A/N - Very quick authors note before we dive into the story, this story will somewhat follow the game to begin with, with a few exceptions. I'm quite excited to do this story so I hope people enjoy it and have patience with me, it may not have to best flow as I'm not very good at 3rd person perspective but I'm going to try my best. Okay I'm rambling now, I'll leave you to it...
Chapter One - A True Pacifist - Enter the Ruins
Chara holds out a hand to her, she takes it cautiously wondering just how it is even possible, "Partners?" she questions once on her feet,
"Of course," Chara grins, his crimson eyes sparkling, "you did wake me up," he chuckles, "it would be wrong for me to just leave you here alone in this dangerous place,"
"I don't think it's dangerous," Frisk mumbles looking down, "um, you said you were stuck?"
"Yeah, but don't worry your pretty little head about it," he tells her while ruffling her hair,
"Maybe I can help?" Frisk says with a tiny smile, fighting a blush that was rushing across her face,
"You have to think about your own safety first Frisk, I don't want you to end up like me,"
"Well if I die I can just continue from a save point and try again," Frisk responds but then gasps and covers their mouth, 'no-one was supposed to know,' Chara looks at Frisk with excitement,
"So, you have a determination SOUL," his grin widens, "no wonder you were able to wake me up," Frisk frowns at him now, "what's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Frisk shakes her head and smiles to hide the fact she is lying, 'I don't think I should tell him I've already been down here once'
"Come on, I'll help you through the underground, after all its full of monsters and they will try to hurt you," he says taking her hand,
"But they aren't bad!" Frisk protests, Chara gives her a funny look his ruby eyes darkening,
"Frisk, how do you think I died?" He shakes his head, "come on, I'll get you home," he promises as his eyes return to normal, she just nods in response, choosing not to voice the fact she plans on getting everyone out of here. A smile flickers across her face as she lets Chara guide her forward, 'I just have one more to help now.'
They continue down the dark passageway and eventually through a large door, Frisk wonders if she will see Flowey again and how he will act. Her question is answered when she sees the little yellow flower up ahead on a small patch of grass, slipping her hand out of Chara's grip she hurries forward, Flowey smiles at her, "Howdy! I'm Flowey, Flowey the flower!" he then chuckles as Frisk frowns a little, "Why'd you make me introduce myself? It's rude to act like you don't know who I am?" Chara comes to a floating stop beside Frisk giving her a questioning look, "someone ought to teach you some manners, I guess little old me will have to do." He grins at me,
"Be careful," Chara warns,
"Ready? Here we go!" Flowey says and Frisk gasps as her SOUL is pulled forth, it glows bright pulsating red, brighter than it had before,
"Whoa," Chara says with a little awe in his voice, 'does this mean it's stronger than last time?' Frisk wonders,
"See that heart? That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being! Your SOUL starts off weak, but can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV." Frisk had heard this from Flowey before, but he keeps going, "What's LV stand for? Why, LOVE, of course! You want some love, don't you? Don't worry, I'll share some with you!" he winks, "Down here, LOVE is shared through little white 'friendliness pellets'." Chara scoffs loudly at this but Flowey doesn't seem to notice, "Are you ready? Move around! Get as many as you can!"
"Dodge them," Chara advises, Frisk already knows to do this though through experience and quickly steps out of the way as the little white pellets fly her way, Flowey narrows his eyes,
"Hey buddy, you missed them. Let's try that again," more white pellets fire towards Frisk, she easily steps out of the way again, Flowey is not impressed, "Is this a joke? Are you braindead? RUN. INTO. THE. BULLETS!" shock registers on his face for a flicker of a moment, "friendliness pellets," he quickly corrects sending more pellets, again Frisk dodges them as Chara stands back and watches the flower with a dark frown. Flowey then gets what Frisk calls his scary face on, "You know what's going on here, don't you? You just wanted to see me suffer."
"No, Flowey I..." Frisk tries to talk to him, but he just surrounds her with pellets,
"Frisk you have to fight him!" Chara shouts, "I can help you if you need me to!" but Frisk shakes her head and watches Flowey,
"Die!" the pellets starts moving in,
"Please Frisk do something!" Chara pleads, his eyes switching from Frisk to Flowey, but Frisk refuses even as Flowey starts to laugh manically she simply clenches her hands into tight fists and stands her ground. Fire suddenly burns them all away, Flowey gets a moment to register shock before a small fireball hits him and sends him flying into the darkness. Frisk grins at Chara who just looks confused. A figure comes hurrying towards them out of the shadows, a large goat monster with snowy white fur and kind eyes smiles at Frisk as she comes to a stop in front of her,
"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth. Ah, do not be afraid, my child. I am Toriel, caretaker of the ruins, I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first human to come here in a long time." As Toriel talks Frisk steps closer to the goat woman,
"Frisk..." Chara whispers in warning, he seems untrusting of Toriel, but Frisk knows Toriel is nice,
"Come! I will guide you through the catacombs," Toriel holds out a hand for Frisk who happily takes it as her SOUL returns to her body. The goat woman leads her through another door, both Frisk and Chara look up,
"The shadow of the ruins looms above, filling you with determination." Chara whispers in Frisks ear, Frisk silently giggles as a feeling of warmth flushes through her, 'save point'. Toriel proceeds to guide them through the puzzles of the ruins, Frisk was ready for them, having done them before she would rush around before coming back to Toriel with a bright smile. Chara would mutter under their breath every now and then, not anything Frisk could hear but it became clear to her that he was uncomfortable. Toriel explained how encountering a monster in the underground would initiate a fight, but that she need not worry,
"While you are in a fight, strike up a friendly conversation." She got Frisk to practice on a dummy, deciding to be a little cheeky she stands still and simply stares at it,
"You should just hit it," Chara grumbles, Frisk ignores the suggestion, soon enough the dummy leaves having had enough of their shenanigans, Chara did find Toriel's reaction funny though, which made Frisk grin as they then continued further into the ruins. At some point Toriel leaves them though, claiming she needs to do something but will be back, she gave Frisk a phone before leaving and promises to come back shortly. "You shouldn't trust the monsters Frisk," Chara tells her as Toriel leaves, Frisk frowns at him and glances at Toriel's retreating figure wondering if she heard his words,
"That's not nice Chara," she scolds, "what if she heard you?"
"You don't need to worry about that Frisky," he chuckles ruffling her hair again, she pushes his hand off with a huff, "Toriel can't see me or hear me, only you can,"
"Only me?" she asks, he nods, "That seems kind of, lonely," Frisk pouts sadly,
"It's okay Frisky, because I got you," he grins, Frisk smiles back and gives him a hug, somehow. This causes Chara blush slightly before hugging back and then quickly stepping away, "we should keep going,"
"Yeah, Toriel will take a while," Frisk says walking on, Chara following close behind. As they step into the next room the phone rings, they glance at one another before Frisk answers it,
"Hello? This is Toriel. You have not left the room, have you?" they share a guilty look but say nothing, "There are a few puzzles ahead that I have yet to explain. It would be dangerous to try and solve them yourself." Frisk shakes her head as Chara rolls his eyes, "be good alright?" the call ends,
"Come on, let's go in here," Frisk says to Chara turning into a small room, in the centre is a pedestal, where a bowl sits filled with candy,
"Just take one and don't be greedy," Chara tells her,
"Yes Dad!" Frisk responds with sass, Chara chuckles and pokes her in the head, "come on, let's keep going," Frisk skips back out into the hallway, off to the side is a pile of leaves and she rushes over kicking through it with childish delight,
"Playfully crinkling though the leaves, fills you with determination," Chara grins, Frisk returns the smile as she gets the familiar feeling of a save point, she moves on, skipping happily through the ruins, Chara smiling and following. They had a few encounters mainly Froggits with who Frisk would cheekily flirt with and which Chara would making gagging sounds each time, when each fight was over they would hurry away giggling. After a while the phone rang again,
"Hello? This is Toriel," Frisk ignores Chara pulling a face, "For no reason in particular...which do you prefer? Cinnamon or butterscotch?" before Frisk can say anything Toriel continues talking, "wait. Do not tell me. Is it butterscotch?" Frisk grins at Chara,
"Yes," she responds quietly to Toriel,
"Hee hee hee. I had a feeling. When humans fall down here, strangely... I... I often feel like I already know them." Frisk frowns a little, 'did I say butterscotch last time?' "Truthfully, when I first saw you, I felt... like I was seeing an old friend for the first time. Strange, is it not?" Frisk really wanted to tell Toriel the truth, but did not think she would believe her, "Well, thank you for your selection." The call ends and Frisk looks up to see Chara looking at her curiously, she raises an eyebrow questioningly,
"Have you... you know what, never mind, let's go!" he hurries her forward and they step to continue on but the phone rings again,
"Hello? You do not dislike cinnamon, do you? I know your preference, but, would you turn up your nose if you found it on your plate? Right I understand, thank you for being patient by the way." The call ends again and the continue on through the ruins and their puzzles. They receive another call not long after, "Hello? You do not have any allergies, do you? Huh? Why am I asking? No reason... no reason at all."
"Likes to answer her own questions, doesn't she?" Chara comments, Frisk simply shrugs in reply then gets an idea, pulling the phone back out of her small satchel she rings the only number registered, Chara tilts slightly in the air floating and watches her curiously,
"This is Toriel,"
"Hi Mom," Frisk says happily, Chara stares at her blankly,
"Huh? Did you just call me...Mom? Well I suppose, would that make you happy? To call me... Mother? Well then, call me whatever you like!" she ends the call,
"Why did you do that?" Chara asks, Frisk looks at him,
"To make her happy, I think she must be very lonely,"
"But you don't know that for sure," Chara points out, Frisk shrugs, of course she actually did know, she knew Toriel lived alone in the ruins and she was determined to change her fate.
They continued on through the maze of ruins, having few encounters and dealing with a rock who Chara scowled and complained about, Frisk just smiled at him and said, "We just didn't explain what we wanted it to do properly,"
"What's hard to understand, move forward," Chara huffs,
"But we didn't tell him to stay," she points out, Chara just narrows his eyes at her and puffs out his cheeks making her giggle,
"Hey look!" Frisk points ahead of them to a small table, rushing over to it they both examine the rather old looking cheese sitting there,
"This cheese has been here quite a long time." Chara notes prodding it, "It's stuck to the table..." they share a small look of disgust, Frisk then spots a small mouse hole in the wall,
"Hey Chara, do you think there's a mouse?" she asks crouching by the hole and glancing up at him, they both hear a small squeak, Chara grins,
"Knowing the mouse might one day leave its hole and get the cheese... It fills you with determination." Frisk giggles and shakes her head at his words, but once again gets the familiar warmth of a save point, "Shall we keep going?" Chara asks offering her a hand to get up, she gladly takes it while nodding. They continue on, hand in hand wondering what they will find next, though Frisk had a very good idea and hurriedly pulls Chara along. In the next room they come across a white ghostly figure lying on a bed of leaves, snoring can be heard, fake snoring. Frisk withholds a chuckle, "You're going to have to make him move," Chara grumbles while narrowing his eyes at the ghost, Frisk nods sadly and gives the ghost a little push, Frisk smiles warmly at the ghost as her soul pops out, remembering his name is Napstablook from last time,
"Heh..." tears form in his eyes, 'oh no I didn't want to make him cry' the tears start moving towards her but she easily moves out of the way, soon the tears stop and he looks a little bit better, Frisk decides to tell a joke, after pondering for a quick moment she smiles,
"Can a kangaroo jump higher than a house? Of course, a house doesn't jump at all." Frisk feels quite proud of the joke, even Chara chuckles,
"Heh heh..." Napstablook lets out a small laugh, "let me try," he starts to cry again but the tears float upwards, slowly forming into a hat, "I call it 'dapper blook' do you like it...?"
"Wow," Chara cringes, Frisk nods and smiles brightly at Napstablook,
"Oh gee," he responds, "I usually come to the ruins because there's nobody around, but today I met somebody nice, oh I'm rambling again, I'll get out of your way," he says while slowly fading away,
"Aww," Frisk pouts,
"What, did you want to befriend the ghost," Chara rolls his eyes, "it was a ghost Frisk, you can't befriend a ghost,"
"Um," Frisk turns to look at him, "what about you then?"
"Huh?" Chara looks confused,
"You're a ghost, and we're friends,"
"We are?" his eyes widen a little,
"Of course," she giggles, "partners right," she grins as he blushes lightly and she pulls him over the patch of leaves, intent on more exploring.