"do you think the worst person can change? that everyone can be a good person, if they just try?" The Comedian's questions echoed in my mind as Chara and I stared at the options "Continue" and "True Reset" before us.
"You ready, Partner?" Chara asked, her nervous crimson eyes peering at me questioningly. She wrapped her hand around mine, as if trying to draw strength from my touch.
Although, the question isn't, "can the worst person change", but more along the lines of "does the worst person want to change in the first place".
It's obvious that just one Pacifist Run won't correct all the horrible things Chara and I did these past six timelines. No matter what good we do, it still won't atone for the sins we've committed.
Gently squeezing Chara's hand, I give an audible sigh and turn to her. "As ready as I'll ever be, Chara. You really think we can pull this off?" I ask, revealing my doubts to her.
"Well, we won't know if we don't try, Frisk. Who knows, it might end up being a lot of fun playing the hero for once." She flashed me an encouraging grin. "Besides, we're in this together, Partner. As long as we have each other, there's no force in the universe that can stop us."
Her words always puts my mind at ease. After giving my Soul to Chara, she became permanently bound to my very being. All my pain, all my emotions are felt by her as well. Everything that I experience, she experiences as well.
It's as if we both share the same Soul.
I'd do anything for Chara. I'd watch this world die over and over and over again, as long as it means that she'd be there by my side to watch with me.
"You got that right." I finally cracked a wide grin at Chara, nodding with confidence. "Let's do this, Partner."
And with that, the two of us pressed "True Reset" at the same time, our hands entwined tightly together.
I couldn't have asked for a better companion than Chara Dreemurr.
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Darkness...
An endless black and empty abyss...until,
I opened my eyes, laying on the bed of golden flowers, just like how I always start out after every reset.
The first thing I see are two glowing blood red eyes peering down at me from bed of flowers. "Here we are, Partner. There's no turning back now." Standing up, Chara offered a hand to me, which I took right away, and pulled me up. "So, you ready to meet that weed again?" She asked with a chuckle.
"Not really." I responded with a sigh. "I'm thinking of having a little fun with him though."
The scarlet eyed specter floated by my side as we walked down the dimly lit corridor. "He makes for an entertaining sidekick at least. It's almost adorable." Chara chuckled softly as we entered the arched doorway.
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And so in the center of the room, there he stood, Flowey the freaking Flower. I never liked this guy to begin with, but Chara found him rather amusing right up until he grew "cold roots" right before we fought the Comedian and consumed the timeline. Strangely though, Chara always hesitated right before she kills him, forcing me to take back control and do the job myself.
...Chara never hesitates. Ever...
If this flower wanted to help us consume the timelines in the first place, he should've known how far Chara and I would go...
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"You won't give me any worthless pity!" The golden flower laughed cruelly behind us as we walked a forward
"Creatures like us wouldn't hesitate to kill each other if we got in each others way." At that, we stopped our advance, our back to Flowey.
"So...that's...why..." His voice started faltering, as realization dawned upon his as he suddenly began to regret his words while I began to softly hum a lullaby, spinning the knife in our hand. I could almost feel Flowey's dread.
"Ha...Ha..." The flower's voice began to tremble as the irony settled in. "...what's this...feeling?"
"Why am I...s-shaking?"
We spun around to face Flowey, twirling the knife in our fingers.
"H-hey...Chara, no...no hard feelings...about back then...right?" The flower barely managed a weak panicked smile and we took a step towards Flowey.
Flowey suddenly realized what we intend to do and reels back away from us, trying to gain distance. "H-hey! What are you doing?!" He shouted at us in panic while we kept approaching the flower. "B-back off!"
"Heh." I chuckled a bit, the knife in our hand giving off a malicious glint.
"I...I've changed my mind about...all this." He quickly said, still backing away from us. "This...this isn't a good idea anymore. Y-you...you should go back, Chara." The shaking in Flowey's voice only kept growing more as I got closer to him. "This place is fine the way it is!"
"Heh, heh." I felt the corners of our lips begin to curl up as our blood red eyes glowed sadistically while I kept humming the lullaby louder. This was so much fun!
Do your creepy face!
"Heh heh heh!" One of Chara's fragmented memories flashed in my mind and our lips curled into a wide sadistic smile stretching from ear to ear.
"S-s-stop making that creepy face!" Closer and closer we approached the flower, spinning our knife around. "This isn't funny!"
"Heh heh heh heh heh!" New Home echoed with my howling laughter as I got closer to Flowey, who now quaked in absolute terror before us.
"You've got a sick sense of humor!" He shouted at us as I cackled sadistically, lashing our hand out to grab at Flowey's stem.
"Don't you know, little weed? In this world, it's Kill or be Killed!" I finally replied, my wide slitted smile ever present as I backed him against a wall.
Horror grew in the flower's face and Flowey panicked, sinking into the ground to escape us.
We'll find him later anyways.
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"Are you done daydreaming, Partner? If you are, let's get on with it. Flowey's waiting for us." Chara impatiently egged us on forward and I took a step towards the flower.
"Howdy!" The golden flower greeted us with a false smile.
"I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flow-..." His voice faltered, finally seeing our scarlet eyes and Flowey's smile dropped, which was now replaced with a fearful expression.
"H-howdy...C-Chara. I-it's been aw-while, huh?" The golden flower started to tremble like a leaf, trying to weakly smile at us.
"This is what you meant by having "a little fun", didn't you Frisk?" Chara mused, observing by my side. "Although, I'm not sure how to feel about you impersonating me, Partner."
I only shot her a mischievous smirk, my gaze returning to Flowey.
"Indeed it has, Flowey." I simply said, cracking Chara's signature "creepy face" at the flower.
Before Flowey could say anymore, a fireball smacked into him, sending him flying away with a startled yelp.
"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth." A motherly and calm voice spoke as Toriel walked into the light. Our eyes returned to the usual rusty brown before she noticed.
I had to bite the inside of our cheek to keep from laughing at being called "innocent". Ah Toriel, such a kind...and rather stupid individual.
"Do not be afraid, I am Toriel, the caretaker of the Ruins." She continued with a warm and concerned smile. "I pass through here everyday to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first child to have fallen down in a long time."
"This way, my child. I shall guide you through the catacombs." Toriel said as she walked ahead through another arched doorway.
I felt a wave of emotion from Chara as she looked at the motherly goat monster with a distant gaze, as if remembering a memory. Sighing, I took Chara by the hand as we followed after Toriel.
As the monster entered the Ruins, we stopped ahead to "Save" before continuing on.
"The shadow of the Ruins looms over you, filling you with determination." Chara narrated with a chuckle as two of us entered after Toriel.
A/N: And so the Genocide Duo finally begin their Pacifist Run. And we also learn a bit about how Frisk feels about Chara.
The scene with Genocide flashback with Flowey is heavily based on the comic "Flowey Gains Fear".
On another note, there's a chance that this story might evolve into Charisk, since I am a HUGE fan of the shipping pair, but I promise not to go overboard if the story does go this way.
By the way, the lullaby that Frisk was humming, was "Memory".
This story is very different with my usual writing style, since this is my first fanfic based on a game, but I'm doing my best.
Don't forget to leave a review and a favorite if I'm doing something right.
~Kit out