Indeterminate
Chapter 2: Reunion
Without thinking for even a moment, Chara leapt over to her big goat dad and gave him a big hug, knocking over his teacup in the process.
Asgore: "Whoa there! Chara you need to be careful! You could have hurt yourself."
Asgore looked down at his daughter. From his perspective this was quite odd, but a welcome oddity. He heard sobs of his child as she buried her face into his chest. He didn't understand what was going through her head but consoled her nonetheless.
Asgore: "Golly...what a strange child you are. What's wrong dear? I'm here for you and so is Asriel."
Chara: "I'm just...just sooo happy that I'm with you guys! I love you both so much."
As she says that, this time she jumps onto her fluffy goat brother, hugging him with great force.
Asriel: "G-geez Chara! You're squishing me! What's wrong?"
Chara: "I just had a really bad dream is all..."
She let go, and wiped her tears away. She didn't know what was going on but she didn't care. Her family was here. She was here. And she felt truly happy for the first time in a while. Somehow, the sin that lead to her brother's death had been wiped away from history and was reunited with both her brother and father.
Asgore poured some more tea and also brought some chocolate. Her favorite.
Chara: "Um, I'm alright now."
Chara: [Well that was embarrassing...I need to focus and figure out what's going on. I'll need to gather some information]
Asgore: "That's lovely to hear! I'm glad that I was able to spend some time with my kids today."
Asgore heartily laughed and smiled warmly at his children.
Asgore: "Unfortunately my time is almost up, so you kids should get going. I'll let you know when I'm free so we can spend some more time together. Um...send your mother my regards too..."
Chara looked at quizzically.
Chara: [shouldn't they still be together? If we're alive that means dad didn't declare war on humanity and kill other children, so there shouldn't be any bad blood between them right?]
She was deep in thought while walking with her brother out of the throne room. She looked up at Asriel and noticed something.
Chara: "Uhhh Asriel, you're a bit taller than usual...and your horns are growing...?"
Asriel: "I am!? Now that you mention it you look different too!"
Asriel seemed really excited about this.
She felt herself up as well. She was clearly taller and her body was different.
Chara ran a hand through her hair. It was a bit longer and messy. She was wearing an unbuttoned light green dress shirt and a light yellow shirt underneath it.
She also noticed something that looked to be some sort of badge on the chest area of her dress shirt. It was the Deltarune symbol. Asriel had it too.
Chara: [why do I have this...?]
She stopped fooling around and focused on what this all meant.
It finally clicked. She hadn't gone back in time.
Chara: [Does this mean I'm in the present of this timeline? Or the future? We died long before Frisk came here...while I'm older than Frisk I don't seem as old as I should be chronologically speaking.]
Chara: "Hold on. Asriel...do you remember everything!? About Flowey? Frisk? And the resets?"
Chara: [Things are much more complicated than I thought...]
Chara grabbed his shoulders frantically.
Chara: "Well!?"
Asriel: "Sort of...I remember absorbing the 6 human souls...I remember absorbing all the souls of the monsters too...and...and..."
Chara: [so he does remember...hm?]
Asriel's face contorted into an expression of despair and he fell to his knees.
Asriel: "I killed them...I killed everyone. Why...? Why?"
He began to tear up but Chara immediately reassured him.
Chara: "Listen to me."
She looked at her brother dead in the eye.
Chara: "That wasn't truly you. Flowey had no soul. You and Flowey are 2 distinct people, with different personalities.
She hugged her brother and comforted him.
Chara: "If anyone's a murderer it's me...even though Frisk initiated it in another timeline, I still gave into the LOVE. The EXP. Everything."
When Asriel died his dust spread onto a buttercup flower, and this same flower was injected with determination when the royal scientist, Alphys, was experimenting with the determination of the human souls to help dying monsters.
This created Flowey, an "alter ego" of Asriel. That maniac was completely different from Asriel, and Chara rejected his guilt. Flowey was the murderer, not him. He did nothing wrong.
Chara: "You love dad, mom and me. I'm your best friend after all!"
She pointed to the locket around her neck. Asriel also had one, containing the words "Best Friends Forever". This was proof of their bond.
"Kill or be killed." That was what Flowey believed in. On the other hand, Asriel believes in those close to him and wants what's best for humans and monsters.
Chara helped Asriel up.
Asriel: "I-it's not your fault either! The stuff that happened in those other timelines..."
Her expression changed upon hearing that.
Chara: "...Anyway we need to get going."
She quickly changed the subject. She didn't want to talk about this any further.
Chara: [...He's wrong. Everything that's occurred. It all started with me.]
She hated humanity and sought revenge. She died and then lead Asriel to his death. As a result the rift between humans and monsters grew and her father committed atrocities. Whether he was right or wrong, everyone went through hell because of Chara. She was supposed to be the hope for humans and monsters, but she made them suffer more.
Chara: [I have a bad feeling about all of this. I'm thankful to be reunited with my family but what if there are other changes? This timeline may have severe problems of its own...]
Chara: "Asriel, we need more information. There's...someone I need to talk to in Snowdin. We can see mom after too."
She hoped that a certain skeleton had any clues as to what was going on. She was scared of him due to their encounters in the genocide timelines, but she needed to be strong. Hopefully he doesn't remember them...
Asriel agreed. He hoped that everything was peaceful in the underground.
Asriel: "I wonder what mom is up to?"
Chara: "She's probably fine, she can take care of herself. Hopefully she's got some chocolate, I could really use some right now."
In the ruins, it was anything but normal.
Toriel: "Oh my, what might you all be doing here?"
Toriel was surprised and very concerned at this sight. Four people had just fallen into the ruins together.
A young monster spoke up.
Young monster: "Is everyone okay!?"
A girl wielding an axe responded: "Yeah I'm fine. Heh, this is nothing."
She winced despite her claim.
Then, a creepy looking boy stood up. He remained silent...
Toriel: "Who are you all?"
Finally, an excited monster jumped to his feet.
Weird monster: "We're...the %?$! squad! Hohoho!"
