DHHW: It's time for chapter 5. Last time, Asriel and Frisk battled against Chara after finding out the true about him. Asriel even went Hyperdeath. But even so, they weren't able to beat him. He escaped to fight another day.
Frisk: Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, and Alphys all now know the truth about Chara cause we told them.
Asriel: They all know what really happen on the day I died now. Undyne... seem the most fazed.
Frisk: As she should. I can't believe that bastard.
Asriel: Frisk, calm down.
Frisk: How can I calm down after everything Chara has done. Everything that he did.
Asriel: Frisk...
Frisk:. ... What's happening to me?
DHHW: ... Let's begin the chapter.
Chapter 5: Nightmares: Frisk and Asriel's big decisions
It was nighttime at the Dreemur household. Frisk and Asriel were still in their room sleeping off their last battle. But it wasn't like they were sleeping well. Inside their minds, they were thinking deeply.
Frisk was dreaming that he was standing in a place of complete darkness. Nothing was in sight for miles.
"Where... am I?" Frisk asked himself as he look at all directions. "Alone... with nothing back darkness."
At least he thought that he was alone. Find behind him, he heard a voice. A voice that sent chills to his spine.
"Awww. Do you need some company?" The voice said.
Frisk quickly turned around and saw that it was Chara. Chara just did his usual sly smile at Frisk.
"Chara?! What are you doing here?" Frisk said shocked. He then shook his head trying to snap out of it. "No. I'm dreaming. You're not really him."
"You're only half right." Chara said walking closer to Frisk. "You ARE dreaming. I just happen to be dreaming with you."
"Say what? So you just happen to be here in my dream with me?" Frisk asked.
"Correct. So in other words, I am the real Chara." Chara stated smirking.
This was quite weird and a bit of a surprise. How was Chara able to be in Frisk's dream if this was the real Chara?
"So maybe you are what you say. But even so, HOW?" Frisk asked starting to get angry.
"Wellll... if you really want to know... in a way, we're connected." Chara said.
"Connected?" Frisk said confused.
"Remember what we talked about? It's because of your actions, my soul disperse from your body and stopped existing. However..." Chara said smirking some more. "... a tiny part of my soul is still hidden deep inside your own soul."
"What?" Frisk asked stunned as he put his hand on his chest as he grips it. "A part of your soul... is inside me?"
"Yup! Makes sense that I can be here in your dream, riiiight?" Chara said. He then walked closer to Frisk smirking. "You know, this actually isn't a bad thing. It's almost like we are really brothers."
Frisk took one big step back from Chara with an angry look on his face.
"You are not my brother. My only brother is Asriel. The one you used and let die." Frisk said gritting his teeth.
"Awww. You're so mean. Why do you got to be like that?" Chara said pretending to be offending.
"So what do you want?" Frisk asked. "I'm assuming your not invading my dreams just to say hello."
"Relax. It's not like I can kill you here." Chara said waving his right hand up and down. "I'm only hear to do some talking. No harm in that, right?"
Frisk didn't like the fact that Chara was in his dream and still hated everything he's ever done. So it was clear that he didn't have great feelings for him. Yet, he still had a few more questions to ask him.
"Well if you are gonna be here, I got a few more questions for you." Frisk said to Chara. "Why are you after me? You said before you needed my soul to reset the timeline. But you stayed in this timeline to age. So in other worlds, you could have just killed me at any time you wanted. Why did you wait?"
"Honestly, it's was because I was bored." Chara said shrugging.
"Because you were bored?" Frisk asked not to feeling that it was true.
"Yeah. It dull doing the same thing over and over and over again. So I decided to wait things out to spice things up. Let you take some time to marinate in experience. Boy, did I make the right choice." Chara said smiling slying. "Like I said, you are stronger than all the other Frisks. Even the Genocide ones. However..." Chara then gave Frisk a serious look. "... you are still too weak to have a chance against me."
"Tch!" Frisk said griting his teeth.
"Have you even mastered your determation at it's full power?" Chara asked.
"Full power? What do you mean?" Frisk said looking a bit curious.
"Hmmmm..." Chara said as he scratches his chin a bit. "Alright. I'll humor you and tell you." Chara then pointed at Frisk chest where his soul is. "You already know about the power of a human soul. In some cases, it's even more powerful than anyone would ever know. But... have us humans ever unlocked that power and see what we can really do with it? If you can unlock that power, you can become stronger than you can ever imagine."
"My soul... can be that powerful?" Frisk asked as he placed his hand on his crest. "How do I unlock it?"
"Not telling." Chara said smirking. "Can't expect me to tell you everything? The hero has to figure out some things on his own, riiiiight?"
"Nothing's ever straight-forward for you, is it?" Frisk said looking mad.
"Haha! You already know me so well." Chara said smiling more.
"Listen you, I don't want to play games with you." Frisk said sounding serious.
"Awww. But games are so much fun." Chara said pretended to be offended.
Frisk didn't know what could happen to Chara to make him this way. Asriel always told him that he was rough around the edges when they were kids. But even then, he wasn't that bad of a kid to be this way.
"I want our battle to be a good one. That's why I want you and Asriel to train as much as you can before that." Chara said smirking.
"How do I know you are not gonna be doing any more charity killings while we're doing that?" Frisk asked sounding serious.
"Now now. You don't need to worry about that. I already know I can't go willy-nilly with my killings anymore. I don't want anyone else on my trail. Not that I can't handle it." Chara said slyly.
"Grrrr..." Frisk said looking down on the ground.
"So get as strong as you can for our battle. Make it a battle worth fighting. A true fight to the death." Chara said smirking. "What do you say, Frisk?"
Frisk still had his head down and a shadow covered his eyes. He then started recalling what Asriel told him a long time ago.
"Don't kill, don't get killed. That's the promise I made to Asriel... and I tend to keep it." Frisk stated to Chara.
"Tsc! Man, you really are no fun." Chara said looking disappointed and turning his back on Frisk.
"However..." Frisk said in a serious tone with got Chara's attention again. "I worked hard to finally make things better for everyone. I won't let anyone try to ruin that. So... if you do anything to hurt my friends, if you ever do anything to hurt my family, or if I ever had to deal with the sight of seeing my brother, Asriel, turn into dust right before my eyes..." Frisk then lifted his head up and revealed his crimson red eyes as he glares at Chara. "... then I have no choice but to break that promise."
With what Frisk said, Chara froze in shocked. But then he started laughing lightly. "Ha... haha... hahaha..." It than turned into a menacing one."HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THAT KILLER INSTINCT. YOU DO HAVE IT." Chara then looking at his right hand shaking. "Look at that. I'm actually trembling. Part of me is scared, yet part of me is also excited. Hahaha!" Chara said while smiling deviously. "Our battle is gonna be glorious. I can't wait. That's all for now. Get stronger for your sake... and mine too. See ya!"
Chara's body then started to fade away with the darkness. Frisk didn't say anything or do anything to stop. As Chara disappeared, Frisk was now on his own. He closed his eyes again, but was now feeling depressed. He actually threaten someone. That wasn't like him at all. Even when people tried to kill him. So to say that at someone, even at someone like Chara, was completely out of character.
Frisk then wakes up from his bed. He was in a black shirt with a red heart on it and blue pj bottoms. He stood up and rubbed his eyes a bit. He noticed that it was still dark out. The clock in their room said it was 2:56. Still a little too early to be getting up.
"Couldn't get any sleep either?" A voice said that got Frisk's attention. It was Asriel.
Asriel was up as well. He stood up in his bed with a black shirt on with the Dreemur Family symbol on it. It look liked Asriel may have had a bad dream as well.
"Yeah." Frisk said answering Asriel's question.
"Bad dream?" Asriel asked.
"In a way. You?" Frisk said to Asriel.
"In a way." Asriel answered.
Asriel did had a sort of bad dream. But in most ways, it was a very different one. Like Frisk's dream, Asriel was in a place filled with nothing but darkness for miles. But Asriel wasn't alone. On the ground in front of him, was a small little flower. But it wasn't just any regular flower. This flower had yellow petals and a face. This was a flower that Asriel knew all too well.
"Howdy! It's me. Your old buddy, Flowey." The flower said smiling.
"Go... away." Asriel said to him angrily.
"Awww. Don't be like that." Flowey said pretending to be offended. "After all, it's been sooooo long since we seen each other."
"..." Asriel was silent.
"Wow. You must be really angry with Chara, are you? The two of you were like brothers, yet it doesn't seem to be that way now." Flowey said with a sly smile. "All we did was give him love and what did he do in return?" Flowey face then turned demonic. "HE USED US LIKE WE WERE HIS PERSONAL PUPPET. HE TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM US AND NEARLY BURNED IT TO ASHES. You know what we have to do." Flowey then started smiling evil-like. "WE HAVE TO KILL HIM."
"No." Asriel said firmly.
"No? You idiot! Maybe you haven't heard me?" Flowey said looking mad. "He took everything away from us, he use us after we became friends with him, and... he's one of the main reason I exist. He's the reason you became a killer-flower pschopath."
"I won't kill him." Asriel said still sounding firm.
"Maybe you're right. Death isn't enough. After all he's done, he needs to suffer." Flowey stated. "So what shall it be? Rip him apart, piece by piece? Burning him into ashes? Drowning him in his own blood?" Flowey started smiling slyly. "So hard to choose."
"I won't do any of that to him." Asriel said angrily.
"So what then? Give him a slap on the wrist and let them get away with everything?" Flowey asked. "No no. He needs to pay. He needs to pay for everything. Accept that."
Asriel was silent. He didn't know what he should say. Deep down, he wanted to forgive Chara, but he knew the truth about all that he has done. Not to mention all the things he will do.
"You know what? Maybe I should take over." Flowey said slyly as vines started to come out of the ground. The vines started to surround Asriel. "Now... be a good prince and let me..."
Before Flowey could do anything, a fireball came from out of nowhere and blasted the flower.
"GAAAHHHH!" Flowey shouted out in pain as his vines disappeared.
"What?" Asriel said confused. Mainly because he wasn't the one who fired the fireball.
"Wh... Who..." Flowey says in pain and with embers on his leaves.
"I think that's enough out of you." A voice from the darkness said.
"Who's there?" Asriel asked.
"Do you have to ask?" The voice asked. Out of the shadows, came a white goat monster with a black robe that had the Dreemur Family Crest. He had black marks on his face and black eyes. It was Asriel in his Hyperdeath From. "It's me. It's you. Your great power. Asriel Dreemur, The Absoulute God of Hyperdeath." He said in an overly dramatic matter.
Both Asriel and Flower froze in a... bizarre way.
"Wow... I wasn't that dramatic when I was you, was I?" Asriel asked his Hyperdeath self. "Cause if I was... then I think Frisk was right about me watching too much anime."
"Sh.. shut up! It was awesome." Hyperdeath said a little peeved.
"Grrrrr... what are you doing here? Can't you see that I'm handling things here." Flowey said angrily.
"I think you said enough." Hyperdeath said.
Hyperdeath Asriel then snapped with his right hand and flames engulfed Flowey's entire body. Flowey shouted out "AHHHHHHH!" in pain as his cries slowly started to quiet down. Once the flames were gone, so was Flowey. It looks like Hyperdeath incinerated him. Asriel didn't know how to feel about that. He basically just watched himself kill himself in front of himself. Hyperdeath then floated toward Asriel and stopped land in front of him.
"There. That takes care of that damn weed." Hyperdeath said.
"You know you didn't have to do that to him." Asriel said concern for Flowey.
"He's just a figment of your mind. He wasn't really there to begin with." Hyperdeath stated.
"Like you?" Asriel asked.
"Yeah. But unlike that flower, I'm here for a reason." Hyperdeath said.
"Why ARE you here?" Asriel asked.
"Isn't it obvious? It's finally time. Time for you to use these powers once again." Hyperdeath said to Asriel. "That's why you called for my power before, wasn't it?"
"What? No." Asriel said. "I... I didn't mean to..."
"Of course you did. Chara was about to hurt Frisk and we wouldn't let him." Hyperdeath stated. "That's when you called upon me."
"I did that out of anger." Asriel said. "Honestly, I didn't want to use that power again."
"No. Remember what we promised to the 6 fallen souls? We would use the power they gave us if the time was right. Chara's the reason." Hyperdeath stated. "Even if he was our friend, we can't just let him get away with everything. He's also clearly more powerful. We can't beat him without this power. You know that."
"Of course I know that. Of course I remember the promise. But... this is Chara we are talking about." Asriel said looking sad. He then turned around. "He was our closest friend. As angry as I am with him, I..."
"Let me stop you right there." Hyperdeath said. "Don't you remember what you said to him? We may have forgiven him in the past, but we can't anymore. He's too far gone and you know that."
Asriel clinched his hand around his chest.
"Even now, part of me still doesn't want to give up on him." Asriel said.
"*sigh* Clearly, you need more time." Hyperdeath said as he turned around and started flowing of the ground again. "But know this, Chara's not gonna wait around for too long. Do you want him to take everything away from you again? You better be ready and not be scare. Otherwise you having that gold soul was for nothing. Use my power or don't. Doesn't really matter to me. But if we die again, it's all on you."
With that said, a quick flash and Asriel's Hyperdeath self was gone. That was what happen at the end of Asriel's dream. Asriel told Frisk everything that happened in that dream.
"... and that was it." Asriel said finishing explaining his dream.
"Huh. So Flowey and your Hyperdeath self..." Frisk said scratching his chin. "So... are you gonna listen to yourself?"
"Well it's not like the other me was wrong. Yet... I'm just scared of using that power again. The last time I used that power, it wasn't for a good reason." Asriel said.
"Asriel, I know you wouldn't do that again." Frisk said.
"Yeah." Asriel said still feeling unsure. "So, what was your dream about?"
"... It was more than just a dream. It was Chara." Frisk said.
"Guess I'm not surprised." Asriel said.
"There something else. The Chara in my dream... I think it was the real Chara." Frisk stated.
"What? How is that possible?" Asriel asked looking surprised.
"He said it was because we are connected. He also said that a tiny piece of his soul was still part of mine." Frisk said calling out his red soul.
"What? Really?" Asriel asked.
"It makes sense." Frisk said calling his soul back into his body. "He also said something about wanted me to unlock my determination at it's full power."
"Determination at it's full power? What does that mean?" Asriel asked.
"I think it has something to do with tapping into a human soul's true power." Frisk said.
"Well... when a monster absorbs a human soul, they can become super powerful. Close to godlike even with only one soul." Asriel stated. "Does that mean that humans themselves already posess a power to be that strong and don't even know it?"
"Seems that way. I mean I didn't even know how powerful my soul was til my adventures in the underground." Frisk said.
"You think Chara already has this power?" Asriel said.
"I don't think he would tell me about it if he didn't already posses it. So my guess is... yeah." Frisk said. "So the two of us my be in for some trouble."
Asriel then went back to laying on his bed looking frustrated.
"Ugh! Damn it. What do we do?" Asriel asked Frisk. "Do we really have to fight him?"
"I don't think he's giving either of us a choice, Asriel." Frisk said. "You know how I am with fighting, but..."
"I know. I know. You don't need to tell me." Asriel said to Frisk not wanting him to say anything. "Let's just... try to get some more sleep. We could figure out something in the morning."
"Right. Good night." Frisk said to Asriel as he get into his covers.
So the two went back to getting some sleep. While Asriel was sleeping, Frisk was still in deep thoughts about something. It was about him having a small part of Chara's soul deep inside his own.
"Chara said part of his soul is within mine. Is that why... part of me is feeling so different now? Do I have his influence in me too?" Frisk thought.
A few hours later, morning came. Frisk and Asriel already gotten up and went to the family dinner table for breakfast with Asgore and Toriel. The family was all having cinnamon butterscotch pancakes. Toriel's special recipe. As everyone ate their breakfast, Toriel looked at both Frisk and Asriel faces and notice that something must be up with them.
"My children, is something wrong?" Toriel asked looking concern.
"Oh. We're fine." Frisk and Asriel said.
"Are you sure? As your mother, I know when something is wrong." Toriel said using her mother instinct.
"Uhhhh..." Frisk and Asriel said nothing know what to tell them.
"What's wrong, boys?" Asgore asked.
Frisk and Asriel had to come up with something to say.
"This is sudden, but... the two of us are... going on a camping trip." Frisk said coming up with something.
"A camping trip?" Toriel asked sounding interested.
"Yeah. It was kinda planned in the last minute. The two of us are actually leaving for it later today." Frisk said making a smile. "We are also bring Papyrus and Alphys with us. Undyne has other business and Sans is... Sans. So those two aren't coming. But it still gonna be fun."
"Oh. That does sounds fun." Asgore said happily.
"How long with this camping trip be?" Toriel asked.
"Just one... or two..." Asriel said before see Frisk make a gesture telling him to make the days longer. "...weeks. Two weeks."
"Two weeks?! Oh goodness. I don't think we can bare without our children for so long." Toriel said looking worried. "Maybe we should come with you."
"NO!" Frisk and Asriel shouted out. Maybe a bit too serious.
"Huh?" Toriel said looking confused.
"We mean... you don't have to come." Asriel said smiling awkwardly.
"Okay. Something is definitely up with you boys. What's really up?" Toriel said looking at the boys with a serious look.
"Uhh... well..." Asriel said feeling scared of his mother.
Frisk and Asriel knew they couldn't tell them the reason for this camping trip was to train themselves for their battle with Chara. But they had to think about something else to tell them. Frisk then came up with something.
"Okay. The truth is... we're worried about you two." Frisk told Toriel and Asgore.
"Huh? Worried about us?" Asgore and Toriel said together.
"Yeah. The two of us are worried that you two aren't spending enough time with each other. So the two of us wanted to get out of your fur for a while." Frisk stated.
"Yeah." Asriel said following Frisk's lead. "It nearly broke my heart when you two were separated. Even if things are good now, we still need you two need to 'rekindle' those ol' Tori n Gori-ness you two use to have."
"Uh huh. Can't do that with your kids around all the time." Frisk said with his right index finger up. "That's why you can't come with us."
"Hmm... Asriel, Frisk, if you two are worried about your father and I, you don't have to." Toriel said.
"Still..." Asgore said smiling as he moves his chair closer to Toriel. "... maybe a few days without the kids would be a good thing, Tori." He then put his arms around her. "You, me rekindle our flames, doing things like the old days."
"Your kids our in front of you." Asriel said not wanting to see his parents like this.
"I suppose a few days with the two of us would be nice." Toriel said tempted by Asgore's words. "Very well, Frisk and Asriel. You two can go on your camping trip."
"Great! Thanks!" Frisk and Asriel said happily. From underneath the table the two of them bumped fist on a plan well done.
"Ho ho! Two whole weeks alone. Whatever shall we do with the time, Tori?" Asgore asked Toriel with some hints of sarcasm and seduction.
"I'm sure we'll do something to past the time." Toriel said while smiling in a seductive matter.
The two goat parents then began doing their usual nose-nuzzling again. This, of course, isn't the kind of thing Frisk nor Asriel like to see. The two of them stood out of their chairs.
"We're out." Frisk and Asriel shouted. They both then picked up their plates of pancakes. "And owe are taking these with us."
The boys then left with their pancakes to finish them in the room. Asgore and Toriel were too busy nuzzling each other to notice. Clearly, things were still okay for them. As they walked to their room, Frisk and Asriel smiled at each other as their plan worked. Now they can train without their parents knowing the truth.
A few hours later, Frisk and Asriel changed into their regular clothes and pack everything they needed into their car. Food, tent, sleeping bags, and other camping supplies. With them, was Asgore, Toriel, Papyrus, Sans, Undyne and Toriel. Already in the car was Papyrus and Alphys. Frisk and Asriel had already text everyone their plan. So they all know the reason for this trip.
"Okay. I think we are all set." Asriel said packing the last thing in the trunk and closing it's door.
"Hope you all have good and safe trip." Asgore said.
"We're be fine, Mr. Dad guy." Frisk said.
"Be sure to call us if you need anything." Toriel said.
"We will." Asriel said. "If we even can where we're going." Asriel said quietly.
"I am very excited for this trip of camping." Papyrus said happily.
"So long as their ain't too many bugs." Alphys said nervously. "Did we pack enough bug spray?"
"You'll be fine. Don't worry about some tiny bugs, Alp." Undyne said to Alphys. She then looked at Frisk and Asriel. "You two punks stay well, okay?"
"Right." Frisk and Asriel said nodding.
Undyne then went closer to earshot of both Frisk and Asriel. "While you guys are gone, I'm gonna try looking for Chara. Gotta make sure he doesn't cause anymore trouble." Undyne whispered.
"Okay. But don't do anything crazy." Asriel whispered back.
"Try to avoid fighting him, if you can, okay?" Frisk whispered.
"I can't make that promise." Undyne whispered looking serious.
"Can you at least promise to stay alive for us?" Asriel whispered.
"..." Undyne was silent before answering that. "Okay. That I can promise."
"Thanks, Undyne." Asriel said with a smile.
Frisk then walked over to Sans to talk to him. The two of them moved a bit farther from everyone else.
"You take care, kiddo." Sans to Frisk with his usual skeleton smile.
"Thanks..." Frisk said. Frisk had a look on his face that he wanted to talk about something serious to Sans. "Sans... you I both know why I asked you to stay here."
"..." Sans was silent and he had his head down. His eyes were hollow.
"Besides Asriel and I, you are the only other person capable of taking on Chara." Frisk stated. "I rather you not, but... if that happens... well... be careful, okay?"
"..." Sans was still silent before looking back up at Frisk. "Don't worry, kid. I will keep our eyesocket out for both Asgore and Tori. I won't let you down."
"Thanks, Sans." Frisk said with a smile before bumping his fist.
"Welp, you know me. Always looking out for you... even when I rather take a nap." Sans said humorously while shrugging. "Better get stronger for my sake too."
"You got it." Frisk said looking determined and pumping his fist.
Asriel then honked the horn in the car wanting to get Frisk's attention.
"Frisk, time to get going." Asriel shouted out.
"Alright!" Frisk said waving back.
Frisk then got in to the car, riding shotgun beside Asriel.
"Time to go." Frisk said to Asriel, Papyrus and Alphys.
"See you in two weeks." Toriel said to Frisk and Asriel.
"Bye mom and dad." Asriel and Frisk said.
"Hit it, Azzy!" Frisk said ready to hit the road.
"Hitting it." Asriel said stomping on the gas pedal.
The car started moving and began to drive off. Asgore, Toriel, Sans, and Undyne all waved goodbye to them as they drove off. The four droved down the road and all started to have a little talk.
"With Undyne and Sans looking out for them, mom and dad should be fine." Asriel said.
"Now we just need to find an area to train." Frisk said.
"I think I got a place." Asriel said.
"Where are we heading then?" Alphys asked.
"We're heading to a forest on the other side of Mt. Ebott. There should be a decent spot for some training and it's isolated from everyone else." Asriel said.
"Great." Papyrus said. "Don't worry. The great Papyrus will train the both of you just like the old days."
"Thanks, Papy. We could both really use that." Asriel said.
"I just hope it will be enough." Frisk said looking worried.
The car continues to drive down the road. Out in the horizon was Mt. Ebott and from behind it was the spot where Frisk and Asriel would begin their training. The training for their battle against Chara.
End of Chapter 5