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It wasn't supposed to end this way...
Tears streaming down my cheeks, my heart beating a millions miles per hour......
Running through the darkened fields, blanketed by the light of the moon...
The howling wind calling out to the full moon, dancing with the trees and grass...
Billions of stars staring down at me, showing me thats there's more beyond this world....
I take a deep breathe, taking in the cool night air as i feel it cleanse my ranging thoughts. I stare off into the distance, dried tears stained my face while the breeze blew through my hair. The burning in my lungs died down as I calmed down.
When the chill of night begins to seep into my clothes and cling to my bones i continue hiking up the mountain, hoping the mysterious rumours of Mt Ebott were true.
Everyone's heard the stories, the songs and nursery rhymes. How long ago magic wielding monsters and humans roamed the earth in peace until humans declared war. It was a long, brutal battle, many lives were lost during that time. Until finally 7 mage's came up with a plan to end the suffering, for their people. They forced the monsters to fall back, making them take refuge underneath a large mountain. When all the monsters where inside, the 7 mages combined all their magic to seal the monsters within. No human could enter and no monster could escape. They had won.
But that's not why I was here, another rumour was that those who were brave enough to climb the mountain never returned... Multiple children have gone missing throughout the years as they sought out the mountain. For whatever reasons no one will know but each had a motive.
Regardless if the children in the past had the same motive as I, with my motive I wasn't planning on returning.
The soft steps of my shoes hitting the cold and slightly damp earth, the breeze blowing through the trees, the crickets chirping away. I look up at the star filled sky, the moonlight covering my body like cold silk, my shadow trailing behind me. I look around my surroundings, light from the moon spilling from the tree tops, revealing the darkness of the forest. It was beautiful... I sigh, peeling my eyes away from the scenery as I continuing my journey.
My thoughts swirled with memories of my life, disorienting them. Reflecting on why I'm up here in the first place. Convincing myself that this is all for something, for myself.
As I continue walking, deep in thought I didn't notice I had reached my destination. The tall mountain loomed above me, engulfing me in its shadow. I look forward, seeing a massive cave inside the mountains that seemed to go on forever.
That was my ticket in.
I run towards the large cave, skidding to a stop as realised that the cave had a massive drop a few feet from the entrance. Looking up i notice a large crack along the cave wall, moonlight seeping through it and disappearing into the caves abyss.
I lift out my left arm underneath the moonlight, pulling up my sleeve revealing bloody cuts, black, purple and blue bruises all along my once soft skin now covered in scars that shall never heal. Scars that remind me of the horrible place I once called home. A reminder that I was unwanted, unloved. Reminder of all the people who hurt me, all the people I've hurt...
Tracing my scars with the tips of my fingers i ponder over my thoughts. I didn't mean to be this way, i didn't want to hurt anyone. Couldn't i defend myself, was i not allowed to fight back? What was so wrong with wanting to live my life.
I gently kiss my scars and bruises, attempting to come to terms with my pain, Trying to heal from what i've experienced.
I sighed, looking up at the moon once more. The soft light filling my eyes, my eyes beginning to water. "I just want a new beginning, one where i can heal from my past..." I cover my arm with my sleeve, wincing as it rubs against my partly fresh wounds.
I stare back into the dark abyss. "Last words?... well it's not like anyone's listening so..." with that I leaned forwards, kicking myself of the edge into the forbidden lair.
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I groan as i feel my body aching and a faint throbbing in my head. "I survived? Ahh, h-how?" I wince as I push myself up, rubbing my head before looking down at what had broken my fall.
"Flowers?" I mumbled, dragging my hands threw a patch of dying flowers, their faded yellow petals scattered everywhere.
The only lighting was the single spotlight that was created from above that shone onto the me and wilting flowers. The place looked wrecked, broken pillars were everywhere, some crumbling to the point of collapsing. They were also covered in burns marks with deep gashes looking much like claw marks scratched into the the stone. This place reminded you of those old ruins that you'd read in kids story books, only it was way creepier.
"What is this place?" I ask myself, slowly standing up.
Soon enough I felt as i was being watched, Looking around to find myself alone. "H-hello!..." I call out, my voice trembling a bit.
No answer...
I squinted into the distance noticing that I was in a in a small room that was connected to a little hall way which opened up to another section of the ruins. I stagger towards the other room which was much like the first one except the flowers were much more alive. A single spotlight that shone upon the small patch of flowers, in the very center stood a slightly taller flower, pale like its counterparts with it's petals slightly torn and ripped.
Well isn't that odd? I thought, slowly walking up to the flower.
"Now what happened to you little gu- Oh my gosh!?!?!?" I yell out as the flower swiftly turned around, revealing a scared, tear stained face, and what looked like.... dust?! It more looked like ash, grey and filth- Who cares!! and why am I so surprised about the dust... ash like stuff, it has a freaking face!?
I stepped back a bit, trying to wrap my head around this whole situation before it starting talking.
"Hello human... You're... You're not going to hurt me are you?" The flower questioned, shrinking into the bed of flowers. His petals trembled as the flower eyed me with cation.
I knelt down just in front of the flower bed, holding out my hands to show i had no weapon. "I'm not going to hurt you, honest." You smiled down at the scared flower, telling him you name hoping that it would ease the tension.
He thought for a moment, his eyes scanning me before replying. "I'm Flowey... Flowey the flower."
My life just got a whole lot more interesting...
"Nice to meet you, if you dont mind could you tell me where i am?" I ask, looking around my surroundings to see if i had missed anything.
He quivered a bit, lowering his body and head to the ground. "You're i-in the underground and this is the r-ruins" he answered.
"The underground? So the rumours are true..." I muttered the last part. Perhaps this place isn't that bad, I mean anywhere is better than up on the surface. Right?
"Well since y-you're new here I-I should each you the b-basics." Flowey stuttered. "Your Soul is the entire culmination of your being. You're soul will be coloured depending on your trait."
"Huh, i never knew i had a soul. Well technically I have one just never knew it was a physical thing that you can look at. So what does my soul look like?" I asked, very curious on the topic.
"O-oh, you- y-you'd let me?" Flowey questioned, unsure about it.
"Well I'm not sure who to look at my soul. Why can't other people look at my soul or something or?" I tilted my head slightly, wondering if looking at souls was a bug deal around here.
"Well its just... As i said, you're soul is your very being..." He thought for a moment before continuing." If you showed your soul to someone they could kill you if they so pleased."
Geez, I only just met this Talking Flowey and i just told him that i basically trusted him with my life. "Oh, well I... I trust you. I don't believe you would kill me" I said confidently, what did I have to lose. If I died well than.... Besides curiosity killed that cat.
"O-ok than, if you're sure..." Flowey moved closer to me, his petals near where my heart. I gasp slightly as he pulled towards him, my soul being ripped gently out of my body. I stare at it in awe, it was beautiful white halo colour that kinda looked rainbow. It illuminated a soft glow and hummed gently. I didn't know what to say, the words just slipped out of my mouth. "It's beautiful..."
Flowey than interrupted my dreamy like daze, tearing my eyes away from my soul. "It's... i-it's not meant to look like that.... Human souls are meant to be one colour out of the 7 traits... but... b-but you have all?" He sounded confused and concerned, staring at me and my soul like it was an anomaly.
Whatever he was saying meant nothing to me, mostly because I didn't have a clue on what he was saying or about souls. A content sigh left my mouth as my soul than returned to my body.
Flows shook his head, obviously trying to get something off his mind. "Well you saw your soul... now for the other rules... Down here, it revolves around L.O.V.E or otherwise known as Level Of Violence. Monsters and humans gain L.O.V.E by Umm.... killing others."
Oh...
"The more L.O.V.E you've gained, the stronger you get. And the stronger you get then... heh, y-you get the idea. And in this world y-you need to be strong, the strong s-survive will the weak d-die..." He explained.
"Well then I guess i'll die... I dont wanna kill anyone. I just... I don't think i can kill anyone, especially if it's only to become strong. It might work they way for you guys but it just... I'm not a killer" I rant. If gaining L.O.V.E, becoming strong meant killing others... I can't, i don't even know these peop- these monsters, they've done me no harm... yet. even if they did try to kill me, there's always another way. There's better ways on fighting back than violence.... but if it was truly needed than i would, I'm just not killing nobody.
Flowey looked at me in shock, before chuckling a bit. "Heh you have no idea do you...." he muttered. "I'm sorry..."
Suddenly my world turned dark, my soul floating in front of me. I look around, everything was dark, the room had disappeared what remained was an inky abyss. Flowey was still in front of me but his pigmentation was in greyscale. I backed up from him a little, feeling the fear creep up my spin. "Flowey what's happening?....."
"The last rule is most important, it's the one rule every monster knows and lives by....." Flowey began as large thorn covered vines began to sprout from the ground. Suddenly white glowing pellets surrounded my soul "In this world it's kill or be killed!!!"