The fanfiction is complete! This is now purely an ask blog. All characters are available for questions, and I will answer asks through drawings! (unless you ask me, the writer)
Read the prologue, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5,chapter 6, chapter 7,chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter 10, and chapter 11, and chapter 12 first!
When the light clears, you find yourself lying down in the hallway before the barrier room. Toriel, Asgore, Chesans, Pappybit, Undyne, and March Alphare are all bending over you, looking concerned. You scratch your head and sit up.
“Thank goodness you’re alright. We were starting to worry that you were dead.” Toriel smiles sweetly at you.
“We have no memory of what just happened. Just a flower appeared and then everything went white? And then we ended up here somehow.” Undyne clears her throat. “This whole thing was pretty weird. But, hey, the barrier’s broken!”
“Yeah, we can go to the surface now. It’ll be nice to see real stars, and feel real sunlight.” Alphare actually smiles, and Undyne hugs her. Alphare seems to be blushing, but you can’t quite tell because of her fur.
“Also, it seems the looking glass is broken as well!” Asgore announces happily. “Finally, all those trapped monsters can go back to their families.”
The happiness inside you vanishes instantly and fear pumps through your veins. If the looking glass is gone, then that means…
“What is it, Alisk?” Toriel asks, sounding concerned.
You take off running through the mirror maze until you reach the looking glass. It’s not there anymore, and only a wall with glass shards on the floor remain. Frantic, you race towards the castle entrance, going through the throne room, garden, and the golden hall. You don’t even notice that the heart cards are gone from the garden room.
You run across the outdoor garden and into the tooth forest. Tears form in your eyes as your fear becomes more intense. You spot a glimpse of yellow between some teeth and you follow it to find the monster kid standing still. You confront him and ask him if he’s seen Charice.
“Oh! Hello, Alisk! I don’t really know how I know your name, there was a flash of white and then I ended up on the other side of the mirror. But, yes, I have seen Charice. She’s right up this tree! She told me to wait for her.” He points his head up towards the top of a tooth, and you look up to find Charice standing on a pearly branch. She seems to be muttering to herself angrily.
You call up to her quietly, your fear multiplying. Charice glances down at you, and you’re consumed in her red glare. “Have you seen him?” she growls. “Gaster?”
Taken by surprise, you ask her who Gaster is. She rolls her eyes, looking annoyed. “He was the previous royal scientist. He’s the reason I got stuck behind that stupid mirror. I searched for him everywhere in the warped realm, but he’s not there. I’ve been trying to get out of the looking glass ever since I realized that.” Charice stops explaining to look at you. Her red eyes search your face, and a flicker of recognition flashes in them.
“I remember you vaguely. We met in the last timeline, didn’t we? You let me out, and I tried searching for Gaster with what little time I had before you would want to approach the mirror again.” The girl sighs and jumps down from the bone branch. “I want to find him. He’s the reason why I was trapped for so long. Why I haven’t aged a day all these years. I want to make him realize how much he’s tortured me. Make him regret what he’s done. Make him pay.” Charice’s eyes flash malevolently.
You feel your palms starting to sweat as her countenance becomes more murderous by the second. You tell Charice that Asgore or the March Alphare would probably know about Gaster. You try not to let your voice shake as Charice forms her hands into fists. “They can’t know I’m here! They think I’m dead, and it should stay that way. I don’t feel like dealing with them right now. I don’t have time for that.”
You offer to go ask them yourself, and after she agrees, you walk back to the castle. Asgore is standing just outside of the palace door. When he sees you, you realize he looks worried. “Is everything alright? You left so suddenly.”
You nod and ask if he knows the whereabouts of Gaster, the old royal scientist. “Oh. He’s no longer with us. You see, when he built the portal to the warped realm, it erupted and sucked in half of the monster population. Half of him was also taken. The half of his soul in this realm shattered and died. We’re not quite sure what became of the half inside the warped realm, but considering the portal was destroyed, it’s probably long gone now.”
You thank him, and turn to leave. “Wait, I’ll come with you,” Asgore offers. You remember what Charice said, about how much she didn’t want to deal with her family. You tell him no, and run into the forest.
You soon find Charice and the monster kid again. Charice is tapping her foot impatiently. “Well?” she asks a little harshly. You take a deep breath, and tell her that Gaster is gone. He fell into his own creation, and his soul was shattered.
“That sucks. All this time I’ve been looking for someone who is no longer here.” Charice crosses her arms angrily, her red eyes glinting.
You try to tell her that there’s no point in seeking revenge anymore, but she cuts you off with a glare. “Do you really think you can convince me to go with your monster friends and live happily ever after? I’m not going to dance into the sunset, despite what you may believe. I hate humanity. I’ll never go back there.” Charice reaches out and grabs one of the monster kid’s head spikes. “You’re coming with me.”
“Wait, what about my parents? I want to go to the surface, too!” The kid cries out in protest as Charice drags him deeper into the forest. You run at Charice and tell her to let him go, but she pulls out her knife and points it at you.
“I can kill you with one slice. Don’t tempt me.” She turns away from you and grabs monster kid. He bites her hand, and she shoves him away. He falls to the ground and stares in horror as the murderous child continues to walk to the other side of Underland. Many feet away, she looks back and smiles. “Do you ever wonder what could have happened? Aren’t you at least a little curious about how they all would have reacted if you killed everyone, on your own free will?” Charice giggles a little before continuing on her way.
“Alisk? Is she alright?” Monster kid does a weird little flip in order to get back on his feet. You shake your head slightly. You can’t save everyone. You pat Monster Kid and turn back to the castle.
You arrive back at the palace, and Asgore takes your hand. You and Monster Kid follow him through the castle until you reach the barrier room. Your friends watch you as you walk through the tunnel for the last time. A light shines at the end of it, filling you with determination. You climb the steep incline to the surface, and you find the sun setting in the distance. Mt Ebott stands quite a ways away, along with your village. All of the monsters of Underland climb out to stand beside you. Hundreds of excited and relieved voices fill the air. You did it. You saved them all.
Within the following years, Chesans becomes less wary, and even a little bit affectionate. Toriel keeps baking her wonderful pies. And, even though Asgore and Toriel never get back together, they’re finally friends again. Monster kid grows up with you, like a sibling. Undyne and the March Alphare get married, with Hatterton as the best man. Pappybit becomes your co-ambassador to negotiate with the other humans. Everyone is happy. But you couldn’t save Charice.
It’s probably for the better. If she had come with you, she might decide to kill everyone, and that would be worse. You tell yourself that there’s nothing you could have done, she was too far gone. You tell yourself that for years, as you live, laugh, and cry alongside all of your friends, your new family. You have many years between now and your adventures in Underland. But, it still bothers you, what Charice said before leaving you.
Do you ever wonder what could have happened? Aren’t you at least a little curious about how they all would have reacted if you killed everyone, on your own free will?
Even if you do go back and kill everyone, you can always reset so it’s as if nothing bad happened, right? Just like what happened the first time, when you accidentally let Charice out of the looking glass. You’ve grown restless. You take a deep breath, close your eyes, and push against the wall in your mind. It shatters, and you can feel the winds of time blowing back to the beginning. Screams of laughter and tears echo in your mind, until the wind stops.
You find yourself in the tile room, with the rabbit hole above your head. The feeling of being a kid again fills you with determination.
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“You idiots. While you guys were having your little pow-wow... I took the human souls!” Dread fills your insides. He betrayed you! You wonder why you ever trusted him in the first place. The flower continues his shpiel. “And now, not only are those under my power... But all of your friends’ souls are gonna be mine, too!” His grip tightens on them, and you can hear them give out grunts of pain. “Hee hee hee. And you know what the best part is? It's all your fault. It's all because you made them love you. All the time you spent listening to them... Encouraging them... Caring about them... Without that, they wouldn't have come here. And now, with their souls and the humans' together... I will achieve my real form. You think you saw it in the warped realm, but you were wrong.”
Feeling tired of his tactics, you quietly ask why. “Hee hee... Why am I still doing this? Don't you get it? This is all just a game. If you leave the underground satisfied, you'll ‘win’ the game. If you ‘win,’ you won't want to ‘play’ with me anymore. And what would I do then? But this climactic story between us will never end. I'll hold victory in front of you, just within your reach... And then tear it away just before you grasp it. Over, and over, and over…” You can’t help but groan slightly at his persistence. “Listen. If you do defeat me, I'll give you the ‘happy ending’ that I promised. I'll bring your friends back. I'll destroy the Barrier of Stability. Everyone will finally be satisfied. But, trust me, that won’t happen. You! I'll keep you here no matter what!”
Footsteps come thundering down the hall and a few of the monsters you’ve met enter the room. They fill the air with encouragement for you. You feel a strong sense of determination.
Flowey cackles, and you see all the monsters in the room gritting their teeth. A blinding light shines from within the golden flower as the souls of your friends get sucked towards him. The light covers your vision, and all you can see is white. You feel peace for a moment, until the room goes dark. It’s empty, except for another. Lit by the faint glow of the barrier, you can see a figure about your size standing in front of you. A forlorn little goat monster, marking strong resemblances with Asgore and Toriel, looks you up and down. He’s wearing a modest purple cloth that’s a cross between a dress and a robe.
“Finally. I was so tired of being a flower.”
His voice. It doesn’t sound mad and driven to the brink of sanity. It sounds like a lost child who’s tired of the weight of the world. He smiles slightly as he looks at you.
“Howdy! Charice, are you in there? Do you remember me? I’m your best friend.”
The goat lifts off the floor and spins into a larger version of himself.
“Asriel Dreemurr.” You gulp in fear. There are thick black tears stained on his cheeks, and his horns are chaotic. His eyes are black with glowing white slit pupils. He has a dress similar to his father’s on, except it’s purple, far less poofy and a lot more intimating.
Light beams of all colors flood in and give the room with a surreal effect. You want to attack him, but you know it’s not just Asriel anymore. All the monsters, and some humans you don’t even know, are inside of him. Feeling guilty, you don’t bother to attack.
Asriel smiles, and it stretches unrealistically far back. “Why do you still fight? You know you can’t win. One human soul against the equivalent of seven? There’s no way!” Shimmering stars come flying at you, and you desperately try to dodge them all. One of them touches your arm and you jump back. It burns. You grip your arm and narrow your eyes at the boss monster. The rainbows bouncing everywhere give the impression that you’re high.
You try to tell him that you just want to free everyone, but your voice seems to be gone.
“Trying to talk, are we? I’m not letting you try to convince me not to kill you.”
Asriel summons a blade and attempts to slice it at you. Clutching the burn on your arm, you back up and duck. He makes a short comment on how resilient you are before waiting for your move. You show your empty palms submissively.
“Once you’re gone, I can finally go back. To before all of this, to before becoming that wretched flower.” Asriel clenches his fangs and throws more shining stars at you. One hits you straight in the belly. You feel your life screaming as the white-hot star burns through your clothes and destroys your skin. You cry out of pain and defiance. You can feel your soul begin to shatter, but you shake yourself and push the star away. You tighten your hands into fists, and you can feel your soul gather once more. Your skin and clothes renew themselves. You’re back.
“Don’t start thinking you’re special.” Asriel shoots large beams at you. More determined than ever before, you dodge all of them. Just to irritate him, you smile as you prompt him to make the next move.
Asriel shrugs. “I’ll simply kill you again and again. Until you give up. Until your determination runs out. Until you let yourself die!” He throws more stars at you, but you slide to the other side of the room. The barrier is right behind you. You could go through it, but what about your friends? No, you can’t.
Asriel snarls. “You think you’re clever. I’m not done with you yet. This isn’t even my final form!” The room began to shake even more violently than earlier. The rainbows fade, and everything is dark. When the shaking stops, Asriel stands glowing in the center of the room. A metal shard has replaced his mid-torso down, and vines grow up his body. His arms glow bright white. His eyes look five times deadlier before. You try to move towards him, but you can’t. You look down to find vines wrapped around your entire body, excluding your head. You struggle again, but nothing happens.
“You can’t get away this time, Charice!”
You want to tell him that’s not your name, but you can’t. Asriel, the god of sanity, lifts his arms and shoots rainbow beams at at you. You try to dodge, but you can’t move. The beams hit you, and you feel the fiery pain for a second, before fading away. But, you’re not leaving. You refuse.
“Persistent, aren’t you?” Asriel repeats his beam attack, and you die again and come back. After another time, you realize that he’s taken off the restriction on your voice. Either by mistake or by luck, you can talk again. You can’t really move, but maybe you can call out to the souls inside of him. Like how you had called out to them when they were in Omega Flowokey. You call out to Asgore and Toriel.
You see a vision in your mind of them. Their faces are morphed and their fur seems to be peeling off. You try to remind them of who they are, by talking about the wonderful cinnamon butterscotch pie, and how they miss their children so much. Their skin seems to renew and their faces become restored. They smile at you before fading from your mind.
You call out to Chesans and Pappybit. The creatures appear in your head as if their bones are melting off. You tell them about how you’d followed Pappybit into the rabbit hole, and how you’d teleported to the castle because of Chesans. The bones solidify and they laugh a little before vanishing.
You then call out to Alphare and Undyne. Alphare’s fur seems to be peeling as well, while Undyne appears to be shedding her scales. You tell them about the fun tea party you had been at, and how Hatterton wouldn’t stop admiring his legs. They unshed and unpeel, leaving your mind with grins.
You can’t seem to remember all the other monsters inside. But, maybe you can save someone else. You cry out to Asriel.
“What are you doing? I know you know my name! What… what’s happening to me?” Asriel’s eyes widen with fear as his body begins to glow brighter. “I don’t need anyone! I just want to be alone. I want to stop the voices. I want to feel whole. I… I want…”
The great god of sanity fades into the small Asriel from earlier. The vines fade as well and you collapse onto the floor. The young boss monster begins to cry. Your heart cries with him. You feel bad for him. You don’t know what this child has been through, but you know that he probably didn’t deserve it. You realize he thought he was doing the right thing.
“I… I’m so sorry, Charice. I just don’t want you to leave. You’ve been gone for so long, and I’ve just been so alone. I was hoping it could be like old times again.” He looks at you through his tears and laughs saddeningly. “I know, it will never be the way it was.” This time, he really looks at you. “You’re not Charice, are you? I’ve just missed her so much, I kind of pretended you were her. I’m sorry.”
The little furry child looks so depressed that you reach out to hug him. He tenses a second before accepting it. He starts crying into your arm. After a little while he stops. “I don’t want to let go.” But, he does, and so do you.
“By the way, what is your name?” You tell him that ‘s Alisk. “Oh, that’s pretty. Haha, I suppose I should let your friends go now. I’ll go back to being a flower, unable to feel anything, and without a soul. I won’t be the same as I am now. But, I know what I have to do.”
Asriel lifts off of the ground once more, for the last time. All the souls materialize around you in the form of little hearts. The entire room radiates in the beauty of it all. You feel a warmth inside you as you watch everyone tear apart the barrier, until all that is left is a tunnel. And, you can see it. You can see sunlight.
The souls fade and Asriel drops back to the floor, looking tired. “Well, I better get going. I won’t be able to hold this form much longer. And, I don’t want you to remember me as the flower, but as who I really am. Please, be happy with your friends. Take care of them, especially mom and dad. I can feel everyone’s love for you, even though they barely know you. Monsters really are amazing, aren’t they?” He pauses, thinking for a moment, and perhaps reflecting. “Well, goodbye, Alisk.”
The little goat child walks away into the halls beyond, and a white light coats your vision.
Chesans is nowhere to be found. You push past the large doors to meet the fake sunshine beaming on the castle, and the gloomy forest of teeth beyond. You're not quite sure how to get back through the forest, since you had teleported here both times. Luckily, Asgore’s castle is at the very end of the huge cavern, so you only have one direction to go. You walk across the courtyard and out through a little gate. The ground twitches slightly as you step on it, and you're reminded of the strange red veins that run throughout Underland.
At least you know your chances of getting out of here don't rely on your sanity, not entirely. Your mind begins to feel less strained as you accept this animal-like cave. You feel a drop on your head as you tread deeper into the teeth. You look up to find one of the eyeballs on the ceiling had shed a tear. You wipe it off and keep going. The forest goes on for about a mile, and your legs begin to feel sore from walking on the squishy red ground.
A clearing is finally spotted ahead. You hope it’s Toriel’s, but you soon realize the house has a scaly texture to it. Besides being bizarre, it looks very aquatic. Flowey had said to get a happier ending, and the monster living here might help with that. You approach the metal door and knock. The door shutters at the impact. It swings back to reveal a tall, muscular figure. The creature seems very fish-like, and its lips curl at the sight of you. “You’re a human!” she declares in a gruff voice.
You immediately recognize it. This is the royal guard who had chased you into the mirror maze! You take a step back, feeling a little fear inside you, but you stop yourself from going any further. You inform the guard nervously that you would like to be friends.
“You? You don’t even know me! We don’t even know each other’s names. Besides, you’re a human. I need to capture you for his majesty.” Her slit eyes glare at you with detest. You wave your hands in front of you and tell her to give you a chance.
Her eyes narrow. “Why should I?” You tell her that you know of a way to bring monsters to the surface without killing any more humans.
“I don’t have to believe you!” the guard chuckles. You look a little distressed as you tell her that yes, she needs to, for the sake of all monsterkind.
Her ear flaps lower slightly. “What do you know?”
A lot. That’s all you say. You then ask her to take you to Toriel’s house.
Her eyes widen suddenly as she jumps. “King Toriel is alive? Where did you find her? The queen has been looking for her!”
Surprised, you use this to your advantage. After informing her that Toriel lives near the Temmie village, she perks up. “Oh! I know where that is. Let’s go.” She starts walking very quickly, and you have to run a little to keep up. “I’m Undyne by the way. What’s yours?” After telling her that it’s Alisk, she replies, “That’s a weird name, but okay.”
You two walk in silence for a long time, until you mention that she’s in the royal guard. “How’d you know. Actually, nevermind. And I’m not just a royal guard, I’m the head of the royal guardsmen!” You nod as she continues. “Most of the guards are cards, which were built by the March Alphare, but some of them are actual monsters. There’s a little monster named Pappybit who wants to be a guardsman but he’s too sappy and small. You have to be tough!” She punches a nearby tooth, and it shakes, releasing at least ten barking birds from its ivory branches. They seem to be furry and white, and have a resemblance to dogs. You continue to walk for a while, with Undyne talking the entire time about Alphare’s inventions, but you spot a short pillar leaning against a tooth. On top is a blue orb. You walk to it curiously. You reach out to touch it.
“Oh, Alisk, don’t bother, it’ll just be-” Her voice is drowned out by an excited barking, and a fluffy bird swoops down from the tooth and absorbs the artifact. You squeak a bit, and Undyne sighs. “We’ve tried killing this dog-bird, but it seems to be a superior being, beyond our mortal touch. Anyways, we’re almost there! Come on.” She nudges you onward, and you two walk. You feel a sense of tranquility radiating from nearby, and you follow it. “Where are you going…” A clearing reveals itself, and with it a tidy home. Undyne just stares in shock as you trot up to the door.
After knocking, the door opens to show the sweet fuzzy goat mom. Her countenance brightens at seeing you. “Alisk! What are you doing here? I thought you were at the castle.”
You tell her you want to gather everyone for a little party, and she sighs. “I can’t leave here. If I do they might find me…” Her voice drifts away as she looks past you to find a staring Undyne. “What’s she doing here!?!” she shouts, jumping back a little. You tell her that you’d brought her here. Toriel cups your face in your hands. “I don’t know why you did that, but you seem to know what to do. If you want a tea party, then so be it.” She glares at Undyne briefly, and Undyne looks away uncomfortably.
“Don’t tell me what I already know! I’m disgusted with his choices.” Toriel looks away and grips her furry hand in yours. You both begin walking towards Alphare’s house, and you tell Undyne to hurry up.
“I’m sorry, your highness, I didn’t mean to upset you.” Undyne looks down submissively as she trods alongside you. “I was only trying to inform you.”
“I know what goes on in Underland. I have someone who tells me.” You look up at her curiously, and she mouths to you Chesans. You nod and the three of you keep walking. You grab hold of Undyne’s hand, and she freezes a little. You smile up at her, and, seeming a little relieved, she gives you a big grin back.
“I never thought I’d see you two getting along.” All three of you are a little startled at the voice, and look to find Chesans crouched on a silvery branch. “Nice job, Alisk. Why aren’t you fighting Asgore? He’s still waiting for you in the barrier room. He got bored and started playing solitaire.”
You tell him you want to have a tea party with all of your friends.
“Am I your friend?” he grins, crouching lower and swishing his tail. You nod and smile a little. His countenance seems to match his actual emotions briefly. “I’ll go get my brother. He loves parties.” His body fades away, with his grin lingering a little longer. You walk forward, dragging the others.
“I didn’t know Chesans knew you.” Undyne tells you, and then glances up at Toriel. “Seems like everyone knew you except me.”
You shrug and giggle a little. When you reach March Alphare’s house, you release their hands and run over to the Mad Hatterton. “Hey there. And who might you be, darling?” You introduce yourself and ask if there’s any room at the long table. “No, sorry sweetie.” You glare slightly at him and sit down anyway. Toriel and Undyne sit down on either side of you. Hatterton takes his legs off the table. “Oh, I didn’t know we’d be having guests. Hey, Alphare! We have visitors!”
The yellow-tan rabbit emerges from the house. “Oh, h-hi Undyne! And… a human? Oh! Your majesty! I thought you were dead.”
Toriel wrinkles her nose slightly at that comment, but turns to you. “Hatterton, Alphare, this is Alisk. She wants to have a tea party with all of her monster friends, for some reason. I’m not quite sure why.”
You tell them that this is the way to get a happier ending. They look at you confusedly, but go with it. You’re sitting there quietly while Alphare pours tea (Hatterton claims he’s helping but spends the entire time posing) when two small figures begin to appear on the table.
“...don’t like teleporting with you, Chesans. It feels uncomfortable.” The speaker was Pappybit, who looked around in surprise. “Oh! Hello, human. It is I, the Great Pappybit. We had met earlier, but under the circumstances I couldn’t talk to you.”
You gape a little as you look between the two skeleton animals. You exclaim questioningly that they’re… brothers?
“Yeah, we may not look alike, but we’re related, somehow.” The royal cat shrugs nonchalantly. “Anyways, Hatterton, do you have any ketchup?”
The Mad Hatterton looks up from polishing his pink boot with a slightly offended look on his face. “This is a tea party. We don’t serve ketchup, little cat.”
Chesans chuckes. “Fine. Whatever.” He pads over to the corner of the table and flops. He falls asleep with a bony paw hanging off.
“Excuse my brother, he never learned PROPER MANNERS.” Pappybit bounds between the dishes and plops down in a chair.
“So, Alphare, how has the role of royal scientist been for you?” Toriel folds her hands together on the table.
The nervous rabbit is pouring a cup of tea for the sleeping cat at that moment. “It’s- it’s okay. Queen Asgore has been kind to me, especially after i made Hatterton. That robot still needs to be fully calibrated.” Alphare blushes slightly. “That’s why some monsters call Hatterton ‘mad.’”
“Hey, it’s okay, Alphare. Hatterton’s cool.” Undyne stretches back in her green chair, and yawns to reveal her big yellow teeth.
“Undyne! When’s our next training session?” Pappybit, who appears to be very passionate about training, has to stand on his dark blue chair in order to see over the table.
“Oh, yeah. Tomorrow, if that’s okay.” You shuffle a little in your red chair, feeling a bit bored at this slow exchange of words. Alphare has sat down at this point and can’t help but yawn a little.
You change the subject, telling them the real reason why they’re all here. You see Chesans open his eyes to watch you as you explain. You tell them there’s another way, and that Asgore doesn’t have to kill you or anybody. If everyone here could come to the barrier, something could be figured out.
Undyne crosses her arms. “Well that’s not very much to go on.”
“Why do we need to go there?” Toriel asks. “Not much is there, just Asgore. And I do not particularly want to see him anyway.”
You don’t know why, but you need to bring these guys to the room. You insist.
“Yeah, why should we?” mumbles Chesans, sitting up drowsily.
You shake your head. You don’t understand why you’re compelled to do this. Tears form on the edges of your eyes as you say that you aren’t trying to hurt them, you just want to help all of the monsters out. Even the ones trapped behind the looking glass.
Toriel’s eyes widen. “How do you know about that? That portal was accidentally created by our formal royal scientist, and it acted up and sucked in a bunch of citizens. Now all of those monsters are trapped in there. But, how do you know about them?”
You tell them you’ve been in there once, but you’re not going to get into it.
“Well, if you know this much, you probably know what you’re doing. Should we trust her?” Undyne looks at the monsters around her, all seated at the table and drinking tea.
“If we get in danger, we have each other, r-right?” Alphare turns her paws anxiously.
“Yes, we do.” Toriel stands up and grabs your hand. Her eyes soften as she looks down at you. “I’ll do it for you, Alisk. You remind me of someone from long ago.”
With the former king going with you, everyone else follows suit. Except Hatterton, he stays behind to admire his fabulous legs.
Chesans opens up a portal in a tooth directly to the hall outside of the barrier room. The five of you go through as quickly as possible, so as to not cause the royal cat too much strain. Chesans teleports after, and as soon as he arrives, you walk in bravely.
Asgore looks up from his card game. “There you are! I was starting to wonder where you had gone. Are you ready now?”
You nod, glancing out of the doorway at your friends. Toriel charges in and shoots a fireball at her ex-husband. Taken by surprise, the mighty queen is knocked down. The other four come filing in, and Undyne and Alphare apologize to Asgore. Toriel crosses her arms indignantly.
“So, what’s the plan?” Chesans asks casually. Before you can answer, the ground begins to shake violently. A giant spiky vine shoots out from a wall and ensnares all of the monsters in the room. You’re paralyzed with fear as a little flower sprouts in front of you.
Fake sunshine fills your eyes when you end up at the palace, in the same place you had ended up before. You look at the shining obscure architecture with a flicker of hope inside you. You know what's in there. You have a much better chance than last time at not screwing over all of Underland. You hold your breath and open the castle door, but as you open it you hear Flowey’s threats from earlier echo in your ears. You turn around sharply, and for a second you think you see that evil golden flower sitting amongst the faceless ones. You force yourself to shrug it off, as he disappears almost instantly. Walking through the beautiful corridor, you can't help but question your sanity. But, hadn't Flowey appeared there last time too? It's bound to be more than a coincidence.
Your footsteps echo as before, and you can see Chesans walking down the hall just a few feet in front of you. You feel major flashbacks to when he fought you so vigorously. That was the first time you had had to fight for your life. Sure, back on the surface there had been play fights with friends and practice duels to keep your skills sharp, but nothing could have prepared you for that. The prospect of what you might find at the barrier strikes you and you fear for having to fight another monster. If a little housecat is that powerful, what could the others do?
You force yourself to keep walking, despite your fears. But then, as Chesans’ tail is disappearing around the bend, you call out to him. He turns back to look at you, and his little skeleton face is filled with conflict and sadness, despite his eternal grin. “What is it, kid?”
You feel bad and you're tempted to ask him why he seems so depressed, but the longing to go home overpowers it. You instead ask him if he could help you convince Asgore to not send the royal guard to kill you and let you go through the barrier. If Chesans had eyebrows, he would've raised one right then. “I mean, I'll do what I can, but I'm not gonna work myself down to the bone for you.” You glare at him and his smile seems to brighten. “Alright, alright.”
You both walk into the flower garden together, which is bustling with card soldiers. As you pass the giant cards behind glass, you can't help but glance at the empty display case with your name engraved in it. Before you can ask the cat how your name got there, Queen Asgore enters the room.
Chesans winks at you and walks up to the goat hybrid, meowing. Asgore picks him up adoringly and asks him what's the matter. The skeleton cat leans in to whisper into his ear, but stops when a skeleton rabbit hops through the same door Asgore had come from. You catch your breath as you realize this is the very rabbit who led you into this mad world in the first place.
“Your majesty, I, the great Pappybit, have written out today's entire schedule for you, down to the minute. I also- oh! It's the human from the surface!” Your heart leaps when you realize everyone in the room turns to look at you.
“Oh, howdy.” The queen’s deep voice resonates through the room. You wave and tell her you would like to cross the barrier to go home. Suddenly, you think to yourself, who are you kidding. You don't have a good sense of reality. You're trying to negotiate with a fluffy goat for crying out loud.
But, the goat gives you one look and says. “Fine. If you've come all this way, I suppose you deserve a fair fight. Come with me.”
You notice all of the card people and Pappybit leave the garden as you and Asgore progress into the next room. The maze of mirrors awaits you, and Chesans can't help but chuckle slightly at your terrified face. He jumps down and brushes by your leg. It's obvious he thinks you're merely afraid of fighting the queen when he says, “Don’t worry, you haven't died yet. You'll probably crawl out of this alive.” And just like that, he's gone. You can't help but smile a little at this nonreassuring response, even though you can feel fear coursing through you due to being so close to the looking glass.
Asgore travels calmly through the maze, as if he's walked this path thousands of times before. You follow him through another doorway to find a dark room. There's but one Ray of sunshine shining down on a patch of grass, but otherwise everything is made of stone. At the other end, there's a shimmering wall, and you know that’s the barrier. You're filled with determination.
You can't help but feel grateful for the normalcy of this small room. You can feel your sanity settling down, until you look back at Asgore. The suit of hearts from the garden room are rising in a circle out of the ground around both of you. They spin around you two slowly, making you feel slightly nervous.
“It was nice to meet you. Goodbye.” Asgore summons a red trident, with a heart attached to the end that isn't pronged. His dress, as unflattering as it is, fails to make him not look intimidating. The cards spin faster around you as you dodge his swipes and fireballs. You try to not attack as best you can, but you realize after a few minutes that he's not going to give in. Cringing, you take out your knife. You slice at him between his attacks, and slowly he grows weaker. It all comes to a stop as he falls on his knees. The cards vanish as the Queen of Hearts looks up at you sadly.
“You know, I wish it could've been better. We could've had a family, and been happy! His glassy eyes searched yours earnestly. “I never wanted to hurt anyone. I just wanted to provide hope for these people, but, I failed. I… I just want to see my wife. I want to see my son.” Tears soak into the fur on Asgore’s cheeks as he cringes. “But… I can't. I'm sorry. Just kill me. It'll serve me justice.”
You drop the knife, and the clink against the stone floor echos throughout the small room. The goat Queen looks up at you with surprise and hope in his wide eyes. “Maybe… Maybe we can have a family. We can make this. Oh, you’ll love the castle. I find new secrets in it every day.” Asgore smiles, and you feel your heart warm. You hope you can leave this warped world happy with what you’ve done.
A circle of white seeds forms around Queen Asgore, and his face shifts from content to horror. They all close in around him, and the monster disintegrates into gray dust. Tears leap into your eyes as a glowing white heart hovers in front of you. You reach out to touch it when another white seed folks onto it, and the soul shatters.
A little smiling yellow flower pops up in the grass patch between you and the door. You grit your teeth out of frustration and anger at this wretched plant. He has been haunting you since the start of this obscure adventure, and now he's the only thing standing between you and freedom. You can see the Barrier of Stability shimmering and glowing behind him as his creepy grin forms into a cackle.
“You really thought you could get away from me? I will never let you escape, you foul creature! I want to watch you die at my will forever. Luckily, while you were distracting the old man, I got ahold of all twelve human souls. Would you like to see?”
He doesn't let you reply. The dim light from the barrier is blocked as the flower grows bigger and bigger, but you can't see him until his eyes light up. You put your hand over your mouth as you’re terror-stricken by the monstrosity in front of you.
This… this thing is a gigantic mesh of plant, human, and human machines. And, surprisingly, bits of fur line the limbs of chlorophyll- colored vines that sprout from a metal chest. The flower’s petals are made of strips of fabric, and the flower’s face is contained in a tv. Its eyes are bloodshot and his smile is a mixture of fangs and human teeth. Its body groaned with every movement. Eyeballs and random teeth were scattered about the flower. It had vague hints of Asrielocky, but mostly the thing was just machine parts and human flesh.
But, it's voice. It was Flowey’s static voice, but ten times worse and twenty times louder. “Howdy! I'm Omega Flowokey. Say hello to your eternal hell.” Flowey's cackle echos inside the cramped space. Its green limbs snake around you so you have no choice but to fight. You pick your knife up off the ground and grip it tightly. Wait, can't you go back? You shut your eyes and try to go back in time, but you feel a cage around your mind. It’s unbreakable.
“Haha, your old save file? I have that power now. That means I get to watch you die a million times!” Flowey shoots laser beams from one of its mouths and it pierces through you. As you feel yourself fade your mind gets yanked back to seconds before. Vines shoot through your chest, and you're dragged again, back a few seconds in time. Your soul grows strained as Flowey kills you again and again, and you can do nothing to stop it.
“You know what?” Omega Flowocky muses, after at least twenty cycles. “I think I'll let you call for your friends. It’d be amusing. Go ahead. Cry into the darkness!”
You look skeptically at the despicable nightmare, and then turn and scream at the entrance to this cave. You call out for help. Toriel, Chesans, Alphare, Hatterton, Burgerpillar, that random royal guard from the last run-
“But nobody came. It hurts, doesn't it? Being alone. That's why I can't let you leave.” You stare at Omega Flowockey, and you feel yourself tear up, but you don't cry. Determination is overpowering you. You can do this. You lunge at the cyborg and slice your knife at its human eyes. It screeches and steps back. “You can't defeat me. Twelve human souls against one? Watch this.”
An orange soul emerges from the unreal being and hovers in front of you. Objects come flying at you from all sides, but you dodge them and shout at the soul that you're human too, and if you work together then Flowey can be defeated. The soul seems to break free of Flowey's for a split second and it heals you. You feel your muscles rejuvenated, and you're filled with hope.
You dodge Flowey for a while, and then the thing unleashes the next soul. You go through all twelve with a similar cycle as the first. They all seem willing to help you. Pink, yellow, green, blue, purple, gray, cyan, amber, indigo, turquoise, magenta, every one of them. But, Flowey always seems to drag them back under his control. Suddenly, healing items are rising from the Flowockey as you fight the beast. You can destroy him! You keep pushing, matching every blow and dodging as many attacks as you can.
The hellish being eventually crumples over. “You fool. I can still reload…” His bloodshot eyes widen and he bites his lip as the seconds tick by. “Why isn't this working?” he squeaks. All twelve souls erupt from him and begin to pummel him with attacks. “What're you doing!?! I'm supposed to control you!” His screams are overpowered by the gradual destruction carried out by the persistent souls. You feel a companionship towards these lost humans, and a small bit of sadness comes over you as you realize these were people who probably lost their minds in this warped land.
Flowey disappears, and nothing stands between you and the Barrier of Stability. But…one thing’s still in your way. Your sanity.
Honestly, you don't care by this point. You've been through so much I'm one day, you're just done. You still somehow remember your home, and that better be good enough because you are just done.
But, all these kind, beautiful, thoughtful monsters. These insane monster that care about you. Your heart aches to leave them, but you force yourself to step forward, reminding yourself of the village and your friends and family. You pass through the barrier.
Your soul is being tugged in a million directions. All you can see is white, and your skin is tingling with a fiery sensation. You black out from overstimulation, and when you wake up, you're in the meadow. The meadow on the surface, the place you stood where you first saw Pappybit. Was it all a dream?
“No.” You turn your head sharply at that voice. A tired, beaten flower stands a few feet away. “It is not a dream. All of it was real. That's why you could pass through the barrier. If Underland is real, then isn't that part of reality?”
You stare at Flowey and ask him why the other monsters couldn't go through. “Well… You know. Human souls are much stronger. If a monster’s soul went under that kind of strain, they'd die. Anyways, that's not what I'm here to tell you. I'm here to ask you if that was good enough. All your friends, they're trapped down there forever.” The sun setting behind him gives a bit of a dramatic effect. “Don't you want to save them? You can. I think I can get you a happier ending.”
You nod, as your heart longs to help all of those monsters. They deserve better than that messed up place. “Alright. See you soon, Alisk.” Flowey sucks into the ground and far below. You feel your mind being tapped to go back in time, and you follow it. Your body falls back into the underground, and the screeches of the Flowey fight echo in your ears as you land outside the chamber. Asgore waits inside. Immediately, you turn and run back to the rest of the castle. You can get a happier ending, one with all of these friends in it. You feel hope.
“Let me tell you, being small is not so bad, even if you don't get to watch Mad Hatterton’s cooking show.” The caterpillar’s face morphs every second to match his emotions to their extremity. “I, I mean I like being a caterpillar, I just don't like being small. I've learned in my five years of living, though, that it's best to stay the same size you're born with. Even if it means never getting noticed by your favorite star!” The cat hybrid seems to be going through an existential crisis every other second.
You ask him if there's a way to become big again.
“You lucky kid, you have the again, and I don’t. Imagine a giant caterpillar! That’d be ridiculous.” His voice and face droop as he continues to ramble. “There isn’t a way to grow again, I mean, you’d have to find a tiny bottle in the flower meadow, and that’s really far. I mean, if you really feel like walking aaaalllllll the way there. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go back in time and not get shrunk!” Burgerpillar looks like he’s almost in tears, and his face is contorted from biting his lip.
It strikes you. Go back in time. Maybe, you have enough determination to go back before the Chesans fight! Or, even better, to go back before you went through the looking glass. Wouldn’t that be nice, to not have murder on your hands…
You thank Burgerpillar before squeezing your eyes shut. “No problem, I’ll be here, regretting my life.”
You clench your fists, and you hear a loud wind fly past you, whispering dialogue in reverse. The wind stops and you open your eyes to find Chesans in front of you. You groan as he bats a bony paw at you. “Back, huh?” He winks and gets up.
Before he can stretch, you close your eyes again. You have to go before this. You feel a brush of wind and find yourself again at the savepoint. Chesans looks a little startled. “Frustrated, huh?” You ignore him and concentrate. You can feel a wall blocking your mind from travelling farther into the past. You press as hard as you can against it, gritting your teeth. Suddenly, it gives way, and you feel yourself go flying back in time. The screams of battle and the scattered conversations blast past you before you can stop. You feel your sense of reality renew itself, and the soreness of your muscles dissapear. Too late, you open your eyes. Looking around, you find yourself in the dim spotlight of a dark room. The floor beneath you is made of tile, with grass sprouting between the cracks. To clarify, you look up. You see a long tunnel with a speck of light at the top. Tears spring to your eyes as you realize you had returned to where you had fallen. Do you really have to do all of that again? You look up again and stare at what little light comes from the sun. This reminder of home pushes you forward with the want to get back.
You don’t even bother to talk to Gersnob, who is looking at you with surprise, and instead head straight to the door that leads to the rest of Underland. You just keep walking through the tunnel, not looking right or left, and you storm through the flower fields.
“Hi! I’m Flowey, Flo- wait, stop!” The yellow flower turns its head to look at you, but you keep walking anyway. You hear a ssshhhhooop behind you as you push forward. All the blue flowers are screaming “stop” at you, and the tears spring up again. You know that you aren’t emotionally stable right now.
You obey the flowers’ screeches when you’re startled by Flowey springing up a few feet in front of you. He looks rather cross. You shake your head and take another step forward. “Look at me! Just because this is your second time doesn’t mean you get to ignore me.” Those last few words morphed from his usual squeaky voice to static. You stop short in your tracks as you realize that he knows. You feel a little paranoia as you wonder if anyone else remembers you.
“Yeah, I know you went back. You better look at me.” You turn your head to towards the flower, who is baring his fangs at you. His eyes are as hard as flint and shining with anger. “You really want to do this all again, then fine. I’ll do it with you. But, this time, I’ll make it harder. I’ll make sure you absorb the madness of this place, until you don’t have a drop of sanity left in you. You’ll be trapped here, with me, and all these mental monsters. I’ll make you forget who you are.”
You feel a little freaked out from his threats, and you force yourself to run. A knot forms in your throat as you lay your eyes on the “forest” made of towering red teeth. Your heart pounds as you remember how much insanity is embedded in this place. But, as you keep running, you wonder if it was worth going back, if everyone still remembers you. You have to check. You run as fast as you can between the teeth. The veins on the ground pulse, as if the cavern is alive. That would explain the dripping eyeballs on the roof.
“Hey, kid! It’s not very smart to go rushing into places you’ve never been before.” You hear a slight panting behind you and the clicking of claws against bone branches. An out-of-breath Chesans comes to a stop on a branch to your left, and you stop and turn to him curiously. “So, you’re a human, huh? The name’s Chesans, but you can call me Sans if you want. What're you doing down here in Underland?”
He seems to not remember you, and you let out a sigh of relief. Your voice deceives you with a few voice cracks as you try to pretend you’ve never been here before. You tell him that you want to go home, almost like how you had told him before. His slit pupils seem to survey you carefully, making you feel a little uncomfortable.
“Anyways, I should let you go on your way, I’ve got some stuff to do. See you, human.” The little skeleton cat winks. You jump a little in surprise when you see Chesans fading before your eyes. His grin lingers, until that fades too and he’s gone.
You give yourself a shake as you strain to keep a grip on the reality of the world above. You continue to race through the forest, trying to rerun the memories of your home in your head. Even if you’ve only been down here a day, the overworld feels like years ago. You stumble to a stop at the clearing of Mad Hatterton and the March Alphare. The robot sits peacefully with his sexy legs on the table. He turns his head to look at you.
“Why, hello there, darling. I’d invite you to tea, but all of the seats are taken.” He gestures to the twelve empty chairs around the dining table. You can’t help but roll your eyes and smile a little. Even though Underland is almost incomprehensible to the eye, the people here were still funny and charming.
You nod at him and tell him that’s fine, and you walk past the clearing and back into the forest. The ground switches from a fleshy red to patches of green and blue. You laugh when you find those tiny cats from before at your feet. They all squeak at you, ““Hoi! I’m Temmie! And deez are my friends, Temmie!”
Your mood is gradually lightening as you begin to enjoy and appreciate Underland. Soon you come across Toriel’s house, and, remembering how much closer to reality it is, you approach the door. Goat mom opens the door and looks down at you with concern. “Hello there, little one. Will you come in?”
Entering that house is like reaching the surface of the ocean and being able to breathe. You hadn’t realized my mind had already been drifting from reality, and this soothing home hooks it back in place. Toriel guides you to a bed, and you let her. You take a short nap, and wake up to the sound of talking, muffled by the walls of the bedroom. You get out of your twin-sized bed and walk down the golden hall until you reach the front door. The aroma of cinnamon butterscotch pie entices you, but you ignore when you find Toriel sitting on the doorstep with Chesans, cracking jokes at each other.
Chesans turns his head and looks at you with a little surprise. His grin, having seemed genuine when laughing with Toriel, loses its happiness and merely sits there on his face. Toriel turns to look at you too, and smiles. “Hello, my child. You feel better?” You nod. “Good. Can you tell me your name?” You reply by telling her that it’s Alisk. “Ah, that’s pretty.” Deja vu, even though it had been gently prodding you before, feels a bit stronger now.
“Yes, it is pretty,” Chesans said thoughtfully, looking at you carefully. You gulp quietly and cross your fingers as you tell them you want to get to the Queen’s castle. You know Chesans can get you there instantly, and you hope he still will, even if he’s acting different from before.
“Why do you want to go there?” You tell her that you want to go home.
“It’s true. That is the only way back. But, is it really so bad down here?” You nod, because from one glance past the doorway your mind already feels a little rocked.
Chesans is still staring at you when Toriel sighs. “I know. I’ve seen it all before. Every human that’s found my little home has said the same thing. All of them were killed. Our queen, Queen Asgore, is set on killing every human that comes down here to take their soul. He claims he just wants to break the barrier, but that much power…” Her voice drifts away and tears brim her eyes. “Don’t go, Alisk. Please. He’ll kill you.” Deja vu is coming on you in waves as you shake your head and tell her you can’t stay. Toriel sniffs, smiling slightly. “You probably wouldn't be happy down here. I… I won’t hold you back. For your sake. Just, please promise me you won’t let him kill you. You’re the thirteenth soul, and if that happens…”
You go up and hug the goat mom, just like last time. You hope that Chesans, if he has any memory of the past runthrough, realizes that you’re not a bad person. “Be careful.” You tell her you will be. “Don’t… Don’t kill Asgore. He may be bad, but I do not think he deserves to die. Okay?”
You nod and tell her that you would never kill anyone. Chesans looks a little startled from the emphasis on those last words. You squeeze between the two monsters to get out of the peaceful house. The fictional appearance of Underland thumps against your mind as you begin to walk between the teeth.
Chesans calls after you. “Wait!” You turn to find the poor cat looking down at his paws uncertainly. You can tell he’s having an internal argument from the way his slit pupils are flickering. “I’ll… I’ll help you.” Toriel gives a look of surprise as she watches the skeleton cat jump down from the doorstep and climb up the tree next to me. The trunk of the tooth slices open, revealing a doorway to the royal castle. You thank Chesans as earnestly as you can. “Yeah, just go through,” he grunts, and his countenance looks strained from the effort of keeping the tooth open. You walk through the doorway, filled with determination at the prospect that you might actually make it home this time.
Read the prologue, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6, and chapter 7 first!
This is the Sans fight chapter! It can be stand-alone.
Wait, why would Charice want to trade places with you again? Didn't she want to go to the mortal realm?
Too late, you're already back in your own body. All of Charice's actions in this realm start pouring into your mind. The weight of how much pain she's caused forces you onto your knees. Tears form around your eyes as visions of monsters dying at your hands flash in your head. You force yourself to block out these new memories and get up to look at the girl.
Charice looks down at herself with glee. She pulls the knife out of her pocket. “I see you used my knife. You're becoming more like me every day. I can't wait until you're ready to join me in erasing this world.”. A smile spreads across Charice’s face. Her red eyes stare at you before she turns and walks away.
The monster kid stares at you from the other side. “I am so confused right now!” His brow furrows with concentration. “Anyways, I'm gonna go follow the girl. Bye!” He goes running off before you can tell him to stay away from Charice.
The memories of unprovoked murder claw at the edge of your consciousness. Your heart feels heavy from all the agony you let Charice cause. You start crying as you walk back into the mirror maze. Footsteps sound down the halls and you force yourself to be quiet.
“Hi, Asgore. How’s Undyne doing?” The careful voice belongs to Chesans. You try to step toward the sound, but your shoes are too loud. You take them off and hold them.
“Her health’s improving, thankfully, but she'll be in the hospital wing for a while, I'm afraid.” Queen Asgore’s deep voice echoes over the maze. You follow the conversation as quietly as you can.
You find the two of them in the rose garden room, alone. Chesans rubs against Asgore’s leg, letting out a pur. “She'll be fine, don't worry.”
Asgore smiles and picks the skeleton cat up. Chesans meows in protest, but the queen pulls on the cat's hood anyway. You hadn't seen it with the hood down, but the jacket has two blue cat ears on top. He looks so adorable that you accidentally let out an insignificantly small giggle.
You hold your breath as Chesans head turns to make eye contact with you. You duck back behind the door, your heart pounding. Luckily, Asgore hadn't noticed you. You let yourself breathe.
Peeking back in, you see a glimpse of Asgore going through the door that leads to the long golden hallway. Chesans is following him, his tail raised high above his head.
“Come on, my little kitty,” you hear Asgore say affectionately.
“Don't call me that.”
After they've left, you quickly cross the garden, past the soul cards, and through the door the queen had just gone through. After all, this is the only way out of this castle that you know of. All you have to do is convince Asgore to show you where the Barrier of Stability is. The idea of home being so close fills you with determination.
“So, you've finally come back.”
You stop short in the middle of the golden hallway. The skeleton cat stands between you and the way out. He stares up at you while sitting calmly a few feet in front of you. He'd put his cat-eared hood back down, so he looks much more dignified.
“You haven't had enough yet, kid?”
You open your mouth to tell him that wasn't you, but something keeps you from speaking.
The cat closes his eye sockets and chuckles, but when he opens them his pupils are gone. A smile, far creepier than Charice's or Flowey’s, spreads across his face, the tips almost reaching his ear holes.
“You dirty brother killer.”
One of the newer memories rises above the rest. You see yourself gripping a dusty knife, and an ignorant rabbit skeleton staring up at you with glee.
“You followed me down here, didn't you? You must have not been able to resist my coolness. Nyeh-heh-heh!”
His sweet smile is shattered when you dive down and cut his head off his shoulders.
“S-so, I guess not, then. I hope you don't do that to any other monsters.” Papybbit closes his eyes and sighs as his body turns to dust.
You gasp from the cruelness Charice displayed to even the nicest of the monsters. You yell at Chesans that that wasn't you, and that you would never do something so terrible.
“Heh, nice try. But you're not getting out of this.” His eyes are half closed as he stands up. His huge smile remains on his face. “After all, today's a nice day. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. On days like this, kids like you…” He shuts his eyes again, and when they open, his left eye has a burning flame in it.
“...should be burning in hell.”
You feel a force pressing you to the ground. Bones pop up from the ground, and you have to jump to dodge them. You run across the room as the bones follow you. Gigantic cat skulls materialize and shoot energy beams at you. You barrel roll to get out of their way, but you get caught in one of them and you feel your life being sucked out of you. You scream in pain. The world goes to black.
You channel your determination, and you find yourself back at the beginning of the hallway. Chesans waits for you, smiling.
“You know, you should take a break. Go on a walk. Spend some time with friends. Oh, wait, you don't have any.”
You scream at him that you do have friends because you've never killed anyone in your life. Chesans laughs.
“Die, you filthy liar.”
You're ready this time. You avoid the blockade of bones and the giant cat skulls. Chesans shrugs. “I always wondered why no one uses their strongest attack first.”
Chesans waits for you to make a move. You take your knife and drop it, telling him that you don't want to fight.
The cat shrugs. “Suit yourself.” Blue bones come flying at you, and you jump to avoid them. A couple hit your feet and you wince in pain. You try to run away but a wall of bones comes flying at you.
“I had to protect Toriel from you, and now Asgore. I'm not letting you escape this time.” Chesans’ eyes narrow with concentration on his smiling face.
You have a brief memory flash of Charice fighting Chesans in front of Toriel’s house. She seems to get frustrated and run away, back to the castle and the looking glass. That must be why she switched back. She didn't feel like fighting him any longer.
If he's seen Charice in your body, he must have seen the red eyes. It's the only way.
As Chesans waits for your next move, you dive towards him and wrap your hands around his ribs. He yowls in shock, his eye sockets widening. You tell him to look you in the eyes. You demand him to search for any sign of red. His Cheshire smile fades to his normal grin, but the upturned corners seem more bewildered than happy.
“You really don't look like someone who'd kill. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.” He closes his eyes and laughs gently. You let go of him, feeling relieved. “But, better safe than sorry.” Before you can react, Chesans’ eye sockets open again to reveal his flaming eye. A cat skull appears immediately behind him, but instead of letting out an energy beam, it shoots a small object at you. It enters your mouth before you have time to register what it is. Your heart goes racing as you recognize the flavor of the thing you've already half-swallowed. It's the shrinking cake.
Your body contorts in pain as you shrink once again. Chesans becomes bigger and bigger in front of you, until you're the size of his paw.
“There's no point in killing you. You'd simply come back. This way is much easier.” Chesans looks down at you, batting you lightly with a paw. “Anyways, I'm tired from all of that. Goodnight.” The cat has the audacity to flop right in front of you. Within seconds he's snoring, his chest gently rising and falling.
You feel an anger towards this skeleton arise within you. He may be trying to protect the king and his ex, but you're trying to protect the whole Underland. You kick his paw and yell that you're filled with determination. Chesans’ ears twitch. “Good, that means you won't be able to reach your old save file. Our fight will actually mean something.” The royal pet falls back asleep.
Furious but determined to somehow go home, you storm down the hall. Your tiny feet make pinging sounds as they echo off the walls. You're not in the mood to be cute right now, and you huff with indignity.
As you enter a huge room with towering golden flowers, you realize that you had merely backtracked to the royal garden. You groan, but continue walking anyway. Why is such a simple task as going home so difficult? You plop down on the dirt and cross your arms grumpily. Today has been rather overwhelming. Struggling with sanity, fighting monsters you hadn't even known existed, expanding and shrinking your atoms, befriending monsters and finding out that you've sort of killed them without meaning to, the whole day swirls in your head.
“Hey, kid, you look like you could use some advice. My name’s Burgerpillar.”
You turn your head to find a cat-erpillar sitting on top of a mushroom, smoking a cigar. He's like a cat with as many as twenty legs. You sigh. This place gets weirder by the minute.
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Asrielocky’s claws mimic roots by digging into the earthy ground. The mutant flower dragon is unrealistically terrifying. Your problems seem so much simpler if you personify them into this terrible being. You're filled with determination.
“Your stupid save file won't save you now.” Save file? What save file? “I'll kill you over and over, and you won't be able to do anything.”
You run at him, burying and fear you have. Asrielocky laughs at your futile attempt. He snatches you in his claws and crushes your rib cage. You feel you grip on this world slipping. The world begins to fade, but you don't want to die! You have to stay alive and save this world! You can't die this way. You try to summon any power you have to go back.
You feel time rushing past you, like wind blowing in your face. The darkness of death lifts, and suddenly, you're back in front of Asrielocky.
“Back again? I'll just have to keep killing you, not that I mind.” The white flower-dragon face contorts with a warped sense of glee. This time, you try to move to the side and then run at him. He dips down to bite you, and you find yourself facing death once again. You go back, over and over, becoming slightly discouraged by the repetition.
On your ninth time of returning, you notice the cold that had been pressing against your thigh. You reach inside one of the dress pockets and your hand curls around a knife handle. You pull it out. The knife has some strange dust on it. Happy that you actually have a chance at fighting Asrielocky, you run at him. Before he can dodge, you stab the blade into his snout. Flowey lets out an enraged roar, backing up with his root-like feet. His snout starts to bleed. You charge at him again and slice at his chest. It rips open and blood is released.
“I'll get you for that!” Asrielocky’s voice had changed into sounding like static. His black eyes fill with hatred. His wings expand, and his lower jaw opens until it's almost unhinged. He breathes fire at you. You squeak and jump away from it. A small burn appears on your hand. It stings terribly, so you focus your energy on resetting back to where you were last determined. You feel time rushing past your face, whispering in your ears. You reappear back at the beginning of the fight. You smile, pulling out your knife and running at Asrielocky before he has a chance to react. This time, you jab at his neck. You puncture the skin, or scales, or stem, or whatever it is.
Flowey looks under him to find you. He locks eyes with you and growls. The growl sounds like leaves violently rustling in the wind. “This time, you're gonna stay dead!” He takes a breath, and his mouth begins to glow, but you're faster this time. You leap towards one of his hind legs, smiling tauntingly. He breathes fire at you with all the fury he can muster. You hop to one side, and he ends up breathing fire on his own leg. The flower dragon howls in pain as his leg catches fire. You're reminded that this creature is a plant as he expands his leafy wings and cries out. You feel a pang of sympathy as he's almost engulfed by the flames.
The dragon shrinks down, back to a flower. The fire vanishes. The flower’s stem is leaking red blood. Flowey grits his fangs at you, and his face shines under the black light. “I'll get you yet, just wait until I get those human souls! You'll be sorry you ever came down to Underland!” The flower sucks down, back into the dirt. All that's left is a little mound of earth.
You look around you. The black light lights up the white stripes on your dress, or, really, Chara’s dress. You realize that all those glowing eyeballs on the cavern roof are looking at you. Looking further into the cavern, you see an even more twisted version of the forest from the mortal realm. It looks especially sinister in the black light.
You feel your faint grip on reality slipping. Your home, your memory of it is becoming fainter. Fear taps at your heart. You gulp, slightly intimidated by what you have to do. You shake your head and tell yourself you can do this. You've made it this far. You're filled with determination.
But, you've screwed up. You released Chara into the mortal realm. You made Flowey mad at you, somehow, and then you tried to kill him! You angered the queen into wanting your head chopped off, even though you hadn't done anything wrong. What if you mess up again? No, you have to continue forward. It's the only way home.
Home.
You enter the new “forest”, which seems more like a swamp, considering all the water everywhere. Trash lumps clutter the ground. The whole place stinks of that plasticky trash smell. Slightly disgusted, you tread carefully through the bayou. After walking for some time, you reach a giant pile of trash. Two strange looking creatures, that distantly resemble a cat and an alligator, are sitting on the pile. The cat thing looks up from rummaging in the garbage and spots you.
“Brattydee! We have a visitor!” she meows excitedly.
“Woah, Cattydum, isn't she that girl who keeps disorganizing our trash? I mean, come on, we have a system! Soo not cool.”
“Yeah, go away, you creepy child! You're so uncool!” Cattydum glares at you. You shrink a little, but then you yell towards them that you aren't that girl.
“Oh, really? Well, I don't believe you! Go away!” Brattydee snaps.
Cattydum looks at her with big eyes. “I think she's telling the truth. Hey, girl! You're okay!”
You thank the cat thing and ask her if she knows anything about the mortal realm.
“Oh, isn't that the place on the other side of that weird mirror?” Brattydee taps her painted nails against her long snout.
“Yeah, who would want to go there? It looks so normal.”
You'd argue with Cattydum but you need these girls on your side. You ask them if they know how to get through the mirror.
“There isn't a way,” Brattydee replies. “I mean, unless your soul is really powerful. If it is, you can switch bodies with someone on the other side. But, that's crazy! Only two humans could do that, and that'd be so rare if two humans met at the same time.”
“Besides, who would want to go over there? It looks totally lame! The warped realm is great!” Cattydum’s tail swishes.
“Catty, we're literally living among garbage. It's not that great.” They both burst out giggling.
You laugh a bit too, and then thank them for their help. You continue on your way, feeling uncertain. How are you supposed to somehow bring Charice back to the mirror and trade bodies with her? She's probably deep in the mortal realm by now…
Maybe she’s back at the mirror by now. You could check. Hopeful, you turn around and start heading back to the tunnel.
“Yo!”
You jump at the voice. You turn to find an armless lizard monster kid. He opens his mouth eagerly and wags his big tail.
“You're a kid too, right?”
You nod.
“Can I join you on your adventures?”
You tell him uhh, sure?
“Great! I'll follow you!” He hops forward a little too excitedly, and falls on his face. The kid arches his back and jumps back up. “Let's go.”
As you walk back through the forest, you find it’s kind of nice to have a companion. Along the way, the lizard kid fills the silence with him talking about school and how boring it is.
After saying hi to the spider and going into the tunnel with the mirror at the end of it, you can see Alisk at the other side of the mirror, walking towards it the same way you are. It's weird seeing yourself on the other side. The kid watches you with intense fascination as you approach the girl in the looking glass.
“I knew you'd come. I knew you'd want to switch back. I'm fine with it now. You ready?” Even in your body, Charice somehow manages to stretch your face into her terrifying smile.
You're ready. You press your palms to the glass, and Charice does the same, her pupils flashing red. The kid continues to watch with amazement.
Here's the official design of Asrielocky! This is what he would look like in white light, even though he only shows up in the black light. He's really just a mash of the Jabberwocky and Flowey. In a profile view of his head, his upper mouth looks just like Flowey's creepy face. His claws act as roots in the ground, but he can move them.
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