Fallen Under

Waterfall- Fall

Farther into the tunnels, they saw that more water fell from the ceiling like rain. Large water puddles splattered about the ground. Frisk took another tan umbrella and strolled down the raining tunnel. They couldn't help but look down at their rippling reflection. "Yes, it's you," Flowey stated, craning his neck so that he was as far away from the water as possible. "Can we keep moving?"

Frisk nodded and walked around the puddle. However, it didn't take long before they splashed into a puddle. With a giggle, they began splashing about in the puddles.

"What are you doing?" Frisk stopped upon hearing Monster Kid's voice. They turned to see the young monster tucked into a crevice where the water could not reach him.

"I'm playing in the puddles. Wanna join me?" Frisk prompted.

"I... why are you intentionally getting yourself wet?" he questioned.

"Because it's fun!" Frisk called with a laugh. "Come on! Join me! You'll have fun. Just try and jump from puddle to puddle to see if you can."

"At least put me down first, please," Flowey requested.

Frisk nodded and set Flowey down relatively out of the way with the umbrella over him. "See? Now I don't have an umbrella, either!"

Monster Kid looked both ways down the tunnel before creeping out. He winced as water splattered off his spikes and ran down his scales and striped sweater. He jumped into the same large puddle that Frisk was in. Water splattered onto Frisk's legs. The playful young human bounded from puddle to puddle. Monster Kid followed suit. Soon enough, the distrustful monster was chasing Frisk around. His large feet were able to splash more water than Frisk's dainty feet. Although he nearly tripped over himself multiple times, Frisk helped him keep his balance. Frisk nearly tripped over a rock at one point, though they found Monster Kid's tail helped keep their balance.

Eventually, the two soaked children found themselves too tired to keep going. So, they sat down in the dry crevice that Monster Kid had been sitting in previously.

Frisk took out the bicycle in their bag, snapped it in half, and offered the second piece to Monster Kid. "Want a snack?"

"Um, sure. Thanks." He took the unicycle in his mouth and held the stick between his knees to eat it more easily.

Monster Kid looked about and then back at Frisk. "So, where'd you learn that you liked water so much?"

"Well, back home, it used to rain a lot," Frisk answered. "So, when it rained, my sisters and I would go splashing in the puddles. It was super fun. Don't you guys do that?"

Monster Kid shook his head. "I live in Snowdin. Plus, my parents say that I have to be really careful that another monster might come and attack me. So, I study for school and practice fighting most of the time. We don't have too many opportunities to splash around in puddles."

"Why are you here then?" Frisk inquired.

"I... ran away," Monster Kid admitted. "I got tired of all this... fighting and studying. I heard about how Captain Undyne is such an amazing fighter. So, I thought I could follow her around and learn how to fight from her rather than my parents. In training, my sister always falls behind so it's so frustrating trying to learn. She's not a good fighter. My parents think she's going to die as soon as she leaves the house. They never told us that, but we overheard them talking about it."

"Oh dear! That's terrible!" Frisk gasped. "Well, hopefully, your sister is alright. Hopefully, you and your people don't have to keep fighting."