Ten year old Frances, commonly known as Frisk (she preferred to be called by that name as she felt that the name Frances was a name of a grandmother) laid in the school's nurse office for the third time this week after suffering another Seizure during class which she'd been having ever since she was Five years old when she was diagnosed with Epilepsy and she could remember the day when she had her first seizure.
Five years earlier
A five year old Frisk lay on her stomach surrounded by crayons and paper, drawing whilst her mother sat on the couch reading a book as cartoons blasted out on the Television.
"Momma, I'm thirsty" Frisk piped up, looking up from her colouring "can I have some orange juice please." The girl's mother nodded and got up from her seat before heading into the kitchen to make Frisk a glass of orange juice and when she walked back in the other room to find the Five year old standing up and looking as though she was in a daze before collapsing to the floor, her tiny body twitching as her mother quickly rushed over and crouched down next to the girl as her whole body twitched and convulsed, her eyes rolling to the back of her head.
"Frisk, Frisk can you hear me?" her mother asked as her daughter suddenly stopped convulsing and went limp "don't worry, mommy's here, you're going to be okay." When she finally came round, she found herself laying in a hospital bed with both her parents by her side and the girl began to panic, asking what had happened and where she was.
"You're in the hospital" her father explained "you had some kind of fit and you're in the hospital so we can find out why you had a fit." After waiting around, the family were seen too by one of the doctors who began explaining what could have caused Frisk to have a seizure.
"Has she ever had them before?" he asked.
"No, this is the first time" her mother replied "she was just standing in the middle of the room looking as though she was in a trance then she just collapsed to the floor and started shaking."
"Well we'll run some tests to try and figure out what's going on but it's likely that your daughter could have a condition known as Epilepsy" the Doctor explained "and if that is the case then she'll likely have to take medication to control the seizures."
"For how long for?" Frisk's father asked.
"Possibly for the rest of her life but we'll need to run some tests first just to be sure" the Doctor explained "and we'll need to keep your daughter in for at least a few days just in case she has anymore seizures and that may give us a better chance with what's going on." During the next few days, Frisk had to stay in hospital whilst the Doctors ran tests on her and during her stay she suffered with more seizures and after a few days, her parents finally got the test results back.
"I'm afraid to inform you that your daughter is indeed suffering from Epilepsy" he explained as both her parents took it all in "it's a condition which affects the brain and causes seizures and blackouts."
"So, how long will she have to deal with this?" Frisk's father asked.
"I'm sorry but this condition will mostly affect Frisk for the rest of her life" the doctor told them both "and she will need to take medication in order to help control the seizures but I'm afraid that your daughter will mostly suffer from this condition for the rest of her life."
Five years later
"Frances, your parents are here" the school nurse informed as both Frisk's parents walked into the office "your teacher suggested that they should take you home." Frisk didn't say anything as her dad lifted her from the couch she had been laying on but she wrapped her arms round his neck and buried her face in his shoulder as he rubbed her back in a comforting manner.
"Hey cheer up kiddo, it's not the end of the world" he teased but the ten year old child didn't say anything, she just kept her face buried in his shoulder so without saying anything else, the three of them left the school building and drove back home where Frisk hadn't said a word the whole time but her parents were used to this, she would sometimes not say anything after having one of her Seizures, she would just sit there in silence for a little while before carrying on as normal. Frisk was still quiet when they got back home, as soon as they got inside, she curled herself up on the couch and lay there in silence.
"Is she okay?" her mother whispered "she's been quiet ever since we took her out of the school."
"Come on dear you know she doesn't talk for a bit after one of her seizures" her father explained "she'll be alright in a little bit."
"I know but I think something's bothering her, I can tell by the look on her face."
"Well why don't I go and talk to her, find out exactly what's bothering her" he suggested before sitting on the edge of the couch and playfully ruffling his daughter's hair "hey bucko is there something bothering you?"
"Daddy" Frisk replied in a timid voice "do you think I'm a freak?"
"Now what gave you that silly idea?" he asked "of course you're not a freak, you're a sweet charming and did I mentioned funny little girl, you're just every other kid your age."
"Oh yeah" the girl replied with a sigh as she sat up and turned to face me "well you tell me what normal kid spends their daily life having to take medication and having seizures mostly everyday, having this condition sucks."
"Oh I know it's tough pal but that's what the medication is there for, to help keep your condition under control" her father explained "if you didn't have any medication, it would be a lot of worse. hey I tell you what, how about this weekend me, you and your mother go for a picnic in the forest, would that cheer you up?" he could have sworn that he saw a small smile creep up on the girl's face before she turned to him and nodded "there we go, I'd knew that would get a smile out of you." When Saturday came, the three of them packed up a picnic and headed into the forest just a few miles from there house but it wasn't just any old forest, in the middle of it was a mountain known as Mt. Ebbott and there had been stories circulating around it, the stories stated that anyone who would venture into the mountain would never be seen the family arrived and began setting up the picnic, Frisk asked if she could go for a little walk.
"Okay but don't go too far" her mother told her.
"I won't" the child promised before running ahead, skipping and laughing, just being a normal Ten year old child despite having a long term medical condition. She had been running for so long that she hadn't realised that he had run too far from the picnic sight until she came to the base of the mountain and with a curious glint in her eyes, she looked up to see that there was some kind of cave halfway up.
"I wonder what's in there" she said to herself before hearing what sounded like a child's giggle echoing from the cave "hey, is there anybody up there?." She knew that her parents didn't want her to go far, Frisk decided that maybe it was a bad idea to climb up the mountain but the child like giggle had made her curious and felt determined to find out what it was, after all, it wouldn't hurt just to check out the mysterious cave for two minutes so she climbed up until she reached the cave where the giggling seemed to grow louder.
"Hey, who's in here?" Frisk called out as she entered the dark cave "are you hiding?" there seemed to be no one but Frisk was still puzzled as to where the giggling was coming from "well, if you're not going to show yourself then I'm just gonna leave." As she was about to turn and leave the cave, she began to feel funny, she could feel one of her Seizures coming on, she swayed on the spot for a few seconds before falling but instead of hitting the ground, she fell into a huge gaping hole that was right behind her.
Meanwhile at the bottom of this seemingly long hole, a Yellow Flower with beady little eyes and a mouth was looking incredibly bored when something suddenly fell in front of it and it's expression suddenly changed to something sinister when it saw what had fallen.
"Well, well, well, look what's just fallen from the surface" it said in amusement. It appeared to be a little human girl in a pink and lilac stripped shirt, blue shorts, tights and ankle boots, they appeared to be no older than ten years old at the most and they where also Unconscious.
"Hee hee hee" it chuckled as it moved closer to get a better look at this little human "looks like I've got me another human soul to absorb." As the talking Flower moved closer to the unconscious child, they started having a Seizure.