the cowardly brother

chapter 1

Waking up you look at the ceiling only to see a massive hole. That's odd your room didn't have a hole in it. Wait you remember now your not in your room. Sitting up you look around only too see your in a wide room surrounded by flowers. But how did you get here? It's a bit fuzzy but you start to piece things together. Lucky you had your helmet on or else you might be seriously injured.

Flashback

You had just had the worst baseball game of your life. First you immediately got struck out, then you managed to not fail not one but 2 catches, and finally it started raining on your way back to the orphanage. luckily you could just hang with your big bro and he would usually make it all better.

Walking inside you decide to skip your room and walk straight to the one your brother was in. Walking over to his bed you don't see your brother anywhere, you only see a note lying on his bed.

Picking up and inspecting the note you are horrified at what you were reading.

For anyone reading this I've gone to mt ebbot to enact justice for all the missing kids.

Love clover 🍀

Ps. Courage if your reading this, I insist that you don't follow me, I don't want you getting hurt.

P

anicking you start to hyperventilate. You have no idea what to do. Do you follow him, or do you do as the note says and let him explore alone. You can't make up your mind. You decide your gonna pack and see what you feel after your done.

After a couple of minutes your done packing. Staring at you backpack full of snacks and clothes (and your favorite game), you decide that your gonna do it, your gonna go save your brother. Before your fully out of the orphanage you decide to turn back to grab your trusty bat and baseball helmet. You'd never leave home without them.

After a couple hours of walking you finally see your destination, mt ebbot. As you stare up and the huge mountain you pause for a moment, this mountain was huge! Did your brother really think it was a good idea to jump into that deathtrap?! Steeling yourself for a moment, you look back ahead and keep walking, you've already come this far, your not gonna let down the only family you have left.

Walking forward you start to feel a pit in your stomach, a feeling you know all to well, Fear. You don't know why you've always been so scared, all you know is it's been like this since your were born. You'd get scared over something small and clover would come running in to save the day. That's why you need to save him, to repay him for all the times he's saved you.

Steeling your nerves you continue up the mountain. Hoping that you would be able to just find your brother and just be able to go home. You eventually reach a small cave in the mountain, hoping your brother might just be resting inside. Walking forward you notice something that makes your heart stop for a moment, boot tracks, you know they have to be your brother's.

Walking forward you continue deeper into the cave, hoping to just find your brother uninjured and just asleep. Following the trail you end up noticing where it ends. A giant hole in the floor. Looking around desperately you hope to find your brother nearby the hole just resting. After a long time of looking and panicking, you finally come to the conclusion that your brother had jumped in.

Walking towards the hole you just stare at it for what felt like hours. You had no idea what to do, do you jump in to go heroically go save your brother, or do you do the logical thing and go get the police?
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No getting the cops involved wouldn't help, it's not like they would care if an orphan boy just mysteriously went messing without a trace. They wouldn't care, no one would, that's why you had to find your brother, your all each other had.

Finally deciding that this really is the only choice you start to put on your base ball helmet, hoping it would keep you safe. Walking closer to the hole, you shudder seeing as how you can't seem to see the bottom. Knowing that it's now or never you take a step forward and plunge into the abyss that had taken away your brother.

Flashback over

Getting up and walking further into the ruins you find yourself face to face with a……frog? Before suddenly you have to dodge backwards to avoid an attack the frog threw. but before you could retaliate a large women with goat like features glared at the frog and caused it to run away. Glancing back up at the women she proceeded to look down at you before speaking.
"My child are you hurt"? She said while examining you. "W-who a-are you"? You said trembling with fear. Suddenly she reached a hand out to you. "It's ok my child, I am Toriel guardian of the ruins".

Getting up and taking her hand you let her guide you through the ruins. You begin to zone out as you start to think, this is really a monster huh. You are currently holding hands with a monster and not freaking out? How are you not freaking out? Maybe it's cause she reminded you of momma. Maybe clover felt the same way? Maybe he's still right here hanging out with Toriel!

Stopping dead in your tracks, you look up at Toriel and ask the question that's been bugging you the whole time.

"Um miss Toriel I have a question"?

"Yes my child"?

"Did my um- did my brother come through hear"

Suddenly Toriel turned around and stared at you with shock. "That was your brother"? Filled with hope that he might still be here you ask your next question. "Uh yeah do you know where he is? I miss him".

Suddenly you both stop at what appears to be a hole in the floor under 2 switches. "Well my child unfortunately I do not he had fallen through this whole only a couple of hours ago". Looking at the hole you know what you had to do, you've come this far and you've already let him down before. "Ms Toriel"? "Yes my child" she said whilst turning to you.

"Thanks for everything". You said while grabbing you bag straps and jumping down into the hole

"My child"!

Thud

Ugh, well that was painful, you thought as you look around, before noticing something lying on the floor. The missing kids poster, that must means he's been through here! And if you don't hurry up you both might be added to it, you thought as you continue deeper into the ruins.

Walking into a room you jump as you hear the last thing anyone would want to hear in abandoned ruins.

"Howdy"! The voice said as you turn to look at it. "I'm flowey, flowey the flower"! The small monster said with a mischievous grin. "Uh that's cool my name's courage" you said trying not to show how uncomfortable you are. "Wow such a fitting name especially since you have an orange soul"! "What does that mean"? You said confused. "Oh silly it means that you have the soul of bravery, it means your vary being is based on courageousness"! Hah yeah right you thought, no way am I the peak of bravery.

"Well that's cool uh…flowery was it, do you know where my bro is "? Holding back the urge to kill you and reset, flowey spoke again. "Oh you mean clover? their already pretty deep in the underground it's going to be quiet a trek, but I'm sure you can do it because you have me on your side, thanks to me I can reset if you ever die and I could bring you back"!

Deciding that you didn't want to know why he had to bring that up, you continue. "Uh cool can you just tell me where he is"? "Oh that's easy he's in the dunes, just follow the river out of snowdin and you'll be there in no time, I believe in you"! And with that he was gone.

Well that was weird. And now your panicking even more than before! What is snowdin, what are the dunes! Uh well there's only way way to find him and that's forward.

After walking for what felt like forever you finally make it to what seemed like someones house. Or as you should say what USED to be someones house. Everything seemed to have been moved out. Continuing forward you found what appeared to be a door with some planks sitting next to it. Walking through it your prepared to do what ever it takes to find your dear bro.