Chapter 5 | What Happened?
There was a cross road. Chara took a few steps forward to see a what looked like a few more abandoned homes. There was garbage everywhere. It was in ruins. They couldn't believe it. More? They were abandoned just like the one in the actual ruins. Chara turned to Sans with an upset face.
"W-Why are they abandoned? Sans? What happened?" Chara asked.
Chara had thought they asked a harmless question. But it wasn't. Sans let go of Frisk's hand and lowered his head. Frisk went over to Chara again probably scared a little. Sans sighed.
"You'd better sit down." he said in almost a whisper.
Chara sat down cross-legged and Frisk sat on their lap. Chara was holding onto Frisk by the waist almost like a hug.
Sans stood in front of them but not looking at them. He didn't have his smile anymore. Chara knew something was bothering him. They knew now, that that smile wasn't real. Whatever he was hiding from them, he was about to reveal.
"Long ago," he started "our King, lost his wife to the humans who killed her. He was devastated. He was so upset, that he went up to a village and started to burn it down. The humans got angry and waged a war on the monsters and won. They sealed us up down here with a magic spell. Things could get in, but couldn't get out. The King wasn't the same after that. He was very unstable with his emotions. The King had one son. At the time, he was very young and had no memory of his mother. The King raised his son to be a fearless leader. To show no emotion or feeling for anything."
Chara and Frisk looked at each other probably both wondering the same thing. Where was he going with this? Sans continued.
"The Prince didn't really like the way his father was raising him, so he ran away to what we now know as 'The Ruins'. He found a human who had fell down. He became friends with them and during this time, the King sent off search parties for the young Prince. They found him with the human. The Prince explained that the human got sick and he was trying to help them. The guards that found them ended up killing the human."
Frisk gave a small gasp and curled up into Chara who was holding onto them tighter.
"The Prince, in a panic, absorbed his human friend's soul and became powerful beyond imagination. The Prince went back to the King and explained to him what happened. The King, unstable as he was, killed his own son in anger for trusting and helping a human and he locked the soul of the human away." Sans stopped.
Chara looked up him. There was silence among them for awhile. Why isn't he completing his story? Thought Chara.
"That soul, was stolen recently. No one knows where it was. The King went searching for it. He and his guards searched every home. They destroyed many of them, people abandoned most of them and guards killed people to find it. They eventually found it in 'The Ruins'. "
"It's just a soul. Why would they go through all that trouble? " Chara asked still holding onto Frisk tightly.
"Because he needs it for what he's planning." Sans replied sounding very upset.
He got up and walked off a little but not too far that Chara and Frisk could hear him. His back was now turned to them. His head still lowered.
"Sans?" asked Frisk quietly "What is the King planning?"
Frisk was so innocent. Even the question sounded innocent coming from them. It was far from innocent. Sans turned back to face them tears coming from his eyes.
"5 other humans had fallen down since the incident. He killed all of them. He took all of their souls."
"But…" Frisk got up and made Chara let go of them "Why?" They stood in front of Sans who was crying.
They were trying to calm him down but it wasn't working. Sans looked at Frisk and Chara.
"He wants to use human souls to break the barrier that's trapping us all down here. But, he needs seven. And he has six" Sans hugged Frisk. Frisk hugged him back.
Chara knew that Sans was worried about themselves and Frisk. They went over and hugged him too. Chara figured out that The King, if he ever found out about Frisk or themselves, would kill them and take their souls. That's why Sans didn't want them leaving. He didn't want them to die. He had grown attached to them. He wanted to protect them and keep them safe.
