Hello folks, Arana AGF here! And I am finally going to post another Basket of Kindness chapter!
(applause is heard in the background from Frisk and a few of the Underfell monster, which included Sans, Toriel, and surprisingly Papyrus)
Anyways, I'd like you guys reading to help me with something. Do you wish to see an idea of your's play out? If you give me the idea, I'll look it over. If it sparks an imaginative though for the story, it'll likely be put it.
And now, onto the story!
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Chapter 3- Nice Cream
"You want to see a new item be stocked here at my shop?" Ms. Bungie, the local shopkeeper and Marcus's aunt, asked.
"Yeah!" MK said. "We call it Nice Cream!"
Frisk held up a wrapped item. "We even brought one for you to sample!" she said, with a giggle. "Make sure to read what the wrapper says!"
Ms. Bungie grudgingly took the Nice Cream from Frisk, and carefully unwrapped it. The ice cream was blue in color, and had chocolate stripes. She looked at the wrapper, and was very, very surprised at what it said.
"You're shop warms the heart of Snowdin, be happy you run it!" the wrapper said.
They had somehow picked one, randomly from their basket of Nice Cream in the next room, that was perfect for the shopkeeper.
Trying not to seem weak in front of the children by crying, Ms. Bungie took a small bite from the ice cream. It's flavor: blueberry mixed with chocolate. Something she had once tasted in her childhood, a favorite flavor of her's.
A tear went down the bunny's cheek, and she sniffed a little. "I think these will be perfect for spreading more of your warmth through Snowdin," she said, stuttering a little.
The group of kids cheered.
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To the joy of the group of children, Nice Cream was a success. With the help of a little magic from Flowey, somehow the Nice Creams' messages were going to the right monsters. Some of the other school children had some, and even Sans had stopped by to get one.
Papyrus, too, had surprised the kids by stopping by the store to buy some Cinnabuns, and had also took a sample Nice Cream.
He left with a small, but noticeable, smile.
"We are actually doing something!" cheered MK the next day, as they group watched people greeting each other instead of growling, and kids laughing about jokes. Two guards, who had stopped by, were each eating Nice Cream, talking happily with each other.
Even Papyrus was feeling the warmth filling the cold cave, as he only snorted when Sans brought up a supposingly touchy subject (Papyrus's cooking skills) in public. And gave him a small, barely hard smack.
"See, it's so easy, us kids can do it!" Frisk said with a smile. "Even the Royal Guards are picking up on it."
"OK, where are the kids?!" growled a voice.
"Shoot, that's Undyne!" MK yelped.
"She doesn't sound too happy!" Snowdrake cried.
"Run!" Marcus yelled, and the group took off to the dog cave.
"Woof," the dog greeted as they rushed in.
"Need to hide!" Frisk cried, arms waving.
"Woof?" the dog asked.
"Undyne! She's searching for Frisk!" MK answered.
"Woof!" the dog yelped, opening the door to his room. The kids, and he, rushed inside.
"OK, you pipsqueaks, where are you?" Undyne growled, looking in the cavern. "A dead end? No wait, that's Toby's room. He wouldn't want me intruding…"
"Undyne, I'm pretty sure that the group of kids went down to that cave," Alphys's voice said over a walky-talky. "The human hasn't gone to the Ruins yet."
"Shoot, they could have gotten passed your cameras!"
"No, they couldn't have! I'm checking every one of them, and the kids are no where…"
"Well, I guess I'll have to catch that human another time," Undyne huffed. She walked out the cave maw…
...And almost ran right into Papyrus. To say the least, Undyne jumped, which was unusual for her.
"Jeez, Papyrus!" Undyne growled. "Don't scare me like that."
"I CAME TO TELL YOU," Papyrus growled, his voice loud enough to be heard by the kids in the dog's room (which he knew they were there) as he spoke. "THAT THE RESIDENTS OF SNOWDIN ARE UNHAPPY THAT YOU DECIDED TO CHASE THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE GETTING A SENSE OF WARMTH IN THIS COLD CAVERN."
"Well, one of them is a human!" Undyne growled back. "How would they react to knowing that a human has been doing this?!"
"I HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING FOR TOMORROW," Papyrus growled. "WHERE I WILL HAVE THE HUMAN, WHO GOES BY FRISK, TELL THE TOWN THAT SHE IS A HUMAN. BY THIS POINT, THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING TO CARE."
"What do you mean by that?" Undyne asked.
"DID YOU NOT NOTICE THAT EVERYONE WAS ENJOYING TODAY?" Papyrus countered. "THEY DISCARDED THEIR MISTRUST IN OTHERS. THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE IN SNOWDIN, INCLUDING ME." He looked away for a moment. "I SEE NOW THAT THE RULE 'KILL OR BE KILLED' IS A BIT… OVER DOING THINGS. JUST BECAUSE WE ARE STUCK DOWN HERE DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD FIGHT EACH OTHER. JUST BECAUSE KING ASGORE IS WAITING FOR THE LAST SOUL TO BREAK THE BARRIER DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD GIVE UP SUCH A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE TO BE FREE.
"WE ALL WISH FOR BETTER LIVES. IF WE DO EVER MAKE IT TO THE SURFACE, I AM NOT GOING TO FIGHT IN KING ASGORE'S WAR. HUMANS ARE NOT EVIL, AS FRISK HAS SHOWN," Papyrus then turned his warmth laced gaze to Undyne. "DOESN'T ALPHYS WANT A BETTER LIFE? ONE WHERE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO TORTURE POOR, FALLEN DOWN MONSTERS BY BRINGING THEM BACK AND FUSING THEM TOGETHER? DON'T YOU WISH THAT YOU COULD SEE PASSED THE HATE YOU CARRY, AND LIVE PEACEFULLY HERE IN THE UNDERGROUND?"
As Papyrus was talking to Undyne, the group of kids, plus Toby the dog, watched from a secret camera that Toby had placed outside his door.
"Well, we got one powerful monster down," MK said. "And Snowdin is grasping the idea of lowercase love down. We should move on to Waterfall!"
"Yeah, but we would have to do that on the weekends…" Snowdrake said slowly. "Plus, Undyne is usually there when she's off duty. We'd have to sneak around…"
Frisk looked at the screen, her face determined. "Then we start with Undyne," she said, her voice not hinting any fear. "We do that, and she'll spread it on too."
"Should we really attend the meeting tomorrow?" Marcus asked.
"Of course!" Frisk said cheerfully. "The town needs to know what I really am!"
"Woof," Toby said, barking into his bark-to-speech program. It read, "I shall go talk with the Temmies. They can help too."
"How are we going to get the Temmies on our side?" MK asked.
Toby just brought out a bag filled with gold.
"Oh."
"So, are we ready, or not?" Frisk said, as she watched Undyne storm off towards Snowdin. "I'll get mom to come too!" Then she paused. "Wait, no, I'll get her when I need to face Asgore."
"You facing Asgore?" MK asked, fear in his voice.
"I'll bring all the monsters I've befriended with me," Frisk laughed. "The entire Underground hopefully! Then, he'd have no choice but to go along with the plan Flowey and I made." She nodded to the flower.
"Once we have everyone in the Underground on our side, I'm going to do something a tad dangerous, and Frisk will make sure I don't lose myself," Flowey said. "I'll absorb all the souls in the Underground, and break the Barrier! When I do that, I'll release the souls and go back to being a flower. Then, we will all live happily on the Surface!"
The others stood mouth a-gape. Toby barked in the program again.
"That's a great idea!" it read out.
This caused the others to be even more shocked.
"Then it can be done!" Flowey said proudly. "We'll be the group to free the monsters!"
"And you'll be your old self for a short time," Frisk said slowly.
Flowey paused. "That's why you'll be there, so I don't lose myself and go evil," he said.
"Wait, Flowey wasn't always Flowey?" MK finally asked.
"No, I'm a soulless flower at the moment," Flowey said. "And I actually prefer being soulless. Being Asriel really doesn't sound too good anymore. I was really mean back then…"
"You were the prince of all monsters?!" Snowdrake yelped.
"Yes, and I dislike that title, please don't call me that," Flowey groaned. "It brings back bad memories."
"Still, we have to go through with this plan," Frisk said. "Because I want humans and monsters to live peacefully together." She then thought of something, and put her hand out. "All for one." She then raised her hand, closing it into a fist. "And one for all!"
The others looked at her in awe.
She was determined to free them. And she would do it.
It was her destiny, after all, she thought.
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And that has to be the longest chapter I have ever written. Anyways, I am getting back into this. I hope you guys liked this chapter! If you have any ideas or thoughts, please review!
~Arana