It was dark.
They couldn't see anything.
..
Because they closed their eyes.
Chara fluttered their eyes open as they noticed the dark area they were lying in, and the beautiful, golden flowers under their body. What had happened? Trying to remember everything, the child looked up, and noticed a hole. That must be it.
They had fallen down.
Trying to move, pain had shot through their arm and suddenly, they noticed their entire body aching, feeling as though they could do nothing but lie down, no one ever having to know of their death for days...
No. Not like this. Chara is not some weak-ass kid who dies when they fall down a hole. They needed to get help. Biting their lip and grunting a bit, they managed to get themselves in a comfortable position on their stomach, and took a few breaths before calling out for help.
After a while they started crying, as something, other than the echoes that they had made, was heard.
"It sounded like it came from over here.."
It was a soft voice, and it was unrecognizable. Not long after, was a strange creature- Only best described to be a walking goat, staring at Chara with wide, black eyes. Looking up to see it, they noticed that the creature looked like a young boy, with white fur, paws, and his expression seeming so worried.
"A-Are you ok?" He asked, quickly running over to aid the human. Chara sobbed again, but wiped their eyes with their sleeve, which was torn up and dirty from the fall. "Here, get up," The creature said, holding out his paw for them to take, which they did, and helped them get up, still aching and scraped.
Silence engulfed the room as Chara took a second to see if they could walk, until he spoke again. "My name's Asriel, what's yours?"
They blinked, then faced Asriel. He seemed nice enough. "I- I'm Chara.." They began, but was cut off by their furry friend.
"Chara? That's such a cool name!" The creature beamed. "I guess you're a bit confused, Chara. I'll take you to the castle, where my dad is!"
While it had taken them a while to finally get to Asriel's home, it was a good enough time to explain everything. Apparently Asriel and the kingdom were all monsters, which were trapped underground by the humans after a long war. Along the way, the monster had said nearly every detail that probably wasn't too important, and the Riverperson- A strange, cloaked being that liked to sing random words and let people ride on their boat to wherever they needed to go, had helped in parts that Asriel had forgotten, while they were riding to the 'Hotlands'.
Eventually, when they made it, Asriel turned to Chara with an excited look on his face.
"I wanna surprise Mom!" He laughed, looking a bit nervous, too. "Hide behind me, and then-"
But the young goat was cut off, by another goat, most likely his mother, with a concerned expression on her face.
"My child, who's this new friend you've made?" She asked, her voice sweet and, well, motherly. The human looked at Asriel, who is now very flustered and a bit disappointed that he couldn't even say his scheme.
"I'm, er, Chara, ma'am." They spoke out nervously, noticing Asriel opening his mouth to answer for them. The older monster smiled a little, and knelt down to look at Chara a bit better.
"Well hello there. I am Toriel Dreemurr, dear, the mother of Asriel. Are you hurt?" She asked, noticing the scrapes and cuts that started to heal, blood stains on their pants and shirt, and still some dirt from.. Wait, if the flowers broke their fall, why were they covered in dirt? Chara's expression clearly looked confused, as they were, but Toriel chose to ignore it. "If you don't mind, I'd like to heal you,"
With her large, white paw, she touched Chara's cheek, who was now focused on the mother, and the pain that they chose to ignore was lifted.
"Come, Chara, we shall take you inside to meet Asriel's father, and my husband, Asgore. I'm sure that we'd gladly take you as our own, if you'd like." Toriel smiled, standing up and starting to walk to the door of the house, which, for a royal family, seemed pretty normal. The human looked at Asriel, who was now very excited at the thought of having a sibling, and who had also joined his mother.
Chara's eyes lit up and they smiled, chuckling a bit. "Thank you, Mrs. Dreemurr," And they walked to the monster, who now was waiting for them, holding the door to the house wide open.