Chapter 4 | That Weed

Frisk happily swinged holding onto Sans and Chara's hands. They were swinging them back and forth. Walking through Waterfall giggling and laughing. They were just having fun until Sans asked the two,

"So um. I never asked but, how old are you guys?" Sans stopped swinging Frisk, land placed their feet back onto the ground and let go of their hand.

"Well" Started Chara "I know I'm 10-"

"Im 6!" Frisk said interrupting Chara and looking impressed with their answer. "Well, 6 and three quarters that is."

"Hm. So how did you two kids meet?" Sans asked them another question.

"Well, when I woke up," Frisk explained "I met Chara right away and we became friends as we started through the ruins together. We've learned about each other since we both fell!"

Frisk looked up at Chara who was looking around the room not paying attention. Sans continued asking questions

"So what did you guys see in 'The Ruins'?" This question got Chara's attention.

"Well, we -"

"We saw pillars and and purple bricks and lots of puzzles!" Frisk interrupted Chara again "and also this small house and-"

"Then we came to the forest." Chara had put their hand over Frisk's mouth to make them stop talking.

Frisk moved Chara's hand off of their mouth. What's their problem? Wondered Frisk as Sans shrugged and kept moving forward taking Frisk's hand again. They kept going until they reached a room with a bunch of echo flowers. Frisk looked around at the blue beauty of the room. There were star like stones shining above them. Frisk let go of Sans's hand and ran into the room listening to each flower. They wanted to hear what they all said. The first flower Frisk listened to seemed to just have silly little wishes or messages. But soon they came to a flower that said,

"I'll be watching you, Frisk,"

Frisk jumped back in surprise. They looked back at Sans and Chara talking. They weren't looking at Frisk. Frisk decided to walk to another flower. This flower said,

"So watch your back! He he he!"

Frisk ran back to Chara and Sans.

"There was an echo flower making threats to me!" Frisk cried, hugging Chara. Chara bent down and wiped Frisk's tears.

"Show me,"

So Frisk lead to the flower and Chara listened to it.

"I wish to go to the surface!" it said

Chara turned back to Frisk.

"Frisk there wasn't a threat there. Are you sure you heard what you did?" Frisk nodded and lead Chara to the other flower.

Once again Chara listened to it and it said a wish made by someone else. Chara shook their head and walked back to Sans. Frisk turned to the flowers and shivers ran down their spine. They walked back to Chara and Sans telling them that they can go now. Frisk took Sans's hand once more and all three walked through the wishing room.

Chara, as usual walked behind Sans and Frisk. Chara heard a noise behind them.

"Hey, Sans! Frisk! I think I forgot something back in the wishing room! I'll be right back!" Chara said as they didn't wait for an answer, running back toward the echo flowers.

Chara walked carefully through and listened to a few flowers trying to listen incase that flower had a message waiting for them. They stopped when they saw it. That weed. Looking up at them with their staring eyes.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Chara listening to each and every flower like a idiot!" The flower said smiling.

"Shut it weed! Why are you following me?" Chara asked,

"Cause I know the truth. And you're not the person I thought you were…"

"What does that mean?" Chara questioned the tiny holed flower.

"See that locket around your neck? I bet I can guess what is says," Chara looked strangely at the flower like surely he doesn't. He's bluffing. "It says Best Friends Forever. Right?" The flower gave a big evil grin.

"How...how do you that!"

"I bet you don't even remember where you got it from!" the flower squealed with laughter

Chara held their locket close to them. "What do you want weed?"

"I want you learn the truth. About me...about this world. This isn't the way this world is supposed to be. It's broken...just like me...just like you…and just like everything in it!" vines wrapped around Chara's ankles making them unable to move.

Just then a heart appeared in front of Chara. It was red and had two giant cracks in it. Chara looked at the flower in question.

"That's your soul. Looks like it's broken too! Just like everything else!"

The flower continued to speak growing upward toward Chara's height.

"You will fear me. And I know about things you're just dying to know! Like what's the problem with Sans? Why there aren't a lot of monsters? Things like that," The flower's vines grew and wrapped around Chara's legs. "Just know this...if you try to tell anyone about what I'm saying to you, or that you've ever met or talked to me, Frisk will get the consequences…"

"No! You stay away from them! Don't bring them into this!"

Chara suddenly realized that when Frisk said that they heard threats from an echo flower, It was the flower that said those things. They were suddenly filled with anger.

"Well, if you don't want me to hurt them, don't tell Sans or Frisk anything, even if it means lying to them over, and over, and over!" The flower let go of Chara and laughed as he disappeared underground.

Ow! Thought Chara rubbing their legs and ankles from the vines. That evil weed! What is his problem? What does he want me to find out? What does he want me to know? Chara looked at their locket. They flower knew something about them. About their past. Something important and they were determined to find out what. As they walked, they thought about the red heart they saw that the flower described as a 'soul'. Chara wondered if Frisk or Sans had one too. And if theirs looked like Chara's. They ran back to where Sans and Frisk were. They saw them playing eye spy.

"Okay. let's go. Got whatever I needed," Chara said lying to them again.

Chara hated lying. Especially to Frisk. They were so innocent and kind. They didn't deserve to be lied to. But Chara knew that if they told them the truth, something bad will happen to them. Along the way, Frisk found an umbrella and it had started to rain. Rain? Underground? I guess it's not the weirdest thing I've seen down here. Chara thought as they stood under the umbrella with Frisk. Sans didn't stand underneath it, he just put his hood on.

They reached a statue. It didn't seem to do anything until Frisk placed the umbrella on it and it started to play like a music box. This song...it's...familiar.

Chara had a memory where someone was talking to them. They gave them the locket. Right here. They couldn't see the face but it seemed so...kind. Chara came back and walked off with Frisk and Sans in the rain.

Chara's legs were getting tired from all the walking. That, and the fact that their were probably scratches on them. I'll get Sans to heal them later. If it'll work...

"Hey, um, is there some place we can rest for a bit?" Chara asked Sans, stopping and standing, waiting for an answer.

"Um, I think we're almost at the end," Sans replied and kept walking.

"You think?" Chara said with a groan.

Walking again as well.

"My legs are getting tired too Sans!" Frisk said still holding his hand they stopped which made Sans stop as well.

"Okay, um...there might be something up ahead," He said walking forward a little bit more and pointed "here."