Sans sat on his throne, skimming through a few pages of one of his favorite joke books. Normally he would be chuckling to himself or muttering a few jokes to himself for practice, but today he wasn't feeling up to his usual punny attitude.

"Your Highness-?"

Sans jumped and fumbled the joke book, catching it before it could fall to the floor. He turned quickly to see who had dared to sneak up on him.

"Oh… heh heh… it's only you Grillby…"

Sans set the joke book down and gave his best smile to his butler and long-time friend Grillby.

"…Sorry sir."

"Grillbz please. There's nobody here today. Just call me Sans. We've known each-other how long?"

"I practically raised you and your brother si- Sans."

A small pang was felt in San's soul at the mention of his brother. Grillby realized his mistake and tried to right himself immediately.

"Would his highness like a bottle of ketchup today? I made it fresh this morning and only with the finest ingredients pure magic has to offer."

Sans smiled again, this time with one of his eyes closed. "Sure Grillbz, that sounds great."

Grillby nodded and brought Sans a glass bottle of ketchup, which Sans immediately guzzled down like it was nothing.

"Thanks…"

Grillby took the empty bottle and bowed to Sans before walking out of the room.

"Do you think…?" Sans began, but seemed at a loss for words.

Grillby turned around and looked at Sans questioningly. "Do I think what?"

Sans looked down at his book, a small choked whine came from within him.

"Do you think Paps is ok?.."

Grillby paused a moment, then came back and laid a warm and friendly hand on the king's shoulder. "I'm sure wherever the young prince ran off to, he is taking good care of himself."

{Long ago, two races ruled over the Earth: Humans and Monsters. One day, war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the Humans were victorious. They sealed the Monsters underground with a magic spell. Many years later…}

UNDERTALE

A TALE OF 2 PRINCES

You ascended Mt. Ebott for your own reasons, despite the warnings and the stories. Your fall was a complete accident. You just wanted to get a closer look at the gaping chasm below. But now it seemed that your 'closer look' may have just cost you your life.

Your decent was slower than expected. You were knocked out on the way down, however. Partially from fear and partially from adrenaline.

You woke up groggily, staring at the distant pinprick of light above you. You don't remember falling so far, and… even if you did.. How did you survive?!

You sat up, noticing you had been lying on a rather specific square of black petaled flowers with white centers. And if that weren't strange enough, you look up to see that you are surrounded by columns.

A single doorway lies ahead.

"What is this place?" You wonder. "Some kind of ancient civilization?"

You get up from the flowers, which leave a sticky residue of some sort on your hand. Whatever these flowers are, you already hate them.

After trying to wipe the residue off your hands, you decide you had better explore and try to find a way out.

You approach the door, listening to your footsteps echoing against the cave walls. You aren't sure, but you thought you may have heard… laughter coming from the door? However while it may have resembled laughter, the sound was low, harsh, and almost choking.

You brush the noise off as your imagination and proceed through the door with DETERMINATION.

What you are met with both surprises and irritates you. A single one of those black and white flowers sits in the center of the room, illuminated by a single ray of sunshine from above.

You were about to walk onward when the laughter is heard once again. Your heart skips a beat and you look around for its source.

"Oh my… what do we have here?"

You look down at the flower, wide eyed and in disbelief. Did it just.. speak?!

Not only did it speak… The flower smiles at you with a ghastly white face, two weird eyes with slits above and below them, and a wide black smile.

"He he he. Hello Human. You need not be afraid. I am your friend, Flowey. Flowey the flower."

You were at a loss for words. You stared at the creature, unsure of what was even going on anymore.

"You are new to the Underground. Am I correct?" Flowey waved a leaf absently at his surroundings.

You hesitantly nodded.

"As I suspected. Someone will need to teach you the ways of this land. Haha. I suppose I can be your guide and mentor for today. I hope you do not mind."

You relax a bit. You are beginning to feel that this flower may mean no harm to you. You nod acceptingly and give the flower a smile.

"Excelent. I will show you how to survive here in this world."

Suddenly, you felt an odd feeling in your chest. All went black and what you saw both confused and scared you. Everything had turned black and white, save for Flowey. A white box had appeared in the center of the room, and within its confines, a red heart?

"Human!" Flowey said, snapping you from your confusion. "Pay attention. You see this do you not? This is your SOUL! The very culmination of your being."

Your soul? You weren't sure if this was possible. As you moved your soul moved with you. You don't know why, but you felt especially vulnerable with your soul outside of your body like this.

"Your soul starts out weak, but can become much stronger if you acquire LV."

You raise your eyebrow questioningly.

"You are wondering what LV is? Hahaha. How naive…. LV stands for LOVE of course."

You blinked in surprise. You weren't sure what to think at this point.

"I suppose you want to know where to acquire LOVE from, am I correct? Hm hm hm… Well I have the ability to share some of mine with you."

You looked at Flowey expectantly as his smile grew bigger. A series of black, seed-looking objects appeared around him.

"Accept these "Friendliness Pellets as a token of our friendship. They contain vast amounts of my LOVE. Please move around and grab as many as you can."

Your curiosity outweighed your logic. You run forward and reach out to catch a pellet.

A great pain suddenly hits your chest! You fall to the ground and look up to see that your soul has been greatly damaged.

"Ha… Ha… HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaha… Pathetic." Flowey's face morphed into something unspeakably horrifying. Black goo dripped from his mouth as he looked at you with obvious blood-lust.

"What an imbecile. Did you really think that I was going to waste my time to help a pathetic welp like you?! No… All humans deserve to die. I'm going to enjoy this very… very much."

The box around your soul grew smaller, restricting any movement from you to a bare minimum! You struggled to move, but nothing happened…

Seeds encircled you, ready to strike. They inched closer, and closer, all the while Flowey was laughing madly.

This is it! You know right here and now you are going to die!

You close your eyes and brace for impact….

A noise is heard and all pain from your chest disappears…

You look up to see that your soul has been fully healed, and Flowey looks at you with a look of confusion on his face.

Suddenly, from the darkness, a bone materializes out of thin air and strikes Flowey hard enough to send him flying!

You shakily sit up, attempting to understand what just happened.

"Oh dear.. I hated to harm that creature but he left me with no other choice!... Oh ho! And what have we here?"

You look up to see a tall skeleton, wearing what appears to be a uniform of some sort. White shirt with a symbol of some kind, black pants, red shoes, armored shoulders, and a red cape. The skeleton leans down to help you up and he smiles in a much more friendly way than Flowey had.

"Oh wowie! A human! And so young and helpless! You poor thing… Do not fear little human. I am Papyrus! Caretaker of the ruins. Nyeh heh heh!"