Undertale – Aftermath

Chapter 7: Magic

DISCLAIMER: Undertale belongs to Toby Fox.


While Asriel is sleeping quietly, he saw flashes of memory inside of his head...

"C'mon, you're too slow!"

In the vision, he saw an open field of grass, with a group of children frolicking about. In the distance, he can see a thick forest, and across that forest is a tall mountain, which looks oddly familiar to him.

It's... Mount Ebbott, where the monsters live underneath.

But there is one particular child that became the point of interest, a boy in yellow shirt with blue stripes.

"Are all girls slow like that?" the boy crosses his arms, "We ran around for sometime and you can't even touch me!"

From whomever point of view he is seeing, Asriel concluded that the person is not very talkative.

"Wanna try it again?" the boy asked.

The vision shows as if the person shook their head.

"So, what now? You wanna go home or something?"

They nods.

"Well, I'm gonna go play with the others, then." the boy walked towards the group of children running about, before stopping and turned his head around, "See ya later, Frisk." and then he ran off.

Alone, the vision shows that the person goes towards the mountain, into the deep forest, as if something -or someone- is calling them.

They climbed the foothills of the mountain, they reached quite high for a child, but they eventually ran out of stamina.

As they walked around, they find a single golden flower, sitting beside a large hole in the ground, closed by some kind of barrier with energies still flowing from it.

Out of curiosity, the person stepped forward to take a peek, but they lose their footing and slipped, falling down into hole, entering some kind of cave.

On the bottom, there are four pillars surrounded with vines, circling a wide bed of golden flowers, and before they hit the ground, Asriel came to a consiousness.

*Dreemurr Residence, Children's Bedroom

Asriel opened his eyes in shock, he held his head and sat up, "Ugh, what was that?" he stares into the blue sky accross the entrance of the cave, "It's morning already."

"Good morning." Frisk came in from the door, wearing a small apron while holding a slice of pie on a plate.

"Howdy, Frisk." he greeted, still in a sleepy state.

"Sleep well?" she asked while handing the pie to Asriel.

"Uh, kind of. I'll tell you more later." Asriel put a chunk of pie inside his mouth.

"Toriel is willing to teach me magic."

"Really?" Asriel swallowed the chunk he was chewing, "I wonder what kind of magic you have." he hold his chin, "I bet you have some kind of healing spell, just like mom did." he ate another chunk of pie.

"You think so?" Frisk smiled while tilting her head.

"Well... Only one way to find out!" Asriel quickly ate the pie before handing the plate back to Frisk.

"T-That was fast..."

"When in hurry, I like to eat quickly." Asriel stood up from his bed, putting aside his blanket, "Dad taught me that." he walked towards the exit, followed by Frisk who closed the door behind them.

They walked to the living room, where Toriel is reading a book while sitting on her personal couch.

"Morning, my child." Toriel diverted her attention to Asriel.

"So, Frisk asked you to teach her about magic?"

"Yes." she closed her book, "Who knows, we may uncover a potential within her."

"Cool, I need some training, too. I don't think my magic would be as strong as in the past, though."

"Ah, about that..." Toriel took off her glasses, then put it on a table, on top of her book, "Doctor Alphys sent me an e-mail on analysis about you sharing a SOUL with Frisk."

"What's the explanation?"

"Sharing a SOUL is remarkable she said, let alone a human sharing it with a monster, with both ends surviving and recovering is astounding. She said you will need to be close to Frisk in order to recover both of your SOUL to full strength. The reason is because a monster naturally doesn't have as much as DETERMINATION as human does, and your SOUL essence came from Frisk, which means you need her help to do so."

"That's a long explanation." He pauses for a moment, "Wait, hold on, what does the doctor mean by "close?"" Asriel asked while squinting his eyes.

"Well, the point is that you need Frisk in order to recover, and maintaining a good relationship with her would be good idea, don't you think?"

"True, that make sense." Asriel pauses again, "I have a feeling that I'm about to undertake a long journey here. Now I know how Frisk feels when she fell down here."

Toriel chuckled, "Also, Frisk told both me and Asgore abouth her gender. Shocking at first, and it's really a coincidence that your best friend would be female just like Chara."

"By the way, where's dad?"

"Oh, he went on a meeting with the Royal Guards and other important people in the kingdom. Shaping up the plan for the surface, he said."

"Hello." Frisk came out from the kitchen after putting the apron back, "I washed the rest of the dishes from last night." she said with a smile.

"Thank you, Frisk, you helped me on housekeeping." Toriel stood up from the chair, then patted Frisk on the head, "Hehe, you will make a good housewife one day." then she went into her room.

"So, uh, when is mom going to teach you, and me, possibly, about magic?" Asriel asked as he sat down on the sofa.

"This afternoon, she said she needs to prepare first." Frisk sat next to Asriel.

""The Basic of SOUL Magic."" Asriel picked up the book Toriel was reading a while ago, "Well, that explains it."

"Oh, I just remembered." Frisk turns her head to Asriel, "Shouldn't you take a bath first?"

"Ah." Asriel puts the book back down, "I forgot about that." then stood up and ran toward the children' bedroom, "Be back soon!" but then ran back for a minute, "Have you took a bath, yet?"

"I already did." Frisk replied simply.

"Uh, nevermind." Asriel returned to his path before.

*Minutes later...
Dremuurr Residence, Front yard

Once Asriel took a bath, he found Frisk and Toriel in the front yard, he quickly changes his clothes and caught up with them.

"Did I miss anything?" he asked while closing the door from outside.

"No, you're just in time." Frisk replied.

"Alright, now to start this lesson, you must know the basics of SOUL magic first." Toriel snaps her finger, conuring a ball of fire in her palm, "Know your element, after you know your element, you will know which form of magic you will take first."

"My element is definitely fire, just like you. Right, mom?" Asriel looks up to Toriel.

"Why don't you demonstrate it?" Toriel extinguished the flame on her hand.

"Here goes..." Asriel seems to be focusing on his right palm, when a formless flame began dancing around on his palm, "Ah, geez." he scratches his head, "It's not even formed yet."

"Then Alphys' explanation rings true, your magic potential is weakened because your SOUL is shared with Frisk."

"Wait, could Frisk have magical powers because she shared her SOUL with me?" Asriel let go of the flame on his hand.

"Hmm, that depends." Toriel diverted her attention to Frisk, "What about you, Frisk? What is your element?"

"Umm..." Frisk stares at both of her hands, as if wondering wheter or not she has any kind of potential in magic.

"Focus your strength, my child. Channel your SOUL energies to one of your hands, then we can see what kind of element you have in you." once again, Toriel demonstrated by summoning a fireball on her palm.

"Okay." she replied simply, while still staring on both of her hands, after a few seconds, a light-blue aura slowly came from her hands, "Oh!"

"What kind of element is that?" Asriel asked in confuse, "I've never seen an element like that."

"Ah, I know what that is." Toriel raises her finger.

"You do?"

"Why, it's one of the many forms of healing magic!"

"I can heal others?" Frisk asked, while maintaining the aura on her hands.

"Only one way to find out." Asriel walked towards the golden flower pots and picked up one flower that looks rather decayed, and brought it to Frisk and Toriel, "I noticed this flower and it looks, well... it looks half-dead." he holds it toward Frisk, "Think you can try to heal it?"

"I-I'm not sure..." Frisk shook her head.

"Try it first." Toriel puts an assuring hand on her shoulder.

"C'mon, this poor flower won't last long, you know." Asriel insists Frisk to try her newfound magic.

With a nod, Frisk surrounded the flower with her hands, and began chanelling a healing aura to the flower, within seconds, the flower seems to be recovering from it's decayed state.

"Whoa, that's cool!" Asriel examines the pot of flower, "Golly, it looks new again."

"Then Frisk' element is light, and its form is renewal." Toriel pauses for a while, "Curious on how you have that element, Frisk. Probably because of your SOUL essence is shared with Asriel?"

"I don't remember having any kind of healing spell at all." Asriel replied.

"Perhaps it came from me? Because you're my son, that is." she scratches the fur on her ears, "Does my magical essence also shared into you?"

"That just happened." Frisk dispersed the aura on her hands.

"Well, that's how magic works, I guess." Asriel returned the flower to where it was before, "Okay, how about me? Is there any way you can teach me to amplify my magic, mom?"

"Hm, that is a different matter." Toriel pauses, thinking something, "Can you try forming a fireball, first?"

"A fireball, a flame in spherical form..." Asriel holds out his left hand, while holding it with his right hand, "Okay, here it goes..."

After a brief moment, a flame ignited on Asriel' hand, and soon after that, it formed into a concentrated ball of fire.

"I did it!" Asriel passes the fireball into his right hand, "What if I throw this into something? You know, see what kind of damage it does."

"I think it's best if we don't do that." Toriel reaches for Asriel' hand, lowering it and extinguishing the flame, "We do not want anybody to get hurt."

"You're always so protective, mom."

"Both of my children are the most important thing in my life." she hugs both Asriel and Frisk.

"Is that it?" Frisk asked, looking upward to Toriel' tall figure.

"Well, it is only to discover your magic potential and perhaps amplify Asriel' fire magic, so I guess that is it."

"Hmm, can I ask dad to teach me amplify my magic?"

"If he is not busy." Toriel replied.

"Awesome!" Asriel jumped in excitement.

Soon, they realized footsteps coming from behind the tree, a large figure approached them, "Howdy!"

"Welcome home." Toriel greeted her husband, "How goes the meeting?"

"Ah, there are some... difficulties." Asgore stroked his beard, "The Royal Guard is quite short on manpower now that most of the monsters doesn't have the urge to fight anymore."

"Why is that?"

"Well, Undyne said it's because Frisk' influence." the Dreemurr family diverted their gaze to Frisk.

"M-Me?" Frisk pointed her finger at herself.

"Yes, you are by far the most peaceful and loving human we encountered, and the monsters hope the rest of the humans in the surface are just like you." Asgore ecplained.

"Well, that's gonna be problem." Asriel holds his chin.

"How is Undyne handling this?" Toriel asked in a seemingly worried tone.

"She said she needs more guards, and is opening a recruitment so that the willing and the able-bodied may join the Royal Guard." Asgore raises his finger, "Also, she pointed Papyrus to train the new recruits, even though they only have a few recruits now. Undyne can only hope that they may get more recruits later on before the journey to the surface."

"Can't you delay the journey after the Royal Guard is fully formed?"

"Well, the monsters are very eager to leave the underground and see what the surface is like. Fortunately, there are no monsters wandered out the by themselves."

"Uh, maybe that's because the way to the barrier is right through our house." Asriel pointed out the obvious.

"Oh, right." Asgore scratches the back of his head, "I forgot about that."

Toriel simply shook her head while Frisk chuckled.

"One more thing, dad."

"What is it?"

"Can you teach me on how to amplify my fire magic? You know it's weakened because of sharing Frisk' SOUL essence."

"Hm, have you tried summoning a fire ball, yet?"

"How about this?" Asriel instantly summoned a ball of fire in his palms.

"That's a basic form, right there." Asgore pauses for a moment, "Try launching it."

As Asriel is about to throw the fireball into a wall, Toriel interrupted him, "Wait, how about if I move Frisk somewhere safe, first?"

"Ah, yeah, good idea." Asriel lowered his hand.

Toriel patted Frisk' shoulder, "Come, my child." and leads her inside the house.

"Good luck." Frisk said before entering the house.

"Now, launch the fire ball." Asgore pointed at a wall, "At the wall that you are about to hit earlier."

With a shout, Asriel throwed the fireball with all of his might, "Hyah!" the fireball explodes and created a small scorch mark.

"Ah." Asgore observes the scorch mark, "As you said, your magic is still weak."

"Sucks." Asriel scratches the back of his head.

"Don't worry, you'll learn advanced magic in no time." Asgore assured his son with a pat on the head.

*Meanwhile...

A hooded figure approached a white figure while it seems to be drawing something on a blueprint.

"The fallen child have a magic potential that of a healer, professor."

"Interesting..." the figure puts down its drawing pen, it stood up and placed its pale, cold hand into the strange machine, "That will help us resurrect her sooner."

"Will she be following your orders?"

"Orders?" the figure chuckled, "You may summon a demon, but that doesn't mean the demon will follow anything you said." it then pulled its hand back, "But if we could negotiate with her, this plan might just work."

"She will be in a weakened state when the machine brought her back, right?"

"Don't worry, I got it under control." the figure sat back down, "Thank you for giving this information, please give me more details if you can."

"Got it." when the hooded figure is about to leave the room,

the white figure stopped them, "One last thing, before you go."

"Which is?"

"I hope you remember not to leak this out to other humans."

"I won't."

"You can leave now."

After the hooded figure leaves, the white figure began drawing again, "Be a good boy, Raphael."


Well, that's all for this chapter.

I apologize once more for the delay, because of exams, I have to study and put this on hold.

Also, I've been working on some kind of project from RPG Maker, which also gets in the way.

When the days off after the exam, maybe I would be able to update this more frequently.