Chosen Demon

(Please note; this can be counted as a continuation to both versions of chapter five).

It was dark, it was cold, and I was scared. What had I just seen? I was floating, I think? A dream? It must be, I open my eyes, I can see nothing but darkness, my body feeling light. Its like I'm underwater… But my heart was not still like the cool liquid. A name still haunted my very existence, Player. The demon from the dreams that had taken hold of me after I fainted and went to that strange otherworldly place… My thoughts stop there as the darkness fades, replaced with bright, shimmering light. It showed through from the surface of the water, warming me in a comforting embrace…

I blinked at the sight before me. The goat-child from before was sitting next to me with an eager smile on his face.

"You're awake!" He looked so happy… "Remember me? I helped you out earlier." I remembered him, but I wasn't sure I remembered his name…I told him my name was Chara, the name the demon had called me. I didn't know why I felt so compelled to use that name but at least it wasn't 'Nima'.

"I guess you really don't remember...you must have hit your head pretty hard, huh?" He paused and seemed to be considering his words, "Well, I'm Asriel, sorry it took me so long to get you help, heh heh..." He was laughing sheepishly with a guilty look on his face.

"T-that's okay..." I said hesitantly, "I-it must h-have been p-pretty scary t-to see someone l-look like that..."

"Yeah, it really was," I knew it, I really do look like a demon- "You looked really hurt!"

"W-what?" Asriel seemed confused, he seemed ready to ask something but was interrupted by another person.

"Asriel, my child, is the human awake?" She was taller, must have been his mother. He was the spitting image of her, furry and white with floppy ears. The only difference was the clothes and eye color. While Asriel wore a bright green sweater with a few yellow stripes and has bright green eyes, his mother wore a long, purple dress with a symbol on the middle in white and golden designs at the bottom. An equally purple, cloth choker with a gold heart hanging from it covered her neck and a small golden circlet hung from her head with a smaller version of the symbol. She also had small horns and red...eyes… Red eyes? Was she, too, a demon?

"Yup!" Asriel replied with an unwavering eagerness.

"That's good, hello, my child." She was addressing me now, "Are you feeling any better?" She raised her hand and I jerked back, unwelcome tears filling my eyes. She gave me a look I had never seen before, one that seemed to imply she felt...bad for me? She immediately pulled herself back from the bed I was resting on, crouching down on the floor with a sad smile.

"Asriel, please leave us for now." He seemed hesitant to leave, "You can go help your dad with the new garden." He smiled and left without another word.

"Child..." She said softly as I hesitantly lifted my gaze to her, she was crying. "Are you okay?"

"I-I uh...I'm, I'm f-fine-just..t-tired."

"Chara, right?...you know, that's just a letter from meaning 'beloved'..." I didn't respond, but I felt tears dripping down my face. I was scared to be hurt but...she just looked so...genuinely concerned for me. "I won't ask what has happened to you, how you fell, or even why you are so hesitant to trust me but I want you to know...you are safe, Chara." She reached towards me, I flinched as her hand met my shoulder but didn't brush it away. I was crying too, now.

"You're okay now." She hugged me, I didn't move for a while but she didn't pull away. What was this? I had never felt so warm, inside and out. Everything in my world felt so beautiful at this moment, and the next as the feeling continues. Eventually, after the shock has worn off, I'm sobbing and frantically hugging her back; just trying to hold on. It stayed like that until I fell asleep again.