*I don't own Undertale, Toby Fox does. Some of the game's dialogue and characters will be used.*
Chapter Nine: It's your best friend!
This time it was Papyrus. This time it was even more heartbreaking than the times before. I woke on the floor, screaming. Alphys and Undyne were at my side already. I stopped my screaming right away.
"A-are you okay?" Alphys asked. Both girls wore expressions of worry. I shook my head and tried to stand up, but stumbled dizzily. Alphys let me lean on her to get over to one of the chairs. I sat down as soon as I could.
"What has been happening? And don't tell us 'it's nothing' or 'it's fine'. It clearly isn't nothing or fine," Undyne said, looking into my eyes. Then I realized how this must have seemed to others. Up until now, I gave no thought to what others saw happening. Undyne had just seen me fall screaming then run away from her and Papyrus. Then she and Papyrus saved my life when I almost burnt myself to a crisp. It must have seemed all out of the blue and with no reason. No wonder Undyne and Alphys seemed worried over me.
But thinking back to what happened, I didn't know if I'd ever be able to really explain it. I put my head in my hands and started weeping.
"I-it's okay," Alphys said, putting her hand on my back.
"It's not okay! I'm a horrible being!" I screamed. "I've done horrible things! I don't deserve this!"
"What are you talking about kid? You've done nothing wrong, you're not horrible," Undyne responded.
"You don't understand!" I replied, looking up.
"Then explain to us," Undyne said.
"Since I have the determined SOUL trait, I can SAVE and RESET the timeline pretty much whenever and no one else will know. This isn't my first time falling into the UNDERGROUND. The first time I fell I made it though, befriending everyone. But eventually, I found this spirit. The spirit of the first human that fell, Chara," I explained. Both Alphys and Undyne looked even more confused.
"Chara tricked me. She said she needed me to 'let her in' to help her. I agreed to help her, but she took control of me. She forced me to kill. Everyone. Then she made me RESET and go through the UNDERGROUND, leaving a trail of dust. I tried to resist, but she was stronger. She made me do it over and over. Each time different. In my dreams I see myself killing again. I've killed everyone, and I hate myself. I understand it you guys hate me now, I deserve it."
"Frisk, w-we don't hate y-you. It w-wasn't your f-fault that that happened," Alphys replied after a few moments of silence.
"Frisk, when we started training and I told you to strike me, you flashed back when you did, right?" Undyne asked quietly, unlike how she normally acted.
I nodded. "I flashed back to-to," I paused, lowering my head. "I was killing you Undyne," I whispered, tears coming back to my eyes. "There was only one blow and- and..." I trailed off sobbing and unable to finish.
I've been surprised many times in the UNDERGROUND, but what Undyne did next was the biggest surprise yet. She came over and hugged me. Alphys put her arms around me too. I don't know how long we stayed like that, but it felt good to have people be there with me. After a while, Undyne and Alphys stepped back.
It took only four seconds for everything to go to hell.
The first for Flowey to appear behind them.
The second for me to lunge at the SAVE point and SAVE.
The third for Flowey to grab Undyne and Alphys in thorny vines.
The fourth for Chara to seize control.
Flowey laughed menacingly, watching the monsters' struggles. "You idiots! In this world it's kill or be killed!" he sneered. Turning to me, or really Chara, he stopped his laughing. "Do you recognize me Chara? It's your best friend!"
"Of course Asriel!" Chara replied. Though she was using me, her voice still sounded the same as ever.
"How did you do it Chara?" Flowey asked, laughing menacingly again.
"Oh, it was easy," Chara responded, laughing too. "I pretended to have a change of heart and acted innocent until I found my opportunity. It's almost funny how much a emotional breakdown can weaken one's determination!" As she talked, she strolled over a counter and opened a drawer.
The contents of the drawer couldn't have been worse. There were a bunch of different tools and other things, but it was lying in the center. Deadly. Sheathed. Chara's favorite. A knife. She casually took it out, like it was all normal to take out knives with that kind of intent. Right away, she unsheathed it, revealing a long, curved blade. The handle shined like had been polished and the blade glistened. It was Chara's dream. It was my nightmare.
Hello! There goes another chapter, finally a big cliffhanger. This chapter is much shorter than the other ones, but I wanted to get this out on time and I was writing a bunch of side stories that I hopefully will be able to post soon. This is currently my only main story I am writing, so this will definitely come out once a week, but my other ones will be posted semi-sporadically, based on what I had written so far.
bobston- Congratulations on being the first to review! Thank you for the advice, I will try to follow it.
Thanks for reading and I hope you have a magnificent day!
-Fophelia1331
