Chapter 1: The Fallen Child

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Aliza sat in the flower bed with mud surrounded the flowers. She had no clue of where she was. She remembered that she had gotten curious about why her mother was gathering humans souls of humans who had 7 volunteers that when they die, they will let her take their soul. Aliza just didn't understand. She got off the flowers by now.

“Howdy!” A talking flower. Aliza looked at the flower.

“Hi?” Aliza said. The flower looked at her.

“Frisk? You came back?!” the flower said.

“My name isn't Frisk, it's Aliza,” Aliza told the flower.  

“Aliza? Well then… I'm Flowey, Flowey the flower. So you are new to the underground? Well, I must warn you…” the flower started. Aliza waited for the flower to continue. But a ball of fire hit the flower monster.

“Flowey!” Aliza said. She felt terrible knowing that he got hit.

“What a terrible creature, harming Frisk!” A motherly voice said. Aliza looked and saw a goat woman.

Aliza stared at the goat woman confused. Who was this Frisk that her and the flower mentioned?

“I'm not Frisk. Who is Frisk?” Aliza asked. The Goat woman seemed to have been a bit taken back by the question.

“No one…. I'm Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins. It has been a long time since a human child has fallen down here. A few months ago.” the Goat woman began.  

“Excuse me but what are you?” Aliza asked, not trying to offend the Goat woman.

“Oh? I am a monster. Like the others that live in the Underground.” the Goat woman told Aliza.

“Oh…..” Aliza said. The Goat woman, Toriel, grabbed ones of Aliza’s hand.

“Let me show you how things work in the underground,” Toriel told Aliza. Aliza nodded then Toriel started to lead Aliza around the underground. Showing Aliza about the puzzles in the ruins. Aliza remembered about how much her mother loved to solve word searches, mazes, word scrambles, and many more.

“So Toriel? Where are the other monsters?” Aliza asked. She had only seen Flowey and Toriel since she has been in the Ruins.

“My child, they don't live in the Ruins. I have been here. Alone.” Toriel said. Aliza frowned. Now she felt bad for asking.

“I'm sorry that I asked,” Aliza said. Toriel fell silent. Toriel brought Aliza to a small house. The house was the nicest looking thing in the Ruins.

“This is where we will be staying, my child,” Toriel said. Aliza still frowned. This place didn't have her mother.

“Is there a way out of the Ruins?” Aliza asked. Toriel paused.

“You can't leave the ruins. Many children came before you and all of those children died. Do you wish to join them?” Toriel asked Aliza. Aliza paused. Are monsters that bad?

“Well, I could-” Aliza started until Toriel cut her off.

“Do you want to die, Aliza?” Toriel asked Aliza.

“No! I don't wish to die!” Aliza said. Toriel leads Aliza into the house.

“Then follow my orders and you will grow into a young beautiful woman,” Toriel said. Aliza stared at the ground as she entered the small house.

That night, Aliza started to get curious about the house and explored every room. Then she saw the staircase. She headed down. There was a hall so Aliza went through the hall.

“Oh, my friend!” Toriel's voice could be heard. Aliza hid behind a pillar that had been knocked over.

Silents.

“What do you mean that you guys ran out of food?” Toriel said.

Silents for a minute or so.

“Oh no, what have you been eating then?” Toriel asked.

Silent.

“WHAT? The human children?!” Toriel yelled. Aliza went pale. It wasn't something that you would like to hear.

Silent.

“That is so horrible….my friend, you ate a human child…..” Toriel said. This friend of hers seemed to be disgusting to Aliza. Aliza almost barfed but she couldn't hear what the friend was saying. She crawled closer a bit.

Silents.

“So you have…” Toriel said. Aliza wondered what the friend was saying.

“look, when you run low on food and the only food you can get is from humans then that is all you have. if frisk comes then I wouldn't eat her.” A male voice that Aliza had heard on her mother's phone said. Aliza knew she must meet this man and ask him how he knew her mother. How to sneak past Toriel? How to avoid being eaten alive?

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