Frisk turned to the Temmies one final time before smiling gently. "It was nice to meet you all, and I hope you'll have great lives on the surface."
"Human… you don't know what this means to us, thank you." Bob the Temmie whispered as Frisk left the shop and continued on her path through Waterfall.
Frisk walked back only to see the room had gotten dark again with the path no longer lit up by the mushrooms causing her to stumble around in the dark until she found one of the mushrooms and managed to light up a small part of the room as she retraced her prior steps only to turn and try to follow the path again before eventually reaching a small lantern shaped plant that lit up when she approached it.
"Oh, I guess these plants light up the path when I get near them. This place is beautiful big sis… I know that the monsters will be happy when I give the king my SOUL… but hopefully they still can come down here sometimes." Frisk whispered as she continued along the path only to briefly pause and wipe tears from her eyes.
Frisk continued along the path before eventually reaching a dark room with an echo flower across some water. Frisk slowly approached the flower before listening to what it had to say.
"Behind you."
Hearing that Frisk immediately turned around to see Undyne standing there only for her to shake her head and just walk off moments before Monster Kid emerged from some grass nearby.
"Whoa, did you see that? What do you think happened?" Monster Kid asked excitedly.
"I… don't know." Frisk admitted. "Maybe… she wants to let me see the King?"
Monster Kid looked at Frisk before nodding. "Maybe, I still can't believe you're really going to do this for all of us."
"You all deserve to be free." Frisk replied before pausing. "Was that other path here the whole time?"
Monster Kid glanced over to where a path leading out of the water had seemed to appear. "Oh yeah, it's always there but sometimes this room gets a little bit darker so it's hard to see."
Frisk nodded before turning to Monster Kid. "Well, it was nice to meet you. I hope you have a good life on the surface."
With that said Frisk walked back into the water before taking the other path and reaching a bridge with an underground mountain on the other side.
"Human…" called a voice from the top of the mountain before Undyne jumped down and approached Frisk. "You know why I'm here don't you?"
"Yes but… please, I just have to see the King." Frisk requested sadly. "I have…"
"I know, you're not attacking any of us and on top of that you lost someone close to you… arguably the closest person in the world to you." Undyne interjected. "That's why I want to talk with you before you continue."
Frisk blinked in surprise before nodding. "Ok."
Undyne turned and motioned for Frisk to walk with her before the two of them slowly walked through Waterfall.
"You understand what you're planning on doing don't you?" Undyne questioned. "By going to King Asgore Dreemurr and offering him your SOUL?"
Frisk just nodded sadly. "I know, but you all deserve your freedom… and once I give up my SOUL, I'll be able to see her again."
"Your older sister Chara." Undyne nodded. "I talked with Sans and put things together. You're a different kind of human."
Frisk looked down sadly. "Most humans aren't like me or Chara… she is… was my hero."
Undyne frowned hearing that. "If you don't mind me asking, what kind of humans are up there on the surface?"
"… Without Chara, all that's up there are the real monsters." Frisk answered. "You all deserve to be free, but it's not a good place."
"I was afraid it would be something like that, but we should be alright." Undyne admitted only to pause as they reached a sign that read Welcome to Hotland! "I want you to answer one last question for me."
Frisk turned to Undyne before nodding. "What is it?"
"If you make it to see King Asgore, what are you going to do?" Undyne asked her. "You want to give up your SOUL but given what I've seen… he won't want to hurt you; would you be willing to go that far for us?"
Frisk looked down nervously hearing that. "You mean would I be willing to kill myself, right?"
"Yeah, it may come to that." Undyne admitted. "If it does… what are you going to do?"
Frisk closed her eyes before taking a slow breath. "It won't be easy, but if I had to I could do it. I want to free you all… and see my big sister again."
Undyne looked at Frisk before smiling gently. "They're right about you… be careful in Hotland Frisk. You're getting closer and closer to the king."
"I know, it's almost over." Frisk nodded before walking into the next area of the Underground as Undyne turned and walked back into Waterfall
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"I'M CERTAIN FRISK IS GOING TO BE OK YOUR MAJESTY." Papyrus reassured her. "UNDYNE PROMISED NOT TO HARM HER AND WE WILL BE THERE WHEN SHE REACHES THE KING TO SUPPORT HER IN WHATEVER CHOICE SHE MAKES."
"I know Papyrus, but it's still hard to think about. Frisk is walking to her death and there's nothing we can do." Toriel admitted sadly only for Undyne to approach them.
"is something wrong Undyne?" Sans inquired seeing her.
"Nothing's wrong, Frisk's reached Hotland but I came back to meet up with you. You wanted to be there when she reaches the king right?" Undyne asked.
"Yes, thank you Undyne." Toriel smiled softly.
Undyne nodded. "I'll speak to the guards so you can catch up with her."
(Frisk has finally gotten through Waterfall and reached Hotland and Undyne has joined up with Toriel, Sans, and Papyrus to help them catch up to Frisk. Next chapter Frisk will meet a very important resident of the Underground. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)