Chapter 2
She was falling down. Her eyes were closed shut. She didn't want to see. This place was..weird. As she opened her eyes she could see bookselves and tea-pots and armchairs and lamps all falling or floating. Books she remembered quite well that she has read and stuff that she found somewhat familiar. She looked around and saw the two items she brought with her at the oarty, her father's clock and the book on Romeo and juliet were falling as well. Falling like her. Not...floating and stuff. She even saw a chandelier as she passed the dirt walls with roots coming out of them. She saw maps, chess boards, giant chess pieces and so much more. A compass almos hit her in the face. She tried to grab onto the things she saw, but nothing worked. The roots weren't strong enough and the stuff would just get her off. The next thing that almost hit her was a piano that threw it's piano sheets at her. What a rude intrument. She grabbed her stuff and started dodging the pieces taht were coming her way. She even hit a bed on her way down. Suddenly she finally came to a stop. She fell through something and ended up on a purple stone. Wait why was the chandelier on the floor? The room turned upside down and she fell right through where she came, a checkered floor that looked like a chess board. She rubbed her head and started checking for any injuries. As she checked she noticed the hole she came through was gone. She was stuck in this room with a table and some doors. This place was made out of different bricks that all were different shade of purples.
"What a fun little ride.." She said laughing a bit at the stupidity of the situation. She was truly going mad. She tried each and every door, but none worked. That's when, behind a red satin curtain she found a small door. She tried to open it. It was open! She looked around again. How was she supposed to get through..But then she saw that on the glass table was a note and a bottle with a sign saying: Drink me. The note said:
"heya and welcome! Enjoy this puzzle!" And there were a few different signatures: A hat, a crown, a kitty paw, a little ghost, a kiss, a small sword and...a pair of glasses. Interesting. She then opened the bottle and sniffed it. It smelled like strawberry medicine. She drank a bit...maybe a bit too much and it did taste like strawberries. She started shrinking and then out of nowhere she was trapped under dress. She got out, only in her under-dress. She ripped some material up and rolled it around her feet, only to protect them in case of something. She ran towards the small door but it didn't open. It was locked?! But a second ago it was open!! What a strange door indeed. Voices could be heard from behind the door.
"A-are you sure t-that is her? S-she's taking her time..."
"who else would have that name. it's her, woman! it's clear as day. souls never lie."
"OI! DON'T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT YOU--!!"
"shut it fish-sticks she might hear us!!"
"I THINK SHE LOOKS LOVELY NYEH HEH HEH!!"
"scatter everyone! she'll come out any sec and y'all lot are still here. we need to watch out for little goat boy...he seemes to have his eyes set on her as well.."
"OF COURSE HE WOULD TRY TO STEAL OUR DARLING!!"
"just go already you bums!!"
Frisk couldn't really make out what they were sayin apart from some mumbling. The voices did feel...familiar. Like a distant memory! And a happy one too! She turned around. If the door was locked and this was a puzzle...there was certainly a key...She looked around and her eyes fell on the glass table. Curious...there wasn't a key there before. She tried to jump up and reach it..it was pointless.
"You've brought the wrong person dip-shit.."
"oh no.....that's sad....."
"YEAH! WHY DOESN'T SHE REMEMBER THIS FROM THE FIRST TIME?!?"
"because she lost her memories thanks to her mother who is a bi-- WAIT A SEC WHY ARE YA GUYS STILL 'ERE!?!"
More mumbling, huh?? These voices must be having quite the laugh seeing her struggle... That's when she noticed a small box on the floor with a cake inside of it. There was a note saying: eat me. It smelled like red valvet cake! oh she loved red valvet. She took a bit and pocketed the rest. She would assume that if the drink made her small, the cake would make her bigger...but she took a bigger bite than she wanted. She grew and grew and grew alongside her dress until she was sitting down with her head ducked low so the ceiling won't hit her. She took the key and in the other hand she took the drink from the table. She took a sip, just enough to get her back to the size she needed to be: no more, no less. And she shrunk. There she was standing in front of the door with the key in her hand. The key fit perfectly in the hole under the knob. She opened the door and to her surprise she was in a forest? It seemed a bit dead and the air was chillier than before...but no sign of anyone around...The trees were dead just like in winter and there was snow around...but! There were flowers blooming and giant bugs buzzing. Some dragon flies almost hit her on her way. She was met by a gate...a gate that was in ruins...it was covered in vines and the bricks were broken. The bars were too wide to stop anyone. She stepped right through them. The bugs were different as well..the dragon flies were actual dragons with dragon-fly wings...There were also some different type of insects that looked like..toys?
"Curiouser and curiouser..." Frisk said in awe as she took in the madness of this place. And to think just a few minutes ago she was supposed to marry Mark..had she died in that hole and gone to heaven? That's when she found a weird role...a papyrus on a mushroom right in front of her. She opened it and to her surprise it was a calendar..?
"A calendar? now that's strange." A voice behind her suddenly spoke.
"actually, sweetheart; that's the Oraculum and it's a Compendium..it pretty much can tells ya the past, present and future of the whole Wonderland." Said a horse voice behind her. She jumped up in surprise as she backed away and bumped into something..or..someone. She turned around to see a skeleton?! It was a skeleton..a moving, talking alive skeleton?! His eye-sockets were empty apart from two red lights with a black slit in the middle just like a cats. He was wearing a jacket with white fur around the hem of the shoulders. The hood had two white cat ears with a bit of a red taint at the top...they were..MOVING!! He even had a tail. A white fluffy moving tail. It was swinging from side to side. He was wearing black pants and his jacket was black with red and golden accents. He was shirtless under his jacket and you could clearly see his ribs. His teeth were sharp and he had one golden canine. He had a smile plastered on his face and he chuckled as his skeletal hands caught her before she could fall. He had black fingerless gloves with golden accents. He smirked at her.
"woah there. don't wan'cha fallin' for me." Frisk looked at the skeleton and backed away again. She looked at her arm and picnhed herself.
"i am dead..or going entirely boonkers.." The cat-looking skeleton laughed. His voice was low and gruff. It did kind of sound familiar.
"come on kitten...you know me...i led you here!" He said. Frisk was dumbfound for a second before she realized...THAT WAS HER CAT!! When the skeleton saw her face he started laughing. He was now floating behind her, probably enjoying her confusion.
"So you are the cat i befriended...so the paw signature on that note is yours.." Frisk said in thought. The skeleton looked at her from the air holding his face with his hands and he smiled again. For some reason...she wasn't afraid of him. She actually trusted him.
"man, you're smart~ by the way LOVED the show ya put on when ya ran from that dumbo there trying to propose. who the hell does he think he is??" Frisk flushed in embarrassment. He saw that too...aw man..
"s-so you saw that too...w-well...i'm Frisk...you are?" The skeleton cat looked surprised for a second before they smiled.
"sans, sans the skeleton. ya can call me red or cheshire...ches for short." Frisk smiled.
"That's a lovely name...but you were saying about the 'Compendium'..? And Wonderland..?" Sans nodded.
"easy. wonderland..is this place~~ you fell in. compendium? is that calendar thingy yer holdin'..the oraculum." Frisk looked at it and she could see herself and Sans in one of the pictures. That was...interesting.
"so today..what did he say it was called? Griblick-day? yeah, that was it; in the time of the red dev- i mean queen. anyways..yeah the day you come in. oh! yer gonna want to unroll it at the Frabjous day. Ya sweetheart are pretty much gonna slay a dragon and free us all. the jabberwocky." Frisk was left stunned as she unrolled to a part of the papyrus she was holding where it was her with a sword and a giant dragon.
"Sorry..Slay a what now?" Sans snorted.
"oooh yes. that being you there with the vorpal sword. if it ain’t vorpal, it ain’t dead. as easy as that." Frisk looked at the paper again and shook her head.
"That isn't me...it can't be." Why was everyone telling her how to live her life..? Why couldn't she just...live her own life...
"listen sweetheart...it is you even if you like it or no--"
"NO!! I AM DONE WITH PEOPLE TELLING ME WHAT TO BE AND WHO TO BE!! I'M DONE!!" Frisk shouted. Sans eyes became actual slits.
"uhh..ok ok i got it but keep your voice do--"
"NO!! I WON'T KEEP MY VOICE DOWN!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!! I WILL WAKE UP FROM THIS DUMB STUPID DREAM AND THAT WILL BE IT!! END OF THE STORY!!" Frisk said as she pinched herself but...nothing happened. Suddenly the earth rumbled and a big beast, looking kind of like a bear, but also like a hound came rushing towards them. Sans eye-sockets went hollow.
"shit..the bendersnatch..frisk...run as fast as you can and DON'T look back.." Frisk looked at him dumbfound before he was gone again! She picked herself up as fast as she could and started darting through the woods. This wasn't going well AT ALL!! Not to mention..THIS wasn't even a dream!! She ran as the monster started catching ground. Frisk looked behind her before she started going through the bushes and dress in hopes of losing it...but she dropped her fathers watch. Damn it she can't lose it. She turned around and ran. She knelt down and picked up the clock as the monster rose on it's two back feet and scracthed her. Damn it!! She closed her eyes but the next hit never happened. As she opened her eyes, to her surprise, Ches was there!! Smoke was coming out of his socket as he was using magic to help her. He summoned a red crimson bone with a sharp end and stabbed the Bendersnatch right in it's right eye. The beast screamed in pain. Frisk was still on the ground. Red looked back at her as he was sweating bullets.
"the hell ya doing still on the ground? RUN!!" Frisk didn't wait for another invitation as she darted through the forest not knowing what will come next in her adventure. But let's be honest...no one did.
The next thing Frisk knew...she was at a cross-roads. She decided to go left. The forest was now dark. She could feel something was following her. Suddenly a gentle brush against her cheek and a gruff voice helped her realize just who the culprit was.
"it seems like you ran afoul with something with wicked claws. ain't that somethin' right there?" Frisk looked around and finally spotted the cat-like skeleton in a tree.
"You're alright!" Sans winked, his smile actually growing in size.
"of course i am. this cat's got quite the pair of claws as well...and maybe a few aces up my sleeve. but don't tell my friends. they always wonder how i win at cards." He said as he, with a flick of his hand, pulled out the ace of hearts. He frowned, if that was even possible for a skeleton. His bones were moving like muscles and he didn't look like a normal human skeleton.
"pssh...i just had to pull the ace of hearts.." He rolled his eye lights as he made the card dissapear just as well as it appeared. Frisk however was still lost. Sans looked at her arm and sighed.
"lemme at least bandage that for ya k? that was reckless...dumb..and MAD! you mad or something?" Sans asked nonchalantly as he floated next to her and pulled out some cloth.
"People tell me i am..." Frisk said. Which was true..she always saw that people were..different. Sans on the other hand? he looked pleased..heck, even happy.
"great!!" he said as he finished tying the bandage around her arm. Frisk tried to look at him but he was already behind her, floating and swinging his tail.
"what do you mean by..great?? isn't it a bad thing?" Sans looked surprised and then started laughing.
"HELL NO!! that's one of the best traits ya could ask for!!" Frisk was confused. Then why did everyone say being 'mad' is a bad thing? Wait..she was still lost.
"uhh..could you tell me how to wake up from this..weird dream?" Sans put both his hands behind his skull and shrugged.
"i'll do ya a better one. come on i'll guide ya." he said as he dissapeared. Frisk tilted her head in confusion as she looked around. He was nowhere to be seen. How would he guide her if he wasn't showing himself?? Such a strange friend she made...If only she would have known he was a skeleton monster from a crazy rabbit hole she wouldn't be in this situation. As the saying goes..'curiosity killed the cat'. Suddenly she could see him appear down the path.
"ya comin' or what??" He said raising a bone-brow. Frisk nodded and started walking his way. The walked..well...she walked and he floated around.
"what's worng darlin'? cat got 'er tongue?" He said as he let a red tongue slide out through his sharp teeth. Frisk was surprised but at this point? she shouldn't anymore.
"so..are you the only one down here..?" Sans chuckled.
"by far..there's plent of us down here. what there isn't plenty of is you." Frisk tilted her head. Sans shrugged again as he moved from her right to her left.
"humans ain't common down here, sweetheart. we work on magic. we don't even bleed. we literally turn to dust. we're fully made of magic. ya little humans? are chunks of meat with blood and not to mention beautiful souls."
"Souls??" Frisk asked as the two kept making their way through the forest.
"yeah. the very culmination of yer bein'. it's a little heart in yer chest. 'ere" He snapped his fingers and a beautiful cobal blue heart popped out of her chest. Her chest felt warm and that heart? it hust screamed her name. It was like looking in a mirror...or a pond..but at the same time not seeing yourself in there but somehow doing it at the same time. Sans eyes widened.
"hell doll-face your soul is better lookin' outside." he chuckled. Frisk tried to poke it and that sent a shiver down her spine. Sans snorted.
"call it back before ya get hurt." She instinctively opened her arms and let the soul come back. Sans smirked.
"'atcha girl. now doll-face there's a few thing ya gotta understand, k? first of all...this whole place ain't safe so be on yer guard...and...i know i may be asking for a lot since ya already said the shit with 'this is a dream! i wanna go home!'..but..rethink yer decision ok? you are pretty much the only hope for this whole damn place..." Frisk looked at Red as he was floating with her towards somewhere.
"anyways..uhh...there will be monsters approaching ya and ya will get in a 'FIGHT'..just ACT and SPARE ok? ya'll get what i'm sayin' when you hav'ta. for now? i'm taking ya somewhere ya can eat and sleep. i am 1000% sure yer tired as hell. sounds good??" Frisk nodded. So this truly wasn't a dream.
"so how can i get out..?" Frisk asked.
"well..you'll have to cross the barrier...which is the thing keeping all of us down here..apart from us becoming little pets and spyin' on yer kind..by the way your mom's a witch.." Frisk chuckled. She was sometimes, wasn't she?
"yeah..." Sans smiled at her and suddenly he looked pleased.
"welp we're lost!!" He said. Frisk's eyes widended.
"huh?!" she asked. Sans laughed.
"the key to finding your way frisky...is by getting lost." He said as he pulled some branches and she saw a small wind-mill with a huge table in front of it with all kinds of stuff on them. The seats were empty.
"welcome...to hatters and my place. make yerself at home!"
"you won't be leaving sane."