Division

In her room, Chara stared at the empty wall...with...interest. Her thoughts traveled timelines away to the beginning. The timelines, the fallen humans. Everything weighed down on her, even the times she forgot to help on patrol (Which really were accidents.). It just hit her like a hammer. Picking around the stem of a flower, she peeled off a layer. It hurt as she saw that layer pulled off...it tore off. And her hands fell to the soft bed. Humans capturing humans… It had to be wrong. Frisk was the first to make it this far. Mirror was kind and gentle like a flower petal. But also dark...Chara recalled all the times she could remember fighting..gasping...slashing...warning. It hurt her to know how dark she could be. Asriel was sweet in it still, always putting a foot forward. He was amazing and Chara was glad to be his sister. She would protect him no matter what, always. Suddenly, a booming thought grabbed her, a voice from... a ...dream; "But if he did die, what would you do?" Shift ignored it, turning back to the wall and flower.

"DO?" The last word came again, louder. Chara jumped."Do?" The word repeated. Chara thought of something else, to distract her mind, but it came again. "Do?" Chara's powers seemed at rest though. And if they were (Meaning her powers hadn't caused a tremor on the reset memories) and that sound was still going then…"DO?" The word sounded outside of her room. Chara shot up, then teleported to the main room, senses heightened.

"Chara?"

"Ahh!" Chara jumped. She whirled around to see Asriel, looking at her strangely. Chara relaxed, putting her tensed and defensive arms down.

"What? Are you okay, Care?" He asked. He laughed.

Chara laughed too, rubbing her head. "I-uh, heard something weird. Wanted to SHREK it out."

Asriel looked at her blankly. "Oh my god Chara!" He screeched.

Chara barked a laugh. "Guess I should have been a little smarter about it, though. I should really eat my GREENS."

"AHHHHHHHHH..."

"Ah well, it was...nothing." Chara's eyebrows lowered, her face sinking. "Guess I'll head ba-"

"Make cookies with me!" Asriel interrupted. He smiled sheepishly. "I-want to spend time with you…" He stated. "We haven't spent time together in weeks, so, I wanted you to take a break and do something fun." He said. "I know you're pretty down."

"I'm not-"

"Yeah you are." Asriel cut in. "We've all seen it. Even mom and dad. We're all worried about you. It all started at the beginning of this week when we were on patrol. You were errie, Chara. You need some time to get yourself together." He smiled understandingly.

"Jeez As, you drive a hard bargain."

"DO?" The voice screeched.

Chara whipped her head around. There, leaning on the doorframe, stood a hooded human with dark sunglasses and a colorful hoodie. She looked amused.

"Hi!" Greeted the stanger.

"Hey there!" Asriel cheered. "I'm the great Asriel, at your service! How are you today?"

"I see you're new here, critter...you're welcome here." Chara greeted.

The stranger stood up, holding her hood on as she did as for it not to fall off.

"Do?"

"DO?"

"DOO?"

The question returned, louder than ever. "But if he did die, what would you DO?"

Chara turned her head to the side, this was getting irritating.

"You-" Began Storyshift Chara, answering to the voice.

"Me." Chara Fresh responded.

She ignored the stranger, sorry to be having a private conversation seemingly directed at her. Storyshift looked at Rei. "They'd have to face the consequences." She finished. The chanting stopped.

Asriel froze and took a step back.

"So how's Rei?" The voice asked.

Chara's eyebrows furrowed. "Rei? He's fine, right Rei?" Storyshift bellowed. Though as she did, she recalled a dream where Asriel wasn't … 'okay' in a manner of speaking. Jeez. She thought. Don't be another reset...PLEASE don't be another reset. The memories were excruciating at times. It didn't help to have all the bad things in one bunch.

"I feel like we've met before," Chara Fresh spoke then, except...the stranger's voice was the same as the...echo's..."