AetherTale

by QuotedArtist13

Summary:

“Long ago, two races ruled the earth, humans and monsters. But there was a third race that was rarely known, they were known as aethers, a hybrid between the two, born when people from the two race fall in love. Decades before the monster/human war, there used to be millions of them, before the human prince ordered to have them slaughtered, leaving them a dying species. When the now king eventually waged war against the monsters, he used the rest of the living aethers to seal them underground, forcing them to give up their loved ones. Shortly after this, the aethers and the kings subjects mutinied against the evil king, putting an end to his reign, but not without great cost, as there was now only half a dozen aethers left, not enough to break the barrier. But they swore a vow, that someday, they’ll save their family and friends, along with all of monster kind. Many centuries later, on top of mount ebott, a mountain that says whoever ends up going there never returns. a young girl ends up climbing the mountain, in hopes of finding out what happened to the 7 missing children. But nothing could ever prepare her for the adventure ahead.”

Notes:

AetherTale is an undertale au I have been thinking about making for years now, and I have now decided to start actually writing it, the main thing about this au is that there are humans that can use magic, called aethers. Follow frisk through the underground as they try to get home with the help of Susie, a monster girl who is unaware of her bloodline, and her best friend kris, the son of toriel, and her last living child. They will go through many hardships, but they will always have each other, no matter what happens to them.

 

This is my first ever fanfic so come in with low expectations, also some of the characters are gendered, just letting you know if that’s not up any of your guy’s alley, to the ones who want to still read despite this, thank you for staying, and I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 1: THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURE

interesting…

very, very interesting…

it seems you have reached a tragic fate, dead in a field of flowers…

Falling from a height like that, it should be impossible for any normal person to continue…

but not you, you’re different…

you could possibly change this world for the better, or for the worst…

you still persist even after your untimely demise, the other humans would have not been able to resist death like this…

So let’s make a deal…

I’ll give you enough determination to come back from this and other life threatening injuries, and in return you help me out…

how does that sound?

 

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YES                    ❤️                    NO

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YES❤️                                        NO

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Understood…

Just know that your journey will be filled with hardships that you couldn’t possibly imagine…

But you’ll have people by you to bear that pain as well…

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It seems to me that we are almost out of time…

I will send you back now fallen human, before Ḧ̸̳̗E̶̞̩͈̦̮͆̅̾̈ finds you…

The fate of not only the world, but the whole timeline, is in your hands little one…

Good luck…

And Stay Determined…

 

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You Frisk wakes up on a bed of flowers…

Chapter 2: The Fallen Human

Summary:

“An angel falls from heaven, to free all of monsterkind”

Frisk gets up from the flowerbed, slowly recovering from their fall. she was still trying to process the situation 

Frisk:Who the hell was that guy?

Frisk would say, looking towards the dark hallway. But before she could walk down there, they would be snuck up on.

Red Ghost:Impressive, wasn’t expecting someone of your height to survive the fall.

Frisk:HOLY SHI-

Yellow Ghost:Relax Pardner, we aren’t gonna harm ya.

Red Ghost:What he said.

Red Ghost:Also can you stop with the accent, it’s getting annoying now

Yellow Ghost:ITS NOT AN ACCENT, ITS MY VOICE AND ITS 100% REAL!!!

Yellow Ghost:(also im not annoying…)

Red Ghost:Whatever you say…“pardner”

the two ghosts would continue to bicker back and forth, until Frisk decided to interrupt their conversation.

Frisk:Hey, uh, can you two tell me your names please?

the two ghosts would go silent, not sure if to trust the human or not. Eventually, they decided to introduce themselves

Red Ghost:Very well. My name is Chara, I’m the first human to fall down here.

Yellow Ghost:And I’m Clover, the last human to fall down here. Well, before you fell of course.

Frisk:I see, my name is Frisk, it’s nice to meet you two. So, where are the other humans

Clover:Dead, just like us. But you might be able to interact with their spirits, similar to what you’re doing right now.

Frisk:Where do you think they could be?

Chara:Who knows, they could be anywhere down here from what I know, but I really don’t wanna go look for them. The only one I get along with is Clover, most of the others I either tolerate or despise.

Frisk:I see…

The three humans would go quiet for a moment, thinking of something to ask

Frisk:So… what is this place anyway?

Chara:You are in a place known as the underground, the land of monsters. But don’t worry, they aren’t too bad, for the most part. You won’t have too much of a hard time as long as you avoid to many confrontations

Clover:I can confirm what she’s saying is true. I have even made many friends down here, Axis, Dalv, Starlo, Ceroba, and Martlet…

Chara:(Wait, didn’t you say Axis was made to kill humans-)

Clover:anyway, ya should probably stop lollygaggin, ya aren’t gonna get outta here if ya just stand there.

Frisk:R-right, I’ll get going now.

Chara:I don’t really have anything better to do, so I guess I will join you

Clover:Well then I guess I’m going too, looks like your stuck with us.

Frisk:Thanks, I was afraid I’d be all alone in this

Chara:now let’s go, you wasted enough time already

as they walked to the next room, they found a patch of grass, where a strange looking flower confronts them

Talking Flower:Howdy human, I’m Flowey, Flowey the Flower

Frisk:Flowey, huh? Nice to meet you, my name is Frisk!

Flowey:You’re new to the underground, aren’tcha? Golly, you must be so confused right now, huh?

Flowey:Someone ought to teach you how things work around here. Well, I guess little old me will have to do. Ready, here we go

the area would suddenly change to a black and white color, and Frisk soul would start to act on it own

Frisk:W-what’s happening!?

Flowey:You see that? That’s your soul, the culmination of your entire being. It starts out weak, but can grow stronger if you gain a lot of LV

Frisk:Umm, what is that short for???

Flowey:Huh? Why, it stands for LOVE of course! You want some LOVE too, don’t you!? Down here, we share our LOVE through these things called “friendliness pellets”.

Frisk:(Something seems off, is he lying to me? Nah, I’m probably overthinking it, I’ll just follow along I guess)

Flowey:Are you ready? Move around and get as many as possible! 

Denying her own judgment, Frisk would try to grab the “friendliness pellets”, only to get badly hurt in the process. Now laying on the ground, Defeated, Flowey approaches the injured human.

Flowey:Hahahahaha, you IDIOT

Frisk:B-but why…

Flowey:You really don’t get do you? No one can be kind down here. In this world…

Flowey surrounds frisk with multiple pellets, preventing escape

Flowey:ITS KILL OR BE KILLED!!!

Flowey begins to laugh as he slowly brings the pellets closer and closer. Just as all hope seems lost, two mysterious figures appear, and the pellets are burned away

Flowey:W-what the-

?????:HEY YOU, DUMBASS WEED

Flowey:Huh-

Flowey is knocked away by an attack called rude buster, and is forced to retreat.Frisk would then be approached by the purple monster girl and the goat kid

?????:are you alright, human?

Frisk:Y-yes, thank you-

Frisk would try to get up, but would fall down instantly. They were completely out of energy thanks to the fight before, and the “friendliness pellets” that were thrown at her.

Frisk(M-maybe I should’ve been more wary him…)

?????:Don’t move… Hey Kris, ya mind healing them real quick!

Kris would quickly and quietly heal Frisk of all of their injures that they got during and prior to this encounter.

Frisk:Thanks… again. Your a really good healer Kris, and your a really powerful fighter… ummm-

?????:It’s Susie, the name’s Susie

Frisk:Susie, thanks for saving me…

Susie:Don’t mention it, I never let someone get killed before, and Im sure as hell not gonna start letting them die now.

Susie:Also feel free to ask me for healing too. I’m as good as Kris in terms of healing actually!

Kris would chuckle under their breath, warranting a side eye from Susie

Susie:ANYWAYS, we should get you toriel, she knows more about the underground than anyone else in the ruins. She should be in the next room, come on!

Frisk:O-ok

Kris:(Are you really sure this is a good idea? Can we even trust them?)

Susie(Well, we don’t wanna make your mom sad now, Do we. Now let’s go!)

Frisk, the two monsters, and the two ghosts would all walk together to the next room. They may have just met these people, but deep down Frisk knows you they can trust them. things might not be so bad after all. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll be able to return home…

Meanwhile, somewhere in a section of waterfall, a hooded figure stands waiting for someone to arrive. something like, a talking flower.

Flowey:Phew, that was a close one. Hey, I’m back.

?????????:…What happened…

Flowey:The final human has fallen into the underground, and they had help…

?????????:…I see, try to catch them off guard, this might be our last chance to get the souls and-

Flowey:Not so fast, their whole group combined is currently a lot stronger than little ol’ me, mind lending me some help

?????????:…Alright, I’ll send someone to help you out. if that’s all, we should get back to what we were doing

Flowey:Well I should get going then, see ya around partner!

Flowey would leave the abandoned building in waterfall to prepare for the humans arrival. The mysterious kid would sit down to look at the toy gun in his hands

?????????:…We’re almost there, it’s only a matter of time…

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End of chapter

Notes:

I sincerely apologize for the month long hiatus, I was busy and had a hard time writing dialogue, tried my best but I’ve never been good at dialogue, feel free to give some constructive criticism if you feel like it

Also I decided I wanted to format the dialogue to be like the games, so I labeled when characters were speaking, and bolded the scenes where it explains what is happening in said scene. I’d like to mention again that this is my first ever fanfic so I’m still trying to figure out how I want the dialogue to be like, but I believe this should be fine for right now

Edit:seems like this chapter for some reason replaced chapter 1 so I fixed it up a bit, sorry for the inconvenience