Five Nights of Redemption
This is it you saw it coming, you felt it in the air, you smelt the anticipation of others, you could practically feel the fur of our little Goat bro and now without farther French words I give to you a big pay off, the chapter to end all chapters... until the next one that is, the emotional trip that I hope will make you want to cheer on and cry this is...
Chapter 20: brother: friend or foe
The bright light finally subsided and Freddy was looking at the floor or that's what it felt like, the whole area was dark again just like when fighting Flowey earlier, the other thing Freddy noticed was that time seemed to have no meaning here which was bad, if time had no meaning then Freddy would lose his memory of everything that has happened and so he put up a time shield, it didn't restart time but it kept him within some kind of time zone so that he was within a normal realm.
Then Freddy looked up and there... there was someone standing just a few meters away, blue jeans, yellow and green stripy shirt, white soft fur, floppy ears and standing at about 5 foot, who was he, was he Asriel, he was looking around, searching for something, but then he found it in his soul, he was looking for Toriel and Asgore, his wonderful parents that loved him so much and he loved them just as much in return and he realised that as Flowey he had absorbed them and they are now part of him.
With this realisation he started to cry, he had it, he had them all, every single emotion that was left behind was finally coming back to him all at once and he could barely hold them in, he clenched his fists as he cried, he knew he had done wrong but what he hated most is that he had to do one last thing to put right what HE had wronged, it was time to reset the adventure.
Asriel: "finally... I was so done with being that stupid flower"
Asriel turned around and before he talked to Freddy he started to sing about not wanting to do anymore harm but he also wanted to find his old friend and kill him for what he has done.
(Now play Fight Inside by RED)
Asriel: "enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end,
Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurt again,
What I fear and what I've tried,
Words I say and what I hide,
All the pain, I want it to end,
But I want it again,
And it finds me, the fight inside is coursing through my veins,
And it's raging, the fight inside is breaking me again,
Still the same pursuing pain, is it worth all I have gained,
We both know how this will end,
But I do it again,
And it finds me, this fight inside is coursing through my veins,
And it's raging, the fight inside is hurting me again,
And it finds me, the war within me pulls me under,
And without you, the fight inside is breaking me again,
IT'S BREAKING ME!"
Freddy wasn't sure if the song was about him, Asriel or Asriel's friend but what he did know was that even if Asriel was more like his father in that he didn't want to do this he was going to do it anyway because it was his only course of action, Asriel then properly addressed Freddy with a friendly happy smile and a kind voice.
Asriel: "howdy... Freddy are you there, you remember me right, your best friend?"
Freddy: "friend? You're my brother and whatever you are about to do I'm here to stop you and help you"
Asriel: "help me? Perhaps in one way or another yes, stop me? You don't understand, I have to kill you, only then can I have what I'm looking for"
Freddy: "what is it you are trying to do, first we heard of you, you wanted to be yourself again, well now that you are what's next?"
Asriel: "next I'm going to kill you and when you're gone I'll have the Determination to control time, I'll be able to go back beyond my death and finally get my revenge on my friend"
Freddy: "oh god no not more revenge, let me tell you first hand revenge is the worst thing, you'll get stuck in so many different worlds it's not even funny, who the hell is your friend anyway, any time we hear about him it's always HIM or HE, what's his name?"
Asriel: "his name is Chara, he thought it was a good idea to eat butter cups to kill himself then while I was crying at his bed he used his soul to control my body, he took his body back to the village where he came from, I didn't mind that and for a moment I controlled my own body and took him back, but when the humans saw me they attacked, I could have destroyed them all with the power I had from Chara's soul but I didn't, now though the only thing I'm killing is you and him"
Freddy: "trust me I've been through this myself, it won't work, just let my friends go and we can start a new here"
Asriel: "Freddy I'm sorry, no really I am but... this is the end"
Asriel's eyes then went black with white pupils, they looked very similar to how Bonnie's would go whenever he used to scare the night guards years ago, he powered up using the power of the crew he had absorbed and the area went white again, this time though it was like a quick flash and all of a sudden Asriel was looking older, more like a young man instead of a boy, he was also wearing a purple tunic with white sleeves and the Dreemurr crest, he even grew two horns on his head, they had a look somewhere between that of Toriel and Asgore.
Freddy stood his ground ready to fight but he couldn't help but think that this was not just a fight to win, more like a fight to see into the full story of this Chara and his relation to Asriel, he could be more than just a friend, Freddy remembers that there where others that fell into the underworld and became Toriel's children so it seemed logical that Chara was one of them at an earlier time.
Asriel then started to fight, he went easy on him at first only using his fire magic, just like Toriel and Asgore he had fire magic, must run in the family, but it was very easy to dodge and not one even touched Freddy, then again despite his new looks Asriel is still just a kid, but that was only the start, Asriel's real strength lies in his imagination, and with the Hopes and Dream of a boy the battle field changed.
The field itself stayed the same but now the darkness had become a void of psychedelic colours moving at some speed, Asriel was moving through it like he has been here before but this was actually his first time here, it's a place where he goes in his mind when something bad happens and it makes him feel safe, he started with a new move called Shock Breaker, it was a wave of lightning that came in 3 stages and Freddy had to avoid them all, he ran, back flipped and even ran up the wall of the battle field just to get out of the way.
Asriel: "don't worry Freddy, I'm not going to destroy the universe, with all this power your friends are providing I can use this dimension to bypass time and all of reality won't even know I exist"
Asriel then used another new move, it was called Cosmic Crash, with the power Asriel had he could use commits and asteroids to rain down on the battle field, as they landed they shattered and the shrapnel went everywhere, Freddy had a hard time dodge every last piece but then he was thinking "well at least I don't have to worry about my friends getting hurt here, but then I wonder, are they alright being lost inside Asriel's body?" Freddy managed to escape the heal storm of rocks and debris and Asriel started his next move.
The next move Asriel used was the Chaos Sabre, he materialised two swords... yes swords not sabres, Asriel's child mind was showing strong in the names of his moves, but then again it's not like the crew don't have names for moves like Shatter Matter and stuff, as the swords were firmly grasped into Asriel's hands he swung them one at a time, Freddy stayed to one side then the other while Asriel tried to swing the swords at him, then Asriel used both swords on the edge of the battle field, he swung them so hard that pieces of the blades broke off and came at Freddy trying to slice him up.
Asriel then stopped, he was looking up into the unending void of colours, he was thinking, wondering what Chara's soul was doing now, if there was any human soul before the crew's that was still lingering it was Chara's and Asriel knew it, he knew it would still be around somewhere, perhaps even watching this fight as it raged on.
Asriel: "it's funny, I can feel him, Chara's around here, I know he is, even though I know him so well I never understood him, he was always talking about the death of human kind, I never thought he was serious but well... after killing me I don't know what to think about him anymore"
Asriel then started to sing about the mystery of Chara and why he left Asriel in this way.
(Now play Mystery of You from RED)
Asriel: "you always said we'd meet again,
You always said you'd be here,
(Where are you now?)
You touched the deepest part of me,
The places I could not see,
Just tell me why I'm so dark inside,
Somewhere I will find,
All the pieces torn apart, you just left behind,
In your mystery, somewhere I will see,
All you've taken from me, all you kept deep inside,
In the mystery of you, the mystery of you,
It's obvious you understand, the blood that's on my hands,
I'm paralysed I can't escape, until I see your face,
(Don't leave me all alone)
You're all I know,
Somewhere I will find,
All the pieces torn apart, you just left behind,
In your mystery, somewhere I will see,
All you've taken from me, all you kept deep inside,
In the mystery of you, the mystery of you,
You're all I know, don't go!"
After the song Asriel had a few tears remembering the good times that him and Chara had together, they were the best of friends and they did have fun for a few months but then Asriel remembered what it all came down to and it only made him more Determined to end this right, so with this new found power he charged his next attack the Chaos Blaster, it's a big gun with the ability to shot multiple projectiles at once in a few different patterns, either in 2, 3 or 4 streams of bullets that spread out as they go.
Freddy could easily dodge them as some of the shots didn't even aim straight out of the gun but when the 3 shot came out the middle stream did, Asriel then charged the gun to breaking point and let lose a powerful laser beam, Freddy dodged it but now he was getting tired, he has somehow dodged every attack so far and had to stay on his toes no matter how hard it was just to get past each attack, Asriel on the other hand was loving it frankly, he was enjoying the idea of watching someone struggle though the pain of trying to help someone as they fight through the obstacles in their way.
In fact he would have almost understood what Chara must have been thinking but then something inside him told him that this kind of behaviour is not acceptable and Asriel thought to himself "mum? Is that you?" he had to keep the thought away but the voice was not going away, he had a small cry again as he knew he was going against his mother's wishes but he had to do this, for him it would make his life better.
Asriel used Shock Breaker again but this time the move was a little different as the lightning followed Freddy as he tried to dodge it, Freddy strained his legs to go faster but his muscles where now aching in pain and it felt like hell, he had no time to stop as if Freddy get's hit by any of these moves he will most likely die, even if he was on full health he was certain it would kill him.
Next, Asriel used the Chaos Sabre again, he started swinging faster now doing his best to catch Freddy with a full powered swing, Freddy almost tripped trying to get away from the swords, and again Asriel used both swords and smashed them in the battle field, as the shards of the swords flew past one of them hit Freddy in the arm, it stuck in his skin and he felt the pain which was made worse but the fact that he was running all over and getting so tired.
Freddy was ready for anything still and now Asriel used the Cosmic Crash, this time more asteroids and commits came down shattering with intense force then just to be a massive jack ass Asriel somehow had the power to through an entire planet and Freddy froze up in fear, then he felt something, it was the Determination to conquer the fear and move out of the way, he did just in time to avoid a massive piece of rock.
But now Asriel was getting a bit annoyed at Freddy's resilience, he charged the Chaos Blaster again and this time he would aim right at Freddy with all he had, he shot a few times and Freddy just kept dodging but the metal shard was starting to rip up his arm, he'd put it out but it was a big piece and it would course him to bleed out if he did, Asriel then used something on the side of the gun, it made the bullets home in on Freddy and so it didn't matter if Asriel aimed well, as long as he was in the general area it would seek him out.
He started shooting with 3 streams at first then with 4, Freddy could barely hold on and after all the shots had past he fell over on the same side of his injured arm, the pain was too much and he didn't dare get up again as the pain was already too much, this though gave Asriel the perfect time to attack with the laser, this time though he well and truly over charged it and as he fired the gun exploded and he hurt himself a bit.
For Freddy though he took it all, the laser and more metal shards from the gun, all that pain, all the punishment from all the different moves and trying to dodge them all, it was too much and he just let go, his world went to pure darkness and he lost, now he found himself floating in the void, he thought "wait, why am I here, I thought we found peace, this is a place for those who haven't found peace yet, are you telling me my job's not done yet?"
Pinkie: "that's exactly what we're telling you"
Freddy: "Pinkie, what are you doing here?"
Pete: "well we have a link to you through the void, we've all been there and you died so here we are"
Freddy: "but you're not dead, you're just acting as a vessel for Asriel's power"
Morice: "well apparently that's enough to put us here"
Bonnie: "don't worry Freddy, you can still win"
Freddy: "how, how can I win when I'm dead... again, unless Marion can give me life again then I don't think I'm getting back"
Marionette: "no need, you can just believe in yourself and in us and you'll find your way back"
Freddy: "ok cool, wait slow down one second, what about you, I have to save you from Asriel too don't I"
Sans: "yeah but don't worry too much, we can hold out for a while"
Undyne: "we may not remember you when you see us there so just be prepared to fight us when you find us"
Mettaton: "just don't leave us behind ok darling?"
Freddy: "yeah no problem"
Twilight: "go get him Freddy"
Freddy: "yeah you go it... wait, forgot to ask, how did you ponies get to the void?"
Celestia: "well your friends have a connection here through death, us ponies on the other hoof have a connection here because we are your friends, that goes the same way for the monsters so if you ever feel alone and far away just come here and you'll find you friends"
Mike: "now enough questions, Asriel's about the change the time line, you have to stop him"
Freddy: "ok I'm off"
Freddy then focused on his body, it was on the battle field that Asriel left behind, looking at his body Freddy found his soul about to break, if that happened it was game over, but Freddy's Determination was too strong and with his soul and conscious back in the same place they rejoined and Freddy's body jumped back to life and was fully healed, no more metal shards, no more pain, only the fiery passion to reach out to a brother that needs a helping hand, and the eyes that have seen the bad things in wanting revenge, it was time to just let go and live life now while he had it.
Freddy ran as fast he could to catch up to Asriel, the fight was far from over, he knew it and Asriel knew it but Asriel wanted to get a head start before he showed his ultimate power, Freddy saw him floating away but he wasn't going that fast, in fact he slowed down showing he knew what was to come next and Freddy just stopped, Asriel looked back and saw that Freddy was ready, ready for anything he could throw at him.
Asriel: "hahaha, oh isn't that delicious, you didn't give up, because you want a happy ending, because you love you friends, how precious"
Freddy: "yes you're right, I want a happy ending, I love my friends, I'll never give up, but there's a problem, I have one last soul to save, one last person who needs their happy ending, with friends who love him back and give him the life he never had"
Asriel: "what are you saying, there's no happy ending here, it's all in the past"
Freddy: "no, there is a happy ending here, right here, I'm willing to give it to you with my love of a brother you can just give up and release the souls, but keep Asgore, he was willing to give up is soul for you"
Asriel: "no, if we are going to have a happy ending we all have to be here, so let's purge this time line once and for all, HYPER GONER!"
Asriel then created some kind of giant Goat head in front of him akin to that of a Gaster Blaster, it laughed and started to suck in all of time itself, as the vortex inside expanded it destabilised and imploded coursing a bright flash that would erase anything inside it from existence but Freddy stood his ground and stayed alive.
Asriel: "whoa even after that you're still standing, wow you really are something aren't you?"
Freddy: "no matter what you do, no matter what pain you dish out I can take it and I will make you realise this is not the way, so give up now or suffer"
Asriel: "oh you're trying to boast to me? Well don't get too cocky as now it's time to show you what I'm made of, time to show you my true power, let's see what you can do against THIS!"
Asriel powered himself to an insane LP (level of power), everything went white again and all Freddy could see was Asriel's soul... but how his soul was gone, it seemed Asriel's soul did come back but only with the power of other's souls holding it together, if they were to leave then his soul would fade again.
Asriel's soul was talking to Freddy, it wanted to reach out to him as in his heart Asriel did believe that he was doing the wrong thing, plus the constant voice of Toriel's disapproval was making him more and more sorry and unstable, soon it will get to him and course him to lose his composer.
Asriel: "please Freddy, help me, I need you to stop me, you need to find a way to go inside my body and pull out your friends so I can go back to my kid form, I'm sorry I had to do this but I couldn't find another way to get back at Chara"
Freddy: "you didn't need to get back at Chara he had already condemned himself the moment he had you killed by the humans, if only I saw that when I first died"
Asriel: "maybe you're right, but now you need to get the rest of me to see that"
The light then subsided and Freddy saw an angle... a big angle... bigger then Asriel's adult form, no wait it is Asriel and that's no angle that's a god, a god of death, a god of hyper death, a god of hyper space death.
Asriel had transformed into a demon of complete destruction and annihilation, with wispy shoulders and wings that looked like the void of colour and a heart body containing Freddy's friends, he was the symbol of what one sees at the moment of their demise, Freddy tried to stand against him but something stopped him, he fell to one knee and couldn't move not one inch.
Asriel launched a sea of homing lasers that went right through Freddy and the pain was intense, it's weird, it's like Freddy was afraid again and was frozen in fear, the thing is when Freddy looked upon Asriel he wasn't scared in fact Freddy felt sorry for Asriel, he knew this was that end, the end of the fight, the end for Asriel, the end of happy times and good memories and the end of their minds, this next part of the battle will be filled with so many emotions that when they are done they will be emotionally drained.
Freddy tried one more time to move but he just couldn't and he just held his head low.
Asriel: "hahahahahaha, this is my ultimate power, you have nothing now and soon you'll forget you friends, they'll forget you and you'll forget yourself, that will serve you well where you're going"
Freddy: "it's all over now"
?: "ASRIEL STOP"
A voice from the distance that rang out calling to Asriel, the voice was familiar to Asriel but way, who was this mysterious person, was it human or monster, was it related, was it just a random bystander with the power to help the situation, all Asriel knew was that it was too little too late for the person to be coming back to him now of all times.
So that was chapter 20, I hope you felt enough emotion in that I'm sure you were expecting more and so was I, I wanted to put another song in there some were but I couldn't think of one that would fit but don't worry the second part of the fight was always more feelsy anyway so I'll try to get 2-3 more songs from RED in the next chapter but till then.
Venomous Book out
