first time using these charries so watch me screw up so bad on the personalities but WHATEVER

IT IS TIME TO EXPLAIN THE THINGS OF THE AU (updated)-

Sans and Toriel are dating.

A Genocide Run has been previously done and aborted at Sans' battle.

Chara is tangible at will and a demon.

Frisk and Chara and gender-neutral (they/them/their pronouns)

Flowey was spared

Follows True Pacifist Route

The most recent episode in Steven Universe used in this story is: Mindful Education

OKAY NOW ON WITH THE FIC

Freedom. It had been the driving force of Frisk's DETERMINATION ever since they had fallen down the chasm on Mount Ebott. But now…they were sitting on a ledge thoughtfully. What was the next thing to do?

Normally Frisk would have consulted the Underground's resident demon Chara, but the Fallen Child didn't seem to want to talk to Frisk lately. Now, they really didn't know why, but Flowey the Flower had said that they would tell if he'd ever found it.

Frisk let out a sigh, kicking their legs back and forth. They had an idea for what to do next, but weren't really up in the mood to do it yet. Not without Chara to back them up. If they needed to get out of a fight, the demon would gladly give the child a distraction to escape with. Their light blue eyes closed, before a light 'boop' sound was heard. "Yo."

"Chara." It was rather odd that Frisk was mute. They really would have loved to talk to the other monsters of the Underground…but for some reason it simply didn't seem to work. "Thought you'd left me."

The green sweater-wearing demon rolled their dark red eyes, sitting down next to Frisk. Their hair was tied up in a ponytail, which looked rather feminine for the non-binary demon. "I wouldn't do that, Frisk. You would sic Toriel and Asriel on me and I can't live with that." They replied, resting a hand on Frisk's back.

The child snorted, turning their gaze from the sky to the demon. "Eh. I could live with it."

"Frisk." Chara's tone was stern, but their face was definitely one of playfulness. "I don't need that flower chasing me around screaming at me to talk to you." They added, brushing some stray hair out of their face.

The light blue sweater wearing child rolled their eyes. "I can see it now." They signed, smirking.

"I will possess you." Chara replied, red eyes narrowing.

Frisk chuckled. "No need to do that." A pause. "Oh, Chara. I've been meaning to ask you something…" They trailed off. Hopefully the demon would like their plan…

The demon seemed interested. "Ooh. What is it?" They asked, leaning in towards the child.

"I…I really don't know what to do next. I was thinking of you tagging along with me while we go look for some human civilizations. Maybe get the monsters and humans used to living with each other." Frisk explained, gesturing about afterwards.

"How do you not know where a civilization is near here?" Chara asked, frowning slightly.

Frisk let out a huff. "Chara. This is on the complete opposite side of the Underground. It's…like…probably on the other side of the world or something." They replied, afterwards stretching an arm over their head.

"There has to be a civilization near here SOMEWHERE." Chara stated, gesturing about. "Don't worry about it, Frisk. If it makes you feel better, I'll go and start looking." They paused. "See if humanities changed since then…"

"Theres something else I wanted to ask."

Now a look of confusion crossed Chara's face. "What is it?"

Frisk sucked in a deep breath. Here went the final part of the plan. "Two things, actually. One:It's going to be the BOTH of us going and looking. Asgore made me promise to find a town on my own and find out if monsters would be welcomed. He didn't want another Asriel incident. Two: I don't need you going in all demonic mode."

Chara held up a clawed hand, as if offended. "Who doesn't love demon mode me?"

"Let me finish, please." Frisk let out a light sigh. "I'm gonna give you a bit of my SOUL's power so you can turn into a 'human'. Of course, you'll still have your powers and whatnot-to protect me, obviously."

The demon smirked, outstretching their other hand to the human. "I promise I won't go off killing people-unless they try to kill us-or screeching about chocolate…"

"Speaking of which you still have to help Paps clean that up at Undyne's." Frisk cut in, smiling.

"…Dang it Frisk stop reminding me."