Muffet: The best way to cool off on a hot day is to eat a few frozen treats! It never fails! At least not terribly! :D

Red: That's not very reassuring, Muffet...

Muffet: That's alright! We'll work it out as we go along! No biggie! No biggie at all!

Red:...I...I guess I can trust you on that...?

Chara: Why do I feel like this is gonna head somewhere unexpected...?

Asriel: I dunno...but I'm a bit too hungry to ponder over it right now...ooh! Cinnaom treats!

Chara: Ugh...

Chapter Start!

(?)

It's been an entire year since Red was fully taken into the headquarters of the Royal Guard. To be honest, it looked much more laid-back within the resting area of the compound than she thought it would be. There were plenty of benches and cushions for resting, tables which had numerous snacks spread out across-the smell of decision was the strongest smell in the room for her-with a few drinks on the very ends of it. She made sure that she took a few laps of water before she actually got down to being recruited. The caretaker vouched for her a little, saying that she sent a letter to them that would recommend to her joining of the organization. A few days afterwards, Red was eventually taken in, and was left in the care of the guard.

They were initially skeptical of letting a puppy join their ranks so soon and with so little experience. But that's another function they're capable of holding for themselves, to help joining members build that experience so they could maximize their recruits potential as much as they possibly could. It helped that there were many fellow canines and felines among their ranks. Plus, Red's enthusiasm seemed to be inspiring the mentors to do their best in training her. Sure she was naive and she had a bit of a temper to her name, but she definitely proved herself worth looking into. Besides, she doesn't have anywhere else to go, since the more vile humans were responsible for the destruction of her former home. Turns out, she has magic capabilities related to bombs and chakrams, and she even proved herself to have potential within swordsmanship.

Her main problem aside from her temper and naivety is the lack of companionship. Despite learning alongside fellow recruits like herself, none of them talked to her. The more immature, hostile recruits actually made the mistake of mocking her for her pink hair, and to directly laugh in her face about it. They were always silenced swiftly enough for it to not impede her training. But it can definitely be said that this approach further crushed her hopes of making any genuine friends. No one was putting forth the effort to even proper;y converse with her about anything. Even training topics were only covered briefly before promptly leaving her on her own.

They gave her credit for one thing. No matter how much she hoped for friends that would never come, no matter how many mocked her for having pink hair no matter how much they tried to push her away from her ambition by bringing up how she couldn't help or protect anyone, she would press on. And she did so with a fierce, undeterred glare in her silver eyes. Though at some certain times, she did nearly give up on ever being a true protector of those that needed it. It was so hard to continue on with no one ever believing in her. She could only take so much all by herself until she eventually cracked from the pressure of the expectations she tried so desperately to meet, with no one her age willing to help her.

Until one day, something changed all that. Something so simple, yet so powerful reignited her resolve more than ever.

She sighed as she returned herself to her private room, as there were rooms assigned to all the recruits. No one 'bunks' with anyone or shares rooms. All of them were single, with one bed and pillow, as well as all the necessities needed in their own room. Sometimes a bitter feeling entered her heart as she remembered that even after all this time, she was still mostly on her own, even in more comforting times. She was simply going to rest her head and call it a day. That is, until she caught a glimpse of a box in the middle of room. Curiously, she goes over to open it with her claws. Her eyes widened as she lifts it up and gazed at it curiously.

To her confusion it was a kind of uniform, with a crimson cape with a cowl to go along with it. The Delta Rune symbol was proudly displayed on the back of the cape. And unlike her own tattered dress-the Guardsman didn't provide their recruits with new clothing, they were on their own with that-this one was actually well constructed and didn't need stitches at all. It looked like it was made with care. She found the note attached to it. She pulls it out of the box and begins reading. It was completely anonymous, though.

"I heard that the Royal Guard gone and recruited a little lass to their ranks. And despite all her hard work they don't even go and give her new clothes. I consider that to be rather silly, so I went and had some tailors of mine fix this up just for her. Be sure that it goes directly to her or else I'll get over on there and beat some sense into the lot of ya! She's a child, and children need to know that at least someone supports her. I don't need to know who she is to be supportive. And little lass even if I don't know ya, what I DO know...is that you are important. Don't let them make you second-guess that. So keep on workin' hard, ya hear? Wah ha ha!~"

Red's mind was utterly boggled at first, though she soon began to smile. There was actually someone out there who believed in her. At least one person who truly believed in her and supported her, even if she had no idea who he was. That was all she needed.

Her mentors refused to tell her that this gift came from someone very close to the King and Queen of Monsters...

(Present)

Red soon awoke for another morning, very much surprised that she remembered something else while asleep. Toby was sitting in the corner of the room, lazily sleeping on his back. That was the second time she's had a dream like that, a dream that was more like a flashback. She didn't know how she knew this, her intuition just felt correct. Obviously this was another breakthrough for her and for that she was incredibly happy about that. At some point, she would have to relay her breakthrough to her fellow pack members. But not now. Right now, she had something else to deal with right now.

And she was hanging above her by a web, smiling in a very catlike manner.

"Hello~" Muffet beamed gleefully as she looks down upon the rightfully confused pink-haired canine, slowly descending from her web and landing gracefully on the floor with a cheerful bow. "Good morning, my cute pink-haired bestie!~"

"Um...morning..?" Red blinked, still astonished by how Muffet was able to sneak into her room completely undetected. "Muffet...how did you get in without any of the others noticing? And a better question than that...why? Couldn't you have least let me know ahead of time that you'd be coming over...or at least come through the door instead of the window...?"

Muffet clicked her tongue as she sits on the edge of the bed, kicking her feet about. "Silly puppy! This is how things go! Regular friends just knock and wait for their friend to answer. Best friends let themselves in and goes to them directly!~"

"...I'm not sure that's how that works."

"Sure it is!~" Red honestly didn't know how she felt about Muffet nonchalantly sneaking onto her house with no one having detected her and she did so with a smile on her face. But she was somewhat glad to see her, as she had a slight feeling Muffet wasn't entirely joking on the friend thing. Though before she could properly think about it, Muffet waved her hands and tilted her head. "Up and at em' Red! And while you're doing that, dress up and get ready to go! You don't wish to oversleep, do you? I'm quite certain that you don't~"

"Ah...alright." Red rolled her eyes as she slowly slides out of bed and prepares to put on her dress. "What are we even doing, anyway? Are we just hanging out together?"

"Something along those lines. And we're not doing it alone, mind you. I asked the boys to join us, as well as Undyne and Alphys. Thought they could join in, because it couldn't hurt too much, now could it?~"

"Oh. I guess that's fine with me. I guess it will do some good to hang out together. Asriel and I are partners, after all." Red said as she finished changing smoothing out her dress. "Always combat ready. I think I'm really getting into this, for all it's worth. I haven't had a hard time moving in it for the entire time that I was wearing it."

"Glad you like it, Red!~" Muffet beamed. "Now enough of that! Come, off we go! For we have friends to play with, and things to show you. Not too many things obviously, but certainly enough that you'll be thanking me for waking you up."

"I was quite enjoying my little slumber...so what you say remains to be seen." Red briefly muttered in slight annoyance, though she couldn't keep the smile off of her face as the duo went downstairs, side by side. Slowly but surely, she was getting more and more used to Muffet's antics. Not that they still didn't annoy her, but expecting her from Muffet is slowly causing her to be at least unconsciously aware of her when they're together. And yet despite this, Red found Muffet's company to be very enjoyable. Not that she didn't click well with the Dreemurr Trio, as well as Monster Kid, but she just feels a personal connection with Muffet that only they can share.

It must be a girl thing. Maybe her mother can shed light on that later.

(Meanwhile...)

"I gotta say, we've really reached our morning quotas today!" Undyne beamed with folded arms. Next to her, an exhausted Asriel was panting with his paws on his knees, ears drooping and swaying sighed to side with every breath he took. Next to him, an even more exhausted Alphys was simply lying on the ground on her back, panting with her eyes fogged up and her tongue lolled out of her mouth, desperately taking in multiple breaths to at least begin standing up on her own. Poor creature obviously had a much harder time keeping up with Undyne's jogging than Asriel. Chara, and Frisk looked upon her with various looks of slight concern. Mostly with the possibility of her simply passing out on the spot, then Undyne would have to take her home.

Instead, Alphys slowly but surely raised her paw, and did the best thumbs-up she could, followed by a small smile. "I'm...I'm good...just gotta catch my breath...whew..."

Chara clicked his tongue and shook his head. "This must be a really rough routine for her. I definitely find it easy to visualize her jogging for hours on end before noon eventually starts."

"But despite her personal displeasure with it, she continues to push on." Asriel noted with a solemn nod.

"At least she lasted much longer than last time." Frisk shrugged with a light smile. "Besides, she should be perfectly fine. She said herself that she just needs to catch her breath. You're fine, aren't you Alphys?"

"I could really go for some ramen..."

"See? Totally fine!~" Chara facepalmed and groaned in response.

Undyne sighed, lightly pounding her forehead with her fist. "Alphys...babe. I can understand you wanting to cool yourself off. I'm perfectly fine with that. But I'm pretty sure that you can't cool yourself off with ramen. Because that kind of thing heats up before it can be eaten properly, remember?"

"Oh...sorry. Just a wee bit lightheaded...just a bit...hey...Chara...did you get a bit taller...?" Chara's eyes widened and flashed with hope.

"Really? Have a really gotten taller?! Please tell me it's legit, and you're not just speaking nonsense because you're extremely tired!" It was rather silly for Chara to get so worked up over this, especially since Alphys was quite delirious from being so exhausted from all her jogging. But still, any hope of progress would be much better than none at all. Just to be sure, he swiftly lined himself up next to Asriel so he could see for himself. Frisk stood back to observe and assist with the confirmation. Chara was roughly as tall as Asriel now in regards to pure head height. Asriel still had at least half a millimeter on him. His horns obviously don't count. Chara couldn't have looked more grateful at that moment. "I don't believe it...I had a growth spurt too..." He energetically pumped his fist with a wide smile. "YES! FINALLY! MY TIME HAS COME!"

Frisk tilted his head. "Uh...aren't you getting a little to worked up over this? it isn't like it's anything too serious." Frisk grew a little bit too, but he was still shorter than both of his older brothers without question. That single thick piece of hair on the top of his head that suddenly decided to start saying 'Nope' to gravity didn't count in the slightest. "Besides, you're still shorter than Asriel by half a millimeter-"

"Frisk, I am very happy right now. DON'T spoil this for me. Please." Chara begged with a hint of desperation in his voice. Even being around the same height as Asriel while still being slightly shorter was better than entire inches. At this point he's willing to take anything he could get. He didn't want to have the same critical height crisis as Sans or Tempest any longer than he might have to. He didn't think he would feel so strongly about this, he just does.

A short skeleton sneezed while hanging out at Grillby's.

And somewhere in the Underground, a short dragon felt his pride gravely wounded for some reason. And his twin sister is laughing at him.

Undyne folded her arms and shook her head. "You're far too desperate over this, dude. Relax. It's not like it's gonna affect how you fight or anything." Undyne winced slightly as she remembered his lack of a limb now. "I mean...more than it already has been affected...ya know."

Chara shrugged. "So I lost an arm. Basically a tiny bit handicapped. But so are you. You only have one eye and you're doing totally fine. Inside a fight or otherwise."

"I took the time to get used to only having one eye to use peripheral vision with. You still need a lot of time to get used to having one arm. Be glad that your mom is stepping off a little bit and giving you space." Undyne folded her arms. "Normally I would find her smothering to be a bit overbearing for you boys, this time I'm slightly on her side. Are you sure you're alright?"

"Not you too." Chara groaned, running his hand through his hair. "It's fine. I'm fine. I promise you that I'm totally fine." I've taken worse before. And it won't be the last time, either. Asriel lowered his eyes as he felt that Chara wasn't being completely honest about. Though only time would reveal Chara's true thoughts, and that time clearly wasn't now. Though he didn't go too far into it, as Asriel could sense Muffet and Red approaching, and decided to leave the discussion behind for another day. Chara seemed to notice as well, slowly turning towards the duo with a small smile. "Oh. it's you two, finally here after who knows how long. You really kept us waiting, you know."

"Ever heard of being fashionably late, Chara-Dearie?~"

"Yeah. With 'late' being the only word in that phrase that matters right now." He said with a roll of his eyes.

"That's mean, Chara! You can't be mean to me out of the gate like that! It isn't fair, not fair at all." Muffet pouted softly with a tilt of her head. Red rolled her eyes as well, but pushed it aside for the most part. "Anyway, poor Alphys looked like she recently passed out. Maybe she could go for something a bit cold of sorts." Muffet grins. "Luckily for you, I have just the thing inside my parlor. I also serve an assortment of cold treats that ought to bring relief to our precious retired scientist."

"That...would be nice..." Alphys gasped with yet another thumbs up.

"I could go for cold treats to beat the heat! Why not?~" Asriel beamed with his paws clapped together multiple times.

The others were in full agreement with this plans, soon heading and entering Muffet's Parlor after a brief walk there. Alphys insisted she was alright, and plenty willing to walk a bit more on her own feet. Though she admitted that she was embarrassed about losing stamina so quickly and actually nearly passing out on the ground. Definitely not one of her proudest moments, she could have done much better. Still, it could have been worse, much worse. She could have lost stamina much faster than Sans did. That was a massive improvement in of itself, as getting physically stronger wasn't a reliable option for him. In that area, Alphys at least had a chance. Bionic magic can't be her shortcut forever. She needs the stamina to hold powers like that, and to manage them properly.

Muffet soon opens the doors to her parlor, where plenty of humans and monsters have ordered some snacks from the competent spiders that Muffet left in charge. Really, it surprised some humans how competent and trustworthy Muffet's spiders were when she really counted on them. Mayor Alvina was sitting in the corner with Temmie sitting right next to her. They were both sitting around and eating their treats like the mature well-behaved adults that everyone knew that they were.

"Ooooh...this is shoooo goood...!" Alvina muttered with a wide smile as a pleasant shiver ran down her spine. The bowl in front ofher was filled with frozen key lime pie. "Temmie, sn't this all just so delicious?~"

"Tem ish...SHO gwatful!~" Temmie mumbled with pie filling her cheeks, vibrating intensely.

"And as you can see, I have learned to make a few treats that are more for cooling you down." Muffet said proudly. "I'll have treats prepared for all of us in just a sec, while I check in with my fellow spiders." She nods as she skips over behind her counter, with multiple spiders bowing to her respectfully. They all nodded as the boys sat at a circular table, while the girls sat at the moe rectangular tables. Muffet came back a few minutes later, carrying multiple frozen treats in all six of her arms. She handed three to the Dreemurr Trio, while three were provided for herself and the other girls. Undyne and Alphys were sharing a little, to their delight.

Chara immediately digs into his chocolate cookie dough ice cream, ignoring his now freezing head, while Asriel and Frisk laughed as they eat their own frozen treats. Frisk smiles happily at his mint chip ice cream, while Asriel heavily salivated a puddle at the sight of his own frozen treat.

"...Cinnamon Ice Cream with Cinnamon Crisps...and cinnamon-sugar tortillas on the side..." Asriel muttered, his eyes turned into nonsensical swirls. "Have I really been such a good boy lately to deserve this...?"

"Hey! Easy with the drool!" Chara complained as he raised his bowl up a bit, as well as Frisk. The latter merely laughed, though.

"And the Dreemurr's sweet tooth tendencies continue." Undyne chuckled, handing over the appropriate amount of payment for the treats. She grinned as she hugs Alphys close, and they both tookn a spoonful of their shared strawberry soda ice cream. "Hey, they say this one is a classic on the surface world! Ice cream and soda together?! Asgore's never gonna believe this!"

"Believe it, Dearie~" Muffet smiled as she calmly bites into simple strawberry ice cream. She hummed with glee, tapping her feet on the ground multiple times with her eyes closed in delight. "Mmmmhmmmm! Oh this has all of the yummies! See, this kind of cold we spiders don't mind. We'd just rather not be trapped by it all the time, you know?~"

"I guess." Red shrugged. She then turned towards her own frozen treat..and was shocked. "W-What the?! I have the same ice cream as Asriel? When did that happen?!"

Muffet mock gasped, dramatically covering her mouth. "Oh my goodness gracious. I gave you and Azzy the same type of ice cream? How on earth did that happen?~" Red narrowed her eyes as Muffet giggled innocently. She rolled her eyes and simply begins eating the ice cream. Normally canines and ice cream don't very well together. Very few ice creams are safe and good for canines, but they do exist. Good thing she was a monster canine and not a regular one, so the variety is of no danger to her. Muffet continued normally, as if nothing happened. "After all, you and Asriel are partners, are you not? And you both really love your cinnamon. So I simply consider this a happy coincidence! So...what kind of partnership did you form, hm?~"

Red shook her head. "We're partners in combat, Muffet. That doesn't mean more things about us have to be similar. I just wanted to give him the reassurance that he has someone who'll have his back in a fight. He doesn't like fighting. That is something I can appreciate, but I'll be there to cover him if there are times it blows up in his face."

Muffet grinned, clasping her middle hands while her upper hands held her ice cream and her lower hands lied on her lap. "I see. They say that there are some powerful bonds that can be formed on the field of battle. What a way to get closer to our dashing prince, Red-Dearie. Very clever! Very clever indeed!~"

"Wait what?!" Red exclaimed, blushing heavily. "That's not why I wanted to be partners with him!"

Undyne placed her chin in her pawl as her other palm had a bit of strawberry soda ice cream, with Alphys taking some at the same time. "Ya know, that really isn't a bad idea. Nothing bonds people together faster than overcoming hardship as a team! Fuhuhuhu!~"

Alphys rubbed her neck. "It's kind of true. You and Asriel have really fought together at least three times now. And ever since those times, you two only began understanding each other more and more. You're getting closer with more hardships you overcome. And for you, there's much hardship because you just appeared in this world from a strange orb. Which seems to have had you in suspended animation for however long you were in there."

"Like I said, you're so clever!~" Muffet cooed gleefully.

"Muffet...stop it...!" Red blushed, sheepishly eating more of her ice cream. She then raised her head towards them as she remembered. "I remembered something else before I woke up. It as about my cape and cowl." The girls nodded softly, letting her know that they had her attention. "It was a gift of good luck. I didn't really have any friends, and no one actually believed in me enough for me to continue wanting to succeed. I lasted a long while before it reached that point though. but then I was given this cape and cowl as a present from someone mysterious, as they didn't sign the gift. but then they wrote a laugh at the end...I think Gerson gave those to me."

Undyne's jaw dropped. "No way...old man Gerson gave you those?! And neither of you knew who the other was?! Why didn't he bring this up?!"

"He likely doesn't remember." Alphys reasoned. "Maybe if you talk to him personally, you might remind him."

"No that's okay. I don't want to be a bother to him. If he's really the one who gave this to me, then he's done more than enough for me." Red said with a soft nod. "That's another thing that I managed to remember. There might be more instances like that in the future. I feel like more of me has been revealed. I'm feeling pretty confident about that." She then lowered her silver eyes while biting into her ice cream. "Still...it also sucks to know that making friends was not something I was able to do back then. Some of them couldn't even stand to be around me..."

Muffet tilted her head slightly. Then she smiled as she took both of Red's paws into her middle hands. "Too bad I wasn't around in that time, whenever that was. I would be more happy to be your support, either back then or right now."

Red huffed. "Yeah. You'd probably get in all sorts of trouble and I'd have to try and break you out of it...or vice versa."

"Of course! Getting in trouble and getting out of it! That's what best friends do!"

"BESTIES!" Undyne beamed with her fists in the air. Frisk rose his own hands in the air in agreement. Asriel and Chra were both too focused on their ice creams to notice.

"Indeed. Which is why, I've brought you this." Muffet held out her hand as a spider dropped something in it. It swiftly unwraps it and hops away, while Muffet handed Red the item that was inside. Red gasped and grabbed it It was a phone in the shape and look of a paw pad. "Here ya go! I got you a custom made phone, just for little ole you! Hope your parents don't mind!"

"Wha..." Red gaped a bit, taking the phone from Muffet and gazing at it in awe.

"Don't worry, this one's on the house!" Muffet added, sticking out her tongue. "And I put all our friends numbers in it, so you no longer have an excuse not to call me back every day I call you!~"

"Muffet...I...I don't know what to say."

"How about 'Oh my goodness, Muffet! You're the bestest friend I've ever had the pleasure of hanging with!' Something along those lines at least." Muffet smiles, taking Red's paws again. "On a more serious note, I already know where we stand for the most part. I'm the trickster, and your the knight. I understand that you have to be serious when serious things come up. I understand that, truly. But you don't want to miss out on too many chances to simply hang back and laugh a little bit. So trust me when I say that I'll give you something to laugh and smile about when you need it."

Red lowered her eyes and held Muffet's middle hands tenderly. "Wow...thank you Muffet. You're awfully generous when you want to be."

"Tis not a problem, Dearie. We gals have to stick together. So believe me when I say I'll be sticking by your side for the long haul. And I'll have my webs to prove it! Ahuhu!~" Muffet giggled pleasantly, and Red shared a laugh in return.

"Can I have some more!?" Asriel raised his bowl, his ice cream being gone and cinnamon-sugar all eaten as well.

"Same here! We've got time on our hands!" Chara agreed.

"You two are incredible when it comes to chocolate and cinnamon." Frisk rubbed his neck.

Muffet heard the commotion over on the boys side and sighed with a shake of her head. "Those three, I swear." She then clasped her hands as she smirked at Red. "So...how do you plan to continue wooing our dashing Prince of Monsters?~"

The young canine shook her head, blushing lightly. "Why do you think I'm trying to woo him?! It's nothing like that!"

"I'm sure it isn't." Undyne smirked. She then leans in and places her arms on the table. "Fuhu...didja know that Dreemurrs have a type?"

"A...type...?"

"Yup. The kindness of a woman's heart, their unique beauty...and their undoubted ability to kick butt when they really need to. Asgore makes this pretty obvious in regards to Toriel. You've already seen her in action. And it's even contagious. Alphys told me how Chara was pretty mesmerized by how Muffet was fully prepared and capable of beating down Mettaton when he hurt Chara one too many times."

"Then how could Asriel have inherited that trait?"

"Hello? 'Little Red Slicing Hood'? Your skillful finesse with swordsplay has our Prince greatly impressed. Plus he seems to fully trust you to take care of yourself when a situation calls for it. Of course he wants a strong girl to have his back." Undyne grinned. "He's already complimented you on how strong you are strength-wise and as a person, hasn't he?"

"...That doesn't mean anything..." Red pouted while hiding her blushing face in her cowl. So the prince admires your skills and can count on them. It doesn't mean a thing...right?

"Sure it doesn't, punk." Undyne rolled her eye as she and Alphys gradually finished their own ice creams. She blinked a bit, and pointed. "Alph, got a bit of something on your snout."

"Really?" Alphys blinked, vaguely seeing a bit of strawberry ice cream on her snout.

"I got it." Undyne leans in and gingerly kisses Alphys on the snout, as well as licking the spot away. The yellow lizard was left a stuttering mess and feeling a pleasant shiver through her as Undyne licked her lips and leaned back. "Fuhuhu...tasty~"

"U-Undyne...p-p-plz nuuu..." She mumbled, grabbing her face and shaking it rapidly. She then blinked as her phone began to ring, an she goes to answer it while stepping outsidem allowing the others to continue the conversation without her. It was Mettaton on the other end, and she answered quickly. "H-Hello, Mettaton."

"Hello darling. I just called you in to let you know that I did what you asked. I pulled up the archives for every member that's joined the Royal Guard in the past, be they ecruits or official members." She heard how serious his tone was on the other side. "Alphys...Red's name never showed up."

"What?!" Alphys' eyes widened. "That shouldn't be! Every single member that's joined or wished to join had their names recorded in the archives! How did hers not show up?!"

"I've rechecked it multiple times, exactly twenty in total, very thoroughly. There's no mistake. It's like someone didn't want anyone to know she existed."

Alphys quickly went over the facts that she knew. Red is not someone who would lie about something she was passionate about. And there's always kept records of everyone who's ever signed up to join the Royal Guard, every single monster. The mere implication that someone didn't place her name in it can't be regarded as a mistake. Someone would have had to intentionally erase her name from the archives...or perhaps her name was knowingly never recorded in the first place. Mettaton had a valid suspicion. It seems that someone from the past tried to hide Red's existence from the people in the future. Which could partially explain her imprisonment in the Artifact.

But why...?

(?)

Integrity. It can be perceived as honesty with one's self. Acting based on their own moral principles and standards. You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. Not committing to something where you lack passion. Keeping your word. Having nothing to fear because you have nothing to hide. Knowing your worth and not settling for anything less than you deserve.

...What happens when someone decides that because they believe their worth is so high, that they deserve so much more? Sometimes having such a good opinion of yourself isn't a good thing, especially when it becomes too much. One can believe that they are so great or amazing, that they begin to look down on others around believe they have a greater standing than others. Boastful about their abilities, believing that they deserve their own pedestal.

They can very well still stick to their honor and their passion. Honor of themselves, and passion for themselves. What makes this person an annoying-but very threatening-enemy is that they might be skilled or powerful enough to back their belief in their skills up. Lying about it is beneath them. Despite these, they DO keep their promises...even if that promises has malicious intentions.

This is what's happening now, as a blue peacock monster with smooth cream hair was standing proudly with her wings on her hips, a dark blue soul glowing within her chest. A shiny pink Tutu hangs around her waist, with custom made shiny Ballet Shoes fit snugly around her feet. She flashed her train, which was decorated with multiple beautiful colors, and she smiled. Her enemies know their place, given how she handily defeated them all, just like she said she would. She smirked smugly as her magic pertains to gravity, which she used to make each of them crash into the ground and stayed there eating the dirt...just as they should.

"Hmph. Right where you belong. In the dirt like the scum you are." She said with a huff placing her foot on one of their backs, applying heavy pressure to his spine via gravity. "You can blame yourselves for not keeping your word like you're supposed to. You didn't keep up with your duties, now you filthy maggots get to die." She pulled back and began leaving them, not releasing the gravity that's holding them down. "You can reflect on your dishonesty after your dead. I shouldn't waste any more of my highly valued time and energy on you pathetic scrubs."

"W-Wait! You can't seriously be okay with leaving us like this!"

"Course I am. I don't completely agree with it...but I'm gonna do it anyway. Tootles!" She waved off as she left them entrapped in the compound trapped via gravity. Once she stepped out of it, she did a swift swipe of her wing. The whole building glowed blue, and then it gravity around the building completely compressed downwards, crushing both it and everyone and everything inside with devastating force. She sighed as she turned tail and walked away from the scene with a sigh. It was dirty work she didn't completely agree with. While she was completely aware that she was superior to them, what irritated her was that she was left with a minor assignment like this and not something worth her esteemed power as the second most powerful of the six. it was times like these in which she wished she didn't have to stick to someone as vile as Ratoveros.

...But her personal sense of honor refused that option. She wasn't blind to the truth like her green-soul comrade. Unlike him, she was fully aware that Ratoveros was horrible in all senses of the word, and he treated them with very little true respect unless they truly live up to his impossibly high expectations. She is constantly angered by this, and sometimes thinks of betraying him and just attempting to kill him outright. However, because he was the one who entrusted her with this monster body with the immense power gained from her recovered soul, reviving her in this sort of manner, she was indebted to him. She feels highly about this even more than her purple soul comrade. And thus, refuses to turn on him on her own free will. Despite her high-esteem clashing with Ratoveros low opinion of her, she'll stick by him whether she liked it or not.

And she certainly didn't like it. Her Vanity makes her hate him the most out of the six...but that same vanity also won't let her betray someone she owes a great debt to...even if he twists that debt to suit his own ends.

Muffet: Cold Treats on a pretty hot day. What could possibly be better than that?

Red: Not being teased by you.

Muffet: Nonesense! That's the cherry on top!~

Red: And despite this...we're best friends. I guess I can grow to adjust more to it. I do sense that your intentions to be my best friend are true and sincere. After all, you got me a phone! :3

Chara: You both missed the most important part of the chapter...I GOT TALLER! HAHAHA! YES!