Nearing the end of the True Pacifist Run, Frisk finds Twilight and Spike, who were exiled for something the former never did.
Framed for murdering her parents, Twilight Sparkle was exiled from her own world with Spike, who was one of two others who knew the truth, minus the real killer. The world that the two had wound up in was the world of Undertale.
Luckily, it was on a True Pacifist run, and luckily, Frisk was the one who found them.
After the barrier is broken and the monsters were freed by Asriel Dreemurr, Twilight and Spike find themselves in the surface, where they were adopted by Toriel (and Asgore) along with Frisk. Now, these two will be growing up in this new world along with Frisk and a revived Asriel.
Watch as they go through their new lives in Earth, and wonder just what the future holds for them.
Frisk walked across the grounds of New Home. They remembered everything during the events of the last run, and it was rather bizarre. They had remembered that Chara was in full control over their body, but their own DETERMINATION got strong enough to split them from the possessed child, and with the help of Sans, defeated the first fallen child for good.
But, at a cost, with the demon down, they were able to do their own choices again, except they could not RESET. But, that was fine, so long as everything goes as it should. And it has went as it should so far. But, there was something that they didn’t expect. When they were going through Asgore’s home, they saw a flash of light coming from one of the rooms.
They looked towards it and ran as fast as they could. “What the what?” they said as they looked at the unexpected creature in one of the bedrooms. In it was a small horse-like creature with purple fur and a navyblue mane. It also had a horn and a pair of wings, and appeared to be crying with a purple lizardlike creature by its, no, her side, due to the sound of the creature’s sobs. The lizard had two bloody gashes on its, no, his back, not quite covered up by the horse creature’s wings. Frisk then heard the lizard speak.
“It’s okay, Twilight.” he said as he patted Twilight’s back. “If they refused to believe you when you said you were innocent, or at the very least given you a fair trial, then they weren’t really your-” Frisk walked towards the two before stepping on a loose board.
Both the lizard and the horse, who was called Twilight, reacted and looked at Frisk, who just simply looked at them. “Um, hi?” Frisk said, shallowly waving their hand. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you two. I saw this flash of light, and I was just curious.”
Frisk then looked towards the still-crying Twilight, who was with the dragon. “I don’t have any problem with that. Other than the fact my wings were cut off by some spell. I never really used them, anyway.” Spike looked down.
Frisk’s eyes widened. “And what happened to her?”
“Oh, you mean Twilight?” Spike said, pointing an arm towards the pegacorn. “Well, let me tell you what happened. Oh, I’m Spike, by the way.” the lizard said. He then told Frisk how they got there and why. He told them that Twilight was found guilty of murdering her parents, and how she was arrested and given an unfair trial. He then told them how he defended her and how it cost him his wings, which were only a few months old. They both were exiled from their home universe, and have nowhere else to stay. “...and that’s why we are here now.” Spike said with a look of sadness on his face.
“That, that’s terrible!” Frisk said with a gasp. “You never deserved this. Here, let me get some bandages, I think I might know where some might be!” they informed as they went off to find any bandages within Asgore’s home. Eventually, they managed to find some in one of the cupboards, and grabbed it. They immediately went back to the bedroom and came to the injured dragon, wrapping the bandages around his torso.
“Thanks, what’s your name, now?” Spike asked. Frisk then facepalmed, not thinking about it earlier.
“Oh, my name is Frisk.” Frisk stated before noticing that while Spike was better, Twilight was still crying on the bed. “Hold on a second, I have something that will cheer you up.” they said as they went into their backpack. “Aha! Here you go.” Frisk pulled out a slice of some sort of pie and handed it over to Twilight. “Here, it’s all yours.”
Thankfully, Twilight stopped crying and looked at the Butterscotch Pie. She opened her dark purple eyes and sniffed the pastry like she was checking for poison before taking a bite out of the pie. The alicorn slowly ate away at the pie, savoring its flavor as her mouth slowly went into a sad smile nearing the end of the pie. Suddenly, Frisk found themselves wrapped in a pair of lavender-furred hooves. “Thank you…” she said as she hugged Frisk.
“Um, not to be rude or anything, but, I gotta get going.” Frisk stated. “Once the barrier is broken and the monsters are free, I’ll find a home for you. Come, there is somebody that you should meet.” Frisk said, motioning them to get up. Twilight got up just fine, but Spike let out a pained grunt as he reminded himself about his removed limbs.
“Spike, I think you’ll have to ride this one out.” Twilight said as she used her magic to put the dragon on her back. “Don’t worry, I’ll take you through this.” It had been a while since Spike rode on Twilight’s back, but the former princess smiled as she nestled the dragon in between her wings. Felt like when it was just the two of them, minus other ponies, but still, maybe there was something for them after all.
Meanwhile, Sans sat in the Judgement Hall, looking at a watch. “I wonder how that kid’s doing. I’m sure they’re not dead by now and…” Sans began to hear footsteps coming, three sets of footsteps to be exact. He went to his position, and went to the other side of the hall. He saw Frisk all fine and dandy, but there were two other individuals walking with them, namely a purple pegacorn of sorts with a lizard on its back, which seemed to have a set of bandages around its torso.
Frisk then told Sans everything that Spike told them, and the skeleton raised one of his nonexistent eyebrows. “Huh. That’s a first. But, then again, everything’s full of surprises here and there.” the skeleton said as he shrugged his arms. “But, I have my ways of knowing if they’re innocent or not.” Sans said as he looked towards Twilight and tapped her lightly on her forehead, just below her horn.
In it, he saw that everything Frisk told about them was true. Twilight’s birth parents were found dead somewhere, she was unrighteously arrested and put on an unfair trial by the ones she once thought of as friends. The dragon took a blow for her, and they were both banished from their home realm. Sans gasped through his static grin.
He then looked towards Twilight. “Kid, I’m sorry for you. It wasn’t your fault, but, we’ll take care of ya, so, let me introduce myself properly. Name’s Sans, Sans the Skeleton.” Sans said as he held out his glove hand. “Put er’ there.” he said.
Twilight was a bit hesitant, and just about to reach, when she saw something sticking out of the skeleton’s sleeve. “Wait a minute! There’s a whoopee cushion there!” Twilight said.
“Heh, you got me, kiddo.” Sans said as he put the novelty item out of his sleeve. “It usually worked with just about everyone I met. It was so HUMERUS to HORSE around with that trick.”
Twilight could tell he did that all the time, but just smiled and shrugged it off. “I could tell by the look of your face that you are lonely.” Sans just looked at them. “You know, once you walk down the door behind me, you will find yourself in a new life. Who cares about your former friends right about now? You’ve got real friends, who would really help you! And things are telling me that you will have even more.”
Twilight stayed silent, as did Spike and Frisk. “Frisk told me they are an orphan from the surface that fell down the mountain, they never knew their real parents. But, their family is down here. Me, my bro, we’re all their kin to them.” Frisk only smiled, knowing Sans was encouraging Twilight. “Don’t worry if you… feel like you two are going to be on your own on the surface, if you will. Now, how old are you? Just to clarify, that is.”
“Fourteen.” Twilight said.
“Around six and a half.” Spike answered.
“I see. So she sent you on your own, away from your parents? That’s sad, especially since your parents were killed, and Spike never knew his parents. But, I know for certain Toriel would be happy to take you in herself along with Frisk.” Sans then walked to the side of the hallway. “King Asgore awaits on the other side. I’ll be coming later on. And don’t worry about the king, he’s a very nice guy.”
“Twilight, Spike, are you sure you are ready?” Frisk said.
“Yes, we both are.” Spike replied as they went through the door. As they did so, a thought bubbled into Twilight’s head. Maybe the Elements weren’t perfect. What if they were just like mortal ponies, in the way of making mistakes? She guessed Spike fits the Element of Loyalty more than Rainbow Dash had. He lost his wings to save her, and that was very loyal to do so.
She thought of what Sans had said, and smiled. So far, everyone was kind to her. Frisk had fed her and bandaged Spike’s wounds, and Sans encouraged them to keep going. He said that the king was nice, and there was this Toriel character whom Sans knew. The feeling of something being there for them grew bigger and bigger with each passing moment.
Frisk walked into the King’s area, but with a purple alicorn and a dragon child who lost his wings following them into the halls. As they navigated the Castle, they told really good jokes to one another while Frisk told them their story. Soon, the unlikely trio had reached the throne room, which, to Twilight and Spike’s surprise, was filled with flowers.
And tending him was none other than the king himself, who was a goatlike creature that walked on two legs. The king was bipedal and had paws instead of hooves, and had a golden mane similar to a lion’s. He wore a crown between his horns, and it was hard to tell what else is there under his large purple cloak, save for golden shoulder pauldrons and a brooch.
“Huh, who’s there?” the king said as he looked towards Frisk, Twilight, and Spike. He then looked towards the trio. “A human? How did you get here all on your own?” Asgore said when looking at Frisk with a confused expression. He then turned his look towards Twilight and walked towards her, spotting Spike on her back. “A unicorn and a dragon, but I thought they were extinct. This is something I never saw before. I’m Asgore, king of the Underground, and you are?” he stated, asking on the last part.
“Frisk.”
“Twilight Sparkle.”
“I’m Spike.”
“Okay then. Frisk, Spike, Twilight, how did you three meet one another?”
“It’s a long story.” Frisk said as they told the king what Spike had told them. Asgore shed a few tears at what had happened, and simply sighed.
“Oh, that’s saddening.” Asgore said as he looked downwards. “I have lost many things, and there were many things I saw, but never have I seen someone who had that fate, nor did I imagine it.” The King of the Underground pulled out a sweater. “Spike, this belongs to one of my children before they… they… they died.” He then put Chara’s old sweater on the young dragon with a sad smile.
“Um, thanks?” Spike replied with a sheepish smile.
“My pleasure, young one.” Asgore replied. “Now, come with me.” The three followed Asgore through another door, where they found an eerie room that flashed in black and white with a bit of grey floating around. “Children, this is the barrier. It is what keeps us all trapped underground. It gives off an almost… hypnotic feel to it. It makes you want to catch somebody trying to run off.” Twilight could feel that Asgore had done something that made him very sad and unhappy about it. “So… do you want to stay? Or do you want to go?”
Frisk answered for them, telling him that they wanted to go.
“Okay then.” Suddenly, seven containers erupted from the ground, six of them were containing floating hearts ranging through the colors of the rainbow. Asgore then took a step in front of them before sighing. “Human… pony… dragon… It was nice to meet you three… I wish you didn’t come here to meet this fate. Goodbye.”
He faced his head downards, but, before he could attack, a white fireball appeared from the blue and slammed into Asgore, knocking him back, but not killing him. Out of the shadows came a female monster of the same species as Asgore, only she was a bit smaller and lacked a mane on her head, and wore a purple robe with white sleeves and a strange symbol located in a blue area. “What a miserable creature, about to kill such poor, innocent youth.”
Twilight and Spike said nothing. “Do not be afraid, my child… children. It is I, Toriel, your friend and guardian.” she said before looking at Frisk. “My child, I first thought you could make it alone, but, over time, I grew worried. Your adventure must be treacherous. And you two have been through some suffering as well.” Toriel said as she looked at Twilight and Spike.
“I saw you enter his throne room, and, I knew I still had a chance. I knew that in order to leave this place, you would have to take a monster’s life. Ultimately, I couldn’t allow it.” she said before Asgore crept back into the foreground.
“Tori… you came back!” Asgore said.
“Don’t ‘Tori’ me, Asgore. If you really wanted to free our kind, then you would’ve let them die of old age before collecting their SOULs, and once you have seven, then you could have freed everyone peacefully.” she said. Twilight had noted that Toriel was Asgore’s wife before it all happened, but still said nothing. “But instead, you meekly hoped another would not come.”
“Tori… you’re right.” Asgore replied. “I am so sorry. But, don’t you think that at least we can be friends again.”
“No, not after what you did.”
Just then, another monster walked in, this one being a blue-skinned fish-like humanoid wearing a black tank-top, some jeans, boots, and an eyepatch over her left eye. She looked pretty determined to stop it all. “Asgore, human, nobody fight! Everybody’s going to be friends, or else I’ll, I’ll…”
“Hello, I’m Toriel.” Toriel said, looking at Undyne. “Are you the human’s friend? It is nice to meet you...”
“Uh… yeah…? Nice to meet you.” Undyne said with a grin before going to Asgore’s side and looking at him. “Hey, Asgore, is that your ex? Jeez, that’s rough, buddy.” A yellow lizard wearing a labcoat and glasses walked in.
“H-Hey! Nobody hurt each other!” Alphys said before pausing and looking at Toriel. “There’s two of them?” she said as she went by Undyne’s spot, Twilight found they were lovers.
Yet another monster came about, this one was a skeleton like Sans, only he was taller and wore some kind of suit. “Hey! Nobody fight anyone!” Papyrus said with a bold look of confidence as he stood proud and tall. “If anyone fights anyone, then I’ll… have to… ask Undyne for help!” The fish monster only facepalmed.
Just then, Sans himself walked. “Sup guys.” he said in his usual, lazy tone. “I heard that were are gathering here. I bet it is gonna be a SKELE-TON of fun.”
“SANS!” Papyrus said, annoyed by the shorter one’s pun.
“That voice!” Toriel said.
“Hold on, you know each other?” Twilight asked.
“Eh, some of us do and some do not, it’s a mixed situation.” Sans said.
“True to that.” Toriel then looked at Papyrus. “And you must be Papyrus. Your brother has told me a lot about you…”
“Wowie! I can’t believe Asgore’s clone knows who I am!” Papyrus responded, with Twilight almost about to facehoof in response. “This is the best day of my life!”
“Hey, Papyrus? What does a skeleton tile his roof with?” Toriel asked.
“Um, snow-proof roof tiles?” he answered. Both Twilight and Spike took note that this is going to be a joke.
“No, silly. A skeleton tiles his roof with… SHIN-gles!”
Twilight let out a quiet snicker as Spike burst into laughter, mainly at the look on Papyrus’s face at the joke rather than the joke itself. “I CHANGED MY MIND! THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF MY ENTIRE LIFE!”
Meanwhile, Undyne and Alphys were confronting a saddened Asgore. “Come on, Asgore. It’s gonna be okay! There’s plenty of fish in the sea…” Undyne said before awkwardly looking at her hands. “No pun intended.”
“Yeah, Asgore!” Alphys cheered. “Undyne’s right. Sometimes you just gotta dig deep and find your true soulmate, like me and Undyne.”
“Well, I think it’s a good analogy.” Undyne said.
Just then, a robot went in: a rectangular figure with two cartoonish arms that is comically supported by a wheel. His face was just a bunch of pixels in a square. “Undyne, Alphys, would you just smooch already!? The audience is dying for some romantic action.” Mettaton said in a robotic, slightly scratchy voice as he went into the crowd.
A ghost wearing a set of headphones floated in along with the robot. “I am normally not a big fan of crowded areas, but, I was curious about what would happen.” Napstablook stated as he floated towards Mettaton’s side. “Um, Papyrus, if you don’t mind answering, how did you know how to call everybody, including me, for that manner?” he asked.
“Let’s just say…” Papyrus said, squinting through his eye sockets. “A tiny flower helped me…”
Just then, vines erupted from the ground and strangled anyone in reach, Twilight escaped by propelling herself upward with her wings. Napstablook wasn’t strangled, due to being a ghost himself. Twilight slowly propelled herself down, seeing eight people, including Frisk, being entrapped by the vines. Twilight found a flower pop out of the ground, smiling.
“Oh ho ho. This is very interesting for an ending.” Flowey said as he looked at the crowd before him. Undyne and Papyrus were struggling, Sans’s eyes were empty, Alphys had a devastated look, Toriel and Asgore looked shocked, Mettaton’s face pixels were flashing in different colors, and Frisk was just plain confused.
“Wait, Flowey, why are you targeting me?” Frisk asked.
“Silly Frisk, once I saw these two, I began to wonder about them, and the gears in my head turned. While you-” Flowey ducked to avoid a blast from Twilight’s horn and looked straight at her and Spike with that smug smirk still on his face. “Uh uh uh… If you attempt to tear my vines off, then my vines snap their necks, think about your decision.”
The aura around Twilight’s horn faded as she slowly went to the ground. “Why am I here in this place, you may ask? Well, allow me to tell you the whole story.” Flowey then flashed back to how it all began. “You see, the human had this ability to reset time, DETERMINATION that even exceeded my own spare DETERMINATION. Now, of course, I had to take the little goober into my own matters, after all, I told then it was kill or be killed.”
“That’s ludikris! Everyone here is so kind!” Twilight said.
“That’s the point. That IDIOT refused to kill, but during some of those runs, they did it to everyone in the Underground.” Twilight’s mouth dropped to the ground, and so did Spike’s.
“But, they would never do that!” Spike yelled. “They bandaged me and fed Twilight!”
“I know. You see, they weren’t excatly… themselves, as you would put it.”
“What was it? Possession? Curse? Trauma? What are you talking about!?” Twilight demanded.
“It was more of the latter two. You see, my old sib- an old friend’s spirit resided within the tyke’s body, and after a run almost excatcly like this one, without you, of course, my old friend took a hold on Frisk, and controlled their body like a puppet! They kept on torturing us over and over and over and over again! And for what?”
Twilight gasped, and so did Spike. Never had the villains they encountered when they were still living in Equestria came that far. Nightmare Moon only wanted Equestria to see the wonders of the night sky, Discord was just a mere jokester, Chrysalis only wanted to feed her subjects and fellow changelings, Sombra only wanted to use them, Tirek kept them alive because he only wanted their magic, Starlight only wanted everyone to be below her, Styagin was just consumed by darkness, the Storm King wanted to rule Equestria, and Cozy Glow, while she didn’t know much about her, was certain she would never kill.
This being that Flowey described, was beyond that, and using Frisk’s body as a vessel to kill everybody over and over again made them even more psychotic and evil, making the villains she fought seem like saints in comparison. “Luckily, for whatever reason, they have been defeated, but at the cost of Frisk’s ability to RESET. So, I let them have their little fun before I showed up, and then, you did…” he said with a laugh.
Of course, the two were standing completely still. “While you were having your little pow-wow of yours, I took the human SOULs! And like that previous run, I will add every single monster into the equation! And just to make things interesting, Frisk’s SOUL will also be added into the recipe.” Flowey laughed. “So come at me, ‘heroes’.” he sneered.
He then looked a bit deadpanned when he saw their paralyzed faces. “Huh, maybe you just need a little bit more ENCOURAGEMENT!” Flowey laughed as he shot friendliness pellets at the almost paralyzed duo, knocking them downward. At first, the bullets hit them, but before the last round could finish them off, a ring of white fireballs blocked the advance of the seeds.
The defender was Toriel, who was the first one to speak. “Don’t be afraid…” Toriel said with a smile as she looked at them. “No matter what, we will always be there to protect you.”
Twilight and Spike felt a rush of something… strange, flowing into their veins. A word formed for this strange feeling. It was… DETERMINATION! Flowey went to attack them again, but he was blocked by a bone and a spear. Once again, DETERMINATION flowed through his victims.
“That’s right, you can win!” Papyrus said. “I believe in you!”
“Hey, I know this sounds a bit crazy, but, you are our only hope! But don’t worry, we’ll be with you all this way!” Undyne said.
Sans was the fourth to respond. “Kiddos, you haven’t beaten this guy yet? Come on, you have a lot of magic at your hands, so this weirdo’s got nothing on you!” By then, Twilight was slowly standing up, able to hold Spike’s weight a little higher, with the dragon’s wounds seemingly closing off due to the DETERMINATION that kept the two going.
Flowey attempted once more, but was blocked by lightning and some blocks. “It would technically be impossible for you to beat him, but deep down, I know you can do it!”
“Darlings, you haven’t taken this guy down, yet.” Mettaton said. “If the situation wasn’t too brief, I would’ve tried to compose a cheer for you, but, I’m here too.”
“Yeah, so am I…” Nasptablook said.
“Pony… dragon… For the future of us all, you have to stay determined!” Asgore cheered.
Frisk only smirked. “Remember that last run Flowey mentioned? I was there, and everyone cheered on for me. Now, I am rooting for you. I don’t know how you would do this, and I am pretty sure that I won’t remember this one in the end, but I know you’ve got this!”
More monsters of many different kinds came up, cheering for Twilight and Spike, who were standing straight up, going into fighting positions against Flowey. “No… NO! I cannot believe this is happening!” Frisk knew he was obviously faking it, and the pony and dragon knew what was happening as well. “I can’t believe you are all so S T U P I D…”
“ALL OF YOUR SOULS ARE MINE!” he roared as everyone, even ghosts, writhed in shock as they felt themselves being absorbed.
“Now it’s your turn to be the heroes…” Frisk’s voice said as everything went white.
<Insert Phantom Ruby sound here>
When Twilight regained her sight, she saw Spike with her, all injuries healed, and they were in some sort of… strange black area. They only other occupant was a child who had a significant resemblance to Asgore and Toriel. The being then looked and his hands and spoke. “After all this time… I was so tired of the same cycle over and over again, and I am so tired of being that flower…” he said.
“What is going on?” Spike asked.
“I have no idea.” Twilight replied.
The creature turned around to reveal his cute, adorable face. This has to be who Flowey really was in the past, but how? Why? Why didn’t he choose another form. The only vialable answer was that he was turned into a flower somehow. "As for who I am? I am..."
Suddenly, in a flash of light, the goat monster transformed. He looked older, that's for sure, but Twilight knew that would not be what he would look like. Both Asgore and Toriel were bulky in nature, and this guy was thin and slevete, and lacked the mane that Asgore had. He wore a robe similar to Toriel's, but had pauldrons like Asgore's. He also wore some sort of heart locket around him.
ASRIEL DREEMURR
The letters appeared one by one for whatever weird reason.
Something weird went on, and not just that the flower have mored into the goat creature resembling Asgore and Toriel that was standing before them. A strange aura began permeating into the background. “Okay, what just happened?” Twilight asked.
“I don’t know, but look out!” Spike said, pointing towards the letters, which were hurling straight at them. Twilight jumped to the left, and Spike to the right.
“Spike, quick, get on my back. I think that we will be better off in this fight if we stick together.” Twilight said as the dragon nodded and saddled up. A fireball went towards their direction, and Spike countered it with his own fireball, which, thankfully, wasn’t lost along with his wings, and it went out in a whitish-green explosion. “Uh oh.” Twilight said as she and Spike saw Asriel charge towards them, a sword in each hand. Twilight leapt towards the side as the former flower struck the ground with the sword. He attempted to get them again, but once again went in the same results, but then, something happened.
“Twilight! We’re running out of ground!” Spike said as they saw the circle of ground left shrank, and Twilight saw this and went aloft with her wings. “What is this guy?” he said as the background morphed into a rainbow-colored vortex and Asriel took flight.
“You know, I don’t care that this is the ‘final run’ anymore…” Asriel stated as he lifted his arms and disappeared into nothingness. Stars began hurling towards them.
“Spike! You better duck.” Twilight stated as her former assistant complied, just in time for a star to hurl right above them. She looked to see it explode into several smaller ones. “This can’t be good.” It took her agility and keeping Spike on her back as the starry barrage kept coming, but thankfully, Asriel resurfaced, causing them to stop.
“Or the fact that you are here. With Frisk out of the way, this’ll be cake!” Asriel readied a gunlike object and teleported behind Twilight.
“Twilight!” Spike yelled as Twilight turned around to see a barrage of bullets advance towards them and quickly flew upwards. That is, until a massive beam hit them. But they somehow have came out with no scars. It hurt, but not too much.
“Once I deal with you, there will be no stopping me from resetting everything!” Asriel once again disappeared into the void, but this time, lightning shot down. Fortunately, they were able to react to it, and Twilight flew up to avoid one, went to the side for another, and did a barrel roll to go in between a grid. Asriel manifested once again. “And the best part is that you are fresh meat! And not just chronologically, the same old cycle was getting a little bit predictable lately, either kill or spare. Let’s try something new, shall we?” Asriel’s hands shot out as he summoned a trident of red hue. He had learned this from his father, but he was never really strong enough to do so.
Twilight was quick and dodged Asriel, who aimed to impale them. The God of Hyperdeath looked towards them and threw his trident at them, and Twilight dodged to the side, but she and Spike were caught by the advance of fireballs. “Heh, all this time with the human in charge of the timeline made me a bit bored. But with you guys around, there might be something new for me after all.” Asriel disappeared into the background once more, and stars began raining down once more. And once again, Twilight dodged them. “I have seen nearly every outcome in this universe, and never have I thought that you would show up.
Once again, the fireballs continued their advance, and this time, more red tridents were manifesting in the background. Twilight readied her shield to block the upcoming advance of tridents. Spike looked to see something blocklike heading their way and spat a fireball at it to destroy it. “Heh, I’ve got to say, you are impressive, but don’t get too cocky, Because in a short while, I will not hit so hard, will I?”
Asriel once again readied his sabers, and this time, he slashed at them. Twilight leapt to the side on the first one, and flew upwards on the second one. Asriel teleported upwards and readied his sabers, but Twilight blocked it with her shield, or, attempted to. The swords broke through the shield, and Twilight and Spike got hit, forcing them down, but, there was solid yet invisible ground there. Asriel forced them apart and set up a force field. “So, let’s see how long you’ll last while separated, huh?” Asriel stated, readying his powers.
Spike, despite being chubby, was surprisingly nimble, and managed to run fast enough to dodge the lightning bolts that came, it was pretty impressive. But when stone blocks began falling off, Spike began shooting fireballs at them, causing them to explode.
Meanwhile, on Twilight’s side, she manuvered around the fire and spinning tridents that had permeated the area doing flips, dives, and barrel rolls just to avoid them. Asriel summoned blue spears, and Twilight readied her shield, deflecting them back.
“You still are trying to find a way together? Huh, unlike those traitors, you know, you two must be true friends to the end, huh? Really, I’m not mocking you, honest! But enough about mocking and traitors, it’s time I begin on my work!” Asriel moved his head side to side as he dissapeared into the background once more, and so did the force field.
“Twilight!” Spike said as he jumped towards Twilight. At first, they thought it was over, but they heard the sound of cackling laughter. They both looked to see a giant goat skull begin sucking everything in. “Run! Or fly, you know what I mean.”
“Yeah.” Twilight said as she took flight. The Hyper Goner began sucking everything into its vicinity, and giant asteroids began to go into its direction. “Oh my,” she said as she began flying at speeds she thought were impossible just to dodge asteroids, then planets, then stars and eventually, entire galaxies before everything went white.
In a flash of light, it was back to the rainbow vortex, and Twilight fell down onto the invisble floor, with Spike falling off of her back. Asriel landed onto the ground, looking at them as he strolled towards them. “I have to say, I’m impressed. For someone who showed up right in the vicinity of the final run, you know how to handle this, but don’t get cocky. I’ve been toying with you up until this point.” Asriel began levitating off of the ground. “Let’s see what your newfound DETERMINAION will do against this!”
Suddenly, everything went white again, and the next thing Twilight and Spike knew was that they were standing stiff and couldn’t move, and Asriel has changed into a winged form with no legs, similar to the symbol on his and Toriel’s robes. “Ura ha ha ha! Goodness gracious, the power of eight human SOULs is incredible!” He said while raising his hands, and in one fell swoop, slashed at them, knocking them back. “There’s no saving you NOW!”
Twilight went up in a look of defeat. “Welp, Spike, this is it for us. Guess our suffering really was inevetable.” she said as she began shedding tears. “WHY DID IT HAVE TO END UP LIKE THIS TO BEGIN WITH!”
Spike looked at the Angel of Death, and, from within his chest heart, he saw something glisten against the black and white being. “Twilight! Get a grip! So maybe we can’t save ourselves now! That doesn’t mean we should die in vain!”
“But what is there to die for?” she said as she shed some more tears.
“Don’t give up just yet!” Spike yelled. “All this time, you motivated me to become as productive and helpful as I was, and now, you just give UP! Not me!” Spike darted his eyes straight into Asriel’s as he shot up. Twilight could sense something resonating within her former assistant, and, she began to feel it within her as well. “So what if we cannot save ourselves in this! He absorbed presumably every soul in the Underground, right?”
“Yes…” Twilight said sadly. “What for?”
“Maybe, just maybe, we could save everyone else within him. The souls are probably still dormant in there, they just need a push!”
Twilight looked to Spike, and to the gleaming spot within Asriel. “Spike, let’s give this thing of yours a try, shall we? You really helped me get back up. All this time, we had support to back us up, and not just the rest of the former bearers and Starlight. We have each other to support one another. Where they didn’t help me, YOU did it! You represent the Elements even more than any of us, including me! And seeing that, I’m sure it wouldn’t end to well.”
“Probably with disaster.” Spike joked. “Frisk told us about them. I may not think that it is enough to save them…”
“...but we’re sure that will do.” Twilight said confidently as Spike got firmly onto her back again. "Now, let's save the world and save it together!"
Asriel just looked at Twilight as she and Spike ran towards him. “Wait, what in blazes are they doing now!?” He then looked towards the glowing spot in the SOUL. “NO! They’re after the lost souls! I will not give my power up so soon, or ever, for that matter!” He then raised his arms and readied his energies, causing powerful rainbow fireballs to disperse and hurl towards them.
Twilight didn’t stop, and continued galloping. Even as the fireballs hit, some strange force had protected both of them. He couldn’t believe it. He was practically five-dimensional in his current state of being, yet they just kept on coming, dodging nearly every fireball that he threw at them, and what little hit were blocked by a shield.
Their combined DETERMINATION kept them going, and sooner than later, they attempted to grab the shining light within the SOUL, and in a flash of light, things have changed.
Asriel was gone, and in his place in the void, Frisk stood, facing their back towards them in an eerie manner. “Frisk?” Spike asked, looking at the human child. Twilight slowly walked to touch them, but then, Frisk moved at lightning speed and attempted to stab them. Both saw that their face was blurred by white blocks.
The Lost Soul then spoke. “I have no friends…” the said as they attempted to stab them again.
“What’s wrong with them?” Spike asked.
“They are under Flowey’s/Asriel’s thrall.” Twilight said as Spike dodged another blow from the knife. “Frisk? Don’t you remember us? It’s me, Twilight, and right here is Spike.”
“I am just another useless orphan…” Twilight blocked another attack, just in time as the lost child was about to slice her.
“Frisk, you had helped us when we needed it the most. See!” Spike unveiled his shirt to reveal the bandages wrapped around his torso. “You had taken care of my wounds when I could not fly anymore.”
“And you had fed me that pie of yours.” Twilight said as she and Spike ducked the next strike before going back. The Lost Soul grew static, as if they were trying to remember something from the past. “And you DO have friends, and not just Spike and I. You must have spent centuries reliving the past, trying to figure out something to save everyone.”
The Lost Soul tried to attack, but something was blocking it. The dagger and the white blur were slowly fading. Slowly, the Frisk they knew resurfaced, smiling at them before hugging the pony and the dragon. “Thanks, guys. I never thought it was in you.” Frisk said.
“You’re welcome, Frisk.” Spike said as he and Twilight hugged back.
“But that still leaves millions of you to save, but how?” Twilight asked. “And there’s the fact that we barely know one another. And-” Frisk put a finger over her muzzle.
“I barely knew them, too.” Frisk said. “Even after all these RESETS and LOADS, it feels as if it was the first time I fell into the Underground. Why? I do not know? How? I do not know that either.” Frisk then pat a hand over their heart. “ In this state, I cannot do a thing about the crisis going on outside, but, I’ll let you in on something.”
“What is it?” Twilight asked.
“Don’t listen to your head in situations where you have to save people that barely know you just by memories, but instead listen to your heart.” Frisk said. “Asriel may be infinitely powerful in this state, but what he can’t stop is the saving of Lost Souls. It is kind of like a chain reaction and-” Just then, the background began to distort as Twilight and Spike began to glow white. “Hurry! He’s kicking you out! You just need to save four pairs!”
“What about us, what about you?” Spike asked.
“I’ll be fine. You go help the others out. And then, save-” They didn’t get to finish that sentence as Asriel threw them out. Asriel looked at them angrily, but the pony and dragon got up and dashed into the SOUL once again.
Meanwhile, Frisk looked out at the two, smiling. Within the depths of the SOUL, something was resonating. Frisk then sat down as they watched Twilight and Spike resurface along with a group of Lost Souls, that being Napstablook and Mettaton. At first, they were a little bit sloppy with trying to save them, but they remembered what Frisk told them, and began to try and make them remember.
“Um, thanks, I suppose… Hooray…” Napstablook said.
“It’s your time to shine in the finale, darling.” Mettaton cheered.
Strange. That was shorter than they anticipated, but soon, they began to ponder back into why it was them that Flowey chose. Frisk knew it was their last run, but they then looked back to them. Flowey gave them a bit of an explanation, but Frisk thought that it was only the tip of the iceberg. Maybe it was because it was the final run, and Flowey knew that with them out of the picture, there would be no stopping him from whatever goal he is wanting.
“Well, some humans are okay, I guess, and you are, too.” Undyne said.
“No, that’s not true! My friends like me, and I like you, too.” Alphys said.
As they began reaching in for the Lost Souls, Frisk began to wonder how they did it so easily and why it was. Maybe, they were giving it a try. They smiled at that. True to what they had told them, it was like a chain reaction. Slowly, they were going through the four duos that had shown up when Flowey showed up. They couldn’t do a thing about it, but, they knew that something was resonating within the two.
“No, wait!! You’re my friends! I can never capture you!” Papyrus yelped.
“Nah, I’m rooting for you two. Knock ‘em dead, friends.” Sans praised.
Slowly, more and more Lost Souls began resonating within Asriel’s SOUL, and it was slowly coming into shape. Frisk then thought about it, and maybe she was the Princess of Friendship for a reason, and not just some cheesy title. Maybe there was something that not even their former friends knew about them? It puzzled Frisk as to why they were able to save everyone so easily, but, they shrugged, and kept on watching as it all happened. Will they forget what the two did? Probably, probably not. But they would know they did it either way.
“Your fate is up to you, now go!” Toriel cheered.
“You are our future!” Asgore said.
Meanwhile, they just got thrown out again. Twilight and Spike looked to see that everyone was saved in a spontaneous chain reaction, just as Frisk told them. But, there was one person left that needed to be saved. But who.
“Asriel!”
“Asriel!”
“Huh? What?” Asriel said before a couple images came flashing in their heads. Asriel immediately knew what was going on. It was his memories of helping Chara get back onto his/her feet, and the SOULs trapped within his SOUL began resonating. “No, NO! This cannot be happening! IT CANNOT!”
Asriel attempted to strike them, but he got a strange feeling within him. “I DO NOT NEED ANYBODY, DO YOU HEAR ME!? I’LL TEAR YOUR HEADS AND LIMBS OUT!” That was just an empty threat, and even he knew it. Tears began flowing through his eyes. “DON’T YOU KNOW ANYTHING IN YOUR MINDS… about… about anything!”
“We just did what came to our hearts.” Twilight stated. “You need to know that, too.”
“Grrr… why I keep fighting you… is special… it’s, it’s, IT’S NOT THAT!” Asriel’s fire attacks began avoiding them for some reason. “It’s just that, it’s just… GAH! Now you’ve got me mixed up, RAUGH!” Asriel attempted to swipe at them with his claws, but they managed to dodge on the last second. “I’m not ready for everything to end. I do not want to become that flower again! I do not want to leave.”
He went for an even harder blow, but again, they dodged and saved once more. “So just stop doing this and just LET ME WIN!!!” He readied a massive beam of energy, wanting with all his heart that it will be over. “JUST STOP! STOP! I SAID STOP THIS! Just… stop…” Asriel then collapsed to the floor as his wings shattered. “Just… please… stop…”
In a flash of light, Asriel was back into his form as a child, crying on the floor. “Just please stop, I’m sorry.” The other two beings looked at him before Spike went off of Twilight’s back and they both began to pull Asriel up, and then he sniffled as he looked at them. “I was always a crybaby, wasn’t I?” Asriel asked himself before drawing his attention to Twilight and Spike as he sighed before putting a hand over his heart. “I haven’t felt an emotion such as caring and empathy for over four hundred years, chronologically, that is.”
“What, were those?” Spike asked before Asriel put a hand in front of him.
“Yes, my memories.” Asriel said as he got up. “I was not always that flower. The form you see before you is my true form. As a flower, I lacked a SOUL, I lacked the emotions needed to care about others, or so I thought.” Asriel said as he looked down on himself to see a dark red human SOUL in his hands that was slowly becoming brighter.
“Whose is that?”
“Chara’s.” Asriel said. “I never really had any friends as a child, but that day changed when my adoptive sibling, Chara, fell down. They were a colonist from England, arivving in the region the mountain was in around 1650 AD on the Gregorian Calendar. Chara’s birth parents were deeply religious, and they never really agreed to their beliefs, and were harshly treated because of that, and eventually abandoned.”
“Hey, just because someone is different doesn't mean that they should be treated differently from the rest of everyone!” Twilight spoke up.
“That, I agree with, but back to the story. My family, well, Mom, Dad, and I were at our private retreat in the Ruins, when all of the sudden, Chara fell down. Of course, we would never kill a child, and we adopted them into the family.”
“Well, that still doesn’t explain why you were a flower all of the sudden.” Spike said.
“I’m getting to that. Chara wasn’t very good with everything, the only person they really trusted was me, which came to their plan. They have never seen plumbing or electrical appliances before they fell, and they obviously never had baked a pie before, and they mistook the butter and cups part for buttercups.”
“Yikes, that had to hurt!” Twilight yelped as she leapt back in surprise.
“Believe me, buttercup poisoning is not a pretty picture. You would vomit and grow boils that would literally explode before you die! But to them, it was worth it. They said that I would collect six other SOULs, when in reality, they just wanted to get back at the colony that was just established. Due to how they were abused, Chara was unable to feel empathy towards others, and, it carried on within me.” Asriel began shedding tears. “We fought over control over the body, and I fled back to the mountain. The last thing I remembered before being turned into a flower was my dust flying everywhere.”
“That’s flat-out TERRIBLE! You didn’t deserve it!” Twilight spoke out.
“But, what happens when you release everyone? Will you become a flower again?” Spike replied, a bit worried about Asriel.
“I don’t know. At first, I thought I would turn into a flower again, but with Chara’s SOUL still in my body, I think I still might have a chance, but I’m not really sure. Now, their SOUL can now give off compassion, and not only do I have my compassion back, but I can feel the emotions of every human and monster SOUL inside me. They really like you, even if it was just a few seconds before I, well…”
Asriel thought for a second before opening his eyes. “Us monsters are weird. Even though we barely know why you are, we all love you like a family member. I wish it could’ve been the same with what happened back in Equestria.” Asriel said. “With an immense power that is equal to eight human SOULs, I can see into different worlds.”
“Well, what’s happening at Equestria?” Twilight asked. She did not want to go back there anymore, but she was curious about how everything’s turning out.
“Well, I can show it to you, it’s really sad.” Asriel said as he materialized a giant rectangle that began to show what was happening. Twilight and Spike gasped as Ponyville was set ablaze as its inhabitants were starting to fight and KILL one another. “Without you to fend off this great threat, Grogar and Sombra have struck at the same time, and they have just killed your former friends and are fighting each other to the death.”
He then closed the window. “I guess it really is too dangerous for us now.” Twilight said as she thought about it. “You don’t want us to go, do you?”
“None of us do. You don’t wanna go, I don’t want you two to go. I cannot keep them inside me for much longer, and nine human SOULs can really help you see a lot. Now, with the power of the six fallen SOULs, Frisk’s SOUL, and every monster SOUL within me, it is time to break the barrier. Are you ready?”
“As ready as we’ll ever be…” Spike said.
“Okay then, it is finally time for monsters to be free!” Asriel then levitated up into the air as seven rainbow-colored hearts came out, followed by millions of white shapes that flew out like a cyclone, and soon, everything went white. The last thing that Twilight and Spike saw before passing out was a crack going up and splitting the white in two, revealing a dark black area with some white text.
All Frisk could feel was something stiff. It felt like they hurt their head that first time they fell down Mount Ebott. The last thing they remembered was Twilight, Spike, them, and eight monsters talking to one another, and- wait. They didn’t remember it, but they knew that they did it. “You… you did it…” they said as they got up. The barrier was gone, judging by the fact that a way out was now visible.
Napstablook, Toriel, Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, Mettaton, and Asgore were standing around them, and they saw Twilight and Spike lying unconscious, and the latter groaned as they both got up, with Twilight stretching like a cat, spreading her wings as her cramped joints gave satisfying pops. “Oh, you’re awake! Thank goodness!” Frisk said as they ran up to them and put them into a hug.
“Wait, where’s Asriel?” Twilight said as she and Spike looked around, electing the attention of both the king and the former queen.
“You two know our deceased son, but how?” Asgore asked.
“Um… I’m right here… I guess…” Asriel literally walked out of the darkness. He looked at his parents with a shy look and quietly waved a hand.
“Our deceased child, how is this possible?” Toriel said in shock before she and Asgore darted towards him and grabbed him in a hug. “It’s a miracle…”
“My son, you’re back… it’s been four hundred years…” Asgore said with tears in his eyes.
“Ugh, nearly can’t breathe here.” Asriel said, electing them to soften the hug. “And it’s good to be back, guys.”
“Wowie, I can’t believe Asgore and Toriel had a son!” Papyrus added. “Everyone, let's celebrate with spaghetti!”
“I think I’ll pass, bro.” Sans said as he walked towards the throne room. “I’ll meet you at the surface soon.”
“Isn’t he going the wrong way?” Spike asked.
“He’s just taking a shortcut.” Frisk replied. “He’ll be there.”
“Well, what are we waiting for, darlings? The next spotlight’s just ahead.” Mettaton said as he moved towards the direction of was presumably sunlight. Napstablook followed his cousin shortly afterwards, not saying anything.
“Well, I guess we should go up there now.” Asriel stated. “Mom, Dad, are you ready?” Both nodded at the statement, and the Dreemurr family, including Frisk, went towards the direction of the light.
“See ya at the surface.” Frisk said.
Undyne and Alphys were next to go, they were talking to themselves about how the surface would be like and what impression they should do with the humans, leaving Papyrus being the only other person in the room. “Well, if anything, I should be going now. Knowing Sans, he’s probably there by now.” And with that, Papyrus walked towards the direction of the surface.
This left Twilight and Spike as the only other ones in the room. “Twilight, do you feel like you’re ready to go now?” Spike asked. Twilight turned over to him.
“As ready as I’ll ever be…” Twilight said. “Are you ready?”
“Sure…” Spike replied. He somehow felt healed, and looked under his shirt to find out that the bandages were still there. He took them off to find that his back was healed. He still did not have his wings, but, this body’s better than nothing. “Twilight, I think I can walk on my own now.” Spike said as he began moving towards the surface.
Twilight began to follow her former assistant. They went past the final door and into a bright light behind it, where they covered their eyes until they reached the surface, where everyone was gazing at the sunset. “Oh my, I never thought I could get to see the sun again…” Toriel said in amazement as she saw the bright ball of light setting below the horizon.
“Wow, it’s even better than on TV.” Alphys said. “WAY better! Better than I imagined!”
“That, I have to admit.” Mettaton replied. “In all my years of performing, I never had seen something this dazzling.”
“Frisk, you live with this?” Undyne asked as she looked at the young child. “The sunlight is so nice, and the air is so fresh! I really feel alive.”
“Yeah, I lived with it.” Frisk replied as they smiled.
“Sans, what is that giant ball of light in the sky?” Papyrus asked.
“We call that ‘the sun’, my friend…” Sans said.
“That’s the sun!? Wowie! I can’t believe I’m finally meeting the sun!” Papyrus cheered.
“Hey guys.” Twilight said as she and Spike came into view. “Isn’t it beautiful?”
“Indeed. I could stand here on the mountain and watch this for hours.” Asgore answered.
“Yes, it is beautiful, is it not?” Toriel replied.
“Mom, Dad, we really should get going.” Asriel insisted. “I highly doubt that this sunset’s gonna last forever.”
“Oh, right.” Asgore said. “Everyone, this is the beginning for a bright new future for each and every one of us…” He then turned to Twilight and Spike. “Twilight, Spike, I hope that you find happiness here, in an era of peace between humans and monsters…”
“Will do, chief!” Twilight said, going onto her back legs and saluting, mainly because she was feeling a little silly after the whole Asriel ordeal.
“But, there is still something else that needs to be done.” Asgore said. “We need an ambassador to the humans.”
“I’ll go.” Frisk said as they stepped forward.
“And I, the Great Papyrus, will be the best mascot!” Papyrus said in a proud manner as he began to scale down the mountain. “I’ll go make a good first impression.”
“Man, do I have to do EVERYTHING! Papyrus, wait!” Undyne yelled out as she ran towards the same direction that Papyrus was heading.
“Hey!! Undyne!! Wait up!” Alphys said as she ran towards the same direction.
“Welp, it looks like they are more than eager to meet them.” Sans said as he went to the opposite way. “See ya on the other side.”
Mettaton looked at the sun, and then at the remaining people. “Welp, I guess that I should be going right about now.” He then went down the mountain, with Napstablook following shortly afterwards, leaving Asgore, Toriel, Asriel, Frisk, Twilight, and Spike on the summit.
“Whoops.” Asgore said, electing the attention of Twilight and Spike.
“Whoops what?” Twilight asked.
“I just thought there was something that I needed to do.” he replied before looking towards the city in the distance. “I think I might be going to keep them in check.” he joked as he calmly walked down the mountain.
When he was gone, Toriel looked into the distance. “Frisk, this is your world, right? You surely have somewhere to go, right?”
“Actually, I’m an orphan.” Frisk stated. “I never really knew my parents, and I was effectively homeless after a storm had arrived. The mountain was my only source of shelter.”
Toriel gave off a protective yet calm look at them, and simply chuckled. “Frisk, you are a funny person. If you had said that earlier, none of this would have happened. I guess fate works in weird and mysterious ways.” Toriel said. “Well… I suppose that if you do not have any place to go, then I will do my best to take care of you.” Toriel said as she grabbed Frisk’s hand and began to walk them towards the base.
“I’ll meet you down there, mom, I just need to talk to Twilight and Spike some.” Asriel said.
“Okay, don’t take too long…” Toriel said before resuming their walk, leaving three more people left on the summit.
Asriel just dusted his shirt and spoke. “Um, so, this is new to me, but, Mom said that fate works in mysterious ways, and I guess that it may have been destiny all this time.” Asriel said as he looked out into the sun.
“What do you mean?” Twilight asked as she looked at him.
“Well, I thought about it some after we went to the surface, and I came to realize that the reason that I was able to RESET and LOAD before Frisk arrived was that Chara’s SOUL was still inside me. If I was truly soulless as a flower, then, I wouldn’t be able to feel any form of emotion, and, I never really realized it until recently.” Asriel put a hand over his heart, which was beating at a good pace. “If I had never died, then it would be highly unlikely that monsters would have been free this soon.” Asriel explained as he looked towards them.
“Let’s go scaling down the mountain, Mom is probably worried about me right now.” he said as the other two nodded, and all three of them began going down the mountain. “I know about how you might be feeling now that you are exiled from your homeland and can never come back, but we have your backs.”
“Thanks.” Twilight said. "But, as for where Spike and I are staying, we have thought that staying with you and Frisk would probably be a good choice." she explained as they found their feet on grass.
Asriel smiled at that comment. "Thanks for telling me this. Frisk and I will love your company." he said as they all went down the mountain and continued walking on their way. For Twilight and Spike, they smiled as well. They thought that many things would happen to them. First, Twilight was accused of murdering her parents, and put on an unfair trial with false witnesses, those being their former friends before being whisked away.
They thought about the world and how it treated them, Frisk especially. They helped Spike with his injuries and Twilight get back on their feet. Both guessed that Toriel was right about fate working in strange ways. Twilight thought about it and looked at the dragon by her side. Spike was the only one who defended her when she needed it the most, and she was grateful when he came with her. But then, Twilight shook those thought out, and they soon went to the forest, ready to encounter a brand new life just waiting for them both.
Even if it was a few minutes, it felt like a lifetime to Twilight. The monsters, as they call themselves, or whatever Twilight was planning to call them, Ebbottites, perhaps, or some other name for them, were very nice, and it was promising. Of course, she would remember where she came from clearly, but for Spike, he is much younger, and thus, Equestria would be like some half-remembered dream.
She had read books in the libraries of Canterlot and Ponyville to find a phenomenon where one would forget about it by remembering the few good times that would happen in their lives before a big game-changer happens, like a species swap at childhood or when an abused child finds themselves adopted by a nice and loving family. Coincidentally, she and Spike were adopted by the Dreemurrs, although not official, it still is. Frisk found themselves being adopted by Toriel so many times, and now, it’s for the final time. The final run.
And the final run meant that they all can go forwards again. Twilight had a worry of what would happen if a RESET happened while she and Spike were there, and the alicorn did not want to know what it would be. Asriel would’ve likely known what would happen, since during his time as Flowey, he had seen nearly every outcome, but even he did not know what would happen to them. She hoped that they wouldn’t disappear like the rest.
But for Frisk, it was the past, and only felt like yesterday when they fell through the mountain and into the Underground. In a way, it was yesterday, but their focus is to adjust to this new world set up for them. For Frisk, it was to help humans and monsters adjust to one another and live in peace again. For Asriel, it was to get used to having his body again and to adjust to a world four hundred years after his death. For Twilight and Spike, it was to adjust to a world that they wound up in after being kicked out of Equestria for false crimes.
So far, Asgore, Asriel, Sans, and Frisk knew about what happened, but Toriel was picking up on talks between Twilight, Spike, and Asriel about what they would do in the future now that their dark moments have passed. When they went down to the city, the monsters began to try and make their first impression, Asgore said that being trapped underground for over ten thousand years or so would do that.
But, in the end, they were able to stay in a large hotel for the nights that they are tying up all the loose ends. By then, it was nighttime, and everyone was in their rooms, some were even sharing them. Logically, Sans and Papyrus shared a room, as they shared their house before. Undyne and Alphys were lovers, and shared their bed and a room with Asgore, who was busy laying on his back on his temporary bed, thinking about what to do next since the monsters were free from their prison.
Toriel and Frisk were also sharing a room, and the former Queen was reading a book to her adoptive child despite the fact they were asleep. Mettaton was busy performing, with his cousin playing the DJ, and many humans were even enjoying it. Twilight, Spike, and Asriel were sharing a corner room with three beds. Asriel sat on the edge of his bed, clothed in a set of blue pajamas that Toriel knitted.
“So,” he said, looking towards his roommates/adoptive siblings. “I guess you are having trouble sleeping, huh?” Asriel asked, getting a quiet nod from them both. “I know how you two are feeling right now, spending four hundred years as a flower, really messed me up, and not just in my mind. We both need to adjust to the new world set for us, huh?”
“I guess so.” Twilight replied as she looked at Spike, who was wearing a full set of pajamas of his own, but his are purple and had a bigger hole for his tail and wrapping her left wing over the dragon, who smiled back at the alicorn and yawned.
“Sounds good.” Spike said plainly as he fiddled around with his thumbs. “This is our first night in this world, so, of course it is going to be pretty big.” He pulled on the sleeves. “I really like wearing clothes, though, it’s actually very soft.”
“As for me, I am thinking about what lies out there, on Earth, that is.” Twilight proceeded to look out the window, where a full moon majestically shone back at them. “There’s so many things to study, so much time to adjust.” Twilight said, smiling as she did so.
“I know you were a princess, but why don’t you want to be the ambassador?” Asriel asked.
“I was never into politics, and despite my title, I had no real power.” Twilight answered before stretching her wings. “However, I am still a true alicorn, that the Elements decided, and my time had come to rule. Guess she didn’t want to lose her power.” Twilight said.
“True to that, I guess they got what they deserved in the end.” Spike replied, remembering what they were shown form Asriel, who let out a guilty look. “Asriel, we were the ones who asked for it, and we aren’t mad or anything.”
Asriel then looked at them with an eased appearance. “Thanks, guys.” Asriel said as they all looked out the window. “I cannot believe that this was the same colony I saw when I first came up to the surface, and look how much it has grown!” They all could see the light from windows within skyscrapers as they soaked everything in.
“I haven’t lived that far back, but I’m pretty sure this is a game changer for us all for many different reasons, depending on who we are and where we came from.” Twilight stated.
“Yeah, it is a game changer for all of us…” Asriel replied with a sigh before he looked at the digital clock. “Wait a minute, we have stayed up a lot longer than we thought!” Asriel said.
Twilight looked to see that it wa, in fact, 10 PM. “Well, if you put it that way, then I’m going to get some sleep.” Spike said before walking towards his bed and going into the covers.
“That’s a smart move.” Twilight thought aloud. “We’ve got a big day, and I’m sure we all need some sleep now. Goodnight, Asriel.” Twilight said as she got into her bed to sleep.
Of course, Asriel was the last to stay up, observing his body as he did. He looked at his pawed hands once more, flexing his fingers before looking at his dangling legs. After four hundred years as a flower, he finally had his body back. So, of course, it would take a fair amount of time to adjust to it all again, but, he guessed he will get used to it. He looked at the alicorn and dragon, who were already fast asleep. Man, do they conk out fast. “Goodnight.” he said with a smile as he got under the covers. It took a while, but he eventually succumbed to the embrace of sleep, and a new chapter had opened up in their lives.
Meanwhile, in the Void, someone watched as if everything was just an experiment.