Omg why did I say I would update today too...
*Crosses fingers that WiFi works...*
wow this chapter is 40 words below the limit but it's also like 40 minutes past the bedtime I shouldn't even have so I call it even...
He walked to the other side of the river, this time getting the bottom of this pants wet. He looked down in response to the wetness. If he was used to expressing emotions, he would have grimaced.
It wasn't because his pants were wet, but because for the first time he noticed he was wearing pants that were the same color blue as his oversized blue and purple sweater. His fashion sense couldn't have been that bad, could it? Ugh! How could Chara stand his lame taste of clothes!
He paused for a second. He wondered how it was possible for at one point to seemingly not care about something, and then care about it later. He didn't feel to inclined to change since no clothes were near by, but still, it made him wonder how he could ever pick such a hideous outfit in the first place. His distasteful outfit was proof that he was different than he once was.
Who was I...? he wondered.
A brief blur flashed past his eyes.
"Mom! I told you that I hated this shade of blue! Get me something different!" The voice sounded like a high pitched whiny toddler.
Was that him?
No, he thought. That isn't me. I'm an explorer, I move on anyway. I go forward. I stay determined.
With that thought, he snapped out of his daze and continued walking down the path.
In this part, some of the crystals gave off a light, like most of this cave area, but only the crystals in the front of the path shined, making everything backlit as he walked away from the shining crystals. He walked up to a grassy patch blocking the path. Blocking was the wrong word, though. It was easy to get through, all he had to do was walk inside the patch of grass. The long grass stretched over his head. Any outsider looking in wouldn't see him.
Knowing this, he froze when he heard iron footsteps approaching.
It was a soldier.
Killing civilians, as strong as they may be, couldn't compare with killing a soldier of the royal army. He wasn't sure he could compete. He tried not to make a sound.
The soldier was staring right at him, but couldn't see him. He could see the warrior, though, and the blue spear aimed right at him.
When he heard the soldier retreat back, as if they found nothing, he decided it was okay to keep moving on, so shimmied out of the grass. The tall grass was loud when you walked through it. He paused when he heard the grass move after he got out. He stood there as the monster kid came out.
"Yo... did you see the way she was staring at you...? That... was AWESOME! I'm soooo jealous! She was just standing there waiting FOREVER, and then you just!" She seemed at a lost for words. "C'mon, let's go watch her beat up some bad guys!" she fangirled, running off down the path. She tripped, but before he had time to help her up, she got up again and ran off.
She.
The soldier was not just any soldier, but the hero of the monster girl, the one Chara would face, Undyne.
He was wise to not try and fight her yet.
The next cavern was strange. There was a sign on the wall too dark to read, and four lilies in a separate cavern. If this was the winter wasteland, he would believe this was a puzzle, but this puzzle was already solved. Who would have solved it for him this time?
It's not solved for me... it's solved for the evacuating monsters...
He walked on the lily pads to get across the river gap and continued on down the path.
He got to the next room... and to his joy, he saw a monster running away. If we wanted to help Chara defeat Undyne, he would need more EXP. Another monster to kill was just was he needed.
The monster was some kind of half-fish half-horse hybrid with big human muscles. He had no idea what to name it, neither did he want to go through the trouble of naming it. Despite the monster's muscles, he guessed the battle would be a piece of cake.
As if to mock the monster, he flexed in preparation for his next punch, before landing one right on his abs. His punch did damage not only to the monster, but to his fist as well. It wasn't much damage, so he just shook out his hand to ignore the pain. he got ready for the next punch. This time he aimed for the sides, and had better luck without damaging his own hands. The monster flexed his muscles for the last time as he faded away into dust.
This room was just like the other room. There was a puzzle, but it was not done so he could get out faster. He found three monsters trying to evacuate and ground them all into dust. Literally.
Now that the area was cleared, he picked up one of the lotus flowers on the ground. He saw how when four of them lined up, the blossoms opened and formed a bridge. He carried the blossom to the back of the cavern, near a big lake. He could see there was some sort of dock past the lake, but there was no way to get to it. He set the lily down in the lake and watched as it floated off until it hit the dock. He did the same with the other three, and watched as the four opened. He walked on the bridge he created and found the dock lead to a tiny opening in the cave with nothing but a bench and a flower. He listened to the flower.
"I just wasn't ready for the responsibility..." it echoed in it's tiny, bell-like voice. He wondered what responsibility this monster wasn't ready for. Then, he saw something under the bench. He got down on his hands and knees to get a closer look. He picked it up. Someone had abandoned a quiche under the bench. He noticed how the green pieces were spinach, and not mold. It must have been because of magic. Deciding that it could heal him, he decided to keep it in his inventory. It was probably physiologically damaged and needed to be loved and eaten.
He got out of the area and decided to move on past the river and through a door through the cave's wall supported by wood.
The next cavern were two hallways intersecting, both that led to nowhere. There were blue flowers everywhere. He hoped each told a story, but they were all strangely silent, as if the flowers were to scared to share their story. In the middle of the room was a telescope. He decided to see if the telescope held any answers, but then, he saw two odd jelly creatures walking towards a wall in hopes to escape. They were too slow. The small, moldy, jelly funguses were easily defeated. They had already given up. Moldsmal...
After that, he got to the telescope. It did hold his answer. He needed to check the wall by the path that leads to the left. Somehow, there was a door there he didn't notice before. Someone must have recently opened it. He went through that door to the next area.
The next part of the cavern was one gigantic lake with a dock suspended above it. On the walls were signs lit up by crystals so they were eligible. They were ancient words.
"the war of humans and monsters..." he read out loud. He kept reading, excited to learn more about the history of monsters, humans, and magic. He had to go to the next sign to read on. "Why did the humans attack? Indeed, it seemed that they had nothing to fear. Humans are unbelievably strong. It would take the soul of ever monster just to equal the power of a single human soul." He stopped reading to think. The monsters must hate humans so much because the humans started the war. He moved on to the next sign. The next sign was not as well lit, but he still tried making out the words. "Humans have a weakness... the strength of their soul... it persists outside the body after death..." He read only what he could read, and then moved onto the next sign, which was just as hard to read. "If a monster.. defeats a human... take its soul... A monster with a human... a beast with lots of power..." his eyes went wide. If he died, a monster could grab his soul and become more powerful than he ever was. He went to read the last sign, but the last sign was just a drawing a strange creature. It probably was the beast the last sign was talking about. He became unsettled about how much raw power the monster seemed to have.
At the end of the dock was a little boat that would seemingly bring him to the other side. Seeing it as being the only way forward, he stepped on it and rode across to the other side. It wasn't too hard to control. The boat returned to the other side of the dock once he was safely across. He wondered how he was to get back.
Don't be an idiot. You don't need to go back. Chara is somewhere ahead of you, not behind you.
And he was determined to find her. He needed answers. What was that creature? Why was there this power outage? Why did she go away? Why couldn't she just tell him she was leaving?
She spied from up on top of a rock pillar, waiting for Frisk to pass by her. She would distract Undyne. He needed to keep killing the monsters for her before she lost her human form.
She was growing weak, despite the fact that she had killed 20 monsters in this area. With the 6 Frisk killed, she could probably find a way to use a powerful magic on Undyne and delay her from fighting Frisk. Frisk needed more time to gain EXP.
And to finish off his little newfound friend.
She'd even kill that monster herself using Frisk's body.
She didn't want Frisk getting closer with anyone else, especially not a girl.
Frisk... stay determined... you are the future of all humans and monsters... and the future of me...
Wait, most people make Monster Kid a guy? (Wow an actual good boyxboy pairing wait what shhh) But... she has a bow.. I mean sure she TALKS like a guy, but I've met plenty of girls girly enough to wear a bow but still talks like that to guys...
Also, NO, I did not make her a girl just for the sake of Chara being jealous. I guarantee you I cannot do foreshadowing because I am figuring out the plot of this story at the same time you are.
And I know gender also doesn't really matter, but I would get really confused if I said "they" instead of "he" or "she" so I just assign everyone genders for convenience, not for confinement.
R&R (really and ready...)