It was a ghost, like one that you'd expect to find in a story for kids. Although his body was simply a white floating sheet, he was also wearing an elegant black top hat, and two white leather gloves with golden buttons on them were floating next to him, one on each side of his body. He looked surprised at first, but then flashed a victorious face.
"My, my, speak of the devil... It seems our prey was urging to be captured" he said, addressing this remark to the monsters around us.
I quickly grabbed my branch and took a defensive posture. He looked at me, and then burst in a loud laugh. "You want to fight ? Against ME ?! Aren't you desperate. Well, at this point, I'd win more by bringing you to the king than killing you or throwing out of my Ruins. So be it !"
He opened his eyes wide, and a pale green liquid started dripping out of them, in my direction. I avoided them, and noticed that where they touched the walls, the stones started to dissolve. Acid. But then... no, there was no way this guy was the one who saved me from Flowey. Besides, he said he didn't want me here.
That's when I noticed the other ghost. Floating in a corner, looking at me trying to survive. He was wearing a smoking and had what seemed like hair on his forehead. He looked afraid and confused, like if this fight displeased him. For a moment, I thought about running towards him, but the first ghost seemed to notice my strategy, and sent a whole wave of tears in my direction. The moments they touched me, I felt a huge pain in all my body. It was like I was burning alive. I collapsed on the ground, crying for help. And for a moment, it felt like someone was behind me, was here to save me...
But nobody came.
And I died.
I opened my eyes, and the first thing I noticed was the big glowing star that was in front of me. I looked around. It was the same corridor where I was 5 minutes ago. Did I teleport ? But then, where are my wounds ? Did I... No, it can't be, I don't know healing. What if...
"Hey !"
I got out of my mind, and saw multiple figures on my right. The same three monsters I hid from in this corridor before were... no, they weren't back, they were coming from the same way as last time. And they had seen me now. The beetle turned around and screamed "Napsta ! They're here ! THE HUMAN IS HERE !"
"WHAT ?!"
This voice. It was the hat ghost. He appeared behind the three creatures.
"WHAT ARE YOU DUMBASSES WAITING FOR ?! CATCH THEM !"
Afraid, I ran back to the previous rooms, now with an army of monsters pursuing me, trying the best I could to avoid all their attacks. I eventually arrived to the room with the fractured ground, but unconscious of the danger, I walked away from the leaves, and the ground broke under my feet.
Napstablook stopped when he saw the human disappear in the hole. "Oh fuck"
Moldsmal stopped next to him, astounded. "Shit, we were that close to catch them !"
"But," said Vegetoid, "you think that there's any way that..."
"Nope," answered Napsta, "I made sure no one could survive such a thing."
He turned around.
"If any of you tells what happened here to someone outside of the Ruins, I'll make sure they'll become my new cousin, if you see what I mean... understood ?"
No one answered.
"UNDERSTOOD ?!"
They all jumped off, and acquiesced.
"Good. Now let's get the fuck out of here."
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UnderEdge : An Undertale AU
General FictionA long time ago, monsters were trapped underground by their eternal enemies, the human race. Their king, filled with rage, decided to make every human that would fall here regret ever being born. Humans seemed doomed in the Underground, and who knew...
