Chapter 3 | Waterfall's Taunting Echo
The next morning, Frisk woke up to see that they were in a strange room. They looked around and saw old boxes and another sleeping bag. This must be Sans's place. Frisk thought as they got up and opened to door. Chara must already be awake. Just as they stepped out the door, they bumped into Chara.
"Oh Frisk!" Chara said cheerfully "I was just coming to wake you up. We made breakfast!" Chara smiled with their rosy cheeks as they walked back down the stairs.
They seemed happy. Frisk knew that Chara wasn't the happy type since they got here. They smiled every once in awhile, but it wasn't ever for very long. They always seemed so sad. And Frisk didn't know why.
"Breakfast? Wait... we?" Frisk asked surprised as they joined Chara down the stairs.
"Yea! Sans and I made pancakes." Chara happily walked into the kitchen were Sans was putting the pancakes on the two plates that were out.
Frisk was asked to sit down on the couch with a long table in front of it. Frisk didn't really remember what happened last night. They were to tired to register anything into their brain that late. They place looked clean-ish. There were some pieces of laundry still around but it was alright. Sans wasn't expecting visitors. Thought Frisk. Just then, Sans brought out the plates of syrup covered pancakes and placed them on the table.
"Here you go!" He said.
Chara sat next Frisk and gave them a plastic fork. Plastic? Guess they don't want me getting hurt. How thoughtful of Chara. Frisk and Chara start eating.
"Aren't you having any, Sans?" Asked Frisk
"Hm? Nah, I'm not hungry."
"Oh. okay." Frisk said somewhat depressed and continued to eat their pancakes "You know, these are really good!"
"Thanks. But, Chara did most of the work. I just helped with the stove." Sans explained as he looked at Chara.
"Chara? I didn't know you could bake?" Frisk asked and looked surprised.
"Oh um... yeah. I guess I can. I guess it just came to me naturally !" Chara laughed and finished their breakfast.
Chara was washing the dishes in the kitchen and Frisk wanted to help. So they got a stool and dried as Chara washed. After they were done, Chara and Frisk went back to Sans who was standing in the doorway watching them.
"So...thank you Sans for your letting us sleep here and for the food last night but, we have to get going now." Chara said as they went over to get Frisk's and their shoes.
"What? You're leaving already?" Sans asked sounding upset.
Chara put their shoes on and gave Frisk their boots. "Yeah. Frisk and I need to get home to the surface."
Sans looks at them with saddened eyes and his smile faded a bit. "Are you sure you need to go right now?" he asked
"Um well, yeah. We-we really want to go home."
He sighs and nods his head and helps Frisk gets their boots on.
"Well then, if you really need to go, at least let me guide you two through Waterfall," Sans said as he got on his jacket and scarf.
"Thanks Sans," Both Chara and Frisk say to Sans as they walk out the door.
He really doesn't want us to leave. Maybe he's not used to company and wants us to stay a bit?
Chara and Frisk followed Sans past his house and Chara noticed a small shed next to his house but didn't bother asking him what it was there for. Chara had wondered since they met Sans, why he was out that deep in the forest so late? Neither Chara, Frisk or Sans had asked any questions about one another since they met. So obviously, Chara was curious. Chara sped up to come next to Sans, walking beside him.
"So, Sans," Chara began "What do you for a living?"
Sans stopped in his place and didn't move. His smile wasn't on his face and Chara saw his eye sockets go black. He didn't say anything. He just stood there silent. Ah jeez…I asked the wrong question! Chara thought as Frisk joined up and stood beside them. Sans still the way he was. Then suddenly he said sounding somber
"I'm a sentry in Snowdin Forest." and he keep walking.
Chara didn't believe that was the full truth. After all, they saw him with papers and blueprints. What would a sentry need those for? Chara gave Frisk a worried look and kept walking.
They had just entered Waterfall when Sans stopped, turned around and whispered to Frisk and Chara,
"This is Waterfall."
"Why are you whispering?" asked Frisk curiously as the walked in front of Sans looking up at him.
Sans gave a little chuckle "Because people make wishes here, and I like to be respectful when I come through here. Or least they used too.."
Frisk tilted their head that the word wishes. "Wishes? For what?"
"Well," Sans said walking over to a blue, bioluminescent.flower "These are echo flowers. They repeat the last thing they hear over and over."
The flower then repeats what Sans just said and Frisk giggles at it. "It's like a parrot." they whisper.
"Heh. Yeah, I guess it is." Sans whispers back and takes Frisk by the hand and leads them through.
Chara and Frisk followed Sans through the dark cave of Waterfall. Frisk was holding Sans's bony hand. The look that was on Chara's face was almost jealously. It was almost like when they walking through Snowdin Forest. Frisk and Sans were laughing about things while Chara was behind them at their own pace. Chara didn't mind it though. They'd rather be alone anyway. While the two were talking or whispering, Chara heard a noise coming from behind them. Has someone followed us? Thought Chara as the decided to check it out. They looked back at Sans and Frisk and saw that they weren't paying attention. So Chara went back to look. They walked a little bit when they saw something odd. Tiny holes in the ground. What the heck? They started walking further and saw more tiny holes. What even are these? Then that noise came up behind them. They turned around quickly to see a little golden flower with cuts and holes in their petals, starting right at them with a creepy face. Chara took a few steps back.
"What's wrong Chara? Don't you remember me?" said the flower.
"What? You can talk? And how do you know my name!" Chara asked looking at the strange talking flower before them.
"Well of course I can talk idiot! And I know your name because of...reasons! Pft! You're as dumb as ever!"
"Ugh! How rude! You need some soap for that mouth!" Chara said looking unfazed about the odd little flower.
"Wha-grrr! Anyway, you really don't know who I am?"
"Sorry weed. Never seen ya in my life!"
"Hm...interesting." said the flower looking away like they had an idea. "Well, just so you know, I've been watching you. And I'll continue to watch you. You know as well as I do that something's not right here. And I know what it is!" the flower pops into the ground.
"Yeah run away daisy-head!" Chara yells into the hole that the flower made.
Just then, Sans and Frisk come around the corner to see Chara yelling into a tiny hole. Chara looked up at them and smiled then walked with back to where they were before Chara left. Sans asked Chara what they were doing but they just said they thought they forgot something. Sans gives Chara a puzzled look but continues to walk holding Frisk's tiny hand in his.
