CHAPTER TWO! This ties for my longest fic, and I know that sucks, but I'm new to fanfiction. So, tell me what you think! Do you want me to continue this story? Is the writing crap? Tell me, no matter your opinion. I just got a new editor, which is great, so they and I should be able to catch more mistakes. Enjoy!
Frisk was so glad they finally had someone to talk to. They knew they could turn to sans for help, but the hardest part was coming up. They had to face their family no tell them how unhappy they truly were, and see them react. They would tell them that they had attempted suicide, and sans had saved them, as they weren't yet ready to explain about the timelines.
Frisk and sans went back to Toriel's house after their conversation. Sans walked beside frisk, with an arm over their shoulder in a comforting, fatherly sort of way. The duo stepped inside to see Undyne and Alphys already there, just waiting to hug them.
"Squirt!" Undyne laughed and ran over, picking frisk up and giving them a big noogie. "How ya been? It's been forever, punk!" Undyne laughed, setting frisk down. They ran over to Alphys and gave them a huge hug, their hands falling on the back of her neck, feeling at the different texture there. Alphys smiled, and hugged back, albeit a bit awkwardly.
Papyrus arrived next, smiling his huge grin and running over to frisk. "HUMAN! IT IS I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, PRESENT FOR OUR MOVIE NIGHT! I HAVE BROUGHT BLANKETS AND POPCORN!" His eyes sparkled with a joy and life, something frisk was envious of. Before papyrus could scoop frisk up into a big hug, the door opened once again.
"Darlings, I am here!" Mettaton strutted in with all of his usual grace and glory. Recently, Alphys found a way to save his battery life, so he was in his EX mode constantly. No one regretted it, as he was immediately popular in Japan and many other places. Mettaton walked over to frisk, and kissed each of their cheeks, seeing as he just got back from a tour around France. There was a polite and quiet knock at the door, and frisk ran over to get it.
"Hello, frisk. It is I, Asgore, here for the movie night." Frisk smiled at their adoptive dad, letting him in. Everyone settled on the couch, and just as last time, Asgore stood up and explained his choice in movie. Still watership down. Frisk tugged on his cape firmly. "Frisk? What is it?"
"I've seen this movie. Very, very sad. I do not think you understand." Asgore seemed puzzled by this for a moment, but then realized that this movie must not be about cute little bunnies.
"Well then, I have no movie. Frisk, would you like to pick?" Frisk modded and ran over to the dvd case, pulling out the avengers. Toriel smiled, knowing this was one of their favorite movies. She took the disk and set it in the dvd player, and everyone settled down to watch.
Everyone took notice of frisk's strange behavior during the movie. They seemed hesitant to leave san's side, they were shifty, rubbing their hands together in small ways, circling their palm with their thumb. Even papyrus noticed when frisk curled against san's side, and sans leaned down close as though listening. But frisk had never said anything aloud. Why would they do that? Soon everyone was scared for their well being.
The credits began to roll. Normally, this was the best part. While the credits played gently in the background, everyone would laugh, and talk about how great the movie was, or how stupid it was, or stupid things that happened while they were watching it, fun stuff. But today, just as everyone was gathering their thoughts, frisk stood up, walked over to the TV, and turned it off. With shaking hands, they clapped three times to get everyone's attention. They reached out to sans, who nodded and stood behind them.
"Go ahead, kiddo. You have to tell them eventually." Frisk wiped at the tears gathering in their eyes, and cleared their throat. They began to speak in a quiet, raspy voice, low for a girl but high for a guy.
"I'm... Not happy. I haven't been happy for quite a long time now." They absently fiddled with their sweater, and sans nudged their shoulder, encouraging them to continue. "I'm not happy in some major ways. I deal with depression, you see. I... There's no good way to say this... Earlier today I tried to kill myself." Gasps of shock were heard throughout the room, and people started to stand. "P-please wait! I'm not done... Sans found me, and stopped me, and took me to grillby's. We talked. He made it clear that I needed to tell you all about this. I'm so, so, so sorry. I..." They opened their eyes. Warm, clear, bright red irises stared back at everyone. Red. The color of their blood. The color of their soul. The color of love. The color of LOVE. The color that was so representative of frisk, it could hardly contain itself. "I... Almost regret... surviving..."
But something about those red eyes... Threw them off. They never expected that, brown always seemed to be what came to mind. But this made sense. It matched them. That wouldn't change how they viewed frisk. Something as superficial as that can only be important to the shallow and vain.
Alphys was the first to respond, silently standing up and walking over. "I understand... I w-went through s-similar things when I was... dealing with the results of-of my work." Alphys began to rub their back, and they were able to keep it together.
"My child... I had no idea... I'm so sorry, I've failed you as a mother. I should have been there. I should have saved you..." Toriel walked over, and held frisk close. It was very hard, but they managed to hold it together. Asgore silently walked over and held their face to his, looking at their eyes.
"We all love you, frisk, and will be there to support you." He hugged them tight, pulling Alphys, Toriel, and sans in as well. Mettaton walked over, small tears leaking from his eyes. For once, Mettaton didn't speak. He simply held frisk. Undyne joined the group, openly sobbing. They held it together, until papyrus spoke.
"Human...? Why would you do that? Don't you know how great you are? I don't know what I would do... If you were gone..." He began to sob.
Frisk broke down.
Hot, fat tears leaked from their eyes, dripping down their face and into their sweater. Snot rolled out of their nose, their mouth opened to let out broken sobs. They curled into Toriel, their mother's soft fur acting as a comfort and a buffer against the world. They let themselves melt under their friends touch, and knew that they would be there to help them deal with the mind consuming depression they faced. Knowing that their friends would help them left them feeling so safe, as if they had been SAVED. And they knew. They had to tell them about the time lines. They stepped back, looking out at their friends.
"I... That not all... That's a major chunk, though..." They took a deep breath in through their nose and prepared to continue. "Humans have something in them called... Determination. It's want Alphys was using. I have... A surplus of it. Determination surges through me, and as certain points I can create a SAVE point. I can go back to that point in time through a process called loading... If... If I wanted to, I could RESET. Go back to the day I woke up in the golden flours in the ruins. In a previous timeline... I was different. There was another being in me. It took me over, and it... " sans eyes lost their light.
"Kiddo, I think story time's over. Time for bed. And a nice long chat with your old dunkle sans." His voice had a dangerous tone, warning frisk that they had better not tell. But frisk looked up at him, a gleam in their eyes.
"Sans, no! They deserve to know! They should know why I should die." They turned back towards the rest of the group. "I was possessed by another entity, and they made me kill you all. I... I would hunt down monsters who were hiding, just to feel their dust. I would go after everyone and everything, down to the smallest moldsmol. I almost killed monster kid, and everyone... I never saw Alphys, but I... I think she hung herself after Undyne died. Undyne had it the worst..." Frisk was shaking tears streaming down their face. It was clear from the ashamed way they acted that they never wanted to say this, they never wanted it to happen. Alphys stood up to go talk when, Undyne pulled her down. "Alphys... Stay away from that monster."
Frisk looked up in shock, looking Undyne in the eyes. Her face was a taught mask of rage, her fists clenched. She magically summoned forth a ring of spears, surrounding frisk, as they spun and slowly closed in around them. "YOU! You killed EVERYONE? I guess I was right! YOU REALLY ARE THE ENEMY OF EVERYONE'S HOPES AND DREAMS!"
Frisk ran out from the circling spears, and fled the battle, just as they had so long ago.
So! Cliff hanger. I know roughly what happens next so the next chapter should be out in around 5/6 days. (editing and drafting take a while!) till then, try and figure out what happens next!