Adventures in the Underground

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At first, Kaden wasn't in the slightest aware of where he was. He had a mild headache and honestly, he was comfortable where he was. Opening his eyes, he sees a faint light. He turns his head and sees lovely yellow flowers. Slowly he sits up. He was laying smack middle of a field of yellow-gold flowers. His body ached, and his joints felt weak as he stood up and hobbled over to a puddle.

Looking at the puddle, he saw himself as pretty much the same person, though he was wearing a blue pink-striped shirt and blue sweats. Faintly, he remembered something. Flowers....... Fr..... Frisk......then it clicked. He had become the main character of Undertale. How?... he was unsure, but as fast as his stiff body could go, he headed into the room with Flowey. Except, Flowey wasn't precisely Flowey. Aleks was sitting on a patch of grass, cross-legged. His clothes were green, and he had a yellow scarf. It was kinda funny, him looking like that. Aleks noticed him as he walked up. A deadly grin was plastered on Aleks face. Creepy

"Howdy?" Kaden said... but it sounded more like a question.

Aleks laughed. "Who says Howdy anymore?" Kaden noticed a slightly pained expression on Aleks face for a very short moment before it returned back to the dastardly smile.

"I'm Aleksandr, though most call me Flowey, cause I seem to represent the colours of the flowers."

"Okay... Flowey. Where am I?" Kaden questioned, he seemed a bit more confident now.

"Look around, all you see are rock walls, why don't you take a guess?" Aleks seemed to be eyeing him up like prey now.

"Underground?"

"Bingo," Aleks winked, "Need to know a few instructions for down here?"

"Uhh...." This was very different from what Kaden expected. "Sure, I guess."

Aleks eyes flashed red, "Down here, you fight." Bullets formed a line above Aleks head. "Why don't you test out your agility."

The bullets flew towards him, but he wasn't precisely ready so they knocked him down. A ring of bullets surrounded him.

"Any last words, Human?" He spat out the last word, like he detested the thought of them. There was a shadowy figure behind him though.

A fireball knocked him aside and the bullets turned into dust as he somehow fled. Looking up, he saw a face that kind of surprised him.

Jaden looked down at him and held out his hand. Kaden took it after a moment and Jaden helped him up.

"Aleks is kind of an annoyance around here." Jaden explained, " he's just jealous that he can't leave his sitting position to walk around, but I think it's good that he can't..."

"Oh..." Kaden was slightly still confused.

"Err.... My name's Toriel... Though it's kinda girly so I prefer to be called Jaden."

Kaden just slightly nodded and hummed an okay, before Jaden motioned for Kaden to follow him.

It was just the basic layout. He flipped levers, followed Jaden over the spikes, and talked to the dummy. He wasn't sure what he should say to the dummy, so he just sort complimented its colour and shape. Not too sure the dummy cared though.

Jaden left him at the usual hall, so Kaden continued on. All of the monsters that he "fought" were initially the same as the game, it just seemed as if his friends and himself were the main characters.

Kaden stopped and looked at the sleeping ghost in front of him. Should he walk through? Ghosts can go through walls, so can't he go through them?

He pokes the ghost... More like sticks his finger through her shoulder.

The ghost stirred and looked at him. Kaden didn't recognize her at first, but then  put the name to the face. Olivia. Not really one of his friends, but part of the group overall.

She gets up and quietly leaves as he was staring at her. Not much talk from her, no fight at all. So Kaden just walked right on. He payed a few bits to get a couple of spider donuts. Surprisingly, they were wrapped in something that made them less messy for storage.

Nothing else really happened that was really standout-ish. Few fights were started, and really, it seemed pretty peaceful.

Kaden reached the dead tree, the one where leaves always fell from it whenever they did grow.

Jaden had just closed the door behind him and then noticed Kaden standing in front of him, though the reaction from him was no where near to the Toriel in the game. He just sighed and opened to door again, retreating into the kitchen.

Kaden smelled it then. It wasn't a "butterscotch-cinnamon pie", no it was just a regular chocolate cake. Kaden, huge secret, loves sweets. Brownies? Pile chocolate upon chocolate. It's a thing. It wasn't really known though, he didn't make it really open to his classmates.

Basically. The ruins were pretty boring, and Kaden couldn't wait to meet the next characters.

He found his way to the room, the one where the others would sleep, but the bed was kind of... dusty. Probably hasn't been used in awhile.

After a good rest, he found a piece of wrapped cake on the nightstand with a small note.

Kaden, I know you'll be like all the others. They want to leave this place, get home, and be with their parents. You have that freedom, I will not stop you.
I am out getting a few things, and to be honest, I doubt you will be here when I get back.

Kaden, have a safe journey home.

Jaden

After reading that, Kaden felt something he didn't think he would. Pity. Even in the game, Toriel was left heartbroken, and it seemed really cruel. But at this moment, he knew he needed to proceed with this.

He wrote his own note, finding a pen and a piece of paper. Then he left it on the bed, and continued on with going downstairs.

It felt like the door was staring into his soul. Kaden was a little nauseated at the sight of it. It was huge, and looked heavy. He gave it a shove, then continued into the light.

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Tbh, this wasn't as long as expected. 1040 words.