After I got to the house, I ran upstairs to get my knapsack that I left by my bed. I grabbed the sack, my head pounding faintly, and layed down on the bed, secretly exhausted.
Please try not to talk while i'm training the kid, okay? I mentioned to the voice.
Sure, It said.
Thanks, I told the voice.
I quickly checked my watch. It was around 5 minutes until the kid would come running down the street to where I would be standing, happy, and ready to teach him. I sighed in relief as I felt the pounding stop, and I looked up at the ceiling blankly.
So you're a soul, right? I thought to the voice. It didn't respond as I grumbled in annoyance.
Mister, you can talk you know. The kids not here yet. I thought.
Duh I'm a soul. The voice replied. My heart quickened as I realized that I was talking to the thing Alphys was talking about, and that it can understand everything that I thought.
Who are you the soul of, then? I really want to know who stole all of my personal privacy and controls what I do. And what about all of that ordering around?
If you do something wrong, then you fail. My goal is to make it so you cannot fail. It said.
Who ARE you? I asked.
I cannot say, Undyne. But I want your success :) It said obnoxiously. I snorted in disbelief.
So, what do you want me to be successful in? I asked. It paused for a second before continuing.
Well. Lets just say, 13. It said, as I just got more and more confused.
13? The number? I asked.
Just that. It laughed.
"UUUUUUNDYYYYYNE! I'M HERE FOR TRAINING!" I heard a loud voice right when I was about to reply to the punks comment. I laughed at the kid's tone, as I stood up, put my knapsack on, and ran downstairs.
Now be quiet. I ordered the voice.
I'll try, It responded.
"I'M HERE!" I yelled as I swung down the steps and jumped out of the doorway enthusiastically, with the kid googling up at me as if I was the best person in the world.
"WHOA THAT WAS SO COOL UNDYNE!" Tristan yelled up to me.
"Thanks, kid!" I smirked happily as I looked around. "So today I was thinking about going into the waterfall and talking to their inhabitants, since you tend to stay mostly in Snowdin. Is that cool?" The kid jumped up and down as I mentioned it.
"Yes yes! Lets go!" The kid started running down the street. I paused for a second, smiling at the kids enthusiastic nature, and followed him down the main road to the elevator that went down to the underground.
When we arrived at the elevator the kid was already waiting for me there, jumping up and down as I stepped up to the machine. The kid followed me, and the surface was suddenly not there.
After the long and exhausting ride to the underground, the doors opened with a thump. The kid ran out into the core, and looked around, amazed.
"WHOA! I've never been to the core before!" The kid gaped in amazement. I smiled as he ran up to the lab and looked at the sign.
"Is this Alphys' lab?" The kid asked. I was about to say "yes" in my usual enthusiastic tone around children, but then I realized how I left Alphys out in the dust at the hospital. I paused for a moment, thinking about that, and then replied:
"Yes, this is… however, we don't have time to go into that right now, we have to get to the Waterfall, right?" Tristan frowned for a second, as I smiled. "I'll show you around the Core someday! It's just the Core's a little too dangerous, and I want to teach you a few more things before going in there." The kid jumped enthusiastically again, and ran to the other side of the intersection.
"Okay. Where do we go?" He asked.
"We're going to take the River person to the middle of the waterfall, and we can go from there!" I told the kid as I took the central path. He ran behind me, as I saw the River Women nod to me.
"Tra la la la la, care for a ride?" The River Person asked.
"YES PLEASE! Can we go to the…" Tristan didn't seem to know if there was a specific location that he had to say or not.
"The waterfall, please," I smiled to the River Person. The river person nodded, and both the kid and I stepped on the boat. The ground lurched as we quickly went down the river, and he got to the part where he would say one of his nonsense rhymes.
"Tra la la la la… Beware of the powers inside of you…" they said in a mysterious tone. I looked at them, shocked that they could figure out the weird soul thing inside my own soul.
"You're very funny!" The monster kid laughed, and looked at me. I smiled, reassuringly at Tristan, while secretly curious about what they knew about the subject. The River Person didn't respond to what Tristan told him, but you could see that the person enjoyed the kids company.
The boat slowed down, as the waterfall loomed into view.
Gosh. That dudes so weird. The voice said as soon as we stepped off the boat. I cringed in annoyance slightly when it talked.
Shush. I ordered the voice as the kid ran up to the middle lake in front of us.
Fine, gosh. You don't have to be so bossy. It said in a disapproving voice.
Says the voice that was bossing me around earlier, I thought back. It became quiet, as the kid ran around the pond, and looked back up to me.
"Undyne! Where should we go?" Tristan said as I walked up to him.
"We should go to where my house was. Maybe we can scavenge some things there!" I told the kid.
"OKAY! Is it over here?" Tristan ran to the path to the right.
"Nope. It's the other way," I chuckled as he jumped up and ran to the other path. I ran after him slowly, as I heard a song coming from the ghost cousins little yard. I peeked around the corner, and noticed two familiar faces.
Mettaton and another robot.
I was going to try to stealthily walk across the way to my house, but the music suddenly stopped.
"WHOA THAT WAS SO COOL!" The kid ran into their yard and yelled to them when they were singing. The other robot, who was beat boxing, stopped and paled in embarrassment, as I was practically dragged into their yard by the kid.
"HELLO, UNDYNE," Mettaton said in slight disgust. The other robot with him slinked back into a corner, seemingly scared.
"Hello, Mettaton," I said back with the same tone. The kid looked up to me, and then back at Mettaton.
"OH! HELLO," Mettaton smiled and looked down at the kid. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU'RE USUALLY IN SNOWDIN, RIGHT?" He asked curiously.
"YOU RECOGNIZED ME?!" The kid jumped up and down.
"DEFINITELY!" Mettaton laughed. "I NEVER FORGET A FAN!"
Suddenly, we heard a loud crash. Mettaton looked towards the noise, and we all saw the other robot tip over a pot accidently and it fell to the floor and broke.
"BLOOKY"
"im… im sorry mettaton! that was on accident!" the other robot said.
"Blooky? As in Napstablook?!" I looked at Blooky curiously.
"YES," Mettaton answered for Napstablook, who was still trying to go into the house, and he figured out that the door was locked.
"NO WAY! Wait… how did you know him?" I asked, deeply curious.
"HE'S MY COUSIN…" Mettaton said in a annoyed tone. "HE'S PART OF THE RED HOT CHILLY PEPPERS WITH ME AND SHYREN AND ONION-SAN, AND I CONVINCED ALPHYS TO CREATE HIM A BETTER BODY LIKE MINE SO WE CAN LOOK MORE PROFESSIONAL AND STUFF," Mettaton shrugged as Napstablook fell over on the ground after turning around. "IF YOU BREAK THOSE DRUMS I'M GOING TO BE VERY MAD AT YOU," He added to his cousin loudly.
"sorry…" Napstablook said droopily.
"Wait, so if you're cousins, then you must be a ghost too," I said to Mettaton.
"WELL DUH WE'RE BOTH GHOSTS. ALPHYS ISN'T SMART ENOUGH TO MAKE A AI. SHE'S SMART ENOUGH TO WATCH ANIME AND FANGIRL 24/7," Mettaton scoffed.
"Excuse me, but Alphys is a million time smart and more intelligent than you, and WHY did you leave? I remember when you used to live in the house next to me and then one day you just left leaving him alone!" I defended my girlfriend and Napstablook.
"HA. IS THAT A JOKE? I MEAN-" Mettaton started to say until she looked past me and waved. "OH HELLO TORIEL!" I turned around to see the ex-queen and the human standing in front of the entrance.
"Hello, Mettaton and Undyne!" Toriel said and walked up to us, and Frisk waved to us, and we waved back.
"What are you two doing in the waterfall?" I asked. Mettaton nodded, as Napstablook finally got the lock picked and he walked (actually, he kind of stumbled) into the house.
"Frisk said that they were going to show me around waterfall! It's a little bit different than what I remember…" She said in a positive attitude. Suddenly, Frisk let go of Toriel's hand and ran over and opened the door to Napstablooks house. We followed them inside of the house and noticed that he was laying down with Frisk next to him, and staring at the ceiling, his robot body piled in the corner.
"BLOOKY ARE YOU KIDDING ME," Mettaton protested in annoyance. Blooky just looked at Mettaton, and faded a little bit more. "IF YOU WANT TO BE IN A BAND YOU HAVE TO STOP BEING SO SCARED OF MESSING UP!"
"talking to people is scarey, mettaton…" Blooky commented. "im not good… at anything at all…"
"Whoa whoa whoa there. Why would you say that?" I said in a serious tone. "If it wasn't for you I probably would have bled to death in the Ruins!" I looked at him dumbfoundedly.
"that was just since i'm your neighbor and… and its a nice thing to do…" Napstablook said quietly.
"HE DID THAT?!" Mettaton looked at me dumbfoundedly. I nodded, and smiled at the ghost.
"That's not just a nice thing to do, it might have just saved my life. I'm truly in your debt," I smiled at Blooky, as he slowly got up.
"Oh… okay…" Blooky smiled slightly. He floated over to me, as I realized the most famous tv show host that was in the underground was standing right next to me.
"Feel free to post this all over the web, Mettaton, since I know that's what you do best," I told Mettaton in a annoyed tone.
"UM, EXCUSE ME? I'M FAR MORE POPULAR THAN YOU, UNDYNE," Mettaton looked at me with an annoyed look.
"Yeah, well if I were to tell everyone that you were a ghost that might change that," I looked, smiling at Mettaton while trying to give him the same exact same look he gave everyone during one of his tv shows. He growled under his breath and gave me a pissed off look.
"FINE. I WON'T," he said in a robotic tone.
"Good! Also, could you tell Ciel not to make such a big deal for celebrities arriving at the resort?" I asked Mettaton as the kid looked up at me weirdly.
"What is this training me for?" The kid asked.
"Negotiating." I told the kid, still smiling.
"WAIT HOLD ON A SECOND. CIEL IS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. IT GETS THE CROWD EXCITED, JUST BECAUSE THEY GET TO SEE ME!" Mettaton flashed his eyelashes.
"I swear you're the most gay person that ever was," I said quietly under my breath.
"WHAT?" Mettaton couldn't hear what I said, thank goodness.
"Nothing!" I pushed the matter away just like he does anytime people say his show is bad. "But don't you think its quite annoying? I mean, early in the day you praised a mouse as a famous celebrity. Like, that's not even close to a celebrity, and its very clear that you do that just so the crowd could get more pictures of your face," I told Mettaton happily.
"WAIT, HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?" Mettaton asked, slightly paling.
"It was all over UnderNet before you could say cheese. Also, Alphys was passing through, and of course she posts everything she sees!" I smiled.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Toriel, who I completely forgot was there, pushed through the crowd to stand between us. "There's no reason to be arguing about things like this, children," Toriel noted.
"I AM NOT A CHILD," Both Mettaton and I said at the same time.
"Well, you're acting like one," Toriel retorted. "Number 1, You should be happy with who you are, Mettaton. It doesn't matter if you are a ghost or a amalgamate, the Underground always accepts everyone."
"WELL THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SURFACE, DOES IT?" Mettaton scoffed. I gave Mettaton the evil eye, and he became quiet.
"And Number 2, Undyne, I expect you to at least be sensible enough to know that peer pressuring people into doing things isn't what we want in the Underground," Toriel shifted her gaze to me, as I looked down at the ground.
"NOT TO MENTION THAT SHE SWORE AT ME A COUPLE DAYS AGO. DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT ON THE NEWS?" Mettaton took advantage of Toriel's comment.
"My reputation was ruined a long time ago, Mettaton. The people on the surface think I'm a beast," I shrugged. "So, no, I don't mind."
"Why…?" Toriel looked at me, shocked.
"Ehh… Chara of course," I chuckled. "Chara is always spreading rumors about the monsters, you know that. They even said that you were a abusive parent a couple days ago. Ain't that great," I frowned. "But I don't really care! I'll be fine in the long run," I hesitated, but smiled. Frisk ran up to me and hugged my leg, and I laughed.
"DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT ON THE NEWS, TOO? UH, ABOUT CHARAS LIES?" Mettaton said apologetically.
"Yeah, that would be nice. Just don't make Chara too mad, though. You've heard of what that beast is capable of," I gave Mettaton a word of warning.
"UH, ACTUALLY I DONT… BUT OKAY," Mettaton looked at me thoughtfully.
"Oh and it would ruin your reputation entirely," I noted.
"ITS FINE. I HAVE TOO BIG OF A FANBASE TO CARE…" Mettaton shrugged. "I'M NOT POPULAR WITH THE HUMANS ANYWAY," He noted.
"Oh! I just remembered! Asgore told me to tell you about the two spears I found in the New Home," Toriel said.
"SHOULD I PUT THIS ON TV TOO?" Mettaton seemed like he was intensely interested in the topic.
"Heh, not this one. This one might make my own reputation go down, cause you know Humans and their theories…" I frowned.
"But what about the spears?" I asked Toriel.
"Uh, I dont know… I just happened to find them there and he told me that you should know…?" Toriel shrugged.
"Oh, okay," I sighed. "That's good to hear."
"Uh, what is this all about?" The kid asked.
"The old dude from the surface… I'm pretty sure his name is Revetan… said that if I figured this weird thing going on on the surface out then I can gain my reputation?" I shrugged. "I don't think it'll do much but hey that's at least something."
"Could I help?" The kid asked.
"Yeah, sure! If you see a lot of spears around that are grey and stone like tell me, and i'll take note of it," I said, and then looked at the other four monsters watching me. "You too, if you don't mind."
"Of course not," Frisk and Toriel said enthusiastically.
"Sure," Mettaton said to me, smiling like he always does.
"ill do it for you… undyne…" Napstablook said droopily as always.
"Sweet!" I said as I went to check my watch. It was already 4:37 and it was past the time I had to get the kid home.
"Um, we have to run. We are around a decent 37 minutes late," I rubbed the back of my neck embarrassingly.
"Don't worry, Undyne! My parents would be cool with it!" The kid said. Nonetheless, I proceeded to grabbing the kid and running off and giving them a quick goodbye wave before disappearing from view. Before I knew it, the scent of the damp walls of the waterfall faded into the searing hot warmth of the hotlands, and I raced into the elevator and slammed the button and put the kid down.
"WHOA THAT WAS SO COOL-" he started.
"It was nothing," I smiled at the kid. Slowly but steadily the elevator went up to the surface, and the kid was bouncing the whole way. As soon as the door opened, the kid ran away, and stopped and turned around.
"THANKS, UNDYNE!" He said.
"Are you sure you know where you're going?" I asked him.
"DUH! OF COURSE I DO!" The kid laughed and ran away. I stood there until I couldn't make out his figure in the bustle of the streets. I smiled and sighed, and started to walk back to my own house.
So wait, can I talk now? The voice said.
Fine. but don't give me a headache. Alphys might be worried. I thought, and hesitated. What would she say to me when I get back to the house?
She'd probably be really annoyed. The voice said persistently.
For the love of the Delta Rune would you please stop that, I started to get very pissed off.
Maaaayyyybe It said as a headache started to rise up in my head. I growled in annoyance as finally I stepped up on the doorstep.
Well, now is the time to be quiet. I told the voice as I went to open the door. It didn't respond, so I figured it knew better. I opened the door and walked in and put my backpack down. I started to walk to the refrigerator to get some food as I noticed Alphys sitting on the couch eating a bowl of instant noodles and watching some anime.
"Alphys, you know that stuff is bad for you…" I told Alphys. She shrugged awkwardly.
"W...well storming off when you know s...something is wrong with you is too," Alphys said a hard core comeback. I paused and looked at the ground.
"I'm fine, Alphys," I attempted to reassure her again. She then looked at me, wearing a pissed off expression.
"Fine. Be that way," She returned to contently eating her instant noodles as I sighed under my breath.
Why can't I tell her? I asked the voice.
You'll find out soon, dummy. The voice said in a annoyed tone.
Fine, be that way, I scowled back to the voice, and sat near Alphys and watched anime with her. I smiled at her fascination and her nerdiness towards the subject, even though it felt like there was a river between us because of what I did earlier. I frowned, as suddenly I felt a small weight on my shoulder.
"Here, have a blanket," she suggested. I smiled at her, and wrapped it around my shoulders in comfort.