It sounds like it came from over here...
Oh! You've fallen down, haven't you...
Are you okay?
Here, get up...
...
Chara, huh?
That's a nice name.
My name is
Yakko woke up with a start. He looked at his arm and took off the bandage, revealing that his arm was fully healed and good as new. Next, he looked at his siblings, who woke up as well.
"I just had the weirdest dream," he told them.
"Me too," said Wakko.
"What was it about?" said Dot.
"Somethin' about a person named Chara..."
Wakko was taken by surprise.
"Hey, that was my dream too!"
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't mine," said Dot.
"So," said Yakko, "we all had the same dream? Interesting...well, enough about that. How long were we out?"
They looked at the clocks on the lock screens of their cell phones and realized that another day passed by after Undyne's second ambush. As they tried to move onward, the Warners found themselves in a different area of Waterfall. This time, bits and pieces of the bridge covered the water below them. All three of them were confused on why they were still dry. Yakko looked down and shuddered upon finding out that golden flowers had broken their fall once more.
"I can't help but get the feeling we're being watched."
Wakko and Dot shuddered as well, remembering they were being stalked by Flowey. But he hadn't made himself present since they left the Ruins, so hopefully it was nothing to worry about. They started to walk across the broken pieces of the bridge, but found out there was no way to get across without staying completely dry. Wakko ended up standing closest to the water, and Dot found herself unable to hold back an instinct. She pushed Wakko, making him yelp, and he fell into the water as she laughed. Yakko pushed her right afterward, but she grabbed his wrist and pulled him into the water with her. They laughed, splashing the cold water at each other and engaging into a water fight.
"Hey sibs, watch this!"
Yakko sent a large wave their way. They ducked underwater, dodging the wave, and Wakko spit some of the water into Yakko's face.
"Take that!" he shouted.
The trio playfully wrestled with each other for a little longer, then ran out of breath.
"That was fun," said Dot.
"Well," said Yakko, "we better get a move on."
They came across piles of garbage with quite a few brands they recognized. They also found some more bridge pieces, which surprisingly were stuck together. There, they took off their armor, Dot changing into her pink skirt. Yakko made sure that the stick and the toy knife were in his belt. Again, for decorative purposes. Wakko checked his Gag Bag, realizing that dog residue was leftover from the encounter with Annoying Dog. He threw the dog residue away, which started to sink. A star was on the bridge piece as well, using its warmth to make them dry. The Warners looked up, noticing that the waterfall seemed to flow from the ceiling of the cavern. Occasionally, a piece of trash would have to flow through and fall into the bottomless abyss below. Viewing the endless cycle of worthless garbage somehow managed to fill them with determination.
"I'm not gettin' wet again," said Dot, using her zaniness to walk on the water. Her brothers followed her example and did the same.
Up ahead, there were more piles of garbage. Yakko rested his hand on a rusted bike, whose horn let out a wheeze of despair. Dot, on the other hand, had her mind set on a beat-up desktop computer. The inside was empty, much to her dismay. Wakko found a cooler with no brand and no signs of wear. Inside were a couple of freeze-dried space food bars. He stuffed them in his mouth, hungry as usual.
"Hey, what's this?" said Dot, lifting up an empty box.
"A DVD case for an anime?" said Yakko. "Which one?"
"I dunno; these desperate claw marks are covering up the title!"
"And the edges," said Wakko.
She put the DVD case back down.
"There's something weird about this training dummy..." Yakko said to himself.
"Looks normal to me," said Dot.
Yakko and the dummy stared into each other's eyes for a moment. He shrugged shortly afterwards and continued onward with his siblings. Before they made it to the next room, however, they heard something stir behind them. The dummy came to life and turned red with anger as he flew in front of them, blocking the way out.
"Hahaha..." he spoke. "Too intimidated to fight me, huh!?"
The Warners did not look scared, but rather confused.
"I am a ghost that lives inside a dummy," he explained. "My cousin used to live inside a dummy, too. Until...YOU CAME ALONG!"
He stared directly at Yakko, ignoring Wakko and Dot.
"When you talked to them, they thought they were in for a nice chat...But the things you SAID...! Horrible. Shocking! UNBELIEVABLE! It spooked them right out of their dummy!"
"I knew I shouldn't have asked so many questions," said Yakko.
"You went pretty fast too, so..." said Dot.
"HUMANFOLK! I'll scare your souls out of your bodies!"
The encounter began. The way the ripped seams formed a mouth in Mad Dummy's body was terrifying. He didn't seem much for conversation, and no one was happy with that.
"Futile. Futile! FUTILE!"
Mini-dummies came out from the edges of the boundary box, shooting small cotton balls at the Warners. They missed, hitting Mad Dummy instead. He twitched in pain.
"OWWW, you DUMMIES! Watch where you're aiming your magic attacks!"
He stopped, realizing he made a mistake.
"Hey! You three! Forget I said anything about magic!"
Mad Dummy was looking nervous.
"We didn't hear anything," said Wakko.
The Warners looked at each other with devious faces. Since physical attacks wouldn't work on ghosts, they came up with a plan to trick Mad Dummy into attacking himself.
"I'll defeat you and take one of your souls! I'll use it to cross the barrier!"
Mad Dummy bossed his bullets around and moved his body to make hitting him harder.
"I'll stand in the window of a fancy store!"
"But if we die, which one of us will break the barrier?" said Wakko.
"I don't wanna think about it," said Yakko, ducking to avoid a cotton ball bullet.
Meanwhile, Mad Dummy was moving so much that he was getting cotton all over the dialogue box...which was invisible to everyone. This was odd, since the Warners were in a video game. But yet again, not everything could be on point, especially with the Warners breaking some rules. After all, this is fanfiction.
"Narrator," said Dot, "we're in the middle of a battle. Stop makin' our brains hurt!"
"THEN EVERYTHING I WANT WILL BE MINE!"
Suddenly, the mini-dummies changed their attacks. They flashed red and charged in place.
"Whoa!" the Warners shouted, barely squeezing through the gap while dodging another row of cotton ball bullets.
"Are ya sure this is gonna avenge your cousin?" said Yakko.
"Huh? Yeah, I guess. What was their name again...? Whatever. Whatever! WHATEVER! Pitiful. Pitiful! PITIFUL! Foolish. Foolish! FOOLISH!"
After getting tired of taking so many hits, Mad Dummy summoned his army of mini-dummies.
"Dummies. Dummies! DUMMIES! Remember how I said NOT to shoot at me? Well...FAILURES!"
The Warners stifled laughter at Mad Dummy's outburst.
"YOU'RE FIRED! YOU'RE ALL BEING REPLACED!"
The mini-dummies backed away.
"Hahaha," Mad Dummy laughed. "Hahaha! HAHAHA! Now you'll see my true power: Relying on people that aren't garbage!"
"Bring it on!" said Yakko as mechanical whirrs filled the room.
"DUMMY BOTS! MAGIC MISSILE!"
New and not-improved robotic mini-dummies shot rockets at the Warners, which followed them as they ran. They jumped into a corner, Wakko getting hit on the shoulder, to drive the rockets off course. Mad Dummy did an armless ska dance.
"DUMMY BOTS! TRY AGAIN!"
They failed.
"DUMMY BOTS! YOU'RE AWFUL?"
"Suck it, Mad Dummy!" said Dot.
"DUMMY BOTS! FINAL ATTACK!"
This one was much harder than the others. Yakko got hit by a rocket while dodging the charging mini-dummies and Dot got pelted by ten more at once, losing half of her health.
"(N...no way! These guys are even WORSE than the other guys!) Who cares. Who cares! WHO CARES! I DON'T NEED FRIENDS! I'VE GOT KNIVES!"
He chucked one at Wakko, who easily dodged.
"I'm...Out of knives. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER! YOU CAN'T HURT ME AND I CAN'T HURT YOU! YOU'LL BE STUCK FIGHTING ME...Forever."
At this point, the Warners were tired of fighting, so it was bad news. They held back groans.
"Forever! FOREVER!"
He laughed maniacally until teardrops fell onto his body, making him twitch.
"Is that who I think it is?" said Dot.
"Wh...What the heck is this!? Ergh! Acid rain!? Oh, FORGET IT! I'm outta here!"
He left as a familiar ghost appeared.
"Napstablook!" said Wakko.
"I knew it!" said Dot.
"...sorry, i interrupted you, didn't i?"
"What makes ya say that?" said Yakko, relieved that Napstablook ended the fight.
"as soon as i came over, your friend immediately left..."
"Oh, please!" said Yakko. "He's a special friend."
Napstablook didn't get it and only felt worse.
"oh no..."
"Wait, I didn't me-"
"you guys looked like you were having fun..."
"Actually," said Dot, "we're exhausted. Thanks for letting us take a break."
"oh..."
"So, what brings ya here?" said Wakko.
"i just wanted to say hi..."
"That's nice of ya," said Dot.
"well...i'm going to head home now...oh...um...feel free to "come with" if you want...but no pressure...i understand if you're busy...it's fine...no worries...just thought i'd offer..."
He floated away, the Warners feeling sorry for the lonesome ghost. Dot ate the strawberry Nice Cream she bought to heal herself from the battle with Mad Dummy. The wrapper said "You're super spiffy!"
No one says that anymore!
Nonetheless, her health was fully restored. They continued onward, bumping into Napstablook again.
"hey...my house is up here...in case you want to see...or in case...you don't..."
Yakko, in an attempt to comfort Napstablook, put his hand on Napstablook's shoulder(?). Well, at least he tried to.
"Napstablook, it's fine. Don't worry! Ya really need to relax, chill out, and forget about your cares every once in a while!"
"oh...ok..."
"Listen, we've got a tight schedule goin' on right now, so we'll come back later. Got it?"
Napstablook nodded.
"Good. See ya later!"
"bye..."
Napstablook floated away. The path in front of the Warners divided into three, but there was another passageway to the right. On their left, a duck was standing on a broken platform by a lake. The sign by the rightmost front path said "North: Blook Acres, East: Hotland, ?: Temmie Village". They contemplated which way to go as yet another twinkling star appeared and managed to heal Yakko and Wakko. The Warners felt a calming tranquility, filling them with determination.