Hi, everyone! Here's the second chapter:

March 30, 171 A.E.

Entry #33

Today we got another letter from Wingdin. I have not put any of his letters here before, so I will put this one here now:

Dear Toriel &Asgore,

You guys are training with your parent's weapons now? That sounds so cool! My science notes say that boss monsters have drastically increased attack when they're fighting with a weapon. How strong are your attacks now? Try(dent) to learn to balance your dad's weapon, Asgore!

Cortisia just turned six a few days ago. She tried to get me to take her to the human village nearby again, but I said no. I haven't really been there since the incident last Angel's Eve, but I still plan on going there this year. I probably still won't take Cortisia, though. She'd just tell on me to our parents. Besides, if she wants to see the human village, they take all the eight year olds on a trip there every year. She'd just have to wait two more years.

I can't wait for my birthday. It's in June, so I only have to wait another two and a half months. I wish you guys could come, but I get why the queen's antsy about you guys leaving the Capital. It's okay. We can find a way to meet up with each other after the war.

Miss Helvetica has been teaching us more attacks. I don't know why humans would attack Aiphuoxbone, but Dad is always going on about how we should learn to fight "just in case." Honestly, he can stop nagging. I get it. War's dangerous.

We're learning something called a blue attack. It turns your opponent's soul blue and shifts their center of gravity. Mainly the blue attack makes it hard for the opponent to move around and jump over attacks, but you can also use it to move souls around in real life. Miss Helvetica picked up one of the other kids by the soul and moved her around. She said if you're really good at the blue attack, you can even us it to move around objects that don't have a soul. I've tried it but it's not working. I'm feeling pretty blue about it.

Anyway, recently, I've been working on my bone attacks. Last week, I managed to summon bone attacks that spelled out the words "COOL DUDE." It has no functional purpose, but it does look cool. When I made that attack, I lost the sparring match because I was focusing so much on making the attacks look showy. That's okay, though. It's only a practice match.

How's combat training going for you guys? Write back soon!

Sincerely,

W. D. Gaster

I am not sure why Wingdin's initials are W. D. Gaster and not just W. Gaster, since his first name is Wingdin and not Wing Din. I guess W. D. Gaster sounds fancier.

I am still having trouble balancing Father's trident. The tip is still too heavy. When I hold it, I always keep the tip pointing down unless I am fighting because otherwise it just hurts my arms.

The monster that Mother found to teach us how to fight is very good at his job, although he is very strict. It has been over a month since he arrived at the castle and I do not think he has spoken a word to me that is not about how I hold my trident or the balance of my stance. He was originally just supposed to teach me, but now that Toriel has her mother's staff, we are allowed to spar together.

I have never fought with a weapon before, but Mother says I must be very careful while sparring with someone else. My regular fire attacks usually just do about ten or twenty points of damage, but when I have my trident, they can do fifty. I found out about that when I accidentally hit Toriel in a sparring session two weeks ago. The trident is even more dangerous. According to Mother, a well placed poke with it can kill someone.

Toriel's staff is the same. She has better control over her flame attacks than me, so I have not been hit yet, but it looked painful when I hit Toriel. She says that it was alright, but I must keep working on controlling my attacks.

Yesterday we were sparring again while Mother watched. The tutor was standing close by in case one of us got injured. We were supposed to spar until one of us can knock the other to the ground and point their weapon at the other's chest for at least three seconds.

I swung the trident at Toriel and she blocked all of the swings, like I knew she would. At first I had been nervous to just swing a real trident at her, but hesitating only made it harder to swing the trident. When I swung at full force, the tip would feel lighter to move around than if I did not. Luckily, Toriel is very good at blocking my trident. I would be so upset if I accidentally hurt her during sparring.

Toriel rolled a few yards away from me and pointed her staff at me. Flames traveled down the shaft and the orb at the end burned purple. Fire swirled around the orb in the same direction as the blades circling it. Toriel tilted the staff upwards and a burning ball of purple fire shot towards me. I easily blocked them with my trident. A fireball was headed towards my face that I did not react to fast enough to block, but Toriel waved her hand and the fireball curved around me.

"Try your magic attacks!" the tutor shouted at us. I quickly decided on a sequence of colors the attacks will be: blue, blue, orange, blue. The trident pulsed with magic and shone the colors I have decided back at me. I swung the trident four times. Toriel stayed still for the first two times I swung and moved around for the third time before freezing in place for the last swing.

It was Toriel's turn. The orb on her staff glowed orange, blue, blue, and orange. I moved the first time she swung the staff at me, then I stood still as the trail of blue flames the staff left behind passed through my body harmlessly. I waited until she had finished her second swing before running though the orange fire she had left behind, and did the same for the third swing. At the end of the fourth swing, I almost moved before the last of the blue fire had passed by.

As soon as the fire was gone, I charged at her, my trident pointed towards her arm. It was an easy enough strike that Toriel would have no problem dodging it. It was one of the first basic attacks that the tutor had taught us. I saw her glance at Mother, who gave an approving nod. In return, Toriel took a shaky breath and focused on me again.

She did not dodge the swing. Instead, she stepped to the right so that my trident would have been driven right into her chest, where her soul was. Startled, I moved my trident out of the way seconds before I ran into her. I crashed into her and would have made both of us fall, but Toriel stepped out of the way just in time for me to fall face first into the grass. I rolled onto my back, shocked and dazed, and saw her point her staff at my chest.

"One," she counted with a grim determination on her face, "two, three." Toriel turned to Mother and the tutor. "I win," she said. Mother chuckled and clapped. The tutor gave Toriel an approving nod. I angrily stood up and marched towards her.

"What the heck was that?" I demanded, "I could have stabbed you!"

Toriel jumped, "I knew you would pull away in time," she said. I noticed her hands and knees were shaking.

"Yeah but that was cheating! You cannot use that in actual battle!"

"Of course she can, Azzy," Mother said, "There is no cheating in an actual battle."

"What if you were fighting against someone who actually wanted to kill you?" I asked Toriel, "They will not move aside for you. Will you just kill yourself to defeat an enemy?"

"If the situation calls for it," Mother said, "then yes, she will." Toriel hugged her arm and gave me a small nod.

"It is my responsibility to protect you if anything happens," Toriel said softly, "If a human is going to threaten your life, then I will do what I must."

I turned to Mother, but she shook her head. "Toriel won this match, Azzy," she said, "There's no use in arguing. Don't worry. Practice more and maybe next time you'll beat her. I think you two both did a great job today and you both deserve a break. Tomorrow you will meet here again and practice."

Mother left to make us some cold drinks and the tutor went back to his quarters for the day. I was left alone with Toriel. She stood with her back facing me, trying to steady her shallow breaths. That close call with the trident must have scared her a lot more than she let on.

"I do not want to ever fight in a real battle," I said to her. Toriel tensed and began to walk away, but I caught up and grabbed her wrist. "I do not want to ever fight an actual battle, but we both know that that will happen someday. When we do battle-whether it is with humans or someone else-please promise me you will not try what you did today."

Toriel pulled her hand away and turned to me. "I-I do not want to die, either," she said, "I promise I will not do it unless your life is in danger."

"No!" I said, "You need to promise you will not do it at all! I will protect myself, but I do not want anyone else dying to protect me! You need to promise you will never pull a stunt like that again. Promise me you will not put yourself in danger just to protect me."

Toriel sighed. "Fine," she said, "I promise." With that she quietly left. We both knew, though, that she did not plan on keeping that promise.

I do not want anyone risking their lives for me. I must be king someday. What good is a king if he cannot even protect his people? What good is a king if he cannot even protect his royal advisor? I do not think I could stand it if Toriel died.

Toriel has always been smarter and stronger than me. She understands the kingdom more than I do. She would be a much better leader than me. The monster kingdom needs their king, but I need my royal advisor.

Oh, what do I do? I do not know anymore.

~Asgore

Hooo boy there's no way this could ever come into play either.

I know that Toriel needs to have a weaker attack than Asgore because she's the boss you fight first when you're not as experienced in the game and Asgore's kinda the final boss excluding Flowey/Asriel. I came up with this whole weapon means stronger attack thing because why not. Be glad you don't have to go against Toriel's staff in the game.

Remember that if you're going to make someone wait for four hours in the hospital, then maybe give them wifi so they don't have to watch Toopy and Binoo for three of those four hours. (Yesterday was...interesting.)

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~Pandora