"What is a Frisk? And.. why are you calling me that?" The human asked.

Chara's face went pale, "What?"

"WHAT!?"

Frisk's eyes widened, "Wait…" They muttered, "I don't understand-"

"This is the third entity then." Sans said, "Cool."

"I don't think this is cool at all." Frisk groaned, "It's just weird…"

Sans shrugged, "Cool and weird."

"Right…" Frisk said, "but Chara.. Why didn't you tell me about this?"

"Why would I?" Chara asked,

The human walked past Chara, the sound their footsteps echoed across the long hallway.

[ASGORE]

Curious. I've never seen a plant... cry before…

"I was not crying." Asriel said, his face turning bright red.

Chara smiled, "You were so crying!"

"Was not!"

"Crybaby!-" Chara teased.

"Hey!" Asriel barked, "That's not fair!"

"Crybaby!" Chara repeated in a sing-song voice.

"Enough you two!" Toriel huffed, "Chara stop making fun of your brother." She scolded in a motherly tone.

Chara frowned, "Awww you're no fun!"

Hm? Oh! You must be the one the flower just, warned me about…

Uh... Howdy! Erm... What kind of monster are you? Sorry, I cannot tell.

"...You don't recognize them? Even though, no offense darling, they literally killed us all?" Mettaton questioned, "I feel like the king of the underground would know what is going on. And plus- they are still obviously human!"

"I suppose...maybe it is because of this "third person" that Chara was on about…" Asgore said.

"With the amount of LOVE Frisk had, they are barely a human anymore...so maybe that's what Asgore was on about." Sans said with a wink, "Other than that… I dunno."

Well, we can always-

The human pulled out their weapon, The Real Knife, and took a step towards Asgore.

"HEY!" Undyne shouted.

"Very forward, darling. Not wasting any time now, hm?" Mettaton said.

"I guess not?" I said, I only had a very, very vague recollection of what happened in the throne room.

Now, now. There's no need to fight. Why not settle this over a nice cup of tea?

"...Asgore. They killed the entirety of the Underground...and yet-" Toriel said with a frown.

"..."

AGH!

"This...This is what happens?" Sans sighed, "After I fight? You just… die?"

"That's how it has been for a while now." Chara said, "You're surprised now?"

Sans frowned, "...I don't know anymore."

Why?... You…

Flowey's 'friendship bullets' surrounded Asgore. With one final attack, Asgore fell to the ground.

UGH!

"FLOWEY!" Undyne shouted, "What the fuck!?"

"Language, Undyne." Toriel said.

"Whatever." Undyne grumbled, "Why the hell would you do that!?"

"I- I don't know…" Asriel said, flinching at the use of his old alias.

"How can you not know?" Undyne scowled, "You remember the timelines, right!? So how can you just suddenly 'not know'!?"

Toriel glared at the fish monster, "Don't you dare speak to my child like that!"

"They killed Asgore!" Undyne snarled, "In the least noble way they could as well!"

"...And how does that make any difference?" Chara said in a soft voice, "Frisk and I killed him on many occasions… and yet you're mad now?"

"It's different! Asgore didn't even get to fight back! That is so fu- freaking- GAAAH!" Undyne shouted, unable to get all her words out.

Asgore put his hand on her shoulder, "Undyne, don't worry. Things like this happen all the time… it was my choice not to fight…. Instead I offered tea!" Asgore chuckled at his own 'half-joke' at the end.

Undyne sat back down, "Sorry.." She muttered.

"I killed him because I was scared." Asriel said to Undyne.

[FLOWEY]

See? I never betrayed you! It was all a trick, see?! I was waiting to kill him for you! After all, it's me, your best friend!

"You don't seem so sure." Chara said, "...Am I really your friend Azzy?"

"Of course!" Asriel shouted, "You're my best friend! Don't even think like that Chara!"

Chara smiled softly, "..I'm glad… and I am really, really sorry…"

Asriel looked down at his hands, it still had some yellow petals sticking out of his fur, "I am too."

I'm helpful! I can be useful to you! I promise I won't get in your way! I can help! I can... I can...

Tears started to spill from Flowey's eyes as the human took a step forward, pressing their foot on his stem and holding up their knife.

"...My child…" Toriel said sadly, holding out her arms for a hug that Asriel quickly accepted.

"...Something soulless is.. Crying? How-" Alphys wondered aloud.

"Well, it's a strong emotion… I guess." Asriel answered, "I don't really understand how these souls work. I remember learning a lot about them as Flowey… but know I-I just don't know."

"Odd...Maybe all your memories haven't transferred properly? Like, Flowey and Asriel are completely different monsters…," Alphys said, she then awkwardly looked at everyone and turned bright red, "U-uhm of course I-I wouldn't kn-know! A-a dumb theory…."

Undyne gave her a toothy grin, "That's a good idea Alphys! You're so smart!"

Alphys turned a brighter red.

Asriel gave her a slight smile, "Yeah… maybe I'll remember soon."

[ASRIEL]

P-Please... Please don't kill me... Please-

"My child…" Toriel said, trying to find the correct words for her to say.

Asriel smiled, "It's okay mom. This was… this was a while ago."

"You are so brave…" Toriel said with a soft smile.

Even though Asriel was covered in fur, we all could tell that he had turned bright red, "W-well- I don't know about that...heheh."

"Well I do know." Toriel said, "I am proud of you, my child. You've gone through so much… and yet here we are."

"The fact that you aren't dead is…. Phantastic." Sans said with a wink.

"Oh." Asriel sniffled, "Goddamit- I'm gonna cry again…"

"Crybaby." Chara chided.

"I am NOT a crybaby!" Asriel said through his tears.

"Denial is the first stage of grief Azzy." Chara said.

"I AM NOT!" Asriel shouted.

"Second stage already?" Chara said, "That was fast."

"...I'm gonna stop talking now." Asriel sighed

The human paused, looking down at the flower. A ghostly Chara appeared shoving the human aside.

"Is… is Chara saving him?" Papyrus said with a hopeful voice.

"No. No I'm not." Chara said, quickly shooting him down.

"Oh- then what are you doing, human?" Papyrus asked.

Chara pursed her lips, "You'll see. No need for me to say anything."

The human, unexpectedly, smiled.

"...That's suspicious." Sans said.

"...I- the entity liked being pushed away? Is something bad gonna happen?" Frisk asked, "I don't remember much from this…"

"You don't?" Chara asked.

"I don't remember much either, heh. My memories are all weird cause y'know, Flowey." Asriel said.

"Oh." Chara said, she sounded devastated.

Chara snatched the human's knife out of their hands, using all of their strength to keep their hands in a solid form.

"Looks like Chara doesn't have enough LOVE to stay in a physical form without a body." Alphys said, "That's how humans work.. Right?"

"Yep!" Chara said, "That's at least the theory, there never has been an experiment for obvious reasons."

"Chara-?" Asriel muttered.

"...It will be quick." Chara said, "Okay Azzy?" Tears started to fill her eyes.

"Wait… what?" Asgore sputtered.

"I do not like that implication my child-" Toriel said.

"Wha-"

Chara brought the knife down onto the flower with all their force.

AGH!

The monsters all jumped in their seats.

"My child!" Toriel gasped, not sure how to respond.

"...This is not great at all…" Papyrus said.

Chara let out an anguished wail as they stabbed him one final time.

UGH!

Chara stood up and looked at the human. She stumbled backwards and painfully hit the ground with a 'BANG'.

"W̵h̶a̶t̷ ̵i̸s̶ ̸h̵a̵p̷p̵e̸n̸i̵n̴g̴!̴?̸" Chara groaned, it sounded like multiple different voices were speaking when she talked. A dark red, almost black, liquid pooled in her mouth some of it dripped onto the ground. It stained the yellow flowers surrounding them.

Chara touched her mouth, briefly tracing where the blood (?) trailed down. "What is that?" They wonder aloud.

"Hm, it looks too dark to be blood… And it wouldn't make sense if you were bleeding from there anyways. The back of your head would make more sense because you fell on it." Undyne said.

"...How do you know about that?" Chara asked.

"I am the ex-captain of the Royal Guard! Of course i'd know about that type of thing." She said with a toothy smile.

"Right." Chara said.

"If it's not blood, then what could it be?" Frisk asked, "Spit? Is your spit weird Chara?"

Chara gave them a death glare, "My spit is perfectly normal thank you very much!"

"Sure." Frisk said skeptically.

"Sure!? Would you like me to spit on you!?" Chara threatened.

"Ew!" Frisk squeaked, "No- I'm sorry! Don't do that.."

The human picked up the Real Knife, which Chara dropped. They gave her one last look before leaving them there, surrounded by the overgrowth.

It all turned to black.

[ASGORE AND CHORUS]

Darkness

All around

Underground

Fallen Down

"...Everyone is dead." Papyrus said in a haunted tone. I realized it was the first time he's talked in a while.

"Yep." Sans said calmly, "Are… are you okay bro?"

"I am MORE than okay brother!" Papyrus shouted with a large smile, "The GREAT PAPYRUS is always absolutely great! It is in the name after all!"

"Oh. Ok." Sans said plainly.

"I just… I can't believe that it could've ended up like this…" Papyrus muttered.

Now in death

Void of breath

We drown

Demons

Toying

Playing twisted games

"...The atmosphere seems… rather drab." Mettaton said, "I think I liked the louder music before than this.." He wrinkled his nose.

"...OH GEE! I DIDN'T NOTICE!" Chara shouted sarcastically, "Woooooah! I wonder why!"

"Now, now Chara. He was just trying to cheer us up.." Toriel said, "Now, say sorry for yelling at him."

"What-?" Chara asked.

"Go on now." Toriel said.

Chara puffed her cheeks out, "I am sorry that what you said was so idiotic."

"Chara." Toriel said in a scolding tone.

"Fine! Fine!" Chara said nervously, "I am sorry Mettaton."
Mettaton laughed, it sounded more like wires sparking, "Thank you darling. I expect an apology note as well."

"You're pushing it." Chara said.

We called

For help

But nobody came.

No one

Saved us

"...I tried." Sans said, raising his hand like he was a tired student at the back of a classroom.

"Hey… me too!" Undyne said, giving an awkward thumbs up.

Mettaton flipped his… metal hair, "Don't forget the MVP!"

"...I can also raise my hand I think…" Chara said.

"You all put up great fights." Asgore said, "The entire underground would be proud."

The room stayed in silence for a while.

Only saving themselves

Can't cope

No hope

This is life in Hell

Human

Monster

Which one is to blame?

"Humans. Definitely." Undyne said.

"Haha. Agreed." Chara said with a nod.

"...Aren't you a human though?" Undyne asked, "Or have I been not understanding anything thus far?"

"Well, I think you're the latter even if Chara is a human-" Mettaton stage whispered in the back.

Chara ignored the robot, "So what if I am? I can still hate humanity."

"Fair enough…" Undyne said, "But why do you hate humans?"

"Back when I lived on the surface, before I fell I lived with my parents in a village…" Chara said, "Let's just say… They weren't the best people…"

"Oh, I see." Undyne said, "I'm sorry if I brought up-"

"No, no. Don't say sorry." Chara said with a small smile.

We called

For help

But nobody came.

[CHARA]

Greetings.

"AHHH!" Asriel shouted.

"Ouch Asriel! Why the hell did you scream into my ear!?" Chara hissed

"Y-your voice is scary…" Asriel said, "I was surprised that the video isn't your normal- uhm- high pitched one."

"...My voice is not high pitched…" Chara huffs, "I have a low normal voice."

"Right." Asriel said, "I was surprised that the video wasn't your normal low voice."

"Hm, I wonder why it is different?" Toriel asked aloud.

"...It could be a side effect of LOVE…" Alphys offered, "B-but I have no clue… it shouldn't make your voice sound like that… Not that I would know, of course...hehe"

"Maybe? I was talking perfectly normal just a little bit ago…"

I am The Fallen. Thank you. Your power awakened me from death.

"...Well, the plan worked." Frisk said.

"...Frisk." Chara growled.

"Not appropriate?," Frisk asked, "… Sorry."

"And what was this plan again, darling?" Mettaton asked.

"It was to bring Chara back… I thought that maybe if I got enough LOVE she'd come back." Frisk said, "And it, kinda, worked! Just… it wasn't worth it at all."

My human soul, my determination, they were not mine, but yours. At first, I was so confused. Our plan had failed, hadn't it?

Why was I brought back to life? You... With your guidance, I realised the purpose of my reincarnation. Power.

"What!?" Toriel questioned, "But wasn't my child- weren't you trying to fight the human?"

"...Well, I introduced myself as 'The Fallen'... So maybe this isn't me?" Chara thought aloud.

"Oh! Like Frisk!?" Undyne offered.

"Yeah- like them…" Chara said, "Maybe this 'LOVE' messed me up? I don't really remember anything past when I was in the throne room with the flowers."

Together, we eradicated the enemy.

"...The enemy?" Asgore muttered.

"What the hell do you mean by that!?" Undyne asked, "Oh wait- Heck, I meant heck."

Toriel rolled her eyes, "You tried at least…"

"I- I would assume that Chara said this because of their lack of empathy at this moment." Alphys said, "And… if their memory really was messed up then maybe she figured we are the enemy… cause that'd be the only reason someone would kill everyone."

"That makes sense… You're so smart!" Undyne said.

Alphys turned bright red, "W-well i'm not that smart-" She stuttered.

We became strong. We sang about it. We celebrated their death. With views, with comments, with likes, with comments, with share, with subscriptions.

"Heh?" Chara said, "Now, I definitely don't think I said that."

"Hahaha. That's funny." Sans said.

"...I don't get the joke." Papyrus frowned.

"I think only Sans gets the joke, Papyrus." Frisk said with a smile.

Everytime a number increases, that's me. The fallen child. Now, we have reached the absolute. There is nothing left for us here. Let us erase this pointless world, and move on to the next.

"Well, we can assume how this ends." Asgore observed, "If we're here right now that means that Frisk refused.."

"That's true!" Asriel said.

"..." Chara frowned, "I don't think so."

"What?" Asriel questioned.

"You'll see.. I think." Chara said, focusing on the screen.

"Well that's amonious." Asriel said.

You wanted this. You are a great partner. We'll be together forever, won't we?

"That sounds oddly familiar." Papyrus said.

"Heh, I wonder why." Sans said.

No? Hm... How curious. You must have misunderstood. SINCE WHEN WERE YOU THE ONE IN CONTROL?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The screen changed to show complete darkness.

"...The world is gone." Toriel said, breaking through the monster's shocked silence.

"Then how… How are we here?" Alphys asked, "This makes no sense!"

"I guess we'll see then." Sans sighed.

(10 minutes of silence)

"Hey… are we just gonna sit here?" Undyne asked.

"Yep." Sans said.

"...Is there anything-"

"Nope."
"Oh."

Interesting. You want to go back.

"You are so annoying." Chara said.

"Thanks." Frisk smiled at her.

Chara glared at Frisk.

You want to go back to the world you destroyed. It was you who pushed everything to its edge. It was you, who led the world to its destruction. But you cannot accept it.

"..Why would the entity want the world to come back? I thought that it was the bad guy or something." Undyne asked.

"Everyone has their own reasons for stuff. There isn't really a 'Good' and 'Evil'." Sans said, "Y'know."

"...That was surprisingly deep coming from you." Undyne said.

"What can I say? I'm a man of many surprises." Sans chuckles.

You think you are above consequences. I am the demon that comes when people call its name.

"Edgy much?" Asriel said.

Chara glared at Asriel, "Shut up! I have my reasons for saying stuff like that!"

It doesn't matter where, it doesn't matter when. Time after time, because of you, I will appear.

"Before any of you ask what this means, I'll just explain." Chara said with a growl, "Frisk kept on falling onto my grave every single timeline. It really disturbs my peaceful afterlife."

"Sorry!" Frisk said with a smile, "But it was fun talking to you...in the more peaceful timelines at least."

"...Why are you so nice to me sometimes?" Chara scoffed.

"Sorry? Again?" Frisk said awkwardly.

But, you and I aren't the same, are we? You resonate with a strange feeling. There is a reason you wish to recreate this world. There is a reason you destroy it.

"Hey! I might be getting an answer!" Undyne said with a toothy grin.

You... You are wracked with a perverted sentimentality. Hm... I cannot understand these feelings anymore. Unfortunately, regarding this. You made your choice, long ago.

"What- wait!" Asriel said.

SLASH

(TW: Blood and description of gore kinda)

The human stumbled to the ground, blood and a black inky liquid pouring from their wound onto the dark ground.

The black liquid bunched together, forming a humanoid shape. It then punched it's hand into Frisk's chest. Frisk let out a gasp of pain when the entity took their hand out, holding a red heart shaped soul in their hands.

"What!? Who are you- and what are you doing?" Chara asked, worry seeping into their voice. Their originally deep and raspy voice was becoming higher pitched and more clear.

The entity gave Chara what could be presumed to be a smile. The black liquid made way for a crescent shaped grin, but it quickly disappeared back into its original shape due to the substance dripping to fill the space again.

It held the small red soul in its hands before disappearing into the void.

"I- Frisk! Are you okay?" Chara ran up to the child on the floor, their voice was completely back to normal, "Uh well… Obviously not. Stupid question.."

Frisk laughed lightly, but the laughter quickly became short sporadic coughs instead.

"No- uh.. I don't know what to do." Chara cried, "C-can you RESET?"

Frisk slowly shook their head, "I-I can't..my soul. It took it."

Chara's eyes widened, "Right! What was that- thing?" Chara wrinkled their nose, "That- That's not important right now though…"
"Can you answer a question Chara?" Frisk asked.

Chara snapped into attention, "Yes- Of course."

"Do.. Can you forgive me?"

"..."

"You.. you don't have to."

"..."

"..."

"I don't think I can. But.. please don't die."

Frisk gave a soft smile to Chara, "That's a promise I won't be able to keep."

"Wait!" Chara shouted, "Don't leave me alone here. Not- not yet. There is still so much we can do still, right?"

"Chara. This timeline is over… it was over once we even decided to kill Toriel in the Ruins." Frisk said, "There are sometimes… you gotta learn to give up."

"What!?" Chara shouted, "Are- are you hearing yourself!? This- this isn't right-"

Frisk took a shaky breath, "This is just like all the monsters, like all the times I lost while fighting Undyne- and Sans. So why? Why are you sad now? Why are you trying to fix this now?"

"Because- Because I'm not ready yet- This can't be over."

"Weren't you trying to put an end to this previously?" Frisk pointed out, "Or… or now that you can't go back you are less sure?"

"I-" Chara faltered, "I am so sorry." They looked down at their hands, not daring to look at the dying child in the eyes.

"I'm sorry as well." Frisk said.

They slowly sat up and pulled Chara into a weak embrace.

"Bye Chara."

"..."

"..."

Chara stepped into the throne room.