Undertale Spoilers!

I don't own Undertale. I don't know if writing that is necessary, but I think it's a good idea just in case.

I noticed it getting hotter. Heat rises, huh. I was pulled onto a ledge in Hotland's 'ceiling'. Further forwards, there was a cave. Inside was some kind of black curtain. Wait. No. Not a curtain. Spiders. Hundreds. Thousands. Millions. I mentioned earlier that I'm a wimp? I hate spiders.

A humanoid spider, as tall as me stepped forward.

"Hello, dearie~" she giggled. "I'm Tuffet! The Royal Guard are looking for you! I got a tip off from some silly skeleton in a Halloween costume. He said you were heading around here!" She giggled again, and the colour faded from the world around us. The sound of bubbling lava from below was dampened.

I tore the web net off me and threw it to the floor. Tuffet stretched an arm out and thousands of tiny spiders dashed forwards, covering most of the ground in webs. There were only three places I could stand that wouldn't get me stuck. Tuffet began swiping with her claws, laughing as she did so.

"You know, the Royal Guard will pay us a huge sum of money for your SOUL, dearie~" she told me. "You wouldn't want to deny us money that we deserve, would you? We need it to buy more air conditioning units so we can all escape Hotland!"

I continued ducking and weaving under and around her swipes. Occasionally, her spiders would rush forward, but she clearly wasn't very good at commanding them, because they quickly backed off whenever I swiped at them with my notebook.

"You see, this heat is deadly to spiders, but with enough air conditioning units and batteries, we'll be able to escape to somewhere a little cooler!" She giggled again, and her spiders rushed forward.

I swiped downwards with my notebook and they scattered.

"I… I don't want any trouble." I stammered. "I just want to get out of here."

"Oh yes, I'm sure you'll be allowed to leave once the king has all seven human SOULS."

"All seven? How many does he have now?"

"Gosh, how would I know?" She asked.

For a minute, it had seemed like an okay idea. I could lend the king my soul and let him do whatever he wanted, and then I could go. But there was no way I could wait for (possibly) another six humans to come down here. I might not even live that long.

"Get away from me!" I shouted, hoping Sans would teleport up here and help me out. I was hoping it wasn't one of those lame teleportation powers where you could only go somewhere you've already been. Tuffet turned to the side a little and aimed her fat spider abdomen thing at me. A stream of webs shot out and I danced to the side to avoid it, falling into the webbed floor as I did so.

I'm fucked.

Tuffet giggled and reached out to take my SOUL.

Perseverance.

No. I won't die. I can't die. I WILL SURVIVE!

I tore my tattered notebook from the webbed ground and struck it against Tuffet's right shoulder. As I did so, I was reminded of a paragraph from a book on monsters.

Monsters's bodies are not composed of matter like human's bodies are. Instead, we are made of a combination of matter and magic. This means that whatever weapon is used on a monster, a similar amount of damage is inflicted. It is the killing intent that causes damage. The will to destroy is much more powerful than the weapon.

My notebook ripped through Tuffet, beginning at her shoulder and ending at her waist. She was split in two. The color returned to the world, along with the horror of what I had done.

Another, smaller spider crept around the corner.

"Mummy…?"

"Muffet…" Whispered Tuffet. "Run…"

Tuffet turned to dust, and was blown away by Hotland's winds.

"Where did mummy go?" Asked the smaller spider, Muffet.

I looked between Muffet and the cave entrance.

"I… I…" I was speechless.

I ran towards the cave entrance and jumped.

I don't know how clear I made it, but Tuffet was Muffet's mother. The fact that Purple kills her kinda explains why Muffet prioritizes the lives of her spiders. Her whole motive became protecting the spiders and getting them to a new home away from Hotland.

Anyway. This chapter was fun to write. See y'all on Thursday!

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