Hi everyone! Here's the chapter for this week:

September 27, 170 A.E.

Entry #13

I do not like combat class at all. Our school teaches attacks that skeletons use. Toriel and I are boss monsters, so we can never do them. When the time comes for the class to practice, Toriel and I are left sparring with each other with our flame attacks. When we spar with skeletons, we always get beaten. Miss Helvetica says our magic is amplified if we have a weapon. I would love to have a trident like Fathers.

Today we had our combat class in a field outside of town. Miss Helvetica taught us a new attack. Of course, Toriel and I could not do it, but this time the rest of the class could not do it either.

"A skeleton's soul is very unique," Miss Helvetica said, "As you all know, skeletons don't entirely disappear after death. Their spirit will reside in the souls of other skeletons that remember them. You can use the power of their spirit to strengthen one of your attacks.

"Emotion, as you all know, has very strong effects on a monster's attacks. The stronger your feelings are towards the skeleton you're channeling power from, and the more clearly you remember them, the stronger your attack will be."

"I don't expect most of you to be able to use this attack. I sincerely hope you will not be able to use it until you're very old." She breathed in deeply. An elongated skull appeared. She waved her hand in one swift, quick motion. A beam of light shot out of the skull's mouth and obliterated a target about a hundred meters away.

"This is the blaster attack," Miss Helvetica said, putting her hand down, "You can only use it if you remember another skeleton that has died. You can only summon one so powerful if that skeleton was someone you loved very much." She smiled sadly. "You most likely won't know this, but my mother fell down a few decades ago."

She made the class attempt the attack. There were only about five people that could summon the blaster, and the blasters were all very weak. Miss Helvetica says that because we are so young, we would not have very clear memories of whoever died. Even if we did, they would not have been too important to us.

Meanwhile, Toriel and I were sparring. I do not think I am very good at controlling where my flames go. Toriel says that that means my opponent would be less likely to guess where the flames go and I would be more likely to hit my opponent.

I summoned a giant wave of flames. Toriel tried to dodge, but was hit several times anyway. Of course, when we spar, we always use attacks that do not deal a lot of damage. Toriel only lost about twenty HP.

"Good job, Gorey," she said as I healed her burns, "You should use that attack more often."

"It is very draining, though," I said, "I do not think I can use it more than a few times in a fight."

Toriel stared at the rest of the class as they tried to summon blasters. I knew who she was thinking about. Toriel's mom fell down about a year ago. She was so kind to me. I still really miss her, but Toriel must miss her even more. Her mom must have been on Toriel's mind the entire class.

I knew what she was thinking: if she were a skeleton, Toriel would have the most powerful blaster in the class. I'm not sure that would be a very good thing.

"Hey, Tori," I said "Are you okay?"

Toriel tensed and turned to me. "Yeah!" she said, "I am fine! Let's keep sparring."

I raised an eyebrow. I have known her my entire life. I could tell when she was not fine. I hugged her, and a few moments later she hugged me back.

"I am okay," she sniffed, "Really, Asgore."

"You know you can always talk to me," I said.

"I know."

I pulled back from the hug. "Are you sure you are okay?"

Toriel waved her hand. "Of course," she said, "I still have Mother, right?"

We sparred for the rest of the class. I beat Toriel several times. I am not sure if she was going easy on me on purpose, though.

I know she will be alright. Sometimes she just gets very sad over her mom but she always cheers up by the next day. I just wish I could help her more.

~Asgore

By the way this is all going to play into Toriel's character arc.

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~Pandora