UnderVanquish

Chapter 1 - The Child. - Page 8.

Toriel hums quietly to herself on her way to M.T.T's Grocery's Store. She smiles and thinks to herself.

*This day has turned out lovely. I cannot wait to return with the ingredients! It will be great.*

She laughed and then heard another laugh afterwards. It sounded like a child's laugh but there is something very peculiar about it. She immediately stops walking,turns around and she says in a concerned voice due to the odd laughter. "Hello?...Is somebody there?" There is nobody around behind her, not even passing cars on the road at the moment.

Thinking to herself. *That was odd, I could have sworn I heard someone.*

She turns around to see a small figure that looks like they could be a child. But their face is hidden in a strange light, something is odd about it.

Toriel speaks to them. "Oh hello there, are you lost? When did you get here?"

They are silent, they start to run away from her. Toriel speaks to them. "Did I say something wrong?...Wait!"

They laugh, it is the child's laugh she heard from before. Something about this child feels oddly familiar to her. Toriel feels this strong impulse to follow them and she does not understand why.

The child is dressed in black, in what looks like a long gown or dress. Their sleeves look similar to hers in size. Toriel could have sworn she saw "The Royal Symbol." on the front. Which has her attention towards this strange child even more.

Toriel speaks quietly to herself. "Did I just see that?...Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Did I just see The Royal Symbol on the child's clothes? But the only ones who would wear such similar clothing before would be Me,Asgore or-"

She gasps and immediately thinks to herself, unknowingly out loud. *ASRIEL!?*

She hears them laugh again. They both turn around a corner, around this large building. M.T.T's Book store. Monsters nearby are mumbling in concern, giving her expressions of confusion. Saying all sorts of things.

"Toriel!? Why is she running in such a hurry for?"

A worried cat monster says. "She looks so stressed!"

A dog smoking what looks like a dog treat says to them. "Did I hear toriel say asriel!?"

another one says. "Wasn't he the prince?"

(Temporarily switching to Mettaton.)

He sees Toriel running after what he could have sworn was a small child. But he assumes it was his imagination, not knowing he had one.

But why would she chase after a child? Something is wrong.

He gets out his phone and starts calling Frisk.

(Switching to Frisk.)

Frisk is pacing back and forth, wondering why their mom has been gone for so long. They think of how she should have come back by now,.

Sans says to them. "hey kid, I am sure she is alright."

Frisk starts to reply to Sans, until their phone starts humming. They grab it immediately and see that Mettaton is calling. They answer it in a stressed tone. "Oh hey Mettaton, What's up?"

Mettaton replies with concern. "I called to talk to you about your mom, did you know she was out shopping? I heard about her stressful evening earlier, Sans told me about it. your mom had her grocery bag with her. but she was not shopping at all darling. She was chasing after what I could have sworn was a child? Is she feeling alright?"

Frisk replied in a worried voice. "What!? why would she chase after a child for? Did you see what they looked like?"

Frisk thinks to themselves. *Mom, please be alright, what is wrong with you lately?*

Mettaton said. "I didn't see their face, but they were dressed in a black dress, maybe a gown. I'm unsure."

Sans's eye-sockets are black while listening to the conversation. Papyrus is sitting with Frisk and Sans, Papyrus looks worried, speechless from this, unsure on what to say about the whole situation.

Sans speaks to Frisk. "kid, we need to find your mom and learn what is going on!.." They all get up from the couch.

Papyrus speaks to them both. "SANS...WHATEVER IT IS, I AM SURE TORIEL IS FINE! THERE IS A REASON FOR WHY SHE IS ACTING THIS WAY! ONCE WE FIND HER, WE CAN LEARN WHAT IS GOING ON,TALK ABOUT IT, MAYBE THE CHILD THAT TORIEL IS CHASING, IS A CHILD OF SOMEONE SHE KNOWS, MAYBE THEY ARE LOST AND SCARED! MAYBE CONFUSED. WHAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THEY WILL BE SCARED NO MORE, ONCE I TALK TO THEM! NYEH HEH HEH!"

Sans laughs with a slight smile. He says. *yeah bro, I am sure you're right."

Papyrus hugs Sans and frisk, frisk finishes talking to mettaton, they all run out the front door together.

(Switching back to Toriel.)