Chapter 5: Heartache

I wake up in the morning to the dull darkness of the bedroom. I get up and pick up the slice of pie that Toriel left for me. Exiting the bedroom, I make my way towards the living room, where Toriel is sitting in her chair, reading her snail book. "Good morning, I hope you slept well, my child. I just wanted to let you know how happy I am to have you here. I wanted to show you my favorite bug hunting spot. And I have planned a curriculum for your education. This may come as a surprise, but I have always wanted to become a teacher. Then again, I suppose that isn't that surprising. Still. I am happy to have you here. Well, is there something you wanted, my child?"

"I need to leave the ruins."

"Erm, what do you mean? This is your home now."

"I am leaving."

"... stay here, I need to take care of something." Toriel stands up out of her chair and walks towards the basement. I follow her.

"You wish to know how to return 'home' do you not? Up ahead is the exit to the ruins, a one way entrance to the rest of the underground. I am going to destroy it. Be a good child and go back upstairs." she keeps walking, and I follow her.

"Every monster that falls down here meets the same fate. I have seen it again and again. They come. They leave. They die. You naive child… if you leave the ruins… they… Asgore… will turn you into dust. I am only protecting you, do you understand?... go to your room." we both keep walking down the hallway. We stop at a corner.

"Do not try to stop me. This is your final warning." I keep following her.

"You really want to return to the surface that badly? Humph, you're persistent. There is only one way to settle this. Prove yourself. Prove to me you are strong enough to survive!" Toriel reaches into her robe and pulls out a small toy knife. It won't save her.

*Battle start!

*Magic

I throw a wave of flames towards Toriel. She tries to dodge around the bullets, but a single one hits her. It deals enough damage to instantly take her HP to 0.

"You really hate me that much...? Now I know who I was protecting by keeping you here… not you… but them… it's funny, you know… I always wondered why we called your kind… 'Monsters'... ha… ha…"

*Crack

*Shatter!

Toriel collapses to the ground. I gather the remaining fragments of her soul and combine them with the remaining ones I had collected from the humans in the ruins. Most of them bunch up and form into another empty SOUL. in a flash of light, the SOUL is absorbed into my body.

*Chara SL3 HP 48/48

*and…

*you earned 6 EXP

End of chapter 5

*(Some humans are worth a little more EXP than normal humans- the plaque in waterfall.)

*(Toriel is one of those humans, but not quite enough to get to LV 2.)