A Tale of Determination

Start of a New Adventure

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Elsword or Undertale. Just this story.

Cast~

Frisk - Time Tracer

(A friend of some sorts): Base! Add

Toriel - Rena (GA)

Flowey - KOG (or Gamey the Flower)

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Am I...?

Time groaned as he sat up. He couldn't figure out what had happened or where he was. But he could tell that he was not at home.

The ground below him was soft and he noticed yellow petals as it was scattered about. Flowers? Why would they grow here? Time turned his head about, noting how dark it was. Where...?

Sounds of Rustling was heard right next to him and a small voice murmured, "Time? Are you alright?"

"Somewhat..." He could hardly make out the figure right next to him, but recognizes the voice. "Add?"

"I couldn't grab you in time..." The other boy motioned around their current position. "Here we are now."

Time stood up and noticed a dim shade of light in front of them. "I think the exit over there!"

Add stood up as well and ran towards it, leaving the other boy to follow close behind. They ran and ran until the light came closer and closer. But what they found was a single flower with orange petals.

"Howdy!" It spoke, causing the two boys to flinch. "Are you two new here?"

Time nodded and he flower, which he felt Add shiver behind him. "Where is this?"

"Don't rush me, will ya? I still have to explain the rules around here!" It gave another knowing smile. "I'm Gamey. Gamey the Flower!"

The boy sighed exasperatedly. "Get to the point already..."

"Fine fine!" The center of the boy's chest began to glow. To Time, it felt... weird...

"Time!" Add was shaking. "Don't... Don't... listen to Gamey! He's... hiding something!"

"We don't know that for sure, do we?" He whispered back. "Just hide."

His friend scrambled away and Time glanced at the flower again, ready to pass what Gamey had in store. "Are you...?"

Gamey continued to smile. "What?"

"Just hurry up..."

The flower chuckled as he pointed at the glowing, red heart. "Do you know what does it represent?"

"...My heart...?"

"It is also your soul, the culmination of your very being!" He then points at the letters [LV 1] floating around his head. "You see that? It stands for Love!" A small white dot appears as Gamey winks. "We'll start by collecting these friendliness pellets!"

The boy gulps as more of these "pellets" appeared around Gamey. They didn't look like 'pellets.' They look more like... bullets...

"Time!" Add whispers. "Try dodging them!"

He nods and the 'pellets' were quickly gaining speed, which Time sidesteps to a right. The flower shook his head in disapproval.

"You were suppose to collect them, not dodge them!" Another batch of 'pellets' had already surrounded Gamey again. "Try collecting them again!"

The 'pellets' were still at the same speed as before, but the boy dodges it once more, causing the flower to growl in frustration.

"RUN! INTO! THE! BUL-!" He quickly caught himself before he could finish it. "Friendliness pellets." The third batch of 'pellets' were faster this time and Time knew that Gamey was lying behind his smile. He heard Add did a quick intake of breath as he dodged it once more.

The mood quickly changed into a more sinister and leering one. "Y...you just want me to suffer, don't you...?" Time took a step back as his face morphed into a terrifying grin. "DIE."

The boy stumbled onto a rock and tripped. He couldn't even run away as he was encircled in a tight circle of Gamey's bullets, leaving no options of escape.

"TIME!" screamed Add as he tried to help his friend, but was immediately knocked away by one of the bullets. "Akh...!"

"Add!" He glared at Gamey. "Leave him alone! He has nothing to do with this!"

"But he fell in with you, right?!" Gamey cackled madly. "IN THIS WORLD, IT'S EITHER THAT YOU KILL OR BE KILLED!" He flicked a leave, increasing the speed of the bullets and they inched closer and closer to where Time sat. "DROP DEAD!"

He closed his eyes and began to pray. Surely, there would be someone to come and rescue them, right? Hopefully, they would be the ones to help and guide them through such a place...

The boy waited for the bullets beat him to the verge of death, just like they did to his poor friend. Bu, it never did as Gamey was heard screaming as something green had flung him away. Time slowly opened them and found a beautiful, but a rather large, woman kneeling before him. "Are you alright, young one?"

He nodded shakily and she continued to speak. "I am Rena, Caretaker of the Ruins." The woman pointed behind her and Time notices a purple doorway with some weird symbols on it. "I-"

The boy grabbed a hold of her arms. "M-My friend...! The flower attacked him an-and...!"

She stood up quickly and marched her way towards the unconscious Add. "...Hurting such innocent, poor souls..."

Her green hair swayed about and he notes the small horns protruding from her head and long white ears. Is-is she...?

"A human?" Rena chuckled softly as she approached Time once more, but this time, with Add across her back. "No... I'm afraid not." The other boy lets out a small groan. "Would you be scared if I said that I am a monster?"

Pictures of monster that he had seen from story books flashed into mind, but he shook his head. She seems too nice to actually be one...

Rena presents a hand for him to hold. "Come with me. I will heal your friend and give you a proper way of how things work in the Underground."

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Add awoken as his head thudded painfully. He couldn't remember anything after Gamey had knocked him out. All he could remember hearing was a scream and that was about it. Two figures blocked and a familiar voice was heard as he sighed with relief. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah..." A large hand was pressed against his back as he sat up. He moved his head to a right and noticed a woman that was twice his size. "Ah...?!"

"She saved us!" Time placed his hands onto his shoulders, in an attempt to calm him down. "She's not going to hurt us!"

It took him about 5 minutes to become calm and he felt something warm at the right side of his head. The painful throbs were slowly disappearing and Add could only sigh in relief, which made the women smile softly.

"Do you feel fine now, young one?" He nodded and she brushed her green hair away. "I am Rena, Caretaker of these Ruins." She beckon Time forward and ruffled both of their heads. "Are you ready to learn?"

Time nodded, which Add became confused about. "What does she mean?" He whispered to his friend, who ignored it.

"I wouldn't call it 'Training.'" Rena replied as she helped Add stand up. "More like a tutorial and some insights of this world." She walked ahead and the other two followed close behind. "I don't want to leave out in this world learning nothing, right?"

They both shook their heads as they entered a room that contained two sets of spiraling staircases with an entrance on top and a pile of red leaves decorated near the bottom.

"Then... prepare yourselves..."