Chapter Five: Mind Tricks

"I can't wake her up." Chara said, burying her face in the younger girl's chest.

"Chara…" Toriel said, putting her hand on her oldest daughter's back.

"Why, Frisk?" Chara asked, wrapping her arms around her younger sister's body. "Why'd you do it?"

"Should we leave?" Undyne asked, getting uncomfortable. "She might need space."

"That might be a good idea." Toriel said. "We also need to wake up Papyrus and Alphys."

"Yeah, we do." Undyne said.

"I'll handle Papyrus." Mettaton volunteered.

"Listen, tin head." Sans said, grabbing Mettaton's arm with a force that could crush a boulder. "If you don't want to end up like my old man, I suggest you back off from my bro."

"You can't stand in our way forever, Sans." Mettaton said, trying in vain to release his arm from Sans' grip.

"Listen to ME." Undyne said, stepping up to Mettaton. "If you hurt that goofball in any way, me, Sans, and Chara are gonna mess you up so bad Alphys'll never be able to fix you, got it?!"

"Got it, darling." Mettaton said, nodding furiously. The threat of three of the most powerful beings in the Underground ganging up on him was enough to worry him for a while.

"So" Toriel said, trying to break up the nigh inevitable argument. "Can we go wake up Alphys and Papyrus now?"

"Sure, Tori." Sans said, nodding. The four of them walked downstairs to find Asgore kneeling over Alphys and Papyrus, gently shaking them to attempt to wake them up.

"Asgore?" Toriel asked. "Where'd you go?!"

"I went to the store." Asgore said, looking up at his ex-wife. "You forgot to get the yogurt, so I went to get it for you. I knew you'd love to bake all of us an amazing pie with it."

"Oh, thank you." Toriel said, chuckling. Asgore always did know how to keep her from being angry at him for very long (aside from the keeping human souls thing—she was still pretty pissed off about that, but they'd moved on, staying friends).

"So" Asgore said, looking around. "What happened here? And why are the royal scientist and the aspiring royal guard member unconscious on the floor near this giant crater."

"Her predecessor returned." Toriel said, indicating Alphys. "And attacked Chara, but Frisk stepped in and was gravely injured. Chara's upstairs with her now, but she won't wake up."

"What?!" Asgore shouted. "Take me to her."

"Let's wake these two up first." Undyne said, pointing at the two unconscious monsters.

"Right.' Asgore said. "I've been shaking them, but it's not working."

"I've got this." Undyne said, leaning close to Alphys. She took a deep breath and spoke in a quiet whisper (it wasn't quiet enough that everyone else couldn't hear, but quiet enough so that she wouldn't hurt Alphys' eardrums).

"Hey, Alphys." She said. "Mew Mew Kissy Cutie's on and it's a new episode."

"Really?" Alphys said, opening her eyes and looking at Undyne with urgency.

"Nope." Undyne said, grinning. "But, you're up aren't you?"

"I guess." Alphys said.

"Papyrus." Sans said to his brother. "Do you want to do some puzzles?"

"OH, BOY!" Papyrus said, jumping up. "YES, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WOULD LOVE TO DO PUZZLES WITH YOU SANS!"

"Cool." Sans said, relieved. "But, let's do it after we wake Frisk up."

"Oh my god, Frisk!" Alphys shouted. "Is she alright?!"

"She won't wake up." Toriel said sadly. "Chara's up there with her now, but she hasn't responded."

"Oh no!" Alphys shouted, in a minor panic. "Did she QUIT?!"

"Not sure." Sans said. "As far as I can tell, her vitals are all alright, but she's not waking up."

"I—I might have something that can help us." Alphys said. "Just let me go get it." Alphys ran up to the room she and Undyne shared.

Suddenly, a knock at the door interrupted the thoughts of the others. Sans went and opened the door to find Monster Kid standing outside of the door, banging on it with his head. When Sans opened the door, however, he was still banging on it and hit Sans in the ribs a few times.

"'sup, Kid?" Sans asked the armless monster, who looked up at the skeleton.

"I-I'm here to see Frisk." He said, tuning a slight bit redder. It was at this point Sans noticed that Kid had a pouch around his neck that held about ten beautiful flowers in it.

"Well, Kid?" Sans said, grinning a little. "Getting a little Frisky, aren't we?"

"Yeah, I guess." Kid said, not quite picking up on the joke. "Is she home?"

"Well" Sans said, sucking in a breath. "She's unconscious and she's not waking up."

"Oh no!" Kid cried, his face shifting to alarm. "Is she okay?!"

"As far as we can tell, yes." Sans said. "But, she's not waking up."

"Can I see her?" Kid asked. Sans nodded and Kid ran up the stairs toward Frisk's room.

Sans walked back into the main living room to see the others thinking of what they could do.

"We should head up and check on her." Sans said. The others all nodded and went up to the room where Frisk was. Inside, they found Chara laying over top of Frisk, asleep, with Kid sitting next to Frisk, simply looking at her.

"Any signs of recovery?" Toriel asked Kid, who simply shook his head.

"Chara said something, but she fell asleep on top of her." Kid said.

"She needs it." Mettaton said. "After that fight she was just in."

"I got it!" Alphys shouted as she ran into the room holding a strange device.

"What is that?" Asgore asked, looking at the device.

"It can help us figure out what's wrong with Frisk." Alphys said, pulling some wires out of the device and attaching them to Frisk.

"What does it do?" Toriel asked.

"Well" Alphys said, thinking. "It can transfer a being's essence into another's mind similar to possession, but the one being transferred has no control over the one that they're inhabiting. It works best in a situation like this, where the one whose mind is being entered is unconscious."

"So" Undyne asked. "Who's gonna go in?"

"I'm pretty sure Chara would want to go." Toriel said, sighing. "So, I think we should wait for her."

"I'll handle it." Flowey, who everyone hadn't noticed, said. He shook Chara as hard as his body would let him. She began to stir, waking up and looking at Flowey, who pointed one of his leaves towards Alphys. Chara turned to look at the scientist and the others, who saw the state she was in. Her eyes were red, Chara having been crying ever since she brought Frisk up into the room.

"This" Alphys said, pointing to the device hooked up to Frisk. "Will let us transfer our essence into Frisk's mind so we can try to heal her from inside. However, I can only safely send three beings into her mind."

"I'm going." Chara said without hesitation, standing up.

"I'll stick with you." Flowey said, slipping out of his pot and wrapping his stem around Chara's arm.

"Now" Alphys said, thinking. "Who should the third person be?"

"I-I'll go." Kid volunteered, standing up. "I want to help Frisk as well."

"I don't know." Alphys said. "It could be dangerous in there."

"I'll take the risk." Kid said boldly. "I want to help Frisk."

"Probably the best idea." Chara said. "My essence is pretty large, so his smaller essence would work in place of another decent sized one."

"Allright." Alphys said, sighing. Everyone agreed that this was the best option (no one wanted to go against Chara at this point). Alphys hooked the three of them up to the machine and activated it. The three of them felt a strange suction as their bodies and souls (A/N: Flowey still doesn't have a soul) were transferred from where they were sitting into Frisk's mind.

Inside Frisk's mind

Chara, Kid, and Flowey looked around them to see a void that seemed to go on forever.

"Where are we?" Flowey asked, his tone shifting to slightly joking. "I thought she was smart. Guess this proves otherwise."

As soon as the words left the flower's mouth, two doors appeared next to each other. They looked at the doors, curiosity entering their minds.

"Which one should we choose?" Kid asked.

"I say we split up." Chara said. "Flowey and I will take the door on the left, you take the door on the right."

"But" Kid said, looking slightly nervous. "Isn't it dangerous?"

"I'm sure we'll be fine." Chara said, reassuring the armless monster.

"Okay." Kid said. Chara opened the door for him and he walked through. But, before he walked very far he turned around.

"Thanks." He said. "Thanks for letting me come to help Frisk."

"Welcome." Chara said. "Promise me one thing, though."

"What?" Kid asked.

"If you see her" Chara said, a small smile on her lips. "you gotta ask her out."

"Wh-what?!" Kid asked, turning a bit orange (his skin is yellow, remember XP).

"you heard me." Chara said as she closed the door behind Kid.

"You figured it out?" Flowey asked.

"The kid walked in with flowers." Chara said, shrugging. "It's kind of obvious at that point."

"True." Flowey said, shrugging.

Chara and Flowey then walked through the left door. Immediately inside the door, Chara stood straighter than before, sucking in a quick breath. She quickly summoned two large Gaster Blasters, which were on either side of her, preparing powerful blasts which they would fire at a moment's notice upon command from Chara.

"What is it?" Flowey asked, a bit concerned what could make Chara immediately summon Gaster Blasters.

"Something I haven't felt in a while." Chara said, clenching her teeth.

"A feeling?" Flowey asked. "Like an emotion?"

"No." Chara said darkly. "A presence."

"On a somewhat related note" Flowey said, looking at the Gaster Blasters. "I've been meaning to ask you this, but never got around to it. How the hell can you use those and don't give me that 'Sans killed me enough' bulsh!t. I know that's what you told him so he wouldn't ask questions. Why he didn't disbelieve you is beyond me, but I don't believe you."

"Well" Chara said. "I actually was waiting for you to ask me."

"Why?" Flowey asked, confused.

"Well" Chara said, sighing. "it's a bit of a story, but the only being I'd tell is you."

"I suppose I should be flattered." Flowey said. "But, for some reason I have the feeling this is going to be sad."

"You could say that." Chara said, laughing sadly.

"I mean" Flowey said, knowing that Chara wasn't emotionally stable currently. He knew that it took a lot to make Chara cry, even when they were kids. The only thing he could remember that she ever cried about was whenever someone close to her was dead or dying or she thought they were dead. "If you don't want to, you don't have to."

"No, it's fine." Chara said. "I've wanted to tell you anyway, but never found the right time. Now seems like as good a time as any."

"This seems like something personal." Flowey said.

"Flowey. Asriel." Chara said. Flowey flinched. She almost never used his real name unless she was deadly serious or she was trying to inflict secrecy. "What I tell you, you must promise me you won't tell anybody. Promise me upon your title as the Legendary Fartmaster."

"I promise upon my title as the Legendary Fartmaster" Flowey said as serious as Chara was. "To withhold the great secret you share with me, Great Ketchup Muncher."

Flowey and Chara both snorted and then laughed. They still remembered that 'secret code words' Sans had made with them as a joke he used as a confirmation for a secret (in actuality it was just for a laugh). Flowey (as Asriel) had been 'the Legendary Fartmaster' and Chara had been 'the Great Ketchup Muncher'. The two of them still used the code names when they told each other very important secrets.

"What I'm about to tell you is something very personal." Chara said. "It's something I haven't told anyone."

"What?" Flowey asked.

"I'm not a full blooded human." Chara said, her tone serious.


woah, big revelation. What does this mean for Chara? Will they be able to find Frisk and restore her? Why is she in a coma? Find out next chapter.