I woke up, sweat covered. What was that dream, and who were those people? I looked around the unfamiliar room. I could hardly see, it was dark. It was hard to move, something was holding me down. I looked to the left… Sans was asleep holding me. I turned and found Papyrus clinging to me as well. Dried tears stained his cheek bones. This feeling felt so familiar, I never wanted to leave them. I closed my eyes and curled close to Sans. The faint smell of ketchup gave me a small smile, it was something weird that should have thrown me off… but it felt like this is always how I liked him.

"we're...here ..frisk…" My eyes flew open. Sans was mumbling in his sleep.

"D-DON'T…. WORRY… TINY HUMAN… WE'RE HERE…"

"we... love you...just the...way you...are…" I could feel tear roll off my skin. It was like I was meant to stay this way forever. This is where I have always belonged. I can feel it now, I can feel them all, they've been waiting for me all this time. Everyone, I don't know how I know them… and why I can feel them but I know this is what I was meant for. It's not over yet, I have to keep my promise to someone I love.

I slowly pulled myself away from the brothers and slipped out of the room. I found my things and put them on, then left a note on the table, and left.

I walked toward the humid air. It smelt musky and warm. The grass was a color I had never seen, and when I looked up I saw thousands of stars.

"What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it? Are you a star?" I stopped, and looked down at my feet. Am I a star? Where did I know that. Something with stars, a long time ago… or maybe in the future...I kept walking.

I use to come here…. Chara said in a hushed voice. They said nothing more as we continued to walk. The feeling in the air was familiar, though I had never been here. I saw many different monsters. I could feel that Chara thought they would hurt us. But every time they stopped us, they'de smile and look like they were going to cry. Some gave us things, and some thanked us for nothing. Some helped us through the puzzles, and some healed us when we fell. All this time Chara was silent. They were sad, yet happy.

I made friends, and all of them accepted me, accepted who I was. Some told us stories, and others songs. Things I never knew, things Chara had forgotten. When we felt like crying they would help us smile. This feeling… I felt all of their souls.

Things change, and they become different things.

Chara, can't you see how beautiful they are.

But they're not the same, they grew and forgot Frisk… and yet somehow you…

I what Chara?

You're wonderful… Everything I hoped to be. Everything they expected of me Frisk. But they all cried because of what I did. If everything around me changes...doesn't that mean I can change too?

Chara… you're amazing, I can feel that you kept trying, and your views may have hurt others, and you may have hurt others… but right now you're doing everything you can to fix it. I know it may hurt now, but when it's over we'll all stand together, and we'll all stand with you.

….thank you.

I could feel the darkness within them, every time they doubted themself it consumed them. It ate at their soul, but now that I was there I could be their light. We walked for awhile and met new people everywhere we went. Napstablook, and the Nicecream man, Washua and Temmie, then we met MK. Who told us about a warrior who was going to save the Underground. It sounded so familiar… Undyne he called her. Undyne…

"Man if I was a human I would wet my bed every night, knowing she was going to beat me up!" He was so ecstatic. She sounded like a superhero from a comic book! The hero of the Underground! Chara chuckled at the thought, I heard them mumble something. MK and I walked for a while, he was always falling over. We came to a ledge, and he helped me up. That's when we parted ways.

Chara, you lived in the Underground right?

Yeah, what about it?

Well I was wondering, the people here they're all so hopeful, and sad. Was it like this when you…

When I was alive? No, everyone was happy, and people all looked up to Asgore. They loved me, and…

And-

"You punk!" A thundering voice boomed behind us. A voice filled with anger and heartache. I twirled around to find a tall, looming figure pointing at me. It was almost cartoonish the way she stood. She approached slowly, each step I could feel Chara grow scared.

"Seven, seven human souls and Asgore can set us free…" Her voice was unsure.

"One, that's how many we need thus far. Don't you see human… your soul will set us free. Your...soul…" She hesitated to take another step closer. I looked up and her face, it was filled with confusion and sorrow. Anger and love. She looked down at me.

"I don't understand! Ngaaa! Human I will take your soul, and we'll finally be free! Do you understand!?" I entered combat. I didn't know what to do I had never fought someone. I could see my soul in front of me.

Frisk, don't worry… I'll take care of this.

There were four buttons, Fight, Act, Item, and Mercy. My soul resonated with a new found feeling I hadn't felt up until now. It glew a invigorating bright red, a combination of mine and Chara's something? Chara pushed my soul back and was now face to face with this monster.

"You don't stand a chance pipsqueak! Ngaaa!"

"You wanna bet…" Chara said in a hushed voice. Undyne started throwing attacks, left and right. Chara dodged all of them, it was like they had seen them all before now. It was amazing. They went for the fight button and I quickly pushed them out of the way.

"Sorry Chara but I won't let you hurt her!" I spoke! I spoke, something started in me again, that I had forgotten. I faced Undyne head on. I pressed act.

Act

Call out to her.

Beg Forgiveness.

Remember.

I didn't understand any of the options. I looked up at her and back at the acts I could do.

Call out to her!

"Undyne! Stop please!"

You called out to her, her attack has weakened.

Chara nodded at me and started helping dodge attacks. It was our move.

Act.

Beg Forgiveness.

Tell her it's time to stop.

Remember.

Tell her it's time to stop.

"Undyne! You don't have to fight anymore! It's over, you don't have to kill anymore!"

Undyne falters but stands strong, she begins to cry.

"Ngaaa! Why won't you just die already!? Give up, kid, let me take your soul! Let me free them!"

Undyne's attack falters.

Act.

Beg Forgiveness.

Tell her she must stop!

Remember.

Tell her she must Stop!

"Undyne you have to stop! Think of all of them! Stop this!"

Undyne wants to stop, but can't.

"I'm doing this for them!"

Act.

Beg Forgiveness.

Remember.

?

?

?

Remember!

My soul was forced back and Chara stepped forward.

"Sorry Frisk, but I can't let you-" I fell into a darkness and everything vanished.

"Okay fish face! It's just me and you!"

Act!

Remember Frisk!

Remember Everything!

Remember Me!

Remember Frisk!

"Undyne I know you don't want to hurt Frisk! You have to remember! Remember Frisk god damn it!"

Undyne shakes with regret, but she doesn't know why.

Act!

Remember how she reminded you of Asgor!

"Undyne she remind you of Asgore, she remind you of true power! The power of Friendship and family! Don't you remember, just remember you stupid fish!"

Undyne shakes with regret, and falls to her knees.

Act.

Console.

"It's okay now Undyne, you don't have to fight anymore."

"How could I forget a punk like Frisk!?"

Act.

It's not your fault.

"It's not your fault fish face. You love her, and that's all that matters."

I fall into Frisk's sleep and back into her soul. She almost Remembered… I did this to her, and i'm afraid of the consequences if she finds out. Undyne is the only one that truly remembers, only until she falls asleep. She'll forget again, and wake up only remembering Frisk is her family, her friend. Lets leave it like that for now…

Hey Frisk, Asriel… Do you think people can change?

Pft…What kinda question is that Chara? Of course people can change, I mean look at me.

Yeah, Asriel's right. No matter how bad the person I think they have the ability to change. The ability to start again…

It's been a long time since then… Many resets ago… The first reset. The beginning, the true ending that everyone wished for. Frisk, she did everything, she even saved me and Asriel. But I got greedy, I forced her to restart even after we had grown up together. After everything we had gone through. I made her start again, things changed in the second run. Sans remembered and blamed Frisk. He hated her, they were happy and she ruined it. Frisk lost thing in the second run, she lost her voice and her determination never really came back until now. It was always me, forcing her. She was my puppet, and what I made her do, caused everyone to hate her.

The last run we did, we chose the right path. But, because I made her do so many horrible things so many times, nobody really trusted her… until she fell ill. Like I said her Determination never came back… and without it she was weak, and because she chose to save me instead of me staying within her soul, she fell ill and died only a year after being set free. Of course she told me not to reset, that everyone was happy… Asriel was back and so was I, but it wasn't the same without her. She was the light of the family, and everyone changed after she died.

I tried to not reset. But, Asriel was rarely seen again, he was always with Frisk's grave. Toriel and Asgore never wanted to realize the fact that she was dead, so they had another baby and named it Frisk to try and bring her back. Sans grew distant from everyone, he had nightmares of repeatedly killing her, each time she forgave him. He spent most of his time at a bar, or in jail. Papyrus smiled less, and gave up on Sans, at some point he stopped wearing his costume, he spend most of his time working. Alphys's and Undyne relationship fell apart… Alphys was eaten by depression, and finally gave up the battle, killing her self to get away from the pain. Undyne ran away from it all, we heard she was a leader of a big gang that ended up going to prison. Mettaton went off and became a hit movie star, and never talked to Blooky ever again. Everyone fell apart, the only thing that kept me going was the hope that Frisk left… but even that couldn't stop me from torturing myself.

Everyone forgot about me. I waited, and waited… but everyone had given up, all because Frisk wasn't there. At some point Asriel came to me. He told me that he couldn't take it anymore, and he begged me to restart one last time.

"Please! Chara, Chara I beg you! Everything, everyone can't take it anymore! I-I can't take it anymore, Chara…. This isn't what Frisk wanted Chare… This isn't what she sacrificed herself for now is it!" I can still see the pain in his eyes as he begged. And I knew, I had to do something, but I was afraid of the consequences of starting again after everything… Everyone wouldn't be the same as the first restart… Unless…

I told Asriel it was time, that I restarted. But, I couldn't do it alone. I had to go back to where it all began… The Undergrounds. I knew one person there that could help me erase what I could of their memories.

"Gaster, I need your help!" I called out over and over again. I had never cried until then. And the more I cried for help the more I realized how much Frisk had changed me. Finally he appeared, the forgotten doctor. Lost to the darkness. He pitied me, and he pitied Frisk. He told me he could help erase some but they would still have enough to feel what they felt, that it might be harder for Frisk and them, and it would come at a cost.

I was so desperate, so willing that I didn't care. We began to erase them, all of them from this world. All of the pain, everything. But Frisk was so corrupt so broken after what I had done, that we had to keep wiping her memories. We almost gave up, when a light appeared. We had no idea who's light but they were so powerful. I didn't know then who they were. The people who always loved Frisk, who wanted to see her go somewhere and do something great…

Her parents…

They gave what they had left to heal Frisk's memories, not completely erasing them… She would soon remember what had happened. She would live with pain throughout her whole life, but I knew Frisk was strong.

When we finally wiped everything. I went to say goodbye one last time. Everyone hurt so much. Sans was in jail, Toriel and Asgor lost the baby, Undyne gave up on the world, Mettaton became know as the actor from hell, and Asriel… he had become broken. Everyone was nothing like they use to be. The last thing I saw before the world was erased, was Asriel screaming at Frisk' grave… Then it was gone. I broke Frisk's promise to never restart. Then while I sat crying in the darkness she appeared.

"Chara, Chara…"

"F-Frisk? Frisk, where are you!?"

"Over here Chara." There she was holding her hand out waiting for me. When did she get so small, or had I really grown that much since last we were together? I ran to her and for the first time in over 10 years I hugged her. I cried as she stroked my hair.

"Why are you crying Chara? You never cry."

"Why- why did you leave!? You made me promise, to never reset again! But, how could I keep that promise when everyone was in so much pain!? All they ever wanted was you, and because of me, because of my selfishness you died! Then they all gave up… Frisk they, missed you so much, I missed you so much, how was I expose to not reset!? How did you expect me to keep such a stupid fucking promise!?"

"Shh, it's okay Chara. I forgive you. And it's okay now, look the world is beginning again. We can make it right this time, just like you wanted…" We were looking down at the world, everyone, everything, starting anew again.

"I promise Frisk, this time, this time! I'll make everything right!"

"I know… Chara I have to go now… When next we meet I won't know who you are. I might feel it deep down, but I won't know… I want you to forgive me, for being so stupid… Goodbye Chara."

"No don't leave me not yet! Frisk!" The world's end, and beginning all at once… I faded. The me that existed in that timeline died along with the towns, and the people. Everything's always changing, there's always something new, and different. No one will ever be the same as the first time we all met. And I have to live with that… I have to live with what I did, but for now… I'll let them rest. When the time comes they'll all be together again… And they will live, and I'll be watching all of them. I'll make sure they are all happy, and that they forget me… Like Gater said, every restart comes with a cost… I guess I'm the payment this time.

"Thank you Frisk…"

I woke up sweating in an unfamiliar room. I looked around to find posters of different animes on the wall. And pictures of Alphys Papyrus and some of Undyne.

"Heya punk, you're finally awake! Hey what's the matter you look kinda pale."

Undyne was worried about you, ya know.

Chara, you'll never leave me right?

…

Chara?

Of course not Frisk.

You promise?

I promise…