.:. Chapter Two: The Past.:.

Frisk

It had been a week since she had gotten reacquainted with her brother. She promised to meet him for dinner today at his apartment, but that was still a few hours off, and she wanted to finish off Monday's homework before then. She needed to work on the math assignment today.

A half an hour later her phone rang, and she glanced at it. It was a number she recognized. She contemplated if she should answer. The phone quieted and then her phone signaled that a voice mail was left on her phone. She put her pencil down and picked up her phone.

"H-hey Frisk... I-I know we haven't talked in a few weeks, b-but I-I h-have something I w-want you to try out." the caller said. "C-call me back."

Frisk checked the time and decided it she could visit at least for a few hours.

And that's how she ended up in the past. As an observer. She was watching her younger self calling out to her parents, calling out to her brother, Chara. She watched as the frighten brown haired girl cry out, "I'm here! I'm here!" She wanted to walk up to the child, hug her, and tell her 'Everything will be okay'. But, she couldn't.

She silently followed the young girl into the next room.

Frisk walked through the gateway and was astonished that two goat monsters were practicing magic. One was smaller, and he wore a green and yellow shirt. The other was older and wore a purple dress. Still, she was afraid. What if they kill? This was all new to her. She never knew all this was under Mount Ebbot. Her family went camping here once every year. She had been told of the missing children cases as scary campfire stories.

She had also looked up the last time someone was eaten by the mountain a week ago. But, it was years ago- a few years before she was born in fact. A stray fireball was headed for her, which shook her from her thoughts. Thee next thing she knew she was pushed onto the floor by the younger monster.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

She didn't trust herself to speak, so she nodded.

Frisk stood by Toriel in the ruins. She softly smiled. For whatever reason she could feel the fear her younger self was feeling. She tried to talk to her adoptive mother, but at the last seconded she decided against it. Toriel wouldn't hear her anyway. Still, she observed.

"My child! Where did you come from?" Toriel asked as she ran up to the younger Frisk.

"I fell. My brother and I were playing tag on top of the mountain." she whispered afraid.

"There's no reason to be afraid my child." the elder monster said. She then turned to the younger goat monster, "I think that's enough for today Asriel. We'll pick up again tomorrow."

The young monster nodded, stood up, and helped the child up.

"Now let's hurry back home. I want you both to take my hand. These ruins are not safe in the dark."

The older Frisk began to roll her eyes. But then remembered something. A few nights later- at least in this timeline- no! She called for Alphys'. She didn't want through that again. Not now. Not ever.

"A-are you okay?" a small yellow lizard monster asked as she helped her out of the makeshift bed they used for the experiment.

'Y-yeah. It's just..." she remained unfocused. How many times had she lived through those few days? She couldn't remember anymore. Hell, she had lost the power to SAVE, LOAD, and RESET once they finally made it to the surface. In its place she had different magic. She remembered the first time the power had manifested.

"F-frisk?"

She looked at her watch and realized it was that late. "Sorry Alphys," she said sheepishly. "I can't stay longer. I have plans at seven."

"Y-you w-will be free next Tuesday right?" the timid monster asked as they walked to the entrance of the lab.

The girl nodded. "I'll see you then."

Frisk waved good-bye as she left.

Frisk got to her brother's apartment building a little after seven. She toyed at her necklace as she journeyed to his apartment door. She knew she could have used the power inside of her. But, she was scared and terrified what would happen. She hadn't used her powers for a few months. She shook her head, she could marvel at her self-restraint later. Right now she had dinner to attend. She walked up to his apartment door and knocked.

A minute passed. Two. Then the door opened. Her brother stood there wearing tan shorts, and a faded blue shirt. A towel hang loosely from his shoulders.

"Hey." he said, as he let her through the threshold. "Dinner will be ready in a few. I made pasta." She nodded and took off her shoes. They chatted about their lives through dinner, each interested in the other lives. Chara was mostly interested in what life was like with Frisk's monster family. Frisk, on the other hand, marveled on having a normal, yet simple life. She had been thrown into responsibility at a young age (which is why she decided to take a well-deserved break from being an ambassador for the next four years).

After dinner, Chara introduced Frisk to his best friend and roommate Sebastian (or Sebby for short). The dog barked happily and wagged it's tail as both Chara and Frisk given him attention. Soon, it was time for Frisk to go. She said her good byes and went home.

"Welcome to our humble abode, my child." the older goat monster had said.

Frisk looked around amazed. She didn't know monsters were this civil. She didn't know what to expect honestly. The living area had a small fireplace and two armchairs. One of the arm chairs had a medium-sized blanket over the top of it. A small bookcase was off to the side. Frisk's hazel eyes lighted up, as she ran to the bookcase- only to be disappointed in the many books of snails there were.

The younger monster laughed silently. "Mom likes cooking with snails," he said nonchalantly. He walked up behind her. She looked back at him.

"It's just... I love to read. I'm an avid reader."

The young monster- named Asriel- smiled. "Well, I have some books in my room." he said.

The young girl's eyes lighted up again. "Oh! I'm sorry. My name is Frisk." she held her hand out.

Asriel stared at her for a second.

"Asriel."

Instead of shaking her hand he grabbed it in excited to show her his room. He pulled her along from the living area and into the hallway.

A few days later, Toriel had woken the children in fear. She ushered them through the basement telling them to stay close. A monster had cornered them. Soon as the children saw it, they screamed. They were cornered, when the three made it to the huge purple door that connected the rest of the world to the ruins.

Then the monster attack. Asriel and Frisk watched in horror as Toriel turned to dust. The two small children clung onto each other in fear... then the world had reset...

Frisk shot up, breathing heavily. She shouldn't have tried that experiment that Alphys had set up yesterday. She didn't know it would trigger one of the more painful memories in her life. Frisk didn't want to watch her adoptive family die in front of her. Although, sometimes they would survive, sometimes they would die.

The hardest part, she never knew what had attacked them. She had tried to figure it out back then. She began to wonder how many times had she reset? Why did these abilities (SAVE, LOAD, RESET) disappeared?... or did it changed? Did all those resets changed her too? She never thought of it before, but now... the thought did cross her mind.

She shook her head. There was no way she would be getting any sleep now. She looked over to her bed side clock to check the time. 5am. Great, she thought. She turned on the light in her bedroom and looked through the closet. She couldn't remember exactly where those notes she wrote down nine years ago were. Frisk looked in her closet. She only had the journals from the last three years of her monster studies.

She smiled. Her monster studies were given to her by her best friend and confidant, Sans the Skeleton. It was something she opposed to at first. But, after leaving the Underground behind with the rest of the monsters, he was adamant that she learn a bit of their culture. She was to become ambassador when she hit thirteen.

That must mean those notes I'm looking for might be at home. I must remember to pick them up when I visit this weekend, she thought. She never told her family about that monster that day in the ruins. In fact, she never told anyone.

Sunday night had come and gone. During her shift at Grillby's Monday afternoon, she was on auto pilot. The manager had let her leave early, out of concern. Frisk seemed out of it.

She had been thinking of all those memories that happened in those ruins years ago. Monday night found her she was pacing in her bedroom. The amalgamates had always frightened her. She never found out that specific one escaped. She wanted to call off the meeting with Alphys tomorrow. But, something stopped her: Curiosity.

Would she see it? Alphys probably knew which one escaped, but had kept silent about it. She understood why. Alphys was scared and frighten. She couldn't blame her. She, too would have been scared.

Frisk knew that the only things that lived underground, were the amalgamates, and their families. When they first moved Aboveground, both Frisk and Alphys had expressed their concerns about the amalgamates. Frisk knew if they had moved Aboveground with them human kind would have not been so kind to the monster-kind.

Then again, the families of the amalgamates knew this. It was some sort of unspoken rule. Then again, she knew they were probably scared too, as she was when she first saw them. So, they agreed; with Asgore's consent to move the handful of families to New Home. Yet, over the years, the amalgamates had integrated into human society with her help.

Frisk was proud of that day. Her family and friends had celebrated that little victory. But still... her mind went back to the topic at hand. Was she ready to figure out which amalgamate killed Toriel over and over? She hadn't count how many times she had to reset. What had frightened her the most was neither Toriel nor Asriel knew about the resets.

How did they not know I reset the world? That's always bugged me. Did anyone know about all the resets I did in the Underground?

[a/n]: I decided that Frisk's Save, Load and Reset power have changed into something else. It will be brought up in a later chapter. Probably the next chapter. I have been toying with her new abilities. Especially since Chara and her don't share the same soul. I didn't know how hard that would make writing this story. In the end, I hope this is somewhat believable. Anyway, that's it from me.

Also, this will probably end up being a Sans/Frisk, Chara/Asriel fic.

Read and review please.

-famksantiago