~FAYE~
The first thing Faye felt when she landed was some kind of flower. And Brayden's entire body.
"Hey!" Brayden yelled, pushing her off. "What the heck, Faye?!"
"Sorry..." Faye mumbled, laying on the flowers.
Nice golden flowers in a large clump. They were in the middle of some kind of cave. It was dark, but light was coming from above. Faye's friends were there, too - including that weird eighth human.
"Where are we?" Clover asked, stating the obvious.
"I don't know," Melody snorted.
Melody honestly scared Faye a bit, but she liked hanging around Melody. She was actually quite a nice person when you got to know her. Honourable and trustworthy, too.
"Where do you think, Captain Obvious?" she scoffed.
"We appear to be in some underground cave." Percy replied.
Faye thought highly of Percy. They understood each other quite well, since they both knew what it was like to be an outcast. Though in the end, Faye knew Melody was a better friend for him.
Percy observed the golden flowers. "Ranunculus, more commonly known as the buttercup. They're known to grow around the area of Ebott. And, in fact, this particular type of buttercup only grows here in Ebott."
"Uh... how are we gonna get out?" Cody asked, looking nervous.
Faye liked Cody. He was really kind to everyone he met, even bullies. And he had an awesome fry-pan and made the best enchiladas that even Faye's aunt couldn't top.
"You," Clover eyed the eighth human. "You led us here." She gave them a death stare. They crawled backwards. "What were you thinkin'?"
"Who cares why, how are we gonna get out of this dump?!" Brayden asked. He punched the wall and hurt his hand. "Ow!"
Melody rolled her eyes. "Well obviously punching the wall isn't going to help anyone. There must be some way."
"Theoretically, climbing would not work since we require rope," Percy said, taking down notes. Brayden was trying to climb up anyway. Faye stayed away from everyone. She hung around the eighth human. "And also, the dirt in the wall is not strong enough to carry the weight of any of us."
Brayden fell off and landed on Melody. She didn't look very happy about that.
"Do you listen to anyone?" she asked.
"I'm tryna get out, Mel!" Brayden retorted, glaring at her.
A few minutes later, everyone aside from Cody, Faye and the eighth human were arguing. Cody was hanging around his sister, trying to stop the pointless arguing. But to no avail. Faye, meanwhile, watched the eighth human leave the cave. They were going along some path. She readjusted her red ribbon, held out her toy knife and followed them.
"Uh... hi," she greeted quietly, smiling at them. They were walking on a grey path. At the end was a grey gate with a weird symbol on it. The other kids were yelling and arguing in the background. "I didn't say it before, but... thanks for saving me. It was really nice of you."
The kid nodded. They faced the grey gate. "Um... I kinda like that you don't talk. I mean, I'm usually the quiet one... but, um, now I'm not alone!"
She gave the child a small smile. "You don't have to if you don't want to... but do you want to be friends?"
The child looked thoughtful for a moment. They smiled and nodded.
"Great...!" Faye replied. She took a small breath. "Oh, um, if you didn't know, my name is Faye. I guess... I guess you don't have a name. That's okay."
Faye hadn't made any new friends (apart from the other five kids, but that wasn't really her doing) for a long time. She hadn't really tried since she moved to Ebott to live at her aunt's house. She almost felt proud of herself. She made a new friend on her own.
"Um..." Faye looked at the gate. "Do you, um... think we should wait for the others?"
The eighth human shrugged. Even though their eyes were closed and their mouth was a straight line, Faye could see some emotion in them. They wanted to go in. Faye was clever like that. She noticed a lot more things than people realized she did.
"Well, if you really want to go in..." Faye would've waited by herself outside the gate, but that felt a little daunting. And besides, she wanted to hang with her new friend before they ran off with everyone else. Like her other friends did.
"Where are y'all goin'?" Clover rushed over, everyone else behind her (aside from Brayden who was way ahead as usual).
Faye liked Clover. She could be pretty scary when she wanted to be but she was also really nice. She was almost like Faye's sister as well as Cody's. And Faye liked her accent.
"We were, um..." Faye thought about what to say. "Um... going through this gate thingy."
"AWESOME!" Brayden yelled, running in.
Brayden was the friend Faye was least similar to, yet he was her best friend, ironically. They balanced each other out in quite a way.
"Opposites attract, darling," Faye's aunt had told her. Faye's aunt was smart. She knew a lot about people. "Sometimes in science, sometimes with people." Faye knew she was right. Faye mostly admired Brayden's incredible bravery (and even envied it).
He just ran into danger like he did it for breakfast. And then there was her, who was scared from watching Blues Clues. And a lot of other things.
The eighth human followed Brayden. So did Melody, yelling at him to keep out of trouble. Faye stayed behind, watching everyone go in. Percy was taking more notes. Cody still looked nervous. Clover walked over to Faye.
"You alright there, Faye?" she asked, patting Faye's blonde curls.
"I'm... fine," Faye replied. She was scared and she was not good at being brave. "Thanks, Clover."
She and Clover went through the gate. And what they saw was not what they were expecting.
"Howdy!" a living flower - yeah, a living flower - was having a good old time on a patch of grass.
He was a yellow buttercup with six petals and a big grin. To Faye, he sounded suspiciously like Spongebob.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT FLOWER ALIVE?!" Brayden asked, staring at the flower. He grinned. "I WANNA FIGHT IT!"
"This is not possible," Percy mumbled, writing things down. "Flowers cannot be alive. This is not possible."
"What is this place...?" Clover asked.
She eyed the eighth human who was emotionlessly staring at the flower. They didn't seem to care at all. Faye looked at their face. Something told her they'd seen something like this before.
"I... I'm so confused!" Cody exclaimed, looking confused.
"I am too." Melody agreed, also looking confused. Faye was also confused but she didn't say so because she didn't want to start up annoying repetition that would make this fanfiction rather unbearable (if you do not think it already is).
"That's right, I'm a living flower!" the flower said, still looking cheerful and etc.
All the kids went around him. He cleared his throat. "Howdy! I'm FLOWEY, FLOWEY the flower! Hmm... You're all new to the underground, aren'tcha?"
He wasn't really looking at the eighth human while saying this, Faye noticed. They didn't care.
"Golly, y'all must be so confused!" he giggled.
"Yes, very." Melody commented dryly.
"How are you alive?" Percy asked, kneeling down and observing Flowey. "What sort of power allows a being like yourself to live like one of us?"
"Uh..." Flowey looked away. "I just am, kiddo!" He made a face. "Anyway! Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! I guess little old me will have to do!" He made a bigger smile. "Ready?"
Nope, Faye thought.
Flowey beamed. "Here we go!"
The kids were pulled into a strange, black simulation. A bunch of coloured hearts were in a white box.
Flowey was above that white box, still grinning. "See those hearts? Those are your SOULs, the very culmination of your beings!"
"HECK YEEAAH LOOK AT MINE!" Brayden yelled, moving his orange heart around and bumping into everyone else.
"Brayden, don't go in my SOUL space!" Melody snorted, moving her dark blue SOUL away from his.
"Incredible." Percy took even more notes about his purple SOUL.
"Wow, mine is green!" Cody exclaimed, petting his green SOUL.
"Green is not a creative colour, Cody." Melody pointed out. Cody looked sad.
"Yellow, like the sun." Clover observed her yellow SOUL.
"The sun is actually a flaming ball of gas, which is orange." Percy pointed out.
Brayden fist-pumped the air and Clover sighed. Faye wasn't saying anything. She was observing her light blue SOUL. She let it move from palm to palm. It glowed brightly. It was pretty. Faye liked it a lot. She looked at the eighth human. They had a red SOUL.
"Red," Faye said, looking at their SOUL. She thought about something creepy. "Like my ribbon. What a nice colour."
The kids kept messing around with their SOULs. Only Faye and the eighth human stopped. Faye was patiently waiting for Flowey to continue and the eighth human looked bored. Flowey looked bored too and rather impatient.
"Hey, kids," he spoke up, but no one was listening. "Kids," He sounded angry. Still no attention. "HEY, CUT IT OUT!"
Everyone stopped messing around and looked at him. He had a terrifying expression on. He quickly removed it.
"Now, I'll go on," he continued. "Your SOULs start off weak, but can grow strong if you all gain a lot of LV. What's LV? Why, LOVE, of course! You want some LOVE, don't you? Don't worry, I'll share some with you!"
"I love LOVE!" Cody said cheerfully. "Mom always said to bake with love!"
The eighth human, however, was shaking their head. "She didn't?"
The eighth human shook their head at Flowey.
"Oh," Faye sort of got what they were saying. She whispered, "I think they're saying we shouldn't trust Flowey."
"But he wants to give us love!" Cody retorted, making a sad face. The kids gathered in a little huddle.
"Would you honestly trust a talking flower?" Melody asked, raising her brow. Cody looked super sad.
"Never mind, bro." Clover said, patting his shoulder. She gave Melody a death-stare. "Well, to me, this flower seems kind of mean. I think the kid may be right."
"Talking flowers, SOULS, LOVE..." Percy muttered, taking down more notes and muttering weird things.
"YEAH! I'll beat up that flower!" Brayden agreed, making a punching motion with his fists.
"Alright, then, y'all," Clover nodded at her friends. "Let's not listen to him."
"Are you kids done talkin' yet?" Flowey asked. "'Cause I've got some LOVE for you!"
Pellets appeared around him. The eighth human shook their head at the pellets.
"Down here, LOVE is shared through... little white 'friendliness pellets'," Flowey explained. "Are you ready?"
Still no, Faye thought.
"Move around!" Flowey chirped. "Get as many as you can!"
The kids moved out of the way. Except for Faye, who was too slow. She suddenly got very hurt, and her 'HP' - a measure of her health - was down to 1.
"Oh... oops." she commented, feeling stupid.
She blushed and looked away. Pain was pounding throughout her little body. Everyone was staring at her, which didn't really help her self-esteem.
You're so stupid, Faye. You're so STUPID.
"You IDIOTS," Flowey growled, suddenly looking spookier than every episode of Blues Clues put together. "In this world, it's kill or BE killed. It seems your idiot cyan friend here-" Faye felt even worse, "-Ran straight into the pellets. But don't worry! You'll all get to die the same way!" Pellets surrounded everyone's SOULs. Everyone started protesting and shouting.
"YOU SUCK!" Brayden yelled at the flower.
"I don't understand, I don't understand..." Percy muttered, trying to take notes.
"You're horrible." Melody told Flowey, glaring at him.
Cody was searching for cookies or something to heal his friends. Clover was giving Flowey her infamous death-stare. She had her gun out. The eighth human was emotionlessly standing there. Faye was trying not to cry. She felt awful. Suddenly, the pellets disappeared. A fireball popped out of the blue and hit Flowey in the side. He sky-rocketed away like a jetpack. Someone showed up.
"What a miserable creature, torturing such... oh my, so many poor children!" the someone gasped.
She was a goat lady wearing a purple dress with that symbol from the gate, Faye noticed. Her dress had white sleeves. Her fur was white. She had two small horns on the sides of her head. Her red eyes glowed passively. Cody looked freaked out. Faye was pretty freaked out too (and still feeling awful). Percy hid behind a protective Clover. The eighth human looked even more emotionless.
"Are you a goat or something?" Brayden asked, crinkling his nose.
"Brayden, you can't just ask people if they're goats." Melody grumbled.
"Why not?" Brayden asked, staring at Melody. She rolled her eyes and faced the goat lady.
"Sorry about him," she said courteously. "Thanks for saving us. Who are you?"
"I am TORIEL," the goat lady answered. "Caretaker of the RUINS." She smiled in a mom-like way that made Faye sad. "You must all be so afraid. It has been such a long time since a human fell down, let alone seven. Well, fear not, my children. You will be safe staying nearby me. Now come! I shall guide you through the RUINS."
"Hold on a minute there, Ms Toriel," Clover spoke up, lightly clenching her pistol. "How do we know we can trust you?"
"Yeah," Brayden agreed. "I mean, like, you could bake us all into pie or something."
"What?" Toriel asked, looking shocked. "How awful! I would never do such a thing!"
The eighth human was nodding. Faye trusted them. They seemed to know a lot about who and who wasn't trustworthy.
"No, my children, I assure you nothing like that will fall upon you in my presence," Toriel assured.
The kiddies gathered in a little circle and started talking.
"She seems nice, guys," Cody spoke up, grinning. "I think we can trust her."
The eighth human nodded again.
"Yeah, she's nice." Faye said, playing with a piece of her blonde hair. She's almost like Mom before she...
"According to my calculations and estimations, there is a chance she could trick us," Percy commented, looking up from his notes. "However, there's also a chance she is on our side. Roughly fifty-five to sixty percent." He stared at Toriel. "But what kind of creature is she? An anthropomorphic goat? I've never seen a thing such as this... she could be - as ridiculous as this sounds - a monster."
"MONSTERS ARE REAL!" Brayden yelled. "Awesome!"
Cody made a small yelp like a little puppy.
"How in any way is that awesome?!" Melody asked, shivering. "Monsters are said to be dangerous!"
"I'm not scared of monsters," Brayden retorted, grinning. "I bet I could beat them all up!"
"Monsters..." Faye murmured.
She stopped listening to the conversation. So monsters were real. Faye had only heard of monsters from movies and such. She didn't know how to fight them. She had a toy knife made of plastic, bandages and a red ribbon and that was it. She wouldn't be strong enough to fight anyone. She didn't really want to fight anyone anyway. Fighting sucked. It was like she was a whole lot of help to everyone anyway...
"I think we'll go with you, Ms Toriel." Clover spoke up, zapping Faye out of her thoughts.
She'd tuned out of some of the conversation. It didn't matter too much anyway. They'd probably just be arguing over same old same old.
"This way." Toriel smiled at the children and led them away from the grass patch.
They went through a purple gate and came to a purple room with purple bricks and a white staircase leading to another entrance. A pile of red leaves was in the centre of the staircase. The genderless kid walked over to the pile of red leaves and stood there for a few moments. Faye waited for them. Then they walked away and joined the group as they walked up the stairs.
"Welcome to your new home, innocent ones," Toriel told the kids. They were standing in a small, purple room (the place seemed to be all purple). Silver buttons were on the ground. "Allow me to educate you in the operation of the RUINS."
Toriel walked over a few buttons and flicked a yellow lever on the purple-brick wall. A door opened. "The RUINS are full of puzzles. Ancient fusions between diversions and doorkeys. One must solve them to move from room to room. Please adjust yourselves to the sight of them." Toriel waited at the door to the next room.
"Bleh!" Brayden groaned. "Puzzles SUCK!"
"I like puzzles," Percy commented, eyeing the silver buttons. "Really good for training the brain."
"Did she say this is our new home?" Clover asked, raising her brow. "Is she sayin' we're stuck 'ere?"
"I'm sure she, uh, didn't mean that, Clover!" Cody chuckled apprehensively. "We'll be fine!"
"I hope so," Melody replied. "I don't want to be trapped. I have a dancing recital next week."
Faye watched the eighth human. They were reading a sign on the wall. Faye walked over to them. She'd decided she quite liked this kid.
"Only the fearless may proceed," she read. "Brave ones, foolish ones. Both not walk the middle road." She almost laughed. "I sort of understand that. I don't think I'm very brave. What about you?" She looked at the eighth human. They didn't respond. Not even an emotion. "I think it was brave when you saved my life. And when you saved all of us from that mean flower, and when you wanted to be my friend." She smiled. "You're my hero."
The eighth human smiled and walked through the door. Faye decided to wait for her other friends.
"Golly, that kid doesn't wait for anyone!" Clover exclaimed, watching the eighth human leave. "Wait up, pardner!"
"I love that kid!" Brayden cheered, fist-pumping the air. "They've got a fighting spirit, just like me! I LOVE IT!"
He raced after the eighth human.
"I don't love it," Melody grumbled. "Honestly, we can't all run like that."
She and the rest followed after them. Toriel was waiting in a large room with three rivers underneath wooden bridges. Vines were on the walls. So were signs.
"To make progress here, you will need to trigger several switches," Toriel explained. "Do not worry, I have labelled the ones you need to flip."
The puzzle was fairly simple, luckily for the group. The next one was not so much.
"As humans living in the underground, monsters may attack you," Toriel instructed. "You will need to be prepared for this situation."
"I don't want to hurt anyone!" Cody exclaimed, holding up his frying pan.
"Those monsters better watch out, 'cause I'm not afraid of 'em!" Brayden cheered.
Faye didn't know what to say. She'd wait and see what monsters were like before choosing how she would act towards them.
"There is no need to worry if you stumble across a monster for the process is simple," Toriel continued calmly. "When you children do encounter one, you will enter a FIGHT. While you are in a FIGHT, strike up a friendly conversation. Stall for time. I will come to resolve the conflict. Practice talking to the dummy."
She gestured at the dummy.
"LET'S GO, DUMMY!" Brayden exclaimed, racing towards the dummy.
"Were you even listening?" Melody asked, chasing after him.
"Battle simulation, I must take notes." Percy mumbled, getting out his notebook.
"Let's, uh, not hurt the dummy!" Cody squeaked, racing after everyone else.
His sister was behind him. Faye followed the eighth human. They didn't look like they wanted to hurt the dummy. The humans encountered the dummy. They were in that same battle simulation as before.
Four options were there: FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, MERCY.
Text was on the screen as well. It said, You encountered the dummy!
"Toriel said we should, uh, talk to the dummy!" Cody squeaked. He stared at the dummy's button eyes. "Uh, hi there! I'm Cody! It's nice to meet you. I don't really want to fight you, so how about we end this battle?" It doesn't seem much for conversation. "Well, you don't have to talk if you don't want to. It's okay!"
"Good job, bro." Clover told Cody. He gave her a grin, his green eyes faintly glowing.
"Can I beat it up now?" Brayden asked, staring at Melody. She shook her head. "Whyyyy?"
"Because violence is not always the answer." she responded. "That's what Toriel said - and adults are usually right."
The eighth human nodded. They were sparing the dummy, their red SOUL glowing.
"Battle simulation, strange..." Percy mumbled, taking even more notes. "Humorous flavour text, yes..."
"I think we should spare the dummy." Faye spoke up quietly, faintly smiling. It was a nice dummy. Faye liked nice people.
"A true man knows when to spare." Brayden said, looking out into the distance. Imaginary wind made his bandanna flow behind him.
"We're kids, Brayden." Melody pointed out. "Also, you wanted to fight it ten seconds ago." Brayden looked like he wanted to beat her up.
"Didn't do anything wrong," Clover agreed, nodding. "No reason to hurt anyone innocent." The kids spared the dummy, the eighth human looking pleased. Toriel looked pleased.
"Ah, very good!" she congratulated them. "You are all very good. This way."
She led the kids to the next room. It was quite large. There was a pale purple path on the purple ground. It went into a hall, then to a spike puzzle on some water.
"There is another puzzle in this room... I wonder if you children can solve it?" Toriel asked. "Perhaps by working together."
Percy didn't look too happy about that. Faye understood. He liked being by himself.
"COME AT ME, PUZZLE!" Brayden yelled, running ahead.
"You need unlimited PATIENCE to deal with that boy." Melody groaned, chasing after him.
Toriel and the rest followed. They went through the hall and ran into a monster - Froggit.
"LET'S GO, FROG!" Brayden yelled at the frog, intimidating it.
"Poor frog," Faye pitied it.
It looked like a frog with a pretty weird body.
"Hey there little guy, we don't mean any trouble!" Cody told it, waving his hands.
"Don't attack anyone, y'hear?" Clover told the frog, giving it a death-stare.
"Let's just spare it," Melody sighed. The eighth human was nodding in agreement. "It's the right thing to do."
"But I wanna fight someone!" Brayden complained. Faye was quite happy not to fight anyone. Fighting sounded scary. Faye didn't like scary.
"No fighting, Brayden," Melody told him. "Only if we need to - and we don't. That goes for you too, Clover."
"Chill, Mel..." Clover mumbled.
"Bleh." Brayden snorted. Faye kept staring at him. "What're you lookin' at, Faye?!"
"Nothing." Faye replied, feeling embarrassed.
She looked at the purple bricks. They were a really pretty colour and were covered in vines. It made Faye wonder how old this place was and what the bricks were made of...
Toriel showed up and glared at the froggit. It roamed away in shame.
"YEAH MS. GOAT LADY!" Brayden cheered. Melody glared at him. "I MEAN MS. TORIEL!"
Toriel only looked amused. "Come along, children."
She led them to the spike puzzle. She stood in front of it, fear on her face. Faye could see why. That puzzle looked daunting.
"This is the puzzle, but..." Toriel frowned. She stared at the eighth human, who was in front. "Could you all hold hands for a moment?" She took the eighth human's hand. They took Clover's hand and she took her brother's hand - very tightly.
"Uh, thanks... sis," he said, putting on a nervous smile.
He grabbed Percy's hand (who looked uncomfortable) and Percy took Melody's. Melody faced Brayden. He didn't look too keen about holding her hand.
"You're brave, aren't you?" she asked. She held out her hand. "Show me."
"YOU CHALLENGIN' ME?!" he asked. "I COULD RUN AHEAD AND DO THIS MYSELF! GIMME YOUR HAND!"
He grabbed Melody's hand too tightly. She groaned.
Brayden turned around and faced Faye. "LET'S GO BESTIE!" He grabbed her hand as well.
She looked happy about it. She was happy about it. Being with friends (especially Brayden) made her feel better.
Toriel led the conga-line of children across the puzzle. Faye was honestly being dragged along due to her fear. She was trying not to look back, but it was too hard. The spikes were getting dangerously close. She tightened her grip around her toy knife. Her parents gave it to her for reasons she didn't know. They gave it to her before they...
"Puzzles seem a little too dangerous for now." Toriel remarked when the puzzle was done. She headed to the next room. Faye wandered over to the eighth human. They were staring ahead, loosely gripping their stick.
"Hi," she said meekly. "I'm sorry if I'm annoying you. I just wanted to say... you're really smart. And it's... it's so cool how you don't have to talk and we get what you're saying. It's amazing! You... you really know everything." The eighth human smiled at her, only for a brief second. "You're welcome."
The kids went to the next room. It was large and spaced out. There was a path on the floor. Toriel was waiting.
"You have done excellently thus far, my children," she told the kids. "However... I have a difficult request to ask of you all." She paused. "I would like you to walk to the end of the room as a group, without me. Forgive me for this." She raced ahead.
"WALK?!" Brayden asked. "Screw that, I'M RUNNING!" He ran away, abandoning everyone else.
"Get back here, pardner!" Clover yelled, chasing after him. "Toriel told us to stay together!"
"For goodness' sake..." Melody groaned.
"According to my calculations, they'll come back," Percy spoke up. "When they get bored, that is."
Faye, meanwhile, was feeling very scared. She walked next to the eighth human, who was emotionless as usual.
"This is scary," she told them. "There's... usually always an adult around, and when there wasn't... we fell down a mountain. I nearly died. I'm scared." The eighth human didn't reply. "I'm scared. I miss home. I wanna go home. I want my parents to get better." She tried not to cry. The eighth human gave her a bandage. "I like bandages. Mommy always said it's a good idea to have bandages."
The eighth human grabbed her hand. Faye's lip began trembling. She then started to smile.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"HURRY UP, SLOW-POKES!" Brayden yelled. He didn't sound scared at all. Faye wondered how that was possible.
"Are you okay, Faye?" Cody walked over to the sad Faye. He pulled out a cookie and patted her shoulder. "Do you want this? I made it before."
"Thanks, Cody..." Faye said, taking the cookie.
Cody was too nice. The eighth human put another bandage on Faye's cheek.
The kids reached the end of the room.
"FINALLY!" Brayden yelled, groaning at them. Clover, standing next to him, was giving him a death-stare. Melody gave him a glare as well. Toriel came out from behind a pillar.
"Greetings, my children," she greeted them. "Do not worry, I did not leave you." Faye felt relieved. "I was merely behind this pillar the whole time. Thank you for trusting me. However, there was an important reason for this exercise. To test your independence as a group."
"Is that an oxymoron I hear?" Percy asked, looking up from his notes.
"The heck is an oxymoron?" Brayden asked, staring at him.
"An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction." Percy answered fluently.
"...what?" Brayden asked, looking even more confused.
"It's a phrase with two or more words that have opposite meanings," Melody translated. "For example, alone together, or open secret."
How did she know? Well, when you're friends with Percy, you learn a lot.
"Ohhhhh." Brayden replied, sort of understanding.
"We can talk oxymorons later, y'all." Clover told them. She pointed at Toriel, who was patiently waiting.
"It is quite alright, my children," Toriel assured them. "As I was saying, I must attend to some business and you all must stay alone without me. Please stay here and together as a group. It's dangerous to go anywhere alone." She gasped. "I have an idea. I will give you a cell phone. If you children have a need for anything, just call. Be good, alright?"
She handed the children a phone. She waved goodbye and left. Faye didn't feel very good.
"This phone is ancient," Percy gasped, observing the phone. "Oh wow, I haven't seen a phone like this for a long time. It doesn't even have texting! I can only add so much onto this - I need more tools."
He raced off to fix the phone.
"What a geek." Brayden commented.
"Welp, Toriel's gone," Clover sighed. "I suppose we'd better travel by ourselves, y'all."
"Can't we wait a bit...?" Faye quietly suggested. "I mean..."
"BORING!" Brayden yelled, punching the air. "LET'S EXPLORE!" He gave everyone a thumbs up. "Ms. Toriel won't mind."
"Now, Brayden-" Melody began, but he was already running off. "I should've expected that." The eighth human was going after him, but walking, not running. "Wait up!"
Soon, everyone was following them, except Faye. She was behind. She thought she could just wait by herself-
"COME ON, FAYE!" Brayden came back. "WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYONE BEHIND!"
He grabbed her arm and dragged her off. And so her great adventure began.