The Lost Soul
By Ulrich362
"You're really leaving big sis?" asked a little girl with tears in her eyes. "You know what they say happens if you go there."
"Yeah, I do." answered an older girl as she continued packing a bag. "Then again, it's impossible for anything down there to be any worse than what's up here."
"Do you really think so?" the little girl inquired before the older girl embraced her in a tight hug.
"Sis, I want you to make me a promise ok?" the older girl requested. "If things get worse for you, you have to follow me."
"You mean…" the little girl started before wiping tears out of her eyes. "Ok, I promise."
"I love you, don't ever forget that." the older girl said while taking off a heart-shaped necklace and handing it to the little girl. "As long as you have this it won't matter what happens I'll always be with you."
"Ok, I love you too." the little girl said before the older girl picked up the bag and walked off.
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"Are you alright my child?" inquired a kind feminine voice.
"Huh, what?" asked a girl in a blue and purple striped shirt before noticing a humanoid goat creature holding a piece of pie. "Oh Toriel, I'm ok. It was just a dream."
"I see, well if you need anything just let me know." Toriel offered while putting the pie down.
"I really appreciate that, actually there is one thing." the girl mentioned.
"Of course, what can I do for you my child?" Toriel asked.
"How can I leave the Ruins?" the girl inquired.
"Leave, but aren't you happy here my child?" Toriel inquired. "I have so many wonderful books to share with you."
"Of course I'm happy, but I just have to leave." the girl explained. "Please, how do I leave the Ruins?"
"Wait here, I have to take care of something." Toriel stated before walking out of the room only for the girl to follow behind her as the two of them walked downstairs. "Up ahead is the end of the Ruins, and a one-way door to the rest of the Underground."
"Then does that mean…" the girl started.
"I'm going to destroy it, no one will be able to leave ever again." Toriel finished. "It's far too dangerous, so please be good and go back upstairs for me."
"You can't." the girl panicked. "I have to keep going, I still haven't found…"
"Every single child that falls down here meets the same fate, they pass through the Ruins and then he, Asgore, kills them and takes their soul. I won't allow anything like that to happen to you." Toriel explained.
"Wh… What?" the girl asked. "All of them, Asgore killed…"
"Yes, now do you understand why I'm going to destroy the exit?" Toriel inquired. "It's for your own good."
"Wait please." the girl begged. "You have to let me go, if there's even a tiny chance that…"
"I can't do that, now be good and return to your room." Toriel stated as the two of them approached a doorway.
"Toriel, please you have to let me leave." the girl begged. "I have to know what happened."
"You're that determined to leave, even though you know that the only thing waiting for you is death?" Toriel questioned.
"I have to, there's some…" the girl started.
"Then prove it." Toriel interrupted. "Prove to me that you're strong enough to survive out there."
The moment Toriel said that, she turned towards the girl and raised her hands as they began glowing with fireballs forming in them.
"What, but I can't fight you." the girl argued before diving under a fireball.
"If that's true than just go back upstairs, I do not wish to hurt you either but I won't let you leave." Toriel mentioned while throwing more fireballs towards the girl. "This is for your own good."
"You don't understand, I need to leave the Ruins." the girl pleaded while desperately trying to avoid the fireballs Toriel continued to throw.
"Do you even understand what you're asking?" Toriel asked sadly. "You want me to let you walk to your own death, that's something I won't do."
"I won't die, you were the one who taught me too talk with the monsters here in the Underground." the girl mentioned. "Please… mom."
Just as that word left the girl's mouth the flames in Toriel's hands faded and her eyes widened in shock.
"You're really that determined to leave?" Toriel inquired quietly.
"Yeah, I… I just have to." the girl answered before Toriel started laughing.
"I truly am pathetic aren't I?" Toriel asked with a small smile. "I'm not even able to save one innocent child."
"That's not it, if I could stay here with you I would but…" the girl started.
"No, I understand. It won't be easy but I'll let you leave the Ruins." Toriel finished. "Just promise me that once you leave you won't return."
"Toriel, I…" the girl started as tears formed in her eyes. "Ok, I promise."
"Thank you my child." Toriel said before reaching down and hugging the girl tightly. "Goodbye."
With those words Toriel turned and walked back towards her home as the girl looked to the door and stepped out of the Ruins only to see a golden flower with a face staring at her.
"How cute, you must think you're so special managing to get through there without killing her." the flower mocked. "You got lucky this time but sooner or later you'll learn the real way this world works."
"Flowey, what are you doing here?" the girl asked nervously. "I'm not going to do it, I won't hurt people."
"That's your choice, but if you won't kill them… They'll kill you." Flowey warned with a grin. "After all, in this world it's kill or be killed."
Just after Flowey said that, he sank into the ground and vanished leaving only a snowy path leading away from the Ruins for the girl to follow.
(A young girl has found herself in a strange world known as the Underground inhabited by monsters and has left the relative safety of the Ruins leaving behind her friendly maternal figure Toriel. Next chapter the girl will meet another monster, and start to get to know him. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)
(Author's Note: This story will be taking some creative liberties with the timeline of events.)