Ello folks! Arana here! So far this story is going good.

Once again I have nothing to say...

(Asriel speaking)

"*C'ara speaking"

"Frisk speaking to the ghosts via thought"

Chapter 3

The ceremony had been long and tedious. Frisk was bombarded with sad looks, and hopeful glances, as many of the Bright Souls followed her out to the exit of the coliseum.

It was now that Frisk realized that the Bright Souls' home land was blocked off from the rest of the world by a tall castle wall, as their cliffside homes being protected from other humans. It was common knowledge by now that normal humans were starting to dislike the magic using Bright Souls, envious of their powers and angry that their children had to be taken away if they had a Bright Soul. Frisk herself had been taken away from her parents, who supposedly, based on vague memories, lived in the closest village to Mount Ebbot.

Smiling a sad smile and waving goodbye to the other Bright Souls, Frisk lowered her goggles to cover her eyes, and put on the mask given to her by a younger Bright Soul who just happened to be her student. Taking on last look at this odd place, Frisk jumped off the balcony and summoned her soul, still diving down to get below the clouds.

C'ara wasn't to be seen, as the ghost girl was tucked away inside Frisk's soul, tired out by recent events. The trip from Frisk's room to the coliseum had been hard on the ghost, and taking a visible form had taken more energy from C'ara than expected. So, the two girls decided she was to be a passenger while Frisk flew to Ebbot Village, where she was to meet the mayor and rest for a night, maybe even go about the village, as it seemed to be her home town.

Although, Frisk did realize there was something odd about those born with Bright Souls outside those castle walls. They had normal names, but were given new names when brought into the world of magic. Frisk tried to pinpoint her own first name, but was dumbfounded to find that it was a missing piece of her memories. Even C'ara, who looked through the memories to get a better understanding of this world, couldn't find the name.

Then, suddenly, C'ara realized something.

"*Wait a minute," the ghost girl said suddenly. "*The rulers of the Underground are both Queens! How come we didn't realize this?!"

"Wait what?!" Frisk asked, startled, and almost dropped out of the air at that moment. "So we're dealing with either an odd genderbend or a -swap or -shift AU? Weird, there's no AUs like this so I don't know who would be swapped with who or who would change genders…"

"*I guess we have to wait and see."

The rest of the trip there was mainly sightseeing. Although, Frisk did pass over towns and cities, getting surprised looks from many of the folk below her. Once, when she had stopped for lunch, she was given such an odd look from the employee of the store she was at that she had to explain why she had glowing red wings. Although money wasn't an issue (she had been given American dollars just to get there, making it so she and C'ara knew they were in the USA) it was hard to buy things because some people didn't believe she was a Bright Soul. That is, until she had to desummon and resummon her wings a few times and show them that she could fly using them. Then they were a little scared and gave her discounts on everything, making her have to argue to actually pay the full price.

Frisk didn't like being treated as royalty unless she was the monster's ambassador.

Of course, she also got awed gazes from children and teens, who would come over and ask her a few questions when she landed. "How do you fly?" "Wow, what are these made of?" "What's with the heart on your back?" "Are you an angel?" were the most common questions. Once she explained she was a Bright Soul, some of the parents would move their children away, or teens would back away from her as if she was someone highly contagious. Although sometimes they'd ask how the Bright Souls were doing, or why she was outside the walls of the nation she was from.

Explaining to them that she was going to Mount Ebbot to stop a monster-human war usually got odd looks from those who didn't know or didn't believe in the monsters. Those who knew usually gave her sad stares. Although, young children would usually wish her good luck and walk away saying that she would most likely free monsters or wipe them out.

Frisk usually, inwardly, shuddered at the mention of bringing genocide to the monster folk. Memories of her only genocide run were some she wished she could keep under lock and key, never having to look at them again. But, she'd usually end up in AUs which were racked with genocide's cold touch. When she Reset and left, the world was cleansed and the ghost they had traveled with would be good and would keep the next Frisk or Chara or whomever was to fall from doing genocide. They also gained the trust of many Sanses, Papyruses, or whomever could remember Resets during their travels.

Still, Frisk and C'ara visited other places too. They talked with deer and played with the birds. But, just when the sun was touching the mountains ahead of them, they arrived at Ebbot Village. It was a small village, but large enough to be a town. It seemed that there were no chain stores about the small town, maybe do to the legend of Mount Ebbot that was spread about to keep folk away from the mountain.

Frisk spotted a rather large crowd in the town's square, with a small stage which had, presumingly, the highest officials of the town waiting for her. She could tell who the mayor was, as his suit was a bit overdone. She thought the other man was the lead officer, but she couldn't tell at the moment seeing as he started moving away from the mayor when she started to fly around the square to make landing easier.

Once Frisk had her feet on the stage, she lifted her goggles and lowered her mask, smiling and waving at the townsfolk. Many of them were in suits and dresses, which surprised both C'ara and her since it was a rather old style. The mayor came up to Frisk, obviously nervous.

"Hello, Bright Soul!" he said, bowing, as his voice betrayed, although well hidden, his nervousness. "Welcome to Ebbot Village, I'm Mayor Joe, and I hope you enjoy your stay!"

In return, Frisk also bowed. "I am Bright Soul Frisk, and I think I'm going to be staying in the village for a day or two to rest up before I got to Mount Ebbot," she said, getting surprised murmurs from the crowd. "What, you expect me to go into the mountain when I'm tired enough to fall asleep on my feet?" This earned some chuckles.

"Oh dear me, I had believed that you would go directly to the mountain after you checked in with us," Mayor Joe said, sighing with relief. "From what the archives say about the other Bright Souls who visit, they all went to the mountain before resting up."

Frisk laughed with ease, but took this piece of information with great thought. Why had the other Bright Souls go directly to Mount Ebbot? Surely they had to rest up before hand, as it would be hard to go through the Ruins with little energy, and all the fights they had to go through! It seemed a little odd, as Bright Souls usually took the opportunity to rest up when presented. Maybe they thought this was urgent business.

Thanking the townsfolk, Frisk walked to the nearest inn, quickly checking in and going to her assigned room. She found a soft bed, and gladly got under the covers, after showering, and almost fell asleep instantly.

Before she fell asleep, though, C'ara emerged from her soul, for she had to keep watch over Frisk during this period of weakness. They had had times before where someone wanted to kill Frisk when she was asleep, and if that happened before they reach Mount Ebbot, it was a instant Reset and AU jump. After all, the first time they Save in any AU is when they fall on the bed of flowers.