A/N: Welp, I'm back. As you may have noticed, I vary on my post times. Anyways, I have had one review, and I hope, The Rude Girl, that I have fixed the issue to your liking.

F: "What issue?"

A: "U-Uh... Nothing that concerns you!"

Before he catches on,

CHAPTER START!

Chapter 3

Battle against Our New Mother

We stayed with Toriel for a few months. Three and a half to be precise. Frisk and I were getting taught, Frisk on cooking and myself on magic, as well as us both learning the basic subjects. I learned fire magic and how to protect myself from attacks, as well as sharpening my first-aid skills. But then the day came when I started to feel like I didn't belong, and Frisk felt outplaced too. So the day came when we asked that we should try to reason with the king to let us try to break the barrier. "Y-You wish to see the king…? H-How curious… But let me ask you, children, why can you not stay?" Toriel asked.

"I feel like an outcast…" Frisk said. "The monsters treat me adversely sometimes." It was true. I had seen some monsters gang up to attack her. It wasn't often, but it would happen a noticeable percent of the time.

"That is worrying… But I do not see why you wish to see the king." She asked. She was very logical about this, as if it was a game of chess, and she was merely stalling for time so she could think of all her options.

"Well… If he's got most of the souls he needs, maybe he can give them to us and allow us to break the barrier. The history books say he needs seven, so if he has at least five, we can try to break open the barrier so all monsters can go free." I explained, hoping that there was some rationality behind my own words.

"Children… I must… attend to something…" Toriel explained before walking down into the basement. I thought this to be odd, and I motioned for Frisk and I to follow her downstairs. Before long, we caught up. "Six other children fell down before you… All of them left…" She said before advancing a bit farther. We continued after her. "All of them eventually saw the king… ASGORE… And then they all passed on… He has six souls… If one of you left, he could break the barrier… but it would come at a terrible price…" She advanced farther, a door coming into sight. "If you saw the king… they… ASGORE… would kill you and take your soul… I do not wish that… I wish for you both to leave the Underground… alive…" She walked forwards, stopping at a door, and we stood behind her.

"If you want to leave… you'll have to prove to me that you can survive… IN BATTLE!" Toriel shouted, raising her arm to the sky and causing the world to fade to black and white again.

-Music Start: Heartache - Original - Toby Fox-

This was it… My first real battle. But I didn't want to fight… And neither did Frisk. She left her Toy Knife in her belt, and I left my stick in the little pouch I made as a holster. Both of us had a regretful look on our faces. We didn't want to fight at all, yet we had gotten ourselves into a fight with our mother. I suddenly heard someone behind me say, "Toriel blocks the way." But I quickly dismissed it. We both kept sparing, not wanting to hurt Toriel even a little bit. Toriel got annoyed with us.

Our dodging wasn't flawless, and we were starting to get hit. With Frisk's HP down to 5 and mine at 12, when Toriel launched another fireball at Frisk, I jumped in front of her, taking the hit for her. Toriel gasped at this action, and I knelt down from the attack. "Toriel, please… Stop this. Let us speak to King Asgore so we can break the barrier, and help all monster-kind."

Toriel was amazed that I even had the courage to take an attack for Frisk, but I wouldn't ever let Frisk down, not if I could help it. "I… I'll allow you to go…" Toriel's voice was shaky. "Not once before have I had to let two children go…" Tears started coming out of her eyes. "I'll let you leave in the morning… I... I just want a last chance to say goodbye."

-Music End-

When we got back upstairs for the night, I looked in the mirror at the end of the hall. My favorite blue and black striped shirt was burnt off in places and singed almost irreparably in others. I searched the closet in our room, and I found some interesting items. A green sweater with a thick horizontal yellow stripe in the middle. It was covered in dust. I shook it out before putting it on over my old shirt. There was also a plastic sword and shield set in there. They seemed to be old. I took them out of the closet, put the sword and shield on my back. Afterwards, I just slept on the floor while Frisk took the bed for our final night in the Ruins.

A/N: Sorry if it's kinda short. I didn't really want to combine the Toriel battle with anything else.

F: "Toriel Battle?"

A: "Get out!"

Author shoves Felix out of the room.

I'll see you guys later. Review if you'd like to see something, or anything else you see fit too! I also posted this to Wattpad, just in case any of you prefer to read things on there. It's only got the first chapter for now, but I'll be posting every four days, just like on here. The next post for Wattpad comes out on November Fourth. The next post for here will be on November Sixth.

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