Once more Frisk confronted Asgore before the barrier, wondering what exactly will change. Like last time, he bowed his head and said his goodbye, only for a fireball to send him flying, causing Frisk to gasp in shock.

"Wait what?!"

(Holy hell….MOM!)

Sure enough, Toriel appeared before her, repeating her line when she struck Flowey the same way.

"What a miserable creature, torturing such a poor innocent youth. Fear not, young one. It is I,your friend. At first i thought I would let you make your journey alone…..but I could not stop worrying, for you would be burdened with a heavy choice. One would have to be sacrificed to leave here, and that is what I was hoping to stop for a very long time. So for now, let us suspend this battle, for as despicable as Asgore is….he deserves mercy too." Asgore stood back up and looked over at Toriel with hopeful eyes.

"Tori...you came back!" However Toriel's eyes turned cold and angry when she saw him.

"Do not 'Tori' me Dreemurr you pathetic whelp…"

(Holy hell mom.)

"You could have left for the barrier after obtaining one soul and gotten the rest peacefully, or better yet, NOT KILLED THE CHILDREN AT ALL! You could have knocked them out in defense, you could have let them live to old age, for it is not like they could go anywhere anyway!"

Asgore looked down at his feet, shame, grief and guilt showing plain as day on his face.

"You're right Toriel, I am a miserable creature…..I can only hope that we can still be friends."

"Asgore,I see their faces every time I look at you. I do not see friendship in our future." Asgore bowed his head in shame. Suddenly, Undyne came in from the

side, interrupting the akward moment that Frisk was kind of…..just witnessing.

"Hey! Nobody fight! Everyone's gonna make friends or i'll….I'll….." Toriel took the time to introduce herself. The two seemed to get the right foot forward, though Frisk did hear Undyne when she stood by Asgore "Hey Asgore is that your ex? Man, that's rough buddy." Alphys came into view next, also asking for a ceasefire. Toriel looked at her with a smile.

"Oh are you another friend? Hello!"

"H-Hi….. (THere are two of them?!)" Alphys took her place next to Undyne, and the two maintained eye contact. Papyrus came into view next.

'HEY! NOBODY FIGHT ANYONE! ORELSE! I'LL BE FORCED! TO AS UNDYNE FOR HELP!"

*Pffft Papyrus.*

(Never change, cinnimon roll.) Toriel and Papyrus greeted each other, though Papyrus wondered if Toriel was actually an Asgore clone, causing Frisk to giggle. Papyrus looked to the side as Sans strolled in form the other side, greeting everyone with a casual 'sup'. Toriel instantly recognised the voice and her face lit up as she moved to stand in front of the small skeleton.

"That voice...Greetings, I am Toriel, and I think we may…. Know each other?" Frisk watched the room, Asgore was staring wide eyed while Toriel and Sans never broke eye contact. Undyne looked concerned for Asgore and Papyrus looked like he knew something was up.

" oh hey, i recognise your voice too. the name's sans, and uh….same." Frisk could have sworn there was a light blue blush on his cheekbones, or maybe that was a trick of the light. Asgore seemed to be having a very adverse effect from watching the two interact, perhaps realising just how close the two appeared. Toriel's face turned to thought.

"Oh wait then...this must be your brother, Papyrus! Your brother has told me so much about you!"

"WOWIE, THE QUEEN KNOWS WHO I AM?! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" Toriel had a mischievous grin, and despite her turning away from him, Sans hadden't stopped staring.

"Hey Papyrus, what do skeletons use to tile his roof with?"

"SNOW-PROOF roof tiles?"

"No, silly! A skeleton tiles his roof with….SHIN-gles"

(Oh my god, ok it sucks to say this, but mom and the comedian are made for eachother. She's just …..different...they both are. Neither of them were like this when I was alive….when Azzy was here….)

*I know what you mean, this must be hard for you.*

"AAAAAH, I'VE CHANGED MY MIND!" Undyne was trying to comfort Asgore b y telling him there were more fish in the sea, which told Frisk that it was obvious to everyone that these two were hitting it off.

"Y-Yeah, Undynes right about that fish thing! You just gotta stop going for furry boss monsters….a-and just get to know a cute fish…...it's a metaphor." Undyne looked at alphys "Well I think it works." Mettaton's voice was heard in the background.

"OH MY GOD! WILL YOU TWO JUST SMOOCH ALREADY?!" Frisk jumped in.

"Yeah, just hurry up and kiss already nerds!" Undyne turned to Frisk and was about to speak, but Alphys beat her to it.

"Y-Yeah, let's do it!" and the two kissed, cheers of 'FINALLY!' went 'round. Through the whole exchange, not once has Sans taken his eyes off of Toriel. Eventually they all lined up, with Sans choosing to stand by Toriel instead of Papyrus.

(Ok he's not even standing beside his brother, yeah he's into her. Oh my god….their ship name, SKELETOR! I think it's about to sail.)

*Yeah….* Toriel once again began to speak.

"Well, young one, it seems that you may be here for a while. But with all of the friends you made here today, I think you will enjoy your time here." Alphys looked to the side and added in

"H-Hey that reminds me, Papyrus you called everyone here right? But if we got here before you, how did you know to call anyone?"

"WELL LETS JUST SAY….A TINY FLOWER HELPED ME." The world slowed to a crawl as Frisk's eyes widened as a brief moment of realising what was about to happen passed, before a gigantic vine wrapped around all of her friends, and the battle box closed, leaving no moving room for her soul. Everyone was wrapped by two vines, except for Papyrus who had four. Frisk guessed Flowey actually feared Papyrus more for some reason, She could see the strong vines restraining everyone, thorns ripping their clothes, Sans struggling to remains till for some reason, all of her friends were in danger. Flowey appeared, and began to monologue.

"You IDIOTS! While you were having your little powwow, I TOOK THE HUMAN SOULS, AND NOW I HAVE THE SOULS OF YOUR FRIENDS TOO! Golly, do you know what the best part is? IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, because you cared for them, because you wanted them to be happy! Without that they wouldn't have come here! And now with their souls and the human souls, I will achieve my real form!"

"Flowey, why are you doing this?"

"Why? Because all of this is a GAME, and if you win, you'll beat the GAME, and you won't want to paly with me anymore! And what would I do then?"

(What the actual hell?)

" But this game between us will never end! I'll keep dangling victory over you, just out of reach! Only to rip it away from you over, and over! But you know...I'm feeling charitable, If you beat me, i'll give you your 'happy ending' I'll bring your friends back...I'll destroy the barrier...everyone will finally be satisfied. BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN! I'LL KEEP YOU HERE NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN IF I HAVE TO KILL YOU A MILLION TIMES!" Before Frisk could react, a great number of pellets hit her, bringing her down to one HP. Everything hurt, she was shaking and bleeding as the final ring closed in on her, but she stayed determined.

The pellets were almost in range and then…..a circle of flame blew them away.

"What?!" Toriel looked up from the vines binding her.

"Fear not young one, I will not let you fall, we shall always be here to protect you."

(Mom….)

"T…...Toriel…" Determination flowed back into Frisk, recovering HP while Flowey tried again to kill her, only for two bones and a spear to block them.

"T-THAT'S RIGHT, HUMAN! YOU CAN WIN! JUST DO WHAT I WOULD DO, BELIEVE IN YOU!" More HoPe.

"Hey human, if you can get past me, you can do anything!" " what you haven't beat this weirdo yet? c'mon this weed's got nothin on you."

" Human, for the future of humans and monsters, you must stay determined!"

"T-Technically it's impossible for you to beat him, but I-I Know you can do it!" More and more monsters came, healing her to full health, causing Flowey to shout.

"No….NO! This can't be happening...you….YOU…..you idiots."

(Oh no..)

"ALL OF YOUR SOULS ARE MINE!" and suddenly with a bright light, standing before Frisk was a small goat child. Frisk felt Chara lurch.

(A-Azzy? He….he really was…..no….NO! What the hell Asriel?!" Asriel clenched his small fists, before raising his head and speaking.

"Finally, I was so tired of being a Flower...Howdy! Chara, are you there? It's me, your best friend…."

"ASRIEL DREEMURR"

(QUE HOPES AND DREAMS, PICK YOUR FAVORITE REMIX FOLKS!)

Suddenly, a fully grown version of Asriel appeared, causing Chara to gasp. Music came on and the background changed, Chara felt excited.

(This is…..like his terrible OC that he made…. Screw it let's embrace this!)

*Wait what?*

(Check him!)

*ACT *CHECK:

( ASRIEL DREEMUR, the absolute GOD of hyper death, yes that's his totally original OC, do not steal.)

*Ok i'd actually be laughing if he wasn't currently trying to kill us, speaking of which, HOLY s^*$!* Frisk did her best to dodge the stars, only to get hit by several of them.

(Asriel is charging 'shocker breaker') Frisk chose to hold on to her hopes, bolstering her defense.

"You know...I Don't even care about destroying this world anymore….because after I destroy it all and gain control of the time line.., im just gonna RESET everything!" The lightning actually managed to kill Frisk, she felt like she was going to shatter…...but she refused.

*I'm not gonna die….not here! I AM DETERMINED DAMNIT!*

(HELL YEAH, NO DYING!)

"All of your progress...everyone's memories? I'LL BRING IT ALL DOWN TO ZERO!" This time she had to dodge blades, once again feeling her soul sliced in half, only to refuse.

ACT HOPE

"Then we can do everything all over again!"

*He sounds lonely…..* another star blazing and more attacks followed becoming more and more powerful over time. A few breaks and healing turns passed as Asriel kept monologuing.

"And the best part? You'll do it! You'll lost to me over and over and over! Because you want yoru happy ending, because you 'love your friends! Because you NEVER give up...isn't that delicious? Your determination, the power that got you this far, is going to be your downfall!" Frisk took hit after hit, heal after heal, she held on to her hopes. Finally Asriel had enough and began a new attack called hyper goner.

*Man he inherited his father's naming capabilities.*

(Oh trust me, I know.)

"ENOUGH, i'm only using a fraction of my real power, lets see how good your determination is against this!" Suddenly a white light enveloped her, heat searing every inch of her body as she was truck with numerous blows bringing her to 1Hp again. Revealing a different form of Asriel, with wings and spikes and no legs. Frisk could not move, all she could do was struggle as one of Asriel's attacks killed her yet again.

"Ura ha ha, behold my true power….I can feel it you know….every time you die, your friends forget you a little more. Soon you will die alone, in a world where nobody remembers you." Rather than be discouraged, it encouraged Frisk even more to live. She survived the next attack with only some injury.

"Still, you're hanging on? That's fine, in a few moments, you'll forget everything too, that attitude will serve you well in the next life. But for now, come, show me what good yoru determination is now!"

(Gotta keep at it…..stay determined.)

Buf Frisk could not move.

(You try to reach the save file, but nothing happened, it seems as if SAVING is not going to work….but I have an idea. What if we save something else with what power we have left? Your friends are inside of Asriel right? Search for them, call out to them, save them.)

Frisk gasped as her act button changed, into a save button that lead to her friends. She pressed the option for Papyrus, calling out his name, causing a lost soul to appear.

"I WILL CAPTURE A HUMAN…." His voice was echoey and full of emotion, she could tell that this was all for attention, to shine brighter than his brother despite him never doing anything. This was before he could be made to realize that he IS special and important, and that he has friends who care deeply for him. She knew how to save him.

"Hey Papyrus could you cook me some of your pasta?"

(For some reason, the lost soul feels like he really wants to….keep going!)

"THEN EVERYONE WILL…."

Frisk dodged a few simple attacks and hit her next option.

"Papyrus, i need some help with a puzzle!"

(Hearing your voice,, he remembers his puzzles, he remembers you, and now the memories are flooding back!)

"WHAT, NO! YOU'RE MY FRIEND, I COULD NEVER CAPTURE YOU!" Frisk faded back to her menue, feeling Papyrus encouragement pulsing from inside Asriel. Next she hit Sans' option.

ACT Take a break.

(He seems like he wants to.) However Sans' voice came out strange….shaky…. opposite from the calm tone he always used. It made Frisk remember something, how many times did people with that tone of voice have to be talked away from the edge of a rooftop, or talked out of putting a bullet in their head? How many times has she heard that tone…but he kept this hidden the whole time, behind a fake smile.

(Frisk…..he has one Hp…..)

*Oh my god…..he knows more than what he actually told us..."

" just give up….i did." Frisk nearly felt her heart break, this was her friend, this was her pun buddy, she had to do something. The attack was easy to dodge as she took her next turn.

ACT joke.

(You try to bring him back with a joke, but….it only faintly resonates.

" why even try?" another attack.

ACT CROSSWORD

(You tell the lost soul that crosswords are harder than word scrambles, he seems to dimly recall the fact.)

" you'll never see them again…..it's all just going to reset."

Frisk tried to think of what else to do and selected judgement, but….it had no effect. The lost soul seemed to be staring at her….anger tinted his tone now.

" that's your fault…..isn't it?" Suddenly a large Gaster Blaster appears, ready to fire.

ACT…...PROMISE.

"Sans, when we get through this I will NEVER reset, ever, won't even be an option. Everyone will live on the surface, you won't wake up back in Snowden. I promise." The words got through to the lost soul as the fog cleared from him.

" heh…..i'm rootin for ya, kid." Back at the main menue, she could Feel something she didn't feel from Sans as a lost soul, hope. Undyne and Alphys were next, Frisk chose to get Alphys first.

*ACT CALL

(The lost soul begins to sweat from some unknown reason.)

"You hate me….don't you?

Frisk shot down the mettabombers and paused...she had the same tone Sans did….Papyrus didn't have that tone….Frisk chose her next ACT

*ACT NERD OUT

"Alphys, what is your favorite anime and why?!"

(The lost soul doesn't know why, but it feels like they're holding back a really long answer.)

"I have to keep lying….all I do is hurt people "

After dodging the next attack, Frisk began to encourage Alphys.

"Alphys listen, I'm never going to stop supporting you, we're friends and that's what they do! You have a lot of people who care for you!"

(The memories are flooding back!)

"N-No...my friends like me….and I like you too!"

(Alright let's get Undyne.)

Frisk took her first move by clashing against Undyne.

(Your fighting spirit feels familiar somehow.)

"All humans will die!"

Undyne's voice wasn't shaky in the same way Alphys and Sans were, hers held anger, and a large helping of determination. Frisk then chose to ask Undyne to teach her how to cook, causing more memories to stir.

"You're our real enemy…..mercy is for the weak!" Frisk had been hit a few times before choosing to run up and punch Undyne in the face, holding back as much intent as possible, the blow caused her memory to return.

"I guess some humans are ok, I guess!" Toriel and Asgore were the hardest to save, as they had a lot of regret and little memory of Frisk to begin with, but with some work, she managed to save them both.

(Your friends souls are resonating within Asriel!...but…...there is someone else who needs saving…..)

*Absolutely, Chara….would you like to do the honors?*

(If that is ok…..)

*Of course, he is your brother after all.* With That Frisk felt herself get pulled out of her body, viewing it from the outside.

*So this is what it's like.*

(Yeah...its weird, I'll make this quick.)

Chara held out her hand, and called Asriel's name, letting her memories flood the word. Chara and Asriel making every echo flower in waterfall say 'butts', their games of tag and hide and seek, eating their mother's butterscotch pie, all memories holding special moments between the two.

"Huh?! What are you doing? What did you do? What is this feeling...whats happening?! no….NO! I DON'T NEED ANYONE!" A torrent of energy blasted through Chara, Frisk held the child's hand as she called out again.

"No...STOP IT…..GET AWAY FROM ME! Do you hear me?! I'LL TEAR YOU APART!" Another torrent, but they all missed, Chara was getting weak however. Frisk took over and continued her work.

"Chara…...do you know why i'm doing this, Chara? Why I keep fighting to keep you around? I'm…..I'm doing this because you're special, Chara….You're the only one that understands me. You're the only one who's fun to play with anymore."

(Azzy…..)

" No...that's not JUST it...i'm doing this because I care about you Chara! I care about you more than anybody else! I…..I...I'M NOT READY FOR THIS TO END! I'm not ready for you to leave me again….So please….stop this….AND JUST LET ME WIN!" Asriel raised his arms and shot out a cone of rainbow light that enveloped Frisk, her Hp fading down to decimals as she used every fiber of her being to hold on.

0.5

"Stop it."

0.25

"STOP IT!"

0.0001

"STOP IT NOW!"

0.000000001, Frisk was barely holding on, when Asriel finally relented, all that was left was her save option.

" Chara…..I'm so alone….Chara. I'm...so afraid...I….I….." The world faded to white and black again as the being before her returned to his child form, Asriel dreemurr stood before her, with tears in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry…." Frisk knelt down to be eye to eye with the child as he spoke.

"I….always a crybaby, wasn't eye Chara…."

(Yes, now stop before you make be a crybaby…...dammit too late.) Frisk was about to correct Asriel when he spoke up again.

"I know….you aren't really Chara…..she's been gone for a very long is your name?"

"I'm Frisk, nice to meet you Asriel." Asriel smiled.

"That's a nice name…. Frisk, I haven't felt like this in a very long time. As a flower, I lacked a soul, I couldn't feel love for anyone...not even mom or dad….but with everyone's souls inside me….not only did I gain my own compassion back….but I can feel every other monsters as well. They all care for one another so much...and they care about you too, Frisk. I wish I was able to put how they felt into words….Papyrus, Sans, Undyne, Alphys….Mom, they all care about you deeply." Frisk could feel tears welling in her eyes as the small goat monster spoke.

"Monsters are weird, they've barely known you for a day, but it feels like they' all love you. I….I understand if you can't forgive me, I acted so horrible, I hurt you so many times, hurt everyone so many times, there is no excuse for what I did….."

"Well guess what, you're forgiven….I mean...it's kinda hard to be you when you're missign the culmination of your entire being." \

" what….Frisk come on….you're gonna make me cry again."

(Good, you can join the trio of tears!)

"Though, even if you do forgive me, I can't keep these souls inside of me, even the human ones. They're all excited, ready for what's next, because I have the power of seven souls, there is one thing I have to do. Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts beating as one, for one goal. Though our determination, WE WILL BE FREE!" Asriel raised his arms as thousands of monster souls rose and attacked the barrier, along with the six human souls. The barrier cracked and shattered.

(The….the barrier has been broken.) Asriel turned to Frisk with sad eyes.

"Frisk...I have to go now...without those souls, I'll turn back into a flower. I'll stop being….me. Do me a favor….it's best you just forget about me...ok?"

(WHAT? NO!)

"Just go be with the people who love you." Frisk walked over and embraced Asriel in a hug, letting Chara take over to participate as well. In unison, though unknown to Asriel, both he and Chara said

(I don't want to let go…)

"I don't want to let go…Frisk, You'll do great out there, I know it. No matter what you do, everyone will be there for you. " Asriel began to walk away, but not before making one final request.

"I have to go….just...take care of mom and dad for me?" The world faded once more, Chara was crying.

(No….No! There has to be a way to help….there has to….he's here, he was actually alive…)

"Frisk, please wake up! It is only a bad dream, please young one, get up!" Frisk heard Toriels voice and rose with a groan, surrounded by her friends. Frisk looked to Toriel, who continued speaking.

"Oh, you are awake, thank goodness!"

"W-We were so worried! You were out for a while."

"Yeah, another minute and I would have freaked out! Just tell us before you decide to take a long nap ok?" Undyne added.

" yeah, frisk. you made papyrus cry like a baby."

"WHAT? I DIDN'T CRY! I DON'T CRY! I JUST HAD SOMETHING IN MY EYE…."

(Sure you did...was it tears?)

" what was it?"

"TEARS!" Frisk giggled and Chara was laughing. (Called it!) she heard Asgore speak to her right.

"Now now, the important thing is that Frisk is alright, would you like some tea? It'll make you feel better."

(It's going to take a lot more than tea to help this…..hey I get to be here while you go out drinking!)

*Nope, i'm going cold turkey starting now!*

(Nooooooooooooo.) Toriel then continued speaking.

"Err, perhaps we should give them some space first, they must be exhausted…..though I do not know from what. Frisk, we have no idea what happened, There was a flower, and a white light…..and then we were all here, and the barrier is gone! When you are ready, we shall depart for the surface, though you may want to go back and visit other friends you made, or tell monsters that might not know, do what you will, we shall be here waiting for you.." Frisk smiled, it was a sound plan. Before heading out Toriel also informed her that she would be receiving texts, as Alphys had upgraded Toriel's phone.

(Looking forward to mom's texts as you backtrack the underground, fills you with determination….GAME SAVED)


Authors note: Whoooo man that was fun, wait I didn't explore the underground yet? Well…...how about that, hm what could I be doing =) also did anybody catch that hidden message in the welcome to my special hell lines in the last chapter?