Authors note: OOOOOHHHH my god guys im so sorry that this took so long. I wound up losing my steam for a bit, and then got distracted by other things for a while, and this chapter went through some early changes a couple times, It's just been a weird thing, and certainly wasn't supposed to take this long to come out, luckily though the next chapter IS one that i'm looking forward to writing, so enjoy this nice long chapter, oh and btw trigger warning for later int he chapter for mention of abuse and attempted suicide, bc you know, Chara and Asriel did a bad, and before that Chara was in a bad way...so yeah trigger warnings for that.


In her unconscious state, Frisk felt herself floating. Thinking that she was dreaming Frisk tried to look around, spotting a child with brown hair and a yellow and green striped shirt.

"Greetings, partner." Chara said as she smiled.

"C-Chara? How?"

"I think you kinda went unconscious, fighting an eldritch horror murder flower takes a lot out of you apparently."

"Huh...well….even if I do wake up…..we can't get out of the underground, and if my friends come down here, they would be stuck too. There has to be a better way." Chara nodded

"Well, we could try loading, we saved just before fighting Asgore."

"Think we could do that unconscious?"

"Well there is no harm in trying"

"Fair enough."

she hit the reload button, and with a blink, Frisk was back in the beautiful golden judgement hall.

*Wait…..crap Sans isn't here to give us that shortcut he offered.*

(Hope he might come back if we tell him you changed your mind?) Frisk decided it was worth a shot, and began to text Sans.

"Hey Sans, I changed my mind, do you think you could give me a 'cut to Snowdin?"

" 'cut?"

"Yeah, apostrophe-cut, which is short for shortcut."

" pfffft i c what u did there, lucky for you im in the area, look to your right." Frisk raised an eyebrow and put up her phone. As indicated, as soon as Frisk turned right, there Sans was, leaning against one of the pillars. With a wink and a nonchalant wave, he spoke

" heya."

"Wow those are some damn good shortcuts Sans."

" yup, lets go, pap and undyne will be glad to see you're staying for a bit." Sans lead her behind the same pillar he was in front of, which brought her into the cold of Snowden. The temperature hit her fast as her eyes widened.

"Crap!" Frisk yelped as she quickly opened her dimensional box and donned Papyrus's hoodie, safe and without a single stain or tear. Sans opened the door and led Frisk inside.

" hey paps, undyne, the kid's here." Papyrus walked in from the kitchen smelling of burnt spaghetti sauce.

"AH, HUMAN, I THOUGHT YOU WERE AB0UT TO COMPLETE YOUR JOURNEY?"

Undyne popped up behind him, "Yeah, what's up punk?" too which Frisk merely shrugged.

"I decided to give it a minute, take some time to enjoy things before I go."

"BUT OF COURSE, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HAD MY MASTER CUISINE!" Undyne grinned,

"This is going to be the best spaghetti EVER!" Both Frisk and Chara felt concerned.

"THE MEAL WILL BE MADE IN A FEW HOURS, UNTIL THEN FEEL FREE TO EXPLORE THE HOUSE! BEWARE OF MY BROTHER'S ROOM THOUGH. IT'S LIKE ANOTHER WORLD, WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO VACUUM."

Frisk chuckled as she walked upstairs and saw flashing rainbow light coming from Sans' room.

*What the hell?* She pulled out the key Sans gave her and entered the room. It was entirely pitch black, she roamed the darkness for a few minutes until…...the lights came on, and she realized that she was standing on a treadmill in the middle of a small room. She turned and saw that Papyrus had turned on the light.

"HEY SANS…..HUMAN! I THOUGHT SANS MIGHT BE IN HERE, WHY ARE YOU USING THE TREADMILL IN THE DARK? IS MY BROTHER PRANKING YOU FROM TIME AND SPACE? I HATE IT WHEN HE DOES THAT!"

(Wait this is a regular occurrence?)

"ANYWAY I WAS GOING TO FIND SANS AND MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIM PICK UP THAT DARN SOCK! BUT ALAS HE APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE, GRILLBY'S NO DOUBT." and with that Papyrus left the room. Frisk decided to do some investigating, reading the note on the treadmill first.

" the truth is you got owned, nerd." "Damn it Sans."

Frisk walked around the room, seeing a trash tornado, balled up sheets, a letter to santa *Sansta?* clause, a scandalous sock collection,

(But he doesn't even wear socks?) and a drawer that held yet another key, and several trombones and clothes haphazardly thrown in. Under the key was a small note that read:

" behind the house." Frisk tucked the note and key away and went out to the back, noticing a door that lead downstairs. There Sat Sans, with a small machine bleeping softly, with a larger machine in the very back. Sans looked over with his classic grin.

" hey kid, so you found the key."

"Yeah….what is all this?"

" ehhhh just some stuff my lazy bones haven't gotten into in a long time, well aside from this little beauty." Sans replied as he lightly patted the timeline reading device.

"What is that?"

" heh, it's what i wanted you to see actually. Well, this thing here, was made by me….and someone else, the problem is i can't remember nothin about them, but i know how to work this machine, and read the weird symbols on how to work it. Weird right?'"

"Yeah….hey Alphys had a similar reaction when I pressed for more on who built the core."

" heh, really now? that's interesting. this machine here, can tell me what the timeline will do, what it has done. It's a way of tracking 'anomalies. 'course, i can't tell WHO is doin the resets and loads, but I know when they happen. and the last series of loads, were all over the place. what happened to you during all of those loads that you wound up loading again further back in the timeline? to before any of the others took place?"

Frisk leaned over the counter and sighed "Well I fought Asgore, managed to actually spare him, though it required me to re create the mercy option since he destroyed it. But then….Flowey came in and took out what HP he had left, and stole the souls. I fought him and you, Alphys, Undyne and Papyrus helped me….I….Died alot and would have died more without you all. After a while, the souls rebelled, and Flowey was stuck as his usual flower self. Naturally, I filled the f! #er with lead. Even with all the help, the times I did die were pretty damn painful.." Sans nodded, his expression becoming one of concern.

"I fell unconscious, and decided to reload and see if I can't find a better outcome, and sure Flowey may be alive again but he'll probably think twice now before pulling anything with me."

" makes sense, so that's what happened with all of those loads….yikes kid you really went through hell and back, huh?" Frisk simply shrugged,

"Yeah, but not like all of that matters unless I start getting nightmares from that crap, for now though nothing is wrong. So anything else on that machine of yours?"

" heh, actually,i found interesting was the way your arrival affected the time line. It seems to have split in several directions, each branch disappearing as you progressed through the underground, and they kept disappearing until one remained, this one. looks like whatever happens next, everything is moving forward from now on."

Frisk read into Sans' expression and tone as he said this, he looked and sounded….relieved, just how much did he know? Well….he did just say that he only knew that they happened, not what happened in them or by who. Frisk pulled herself out of thought and noticed the blueprints next to a larger machine.

"Why is that written in wingdings?" Sans looked surprised.

"Wait, you know what those are?"

"Well I can't translate them here, but….we have a way of getting them translated on the surface."

"Huh, i mean, these blueprints and what you told me about alphys….somethin's up. the funny thing is, i already know what they say, but have no idea how the hell i know it." Sans finished his sentence with a sigh, leaning his head back.

"we uh, should probably head back up. don't want them to miss us."

"Right, how could they go on without the great comic, Sans!" Sans snorted and shook his head

" wow kid, that was a bit of a stretch, FONTunatly though, i find just about any pun funny."

Sans and Frisk walked back inside, seeing Undyne fold a piece of paper. "What'cha got there Undyne?" Undyne turned around with a grin.

"Oh well….it's a letter that I need delivered…..to Alphys. Actually, could you do it for me? Gotta make sure Papyrus makes his spaghetti as perfect as possible!" Frisk held back a snort as she began to exit the house, and make her way to Hotland. When she did make it there, Frisk noticed the lab door was locked and decided to slide the letter under it.

"A-Another one? I….I don't want to read it….but...n-no, i'll open it. This thing is really shut tight…." Eventually Alphys walked out of her lab door and spotted Frisk.

"O-Oh, it's you! D-did you write that letter?" Frisk smiled, time to help a friend out.

"Actually Alphys, that's Undyne's" Alphys' face turned from yellow to beet red in about five seconds flat.

"O-oh my god! Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! B-But…..OH MY GOOOOOD!" Frisk's smile grew wider as she watched the little weeaboo dinosaur turn redder than an apple.

(Hah, heck yeah Chara and Frisk, ULTIMATE MATCHMAKERS!)

Once Alphys calmed down, she went from elation to panic "B-But….I-I don't know how to respond, or what to wear….how should I talk to her?"

(Roleplay. duh.)

"Well, if you feel like you need practice, we could roleplay it." Alphys gasped

"T-Thats a great idea, I know the perfect spot! B-but first, I should put on my good dress, for a-authenticity!" Frisk nodded and waited, and after some time, Alphys emerged once again from her lab, dressed in a very nice polkadot dress.

"Alphys, you look incredible!"

"R-Really? Y-You think so? N-Not to showy?" Frisk smiled

"Heck no, im sure you'll REEL IN Undyne with no problems!" Alphys squinted at her,

"You have been spending way too much time with Sans. A-Anyway I suppose i'm ready to head off, f-follow me please!" Frisk did as she was asked, and the two wound up at the garbage dump.

"Y-Yeah this is the place, Undyne and I come here all the time. We usually find alot of really neat stuff here. Yeah she's really….oh no. she's here, I'm not ready! I have to hide!" Before Frisk could react, Alphys hid behind a trashcan just before Undyne came into view.

"Hey, there you are punk! I realized, uh, if you gave Alphys that thing….it might be a bad idea since I didn't sign it, so I'll do it! Go ahead and just hand me the letter." Frisk breathed in therough her teeth before speaking.

"Er, Un dyne? I kinda already gave Alphys the letter."

"Wait what?! Where is she?"

"I-I don't know for sure, but I did see her somewhere around here."

"Alright, thanks punk, I'll go look for her!" As Undyne rushed off, Alphys stepped back into view.

"T-That was a close one, thanks for not ratting me out, now I can p-properly p-prepare myself….but...this is wrong. She thinks im a lot cooler than I actually am….All I've done is hurt people... If, If she gets close...she'll find out the truth about me, she'll get hurt. I...I don't know what to do…"

"Well, the worst thing you could do is lie, so telling her before anything gets started is preferable, but You know that talking about it might help your problem right?"

Alphys lowered her head, she was shivering slightly. "I-N-No, e-everyone would just hate me more, e-especially Undyne. T-They say 'be yourself' but...I don't really like who 'myself' is, I-Id much rather be whatever makes people like me…."

(Both Alphys and Papyrus seem to share the same problem….damn.)

"Alphys, you can't keep living like this. The stress from holding on to all those feelings and secrets is tearing you apart, trust me, letting people in WILL help, it's just the first step that's the hardest."

"I….I know you're right….every day im scared about people finding out on their own...but….how could I tell her THAT?"

Frisk smiled lightly "Well, i think we just found what we will practice today, have the conversation with me pretending to be Undyne."

Alphys looked up to meet Frisk's determination filled eyes "Y-Yeah, I suppose that will work. *Ahem* H-Hi Undyne, how are you doing today?"

(Well decent ice breaker, but not much to work with RP wise…tell her she's cute.)

*Chara no, this is serious.*

(Come ooon.)

"I'm fine."

(You will regret this.)

"Ha ha…..glad to hear it….um, there's something that I need to tell you, Undyne."

"What Is it Alphys?"

"W-Well, you see….I-I haven't exactly been truthful w-w-with you….you see, I-I...oh forget it!"

(What?)

"Undyne! I want to tell you how I feel! You're so strong and passionate, andyou listen t-to me when I talk n-nerdy stuff! Y-You always do your best to make me feel special….Liketelling me youll beatup anyone whogets in myway...UNDYNE ICANTTAKETHISANYLONGER! IM MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU, HOLD ME UNDYNE!" Just as the final words passed Alphys' lips, Undyne had rounded the corner back to where they were.

"What did you say? Oh hey, nice dress Alphys, what's the occasion?" Undyne asked, then turning to Frisk "What are you two doing out here?"

Frisk looked at Alphys and back to Undyne "Well, I was talking to Alphys, helping her figure out how to tell you things she feels the need to tell you." Alphys began to sweat as she stepped closer to Undyne.

"T-Theres s-somehting I need to tell you...I...I….I'M A BIG LIAR! T-Those human history books are just a-anime, they aren't real, a-and that seaweed isn't actually important for anything, I just use it to make icecream, and that time you called me to hang out but I said I couldent, All I was doing was benging more Anime in my pajamas I-" Undyne sighed lightly and smiled.

"Alphys…" She began, but Alphys continued on her rapid fire confession.

"I-I just wanted to impress you! I just wanted you to think I was smart and cool….That I wasn't some…...nerdy loser." Undyne bent down and placed her hand On Top of Alphys' head.

"Alphys…" She tried once more to speak, but Alphys was still talking.

" Undyne I think you're really neat…" Undyne then bent down and hugged Alphys, finally being able to speak.

"Alphys, shhh, Its okay." Undyne's eye then widened as she picked up Alphys and hurled her right into a trashcan, From the corner of her eye, Frisk could almost swear she saw Sans put forward a basketball hoop for Alphys to fall through.

(PFFFT holy crap I was not expecting that.)

Undynes face then turned into her classically determined grin, as she began to speak.

"Alphys! I…..like you too, I guess, but you have to realize….I don't give a crap about any of that! I don't care if It's kids cartoons or freaking history books, to me, that's all NERDY CRAP! What I like about you is that your passionate! It doesn't matter what it is, You CARE about it with everything you have! So you don't have to lie to me, or anyone else anymore! I will help you realize that you can be happy with who you are! TO HELL WITH WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS!" Frisk badly wanted to throw in a hell yeah, but decided to just let them have their moment.

(Fine, I'll say it for you, HELL YEAH!)

"The first step is training you to feel great about yourself! And that starts NOW!" Alphys poked her head out of the trashcan to respond.

"Undyne…..you...you're gonna train me?"

"Pfffft heck no, I'm going to get Papyrus to do it." and on cue, slowly raising between two mounds of trash, was Papyrus wearing a shirt that said jog boy. Frisk tried to contain her laughter, minimizing her would have been outburst to a nose exhale.

(Oh my god. This is just freaking perfect.)

"GET THOSE BONES SHAKIN! IT'S TIME TO JOG 100 LAPS, HOOTING ABOUT HOW GREAT WE ARE!" Papyrus then picked up the trash can with Alphys in it and took off.

"Hey what luck I just started the timer, now to other important matters….. SHE WAS KIDDING RIGHT? OH MY GOD, THOSE CARTOONS, THE BOOKS, ANIME IS REAL, RIGHT?!"

(Oh crap Undyne is in crisis mode, what do we tell her)

*You know what Chara, I would normally have said no….but with all the crap I've seen today, screw it anime is real.*

"Of course it is Undyne, You act just like an anime protagonist, so it must be real!" Undyne had calmed down, relieved that her life was not a lie. They parted ways, but in the next room Frisk received a call from Papyrus, but something was off.

"HOWDY, IF IT ISN'T MY GOOD FRIEND WHO TRUSTS ME! THIS IS PAPYRUS, YOU'RE ALSO MUTUAL FRIEND! ALPHYS AND I FINISHED OUR TRAINING EARLY, VERY EARLY. SO I SENT HER HOME. VERY HOME….UH NOW, I FEEL STRONGLY AND FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON…..THAT YOU SHOULD GO OVER TO HER LAB...HOUSE. I HAVE ONLY GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, GOODBYE!" *Click*

*Ok Chara, you hear those alarm bells ringing right now?*

(Yeah, since when the hell in the whole time we have been down here, has Papyrus ever said 'howdy' or even clarified that it was him after the first time he called us? In fact, if i did not know better, I would say there is only one or two people we have EVER heard say howdy, and it sure is not Asgore imitating Papyrus. Also 'your mutual friend? That sounds AWFULLY close to Flowey's 'your best friend' shtick)

*and Flowey has shown us he can change his tone of voice…..we might want to save first.*

(Partaking in the useless garbage fills you with determination. Game saved.)

*Really Chara?*

(What? It has been our running thing thus far.)

Frisk made her way back into Alphys' lab, finding the door now unlocked. As she walked in and moved closer to the 'bathroom, Frisk spotted a note with sloppy handwriting. Squinting, Frisk read the letter.

"Hey….thanks for your help back there. You guys…..Your support means alot to me. However, as hard as it is to say….none of you can magically make all my problems disappear. I want to be a better person….someone I can be proud of being. I don't want to be afraid anymore….and to do that I must face what I have done. That is what I am doing now, but I want to be clear about something. This isn't ANYONE else's problem but my own. But if you don't ever hear from me again….if you want 'the truth', just step through the door to the north of this note. At the very least, you all deserve to know what I did."

(Holy crap…..wait If she doesn't come back?)

*We should get in there, quickly.* Frisk put the note in her pocket and rushed into the northern area, which turned out to be an elevator. It had malfunctioned, sending it plummeting to the bottom floor with no injury. Frisk stumbled out into the darkened room.

"Just where the hell are we?"

Frisk walked around exploring the dark halls, with an occasional screen turning on, upon closer inspection they were reasearch logs with multiple entries.

" This is it, time to do what the king asked of me. I will attempt to create the power needed to free us all. I will work to unleash the power of the soul. The barrier is locked by soul power, unfortunately the power cannot be recreated artificially. It can only be derived from once living beings. So, with that said, we will use what we have now, the souls of monsters. However, to extract a living monster's soul would require an incredible amount of power. Aside from being impractical, doing so would destroy the soul's host, and unlike human souls, The souls of most monsters disappear immediately upon death. If only I could make a monster's soul able to last longer."

"Entry number 5: I've done it. From the strange blueprints I found, I have successfully extracted it from the human souls. I believe this is what gives the human souls the ability to persist after death. The will to keep living, the will to change fate, Let's call this substance….DETERMINATION."

Frisk's eyes went wide as she backed up a few steps. "Oh wow….Alphys what did you get yourself into? Wait….determination is how I'm able to make save points, then how the hell would Flowey be able to mess with the timeline? I thought he was just a messed up monster?"

(Maybe we can find out more as we go further into the lab.)

"Right, let's go."

Another room was at the end of the hall, and it had three doors. Frisk noticed the center one was labeled power room.

(Think the power went out, maybe we should work on getting into there.) Frisk tried the door to the far right, but it looked to be completely stuck, so she went to the other room instead. In this room, there was another log entry.

"Asgore asked everyone outside the city for monsters that had "Fallen down." A term we monsters use when a monster goes comatose, caused by lack of HoPe or HP, Monsters that start to lose HoPe are more willing to give up, and eventually they fall down. Their bodies came in today, but soon they will turn to dust. But, what would happen if I gave them some "Determination"? If their souls persist after death…Freedom might be closer than we think!"

"Entry number 9: Things aren't going well, none of the bodies have turned into dust, so I cant get the souls. I told the families i would give the dust back for the funerals. People are starting to ask about what's happening, what do I do?" Frisk finished reading and continued on to find a room that had module that looked like a keyhole with a note in front of it. The only words that could be made out from it were "Sink, dropped it." and so Frisk investigated the sinks, prompting a strange goopy thing to rise, and a battle was initiated. Both Frisk and Chara were freaked out, but they still found a way to end the fight. Frisk spotted a red key in the sink where the memory head was and put it into the module. Going back the way she came, she found that the far right room was finally open. The door led to a hallway with more log entries.

" Nothing is happening, I don't know what to do. I'll just continue the injections, I want this to work…..entry number 13: One of the bodies opened it's eyes." Frisk was certainly suprised at the cutoff.

"Well that's freaking ominous. Guess the other logs are further ahead. The next room seemed to be a resting area, filled with beds and one dog food bowl. To the north was the fourteenth entry.

"Everyone that had fallen down has woken up! They're all walking around and talking as if nothing was wrong, I thought they were goners…."

(Alright what's about to go wrong then.)

"If I had to guess…..something to do with a side effect of determination, since monsters are made of magic rather than that stuff."

Frisk continued to another hallway with more entries.

"Seems like this research was a dead end, but at least we got a happy ending out of it. I've sent the souls and the vessel back to Asgore, and the patients should return to their families tomorrow." However the entry switched to an audio file, with Alphys voice getting closer and then further away.

"No nO NO NONONO NO No no no…." Frisk was now in full investigator mode, ready to move onward to the next entry and to find more keys. Unfortunately, while she was distracted, she missed an off branching door and entered a room with a very large skull like machine, with a glowing star in front of it.

(What the hell is that?)

Frisk walked closer to investigate, only for it to transform into another creature. Frisk could see that it looked like a mix of shyren, aaron and moldybygg, and that the ACT options were mixed up with it.

"Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell"

"Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell"

"Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell"

"Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell""Welcome to my special hell"

All the voices were talking in unison and as Frisk followed acts that had fit each apparent monster, the creature calmed down and the battle ended, and realization hit Frisk.

"Chara...those things looked like melted together monsters. What if the determination somehow made them melt and they all gooped together in some sort of weird….amalgamate thing?"

(Holy crap….that is….really messed up, I can see why Alphys would be conflicted.) Frisk sighed heavily as she walked around the room, finding the machine's label, she found the extractor. The next room was fogged up to the point where Frisk couldn't see a foot in front of her. Instead of stubling blindly, Frisk chose to go back into another room that was in the extractor area, which held a T.V, several tapes, and a VHS player.

"Huh, looks like these 5 movies were stacked in order, and there's a note?" Frisk picked up the note, written in horrible handwriting, the only legible words were "Under the sheets." Which Frisk figured ment the key for this room's module. Frisk read the log entry screen as well.

" Entry number 4: I have been researching humans for info about their souls, I ended up snooping around the castle and found these weird tapes. I don't feel like Asgore has seen them….I don't think he should."

Frisk felt Chara freeze at that, more guilt, more shame, and a hint of anger.

(Frisk….please….don't…)

"Chara, from what I can tell this might be something I need to know." Frisk felt Chara breifly try to take over, but decide instead to sulk in the back of her mind, the sadness and guilt was overwhelming, just what the hell was on these tapes?

She allowed her curiosity took over as she began to play the tapes.

Tape one was completely dark, but she heart Toriel and Asgore talking, this must have been before Asriel was born. The second one was Asriel's voice asking Chara to do her creepy face, the lens was on the camera though.

"Huh, you'll have to show me sometime Chara."

(Y-Yeah...maybe.)

The third tape was a trick by Asriel to get a smile on Chara's face, however the screen was still dark, as Asriel purposefully left the lens cap on. The next part had given Frisk a shock though.

" What? Oh yeah the butterscotch pie we tried to make for dad….The recipe asked for cups of butter, but we put in buttercups instead. Dad got really really sick and mom was so mad at us, I should have laughed it off like you did, Chara. What? Turn off the camera? Ok…"

(Alright before you ask, It was because d-Asgore laughed at it, I mean we mistook buttercups for cups of butter, it was a mistake and I laughed at how stupid it was.)

"Yeah I get that…" Frisk pushed in the fourth tape.

"What? I don't like this idea Chara….No im not crying! Big kids don;t cry! Yeah, you're right, I'd never doubt you Chara! W-We'll be strong, we'll free everyone! I'll go get the flowers." It all hit Frisk right there. Chara was starting go go hysteric, she was the child who got sick, because of….buttercups? Wait…..the whole soul thing was planned.

"Chara…..what the hell?" Suddenly, Chara was standing in front of her, head hung down with her bangs covering her eyes.

"Yes…..I am the reason…...I am the reason we died. I am the reason the underground lost all hope of leaving this hellhole. Asriel was supposed to let me take control and kill the humans in my village. You do do not understand, but perhaps I can show you?" Suddenly Frisk's vision began to shift.

She was at school, during recess. She was reading a book, when a rock het her in the head.

"Hey looks guys it's the demon girl. Be careful, she could use her ugly powers on ya." More and more kids joined in the tormenting and throwing of rocks, while a teacher simply stood and watched. Getting tired of it, She ran up to the lead boy of the group, and punched him right in the throat, causing him to collapse. The teacher intervened then, bring out a paddle, and the scene shifted.

Suddenly she was in a house, simply drawing some flowers on a piece of paper, when suddenly she heard a door slam open.

"CHARA, GET OVER HERE YOU LITTLE SH!#" Fear griped her as she scurried to the living room. Father was home drunk, again, he smelled like it too. He looked at her and pointed a finger at her, wobbling slightly.

"Wanna tell me why...why I heard tale of you nearly killin a damn kid? And then resistin the teacher?!" She backed away from him slowly.

"Papa...I-I wasn't I was-"

"Don't you f! #ing lie to me! Your teacher said she paddled you good'n proper for it, but you know what I think?! That sh! # ain't good enough, get over here, now." Frisk watched as she moved forward, only for the vision to shift.

(I think you get the point of what happened there, HE always came home drunk or pissed off, or both. He blamed me for my mother's death when I was born, he was vile, and so were the other people in the village."

"Chara get back here, or i'll use more than just the damn belt!"

"N-No! Get away!" The man rushed into the kitchen in a drunken rush, but she bolted under him, and ran straight out the door. She ran to Mt Ebott, there were tales of monsters there, monsters who would gobble her up, or do something, but it couldn't be worse than here. Frisk watched as she fell down into the hole on top of the mountain, and then she was back in the lab with Chara looking back at her, crying.

"I HATED them. I never knew anything but torment and misery there, I didn't 'fall' i f! #ing jumped! I never deserved Asriel and everyone else's kindness, but they actually gave more of a damn for a stranger than anyone has cared about me before! I wanted to do something for them, because they gave me so much. In my eyes, my life was inconsequential if it meant they all could see the stars again, but first, I would take my revenge on the ones who hurt me. What I did not account for, was Asriel being able to take control, because of that we both died!...but if it wasn't for me, we both would be alive, and so would the other six. They would have died of natural causes and we would have been free, but of course, I see that only now..and….and…." Chara couldn't finish, she collapsed into a crying mess.

"I-It's all my fault…." But before they could continue, Frisk had rushed to Chara and picked them up in a tight hug.

"No, No it's alright...you were just a kid. My god, you were only a damn child, what else would you have done? Under all of that….I am so, so sorry Chara." Chara's breathing became slower and more even.

"E-Eventually though, you fell down here, and through your memories, it looks like things have changed…..and yet they haven't. Humanity is still cruel, but…..there are more like you….and even some of the bad ones changed because of you….." Frisk managed to calm Chara down, coming down from the emotional high that was just happening.

(W-We need to focus on the task at hand…..There Is no good in wallowing right now…..just….. Just get us the hell out of here…..) Frisk nodded as she continued to find keys and face amalgamates, petting a large mesh of many dogs, appeasing a bird like amalgamate, and a snow drake mixed with two vegetoids. She found more entries, one about Mettaton, one about hjer no longer responding to calls,and one about her failed attempts of injecting flowers with determination. Frisk placed all of the color coded keys in their needed spots, and finally made it through the central door. Frisk walked up to the control panel and turned on the lights, only to turn and see many more amalgamated advancing towards her. They were almost close enough to start a battle, until a voice rang out in the room.

"Hey! Sop! I-I have your food over here okay?" Frisk saw Alphys rushing over as the amalgamates left. Alphys turned to Frisk with an apologetic expression,

"S-Sorry about that, they get a b-bit sassy when hungry. I think they smelled the food items on you. Anyway the power went out down here and I was trying to get it back, but it looks like you bet me to it, hah, I appreciate you coming down here to back me up…..but I should probably explain what's down here." Alphys looked down at her feet and took a deep breath before continuing.

"As I said in the letter, well I guess that's why you even bothered coming down here, That I might not come back, but that wasn't because of these guys! They're good, but it was in case I decided to run or do something…...cowardly. A-Anyway, As you probably saw from teh entries, Asgore had me do research on souls to find another way out of here. That lead to m-my discovery of determination, and my attempts to make m-monster souls last longer. B-But…..it all went wrong, the monsters couldn't handle such concentrated determination. You see, we are made of mostly magic, not ph-physical matter, so it caused them to destabilize and turn into…..those. Seeing them like this, I knew I couldn't tell anyone….no matter how many questions came my way….and i was too afraid to work, knowing that my last attempts at doing something great, went so horribly wrong. B-But, I've changed my mind about all of that. I…..I'm going to tell everyone. It's going to be hard….telling the truth, believing in myself again….and I know there are going to be times where I screw up. B-But knowing that I have you and everyone else to fall back on, It'll be a lot easier to stand on my own. T-Thank you….Frisk." Frisk smiled, walked over to Alphys, and gave the lizard woman a hug.

"We have your back Alphys, you can do this." Alphys nodded and left with the other amalgamates.

(We should be able to head back now.) Frisk agreed and headed back through the hallway, only for red text to appear on the formerly blank entry logs.

"Entry number 8: I have chosen a candidate. I haven't told Asgore about it yet, but in the center of his garden is a particular flower, that grew before all the others. It appeared just before the queen left. I wonder, what happens when something without a soul gains the will to live.

" the flower is gone." Frisk sighted, Alphys had inadvertently created flowey….with a flower….that...mysteriously appeared just after Toriel left Asgore? Wait….seeds form those flowers stick to anything…...did they stick to Asriel when he put Chara on them? Perhaps the flower grew from his dust? But….this entry was before the rest of the golden flower tests, and the flower fled after….there is only one difference between that particular flower and the rest….

(No. No no noNO NO NO, that thing is NOT Asriel.)

*Well, it can't really be Asriel when the very culmination of his being is gone. It….it's just a theory….I hope im wrong, but if im right, your brother would have wanted us to stop him from hurting people, right?)

(He never wanted to hurt anyone….he would want us to stop him, but that flower is NOT him.) Frisk nodded and entered the next room, only for the doors to shut and her phone to ring.

(It…..It's a voice you have never heard before…)

"Chara…..are you there? It's been a long time, hasn't it? But you've done well, now everything is fallign into place. Chara….see you soon."

*Chara what the hell is that?*

(It…..It can't be…...he's dead….he can't be making that call…..Azzy….)

The phone clicked and a red light flashed. Frisk suddenly found herself standing back in the grey hallway, with the door behind her covered in vines, it looks like the final confrontation is about to take place.