And the next chapter is out. I know I am about a week or so late, but I've been really distracted lately...and honestly, my reasoning isn't a good one. I've fallen for the Pokemon Go craze, and basically all my free time lately has been spent finding pokemon...hehehe...
But let's not focus on that...I figured I would send this chapter out now before it became really late.
Speaking of really late...continue reading this paragraph only if you are curious about my fnaf truth and dare story...I am so, so, so, so, mad at myself for not updating that story. I deeply apologize for any of you who are wanting to read what I have for the story, but so much has been getting in the way for me to type up the rest of what I plan to give in the next update. Either I have been distracted, not interested, too tired to type, or too focused on one of my other works, (and by that last one I mean all my other fanfics as well as different novels I've been working on for years now...) point is, out of all my pieces of writing I would rather work on, unfortunately that particular story is at the bottom of the list, which sucks because I really, really, really, want to work on it. I honestly do. But...once again, I am delaying the update for that story. Hopefully it will be up soon, but I just don't know...So if you are reading this now and you were one of the many people who sent in a truth or dare for the fnaf characters, I deeply apologize for the endless waiting.
So, with that all said, I hope you all enjoy. OH, sort of important thing real fast. I am moving all my replies to comments down at the bottom after the story is over. So if you sent in a comment recently, go check out that after finishing the story.
Enjoy!
Nick's eyes fluttered open as he began to shift and stretch on the soft bed he was sleeping on. His body moved slow as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. Tiredly he looked down at the floor, only to see a slice of Toriel's butterscotch-cinnamon pie on the ground. Smiling, he reached for it, the sweet and delightful smell warming his senses. His mouth began to water at the very sight. "Looks yummy."
He was just about to take a bite when he heard footsteps outside his door.
"Huh? Toriel?" he questioned, slightly backing away from the pie. He shifted his gaze from the door to the pie before finally settling on saving the pie for later. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the same small box the spider donut was still resting in. He was thankful that there was just enough room for the pie and slid it inside. Once everything was packed away, the young child skipped over to the door and walked out in the hall.
Outside his room, Nick saw it was empty. If Toriel was here a moment ago, she must have walked to another room. Looking around, the child finally got a good look at the hallway, which he didn't have time for before. Walking down to his left, he ended up passing a few small tables as well as a few potted plants.
Curiously, he opened up some of the drawers in the tables he passed by, and inside he found flower seeds and some broken crayons. Looking up Nick got a closer look at the plant nearby. He could have sworn he has seen this type of plant before, but he doesn't know its name.
Deciding to ignore it, Nick walked over to the end of the hall. His gaze snapped over to a mirror and he smiled at his own reflection. "It's me!" he giggled out childishly.
Soon he turned to look at the other doors nearby. One in particular held a sign on the front. "Room under renovations?" he questioned as he read the message. "Weird. I wonder what's inside."
Stepping away from the locked room, Nick opened the last door in the hall. He didn't know whether to be shocked or not to find out it was Toriel's room. The room was a very pleasant shade of blue everywhere, however there was one other color to the room. A splash of yellow belonging to a small flower.
Nick instantly tensed up when he noticed, nervously eyeing the faceless yellow flower. "It's not Flowey…It's not Flowey…" he whispered to himself quietly as he began to inspect some other parts of Toriel's room in hopes to distract him from the flower.
The first thing his eyes landed on was a regular old bucket, but upon closer inspections Nick was disgusted to see inside was nothing but snails.
"Gross…" he said, deciding to look at the desk instead. He noticed what looked to be a diary with a passaged circled in red ink. Nick debated for a minute before deciding to read the passage. "Why did the skeleton want a friend? Because she was feeling bonely." Nick had to chuckle at the joke. "I know Bonnie would love that one. I have to remember that." He said, looking over the rest of the page, which seemed to be filled with jokes of similar caliber.
Nick ended up satisfying the rest of his curiosity by gazing around at a few other things in the room, from an encyclopedia where he actually ended up learning the name of the brown plant in the hall, a 'water sausage', to a cactus plant the child didn't notice at first, and even to the scandalous sock drawer in the corner of Toriel's room.
Once he felt happy with everything his curious eyes saw, he stepped out and decided to find Toriel finally. It didn't take long for him to find her sitting by a fireplace reading a book. Nick watched her for a moment, it didn't seem like she noticed him yet. Quietly he walked over to the bookshelf and scanned what she had.
Grabbing a random history book, he flipped to somewhere in the middle, reading the first thing he found quietly. "Trapped behind the barrier and fearful of further human attacks, we retreated. Far, far into the earth we walked, until we reached the cavern's end. This was our new home, which we named…'Home.' As great as our king is, he is pretty lousy at names."
Nick didn't know what to think of this small information he learned just yet.
He heard a small sound and turned to see Toriel finally noticed him. "Oh, up already, I see?" she smiled happily.
"Hello Toriel."
Her motherly smile never vanished as she chuckled softly. "Um, I want you to know how glad I am to have someone here. There are so many old books I want to share."
Nick just figured there would be a lot of books she wanted to show him, since he saw about three or four bookshelves already.
"I want to show you my favorite bug-hunting spot."
"Bug hunting!?" he asked excitedly. That was an activity he did in fact do from time to time with his brother back before he died.
"I've also prepared a curriculum for your education."
"And suddenly I'm not interested anymore…" Nick muttered softly, not happy with the idea of school.
Toriel chuckled while shaking her head at the boy's attitude. "But education can be quite fun, my child. This may come as a surprise to you…But I have always wanted to be a teacher….actually, perhaps that isn't very surprising."
Nick laughed softly. "Not really. You do look like you would be a great teacher!"
Toriel smiled happily at the comment. "Still, I am glad to have you living here."
The child's grin fell instantly at that. Right, she still thinks I want to live here. He sadly looked up at the woman. I don't want to just say I don't want to live here. Honestly, if it wasn't for Mikey and the others I would love to stay here…but…I have to get back home. As nice as this place is…I really need to get moving. I hope Toriel understands. I don't want to make her upset. His gaze locked on the kind and joyful expression of the goat monster. I don't want to hurt her.
Toriel noticed Nick's fallen expression and frowned slightly. "Oh, did you want something? What is it?"
He hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question he really needed to ask. "When…when can I go home?"
Toriel frowned worriedly. "What? This…this is your home now." She quickly began to flip through her book in an attempt to change the subject. "Um…would you like to hear about this book I am reading? It is called '72 Uses for Snails.' How about it?"
Nick sighed. He really needed to know how to get out of this place, but the way Toriel was acting now was worrying. "I…sure…"
She smiled in relief. "Here is an exciting snail fact. Did you know that snails sometimes flip their digestive systems as they mature? Interesting."
The child just shook his head, not really paying attention to the snail fact. No, I can't keep this up. I really need to ask her now. I'm sorry Toriel… With a determined look, he locked eyes with her. "I'm sorry Toriel, but…how do I exit the Ruins?"
The woman nervously shifted in her seat. "I…have to do something. Stay here." She then quickly stood up, placing her book down and walked out of the room.
"Toriel?" Nick questioned softly, slowly following her. Once he entered the next room, he briefly saw her walk down the stairs. Clenching his hands into fists, Nick quickly ran to the stairs and stomped down.
Once he was at the bottom, he was upset that he was once again surrounded by the dark color purple. "Really?" he muttered, feeling uneasy about where he was. It was dark and quiet, and no longer held the warm smell of Toriel's home. It was cold.
Up ahead, he could faintly make out the back of Toriel as she seemed to almost wait for him. Stepping closer, she finally spoke up. "You wish to know how to return 'home,' do you not?"
Gulping in an attempt to clear his suddenly tight throat, Nick spoke out as loudly as he could. "Yes."
Toriel remained quiet for only a moment before sighing. "Ahead of us lies the end of the Ruins. A one-way exit to the rest of the underground. I am going to destroy it. No one will ever be able to leave again." She turned to face him, her eyes were dim and sad. "Now be a good child and go upstairs.
Nick's eyes widened in shock at the blunt way the woman said this. "Destroy it…bu-but…"
Without listening to him, Toriel walked ahead.
"W-wait!" He ran after her, catching her just a few feet ahead.
She sighed tiredly "Every human that falls down here meets the same fate. I have seen it again and again. They come. They leave. They die. You naïve child…If you leave the Ruins. They…Asgore…will kill you. I am only protecting you, do you understand? …Go to your room." And just like that, she ran ahead before Nick could say a word.
"But…I'm already dead…I don't need you to protect me…" he still said. "I'm dead…I know I am…This Asgore can't hurt me…because…I can't die…" Nick suddenly didn't feel so confident in this statement. "Right?" With a deep frown, he ran ahead to catch up with Toriel.
She noticed him at a corner and sighed again. "Do not try to stop me. This is your final warning." She glared sharply at him before marching ahead.
Nick didn't hesitate to follow.
The two stopped at a large purple door, Toriel's back facing him. She shook her head sadly. "You want to leave so badly?"
Nick didn't respond.
"Hmph. You are just like the others. There is only one solution to this. Prove yourself…Prove to me you are strong enough to survive."
Nick gasped in shock as the lights seemed to vanish completely as his Soul popped up once again like the many times as before. "What? N-no! I don't want to fight her!" He desperately looked up at Toriel who was blocking the way for him to escape. She seemed like she wasn't going to back off any time soon. With shaky hands, Nick moved his fingers to hover over his Act option before reluctantly starting his turn by Checking Toriel. She was much, much stronger than all the other monsters he had come across. She also didn't seem like she wanted to do this, but well…she apparently knows best for Nick, so she wasn't going to back away at all.
Just then Toriel swung her arms out and small balls of fire came fluttering down at him. Nick gasped, going to dodge each flame, but ended up getting burned a few times. His health already felt super low. "Bu-but that's okay…because I…I can't die. I'm already dead. Danny killed me a long time ago. I…have nothing…nothing to fear…" Nick felt his body begin to shake. "Then why do I feel scared again…?"
As the attack ended, he noticed the warm motherly look Toriel would give him was gone completely. She was looking through him as if he wasn't there.
Once again he started up his 'attack'. He ignored the actual Fight option and instead tried to talk to her. Just like she taught him from back when he had to fight the dummy. Unfortunately he couldn't think of any conversation topics. "Uh…"
And just like that, Toriel sent out her flames like before. Nick gasped, once again trying to dodge each flame but he kept getting hit over and over again. No!
The flames vanished again and Nick was left gasping for air. He was hurting, badly. His body ached and screamed out for him to rest, and his knees began to shake.
"To-toriel…" he whispered, but she continued to ignore him. He sighed and tried to think of something to say again, but…
Toriel began her attack again after Nick's last failed attempt at his turn. The flames came again, this time in a different pattern, throwing the child off greatly.
Nick screamed as one large flame smack into him directly, and just like that the world grew dark. Before he was completely thrown into the darkness, he could faintly make out Toriel's teary eyed face as she called out to him.
The scared child looked around wildly in this new place. Everything was pitch black. The only thing he could make out was his Soul and it wasn't a pretty sight. It was shattered in two, completely broken. He tried to reach for it, but his body felt numb and lifeless. He has felt like this before. The last time he felt like this was when the crazed Daniel swung that deadly knife on him all those years ago back at the diner. Everything he was feeling now was the same from way back then. Numb, cold, stiff, and empty. He was dead. Nick didn't understand it, but he has died once again. And there was nothing he could do.
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….
…..
NO!
Nick glared at the broken heart and forced his hand to spring out and grab it. "NO, NO, NO, NO! I won't die again! I need to get home! I need to get to my family! I am not going to let death keep me from being happy again! I'M NOT GONNA DIE!"
A bright flash of light began to surround him and a strong breeze blew at him at full force. His body no longer felt cold. It was warm. Warm and alive!
I'm coming everyone! He thought.
Just then a voice began to ring in his head. It was different then the eerie voice he has been hearing. It was deep and friendly, almost fatherly. "You cannot give up just yet…*CNhiacrka! Stay determined…" Nick couldn't make out the name the voice spoke out. It was a mess…almost like whoever was speaking was saying more than one word at the same time, but never the less, he took the advice as he happily grabbed his Soul.
Just then he felt his eyes snap open. He looked around and was surprised to see he was outside Toriel's home. "Huh?"
"My child?"
Nick jumped and turned to see Toriel looking at him worriedly.
"Are you coming?"
"U-uh…what?"
"Silly, did you forget already? I have a surprise for you. Come inside."
"Uh…?" Nick dumbly walked in, once again smelling the sweet smell of the pie.
"Do you smell that?" Toriel questioned him with a kind smile. "Surprise! It is a butterscotch-cinnamon pie I thought we might celebrate your arrival. I want you to have a nice time living here."
"What…?" Nick eyed her confused. "I don't understand. We already did this."
"Huh? What do you mean my child?"
"We…you already told me the surprise."
"I did?" Toriel chuckled. "Oh, did I accidentally let it slip before. I can't seem to remember. Silly me." She sighed happily as she patted his head. "Well there is one surprise I know I didn't tell you about. Follow me."
Nick watched her walk away and towards the bedroom she was giving him. He frowned in confusion as he followed after her.
"This is it." She spoke and just like before she grabs Nick's hand and leads him closer. "A room of your own. I hope you like it!" And again, she pats Nick's hair. She only stops as she worriedly looks away. "Is something burning Um, make yourself at home!"
The boy watched her leave, feeling the oddest sense of déjà vu. "No, this isn't déjà vu. Or well, maybe it is…but there is definitely something fishy going on here. Did…did I go back in time?" He instantly scoffed at the idea. "No. There is no way…right?"
Ignoring his room, Nick ran back to the front door and stepped out. He carefully observed the spot he was at only a moment ago. Stepping up to the pile of leaves, he closely observed the ground before him.
"Why here? Why did I come back here? What's so special about this spot?"
Suddenly he remembered something. When he was hurt before thanks to all the smaller battles he was instantly healed after stepping here. He then remembered all the other locations that gave him the similar feeling. The feeling of feeling strong, powerful, confident, happy. The feeling of…determination. But why? What did all those places have in common. And why…after I was killed by Toriel, did I come back to the latest area I had this feeling?
He heatedly looked at the spot for minutes, looking for some clue. "Come on, just give me a sign. A little sign. That's all I need."
Suddenly and without warning a bright glow began to appear. Nick watched it curiously before suddenly the glow burst out, temporarily blinding the boy. When his vision cleared, there before him was a shiny yellow star like orb floating in front of him.
Nick stared at it for a moment before hesitantly he reached for the mysterious object. It was warm. It felt safe enough. Running his hands over the smooth material, Nick couldn't help but begin to feel happy as he touched it. He felt very, very determined.
"You know; I've been feeling very determined lately. It's almost like…my determination is helping me along the way. I don't know how true that is, but I am liking it." Stepping back, Nick looked towards Toriel's home. "I may not fully understand this situation, but I really think time reversed back here. That means…"
The memory of the battle he had with Toriel crossed his mind.
Nick felt his body tense up and gulped. "I don't want to deal with that again…There has to be a better way to get past her…"
As he racked his head for a different solution, he stepped inside and looked around. The room was empty. His gaze slowly turned towards the stairs. "Maybe I can just sneak out without telling her…" the idea instantly hurt Nick. No, he couldn't do that to her. Just up and leave without so much as a goodbye. Toriel didn't deserve that. Thinking back to everything he has seen in this small home, made Nick realize, she was all alone. She was alone in this home, with no family; she was lonely. That must be why she was so desperate for him to stay. Perhaps at one point she had a family, but at the moment, the only chance she had to regain whatever or whoever she lost was Nick himself.
"No, I'm not gonna sneak away. But I can't think of a way to get out of here without that fight coming back up. What to do...?" The boy racked his brain for any idea that would work. Suddenly, he remembered something, advice from one of the many odd Froggits in the Ruins.
"Remember, sparing is just saying you won't fight. Maybe one day, you'll have to do it even if their name isn't yellow"
He may still not fully understand the 'yellow name' nonsense, but he did figure something out. Toriel is an example of sparing despite not having a 'yellow name'.
Nick thinks over what he did during his battle with Toriel. "I never hit that 'mercy' option. I just have to do that!" Smiling happily after coming up with a plan, even if it ends up failing in the end, Nick hurriedly runs over to where he was sure Toriel was, only to instantly run into her.
"Oh!" she gasps, her hands fumbling with something in her hands. "Careful my child, I almost dropped your slice of my butterscotch-cinnamon pie."
"Oh, right…I didn't get the slice yet…"
"Well of course not silly." Toriel smiles. "But here you are. I hope you like it."
Nick grabs the slice from her and instantly inhales the intoxicating aroma.
"Now, I'll let you eat up. If you need me, I'll be in the other room." She smiles at him and pats his head.
The boy watches her leave and sighs once she is out of sight. Deciding to put away the pie, Nick prepares himself. "Okay, Toriel, neither of us are going to like what is gonna happen, but I'm sorry." With a determined look, he walks over to where he knew Toriel was sitting, reading her snail book. "Let's get this 'fight' over with."
"Hmm…curious…His LV is so high…I had hoped for a better outcome than this…" The figure muttered, keeping their eyes locked on the image of Nick. Waving their hand in front of them, the figure goes to once again, for the hundredth time, check the boy's stats.
"**LV 35…HP 99…Atk. 78…Def. 18…" The figure smirks. "I don't know what kind of past you had Nick, but if you already have an LV higher than even Frisk's during their genocide run, then you must have the ambition to destroy these pathetic monsters. Yet you haven't even attempted to harm a single one…why?
The figure begins to frown. "Has something already dulled your bloodlust? Who could have done that?" They think over everything they have heard Nick either say or think. "Mikey? You have mentioned that name quite a lot…Is he the reason why you no longer wish to kill?"
The figure paused before suddenly they broke out in an insane smile. Their eyes turned pitched black, a strange black substance oozing out of their eyes as well as their twisted mouth.
"Hehehe, don't worry partner. I'll get rid of him for you. Hell, I'll get rid of all those people running through your mind. This Freddy…, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy…all those pathetic people you call 'family'. I'll destroy them just for you. After all, people like us…we don't need family…" The figure briefly had an image pop up in their mind…an image of a small goat boy, but quickly the image vanished, being forced away. "Once they are gone we can work on reminding you of that bloodlust I know is hidden inside you. Then…then we can finally get rid of this world. And then the next one. And then the next one." The figure burst out in an insane laughter. "Won't it be fun, partner?"
And there you have it! Hmm...*sarcastically*who could that mysterious person at the end be!? I have no idea...Anyways, things are getting real close to kicking up. And our friendly little demon child Chara is gonna be having a good time trying to force our poor little Nick into having a bad time. Will they succeed, well, only I know the answer to that and you all will just have to wait.
Story Notes:
* - "CNhiacrka" in the line Asgore speaks after you die in the game, you all should know what I mean...anyways, that word is just Chara and Nick put together. I didn't want to just type in Chara's name and Nick's name in place wouldn't make sense in my eyes so I somehow ended up with that.
** - I actually put a lot of thought into Nick's stats. Obviously, since he was responsible for like every night guard's death until Mike showed up, I figure his LV would be rather high, but I didn't want to make it too high. And since there is no way to really figure out how many night guards he's killed, I decided to keep it still higher than the LV you get after killing Sans, but not incredibly high at the same time. I originally had 30 but for come reason I liked 35 better.
Also after seeing the pattern with the Atk., Def., and so on, I quickly figured Nick's Attack and Defense is most likely 100% correct, at least according to the game's pattern. The only thing I didn't really change is the HP, since I figured 99 would be like a maximum you could get for health as well as anything else. Feel free to correct me if you have proof you can in fact go above 99 on something in your stats.
Comment Replies:
Quick note before I start my replies, if I didn't respond to you, it's either because I couldn't think of a good enough reply or I just accidentally skipped over you. Sorry. Oh, and also last time I copy and pasted the comment in the story, I'm not doing that this time. I've wasted enough space in this author's note, part of the reason I moved the replies down here because my first author's note seemed too long. Re-read your comment if you don't remember what you said.
Darkmegatron13 - Yeah, I doubt Frisk would really care about people looking at them as crazy. They would just brush it off, I feel...maybe get only slightly irritated...
Rose the Gamer - Aw, I'm glad you are getting into fnaf again just in time to be reading my story. Also I am honestly glad you haven't read the fnaf story that links to this crossover, because it makes me feel like I have succeeded in writing my fnaf characters so you still know who they are without seeing all the details about their back story. Thank you. :3
CoolShadow15 - Aw, you are too sweet. I wouldn't say I am an amazing writer, though I do greatly appreciate the ego boost, hehe, but thank you anyways. I hope you continue to read this and enjoy it. Also congrats on being 20th review! I honestly probably wouldn't have notice if you didn't point that out though...
Guest - You totally called it before I could send this chapter out! Chara is always up to no good it seems! But you still have no idea how bad it will be...mwahahahahaha!
And that is everything! I honestly don't know when this will update again. May be tomorrow, may be in like 2 weeks. I don't know. I also don't know what I will be updating next, but I guess we all will just have to wait and see.
So until next time! Bye, and don't forget to review! ;3