Kirlia's Story

Kirlia's Story is the first interlude in Yellowtale.

### Plot

Yellow and Chuchu stepped out of the house, and onto the snow. They noticed Kirlia playing in the snow by herself. They walked up to her.

“Hey Kirlia.” Yellow said. “What are you up to?”

The Emotion Pokemon looked up. “Oh, hi there human. I’m just playing in the snow. How was your date with Papyrus?”

Yellow smiled. “It was really fun. Thanks for asking.”

Yellow then sat down. “Hey, how come there aren’t any other Pokemon down here?”

Kirlia shrugged. “I dunno.” She said. “I guess no one ever climbed the mountain.”

“Well why did you climb the mountain?” Yellow asked.

Kirlia scratched the back of her head. “I honestly don’t remember. I seemed to have gained a bit of amnesia after I fell down.”

“Well how’d you meet Sans and Papyrus?” Yellow asked.

“Now that I remember!” Kirlia exclaimed. “It all started years ago, before the Anti-Human Policy was made. I was a Ralts back then, and I didn’t know Telepathy, my ability, yet. It started right after I fell underground…”

Ralts looked up. Her head hurt. She was unsure of where she was. She stood up, maintained her balance, took a look at her surroundings, and started to walk forward.

“Thankfully I wasn’t alone, as there were other Monsters here.” Kirlia explained. “I tried asking them for help, but all I could say was ‘Ralts Ralts Ralts’. They clearly couldn’t understand me.”

Ralts made it to a large door, and after a while of trying, she finally managed to get it open. It was freezing.

“I eventually made it to civilization.” Kirlia continued. “At that point, I was freezing, exhausted, and starving. I finally collapsed in front of a large house, and passed out. I’ll never forget the last thing I heard before passing out.”

The door to the house that Ralts passed out in front of opened, and someone came out.

“Hey, are you ok?” The mysterious voice asked. “...come quick!”

The person called for someone, but Ralts couldn’t hear the name.

Ralts woke up at least a few hours later. She looked at her surroundings. This time, she was in a house, presumably the one she passed out in front of. She was on a couch, covered in a blanket. Ralts tried calling out.

A door upstairs opened, and a young boy walked out. Except it wasn’t a young boy. It was a young skeleton. He looked down at Ralts.

“Oh! You’re awake!” He said. “Sans! They’re awake!”

Another door opened and another skeleton stepped out. This one looked older than the other. They both went downstairs.

“Heya. You feeling better?” The older skeleton, Sans, asked.

Ralts nodded.

“That’s good. The name’s Sans. Sans the skeleton. This here is my bro Papyrus. He was the one that found you.”

Ralts looked over at the younger skeleton, who gave her a hot chocolate from Grillby’s.

“What’s your name?” He asked.

“Ralts.” Ralts replied in her normal language.

“Ralts, huh?” Sans said. “You seemed to be lost. Tomorrow we’ll take you to King Asgore. He’ll probably know where you’re from. For now, get some rest, ok?”

Ralts nodded.

"Great. See ya tomorrow." Sans replied.

“The next day,” Kirlia continued, “Sans and Papyrus took me to the King’s castle on the other side of the underground.”

Sans and Papyrus stopped at a house.

“This is where King Asgore and his family live.” Papyrus explained.

Sans knocked on the door, and a small goat boy answered.

“Sans! Papyrus! Howdy!” He greeted them.

“Heya Az.” Sans said. Are your parents home?”

“Yeah, they’re in the garden.” The young goat replied. “I’ll take you to them.”

The skeletons and Ralts followed him downstairs.

“That’s Asriel, prince of the underground.” Papyrus whispered.

Eventually, they entered the garden. Asriel ran up to his parents.

“Mom! Dad! Sans and Papyrus want to talk to you!”

The king and queen turned around.

“Howdy.” Asgore said. “What brings you boys here?”

“We found this monster passed out in front of our house yesterday.” Sans explained, showing Ralts. “Since you’re the king, we thought you’d know where they came from.”

Asgore bent down and looked at Ralts.

“Why, I haven’t seen one of these since the war.” Asgore said.

“You know what it is?” Papyrus asked.

“Yes, it’s a Pokémon,” Asgore stated.

“Pokémon?” The two brothers asked in unison.

“Yes,” Asgore answered. “They’re a third race that lives on the surface, alongside humans. It seems this little one somehow wandered into our home.”

“Can we keep her? Please?” Papyrus asked.

Asgore chuckled. “Of course. Seeing as you were the ones that found her, I have no problem with it.”

“Yay!” Papyrus exclaimed. “Come on Sans and Ralts! Let’s go home!”

As they left, Ralts couldn’t help but notice Asriel watching, along with a young human girl.

"They then took me home." Kirlia said. "And I became a part of their family. Kind of like a sister to them."

Kirla looked at Yellow, who was looking at her sketchbook.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

Yellow held up her sketchbook.

"What do you think?" She asked.

On three separate pages, Yellow drew a picture of Sans, Papyrus, and Kirla.

"They look really good." Kirlia complemented.

"Thanks." Yellow replied. "I really like to draw."

Kirlia chuckled. "I can tell."

"How did Sans and Papyrus react when they saw you use your moves?" Yellow asked. "How did you evolve? And when did you learn Telepathy?"

"Those are great questions." Kirlia responded. "Questions that I'll be happy to answer."

Sans, Papyrus, and Ralts approached their house. When Sans and Papyrus stepped inside, they saw Ralts sitting on the couch. They turned around, and Ralts was indeed not behind them.

"How did-?" Papyrus began, only to see Ralts disappear right before the skeleton brothers' eyes, then reappear in front of them.

"Looks like our little buddy can teleport." Sans said, patting Ralts on the head.

The trio were taking a ride on the Riverperson's boat. Papyrus was looking at his reflection in the water, when the boat suddenly hit a bump, causing Papyrus to lose his balance, and fall into the water.

"Papyrus!" Sans shouted running to the edge of the boat.

Ralts closed her eyes and focused. When she opened them, they were a light blue. Suddenly, Papyrus, surrounded by a light blue aura, the same light blue as Ralts' eyes, started to come up out of the water. Sans gazed at the Pokemon in amazement. Ralts tried hard to bring Papyrus out of the water and back onto the boat, but the water current was making it difficult.

Sans noticed that Ralts was struggling, so he cheered her on.

"Come on Ralts! You can do it!"

Suddenly, Ralts let out a loud cry, before becoming enveloped in a white light. She then started to change. Sans was amazed and confused at the same time.

The white light vanished, and Ralts looked different.

"Kirlia." She said.

"Kirla?" Sans asked

Finally, Kirlia was able to lift Papyrus onto the boat.

"You ok Paps?" Sans asked his brother.

Papyrus coughed. "Yeah, I'm ok."

"Tra la la." The Riverperson sang. "That was a nice save."

"Sans," Papyrus continued. "Ralts looks different."

"They evolved." Sans responded. "And I think their name is Kirlia now."

"Kirlia." Papyrus repeated. "I like it!"

Papyrus fell back. Some older monsters laughed.

“Man, what a weakling,” One said.

“I-I’m sorry…” Papyrus apologized. “I’m doing my best…”

“Dude, you’ll never be able to defeat a human like that,” Another said.

“No! I, The Great Papyrus, will join the Royal Guard!”

The others laughed again. One kicked Papyrus down. “At your age, and at your height? Be more realistic.”

“I mean when I get older!” Papyrus exclaimed. The other monsters continued to laugh.

Kirlia approached them, looking unhappy. “Kirlia!” She shouted. The monsters turned around.

“What’s this?” One of them asked. “Kirlia!” Papyrus exclaimed.

“Kirlia! Kirlia Kirl!” Kirlia shouted at the bullies.

“Dude, no one can understand you.” Another bully said.

“Kirlia…!” Kirlia scowled.

“That’s all she can say.” Papyrus said. Kirlia continued to speak in her natural language.

“Ha! She’s still trying!” A bully said.

“Leave…him…alone!” Kirlia shouted, before sending a Magical Leaf, chasing the bullies away.

“Wow, Kirlia!” Papyrus exclaimed as Sans approached. “What’s going on here?”

“Kirlia saved me!” Papyrus said. “She’s so cool!”

Sans patted Kirlia on the head. “Heh, nice job bud.”

"And that's the story." Kirlia said.

"Wow, great story." Yellow said, standing up.

"Where are you heading to now?" Kirlia asked.

"I'm headed to Waterfall." Yellow replied.

"I think Sans is there right now." Kirlia said. "Do you mind if I come with you?"

"Not at all." Yellow said. "Let's go!"

### Major Events

* Kirlia tells Yellow and Chuchu about her past after falling underground
* Kirlia is confirmed to be a female
* Yellow and Chuchu offer to take Kirlia to Sans at his post in Waterfall

### Characters

#### Debuts

* Asriel
* Asgore
* Chara (Name not yet revealed)
* Riverperson

#### Humans

* Yellow
* Chara (Debut; Flashback)

#### Monsters

* Sans (Flashback and drawing)
* Papyrus (Flashback and drawing)
* Asriel (Debut; Flashback)
* Asgore (Debut; Flashback)
* Toriel (Non-speaking; Flashback)
* Riverperson (Debut; Flashback)
* Ruins Monsters (Flashback)

#### Pokemon

* Pikachu (Yellow's; Chuchu)
* Kirlia
* Ralts (Flashback; Evolves)

### Trivia

* This interlude originally had an additional character, but due to a series of events in the past, the character doesn't appear