~Hey guys I'm so sorry this took long! Kinda went through some stuff and writer's block but I have a lot of ideas now so I'll definitely write more! Lots of things are happening!~
The crystals in the cave are so mesmerizing I felt like I was being hypnotized by their warm glow. I was so in awe, I didn't realize Sans fell asleep. I turn and I see his eye sockets closed and he's just knocked out, while standing. I don't get how a skeleton can close his eye sockets, but then I think back. Magic, he's a monster and he has magic. I feel bad though, I probably kept him up all night because of my panic attack…Will he be okay standing like that? I doubt it…I should help him at least lay against the wall.
I slowly approach Sans and I place his arm over my shoulder and I place my other hand on his hip bone. He's kind of heavy…I'm surprised he's still asleep though. Carefully, I walk with him and to my surprise, he's actually walking. We get closer to the wall and I kneel down to place him against the wall. I accomplish it with success! I stand and turn around to see Papyrus walk by the cave. Where's he going? Thinking to myself, I leave Sans in the cave and follow behind Papyrus, but farther behind so he doesn't notice.
I feel bad for leaving Sans behind like that actually. But, I think he'll be ok. I get distracted for a minute because I hear something behind me but it wasn't really anything. I look back and he's gone. Probably went up ahead. I keep taking the path till I see tall grass. I hear a voice and I see something so I hide in the tall grass. It's Papyrus and someone in black armor. I'm curious but I stay hidden. I hear Papyrus talk. "H…HI, UNDYNE! I'M HERE WITH MY DAILY REPORT…UHHH… REGARDING THAT HUMAN I CALLED YOU ABOUT EARLIER… Wait, what? This is Undyne? He told this monster about me? In shock I keep listening. They asked if we fought. He answers he fought me and then they asked if he's captured me. "NO…I TRIED VERY HARD UNDYNE, BUT IN THE END…I FAILED." I hear something but I can't make it out. "YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE HUMAN'S SOUL YOURSELF…" He sounds so sad…I'm afraid…Why me?
Papyrus continues, "BUT UNDYNE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DESTROY THEM! YOU SEE…YOU SEE…" He tries to find the words but he's cut off by Undyne's words. He's quiet, then begins, "I UNDERSTAND…I'LL HELP YOU IN ANYWAY I CAN." And with that, I hear his footsteps fading away. What's happening…? I thought life on the surface was bad but this…? This is too much to handle…I have monsters who don't even know me and they want me dead. They want my soul…Can I really trust Papyrus now…? I don't know. Why? I want to run away…I'm so scared. I try to leave the area as quiet as I possibly can but Undyne heard me. I hear heavy footsteps and the air grew stagnant. I stay still and hold my breath, covering my mouth with my hands. Then, everything is quiet…The silence is unbearable! It feels like it's going on forever. I know the monster in armor is still there. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. It's so powerful you would think anyone could hear it. Then everything changes, I hear the heavy footsteps fading away. The armored monster is gone.
Sans's POV
Last thing I remember was being next to Rin, now I'm surrounded by a familiar darkness. Looking ahead, I can see that door…That metal door that leaves a terrifying chill down my spine. I tried to walk away from it as fast as possible but I am pulled right back to it. The door opens by itself…There he is, that dark figure. The thing that haunts me constantly…Gaster. The moment he turns, I feel the darkness creeping up on me, picking me up and putting me to eye level with him. The darkness pulls me toward him and he looks up at me…That face…That split on his skull that comes up from his right eye, that creepy smile…I scream "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!" I feel everything spin and the darkness swallows me whole.
I shoot awake in a terrifying panic. Breathing is hazing, my vision is blurry but I try to calm myself down. At first I didn't know where I was, looking around I finally realize I'm in the cave. I look around to see that Rin is not here. Fuck! Where is she?! Where has she gone? I stand up and dart out of the cave searching for her. Where could she have gone?! Did she go exploring by herself!? Rin doesn't know what'll happen. If Undyne finds her…she'll be…NO! I teleport home, to see if she's there but nothing. I run to Grillby's, she's not there…I run through the waterfall and there's no sign of her. Where is she…I run everywhere, searching for her. Finally I teleport to Hotlands and I happen to come across my sentry station…I'm exhausted…all that teleporting and running took a lot out of me. I sit down in my station to try and catch my breath. I'm beginning to feel really sleepy all of a sudden. I'm just going to rest my eyes for a few minutes, then I'll go look some more. I mean, she will be okay in the meantime…right? Before I could even finish my thought, I pass out.
Rin's POV
It's been a while since Undyne has gone, so mustering up the little courage I have, I come out of the tall grass and then I hear something coming from there. Frozen in fear, I stop in my tracks completely. Out of the grass emerges the monster child. Circling around excitedly and looking straight at me he starts, "Yo…did you see the way she was staring at you…?" So Undyne's a girl…interesting. "That…was AWESOME! I'm SOOOO jealous! What'd you do to get her attention…?" Then he laughs. "I don't know…" I answered him. The child gets excited again and tries to run ahead shouting, "C'mon! Let's go watch her beat up some bad guys!" The little guy trips and falls as he tries to run, but he gets up immediately and runs off. I don't know what I'm getting myself into but, I'll go. Feeling determined, I press on.
As soon as I get into the next area, I see a way that's cut off with water but I also see flower buds and a sign. I decide to read it. It says, 'When four Bridge Seeds align in the water, they will sprout.' So I pick up the flower buds and place them in a line and to my amazement, the buds sprout and they're HUGE. Curiosity fills me and I step on them then put pressure to see if they hold…and they do. So then, I walk across and go on to the next area. As soon as I do, I see so much water and a couple of those pods again. But, the moment I take a step something comes at me from behind.
I turn quickly and it's an odd creature. A seahorse and a very muscular one at that. "Hey there, my name is Aaron." The seahorse said. "Hi…" I say. He seems curious and looms over to me. "You look pretty interesting…what are you?" He asks and then I feel my soul resonating. He gets closer, a little too close for comfort. "You're kinda cute." He neighs excitedly. This is creeping me out, I am so uncomfortable. "Wanna see my muscles?" Aaron proceeds to flex and I'm more creeped out. He winks at me and I feel myself cringe. I try to get away, avoiding as best as I can.
"Where you going Darlin'?" he asks me. Jeez he's persistent. I try to shoo him away but I don't want to be rude. "Um I kind of have something to do so I can't talk right now." I say nervously. "Oh okay then…can I get your number though?" My eyes widen "Um, maybe some other time…" and I run off, I must've lost him. I cross the bridge and I walk towards the flower buds and I try to figure out how to place them so I can find a way to the next area. Luckily I figure it out and continue. As I keep going, I get a phone call and it's Papyrus. "HI! IT'S ME PAPYRUS! I HAVE A FRIEND THAT ASKED ME IF YOU'RE WEARING A FLANNEL AND HAVE LEGGINGS WITH A SCARF TIED TO YOR WAIST. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WEARING?" I don't how to answer him. I know it's most likely Undyne asked him this.
I decide to tell him the truth. "SO YOU ARE WEARING THAT OUTFIT! GOT IT! WINK WINK! HAVE A NICE DAY!" then he hangs up. Is he planning on confirming that to her? Can I trust him…? Continuing on, I see flowers, big blue flowers, are these what they call echo flowers? I approach one and I listen closely and it talks. "A long time ago, monsters would whisper their wishes to the stars in the sky. If you hoped with all your heart, your wish would come true…Now, all we have are these sparkling stones on the ceiling…" I go to the next flower and it's as if the voice continues on. "Thousands of people wishing together can't be wrong! The King will prove that." What are these flowers going on about? I move to the next and listen, curious as to what they are speaking about but it's different. "C'mon sis! Make a wish!" I guess two monsters are having a conversation…"I wish my sister and I will see the real stars someday…" hearing that, tugged at my heart strings. These monsters have gone through a lot…It makes me hate humanity so much more…
I leave the wishing room and enter an area that's like a dock. I see signs on the walls with ancient writing but for some reason, I can make out the words. One sign reads 'The War of Humans and Monsters.' I go to the next 'Why did the humans attack? Indeed, it seemed that they had nothing to fear. Humans are unbelievably strong. It would take the SOUL of nearly every monster…just to equal the power of a single human SOUL.' These signs make me so interested…I read more. 'But humans have one weakness. Ironically, it is the strength of their SOUL. Its power allows it to persist outside the human body, even after death. If a monster defeats a human, they can take its SOUL. A monster with a human SOUL…A horrible beast with unfathomable power.' When I reach the last one it's an illustration of a strange creature and something about it, makes it very…unsettling. At the end, I see a board so I take a step upon it and I'm glided over the water to the other side.
As I'm walking in this dark area with a possibly never ending bridge, a spear strikes it right in front of me and stops me in my tracks. SHIT! IT'S HER! I look over to my left and she's there! She's after me I have to get away fast! She summons her spears and lunges them at me, with adrenaline pumping, I run as fast as I can trying to avoid them. This is something completely new I don't know if I can keep avoiding these but I'm trying my damned hardest. I bolt, running as fast as I can, not stopping for anything at all and I see a small field of tall grass and I dive right into it. Trying to keep as quiet as I can, my veins are pulsing, my blood is rushing, and breathing is heavy. I hear the loud footsteps of her greaves inching closer and closer to me.
Just when I think she's about to grab me, she ends up grabbing the kid. I think she realizes what she just did, she puts the boy down and walks away. Gaining my composure and catching my breath, I walk out of the small grass field and the monster child runs out, he's so excited. "Yo…did you see that!? Undyne just…TOUCHED ME! I'm never washing my face ever again…! Man, are you unlucky. If you were standing just a LITTLE bit to the left…!" I don't think I want her to touch me, given she wants to kill me…He must've seen the worried look on my face but he misunderstood me completely. "Yo, don't worry! I'm sure we'll see her again!" He runs off but loses his balance and falls like always but he gains his composure and runs off. He's filled with so much energy and he's just so innocent.
I'm afraid, but there's no other way to go than straight. I just have to continue…Though I'm afraid, I feel determined. As I'm walking, I see a small monster so I go over to it and it asks me a series of questions…"What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it?" The small monster pauses, then look up at me. "…Are you a star?" I was taken aback by this question, I look into the small monster and whispered, "I don't know…" Then I walk off.
I enter an area and it's so magical. I see so many echo flowers and the water…it's glowing. It glows a beautiful light blue…I see balls of light emanating from the water and I am in awe, looking everywhere. I decide to listen to more of the flowers, and I hear a passing conversation, "So? Don't you have any wishes to make?" I go to the next flower and I listen "…Hmm, just one, but…it's kind of stupid." Looking for more of the flowers, I see a corridor to the left, so I decide to walk around more. While walking I'm approached by these weird anemone like creatures…they're called Moldsmal. They're just sitting there and not doing anything, so it's safe to say I can walk away.
I keep going toward the corridor til I reach a small area. I just see a patch of tall grass, there seems to be something in there…I look and there's a pair or ballet shoes…That's odd, why are there ballet shoes here and even more so they look like they can fit a kid. Is this what Toriel was talking about before when she said there were others…? I can feel myself tremble a bit and I find myself running back. I come back to the previous area and I choose a different path, which is down.
Just when I'm about to keep walking to wherever I'm going, Papyrus calls me again and I answer. "HELLO! THIS IS PAPYRUS! REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT CLOTHES?" I end up saying "Yeah….why?" He continues, "WELL, THE FRIEND WHO WANTED TO KNOW…HER OPINION OF YOU IS VERY…MURDERY. BUT I BET YOU KNEW THAT ALREADY! AND BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT…I TOLD HER WHAT YOU TOLD ME WHAT YOU WERE WEARING! BECAUSE I KNEW, OF COURSE…AFTER SUCH A SUSPICIOUS QUESTION…YOU WOULD OBVIOUSLY CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES! YOU'RE SUCH A SMART COOKIE! THIS WAY YOU'RE SAFE AND I DIDN'T LIE! NO BETRAYAL ANYWHERE! BEING FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE IS EASY!" He hangs up…Papyrus…HOW AM I GOING TO CHANGE CLOTHES YOU DINGUS?!
I feel like he doesn't understand…He probably does but he misunderstands. I just keep going and guess who comes back…Aaron. Oh jeeze he does NOT give up. "Hey hun, you never gave me your number." He calls out. Dammit…I don't want to be mean but man, it's like when I as in the surface. I stretch but he mistakes it for flexing, "Oh wanna have a flexing contest? Let's go!" Oh Gods what did I get myself into. He flexes and my eyes widen but I notice he's getting higher…So then I think to myself, would he go away if I do this? I don't have muscles but I'll try. I try to do a flex, and it pathetic but he flexes way more. So I do one more and the moment he does his flex, he floats away. Thank Gods he's gone for now!
I get the Hell out as fast as I can before he comes back. I don't really want to deal with nonsense, especially when the head of the royal guard is coming after me. While walking I see more echo flowers and being the curious person I am, I listen and it's the conversation from earlier. "Don't say that! Come on, I promise I won't laugh." I keep walking and I find another sign, it's about the war between humans and monsters. This one reads, 'The power to take their SOULs. This is the power that the humans feared.' This is all really interesting, I feel like I'm learning a little more about this place, these things…I enter an area with a narrow path and there's water. I walk, and I see tentacles…is it friendly or dangerous…?
Feeling wary, I continue with hesitation, and more tentacles arise from the water. I look to my left and slowly emerges an octopus with the cutest most sweetest and innocent face ever! It smiles at me, eyes gleaming bright. The creature's voice is sweet and they begin, "Hey…there…notice you were…here. I'm Onionsan! Onionsan, y'hear!" This guy is one of the cutest things I've ever laid my eyes on. They follow me as I keep walking. "You're visiting the Waterfall, huh! It's great here, huh! You love it, huh!" I answer, "Yeah, I do, it's pretty mysterious and magical in a way." I keep walking and Onionsan continues, "Yeah! Me too! It's my Big favorite!" then they start to look down. "Even though, the water's getting so shallow here…I have to sit all the time, but…" Onionsan gets a little happy. "He-hey! It beats moving to the city! And living in a crowded aquarium! Like all my friends did! And the aquarium's full a-anyway, so, even if I wanted to, I…That's okay though, y'hear! Undyne's gonna fix everything, y'hear! I'm gonna get out of here and live in the ocean! Y'hear!"
I listen while walking and I get to the end. I feel bad for leaving but I have to keep going, I hope Onionsan will make it to the ocean one day. Just as I'm about to leave I hear them say "Hey…there…That's the end of this room. I'll see you around! Have a good time! In the Waterfalllllllllll…" and with that I leave. When I get into this new are I see an odd monster called Shyren and she gets closer. I hear her hum and she seems shy, she gets closer and closer to examine me. I hear her hum, so I decide to hum back, and she seems to get a little more comfortable and tries to keep up with me. The poor monster seems to be tone deaf, but I keep try to get her out of her comfort zone. It took a while but I got her out of her shell and she kept up with me pretty well. She goes off with her business and I continue.
I end up reading more of the signs as I pass on, 'This power has no counter. Indeed, a human cannot take a monster's SOUL. When a monster dies, its SOUL disappears. And an incredible power would be needed to take the SOUL of a living monster. There is only one exception. The SOUL of a special monster called a "Boss Monster." A Boss Monster's SOUL is strong enough to persist after death. If only for a few moments. A human could absorb this SOUL. But this has never happened. And now it never will.'
I keep walking to what seems like forever…I come across a statue and I see water droplets falling onto it, its…odd and when I got to the next area, it raining and I see a container full of umbrellas. So I decide to grab one and bring it to the statue, seeing it like that made me a little sad. I don't know why, but it did. When I placed the umbrella on the statue, I heard music…It was a beautiful melody that just played. I was in awe just by hearing this, and the statue looked more peaceful to me. I go back and I grab an umbrella for myself and I see the kid again.
It looks like he was trying to stay out of the rain, the moment he saw me, his eyes light up. "Yo, you got an umbrella? Awesome! Let's go!" I smile and we walk together, having this kid by me, kind of helps my situation, he kind of makes me forget that monsters are out to kill me and take my SOUL. While walking, the child proceeds to tell me about Undyne, how she bets up bad guys and never hurts innocent people. He also tells me how she never loses, boy am I in for a treat…I keep walking in silence just listening to him. The child tells me about how The King visited their school and taught them about responsibility, then says how he wished Undyne were there to visit. He wanted Undyne to beat up the teachers, what an amusing little boy.
We keep walking and I see one of the most amazing things ever…The castle. The monster kid and I look into the distance, staring at the castle in amazement. It's a magnificent view I feel like I could stare at this forever. But I have to keep going…so after looking on for a while, we continue. There's a ledge and the child tells me to climb up so I can reach the ledge, I feel bad, I don't want to hurt him, I'm bigger but he insists. So carefully I climb up, then he said he'll find another way and with that the kid runs off.
I go on and I see more signs, 'The humans, afraid of our power, declared war on us. They attacked suddenly and without mercy. In the end, it could hardly be called a war. United, the humans were too powerful, and us monsters, too weak. Not a single SOUL was taken, and countless monsters were turned to dust…' This history fills me with such dread…Humans are filled with nothing but hate for themselves and others…They don't care about anything or anyone. I'm afraid and don't want to go back to that Hell, never again…
I can feel my paranoia kicking in, I know Undyne will be back and I feel like it'll be sooner than expected…I try to keep determined and I go on. There's a layer of bridges, I keep walking and then something comes from the bottom…and its spears! It's her again, Undyne! She really coming after me, I try to get away and I get a little far but, her spears trap and impale me. Leaving me vulnerable, her spears go through my arms and legs, it's so painful…It hurts so much. I scream and more spears hurt me and go right through. I'm bloody, limping and everything hurts. I get impaled again, I fall forward, and more spears appear from above and stab through my back and one last spear goes through my head.
I'm in darkness again. I died…I died again. Can I really go through with this…? I feel a hand on my shoulder and it's Chara. "Hey, Rin…You can do this, just stay determined. There's a pattern in her attack." I look up at them. "I don't know if I can keep doing this Chara…" They look at me and give me an encouraging smile, "You can, you're here for a reason, and you can do this Rin! I believe in you, you just have to try!" I look down…"Okay..." I say, barely even a whisper. Then I'm back to the bridge area.
I try to do this again, keeping my eyes to the ground, trying to see where the spears would show up. I see them and I try to avoid them as best as I can. Some of them grazed my arms and legs but not bad enough to seriously injure me. I can see her from below, following, watching my every move so she can strike. Undyne keeps trying but I manage to get away. I get to the end of the bridge, it's a dead end. Darkness is at the bottom, I try to go back, because it seems as if she's gone away. I walk and there she is, right in front of me. We have a stare down and then, she destroys the bridge with her magic. I fall back, into the dark abyss, I scream, then everything goes black.
