AN: Another chapter! Because Harry as a dad is adorable, it makes me grin and happy.
Harry frowned in the ruins with Sans and Toriel. "Hey where's Frisk?" He asked.
"They said they were going to go see if Napstablook was lying in his usual spot." Toriel said.
"Oh no…" He started to worry. "Frisk is sick! They have a cold, what if one of the monsters hurts them by accident? Their HP is already only half of what it should be because of the cold…"
"Harry Relax. Frisk's be fine." Sans said worried.
"What?!"
"I got a text from them saying that they're having trouble moving around because they're tired but they aren't hurt. They were on the way home as well."
"Oh… They're fine… I'm gonna go and get them then." He said standing up and walking off.
"Frisk?" He called out.
"What d'you mean?" He heard Frisk ask something...
"I'm saying… That he's just raising you for fun! He doesn't care about you…" A voice said sounding upset…
"Frisk?" He called out again finding them talking to a ghost that looked almost identical to them. "Frisk who's this?" He asked.
"Chara! They're my friend dad!" They told him.
"Chara?!" He gasped shocked. "Frisk… Remember those lessons Toriel gave you?"
"Oh yeah! Chara was the first human! Then the other one's were all meanies or asked to be taken to Mr King Man!" Frisk said.
"Yep… So how are they here right now?" He asked.
"I'm a ghost… What do you think I have a choice where I go? I'm stuck with Frisk… I've been here the whole time, how can you see me?" Chara asked confused and sadly.
"Well… Sans is teaching me SOUL magic… And I did learn to pull out SOUL's a few hours ago… Maybe that's why?" He pointed out.
"That's probably it…" They agreed.
"What were you two talking about a moment ago?" He asked sitting down next to Frisk.
"N-Nothing…" They muttered.
"Chara… Please tell me." He asked.
"I… I was trying to turn Frisk against you… I wanted genocide against the monsters…" They explained. "I was so angry at how kind you were to Frisk when you would look directly at me but still ignore me…"
"So that's what those feelings of rage where…" He muttered understanding. "I'm sorry… But… I think I have a way for you to sort of live again…" He thought.
"Oh! Mettaton?"
"Yeah Frisk. Mettaton. He's a ghost in a robotic shell so who's to say that Alphys can't make another one?" He explained to Chara.
"But… I think Frisk took my SOUL…" Chara said.
"No I didn't!"
"YES YOU DID!" Chara screamed, eyes dripping with a black gunk along with it dribbling out.
"Actually… I have it." Harry said pulling a small metal box out of his pocket. "Toriel asked me to look after since looking at it made her cry every time…"
"Oh… Sorry Frisk…" Chara muttered embarrassed.
"I-it's ok Chara…"
"Let's go to see Alphys then. Chara you're coming as well." Harry said picking Frisk up and carrying them to the ruins. He quickly explained it to Sans before heading to the Hotland labs.
"Alphys? You home?" He called out quietly.
"H-Huh? O-Oh! Harry! H-How are y-you?" Alphys asked as she came out of the True Lab…
"Let's talk upstairs ok?" He said carrying Frisk still in his arms.
"O-Ok!" Alphys agreed. "W-What is it?"
"Do you… Know about Chara?" He asked before explaining everything.
"W-Well… I-I think I c-could do it… It'd b-be h-hard since… W-Well it's a h-human soul… B-But it's n-not the h-hardest thing I've d-done…" She nodded before getting to work on designing the body.
"Wait!" He said before using Blue SOUL magic to reveal Chara, it was hard but he managed it. He'd already let them absorb their SOUL so they were just hiding at the moment.
"That hurts Harry!" They complained.
"So? It's important Chara. Alphys might need some help with the basic design."
"W-Well I will… I d-don't r-really know w-what they w-want to look like… Or a-any other f-features…" She explained.
"Fine…" Chara muttered before talking with Alphys. Harry sat with Frisk on the other side of the room while Frisk slowly woke up.
"You awake now Frisky-bits?" He asked.
"Yeah…" They yawned rubbing their eyes.
"Good. Chara's helping Alphys design the body so we can relax for a bit." He explained.
"Harry…" Chara asked from across the room.
"Yeah?"
"Why are you helping me?"
"Well… You said that you were angry that I ignored you… And Frisk does sometimes get lonely… So I thought maybe you could be their sibling?"
"R-Really?" They asked happily.
"Of course. I don't joke about this sort of stuff." He said.
"Well… If you really mean it… Of course!"
"Yay!" Frisk cheered happily waving their arms around.
"You made Frisk really happy. They're usually only this happy if we're visiting their friends or we're doing something fun. Just never play portal 2 with them. You as well Alphys. Frisk is evil when it comes to that game…"
"I'm not evil!"
"You drop the bridge, every… Single… Time!" He said poking them every time he stopped speaking for a moment, making Frisk giggle. "And last time we played you dropped me into a turret room."
"That was an accident. I forgot to move the portal!"
"Yeah but still!"
Chara watched the two of them argue playfully with a smile, before going back to working on the plans. "Um… Why a box?"
"W-Well… I-I'm basing the plans off of Mettaton and he's box shaped in his normal form… I thought we could start off there and then move the important parts around in a more human shaped body…" Alphys said managing to drop the stutter for once.
"Ok… That makes sense… Oh! Can I have a mouth to eat with? I miss chocolate sooo much!"
"S-Sure! W-What types y-your favourite? W-White?" Alphys asked before Chara flew into a rage.
"WHITE CHOCOLATE ISN'T EVEN CHOCALATE! IT'S LITERALLY JUST MILKY SUGAR!" They roared for a moment. "It's Dark Chocolate. You can't truly love something until you take in its darkest… Purest form. Sorry about that by the way." They explained then apologise.
"O-Oh… S-Sorry as well…"
"Ok… Don't call white chocolate a type of chocolate around Chara unless you want them angry. Or you're trying to calm them down…" Harry noted.
"How would it calm me down?!"
"You know how when Sans makes a pun and Papyrus gets angry? When Papyrus is angry or upset and Sans makes a pun then Papyrus cheers up or calms down." He explained.
"Oh ok."
"I-I t-think I h-have the b-blue prints d-done…" Alphys said quietly.
"Alphys?! Have you finished my body yet?" A voice called from downstairs. Harry got up, leaving Frisk to sit down and headed downstairs.
"Hey Mettaton. Alphys is doing me a quick favour, she should be working on letting you stay powered in that form in a few minutes." He explained.
"Hello Darling! Thanks for telling me. I'll just go back to the studio!" Mettaton announced shooting away.
"Thew…" He sighed heading back upstairs and hugging Frisk again.
"Th-thanks Harry. I'm still having trouble getting that working… But on the b-bright side all we need to do is m-make Chara's new body!"
"How long will that take?"
"A few d-days? M-Maybe?" Alphys muttered.
"Days? Ugh…" Chara whined.
"Chara be glad you're getting a second chance alright?" Harry asked with a smile.
"Right…" They agreed.
"Just call me when you finish up Chara's body ok?" Harry told Alphys before Chara vanished and he carried Frisk out of Hotland.
"Dad? Can we play tonight? I wanna play." Frisk asked.
"Play what? Not Portal 2!"
"But… I won't do anything… I just wanna solve puzzles, promise!" They said.
"Fine… But if you do it again…" He fake growled, making them giggle happily.
"Thanks!"
