Hoi! In this chapter, I'm going to be doing a pretty short time skip to what I was thinking.

So anyway, Enjoy!

Chapter 12: Bye Barrier, Hi Surface

My life in the underground consisted of sleepovers with Mel, going to Grillby's, hanging out with friends, and being with Sans almost all the time. At the sleepovers, we just did the same thing over and over, and I never talked to mom more about Asgore. Going to Grillby's was me hanging out with Sans, but me mostly playing the piano and singing along to the songs. Hanging out with friends was watching anime with Alphys and Undyne, Mettaton trying new makeup styles and techniques on me, helping the spider clans reunite, and many other things. And being with Sans meant bad jokes and puns (which I laughed at), pranks on people, and sometimes talking about Chara. Although, Chara was behaving as best she could. That's all four months worth of sleepovers, Grillby's, friends, and Sans.

Right now, I was in the middle of a conversation with Sans. "You're going to have to leave me alone at some point. I'm a growing woman, I need at least an hour of privacy every day." I was hanging upside down on the couch with Sans.

He tugged my ponytail, "no can do. and don't say you'll promise to stay put, alphys already told me that you break promises." He was just messing with my ponytail now, not even paying attention to me.

I slapped his hand away, "That was a one time thing, I just wanted to try breaking the barrier. But you can ask Mel, I always keep my promises."

"you're her big sister, she's only gonna say that you keep your promises because she wants to back you up. besides, why do you want to be alone... when you can be with me?" He was pointing to himself with his thumbs, with the silliest grin on his face.

I knocked him off the couch with my legs, and he landed right on his face. "No thanks, I spend too much time with you as it is. But c'mon, it'll only be an hour. I'll stay here, I swear!" I was on the floor beside him, on my knees, begging.

Sans had his back to me, "nope."

I scooted in front of him, "Please?"

He turned away, "no dice."

I scooted again, "Pretty please?"

Turn, "negative."

Scoot, "With a cherry on top?"

We had gone in a full circle, he was doing his best to resist my pleading. "never in any timeline."

I hugged him from behind, "Just this one time, please? I'll stay here, cross my heart."

He was breaking, "frisk, stop." I whimpered, "c'mon, i already said-" I sniffled, "ugh, fine! but after your hours up, you'll have to sit through more of my puns and jokes."

I gave him a little squeeze and let go, "Thanks Sans!" I went over to my bag and got my phone, "I'm gonna go on a walk, so if you have to contact me you can call." I put on my shoes, and started going out the door, "See ya later Sans!"

I passed Alphys' lab a while ago, now I was going through Muffet's parlor. Sans had called a couple of times to see where I was, and I told him I was walking around WaterFall, admiring the beauty. But of course, that was a lie. I was actually going back to Asgore, I could break the barrier this time. I could not just watch as my friends wasted their lives here in the underground, they deserved better! They deserved better than me, some girl that ruined their happy endings as soon as she entered the underground.

"Hey, Frisk. You seem like you're thinking pretty hard." It startled me when Chara spoke. It wasn't the softness in her voice that startled me, it was the fact that she even spoke at all.

I sighed, "I can't hide a thing from you... I was kind of beating myself up over the fact that I could have broken the barrier sooner." Chara hadn't spoken for two months straight. The first two months that I was in the underground, she said all kinds of nasty things to me. But then that changed, because I started having the nightmares again. The first time I had to record a nightmare, Chara was completely silent, and I didn't realize that she was listening. Most of the times after that, Chara had a hard time keeping quiet, -trying to stifle gasps and sometimes even sobs when she heard about my past life- so I knew that something was up. When I first confronted her, she apologized profusely for being so cruel, which I didn't think was even possible. But I learned that Chara had grown soft when she learned about my past, and now she was almost like a friend. A lot can happen in just four months, huh?

Chara was speaking quietly, "You're not backing out of your plan, are you?"

"No. I need to get everyone to the surface, and after a lot of thinking... I think I can get everyone out of here." My chest grew a little tight thinking of Asriel, trapped in that flower without a soul.

Chara seemed to sense my emotions, "I know you want to save him, and there could be a way but... I don't think you can do this, at least not on your own."

I hated crying in front of people, I didn't want them to worry. Although, I don't exactly know if Chara was an actual person yet. "Yeah, I know. But I have to try, if I tell anyone else, they'll try to stop me. I'm almost certain you'd try to stop me too." I cleared up my sniffles as best I could, and wiped away the few tears that fell over my eyes.

Even in her current state, I could feel her stiffen. "What... do you mean, Frisk? You're not planning on doing something bad, are you?"

I kept silent. We were in the core, getting closer to the throne room with each step. I hadn't told Chara about my other plan, the dangerous one. I wanted to see if I could do something to save Asriel, something that had never been done before in the history of human or monster kind.

We were passing through the judgment hall that I knew all too well. I half expected to see Sans there, either waiting to kill me, or waiting to stop me. But he wasn't there, even though Chara said he would be. I couldn't let that little fact stop me though, I was pretty much in the throne room, I couldn't go back now. Even if Sans hated me forever after this.

I continued past the throne room, into the next room. Right before the room where Asgore would be waiting for me, was a save point. And out of instinct, I quickly saved, not thinking about what would happen to me when I died. Chara knew that I wasn't planning on coming back after this fight, so on her part, she did what she had to.

I entered the final room, face to face with Asgore. He looked on the verge of tears, but continued on with what he had to do. From the first genocide timeline, I knew he would break the MERCY button, so I wasn't surprised when he did it.

What did surprise me, was that Chara took part control and made me dodge. "Frisk, you need to keep dodging. I know you're against it, but you have to lower his HP, this is the only other way where everyone gets a happy ending. Please, for everyone who cares about you?" And since she was still partly in control, Asgore heard everything.

I ignored the look of shock on Asgore's face when he heard her voice. Why did she have to warm up to me when stuff like this happened? "Chara, please. This might ruin the plan, just keep shut!" I could definitely hear the desperation in my voice.

Chara seemed to catch on that this was part of the plan. She only said, "Ok Frisk, I trust you. You better live." And then she was as quiet as could be, letting me be in full control of my body.

But now that I faced Asgore, I realized that he wasn't fighting. "Chara? Human, what's going on here?" He still wasn't stopping the fight.

I noticed that Chara had given me the true knife for this, "I'll lower your HP enough to spare you. I'm sorry Asgore, this might hurt some." So before I could back down, I lowered his HP enough so I could spare him. When I spared him, I was listening to Asgore go on about how our future life as daughter and father would be, so I didn't notice when Flowey snuck in. I knew it was coming, I was prepared for it to happen... but just not to suddenly. Now was time to defeat Omega Flowey, after that was Asriel.

I had died a few times, but he wouldn't let me leave. Now that I had made it to the part where the souls disobeyed him, I was ready to spare him. And spare him I did. After that was the small reset, just a flash of light, pitch darkness, and then being outside the throne room again. We entered the final room, and got ready to fight Asgore again.

He said, "Human... It was nice to meet you. Goodbye." But instead of fighting, Toriel arrived.

She rushed over to me, Mel by her side. "Frisk, my child, are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Toriel went over my body checking for any wounds, Mel was hugging me and wouldn't let go. And even though he didn't think I noticed, I knew Sans was here.

I don't think I was breathing when they fussed over me. "Why're you here? And you don't need to worry, I'm fine."

Now both of them were hugging and wouldn't let go. "Sans came to me because he said he had a bad feeling about letting you have some time alone. He said he called you a few times and that you said you were fine, but he was watching you, making sure you were fine. When you started getting closer to the core, he came to me, said I was the only one to convince you not to do this." And then her voice was stern, "Child, what were you thinking?! I told you to stay away from this-"

I pushed them off of me, "Asgore is not a bad person. I know you didn't like what he was doing, but he did it because it gave everyone hope. He only wanted to get the monsters out of the underground, and onto the surface. You guys have been trapped down here how long? I came here because I have complete trust in my father."

"Mom, is he really our father like Frisk says? Are we gonna be a happy family?" The hope in Mel's voice was evident.

Mom looked a little conflicted, "Well... we can certainly try." She turned her attention to Asgore, "It'll take some time to forgive you, but I think it'll be worth it to try."

I looked at Sans who was hiding in the shadows, "I think it's safe to come out, don't you think?" I turned to a more apologetic note, "And sorry for scaring you guys like that, but it had to happen sooner or later. I just want you guys to see it, so you don't have to waste your lives down here."

Sans came out and hugged me tight, while I just stood there in shock. "that was a very stupid thing to do, and you better be sorry for scaring me like that. i think my soul almost broke into two when i found out what you were doing, you're my best friend, do you know how much it would've hurt everyone to lose you?"

My brain finally started working, and I hugged back, burying my head in his sweater. "I know... I just... well, I don't really have an excuse. But you guys deserve so much better than this, I've already seen the surface I-"

"just shut up, i don't want to hear anything that involves you doing something for us. you've already done us more than you can think just by being here." Sans pulled back, "you should go be with your family, i think the others will be here soon. y'know, for the happy ending."

I gave him another little hug, and pulled back. "Ok, do whatever a Sans does and I'll do whatever a Frisk does." I gave Sans a little smile before going over to my family. They were talking about what we were going to do on the surface, where we were going to live, and Mel was going to be glued to my side.

We were all talking when Undyne came in, "Hey you little punk! What do you think you were gonna do here?" She gave me a little hug, "Don't think about pulling a stunt like this again." I gave a nod, and she went to talk to my family.

Next was Alphys, she gave you a hug and spoke, "F-frisk, you p-promised you wouldn't do t-that again! Y-you scared us!" She wouldn't let go.

I hung my head in shame, "I know. Just wait until everyone who's coming is here, it'll be easier to just explain to all of you at once. Ok?"

She let go, "O-ok, but you'll have to tell us exactly why you did this, n-no bending the truth." I nod in response.

Next was Papyrus. And before I knew what was happening, he had me in his arms. I couldn't make out most of the stuff he was saying, but I caught, "HUMAN! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY, I WAS SO WORRIED! THE GREAT PAPYRUS PROMISES TO GUARD YOU BETTER NEXT TIME!"

I was kind of just dangling there since he was so tall, "Yeah, Papyrus, can you set me down now?" He didn't hear me though.

He heard when Sans came though, "hey bro, you should set the human down for now, i think she needs to breathe."

Papyrus gave me a tight squeeze before setting me down. "I'M SO SORRY FOR HURTING YOU HUMAN, I'LL GO STAND WITH OUR OTHER FRIENDS NOW!" And he was off.

Now that I could think clearly, I confronted Sans. "Why are all of our friends here? I thought you only told my mom."

We started walking to the group that was formed, "i did, but i think paps overheard and called everyone. that's why i told you i thought the others were coming."

"Oh, ok. Well, I have to explain why I did this now, go stand with the group, act like you don't know." I had stopped a couple feet away from the group.

Sans stood straight and saluted, "Yes sir!" And then walked to the group, leaving me holding back giggles.

But the giggles were gone when they looked to me for an explanation. They needed to see my eyes, to know that I felt really bad about this. So I opened them, "I am truly sorry for scaring you guys. I just wanted to do something for you since you all have done so much for me, and because I've seen the surface, you guys haven't. I didn't want you guys to just rot away down here, not knowing some of the beauty of the true world."

They were going to respond, but not before Flowey showed up. He trapped them all with his vines, but not Mel. Toriel was holding Mel and when the vines came, dropped her. Now Mel was by hidden behind me, my body protecting her.

Flowey went on for a while, I was paying attention to my friends. They looked like they were in pain, especially Sans... I was done studying their features when I noticed that Flowey's talking was coming to an end, "I can't believe you're all so STUPID. ALL OF YOUR SOULS ARE MINE!" There was a flash of light, then darkness, and then Asriel was there.

Mel was still with me, which was bad since a battle was probably nearing. From what I could see, Asriel was getting a feel of his body. Me, Mel, and Chara were all silent the whole time. But I whispered before Asriel turned around, "Mel, you have to follow in my footsteps at all times. He's going to fight us and I don't want you to get hurt, understand?" Mel was able to nod before Asriel turned around.

He looked to be around my age, but from the story he died with Chara as a child. He was looking at me, "Howdy! Chara, are you there? It's me, your best friend."

The sclera of his eyes became black, his fangs and horns became a little longer, and he has a long dark robe with white sleeves and the delta rune on the front. He was also wearing a locket similar to Chara's heart locket. The words ASRIEL DREEMURR appeared in front of us. We went into battle.

The whole time I dodged, making sure Mel stayed alive, Asriel said things. But I couldn't hear a thing he said. I was busy dodging his attacks, and having Mel stay alive not getting hurt. All the while, Chara was telling me of attacks that I didn't see and telling me I needed to keep Mel safe. We finally made it to the last attack, Hyper Goner. My HP was below five, I had put Mel on my hip a while ago, and I was sure that he would attack me after this. So far the attacks that he did were Galacta Blazing, Chaos Slicer, Chaos Blaster, Shocker Breaker, and now, Hyper Goner. Hyper Goner was basically just me avoiding debris that was sliding towards the center of a giant skull that was like one of Sans' blasters. All the while, Mel was on my back, Chara was yelling at me to do something, and Asriel was talking. I noticed that I couldn't move, and that I could only act. Asriel attacked, I struggled to move, and I kept acting. I knew that sparing and lowering his HP was out the window, so I only acted. When I could finally do something besides struggle, I pressed act, and started saving my friends.

First up, Toriel and Asgore. I hugged, spared, and talked to them. I was ecstatic when I saved them, and I actually heard what they said. "You'll save us all my child!" Asgore, "You are our future!"

I went on to Sans and Papyrus. I asked Papyrus for help with a puzzle, and a recipe. I asked Sans to take a break with me, and joked with him. When I saved them, I could also hear. "YOU'RE MY FRIEND, I COULD NEVER CAPTURE YOU!" Sans, "i'm rootin for ya kid."

Undyne was the next one. I asked her how to cook, fake hit her, and gave her a smile. I know for sure that I can only hear what they say at the end, "Well, some humans are ok, I guess!"

And finally, Alphys. I asked her called her, encouraged her, and nerded out with her. "What I said wasn't true, my friends like me! And I like you too!"

I was panting by the time I was done saving them. Dodging all of their attacks including Asriel's was really starting to take a toll on me, and I still needed to save him. I just now noticed that his body became more geometric, his horns longer, and his teeth sharper. He now had wings that constantly changed color, and his lower body became sharp and heart-shaped. I also noticed that my HP was down to two, every move counted after this.

I hit the act button, and pushed Asriel's name. He was saying things, and I knew he was having flashbacks by the look in his eye. I kept pushing his name, desperately wanting to save him. His first attack was the hardest that I had to dodge, but I managed. His second attack, it was like I didn't need to dodge at all. His third attack, his magic was avoiding me. Fourth, the same, and I wouldn't give up. He was looking sadder and sadder, and I couldn't hear because my ears were ringing, but I continued.

It was like with the souls, I could hear now. "So, please... STOP doing this... AND JUST LET ME WIN!" I couldn't dodge this attack, I'd just have to hope for the best. I could feel my HP go down every second I was in the way of this attack, and I knew I was past 1 HP, I just hoped Mel wasn't getting hurt. The ringing was louder than ever though, so I couldn't hear what Asriel was saying anymore. But I wanted to save him, I was determined to save him. I hit his name until he had gone back to his regular body.

My heart broke when I saw him crying, "I'm so sorry." He wiped his eyes, "I always was a crybaby, wasn't I, Chara? ... I know. You're not actually Chara, are you? Chara's been gone for a while. You're name is Frisk, right?" I nodded. Asriel continued, "Frisk, I haven't felt like this for a long time. As a flower, I was soulless. I lacked the power to love other people. I have my compassion back now, and I can feel how everyone else feels as well... I understand if you can't forgive me for what I've done. There's no excuse for what I've done to everyone."

I had the option to forgive him. "I forgive you Asriel, I could never hate you."

Asriel was surprised, "H-hey, you're gonna make me cry again! But, I have to return these souls, I can't keep them. But first, there's something I should do." He was going to break the barrier. I didn't see exactly what happened, but I saw a flash and heard the barrier shatter.

I knew it was almost time for Asriel to go, so before he could say a thing, I said, "I know how you can have a soul. It's something that's never been done before, but I know that it'd work."

I could tell that Asriel didn't know how to feel, "Um, you would really do that for me?"

"Yeah, but it's risky. So before anyone can back out, we should do it." Asriel nodded in agreement. So I brought my soul out, and carefully split it in half. I made sure all of my emotions and stuff were in my half, before giving the other to Asriel. "It's not much, but it's something for the time being. I'll have Alphys make another half for us so we can have less unstable souls."

Asriel was absolutely joyous, "Frisk, I don't know how to thank you! I'll be with my parents, and everything will be good again!" I listened to him, but must've looked kinda sad because he said, "What's wrong? You look like we just went to someone's funeral."

I looked to my feet, "Well, there's one more person I want to save. But I can't because I don't have a full soul anymore." I knew he wanted to know who it was, "I want to save Chara. Her... I guess you can say, spirit, is with me. So I want to see if giving her half a soul will help her."

Before he could say a thing, Mel spoke up. "I'll do it. I want to help her, especially if it'll make you two happy. And don't say I can't Frisk, you did it and it was fine, so it'll be fine if I do it."

I had a small smile, "Ok Mel, but be very careful when splitting your soul, we don't want anything to go wrong.

I sat back while Asriel and Chara were smothered with kisses. We were going to go to the surface soon, but wanted to let Asriel and Chara have a moment with their parents. Everyone planned to have a short celebration for their return once we had a small settlement for the monsters going. From what I could see, no one remembered when Flowey kind of... unleashed his evil on the place. So they just remembered that they had stopped me from fighting Asgore, and that the barrier was broken.

So you can know how shocked I was when Sans said, "so, are ya going to go to the doc about your soul? and i only know that because i'm your best friend."

He remembered what happened, "Yeah. If you're wondering what happened, just ask."

"ok. so what happened?"

"I've wanted to save Asriel since the beginning. So with me in control for once, I decided to do something about it and gave him half of my soul. Mel did the same for Chara since I wanted to save her too."

"why her?"

"She's changed. Don't ask me how, it's confidential."

"ok, but just this once." He started walking back towards the group, "looks like we'll be heading up soon, come on."

I forgot how beautiful the sunrise was. The sun rose into the dull morning sky, casting sun beams in every direction. The sky where the sun was rising had a brilliant purple and pink mixture, making the me and the monsters stare in awe. I was glad that this was the first thing they saw on the surface, and that it wasn't something as horrible and ugly as my past.

Everyone was talking about how beautiful it was up here and what they were going to do next, but I wasn't listening, I was thinking about something else. The only other things I heard were Asgore asking if I wanted to be the monster ambassador, and Toriel asking what I was going to do next. Of course, I accepted Asgore's request, and I chose to stay with the Dreemurrs. I snapped back to reality when we started walking toward the town near the base of the mountain, I didn't know the town, let alone if the people here would accept the monsters. But I stayed confident and made sure my steps didn't falter. Besides, how hard would it be to ask if the monsters could build a small town near the base of the mountain? It'd be nothing compared to the journey I just got over.

"Hey partner, looks like you're thinking pretty hard again. What do ya have up your sleeve?" Chara didn't sound so crazed anymore, which I was fine with.

"Just thinking about where we're gonna go after this. I don't know this town, let alone the people in it. I'm worried that now that we're out, things will go downhill. And I mean... what if they find us?" Around Chara, I could say anything.

It was a good thing that the others were out of earshot, "They won't find you, I promise. Don't worry, I'd kill them in so many ways if they hurt you two again. And anyway, don't worry about what'll happen, we'll always figure it out. Besides, what can go wrong?"

I let out a bitter chuckle, "Yeah, what can go wrong?" Fact is, everything could.

Sorry for long waits in between the updates.

See ya.