A man flipped through papers, carefully reading every word. A breeze flew through the window he had opened causing one of the papers to fly off the pink bed he was sitting on.

Still reading a page that went into detail about DETERMINATION and something called… timelines and alternate universes he extended a hand and the paper flew back onto the bed.

He placed the page onto a pile to his left that he had, for now, labelled unimportant things. As he did that he grabbed the paper which he had recently placed back on the bed and began to read it.

"Ah, Double Helix Souls…" He looked over the title again "This should have what I need… well, some of it"

He stood up and walked off the bed, he looked around the room for a chair, seeing none he opted to sit on previously stated bed "Stupid ghosts…" he muttered.

He looked back to the paper in his hands.

Double Helix Souls, this phenomenon can happen when a Human or Monster was meant to be born with a twin but the other child dies. For a Monster the child is too young to have formed a magical body so its magic simply retreats to its Soul while the surviving Monster absorbs the Soul in some way. It is not yet known how this happens.

In a Human, the affects are the same but the body has formed and is simply dead, the other child also absorbs the Soul as well, this is also still unknown.

When the Human or Monster is born the child seemingly has two Souls connected by two lines that form a helix, two lines that cross in the centre. Usually the Souls are so close together the helix is difficult to see.

A person with two Souls may be seen as someone with two personalities as they can act different from time to time but these two phenomena are completely different.

People with this type of Soul may seem inherently good or inherently bad as, to keep the balance that Souls seem to like, one of the Souls are good and one is bad. Whichever is stronger is completely up to how the child is raised and the environment they are raised in.

If the good Soul is stronger the person will be kinder, if the bad Soul is stronger they will be meaner but as the good Soul is still in place, they can be good and bad at times which is where the misconception of it being tied to split personalities comes in.

They person flipped the page over. It was blank.

His eyes widened as he searched threw the other papers trying to find a continuation of the note.

Failing to find another note he sighed and leaned against the pink houses pink door.

He ran a through his hair "This… these kids are going to be hard to figure out, lets just hope I can do something before the Acceptance muttering one does anything…"

Chara felt themselves being shock. They opened their eyes a little and saw the foot of a robe, looking up they saw an empty hood, the Riverperson.

They jerked away from them "O- oh… hey Riverperson… sorry I fell asleep…" They looked to their right and saw the dock of Hotland.

"Tra la, not a problem dear, traffic was a pain hehe" They turned to Hotland "F- Your friend should be near the stage tra la, they are waiting" Chara stood up and turned to Hotland but stopped when they felt something on their head, it felt like a hand.

"Tra la la… the pain will only get worse… Tra la la" The Riverperson removed their hand, they sounded almost… sad.

They turned back to the river in front of them as Chara stepped off the boat. As they began to walk towards the elevator they heard the Riverperson mutter something along the line of 'for the both of…' they couldn't hear the last part due to them sailing away.

They scrunched their face in confusion before shrugging and walking more to the elevator.

Frisk has been walking around in front of the stage door for the past… They looked at the SAVE Star, it's rotated twice around. For the past 10 minutes!

Where is that lazy excuse for a Human! Tempted to just waltz in there and finish the fight! They stop pacing and stand in front of the doorway to the stage. Looking inside they see Mettaton with his arms crossed over his screen.

His screen, what Frisk can see of it, is made into a very unamused face.

"HEY! Don't look at me like that! I have to wait for Chara!" They yelled into the room, Mettaton's arm went back to his sides.

"Why can't you just do this alone darling? You seem like the type of person who loves attention" Frisk looked both to their left and right.

"Because I'd probably kill you without them!" That got Mettaton to wheel back a bit. Frisk shrugged "I got some… anger issues I think! Doc said them being near helps me?" Frisk wasn't still sure themselves but… what other choose did they have at the time than to believe him.

Mettaton huffed and crossed his arms over his screen again, he then began to turn around supposedly looking at the room he's been in hundreds of times.

Another 10 minutes and Frisk was contemplating jumping into the CORE to see how dying to that would feel. Huh, you know you're a special kind of freak when you think of how dying certain ways would feel.

But they didn't care if they were a freak of whatever, they didn't really care what anyone though of them. If they insulted them, they'd ignore them, if they continued they'd lose an eye… then someone would scream and call the police, juvies fun! They got everyone to fear them within their first 10 minutes with the populace so, that's an accomplishment, right?

Anyways, they could handle if people picked on them because they'd just murder erm… well, can't really do that on the surface… they more… threaten to brutally murder them with a spoon, or glue.

Ever wonder the sound of someone choking to death on glue sounds like? Screaming and then silence, they've linked that with forgiveness for some reason.

Back on track again! They don't mind people picking on them but Chara? They don't like that either, since they've went 'good' and became a 'pacifist' or some other kind of bull they don't like to fight so, if someone picks on them, Frisk sends them flying into a teacher! Or brick wall if outside. They don't kill those people. No, its better to make the worst suffer for their sins. Oh, how much of a hypocrite they are.

Frisk heard the elevator door open, standing up they turned to the door. There stood Chara, when they saw them Chara raised a brow and stepped out of the elevator.

"Why are you dressed like that?" They loosely gestured to their attire.

Frisk was still wearing the clothes Undyne had given them. The blue jean shorts, black tights and black tank top which was cut along the bottom to reach just below their waist was still on them.

Frisk smirked and flexed their arms, tiny muscles being shown off. Chara laughed and shook their head.

"Wow, you aren't gunna flex me away with those tiny things" Frisk raised a brow as Chara rolled up their sweater sleeves and flexed.

Chara's muscles were bigger than Frisks by a bit. Little did Frisk know it was because of the remnant LOVE that they were stronger.

"All right, all right, you win, lets save the posing for the grand finale, wouldn't want the audience getting bored now would we dear?" Frisk bowed a bit and offered a hand to Chara.

Chara rolled their eyes trying their best to ignore the red dusting their cheek as they took Frisks hand.

Frisk led them into the stage room of which Mettaton was in the centre of.

"Oh finally! You" He stated pointing to Chara "You took a long time that people left! 19 people left because of you!" He sighed and ran a gloved hand over his screen in exasperation.

He was about to speak up again but Chara spoke first "Hey Metts, there's a mirror behind you!" They pointed behind him with their right hand as Frisk had not let go of their left, strangely, they haven't let go of Frisks either.

"A mirror? Hmm… I have to look my best at all times!" He turned around and started to look around.

"Hmm… I don't see any mirror-" He stopped himself as his arms fell to his sides.

Chara and Frisk stepped away from him, in their haste to flip his switch Chara had accidentally dragged Frisk along with them.

"Ah ha ha…" He turned around to face them "You. Just flipped. My switch…" His screen started to flicker a multitude of colors as smoke filled the room.

After a few seconds, there was so much smoke neither Frisk nor Chara could see Mettaton or each other.

A figure emerged from the white smoke "Oh my… you flipped my switch, didn't you darling?" it gestured to Chara "Well… if that's the case…" multiple fans turned on and began to clear away the smoke "I'll make this show…" A… lot of flashy lights turn on revealing Mettaton EX in his full glory "Absolutely beautiful!"

Mettaton EX makes his premiere!

Instantly a disco ball lowered from the ceiling and shined a blue line of light on the wall right of them, it began making its way towards them as more light shined on said wall.

Frisk stood still but Chara accidentally stumbled as the laser went through them causing them some damage.

-3

Frisk kneeled down to them and helped them up, "You okay?" Chara nodded and glanced at their HP.

96/99 HP

It was Chara's first time in a battle so it was also the first time they've seen their HP, to say the least hey were shocked they had 99 HP, usually they only have that on a Geno-Run but… they looked up and Mettaton EX was still dancing, Frisk had moved away slightly and was dancing… sort of… probably to distract him.

But Mettaton EX was there, not NEO so… they looked down at their LV, 1, they were now extremely confused. Wh… how? Just… what?

They were pulled out of their thoughts by Frisk tugging on their sweater. With an 'Eep' they were pushed to the ground.

When Chara opened their eyes, they saw Frisk looking down at them.

"Gotta stop meeting like this" they said with a smirk before rolling off them and onto the floor. They then proceeded to kick a Mini-Mettaton away that way flying towards them, its dented form landed on the other side of the room.

"Oh dear lord this is cold!" They scrabbled to get up and they hastily rubbed their arms to warm themselves.

Chara chuckled as they stood.

Of course, they would feel the cold of the floor, sure they had tights but, they're tights, and a tank top, really? How not warm can you get.

Frisk scowled at them from the corner of their eye "I can feel you judging my fashion choose!" They quickly shook their head with a 'brr' noise and faced Mettaton again.

"Aw, seems like I kicked you while you were down?" He gave a laugh and wink before sending more mini-metta's at them.

Frisk side stepped out of the path of three mini-metta's and behind Chara. Chara ignored them as they-

They fell on the ground… and the back of the knees hurt.

They looked around franticly as they scurried away from a white laser. They looked behind themselves and saw Frisk, they shot them a panicked-angry look.

Frisk returned it with a cocky smirk and shrug before smacking sway a mini-metta with their frying pan.

Chara jumped back and moved away from Frisk as not to get grounded by them again, Frisk gave them a pout, they ignored them and focused on the… "Oh fuck me…"

Several white, blue and orange lasers were heading towards them as well as quite a few mini-metta's. They could literally hear Frisk laughing their ass off from the other side of the room

Glancing at Frisk Chara saw them swat away a mini-metta and walk through a single orange laser.

Did Mettaton hate them or something?!

Chara was literally screaming as they ran around in circles like a chicken with its head cut off trying to get away from all the attacks.

"Frisk! Give me a weapon!" They yelled sliding under a mini-metta.

Both Mettaton and Frisk raised a brow? "Well, I only have the pan, you made me leave everything else because" Frisk put away the Burnt Pan and took out the Empty Gun, with the gun they aimed at a mini-metta that was about to hit Chara from behind, they shot it dead "you didn't want me killing people like" They jumped back from an orange laser and shot another mini-metta "in the CORE" They sort of growled the last part in annoyance.

Chara flinched at the mentioning of their first… kill. They really needed to talk to Frisk after thi-

"Oh darlings, as much as I'm enjoying your banter" Did he just interrupt their thoughts?! Why does he hate them so?! "I'm… I'm starting to realize something ghastly… you both chit chat too much to fight effectively!"

All the attacks were then either deactivated or returned to Mettaton. The disco ball Chara was dancing, er, flailing around slid along a monorail and stopped over Mettaton.

"I'm sorry darlings but… you're weak" Both Humans turned to him in confusion "Yes, you bicker too much to fight properly, I'm afraid Asgore will take your Souls and slaughter Humanity and…" the disco ball turned on, surrounding Mettaton in a prison on blue lasers.

With that happening a bright white flash enveloped the arena, when it went away, Mettaton NEO stood in place "I can't let that happen!"

Frisk and Chara each took a step back, they turned to each other shock mixed with a tinge of fear on their faces.

"Um… this is bad, right?" Chara nodded "How much HP does he have?" Chara shrugged as Frisk cursed under their breath. This was going to be long, hard, and painful… very painful.

Mettaton raised his cannon arm and held it with his other arm before turning to Frisk. He had a sad smile on his face, he was starting to like these kids, he truly was, they might be rude at time but, good company none the less… now he has to kill them, both of them.

He fired a purple shining blast of magic at Frisk who yelped and threw themselves onto the floor. He noticed the blasted singed their hair a bit, hopefully not causing too much pain. If he had to kill them he wanted it to be quick.

"Mettaton, we don't need to fight!" He ignored them and shot another three blasts at them, they dodged the first two perfectly but the last hit heir arm.

-9

Fast math and Chara found that they were at 84 HP. They decided to not question why they had so much HoPe and just roll with-

-9

God dammit! That hit them in the shoulder! He must really hate them, wait- why isn't Frisk getting hit that little-

This time they dodged the blast. "Ha! Opps…"

Mettaton scowled a bit and raised his gloved hand to the ceiling, the disco ball made its way to them again "WHY DO YOU ALWAYS ATTACK ME?! ATTACK THEM!" They desperately pointed to Frisk who looked at them confused.

Mettaton and Frisk shrugged as the disco ball shined lights on the wall behind had and sent them forward.

Frisk jumped left of a lightning bolt and cannon blast "This is… getting a bit insane…" They muttered, with an irritated sigh they pulled out the empty gun again and pointed it at the disco ball itself. Mettaton saw this and began to fire at them, Frisk dispersed the blasts by shooting them.

They quickly aimed at the ball and fired but a mini-metta hit their arms and made them misfire, the attack was aimed for the support cable, threatening that if it hit the ball would fall.

Mettaton's now exposed flashed blue and the disco ball shined a pure blue attack on Chara, forcing them to stay still.

The attack from Frisk's gun hit the cable making the ball fall form the ceiling, onto Chara.

Because the fall was falling so fast Chara had no time to react besides looking up a slight bit before the disco ball smacked the back of their head making them fall, unconscious and doing 1 or 2 damage being a physical attack.

As Chara fell onto the floor Frisk noticed the corners of the room light up blue, soon the entire rim of the room was covered in a blue light, Frisk and Mettaton stood still as the entire floor of the room turned blue. Chara continued to fall onto the blue attack.

Once they landed their body jerked from being attacked once.

-18

The corners of the room flashed orange before the entire floor changed color once again, now a bright orange color, Mettaton flew into the air slightly as Chara and Frisk were both hurt by the sudden attack.

-18/-3

Frisk moved their feet so they were stepping side to side. Chara still laid unconscious being hurt by the attack again.

-18

Now worried Frisk checked Chara's HP. 27/99 HP

Yes, they were confused as to why they had 99 HP but they couldn't let that question detour them. Running they rushed to Chara's side, for a second they stopped by accident being hurt for another 3 damage.

They picked Chara up making sure that they were moving as to not get hurt by the orange floor again, they turned to Mettaton and glared at him.

Mettaton had a sad look on his face, not even a smile. He didn't want to hurt anyone, he thought Humans only had 20 HP, not 99! He wanted- no, needed this to end. Now.

The color flashed blue before staying that color, Frisk, still moving got hurt again.

-13

They glanced back their HP bars. Chara was still at 27, good. They were at 1, good- wait what?! The sound of something being armed turned their attention back to Mettaton.

He was still flying in the back centre of the room, face not portraying any emotion besides sadness, his pink light wings flashing and leg tipped behind him. He had his arm cannon armed, ready, and aimed at them "I'm sorry darlings, I wanted this to be painless… goodbye" The cannon fired at them and Chara.

-251/-16

Frisk watched blankly as they fell onto the floor, blue light entering their vision before turning off. They heard metal hitting metal and what sounded like… footsteps?

A pink robot was what they saw next, Mettaton. He reached out for two red hearts in front of him but both cracked and shattered before he could touch them.

Toriel stood up and walked to her kitchen, setting the plate a slice of pie was on into the sink before turning on the tap.

She began to hum a familiar tone to herself. Memory. The song she and her ex-husband had made for their son when he was little, it was a song that always helped him sleep. And one time, forever.

She was knocked out of her thoughts when a plate fell onto the floor.

She took a step back and looked at it, it was the plate Asriel had made her when he was little. Now, it was shattered glass on the floor.

She wiped tears from her eyes and sighed Why do I keep these things around, they only make me cry she though as she bent down and picked up a shard, the largest one

On the shard was a word, or, part of a word.

ASRI

Another shard to on the other side on the room is the one she grabbed next.

EL

Was what was written on it, she put the two together.

ASRIEL

Under his name was a poorly drawn but still loved picture of Asriel, his head at least. But now, one of the last things he made for her were either broken or at New Home with… Asgore…

The world turned to darkness…

Toriel stood up and walked to her kitchen, setting the plate a slice of pie was on into the sink before turning on the tap.

She began to hum a familiar tone to herself. Memory. The song she and her ex-husband had made for their son when he was little, it was a song that always helped him sleep. And one time, forever.

She was knocked out of her thoughts when a plate fell onto the floor.

She was about to wipe the tears out of her eyes but felt a strange sense of Déjà vu like… she has already done this before?

She kneelt down to pick up a shard of the broken plate, the biggest shard but something flashed in her mind.

A child, Human, falling onto a glowing floor. They were holding… another Human? Two hearts stood in front of them, cracking and shattering.

She gasped as she returned to her senses, standing up and ran to her room and grabbed a cloak from her dresser.

Quickly putting on the cloak she ran down the stairs to the RUINS exit she once tried to destroyed.

"I… I have to go, I can't let them die… not another, I can't- won't, let anyone else die because of my foolishness" She whispered to herself as she rushed down the corridor to Snowdin.

Undyne fell backwards off a table she was sitting on at Alphys's lab.

"O- oh my g- god! A- are you okay U- Undyne?" Alphys stood up and rushed around the table to her side.

Undyne stood up and rubbed her back groaning "I'm all right! Take more than that to take me down!" She flashed a big grin and Alphys sighed in relief.

Alphys walked over to a separate counter and grabbed a device off of it and walked back to Undyne

"C- can y- y- you turn around p- please?" Undyne raised an eye brow before shrugging and turning around.

Alphys held up the device and pressed several buttons, a second later a green light came out of the device and Undyne visibly relaxed, her shoulders slumped and her posture became more curved.

"God what is that thing Al?" Alphys chuckled before poking Undyne's back.

"I- It's a miniature h- healer I- I use since I c- can't use h- healing magic I u- use this, it t- turns other m- magic into green" She explained lacing it back onto the counter.

"Fuhuhuhuhu! And you say you aren't smart! From what I know, even the last royal scientist couldn't do THAT!" Undyne patted Alphys head affectionately while Alphys flushed from embarrassment.

The world turned to darkness…

Undyne fell backwards off a table she was sitting on at Alphys's lab.

"O- oh my g- god! A- are you okay U- Undyne?" Alphys stood up and rushed around the table to her side.

Undyne stood up and rubbed her back groaning "I'm all right! Take more than that to take me down!" She flashed a big grin and Alphys sighed in relief.

Alphys walked over to a separate counter and grabbed a device off of it and walked back to Undyne

"C- can y- y- you turn around p- please?" Undyne raised an eye brow before shrugging and turning around.

Alphys held up the device and pressed several buttons, a second later a green light came out of the device and Undyne visibly relaxed, her shoulders slumped and her posture became more curved.

"God what is that thing Al?" Alphys chuckled before poking Undyne's back.

"I- It's a…" Alphys stopped talking and lowered the device from Undyne's back.

Undyne turned around confused and met with an equally confused Alphys "Is everything okay…. Ugh… stupid Déjà vu…"

Both gasped as something flashed in their minds.

Children, Humans. Both recognized them, Frisk and… Chara. Dying, being shot by… Mettaton! Crack, Shatter.

Once both came to they looked at each other before running towards the Labs front door, Undyne used her magic to summon her armour over her clothing.

As they left the Lab they both briefly saw a golden star before turning to the elevator Alphys had recently reactivated.

Papyrus opened the door to their house only to find Sans asleep. But oh no, not in any usual place like the couch or something. No.

Sans, was asleep, on the ceiling fan. Again.

Papyrus's eye socket twitched. Sighing he walked over to the kitchen, opened the fridge door, and grabbed a box of spaghetti.

He grabbed a pot from under the sink, filled it with water, opened the box and put in half of its contents inside the pot before turning up the head of the stove to a reasonable temperature.

Grinning he walked away from the pot and grabbed a can of edible glitter, took of the lip, and dumped all of it into the pot before stirring again.

"Nyeh he he! Brother, dinner is ready! And by ready, I mean it will be done in half of an hour!" He received snores to his statement.

Sighing Papyrus walked over to the living room table, grabbing a blue spray bottle he walked back to the ceiling fan his brother was asleep on.

"Nyeh he he… brother! Wakey wakey!" Raising the bottle he sprayed Sans with water.

Being sprayed Sans's eyes flew open as he flailed and fell off the of fan

-0.1

"ow…"

Comically, Sans landed the way a cartoon character would, with his pelvis in the air and sweater over his head.

"BROTHER! THE FOOD WILL BE READY SOON, I WILL PUT UP WITH THIS LAZINESS NO LONGER!" Papyrus retreated into the kitchen.

The world turned to darkness…

Papyrus opened the door to their house only to find Sans asleep. But oh no, not in any usual place like the couch or something. No.

Sans, was asleep, on the ceiling fan. Again.

Papyrus's eye socket twitched. Sighing he walked over to the kitchen, opened the fridge door, and grabbed a box of spaghetti.

He grabbed a pot from under the sink, filled it with water, opened the box and put in half of its contents inside the pot before turning up the head of the stove to a reasonable temperature.

Grinning he walked away from the pot and grabbed a can of edible glitter, took of the lip, and dumped all of it into the pot before stirring again.

"Nyeh he he! Brother, dinner is ready! And by ready, I mean it will be done in half of an hour!" He received snores to his statement.

Sighing Papyrus walked over to the living room table, grabbing a blue spray bottle he walked back to the ceiling fan his brother was asleep on.

"Nyeh he he… brother! Wakey wakey!" Raising the bottle he sprayed Sans with water.

Being sprayed Sans's eyes flew open as he flailed and fell off the of fan

-0.1

"ow…"

Comically, Sans landed the way a cartoon character would, with his pelvis in the air and sweater over his head.

Sans flipped himself over so he was sitting "was that a… load?"

Papyrus peeked in from the kitchen.

"DID YOU SAY SOMETHING BROTHER?" Sans turned to Papyrus and shrugged.

"nah, just lounging about" Papyrus looked at him quizzingly before both skeletons eye sockets went dark.

Friends… dead, pain, pink. Humans, protect, promise… Crack, shatter.

Eyes still lightless voids the brothers looked at each other before disappearing into blue and orange flashes of light respectively.

Chara and Frisk appeared back at the SAVE Point by the… elevator, yes.

Frisk turned Chara "How are you feeling?" Instead of a response they were tackled to the ground.

Chara pinned them to the floor tears forming in their eyes.

"Why are you mad at me?! I didn't do anything wrong this time, Mettaton shot us" Chara frowned before letting go of their restrained arms and pushing their face against Frisk's chest.

Frisk was confused right now, first, they looked liked why wanted to kill them, now, their crying against them- wait, crying?

Looking down they saw Chara, hands holding onto them as they cried onto their borrowed shirt. They never were or liked crying people but… they'd make an exception, just this once.

They slowly raised an arm and patted Chara's head… They really weren't good with crying people…

Awkwardly they cleared their throat "Um… are you okay? Heh, 'course not, ok um, what's wrong?"

Chara sobbed into the shirt "I don't like dying… it… 's painful… too painful…"

Ah, dying, that's where the problem lied. They didn't like to die, to them, they've only died once, well, twice. Buttercups and… being shot to death.

Frisk hummed in thought "H- how do you do it?" Chara looked up and wiped their face clean of tears, mostly "How do you die… so much and… act so… casually! That-" They turned to the stage door briefly "that was horrible… when I… k- killed you did you feel like…" Frisk simply nodded, face showing no emotion.

"Every time?" Again, they nodded. Over time they've sort of become… numb, to death, dying doesn't scare them, even if it were to be permanent, they would embrace it.

Chara stopped looking at Frisk and just dropped themselves as they laid on Frisk. Frisk didn't really mind, it was… comfortable and familiar, something they haven't done in a long time. Their body heat had already warmed up the floor beneath them so that wasn't a problem. They continued to play with Chara's hair.

"Dying… as scary as it sounds… isn't that bad, 'course I don't know what permanent death feels like but my kind of death, it's… pleasant, not too hot, not too cold ya know?" They gave a small laugh.

Sighing once again they gave Chara a big hug, they stiffened for a moment but Frisk wasn't detoured "Don't worry, if you don't like death… I'll make sure, no, I promise, you'll never die again" Chara started to cry again. Frisk rubbed their back "No one will hurt you… not anymore"

Chara groaned as they opened their eyes- nope. They closed their eyes again and moved a blanket over their face, the light hurt. Now in thought they wondered… what, they were on, they think they fell asleep but… where?

They remembered being in MTT Resort no… the CORE?

Wait what? When did they have a blanket!

They opened their eyes, now adjusted to the light that seeped through the fabric, taking the blanket off their head they saw metal. A lot of metal. Oh yeah, they were in the CORE because Mettaton k… killed them…

Closing their eyes they shock their head trying to forget the feeling of death. They arched their back on the hard surface they slept on, most likely the floor and felt something touch their back, they immedietly went still.

Bringing their head up slightly they turned it around and saw hair… brown hair. The color seemed familiar, wait… weren't they here with… oh dear… Frisk.

They most likely fell asleep with Frisk again, like at Napstblook. Only this time they were…

They moved their leg back slightly but, again, hit something. They didn't do it with force but, something back there…

They were a lot closer.

Their eyes widened in realisation and shock, oh no… where they…

It was then their body wasn't numb from sleep and felt a weight on their side, lifting the blanket, it was an arm, Frisks arm.

They came to the only conclusion, Frisk and them were spooning.

Groaning they put their face into their hands Why does this happen… Yeah, not doing this

Flinging the blanket to the side they crawled away from Frisk and stood up, when they turned around they saw Frisk was still asleep.

How do they sleep so soundly…? Once again they shock their head and walked over to the Stage door.

Peering in they didn't see Mettaton, instead they saw a piece of paper on the floor, a note. Walking up to it they picked it up, it read:

Hello darlings I… I don't know what happened after I killed you

I'm sorry for that but we somehow came back here?

When I left the stage I saw you two sleeping,

Looked quite adorable if I say so myself.

I… I don't want to hurt you… I gave you a blanket,

I know its not much but, I'm sorry.

I won't try to stop you, if you think you can

Beat Asgore, go on ahead. If you ever want to talk, I'll be in Waterfall.

~ Mettaton

It was autographed.

Sighing Chara folded the paper and put it into their pocket before walking back to where they woke. Once back they saw a groggy Frisk rubbing their eye.

"Hey Frisk, how was your sleep? You seem tired" They decided to leave out the fact of how they were sleeping unless Frisk asked, which, seemed unlikely.

They did want to make them embarrassed for some reason, they're always so calm about everything and Frisk somehow always finds a way to make them blush, they wanted payback.

"What's got you all cocky all of a sudden?" They stood up and looked down at the blanket before picking it up and wrapping it around them self.

Chara shrugged and laughed a bit causing Frisk to look at them weird.

Frisk started to walk to the Stage but stopped, they didn't turn around. "You know, you make soft snoring noises in your sleep" They walked into the room without another word.

Well there goes their apparently cocky smile off their face, and them blushing? UGH How do the always do that?!

Huffing they crossed their arms and followed Frisk as they finished looking around the stage and went to the next elevator.

After a very quiet elevator ride they stepped out of the metal box and started walking down the path ignoring the elevator to MTT Resort, which, did not work.

They did SAVE though. Chara didn't say anything for no words were needed.

As they were walking Chara slowed down and turned to the city. They could faintly see Monsters roaming about from where they were, the distance so great they couldn't hear anything.

Frisk walked back to them and turned to the city as well.

"Getting tired already?" Frisk was looking at them through the corner of their eye.

Chara shock their head and continued walking, Frisk jogged a bit to catch up.

* You're filled with Perseverance

As they turned a corner Frisk spoke up "Uh, I apologize for the comment earlier, I see that it might have come off as… creepy" Chara turned to them and smiled before turning back as they entered New Home, their smile not fading as the soft guitar melody played.

They never could figure out what the song was called or how/where it came from, nevertheless, they enjoyed it. It was the song that played at Frisks… never mind, it wasn't important.

They SAVED again at the front of Asgore's home and walked inside, everything was the same as last time. Gray walls, gray floor, gray ceiling, golden flowers. His house is as colorful as his imagination.

They walked to the right first, to Chara and Asriel's old room. Chara stayed outside as Frisk went it, tears were already forming in their eyes and being there might just make them break down again, they didn't want Frisk to see that again, it was embarrassing enough the first time.

As Frisk stepped in they closed the door and looked around, their phone buzzed. Taking it out hey saw they had an automated message from Alphys.

In the message was… their clothes, wow. Undyne did say Alphys would send them it.

Turning back to their door they made sure it was closed before putting their sweater on over the tan top, they'd keep it on in case if they got cold, better then wearing just a sweater.

After they'd switched shorts from Undyne to Chara's old pair they opened the first box and took out the locket, it read:

Best Friends Forever

They smiled at the message but scowled because it was from Asriel, they still didn't like him.

They put it in their pocket and moved over to the second box, as they took of the lid they saw the gleam of something metal… the dagger was shiny, it was normally worn and, dull and brown not new, shiny, gray and… sharp… sharp and jagged.

They grabbed the knife by the hilt and brought it out of the box, it was surprisingly light despite it being quite large.

Standing up they swung it, accidentally hitting the box it was kept it, it got stuck in the box somewhat. When they tried to slide it out it tore through the box.

It's… a kind of bread knife… They'd looked up what the type of knife was last TP run, when Toriel or anyone else wasn't home they… play with it. Found it was great for cutting meat and hard materials, found it works wonders on bone.

* You're filled with Patience

Since then they've called it a bone cutting knife, even though it wasn't one, those are much larger and much harder to wield, 'd be horrible to fight those knives.

Looking back into the box they found a cloth, they ended up wrapping the knife with it and hid it in their pocket, their sweater covered the handle and some of the blade.

When they left, they asked Chara why they'd even have a dagger before they died.

Apparently Asgore gave them one of his old worn knives to garden with, it was too dull to hurt anyone with at the time so when Chara asked him to train them in fighting they used that, almost killed him a few times, heh.

As they walked towards the key Frisk snapped their fingers remembering something and pulled out he locket.

"What's that for?" Frisk shrugged before walking around Chara and putting the locket on them. They stood their confused as Frisk moved their hair so the locket wouldn't catch.

They turned around to face them confused, Frisk responded by giving them a thumbs up and smiling with one eye closed while a faint red was on their cheeks, Chara smiled back before motioning to the key.

Two Froggit's hopped down the hall before noticing them, they entered a 'battle'.

"A long time ago, a Human fell into the RUINS…" "Injured by its fall, the Human called out for help" They hopped away as though nothing happened and left the house. They continued to the dresser.

Frisk grabbed the key, took out heir phone and put it on their keychain.

Chara turned to them confused again "When did you change clothes, you didn't have your sweater a while ago" Frisk shrugged.

* You're filled with Justice

"Alphys sent them to me, she was washing them, keeping the tights on though, not only to I look great in them but they're comfortable, no wonder your shorts are longer than mine, it's comfy" Chara sighed and shook their head solemnly, weird kid.

As they turned around they ran into two braver than normal Whimsum "Asriel, the king's son, heard the Humans call" "He brought the Human back to the castle" They turned around and flew outside as well.

Frisk tried unlocking the lock but Chara interrupted them "You'll need both keys to get through" Frisk shrugged, put the key away and walked to the kitchen with Chara.

Before they could reach the chair Frisk almost stepped on a Moldsmall, stepping back they saw thee Moldsmall's, they started talking.

"Over time, Asriel and the Human became like siblings" "The King and Queen treated the Human as their own" "The Underground was full of hope" Keyword, was.

Once the duo came out of the kitchen, key in hand, they walked to the gate which… in retrospect, they could have walked over…

Frisk unlocked the right lock while Chara did the left, the chain fell on the ground with a thud. Neither made any move to pick it us, they wordlessly stepped over it and descended the staircase.

Some Migosp's were walking down they path when they saw them, they stopped and turned to them.

"Then one day…" "The Human became very ill" Both pairs walked along, one up the stairs, the other towards more Monsters, some Vegitoids this time.

"The sick Human had only one request" "To see the flowers from their village" "But there was nothing we could do…" They burrowed into the earth, leaving to trace of them being there besides memory.

Chara wiped a tear from their eye and took a deep breath, with a body this was harder because… things happened, tears mainly.

Frisk noticed this and grabbed their hand, squeezing it in comfort. Chara smiled at them slightly before both continued walking.

Some Loox walked around the corner up ahead, they started talking before they were close "The next day" "They next day" They closed in "…" "The Human died" They left without stopping.

* You're filled with Integrity

A pair of Snowdrake's fluttered forth "Asriel, wracked with grief, absorbed the Human's Soul" "He transformed into a being with incredible power" They flew away as they came, silently.

The song melody still playing as they walked.

Chara remembered the day they carried their own body, such a small form in their arms, they were- are… they regret everything.

A trio of Icecaps walked forward from the corner as well, they stopped and started at Chara before speaking.

"With the Human Soul, Asriel crossed the Barrier" "He carried the Human's body into the sunset" "Back to the village of the Humans" Memory Village… Chara's old home, no, prison.

They turned a corner and met with some Washua's who didn't want to clean them simply speak, and so they let them, and so they did.

"Asriel reached the center of the village" "There, he found a bed of golden flowers" "He carried the Human onto it" They waddled away, not chirping as they usually did, the mood was solemn.

The next room they could see more of the bleak, gray city known as New Home, some Shyren's slithered up to them, they spoke as well.

"Suddenly screams rang out" "The villagers saw Asriel holding the Human's body" "They thought he had killed the child" They, to, made no noise as they left, as though an echo had left with no source.

They ignored the city and walked more, knowing what must be done. Frisk, knowing what must happen and what they must do, they pushed down any guilt if there was any.

Some Dummies stood on the path, though spaced so people could walk between them.

"The Human's attacked him with everything they had" "He was struck with blow after blow" "Asriel had the power to destroy them all" And Chara tried to, for survival, for revenge, for their brother's safety.

Chara remembered how it felt, being pelted, arrow after arrow, spear after spear. Not doing much damage individually, but together, was enough to kill them in the end.

A Magiks flew off a Knights Knights back. She didn't seem to mind the floating creature riding on her, they spoke soon after.

"But…" "Asriel did not fight back" "Clutching the Human…" "Asriel smiled, and walked away" the Magiks flew back onto Knight Knights back and she walked away, as though the other was weightless.

Three Final Froggit's hopped up to them, bowed to Chara briefly before speaking, voices quite yet strong.

"Wounded, Asriel stumbled home" "He entered the castle and collapsed" "His dust spread across the garden" With a final bow they hopped away.

Chara remembered that time. Them pleading, begging Asriel not to close his eyes, not to fall asleep… not to leave them alone… not to die.

Three spear wielding yet not threatening Whimsalot's flew in, stopped Frisk and Chara.

"The kingdom fell into despair" "The king and Queen had lost two children in one night" "The Human's had once again taken everything from us" Two of them flew away but the third stayed, looking at Chara. It nodded before flying away.

* You're filled with Kindness

Frisk squeezed Char's hand again trying to reassure them as tears flowed freely down Chara's face, neither trying to stop them, neither speaking, both walking, hand in hand. To the end.

Another trio… appeared, this time, three Astigmatism's, they blinked/smiled weakly before talking.

"The King decided it was time to end out suffering" "Every Human who falls down here must die" "With enough Souls we can shatter the Barrier forever" They blinked again before disappearing.

Three Monsters stood ahead, waiting. A Moldsmall, Loox and Migosp. The Loox spoke first.

"It's not long now" All three spoke together, in unison. "King Asgore will let us go" "King Asgore will give us hope" "King Asgore will save us all" Frisk and Chara frowned before walking away, leaving the Monsters.

Next, they saw a Pyrope and two Vulkins waiting for them.

"You should be smiling too" "Aren't you excited?" "Aren't you happy?" Each disappeared.

Finally, was a single, lone, Froggit.

"You're going to be free" It waddled away, not even hopped.

They stepped into the Judgement Hall, Frisk turned to SAVE. Not wanting to do that again should they die somehow.

They turned to Chara, they said nothing.

Frisk LV 1 5040:47

Final Corridor

They turned around, the tune slowly fading away as they stepped towards Sans who was stood in the middle on the hall.

Church bells went off as both stopped in front of Sans, none could see the other from the magic Sans currently had on the hall.

"heya, you've been busy, huh?" Frisk took a step back but other wise was not phased by the change of dialogue. Chara began to shake.

"… so, i've got a question for ya" he closed his eye sockets "do you think even the worst person can change…? that everybody can be a good person, if they just try?"

* You're filled with Bravery

Frisk took two steps forward towards Sans. Chara trying desperately to pull them back. Frisk turned to Chara and shook their head, face showing no emotion still, Chara's looked at the ground and wiped away their tears after letting go of Frisk's hand.

"heh heh heh heh…" He opened his eyes, smile growing "all right then. here's a better question" Sans sighed and put his hands inside his pockets "do you really know what you're doing?" This surprises Frisk and Chara, both taking a step back.

"don't remember a lot 'bout' last time… but, i have fresh memories of death, specifically, your deaths" He pointed to Frisk and Chara.

"yeah, both a ya, me an Paps saw you two die, to Mettaton, already gave the pile of scrap a piece of my skull but… I think you'll have company sooner than you think… who knows, why not give em a call" The room flashed black but a second later Sans was gone.

Frisk and Chara turned to each other, Chara has managed to stop their shaking as no one was going to have a 'bad time' and walked to Frisk.

"W- what was that?" Frisk shrugged and pulled out their phone, pressing a few buttons they put it to their ears.

A ringing came from Chara. Frisk slowly lowered the phone and turned to Chara, face full of annoyance.

"Why do you have Undyne's phone?" Their voice showing clear signs of annoyance.

"U- Undyne gave it to me when I came to look for you after you left her house! I swear!" They took the phone from their pocket and handed it to Frisk who sighed and hung up.

"You keep it, might need to get a hold of each other at some point" Chara was going to ask why but Frisk was already calling someone else. Papyrus.

Ring. Ring. Ri-

"HUMAN?!IS THAT YOU! I AM HERE WITH UNDYNE, ALPHYS, SANS, AND SOME GOAT LADY WHO LOOKS LIKE ASGORE! WE ARE COMING TO HELP YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE…" there was murmuring in the background as well as the sound of running.

"THE GOAT LADY WHO LOOKS LIKE ASGORE SAYS TO STAY PUT! WE SHALL COME TO YOU HUMAN! WE ARE AT-" The line went head because Frisk hung up.

Frisk ran a hand over their face while groaning, they closed their eyes and took a deep breath before, and, as gently as a highly-irritated person can, grabbing Chara's hand and continued forward.

They ignored the SAVE Point as Frisk was in no mood to SAVE and Sans was most likely not going to come back if the died.

He stopped doing that about a thousand RESETS ago, well, a thousand Pacifist timelines ago.

They walked into the Throne room and Chara hid behind Frisk, the former didn't seem to mind, if they did they didn't act.

"Dum de dum…" The grass crunched under the Humans weight and Asgore perked up "Oh, is someone there?" He bent down and set a watering can on the grass before turning around.

Frisk had an idea, they noted that they might need to apologize to Chara later.

Stepping to the side, revealing a shocked Chara. Asgore gasped and took a step back, his cape knocking over the watering can though it made no sound as it hit the flowers.

"C- Chara?" The Human in question looked up as Frisk removed one of their hands from their eyes.

Their face was covered in dry tears as some had set from the walk and talk earlier with the random Monsters.

"Oh… you… remind me so much of my child… I apologise for the confusion" Chara took a step back as their hands went to their mouth.

Did… did their father really not recognise them?

Asgore walked away from them and sighed, looking up at the ceiling where sunlight poured in, in small amounts.

"You have most likely heard what must happen…" He turned to the Barrier and began walking "Follow me if you will…" his voice holding nothing but sadness.

They were about to follow him but Chara grabbed Frisk's arm and pulled them back "Woah" They almost fell but quickly caught themselves.

"Why did you do that, I didn't want to see him..." They did not look at them, only to the grass, not even the flowers were caught in their gaze.

"I apologize for that but… I though he'd have a different reaction… and, I didn't think you would be this upset over such a little-" "This is not a little thing Frisk! My own f- father… the one who I was with for two years, don't remember me enough to recognise me… do you know how it feels to look at or be looked at and see someone else? Someone who you once knew… but they aren't?" They voice had grown quiet.

Frisk sighed and held Chara's hand, rubbing circles with their thumb onto the back of it "Yes" They stated, frowning as they looked Chara in the eyes.

Chara shock their head slowly and stepped forward, tightening their grip on Frisks hand making them follow.

"Let's just go kill my father already" Their voice tired, eyes still downcast.

When they walked into the next room Asgore was not there, when they turned, he was at the Barrier.

They followed him there, Asgore looked down to Chara and sighed reaching forward to put a hand on their head but stopping himself.

"I am sorry for earlier, truly, I am…" He stepped into the Barrier room, the Humans followed like before.

A shine of white light passed under their feet, going endlessly forward, was it west or north the light was ever heading? They know not.

"This, is the Barrier, this is what keeps us all trapped underground, if, by chance-" "I'm ready" "I'm ready" The Humans stated in unison.

Asgore nodded and turned towards them. The world around them went dark as the Souls in their containers rose from the ground.

* (A strange light fills the room.)

* (Twilight is shining through the Barrier.)

* (Sadly, the journey is not yet over.)

* You're filled with Determination

Asgore lowered his head and a red glow emanated from his cape "Humans… it was nice to meet you…"

A red trident shot out from his cape as he stepped right "Goodbye"

He shot it forward towards the MERCY Button, piercing, shattering, and destroying it.