Trigger Warning in this one! If you cannot read about depression, suicide/suicidal thoughts! I really hope y'all enjoy! Nina is one of the characters that I hate to do this to, but it fits her qwq

Undertale belongs to Toby Fox, not me. I think we all know this.

July 21st, 2022 – Ebott City

Nina stood outside her dance studio. She had just finished ballet practice and was walking home. Ebott town had grown into a small city in a year and a half. It was nice to have more restaurants and places to hang out (though everyone agreed that the Wu Family Pizzaria was the best). Nina walked over to Dr. Miller's office. She had therapy sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The same days that Thomas Green had his. They didn't know each other very well, but they both understood each other's struggle. Everyone knew Thomas' story, his sister diapered and then Jacob Wu, leaving him to feel responsible. He had fallen into a depressive spiral and was pulled out of it by his friend Callum & therapy. Nina's was less known. She had known she was depressed since two years ago, but had only been diagnosed last year. She went to counseling, but to her, ballet was her therapy. She would immerse herself in the music and dance. Nina and Thomas chatted in the waiting room until the assistant called "Ms. Diez?"

"Here! Bye Thomas! See you in a few days!"

"You too, Nina! I hope your recital goes well!"

~time skip because I don't care about dr. Miller :/~

Nina left her appointment feeling very good. She skipped home, practicing her dance along the way. By the time she arrived home, she was tired out, as running through the list of homework she still had to finish (including an essay, due in a week). She got home and her parents pulled her aside. "What's going on? Are we moving again?" Nina asked, tired of moving every few years because of her father's job.

"No sweetie, we just think that-" her dads soothing tone was cut off by her mother's harsh one

"You're not dancing anymore." The smile dripped from Nina's face, like an ice cream cone in the summer sun.

"W-what do you mean? Dancing is my LIFE."

"Exactly, you need to branch out more. Understand that this is in your best intres-" Nina didn't hear another work she ran out of the house, ballet outfit still on. Tears flowing down her face as she cried. If she couldn't dance, she would rather die. Heck, dancing was one of the few reasons she hadn't tried to take her own life already. Now that was being ripped away from her. She ran up Mt. Ebott, where no one had ever returned from before. She kept running until she reached a hole near the top. Taking one last breath, she jumped.

...and landed in a pile of flowers. She got up and ran, barely noticing the strange purple of the walls, or the goat creature that was following her, only looking to die. After running through puzzles and the freezing cold of a snowy environment until she had come to a waterfall. She found a small cave in which to stash her tutu and kept running, her ballet shoes falling off at some point. Eventually, she found a lake. She filled the pockets of her warmup jacket with stones and jumped into the depths.

A while later, an ironclad figure walking by stopped, surprised by the blue soul floating above the water. They pulled out a cell phone and dialed.

"Alphys? Yeah, I found another one, but they're already dead. Can you come help me pick up the soul..."