"Over here!" said Alphys as she searched through her lab. Alphys and Frisk were in the underground after the barrier had been broken. Alphys had forgotten replacement parts for Mettaton and had to fetch them. They had just found the parts and were headed for the surface when they immediately stopped to faint sobbing. To Frisk, this sounded extremely familiar, but she didn't say a word. Alphys was confused, so the two of them went to check it out. They had entered the throne room and saw a sight that made both of them go stiff. Asriel curled up, sobbing in the bed of flowers surrounding the throne. He looked up.

"F-wait. What are you doing here?!" The little goat stuttered. Frisk was confused by how this was possible. Asriel told her that he would eventually turn back into a flower; however, he explained before Frisk could ask. "I... I lied to you... I didn't want to go with because... I thought no one would forgive me for what I did..."

Alphys replied. "Asriel... forgive you for what?" The concerned lizard didn't know what Asriel would blame himself for. He did nothing wrong... right?

"When I died... I was somehow... reanimated into this... flower, but I... I couldn't... feel anything... no love, empathy... I only had the capacity to hurt others. All I did was hurt everyone. How could anyone forgive me for this!?"

Everything clicked in Alphys's mind. "Azzy... that was all my fault. When I was working on finding a way to break the barrier, I used determination on a golden flower, unknowingly, where you died. I didn't know the consequences it would have." she concluded. Alphys slowly moved towards Asriel, and held out her arms. The sobbing goat slowly crawled into Alphys's warm hug. The lizard scientist felt awful for him. She wanted to assure him that it wasn't his fault, and was her own. "Shh... it's ok hon... you can come with us to the surface..."

"Yah! Do you know how excited mom and dad will be to see you again? We'll have such a great life on the surface." Assured Frisk. Asriel gave a soft smile as Alphys wiped his tears.

The small goat accepted to reunite with his family with his short response. "I wanna go home." Alphys smiled as she carried him and followed Frisk to the surface. Asriel would have a much better life on the surface.

The End