Chapter 34: Regaining my Memories
I open my eyes. I'm alive and Flowey is gone. What a journey this has been. The Barrier is still here so I can't go back to the human realm. What do I do now? I guess I'll head back the way I came. I walk into the Throne Room. Something is different though. There are three thrones. One for the King, a slightly smaller one for the Queen and a smaller one that's covered in a tarp and dust. Is that for the Prince? Wait a minute. Flowey said he was the prince of this world's future. Prince Asriel. The story. The future had been taken away from us. Could it be? Is Flowey Asriel? If so, how is that possible? How exactly does a goat prince become a Flower? I have no idea how that works. Well, I have nothing better to do, so let's keep going back. I travel through the throne room and back into the flashback. I think I'll go inside this time. I look around, everything seems the same as Toriel's home. There's the chair and the fireplace. The kitchens the same as are the floors and hallways.
Everything seems normal. I decide to investigate further. I am walking down a hallway and I see a mirror. I look in the mirror. Wow, Flowey did a real number on me. "Despite everything, it's still you." Well, I guess that's true. I walk into the bedroom. I didn't enter here when I came through earlier. In the middle of the room are presents. They are neatly wrapped with a red bow. Curious, I open the first one. Inside is a knife. What is a knife doing in here? Wait a minute. This knife seems familiar. I gasp. The memories come back to me. This knife is Chara's. This is her prized possession. How did it get here? I look at the other present. I open it up and inside is a locket. The locket is gold and etched on the front are the words "Best Friends Forever." Inside is a picture. It's a goat boy and a young girl. I recognize the young girl. Red eyes, green shirt with red stripe. It's Chara. The boy… Green shirt with white stripe. This must be Asriel. Wait a second. There's another picture. The picture of Asriel and Chara falls out and reveals the original picture. A boy smiling, gold eyes, brown hair, dagger by his side. That's me. And the girl... Which means that Chara and I… were best friends? It's all coming back to me. Discovering the Echo Flowers on Mount Ebott. Her finding me on Mount Ebott. Taking care of and protecting me. Meeting her family and dealing with the same suffering she endured. Trying to run away. Trying to end our suffering. We did everything together. No wonder I felt like I had met her before. But why doesn't she remember me? Her memory. I have to SAVE her and restore her memory.
I put the friendship locket on around my neck and I put the knife in the sheath in my other pocket. The knife needs it more than the dagger does. I leave the flashback house and head back to the elevator. The elevator doors open. "CORE please." The doors close and the elevator hums as it takes me back to the CORE. The doors open and I step out. I walk back through the CORE. Most of the monsters are gone but a few are still in the CORE. I see a Knight Knight turn his staff into a tree. "Cool." The Knight Knight gives me a nod. The madjick is turning all his triangles into different shapes. "Neat." The Madjick chuckles and laughs. I walk through the CORE and back into MTT Resort. It's the same as before. The fountain is still going and everyone is here as if nothing happened. I decide to pay a quick visit to Burgerpants. "Hey, Burgerpants, how's it going?" "Hey, I'm actually kinda surprised. Guess you must have survived Mettaton after all." "Mettaton is going around on tour, showing everyone his new form." "He's going around in his Mettaton EX form?" "Yeah, he's going around dancing,signing autographs and paying special visits to monsters throughout the Underground." "Well, he's not trying to kill me anymore, so I'm happy." "He decided he's going to stay down here even if the Barrier is broken."
The Barrier. "It's not broken." "Huh?" "What do you mean?" "I thought the king got the 7 human SOULS." I teared up. "The King is dead." "No, that can't be." "King Asgore, dead?" "No, that's impossible." "Burgerpants." "Leave me alone, please." "I need some time." "Alright then." I say goodbye to Burgerpants. On we go. I leave MTT Resort and head back to the cavern.
I reenter the cavern of the spiders. "Muffet, I'm back." "Ahuhuhu, welcome back, child." I turn and smile. "Hello, Muffet. How are you doing?" "Dearie, thanks to you, the spiders are reunited."Sure enough, the spiders are happy and laughing. I smile. "And I nearly tried to kill you." "Ahuhuhu, so foolish of me." "All is forgiven, Muffet." I hear a roar. "Hey Cupcake, good to see you again." Cupcake gives a happy roar and I run forward and give him a hug. "A promise is a promise." "What promise?" "I promised I was going to come back." "I would say hello to you and play with Cupcake." "You did? When did you do that child?" "Huh?" "I told you when I left the cavern." What's going on? Muffet doesn't remember anything I'm talking about. But I was here not that long ago. Mettaton EX is gone on tour, Burgerpants thought I was dead, and now Muffet isn't remembering me? What is happening? I throw a stick to Cupcake which he catches in his mouth. Well, what do I do now? I grab a cinnamon bunny and chuck it at Cupcake. He devours it and gives a happy roar. "All right, I'm going to head back the way I came." "Okay, good luck, child. Farewell."
