Proving Themselves

Proving Themselves is the 5th chapter of Yellowtale

“What are you doing?” Yellow asked.

Toriel spoke, “You wish to know how to return “home”, do you not?”

Yellow nodded as Toriel continued.

“Ahead of us lies the end of the RUINS. A one-way exit to the rest of the underground.”

“So I just need to go through there to get home, right?” Yellow asked.

“No,” Toriel replied. “I am going to destroy it.”

“Destroy it?!” Yellow exclaimed.

“Yes, no one will ever be able to leave again. Now, be a good child and go upstairs.”

Toriel continued walking. Yellow and Chuchu followed.

“But why?” Yellow asked. “Why do you want to destroy the exit?”

Toriel sighed. “Every child that falls down here meets the same fate. I have seen it again and again. They come. They leave. They die.”

“Die?!” Yellow thought to herself.

Toriel continued. “You naive child… If you leave the RUINS… They… Asgore… Will kill you. I am only protecting you, do you understand? Go to your room.”

Toriel continued walking.

“I’ve been through danger many times before!” Yellow explained. “I think I can handle Asgore.”

“Do not try to stop me,” Toriel said. “This is your final warning.”

Yellow continued to follow Toriel.

“I’ve faced evil organizations, been to other worlds, I’ve even gone up against many legendary Pokemon! I’ll be ok.”

Toriel stopped at a door and spoke. “You want to leave so badly? Hmph. You are just like the others. There is only one solution to this. Prove yourself. Prove to me that you are strong enough to survive.”

With that, Yellow entered a fight.

With that, Yellow entered a fight.

Toriel blocks the way!

Yellow tried to say something, but she couldn’t think of anything to say. Suddenly, Toriel shot flames from her hands, which Yellow barely dodged.

“That was close!” Yellow exclaimed.

Toriel prepares a magical attack.

Toriel shot flames, while Yellow dodged. Chuchu, meanwhile, was watching from a corner.

Toriel looks through you.

Yellow tried sparing Toriel, who stayed silent. More flames. More dodging.

Yellow tried sparing Toriel again.

“Attack or run away!” Toriel commanded.

More flames came. This time, Yellow got hit. She kept trying to spare Toriel.

“What are you proving this way?” Toriel asked.

More flames. Yellow got hit a couple more times. Yellow spared Toriel again.

“Fight me or leave!”

Yellow refused to fight back. The process repeated.

“Go away!”

Again.

“I know you want to go home, but…”

Again.

“But please, go upstairs now.”

Again.

“I promise, I will take good care of you here.”

Again.

“I know we do not have much, but…”

Again.

“We can have a good life here.”

Again.

“Why are you making this so difficult?”

Almost there.

“Please, go upstairs.”

Just a little more.

Toriel said nothing.

Spare.

Toriel quietly laughed.

This is it.

“Pathetic, is it not? I cannot save even a single child.”

One more time.

“No, I understand. You would just be unhappy trapped down here. The RUINS are very small once you get used to them. It would not be right for you to grow up in a place like this. My expectations… My loneliness… My fear… For you, my child, I will put them aside.”

The fight ended.

### Major Events

* Toriel tries to destroy the exit of the Ruins
* Toriel reveals that Yellow isn't the first human to have fallen underground, and that they all died sometime after leaving the Ruins
* Toriel fights Yellow to see if she is strong enough to survive in the rest of the underground

### Characters

#### Humans

* Yellow
* Fallen Humans (Mentioned only)

#### Monsters

* Toriel
* Asgore (Mentioned only)