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As all for it as I had gotten Toriel for heading back to her home and meeting with her husband, her confidence fleeted rather quickly.

But this wasn't so much a problem as I am a girl with connections and my backup helpers are plenty.

Yet the monsters in the Ruins are all intimidated by her so...I had to make a very big 'I.O.U. a favor' to my boys.

This will at least do a few things that are needed.

1, it establishes more to my claim that I won't let her scare off the bone brothers.

2, with Sans's charm, Papyrus's sweetness, and my logic, building her confidence back up isn't so hard.

And 3...the only condition Papyrus made, to finally have me eat the culinary masterpieces he made.

I can only say 'thank you god' for the variety was the only thing that made so much pasta tolerable.

I mean, I love Papyrus, and his cooking has improved a ton since that first plate given so long ago, but there's only so much a stomach is willing to, well, stomach.

Point being though, some fun, laughs, a few jeers, and so much food later, Toriel had regained her drive to head out...there was just one thing she had to do that I didn't expect would take fucking forever!

She had to prepare to doll herself up.

No shit.

She literally questioned me on what she should wear, what perfume to dab, if she should do something with her fur, it was too much.

So I did what any reasonable person would do...I called Mettaton and had him talk with her instead.

All that girly crap makes me ill anyway.

In fact, I'm going back to my roots for my look.

Black shirt, with the Delta Rune in white of course, and my jeans.

Can't beat the classics, if it ain't broke, don't fix, am I right?

Thank goodness those hickeys have pretty much faded or Toriel would have my head.

But since I've simplified that, I had more time to do one of my favorite things that I really needed...sleep.

Ah to sleep, perchance to dream...But for the dreamless, like myself, it is more to sleep, perchance to understand, as I use this time to reflect on things.

Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings.

It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but is more easily reversed than the state of hibernation or of being comatose.

Mammalian and/or Human sleep occurs in repeating periods, in which the body alternates between two highly distinct modes known as non-REM and REM sleep, REM stands for 'rapid eye movement' but involves many other aspects including virtual paralysis of the body.

But that's just the normal boring part, down here in the Underground, where magic is everything and everywhere, sleeping can recover your health above your maximum HP.

This leads me to think that Sans might have super amounts of HP since he naps at every chance he can get, though I could be wrong of course, but it's a thought at least and part of the many things that pop into my head when I get to just be alone with my thoughts.

Though like tall things, sleep, waiting, food, they run out of time and only one thing can be done.

[Lynsie the Human has updated their status on UnderNet.]

"Yo! Big day today. Gonna be heading to the Capital to meet the King. Not going alone though. Bringing the lost Queen with me. Anyone and everyone is welcomed to come along with us. We'll be walking from the Ruins. Let's hope today's the day that the barrier becomes nothing more than a bad memory."

[Lynsie the Human also updated her profile status.]

[Lynsie the Human: is in a relationship.]

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So this is it, today is the day, no holding back, Toriel and I are off to see Asgore.

Since it took so long for her to get ready, I try to meet up with Flowey to let him know we're heading out, but he seems to be pulling a 'Harry Houdini' as it's like he's vanished, so I leave him a note instead, I do hope he comes with us...even if we don't know it.

[Knock-knock]

"You ready to go mama?"

"Just a moment more."

"No rush."

"Oh! Don't forget about the pies."

"Yes mama."

Nothing beat one of Toriel's pie.

As a 'welcome home' gift she made three, she would've made more, but her pies are huge and even with how big the oven is it can only handle so much, so we're bring one butterscotch-cinnamon pie, one snail pie, and one chocolate pie...Guess which one I begged her to make?

Packing them into a basket that I can't carry unless I do so pack mule style, Toriel finally emerges out of her room and I mentally slap myself because of her look.

She looks the same apart from a very healthy and shiny coat that carries the soft yet sweet scent of sage.

"Well...How do I look?"

Like Mettaton wasted his time.

"You look great mama."

"You think so? I didn't over do it did I?"

"No. Papa is going to love it."

"Really?"

"Let me put it this way...We may be bringing pie, but you're the real sweet treat he'll want to eat up."

It takes her a moment to understand what I said before busting into sidesplitting laughter.

"Oh, heh...heh...Ha ha ha! How adorable...I could pinch your cheek!"

"I guess that would be a fitting pun-ishment by giving me my just desserts."

She laughs more before taking up the basket like it was weightless and patting my head affectionately.

"You are just too precious young one. How did you ever get to be so sweet?"

"It's just my nature. Plus a long time ago I was told to treat others like how I wanted to be treated myself. So, yeah."

"Awww..."

And with that we are off to the basement before heading out the doors to Snowdin, but only this time, we leave the doors open, proving that there is no need to hide anymore behind anything, all is open to be free.

"Oh, child you forgot your sweater."

"It's fine. For some reason...It doesn't feel all that cold anymore."

It's true though, normally I'd be freezing my butt off, but for some unknown reason, it doesn't feel so cold out.

Like the magic of the Underground knows that something is going to happen that will bring change.

Then...it started to snow.

Not a cloud above, only stone and gem, yet it snows as if the sky were truly there.

"Heh...I had forgotten just how beautiful the snow fall was."

All I do is smile at her.

Is this how it feels for a parent to see wonder in a child's eyes, heh, funny considering I'm the child here.

But I do feel a sort of pride, I'm helping her take a big step on the path to reconciliation, which is not an easy thing to do.

Best make this as nice for her as possible...let's check the trusty MP3...Oh perfect!

"♪I want a snowfall kind of love. The kind of love that quiets the world...♫"

She looks down at me as I skip ahead and move around as if I were trying to avoid each flake.

"♪I want a snowfall kind of love. 'Cause I'm a snowfall kind of girl...♫"

I had never taken up ballet, but I get the feeling that is what this looks like to her as she slowly follows behind me.

"♪I want a snowfall kind of love. That lights up the sky from below...♫"

Making our way past lonely trees and over the bridge gate with nary a care in our hearts.

"♪I want a snowfall kind of love. That brings people to their window...♫"

Spotting Sans sleeping at his post, I go right up and glomp him, scaring the daylights out of him but it doesn't last when he sees me.

"hey there sweetheart. it's nice to see you too."

Then he sees Toriel and he gets a little nervous.

"o-oh. morning toriel."

"Good day to you Sans."

"lynn...mind letting me go?"

I merely smirk and toss him up, making him gasp before catching him with a grin.

"♪Won't you bury me in your quiet love? Oh, bury me in your quiet love. Bury me in your quiet love. And we will blow away...♫"

"heh...not sure if that makes sense, but i won't fight it."

I prop him up on my shoulders and he shrugs at Toriel.

"guess i'm clocking out of work early."

"If she seeks your company, I will not stop her. She's made it quite clear I can't stop her heart from being with you boys. So, I shall interfere no longer...Unless you do something that will force my hand of course."

"uh..."

I take off and he holds on as she follows.

"♪I want a snowfall kind of love. The kind of love that keeps you in bed all day...♫"

"that does sound like something i'd like."

"♪Oh, I want to walk through with you. And watch it all melt away...♫"

"Child, not so fast. Stay close to me."

I slow down to a stroll as we near Papyrus's post.

"♪Won't you bury me in your quiet love? Oh, bury me in your quiet love. Bury me in your quiet love. And we will blow away.♫"

"That was a lovely song my child.

"Thank you mama."

"OH! HELLO THERE BROTHER. LYNSIE. LADY ASGORE. AND WHERE ARE YOU ALL HEADED?"

"We are headed to the Capital."

"We're gonna see papa."

"wanna come along bro?"

"SANS, YOU KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSE TO BE ON DUTY."

"i'm sure undyne will understand. after all, isn't it part of our job to keep the royal family safe?"

"THAT...THAT IS TRUE. AND I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AS A ROYAL GUARD *MUTTERS* IN TRAINING *NORMAL* WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOUR TRIP TO HOTLAND IS A SAFE ONE."

"Oh my. Such chivalry. Thank you Papyrus."

"Yes, thank you sweety."

"you rule bro."

Papyrus blushes lightly but takes a proud stance as he joins us on our merry way.

Post after post, monster after monster, those that see our group soon follow as if pulled by some force.

The winds of change are blowing wild and free.

The Queen is returning to the Capital.

The last needed human is with her.

You can practically feel the breeze of outside air on your skin, like the barrier is weakening and about to shatter.

Everything just feels so...alive.

I can feel it in my soul.

Entering Snowdin, the reception is warm and loving.

Mostly for Toriel, which I don't mind, this is her moment after all.

"pretty popular isn't she."

"I'm not surprised. It's like a loved one just came home after being missing for years. Hell, it IS like that, because it WAS like that."

"yeah. now that i think about it, it's a little silly that nobody ever fully checked the ruins."

"Probably didn't help that the doors only open from the inside and she kept them closed to everyone. Even the spiders."

"spiders?"

"There's a bake sale in the Ruins. Spider doughnuts and spider cider."

"oh! you mean muffet's forceful charity. would you believe she once scared a guy into forking over all his gold for one doughnut. true story."

"I know. In the Ruins, the prices are low and reasonable. But when I met her, that spider wanted 9999 gold for both items. I gave her 50 gold and told her I wasn't giving anymore."

"bet that made her mad."

"Yep. But I ended up avoiding her web of greed."

I notice we're by Grillby's pub and I point it out.

"Wanna grab a dink for the road?"

"sure. you know i'm not one to turn down a chance to go to grillby's."

We head inside, though I kneel low so he doesn't hit his head on the door frame, the regular bar monster welcome us, though as soon as they hear Toriel's name outside most go running to see her, making it easy to find a seat at the bar.

"Howdy Grillby."

"yo."

Seeing our silly seating, Sans still on my shoulders, Grillby smirks and instantly knows to bring out the ketchup.

"ah you know me so well grillz."

"Thank you hot stuff."

Grillby sighs and pulls out his phone.

[BEEP-BEEP]

He messaged me.

"Is it really a good idea to keep calling me that in front of your significant other?"

"But I've always called you that."

"eh, i don't have a problem with it. it's just something she does. it's cute."

[BEEP-BEEP]

"Just making sure no lines were crossed. So, you both are headed to the Capital with the Queen?"

"Yep. Toriel and I are going to try to make peace with Asgore."

"pap and me are along for the ride."

[BEEP-BEEP]

"That's nice. The War has done too much damage as it is. Countless lives lost that didn't have to be. Peace is long over due."

"amen to that."

"Agreed. But hey, even if I fail, my soul would still be put to good use and break the barrier. Win-win as I see it."

Sans nuggies me hard and I yelp a little.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"for saying something stupid. you dying is not a 'win'. there's no guarantee you'll come back if you die. and losing you...i don't know what we'd do without you."

Now I feel like shit.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. I forget that my life isn't just mine anymore and its loss effects the lives of others."

He hugs my head.

"it's okay sweetheart. just remember to keep it in mind, if you die, me and pap will cry."

"No! No cry. I'll be good, I promise."

Sans snickers and Grillby tries to suppress building laughter.

"see what i mean grillz? ain't she just too cute?"

All Grillby can do is nod in agreement.

The door suddenly flies open and we know it can only be our favorite Royal Guard in-training.

"THERE YOU TWO ARE. WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED I'D FIND YOU HERE."

"Hi sweety. Would you like a drink?"

"grab a seat and have a treat."

"WE DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR SUCH THINGS. PLUS YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE GREASE. I CAN SMELL IT FROM HERE. POSITIVELY SKIN CRAWLING."

"but bro, we don't have skin."

"I KNOW. THAT'S HOW MUCH IT'S GETTING TO ME. NO OFFENSE GRILLBY."

Grillby just waves it off unphased.

"NOW COME ALONG. LADY ASGORE IS WAITING."

"Be there in a minute sugar skull."

"THANK YOU."

Papyrus leaves and I put some gold on the counter.

"looks like break time is over."

"It was fun while it lasted."

[BEEP-BEEP]

"Take care you two. And cherish the love that you have. It really suits you both."

I can't stop the blush I get.

"ha! you made her blush. nice, but can you top that?"

Grillby thinks for a moment, then the light bulb goes off in his head, and he texts something really quickly.

[BEEP-BEEP]

"I don't know if this will come out right. But this is to both of you."

Grillby clears his throat and a slight steamy hiss builds before he settles on something.

"... ... ... good job."

My jaw hits the counter and Sans nearly falls off in shock.

"Grillby...You...You spoke...And I understood you. At least, part of it."

He smiles and gives a thumbs up...Oh snap, Grillby just 360 no scoped my mind!

Sans bongos my head as he cheers 'ooohhh' and I feel like this is one of those moments in a cartoon.

A bang on the door gets our attention and we just continue to be goofy as we leave, making Grillby laugh as we do.

"heheheh...that was fun. so...how did you get away from muffet?"

"By being absconded by Flowey."

"FLOWEY? DID HE HURT YOU?"

Almost forgot Papyrus was outside waiting for us.

"No...Maybe a little...But he had a great chance to kill me yet instead saves me from the spiders and took me to where I could get healed. That was turning point for us. I'm actually hoping he's following us."

"WHY?"

"He's my older bro. He's got his problems but I won't let that stop me from loving him. Just like as much as you both might be mad at Gaster, he's your brother and you love him. We are not perfect beings. We all have our flaws. But we can overlook these small things do to love. Because everyone needs love."

"yeah...you're right about that."

"AWWW..."

Papyrus hugs me tight and Sans pats his head sweetly.

"OUR GIRLFRIEND IS SO CARING. HOW DID WE GET SO LUCKY?"

"beats me. but i'm not gonna complain about it."

"It's a shame though. It would be cool if Grandpa Semi could see this."

"YOU KNOW GRANDPA?"

"Sans, you really need to tell him things more often."

"heh...guess i forgot. she visited the old man some time ago."

"AND YOU WERE THERE?"

"i got called over."

"...DID YOU...UM...SEE THEM?"

Ah hell, the dead parents territory, code red, I repeat, code red!

Sans sulks his head onto mine.

"yeah...they...they seemed okay."

"THAT'S GOOD...GOOD TO HEAR."

Papyrus too seems to bare a mournful expression and it makes my eyes water.

Girlfriend powers of comfort activate!

"Huggies!"

Sans is nearly thrown off when I nearly tackle Papyrus, his finger tips really dig into under my jaw, but it doesn't hurt, any pain of theirs hurts me more than something actually happening to me personally.

"careful there sweetheart."

"YES. YOU DON'T WANT TO HURT YOURSELF."

Trusty MP3, don't let me down...Wait...When the fucking hell did I download this?

"♪There's a hero. If you look inside your heart. You don't have to be afraid. Of what you are. There's an answer. If you reach into your soul. And the sorrow that you know. Will melt away...♫"

"SANS, WHY IS SHE SINGING?"

"my guess, she's trying to make you feel better."

"OH. THEN PLEASE CONTINUE."

"♪And then a hero comes along. With the strength to carry on. And you cast your fears aside. And you know you can survive. So when you feel like hope is gone. Look inside you and be strong. And you'll finally see the truth. That a hero lies in you...♫"

"I LIKE THIS SONG."

"it has a good message."

Noticing Toriel waving us over, Papyrus takes a very silly initiative and picks me up before mimicking what I've done with Sans only I'm now on his shoulders.

"ONWARD TO WATERFALL WE GO! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!"

"sweetheart. what ever you do, please don't drop me."

Sans is clinging to me and I understand why as I do the same to Papyrus, though he doesn't notice.

Papyrus is a little over 6 feet tall, taking my legs out adds about 2 feet at the shoulder to that, now adding Sans's possible 2 feet without his legs also at the shoulder, this equals to a grand total of...HOLY SHIT THIS IS HIGH UP!

Need a distraction now!

"♪It's a long, road. When you face the world alone. No one reaches out a hand. For you to hold. You can find love. If you search within yourself. And the emptiness you felt. Will disappear...And then a hero comes along. With the strength to carry on. And you cast your fears aside. And you know you can survive. So when you feel like hope is gone. Look inside you and be strong. And you'll finally see the truth. That a hero lies in you...♫"

"AH. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE SUCH LOVELY MUSIC AS WE WALK. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE LADY ASGORE?"

"My daughter does love to sing, that is true. And please, call me Toriel."

"OKAY LADY TORIEL."

"*giggles* Close enough Papyrus."

"♪Lord knows. Dreams are hard to follow. But don't let anyone. Tear them away. Hold on. There will be tomorrow. In time you'll find the way...And then a hero comes along. With the strength to carry on. And you cast your fears aside. And you know you can survive. So when you feel like hope is gone. Look inside you and be strong. And you'll finally see the truth...That a hero lies in you...That a hero lies in you...That a hero lies in you...♫"

"if it's okay, can i pick the next song?"

"By all means."

I hand Sans the player.

"NOTHING SILLY PLEASE."

"what makes you think i'll pick something silly?"

"BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE PLAGUING MY LIFE WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC."

"hey, lynn likes my trombone music."

"That I do."

"THEN IT SEEMS THAT YOU BOTH HAVE BAD TASTE."

"nah bro, you'll like it."

Sans starts up the song as we enter into the first section of Waterfall and as the tune hits my ears I wonder what was his reason why he picked this song.

"♪Hey brother, there's an endless road to re-discover. Hey sister, know the water's sweet but blood is thicker. Oh, if the sky comes falling down, for you, There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do...Hey brother, do you still believe in one another? Hey sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder? Oh, if the sky comes falling down, for you, There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do. (Ahahaa) What if I'm far from home? Oh, brother I will hear you call. What if I lose it all? Oh, sister I will help you out! Oh, if the sky comes falling down, for you, There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do...♫"

There's a long band solo here part that is just so uplifting that it makes me want to dance, but being carried on Papyrus's shoulders stops that, yet we keep going, cross water gaps with flowers that act like stepping stones.

Wish I knew about those my first time trekking through here.

"♪Hey brother, there's an endless road to re-discover. Hey sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder? Oh, if the sky comes falling down, for you, There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do. (Ahahaa) What if I'm far from home? Oh, brother I will hear you call. What if I lose it all? Oh, sister I will help you out! Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you, There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.♫"

Another long make you wanna dance part as we enter the WISHING ROOM, it's also where the Echo Flowers begin to appear, they seem to grow in the central zones of Waterfall.

Toriel takes this time to use the convenient telescope to look up at the crystals as the song ends.

"SANS."

"yeah?"

"I LIKE THAT SONG."

"glad to hear it."

"BUT I'M STILL PICKING THE NEXT SONG."

"okay."

"Papy sweety. Could you put me down? Being this high up was fun, but also kinda scary."

"OH! MY APOLOGIES."

Papyrus carefully puts me down and I do the same for Sans, he seems grateful to be standing again though a little surprised he didn't work in a quick nap along the way even though he had the chance.

"we should rest here for a bit."

"WHAT? WHY?"

"that way, we'll have the energy to reach alphys's lab."

"BUT WE CAN DO THAT NOW."

"think of it this way bro. it'll give you time to pick a good song."

"HMMM..."

They continue to converse as I hand over my MP3 to Papyrus and everyone else seems to have occupied themselves in some way or form.

These Moldsmal and Moldbygg, seemed to have joined the group, but they attracted a Woshua who has since been trying to clean everybody it can, very cute.

But all in all, there's a good vibe amongst the monsters.

There is hope.

It's a good thing.

Suddenly something hits the back of my head in a oddly familiar way and when I check to see what it is...a seed.

Flowey?

Yay, he is following us!

Wow...Never thought I'd say that.

Taking a chance while everyone is distracted, I slip away out to the first bridge point and the first of the wall plaques that don't state the obvious.

I missed out on reading these before, guess it wouldn't hurt to check them out as I look for my floral sibling.

[Ancient writing covers the walls...you can just make out the words.]

["The War of Humans and Monsters."]

Ah, so these will give me the monster's take on the war.

Now this should be very interesting indeed.

I move the second of five plaques.

[Why did the humans attack? Indeed, it seemed that they had nothing to fear. Humans are unbelievably strong. It would take the SOUL of nearly every monster...just to equal the power of a single human SOUL.]

That seems a little extreme, but I get the point.

This is probably due to how the soul is linked with magic.

Monsters are more linked to magic and it makes up them entirely, whereas humans do have magic, but this has diminished over time to nearly nothing.

Since magic doesn't make up a human's form like how it is for a monster, the soul isn't using any of its power and is in constant reserve, making it stronger by comparison.

Fascinating...On to the next one.

[But humans have one weakness. Ironically, it is the strength of their SOUL. Its power allows it to persist outside the human body, even after death.]

Honestly I don't see this as a weakness.

I can see this as something sweet.

Like if I die, I'd like my soul to be given to Sans and Papyrus.

What they do with it, that's up to them, but that's view on it.

But I guess this isn't the view of someone who's thinking of adding love into their thinking.

So...next plaque please.

[If a monster defeats a human, they can take its SOUL. A monster with a human SOUL...A horrible beast with unfathomable power.]

Okay, this has to bring up an important point.

Other than Asriel and Chara doing this, who else fused and how many times has this been done to the point it got noted in monster history?

Because chronologically speaking, my bros were the last to do this Dragon Ball Super Z fusion dance of the fucking sugar fairy thing.

This means others before them had done this...but...what happened to them?

I have some serious concerns about this right here!

But it's not like I'm gonna get a freaking answer, so last plaque.

[It's an illustration of a strange creature...There's something very unsettling about this drawing.]

I...I'm at a lost about this.

Why did Flowey lead me this way?

To read these?

To learn?

WTF?

Another seed dings the side of my head and I spy the little yellow fellow across the water from me.

This leaves me with a rather uncomfortable choice to make.

Do I go back and let the others know, possibly making Flowey leave in doing so?

Or do I just cross the water and see what the seed slinger is up to on my own?

Crap, I hate on the spot decisions!

Fuck it!

I get on the small plank and it moves on its own to the other side, only just as I'm about to reach the other side, Flowey smirks before sinking into the ground, leaving me on the other side feeling stupid.

"Of course...Of bloody course you'd pull a stunt like this. Why did I...*smacks forehead* Nope. Not falling for it. I'll just...go...back?"

The plank went back to the other side.

"And what's to stop me from swimming? Ha! Plot hole!"

A large shadow swims by.

"Damn it!"

I grumble swears to myself as I am forced to scout ahead.

If my memory recalls correctly, this is where I met that gray monster kid that was having issues with existing or lack there of.

I wonder how those odd balls are doing.

Must be weird, popping in and out of the time line like that.

I wonder if I can help them too?

That would be nice.

*THWACK*

A spear has stabbed the spot in front of me and was real close to sticking into my poor foot.

This can only mean the hero of the Underground has beef with me for some dumb reason.

"Okay punk, no more stalling..."

Speak of the fishy devil...Undyne creeps out from behind a columns off to the side of the dock.

"Undyne! My favorite fish, how you doing this day? 'Cause by this spear and it's closeness, I'd think you were mad at me. But that's a joke. I've done nothing wrong."

"Wrong!"

Fishy say what now?

She leaps over and blocks the way back that I came from.

"You've been doing good. I know that. But you've done something I can't forgive."

"And that is?"

I hardly see you, the hell did I do?

"You've been avoiding the one thing I want from you."

"...My soul?"

"No! I want a fight."

"Not this crap again."

"What did you say?"

Damn it brain, that was an inside thought not outside!

"*sigh* Look. I'm gonna make this as clear as I possibly can, because I'm sick of this as much as you are. I will not fight..."

A spear zooms by my head.

"You?"

"I...I can't accept that. I refuse to!"

"...Why?"

I feel like a kid asking why the sky is blue.

"Why? Why?! I'm Captain of the Royal Guard! Best fighter under the King himself! And yet you...You strange human and your weird powers...If I've learned anything from watching anime, it means you're super strong. A worthy opponent. I have to fight you! Deep, deep in my soul. There's a burning feeling I can't describe. A burning feeling that WON'T let me stop. Not till I've reached my goal. And right now, I only have ONE goal. To defeat YOU."

Great, I'm suddenly an anime trope.

"Then you know how this will play out. We fight and two things will happen. One, you kick my ass. Or the more funny one, I kick your butt."

To that she takes in great humor and laughs mockingly at me.

"You beat me? There's no way some punk like you can beat me."

Famous last words of every anime antagonist ever.

"Either way, I'm not fighting you."

"You see...That's where you're wrong."

I doing like where this is going.

"See, you've had the choice to fight or not. But that choice, that's what's been letting you be such a wuss. Well no more. I'm taking that choice away! I'll TELL you what's going to happen. I'm gonna make you fight me whether you want to or not!"

Bad idea fish.

"And if I still refuse?"

"Then you die. Simple as that. I saw your post on UnderNet, so I know you're headed to see Asgore. So I'll give you this choice..."

She readies another spear and gets in a fighting stance.

"You can either see Asgore live or I can bring him your soul. You're move."

You cheeky bitch.

"You can be so cruel, you know that?"

I pick up the spear she first stopped me with and get a grip for it.

"I still won't fight you Undyne."

"*scoff* Fine by me. Let it be known that I, UNDYNE..."

She charges and I'm forced to block her.

"Will strike you down!"

"If that's the case...You're gonna have to try a little harder than THAT."

I kick at her abdomen and knock her back, but she just grins as she gets ready for another move.

"Fuhuhu! How does it feel punk? To be the one feeling humiliated for your actions! It's the perfect revenge!"

"Get real Undyne. I'm not fighting you."

"Oh yeah? Then what do you call this then?"

"Oh you poor simple fish. I'm not fighting you and I mean it..."

I shift into a bracing stance and my soul comes out, shining deep purple.

"But I never said I wouldn't defend myself."

"Heh...Now that's more like it. There wouldn't be any fun if there was no challenge. Now, human! Let's end this, right here, right now. I'll show you how determined monsters can be! En guarde!"

"Bring it on!"

Not my best retort but one she takes as our flag drop to begin.

We charge at one another.

One soul determined to fight, the other bound to survive, this is going to be annoying and tedious.

[Meanwhile in the Wishing Room]

"and you see that cluster of crystals? i call that one the constellation papyrus."

"I think I see it. It's cute."

Ah the magic of pseudo star gazing, it's a nice way to build friendship ties, which is especially good to do with a mother if you like being with her daughter, which Sans definitely liked.

But it's not like that was hard to do, he had a friendship with Toriel prior to the human's involvement, and nothing can break a bond made by bad jokes.

"UH...SANS?"

Papyrus looks troubled, this can't be good.

"sup, bro?"

"WELL, I PICKED A GOOD SONG, BUT..."

"yeah?"

"I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE HUMAN."

Ah damn it.

"say what?"

"I LOOKED, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE LYNSIE IS."

What the heck?

"What do you mean you don't know where my child is?"

Shit.

"calm down, she couldn't have gotten far. pap, where do you remember seeing her last?"

Because honestly, he himself forgot once his focus was on Toriel and stars.

"I RECALL HER LAST BEING OVER THERE, BY THE TWO ECHO FLOWERS. SHE HANDED ME HER MUSIC PLAYER. THEN YOU AND ME WERE TALKING. THEN I LOOKED FOR A SONG. AND WHEN I FOUND ONE, SHE WAS GONE."

"Papyrus, please, think carefully. When you looked for my daughter, did you notice anything else? Was anything odd or out of place? Did anyone else see her?"

"NO. NO ONE I SPOKE SAW ANYTHING. OH! BUT I DID FIND THIS."

Papyrus holds out his hand, a single white seed.

"what is that?"

"I've seen those before. In the Ruins. I'd find them just after seeing..."

"IT'S A FRIENDLINESS PELLET. FLOWEY MAKES THEM."

"Flowey?"

Crap, what was that guy up to?

"pap, show me where you found it!"

Papyrus lead them near the entrance of the next area.

There, very faint sneaker prints lead away, so there was the first clue.

There was no struggle, she went on her own.

But motherly intuition alerts Toriel that something isn't right.

In the next area, everything there seemed fine as well, till they spotted another seed and vague yelling came from across the water followed by the flashing of light sea foam green lights.

What the heck was going on?

"SANS...YOU DON'T THINK...SANS?"

But he was gone, teleporting himself across to the other side.

"Come Papyrus. We have to get over there and quickly."

"YES LADY TORIEL."

To the plank they went to cross.

But for Sans, what he finds is less then hopeful, but at least Flowey wasn't involved, though a small part of him kind of wished he was.

There was no denying this was Undyne's work.

The boardwalk was littered with cuts and stab marks along with a few broken spear bits too.

The real alerting part was that tell tale spots of crimson that stood out in the cool hues of Waterfall.

Damn it Undyne, the hell is your damage?!

Following the trail, the yelling got louder, the lights flashed more and brighter, but then the cause became clear.

More than halfway down the boardwalk they stood, Lynsie with her back to him using a spear to hold off Undyne and her own out for blood spear.

From what he could see, Lynsie had bloody cuts that marred her arms and tore into her legs.

Undyne too had some marks, but none matched to the amount or depth on the human.

"what the hell is going on?!"

He regretted yelling instantly the moment the human turned her head to look at him.

Undyne used the distraction to punch the girl, making her stumble back and spit blood, before turning the human's soul green...this just went from bad to worse.

"*scoff* Cheap shot, fish."

"Heh, you're the one who was stupid enough to look away in the middle of battle."

"can someone explain what's happening?"

"Fishy here has been itching to fight me, but I refused. Now she's not giving me a choice but to defend myself or die."

"...the fuck?!"

"That's what I think too. But logic seems to not work on her at this moment. I blame all the salt in her water. She's probably sea sick or some carp like that."

"Hey! Don't think I'll let you make pun of me!"

"Or what? You'll hit me again? Big flipping whoop de damn do."

"sweetheart. please don't antagonize her."

"No Sans, let her talk. It'll only make her loss all the more sweeter."

"Big talk form a woman that smells like sushi."

"Urahhh! You're such a pain in the neck!"

"I know you are, but what am I?"

She snaps her spear in half in annoyance then makes another one.

"You're strong...But not strong enough! As long as you're GREEN you CAN'T ESCAPE! Unless you learn to face danger head-on...You won't last a SECOND against ME!"

The wind howls as Undyne flashes a menacing smile and flips her spear.

"lynsie, get ready. she attacks from all sides while your green."

"Well ain't that just peachy."

She launches 3 spears forward and Sans is right, my legs won't move, so I try dodge or deflect them.

"Not bad! Then how about THIS!?"

This time she hurls 6 spears, 2 in front of me and 2 on either side of me.

I manage to avoid serious injury but do get sliced a bit from how quick they fly by.

"For years, we've dreamed of a happy ending...And now, sunlight is just within our reach! I won't let you snatch it away from us!"

"You think this is how to get a happy ending? By attacking the innocent? Gerson would be so terribly disappointed if he saw this."

"Don't you dare speak like you know him! NGAHHH! Enough warming up!"

Now her spears come at me fast and confusing.

1 comes at my left, then 1 on my right, another to my left, then 2 on my right, and the 2 on my left...wait, that's an odd number, she throws even numbers.

"behind you!"

A split second drop down saves me from becoming a human shish kabob.

"Hey! No outside help!"

"undyne, this isn't right and you know it!"

"I thought if I beat her like this...It'd truly show how strong monsters can be."

"and you think that needs proving? look at her! look at what you've done."

Wow, I must look like hell.

"Can spare you now? I just want this to be over."

This makes her good eye twitch involuntarily.

"You? Sparing ME? Fuhuhuhu!"

Her laughter is maniacal and she's smashing spears on the ground, never a good sign.

"How insulting! I'd NEVER surrender to the likes of you!"

Undyne points heroically towards the sky.

"I wanted this to be a fair fight. BUT NOW? I DON'T CARE!"

She launches 8 more spears at me in a circle pattern.

One at my front, then to my right, behind me, to my left, then the front, the right, the back, the left, and then 4 speed at my front.

I only manage to knock 2 of the 4 away, earning harsh gritted hisses from me as they stab into my shoulders.

[HP █████████████ 13/20]

Damn it, her intent has increased, making the hits worse and effecting my HP.

I don't know her ATK level, but if this keeps up, I'm dead where I stand.

What's worse, Sans can't do anything but alert me if needed.

Unless the fight is started in a group and he was my partner, he can't interfere.

And she knows it.

Undyne towers threateningly as she holds her fist in front of her and shakes her head while she draws her finger across her neck.

"Alphys told me humans were determined...I see now what she meant by that! But I'm determined, too! Determined to end this RIGHT NOW!"

I dodge the spear to my left, avoid the 2 at my front, deflect the 1 to my right, miss the 2 again at my front, dodge the 1 on my left, defect and then block the 2 that come at my front, so that just leaves...

"My child!"

I turn my upper half to look just as Toriel and Papyrus arrive, only for them to witness the 8th spear that aimed for my back rips straight into my chest at an angle, missing my heart but definitely going through a lung as it protrudes from my chest, dripping in blood as I drop to my knees.

The skeleton brothers gasps of shock are deafened by Toriel's horrified shrill cry as I roar out in pain.

[HP ██████ 6/20]

Shock sets in as I stare at the spear sticking out of me, my heart beats with a weak but rapid pulse, only one working lung now my breathing becomes irregular, dizziness clouds my eyes, and my soul cracks.

This is one hell of a bad time.