This story is the the process of being rebooted. All chapters are being edited to have grammar fixes and minor adjustment to plot relevant details. Thank you for your patience.

IMPORTANT: When I'm done with re-writing the chapters, old readers may want to be reacquainted with it. Some plot relevant details may or may not have changed. Nothing too drastic, but just to make sure.

Inspired by HuggerTaleby Majart (Tumblr)/NordlysFisk (Reddit).

Disclaimer: All IP (Intellectual Property) ranging from scenarios or characters mentioned in this fanfiction belongs to Toby Fox.

This Fanfiction is inspired by Huggertale and a different take on the story, based on the fandom's "AU" culture, I decided to give my own take on the series and try to produce something for the franchise. This is a pilot episode and depending on the feedback, I intend to continue and improve it. All feedback is appreciated and encouraged.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy it.

It was a long drop, but thankfully, a soft bed of golden flowers stopped their fall. After a while, the child wakes up. A bit startled, they look around, wondering where they are. It was a dark room inside some sort of cave. After pondering what to do, they hesitantly entered the door to the next room.

It's as dark as the previous room, but they can see a patch of grass with a sole golden flower on it. As they walk closer, the flower finally greets the child, slightly startling them.

"Howdy! I'm FLOWEY! FLOWEY the Flower!" They bopped happily as the curious child stared wide eyed.

"Wow! A talking flower!" The kid excitedly replied "How come you can talk?" They crouched to approach the flower.

"Well, by your looks, you must be new here to the underground. Well someone one has to teach you how things work down here, so lil' old me will have to do" Flowey replied, as they paid attention.

"See that heart? That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being." Flowey explained, as the child watched their SOUL manifesting itself. "Your SOUL starts off weak, but it can grow strong if you obtain a lot of LV. What's LV? LOVE, of course!" Flowey continued.

"You want some LOVE, don't you?" Flowey asked. "YES!" They excitedly reply.

"Down here, LOVE is shared through these, 'friendliness pellets'." Flowey said as he emitted white pellets out of his body. "Go! Grab as many as you can" He said as the pellets slowly hovered towards the child. Almost instantaneously, they skipped happily towards the pellets in an attempt to please their new friend, but they were met with an unpleasant surprise. As the excited kid made contact with the seeds, they slashed them all over, wounding the child with several cuts.

"YOU IDIOT!" Flowey said, now wearing a near demonic face as they stared with swollen eyes, shedding some tears.

"W-why are you doing this?" The kid innocently asked, trying to retreat, but finding themselves too weak to do so.

"WHY? WHY WOULD ANYONE PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT? IN THIS WORLD. IT'S 'KILL OR BE KILLED'!" Flowey replied, laughing maniacally, surrounding the child with a ring of bullets.

"DIE!" He shouted one last time as the death ring slowly approached the now sobbing child, as panic filled their soul.

However, at the very last second, the ring of bullets vanished, and their wounds faded. Before Flowey could comprehend what happened, a fire blast blew him away, severely startling the kid. Shortly after, a tall monster with white fur approached. It had a face which resembled a goat, but instead, it was more smooth looking and its horns were mere stumps, with equally harmless feeble fangs. It was wearing a purple dress with an emblem on it.

"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth..." The tall monster said as they looked confused and frightened, wanting to retreat, but unsure how. "Ah, do not be afraid, my child. I am TORIEL, caretaker of the RUINS. I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first human to come here in a long time, although I never have seen such a young human down here." Toriel said, curiously scanning the infant. They looked confused, but a lot less reluctant to her presence.

"But, that doesn't matter. Come! I will guide you through the catacombs. This way." She said, walking towards the door leading to the next room. The youngster, still looking a bit dumbfounded, stared a bit before quickly rushing behind Toriel.

As they enter the next room, Toriel waits them to stop in front of her before talking again. "Welcome to your new home, innocent one. Allow me to educate you in the operation of the RUINS." She said as she solved a pressure plate puzzle. "The RUINS are full of puzzles, ancient fusions between diversions and door-keys. Be careful when solving them, as some may be dangerous." Toriel said as the child observed her. They seemed slightly anxious, but did not question when she asked them to continue following her.

Toriel walked at a somewhat slow pace, trying to not leave them behind and making them feel comfortable, as they were still looking a bit hesitant. The kid looked around at the room, as it was a bit bigger than the previous ones. They didn't pay much attention before, but the ruins were completely purple. Only the occasional road would break the never ending shades of purple. The ruins were also obviously very worn, but surprisingly clean for an abandoned place. Occasional moss aside, you'd never guess those were actual ruins of something.

"So, for the sake of learning how to solve the puzzles, you'll solve the next one. Don't worry, I labelled the switches you need to use." She said, positioning herself to give them more space to walk around and go towards the switch. Like a curious child, they crossed the small bridge over the ponds and went towards the switch, but before they could do anything, they both realized something she overlooked. "Oh my... I... I did not take in account you may not reach it. Do you want me to-" She was talking, but before she could even begin to walk towards the switch, the child jumped and managed to press it. They stared at Toriel, waiting for a response for their achievement. Toriel, not missing a beat quickly replied. "Splendid! Want to try the next one?"

The kid, now with a victorious smile, nodded at her and quickly hopped towards the next part of the room. After a short examination of the switches, they went for the second labelled switch and after another jump, managed to press it as well, deactivating the spikes.

"Wonderful!" She cheered as she clasped her hands. "Err... I'm sorry about the switches, I'll try to make it easier for your use in the future. For now, let us go!" Toriel said slightly embarrassed from her carelessness, but happy watching the child brimming with pride as they quickly ran after her. Still shy, but they seemed to be getting more relaxed in her presence.

Both of them entered the next room. Were it not for the different objects, a snail crawling at a corner or the door positions, they would never have guessed they were at another room. 'All the places look the same!' The kid though, as Toriel stood in front of the next door. "As a human in the underground, monsters are bound to attack you" Toriel said, causing them to get visibly distressed. "But don't worry. When you meet a monster, you may get in a FIGHT. During the FIGHT, strike up a friendly conversation. Stall for time and I will come to resolve the conflict. Try practicing with that dummy over there." Toriel pointed out to the worn dummy in the corner.

They walked towards the dummy and stared at it for a bit before finally talking. "Hi. How are you?" They asked. The dummy refused to talk, but they were determined in making the conversation work. "You don't want to talk? It's ok. We can still be friends!" Still met with silence, they quickly scanned the dummy and spotted some cotton leaking from a small hole in the dummy's head. "You seem hurt. Did someone beat you?" They were yet not answered "I'm sorry someone hurt you. Here! You can have it!" They removed the bandage they had on their knee and placed it on a cut they had on their head, closing the hole from which cotton leaked.

As they were about to leave, the dummy seemingly reacted to being bandaged, making the kid turn around. Were it not for the fact that they were really close, they wouldn't have heard the soft whisper of gratitude from the Dummy.

"... Thank you..."

Toriel, observing everything seemed pleased with the child's actions. "Splendid! Shall we?" She said as she walked towards the next room as they followed her.

"Follow me." She motioned to the child, entering the hallway. They followed her, but they stopped when a Froggit hopped between them and Toriel. The Froggit wasted no time before attacking them, but this time, more aware of the dangers of battle, they quickly avoided most attacks. Unfortunately, the child did not avoid them all, causing them to be injured.

The youth looked torn in sadness and sulked, but before anything else happened, Toriel quickly appeared, glaring intently at the Froggit, making it leave. "Would you look at that! Poor child. Here, let me bandage it." She said as she pulled a bandage from her pocket and patched their injuries. It may have been for a short moment, but they felt a nice warmth from being taken care of.

They both approached a bridge covered in spikes, seemingly impassable. "Well, this is the puzzle... But... Here. Grab my hand." Toriel offered with a gentle smile. They looked skeptical, but after some pondering of whether or not, they finally took her hand. It was big and firm, but at the same time, it was really warm... Almost as if they could feel the caring behind the touch. They felt a fuzzy feeling tug in their heart as Toriel gave a gentle squeeze before walking through the puzzle.

They were totally unaware of the danger they were in. They were crossing a spike filled bridge over a big pond. One wrong step and either spikes or sinking like a brick, as they couldn't swim. Still, the sense of safety Toriel brought them was such that even after realizing those things, it didn't scare them. The caring aura coming from her brought assurance to the kid, making them perfectly comfortable.

As Toriel solved the puzzle with them right behind her, they slowly let a warm smile in their face. They couldn't remember when was the last time something felt as nice as walking hand in hand with her.

"Puzzles seem a bit dangerous for now. Let's move on, won't we?" Toriel said after finishing the puzzle and letting go of their hand. Despite the slight disappointment, they did not show it. They still looked happy enough to keep a good rhythm behind her.

They walked some more, until Toriel stopped. "My child... I have a difficult request for you." Toriel said somberly, worrying them. "I need you to walk to the other side of this hallway alone. Forgive me for this." She continued before rushing off to the other end of the huge corridor.

A bit startled, they rushed in the vain attempt to match her pace. Unfortunately, even running as fast as they could, they were no match for her adult legs. They ran and ran, but it just seemed endless and scary to them, despite just being a particularly longer than average hallway.

Growing more and more anxious, they started to speed up until they tripped and fell flat on their face. Still on the ground, they started weeping until it became full wailing. Hearing the kid's cry, Toriel appeared from behind the pillar at the end of the room, rushing even faster than she left. "My child, what's wrong? Are you hur- Oomph" She was promptly interrupted by the child giving her a tackle with all their strength, hugging her as tight as they could, knocking the wind out of her in the process as they kept crying. "I'm... I'm sorry... sniff... I don't like being alone..." They said between sneezes. Toriel stood in silence, for a second unsure of what to say. After some more weeping they spoke again. "I'm sorry... Pwease don't dislike me...!" They begged, a bit of snot dripping from their runny nose in her dress from crying too much, as they looked upward facing her with their tear-filled eyes.

Toriel, heartbroken from seeing them in such a state, hugged them back tightly and replied. "No! No, no, no, no! Of course I won't! I'm the one who has to apologize for asking you to do something you don't feel comfortable doing. Despite being scared, you went through half of the hallway, which I am very proud of you for doing so..." She said, hugging them a bit tighter. "I mean it. I'm proud of you, my child." She said, whispering gently to their ear, attempting to calm them down. Noticing them relaxing in her arms, she let out a sigh of relief.

Their hug, despite still being tight, was less desperate and more affectionate. The weeping stopped and they stood still for a couple of seconds, until they stopped sobbing as well. They calmed down, which led them to unknowingly let an innocent whisper...

"Thank you, mom..."

Their eyes widened as the child realized what they just said. Quickly breaking the hug, they started to apologize, while Toriel still blushed. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to, it was just an accident. I won't do it again so please don't get upset! I... I..." They stuttered, uncertain of what to do.

"Calm down, my child." Toriel said, making them stare wide eyed, fearful. "Do you dislike the idea of calling me 'Mother'?" She asked. They shook their head firmly. "Then, does it makes you happy?" She inquired. They bashfully nodded to her, uncertain of what was going to happen.

"Well, if that's how you feel about it, then please, do call me 'Mom'! If it'll make you happy, feel free to do so!" She said with possibly the warmest smile to ever exist.

Immediately, they smile almost as brightly as her, if not even more, and tackled her again, hugging even tighter than previously. "Ok, mom!" They cheered excitedly, as Toriel embraced them once again. "Also, it's Frisk." They spoke after a while, still hugging her. "Excuse me?" quickly prompted Toriel confused by the statement out of nowhere. "My name is Frisk. You told me your name, but I didn't tell you mine, I'm sorry... It's just..." They started to apologize, but Toriel shushed them and started to pet them. "It's OK. I assume it must be scary to fall underground and suddenly meet with monsters, especially after a golden flower attacked you. I don't blame you. I'm just glad you're comfortable now." Toriel said, while still petting their hair gently, making them shudder with happiness.

"Now, come, my child." Toriel said as she extended her hand, as Frisk quickly followed her.

And that's the end of chapter one. If you enjoyed it, please do let me know. All criticism is welcome.