Frisk smiled as her friends partook in conversation. Sans was cracking jokes to Papyrus' dismay, and everyone was smiling. Frisk began her last trip through the underground, and to really take in the beauty of the place,she really didn't take much time to smell the roses.

(Yeah you didn't really look at the crystals in waterfall, they can be really cool.)

*Hah right….hey….do you wanna talk? There won't be a whole lot of conversing for a while so in between we could if you want.*

(Well….that may be a good idea. The barrier is broken….. Everyone can go to the surface now.) Frisk walked through the judgement hall. The corridor was still a beautiful gold with light raining down from the windows, it truly was a sight to behold. She couldn't help but think about what she saw ehn saving him.

(Yeah….maybe the fresh surface air and sun on his skull will help….oh man he'd be the classic snooze on a lawn-chair on a nice day kinda guy….you should get him a hammock for gyftmas!)

*I really should...let me guess, monster version of Christmas?*

(Yup, monsters now seem to think THEY came up with the idea, kinda forgetting where it came from. But on the surface…..it will be one more thing connecting humans and monsters early on.)

*There is one problem Chara….*

(What do you….oh right….Asgore miiiight not be very welcome on the surface.)

*Right, almost everyone in my town knows the story of Mt. Ebott, or at least the never returning part, and there are several that know why. One of the people who know about the part with the barrier happens to be a friend of mine. If monsters get out...those people will know what happened to the six kids.*

(Well there's no proof of 'how' they died…...but they would not care.)

*The thing is, there are few options. One, we fake the causes, the underground is a dangerous place for kids, so we could make it look like nobody had a hand in their demise, but the problem is, most will find that hard to believe, that they all just up and died. They would investigate hard, and if the lie is found out it will be MUCH worse. Option two….would be Asgore taking responsibility. Claiming it was only him who took the souls, which is true, and us attempting to negotiate a way for him to live in peace... I understand that is not really a favorable option, in fact, it could get him killed…..but…..he killed six children, there MUST be consequences for that.*

(Yeah….he did something bad, but it was because he needed to get everyone out! It was the only…...but it was not the only way...mom said so herself. Dad…..was caught up in what he had to do, sure he probably fought in self defence, I am fully confident that he gave them as many chances to back down as he gave you…..but knocking them unconscious would have been nothing for a boss monster. ) Frisk felt the static of the core cause some of her hair to stand on end, monsters cheering and thanking her as she passed.

*Right….Asgore knew that getting the souls is what would give the monsters hope, because humans killed Asriel. But….that does not make what he did right, or even moderately acceptable…but he deserves to live his life. It's crystal clear that he feels the full weight of his actions, I doubt he would refuse the second option….*

(He was nothing like this when Asriel and I were alive. He could not harm a damn fly…..both he AND mom have changed so much…..so much is ruined because of what I did…though honestly I am mad at mom….)

*Why is that?*

(SHE LEFT HIM! They were both grieving us, and Dad made a bad call, i'm sure she tried to talk him out of it, but instead of staying to continue to stop him sooner, SHE RAN. ran away from a kingdom that needed her, dad needed her more than ever! she ….she….SHE COULD HAVE PREVENTED SOME OF THOSE DEATHS! And she has the audacity to call him pathetic?! I get not wanting to be with him now that all is said and done, but….she doesn't seem to realize that she shares some of the blame!) Hotland was next, the dull roar of machines and steam vents, and clamoring of various monsters spreading the word of the barrier's destruction. Despite the heat, Frisk was able to keep her mind on the conversation.

*Chara, NORMAL grief does a lot to a person…..the death of one's child is an unimaginable loss felt by the parent, world changing, horrifying, and they didn't only lose one, they lost both of you in one night. That level of grief and anguish…...would change anybody. Was what she did right? No, but she did try to prevent it. From what I can tell, she kept all six children in the ruins for varying amounts of time, trying to protect them from Asgore's hunt for souls. I am sure that she tried to convince him too, and seeing that, in his anger, he would not budge, the pain in her grew too. And with every kid that left her? Knowing that they would die? Knowing that nothing she has said or done worked anyway? It probably tore her apart….I think she knows full well that she messed up, and could have prevented things, but Asgore acted. Asgore willingly and with full knowledge of potential consequences, killed six children rather than simply knocking them out. We fought him Chara, knocking them unconscious would not be that hard to do.*

Chara was silent, mulling over Frisk's words. In the meantime, Frisk had entered waterfall, and observed the crystals. Many of them were shimmering, light playing gently off of them. Small hues of blue and green, with an occasional purple. These were what served as stars, though most monsters probably lost appreciation for their beauty. Real stars however, may keep them looking up every now and then.

*They are really beautiful….*

(Yeah…..Frisk….there's something else I need to tell you.)

*Go ahead, partner.*

(When you fell down here, I was so confused. The plan failed, right? We died, so why was I brought back to life? I came to realise that it was you, your determination, the power of your very soul, had brought me back to life. Through helping you I realized the reason for my reincarnation…..atonement. Together, we helped free everyone and became stronger for it. Mom, Dad, Papyrus,Sans….everyone….with every monster we helped….that feeling is something I have not felt for a very long time. The feeling of being cared for, of being able to to help the people who helped us... and now we have reached the absolute. Once we finish our final trip through the underground, we show monsterkind the sun and the can get Sans a nice telescope and Papyrus the sweet ride he deserves, expose Undyne and Alphys to all the anime they have to watch, and the conventions! Without you….this would would not have happened….and I wouldn't finally feel at peace, so thank you, Frisk.)

Frisk was speechless, literally, she couldn't think of the right words, and Chara felt them all running through her head.

(Okay okay, You don't have to say anything! I can tell that it meant a lot, just... don't start bawling on me like some big baby!)

*Alright, hey we're in snowden now!* Frisk smiled as the snow fell, she waved at mosnterkid as she passed by.

"Yo, Frisk!" The monster child ran up to her smiling, wearing a scarf with a signed paper inside it...Papyrus' signature.

"Hey MK, what's that you got there?"

"Oh man, It's awesome. So I did some thinking...Undyne seems kinda mean….I mean…..yeah she's ok now, but she kept trying to hurt you despite the fact that you did nothing wrong! Yeah it was for our freedom, but still, that was really uncool. But you see, I was so focused on Undyne I looked over someone else who is FREAKING AWESOME! Nyeh heh heh! Papyrus even gave me this scarf to hold his autograph, His own scarf! He had a backup! How cool is that?!"

Frisk grinned, here's your recognition, Papyrus! "That is super cool, Papyrus is probably the most awesome dude ever."

"I know! But um...I gotta go pack, mom says that since the barrier is broken, we can leave the mountain soon!"

Frisk smiled as the child ran off, *so much energy, Papyrus has a new fan!*

(That's freaking adorable. And look, the amalgamates are reunited!)

Frisk smiled as she saw the dogs talking with their family, and the snowdrakes with theirs, and proceeded to the Ruins.

(Asriel HAS to be back here, go to my grave, that is probably where he's at.)

*Chara…..i'm not sure we can…*

(NO! I am determined to make this right…..I have to….there HAS to be a way and I am going to find it damnit!)

*Alright, we'll see what we can do….*

Frisk walked through Toriel's house, checking a mirror, to which Chara replied sarcastically

(It is still just you, Frisk.) Frisk chuckled and continued to where she fell, finding Asriel as he was tending the flowers.

"Asriel!"

"Oh hey Frisk….don't worry about me, go to the surface, somebody has to take care of these flowers, heh."

""Asriel, are you sure you can't come with us?"

"Frisk, I can't….it would hurt them too much, I can't do that to them…" Frisk felt Chara's determination getting stronger.

"Asriel...there is something I need to tell you, you might not believe me though."

"Ok...what is it?"

"When I came down here, my rope snapped and I fell on those flowers, Afterwards...I heard a voice, calling herself Chara. Through the whole journey down here, she's been helping me, she was how I was able to save you."

"W-What...no….that can't be true….What can you do to prove it?" Frisk smiled and responded "This." Asriel watched as Frisk's eyes shifted from her brown to Chara's red.

"Greetings...Azzy." Asriel stepped back, a mixed expression of shock, grief, and hope etched on his face.

"Ch-Chara? Is that really you?"

"Yes, I have been aiding Frisk…." Tears began to well around Frisk's eyes as Chara got more emotional.

"Asriel...I...Im so sorry! You never deserved any of this, i shouldn't have talked you into the plan, it ruined everything and….and i'm going to make things right."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that I may never get to live again, but I'll be damned if you don't get to live your life because I was too blind with hatred to take what was given to me! I will make this right!" Frisk's chest began to glow, a red mist flowed from the center , and into the space between Frisk and Asriel. Chara continued to speak.

"Right now, with Frisk's help, I have enough determination to form my own soul to give to you, with it you will be able to live on. Take it."

"B-But what will happen to you? I...I don't want to lose you!"

"Asriel, I brought this misery on both of us, If non existence is my punishment then fine, just take the soul...think of it as keeping a part of me around."

The child was crying as the last bit of Chara's determination left Frisk, formed into half a soul. Moving quickly, it launched itself to Asriel. A bright light flashed, and Asriel stood, blinking.

"I….I feel different….whole….I think it worked!

(Hey i'm still here! awesome!) { Chara's parenthesis now indicate her speaking in Asriel's mind!}

Frisk beamed, though she could no longer hear the voice of her companion. It almost felt lonely.

"It looks like Chara succeeded….is she still there?" Asriel nodded happily. "

Yup! Looks like we're sharing a body!" Suddenly Asriel's eyes switched to red.

"Hey, we can both share control! Maybe we should take turns with stuff….but for now i think I need to rest…..we are going to have a LOT of explaining to do." Asriel's eyes returned to normal and both he and Frisk sat.

"So…..Im alive…..We can see mom and dad again! But um….Chara is pretty much giving me the rundown of what you two went through…..mom isn't too happy with dad…..but I knew that already. Frisk sighed and shook her head.

"I'm afraid not….but hey, they would both be overjoyed to see you, it may cool her down considerably. I could text Sans and….Oh! I never read the texts Toriel sent." Asriel snorted

"Wait, mom got a phone that can text….Ok you HAVE to read me them." Frisk laughed and pulled out her phone, and sure enough she had many messages. Frisk began to read them aloud:

" Dear Frisk, Sans and Alphys are teaching me how to text, I am learning so much! For example, do you know what a 'smiley' is? Please look at this: ]:) and turn your head to the left, It is me smiling at you! Do you see it? L-O-L (That stands for lots of laughter) Sincerely, Toriel."

Asriel held his paw in front of his mouth giggling like crazy. His left eye was red while the other was normal.

"That was definitely mom! Daaaw she's learning, what's the next one Frisk?" Frisk smiled and began to read the next text.

"Dear Frisk, you have been wandering around for some time now. I hope you are not getting into trouble! L-o-l. Sincerly, Toriel P.S Please do not get into trouble." Frisk smiled "Alright, she mistyped sincerely, next!"

"Dear Frisk, Excuse me, I did not mean to type 'sincerly' I had meant to type "sincerely" It is difficult to use this with large hands. Perhaps I shall ask Sans to transcribe for me. Sans will be typing from now on." For the next line, Frisk did her best Sans impression….it wasn't very good.

" hey frisk, its tooooooriiiellll! i just baked 1000000 pies do you want any? Be sure to brush your teeth before crossing the street, frisk." Both Asriel and Frisk were holding their sides while laughing.

"Oh man, That was definitely Sans…..I guess he and mom are getting along really well, huh?" Frisk noticed Asriel's tone shift.

"Yeah….I don't know if they will just be friends….especially if she doesn't cool down with Asgore." Asriel sighed

"Yeah….you know I saw his first interactions with her….before that she never smiled. Her face was always cold…..sometimes angry, but mostly just….sad. Sans managed to bring a part of mom back…..I'll have to thank him for that, though uh…..I don't know if he will be too thrilled to see me." Frisk shook her head.

"I doubt he would hold anything against you for long….but a talk may be needed considering what I'll have to tell everyone to explain how you came back. He knows Flowey was responsible for the resets…..and whatever is left that he may remember."

"Actually, I know just how much he knows, from one of the more peaceful timelines. He has nightmares Frisk…..something happened to him that made him more….'aware'. He remembered that Papyrus was killed before a reset, he remembers that he had fixed a machine just before a reset, he just never knew who it was that did it…...i'm sure a part of him thinks that even once he sees the surface….it will all be reset. Not that you would though, but a feeling like that….would take a lot of time to go away…..nihilism doesn't just disappear once everything's peachy, according to Chara." Frisk nodded

"Yeah… he knows damn well I'm not going to reset, I worked to hard to get this far. After a while, maybe that smile of his will get more genuine. For now though, let's finish off the texts Toriel sent me."

"I did not say any of that. Greetings, this is Sans, and I love my brother very much. Help im being slandered." Again the two laughed, and Frisk continued reading.

"This is Sans. Frisk, did you know that I like to "get owned"? I also think Toriel is very good and afhfekljrhfekjhrjefhotkslkfme. Excuse me." Asriel had his eyes closed with tears coming out of the corners due to his laughter.

"Ohohoho my god….MOM what the heck? And It looks like Sans tried to stop her…."

(Azzy….I know this might be hard for you...considering.)

[ I think that's something we will have to talk about with Mom, and dad….shoot maybe even Sans later on...] {Brackets now indicate Asriel's thoughts!}

(Yeah, but for now Frisk is about to read the next set of texts!)

" Well um…..this message is just Toriel meticulously describing what appears to be a cute cat video instead of just sending it to me….oh my god. Its a forwarded message. Send this to some1 u care about, or a skeleton will rattle his bones at u." Asriel's eyes turned completely red

"Send it to Papyrus!" Chara shouted before letting Asriel have control again

"Yeah Frisk, we know you want too! I mean you already jumped his bones…..um Frisk Chara told me to say that but I have no idea what that means." Frisk's face turned bright red as she facepalmed, the slap echoing in the chamber.

"Damn it Chara! You'll get the pun when you're older, but Chara was talking about my fight with Papyrus when I jumped over his bone attacks." Asriel blinked

"Oh….she made a bad joke."

[Chara! Don't do that!]

(Oh come on Azzy that was hilarious!)

[You won't even tell me why it's funny!]

(Like Frisk said...when you're older.)

[We're the same age!]

(Wrooong, you did not age as a flower, but I have been a ghost for a long time!)

While they were having their internal banter, Frisk did actually forward it to Papyrus.

"Alright you two, Toriel just sent me an ASCII picture of a snail, oh and some forewarning. Dear Frisk, Undyne and Papyrus want to cook something with me! Sans tells me that they are both excellent chefs, I am excited ]:) maybe if you are lucky you can have some! Oh no….."

"I can see it now, the entire house on fire with burnt yet barely cooked spaghetti with mom covered in sauce, wondering what the heck just happened." Frisk grinned as she read the next text….and though it was funny, the ending was not something the kids needed to hear, more about Toriel wanting nothing to do with Asgore. That would certainly kill the mood.

"Dear Frisk, Undyne is very strong. Papyrus made a bet that she could not lift everyone here up. She could. The only trouble is that she had no idea how to put everyone down." The duo laughed again, asriel really appreciated being able to truly find something funny. Eventually the end of the texts came and Frisk sighed.

"So Asriel, Chara...we have a couple options….we can walk aaaaalll the way back to the area where everyone is, and ruin the surprise of your return, or I can text Sans and ask for a shortcut." Asriel looked at his feet before deciding what to do.

"Go ahead and text him, our talk has to happen anyway." Frisk nodded and texted Sans.

"Hey Sans, need you over here for a quick shortcut, you'll see why we need one when you get here."

" well….i could do that…..i dunno, it's a lot of work…."

"I can get you a second steady source of ketchup."

" we have a deal. where r u at kiddo?"

"In the Ruins….um….are you even able to get here?"

" yeah i should be able too, heh yup, look behind ya kid." Asriel gasped as he saw Sans round the corner and into the entryway.

" so frisk, whats u-" Sans was stunned by what he saw, Frisk sitting in front of…..prince Asriel...but that's impossible, the kid died forever ago.

" what the heck….." Frisk turned to Sans and patted the ground beside her and Asriel.

"C'mon over Sans, there is a LOT of explaining to do." Sans did as was asked and listened to Frisk's tale. He could hardly believe what he heard, if it wasn't for the proof sitting right beside him, along with his ghostly sibling saying hi too. After everything was said, Sans sighed and rubbed the back of his skull. The goat child in front of him, the prince, was the force behind the resets, behind his night terrors and the deja'vu. There was one thing that Sans did see when watching Asriel say his piece, regret,honest to god remorse. Sans closed his eyes and let out a sigh before speaking.

" that…...is some really messed up stuff for you kids to go through. And to find out the source of what's been going on, heh, at least i know THAT'S over. 'sides, who am i to judge? S'not like i know what it's like being soulless." Asriel never broke eye contact with Sans. One thing he learned as Flowey, is to let him see every expression if you want to be honest. He lowered his head, guilt still gnawing at him.

"Sans….I don't deserve it….what I did was horrible, but….thank you." Asriel looked back to Sans and smiled, tears still in his eyes.

(Oh come on you big cry baby! Suck it up because we have a lot more tears to have when we see mom and dad.)

{Right, man this is gonna take forever to explain to them, and can you imagine how Alphys is gonna feel when she finds out she turned me into a soulless flower?]

(I would make the argument that if it wasn't for her, you would not be here.)

" so uhhh, we ready to get this show started then?" Sans inquired, looking at both Asriel and Frisk. Both nodded and he took them through a shortcut that lead them right to the throne room. Frisk and Sans entered first, earning a greeting from everyone.

"Hey guys...um ok so before anything...I have to tell you all something. I found the most peculiar being in the ruins and I think he belongs with Toriel and Asgore." With That Asriel stepped through the entrance and greeted his parents, who somehow turned paler….despite their white fur. Both of them were trembling. Toriel held a shaky paw to her mouth as she spoke.

"A-Asriel….it cannot be…..my child?" Asgore was crying and shaking.

"My son….my beautiful son...is this a dream?" Asriel laughed lightly.

"No...its actually me! There is a looong story about how it happened-" Asriel was instantly rushed by his parents and pulled into a large, warm, furry hug mixed with tears. Toriel did not care about what she had against Asgore, in that moment, her child was back. It took a long few minutes, with everyone staring in a shocked silence. Asgore had regained some composure, enough to ask Asriel

"Asriel...how...how is this possible? You did say it was a long story, but I think we have time." Asriel looked at Frisk and back to the group and sighed, while Frisk sat down

"Alright everyone take a seat this will take a good while."

(Reuniting us with our family , fills Frisk with determination!)


Author's note: Well this took a bit, but I think i've come up with a plan for future stories. I'm just gonna write the whole thing, and upload chapters once a week, giving me either a break, or however long to make another! Of course im not doing that until this one is done.