Too Late
Frisk opens her eyes slowly and she sighs softly, closing her eyes again as she realizes she's outside the Ruins, lying in a bed of golden flowers. She lies there with her eyes closed for several minutes. All my hard work, all for nothing. Because of Chara. She killed the kid, and Mom, and Sans, too.. I have to live with those memories, Sans does, too. I hate remembering when I die, I don't want him having to remember his own death forever. I won't let her use me again, I will stay determined to not hurt any of them. She won't win. I won't let her control me like before. I'll make her stay asleep.
Frisk opens her eyes, staring at the surface above as brilliant light shines down on her. She sighs, sitting up slowly, "I can't lay here forever. Let's.. Go talk to Flowey.."
She stands slowly, stretching her limbs. She winces, feeling phantom pains from Chara's stab wounds. She dusts herself off, brushing away flowers that had stuck to her. She brushes flowers from her hair and then walks towards the Ruins. She passes the entryway and she's shocked to find no sign of the flower prince. Worry fills her, "This isn't right. He's always here."
She walks into the Ruins and worry is replaced with dread, "Mom should be coming this way.. She's supposed to confront Flowey so he doesn't kill me. Where is she? Maybe she's not here yet. She's probably up ahead."
She nods to herself and hurries through the first puzzle. As she moves through the Ruins, she notices no monsters are around. She looks around, frowning, "I don't see anyone.."
She inspects her surroundings thoroughly and she gasps, seeing dust coating the floor. The dust has a sparkle to it, and tears fall down Frisk's eyes. Her eyes widen, "Someone's killing them! Chara?"
She takes off running towards Toriel's home, "Mom!"
She gets to the former Queen's house, breathing heavily. She runs past the sparkling star and straight in the house. No time to use Determination. She runs around the house and finding Toriel nowhere, she goes downstairs. Frisk runs down the corridor as quickly as she can and when she finally gets to the doors leading out of the Ruins, she finds a pile of dust, and the doors are standing wide open. Cold wind blows snow into the basement, sending the sparkling dust towards her feet. She covers her mouth, "No.. I was too late.."
She drops to her knees and sobs over her monster mother figure's remains. She stands quickly, wiping her face, "Sans and Papyrus!"
She runs out into the cold. She ignores the stinging wind and snow blinding her as she runs. She blinks back the snow and runs with all she has. Her breathing becomes ragged and her legs scream for rest, but she keeps going. She runs all the way to Snowdin and it hurts her to not have met a single monster. I did this by lying there too long. She catches her breath a little, then runs towards the end of town, trying to catch Papyrus before it's too late. She's met with a blizzard and she screams, "Stop!"
The snow clears a little, still falling hard. Frisk finds Papyrus's red scarf in the snow. She sobs as she picks it up, holding it close to her chest. She puts the scar around her neck, and wraps it around a few times so it doesn't drag the ground. The scarf covers up to her nose and she takes in a deep breath as she takes off running again. Sans appears in front of her and she yelps, running right into him.
They both fall down and she scrambles up, "I'm sorry, Sans!"
He stands, "Don't worry about it, kid."
The look in his eyes has changed, and it scares Frisk. She swallows and he glances at the scarf around her neck. She notices him staring and she starts to take it off but he puts up his hand, "Keep it."
She blinks, "A-are you sure..?"
He shrugs, "Looks good on you. Paps would like it."
His body shakes lightly and Frisk moves to touch him and when her hand connects with his arm, he turns faster than she can register and a bone shoots through her chest. She looks up at him, eyes wide. His eyes widen, "Oh, god, kid, I.. I didn't mean to.."
Frisk smiles at him as her soul shatters. He moves to pick her up just as she dies. Frisk wakes up outside the Ruins and she quickly stands. She yelps, falling to her knees as she feels the pain from Sans's attack. She shudders and stands again. She runs straight to the Ruins, Still no Flowey. She runs to Toriel's home, still feeling guilt at the dust on the floors. She runs right to the basement and again, she's met with a pile of sparkling dust and open doors. She cries, "No! I should have been able to stop her! I didn't waste time!"
She shakes her head, tears flying from her face. She runs for Snowdin. I won't be too late to save Papyrus, I won't! She gets to Snowdin, and it's still empty. She doesn't stop to rest, desperate to catch Chara. She stops running, finding Papyrus's scarf in the snow again. She picks it up and looks around, "Sans?"
He appears behind her, "Right here, kid. And, uh.. Sorry about that.. I'm.. On edge.."
She turns and hands the scarf to him, "Help me stop her."
He sighs and takes the scarf from her. He wraps it around his neck as she had and he pulls his hood up, giving his eyes a more sinister look. Frisk winces lightly but she turns and starts running again, "We have to stop her at Waterfall."