Chapter 2: I Want You Dead

"We keep the knives in the drawer, why do you ask?"

"Um, I want to... make a sandwich, and I sorta need something to... spread the peanut butter."

"Okay."

Frisk looked in the drawer. Toriel usually had kept all of the butter knives in one drawer, and hid the others in a compartment using a fake wall in the back that unhinged. Frisk opened the door slowly. The two knives that Toriel kept were gone.

"Asriel, where are the sharp knives?"

"Don't tell Mom you know this. The back wall of the drawer is fake, and the knives are hidden in there. Why do you want the sharp ones again?"

"Uh... the bread seems kinda thick. Wait, there aren't any knives in there."

"Huh. Mom must've hid 'em somewhere else."

Chara strolled into the kitchen arrogantly. "Making lunch?"

Asriel said, "Yeah, want anything?"

"No... I've got a stomachache, and I don't know why."

"Huh, I wonder why," Asriel said sarcastically, staring at her chocolate.

"I'm going outside," Frisk said.

"Yeah, me too," Chara exclaimed.

"Okay. I'll stay in and eat lunch," Asriel responded.

Chara and Frisk walked outside. "So... what do you want to play?" Frisk asked.

"I want to play kill the filthy human," Chara said while smiling and pulling a knife out of her pocket.

"Woah, stop! What-"

"Humans don't deserve to live. They ruined my life. Goodbye, Frisk."

Chara speedily dashed toward Frisk angrily. Frisk dodged.

*Chara has engaged battle.

(Megalo Strike Back plays.)

Frisk: ActCharaCheck

CHARA: Attack 99 DEF 99

"So that's a human's stats," she said.

"Humans are the reason I tried 'falling down'."

Frisk's soul was exposed. She dodged knife after knife after knife. Knives swarmed the dialogue box and hit her, even while she was switching to the Act button.

Frisk: ActCharaPlead

*You tell Chara you don't want to fight. She shoves your words off.

"They bullied me and picked on me all day, every day. So you know what? I decided I didn't want to live."

Knives swarm in a circle, followed by red chocolate bars. With 1 HP left, Frisk desperately tried to reach her SAVE file.

*You tried to reach your SAVE FILE.

*...

*Nothing happened.

*You arrogant human, you think SAVING is possible now?

Frisk was shaken by this line of text. She stared at the red text. A chill ran up her spine. Was Chara controlling the text the whole time...?

Frisk: ActCharaSAVE

*You reach into Chara's SOUL and call out her name.

Frisk saw Chara's SOUL to be red- her soul color.

*You can feel something resonating within her SOUL-

The person in front of Frisk changed. Instead of Chara, she saw herself standing there, looking happy.

"You-"

"I know, I'm you. You are Chara's reincarnation. Stored inside that SOUL for years. Frisk, you can SAVE Chara. I give to you the power of determination. I know you can do this."

*Knowing there is some way to change Chara's thoughts, and that you are Chara's feelings, emotions, and chioces, you are filled with

* N.

*File saved, HP restored.

"Come on, Frisk. Just like you, Mom, Dad, Sans, Papyrus, Alphys, Mettaton, and Undyne have- befriend her."

*You reach into Chara's soul and call her name.

"What- what are you doing? Why?"

*You try again.

"You really want to befriend me?"

*You try once more.

"...I... maybe you aren't so bad. You really want to SPARE me? Well...

I guess I'll spare you... Frisk"

*Chara is sparing you.

Frisk: MercySpare

*Battle dismissed.