Undertale: War of Souls

Chapter One: The Death of a True Hero

Undyne, the greatest hero of all time, was finally here. She was going to stop the human. She was going to stop the murders. Once she was through with them, everything would be okay.

         These were the thoughts running through young MK's head, the monster peering out at her from a cluster of kelp and rocks as he watched the woman fight. She'd even transformed into a brand new form for this! She'd completely healed from getting nearly cut in half and was even stronger than before! Yes, that whole situation had been scary enough as it was, but at least Undyne had a handle on things. She'd defeat the human! She had to! She was Undyne the Undying after all!

         But then everything began to go wrong. He had tried to ignore it, but as he continued watching, the boy began to notice that Undyne was... melting? Was that even possible? It had to be a trick- She was just sweating! Yeah! She was just sweating and it looked kind of like she was melting! The battle had been going on for a long while, so it wouldn't be surprising if she was, right?

         But soon it became obvious that Undyne was not sweating. MK was not seeing things. Undyne really was melting... And it was a horrible thing to watch. The fallen hero, laughing in pain while trying to continue the fight, only for the human to merely watch her as she slowly but surely became nothing more than a pathetic puddle on the ground.

         His hero was gone.

         Within seconds.

         Gone.

         And she wasn't coming back.

         Frozen in shock, MK stayed hidden, the boy wanting to run away and cry but unable to do so. Fear kept him in place. He couldn't move. He couldn't. Not with the human still here. The human would kill him if they saw him. He didn't want to die. Not yet. Even with such horrible things happening, he didn't want to die.

         Instead, MK watched the human stare at the puddle, only to begin grinning and snickering and muttering something about how they'd 'finally done it.' It was strange to the young monster, especially when said human seemed to begin having a strange conversation with themselves, but then they eventually moved on, and thus they left MK alone.

         "...My parents... I-I should-" Quickly, the boy had pushed himself up to his feet, only to head across the bridge Frisk and Undyne had been battling on just moments ago. He had to find his parents. He had to find his big sister. He couldn't just sit there and watch them die too! He needed to at least warn them about the human!

         But then the boy stopped running and began to think. He couldn't just warn his parents about them. They wouldn't be able to do much. They weren't royal guards! And not even Undyne the Undying could stop them... What could he... Yes.

         MK didn't know many people who were stronger than Undyne, but there was one monster that everyone knew could beat just about anything. He'd been Undyne's trainer. He'd fought in the war against humans and monsters. King Asgore. Yes. King Asgore could help them! And thus off MK ran. His destination? The Castle of New Home.

        The run there was filled with MK tripping over himself in the beginning, but he was eventually able to catch his balance and take off. Even though he didn't have arms, the boy made up for that with his speed and agility, and thankfully, that was enough to get him to the castle, even if he'd tired himself out by a great deal. MK had taken little breaks in between the running, but terror had pushed him to keep going. He had to get there before the human did, especially considering they had advantages he didn't in terms of traveling. Even with his kind of speed and agility, MK had needed to take paths that were friendly to armless folk, but at least he'd arrived, and right on time, for it seems the human had shown up right before him.

         Walking into the castle, the boy was surprised to find that the first thing he'd come across was some homely setting, one that looked just like any other house except larger. He would have walked inside right away had he not seen the human walk by one of the windows, and quickly, the boy ducked down and pressed himself up against the wall right next to the door. MK had never been here before, so he didn't know if this was even the right way or not. At least he could guess that it was considering the human was here. They seemed to be heading straight for Asgore after all...

         Biting his lip, MK listened to the human rummage around, occasionally hearing the sound of them speak. Their voice was kind of airy and quiet, but it was also shaky, only seeming to cease shaking whenever the human seemed to be speaking to... another voice. Who was that? Who was the human talking to?! And more importantly, why did this person sound like they knew them?! Were they working with them?! Were they helping to kill everyone too?! It was a surprising thing for MK to hear, but he couldn't confront them. No. He could only tell Asgore what was happening, and in order to do that, he'd just have to wait for a good time to get ahead of them.

         Soon enough, MK then heard the human open the door to another room, said door closing right behind them from the sound of things. Finally. An opening, and now, using his mouth, MK was able to open the door to get into the house and finally peer inside. There were three ways he could go: the hallway to the right, the living room to the left, and the stairs right up ahead. Already, MK had decided that his best bet was probably the stairs, though sadly, those were blocked off via chains.

         Like that was going to stop him.

         MK then prepared to completely step inside when he heard the door from before open, the boy quickly backing out of the house, though he left the door open just a crack. He hoped the human wouldn't come this way now that they were out of that room, but thankfully they'd instead headed deeper into the house, but not before unlocking the chains with the keys they'd just acquired. Better to get the chains out of the way, he guessed. But then, the human headed into the room further down the hall, and once they were inside, MK took action.

         Swiftly, the boy darted across the room and down the stairs, his feet barely making a sound on the wooden floor as he did his best to not only be quick, but quiet. This, unfortunately, caused him to lose his balance much quicker than usual, and thus he'd nearly tripped over himself on the way down. Dumb luck was the only reason he hadn't fallen. That and he'd whipped around and sank his teeth into the railing, which of course made way more noise than he had desired. That lead to him quickly getting back to running without looking back, dashing all the way down the remainder of the stairs and through the many halls, until finally, he'd made it.

         Asgore's throne room.