying her captain would hear her wishes.

"I. Said. Hit!" Muffet said while slamming her lower right hand onto the edge of the table shaking the area around the "21" table.

The broker shook in fear.

Undyne face-planted onto the slots which activated another roll of the machine.

"It's...a- Two of Spades?!" Said the Broker in absolute disbelief.

Muffet shot her six arms in the air in a shrieking screech of happiness.

While that did make Undyne's heart a bit warmer, she too adjusted her head to the "21" table to see Muffet hail back 2,500,000 in chips.

Undyne choked on her spit.

"Wait what?! You betted a time five multiplier?! If we would've lost we would've had to owe the casino money!" Undyne said stomping the ground, the slot machine still spinning waiting for her to re-clank the slot.

Muffet made two web sacks to hold the chips. She used her lower set of hands to carry the bags.

"I know you're mad...but...! I did win though." Said Muffet with a bit of childlike spunk and sass to her words.

Her first mate was taken aback by this and sighed in defeat.

"You did...you did win. But you just got super lucky! You expect me to believe that you are this symbol of natural luck?" Undyne said eyeing down her captain.

They had changed into yakuza-type outfits. They felt like pirates this look suited them. Muffet wore a black mobster suit and pants with bronze pinstripes. Stars on the shoulders, elbows, and kneecaps. She still chose to wear her trademark hat that somehow complimented the outfit. She had finally traded off the slip-on for purple and bronze ballroom shoes.

The suit she wore even had six sleeves, which added to the suspicion that everything seems to be too convenient to them. Atleast to Undyne.

The piranha lady had more or less wore the same out Muffet was wearing, but with a hat that matched the outfit.

Muffet leaned against the slot's crank while shrugging.

"Guess it's just my natural luck," Muffet said as she slightly tripped from leaning on the crank. The crank was levered down by her elbow and the slots displayed five '7''s in a row.

Endless gold coin spewing from the bronze withdrawal spot. Muffet was squealing again in happiness. She loved her money.

Undyne just stood there speechless.

The people around them started gossiping again, but this time admiring their luck and skill. More specifically, Muffet's skill and luck.

People started surrounding them and clapping for them.

Undyne crouched next to Muffet who was picking up coins from the floor and placing it in her web sacks. She leaned in and whispered.

"You thinking what I'm thinking" Undyne suggestively smirked.

Muffet returned the same with dollar sign eyes.

"Monopolizing time!" Muffet smiled.

Esmeralda was watching this from the secret balcony. It had a one-way glass and they were observing everyone in the casino. Especially Muffet and Undyne.

"Do you think it's time yet sir?" Said Esmeralda looking back to her boss and other executives.

"Not yet Esmeralda, not yet, the best form of torture is when hope is taken away from them. They will soon know that the house always wins, in due time." Marshall Bronzio said with a voice as deep and slick as tar.

He wore his own white and bronze outfit. He had hazel box braids, a caramel skin complexion. A set of his brown shades.

He seemed to be no taller than 8'0. He was built through the suit he wore with countless amounts of jewelry. Everything seemed to be good and bronze.

"We'll let them play and win a few more games...then it's your turn to play Ironos!" Said Bronzio.

Ironos was one out of the four executives in the room and also in the whole casino complex. He seemed to be a short man, roughly around 5'3.

He has had his gray suit with a pinstriped bronze outfit. He had long spikey silver hair that was slicked at the top. He had a white skin complexion, gray teeth, and an unusually constant wide grin.

"I will serve my part as the promised boss!" Ironos said with fidelity.

Marshall happily chortled.

"Good my friends...I'm counting on you three to make sure these pieces of scum are demonstrated the enactment of Marshall Law!"

The three executives stood before him and kneeled while pledging to him.

"Yes sir!" They all said together.

.

Muffet single-handedly turned the 1,000,000 dollars in chips into 3,000,000,000!

Everyone in the casino was turning into their entourage, cheering them on after every win.

Muffet mostly occupied herself at the poker table, she had won 17 games straight.

Undyne was in the back acting like she was the coach and the method behind Muffet's wins. Muffet herself didn't care, she just wanted to be the one playing. It was a fair deal, Undyne sucked at card games.

"Wow, Ms. Undyne-"

"That's Miss Undying to you!" Undyne said pushing her popularity power against the patrons in the casino. Everyone obeyed her anyways because they somehow wanted to believe that maybe she can coach them on the secret to the semi-rigged casino games.

"Yes- Miss Undying!" They all spoke over each other to praise.

Undyne knew she was living her best life right now. They might even gain enough money to buy that continent for spiders!

"ROYAL FLUSH SUCKERS! READ EM AND WEEP!" Muffet said going mad with casino power, she politely laughed into her hand again.

Undyne now kinda got a list of when she used her specific personalities. She would talk to her about it after the casino, it was going to be a long talk.

The spider girl just won them an extra 3 billion dollars in chips.

Everyone was clapping and whistling for her.

"Very impressive...let's say we up the ante?" Said a super dark and smooth voice.

Everyone peered to see who it was.

He held out his hand to Muffet.

"Names Bronzio, Marshall Bronzio, I came here to congratulate you on being the first person in a while to be on a decent winning streak! I would've never expected to be a woman so rare and this beautiful~" Bronzio said smoothly while kissing the back of Muffet's hand.

Undyne was visibly aggravated. A stare so deadly, even Bronzio felt a little slight burn on his cheek. He thought that it might be a concentrated light from bad angling.

"Fuhuhuhu~ Sorry dearie~ but flattery isn't going to cut it. I'm on a mean streak and I don't plan on stopping!" Said Muffet subtlety flirting back.

Undyne's eye was like a concentrated laser beam.

"Oh, mademoiselle~ that's why I'm here. To strike up a friendly game of poker. Bets are dramatically raised of course~" Bronzio said teasing her.

"Oh do tell dearie~," said Muffet clenching her left set of hands around the stool's circumference while using her middle and lower right hand to fan herself. She used her upper right arm to use exaggerated and elegant hand motions as she was talking.

Marshall knew he had her. He gave a hand signal and three people appeared from a back room with suitcases.

Muffet and Undyne did a double-take at the three people. They seemed important. One of them being Esmeralda.

They all lined up behind Bronzio who positioned himself on the opposite side of the poker table. The three executives placed down the briefcases in front of him.

"If you win, you get these three suitcases that contain quintuple your earnings...In cash!" Bronzio said whipping them open revealing stacked cold cash.

Muffet was rubbing her hands together greedily.

Undyne was thinking about something.

How did he immediately know how much Muffet would make? Was he waiting for her to reach a set amount before revealing himself ? Seeing as how Esmeralda gave the original chips and seemed to be talking to him from the beginning, this was an obvious trap!

"'M' don't do it-" Undyne was immediately silenced by something, she couldn't speak. She moved her lips and tried to produce sound but she couldn't.

She looked up at the executives to see that the silver one was holding his hand up to her, straining it.

It's this guy! It was a plot from the start! Fuck this place!

Undyne thought as she summoned a blue spear in her right hand. The instant she did, the bigger executive approached her.

This guy seemed to be wearing a blue and bronze suit. This guy seemed to be no shorter than 10'0. His chest alone was the equivalent to five of her own. This man had a buzz-cut with a connecting mustache and beard that was a dark blue. He had a white skin complexion also.

Undyne gulped and was immediately slammed against the wall. Pinned against the wall is just his palm. Undyne squirmed but couldn't leave.

Muffet was able to hear that and turned around to see if Undyne was okay. She got a glimpse of what was happening to her before having her head turned around to the poker table by the chin.

Marshall had her cheeks pressed together by his index finger and thumb.

"Your friend will be safe if you choose to accept the stakes-!" Said Bronzio still trying to flirt.

"Let. Her. Go!" Said Muffet leaving no room for negotiation.

"Nuh-uh-huh," he said while wiggling his finger disapprovingly, "If you beat me at poker, I'll free your friend, give you your money, and let you leave...If you lose, however, you will have to owe the casino all that you would've won during this game. And we will get our pay one way or another." Bronzio said while stating his ultimatum with a shit-eating grin.

Muffet knew she had walked right in his little trap. She had to play his game.

She sighed.

"Game on!" Muffet spat at his face. He wiped it off and stuck that same finger in his mouth. Muffet genuinely looked disgusted at this human being.

"Mmm...venomous!" Said Bronzio.

Esmeralda was the broker for this game. What Muffet wanted to say wasn't fair but she knew the answer she was going to get.

Undyne just kept struggling while being pinned to the wall by this behemoth of a man.

"Cobalt! Make sure she doesn't move until after the match." Said Marshall.

Cobalt nodded and put more force into pinning her. Breaking the wall behind her a bit.

Undyne spat her saliva fluids on his arm as a response to the sudden force on her chest and stomach.

The cards were dealt.

Muffet took a deep breath and exhaled and prepared for the worst.

She picked up her three cards.

An 8 of Hearts
An 8 of Spades
And a Jack Of Spades

Muffet felt a little bit lighter after knowing that she atleast started with a two of kind. All she needed to have a good chance of beating him is if the following cards placed consisted of the other two eights, or one eight and one jack, or two jacks, or the rest of the jacks.

Her brain was trying to process her chances.

She peeked over her cards at Bronzio, he seemed confident in his cards as well, too confident.

Shit!

The first card was placed.

Ace of Hearts

Muffet let out an inner sigh of distress. That card didn't help at all. Bronzio didn't seem too excited either.

The second card was placed.

4 of Clubs

Muffet let out another sigh in her head but acted as if she needed that card. Bronzio gave her a shifty eye and shook his head.

Oh, this cocky prick! After I'm done, I'll come back here one day and snap his neck!

The third card was placed.

8 of Clubs?! Hell yeah! Now I have a three of a kind. If she draws out the last 8, then I essentially win!

Bronzio still looked cocky at his deck. This frustrated her.

I'll save you Undyne, and bring home the money! I'm sorry I-

The fourth card was placed.

Ace of Diamonds?! Fuck! Please lord, just give me the final 8 to end this guy. That's all I need.

Bronzio did his cocky chortle.

"End this now please, I've had just about enough of this game," Bronzio said knowing it would get under Muffet's skin.

It did.

Muffet was fuming with rage and was praying for his downfall.

The final card was placed.

Undyne peeked her head over both Cobalt and Muffet's shoulder to go peek at her hand.

Jack of Diamonds...Yes! That works! A three of a kind and a two of a kind. He's so fucked!

Muffet slammed her cards on the table and hugged all of her chips and suitcases together.

"THREE OF A KIND AND TWO OF A KIND! READ EM AND WEEP-" Said Muffet before her heart got cold.

Bronzio laid down his hand.

His hand consisted of an Ace of Clubs, Ace of Spades, and a Jack of Hearts...which means...

Bronzio smirked while interlocking his hands.

"Four of a kind and two of a kind! You lose. Sorry Little Miss Muffet, but your time on this casino has run dry. We now own you and everything you used to own." Said Bronzio dominantly.

Undyne watched in disbelief.

The executives started to laugh at Muffet's pitiful defeat. The entourage looked down and walked away from the scene.

I...lost? Muffet thought in a piercing quietness of her mind.

"You owe us about 25 billion dollars...better get to working!" Bronzio said rubbing it in Muffet's face while she just stared at the cards on the table.

Undyne screamed out.

"MUFFET-!" Undyne tried to scream before Cobalt's backhand punched her through the casino wall.

Undyne was dazed by that blow.

That snapped Muffet back to normal.

"You asshole!" Said Muffet as she jumped up at used her right set of hands to nail him on the nose.

The punch knocked his head back a little bit, this shocked Muffet.

Marshall grabbed her whole right set of arms in one hand with his big fingers.

Muffet tried to pull away, but she saw as her arms were slowly becoming bronze!

What the hell-! Muffet thought right before he sweeps kicked on her face. Sending her flying to where Undyne was.

Undyne looked at Muffet and vice versa. They read each other's eye language. They both saw that hopeless look in each other's eyes.

Bronzio, Emeralda, Cobalt, and Ironos stood in a line on top of their bodies.

"Hitting the boss is a crime against the casino, this is punishable as Sir Marshall Bronzio sees fit!" Said, Esmeralda.

Bronzio smiled and walked away from the scene.

"Punishable by brutality!" Announced Bronzio

The three executives started wailing on the two heroines. Stomping, punching, kicking, cutting, bludgeoning them into a bloody pulp as they both screamed in agony.

They didn't fight back.

"Enough!" Marshal decreed.

He walked over to Muffet and Undyne. Seemingly defeated on the floor, twitching, refusing to look at him.

The other patrons either watched in horror or ran outside.

He leaned his body over to Muffet so his head was right by her neck. Her body was deeply bruised and her hair was a mess after it was trampled by the giggling executives.

"I can make an exception for you darling~ if you'd like to come back to my patio and we can have another game, heheh. You can earn your money back extra fast if you accompany me to my bedroom and su-" Bronzio's immoral proposal was cut off with Muffet sinking her fangs into Bronzio's neck.

He immediately backhanded her off him and she smacked her head against the floor.

"Eat shit-!" Muffet said before getting her head stomped on and rubbed on by Bronzio's feet.

Esmeralda was doing the same to Undyne.

"Stupid bitch! You're coming with me whether you like it or not!" Bronzio said rubbing his foot against her skull extra hard.

"I'd rather than die!" Muffet screamed!

"Me too you asshole!" Said Undyne. She spat on his shoes too.

Marshall got even angrier at their resistance. Why hadn't he broken them yet?!

Marshall loved psychologically torturing any pirates that walked into the casino, it was a way to prove dominance.

...Or so he kept telling himself that.

"Toss them in the prison, these bimbos ain't worth my time!" Bronzio said before lighting a cigar and walking away from the scene.

Cobalt grabbed both Undyne and Muffet by their heads and walked them to the downstairs portion.

They looked at each other, blood dripping down their heads. Seeing how grim and hopeless their situation was. Undyne lost all hope, she had accepted that they couldn't do much beyond this point. They had utterly fallen for an easy trick and paid the ultimate price.

They deserved this.

Muffet however...felt the need to persevere.

She held Undyne's hand through the walk there. She noticed this and held on too.

The kindness Muffet shared with her there, inspired her own. They both chose to hang on throughout the worst.

They were alive but barely, hopes and dreams shattered by not unsalvageable, strength faltered but not fizzled.

They were hanging on by a thread.

**To Be Continued**