Chapter II - Crazy=Genius
~~Frisk~~
(Disclaimer: In this story, I will be referring to both Frisk and Chara as girls, because I just think it makes more sense. Sorry to anyone who disagrees.)
I sat up and looked around. I was laying in a bed of golden buttercups, with nothing but a stick and a bandage. Chara materialized next to me. (She's kinda a ghost, so she can do that. The ghost thing is just a bit important, so remember that.)
"So, you've got things to do. Come on." I followed behind her and reminded myself to go pacifist.
After about five seconds, we came to where Flowey usually 'greets' me.
"What the heck? Isn't Flowey usually here?" I said, but Chara just shrugged.
"Maybe he got bored doing the same thing each time. He remembers through resets, after all.
"He probably figured it wouldn't change too much if he wasn't there."
"Yeah but, I don't know. It's just weird." Chara just shrugged, which seemed to be the most of a reaction I'd ever get from her anymore.
"Yup." I turned to face her.
"What now?"
"I say you go find Toriel. It would correct the difference of Flowey not being there." Do I really want to correct the difference? I'm sick of the same loop. I nodded and started walking.
After a few seconds, Chara stopped.
"Frisk, actually, wait a second. Something's different in this timeline. Not just Flowey not being there. I think he can feel it too. This won't be the same pacifist route you're used to. Someone's coming, Frisk. This time, I'm sure of it." I thought about what Chara said for a second, and smirked.
"Well, maybe I'll get to have some fun this timeline after all," I mumbled to myself, and Chara gave me an evil grin, but then she shook her head and glared at me.
"Don't make me do that again, Frisk. You know I hate it." She said.
"Are you sure? Because I quite enjoyed those timelines. They were so fun." She shook her head again and I chucked.
We both kept walking until Chara stopped again, probably about a minute later.
"What is it this time?" I asked as she looked back over her shoulder.
"I think I can hear Flowey. He's talking to someone. We might want to go check out." I thought for a second and nodded.
"Okay. Where is it coming from?" Chara turned to face the direction that we had just come from. "Seriously? Couldn't we just have stayed there?"
"Nope. Come on, let's go." I sighed and started walking back.
Once we saw what was happening, well, I don't know how to explain it. I don't really understand it, and I'm not sure I want to.
"What are you?" Flowey asked, shaking. You know the magic bullets he has? Some were surrounding him, and they were moving closer. But, they were red.
"Let us go and the bullets will disappear." There were three humans in front of Flowey, two girls and a boy. The girl that just talked was the only one not looking terrified. She was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and sunglasses. I don't understand how she could see.
The bullets around the three humans disappeared, and the red bullets surrounding Flowey disappeared.
"Thank you. Now, I'm going to ask you a few questions, and if you don't answer, well," another red bullet appeared in the human's hand for a second, "I doubt you'll like the consequences." Flowey nodded.
"Umm, Rebecca, I don't think it's a good idea to do this."
The boy said, looking at the girl who was just threatening Flowey.
"I'll be fine." Yeah, I'm pretty sure the name Rebecca was referring to her. Rebecca turned to face Flowey again and smiled. That's weird, what person wears sunglasses in the Underground? How in the world could she see?
"Seriously, not a good idea." The boy repeated.
"I'll be fine." Rebecca repeated, then turned back towards Flowey, "So, first question, what's with your name? Seriously, who came up with it?"
"I did." He said, and Rebecca laughed.
"No, you didn't. Don't lie to me."
"I wasn't lying!"`
"Yeah, you were. The look in your eyes says you're lying. Tell me where the name came from. Now."
Flowey looked sad for a moment. Rebecca looked at him and nodded.
"Alright, we'll do it this way. Parent? No, family? Friend?" She paused, looking Flowey in the eye. "Family and friend." She said, and Chara looked down at the ground.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"He misses me," Chara said, looking at Flowey. "He actually still misses me." She was silent after that, so I kept watching.
"What was the name? A memory? A way to honor them? A way to remember?" She paused for a second, then nodded. "All three."
"Leave me alone," Flowey said, looking like he was trying not to be upset.
"Sorry, just a few more questions. What was their name?" Flowey sat in silence for a second.
"Chara." He said, looking up at Rebecca. She nodded and gave him a sad smile. Kinda looks like the sad smile Chara does sometimes when she thinks of Asriel. It actually looks exactly like the sad smile Chara does. Huh. That's weird.
"What's your real name? Nobody is named after a memory." Flowey was completely silent. I looked over at Chara.
"Should I tell them?" She nodded, and I stepped forward. "Asriel."
"What did you say?" Rebecca asked, turning towards me.
"His real name was Asriel," I repeated, walking forward. Rebecca nodded.
"Thanks. So, Asriel, one last question, why'd you try to kill us?" Yeah, no way Flowey would
answer that.
I raised my hand, getting Rebecca's attention.
"Yes?"
"I can tell you the answer to that if you want. It's pretty unlikely that he's answering that one." Rebecca nodded. "He can't feel emotion. He is physically incapable of any happiness, joy, or any positive emotion at all." Rebecca took in what I said, and nodded.
"Why?" I shrugged.
"Don't know." Flowey locked eyes with me and I smiled, my way of showing him that I wouldn't say the real reason.
"So, Asriel, I did say that would be the last question. So, if you want to leave, I won't stop you." Flowey looked at Rebecca, then, well, dropped into the ground.
"I, um, have a few questions for you, actually." Rebecca nodded.
"Alright, shoot."
"First of all, what's your name?"
"I am Rebecca, and this is Lucas," She pointed to the guy on her right, "and this is Amber."
She pointed to the girl on her left. "What's your name?"
"Frisk." She nodded. "Next question; How the heck did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"The thing with the bullets."
"This?" She asked, and one of the red bullets appeared in her hand.
"Yeah. That." It's kind of amazing how she acted like that was so normal.
"It's just something I taught myself to do."
"But, humanity hasn't been able to use magic since the monsters were locked underground."
"Yeah. It's not magic. Look, here." One of the bullets materialized in front of me. "Touch it. I promise it won't hurt you. Just touch it." Well, it's not like it can hurt too much.
I reached my hand out and grabbed onto it, and smiled. It felt, familiar.
"Is this... determination?" I asked, looking at it.
"Yup," Rebecca said, smirking, "Cool, huh?"
"Yeah. How'd you make it?"
"Maybe I could show you sometime. It's not that complicated, but it takes a lot of practice." I looked at the bullet for a second, then it disappeared.
"Wait, how would that have hurt Flowey?" Rebecca shrugged.
"It couldn't. I was bluffing. He has enough determination that it wouldn't do anything to him."
"Huh. Okay. So, how did you get here?"
"I tripped. Amber and Lucas jumped down after me." Lucas was acting like he was really excited about something, but I couldn't figure out what.
"Okay." I sat down on the floor and started thinking.
"Frisk, come on. You need to keep moving." Chara said, elbowing me in the arm.
"Why?" I mumbled, loud enough for Chara to hear but nobody else.
"You said you would find Toriel. You know, to correct what happened."
"That was before they came. I don't want to correct it." Chara glared at me, and I just glared back at her. "I don't want to correct it."
"Alright. Anyway…" Rebecca, We should probably stick together until we get out of here, and we should probably keep moving." Rebecca said.
"See? She agrees with me." Chara said with a smug look. I rolled my eyes.
"Uh, sure. I'll come with you three then." Toriel walked into the room and stared at the four of us.
"Greetings, children." She said. Rebecca turned around, really surprised for some reason.
"Oh! Um, hello." Rebecca said as everyone else turned around.
"What the..." Amber turned around and looked like she was trying to hide how surprised she was. You know, about the goat lady that just suddenly appeared.
Chara just sighed. "Alright, here we go."
Thanks everyone for reading! Sorry this update took so long, I just felt nervous about this chapter. I kinda gave up on proofreading this chapter, so sorry about any mistakes, please point them out to me. (It concerns me I don't like reading it but I hope someone else will.)
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