Frisk had just gotten past Toriel, sparing her. She was not a part of the ones Frisk wanted. They were being given instructions, instructions to KILL specific monsters. The cold wind echoed, snow was crunching under their feet. They looked blankly ahead, there were Sans and Papyrus.
They stopped, looking at Papyrus and Sans. Sans looked at Frisk with sadness in his eyes, his eyes mostly focused on the knife clutched in their hand. They walked right by them like they were nothing, Sans tried to grab their sleeve. But they swiftly pulled away and glared at Sans before they started to walk away again, ignoring the pleading of Papyrus and Sans calling their name. Frisk took a quick look at the ice blocks gliding down the Snowdin river, heading to the core then they looked away, Frisk needed to concentrate on their task at hand.
They looked around the Waterfall, running into monster kid occasionally. They acted like an innocent, young, and naive human, they had a close call with Undyne more than once. Frisk smirked, knowing they were close to fighting Undyne. Soon, she came to the area where Undyne would challenge them. Frisk eyed her target carefully as she approached, still hiding the knife behind their back. They have been preparing for this timeline. Undyne was getting closer, this was the one timeline that mattered the most, where Frisk could do what they wanted. Undyne was getting ready to attack them, even though all of the ones controlling Frisk lost interest, they could still be controlled, but nobody bothers. Frisk quickly took out her knife, and so they took this opportunity and that's when they were given instructions...
"KILL..."
Papyrus started heading back to the castle, while going through Snowdin, he didn't see his brother at his post. He held up his hand as a signal to stop, he turned around and looked at his guards, "Sans is absent, have any of you seen him today?" Papyrus asked, his eyed fixed on them. "I haven't seen him today sir." One of them said, Papyrus scanned his surrounding and didn't see his brother. "You two go check on the other sentries, and look for him, I'll be fine." The two guards nodded and started to walk towards the other sentry posts nearby.
Papyrus continued walking to the castle by himself, walking past the echo flowers that now have multiple different colors. Red, blue, mostly rainbow colors. Bright, or dull, even white. Eventually, Papyrus made it to the end of the Waterfall. He sighed, looking at Hotland. He could feel the tension in this area, it seemed to have an eerie sense of hatred to it now. A soft breeze blowing the warm air around, the faint sound of steady clanking, and metal creaking.
Papyrus stayed quiet, he was approaching the castle. He walked by Alphys's lab, seeing that it was still in good shape. Monsters were sitting around, speaking in a whisper, or sitting quietly.
Papyrus wanted to help, that's the entire reason he became the king in the first place. After seeing all of the monsters suffering without a king or queen, he knew he had to do something. So he stood up and became the king of the Underground. Papyrus sighed, looking at the castle he was going to enter. Upon entering the castle, he was greeted by guards and maids. Papyrus knew they all missed Asgore dearly, but they tried to do their job like nothing was wrong. The golden flowers in the throne room now grew on the walls, vines grew on the throne as well. Papyrus didn't mind, he never liked to sit in it anyway.
"King Papyrus..." A voice broke the soft silence, it sounded like Alumina. Papyrus turned around to see his servant. "You should take a break, my king, it wouldn't hurt anyone." Papyrus looked at her, "Thank you for your concern Alumina... But I must attend my daily meetings with the sentries in a few hours. I have to prepare for it." He answered. Alumina looked down, nodded and walked away. That's not really what he was doing though, he headed to the library inside the castle. And took out a book with the title, "Underground Prophecies."
"Well..."
Alphys opened a door, telling herself. "I-it's ok Alphys... J-just check o-on them, t-take your m-medicine, a-and then you c-can get b-back t-to him..." She walked inside and looked at the dark hallway. She could hear them pacing, their claws hitting the titled floor softly. Alphys followed the noise almost silently.
They noticed that Alphys was there and scampered over. "Alphys! How much longer do I have to stay hidden?" The creature asked Alphys. "Y-you have t-to s-stay here... Y-you can't g-go out t-there, i-if you d-do who knows w-what'll happen t-to you..." The creature sighed, "N-now I need to t-take my medicine..." Alphys slowly walked by them and turned down a hall. She took a pill bottle from a shelf and took two pills. "That's better..." She said before placing the pill bottle back on the shelf. Then she started to make her way back to Sans. She passed the creature again, who only watched silently as she passed by.
Alphys close the door quietly behind her, the soft noise echoing softly in the empty space. She walked back to where Sans was recovering. He was asleep, his chest slowly rising and falling. His breathing was shallow, Sans was lucky to get help when he did. It was a good thing that a monster had found him. What was their name? It didn't matter, the important thing is that he was alive. Alphys didn't know what exactly happened, but she did know that it was violent.
"It seems as if we might meet again soon..."
Wilhelmina looked around the ruins, many of the rooms were mining areas. With all honesty she was amazed by the sight, all of the machines, the plants. She was interested in all of it. Wil was already learning sign language, so she could communicate easily with Toriel. Wilhelmina walked by a few miners, seeing how they hacked away at the rock for precious minerals. Toriel had told her about how the underground needed materials for their new machines. She told her about Snowdin, the Waterfall, and even Hotland. Once Wilhelmina overheard Toriel talking about their king, king Papyrus. Wilhelmina being the curious girl she was, she started reading books about the monsters and their history. None of them had anything about Papyrus. She even asked Toriel once, Toriel told her they are not completely accurate.
But one day, while Wilhelmina was looking for something to read around the ruins, she found a book about souls. She opened it up and found different types of souls, she read, "Human souls can be summoned by monsters." Wilhelmina got excited, she ran to Toriel and politely tugged on her skirt. Toriel looked down at her, "What is it, my child?" She asked, Wilhelmina gladly pointed to the book she was reading. "Oh, you'd like me to summon your soul?" Toriel asked, Wilhelmina, nodded. Toriel crouched down to Wilhelmina's height, Toriel put her hands out, her palms facing up. At first, Wilhelmina was confused, but then, she heard a noise. Wilhelmina looked in front of her, to see a soul that was not smooth like the others. It seemed to resemble a crystal. Toriel seemed to be shocked, "Just like the old prophecy..." She said, Wilhelmina, titled her head to the side. "The prophecy that involved a crystal soul... 'A small one who lacks a voice, will have the soul of hope. Their fate will be decided by one...'" Wilhelmina seemed to be shocked, but she nodded, understanding what this means.
"Your journey has just started..."