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!

It was quiet, well, it was forcefully quiet.

Undyne tried sparking conversation with the teen, but he wouldn't do more than a nod or shake his head. So she had to minimize her questions and her format of it.

She had learned a lot from him, however. She had learned that they weren't in the well anymore. They had broken into the tree. One of the roots of it.

The tree itself was made out of dark magic, making everything solid darkness. The tree could only be passed through by someone with a righteous soul.

Undyne knew what that part meant, anybody who was well versed with their soul was able to roam freely in the tree. Kris had told her that the tree's roots were dragging in the other islands around the East Blue together, and eventually every island on the planet.

After it would combine all the islands into one Pangaea, the roots would completely spread themselves throughout the terrain, slowly turning this world into eternal darkness.

Undyne knew how serious this was now.

He then lightly skimmed the 'Legend of Deltarune' to her. Giving her a summary of the people involved the people who will save the tree from doing so. Undyne had also concluded that it means that one of them, assuming it was talking about herself, Muffet, Ralsei, Kris, and his friend, that one of them won't make it out alive.

She tried to ignore that thought.

She also began to try and imagine the strength that the Duke and the Chaos King possess. Hopefully, they would be enough to overpower him. Kris did say that his friend was well roundedly stronger than him, so she figured that maybe the five of them would have a chance.

However, she had a few more questions.

"Hey uh, dude. How did you and your friend get here?" Undyne said hopefully trying to get an answer out of him.

They have been walking down a dark tunnel for about 15 minutes straight, according to Kris, the path should lead them back to the darkened town that resides under the tree.

Silence went by. She sighed as she was disappointed that this guy barely wanted to speak.

"...We came here out of our own volition. It wasn't easy but we sailed here on a regular boat." Kris said still walking straight ahead with his constant face of neutral displeasement that Undyne hated. She just hated this guy in general, not his strength or appearance, his personality.

She continued as if that fact barely bothered her.

"Heh! So what's the objective here? How do we stop this stupid abyssal magical tree?" Undyne said before Kris turned a sharp head to her, she paused.

He held up one finger.

"First, we have to cut off all of the roots that are branching to the islands and dragging them." He said with confidence this time, she could atleast see he was serious about his job and role.

He held up two fingers.

"We have to break the fountain that powers this tree, if we don't then it doesn't matter if we break the roots or not, it'll grow back instantly the next day." He said with even more gusto than his previous statement. Undyne felt his vibe now.

He held up three fingers.

"The Chaos King will want to battle with us afterward, we don't know how strong he is but we fight anyways." He said with his Determination slightly peering out of his chest. He took this seriously. Undyne got pumped up, she got to kick ass after all!

"Alright, then what are we waiting for?! Let's run!" Undyne said ready to go kick this guy's ass.

However, Kris stopped her with his sword.

"The Chaos King controls the reality within this tree, he actively changes the rooms when he has nothing else to do. Rushing ahead won't get us anywhere, but as long as we keep a low profile, we should be able to get through this smoothly." He said, practically ordering her.

This kid was no older than she was, but Undyne knew that his experience made him a man. The way he spoke, he spoke with tacit authority, like how a man should.

She respected that.

"Fine. So, this seems like an easy mission, right? I mean, there isn't anything down here that is so powerful that we'd falter right?" Undyne said before looking at the sickly and troubled face of Kris.

Kris was now shaking in his boots.

"Uh...dude?" Undyne said trying to snap him back to his senses.

He held up a finger.

"If. If! At any point. Whatsoever. The Chaos King calls upon his Jester. Forget the mission, we leave! No debate. We. Leave! And if at any point. Whatsoever. We see him at all! We leave. Immediately." Kris said seemingly petrified of this Jester guy.

Undyne usually wasn't scared of anyone, however, just mentioning the guy almost made her lose consciousness. Like she got second-hand overwhelmed.

From that alone, she knew. That the Jester guy is someone they are not fighting anytime soon.

"U-um, where is it currently?" Undyne said while slightly sweating with nervousness.

Kris turned around and started walking again, she followed him.

"...he is in the Grand Line spreading Chaos for the Chaos King. Like a diplomat," Kris said with slight relief that he was decently far away from them.

Great! Now we have to deal with chaos clown when we get to the Grand Line! Undyne thought in fear and annoyance.

More minutes of silence went by. It was kind of awkward.

"...So...how did you and your friend split up?" Undyne said finding any way of conversation while traversing the cave.

"...There was a trap door that I didn't see...she saved me but fell in herself. I believe she is on the floor below us, that I don't know how to get access to...the fountain is on the deepest floor, which is about two floors below where she is right now." Kris said rubbing his chin in thought.

Undyne materialized a red bident just to make herself feel safer and to illuminate the way around them as they walked.

"Not to be a Debbie-downer, but what makes you think she is still alive?" Undyne said trying not to get on his bad side.

"Because...she has a staggering amount of Justice...so much so...that I can feel her soul through the walls of this place...actually, she is with someone else currently," Kris said flicking his head at the ground, in the direction where he was sensing the souls. It seemed to be below them in a room slightly to the left of them.

"Hey. Your friend. Does she seem to have a will to Persevere?" Kris said while giving a soft glance at Undyne.

She knew the answer all too well.

"Yeah? What about it?" Undyne said quickly and sharply.

"Hm...they seem to be fighting." He said calmly like that wasn't a problem.

Undyne flinched at that response.

"W-what?! We should stop it!" Undyne said glancing around the cave to try and find a way towards where they were. There wasn't any.

"There's no point. If we make too much noise or a ruckus, the Chaos King will just put us in a circle. We just have to trust their Perseverance and Justice to not go too far." Kris said before walking again.

Undyne wanted to argue, but sadly, she couldn't. She swallowed her pride and followed him. She finally saw a blue light up ahead and the outline of town buildings.

Atleast they were getting closer.

(Meanwhile, with Muffet and Susie)

"GUM GUM! SPIDER MISSILE!" Said Muffet as she propelled herself towards Susie with all six of her arms.

Susie was strong enough to withstand the pressure and impact of the attack, using the wooden mid-section of the ax to block her head from hitting her stomach.

The purple raptor girl bunted Muffet off her and went for a horizontal strike that was powered by her swinging the ax around while spinning on her heels.

The spider girl bent backward to avoid the ax and followed up with a backflip. Susie stopped her attack. Immediately after completing the flip, Muffet stretched back and shot her upper and middle section hands at Susie at a monstrous force.

"GUM GUM! QUADRA PISTOL!" Muffet roared as the punches followed each other in a square pattern.

Both of them were enjoying this.

Susie smoothly dodged all four of her punches and blitzed towards her, readying her ax to toss.

Muffet retracted her arms and prepared for her strike, to find a way to either block or counter it.

Susie tossed her ax at the spider girl. Muffet sidestepped and lunged at the dino girl. She stretched back all six of her arms to prepare her Spider Rocket attack. However, she saw Susie get enveloped in her soul like it was a yellow fire around her. Susie bared her teeth and smiled.

"Attacking when the person's attack isn't done yet? What kind of Justice is that?!" Susie said with a slight cackle. She slowly lifted her hand and channeled all of her Justice into her right hand. She positioned it to where Muffet's Spider Rocket was going to connect.

"GUM GUM! SPIDER ROCKET!" Muffet screamed as her six arms shot towards her opponent furiously. In terms of all-around damage, Spider Rocket was the most damaging move in her arsenal. The fact that she was planning to block it with her hand was a silly endeavor.

However, when the attack hit her hand. It seemed to do absolutely nothing. Susie chuckled as she raised her hand to Muffet's face who was still in disbelief.

"Justice Form Number 2: Painful Retribution!" Susie said with a voice that was a combination of both anger and confidence.

Just as she said that, from her hand, she magically hit Muffet with a blunt force...that she felt for some reason, that was double the force of her attack. As if she was hitting herself.

Muffet's head rocked back so hard she almost was decapitated, her neck being rubber prevented that, however, she was still propelled backward to get immediately clothes-lined on the back of her legs by the wooden middle of Susie's ax. Muffet flopped on the ground, but because of the force of the attack prior she just started rolling on the ground before smacking into the physical darkness on the other side of the room.

The magenta and crimson petals and grass were derooted along her flight path. When Muffet came into contact with the wall, blood surfaced from her mouth. She was dazed.

Regardless, she got up.

"Heh, that's what my attacks feel like, huh dearie?" Muffet said getting more excited and pumped. She hasn't been this excited to fight someone ever since she fought Undyne for the first time. She started to see a lot of similarities between Susie and Undyne. She was making a really good first impression.

Susie laughed at her comment.

"I guess so! I would much rather not want to get hit by any of your attacks." Susie said levering the ax over her left shoulder.

Muffet wiped the blood from her mouth and cracked her fingers.

"So, let me get this straight dearie~ your mastery of Justice allows you to nullify any attack and shoot it back at two times the strength at the opponent. While ultimately costing nothing on your end?" Muffet said stretching, seeing as how this person was stronger than she thought.

"Upon many things...yes, that move, in particular, does that. However, I'll humor you, spider girl, that move does indeed drain most of My Justice." She said brandishing her ax again to re-engage in the duel.

Muffet giggled a sinister giggle. One that if a person was caught in the middle of the night by it, they'd soil their pants.

"Muffet. Name's Muffet!" Muffet said getting into a grappler stance.

Susie grinned, showing her teeth again. Muffet did the same in return.

"So Muffet! Let's raise the stakes!" Susie said before striking the ground in a vertical slash, causing a yellow after-slash to beam straight towards Muffet.

She easily cartwheeled around it and started sprinting towards her.

Drats! That was the last of my Justice...it was worth a shot! Thought Susie as she chased at her in response.

Muffet skipped in the air while twisting her body, extending her leg out so that it acted as a horizontal whip attack.

The speed at which she swung her leg, was too fast for Susie to physically avoid. So Susie just prepared to parry the ax with the lumbar of her ax.

The spider grinned as her leg wrapped around Susie instead of swipe. Before long, her whole leg restrained Susie from moving.

"Ah! What the hell! You Devil Fruit holders are bullshit!" Susie said as Muffet retracted her body to where the restrained Susie was. Muffet then giggled again in her face.

"Watch your mouth!" The spider girl said as she stretched her head back to the other side of the room. The elastic tension on her neck was super tense.

Susie knew what she was doing and tried to squirm out of her bind. But the spider girl's elastic grip and force around her body were stronger than her at the moment.

"My best friend is a Devil Fruit user!" Muffet said as she shot her head from the back of the room to Susie's snout.

"GUM GUM! SPIDER GONG!" Muffet said as Susie's body rag-dolled the same way Muffet's did earlier. Except for this time the opposite way. When Susie smacked against the wall, blood escaped from her mouth too.

She was angry at this but excited that with someone this strong, she doesn't have to hold back.

Susie looked to her right and saw the monsters she swatted away earlier, she growled at them with her insanely deep voice and sharp teeth.

The monsters ran away through a latch that led to the floor below.

Great! That brings me one floor closer to this stupid fountain! Susie thought to herself.

"GUM GUM! SPIDER SHOTGUN!" This immediately alerted Susie and rolled away from the incoming six-fisted attack. Muffet's six fists smacked against the wall with a force that shook the room.

Susie got up mad.

"Attacking me by surprise will never work!" She started to emit her yellow aura again.

"If it's a move so unjustly, then it'll never reach me! My sense of Justice is too powerful!" Susie said almost snarling at her.

Muffet retracted her arms.

"So is my will to Persevere!" Muffet said running at her again.

"You get to be the first to witness my newest attack dearie~ get ready!" Muffet said interlocking her fingers together except for one hand. She started to use some of her Perseverance.

Susie chuckled.

"Behold mine too! Justice Form Number One: Interstellar Karma!" Susie exclaimed while all of her justice formed into a ball in her right hand.

They were both ready to destroy each other with their last move. Prior to this, they've been fighting for about twenty minutes. They always traded blows with each other. No matter how deadly it may seem, this was just a friendly way of greeting each other. They both knew that.

Before they could get to use their attacks some giant mass blocked both of them from using it.

"There'll be no such thing!" Said this giant fat man that appeared in front of them.

Muffet and Susie froze in shock and fear, but it was too late. This man was a shadowy figure standing at a whopping 10"0.

With his enormous hands, he grabbed both of them by their heads quickly and smashed them together. Susie and Muffet were dazed by this, both of them retracting their attacks.

The man seems to wear light blue gloves. Muffet could get a better glimpse of him because she was less dazed. Physical attacks were greatly nullified by her.

This man looked exactly like Lancer...!

Wait was this?!

Before either of them could speak, he tossed both of them into the hidden latch in the corner that Susie saw earlier. While they fell, they heard a voice go: "Dark Room!" They fell right through and into an even darker room.

There were just a box and a button...

(Meanwhile, with Lancer and Ralsei)

Lancer got to the base of the tree of darkness.

"This is where the big boys of the tree of darkness enter! Me being one of them!" Lancer said unrivaled energy. She pats him on the head.

"So, your father is in here?" Ralsei said still admiring the height of the tree.

Lancer rubbed his chin.

"Nah! He's somewhere in here, we have to actively look!" Lancer said making an opening into the tree.

Ralsei kinda hoped it would be that easy. Most of her knew it wasn't but she can still dream.

She sighed and walked into the eternal room of darkness.

Once Lancer closed the way behind them it was pitch black in the room.

"Hey, Lancer uh...I can't see." Ralsei said hoping he had a solution.

"Don't worry Ms. Goat Lady! I have something that'll 'brighten' your day!" He said smugly as he stuck out his tongue that immediately acted as a powerful lantern throughout the darkness. Everything there was still solid darkness, but a spiral staircase up and down was available.

Ralsei thought about the layout of the tree.

"What's upstairs?" She told Lancer in curiosity.

"Upstairs is the room where the Jester used to live! Now he's gone! So it's unoccupied. His toys were scary!" Lancer said walking towards the downstairs part. She followed him.

"I could imagine." She thought out loud.

Lancer just kept humming his theme as they descended the stairwell. The more down the stairs they went, the more Ralsei got to wrap her mind around the tree's composition.

It was truly made out of darkness, the caster in charge of this place wasn't anyone to scoff at. The fight against his father was going to be a twisted one.

Wait! Does Lancer believe that everyone that comes down here really wants to 'talk' to his father? He didn't read the book so he doesn't know that we are ultimately here to kill his father...I'll try and break it to him later... Ralsei thought before descending more down the stairwell with Lancer's constant melodic humming.

Lancer stopped humming after a while.

"Hey. Ralsei. I like ya! You're pretty cool. That cookie hit the spot. Give the chef my condolences!" Lancer said with an innocent and goofy tone and smile.

This shattered Ralsei's heart.

"Listen...Lancer...I uh, um...y-your father uh-" Ralsei tried to explain to him the result of everyone being here.

"We are here!" Lancer said, interrupting her. Ralsei flinched at his subtleness, then she finally saw a new ray of color from in front of her. It was a meadowland...underneath a tree and surrounded by darkness.

How was anything growing there?!

Ralsei just summed it up to be that everything around and under the tree was entirely made out of magic. Which, wouldn't be a complete stretch.

The grass was purple, just like on her ship. The trees were orange, and lively with purple wood.

Lancer gestured his hand towards the terrain.

"The people that were guarding here are probably down at the lower levels trying to suppress the foreign invaders! A.K.A your friends!" Lancer exclaimed.

"My dad has domain over this...domain! He can warp the settings and rooms of the tree's roots! All we have to do is wait here and he'll come soon!" He said with a bounce to his words. He sat plump on the ground and startled playing with his feet.

He's so innocent, he doesn't have a single evil bone in his body. Ralsei thought.

"So I guess we'll just wait here. What is this place called by any chance?" She was curious about the logic behind this place.

"Oh! This is the Field of Hopes and Dreams!" Lancer said with pride and dazzle.

Ralsei couldn't believe it.

Her ship was all made out of materials from this place...how did that make sense! The ship was made years before the tree existed!

Lancer, as if reading her mind, answered her gripe.

"This tree's magical abilities transcend time and space...some say that every time this tree is derooted, it carries everything with it into another timeline! Most of the beings from here are from an alternate timeline...but I was created in this one." Lancer said with a bucket of information that Ralsei didn't know his childlike brain could understand.

So...my ship was made from an alternate timeline...? Ralsei considered.

"Do you mind telling me the layout of this place?" Ralsei said trying her best to squeeze information out of him.

Lancer tapped his index finger on the ground trying to think.

"Hmm, right now we are on the first floor. Just recently my dad shifted the rooms. This is usually the second floor. Below us should be the Darkner Town. Which usually is the first floor. Then below that is the third floor, which is The Forest, that's where most of the guards should be stationed right now. Along the fourth floor should be Rouxls Kaard's puzzle dungeon. That's the only floor that doesn't change because Rouxls Kaard is his special dark entity!" Lancer said as Ralsei was trying to jot all that down.

Alright, this Rouxls Kaard guy should be the Duke. Ralsei jotted down in her memory log.

"Then there's the fifth and final floor. That's where the fountain is, but before that is the King's room! My dad's room! So no matter what, they are forced to meet him!" Lancer said with a glee he probably shouldn't have.

Ralsei memorized all of that. She honestly couldn't believe the King had this much power.

Lancer started playfully ripping the blades of grass from the soil one by one.

"If the heroes of light wanted to successfully win this ordeal. They'd have to break all four extended roots that are leeching off other islands. Then they'd have to quickly destroy the fountain to stop the tree than after that...I don't know! We'll probably gave dinner together, I'm hungry!" Lancer said only seemingly half enlightening.

Ralsei gulped.

"Do you know where are my friends and the other two people?" Ralsei said seeming more concerned for her friends than usual.

"Hmm, the fish lady and the blind kid are on the second floor! And the spider lady and the dino lady are on the fourth floor with Rouxls Kaard! Judging by their life force...they are all halfway dead!" Lancer said with, again, more jubilee than he should.

Ralsei's eyes dilated in shock. She gulped and almost choked on her spit. Her mind started racing, how did they get split up! How are they all already wounded?

We drew the short end of the stick! Ralsei thought.