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It's Just a Lucid Dream

- Undertale Insert -

~ Sans x Reader (Platonic) ~

*There is a prologue before this chapter, please read it before this one if you haven't already;*Please leave feedback on the comments in case you enjoy it, even a simple "Nice!" will sufice;*Warning: A few curses here and there, like the f-word, nothing too graphic.

Your Point of View

    You groan as you slowly wake from your precious slumber, feeling your back hurting like you were sleeping on the floor.

    Ugh, did I fall from the bed...? You think and open your eyes, expecting to see the bedroom ceiling like usual. This time, however, what you see is quite different: pillars with vineyards stand tall on the walls, leading your vision to a hole far way up from where you lay, to the point you can only see the light from the sky shining down throught it. Wait, what?! Where are you?!

    Okay, that's definitely NOT my ceiling!! You quickly sit up and feel your hand resting on something that isn't a bedsheet nor a blanket. You look down to see yourself sitting on a bed of golden flowers. Okay, I'm definitely NOT in my room, what the hell!!! You stand up and take a look around at your oddly familiar surroundings.

    Wait a second, this cave... This golden flower bed... No way, am I... Am I in the Undertale world?! You take a few seconds to process what might be going on, until your racional mind steps in and you scoff at your absurd thought. Pfft, what in the world am I thinking? Undertale, yeah right. I have been so obessed with that game lately that my brain is making a lucid dream. Yeah, that must be it. You shake your head, convincing yourself, and walk down the path to go to the next room, aware of WHO must be waiting there.

    Just as you thought, the room is empty aside from the yellow flower with a smilling face on the center watching you approach.

    "Howdy! I'm FLOWEY. FLOWEY the FLO--" Flowey interrupts himself and stares at you with a puzzled expression, like he was waiting for another person.

    "Um, hi I guess...?" You frown at his hesitation. What's wrong with him? Isn't he supposed to continue his act of good, friendly flower? This seems to bring Flowey back from the trance.

    "Ah! You're new to the UNDERGROUND, aren'tcha? Golly, you must be so confused. Someone ought to teach you how things work around here!" You don't need help, in fact, you don't WANT any 'help' from this crazy murderous flower. "I guess little old me will have to do. Ready? Here we go!"

    You feel something being pulled out of your chest. It's forceful, akin to someone grasping the front of your shirt, but it doesn't hurt. A heart, just a bit smaller than your fist, floats out in front of you. However, it's not only the sight of it that leaves you speechless, but also the AMOUNT of colors which slowly keeps changing. Flowey also looks astonished by your heart, but manages to recover first, bringing your attention to him again.

    "See that heart? That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being! Your SOUL starts off weak, but can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV. What's LV stands for? Why, LOVE of course!" Yeah, and LOVE stands for Level of Violence, but of course you won't tell me that...

    "You want some LOVE, don't you? Don't worry, I'll share some with you!" You start to get bored of Flowey's typical charade and let a yawn escape from your mouth, missing the annoyed look he sends you. Without any warning, Flowey throws his 'friendliness pellets of LOVE' at you.

    "H-Hey!" As you manage to dodge them all, you end up trippping on your own feet and fall on the floor, many projectiles passing too close to your soul for comfort.

        "YoU kNoW wHaT's GoInG oN hErE, dOn'T yOu?" Flowey asks with his creepy face. "AcTuAlLy, YoU'rE nOt FrOm ThIs WoRlD, rIgHt?"
    "Well, I woke up on that bed of flowers and, as long as I know, the Underground is where monsters live, not humans. That obviously means I'm not from here." You can't help but let a mocking smile as you answer his question, which only irritates Flowey even further.

    "Don't act like you don't know what I meant, girl!" Annoyed, Flowey surrounds you with bullets. "It doesn't matter anyway, now I'm going to kil--" Before he could finish, a ball of fire throws Flowey away, making the bullets dissapear. You smile right away at recognition of the fire magic.

    "What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth..." The goat-looking monster looks at you and sees your smiling form. You're glad she saved you from that psychopatic flower, even though you know you can't get hurt for real in a dream. "I am TORIEL, caretaker of the RUINS."

{...}
    Toriel guides you throughout the Ruins like she always do in the game, until she says she needs to 'attend to some business' that you know they consist on making a butterscotch-cinnamon pie for you, leaving you free to venture around the well-known Ruins. Each time you run into a monster, your soul gets pulled out of your chest and a battle starts. You obviously just ACT and SPARE them, never choosing to FIGHT, just like you do on the game. As much as you have curiosity to play Undyne's and Sans' fights, you can't bring Frisk to kill anyone, you adore the characters too much to see them turn into dust. When you watched your favorite youtuber play the Genocide Run, you cried A LOT, especially over Papyrus' death.

    "I will NEVER, EVER do the Genocide Route!" You swear to yourself.

    One thing that bothers you on the way to Toriel's Home is the complete lack of a shiny star that recovers HP and fills you with DETERMINATION, the Save Points. You haven't seen one ever since you passed the entrance stairs of the Ruins... But then again, this is just a dream. Your unconscious can't project all the details on a dream.

    After you leave the Toy Knife behind, you make your way to Toriel's House. Only after you took the Monster Candy that you noticed you were wearing an outfit similar to Frisk's clothes: a blue long-sleeved sweater with purple stripes, jeans shorts, socks and brown boots. Arriving at your destination, the sweet goat monster takes you inside and shows your new room.

    "This room may look too childish for a young lady like you... I can finish the renovations, so you can use that bedroom instead." Toriel says sheepishly. "In truth, never a human as old as you has fallen down here before, so I fear you may be uncomfortable there..."

    "No, no, no! This one is just fine! I'm certain I will be okay, thank you mom." You answer, making sure to use the word 'mom' to distract her from those worries, which in turn puts a smile on her face.

    "You are welcome, my child. Make yourself at home, if you wish to make any changes just tell me." You nod, smiling reassuringly.

      Toriel leaves and you enter in the room. Although there are a box full of kids' shoes, another full of toys and some stuffed animals, the bedroom doesn't look too childish for your liking. You lay down on the bed, its size just big enough to fit you, ready to take a good nap after walking through the Ruins and battling monster until a thought crosses your mind.

    I'll wake up from this dream, won't I? I don't want it to end so soon... But I guess it's time to go back to real life. I just hope I can remember most of it later.

{...}
    ...Hmm? Something... smells nice... You don't remember bringing any food to your room while you were playing Undertale. Confused, you stretch up and sit to look for the source of the sweet scent and find a plate with a slice of a pie on the floor near your bed. It smells like butterscotch-cinnamon...? Where did it come from? Slowly, your foggy mind starts to clear and shock seeps in your system. You're in Toriel's House!

    "H-How am I still here?!" Your brain tries to come up with an answer on why you still aren't back to your room. Something tells you that you may not be dreaming after all, but your logical side refuses to acknowledge this crazy possibility. You decided to try something even more crazy: you get out of bed to take the pie and put it inside one of the shorts pocket... And it works. You stare at it for a few seconds.

    "Yep! There's NO WAY in hell this is real life!" Satisfied with your little experiment that proved you could only be able to put a pie on a small pocket without it crumbling on a dream, you leave the bedroom to see Goat Mom and find her in the living room.

    There, you listen to some snail facts and how happy she is to have someone living with her after a long time. That almost prevents you from asking how to leave the Ruins, but you know you have to do it, a feeling tells you that you need to advance further on the Underground if you wished to wake up from this. And so you ask, though with a heavy heart. With a sad expression, you follow Toriel downstairs.

{...}
    "I know you want to leave, but the Underground is still very dangerous even for an adult like you." Toriel tries to convince you.

    "I'm so sorry, you have been nothing but kind to me ever since you found me... But I can't stay. I'm sure I'll be fine, so please trust me, mom!" You try to persuade her with the nickname, however she doesn't falter this time. Instead, Toriel turns serious and straighten her pose.

    "Very well, prove yourself... Prove to me you are strong enough to survive!" You feel your soul being pulled out of your chest once again. Oh no...

* Toriel blocks the way!
    "O-Oh man... Toriel, mom, I-I uh..." You ACT, but couldn't think of any conversation topics. Many fireballs fly at your direction and you barely manages to evade them.

* Toriel prepares a magical attack.
    Shit, shit, shit, what do I do??? You think, frantically looking for a way out of this battle until you remember what you must do. Duh, of course! Stupid me!

* You use SPARE.
    "What are you doing?" You don't answer and simply do nothing.

* You use SPARE.
    "Attack or run away!" Two magical hands float around the room, leaving a trail of fire that aims at this. Your reflexes aren't enough this time and some fireballs catch your arm, making you hiss in pain. Fortunately, it doesn't leave a burn or hurts for too long. Huh? That's weird...

* You use SPARE.
    "Fight me or leave!" Toriel throws more flaming balls at you while fire columns erupt from the ground, making it impossible to avoid any of the attacks, so you just raise your arms in front of your body. Your soul gets hit and you scream in pain. Unlike before, many burns appear on your body with a much stronger pain and lasting longer. Toriel flinches at your cry, regretting immediately hurting you with her magic and hopes you will finally give up. But you don't. Despite being hurt, you stand up and look at her with determined eyes.

- (Y/N) LV 1 HP 13/20
* You use SPARE.
    "Stop looking at me that way." You know that, to end this battle, you have to be with low health, so you can't use any healing itens if you want to end this quick. You bite down your lip as your soul gets hit again.

- (Y/N) LV 1 HP 10/20
* You use SPARE.
    "Go away!" And again.

- (Y/N) LV 1 HP 06/20

* You use SPARE.

    "..." And again.

- (Y/N) LV 1 HP 03/20

* You use SPARE.

    "I know you can take care of yourself, but..." Toriel doesn't attack you anymore. Ah, thank god...

* You use SPARE.
    "But they... ASGORE... Will kill you."

* You use SPARE.
    "We can have a good life here." She smiles, pleading. Your determined look doesn't fade. "Why are you making this so difficult?"

* You use SPARE.
    "Ha ha... Pathetic, is it not? I cannot save a single human."

* You use SPARE.
    "No, I understand. You would just be unhappy trapped down here. The Ruins are very small once you get used to them. It is not right for me to keep you in a place like this. My expectations... My loneliness... My fear... For you, my child... I will put them aside."

* Toriel uses SPARE.
    Your soul goes back to your chest, relieved by the end of the battle. Toriel approaches and you noticed a guilty look on her face.

    "Before you leave, may I do one last thing for you, my child?" You don't know what to expect, but you nod anyway. "Thank you. Please wait here, I will be back shortly." And then she leaves.

    After the adrenaline left your system, you take a moment to release a tired sigh and look at yourself. Your clothes are scorched while your arms and legs have burns that still sting. Wow your brain sure outdid itself this time, it almost felt like you were one step away from dying for real! Crazy, right? ...Right?

    Toriel's arrival prevents your mind to dwell further on the authenticity of this dream. You notice she has brought a big coat with her.

    "It seems like I have done a number on you, I am so very sorry..." She says so sadly that makes your heart hurt. Even if you have spent just a few hours with her, she has treated you like you truly were her own child.

    "Please don't feel so guilty about it, you had to show me what I'm going to be facing outside. If I couldn't survive against a monster who didn't even wanted to hurt me, I'd be as good as dead the moment someone truly show up for my soul." You shudder as you think about how your first meeting with Undyne is going to be.

    "Well, you sure proved to be a very determinated human." She smiles at you proudly. "Let me take care of these wounds."

    Toriel proceeds to cover you with healing magic. The sensation reminds you of warm baths after a stressful week full of exams and presentations, or the feeling of drinking a nice hot chocolate on a winter day. Your burns disappear along with the pain and even your clothes return to normal.

- (Y/N) LV 1 HP 20/20
    "Take this coat, you will need it to face the cold outside the Ruins." You take and wear it. It's big on you, covering up your exposed legs with its ends touching your heels. You surprise the goat monster with a hug.

    "Thank you so much. For this and everything you've done for me." She wraps her arms around you and squeeze tightly.

    "There is no need for thanks." Toriel releases you and you both take a step away. "Goodbye, (Y/N) my child."

    "Goodbye, mom Toriel."

    She walks away, not before sending you one last look. You take a deep breath and push the purple door. After a really long hallway you meet, once again, the talking flower who tried to kill you before.

    "Awwn, what a touching moment that was. It made me want to throw up." You glare at Flowey as he mocks you. "How boring, even when YOU are here, you still act all goody-two-shoes huh?" You don't get why he gave emphasis on 'you'.

    "Also~ I haven't seen you SAVE, not even once, Do you think you are THAT good to go through all the Underground wHiThOuT dYiNg?" You frown in confusion at his statement.

    "Why would I need to SAVE? I can't die anyway, this is a dream." Flowey's eyes widen at your answer.

    "JUST a--? AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The flower laughs before turning into his creepy face. "yOu ReAlLy ArE aN iDiOt!!" And then, he vanishes into the ground.

    Without other choice, you keep going forwards and reach the door that separates the Ruins from Snowdin. Meanwhile, Flowey's words keep circling on your head, an uneasy feeling growing at the pit of your stomach. As you push the heavy door with all your strength, you recall the battle against Toriel and the burns you felt on your body. You shouldn't have been able to feel pain... Rather, you shouldn't have been able to feel ANYTHING in a dream... Could it be...?

Maybe... Just maybe... This isn't just a lucid dream after all...