Carter POV:
As I walked outside, I then continued to go to the living room with Frisk behind me.
Frisk was pretty nice, though I still don't their gender. Maybe I should have asked... Eh, I'll ask it later.
I see Toriel at the chair reading a book.
Toriel notices us as we walked to her.
"Oh! So, you're both up already, I see?" says Toriel with a smile as she looks at us.
"Um, I want you both to know how glad I am to have someone here. There are so many old books I want to share." Toriel gestures us to come closer.
"I want to show you both my favorite bug-hunting spot. I've also prepared a curriculum for your education." Toriel continued,
I sweatdrop, I don't really get the point of being taught if Toriel wanted us to stay in the ruins and not leave.
"This may come as a surprise to you... But I have always wanted to be a teacher... Actually, perhaps that isn't very surprising."
"STILL." Toriel narrowed her eyes for a moment. "I am glad to have you both living here." finished Toriel with her smile still on.
Frisk and I glanced at each other for a moment before I looked at Toriel.
"Um..."
"Oh, did you want something?" I nod
"What is it?" Toriel asked
Hm, if this was the game, two choices would have showed up but nothing like that happened. I guess it's because it's actually real now.
"Uh, Toriel, you use magic... right?"
"Yes, I use magic. Why do you ask, my child?" Toriel tilts her head confusedly as I ask this.
"Well... I was hoping that Frisk and I could also try to learn magic, so we could better defend ourselves or, something?"
"Oh." Toriel said before she answered.
"...I'm sorry to say, but humans can't learn magic very well like us monsters do." answers Toriel with sad smile. Damn, she really cares for us like her we're her own children. That was way too fast though, she needs to learn how to be suspicious. So that genocidal humans won't kill her and stuff.
Still, from the intro in the game, it said that the humans trapped the monsters in the barrier so doesn't that mean we can use magic? The barrier was pretty powerful too.
"Why is that?" I ask to Toriel.
"It's because humans are not as attuned to their SOULs as we, monsters are. Because of this, humans need a lot of time to be able to use magic." Toriel explained.
"How long?"
"I don't really know, my child. But I only saw humans using their magic when they were old already."
"Is there any other way...?" I ask hopefully
Toriel touched her chin as she thought about what I said.
"Well, humans also use magical artifacts to be able to use magic, but... I don't have any magical artifact. I'm sorry I can't help, my child."
"No, it's fine." My shoulders slumped as I wore a disappointed expression.
I guess I can't use magic... but... maybe there's a way? Maybe Alphys can help me? Maybe Sans?
Uh, whatever. I'll find a way. But first I need to talk to Toriel about the ruins.
...
Maybe later-
"Um, when can we go home?" Frisk interrupts my thoughts as they spoke.
I turn my head to look at Frisk with narrowed eyes.
My expression probably said something like 'What are you doing right now?'.
Frisk ignores my expression as they looked at Toriel.
"What? This... this IS your home now."
Woah there Toriel, are you being a yandere right now?
"Um... would would you both like to hear about this book I am reading? Toriel tries to change the subject as she continued.
"It is called "72 Uses for Snails."" That's a weird book.
"How about it?" I look at Frisk as I then sigh lightly.
"Toriel... we really like staying here but... we can't stay here forever. Can you please tell us how to exit the ruins?" I ask to Toriel with a determined face.
"...I have to do something. Stay here." Toriel closed her book as she walked out of the living room.
I look at Frisk.
"What do we do next?" Frisk looks at me thoughtfully for a second before they spoke.
"Let's follow Toriel." Frisk walked away as they gestured me to follow them.
"Ok..."
We continue our way to the basement.
After a few seconds of walking, we face Toriel.
"You wish to know how to return "home," do you not?" Well yeah.
"Ahead of us lies the end of the ruins. A one-way exit to the rest of the underground."
"I am going to destroy it, no one will ever be able to leave again. Now you both be a good child and go upstairs."
Jeez, Toriel. You're really being a yandere right now.
Of course, I already knew this would happen because of the game, but I don't really want to fight a boss monster without any experience.
As much as I like Toriel, I just knew her in a day or so. I'm not really willing to trade my life for her or anything.
But, I won't hurt her.
We follow Toriel as she walks forwards.
...
Toriel stops after a few seconds. "Every human that falls down here meets the same fate."
"I have seen it again and again. They come. They leave. They die."
"You naive children... If you leave the ruins... They... ASGORE... will kill you." I say nothing
"I am only protecting you, do you both understand?"
"...go to your room." Toriel walked forwards again.
Frisk and I looked at each other for a moment before we both nodded and followed Toriel.
"Do not try to stop me. This is your final warning." warned Toriel as she stopped for a moment.
We continue towards the exit as we then face Toriel.
"Hmph. You both are just like the others."
"There is only one solution to this. Prove yourself... prove to me you both are strong enough to survive." The world blackened.
As Frisk and my soul glowed on our chest. We readied ourselves.
I look at Frisk for a moment and-
See four tiny boxes appearing in front of them.
...
What the fuck!?
Looking at it closely, it was the options in Undertale.
But I thought that didn't exist here because it's not a game anymore, so how...?
"Frisk, what are those boxes?" I ask Frisk as Toriel summons fireballs.
Frisk looks at me in surprise and confusion as I asked.
"Doesn't this show up to you too?" I shake my head negatively. That didn't happen when I was fighting the dummy! Hell, it's not even showing up right now!
Ok, let me try it again... maybe you need to will it or something?
I think hard as I imagined the options showing up.
Nothing happened.
FUCK! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? I CAN'T EVEN DO SOMETHING SO FUCKING BASIC!?
"Carter! Look out!" I turn my head at the front as I see-
Around fifteen fireballs coming at my way.
"Holy shiiiiittt!" I swear as my eyes widen to plates, I ran the fuck away from those fireballs.
I get hit by some fireballs as I tried to dodge, but I fail to doge all of it completely.
-5 hp
Bump
I ran into the wall as I didn't look at my direction and blindly ran.
-1 hp
Ah shit. I feel like my nose broke. Though, I guess it's better than my 2nd degree burns right now.
Jesus christ! These burns hurt more than the time I accidentally splashed boiling water on me!
Toriel raised an eyebrow as she looked at me ran into a wall and break my nose.
As Toriel stopped for a moment, Frisk presses MERCY and chooses Spare.
Toriel looked at Frisk as she said her dialogue in the game, though it was slightly different as I was here as well.
I ran to Frisk's side as I held my bleeding nose and burns.
"Hey, Frisk. Do you have any healing items?" I ask as I point at my injuries.
Frisk looks at me for a moment before pressing their item box and bringing out a monster candy.
They give me the monster candy as I try to eat it.
*You ate the monster candy!
*Your HP was maxed out.
"That's better." I comment as I sigh in relief.
I look at Toriel again to see-
Dozens of fireballs being thrown.
"...Balls."
...
I breath heavily as I wince at my burns.
HP 1/20
I think my HP's at 1 right now, even if I can't actually see it.
Still, even with my burns, I stood.
Toriel wasn't attacking anymore.
"Please, go upstairs." I shake my head as Frisk presses Spare.
Damn it, I really need to figure out how to do that.
As I thought this while internally screaming at my burns, I listen to Toriel.
"Ha ha... pathetic, is it not? I cannot save even two children."
Frisk presses Spare again.
"No, I understand. You both would just be unhappy trapped down here. The ruins are very small once you get used to them."
"It would not be right for both of you to grow up in a place like this." Toriel said sadly.
"My expectations... my loneliness... my fear..."
"For you both, my children, I will put them aside." The world lightened as our soul's glow disappeared.
"If you truly wish to leave the ruins... I will not stop you." I smile as the fight finished, thank god, I think I would have died if it went longer.
"However, when you both leave, please do not come back." Toriel hugged us both with a sad expression on her face.
I hold back a swear as I feel my burns being touched.
Toriel notices our wounds as she heals us. Though Frisk only had a few burns.
I feel my HP going up as my wounds were healed.
Ah... that's better.
*Your HP was maxed out.
"Goodbye, my children." Toriel said as she went back to her home.
...
"So... Frisk. Can you tell what those boxes were and how did you use them?" I already knew what they were but they don't show up for me for some bullshit reason.
"Well, these are four options that show up when you go into a FIGHT, though I can make them show up whenever I want. In the four options, you can choose to FIGHT, ACT, bring out an ITEM or choose MERCY. Did these not show up to you?" Frisk asks me with a quizzical stare.
I shake my head negatively. Maybe because I wasn't originally from this world?
"... Hey, can you show it to me again?" Four boxes appears in front of Frisk, I look at the boxes.
"Hm..." I reach out for it, and touch it.
E͠͝҉̼̫R͈͓̱̮̳ͅR̰͓̻̬̙͕̞͖Ơ̵̭̥R̵̥̣.̰̤̬̗̜͕̥͈̦ ̴̱̙̦̘̤͚̦̹͚͠F̡̦̣̮I̷̺͉L̨͏͈̰̠̘̖E̸̻̝̫̝̜͓ ̲͓̗͞N͇̲̞̘̞͎͠O̶̵̹̬Ṱ̮͔͍̞̫́ ͏̶͕̘̫͔̘̰̯̳́F̨̱̭͔͚̪̕O̢͎̞̗̙͜Ṳ̵͕͈̭̠͚͓͞Ǹ̢҉̥̹͇͇ͅD̵̥̩̟̻̮.̪̦̦̬́͝ͅ
I step back as my vision blackened and all my senses disappeared.
I felt my soul be destroyed and reformed every instant. This world felt wrong. My existence felt wrong.
I WaNT tO DIE.
All my senses suddenly returned and the world was right once again.
"Carter, what's wrong...?" I look at Frisk to see they had a worried expression.
"What...?"
"Carter... did something happen?" Frisk asked me again as they stepped closer.
"Uh, nothing. I just felt weird all of a sudden..." I replied.
What just happened?
...
I don't know.
"Carter, do you want to go now or stay a little longer...?"
"I-I'm fine. Let's go." I give a thumbs up as I put on a slight smile.
"Well, if you say so..." Frisk opened the door to outside as I followed behind.
Perhaps, this situation isn't as simple as I thought...
-Void-
G#S##R POV
"How strange..." A figure in black pondered to themselves in the void.
"Aside from being an anomaly... something about that boy scares me." The figure said as he looked at Carter while in the desolate void.
-Dreamscape-
? POV
"̴͍ͭͧ́̽̈͘V̶̢͕͎̺͔̳̣̼ͪ̏͛̂̏̉́̿͜ͅͅ ͔̙̝̲̼̯̝͎̀̒̌̃̈́ͧ̄͋̕A͉̼̪̮͈͎̖̫̦̍͊ͯ͛ͯ́͐́͜R̴̢̲͉̞͙͗̂ͨ̏̔ͫ͘Ȓ̛̲͋̑̒̇̇ͦQ̶͔̠͉̏ͤ̃̎̚̚ ̡͈̲ͣ̿̔͒̇̓̅̚ͅG̛͉͇͕̺ͨͧͣ̾̃̽B̦̮̤̱̺̥̎̆̌͗̍̌ͪ̒͜͜ ̥̺̥͉̘͂ͣ̇̓̈̚͝F̧͇̥̃̌̽͊̀͡G̷̴̛͙̫͍̉̾̈E͗̈́͌͗̚͢͏̭̣̹̣̯̦̮̹R̬̻̹͎̬̾́ͤ͛A̛̱͖̲ͮ̑̂Ṱ̶̝̟̘̳͖͇̘̤̊̀ͥ͋ͥ́G̪̤̭̥̀ͭ̆ͥ͗͂́̃͛Ũ̴̡̟͕̜̦͚̙͂R̥̞͓̝̃̂͋̀͆̍̂ͬ̓͟À̻̰̽̏͘ ̵̢͍͌̔ͤ̏̀̂͒͋͠Z̷̰̓̿̎̈ͭ̎̌̚̕L̢̠̮͔̖̞̝̱̽͆͝ ̲͕͖̗͈̞̹̰̭͊ͬ̂̌͗ͧ̋ͫV͎̗͎͉́̋ͧͦ̾ͭ͊͌͘͟A̡͇̬̭̪̭͉̮̿ͩͧͩ̑́͜S̵͙̘̩̫̳̞̰͉̱ͮ̄͗͊̆͋̽́̃͠Y͑ͧ̄̐̈́ͯ͂͏̴̨̖̺͔͕̼H̽̓͏̱͟Ŕ̪̖̲̼̃ͪ̑̓͛ͫ͑̽͠A̢̺͉̺ͪͮͭ͑͋͐͜P̶̧̭̺̎ͮ̏́́̀R̨͛ͮͧ҉̟̪.̮̮̣̲̑͆̿̒̀̅́.͈̣͈͉̪ͮ̈́ͣ̓̄̔ͫͤ͘.̰͙͖̹̭͙͓̭͙̉̿ͤ͗̏ͩ̌ͧͦ"̛̣̟̘ͭ͑ͬͭ̾͌͘͜ ̋͋ͨ̉̌̄ͦ̓͊҉̵̧̫͙̳ A being spoke in a language unknown to man as it looked at reality through its host.
The being distorted as it changed the fabric of reality.
Then the being waited, it would wait...
-Reality-
I look at Flowey as he also looks at me.
"Hm... you're not really from 'round here, aren't you?" Flowey asks me with narrowed eyes for a second before his face changes into his normal smiling one.
"This is SO much more interesting now..." Flowey laughs as he goes back down the ground after he finished his earlier speech like in the game.
"That was weird..." I comment as Frisk slowly nods.
Holy fuck, does Flowey know I came from another world? That would suck.
I don't want to reveal my meta knowledge or my knowledge in general. Anyone who I reveal it to would probably go into an existential crisis after a few days, reading a lot of science and h.p lovecraft stories can do that to you.
Frisk goes back on track as they continue forward, I follow beside them.
"Hey Frisk, I actually have a question..."
"What is it?" Frisk asks as they look at me with their super squinty eyes.
"This might sound rude but... are you a boy or a girl?" I ask with genuine confusion.
"..." Frisk stops and looks at me with a blank stare.
"Pfft." Before they bursted into laughter.
"What's so funny?" I question with a faked angered expression.
"Haha... sorry, it's just- you're one of the first to ask that to me." said Frisk as they wiped a tear.
"Anyway, to answer your question..."
"I'm a girl." answered Frisk easily.
"Oh." I replied as my expression shifted into one of understanding.
Frisk continued walking as I followed behind.
Now I know the secrets to the universe- I mean, now I know Frisk's gender.
"So that's why you're so cute." I said without thinking.
... Wait, did I just-
"Hm? What did you say?" Frisk asks as she look at me.
"Nothing!" I reply immediately as I felt myself blush.
JESUS! WHY DID I JUST SAY THAT!?
I blank out as I walked by Frisk. Having an internal conflict to myself.
A/N:
Ok, that chapter was a little short so I swear I'll make the next chapter longer.
Also, thanks for the reviews! I promise I'll give feedback in the next chapter once I get more reviews. Having less reviews does lessen my motivation.
So, be sure to leave a review to tell me what you think about the chapter!
And smash that fav/follow button to bring me to the first page!
Also, in this chapter I couldn't fully write wingdings (for you know who) for some reason, some symbols just disappear. Oh yeah, the being's language can be translated, it's a cipher (ROT), but it's pretty hard to translate it with all the glitches.
Aside from that, like I said before, the being in the dreamscape will be super important for later chapters as well as that last bit with Carter and Frisk. (*Wink wink*).
Now with all that said, see you again!