(AN: I've fallen into the Undertale fandom and have unfortunately become obsessed with it, lol! xD So even though I shouldn't, I wanted to write a story with my own slight little twist. And while I do agree that Sans is awesome and I know is normally the popular choice crush wise, I'm going a different route and making the love interest Asriel instead. I couldn't help but adore the cutie the moment I saw him, and the poor thing deserves a happy ending...Also even though Chara is normally seen as a girl, I'm making them a guy in this story just because I feel it would be more interesting~ First part is short, but its just a prologue. And to anyone who stumbled across this story, I hope you enjoy. ^_^)
"C-Chara! Wait up! Where are you going?"
Light pants left the lips of a pale skinned girl with long black hair and full bangs that had been dyed a bright pink as she followed after a boy who was rushing up a rather steep and grass covered hill.
The young boy known as Chara flipped around to glare with his rather intense red eyes at the girl who was only a year older than him. "Isn't it obvious, Iris? This hill only leads up to one place..."
Iris bit at her chapped lower lip, glancing from side to side nervously. "Mt Ebott, right...? But don't you remember the legend of the mountain? They say anyone that goes there vanishes, never to be seen or heard from again..."
"I know. That's why I'm going there," Chara muttered, ignoring the surprised look on his only friends face as he gazed at the ground, his hands balling into tight fists at his sides. "Disappearing would be better than continuing to live in this hell..."
Iris just gazed at Chara sadly, her main focus on the baggy green and cream striped sweater they wore. She was the only one to have seen the nasty bruises that had been placed on the child's body. And by his own father no less...
"I-I know it's hard...but if we told someone maybe-"
"Then maybe I'd get to stay in the lovely orphanage with you where I'll probably just get stuck with even worse parents? Or have to stay in that place until I'm eighteen because no one wants me?" Chara scoffed out. "If my father doesn't decide to finally kill me on the spot for telling on him, that is..."
Iris fliched and shifted awkwardly on her feet since she wasn't sure what to say, knowing Chara had a point. She had been in the orphanage ever since she was six years old. Her mother and father had died in a car crash, and having no other living relatives, she had been placed into the facility. But now at ten years old, Iris couldn't help but wonder if anyone would ever want her...?
She missed her parents dearly, but more than anything, she wanted a family. Someone that would love her and make her feel safe...Chara might never admit to it, but she knew he wanted that too.
At the feeling of someone taking her hands into their's, Iris blinked since she hadn't even noticed Chara had approached, a smile on his rosy cheeks as he stroked her knuckles with his fingers.
"We're alone in this world, Iris. No one else cares about us. We just have each other," the nine year old voiced quietly while lightly squeezing her hands. "So let's go somewhere that we don't have to rely on anyone but ourselves. Where we don't have to deal with the cruelty of other humans..."
Irises violet eyes widened since she had never considered running away from the orphanage. It wasn't like the sisters who ran the place were cruel, just very strict. Still, if she was being honest with herself, she had never been happy there...Maybe on Mt. Ebott, Chara and her could finally find some joy in their lives; could finally discover a place where they belonged.
"Okay," Iris agreed with a nod and grin. But as she continued to follow Chara up the cliff, she recalled something. "I just realized we didn't bring anything with us..."
"There's probably berries and other stuff on the mountain we can find to eat...And I have a few bars of chocolate on me," Chara said, shrugging his shoulders uncaringly. "If we need anything, we can just head back for the village and steal what we need."
Iris shook her head, placing her hands on her hips with a cute scowl. "That's stupid, Chara! Anything on the mountain might be poisonous! And we can't live on your chocolate! Not to mention we'd probably get caught if we tried to steal...!"
Chara let out a huff of irritation, using his palm to hit the midnight haired girl upside her head with and causing Iris to whine. "Stop complaining! It's annoying...Besides, we already made it to the top. But if you really want me to, I can just roll you right back down the hill if you're having second thoughts~"
Having slight tears in her eyes Iris glared at Chara, wondering why he had to be so cheeky at times? This was probably one of the reasons she was the only person who could deal with Chara at school. Most of the kids tended to avoid him, almost like they were scared of him...And it wasn't just because he had eyes like a monster. He could at times be unnecessarily cruel, but Iris believed this was only because Chara had a difficult life...Deep down, he was a good person. At least, this is what she believed.
Shaking off her thoughts and deciding to ignore Chara's comment, Iris walked to the edge of the mountain, her blue and purple eyes lighting up at the view. "So pretty! You can see everything from up here! Even the flower patch you like so much, Chara!"
Chara didn't respond to the girl's gleeful outburst, his attention more on a cave entrance. He could feel a rather cold air coming from it, and it made him shiver, yet strangely not from fear. Something felt like it was pulling him toward it. Almost like he was meant to go inside.
"Let's check this place out, Iris." Chara instructed, not giving his friend a chance to respond as he was already heading inside the dark cavern.
"Ch-Chara! Wait!" Iris cried out in exasperation, quickly running after him while she wondered why he always had to be so impetuous? It was true this cave would possibly make a great shelter for them, but Iris had never cared much for the dark and there was no telling what sort of creatures resided in the cavern.
Rolling his eyes since he could feel Iris shaking as she clung onto his arm, Chara couldn't help but wonder how deep this cave actually went? They had been walking for some time now, and it was becoming even darker. Just when he was debating on whether they should turn around, a gasp left the brown haired boy's lip as he tripped on something.
Instead of falling face first onto the ground like he thought he would, Chara could feel Iris desperately clinging onto his wrist as she was trying to pull him up.
"Wh-what's a hole doing here? D-don't worry, Chara! I won't let you fall in!" Iris exclaimed, groaning since the peach skinned boy was a lot heavier than he looked. She was just glad she had managed to catch herself before they both went tumbling down the scary hole.
Chara didn't say anything, merely peering down at the abyss. There was that feeling again. Like he was meant to proceed further into the darkness. That if he did, he would find what he had been searching for all along.
"Iris? Do you trust me?"
"H-huh? What are you talking about?!"
"Do. You. Trust. Me?"
"Yes..." Iris panted out, not really understanding why Chara was asking her such a question at a time like this.
Feeling Chara pulling himself up, Iris blinked when he was grabbing hold of the plain purple dress she wore, tugging her where they both ended up falling down. A scream left Irises lips; the boy next to her strangely silent even though they were possibly descending to their deaths. She couldn't help but wonder if she was imagining the large smile that had grown on Chara's face before Irises fear caused her to lose consciousness, and she knew no more.