IMPORTANT: Hey guys, quick notice. So I've been made aware that there's a book called Undertale Hateful Eight: Story of Men vs Monsters that's been selling part of the old version of Grouptale without my permission on Goodreads. Please don't support this book! They've plagiarised some of my work. They aren't selling all of it but they are using my characters and some of the plot without permission. I'm not sure how to get it taken down as I don't know much about Goodreads. I have contacted the staff and am awaiting a response. It was posted on there in 2019 so sadly it's been up there for a while. :/ Strangely enough I looked around and it seems you can't actually buy the book anywhere so…? All the same I don't like it. Thanks to NinjaTaleFan19 for letting me know about this, go and check out their Grouptale as well!
~Percy~
"Okay, I'll admit it," Brayden grumbled. "Undyne's got a cool-looking house!"
The children were back in Waterfall. They were standing in front of a house shaped like an angry fish. It looked similar to Undyne's face. Half of it was black, the other half was pale blue. The 'eyes' were windows. The 'mouth' was the door. Percy had never seen such unusual architecture. Someone was playing piano inside.
"She's playing piano," Melody gasped. "I like her a lot more now!"
"I love people who kill my friends." Clover grumbled darkly.
"I love people who accuse my best friend." Melody spat back.
"OHHH!" Brayden yelled. "BURN BABY BURN!"
Clover glared at both him and Melody.
"PSST," Papyrus whispered loudly. He was standing in front of Undyne's door.
"Whispering loudly defeats the whole purpose of whispering," Percy whispered. "And we were never whispering in the first place, so why are we whispering now?"
Papyrus held out an orange bone with a ribbon wrapped around it. "MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER THIS! SHE LOVES THESE!"
"Okay!" Cody said, grinning.
"Who would want a bone as a gift?" Melody asked, crinkling her nose. "If someone gave me a bone for my birthday I'd hit them over the head with it."
"GET BEHIND ME." Papyrus whispered.
"How are all of us supposed to do that?" Percy asked, raising his brow.
The children stood behind Papyrus anyway. The door opened like a pair of jaws. It revealed Undyne wearing a black tank top and blue jeans. She had her red hair up. She was also wearing brown boots and an eye patch, like a pirate.
"Hi, Papyrus!" she greeted. "Ready for your extra-private, one-on-one training?"
She sounded so happy and polite it surprised Percy.
"YOU BET I AM!" Papyrus yelled back. "AND I BROUGHT SOME FRIENDS!" He moved, revealing the children.
"Hi! I don't think we've..." Undyne realized who they were. "..."
"..." Percy said for no reason.
The eighth human had a -_- face. The other kids eyed each other.
"..." Papyrus added.
"Why don't." Undyne forced herself to grin. "You all. Come in?"
She went inside. Papyrus did a dance, then he followed.
"I don't know about this." Clover commented with a frown. "Maybe we should-"
"I'm going in!" Brayden yelled. He ran inside.
"We're going in." Melody sighed.
The children entered Undyne's house. Percy had to admit, she did have a cool-looking house. The wallpaper was fish designs. The floor was a blue and yellow checkers design. There was a dining table with a fish design, a sword in the corner, a piano in the other corner and a kitchen.
"I like your house, Undyne!" Cody commented brightly.
"Thanks..." Undyne replied, looking slightly awkward.
"HERE, UNDYNE," Papyrus said. He held out the bone. "MY FRIENDS BROUGHT A GIFT FOR YOU, ON THEIR OWN!"
"On our own, alright..." Melody commented sarcastically.
"Uhhh... thanks," Undyne said, still looking awkward. "I'll, uh, put it with the others." She put the bone in a drawer which had many others. She faced Papyrus. "So, are we ready to start?"
"WHOOPSY DOOSPY!" Papyrus exclaimed. "I JUST REMEMBERED! I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM! YOU ALL HAVE FUN!"
Papyrus jumped out of the window. Percy just stared.
"Awesome!" Brayden grinned.
"Not awesome! What kind of manners are those?!" Melody shrieked, staring at the window.
"Papyrus has a completely different view of logic than us," Percy informed her. "Honestly, it's quite disturbing."
"So," Undyne interrupted. "Why are YOU all here? To rub your victory in my face? To humiliate me even further?" She frowned. "IS THAT IT?!"
"No!" Cody squeaked. "I mean, no, we don't! We don't want to humiliate you!"
"Hmph." Melody said, looking unimpressed.
"We came here to talk 'bout something," Clover said. She made a face. "But I think we'll have to become friends first."
"Friendship..." Percy mumbled, taking out his notes. He blinked and adjusted his broken glasses.
"I thought you weren't into that anymore, Percy." Melody said, eyeing him.
Percy almost frowned. He couldn't just move on from note-taking just yet. He felt... too attached to it. That reminded him of the Undyne fight. He was still confused about what had happened. Was it really Chara? He didn't know. He hated that.
But he did know he had awful fatigue. He felt like he could drop off at any moment.
"We don't kill people, so we're here to be friends." Faye told Undyne. The eighth human nodded.
"You wanna be friends, huh?" Undyne asked. She laughed maliciously. "Really? How delightful! I accept! Let's all frolick in the fields of friendship!" She made a more... intense expression. "... NOT!"
Cody looked disappointed.
"Why would I EVER want to be friends with YOU?!" Undyne snapped. "If you weren't my houseguests, I'd beat you all up right now! You kids are the enemies of everyone's hopes and dreams! I WILL NEVER BE YOUR FRIEND. Now get out of my house!"
Clover sighed and patted Cody's head. Brayden glared at Undyne.
"YOU think we're the enemies?" he asked. "I'll show you AN ENE-"
"DANG!" Papyrus yelled from the window. "WHAT A SHAME... I THOUGHT UNDYNE COULD BE FRIENDS WITH THE HUMANS. BUT IT SEEMS I OVERESTIMATED HER. SHE CAN'T BE FRIENDS WITH EVEN ONE OF THEM!"
He raced off.
"HEY!" Undyne yelled. "Papyrus! Wait a second...!"
She frowned. She glared at the children. "Darnit! He thinks I can't be friends with you kids?! Fuhuhu! What a joke! I could make friends with wimpy losers like you anyday! I'll show him!"
"Must you be so competitive?" Melody asked.
"As long as we get to talk." Clover said, clenching her fist.
Brayden still had his fist in his palm. The other kids were staring at Undyne.
"Listen up, humans!" Undyne yelled. "We're not just going to be friends. We're going to be... BESTIES."
"But I already have a bestie..." Faye said quietly.
"I DON'T CARE!" Undyne rebuked. "I'll make you all like me so much... you won't be able to think of anyone else!"
"Try me!" Brayden yelled, grabbing Faye's shoulder. She blushed.
"Fuhuhuhu!" Undyne yelled. "It's the PERFECT REVENGE!"
"... revenge." Clover repeated, eyeing Undyne.
"Why don't you all have a seat?" Undyne asked, pointing at the dining table.
She seemed much more courteous now, even though her fist was placed onto her palm, which quite obviously is a sign of aggression, since Brayden makes that sign for basically the whole story. However, Percy could appreciate manners. Only because he was best friends with Melody. He noticed his best friend was eyeing the piano.
"I heard you playing piano outside," Melody told Undyne. "I didn't know you liked music!"
"I didn't know you liked anime." Percy added.
His vision went all fuzzy for a moment. He pinched himself to stay awake.
"Piano is the best!" Undyne yelled. "And of course I like anime! IT'S HUMAN HISTORY!"
Percy frowned. "Uh, actually-"
"Hey, Brayden, we should do some more piano lessons," Melody said, sitting on the seat in front of the piano. Brayden made a face.
"HEY!" Undyne yelled, glaring at Melody. Undyne was holding a blue spear. "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING AT THE DINING TABLE!"
"Well, fine then!" Melody scoffed, walking over to the dining table.
"Eh..." Undyne laughed anxiously.
"This looks like a sword from anime," Percy said, going over to the sword in the corner. It was way taller than him. "Unsuitable for real humans, but on the contrary... it's simply made for anime."
"Is this your room?" Faye asked, going over to a door next to the kitchen.
"Yeah, you wanna see it?" Undyne asked, grinning at Faye.
"Sure." Faye replied.
Undyne growled, "TOO BAD! NO NERDS ALLOWED!" Faye looked down. Undyne chuckled anxiously. "... well, maybe some nerds..." She noticed Percy was checking out the sword. "Hey, weird human that likes anime and kicks butt! Don't touch that!"
"Very well," Percy sighed, backing up. "Also, my given name is Percy. Percy Verance."
"Percy... Verance..." Brayden made a face. "Sounds like word association..." He laughed. "What the heck is word association?!"
"Do you like cooking?" Cody asked, standing in front of Undyne's sink.
"Obviously!" Undyne replied, grinning. "I give Papyrus cooking lessons! Of course I LOVE cooking!"
The eighth human raised their brow at 'LOVE'.
"Sans said that," Cody remembered. He grinned. "We should cook together sometime!"
"Why not?" Undyne said, scratching her head.
"Come sit down, y'all," Clover said, looking over from the table. "Undyne needs to hear some stuff."
Undyne was distracted by Brayden, who was running around for no reason. Percy sat down at the table and folded his arms. He wished he were home. Outings made him uncomfortable.
The eighth human was eyeing him. Clover was ignoring him, of course. Percy looked back at the eighth human. He wondered what they were thinking about. Him? He took some notes. He knew the eighth human had some knowledge of other timelines now. He wondered if he and the others were in those timelines, too. And Chara...?
Undyne made Brayden sit at the table. He blew a raspberry. She took a few steps back and eyed the kids.
"Comfortable?" she asked. "I'll get you kids something to drink."
She walked over to the fridge. She brought a variety of drinks out and placed them on the kitchen sink. Percy eyed the soda. He loved that stuff to death. It was geek classic to drink it while watching anime.
Undyne grinned at the kids. "All set! What would you guys like to drink?"
"I'm hungry," Brayden said. "Got anything to eat?"
"We've got plenty of food, Brayden," Melody sighed.
She stood up. So did the others. Undyne threw a spear at the table, breaking it in half. Melody fell on the floor in shock. Percy's glasses almost fell off... again. And they did not need to be more broken. Brayden was laughing. Clover was staring at Undyne. Cody was shivering. Faye was day-dreaming. The eighth human shook their head.
"HEY!" Undyne yelled. "DON'T GET UP! YOU'RE THE GUESTS! SIT DOWN AND ENJOY YOURSELVES!" She laughed nervously. "Um... why not just point to what you want? You can use the spear."
"AWESOME!" Brayden cheered, holding the spear. "Can I keep this?"
"The chance of me letting you keep that spear is about the same as me getting that table repaired anytime soon," Undyne told Brayden. She made a face. "WHICH IS NO CHANCE AT ALL!"
"Aww..." Brayden sighed. Melody took the spear from him before he did anything stupid.
"What do you all want to drink?" she asked her friends.
Everyone began arguing. Including Percy, who wanted soda. Really bad. He was so terribly tired. The eighth human looked like they wanted the spear. Melody handed it to them. The eighth human pointed the spear at Undyne, wiggling their eyebrows. Percy made a face. They were... flirting with her.
"... are you..." Undyne looked uncomfortable. "Hitting on me?"
Melody took the spear back, shaking her head at the eighth human. They shrugged.
Melody pointed at the tea. "... tea, huh?" Undyne asked. She nodded. "Coming right up!"
She pulled out a pan and boiled some water. She grabbed seven cups from... somewhere... and seven tea bags. She turned and faced the children.
"It'll take a moment for the water to boil." she said cheerfully. Everyone waited around. Soon, the tea was done boiling. "Okay, it's all done!"
Percy frowned. He didn't mind tea, occasionally, but he really would've preferred soda. Undyne poured the tea into the seven cups. She brought them over to the kids.
"Here we are." she said, placing the cups on the table. "Careful, it's hot."
"I DON'T CARE!" Brayden yelled, drinking the tea. He made a face. "IT'S BURNING BUT I LOVE IT!"
"YEAH!" Undyne cheered. "THAT'S THE SPIRIT! I LOVE THIS KID!" She looked at the others. "It's not THAT hot! If he can drink it, you guys can too!"
"Thank you, Undyne." Melody sighed. She sipped her tea, before spitting it out. "That's burning!"
"Thanks!" Cody chirped. He sipped his tea, fanning his mouth. "My tongue is on fire!"
"I still wanted hot chocolate!" Brayden whined. Melody glared at him. "Whatever, thanks, Undyne."
"I love tea." Faye sighed, watching the steam curl up from the hot liquid.
Percy took a sip. It was boiling, but aside from that... it was pretty good.
"This is boiling," Clover commented. She shrugged. "But it's pretty good."
"I LOVE HOT STUFF!" Brayden cheered.
The eighth human gave Undyne a nod, even though they hadn't touched their tea. Percy still felt tired. His head ached. He felt like passing out. He shook his head. He had to wake up. Unlike whoever that Frisk character was...
... who is Frisk?
"Yeah, it's pretty good, huh?" Undyne said. She made a face. "Nothing but the best for my ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS FRIENDS!" She paused. "Hey... you know, it's kind of strange you guys chose that tea. Golden flower tea... that's ASGORE's favourite kind."
Golden flower. Flowey was a golden flower. Percy remembered.
Undyne continued, "Actually, now that I think about it... you guys kind of remind me of him. You're all TOTAL weenies!"
"YOU'RE A WEENIE!" Brayden rebuked, about to stand up. Melody pulled him down.
"... well, sort of," Undyne chuckled. She paused again. "You guys remind me of when I was a kid. I was pretty hot-headed kid, like your orange friend over here."
"YEAH!" Brayden cheered. He crossed his arms. "Also, my name's Brayden."
"Okay, you're Brayden, and that's Percy," Undyne said, nodding. "What about the rest of you?"
"I'm Melody," Melody said. She pointed at the others. "That's Faye, Clover, Cody and... the stick-wielding child. They don't have a name for some reason."
"Nice!" Undyne commented. Percy found he was starting to like Undyne. "Anyway, I was a pretty hotheaded kid. Once, to prove I was the strongest, I tried to fight ASGORE. Emphasis on TRIED. I couldn't land a single blow on him! And worse, the whole time, he refused to fight back." She looked down. "I was so humiliated. Afterwards, he apologized and said something goofy... 'Excuse me, do you want to know how to beat me?' I said yes, and from then on, he trained me."
Undyne stared at Percy. "Perce, are you taking notes...?"
"Um..." Percy fidgeted with his notebook. "Yeah, it's what I do."
His handwriting was all messy. He hated this fatigue.
"Heh, you remind me of Alphys," Undyne commented. "Seriously, you should do that anime-esque thing again. That was awesome! Anyway, one day, during practice, I finally knocked ASGORE down. I felt bad... but he was beaming. I'd never seen someone more proud to get their butt kicked. Anyway, long story short, he kept training me... and now I'm the head of the Royal Guard! So I'm the one who gets to train dorks to fight! Like, uh, Papyrus..."
"Are you going to let Papyrus join the Royal Guard?" Cody asked. Everyone stared at Undyne in interest.
"Um... to be honest..." Undyne paused. "I... don't know if... I can ever let Papyrus into the Royal Guard. Don't tell him I said that!"
"We won't." Melody promised.
"He's just... well..." Undyne laughed anxiously. "I mean, it's not that he's weak. He's actually pretty freaking tough! It's just that he's... um... he's too innocent and nice!"
"YEAH!" Brayden agreed. "He let us have a sleepover and all that stuff! But that was actually, eh, fun, I guess."
The eighth human was wiggling their eyebrows at him.
Brayden went pale. "DUDE NO."
"Yeah!" Undyne agreed. She made a face. "I mean, look, he was SUPPOSED to capture you guys... and he ended up being friends with you instead! I could NEVER send him into battle! He'd get ripped into little smiling shreds."
Cody gasped. His sister patted his head again.
Faye sighed, "Poor Papyrus, I like that guy..."
"That's part of why I started teaching him how to cook, you know?" Undyne continued. "So, um, maybe he can do something else with his life."
"Well, at least you're doing something 'bout it." Clover said, shrugging.
Percy's fatigue hit him again. He slapped himself to stay awake.
"Oh, sorry," Undyne stood up. "I was talking for so long... you guys are out of tea, aren't you?"
"We actually wanted to talk to you about something." Clover spoke up.
"Yeah?" Undyne said, folding her arms. "What is it?"
Clover began, "Well, you know the Fallen Angel-"
"Wait a second." Undyne interrupted her. A look of shock crossed the monster's face. "Papyrus... his cooking lesson... HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW! And if HE's not here to have it... YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT FOR HIM!"
"Seriously..." Clover deadpanned.
"Cooking!" Cody cheered.
"Food!" Brayden grinned.
Percy stood up. His body screamed at him. He felt weak, like he could shatter at any moment. But he persuaded himself to continue. Undyne jumped onto the kitchen bench. She knocked all of the drinks off.
"You're making a mess!" Melody exclaimed, leaning back.
"That's right!" Undyne declared. "NOTHING has brought Papyrus and I closer than cooking! Which means that if I give you all his lesson... WE'LL ALL BECOME CLOSER THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE! Fuhuhu! Afraid?! We're gonna be best friends!"
"I am very afraid." Melody admitted. "Very, very afraid."
"THAT'S THE STUFF!" Undyne yelled. She leaped over to the humans. She picked them all up at once and brought them over to the kitchen bench. Percy questioned his very existence. He held on very tightly to his notes.
Undyne stamped her foot. Vegetables fell down from the sky. Percy raised his brow.
"Envision these vegetables as your greatest enemy!" Undyne told the kids. "Now! Pound them to dust with your fists!"
Brayden did just that. Except a tomato rebounded against the wall and hit him in the face. He landed in the eighth human's arms. Percy was too tired to muster the energy. Cody and Faye didn't want to. Melody didn't either, only because she didn't want to get vegetable crap all over her. Clover pulled out her gun and shot a bullet at some vegetables, creating a vegetable explosion all over the kitchen.
"Yeah!" Undyne cheered. Everyone was covered in vegetable juice. Melody was shrieking. "That's the stuff!" Undyne raised her brow at the mess. "Uh, we'll scrape this into a bowl for later. But for now...!"
Undyne stamped her foot. A pot and a packet full of pasta noodles landed on the cooking surface. "... we add the noodles! Homemade noodles are the best!" She grinned. "BUT I JUST BUY STORE-BRAND! THEY'RE THE CHEAPEST! NGAHHHH!"
"Aw, I like making my own pasta..." Cody commented.
"Uhh, just put them in the pot," Undyne chuckled.
Brayden picked up the noodles like he wanted to throw them in. Melody stopped him.
"No more mess!" she exclaimed.
She gently placed the noodles in the pot. They clanked against the empty bottom. Brayden groaned in boredom.
"Nice?" Undyne's eyebrow twitched. She shook her head. "Now it's time to stir the pasta! As a general rule of thumb, the more you stir... THE BETTER IT IS! Ready? Let's do it!"
The children all grabbed the spoon and began stirring.
"Stir harder!" Undyne encouraged. The children did so.
"HARDER!" Undyne still wasn't happy. "Ugh, let me do it!"
A spear came down from the sky and basically destroyed the pot.
"Good grief!" Melody exclaimed like she was in a Charlie Brown comic.
"THIS DATE IS THE BEST THING EVER!" Brayden cheered.
"Fuhuhuhu!" Undyne cheered. "That's the stuff! Alright, time for the final step: TURN UP THE HEAT! Let the stovetop symbolize your passion! Let your hopes and dreams turn into burning fire! READY? Don't hold anything back!"
"We'll burn your house down if we do that." Percy pointed out. He wiped his eyes. "The... odds are staggering."
"No one really wants to die, I think..." Faye commented. "No offence, Percy."
Percy sneezed into his elbow. "Death."
"Do it!" Undyne encouraged.
"I WILL!" Brayden yelled. He turned up the heat. Melody frowned.
"Hotter!" Undyne yelled. Brayden turned up the heat. Clover pulled her brother back. "Hotter!"
Brayden turned it up more. Percy noticed Brayden was sweat-beading. Even he was scared by this.
"Hotter, darnit!" Brayden turned it up a little more.
The fire exploded into a great flame. Undyne held up her hands. "Wait, that's too-"
KABOOM!
The house was red and on fire. Smoke and heat were everywhere, consuming the building.
"What did I tell you..." Percy muttered. His head was killing him.
He could barely move. Undyne's face was covered in black soot. Brayden had some in his hair.
"That was so dangerous!" Melody exclaimed, brushing off her tutu. She tried to brush soot out of Brayden's hair, but he shooed her away. "Why me?"
"Ah," Undyne laughed. "Man, no wonder Papyrus sucks at cooking." She paused. "So what's next? Friendship bracelets? Scrapbooking?"
"Leaving?" Clover suggested, folding her arms.
Undyne sighed. "... oh, who am I kidding. I really screwed this up, didn't I? I can't force you to like me, humans. Some people just don't get along with each other. I understand if you feel that way about me."
"Oh, Undyne..." Cody frowned.
"I thought you sucked at first!" Brayden admitted. He grinned. "But now I think you're FREAKING COOL!"
"You're crazy, but somehow I don't hate you." Melody said, folding her arms.
"I like... anyone... that likes... anime..." Percy said, rubbing his eyes. His vision was blurry...
"You're not so bad." Clover admitted, adjusting her hat.
"I like your spears." Faye commented, smiling. The eighth human winked at Undyne.
"You all... really feel that way about me?" Undyne asked. She blushed. "Well... that's going to make this hard..." Suddenly, a battle initiated. "IT MEANS I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL WITH REGRET!"
Undyne held out a spear. Her hair blew in the wind.
"I've been defeated... my house is in shambles... I even failed to befriend you kids. That's it." She looked up. "I don't care if you guys are my houseguests anymore. One final rematch. All out on both sides! IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN REGAIN MY LOST PRIDE! NOW COME ON! HIT ME WITH ALL YOU'VE GOT! NGAHHHHH!"
Undyne is letting you make the first attack.
Percy was not in the mood for this. Luckily, the eighth human had a plan. They stepped forward, encouraging the others to stay behind. A dark look was on their face. They held up the stick, like they were going to hit her. They swung...
And did 1 damage. Everyone stared at the eighth human. Percy was surprised, more than anything. They stepped back.
Undyne paused. "What. That's the best you can manage? Even attacking at full force... you just can't muster any intent to hurt me, huh?" She sighed. "Heh, you know what?" Her spear disappeared. "I don't actually want to hurt you kids, either. At first, I hated your stupid saccharine shticks, but... the way you hit me right now, it... reminded me of someone I used to train with."
"Asgore." Faye realized.
"Now I know you guys aren't just some wimpy losers," Undyne said. She grinned. "You're wimpy losers with big hearts! Just like him..." She looked down. "Listen, humans. It seems you and ASGORE are fated to fight. But knowing him... he probably doesn't want to. Talk to him. I'm sure you can persuade him to let you all go home. Eventually, some mean humans will fall down here... and I'll take THEIR souls instead! That makes sense, right? Fuhuhuhu!"
"We can only try." Melody sighed.
Cody was beaming. He looked like he wanted to hug Undyne.
"We still need to talk 'bout something." Clover said, folding her arms.
"One more thing," Undyne spoke up. "If you DO hurt ASGORE... I'll find some way to cross the barrier... and beat the hell out of you all! That's what friends are for, right? Fuhuhu!" She grinned. "Now, what did you want to talk about? Let's do it OUTSIDE!"
"... what?" Undyne looked shocked. The kids were outside Undyne's house. It was burning. "That... can't be true!" She eyed the eighth human. "There was something off about you - about all of you! But they can't be..." She laughed anxiously. "Well, you're the experts!"
"You'll help us?!" Brayden asked.
"You know it!" Undyne cheered. She gave Brayden a high-five. "I'll tell Papyrus! He'll want to help, too!" She laughed. "THAT FALLEN CHILD WON'T STOP US!" She wiped her brow. "Anyway, that was fun! We'll have to hang out another time...! But, uh, somewhere else, I guess. In the meantime, I guess I'll go hang with Papyrus. So if you need me, drop by Snowdin, okay?"
"Will do so!" Cody said brightly.
"OH!" Undyne chirped. "And if you ever need help... just give Papyrus a ring, okay? Since we're in the same spot, I'll be able to talk too! Well, see ya later, punks!" She ran off.
"SHE WAS AWESOME!" Brayden yelled. Percy felt so tired. The words of his friends became blurry.
"Percy... are you okay?" Melody asked, observing him.
"The power of friendship reminds me of anime..." Percy mumbled. He passed out, his world blacking out.