Frisk found the new monster familiar, but couldn't place where she had seen the lady before. The followed behind Toriel, as she was informed by the monster. Toriel led the girl through some apparent puzzles as she told Frisk about the ruins.
Frisk saw on her way, pillars made out of the stone. Some where broken, but she noticed that they followed a path that seemed worn into the ground. The walls were smooth as if the people here had once taken care of things, but had one day just abandoned it.
"I come to see if people fall into the ruins," Frisk heard Toriel say. "I've had several others fall into the ruins before you, child. Usually I have tended to their wounds..."
Frisk stopped when the monster did and saw the lady turn around.
"Where did you come from, child?" Toriel asked.
Frisk looked up at the goat like monster and saw the concern in the amber eyes. She noticed that the lady crouched down to get closer to her own height, and the girl looked away. Her heart hurt by those amber eyes, they were so familiar.
"I don't know, " Frisk finally answered.
"You must have hit your head a bit too hard," Toriel said softly, as she brushed some stray bangs out of the girl's face. "Don't worry sweetie. I'll take care of you."
Frisk smiled and she gave Toriel a hug, surprising the the lady for a moment, then felt the kind monster return the embrace. After a long moment, Frisk pulled back and sniffed, she wiped away some tears that had mysteriously formed and she wondered why she had started crying a little.
"I'm sorry," Frisk said, noticing the little wet spot on Toriel's shoulder of her blue dress. "I really don't know why I did that. I think that it's because I miss my mother."
Frisk looked away, afraid to finish the sentence. Something within her told her to keep quiet on her lack of memories.
"Are you hungry sweetie? " Toriel asked, as she stood up and offered her white furry hand to the girl. "I'll make you some cinnamon butterscotch pie to make you feel better."
"Call me Frisk," The girl offered, as she put her hand into Toriel's. "Can I call you Mom?"
"Uh," The monster said blushing. Frisk noticed a hurt enter into the eyes of the lady and she suddenly felt guilty for asking.
"You can call me whatever you want Frisk," Toriel told her, as they made their way over a bridge and something that was like a puzzle-trap. "If that makes you feel better."
"She's too soft. It's a wonder they lost. So pathetic."
Frisk shook the piece of memory away, as she suddenly felt Toriel let her hand go. The girl looked up at the lady and saw the white face smile.
"Frisk," Toriel said gently. "You are new to the underground and I need for you to learn some things. You are a human, and the monsters here are unfamiliar with you. They will attack, and I need you to never forget that they think that it's what you expect. We don't have much contact with humans, but most that have fallen down here, have attacked monsters out of a misunderstood fear."
Frisk frowned and she nodded.
"I need for you to imagine that you have met a monster," Toriel said pointing at a object. "And this monster has challenged you to a fight."
Frisk looked over to where the lady was pointing at and noticed a tatty stuffed dummy. The girl smiled as it looked as if it was made from various draps and curtains, and stuffed and stuck onto a pole. She looked back at Toriel.
"You want me to fight him?" Frisk asked curiously.
"No," The lady said. "I want you to talk to him. Try to not fight and make peace."
"Ok," Frisk said, turning to look at the makeshift dummy.
"Hi," Frisk said smiling. "I'm Frisk. Nice to meet you. Want to be friends?"
The girl waited a moment, then not getting any answer, she looked at Toriel.
The kind monster lady was smiling softly and there was a bit of amusement in her eyes. Frisk felt so good at that, and found herself determined to keep to Toriel's lesson.
"Come on Frisk," Toriel said, a bit of a chuckle creeping into her voice. "That was very good."
Frisk grinned and followed the lady into a hallway. There she noticed that Toriel seemed to be uncomfortable.
"I must ask one more thing of you, Frisk," Toriel said. "I need you to walk to the end of this hallway by yourself."
Before the girl could ask why, Frisk watched Toriel turn suddenly and walk away. The girl watched as the lady turned a corner and vanished from view. Frisk found herself confused as to the sudden change in things and she heard a sound from behind her.
She turned and noticed that it was that flower, trying to hide behind a rock.
Something stirred within Frisk and she scowled. She walked up to the flower and saw the surprise in its face. She quickly grabbed ahold of the green stalk of the creature.
"Hey," The girl said, determined to end her fear of the flower. "Why are you following me?"
"Because I want your soul," Flowey answered, sounding irritated. "Now if you don't let me go-"
"You'll do what," The girl said, interrupting the flower. "You'll hurt me again?"
The flower suddenly looked frightened and she realized that she was squeezing the flower's stalk.
Frisk quickly let the flower go and she saw it vanish into the ground. She stood there for a moment, the whole encounter, and her actions unsettled her. She frowned as she mentally beat herself. How could she so easily forget Toriel's lesson. And now she upset a monster.
Frisk sighed and hoped that there would be no more encounters like that. She really didn't want to hurt anyone.
The girl made her way to the turn of the large hallway and peeked around the corner, expecting to see the goat-lady.
"You hide and I'll fin-"
"But I always haveta hide. It's your turn to hide."
"Ok Asriel. I'll hide this time."
Frisk closed her eyes and peek past the corner.
And didn't see anyone.
She saw a doorway at the end of the hallway and she smiled. Toriel had to be on the other side of that door, waiting. The girl walked to the door and she peeked past it playfully.
And didn't see anyone.
Frisk frowned and wondered if Toriel had left. She heard a shuffling off to the side of her and caught a flash of blue disappearing behind a pillar. The girl smiled and she covered her smile with her hand as she decided to sneak around the pillar. There she caught Toriel and tugged on her white sleeve.
"Tag," Frisk said, playfully. "You're caught."
Toriel smiled and acted like she had been surprised. Frisk saw her put a clawed hand to her chest and acted like she had a fright, "Oh! Dear child, don't sneak up on an old woman like me."
"Why'd you leave like that?" Frisk asked curiously, putting a hand in Toriel's.
"I had to make sure that you'd be okay without me at times, Frisk," Toriel answered. "I needed to assure myself of that."
"Oh," Frisk said. She looked up at the lady and found that she loved this monster.
They went home, and the days passed too quickly. Frisk enjoyed her time in the ruins. Toriel allowed her to go anywhere wanted, but forbidden her to leave the ruins. So Frisk, desiring to stay good, only stayed in the ruins.
She read every book, watched every video, and made friends with the monsters within the ruins. Even made a very good friend with Napstablook, who was a ghost. The creature seemed to be depressed upon their first meeting, but now seemed to come to visit for happy times with Frisk.
And she even one day made a friend on the outside of the ruins.
Frisk had been playing in the hallway, one day when she heard a knock and a voice on the other side.
"Knock, knock."
"Who's there?" Frisk had asked.
"Etch," Came a deep reply.
"Etch who?"
"Bless you," She heard. "I know its cold, ya betta bundle up."
Frisk had laughed at that joke and started visiting the door before breakfast every morning. And her friend, Sans she had learned, would always be there. She let Toriel know, and the lady allowed it, but reminded Frisk to never open the door, as it was too dangerous.
It left Frisk kind of confused, but she did as Toriel said.
Then one day Frisk brought it up during breakfast.
"Toriel," She said. "I need to tell you something."
"What sweetie?" Toriel said in concern.
"I don't know who I am," Frisk admitted. "I have all these questions in my head, but I don't know the answer to. I need to find things out."
Toriel looked like she knew what was coming, "You want to leave the ruins?"
"Yes," Frisk said, feeling a pang of guilt.
"Ok," Frisk heard Toriel say, the voice filling with sorrow. "I will take you to the doors and open them for you. But I want you to remember what I taught you."
Frisk frowned and she rushed over to the lady and wrapped her arms around the waist of the monster. Frisk found herself start to cry again and realized that Toriel was doing the same, when the lady crouched and hugged her too.
The moment passed all too fast and soon Frisk found herself on the outside of the ruins, with Toriel on the inside.
And it was so cold.
I hope you liked this. I wanted to put some feeling into it. And make it real. More to come as it comes to me.