Chapter 2: Answers.

"Surprise! It is butterscotch-cinnamon pie! I thought we might celebrate your arrival! And… I want you to have a nice time living here. So I will hold off on snail pie for tonight. Here, I have another surprise for you." Toriel walks to the right with a smile.

"(Wait… living here…? I thought I was just visiting and having pie…? Not to mention I already have a home I could stay at… is this, even Toriel…? Am I in a simulation or something? I seen those movies before… hmm… I guess I'll find out…)" she thinks to herself, then follows Toriel into the hallway.

Toriel stands beside a door. "Here it is, your new room!"

Susie goes over and opens the door, looking around inside. "nice place.."

Toriel smiles, then looks towards the living room. "Is something burning…? Um, make yourself at home!" Toriel hurry towards the kitchen.

Susie looks around and finds a bunch of toys and plushies, they don't really interest her. She also finds a box of kids' shoes in a disparity of sizes, none of which fit her. There's also an empty photo frame, it's very dusty. "All of this stuff is for kids… is this Kris' old house…? No wait, he has a brother… ah what's his name…?" She tries to remember, but she forgets. She sighs and flops onto the bed, surprisingly, it's quite comfortable. She slowly rests her eyes and relaxes her body and state of mind, slowly drifting to sleep. Seems she was very exhausted…

Half and hour goes by and she slowly wakes up, the lamp is off and the room is scented with Butterscotch-cinnamon pie. She sits up and rubs her eyes, then looks down and sees the freshly made pie. She gets up from the bed, goes over and picks it up. "I've been waiting for this!" She smiles devilishly, then starts eating the pie, savoring every bite. She closes her eyes and smiles happily as she finally gets to eat, and as a bonus, she was eating Toriel's famous pie. Which she wanted to taste for a long time. After finishing the pie, she heads out of the room and goes over to the living room. Sitting on a comfy rocking chair, Toriel sits, reading a book about… snails? Susie goes over and sits on one of the chairs at the table.

"Up already I see?" Toriel looks over at her with a smile.

"I wish I slept longer, but it was quite nice."

"That's good to hear young one, um, I just want you to know how glad I am to have someone here with me, there are some old books I want to share, and its been quite lonely here with just me. I want to show you my favorite bug hunting spot, I've got to make a better curriculum of education for you, since I bet you already know most of the stuff I've prepared. This may come as a surprise to you, but I always wanted to be a teacher. Actually… perhaps that isn't very surprising. Still… I am glad to have you living here." Toriel says with a happy smile.

Susie smirks back, but it quickly fades away as she was about to ask a serious off topic question. "Um… Miss Toriel?"

"Yes, young one?"

"Are you feeling alright?"

"Of course I am, why ask?"

"Its just… you seem very different… in fact, every thing is different… you don't know Kris, yet he's your kid… and you're not a teacher, and wearing those robes… different house, every thing is… different around here… Where.. where am I…?"

Toriel is a bit confused, she sighs and puts her book down. "You're in the Underground, young one. You must come from… somewhere else, because no monster here has a soul like yours… which brings me to my next question. Where did you come from? The surface?"

"The Surface? No, I mean… I don't think so…? Its hard to explain, see, I was with two other people, Kris, and Ralsei. We were fighting a king, then it got too crazy so we got the hell out of there through some sort of teleportation spell, I think that's what it was… but halfway through the spell, something very painful happened to me and Ralsei, almost like we were having a heart attack. After that… I started feeling… different. It's hard to describe… but I feel, more powerful. And now I'm here, looking for my friends. Oh and, the world we were in, kinda blew up…"

"I see… I can't imagine what you've been through…"

"Miss Toriel? Why are you trying to make me stay Here…?"

"Because… if the Royal Guards or even Asgore himself finds out you're here, and the power and Soul you possess, they might… kill you… they won't show any mercy, even on a fellow monster such as yourself… if you go out there, you'll make yourself known to all the monsters, and they might try and attack you… friends are important, but so is your life… many of kids have passed through here… they come, they leave, they die…"

"But Miss, I'm no kid, look at me! I'm big, strong, and mean! I can handle myself, no matter what stands in my way!"

Toriel pauses and looks down, she then gets up and starts walking. "Follow me." She goes over to the stairs and walks down.

Susie reluctantly follows after her. As she heads downstairs, she notices the long dusty hallways, Toriel is in the distance, turning around a corner. She hurries up and follows after her. As Susie turns the corner, she notices Toriel standing in front of a door.

"I just want what's best for you, if you stay here, you won't get hurt, or worse… if you leave now, They… Asgore, will kill you and try and take your Soul. I am only protecting you. But… if you wish to leave that badly and find your friends… then prove yourself. Prove to me you are strong enough to survive." Toriel blocks the way.

"Toriel, you're not my enemy. I'm not going to fight You." Susie stands in front of her, not wanting to fight.

"Fight or run away." Toriel summons her fire magic in her hands and sprays bursts of fire across the room. Almost getting Susie.

"Woah! You can do that!?" She dodges and looks at Toriel. "Tori, I'm not gonna run away or fight. So please get out of the way."

"…." Toriel lifts her hands up, and a shower of fire rains down above Susie.

She looks up and quickly dodges out of the way, she keeps running around the room since the shower of fire is still falling down above her, chasing her everywhere she goes. After a few seconds, the fire stops. "Listen Toriel, I'm going to be Okay! I've been in far worse situations before! I fought a king, and took care of my teammates. That should prove to you that I'm not just an ordinary monster!"

Toriel looks down. "I know you want to go but… what will ever happen to you if you were hurt and in trouble…? I promise I'll take good care of you here, we can be happy. I know we don't have much but… we can have a good life here."

"I… know we could but… I need to find my friends… I want to go back to the real world… the one where you're teacher, and back home. I want everything back to the way it's supposed to be… if I stay here, what will happen to them…?"

Toriel looks sad for a moment, then softly smiles. "you really are powerful… you may not have fought back, but I can sense the heroic pride within you… maybe you do have what it takes to leave and return to your friends… if you truly wish to leave the Ruins, I will not stop you. However… when you leave. Please do not come back. I hope you understand."

"I understand Miss Toriel, I promise I'll stay safe and strong. Nobody's going to hurt me."

Toriel smiles and walks over to her, she closes her eyes and hugs Susie.

Susie is a little surprised. But, she softly hugs back.

Toriel lets go of the hug. "Goodbye, Young one." She walks past her, but before Susie leaves, she turns around and looks at her for a moment with a warm smile.

Susie walks over to the door, and looks back one last time. Showing her eyes, she smiles genuinely and waves goodbye to Toriel. She then leaves and closes the door behind her.

Toriel smiles, then turns around and slowly walks back upstairs, looking down as she walked through the hallways. "Her friends must be very friendly and important to her, if she's that determined to go out and look for them, all the while being looked for by the Royal Guards. She's quite brave."

Meanwhile, Susie is walking down another long hallway. At the end is a room, she enters and notices the same flower from before. Flowey.

"Clever, veeeeerry clever. You think you're really smart don't you? In this world, it's kill or be killed. So you were able to play by your own rules. You spared the life of a single person. Hee hee hee… I bet you feel really great. You didn't kill anyone. But what would you do if you met a relentless killer? You'll die and die and die and die, until you tire of trying. What will you do then? Will you kill out of frustration? Or will you give up entirely on this world… and let ME Inherit the power to control it? I am the Prince of this world's future. Don't worry "Monster", my plan isn't regicide. This is so much more interesting." Flowey twists and distorts his face and let's out a menacing shriek of laughter, then disappears into the ground.

"I have no idea what you just said. Okay, next time I see him, I'm gonna get the weed killer, and just spray him with it, the little jerk." She puts her hands in her pockets and continues walking, coming across a large door. She goes over and opens it…