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!

Muffet let out a worried breath. Her breath caused a puff of smoke to escape her lips. Spiders were naturally afraid and worrisome around cold climates, which is why her clothes suggest a perfect balance of cloth and breeze. Spiders weren't too fond of extreme heat either. However, she would much rather prefer the heat over the cold. Every time.

Yetera was only a couple of minutes away and the trio had bundled up for the occasion. Muffet and Undyne had worn the same brown leather and wool-heavy winter coats and pants. The wool was most visible around the waist area between the coat and pants, around the ankles, and on the rim of the hood.

They wore brown winter boots to accommodate the harsh temperature. Even with all of that on, they were still rubbing their shoulders trying to generate heat.

Undyne wasn't an arctic fish, so she was extra weak to the cold too. Ralsei, on the other hand, was completely fine. Her thick set of black fur and her oversized green coat and hat made her feel more than warm around this weather.

They had come to an agreement earlier that morning that they would only stay on this island for about a day. Nothing more, it was more of a health issue between Muffet and Undyne than a complaint.

Besides the harsh cold climate, the island looked generally beautiful. The snow looked rich, although it was always snowing. The snow's height seemed to be thigh height...atleast to Muffet and Undyne. For Ralsei, it was pretty much up to her neck.

The island had a big tree in the middle that looked dead, it still provided a beautifully mystic atmosphere to the island, it tied it together. The tree almost touched the clouds and was not an easy sight to ignore, it seemed to be four city quadrants in circumference along the base.

The lantern light of the villagers illuminated the seemingly void and empty mist of pure white. The winds were quiet but surrounding, nothing else was out there to make a noise, so the sound of the crystalline snow was all that the ears could pick up.

The snowfall was ferocious, the winds themselves were enough to knock people back who didn't keep their guard up. The show itself was a mixture of snow, hail, and sleet, so if you were protected enough, you weren't going home unscathed.

Yetera was known for its wildlife and temperature. They knew you had to be tough to venture here.

"Heave ho!" Ralsei said as she gestured her arm to the jaw bridge, in sync with its impact on the snowy ground. Muffet and Undyne, shivering already, walked down the bridge muttering not the most saint of words.

They left Fuhu in charge of the ship. Which in hindsight was a pretty bad decision, however, Fuhu can defend itself pretty well against fodder enemies, he could tank a lot, and also has a wicked venom that is dangerous enough to kill an elephant in seconds. In a way, Fuhu was a guard dog.

"Come on guys, don't be like that! We can have potential fun here." Said Ralsei with a chirpy voice of appeasement. Undyne wasn't having any of it.

"Easy f-for you to s-s-say!" Undyne said rubbing her arms extra fast to cancel the cold. "You're a furry monster, the cold doesn't bother you!"

Muffet and Undyne had made their first step onto the snowy island, their legs almost getting completely devoured in the snow. You could barely see Muffet's thighs and Undyne was covered from the knees down.

"Yeah well, just toughen up, this place ain't that bad-" Ralsei said as she took her first step into the snow, just to realize that the snow was so deep that only the top half of her face was poking out.

Muffet and Undyne started laughing hysterically, the captain putting three hands on her first mate's shoulder to keep herself upright from laughing too hard.

Ralsei sighed.

"You know what, this island is okay." Said the disappointed goat girl.

Then several cocked guns were heard circling them, Muffet and Undyne immediately went back to back to look at their surrounding. It was too late, they were immediately surrounded by men with muskets. They seemed to be native to the island and not from the navy. That atleast eased them slightly.

"You know what, this island is on a two out of ten for me." Said Ralsei huffing angrily in the snow.

A man appeared out of the snow a few seconds later than the men, he seemed to be the leader. He was slightly taller and bulkier than the rest of them, he was probably a part of their army longer than the rest of his men. He slowly approached them with a...bat?

He positioned the bat at them.

"State your business, pirates!" He growled.

Ralsei spoke for them, being the oldest and most mature out of the three of them.

"We are just looking to restock our ship-" Ralsei uttered before getting interrupted by Undyne.

"Yeah! We are going to kick your shit!"

"Uh, we just arrived, we are staying for a day so before we're gone we want to stock on supplies-"

"Yeah! Drop your guns or we'll gut your eyes!"

"Ugh...we are just resting here, we won't be a nuisance and we'll leave in one piece-"

"Yeah! Better get your nooses or we'll give you a two-piece and-"

A giant orange bubble surrounded Ralsei.

"CAN YOU SHUT UP!" Ralsei said with a growl which made Undyne jump.

The other men were in awe of her orange bubble. They all dropped their guns and bowed. The trio was looking frantically to try and figure out what happened.

The main guy was the last to bow, but he didn't just bow, he kneeled in front of Ralsei.

"Ralsei Lightner...the Legend of Deltarune...the story wasn't just a myth after all!" Said the man who humbly knelt before her. Muffet and Undyne were freaking out, what did he mean?

"Ralsei Lightner, Prince of Darkness, save us from the East Blue Archipelago's curse!" The man said holding her hand and looking into her eyes. At this point, her other two crew members were practically frothing at the mouth.

The trio screamed.

"WHAT?!"

The man chuckled.

Ralsei, who was flustered at the thought of being proposed this, stood her ground.

"I'm a girl! I can't possibly be a prince. And what do you mean by the 'Legend of Deltarune'? And what do you mean, archipelago?! I thought Yetera was an island, not an archipelago, there are five other islands beyond this point to get to the Grand Line." Ralsei said trying to make sense of herself.

Muffet spoke up.

"Yeah dearie~ Although I can't read maps or necessarily read, Ralsei spent a fair amount of time struggling to teach me and I can confirm!" Muffet said proudly of herself. The other three just looked at her and nodded slowly.

"Seems the book was a tad off with the character descriptions..." Darlow scratched his head in thought.

Undyne spoke for her instead.

"Listen bub, I don't know what trick you're trying to pull, but it ain't working." The fishwoman said with a hiss to her words.

The man looked at the other two heteromorphic women.

"Ah yes, the two other heroes of light that assist Ralsei on her way to free us from the dark." The man said as he slowly tried to shuffle his knees towards Muffet and Undyne.

She summoned a yellow spear.

"Back up dude, I'm warning ya!" Undyne said clenching her spear.

"Please, save us from the Chaos King!" Said the man pleading to them. The desperation in his voice was a wake-up call to the seriousness of the words prior. This man wasn't lying.

Undyne retracted her spear.

"...Take us to your town, we'll talk more there," Undyne said begrudgingly.

Muffet raised her arms placed all three sets behind her head calmly while letting out a toothy smile.

"Relax, this man is telling the truth. I just want to eat meat, huehuehue~" Muffet laughed walking off.

The man stood up and whistled, the other surrounding men came in with sleds and sleighs with wolves attached to them on leashes. Each of the men hopped aboard on the sleighs, they had a long way to go before they reached the town. The only sleigh with more than enough room for the three of them was the one the man was occupying.

"Get in ladies, my name is Darlow and I will guide you to Yetera town. These wolves are breaded to be the fast sled dogs on the planet. Hop on the sleigh and we'll arrive there within half an hour." Darlow said patting the seat next to him to invite the trio to sit.

Ralsei politely got on the sleigh with Darlow. She felt like royalty, she liked this feeling. She still didn't know how to process everything this man said however, she just hopes her friends don't scare off or make a bad impression, she doesn't want to scare the residents of this island. Well, archipelago. Her mind was still trying to wrap her head around that as well.

Undyne and Muffet were just stretching instead of getting in the sled. They looked unamused.

"Dog sleds...thirty minutes?" Undyne said before looking at her captain.

"Sorry, Darlow dearie~ We ain't trying to stay in this cold for longer than we need to." Said Muffet stretching out her quads.

Darlow was caught aghast by this.

"Heroes of light! You can't possibly tread this snow, much less faster than these dogs who are perfectly built for traversing through this kind of terrain." Darlow said almost begging them to join him in his sleigh.

"We are not heroes dearie~ and never will be," Muffet said with a smile getting into a running stance.

Undyne did the same and gleamed a soft smooth smile.

"We're pirates!" Undyne said as both Muffet and Undyne raced each other across the snow, splitting the snow in two wherever they ran to. The other men and Darlow gaped their mouths open in shock while Ralsei just smiled passionately at her two energetic warriors.

Their speed was so remarkable the instant the giant wave of snow smacked back down on the ground, they were away from sight.

Darlow send a little lash to the dogs and the dogs started running too, compared to the speed the two women ran at, the dogs seemed like snails on a bad day.

He looked at Ralsei who was happily humming to herself, completely unphased by the feats she saw.

"Those two will be at the town in five minutes, we have time to discuss what's happening in this town- I mean 'archipelago'" Ralsei said finally taking advantage of apparently her high political power.

Darlow was still speechless.

"How strong are those two princesses Ralsei?" Darlow said with still a slightly gaped mouth.

Ralsei giggled.

"Let's just say that if you guys proceeded to shoot, a second after the first bullet was shot, not only would they have dodged it with time to spare, but they would've ended all of you in about 1.2 seconds. I say that high because there is a lot of you." Ralsei said nonchalantly and still gave off a soft smile.

Darlow's body felt cold in fear like he had escaped death. Just them running alone made him perfectly believe everything she just said. He gulped and proceeded with her request.

He sighed.

"This place was once an island, blossom trees used to grow everywhere. Then out of the middle of the island grew a black tree. It was unlike anything we had ever seen. It exuded dark energy, we just let it blossom, thinking that it might bring a good tourist attraction and bring better money to the island. We were wrong." Darlow said looking off into the giant tree in the middle, the giant dead tree.

Ralsei just focused her attention on Darlow's face. She knew he was dead serious, but how did this story connect to her? Who is the Chaos King? Why are they referred to as the heroes of light? What's a Deltarune?!

Darlow continued.

"Overnight, when at its darkest, it grows. Over time it grew tall enough to the point where it was impossible to cut it down, the dark energy that was revolving around the tree was like a magical seal. It was unstoppable. After a week it grew to this enormous height, any hope of bringing it down was instantly shredded, it only grows during the dark." Darlow proceeded before pointing above the clouds. There was a dark viscous cloud revolving around the top of the tree.

This gave Ralsei the chills.

"Then one day, a giant fat man came out of the tree like it was butter like the tree was magic itself. He was tall, white around his face and arms and legs. He had a blue crown that was so big it covered his eyes in the darkness. His body was pitch black with a giant mouth at the mound of his belly, the tongue of that mouth was like a whip with a spade at the end. It was unlike anything we've ever seen."

Darlow said with eyes filled with grief and pain. Ralsei could assume this was the Chaos King he mentioned earlier, she mentally crossed off that question of her mental list.

He paused for a while before continuing.

"He declared that the 'Fountain of Darkness' helps grow the tree. He wants to take over the overworld, and he requested that if we turn off all the lights on our island eternally, then he'll spare us from his wrath. The thing is, we need light to function on this island, the nights are especially dark and extra long. So naturally, we declined, and then this Jester..." When Darlow said that, he shivered, but not from the cold.

Ralsei's curiosity was peaked. She had read this in a fairy tale before labeled the "Legend of Deltarune", however, the characters in it were never thoroughly explained. She had that it was just a fairy tale, she can now see it was real. According to the fairy tale, the jester...was armageddon itself, a horseman of the apocalypse, a harbinger of doom, an absolute powerful demonic entity capable of mass panic, hysteria, destruction, and most importantly...chaos.

Ralsei's face said it all to Darlow.

"So you did read the fairy tale...it's most prominent in the North Blue." Said Darlow still looking straight ahead.

"Yeah, I was born there...so was my friend Undyne...the fish lady," Ralsei said to clarify.

Darlow nodded.

"So you know the stakes that we had ourselves in. We tried to attack the jester, needless to say, its power was on par with the Emporer's. We never stood a chance, all I heard was a chilling laugh, and then..." Harlow gripped the leash and gritted his teeth, "All my men died in an instant.."

Ralsei didn't know how to respond to that. She just stood quiet respectfully and waited for him to continue.

"The Chaos King left me alive, he requested that the Jester keep me alive so that I can spread the news to the people of the island. The jester petted my head and handed me a book, 'The Legend Of Deltarune", however, it wasn't like the regular book. The book seemed thicker, the material felt older, it was...the original. It was no less than a hundred years old." Darlow said in slight anger and amazement.

Ralsei was interested entirely, she fully understood where this man was going.

"The Jester requested that he'd spread the word to the stronger islands on the planet to spread the Chaos King's name. The King allowed it and the Jester left, and he still hasn't returned yet. But that face that Jester had...it had grey skin with pitch-black eyes with a white dot as its pupils. It had a jester's outfit that was a matching purple and black, that was his theme. It had a tail that at the tip of it was just a horizontal cylinder, a weird tail. Its weapon was a curved and jaded scythe, it had this unknown dark power that wasn't just magic...like it harnessed everything this world had to offer. He talked like he run the show like he was the main attraction...like the world was revolving around him..." Darlow said gripping the leash again.

Ralsei finally spoke.

"How long ago did this happen?" Ralsei said concerned.

Darlow scoffed.

"Four months ago. We had no choice but to listen to his demands we weren't sure if he had more powerful servants under his belt. So our island has been living in eternal darkness. After two months the tree got so big it rooted itself to other islands and started to drag them over, now this place is an archipelago of the other islands before the Grand Line." Darlow said almost cursing the tree.

Ralsei now was getting a bigger sense around this situation.

There was one more question though...

"Hey, what does this have to do with me and my two friends?" Ralsei said trying to solve the last piece of information in the checklist.

Under his coat, Darlow took out the book. He tossed it on her lap for her to read.

"The Legend of Deltarune, the original, predicted three specific heroes of 'light' that would free the troubling town of the 'Fountain of Dark' and the Chaos King. The story involves three heroes, one, the leader, a fit and underpowered-looking warrior of unimaginable power. The second hero was the prince, which now I know is 'princess', of the dark. A person with a darkened body and was harmed by the light, regardless this courageous hero would fight for the light anyways. Then there was the brute and more embarking hero, a heroine and best friend to the first hero of contrasting character. They would be the ones and the ones to be able to traverse the tree freely and destroy the fountain of darkness." Darlow said as if he read the book over a thousand times. Ralsei didn't even find a need to open the book, but she did anyway out of curiosity.

Ralsei opened the book to see figures of people that looked exactly like them, like a prophecy.

"To end the suffering of our people, you will have to slay the Chaos King. The three heroes the story predicted, are Muffet D. Baker, Undyne Marie Undying, and Ralsei Lightner. You three will free us from eternal darkness. The tree will fall and we will see the light again. And that...is the Legend of Deltarune." Said Darlow with a hollowness in his chest.

Ralsei was dumbfounded at this, this was seriously happening. As strong as Undyne and Muffet were if the jester came back, she knew they'd lose. Not just lose...massacred!

Just one thing was eluding her though.

"Wait...here in the book there's a fourth person that will help us...who is that?" Ralsei said pointing to the page.

Darlow shrugged.

"The book was unclear, that much I can say...How will your friends know of this tale?" Darlow said remembering them.

Ralsei just remembered that too...they ran off and were probably in the town by now. While Ralsei and Darlow were twenty-five minutes away.

"GODDAMNIT GUYS!" Ralsei shouted in pure anger and anxiety.

(Meanwhile, In Yetera Town)

"Where is everyone!" Muffet said next to Undyne in an almost completely pitch dark part of town.

All the doors were closed and all the lights turned off. They needed to do the shopping for the ship, but they couldn't since all the doors were closed. And they were above breaking such minuscule laws so breaking in wasn't an option.

Undyne shrugged.

"We either came too late or too early, I can't tell what's going on with this town, or that tree, but everything here seems to be suspicious...actually reminds me of a book I used to read as a child..." Undyne said rubbing her chin at her last statement.

Muffet groaned impatiently.

"But I just wanna buy stuff now...! I hate the cold! Plus, the sun just set, people shouldn't be scared of the dark if they had lived here long enough. What are they scared of?!" Muffet said tossing a tantrum.

Undyne just rolled her eyes.

"I don't know 'M', let's just head back to Ralsei and that Darlow guy. Maybe he told Ralsei some stuff that can help us." Undyne said turning around already. Muffet did the same.

"Ohoho! The heroes are already running away, and they didn't even know I was here! My dad is going to make me son of the month!" Said a strangely raspy and high-pitched voice.

Undyne and Muffet turned around instantly with their hair furiously flapping in the harsh winter wind. They peered into the mist and saw a little kid. Like, an actual little kid standing on top of a well. He seemed to be no older than ten.

The kid was pudgy, he had a smile that was cheek to cheek and his teeth were creepily rounded. His hood was blue at the top and so big his eyes were covered in darkness. His tongue was also blue and dropped out of his mouth. The sleeves of his hood were also blue but the body of it was black. He had paper white skin and blue boots. They didn't know whether or was intentional, but the darkness on his face was perfectly shaped like a spade.

Undyne, the brasher one out of the two, spoke first.

"Who the hell are you?" She said is a crisp growl, knowing they might have to fight now.

"I'm...The Bad Guy! I even have my own theme song...It goes like this-" he said as he cartwheeled off the well and landed next to a strangely placed and conveniently placed boombox.

He coughed out a mixtape labeled "My Theme!" and inserted it into the slot. He giggled in anticipation.

Undyne and Muffet just stared at this kid blankly and groaned slightly in second-hand embarrassment.

He couldn't be serious.

The stereo blasted a chiptune beat. The kid bounced up in shock as if he didn't expect it to be so loud but played it off anyways. He started wagging his fingers to the melody.

Da Da Da Da!

DaDaDa Da, Da Da! DaDaDa Da...!

Da Da Da Da!

DaDaDa! Da Da! DaDaDa Da...!

Muffet was slightly grooving to the beat.

Undyne wasn't she felt insulted.

"Those aren't lyrics..." Undyne said rubbing the bridge of her nose.

"What?" The kid said in disbelief.

"You're just saying 'Da Da Da' over and over!" Undyne said correcting his lyricism.

"Fine...! Lyric writing is really hard." The kid said as he quickly jotted down his next words on a piece of paper he had in his pocket. He then quickly proceeded to continue his song, this time in a speed-up melody, almost like rap.

I'm Lancer, Prince of Spades-!

Tonight I'm gonna have my day-!

Beep Beep on the bike, on the mic-

Gonna strike-!

Better get out of my way!

Peddle on, till the Lightners are gone-

And then I'm gonna say "Yay"!

...Yay!

Undyne just groaned in uncertainty and uncomfortableness. Muffet was just bopping up and down, she was enjoying his performance.

Hey there you sweet fools and clowns-!

Tonight cha'goin' down!

Gonna get the goal-

As I go rollin- through this empty town!

I drop the bombs and like your tears-

They ain't gonna stop me now!

Lancer was slowly grooving his way over to Undyne and Muffet. He wasn't a threat, not in the slightest, he was just a kid way over his head. Even so, she felt tense when the kid got closer. They could assume now that his name was Lancer.

He just got to a foot in front of them and started jabbing thumbs at himself. Muffet was overjoyed by this whole ordeal and started to quietly background sing to his lyrics. Lancer had to angle his body upward by a lot to meet Undyne. He was not even 5'0.

He continued at a slower tempo like it was time for his chorus.

Spare...the rod-! And Spoil Me...!

I'm the coolest...in my family...!

I'm ...the villain in this tale...

And, your face is getting pale...

He continued to his regular tempo.

In my kingdom, you will find-

Nothing's ever gonna shine!

Dare you dare my layers of rhymes?

Undyne facepalmed at the fact there was more and groaned harshly now.

"I'm losing my mind...-" Undyne said before Lancer cut her off.

I'm the most righteous son!

Dont'cha know I'm number one-!

"Are you done!" Undyne said irritated.

"Uh no-" Lancer said sharp and quick to continue back to his song. He coughed out a bike with matching colors, that alone got Undyne to shut up as she tried to piece together this phenomenon. Muffet was humming to herself the melody of the beat.

Beep Beep! Here come the wheels!

You like wrestling-? I'm a heel!

You know what? I really feel-

Like we've grown closer today...

You can't stop my evil plans!

Now. I'm gonna. Stand. In your way!

Lancer just hopped in front of Undyne and didn't move. Undyne was slowly getting closer to mutilating a child.

"Are you just...standing there?" Undyne said building up anger.

"No...I'm just standing here...menacingly!" Lancer said with an evil grin with his tongue out.

"You could be doing way more evil things right now!" Undyne said for some reason correcting his mannerism, she immediately felt the backlash.

"I like the way you think bluefish lady! Now...I could...pause for the music..." Lancer wrapped her arm around her thighs her waist since he couldn't reach her neck. He then panned his arm in the distance to signal her to imagine the next set of words he would say.

Muffet was already intrigued and was vibrantly dancing to the beat.

Drink... straight from the lake!

Eat someone else's birthday cake!

Since I'm a bad guy-

What I want I take...!

Maybe, I could dig a hole!

Then dig a bigger hole!

Don't stop me now-

I'm on a roll...!

I'm...the riding Prince of Spades...!

Life's... a game I like to play...!

Coming...up with rhymes is hard...!

Hey! Why don't you pick a card...?

Lancer held up a deck of cards in front of her. Undyne angrily snatched half the deck. She looked at them in disbelief.

"They all say 'Proud Member of The Lancer FanClub?" Undyne said at first in confusion, but then rapidly building up murderous intent.

"I'm so glad to be a fan of you guys, now we are all fans of each other!" Lancer said with an innocent smile.

"Aren't you supposed to be the bad guy?!" Undyne said losing patience quickly.

Muffet was still jamming out next to her.

"Hmm...maybe deep down we are all just...guys!" Lancer said as if reaching an epiphany. Undyne groaned in pain, that was the not message she wanted to portray to him.

"Thank you for helping me come to this philosophical conclusion..." Lancer said as he rode his bike behind them. They turned around and watch him belt his final chorus.

Spare...the rod-! And Spoil Me...!

I'm the coolest...in my family...!

I'm...the villain- er Regular Guy...!

I...came up with rhyme on the fly...!

I'm Lancer, Prince of Spades!

Tonight I'm gonna have my day!

Beep Beep! Here come the wheels-!

You like wrestling ? I'm a heel!

You know what? I really feel-

Like we'll see each other soon- and so-

Farewell!

As Lancer was about to finish his final line, she spun his bike fast, hitting both of them into the well. Muffet, who was just dancing, was caught off guard and got knocked straight down the well.

Undyne was grabbing on by the edge of the fountain, but there was no grip so she was bound to fall.

"You didn't even rhyme that time!" Undyne said madder that he didn't complete the rhyme than her situation.

"I'll do better next time!" Lancer said with his signature tongue-filled smile.

Undyne eventually lost grip and fell to the bottomless pit of the well.

"Aren't you going to finish the chorus...?!" Undyne said as her voice slowly echoed and trailed off into silence.

Lancer poked his head into the fountain and yelled.

"No! Cause I'm evil! I've learned nothing whatsoever!"

**TO BE CONTINUED**