Chapter 11: Moving Ahead
55 minutes later…
"Thanks a lot for getting those decorations off me kid", Icecap thanked Chara, "But how's my hat? They didn't mess it up did they?", he asked concerned.
"Nothing's wrong it sir, it's perfectly fine"
"Oh good!", Icecap said with relief, "This hat means a lot to me. Alright then, goodbye", he said putting his hat back on then walking off.
"Bye bye, good luck", Chara said waving on their kneeing with a smile.
You never thought Icecap would have Gyftrot's personality AND simulation, poor thing. But you have to admit, their hat does look like a tree in a way. Speaking of Gyftrot, he had your Icecap's personality so when it was funny. Saying "What do you think of my horns, awesome huh?" or "You'd wish you have horns like these?". Then they started posing and making glamorous faces so much you couldn't help but giggle. When Chara got passed them, they tried solving Sans's ice puzzle where they kept SLIPPING up hahaha. *sigh* Now you both are in Greater Dog's- yyyyou mean Lesser Dog's area, man remembering this is tough. However, are no snow puffs. That's strange.
"WWAAA!", You both shouted.
Out from under the snow, Lesser Dog jumped out and brought Chara right into a fight. Oh snap you didn't see that coming! Your heart is still beating pretty fast from the jump scare, wait…JUMP SCARE?! HAHAHAHA hehehe HOHOHOOO MAN *SIGH*! Oh right the fight! This Lesser Dog is wearing armor similar to your Greater Dog's and is…holding a… circular like spear. Wait you know which one, is a…aaaa…OH RIGHT RIGHT! A lance! You seriously wonder how this dog is able to hold that weapon and moving around in that armor, what a very strong dog!
"Oh Chara, you gotta see what happens when you pet this dog", You said sounding pretty excited.
"O…kay", Chara said sounding a little confused.
*Lesser Dog charges forward*
*Chara dodges the attack*
*Lesser Dog tries to poke Chara with their Lance quickly*
*Chara tried to dodge, but take 10 damage*
*Lesser Dog raises Lance then slams it at Chara*
*Chara does a duck n' roll and ends up behind Lesser Dog*
*Lesser Dog is confused about Chara's whereabouts*
*Chara quickly starts climbing up Lesser Dog's back Armor*
*Lesser Dog has trouble getting Chara because of Armor*
*Chara sits on Lesser Dog's shoulders and begins petting them*
*Lesser Dog gets excited then their neck starts to extend*
*Chara continues petting them*
*Lesser Dog continues to extend*
"CHARA, CAN YOU SEE ME?!", You asked looking up waving your arm.
*Chara can't hear you, but they see you waving*
*Lesser Dog's neck bends and starts extending upside-down*
*Chara holds on and continues pet Lesser Dog*
*Lesser Dog extends near the ground*
*Chara jumps off the Lesser Dog*
*Chara spares Lesser Dog*
You didn't expect Chara to keep holding onto Lesser Dog's neck until they got back to the ground, they had one heck of a strong grip. Lesser Dog looked at Chara and licked them on the cheek which made Chara giggle, they're now away with their neck still extended like that, oh boy you hope they'll be okay like that. You both walk forward then arrived at the bridge leading to Snowdin, you so know what's going to happen next. Half way through it, you both saw Sans and Papyrus. YES!
"Human, This will be your final and most vicious challenge!", Sans said sounding very confident, "Behold, The Fist of Tremendous Horror!"
Hm same name, but different words. Not bad. Buuut, this thing has…more guns in it…wow. He explains it then holds a remote controller out, his finger in near the button that starts it all. Well…there's no need to worry, you mean…this Sans has your Papyrus's personality. They wouldn't do it…right?
"….well? What are you waiting for?", Papyrus asked looking at Sans with a cigarette in his mouth and his hand in his pocket.
"I'm-I'm not waiting, I'm…going to activate it now!", Sans said sounding nervous looking at the remote.
"….still not activated bro"
"It's just, this challenge…it seems, too simple to defeat the human. Y-yea, we can't use this!", Sans said with hesitation pulling on my scarf, "I am a skeleton with standards, my puzzles and traps are thought out and well severed!" This thing isn't proper, plus it's too harsh! Back it goes", he said pushing a button that made the weapons go away.
Oh good riddance, that thing gave you more fear than the Gantlet of Deadly Terror. Chara was frighten by it too, good thing you weren't the only one.
"Phew close one", you heard Sans whispers, "Wha-what's with that look? This was another victory for me, The Magnificent Sans! MWEH…HEH…heh…", he said walking away.
Chara is starting to feel sad for Sans, but at the same time feels very relieved afterwords.
"…Not surprised, Sans isn't the one to killed, let alone hurt anyone really bad", Papyrus said after blowing smoke out his mouth, "To be honest, I don't know what he might do next. It's best to remember those blue attacks", he suggested calmly holding his cigarette in his hand.
"Ookay, do you think Sans will be okay?", Chara asked holding their backpack strap.
"….You seem awful concern about my brother"
"It's just…he's such a nice guy, and…I still feel bad about what I…did"
"Look kid", Papyrus said kneeling down to Chara, "Since you reseted, you have a chance to start over. Nobody but us can remember this, soo don't feel to bad"
"But…you still remember what I've done, and doing this doesn't justify it either", Chara said softly looking down.
"….Yea…", He said softly looking away.
"But…I really want to change, I want to do better", Chara said gripping their backpack strap, "Even though I did horrible things to them, I WANT TO DO BETTER!", Chara shouted sounding like they were going to cry,
"Whoa whoa whoa, kid", Papyrus said placing their hand on Chara's shoulder, "No need to get so dramatic heheh"
"*Sniff*….*sniff*…Sorry", Chara apologized wiping their face.
"Look, what matters now is that they're alive", Papyrus said trying to cheer Chara up, "Don't let your past mistakes slow you down"
Chara nod after wiping away their tears. Wow, poor Chara. At least that bad version of yourself is gone, you don't know why they wanted to hurt others. Actually, you…reeeally don't want to know why. Papyrus then getting up and dust the snow off their knees, Chara going up to him and hugs him. Aww. Papyrus gives them warm smile and a pat on the head before walking into Snowdin.
"Will you be alright Chara?", you asked calmly.
Chara just nods.
"Papyrus is right you know? You can't let that stop you", you said, "You know you made a mistake, but here you are trying to fix it"
"Frisk…I…"
"Don't give up, you can do it!", you said cheering Chara up, "But if you ever need someone to talk to, you always have me and Papyrus okay"
"Alright…thank you Frisk, your a good friend", Chara said.
Nothing else needed to be said, that line alone made you happy you were able to help them feel better about themselves. You both start walking into Snowdin.
