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!
Sans was swamped at the dinner table later that day. He and Papyrus were getting barraged by questions, on one side of the table were Sans, Papyrus, and Muffet. The other side was Susie, Undyne, and Ralsei.
Susie looks at Sans with an amused eye.
"Lazy Justice, huh? More of a Retributive Justice type of person." Susie said displaying her aura of Justice. Sans in return, chuckled and displayed his, his was much more intense and thick. His justice was refined and thoroughly thought out.
Muffet just had two arms stretched out around her older brothers' shoulders. Pulling them in to get the most connected they could. She always felt safer and was genuinely happier around her brothers. This day was going heavenly for her.
Ralsei just asked simple questions like why did they choose to follow the paths they chose now. Sans simply replied with because since he's the middle man, he can see both sides fight without getting involved as much.
Papyrus responded because he loves the thrill of the fight and the constant adrenaline of chivalrous combat. He joined Goldenbeard because he heard there were good chefs that he wanted to learn pasta making from on that ship. He originally started as a 9th commander, as there are ten.
However, through combat, he was shown to display the feats of a second commander and was placed there for a couple of years. He can't quite get past Mettaton. Nor would he ever dare challenge Goldenbeard. Goldenbeard refers to all of his crewmates as "his child" and everyone on the ship calls him "pops". Everyone found it weird, but they knew there could be much weirder things on the sea.
Undyne gave him an interesting look, he shyly looked away.
"So Papyrus The Great, how would you rate your pasta talents?" Undyne causally remarked.
Sans and Muffet stopped eating and froze in fear. They knew the fate Undyne had walked upon, they couldn't save her. All they had to do now was just watch manslaughter form right in front of their eyes.
"Oooh! Want to try my special Spaghetti, rumored to be the best in all of the Grand Line?! Well, have a taste, dear member of my little sis!" Papyrus slid her his plate of Spaghetti.
Sans and Muffet had tasted his spaghetti before, and it couldn't even be described as edible. It was always superhumanly horrendous. A human once slurped one noodle and the guy had to get his stomach pumped for three years straight and all that guy's kids got ambrosia and bronchitis.
Undyne took a whole fork twirl of the noodles and placed them in her mouth. Sans and Muffet flinched for her. Muffet fully accepted and was fully planning the death of her first mate and the funeral arrangements.
Sans had felt violated just watching her take more than a picometer of his cooking into her mouth.
However, Undyne smiled happily and kept eating. Even Papyrus was shocked she was eating more.
"This is really good?! Granted, not award-winning, but it's better than most I've had! What's your recipe?!" Undyne shouted with childlike excitement.
Muffet now truly knew that this day was too good to be true, she believed she was dreaming and reached for a fork. Even Sans knew this was a glitch in the matrix. Susie grabbed her fork in curiosity too. No way he made good food for once.
Sans, Muffet, and Susie all took a chunk of the spaghetti and took a huge bite. They took a good few chews.
All three of them were blasted against the wall and even morphed into the dent in the wall from just the pure disgust of the meal. The spaghetti was still as bad as it was before, it was so inedible that the result of tasting it resulted in physical backlash. All three of them peeled off the wall like a weak sticker and flopped to the ground with foamy mouths and cloudy eyes.
"I didn't want my adventure to end this early..." Muffet said.
"Me neither..." Susie was crawling in the ground like she was beaten within an inch of her life.
Sans was just lifeless, his pupils gone from sight.
Ralsei slammed on the table.
"You guys are being rude! It's not that bad you bunch of babies! I'll try it myself!" Ralsei angrily picked up a meatball with her fork and bite into it. Sans reached out to her and Muffet had weakly raised her arm to try and stop her, but their energy was zapped.
"No...! Not the meatball!" The siblings said in pure anguish and distraught.
Susie was just out for the count, knocked out on the floor in the fetal position.
Ralsei bit into the meatball and her teeth almost shattered on the spot. Her tongue lightly tapped the surface of the meatball and her body felt the pain of several explosions hitting her. She flew against the wall out of pure disgust and bounced off it. All four of them were on the floor writhing in pain.
"Nyeh heh heh! You guys are being melodramatic! My cooking isn't that spectacular!" Papyrus gave his usual hearty high pitched laugh. Undyne was happily munching on all of his plates.
"You should make me another batch dork! I love these!" Undyne said licking the sauce from the plate. Papyrus was shocked she finished his plate, no one has ever done that before. His non-existent heart was pounding again.
"Well, if a woman so gracious as yourself would like good food prepared by the greatest! Then I suppose I shall!" Papyrus's own ego and hype made his scarf blow in the absent wind.
"Is everything about you just awesome?" Undyne smiled her toothy smile.
Papyrus felt a little sheepish at that comment.
The other four were still trying to recover with their pale skin and scrunched-up faces.
Papyrus couldn't help but still stare at her and her body.
"Well, if you want to see more from The Great Papyrus~ then I shall allow you to gaze upon me outside, where I'm more pleasant to look at." Papyrus struck a pose of brilliance.
Undyne gave him a closed-eye laugh.
"You're always pleasant to look at! Let's go outside and leave these wimps to their groveling!" Undyne said punching her fist in anticipation. She walked with the shy Papyrus to the door and they went outside.
"Goddamnit Papyrus...we've been tricked!" Muffet uttered in pain.
"Bamboozled..." Sans added on.
"Played like a fiddle...!" Susie continued.
"Utterly Backstabbed...!" Ralsei finished.
Their stomachs were still aching from the accidentally poisoned meal.
Sans sighed.
"...I knew we were going to have a bad time..."
(Outside)
Undyne and Papyrus had made it up to the head of the ship, where the owl figurehead was. They both were leaning against the railing of the ship side by side, looking at the night sky that displayed a speckle of stars across the blue and black sky.
"You know, Muffet had always told stories about her brothers. To be honest, I've always wanted to fight you, I like battling with people of your energy." Undyne brushed her hair aside while looking at the sky in amazement. Papyrus was also looking at something amazing, it wasn't the sky, the ship, or the sea.
"Do you still want to fight me, now?" Papyrus gave a sincere and knowing smile.
Undyne chuckled and shook her head, lowering it to look at the sea.
"Nah, not now. I'd lose to you anyways, I just wanna...talk. Which is rare. Ever since I've been on your sister's ship, I've been changing as a person. I can't tell for the good or better, I just know that my comfort zone has been expanding a lot." Undyne confessed she was twiddling with her thumbs.
"Yeah my sister tends to have that effect...she lets you caught in her web of persistence...the catch is what you are persistent on doing. Whether it be fixing yourself, moving ahead, tying loose ends. Whatever it may be, she gets you stuck so you have nothing else to do but be better. We all are caught in her web, trust me." Papyrus said uncharacteristically to Undyne, usually he'd add some sort of flare or mention of himself, but he spoke honestly and calmly.
Maybe this day has just been weird for the both of them.
"Heh! You could say that again...you three are such influential and incredible people. Powerful but so filled with life and likeability...it's weird." Undyne turned around to face him, the night breeze and moonlight were hitting her in a way that made Papyrus cease in any thoughts or movements.
"Uh, do you find me... likable?" Papyrus boldly asked. The moonlight shining off his smooth scalp and the breeze making his scarf flow smoothly and calmly.
Undyne was flushed and averted her gaze from him while tensing her face.
"W-what? Uh, yeah!" Undyne wanted to bang her head against the mast a thousand times for how awkwardly she approached her sentence.
Papyrus hugged her.
"Thank you Ms. Undying...besides the obligatory praise from my siblings and Goldenbeard...you've been the only person to actually enjoy me as a person..." Undyne didn't know how to accept his thanks. She just hugged him back. He squeezed tighter.
"I'm glad my little sister is in such capable hands, and I apologize if she's a handful, I thank you for looking after her and staying this long. You don't have to accept my thanks, I just wanted to tell you that you're pretty great. As great as me even. If you haven't seen that enough already, I just thought I should let you know. You've not only been the only person to truly say that I'm cool and not annoying, but you've eaten my cooking whole. Not even my siblings manage to do that. You're just someone I've already grown to adore and your body...I wish I had a body like yours, so I can flex to everyone and show them how super cool I am...People see me and get scared or laugh at me, but if I had a body as cool as yours, I'd be happier with myself. Thank you for being one of the few things of the sea that I'm proud to fight for...Promise me you'll continue to keep my sister safe for me...and I'll cook you all the spaghetti your heart can desire and challenge you to that match you've always wanted." Papyrus spoke all this into her ear in the moonlight.
Undyne just froze, she was speechless. How could someone so new to her speak to her like that? This was beyond her comprehension...she was raised to believe that everyone who was a pirate was heartless...she thought that everyone but her own crew was like that. Then here comes this skeleton...a man with no heart and no eyes, who was sharing to her emotions and giving her compliments and promises of hope. He had an overwhelmingly big heart...she was frustrated with herself.
Why could a skeleton display more emotion than she could? His soul wasn't even Kindness and he was more genuine and nicer than her. She hated to give out compliments, but this man with no eyes was admiring her body and made her feel special.
What was she missing?
She had been trying to figure that out for months...what was her mother able to do that she couldn't do herself?
She tossed all those ideas aside and gritted her teeth. Those thoughts could wait, right now, this skeleton was pouring his heart out to her. What was she doing moping there for?
Was she really about to be second fiddle to a skeleton?!
She can be kinder than him! She'll be the kindest person on the planet!
She was Determined to do so.
Just then...for that moment...Undyne felt something resonate in her soul. Something unlocked, something clicked, like a clogged river getting cleaned.
She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly with 100% percent of her passion.
Undyne's eye was displayed a split pupil, one side was green and the other side was red.
Her muscles got tighter and her body seemed to bulk a bit more.
Undyne was filled with...Kindn- No...not just Kindness.
She was Fulfilled with Kindness!
She was also filled with Determination!
Her soul made way for a permanent spot of Determination, both soul types were mixed into one. She seemed to have a full set and stable control of her Kindness. She felt way stronger and more capable now.
"I will keep your sister safe! You can count on me 100 percent- No! 200 percent- NO! 1,000,000 percent. I can't disappoint The Great Papyrus, he'll be the man to provide happiness to everyone he meets...You are great Papyrus, you don't need other people to know that you're great. You need to tell yourself that first. And I'll be here to make sure you are happy with yourself cause you are. No guy has made me this energetic and pumped before, you're really one of a kind and I'm glad to have met you today you lug!" Undyne stopped the hug and punched his arm.
Papyrus was fully flustered, no one ever spoke to him like that the way Undyne just did.
Papyrus was filled with...Integrity!
Papyrus looked her in the eyes, and a fiery light blue flame emitted from his right eye. The same look that Sans gave but it was his own, a blue instead of yellow. Instead of bloodlust, his passion in his soul felt sincere.
"You're really beautiful, you know that right?" Papyrus spoke an octave lower and gave her a more caring look.
Those words absolutely sent jolts through her body and sent a chill down her spine. She felt herself heating up and she started to blush blue, not trying to hide it anymore.
They were the same height so all they could do was stare an inch away from each other.
She couldn't tell whether it was the added Determination in her soul or the upgrade of Kindness, but she couldn't help herself from wrapping her arms around his spine, pressing her bust against his ribcage to stare harder into him.
Papyrus wrapped his boney arms around her waist and gave her a look that also very uncharacteristic of him. They both just stood there frozen in time under the moonlight.
"I'm proud of you bro, but I think we got to leave early," Sans said using his telekinesis to tug on his scarf.
Undyne and Papyrus immediately detached themselves from each other and tried to act as if they weren't in the middle of a moment. Sans couldn't care less.
"C'mon bro we have to go, Toriel wants the report earlier now. We have to deliver it to her." Sans held up a transponder snail that looked a snail version of Toriel, having her clothing and color features.
Transponder snails were the means of long-distance communication.
"Ah! I see...If we must then...we shall." Papyrus walked off with Sans. Sans spawned and giant Gaster Blaster that they both stood on.
Muffet, Ralsei, and Susie were there too, they had left with Sans after successfully ridding their stomachs of the plague.
"You have to leave now? Where will I be able to find you guys?" Muffet asked.
"You'll find me at MeadowFlora Island in the Grand Line." Sans casually said.
Papyrus raised a finger.
"And as for I, I shall be visiting! To you know...check up!" Papyrus slowly looked towards Undyne.
She gave him the hand signal that meant "call me". Papyrus smiled with glee and got giddy.
Susie had nothing to say to them, she had already learned plenty from the talk she had with Sans. He was very knowledgeable.
Ralsei spoke out.
"What do you do from here?" She was curious about Sans' next move.
"Maybe stop the rampaging demon on the Grand Line...free a few more slaves...and find the secret bases for those...sorry guys, that part's confidential." Sans gave his trademark wink.
The blast in the Gaster Blaster started revving.
"Remember guys, sleep tight, eat well, keep training, and brush up on your Haki!" Papyrus was still smiling seeing Undyne so happy and so caring of him.
Sans gave Papyrus a raised brow.
"Uh, bro? They don't know Haki yet..."
"Oh! Um! Forget you heard that part! Bye!" Papyrus said as the skeleton brothers blasted off into the horizon.
They all had seen a lot.
Susie yawned.
"Don't know about you nerds...but I'm hitting the hay. Your youngest older brother's spaghetti actually made me question God." Susie said almost kneeling just remembering the taste.
Ralsei gagged.
"Yeah, tasting just the meatball made me discouraged from being discouraged for the rest of the day. Goodnight gals, remember, in two days we hit Monzierre, we'll try and get money from the rich with our little Parlour shop...should be fun!" Ralsei sounded excited but immediately dropped her body down quite a bit. That spaghetti really hit her hard.
It was just Muffet and Undyne.
They both leaned against the railing, looking off where the brothers had left.
"You seem to like Papyrus dearie~ I can see why, both of you have the warrior energy...and I don't know what you two did out there, but I can see that your soul is more refined and way stronger. I sense more lingering Determination in you than normal." Muffet was now admiring her first mate's prowess.
"Uh, he just gave me a helpful training tip. This does mean that I have to train twice as hard with my mixed soul. I won't disappoint captain!" Undyne saluted her captain in a satiric way.
"I know you won't dear~ you haven't and won't ever," Muffet said as she gave her first mate a six-armed hug. Undyne spared no time and hugged back with actual emotion and passion. This feeling wasn't a stranger to her anymore.
"Thanks, Captain...same goes to you. You're awesome...!" Undyne closed her eyes to enjoy the hug more. So did Muffet, they just wanted the moment to sink in, they've both had incredible days.
The moment they had was one they wished they had more of. Best buds of the ship enjoying peace of honesty and quietness, they rarely got this.
"...You know...we never really got to-" Undyne started before Muffet laughed and cut her off.
"You want to spar don't you?" Muffet kept childishly laughing to herself. Undyne laughed too, her laugh was more open and throaty, she wasn't holding back anymore.
"You know me too well."
"Yeah but let's see if that change of soul can get you out of your crippling losing streak dearie~"
"Oh eat shit! I got you this time!"
"Wait, you have something on your back," Muffet said pointing with her middle left hand.
Undyne reached for her back and found a boney appliance stuck on her back. She tugged it off and it was a giant trident made out of bones. It was a replica of Goldenbeard's Trident but just made of bone.
She knew Papyrus left this as a parting gift. She laughed it off.
"We can't meet your brothers if we aren't strong enough to get to them!" Undyne said feeling more Determined than usual.
Her Determination transferred into the spear and gave it a forest green heavy armor casing. Making it her permanent blade.
"Huehuehue~ Papyrus seems to care enough about you to leave you a bone gift. He rarely uses bone magic. You know, it's the tradition of Papyrus to name each of his bones that he does make, but I see he didn't get to name this one. It seems you have to name it for him...what shall you call it?" Muffet informed her, Undyne seemed to already know the answer to that.
The weapon she held felt right to her, the weight it had, the strength and will she had on it, and the material of it were unique and strong. Magic and metal. She gave her trademark toothy grin, her gills flaring.
"Bonetrousle!"
A homage to the family of freaks that changed her life.
