mettaton stayed with napstablook, who was his brother as he found out, as they went to the next room. This room housed the soul. there was a pulsing white barrier. "You must use your and Jeff's souls to open it. ness and jeff looked at each other and nodded. "I want to do it too!" pokey said. the lighting in there must have been weird, cause pokeys heart looked darker than usual. they all released their souls from their chests and broke the barrier. there layer the soul. it was teal blue and pulsed and glowed. "At long last" , Toriel whispered, "I didn't think I'd ever see you again." "What do you mean?" Jeff asked, "Toriel chuckled to herself, "Well, I saw this human die." ness looked at her surprised. He understood though. Humans are power to monsters. And vice versa, although monster souls were weaker than human souls, he felt that when he went into the choice space, that weak fragile thing. He could have destroyed it. then some of its energy would be his. but there was evidently someone who cared about this person, not just it being a vial monster. it and its peers have feelings. He continued and grabbed the soul, being a human he can't absorb other humans souls. He took it back to their base (which was the monster candy place) and put it in a giant container that Asgore had. no one questioned the container that could hold a human soul successfully. Toriel sighed. "We must find the rest of the souls. They are scattered across the underground, one in each area. we cannot help you with this. you must go on your own, for a barrier keeps monsters not under giygas's control from the rest of the underground." "Well, we can open that too!" Jeff offered. Toriel shook her head. "This barrier takes 5" ness began counting on his fingers. "if we get one soul we'll be able to open it!" Toriel nodded. "That's what we've been counting on. you three will find the souls. you will use them to breach the barrier so we may fight giygas." "a-a-actually 2" "what?" Toriel, Ness, and Jeff said at the same time. "well" pokey shuffled uncomfortably "this stuff really isn't for me. my heart is pounding right out of my chest! I think I'll stay behind. i don't care if you think i'm a wimp or a jerk or-" "hey hey" ness said soothingly. "It's ok just- stay here." pokey nodded and sniffled. "ok" ness said. "Let's get going." Toriel nodded. "Once you get all the souls you will be able to return to your home." Toriel perked up "oh! I almost forgot!" Toriel rushed into the kitchen. She came back with two pieces of pie on a plate. "this is butterscotch pie. it's for your journey and will heal you completely" ness nodded his thanks. he grabbed pokeys knife now that he wasn't using it. He put the frying pan in his backpack. ness and jeff waved goodbye to toriel and pokey. when they left, Sans peeked his head over Toriel's shoulder and said "they didn't even have time for muffins'' holding out a tray of perfectly golden brown banana muffins.