As Asgore, Toriel, and the others gathered around Woona, she slowly came around. "I hurt all over..." she groaned to herself.
Not surprising, Sans replied, speaking straight into her mind. Resetting was never meant to be pleasant.
"DO NOT WORRY, WOONA!" Papyrus proclaimed eagerly. "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL TEND TO YOU IN YOUR INFIRMITY UNTIL YOU ARE AS STRONG AS ME! NYEHEHEH!"
"Why don't you leave that to someone who actually knows something about medicine, Paps?" Undyne countered playfully. "Pretty sure Woona doesn't need to be cocooned in bandages until she looks like a mummy! For one thing, the mummies might find it offensive!"
"AND I AM MOST CERTAIN THAT SHE IS NOT DURABLE ENOUGH FOR YOUR TOUGH LOVE APPROACH TO MEDICINE INVOLVING EXCESSIVE CALISTHENICS AND WEIGHT LIFTING TO 'WALK IT OFF'!" Papyrus countered.
"I meant Alphys!" Undyne snapped out.
"I don't think she's in such desperate straights that cybernetic augmentation is necessary here, deary," Muffet spoke up playfully.
"T-those are still experimental!" Alphys stammered defensively.
"hey guys?" Sans spoke up. "why don't we let her parents take care of her?"
As Toriel and Asgore knelt on either side of the tiny pony, the others chorused assent, determining that was probably the best approach to the situation. Woona smiled up at them. "So...it's all over?" she asked hopefully. "The barrier's broken?"
Everyone around her nodded. "Yes, my child," Toriel confirmed. "The Barrier is broken. The Sages who powered it will trouble us no more."
The way Toriel said that made Woona's eyes open wide. "What...what happened to them?" she asked sorrowfully.
Under that innocent, hopeful gaze, each of them found themselves turning away. Papyrus looked down in shame. Undyne glanced away, spitting to the ground. Muffet closed her eyes, unwilling to look away or meet that gaze. Toriel looked to the sky for inspiration of how to handle this. Asgore sank in on himself in despair, more blood on his hands, however necessary. Alphys shivered violently as the reality of what she'd done finally hit home, now that the intensity of battle had faded, stripping the veil of 'awesome' from her eyes. Mettaton didn't seem to react, but his box form didn't show expressions anyway.
"don't worry about them, squirt," Sans said calmly. "they'll be just fine, eventually. what's left of them...has a journey of their own to take. who knows? you might meet them again someday, and not on opposite sides."
Woona sighed softly. "O...okay..." She glanced around worriedly. "What happened to Flowey?"
Sans flinched visibly. "he...uh..."
"Woona!" a familiar piping voice called out, drawing every gaze towards the tunnel to the surface. A small goat boy in a green and white striped shirt raced in, rushing to Woona's side. "Woona, are you alright?"
"As...?" Woona began, still feeling exhausted.
Asgore and Toriel both looked like they'd seen...well, Woona started to think 'ghost' until she remembered Napstablook. Then she thought 'the dead walk', but then she saw Sans and Papyrus right there. ...she really didn't know how Monsters would describe it when they saw something that left them so stupefied. Maybe 'like they just saw a pony'? They all seemed pretty surprised when they first saw her after all...
"A...Asriel?" Toriel gasped out, tears in her eyes.
"Is...is it really you, son?" Asgore gasped out.
Asriel looked up, shocked as he felt tears in his own eyes. "M-Mom? D-Dad?" His hands went to his face, and he stared at his hands. "Hands...tears...I...I'm me again? H...how?" Before he could say more, Asgore and Toriel had enfolded him in a loving embrace.
"kid, trust me, don't look a gift horse in the mouth here," Sans suggested as everyone's eyes misted up. "she hasn't brushed her teeth in weeks." This resulted in a chorus of giggles, groans, and a blown raspberry from Woona.
"An oddly appropriate thing to say," another familiar voice said as Chara stepped out from a nearby field of golden flowers that hadn't been there a moment ago, his footsteps sounding on the ground as the Heart Locket shimmered around his neck. "After all, that's the explanation."
"C-Chara?" Asriel gasped out. "You're...alive?"
"In the flesh once again," Chara replied softly. As this statement resulted in three incredibly tight embraces and waves of tears, he gasped out, "That also means I need to breathe again!"
Sans burst into laughter as the King, Queen, and little Prince pulled back in embarrassment. "and here i thought you didn't like bad jokes."
"I still don't," Chara replied somewhat snidely.
"How...how is it possible?" Asgore spoke up, his voice barely audible.
Smiling softly, Chara opened the Heart Locket. In one side, there was a picture of Chara and Asriel happily holding Woona up to the camera, smiles on all three faces. Inscribed under it in gold was, 'BBBFFs'. The other half of the locket was outlined in red, Chara's human soul. However, only a quarter of it was filled in with dark blue, the rest filled with pale fog. "I'm alive again because...I have a quarter of Woona's soul, roughly equivalent to the power of a human soul."
"the same with the kid," Sans spoke up as he snapped his fingers, his eye flaring blue as Asriel's soul became highlighted, a white outline with a sliver of blue, the rest with the same mist as Chara's. "it's why i said 'gift horse'." Turning, he illuminated Woona's soul. Approximately 26% of it was missing, the gap filled in with shadows. "all three of you will fill in the missing portions over time as your souls recover...but the scars of what you'd done, and what had been done to you, will remain."
"We shall deal with that another day," Asgore spoke up, as he and Toriel gathered their children into their arms. Toriel held Asriel, Asgore held Chara, and the two brothers carried Woona between them, forcing their parents to stand close together. "For now, the barrier is no more...and it is time for our people to return to the surface, and meet with Woona's people. Mettaton, please broadcast the word to all of the Underground:
"We are going home."
That was AWESOME!
So, you you brought Asriel AND Chara, cool
I just have one question, Is the next chapter the last or will there be more?
Anyway great job
*breathes in* Holy *Breathes out* HELL But you have yet to mention the Tori not wearing clothes cuz she burnt then off or am I missing something? That tends to happen.
... I have to
Mettaton message:
Woohoo! The long battle is over, and the triumphant return to the surface is finally upon us!
I'm so happy to see this, but at the same time, I hate it because Woona's tale is coming to a close.
Man...this is a super happy ending. The True Pacifist ending of Undertale was largely happy, with some bittersweet tones of Asriel being left behind, but damn...Asriel and Chara, reunited again with each other and their parents.
7447748 I guess you missed the part where their souls returned to their physical bodies? I mean she burnt the aspiration of her clothes not the actual and physical garb. Heck, the real question is how Asriel still has his clothes. Shouldn't he be covered in plant matter or be in crystallized armor or nothing?
...I'm not like that; it's a serious question where "it's magic" doesn't cut it.
7447778 Ah thank you. I was much confused.
┐( ̄ヮ ̄)┌ Asriel turned to dust/flower. What would he even be wearing? He's covered in fur for Pete's sake.
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Because monster clothes, like monster food, is made of magic, so a Boss Monster's wardrobe could very well be as much a part of them as anything else. It would explain why the first stage of the Asriel Dreemur fight - before he becomes the God of Hyperdeath - has him wearing the same robe as Toriel.
I think this chapter deserves this song. It really does.
This felt... really short. Dunno if it was just me.
Hmm, everything seems pretty happy, but what should I say... I know, I'll reference an obscure game/anime/manga from Japan that only three or so people will recognize!
The last thing we need is a pony wrapped in bondages.
{Tatsurou: You mean bandages?}
Nope. Now let's see how many people figure out where that's from.
a definite soul splitting ending right there.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
(sniff) Such a wonderful reunion. I don't know what to say, but I am very happy for the King and his family!
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NO TIME FOR JOKES, BROTHER! IT'S TIME TO HEAD TO THE SURFACE!
I fell this song is something Woona would sing for this chapter:
Loved this!
7447847 I dig chicks who are into bandage.
So Woona's HP ticking down isn't permanant? She's still a toddler, or whatever, and it'd be a huge loss of potential strength if it were permanant.
Maybe with Papyrus's puzzles, Canterlot castle can get some real fucking security.
funny enough, i read this while listening to We are the Champions by Queen. oddly fitting
loved this story up to this point
Hehe, Sans, you're such a nice guy, making Woona feel better like that when you're just a dirty liar. One of these days, you'll have to own up to her what you guys really did to the sages, and no one is going to like what happens next.
Well, I'm glad you're at least acknowledging the whole murder problem here, although I'm still irritated that Papyrus of all characters didn't make one bloody attempt to seek a peaceful way to get the sage to disengage-. It's rather extremely out of character, in my opinion considering his actions in the Genocide route.
7448020 you're not the only one
7447827 for me the whole story has seemed a little short for me despite it being around 70 chapters, but thats because i've liked it so much i ended up reading the whole thing over the course of the day
Wow... and now they can go to the surface... mmmmmm... this'll be interesting.
Nicely done Tat.
7447778 He was fully clothed when he died, so he very well could have had his clothes turn to dust with him, since they were probably magical. That dust then became flowey, so he technically had his clothes with him.
The Feels! It burns!
Watch Celestia overreact and kill them all.
Woona: "damnit Tia now I have to reset again!!"
That was beautiful. So many feels... going home, indeed.
I can see the surprise on Celestia's face already. And then the confusion about everyone else... and absolute disbelief when she hears the story
beautiful chapter. cannot wait to see the ponies panic from "monsters" comin up from underground if im right they will all be piling up out into canterlot
7448697 well she can try all that pops into my head is Sans lifting her up in his telekinesis and smacking a bone against her temple to knock her out.
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It was in a fight where imagination took the wheel, none of it was in the plane of existence that they are in right now.
Ah, there's going to be that moment when all the monsters come rushing out to see the surface world, and then awkwardly realize that they have to go back to get all their stuff that's still in their houses if they want to move.
7448397 To paraphrase what the author basically said, "Monster Magic = Monster Food. With that logic: Monster Magic = Mr. Piccolo's clothes beam." NOTE: Not his exact words; just my memory of the reply translated to Jake-speech.
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You know, the ability to just laser clothes into being like a 3D Printer sounds like a really cool power to have. I could wear clothes as stylish as I want without having to worry about cost, availability of materials, OR how difficult and impractical it would be to store them, put them on, or take them off.
This is the end of your journey. You should be happy.
You're free.
I have to wonder, how did Asriel wake up, get up from the ground, and walk over to Luna before realizing he wasn't Flowey anymore?
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He was that worried about Woona.
7449846 You know, last chapter, I thought: What if Asriel is resurrected in hyperdeath mode?
An angry Celestia "YOU DID WHAT TO MY LITTLE SISTER?"
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spoiler potentially offensive comment I don't think is offensive but someone else might
Monster clothes are obviously placental.
But yes, magic works because genocide route, you dust a monster wearing clothes, the clothes are dusted, too. May be just a part of LV magic, but makes just as much sense that it's a part of the monster's being, especially considering that if there's not enough physical substance in the underground for monsters to make physical food, there wouldn't be enough for clothes, either.
Also, "Covered in plant matter?" Cotton is a plant, dyes can be made from plants. So yeah, he could very well be/have been covered in plant matter.
7451072 Yeah, I came. It WAS pretty hawt.
well, looks like the Dreemurr kids are now Asriel as they should be while everyone is getting a lot less LOVEly over the point while I Broke my pun machine.
7447792 But what about Toriel's sock drawer you peak into?
7449739 I would abuse the heck out of that power for custom T-Shirts and costumes! Reformed Darth Vader wearing the Black Power Ranger suit (minus the helmet since...) would be the most out of place costume ever! Or Red Ranger Spider-Man.
Now I'm imagining Undertale Power Rangers with Frisk being the Red Ranger and Chara being the Red Ranger cool guy that joins the group from a distance. Asriel the White Goat Ranger? If Sans is blue than Undyne is black...?
7450350 I thought cotton was from sheep. Then what's wool?
( I know it's a dumb question but I don't know how dumb. It reminds me of is a dime is $0.05 or $0.10? I know the answer to the dime question.)
7452768 Wool is from goat-like boss monsters, obviously.