Light puffy flakes fell from the opening in the cavern wall, gently landing on the rooftop of the tiny village of snow and ice. The chilling night breeze tapped against the tavern windows. A dim light glowed through an orange tinted window as a fiery hand flipped the brown "open" sign to "closed ". A flame turned into a smile on the male fire monster's face, noticing a figure on the other side, dressed all in black standing on the doorsteps. Disappearing out of sight as the tavern door quickly swung open and he reached out, pulling the hooded figure inside and shutting the door. Partly melted snow fell off of hood onto the wooden floor as he slowly pulled down it down, revealing a black raven haired human-skeleton girl. Both their hearts raced as the fire monster cupped the girl's chin, bringing her into a tender warm kiss.

"Grillbz, it's bad luck… to see me…before the…" Ariel muffled, pulling away for a short second before being pulled into another kiss. Rocky lips were placed on her soft lips and bony teeth.

"You're adorable," Grillby whispered pulling her into a loving embrace as the warm flames surround her tiny framed body.

"GRILLBZ…No…" Arial shouted untangling his arms from around her and taking a few steps back. She blushed as flames on her lover's head turned a lustful red. Biting the bottom of her lip while taking another step back causing her to hit against a hard surface. Looking quickly over her shoulder, she noticed it was the edge of a booth table.

"I can't wait any longer," Grillby said with determination and passion, taking a step forward as arms reacted around his love's waist before pushing her on top of the booth table. Ariel giggled and told him, no, but her insides tingled with excitement hearing the unzipping of her robe. A soft moan escaped the girl's lips as his leg pressed between her thighs. A skeleton hand placed on the back of the fiery neck as she leaned up for a kiss. The flaming rock mouth opened slightly as a purple tongue entered inside it before pulling away as a flame tongue entered into hers. Groaning as his tongue sizzled a bit from the wetness inside his lover's mouth. The pain didn't seem to bother him too much while deepening the passionate kiss, causing the girl's skeleton parts to rattle before pulling away. The human-skeleton breathed heavy trying to regain self-control from loss of oxygen.

In the reflection of the fire monster's glasses, Arial could see her glowing tiny purple heart floating in her right eye socket as a steamy hot flaming body leaned over her, covering her completely. His hot tongue crawled slowly down her fleshy neck before retracting as Grillby pressed his face into her collarbone. Rock mouth clasping lightly on the skin, sucking on it hard, leaving behind lovers bruises down the neck. The girl moans in a fit of pleasure and pain. Grasping as her fingers dug into her lover's vest, trying to keep what little sanity she had left. Ariel's mind had quickly become fuzzy as warm flames brushed up against her again. She giggled playfully as her fingers slowly undone the buttons on the bartender's vest and white dress shirt. Her human half's skin flushed a deep red not sure if it was caused by heat coming from the smooth orange flaming chest or the desire for the monster that stirred her insides. Fiery hands slip under her dress and between her legs, spreading them apart as if he read her mind. " Grillbz" she cried in pleasure, closing her eyes as a shrug of excitement ran up her spine.

"You like that don't you…..You freaky abomination" Grillby's deep-voice twisted into a high pitch shrieking snicker.

Chills of fear ran down Arial's spine, slowly opening her eye to find a blurry yellow-white round object waving up and down in front of her face. She awoke from her dream and was in her room lying on the bed as a demonic flower was continuing to laugh. Arial opened her mouth slightly to scream but was caught off guard as a waxy smooth vine covered her mouth to muffle out the sound. A moment before, she was having a very nice hot dream only to be awakened into a nightmare. Her body twitched as something crept up her torso toward a sensitive rib. Peeking out from under her nightgown was a jagged grinning demonic flower.

"Howdy, Subject Two!" Flowey snickers, twisting the main vine of his body around the human-skeleton's neck. One tight twisted around her neck could easily snap it into two. Flowey brushed his cheek against the fleshy side of Arial's face. He wouldn't say out loud, but he misses the warmth of her soul. It didn't matter; the aura was a mix of fear and anger. He wished he could stay like this forever, to be able to feel emotions that his soulless body couldn't conjure. He could keep her as a pet in the Ruins where no one will find her until the next reset. It would be easy to rip her right hand right off and snap the legs into two. He did it all before, broke her bones in the other timeline. First, he had to finish the mission he was sent out to do. "Ouch, You BITCH!" he cried as her teeth ripped a chuck out of one of his leaves.

Arial gagged a bit at the bitter green residue left on her purple ecto tongue. "Flowey…What the hell are you doing here?" the purple light flared in Arial's right eye socket, green liquid dripped from the side of her pale pink lips. The demon snickered as he wiggled a vine under her clothing as it rubbed against one of her ribs. "Stop that!" she moans before biting her lips. The flower had a mind of a twelve-year-old. So it was hard to tell if he was doing it on purpose or ignorance as the vine under her clothing grazed another sensitive area of her body. Of all the days Flowey had to sneak into her room, it had to be during a lewd dream. How did he get into her room anyway? Alphys made sure to put bars and locks over her bedroom window after the last time the devil weed paid them a visit.

"Is that how you treat your only true friend?!" Flowey yelled as vines burst through the vent near Ariel's bed and slivered across the floor and up on the bed. She was being a very rude child that needed to be reminded of her place in the world. Vines wrap around each of her limbs. "Did you forget I use to play in the air ducts when we were younger?"

"GO to HELL!" Arial spat into his face while trying to wiggle her arms free. No luck of freedom, as the vines tighten its grip. The bones rattled in fear as her body was lifted out of bed and placed in front her closet door.

"I'm already there…Miss Freak Show…You think you're so special because that Fatso and Dimwit showed you some kindness…Please, they are just using you." Flowey whispered into the girl's ear as a leaf cupped her chin, forcing her to look into the reflection cast in the mirror hanging from the closet door. The flower's oval shape face twisted and shifted from white to a scaly yellow. "P…poor use…less Eexperiment" the voice and face of Alphys laughed as his leaf begun petting the side of the girl's bony face. "Woowie, you're ugly for a skeleton" disguised voice sounding like Papyrus as a leaf yanked on the girl's raven hair.

"Stop it!" Arial shrieked and pleaded, turning her head away from his face that looked identical to her taller skeleton brother. Deep wicked high pitch laughter rattled inside her skull causing her to look back at the reflection in the mirror. All of it was just illusions created by the demon plant. His magic twisted his oval white face to mimic other creatures and whispering hateful things in the girl's ear. What crushed every fiber of her soul more, was hearing a voices sounding like her loved ones. A tiny childlike voice in the back of Arial's mind told her they were all lies and not to listen. It was hard to ignore the taunting when her body was nothing but a rag doll in a demon's clutches. There was some truth to it. She was a waste of spac, who only causes trouble for others. If she wasn't around, Alphys wouldn't have to live inside the Royal Laboratory all the time. Maybe she would have already started to date Undye. Her brothers would still have their father. Useless Trash!

Vines pulled at the girl's black gown tugging hard in different directions. A tiny cry escaped her lips at the sound of the thread of a seam ripping into two. Ariel's body crumbled to her knees, hunching over trying to use what was left of the gown to cover up her deformed body. It was useless as vines took it away while grasping her head forcing her to look at the horrifying reflection in the mirror. She could see the ugly peach flesh of a flat chested girl's body on the left and scars going down the left arm. Tiny crack lines around her right eye socket and right bony hand. Half human female face on left and skull on right made her look like an ugly dummy that should be used in a human's science class to teach kids about the human body. Again the tiny voice in the back of her mind tries speaking up. Doing its best by telling her she was not damaged and it didn't matter what she looked like. It was her smile and kind heart that made her special. Those words of encouragement were pushed away as Flowey peeks over her shoulder snickering into her ear. His face quickly changes into bright orange-yellow flames.

"I could never love an abomination like you" Grillby spat red-orange lava liquid at her face. It was just watery spit but it still stung.

"Please stop" the words crushed Arial's heart as purple tears streamed down her face. It was true, all of it. She was neither a human nor a skeleton. Nothing, but a freak. Grillby was her childhood friend, but he hadn't seen her face yet. Their friendship surely would end in a heartbeat at the sight of her face. Why would anyone truly love something that was unattractive?

"You're nothing, but a disappointing experiment," a fake Gaster whispered into her ear.

"Stop it" Arial cried feeling her heart crumble. What was she doing playing house with Alphys when she should have been looking for a way to break the barrier. Experiments were things that were meant to be used and tossed away when they became obsolete. She doesn't deserve a loving family and they probably just put up with her, anyway.

"You know it's all true…Don't worry I know a way to redeem yourself, Two." Flowey smiled as vines careful separated from around the heartbroken girl. She was so easy to mess with in this new timeline. He wondered what Chara did to the tiny spark in her soul to keep it quiet. As long as the girl didn't whip out her scythe, there was nothing to fear.

"How?"

"By bringing down the barrier of course….Luck for you, the final human has fallen into the ruins"

"I can't …."

"Don't you want to free your brothers?"

"I do, but…"

"Just bring them to the King and he will take their soul" Flowey's calm voice turned vicious, using a leaf to brush a few hairs out of his prey's face. He preferred the teary face than stupid half smiles. A green tongue slithered out of the blackened mouth, licking the sweet salty tears.

"What do I have to do," Arial asked, disgusted with herself for listening to the flower. A wicked creature that loved to prey on other's fears. Picking at it, until the victim was left with a horrible feeling in their soul. This is how she was feeling inside while bringing her knees closer to her body and wrapping arms around them. Placing her face on her lap, she began to pick at the brunt scars on the fleshy arm with her delicate bony hand.

"The Keeper of the Ruin is being protective, but the human would rather leave, instead. I told them I would help..but…The Keeper really doesn't like me. So I need you to gain her trust." Flowey sighed, opening the closet and dug through the clothing. Did the girl own anything that was not black?

"I wonder why." Arial sounded a bit snobby, rolling her eye. "So how am I going to gain the Keepers trust?"

"The same way you earned the Fatso's." Flowey urged, tossing the dark clothing into the air. The girl was so naive, just like the taller skeleton. It was like they were cut from the same cloth. Both of them were kind-hearted but had trouble realizing how important they were to other. There was a time he enjoyed their company, after a while that kindness started to sicken him and bore him to death. The flower groaned at a memory of playing house with Arial and dolls made out of cloth with a red face. He was positive to this day, she used blood to paint on those smiley faces…Which was a bit creepy, in his opinion. Chills of excitement beamed from the flower's steam at the sight of the perfect outfit. Its was a odd foreign clothing, but it should do while meeting a monster of high standards. "Here" tossing the clothing at the girl's face.

"If this doesn't work," Arial said standing up to slip on a solid black petticoat before leaning over to pick up a purple top. White lily patterns decorate the purple fabric as it flows over her shoulders. Wide sleeves completely covering both hands from view. Black leggings were pulled over her legs, before slipping on and buckling up white dress shoes. She laughed a bit at her reflection in the mirror. It was funny, she almost resembled something from one of those Japanese horror films she used to watch with Alphys as a child until it gave both of them nightmares. What was the creature called again, zombie?

"Don't worry I'm sure your heart will back you up….KILL them before they kill you, Right…" Flowey snickered behind her as he tries to tie the long, wide, and black fabric into a bow. Groaning a few times trying to get it right as his leaf tangled up in the stupid cloth. This was so useless without thumbs. "Remember you're doing it for them…You don't want to disp …"

A knock on the door caused Arial to jump a bit looking at the door then quickly over her shoulder to find no trace of the demon flower in the room. The wicked thing must have slithered back into the vents.

"Come in" she called using the sleeves to wipe all traces of tears off her face. Looking into the mirror, she braided her long hair. Behind her, the door slowly opened as a worried Alphys step into the room.

"Ari…al…" Alphys gasped covering her mouth at the sight of her beautiful daughter. This was so unlike the child to wear something that was not completely black. Maybe the visit with Papyrus yesterday finally give the girl courage to step out of her shell a bit. It was like looking at a real-life anime girl. The purple fabric matched her iris perfectly. "I knew you…w...would look lovely…in Wa Lolita fashion" Alphys smiled as a few happy tears ran down the side of her face as she stood behind the girl to help fix the black bow in the back. Never in her wildness dream would she have guessed her daughter would wear something that was not the ugly old ancient robes.

"Thank you…mom…I was thinking about stopping by Grillby's...before going over to my brother's." Arial partly lied grabbing her black fox mask with the white triangles under the eyehole area and a dot in the center of the forehead with wings spreading out from the circle. She could hear Alphys gasping in excitement behind her as she walked over to the desk. Grabbing a messenger bag, she began stuffing it with a sketchbook and pens. Not sure if the story about the human was true or not, but she still had to visit her brothers later. Even if her heart was not into seeing them, but she did promise Papyrus to draw him something.

"I'm just grabbing some food…It's not…what…you think… Ummmmm… Is Miss Undyne…."Arial was cut off as they heard a crashing sound, coming from the main area of the laboratory. "I'm guessing that's her?" placing a hand over her left ear.

"Y…es…..She insisted t...to… help me fix…the main computer." Alphys replied in a scared-saddened voice as she already regretted letting her friend help. Undye was as strong as an ox but had no clue when it came to technology. Alphys tried telling her, no, but maybe working together could bring them closer and could cause the water monster to become interested in science. The thought of the red head's hair pinned up in a messy bun and wearing nothing but lab coat, made the dino monster's insides tingle. The longer the image dwelled in her mind, the more her flushed pink color spread across her yellow scaly face. The sound of breaking glass and Undyne yelling her name called over and over brought her back to reality. It sounded like the rest of the lab was under attack and Undyne was the wrecking ball.

Arial walked beside Alphys as they head towards the loud noises. She laughed a bit when noticing Undyne trying to use a fire extinguisher to put out the main computer. The poor water monster was covered in more wet foam than the fire.

"Stay safe …If you start feeling u…uncomfortable p…please call me…" Alphys said, bring her daughter into a loving hug. "Have a g..good day…dear?" Alphys watched her daughter as she put the black fox mask on and walk out through the laboratory door, into the Hotland's heat.

"Are you sure it's alright….After what happened last night?" Undyne asked Alphys in a low voice only for her to hear, while looking toward the door as well. She reached around her back and took a towel that was hanging from her back pocket. "What if she blanks out again and that girl attacks?…" She asked while rubbing her face clean.

"I'm sure….i..it will…..be a…alright," Alphys spoke in a nervous voice, not sure of her own words. "She p..promises not to do it a…anymore…..It wasn't Arial's fault." her eyes sadden at the thought of the battle that happened yesterday.

"Don't worry, I'm sure the skeleton brothers will keep her safe," Undyne said standing behind Alphys as she pulled her crush into a messy foamy embrace. Alphys then finally burst into the laughter she had held back while Undyne wasn't sure what she was laughing about.