Lady Phantom hadn't meant to end up in the Underground. Truly, she couldn't have ever known that the door she opened in the ghost zone lead to an alternate reality, where monsters were all trapped behind some kind of barrier. No, she had only intended to search the ghost zone for the fabled door that lead to a land of sunshine and wildflowers. That place sounded freaking awesome, or at least that was how the ghost who had told her about it had described it to be. But the ghost had failed to give her proper directions, so here she was instead, stuck in the ruins, no way back home, no of escaping the barrier because she was technically half monster, so she was sure her human half would even make it through. All the monsters she'd met told her that only humans could pass through the barrier, so she only had half a chance if any at all, and she wasn't willing to risk that. What was the point in moving forwards anyway? the ruins were a decent place to live, and she'd even made a couple of friends. Lady wanted to move on, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it, nothing made sense in the underground. She found herself sadly laying still on the floor of the ruins, listing to spooky tunes with Napstablook, or "Blookie" as she'd come to know him.

"What should I do Bloo? I feel trapped here, but there doesn't seem to be anyplace else I could go." Lady said quietly.

Some few yards away from her, Blookie shrugged from where he too was laying on a pile of leaves. "You could try going out again, not that that'd do much good. Undyne did try to take your soul last time you tried to leave the ruins..." Blookie said gloomily.

Lady winced at the memory. "True, but I have to do something! as fun as it's been hanging with you and Tori, I can't hide in these ruins for the rest of my afterlife. Back home, I had a purpose, you know? things just made sense. I was a hero! I protected my town from evil, and defended the innocents. Here, the monsters just think that I'm the one they need to be protected from." she said sourly, and she re-counted the cracks in the ceiling to distract herself. There wasn't much else to do in the ruins, and she'd quickly explored every inch of them. It seemed that there was a new crack today, it was shaped kinda like a lightning bolt.

"What can you do? It's not like an answer to your problems will just fall down here. But I suppose, I could introduce you to some of the other monsters, if you wanted." Blookie responded.

"But wouldn't they just run away once they realized what I was?" Lady asked.

"Possibly. But of course the choice is yours. you could stay here with me and kick yourself because you're stuck, or you could leave." Blookie told Lady.

"I-I don't think I'm ready to leave these ruins. At least not yet. But I guess I could try to meet someone else." Lady said.

Blookie got up. "Follow me..." he said, and together they floated to the entrance to the ruins. When he and Lady got there, he told her "Knock on the door."

"What? Why?" Lady asked, puzzled.

"You said you wanted to meet someone new. Toriel usually talks to him around this time, but she's busy tending to an injured guest right now, and she said that you could talk to him for her." Blookie told her, and then he faded away, not eager to deal with the stranger.

"Blookie! wait, no! come back! who are they?" Lady called, but it was no use, Blookie was long gone. Lady sighed and approached the door. "Come on, you can do this. you've battled hundreds of evil ghosts before, talking to a strange monster shouldn't be too hard..." she muttered to herself. Steeling her nerves, Lady bravely knocked on the door.

"Who's there?" A muffled male voice asked.

"Lady Phantom." Lady replied.

"Lady Phantom who?" the voiced asked.

"I can't tell you, sorry. I can't give away my secret identity." Lady apologized.

there was a long pause, and then the voice said "That's the worst knock knock joke I've ever heard."

"Wait, what? That's not a joke, that's my name!" Lady exclaimed.

"Oh. Well don't worry, I won't wear it out. Knock knock." the voice answered back.

"Who's there?" Lady asked, unsure if the monster was joking or not.

"Who." the voice replied.

"Who who?" Lady asked.

"Are you still there or have you been replaced by an owl?" The voice asked, and Lady realized that he was joking with her, and despite herself, she began to laugh. "You're not the one I usually talk to are you?" he asked when Lady had finished giggling.

"Sorry, no. She's tending to a guest right now, so I'm filling in for her. Knock knock." Lady said.

"Who's there?"

"Boo."

"Boo who?"

"Don't cry! I'm only a ghost." Lady said.

"I knew it! you're one of the ghosts that hang around the ruins right?" He asked Lady.

"Well, sort of. it's complicated." She told him.

"Oh, I don't know, it can't be that bad, you seem to be in good spirits. I guess it just ghost to show ya." he said.

Lady smiled. "hey, mind if we continue this conversation face to face?" she asked.

"Sure, why not? don't make a specter-cal of yourself!" he replied.

"Okay, I'm gonna come out in a minute, just don't run away or attack me or anything ok? I'm nothing to be scared of." she said, and Lady heard a strange chattering noise from the other side of the door. Was he laughing at her?

"Ok, you seem decent enough, so I shouldn't have a bone to pick with you." he said, and Lady walked outside the safety of the ruins for the second time since she'd arrived.