Summary: Frisk reflects back on their power to RESET and the first time they met Chara. Frisk remembers all the times Chara caused them grief and sorrow, but also the times of happiness and understanding. How did Frisk turn the child who hated humanity into the child who hates humanity, if only, a little less? At least they like you, right?
Disclaimer: Obviously, I do not own Undertale or any of its characters. That would be Toby Fox. But hey, I've got my mind and this story, right?
A/N: This is my first Undertale story. I've been rather… intrigued, by the whole thing. Been reading many fanfictions on the game, but never did it myself. So, without any further delay, here's my first attempt at writing a story for any fandom! Word count: 939
Do you want to RESET?
A question I've heard all too many times. I couldn't keep doing this to everyone. Why should I be allowed to bend the timelines to fit my own personal need? Although, it's not like I wanted to.
Ever since I fell down into the Underground, I've had this power. The power to RESET. At first it was pretty cool, I mean I could save and reload whenever things got too hairy, but… then she arrived.
Her? She called herself Chara, the first human to fall down into the monsters' realm. She was raised alongside Asriel in the royal family. The facts are a bit fuzzy, but she and Asriel made a mistake, ended up costing their lives.
The first time Chara made contact was after a rather nasty scuffle with Undyne that resulted in me being impaled by one of her spears. Not a very fun experience, trust me. So, naturally I RESET, but this time when I awoke in the bed of yellow flowers, I heard a voice.
It screamed at me, "KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL! DON'T YOU SEE? THEY'LL NEVER WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND! SAVE ME THE TROUBLE AND LET ME DEAL WITH THEM!"
That had left me with a bit of a headache, but when I had tried making contact, but I was interrupted by the soulless, golden flower, Flowey. He and I were never on the best of terms, but recently I think I've gotten through to him. He currently resides on my bedside in a small flower pot. I think he likes it. Oh, I'm rambling aren't I? Let's get back to it then, shall we?
This kept going on for a while. My head is filled with only my thoughts, that is, until I am forced to RESET. After every RESET, Chara's loud, booming voice shattered my thoughts. Always telling me to kill all the monsters and to not to care about anyone else. In the beginning, that's all it was, just the horrible, splitting headaches after the RESET, but eventually she tried something a little different.
After my, if I recall correctly, 7th RESET, when I woke up, I couldn't get my body to move. Chara hadn't said anything either. Suddenly my body lurched forwards.
What's going on, why can't I move? I had thought.
Then I felt it, the dreadful and suffocating pressure of Chara's presence. This time it was different. It was stronger, more forceful.
"Ugh… Where, where am I?" My body had spoken without my doing. Then I realized, I wasn't in control of my body and I had no idea how to take it back.
My body, or Chara, lifted their hands, clenching and unclenching their fingers, as if testing out their new found freedom and domination they had over my body. They rose, looking around.
I called out confidently, "Chara? Chara what are you doing? Give me my body back! It's not yours to take!"
"Oh really? So, what are you going to do about then? As far as you are concerned, think of this as a sort of… play, one that has been tailored just for your viewing. So sit back, keep quiet, and enjoy the ride."
I had yelled, screamed, begged; anything and everything I could think of to try and convince Chara to let me have control back. Failing, miserably might I add, I realized I wasn't getting my body back, at least not in this particular RESET.
I heaved a sigh, letting Chara know that I was done. They smiled wickedly, thanking me for my cooperation.
Chara immediately went towards the ruins. She was stopped by Flowey, as he always did at the beginning of any run. It was… strange to say the least. Whenever I attempted to communicate with Flowey, they always tried to kill me and their face morphed into a somewhat demonic visage. However; when Chara approached him, the flower recoiled, slightly shaking. He seemed nervous.
"Ch- Chara? What are you doing? How, how did you manage to take over? I- I thought…" The flower chattered nervously, appearing more unnerved by Chara's presence as time stretched on.
Chara sneered, "Don't talk to me so casually. We're not friends, you and I. I'll tell you this only once, so pay attention, pathetic worm." Leaning in close, Chara wrapped a hand around Flowey's stem. Grinning maniacally, she spoke once more, in an eerie, almost echoing, demonic voice. "Stay outta my way, y'hear? I don't need some weed coming along and messing everything up. I won't cause you harm, so long as we never cross paths again, you got that, buddy?"
Timidly nodding, the flower's stem was released. Getting the picture that they were not wanted, Flowey burrowed.
Unnerved by how sinister Chara could be, I tried asking her what she planned to do.
No response.
Before Chara could make a move, Toriel came out from the shadows. A worried expression followed after a surprised one as she hastily made her way over.
"Oh my child, what are you doing out here all alone?" Chara had put on a face of loneliness and sorrow as she gazed into her former mother's eyes. "You must hungry, yes? Come with me Child. I will bake you one of my pies. My I ask which you prefer, butterscotch or cinnamon?"
Chara didn't answer, but simply grabbed onto Toriel's hand as they were lead to the monster's home. At the time, I couldn't tell whether Chara still had feelings of affection towards Toriel, but later that day… I realized that maybe; just maybe Chara had a heart, just like mine.
A/N: and that concludes Chapter 1 of The RESET, the Child, and the Misunderstood. Next chapter won't be as slow or as short, at least I'd like to think so. I'll get more into the interactions between Frisk and Chara in the next chapter or two. Let me know what you think if you have the time. I have no beta, so my apologies for any mistakes that may, or may not occur. Until next time! (I hope) :P