Chapter 2: Monsters Emerge
Frisk, along with their friends, walked through where the barrier once stood. After Asriel had released the souls, the barrier gave away with no resistance. But, they had already seen this millions of times. Frisk would simply reach the surface, enjoy it for a few days, then reset.
But, the journey to the cliff of the mountain seemed colder the closer they got to the exit. If they remembered correctly, it was never cold when they reached the outside of the mountain. Unless it was just their imagination.
Nope, there was definitely snow. This hadn't been here before. Frisk was unsure of continuing on, but this was something new. Frisk strived off of new experiences. Chara's curiosity had perked up as well. Even Sans seemed to be worried a bit.
However, the other monsters had no problem with this, being that they had never seen the outside of the barrier this timeline. By the time they all reached the cliff, everyone's jaw had dropped. Before, everyone would be overjoyed on seeing the sunset before the timeline would be destroyed by Chara. But, this was not a beautiful sight.
The monsters were positioned on top of a snowy mountain. Toriel held Frisk close in an attempt to keep them warm. Through the blizzard, the monsters were able to make out something. It seemed like a small town, but that was not what they were focusing on. Above a tower in the center of the town, a moon was inching dangerously close.
Everyone gave Frisk a questioning look. Toriel was the first to ask, "Frisk, what is this? You never said anything about this in your time in the underground."
Frisk began panicking. Maybe they should reset? No, they had to know what happens. Frisk calmly signed, "This wasn't here when I fell to the underground."
Speaking of which, where was the hole Frisk normally fell through each reset? Was it even there anymore? They hadn't bothered to check when they were on the flowerbed. Asgore seemed unsure about all of this. Would it be wise to bring his people down through the surface? But, the monsters had been dreaming about this for so long. "Attention! We will traverse down to the town with the tower. Everyone be on your best behavior and stick together."
He received murmurs from the crowd, but they all agreed. Slowly, the monsters filed down the curving slope down the mountain. The path grew very thin. That looming moon was still above them, threatening to crash any second. They had all agreed that if anything went wrong, they would flee back to the underground.
Eventually, the path completely dropped downward. How were they going to proceed forward? Monsters began conversing on how to get across. Papyrus immediately stepped forward, "I HAVE A SOLUTION. SANS, COME HERE."
"Uh bro? What are we doing?" Sans responded, but approached his brother anyways.
"SANS, WHAT IF WE MADE A BRIDGE FROM BONES?" Papyrus inquired. It was actually a pretty good solution.
"not a bad idea." They both raised their hands, bones shooting from the ground, creating a huge bridge across the various gaps. The monsters cautiously crept over the makeshift bridge, being sure not to fall.
Slice, swing, crash. Link let out a series of yells as he tried to at least put a dent in the large ice blocks in his way. How could he have forgotten? He needed a bow to break the ice. Tatl still hadn't caught up yet, much to his worry. But, it shouldn't be a problem. Tatl could handle herself on her own.
An idea came into Link's mind. How could he have forgotten? He could just use the Song of Soaring to get to an owl statue. Quickly, he brought out his ocarina, playing the familiar tune. White wings sprung from his back, wrapping around him. He spun around rapidly before disappearing from sight.
His feet touched the snowy ground outside the Mountain Smithy. He considered getting his sword sharpened for any upcoming fights. But, he would need magic powder to do that. And, he would have to do a bunch of quests to get spring water and the Goron Mask. Getting the temporary one hundred use sword wasn't an option either. The furnace was still frozen. This was so infuriating. He had little items to defend himself with. Not to mention, he only had three heart containers.
Link's ears perked up when he heard voices coming from the direction of Snowhead. He grabbed the hilt of his sword, ready for anything that would come his way. If only he had the stone mask this would be so much easier.
From the blizzard, came multiple figures. There had to be hundreds of them. Different monsters of various varieties emerged. There was no way to even define one without Tatl's help. There was no way Link would be able to take on all these monsters at once. There were too many.
Then, he noticed that they had a human child with them. Link would have rushed to the child's aid, but the human seemed like they wanted to be with the monsters. It was strange. Link had to find a way to blend in. Then, it struck him. Maybe he could use the Deku Mask. Link had managed to pick up some Deku Nuts on the way anyways. That gave him an escape route. Although, he could always use those bubbles.
He donned the mask, the transformation taking place. He waited for his limbs to slightly shrink and his body to become more stiff. A bright flash came across his eyes signifying the transformation was complete.
He now sort of looked like one of them. Maybe these monsters were peaceful like the Gorons and Zoras. But, he couldn't be too sure. Link observed from the distance as the monsters came closer. They seemed to be reading the sign that led to Snowhead.
From afar, he heard the faint conversations of the monsters. One tall goat monster in a robe seemed to be asking the human child about the sign. "My child, did the humans rename Mt. Ebott in our time under the mountain?"
The human child shook their head, unsure of what was happening. What was Mt. Ebott? The only mountains Link knew were Death Mountain and Snowhead. The monsters must have come from somewhere in the Snowhead temple.
One of the monsters, a fish like one, saw the lone Goron with the Don Gero's Mask on its head. It immediately rushed over, asking questions like, "How did you get up there? Why did you run off from the group?"
The goron was shivering and shakily answered, "What group? I don't remember any groups being made. Even so, what is a Zora doing in a place like this?"
This caught the fish monster off guard. "What the hell is a Zora? I'm just a monster."
The goron gave it a weird look. "Well, I don't know how you are so confused then."
The monster, with amazing strength, leapt up onto the ledge where the Goron was positioned. Most of these monsters were taller than Link with the Fierce Deity's mask on. Oh how much Link wished he still had that mask. The fish suplexed the Goron, just because she could. "NGAAAAAH. I GOT HIM ASGORE."
The goron was struggling to get down. This sent red flags in Link's mind. What were they even doing. Before the monster could put the Goron down, he curled into a ball and rolled away, out of her hands, towards the Goron village with haste.
The fish would have chased after to Goron, if she hadn't seen Link first. She cast a glance to the tall goat monster as if asking her something without words. Immediately, the monster parted from the group, approaching Link. What should he do? Should he take off the mask and try to fight? Or should he try to go along with it?
"Ah, hello young one." She spoke. "How did you get so far out here?"
Link wasn't able to even form words in his form. Not that he would have anyways. He gave a small shrug, but still remained cautious of any sudden movements. The fish monster was getting more irritated, "Hello? Are you deaf? Asgore clearly said that we all need to stick together."
This earned a scold from the goat monster. "Undyne, I will not have you yelling at children." So the fish monster's name was Undyne? Link thought. "Now young one, how about you go find your parents in the crowd."
Link obeyed in fear of Undyne. She looked the most dangerous out of the monsters. And she suplexed a goron without breaking a sweat, who does that? Hopefully he could stay blending in for now and none of the monsters would question him.
Hoping to maybe find some of his species in the crowd, Link searched through the hustle and bustle of the monsters. None of them looked anything like monsters he had encountered. The only one that looked remotely the same was a tall skeleton, possibly a stalfos.
But, there was this shorter skeleton always near the stalfos like one. He was not the build of one of those skeletal warriors. He even seemed completely lazy. This was really odd. Link heard a tinkling sound from above him.
He looked up to see that Tatl had been able to find him. The fairy, trying not to call attention to itself, slipped under Link's hat. "Hey, what's going on? Oh whatever, you never answer." The fairy said in annoyance. Nonetheless, Link was thankful that he had his companion back. He could finally figure out what his enemies were and he could focus on them.
Two monsters, Undyne and a much larger goat monster with horns, were about to go into the mountain smithy. How would the people react to these new monsters? They would be fine. Gabora could handle them if they attacked anyways.
They stepped into the room. Tatl zoomed from Link's hat and followed the two inside to eavesdrop. The fairy flew into a corner, hovering where the monsters wouldn't see her. The goat monster was the first to speak, "Greetings humans. I am Asgore."
A loud roar erupted from the cottage. Gabora always did this when someone came in. "SHADDUP!" Another voice said in annoyance. Zubora always woke up as well. He turned to the two new entities at his front door. A wide smile spread across his face. "Hello, what are you here for today?"
Tatl noticed how the monsters seemed taken aback by the kindness the people of Termina were showing. "U-Um, we would like directions to the large city with a tower please."
Zubora sat up from his laying down position. "Are ya sure you wanna go there? The moon seems like it's awfully close according to some rumors."
"Yes, do you know where it is?" Undyne said trying to act kind. It really wasn't in her nature.
"Head west from here and you should find ice blocking your path. If you can get past it, you'll see the city in a heartbeat." Zubora answered. "The ice is similar to the state our hearth is in." He said, motioning to the solid chunk of ice. "It's a shame. I coulda sharpened some of your tools."
Immediately, the monster known as Asgore summoned a fireball to his hand. The ice from the hearth immediately melted, leaving Zubora, Gabora, and Tatl all shocked. Gabora let out a roar of happiness. Asgore simply smiled, "Well, we will be off. Thank you for the directions."
Zubora was sitting there in shock as the door closed, Tatl barely managing to escape. The fairy zoomed back to Link. "Link! These monsters have powerful magic!"
Link would have given some response, if he noticed that Tatl had tensed up. "that's a nice friend you got there." A voice said behind them. Both the fairy and Link froze in fear.
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I am trying to make the events of Termina as Canon as possible, so I am replaying Majora's mask and doing the side quests that could affect the monsters/Link.
Dt spectrum Be prepared for chaos. The storyline WILL be altered because we now have hundreds of monsters in the mix, along with Chara. And Frisk is confused as hell XD.
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