Five Nights of Redemption

Ok guys sad as it is this is the penultimate chapter, I don't think this story has much more to go so I thank you all for reading and enjoying so much so let's go straight into this

Chapter 25: a friend's return

While in bed Asriel was having a dream, it was the first true dream he had since he died, in it he was playing with Chara and they were having fun, playing and laughing they chased each other around the Ruins, everything was happy and Asriel smiled in his sleep, Torigore was there too watching them play, he wanted to join but whenever he saw Asriel with Chara he let them play by themselves, to him he thought it was something that only they could do as it was Asriel who found Chara and brought him to Toriel and not Torigore.

But then the dream turned, Asriel was chasing Chara and he stopped, he just stood there as the purple bricks turned black and the whole area was covered in the darkness, Asriel didn't like this, he thought he was done with all this darkness he wanted to be free from it, Chara turned around and Asriel noticed that he had chanced, his normal kind smile had turned sinister, his soft green eyes had turned to a bright crimson red and he somehow gained a sharp kitchen knife, Asriel looked to Chara and he could see something floating next to him but it was too faint to make out but whatever it was it sent shivers down his spine.

Chara started to talk to Asriel turning the dream into reality.

Chara: "hello... my old friend, do you remember me?"

Asriel: "Ch... Ch... Chara?"

Chara: "ah, it's good to see you still remember me, how have you been"

Asriel: "well, considering I died because of you, got turned into a flower, tried to rewrite time, had at least 3 emotional break downs and came back to life, yeah I'm doing fine"

Chara: "you also seem to have gotten braver, the last time I talked to you like this you were trembling like a leaf, well that's good if you want to beat me you'll need all the bravery you can muster"

Asriel: "I'm not alone this time, I have my friends and family"

Chara: "oh you mean the pathetic brother of yours... ha, he will just run and cry like he did when you died"

Asriel: "what are you doing anyway?"

Chara: "well, with the help of my associate I will use the barrier as a source of power, no we agreed that you are working for me, you're in my world and I can easily destroy you, I don't care I'm dead too, just shut up"

Asriel: "umm... who are you talking to?"

Chara: "never you mind, just know that it is taking us a while to figure out how we can use the barrier so if you're going to stop us you better hurry"

Asriel then woke up and came to the conclusion that he had to get everyone/everypony together to help with a new threat to the underground and possibly the surface world, while that was going on Chara and his associate, Purplegeist were talking to each other about who is in charge.

Chara: "stop getting in the way of my lead, yes I agreed to help you but remember this, you are in my world so you listen to me"

Purplegeist: "yes, this is your world but what you forget is that I am the one who gave you that body, I am the one with the power, I can wipe you out with the flick of my finger"

Chara: "ugh, why did I think it was such a good idea to work with you?"

Purplegeist: "it's because we are the same are we not"

Chara: "how do you mean?"

Purplegeist: "let me explain"

Purplegeist then started to sing a song about an infectious disease that had infected the both of them and made them who they are.

(Now play Same Disease by RED)

Purplegeist: "I am toxic, I am so impure,

I am dying inside, dying for a cure,

Separated, I am quick to resist,

I am all alone infected with this,

I'm immune to you,

You're immune to me,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

I'm a side show, isolated and torn,

Only you can touch me, you alone,

I'm immune to you,

You're immune to me,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

I am immune to you,

You are immune to me,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

This attraction, we are not getting well,

It's a fever I share, it's a plague you feel,

Separated, I am quick to resist,

I am all alone, infected with this,

I'm immune to you,

You're immune to me,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

I am immune to you,

You are immune to me,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

I am immune to you,

You are immune to me,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

We are both sick souls,

With the same disease,

We are all sick souls,

With the same disease"

After the song Chara thought that he would work with Purplegeist for now but they may not see eye to eye about who was in charge of the whole operation so he just let him have his moment for now, but back with Asriel he was waking everyone/everypony up, he had to stop Chara once and for all and finally have the peace and freedom the monsters wanted so badly, he went around waking them all up and when he got to the Monster Kid still sleeping soundly he thought "whatever you do make sure you stare into the eyes of your friends so they don't ever turn their backs on you" he got them all together and told them about his dream.

Asriel: "so I had a really nice dream, it was great, I was playing with Chara and we were running all around the Ruins everything was going so perfect, but then it all went black and he turned into a demon or something, his eyes were red instead of green, and he told me he was trying to use the barrier for something"

Freddy: "like what?"

Asriel: "I don't know, he always had these moments where he would remember his life on the surface and how bad it was, how he would struggle to live at all, he was a poor orphan so it was hard for him, the people who saw him would treat him like crap"

Toriel: "Asriel!"

Asriel: "sorry, but I'm right aren't I?"

Toriel: "indeed you are, he would tell me on occasion"

Asgore: "so my guess is that he wants to use the barrier as a way to destroy humanity?"

Asriel: "well he didn't say that specifically but I would imagine so"

Cyril: "and he's doing this all by himself is he?"

Asriel: "no, he has an associate"

Derpy: "who is"

Asriel: "well I don't know I couldn't really see it, but it did look like it was a shade of purple"

Mike: "what?"

Celestia: "purple, hum... Toriel isn't that the colour the anthros said was their killer?"

Toriel: "yes I believe it was my child"

Mike: "Freddy, don't suppose the purple ghost thing is here is it?"

Freddy: "can't say, Marion what do you think?"

Marionette: "whatever it is we must not take any chances, if it is Purple Guy or not I don't care I'm not letting it ruin this world after we saved it, we must all go now"

So everyone/everypony got their things ready and went to Asgore's Castle to find out what was going on, they walked as fast as possible to get back to the castle, they wanted to get their quick but have enough stamina to fight, if this is going to be anything like the fight they had with Asriel then it would be emotional and draining.

While they were on their way Chara had a memory, it was the one when he first fell into the underground, thinking he was died he looked around and saw the stone pillars that stretched up to the roof of the hole, he looked to the ground and saw a bunch of flowers around him, they were soft enough to cushion the fall and he was left alive, the memory continued and he heard a voice, a young boy was heard no older than him.

Asriel: "oh you've fallen and hurt yourself haven't you?"

Chara: "oh, yeah just a headache though, I'm fine"

Asriel: "oh no, you may have a concussion, here let me help you"

Chara: "hey, I said I was fine, I don't need your help"

Asriel: "no excuses, I may be classified as a monster by you humans but I'm going to show you that we can be kind and helpful"

Chara: "what, you're going to help me, no matter what I say?"

Asriel: "yeah, that's what friends are for right?"

Chara then started crying, he never had a friend before and yet after only having met Asriel for just 1 minute he was classed as a friend.

Chara: "why was I so blind to see that you were always there for me, even when all I wanted was to hurt the people that hurt me?"

Purplegeist: "what was that?"

Chara: "ugh, nothing just get started on the barrier already"

Purplegeist: "finally"

Purplegeist then touched the barrier and it was being absorbed into him, they found out what they could do, turns out that Purple Guy's form is due to him having unlimited souls, this means that he can give Chara a soul to give life and still have one for himself to stay alive, this is why he could come back as Springtrap and Purplegeist, but this also means that Chara cannot break the barrier himself, this power is just one step above Marionette and with it he can simple touch the barrier and absorb it but it would still take some time.

While this was happening Chara had another memory, this time it was the time Asriel had carried his body back to the place where he came from, Chara was thinking that if there was going to be any way to kill humans it was going to be through another human, monster war, the problem was that after coming back he could see that didn't happen and now he's somewhere in the middle, debating whether he should keep going with this or to stop and be Asriel's friend again.

Everyone/everypony kept moving on, with Asriel and Torigore heading the crew they marched as fast and enthusiastically as possible as they both knew what Chara was doing could be the end of everything, especially Asriel, since he was the closest friend to Chara and he wanted him to see what a new chance could mean.

Mettaton: "oh great, more emotions, I can just feel it coming and I don't think I can take it"

Rarity: "me neither darling, there's so much pent up and locked away secrets about this family and its past"

Toriel: "and that's only after the war, there's so much more that me and Asgore have been through, the war tore everything apart, even if we can get to the surface I'm not sure that the humans have changed enough to accept us"

Bonnie: "well the least we can do is try, right"

Papyrus: "neah, I believe in trying, so let's keep going"

They moved faster getting closer to the castle, it was not too far now and soon emotions will run wild again, Chara and Asriel could feel each others' hearts beat as one, but what Chara felt was something new, inside Asriel was a new soul, the soul of a human boy from a different universe that somehow found its way here.

Chara: "so after all that time wanting to turn back time with 7 human souls, all it took was one to stop you, well I hope you're happy because I'm going to rip it out of you and use it to destroy humanity... I'm sorry"

Purplegeist: "sounds like you're having second thoughts"

Chara: "what... no I'm not, you just focus on that barrier they're almost here"

Mike: "ahem..."

Chara: "oh, here they are"

Chip: "what's going on here, why are you trying to destroy humanity?"

Chara: "have you ever been dumped at birth and treaded like crap"

Mike: "no, but as a kid I lost my parents"

Chara: "oh... rough"

Purplegeist: "oh not this sob story again, oh boo hoo, I lost my parents wugh wugh"

Mike: "YOU!"

Freddy: "serious, again, why won't you DIE?!"

Purplegeist: "because I am immortal, I will return again and again, I cannot be vanquished"

Asriel: "who is he?"

Torigore: "whatever it is I'd like to kill it, it's disgusting"

Purplegeist: "hey, you try surviving being turned into a soul and losing your body, damn furries, in fact look at all of you, what happened"

Marionette: "all you need to know is that they have been given another chance"

Freddy: "looks like he has too"

Asriel: "Chara, why?"

Chara: "this is my final chance to get back at everyone who ever hurt me, I'm going to show them what happens to those who hurt me"

Twilight: "come on everypony, the time for action is now"

Purplegeist: "oh you have got to be joking, ponies? First furries now bronies, and I've been defeated by them twice, but not this time, Chara you deal with them and I'll take the barrier, only a few minutes and I'll have the power to destroy everything"

The area when greyscale and everyone's/everypony's souls/cutie marks were pulled into the battle field, Chara closed his eyes and remembered the time when Asriel made a butter cup crown for him, he placed it on his head and they lied on the flower bed next to each other looking at the hole, Asriel put his ear next to Chara's and held his hand.

Asriel: "I have to ask, do you ever want to go back to the surface one day?"

Chara: "why, why would I do that when the only person who ever loved me at all is right here?"

Asriel: "because one day... I want to see the sun, I want to smell the air, I want to feel the wind"

Chara: "ngh, people will just hate you, like they did back when the war began"

Asriel remembered that too and the both of them gained enough Determination to fight, Chara started by using the knife, he swung it creating shock waves that sliced through the air, everyone/everypony jumped up to avoid it but that was just the beginning, Chara slashed and slashed creating more and more sharp shock waves, they all had to jump, bob and weave to avoid them.

Moonlight was about to use his magic to attack until he saw Derpy fly over to Chara and used her hoof to bonk him on the head, this made him angry and he jump kicked her down to the other ponies, in just a short time Moonlight had grown accustomed to her unique character and may have come to love her, so in seeing her hurt he had rage build up in his body and he started to float using his green magic and even started to create an artificial sun and moon so he could use the celestial laser.

Chara was astonished at the power he could generate, before he could fire it however he caught a glimpse of Twilight and everypony else using rainbow power and with them they brought along Derpy, yes even Derpy has her own element of harmony, she is the element of unity, it is representative of her ability to be different in a way but still have the strength to be herself and make friends in the face of others abandonment and ridicule.

Luna: "Moonlight, fire the laser cannon then go rainbow power, we can use the combined powers to destroy him and defeat the evil inside"

Moonlight: "right!"

Moonlight fired the laser at Chara and from what they could see it hit directly and did a lot of damage, then with rainbow power he fired his light at Chara destroying the darkness inside, after the smoke had cleared they expected to see the remnants of Chara's soul but he was still there unscathed.

Derpy: "wait, but how he not changed, we hit him"

Sunset: "surely he should be a soul after that"

Starlight: "yep, I'm confused"

Asriel: "it's because he's not evil, he really believes this is the right thing to do, just like when I tried to go back in time to kill him, I wanted things to be better for us"

Chara: "I want things to be better to, I want to destroy humanity so we can go to the surface together, we don't even have to worry about anyone being scared of us"

Asriel: "but that's wrong"

Chara: "I never said I was kind or forgiving"

Foxy: "fine it's our turn now, let's go"

Finn: "right behind you"

Asriel: "NO!... he's my friend, I'll deal with him"

Chara: "..."

Toriel: "oh Asriel"

Torigore: "go get him bro"

Asriel: "mum, are you ok if I use my god form?"

Toriel: "if that is what you need to do then do it, just don't destroy everything"

Asriel: "don't worry, I won't"

Using the power of the human soul, Asriel transformed into his adult form, with it he was very much akin to Torigore in looks and height but Asriel was far more powerful, Chara then did what he could to defeat Asriel, throwing wave after wave of knifes and shock waves at him, Asriel dodged them all, and fought back using only the Chaos Sabre, with every slice and every slash there was one thing Asriel could tell.

He didn't let it get to him for now and to make sure he was certain he fought harder, more slashes, more swings and even the occasional burst of fire he could tell, Chara was not giving it his all, he know he had more in him, it took more than this just to take over his body and have him killed by the humans, so why now is he holding back?

Asriel kept thinking this till Torigore used his own fire magic to knock Chara off and he feel back.

Asriel: "Torigore, he was mine"

Torigore: "what, it's not like he was even trying, I know he has more in him and so do you"

Chara: "ugh he's right, I'm not even trying"

Asriel: "why aren't you trying, is there something you want to tell me?"

Chara: "yes, you are still the only person I can safely call friend, all I did was throw you away, I wanted nothing more than to get to the surface one way or another and kill every single stinking human I could find, a complete killing spree"

Asriel: "no, that's... GENOCIDE"

Chara: "well after you took my body there and they killed you I found I couldn't do anything, as a soul and with nothing to possess I just gave up and wanted to get back to you but you were dead and it was all my fault"

Asriel: "yeah... so now what?"

Torigore: "let's kill him"

Asriel: "NO"

Chara: "can we start again?"

Asriel: "what?"

Chara started to sing about being forgiven and starting anew.

(Now play Start Again by RED)

Chara: "and I remember everything, everything I loved,

I gave it away like it wasn't enough,

All the I said and all you forgive,

How could I hurt you again?

What if I let you win?

What if I make it right? What if I give it up?

What if I want to try?

What if you take a chance?

What if I learn to love? What if,

What if we start again?

On this time, I can make it right,

With one more try, can we start again?

In my eyes, you can see it now,

Can we start again, can we start again?

Emptiness inside me, wonder if you see,

It's my mistake and it's hurting me,

I know where we've been,

How'd we get so far? What if,

What if we start again?

On this time, I can make it right,

With one more try, can we start again?

In my eyes, you can see it now,

Can we start again, can we start again?

I'm lost inside the pain I feel without you,

I can't stop holding on, I need you with me,

I'm caught inside the pain, can we ever start again,

I'm lost without you,

One more try! Can we start again?"

By the end of the song both Chara and Asriel were crying, Chara had come to the conclusion that what he tried to do was wrong, he did have someone to love him, a family to be there for him and a brother to stay by his side, Asriel was crying because within some confusion there was realisation, the realisation that all that Chara did was all for nothing and he just wanted to blow him to bits and make him feel the pain of feeling nothing for 12 years.

Chara: "please Asriel can you forgive me?"

Asriel: "forgive you (sniff) you killed me just so you could go back on wanting to kill humans? Oh so very well thought out eh?"

Chara: "I'm so sorry I just couldn't take the pain anymore and I wanted to end it"

Asriel: "I'll end it for you!"

Chara: "no wait, I can make it up to you"

Asriel: "how?"

Chara: "I'll destroy Purplegeist"

Purplegeist: "excuse me?"

Chara: "he had to give me a soul so I could have my body back, perhaps that's what it takes to kill him"

Marionette: "I never thought of that, but then again we only have our own souls, you now have a piece of Purplegeist inside you, but if you do this you will die"

Chara: "at least I'll take the barrier with me"

Asriel: "what no, don't do this, I can't lost you, not again"

Chara: "Asriel, we may have had our good moments together but all I did was hurt you, I may have asked for forgiveness but I don't deserve it, all I can do now is redeem myself, and this is the only way I know how to"

Moonlight: "wow now that is Determination"

Asriel: "isn't there any other way we can destroy this purple guy?"

Freddy: "I don't think so, Marion?"

Marionette: "no there isn't, why didn't I see this before?"

Chara: "it's ok, besides you got your true bro back, I know we've had such good times but you should go with the ones who haven't coursed you such pain to start with"

Asriel returned to his normal form and cried, he cried for the memories of him and Chara, cried for the pain that he had coursed and cried for the things he wanted, hoped and wished for the both of them, but the decision was made and there was no going back.

Mettaton: "oh what did I tell you darling (sniff)"

Rarity: "tissue dear?"

Toriel: "oh my dear child, Chara must you do this?"

Chara: "yes, it's for you too, with Purplegeist's soul within me and its power if I touch him I will course the both of us to explode, this will break the barrier and... take us both with it, I coursed so much pain so now I'll give you freedom"

Asriel: "Chara, you are my brother and... I love you"

Chara: "I love you too, now... watch"

So with Chara satisfied with what was said he stepped back from Asriel still relishing the feel of a hug, his body started to glow purple and he turned into a floating purple light, he floated towards Purplegeist as he tried to absorb the barrier fast but it wasn't going anywhere, he could try to fight but putting a soul into another using the limitless souls he had made them immune to him and vice versa, just as the song said, and so as Chara floated closer to Purplegeist he had no fear, no anxiety and no doubt, he sang the chorus of a song they have heard before... at least the anthros have.

Chara: "and I won't cry for yesterday,

There's an ordinary world,

Somehow I have to find,

And as I try to make my way,

To the ordinary world,

I will learn to survive"

BOOOOOOM!

Asriel: "CHARAAAAAAAAA!"

Silence...

And that was chapter 25 of Five Nights of Redemption, I hope you liked that ending thought it would make for a tenser feel to it and make you wonder what the last chapter will bring, plus sorry if the death of purple guy seemed anticlimactic I just thought what more can this guy do, anyway if you liked it please be sure to fav, follow and review and till the last chapter

Venomous Book out