Not the One in Control (Undertale Fan-Fiction)

The Caretaker of the Ruins

   "I hear footsteps, I must go soon. I have one last piece of advice to give you before I go. Be careful out there... some monsters may kill you faster than you think. So don't take any chances with them. Only a few hits might be fatal..." Flowey smiled at you, "That's all for now! Good luck!" Flowey looked at you for a few more seconds, after which, Flowey popped into the ground. Him helping you, did seem kind of sinister to you, but you decided that you will take his advice. After all, it looked like he was actually willing to help you, although for what reason, you didn't know yet.

   Alone in the room, there was only one sound you could hear. The footsteps you heard previously, were becoming louder by the second. Until out of the doorway in front of you, a creature emerged.

   "I thought I heard a voice coming from here... Ah, do not be afraid, my child. I am Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins." she said. She looked quite strange, nothing like you've ever seen. She had two short horns, and two long ears, and other strange body parts. She wore a black and white robe, with a triangular shaped emblem on it. The emblem had 3 triangles at the bottom, and a winged circle above.

   "I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first human to come here in a long time." Toriel explained, "Come! I will guide you through the catacombs." at that moment, you were caught off guard as everything had started flashing in colour, and then stayed in colour. Looking again at Toriel, you realized that while you were seeing everything in black and white, you accidentally mistook the colours of her robe. It wasn't black and white like you had previously thought, instead it was violet, with the emblem having a tint of blue, and the symbols on it, white. "This way." she said, before turning around, and heading out of the doorway from which she emerged.

   You thought you might know what creature Toriel is. In your history classes, you had learned that long ago, there were two races, humans and monsters. They both ruled over the surface, until war broke out between the two races. After many years, the humans were victorious, they sealed the monsters underground with a magic spell. You found the lesson quite interesting, you were curious as to whether it was true or not. If it was, then Toriel must have been a monster, but if it wasn't, then you had no idea who Toriel could have been.

   You've learned something else in that lesson too. You were told, that the monsters had started the war, and that they were afraid of the humans' power. You were told, that they wanted to erase humankind from existence, as they were filled with hate, envy, and bloodlust. They showed no mercy to the humans. Yet, if Toriel was a monster, then why was she so kind? You wondered whether the lessons were false, or Toriel was just masking her true intentions.

   Other than that, knowing that there was a lot more to the underground than you first thought, it filled you with curiosity! You walked towards the doorway at the end of the now empty room. At the other side, you saw a large room. It was mostly purple, except at the end of it, there were white stairs leading up to another doorway, surrounded by green vines. There were also orange and red leaves scattered all over the room.

   Toriel was in front of you, and she was beaming, "Come, my child." she motioned to you, asking you to follow, and you did. Together, you walked up the white stairs, and through the doorway.

   The following few rooms, Toriel explained to you that the Ruins were filled with puzzles, she showed you how switches and levers worked. She also asked you to do some puzzles on your own, but she ended up making them too easy for you. In one of the rooms, Toriel explained to you how to deal with monsters. She said, once you enter a fight, you should start a friendly conversation. She then asked for you to practice talking to a training dummy. When you interacted with the dummy, the familiar black and white flashing happened. Since it happened when you started the fight, you figured that it only happened during battles. You talked to the dummy, asking about its day. Of course, the dummy wasn't much for conversation, but Toriel was satisfied. She congratulated you as if you did something extraordinary, although you certainly didn't.

   The room after that, you encountered a Froggit. Out of curiosity you decided to check it, and you found out that life was tough for it. Not making its life any better, Toriel intimidatingly stared at it, forcing the Froggit to leave. That room itself was also a puzzle. There was a sign in the middle that explained that the left side was a blueprint for the right. There was a path on the left side, and a numerous amount of spikes at the right. You figured out the puzzle, but Toriel thought the puzzle was too difficult for you to do, so she helped your way through the spikes. As she led you in a specific path on the spikes, they retracted from below your feet. It was the same path as the one on the left of the room. You figured that out before, you easily could've done it without Toriel's help, but you realized that she was just trying to keep you safe. She worried about you in a motherly manner, as if you were her child. Perhaps she was worrying a bit too much, even.

   Then Toriel lead you to another room, it was a long hallway, which you couldn't see the end of. She stood over you, and said, "You have done excellently thus far, my child. However... I have a difficult request to ask of you..." she looked at you with a sorrowful expression.

   "I would like you to walk to the end of the room by yourself. Forgive me for this." at that moment, Toriel ran away. You tried to run after her, but you were unable to keep up. She was running at a speed faster than you could ever achieve. You ran through the long hallway at a constant pace. Yet in no time, Toriel was far out of your vision, and the hallway didn't seem to end as you ran through it. After a long time of running, you started to become exhausted. You adjusted your pace so that you don't get tired as fast.

   After jogging what seemed to be an endless length of time, in the distance, a white pillar emerged into view.

   You walked towards it, and you heard Toriel's breathing behind it. She was trying to conceal herself behind this pillar, but to no avail. Not to be rude, you pretended like you didn't know she was there, and walked onwards. Although as you did, she ran out of her hiding spot and confronted you, "Greetings, my child. Do not worry, I did not leave you. I was merely behind this pillar the whole time." if she thought you wouldn't notice her, that meant she was truly underestimating your capabilities. "Thank you for trusting me. However, there was an important reason for this exercise... to test your independence. I must attend to some business, and you must stay alone for a while." Toriel looked like she was thinking about something, then she smiled.

   "I have an idea. I will give you a cell phone. If you have a need for anything, just call."

   "Be good, alright?" on that note, Toriel left through the doorway at the end of the room. You looked at the cell phone you now had. It was grey, old, and rusty. It had twelve buttons, ten of them being the ten digits, and the other two labeled 'call' and 'end call'. The original labels on the buttons were painted over with black paint because the old ones must have been worn out. The phone had a large antenna sticking out at the top, and at the back, a compartment for batteries. This compartment was sealed with duct tape, and there was a sticky note attached on it, with Toriel's phone number. As you removed the note and stored it in your pocket, you saw that it was hiding two buttons, one of them being a cracked button labeled 'turn off', and the other being 'contacts'. You pressed the contacts button, and on the grey screen, you read, 'Pick contact: (1) - Toriel' but you decided not to call. You pressed the button again and it reverted back into the dial mode. This phone was rather old, but you were never allowed to own a phone, so this was as good as it got. You put the phone into your pocket.

   You took a deep breath... you then gazed at the doorway through which Toriel had left. Although she had told you to stay here and wait, you couldn't help but wonder where she went.

   You were alone here now. You took a step forward, but after doing so, you froze in place, and you started to sweat. You didn't know why, but it felt like something was crawling on your back, it felt like something evil was behind you. You could hear your heart beat faster in fear. You felt like something was coming closer, and closer, to you. You decided you could take it no longer. You quickly glanced behind you. There was nothing there. It must've just been your imagination. You looked back towards the doorway through which Toriel left.

Yet as you did, you saw a familiar flower, smiling at you.