A/N: Ohohoho are you guys ready? This ain't the end yet. We're just getting started. Just a heads up, some of the rooms might not quite line up with the game, but it just flows better, I promise.

Silence was ringing in your ears, bringing you to your senses. With your eyes still closed, you could feel the light on your face. It was warm and welcoming. Slowly, as you open your eyes, you can see it shining down from the mouth of the cavern. The pillars reaching the ceiling around the room seemed further away. It looked almost as if they were trying to escape, but to no avail.

You sit up slowly, the ringing in your head dying down to just a headache. Wherever you fell from, you knew it was definitely far.

You start to stand when you notice the bed of flowers all around you. They were all little yellow flowers, growing in the sunlight. You smile as you start to remember something. This was your second chance, a new shot at redemption. That thought made you look up quickly.

"Frisk? Are you there?" You say out loud, looking around for them. There was no physical evidence of them.

I'm here, Sora.

But you could definitely feel them there. They appeared beside you, smiling a little in their ethereal form. Roxas stepped out beside them, his arms folded, Don't forget me. he just smiles.

You laugh a little and grin at him, "Of course not. You're always with me." You step forward past them, looking all around the room. You remember it from the beginning of every timeline, the room where you fell. You turn back and look at them, "So, is it over now?"

Frisk tilted their head, I don't think it's exactly over yet, Roxas pointed out, After all, Chara may be gone, but we still have to get everyone out of the underground, right? he looks at Frisk.

Frisk smiles at him and nods, Right. You have to keep your promise, Sora. You have to find true freedom for the monsters.

"Right, I remember. But... how do I do that exactly?"

You have to break the barrier.

"That sounds easy enough."

How can we break the barrier? Roxas asked.

Frisk looks at him, then at you, and sighs, It takes the power of 7 human souls to break the barrier. Which, is the same as what you say are hearts.

"That explains why there weren't any heartless here before," you say, folding your arms, "They can't cross the barrier on their own."

But the if the heart of a monster fused with you, you could cross the barrier, Frisk said, It might not be a good idea to kill any of the monsters... you see what happened last time.

"Right. If we don't kill any monsters than there won't be any heartless here," you tilted your head, "But... then how are we supposed to break the barrier? We've only got... well, one heart between us."

Asgore! King Asgore has 6 hearts, and he waits for the 7th to come so he can free the monsters and start a war on the humans.

"Huh?" You are surprised by this information "The king has 6 hearts? How is he keeping them safe?"

Frisk looked confused, I guess his castle is safe enough. Plus, he hides them someplace only he can access.

You fold your arms, "With those hearts... we can free everyone."

One step at a time, Frisk smiles at you, For now, we need to get through the Ruins. I'll help you stay on path. I will keep my mind, but my determination is yours.

"Alright! Let's go then." You smile as you turn from them and hurry out of the room. As you were met by the darkness, you heard Frisk give one last piece of advice.

Remember, Sora, no matter what, you must stay determined. It's all up to you now.

"Howdy!"

As you enter into the next room, you see Flowey waiting for you, his usual fake grin on his face. He seemed to wait for something, glancing behind you a couple times. You look back to see what he was looking at, but don't see anything but a glimpse of light over the yellow flowers.

"Uh?" You look at Flowey again, but his expression has changed. Now he just looks bored.

"Oh, I see you're alone then." He says with a sigh, "Whatever, I already know how this will go. So just get out of here."

You tilt your head "What are you talking about?" You ask him, "Who are you?"

Flowey looked surprised. For a moment, he seemed at a complete loss for words, until you burst out laughing from the tension. Then, he just looked annoyed, "Oh, haha, very funny."

You grin as you calm your own laughing, "You should have seen your face, Flowey!" You start to laugh again.

Flowey just gives you a dirty look. Before he says anything, he just smiles his phone smile again, "Yes, that was a good one. You really got me!" He laughed a little too, "Come closer, there's something I need to tell you. It's important to your run here."

You tilt your head as you crouch down to him.

"No no, closer, closer. It's a secret."

You hesitate, but lean closer so you are just barely an inch from his face. You turn your head a little bit to listen to what he has to say.

"Down here, it's KILL OR BE KILLED! HAHAHA!"

He laughs as everything goes black and you see your heart, you SOUL, floating in front of you, surrounded by Floweys little white bullets. It's different than it had been the last you had seen it. Now, the heart was bright red.

"Well well, look who finally has the right amount of determination." Flowey said, "But, it's still not enough. Your borrowed power won't win you any fights down here! You still don't have what it takes to survive!"

As he speaks, you watch as the pellets move closer and closer to your heart. You look for any way to escape, but as he closes in you can feel the tension start to pull at you there was nowhere to go, nowhere to run.

Then, the pellets were gone. Flowey looked confused for just a second before a fireball flew from the doorway and knock him over. Glaring at the one who cast it, he retreated back into the ground and was gone. You give a sigh of relief as she comes closer to you.

"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth...Ah, do not be afraid, my child. Toriel smiles at you as she brushes her hands off on her dress, "I am Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins."

You smile at her as the black fades back to the darkness of the Underground. You step closer to her and look up at her, "Hi Toriel, I'm Sora."

Toriel smiles at you, chuckling a bit to herself, "Well, it's nice to meet you Sora. Come, I will guide you through the catacombs." She smiles as she turns and walks ahead into the next room.

You glance back over your shoulder as you leave and see Flowey pop back up for a second. He narrows his eyes at you before disappearing back into the ground.

"The Ruins are filled with all kinds of puzzles, please adjust yourself to the sight of them." Toriel smiled as she walked up the stairs in the next room and opened the door. She glanced back as you followed and just proceeded ahead.

You paused at the bottom of the stairs as you stare into the pile of leaves. Just above them is something sparkling, a sort of star floating there. It seemed to have a strange power to it. One that drew you closer. As you reached out to touch it, you felt the surge of power run through you.

"Whoa! What is that?" You say out loud.

The shadow of the Ruins looms above, filling you with determination.

You look to the side at Frisk, "What? What is this thing?"

Its a save point, Frisk said with a smile, It is made of determination. And now that you have it, you can use them too. So now, if you lose a battle, you'll end up at the last save point you reached.

You smile and look at the save point, "Whoa! That's pretty cool."

"Is everything alright, my child?" You hear Toriel call to you.

With a smile you hurry up the stairs, "Sorry! I'm coming."

Toriel smiles at you as she leads you through the first few rooms of the Ruins. She taught you how the puzzles worked and even showed you how to solve them. Even though she did all of the work, she still seemed proud of you.

As you turned the corner into a big hall, a Froggit jumps from your peripheral and engages you in a fight. Everything goes dark as the Froggit hops a bit closer.

"Whoa! Easy now!" You hold your hands up, "Uh, hi?" Froggit just seems to eye you carefully.

Thats a Froggit, Frisk tells you, Its Attack and Defense are 4. Life is difficult for this enemy.

You tilt your head , "Difficult?" You smile, "Well, you are still trying. I'm proud of you, Froggit! Life will get better."

Froggit stares at you as you speak. After a moment, it just blushes deep and looks to the side. I don't think it understands, Roxas says with a snicker.

But it seems flattered anyway!

Before the Froggit could do anything else, Toriel appears beside it and gives it a stern look. Froggit shivers in fear and hops away, ending the fight. You cover your mouth to keep from laughing out loud. The monsters were definitely afraid of Toriel. And she very clearly has a powerful presence here.

"There is one last thing I must ask you to do," she said as she stood before you in a long hallway, "I am sorry for this, but I must ask you to walk down this hall by yourself." She quickly turned and disappeared down the hall.

You blink as you watch her go and hurry to catch up with her. As she disappears, you continue ahead, wondering just how long the hall really is. In the past time lines, you couldn't remember it feeling this long. There was also a strange sensation of panic that was starting to come from nowhere. Had Toriel left you? Would she just pop up again somewhere.

Just as you started to wonder, she stepped out from behind a pillar at the end of the hall and smiled, "Greetings, my child. Do not fear, I did not leave you. I was simply behind this pillar the whole time."

You give a sigh of relief. There were a lot of things that seemed to be playing out differently for you now. Maybe it was because you were going through the timeline instead of seeing everything second.

"There is a reason for this exercise," Toriel started again, "To test your independence. See... I'm going to have to leave you alone for a while."

You tilt your head, "Huh? How come?"

Toriel just smiles, "It's a surprise. Here, I will give you this cell phone so that you may call me if you like." She hands you an old looking cell phone, older than the phone you had previously. It flips open and seems to be able to dial and not much else, "Just stay here and I shall return for you."

You look up and nod in agreement as she pats your head and turns to the doorway, walking out. As the quiet sets in the room around you, you sigh and lean against the pillar.

"This phone can't even text, what is this?" You wonder as you push buttons on it. Only one number is registered in it, but there was no name next to it. Curious, you dial the number and put the phone to your ear.

"Hello, this is Toriel."

You blink and smile, not sure why it surprised you, "Oh, hi Toriel!"

"Did you just call to say hello? Well... hello!" She laughs a little, "It is good to hear your voice, my child."

You smile, "Hey you two. Oh, um, I guess you must be busy. Sorry, mom." As the last bit left your mouth, you realized you probably should not have said it. But it was too late to take it back.

"Oh? Well! Would that make you happy? To call me... mother?" She laughs a little again, "Very well then, my child. I will see you soon."

You smile, "Bye mom." As the phone clicks quiet, you look at the screen again. With a smile, you edit the contact and change the name to "Mom."