It was a beautiful day outside. Birds were singing, flowers were blooming... It was a perfect day to play outside, which was exactly what Maddie, Hailey, Frisk, and Asriel were doing. The four were outside in Asgore's backyard playing catch.
"Hey, guys?" Asriel began.
"Yeah?" Hailey asked.
"Um, I think I'm heading inside now." Asriel replied.
"You're about to turn into Flowey again?" Maddie assumed.
"Well, I will pretty soon." He answered.
"Oh." Frisk said.
"See you later, guys." Asriel said.
"Bye!" Everyone replied.
"Oh, leaving so soon?" An unfamiliar voice said. Maddie looked around her. She didn't see anybody new, but she did notice Frisk shaking. Suddenly, a silhouette of a person appeared.
"Ch-Chara!?" Asriel stammered.
The person stepped into the light, revealing a pale skinned girl wearing a green and yellow striped sweater and a golden heart locket. She also carried a knife. "What, surprised to see me?" The girl, Chara, asked.
"I... I thought you died!" The goat boy replied. "I don't know how you're here, but I'm so glad to see you again!" Asriel tried to hug Chara, but the girl stepped out of the way.
"I'm not the same person you may remember me as." Chara growled.
Finally, Frisk decided to speak up. "H-how are you here, Chara? I thought you were-"
"Only in your mind?" Chara interrupted. "Well, you're wrong. Ever since you fell down, I've been awake, observing your actions."
"But how are-" Frisk started.
"How am I awake?" Chara interrupted again. "I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was because of your SOUL. After all, we are both fueled by DETERMINATION."
Maddie had been watching the scene unfold in silence. She didn't know much about Chara, but she had been told enough to know that the girl wasn't necessarily the nicest person. Unsure of what to do, Maddie decided to call Sans and ask for help.
"maddie?"
"Hey, Sans."
"what's wrong?"
"Chara's-" Maddie was only able to get one word out before Sans hung up. Before long, she could hear the familiar sound of teleportation.
Everybody turned around to see Sans standing behind them. "hey." He said, his eyes pitch black.
"Sans?" Hailey asked, surprised.
"Oh look, the comedian has come to save the day!" Chara said sarcastically.
"i'd shut your mouth, brat, unless you want to have a bad time." Sans threatened.
"Oh please! What would you be able-" Chara started, before being slammed into the ground by Sans' blue magic.
"Sans!" Frisk yelled, surprised.
Suddenly, Hailey stepped forward. "Don't worry, Sans, I'll take care of her."
Frisk was about to stop Hailey before Maddie grabbed her wrist. "Don't worry, I think Hailey will be fine." She whispered.
"Are you sure?" Frisk whispered back.
"Yeah... Chara's LOVE is only 1, right?"
"It should be."
"That means that Chara shouldn't deal as much damage to Hailey compared to what she normally deals. Besides, if Hailey messes up, you can just load your SAVE, right?"
"...I'd prefer if it didn't come to that. I mean, I still save before I go to sleep and when I wake up, but loading my SAVE file would probably upset Sans."
"I'm sure Sans would understand. I doubt he'd want Hailey dead."
Before the Frisk and Maddie knew it, Hailey had initiated a fight with Chara, and the FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, and MERCY buttons were seen in front of the two fighters.
"Seriously?" Chara said, surprised. "Are you asking to die?"
Hailey simply smiled and said: "I'll let you make the first move."
Chara's hand was already touching the FIGHT button. She pressed down on it and then jumped at Hailey, her knife ready to kill her opponent. However, the attack was swiftly blocked by Hailey's katana. Angry, Chara swung her knife again, but Hailey ducked out of the way.
"My turn!" Hailey said, selecting Spare from the MERCY button.
"You- you're sparing me!?" Chara said, surprised. "No. You're just going to kill me as soon as I return the spare." Chara selected FIGHT again and swung at Hailey.
"Fine! Feel free to think that!" Hailey replied, using her katana to block the attack. She then spared Chara again.
This cycle continued for a few more turns before Chara was finally able to land a hit on Hailey, dealing 15 damage.
"H-HOW!?" Chara exclaimed, surprised. "I normally kill everybody in one hit!"
"While I don't want to know how you learned that, I do have a theory on why that did so little damage." Maddie said.
"What!?" Chara asked.
"I'm going to assume that you killed monsters, not humans. Human SOULs are stronger than monster SOULs, remember?" Maddie replied.
"Not to mention you only have one LV." Frisk added.
"Wait, what!?" Chara exclaimed, both angry and surprised.
"Yup! Your LOVE is stuck at 1!" Maddie said.
"Gah! Whatever!" Chara exclaimed, turning to Hailey. "I'll just wear you down over time! You'll die eventually!"
"Keep telling yourself that." Hailey replied, selecting spare once again.
Over time, Hailey slowly tired out Chara, and eventually, Chara collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion.
"Well, you tired yourself out." Hailey said, sparing Chara.
"N-no!" Chara said, slowly standing up. "I can still fight!"
Frisk then walked beside Chara and grabbed her hand, moving it towards the MERCY button and choosing Spare.
"Hey!" Chara exclaimed. "This is my battle, Frisk, not yours!"
"No, Frisk had the right idea." Hailey said. "You were getting tired, and it wouldn't have been a good idea to keep fighting."
When Chara remained silent Hailey spoke up again. "Anyway, that was fun! Bye, guys!"
"Bye!" Everyone (except Chara) replied.
"do you two want to teleport back?" Sans offered to Frisk and Maddie.
"Yes, please!" Frisk replied.
"Let's go!" Maddie said.
Chara was almost finished creating a bed of flowers and leaves to sleep on outside. Maybe I could ask Asgore if I could spend the night at his house... Chara thought, but then quickly shook her head. No. Asgore may be kind, but there's no way ANYONE could forgive someone like me.
Suddenly, a voice from above called her. "Hey, Chara! Come inside, you can spend the night here!"
Chara looked up to find that the voice belonged to the girl she fought earlier, Hailey.
"Okay, fine! Whatever!" Chara called back. Even though she was thankful, she wasn't going to show Hailey that. Chara quickly ran inside before her mind could protest.
A/N Well, that's the longest chapter so far! I hope you enjoyed it!
Also, sorry about the lack of updates recently. I'm too busy with other things to write on weekdays, and I was busy last weekend, too.
Anyway, see you whenever I upload the next chapter!