Chapter 10: The Fallen Child and hallucinations of goats

(Third person)

Sans was balancing a bone on his index finger, looking at the moon high in the sky and the beautiful stars. He felt calm as he waited, the distant city lighting up like the trees in Snowdin. He heard rocks shuffling under foot and sighed as a memory of the final corridor with lv 19 Frisk.

Chara was a few meters away from him now, smiling as he held the sharp blade. A loose patch of rocks made Chara shift and she knew that Sans had heard her. 'Hey kid, lovely night isn't it? Crickets are whistling, stars are twinkling. On nights like this, kids like you' Chara felt a chilly boney hand around her soul as she was thrown in the air. Chara was smashed into the ceiling and bones dropped down, skewering him in the arms and legs and keeping him in place. Chara had long since become numb to pain but with this new body the feeling of pain came back but instead of screaming, he moaned. 'Oh it feels so good to feel something. You aren't wasting anything are you? Going straight to the point' Chara laughed at his own joke but Sans continued looking over the night sky. 'I already lost my family once, not taking any chances this time' Sans said before his eye started to glow as he summoned gaster blasters. 'Make one wrong move and I will vaporize you. Understand Chara?' Sans finally turned around and noticed the blood dripping from his wounds. Chara was smiling with that creepy grin of insanity making Sans shiver.

The band of monster friends were walking though the judgement hall. Rose was shaking uncontrollable as she walked though the hall, wanting to cower and hide from the hallucinations and memories of monsters with claws and sharp teeth. They were clawing away at her skin, biting into her flesh, using fire and ice magic to torture her. Rose closed her eyes, telling herself they weren't real but they mocked her for every fault she had, every bad deed, every time she showed weakness. 'Filthy murderer!' one of the hallucinations shouted before raking his claws over her arms. Warm sticky blood seeped from the wounds, leaving a trail behind her of blood as it flowed like a fountain. It felt so real but she knew they weren't real, no matter how hard she tried they just wouldn't go away.

Undyne felt guilt as she walked though remembering how she had cracked a smile when no one was looking as they beat Rose with out mercy. Undyne's family were one of the monsters that had suffered from the mania of Rose's family. Her siblings and father murdered in front of her before Rose's family were caught and brought to justice. Her little brother barely only 6 years old had been killed in the rampage and a little bit of Undyne had broken that day as she watched the life fade from a 6-year-old.

Asgore didn't have good memories of this place either. Living for thousands of years meant you saw a lot of horrible people come before you and have their throats for a painless death. He remembered Rose's trial, that had been the hardest for him. When Asgore watched Rose get beaten to near death he felt like Asriel was the one being killed instead of Rose. Rose had been one of Asriel's only friends and it had killed Asgore to watch with no signs of hurt of emotions.

Alphys felt guilt as well. She had felt terrible but she had been experimenting on Rose while she was down in the lab. Alphys had slipped very small doses of determination in the food she would give Rose knowing that her kind where more solid then other monsters. Alphys had also given Rose shocks when she slept to see if it slowed the progression of disintegration, turns out only the high painful amounts did. Rose often would woke up screaming from the pain and Alphys would have to drug her so that Rose would forget the pain and knowledge of what Alphys was doing so Rose would still treat Alphys like the hero she wasn't.

The group reached the throne room and the hallucinations plaguing Rose faded away. She was still terrified from the fact the surface was so close, her freedom was so close. 'I'm scared' Rose whispered as she stood still at the exit, terrified of everything that was about to happen. Toriel grabbed Rose's hand gently, smiling a comforting smile. Rose pulled away gently giving a smile as a hallucination of Toriel with a large line cut across her chest. The vision was behind the real Toriel and the sight made Rose's breath catch. Rose shivered as a chill ran up her spine as she walked though the exit to the throne room.

It was a cave entrance and the exit to the surface was right in front of her. The night sky was beautiful and gave hope to the other monsters as they looked at their window to a sea of lights. Everyone except Rose walked forward to Sans, glad to see him.

'Look up' Chara spoke in Rose's mind watching her reaction as she looked up. Rose gaped in horror at the impaled figure above her. It had bones though its arms and legs, the molded ends locking him in place. 'Don't you remember me? Your old friend Chara? Don't you want to help your old friend?' Chara's voice echoed in Rose's mind as she felt a pulling sensation on her soul. 'Its not real, its just an illusion' Rose said to herself quietly as blood dripped onto her fur. Rose started to walk off before the voice spoke again. 'that's no way to treat your friend is it? Especially when your friends are on the line' Rose stopped this time and looked up at Chara. Chara was giving her a huge insane smile as her blade shone in the moon light. The blade was familiar to Rose and she then realized that was the same blade she had been holding on her worst reset. 'That got your attention well, now do you want me to explain what happened in that one reset? Or do you want me to take whats mine right now?' Rose felt a sharp pain throughout her whole body. Rose wanted to scream but nothing came out, maybe this being wasn't a hallucination and really was her childhood friend. Rose looked at the entrance and noticed that her friends were no where to be seen, they had abandoned her.

'Ok its story time! once upon a reset a certain human killed all his friends and family he had made on an old reset. The human was standing before the judge of the underground and died many many times. But on one special reset he killed the judge. Stricken with grief he tried to back out before the end.

The demon that had pushed him to kill everyone had gained enough power to become solid after thousands of years waiting for someone to give her the power. The demon took the human's soul and forced him to reset. The demon let him use his soul but the human was permanently bound to the demon. In an attempt to make up for his sins he didn't kill anyone and instead made friends with everyone. In the end of his route the demon possessed his body and forced him to kill all his friends.

After many attempts to regain his soul he gave up and then finally stumbled upon something he could use to get a happy ending again and "repent" for his permanent sins. The human had stumbled upon a young monster dying in a laboratory seeming hopeful but afraid. Now I think you can fill in the dots can't you?' Chara finished the story smiling as in the dark her red eyes glowed.

Rose grabbed his heart locket and opened it, looking at the red border around her pink soul. 'Your… really Chara?' Rose said before looking up at Chara with unreadable eyes. Chara just smiled, less insane then before but now the smile of a predator when it finds good pray. 'Yes now-'Chara was stopped midsentence by vines gently pulling him off the bones and pulling him down to the ground gently. Rose went in for a large hug startling Chara at the fact she wasn't cowering in fear. 'I remember you. Its been so long hasn't it? I thought you had died with Asriel all those thousands of years ago' Rose said as she held Chara close to herself. Chara was shocked but regained herself and laughed. 'Oh this is so funny! Your as easy to manipulate and forgive as your family!' Chara laughed as she heard Rose gasp.

'They were already on the brink from watching so many monster die from old age that is was easy as pie to manipulate them into killing. I loved how they all broke and just how with just a few influences and whispering I could make them become killing machines. I wasn't happy when they were apprehended but it certainly had given me a bit of power.' Chara said with a smile as Rose broke from the hug. The knife was gleaming in the moonlight eerily as Chara held the knife over his head. Rose was in too much of a state to do anything as Chara held the knife right above Rose. With a calm smile across his face Chara swung the knife.