Twilight continued to follow Toriel, unsure of where she is being taken. Twilight is being very cautious of Toriel, as just moments ago, she was betrayed by another monster that appeared harmless and friendly. She noticed that as she moves on in the corridor, the rooms get a little brighter, despite there being no source of light. Twilight follows Toriel up a flight of stairs, and into what seems to be the Ruins. It looks like a dark, stone house, that holds much mystery inside. Twilight follows Toriel inside and then stops to see six stone buttons on the ground in front of her.
"Welcome to your new home, innocent one." Toriel says, with a warm smile on her face. "Allow me to educate you in the operation of the ruins."
While Toriel begins to walk on the buttons in a certain pattern, Twilight starts processing what Toriel had just said. "My new HOME?" Twilight thought, taken aback. "I just met you, and you are telling me I am living here now?"
When Toriel was done stepping on the buttons, she flipped a lever on the wall, opening the door next to it.
Turning to Twilight, she said, "The Ruins are filled with Puzzles. Ancient fusions between diversions and doorkeys. One must solve them to move from room to room." With that, Toriel walked out of the room, and into the next.
As Twilight followed Toriel into the next room, she adjusted her brain to the info she had just heard. "In order to progress from room to room," she thought, starting to make sense of this info, "I need to complete a task. The more tasks I complete, the quicker I can leave this place."
Twilight then thought of all her friends back home. Spike, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity. Thinking of her friends, and thinking of getting back home to them, filled her with a strange feeling. The thought of all her friends back home, and how they would probably be looking for her by now, made Twilight realize all the more now that she needed to get home. She was filled with DETERMINATION, and continued on her path, feeling more confident than before.
Toriel was waiting for her on the other side of the room. "To make progress here," she said, flashing another warm smile. "You will need to trigger several switches. Do not worry, I have labeled the ones that you need to flip." And with that, she started walking again.
Twilight followed the path until she saw two different levers. The first one had three yellow arrows pointing at it, while the other stood alone. Twilight also noticed that the path to the next room was blocked by spikes. Trusting Toriel's advice, Twilight flipped the switch that Toriel pointed out. As soon as she flipped it, the spikes disappeared into the ground.
"Splendid!" Toriel beamed, her smile growing bigger. "I am proud of you little one. Let us move to the next room." Once again, as soon as she was done speaking, she left the room. Twilight stayed behind for a second, just to see what would happen if she had flipped the other switch. As she attempted to flip the other lever, she discovered that the other lever didn't even work!
"Huh," Twilight said, despite there being no one around to hear her. "I wonder if the rest of these puzzles will be any harder." With that, she quickly hurried into the next room.
When Twilight entered the next room, she noticed something was off. Instead of there being a puzzle or a daunting task she had to overcome, there was nothing but a harmless little dummy, standing upright in the room.
"As a pony living in the underground," Toriel said, becoming serious, "monsters may attack you. You will need to be prepared for this situation. However, worry not! The process is simple. When you encounter a monster, you will enter a fight. When you are in a fight, strike up a friendly conversation. Stall for time. I will come to resolve conflict. Practice talking to this dummy."
Twilight walks up to the dummy and looks at it. Suddenly, she entered the "fight" as Toriel called it. It wasn't much of a fight in Twilight's opinion, as the dummy was completely defenseless.
"So, uhh, Mr. Dummy, how was your day today?" Twilight asked the dummy feeling stupid. "Read any good books lately?"
Despite nothing happening, Toriel is quite pleased with the outcome. The fight ends, and Twilight's soul goes back into her body.
"Ah, very good, yes very good indeed!" Toriel beamed. Without saying anything else, she left the room once again.
Twilight looked at the dummy, and then at the open gateway in which Toriel had just entered. Twilight, who was getting used to the process, quickly followed Toriel into the next room. When Twilight entered the next room, there was nothing but a paved floor.
"This way child!" Toriel called from the other side of the room.
When Twilight began to make her way across the room, out of nowhere, a Frog-like monster jumped at her. Twilight was startled as a new fight began. The Frog-like creature seemed pretty harmless, but Twilight knew better than to judge a monster by its looks after her encounter with Flowey. Twilight, who was in no mood to fight, instead took Toriel's advice and made conversation with the Frog.
"So, Mr. Frog," Twilight said, making eye contact. "Did you catch the weather report for the day?"
The Frog-like monster turned it's head to the side, showing obvious confusion. But before anything else happened, Toriel stepped forward and gave the Frog a cold stare. The Frog stopped what he was doing, and fled. Just like that, the fight was over.
"I am terribly sorry you had to witness that, my child." Toriel said apologetically. "I'm afraid not everyone in this place is as friendly as I am."
After walking a little more, Twilight and Toriel cam to a huge row of spikes.
"This is the puzzle." Toriel said, pointing at the many rows of spikes. "I will guide you through the safe path. Just do everything I do." Toriel immediately began walking through some of the spikes. Twilight noticed that when Toriel stepped on certain spikes, those spikes would disappear, and allow a person to safely walkthrough.
After completing the puzzle the exact way Toriel did, Twilight was ready for the next puzzle. However, when she entered the next room, Toriel had a sad look on her face.
"You have done excellently thus far, my child," Toriel said. "however I have a difficult request to ask of you. I want you to walk through this room by yourself. Forgive me for this." And with that, Toriel was gone, running a top speed away from Twilight.
"Wait, Toriel!" Twilight called. "Where are you going?" Twilight began to run after her. Twilight was fast, but Toriel was faster. Soon, Toriel disappeared around a bend and was gone from Twilight's sight. "Come back!" Twilight yelled.
After running for what seemed to be forever, Twilight found the entrance to the next room. Before she could get any further, Toriel popped out from behind a stone pillar.
"Why did you run away?" Twilight asked, catching her breath.
"I am sorry my child," Toriel said apologetically. "but there was an important reason for this exercise. I needed to test your independence. I have some business I must attend to. You must stay here alone for a little while."
"What sort of business?" Twilight asked.
"Nothing of importance, just a little checking up on something," Toriel responded. "but it will not take to long. If anything happens, please just give me a call."
As she said this, Toriel gave you a cell phone. On it, there was only one contact, and that was Toriel.
"Please, if you have ANY concerns, any at all, just give me a call, and I will be back in a flash," Toriel said. She nodded at Twilight and then left the room.
Twilight took a look at the room she was currently in. "Wait here until she gets back?" Twilight thought, continuing to look around her surrounding area, "I can make this work." With that, she leaned against the stone pillar and waited.
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Chapter 3? Maybe? Let's see if people enjoy this adventure. I hope you do because I can't wait to write more.