I leave Flowey and Frisk to go about the business on their own while I take a look at the rules and laws by which the world works. There must be a mistake I have to fix somewhere. This shouldn't take too long… I hope.
Meanwhile Flowey is placed on the sofa while Frisk goes off to have their "date" with Papyrus. My vision of them is split so that I can observe both of them, though neither seem too interesting. I mainly focus on trying to find the broken laws of the universe. Flowey sighs in boredom and manages to hop off the sofa, looking up at Sans's room. "Hm," he says quietly.
"wondering what's in there?"
"Ah!" Flowey jumps at Sans's voice. "No, why would I care?"
Sans shrugs. "…you know, i found something weird the other day. here." He holds out a piece of paper. Flowey looks at a drawing of a flower.
"Alright… So?"
"so nothing. looks like papyrus doodled it but he says he didn't. weird, right?"
"I guess?" Flowey replies uncertainly.
"were you two ever… friends in another timeline?"
"…No. Well, I uh… Might've talked to him a few times before the last reset," Flowey admits.
"and why would little ol' you do a thing like that," Sans wonders.
"Uhhhhh…" Flowey starts, then looks at the stairs. "Frisk, you're done? Good, let's go. …Now please?"
"I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED MY PLACE IN THE FRIENDZONE. IT IS VERY EXCITING! I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL UNDYNE!"
"cool bro."
Frisk picks Flowey up and heads out.
"GOOD BYE HUMAN," Papyrus says, waving.
"see ya," Sans says.
They walked through the frosted field into the cavern before Flowey spoke again. "Bleh he's just so creepy and weird and-" Flowey stops short when he sees Sans sitting at his booth in the cavern. "Never mind. He's also everywhere apparently…"
Frisk stops to talk to the monster kid, possibly about stripes, before moving on to the rest of the caverns. Aside from the sound of moving water, the caverns are dead quiet. Flowey looks around them quietly while Frisk moves purposfully ahead. It isn't long before they reach some tall grass. Frisk moves through it, causing it to shuffle around them. They hear a noise above and freeze in place, looking up.
"H... HI, UNDYNE. I'M HERE WITH MY DAILY REPORT..." It was obviously Papyrus. "ABOUT THAT HUMAN AND WEIRD FLOWER... NO I DIDN'T CATCH THEM. I... FAILED." A voice was faintly audible, but too muffled by armor to understand. "WHAT?" Papyrus replied. "NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DESTROY THEM, SEE..." Undyne shot Papyrus what was presumably a sharp glare. "I... UNDERSTAND." Papyrus eventually says, and Frisk and Flowey hear him leaving.
Frisk tries to step away from the area, but the sound of moving grass grab's Undyne's attention. She approaches the edge of the cliff above them and gazes down. She readies her spear and looks around for them. Frisk covers Flowey's mouth and stands perfectly still. After a few moments, Undyne is unable to find them, so she steps back, and sight is lost of her. It is a while before Frisk feels safe enough to move again, but once they do, they start to leave the area quickly.
"That was close," Flowey whispers.
"Yeah so close, wasn't it cool, yo?" Frisk stops in their tracks and looks at the until then unnoticed tag-along. The monster their age looked ecstatic at seeing their hero. "Did you see the way she was staring at you?" the kid continues. "That was awesome, I'm so jealous." Flowey rolls his eyes, though the kid doesn't seem to notice. "Maybe she'll beat up some bad guys, c'mon dudes," the kid says before trying to run off, tripping, and running off again. Frisk follows, at a great distance. The next area has them moving seeds around to make a bridge. They figure it out in a decent amount of time.
They then spend a while just looking at the false stars, listening to the echo flowers, taking the cave in in general. Flowey looks through the telescope after Frisk. "Wow..." he says. "Say Frisk, do you see the stars a lot where you're from?"
Yes. *No, I'm from the city.
"So? What's that got to do with stars? The city still has a sky doesn't it?" He doesn't give them much of a chance to explain light pollution before he looks through the telescope again. "Check the wall? Hm, weird. Hey-" Frisk picks him up and goes to the wall to check, sure enough theres a secret door behind it. A long dock stretches out in front of them.
Frisk starts down the dock, taking their time at first. They stop quickly when a spear lands in front of them. Undyne stands before them and raises another spear. They run away from her quickly, moving in zig zags to avoid most of the flying weapons. They see a patch of grass ahead and hide in it, though Undyne isn't far behind. She goes into the grass and picks up the first thing remotely the same shape as Frisk. The monster kid probably hasn't seen her this close up in his life. It may have just made their day. Undyne puts him down and stomps away. Sure enough, the kid is thrilled, telling Frisk how unlucky they are that they weren't standing where the kid was.
Frisk continues, past some crystalized cheese, past Sans standing with a telescope (at Flowey's insistence), past a box and Nice Cream vendor. Past a strange blob-like monster wondering what a star is and if it can be eaten or killed. They take a turn North, and a small bird sits across the way.
I think I find the problem in the world's laws... I fix it and... everything resets to the last save. ...Fantastic.
Frisk and Flowey look around themselves. "You didn't reload just now, didya Frisk?"
*No. Yes.
"Weird..."
They go back to the room with the bird, though this time it's on the wrong side of the water. I suppose what I fixed didn't need to be fixed at all... though at least I managed to get through the cave a bit quicker. It takes them across the narrow stream of water while triumphant and soaring music fills the room. Frisk moves on, past the few homes on this side of waterfall.
After a quick stop at the turtle shop and traversing paths of glowing mushrooms and crystals, Frisk reaches a completely dark room. They go forward blindly until they find an echo flower. "Maybe it knows how to turn on the lights?" Flowey suggests. It only has two words to say though: 'Behind you.'
Frisk turns around to find Undyne approaching them. "Seven," she says, taking a few steps forward. "Seven human souls. With the power of seven souls our king... King Asgore Dreemurr will break through the barrier... and set us all free." She takes few more steps forward. "He will become a god, he will take back the surface from humanity and make them suffer as we have suffered through the ages." She stares Frisk down with icy coldness. "Understand, human? This is your only chance to redeem yourself." She summons her spear and charges forward.
The monster kid drops in... somehow. "Undyne, I'll help you fight. ...Oh, hey dudes what's up?" Undyne's sigh of frustration can be heard under her helmet as she picks the kid up and carries him off. "You won't tell my parents about this will ya, Undyne?"
Frisk takes the opportunity to get a quick head start away from Undyne. They go North, where a new path is illuminated. There's a few more flowers in the next area, recounting the wishes of two monsters who want to see the surface. Flowey frowns a little. "You know, I've seen the outside world before... just once." Frisk stops to listen to him. "It was... right after Chara died, actually. they had told me, just before that... they wanted to go back to the surface. But... after they passed away... between the two of us, we were able to cross. I wanted to lay them to rest there. And I have to admit... the surface and sky were beautiful. Not like anything I've ever seen. So I would have laid them to rest there... but..." he trails off. "...Heh, never mind. ...It's just depressing. Let's get out of here, Frisk." Frisk goes past the flowers to a large bridge.
Just before they manage to get completely across it, a voice echoes out. "Yo!" The kid is back again, and goes towards them. "Yo, I know I'm not supposed to be here but... I have to ask, you're uh... uh... you're... human, right? Haha."
"Gee, this guy deserves a prize for his observational skills," Flowey mutters.
"No, I knew it! Really!" the kid is quiet for a moment. "Well, now I do anyway. Undyne told me, and she said to stay away. So, like, um... I guess that makes us enemies. Or... something. But I stink at that. Yo, say something mean so I can be your enemy.
Say nothing. *You're too stripe-y.
"...No, you're too stripe-y. ...Heh, okay no, that doesn't work. Well... sorry. Guess I'll go home now." He starts to backtrack when he trips, barely clinging to the edge. "Y..Yo, w- w- wait... I tripped!" The sound of steel boots on the hard floor echoes through the air as Undyne approaches.
"Oh no..." Flowey says, but Frisk goes to pull the monster kid up before he can even advise against it.
Undyne approaches them slowly. "No,' the monster kid says quickly. "Y- yo... If you want to get to my friend, you... you'll have to go through me!" Undyne stops, then slowly steps back away from them. "Phew," the kid says. "Yo, you really saved me back there. Guess... being friends is better than being enemies. I should get home though, my parents must be worried. Later, dude," they say as they run off.
"Don't trip again," Flowey calls after them. "We need to get going before that Knight lady gets back."
They don't get far, however. Atop a high peak, Undyne stands, waiting for them. "Seven," she says dramatically. "Seven human souls, and King Asgore will become a god." She looks at them standing below. "Six... is how many we have so far. Do you understand? With your seventh soul this world will be transformed. First however," she sighs. "As is... customary for those who make it this far, I shall tell you the tragic tale of... our.. people... No. You know what? Screw this!" she shouts. "I don't need to tell that story, you're about to die!" She pulls her helmet off and shakes her long red ponytail out. "You're standing in the way of everyone's hopes and dreams! I used to think the humans in Alphys's history books were cool, with all their giant robots and flowery swordswomen. But you? You're just a coward." She jumps down from the peak, pointing a spear at Frisk. "Hiding behind a kid so you can get away again! And you whole goody-two-shoes 'Ooh I hug random strangers' shtick! You know what would be more valuable to us all? Your soul!"
She attacks, swiping at Frisk's soul and turning it green. "Here," she says tossing Frisk a spear. "It's time you face your problems head on! And while you're green you wont be able to run away any more!"
It's an intense few rounds of blocking before Undyne lets her guard up enough for Frisk to escape. They take off as quickly as they can, running into the mouth of a cave. "She's going to catch up!" Flowey says. And she is catching up to them, quite quickly in fact. Their health has already gotten quite low, as they were taken completely off guard by Undyne's unusual battle style. She's nearly upon them. The wind is howling, the music is blaring, the tension is mounting...
Wait a minute…
I stop watching their encounter with Undyne. I expect them to die a few times anyway. Undyne isn't a pushover like Papyrus or Toriel. There are more important matters to attend to. I think… I just may have found the issue with the laws. I fix what looks to be a mistake.
The world seems to hiccup for a moment. Undyne trips and falls. Frisk stops running, going instead to check on her. "What are you doing!?" Flowey asks. "This is your chance, run!" Frisk ignores him, approaching Undyne and checking her.
Undyne hops up. "A tremor? No matter! Human, we must continue our fight!" And Frisk is thrown into melee once again. They opt to do do nothing while Undyne prepares her attack. "Are you ready for this? My ultimate attack! Hundreds of monsters' hopes and dreams go into this rush of spears!" Frisk defends the both of them against only a few spears however, before the world shudders again and the spears clatter to the ground. Undyne is dumbstruck for a moment. "These aren't favorable conditions, but I'll still-" She's cut short. The battle flickers and then ends entirely. Frisk looks around in confusion as the world around them distorts. The sign above them, welcoming them to Hotland began to start and stop in a choppy motion. Then it reverses complely. The lighting around them shifts, back to as it was in Snowdin, then back to the ruins, then back to what I know it to look like all the way in Hotland.
Then it all comes crashing down, going completely black.
It takes a moment for anyone to react to what just happened. "What? What sort of trick is this?" Undyne demands.
"We didn't do that!" Flowey says. "Why's it so dark…" he asks fearfully.
Something in the darkness seems to hear. I can hear it rise before speaking to them in garbled tones. Through the dark, broken room, an incomprehensible voice rings out.
"Who... Are you."
AN: And unfortunately I can't use any wingdings or put in the gif I made for this chapter. Oh well. Can't get wingdings to work on the other site anyway so I guess that's no big loss, but you guys did miss out on a gif of shaky wingdings I spent five minutes on. Sorry about that.