Gregory's POV:

As we stand at the entrance of the throne room, I look over to Frisk. I feel the same way as when it reached 6 am. After all we have been through, we have made it to the end. I'm not going to lie and say that I enjoyed it, everything here was trying to kill me after all! But I made friends with Frisk, and Vanny is nowhere to be found. Honestly, I don't know if that is good or bad. While we were here, I saw what happened to the other children. In the basement nearby there are…. Coffins… But strangely enough all of them were empty, with their lids laying on the ground. Frisk told me about the bodies and how they are supposed to be here. What happened to them?

Stepping into the throne room, the first thing I notice is the figure standing in the middle of the room. He is enormous compared to the other monsters, with his shoulder's broad. He is not facing us, so the only details I can make out is his purple cape and his golden armor. The room itself is covered with flowers; it might as well be a garden! And are those birds chirping?!

"Dum dee dum… Oh? Is someone there? Just a moment! I have almost finished watering these flowers." I feel myself tense up as he begins to turn around. I didn't expect him to sound so welcoming.

"Here we are! Howdy! How can I…" As he looks at us his smile drops, as the color from his face drains. He looks as if he is upset to see us. But doesn't he want to kill us for our souls, yet it looks like he is frozen in fear. He takes a step back and puts the watering can down, looking away from us.

"Oh." He looks at the wall of the throne room, it's as if he is lost in thought. Finally, he turns to face us with a forced smile and uncomfortable smile. After a moment of silence, he starts talking.

"... I so badly want to say, 'would you like a cup of tea?'. But… You know how it is." Walking to the left, he turns to face us. His shoulders are slumped, and he is staring at us… but it's as if it's in… guilt…. No that can't be it. Undyne the head of the Royal guard was hellbent on killing us. And the King is in charge of it all, it has to be an act. Right?

"Nice day today, huh? Birds are singing, flowers are blooming…Perfect weather for a game of catch." Asgore goes silent again. Finally taking a deep breath I speak.

"You're the king of the monster? But you don't seem to want to kill us, so… why are you doing this?" Asgore looks at me as he gives me a sad smile.

"I… don't….. I just wanted to give them hope….but the things I have done…You know what we must do. When the two of you are ready, come into the next room. " Asgore turns and leaves the room. He's going to fight us! Looking over at Frisk they smile their infectious smile while holding my hand. We can do this…..

Following Asgore we reach the entrance to the barrier. Asgore the entire time seems sad. He tries to make us feel at ease, but it feels like he is trying to calm himself down. Asgore tells us to only enter when we are ready, before entering himself. There is no going back after this.

Frisk saves before the two of us enter the room. And the room….. It's like nothing I have ever seen before. The room itself appears endless, and it keeps changing from black to white. Asgore tells us about the barrier, that it's the only thing keeping everyone trapped here. Asgore gives us one more chance to prepare, tells us if we have any unfinished business to go and do it first. Looking at Frisk they nod, it's time.

"We're….. We're ready." Looking at Asgore I try to sound as confident as I can. But it's still hard. It's just like back at the Pizzaplex, when I decided to leave. But the entrance was clear before, with just me and Freddy. The only thing stopping us now is…. Asgore.

"...I see… This is it, then." Asgore turns around. And rising from the floor are vials containing souls. The other humans….. Six of them have souls in them, with one being empty. One of the souls matches mine, the orange one… We can't die here! We have to do this!

"Human's…. Before we do this, you should know that I am so-" Asgore's eyes widen as he falls to his knees. Gasping for breath, he looks behind himself to see who the attacker is and then back at us.

"Human's…. please stop her….. I believe in you… Tell Tori that I'm sorry…" Tears run down Frisk's face as they rush to Asgore. But it's no use, as he turns to dust before our eyes. Terror fills my heart as I see who is behind him. Vanny! Following to their knees Frisk looks at Asgore's remains as the sob.

Twirling her knife, reaches forward to grab Frisk but I pull them away before she can. Her eyes stare into our souls as she stands before us. But then I noticed it. Where Asgore was standing, a white soul floats in the air. A monster's soul? Vanny grabs it in her hands, and it is absorbed by her.

"Please….. Stop! We know what happened to you! And I know what it's like. Please, you don't have to fight this alone!" Vanny tilts her head, as the knife tightens in her hand. But she begins to start laughing.

"Van-e….ssa is gone! She was a nobody! I have had so much fun since master found me. Now I'm Vanny, his legacy! He always comes back, with you that can happen!" Suddenly from behind us I hear footsteps. Turning around my jaw drops as I see another human! They are wearing a similar sweater to Frisks. Only it's neon green with a cream stripe running across the middle. Frisk gasps as they are frozen looking at the other human.

"Chara!"

"Don't look so surprised Frisk! With these new friends of mine here, I am back and better than ever. So don't worry, I no longer need your help. I can deal with humanity myself!" So, this human's name is Chara? How does Frisk know them? Frisk meanwhile looks at Chara, shocked as they slowly reach out to them. But Chara draws their knife, as Frisk puts their arms up none threateningly. But suddenly the ground next to Chara burst as Flowey pops out.

"Howdy, Frisk!"

Suddenly I hear loud footsteps, as I turn around my heart stops. Encircling us is the Glamrock animatronics, how are they here! They must have been repaired since I left, and the way they are looking at me… With them is Freddy! My first instinct is to run over to him and hug him with all my might. But…. he the way he is looking at me…. NO! NO! HE'S JUST LIKE THE OTHERS!

"F-Freddy!" I think about all the times at the Pizzaplex. The first time we met, he gave me the Fazwatch. To the time he saved me outside the daycare. But as Freddy speaks my heartbreaks.

"Gregory….. You left early, but do not fear. We are here, we all are!" Back at the Pizzaplex Freddy always had a gentle and friendly tone. But his voice, the viciousness….. It's not him, he's being controlled like the others! My eyes well up with tears as I drop to my knees.

"YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DONE TO MY FACE! I'LL TEAR YOU APART!" As Roxy runs at me, Frisk runs in front trying to shield me. I close my eyes in fear, but I hear Roxy scream and the sound of metal hitting the floor. Opening my eyes, I see Roxy is lying on the ground twitching, barely still online. She's even in more worse shape now than when I decommissioned her. Her right arm lies 10 feet from her, blown from her body. The right side of her body is almost completely destroyed, showing parts of her endoskeleton. I turn around in shock to see Sans standing at the entrance of the room with some sort of skeletal blaster floating next to him.

"How did the smiling trashbag get in here! He can't run this! I finally have you back Chara, he can't stop us!" Just as Flowey sends a wave of pellets at Sans, he teleports out of the way and right to us.

"Sans! You came just in time. You have to get us the hell out of here!"

"i said i would protect you kids. you didn't think i would break my promise, would you?" Monty growls at Sans and he is preparing to pounce!

"sorry, but these two kido's got to leave. see you later, alligator." Monty looks like he is ready to tear San's head off! Chica meanwhile rushes us to the right. With master accuracy Sans fires his blaster, obliterating the left side of Chica's face, she falls to the floor still active but unable to get up. Monty pounces but is cut in half, as Sans completely disintegrates his legs. Just like at the Pizzaplex Monty uses his hands to crawl, as he grabs my leg I scream. But his entire face is gone as San's fires the blaster directly at his head, completely killing Monty.

"Get that bag of bones! And bring me the kids' remnants!" Upon Vanny's order Freddy starts to approach us. San's aim's his blaster at Freddy, but I grab his hand before he can fire.

"Wait, not Freddy!" San's looks at me confused as he reluctantly lowers the blaster. Freddy meanwhile is moving towards us, but Sans flings him 20 feet away from us to the left side of the room.

"kid, are you sure that's a good idea? bear in mind, he is trying to kill us."

"I know, but he helped me before I came here! He is being controlled like all the others!" San's nods, just before he teleports away Freddy begins to stand up and he reaches for me across the room. But he doesn't have the aggression in him as when he first appeared. Freddy…

San teleports us, and we are standing in Alphy's lab. Except it looks trashed unlike the last time we were here. Papers are scattered and Alphy's desk has been knocked over and broken. While San's smile remains, there is a tiredness in his movement. He goes over to the door with the bathroom sign over it and it opens. Behind the door is an elevator, San's ushers us inside as he pushes a button, and the elevator starts going down.

"if Alphy's is anywhere it's down here. for a minute i didn't think i would be able to bring us here. it looks like the lockdown must have been lifted. don't worry kido's, if she shows up, she is going down faster than this elevator." The elevator opens to a dark grimy hallway. It makes sense that the head scientist lab is way bigger than simply two stories. But this place looks like it hasn't been used in ages!

Going down the dark green hallway, we come across several monitors. They have entries on them talking about the head scientist's research on souls. It talks about how she tried seeing if she can get a monster soul to last, in order to break the barrier. It doesn't look like it worked.

Continuing forward we came across a door. Next to it is a vending machine, and two separate hallways in different corners of the room. As we approach the door it opens.

"This door leads to the power room. But it shouldn't be opened now. Someone must have been here." So, Frisk knew this was here. But we didn't see it during our journey to Asgore. I'll have to ask Frisk once this is over. Going into the room eventually we make it to a room with a generator in it, but that isn't even the most interesting thing.

In the middle of the room there is a pair of VR goggles. It doesn't look like a normal VR headset either. It's reinforced and looks like it has some sort of locking mechanism on it so the person can't remove it!

There's also a monitor on the wall, it looks like it was only recently installed since the tools are still there. Going over to it with one tap the screen comes to life.

If you are reading this then I have already been lost.

I don't have much time. I was able to get this off, but they're coming back. I'm locking this so only the other two humans can see this. In which case… that is you.

I wish I could have met both of you earlier, and I'm sorry I couldn't keep her contained. Through the VR world HE has been trying to take control of me, but I was able to learn what is going on.

I know you have no reason to trust me right now, but you have to put the headset on. I was able to hack it so once you're inside it will be able to harm this thing directly. The original machines are still on the surface, but hopefully this will be able to substitute it.

You need to hurry!

Looking over at Frisk, I see that they are crying. I pick up the headset and hold it uneasily in my hands. She said that this is how they were taking control of her. Could this be a trap? But as I turn it over, I notice something. Drawn onto in a haste, is some sort of princess. It looks like the same princess back on the machine at the Pizzaplex.

Gripping the headset, I lift it to my face. Frisk and Sans move in trying to stop me, but it shuts onto my face just as they grab it. No going back now. The headset comes on, and in the virtual world, two words appear in front of me.

Princess Quest


Author's Notes:

Gregory has entered the virtual world. Will he be able to finally end this or will Glitchtrap put a stop to this?

The next chapter will probably be the final. This story was one of my favorite ones to write. Thank you everyone for reading this!