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Welcome~

Thank you for having an interest in my story!

I plan on writing a lot, so it might take awhile for the plot to flesh out. Even though it seems like I'm following the original story line, it's really only in the Ruins and there are some major differences. This story will mostly but not exclusively be told from the perspective of a very young child.

Frisk is female and in her mid to late teens in this AU. I do plan on making this a Sans/Frisk story but it will take a long time to progress. In the beginning though, it's going to have more of a family bonding feel to it with plenty of comfort/hurt and some humor.

This story contains an original character.

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Prologue

The Fall

A weak beam of light flitted around in the darkness below unable to focus an any visible location. This could be due to the shaky hand holding the small sunstone or perhaps it was just that there was really nothing down there. The darkness below appeared endless and all consuming.

"Where's the bottom?" A small child questioned aloud, confusion and worry creeping into her voice. "I should be seeing it by now, shouldn't I? ...How far does this stupid hole go?"

Frustrated, the child shoved the strange runic stone back into her mouth and grabbed the thick rope she was dangling from with her now free hand. It was getting exhausting climbing down then having to climb back up to try to extend the rope but she was DETERMINED to do what she had set out to do. Even if her hands had blisters now and her muscles ached and cried for her to take a break, the small child was just too stubborn to listen.

"This has to be enough. It has to! There isn't anything else I can use..." Tugging the knot as tightly as she could, the child stepped back to study the large multicolored pile of rope, cloth and vines. The vines, convenient as they were, had come from the surrounding area. What they were, was unclear. But they were strong and that was all that really mattered at this time.

Carefully, the makeshift rope was lowered into the seemingly bottomless hole. This was a secret place only a few people knew about, and it was secret for a very good reason. Everyone knew about the war between humans and monsters. Even if this particular child wasn't that interested in learning about the specifics, there was no escaping the horror stories whispered by the adults. Such a fresh memory, for better or worse, wasn't easily forgotten. But there weren't too many people left who actually knew where the monsters went. Those who did know, spoke of a cave near the summit of Mt. Ebott, the tall mountain that loomed over the old Kingdom of Magic. The once grand kingdom was now abandoned and was slowly being retaken by the forest. Near the end of the war, it had been brought to ruin and some say it was still cursed. Whether that was true or not, wasn't really important to the child. She hadn't come to explore the kingdom, she had come to brave the cave. All that mattered right now was that there was supposed to be actual real life monsters trapped under this mountain and she had to find a way to survive all by herself long enough to find what she was looking for and then make it back out, preferably in one piece.

With practiced movements, the child eagerly shimmied down the rope once more. It was much longer this time, maybe even too long now with all the added vines. This was it! She was finally gonna get to the bottom and then she could-

"No way..." The child murmured in disbelief as she reached the end of the attached vines. Dangling uselessly in the darkness, she reached into her pocket and retrieved the small sunstone. It pulsed a few times before a solid beam of light began roving around the pit of nothingness.

There was a flash of something yellow.

Eyes widening, the child quickly swung the light back towards the location of the sighting.

Nothing.

"What was that...?" Frowning, the little girl squinted into the darkness.

"Hello...?" It was silly and kind of unnerving, but she called out anyway. "Is someone down there?"

Silence was the only reply she received.

Sweat began to form on her forehead as a wobbly smile was forced onto her face. "Y-yeah, I d-didn't think so..." Completely losing her nerve, the child looked back up towards the small hole of light beckoning to her from the surface. "I-I'll try again tomorrow."

That was the plan at least. The vines, however, had different plans as they creaked and stretched and slipped, coming loose from the weak knot the child had inexpertly tied.

There was a sharp gasp in the darkness and a desperate plea of "H-help!"

But nobody came.

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This was only the prologue.

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Thank you for reading!

Sheii Bae~