Chara walked through a doorway… no, an archway, though it's not how they remember it… did they recognize it?
Yes, they did, but… they didn't… They thought this feeling to be weird and continued walking.
They passed a window, two, four, eight, twelve… twenty-five…
They felt as though this number had significance to them… twenty-five… how?
They walked into another room, it was the same but… decayed… again and again… the farther they went the more decayed it got, windows, smashed… they remember that as well…
Vines growing on the walls, as sign of age… but… no sign of life being here, no one has been here since them… wait- they remember…
Blue, green… red… the hall shifted colors, its blue turned into a green.
The next hall, the same hall, shifted into red…
Memories… horrible memories… they remember, people, everywhere, police, tape, chalk, blood.
No, this was wrong! No one was meant to see! No one was meant to find it! Find them! Too much.
Too much too fast…
They felt chalk of their hands, blue, green, red chalk… the taste of dirt in their mouth, the sight of nothing, darkness, black, the smell of iron, blood.
Twenty-five… twenty… five… one… twenty... five… blood… chalk… blue…
"My, looks like I found you…" They turned towards the familiar yet unknown voice. It was a person, a girl… young… hair… dark… eyes… blue… green… red… What?
They tried to speak but found they couldn't. Who is this person? Do they remember them? Do they want to remember them?
"My that was quite the stunt you pulled… but we'll always be there for each other, right, Jal?" Her voice sickly sweet… manipulative…
Their breath hitched, how? How did they know… Just who are they!
"Because… isn't that what family's for!" She yelled and began walking towards Chara.
"My, my… It's not nice to run away Jal… you said we'd help each other… you said we'd destroy them for killing mum…" She stopped right in front of their face. "Where's that bloodlust now? Or… should I say, dustlust" She turned laughing.
"It's because of that person… they changed you… you changed them as well, at a Soul level…" She put her hand to her chest, a pale green light shined for a moment.
"Don't worry Jal…" Her eyes turned completely black as she smiled devilishly "I won't do anything yet"
Chara shot up from the bed they were currently in breathing heavily.
Did they have a nightmare? They… don't remember, they felt as though they don't want to remember.
They put a hand to their forehead and felt sweat. Ew… must have been a pretty bad dream… wait… why am I not in shock? They asked themselves as they walked to the labs shower.
They hoped with all their dreams that the weird… amalgamate hand… thing, wasn't here.
As they entered the bathroom hall they saw nothing behind the curtain. "Um… if there's any amalgamates in here… please leave…" A regular spider crawled away.
"Phew" They wiped their forehead with the back of their hand but recoiled as they felt more sweat.
This… this is going to be a long night…
After Chara had their shower they hung out with the Amalgamates, namely Endogony, Reaper Bird and Mrs. Snowdrake. Lemon Bread didn't really seem to like them as they had the ever-lasting smell of buttercups on them.
Guess suicide by flowers does that to you when you get brought back to life, who knew.
One part about being semi-human again, feeling tired, as a ghost they could sleep if they wanted they just never got tired. Now they did, ugh this was going to take some getting used to…
After a few hours Alphys walked into the mirror room where Chara was playing fetch with Endogony.
"O- Oh no! C- Chara, y- you sh- sho- shouldn't be h- here! I- I- I told you to s- stay in the m- m- main room!" She rushed over and tried to pull Chara back to the room with the beds as Endogony whimpered.
"But, he- they just want to play, none of the are going to hurt me, see!" Chara took their arm out of Alphys grasp and walked over to Endogony. They began to pet the amalgamate and its skin(?) stopped rippling.
"See, harmless!" They turned back to the dogs "Aren't you a good boy~? Yes, you are~! Yes, you are~!" They were petting the dogs' tummy as it rolled onto its back, legs dangling at its sides.
"O- oh… w- well… I guess I- I have some e- ex- explaining to do, huh?" Alphys shifted until she was standing against one of the mirrors, but she didn't- couldn't look into them. She felt disgusted whenever she did.
Chara stopped petting the amalgamate and turned to Alphys. Walking up to her they put a supportive hand onto her shoulder "You don't have to say anything Alphys, we're friends, you can say it later if your comfortable, we'll be back later anyways!" They gave her a big smile but it quickly faded "Just… don't do anything… cowardly, ok?" Alphys was looking at the ground, ashamed but looked back up, determination present in her eyes.
"S- sure! I- I'll tell you about it later, promise!" Despite the look on her face or in her eyes that sounded more to reassure herself more then Chara, they didn't mind, they knew she'd tell them after the pity date.
So, the two went back into the main room of beds to find Frisk being tossed around by the Memory Heads looking very unamused.
As the two Humans were about to leave they were approached by Mettaton.
"Hold up darlings! Youuuuuu hoooooo!" He wheeled over to them as Frisk pressed the elevator call button and Chara munched on some dry noodles.
The duo turned to him tilting their heads questioningly.
"Oh thank goodness you stopped, I don't think I would be able to catch you with that elevator seeing as were at Barrier level right now" Frisk raised a brow and Chara blinked.
"Anyways! I wanted to talk to you two… since we only need one Human Soul to be free I would ask one of you to give it up but…" … "seeing those glares your giving me right now says no, and… I, as well as many other Monsters, don't want to kill a Human, so… I'll let you in a little secret! How's that sound!" He gestured them to move closer, Chara took a step forward but Frisk was more hesitant, death and betrayal is painful mind you.
"Oh, if your worried about be stabbing you in the back, no need, I have no knifes!" He spun around, hands in the air as though he did not care before facing to them again.
Frisk stepped forward and Mettaton whispered to them "Sadly, Alphys has been playing you two for fools, but, it… was not just her, it was my idea when I heard she wanted to be part of your adventure, anyways! Seeing as you two are so… well… not so but sort of nice, I won't kill you! Even at the part I planned to betray Alphys and kill you anyways!"
Chara sighed expectantly.
"But, not anymore, but, will you please, fight me still? For my rating! For my lovely fans! I also wish to show off my new fabulous body, even though my DEF isn't finished on it… I wish to show it off, so… it would be a win-win-win situation!"
Frisk and Chara looked at each other for a few moments before turning back to Mettaton. Chara nodded, Frisk nodded a second later.
"Oh FABULOS! Well, I'll see you later darlings!" He turned around and wheeled around the corner to… somewhere?
So, Frisk and Chara took the elevator back up to Muffet's arena which she kindly let them pass because she was intimidated by Chara who apologized for scaring her. That confused Frisk but they grinned anyways.
As they walked Chara smelt petals, thankfully not buttercup petals but… rose petals? Oh yeah…
"Frisk, do you remember what happens here?" They turned to them a bit as they passed the poster.
"UNDERTALE the Musical I think…" They nodded as the set approached.
"Yeah, that, but… what's UNDERTALE?" Frisk shrugged "A tale down under? I don't know, probably some boring shit" Chara sighed at their swearing but otherwise didn't comment.
As they stepped on the set Frisk assured Chara that they were fine enough to walk properly, Chara begrudgingly agreed and let them walk alone.
"Oh, the Humans?" Mettaton appeared above the stairs in a cyan dress "Could it be…? My… um… true love…s?" He clasped his hands before holding his dress and wheeling down the stairs surprisingly well without falling.
I always wondered what was up those stairs… eh, nothing important I bet They smiled to Mettaton and waved, Frisk gave a quick wave as well but otherwise looked very bored.
Music began playing.
"Oh my love…s, please run away" He moved up stage "Monster King, forbids your stays" … "Humans must, live far apart!" … "Even if, it breaks my heart…" He held hands to screen making weeping sounds.
"They'll put you, in the dungeons" Frisk tapped their foot impatiently "It'll suck…" "Like you…" Frisk muttered under their breath but the robot caught it and sent them a quick glare.
"And then you'll die a lot!" Frisk cleared their throat "I'm hijacking the show…" They stepped away from Chara who was looking at them though they were insane, which they were and proud to be.
"Really sad… we will not die" …? "No need to cry, it won't be happening…" They walked over and grabbed Chara's hand before taking a bow, Chara followed confusingly.
"Well… that was quite the performance but…" He took a remote out of the bosom of the dress and held it out.
"Sadly, you ARE going to the dungeons, tood-" He was about to press the button but it got knocked out of his hand by a frying pan. Upon contact the pan broke the remote.
"Opps, my aim was off, I missed" Chara smacked them on the arm and they rubbed the forming bruise "Well sorry, what was a suppose to say? 'Even though your head's as big as your ego I still missed'?" Frisk began walking off set towards the Nice Cream stand and Chara ran up to Mettaton who had his hands where his hips would be if he were in his EX form.
"I am SO sorry about Frisk… They've just been… really mean as of late and… I don't know why, I'm sorry Metta" They looked down at the ground awaiting… something, but it nothing came.
Instead Mettaton put a hand on their shoulder to which Chara looked up at him "It's all right darling, I understand, some people can be irritable…" Chara nodded "You must really care about them to put up with them for this long, the only was in and out is through the throne room and RUINS, so, you both fell I'm guessing, must have one hell on an experience!" Chara nodded again, a small smile on their face.
"Hey! You done back there? I'd like to get moving before I melt like a which swimming!" They fanned themselves with the neck of their shirt.
Chara waved and ran up to them, the red lines fading…
"No Frisk, we just woke up like… half an hour ago!" Frisk threw their head back and groaned before walking over and sitting on the edge of the fountain.
"But I'm tired Chara!" "That's why you need to stay awake, so you can wake up, we have the CORE to deal with still" They huffed and crossed their arms.
Frisk has been complaining about being tired for the past 10 minutes. Nonstop since they entered the resort. And frankly, Chara was ready to kick Frisk into the lava to make them shut up, the sounds of screaming and death sounded better then hearing them complain. Oh, here they go agai-
"But that's my point! We have the CORE and Mettaton to deal with, I need my beauty sleep!" Chara closed their eyes and shook their head before smirking.
When they lifted their head, they walked over to Frisk, hand on their hip.
Now at Frisk they lifted a chunk of their hair and looked at it.
"Um…" "Well you could use a shower…" They ran their fingers through Frisks hair "It's as greasy as Grillby's" Frisk's eyes widened and narrowed at the same time and they jerked their head away.
Chara gave a quick sad look but didn't back down.
Dropping it, their hair fell back down their side, reaching the bottom of their head, they turned to Frisk, eyeing them quizzically.
Their iris' blue, a blood red color along the outside, wavering back and forth towards the pupil. Mouth strung down in a frown.
"Um… what are you-" Chara brought their hands up and squished Frisk's cheek, thumbs on their neck, they could feel their pulse, the child looked at them confused.
They tapped Frisk's cheek with a finger "Baby fat…" They removed a hand and put it to their own cheek "Baby fat… hey, isn't it weird how our physical bodies always revert to their… how old are we… 12? To a child's size? It's like we never age…"
"Your body's new, this is the first body you've had this timeline" They deadpanned, quickly realising a mistake in speech they spoke up again "Are you trying to flirt with me? I get the impression your trying to flirt, keyword, try" Chara squeezed their check tighter "Ow, ow, ok, I apologize" The squeezing ended.
"Um… are you going to let go of my face anytime soon, I don't mind you being close but… people are going to get the wrong idea..." Chara released their face and stepped away, Frisk rubbed their face where Chara pinched.
Chara rubbed the back of their neck "Sorry… um… lets go to Sans, he… he should be outside" They began walking away.
Frisk frowned, sighing as they stood up, they dusted off their shorts before following Chara. But…
Something walking down the hallway caught their attention, something… black? They felt as though they should follow it.
"say, where's your little friend?" Sans was leaning against the wall talking to Chara.
"I don't know, they should be here by now…" They scratched their head in irritation.
Sans turned his head to the resort doors, no one came through.
"sure you don't wanna just grab a bite to eat? i'm sure they'll put an order to go for em" Chara shook their head before feeling a painful tug on their Soul.
"Agh!" They leaned on their side against the wall, clutching the fabric of their shirt.
"don't go falling for me already kid" Chara squeezed their eye's shut "kid, are you okay?"
Frisk followed the… thing and ended up… somewhere, somewhere blue.
As soon as their vision was clear they felt a vicious pain in their Soul. They sat against a wall for a minute as the pain lessened.
Down the path, they saw a door, Thank god, they might have pain killers, or a knife… They slowly got up and walked towards the gray door.
Sans had a hand on Chara's back, making small circles. Sans was never good at calming people, sure Papyrus had nightmares but no seemingly physical pain.
Chara had now thrown up once, emptying all physical food they had, their new Soul shook in disgust.
W- what's going on…? They turned around as best they could and saw the lines that usually lead to Frisk, they were not translucent like normal, no, they were completely red, bright red and wavering, they didn't lead into a wall like where Frisk would no, after a bit, they just vanished.
Frisk rested their had on the door handle, it felt cold, colder than any place in, what this place seemed to be in, waterfall.
Turning the handle, they pushed open the wood looking door, looking around they saw… gray. A gray floor with light gray walls.
A small pain returned, they felt the urge to look to their right, so they did. To their left, pointing up sort of, were two completely red lines. They'd seen these 'lines' before, they usually lead to Chara. They pointed to Hotland and up because the resort was on a cliff.
They turned back to the room, now, there was a person inside. A skeleton.
Chara sat up on whatever they were on, a couch?
"W- what happened…?" They shook their head a bit.
Sans appeared "well, you passed out on me so I brought you to my house to rest, Papyrus came by and healed you if anything needed to be, just in case" Chara nodded and thanked him.
"how's the pain? something told me you were in pain, it was either the scrunched-up face or the fact you said you were in pain" Chara nodded again.
"I'm good, thank you, it's there by less" They looked at the lines, they lead to waterfall now… either some random place or the telescope room, the end was still wavering.
"W- who are you?" They took a step in and something pushed them in and closed the door, when they turned around the door was gone.
They turned back to the… skeleton "P- papyrus… is that you…? Can't b- be Sans… too lazy to make a costume, besides y- your battle body" the skeleton moved forward.
"6apyr0s…" It said though to Frisk it was gibberish.
"What? I c- can't understand you…" They took a step back but found themselves against wall.
Wait… I'm not gunna let a pile a goop scare me! They stepped forward "Who are you?" They asked with more confidence.
"N0t friad… g00d, 0h… $0rry…" It made a noise similar to clearing a throat.
"T#$t… t#s-I-… test… ah, here we are… you cannot understand me, but they could… sort of…" It cleared its throat again?
"Much better… that way was annoying… for both of us…" It stepped back and a… box opened beside it, it showed Papyrus running along side Undyne humming Bonetrousle, Undyne was yelling the noises for Spear of Justice.
"Papyrus…" It put a hand on the box but fazed through it, it sighed.
Frisk cleared their throat "I said, who are you, what is this place…" their voice wavering at the end.
It chuckled "The mask over the face, like a curtain over the glass… that is you Determination Child… or would you prefer Frisk?" It turned its head(?)
Frisk sighed loudly and reached into their inventory for the burnt pan, which they grabbed after the musical. "If you know my name you should know a little about me, as in, I don't have a lot of patience with strangers" They held the burnt pan in their hand and took stance.
"Who are you" It was not a question.
Its pinpricks turned to look at the rooms… 1, 2, 3, forth wall "Do not worry, this is not a story about me…" It turned back to Frisk.
Frisk ran up to it and swung the pan down, it slid to the side, dodging the hit.
A song began to play. Dark, darker, yet darker.
Frisk growled "Dodging… why can't Monsters just sit still and die like good little creatures!" They ran up to it again and lifted the pan above their head, swinging it down it slide left again but Frisk did not just swing down, they curved their attack to where it went and struck.
-17
No health bar appeared, nothing went down, the number changed to two 0's. "You may vent, but, let me speak" Frisk huffed but nodded as they ran towards it again.
"I, am Gaster, W.D Gaster, the way I was-" He teleported behind Frisk, the child looked around before swinging behind.
-138
The damage turned to zeros again. "-speaking before was a… calmer version of my font, Wing Dings, no one can understand it without a translator, i.e. my sons, anyways, you may call me Gaster" Gaster gave a small bow before moving again to dodge Frisks attacks.
"I'm-" They swung and missed "Frisk, as you…" again "know, why bring me-" they swung again, hitting its hand.
-300
Zeros again.
They sighed heavily "-here?" Gaster chuckled as he dodged again.
"You followed me when I lead, you came of free will, though I do apologize for the pain Chara is in…" He lowered his head sadly and frowned.
Frisk eyes widened, slightly redder.
"Chara, what did you do to them!" They ran to Gaster and swung at him.
-23846
They stumbled back due to the shock. The number. It didn't turn to zeros. A cracked green health bar went down by roughly 3%.
Gaster's eye sockets widened. He was damaged, in all of time and space, few have been able to hurt him, this Frisk hurt him more then the others have. But… he was not mad, merely… shocked.
"The intent to kill… the more harm you wish upon someone, the more you can hurt them… that is a law of these worlds…" He recited words he had read long ago.
Frisk stood ready again, determination burning in their eyes. "What. Did. You. Do. To. Them." This was no question either, they were ready to beat the answer out of Gaster.
The spot where Frisk had hit did not heal and neither did his HP. Gaster stood(?) straight "I did not do anything, if anything, you are causing them this pain, you are hurting them…" He spoke calmly.
Frisks eyes narrowed at Gaster. "What" Their voice low and menacing.
Their LOVE glitched.
7 LV
It glitched again.
1 LV
Frisk didn't notice but Gaster did, he took a step back. In the short time it was 7, Frisks iris' had turned completely red, blue gone.
"You being away from each other is causing both of you pain, mentally and physically respectively, it is hurting in what you lack" Frisks head tilted slightly "They lack a complete Soul, their Soul is hurting, you lack mental capabilities, you are thinking irrationally and causing yourself to… go haywire, so to say" He slid back to the centre of the room.
"W- what? Are you calling me an idiot?" They raised the pan again.
It happened again.
2 LV
…
1 LV
Gaster shook his head franticly and waved his hands "No! I did not mean to, I am simply saying… you know you are 'insane' yes? Your separation is worsening that, irrational thinking, quick to jump to conclusions, your anger becomes less… manageable…"
Frisk thought about it for a second before nodding and putting the pan away, now calm- er… calmer.
"How do you know this?" They decided if they were going to be here, they looked behind themselves, no door, they may as well get answers.
"Because I am told by… person, I call them the author, enough about them, any other inquiries?" Frisk nodded.
"What happens if I'm away from Chara for too long?" They asked more worried. They didn't want to hear the answer but they needed to.
Gaster sighed and a box appeared in front of Frisk, it was of Chara eating spaghetti at Sans and Papyrus's house. They felt relieved "They're all right…"
"If, you are away from the first Human for too long, I do not know how long, you… will lose all sense of humanity, that is all I can say on that for now…" Gaster looked at them as they stared at the floor. They looked, sad.
Frisk took a deep breath "Y- you said this was… my fault, how?" They didn't look up
"Your actions" He said plainly, as though obvious.
Frisk stood up and turned around, the door was there, they walked to it and placed their hand on the handle.
"Do you think you are above consequences?" Gaster asked.
Frisk opened the door and stepped out, the began to close the door. "Yes" They door shut.
Gaster sighed but smiled "That is good… I did not get to say everything I wished to today but… there is always tonight, I believe Asriel will enjoy the company in the child's dreams…" They looked to the door again.
"Good… you will need that thinking later Frisk… stay determined"
He turned abound and began watching a random universes Asriel Dreemurr battle.
* I'm sorry for the short chapter but, this is part one and this felt like a good place to end it, next chapter will be up as soon as possible, stay Determined!
