Chapter Twenty Two: Angel and Demon Part One: Beginnings

Frisk slept unsteadily in her bed. She shuddered, her dream causing her to sweat. Over and over she could hear a single word. But, she couldn't quite make it out.

In the dream

Frisk and Chara walked through Snowdin, talking and laughing. In a clearing of the snow, they came across a gate made of wood. Frisk looked at it, thinking.

"Ah, just go on through." Chara said. "It's too wide to stop ya."

"I-If you say so." Frisk said. She walked through the gate, realizing that the bars were indeed too big.

"Told ya." Chara said, walking through herself. They walked up to a strange lamp in the middle of the snow.

Suddenly, a tall skeleton ran in, his body clothed in some sort of armor.

"SANS!" the skeleton called. "WHERE ARE YOU, YOU LAZYBONES?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT YOUR POST TWO HOURS AGO!"

The skeleton caught sight of Frisk and Chara, Frisk trying to hide behind Chara, who grinned and waved.

"OH, HELLO, SCARY HUMAN!" the skeleton said. "YOU ARE DRESSED VERY THINLY TODAY."

"I don't get cold." Chara said, still grinning.

"WHO IS THAT BEHIND YOU, SCARY HUMAN?" the skeleton asked.

"This is Frisk." Chara said, pulling Frisk from behind her. "Frisk, this is Papyrus. He's harmless."

"H-hi." Frisk said, waving softly.

"HELLO, LITTLE HUMAN!" Papyrus said, taking Frisk's hand and leading her to an area that had several puzzles.

"LOOK, HUMAN!" Papyrus said, waving his hand. "PUZZLES. ALL OF THEM FUN!"

"Cool.' Frisk said. "How do they work?"

"Step on the Xs and make them Os." Chara said, appearing in front of Frisk.

"Really?" Frisk asked.

"Yep." Said a new voice. It belonged to a shorter skeleton, who wore a blue hoodie.

"That comedian…" Chara said, her tone darker.

"Shoulda stayed dead, kid." Sans said, his eye glowing blue.

"You really wanna go here?" Chara asked, turning to face Sans.

"No." Sans said, shifting into a more pleasant demeanor. "Just wanted a handshake, 'sall"

"I'm not falling for that one." Chara said. "I know what's in that hand."

"What's in it?" Frisk asked.

"Shake it and find out." Chara said. Sans held up his hand, Frisk taking it. Instantly, a fart noise came from the hand. Frisk looked at it before starting to snort back laughter.

"Never fails." Sans said. "Well, me and Papyrus gotta go home and grab a few things. Catch ya later, kiddies."

"BUT, SANS!" Papyrus said, Sans taking his hand. "THE HUMANS AND I WERE ABOUT TO DO PUZZLES!"

"Later, Paps." Sans said, his tone shifting darker.

Frisk and Chara were left alone, Frisk turning to Chara.

"What was that about?" Frisk asked.

"Well" Chara said, rubbing the back of her head. "It goes something like this…"

Chara proceeded to tell the story of how she came to enter the Underground (ch.6) and how she had gotten to the current point, sparing no details (except the really gory ones). When she was done, Frisk looked at her with a sort of sad expression.

"D-do you feel bad?" she asked. "For doing that?"

"Yeah." Chara said, sighing. "Especially since I met you. But, I'll never be able to atone for it."

"I'll help you." Frisk said. She wrapped her arms around Chara, pulling her into a hug. Surprisingly, Chara was very warm, despite her thinner attire.

"Th-thanks, kid." Chara said, wrapping her own arms around Frisk. "That means a lot."

"Chara?" Frisk asked. "Will I ever become like that? If I lose someone like you did?"

"Are you kidding?" Chara said. "You're like a little angel."

"And you're like a demon" Frisk laughed. "That befriended the angel."

"Heh" Chara said. "That's funny. A demon and an angel, best friends. That's really funny."

"I guess it is." Frisk said, the two of them laughing and hugging together.

However, unbeknownst to the two of them, someone was watching.

"Funny." He said, chuckling. "Even an angel can fall and a demon can bring peace."

In reality

Suddenly, her eyes shot open as she sat up, awoken from the dream. She could feel a pair of arms around her waist, holding her. She looked over at Papyrus' bed, where the tall skeleton was still sleeping soundly, occasionally muttering 'Nyeh heh heh'. She looked next to her, her eyes straining to see in the dark. She could just barely make out the shape of Chara, sleeping soundly beside her and holding her in her sleep. Frisk smiled, snuggling back under the covers, Chara pulling her tighter in her sleep.

With Toriel, Sans, Alphys, Khara, Undyne, and Gaster—3:45 AM

"Okay." Khara said. "Since neither Chara, Frisk, or Papyrus is here, we need to figure out a few things."

"What does Papyrus have to do with this?" Sans asked.

"Do you honestly think he'll keep his mouth shut for this secret?" Undyne asked.

"He never was the type to not blurt out something interesting to him." Gaster said, thinking. "It is probably best that he remains sleeping."

"Yeah." Sans said. "I guess you're right. Now let's hurry this along. I need to get some sleep before I head to Grillby's restaurant."

"Just sit here and pay attention." Undyne said.

"So" Khara said, crossing her arms and leaning back. "It's clear we saw Frisk using healing magic. The question is 'how?'. Tori, what do you know about her?"

"Not much actually." Toriel admitted sheepishly. "Pretty much everything about her from before she fell into the Underground is unknown to me. Though, I'm sure Chara knows, but she won't tell me anything about Frisk. I'm sure she's doing what she thinks is best for her."

"So" Sans said, thinking. "Frisk won't tell us and we don't want to pry. Chara won't tell us and isn't afraid to inflict pain to make sure of it. So, what are our options? Pops, you learned some things, didn't you?"

"No." Gaster said, sighing. "I was unable to find out anything. Somehow, Chara was able to block me from listening in."

"Well" Khara said. "She looks human."

"That doesn't mean anything." Toriel said. "Rachaya looked human. I wouldn't say Frisk's a demon, but she's definitely more than human."

"Think she's a hybrid?" Sans asked.

"Doubt it." Khara said. "I'd have smelled it."

"Well" Alphys said. "There are species than monsters or humans."

"Can't be.' Khara said. "Neither of them are accurate to Frisk, however. All we've seen is her use healing magic. Most monsters can use it to some degree, so it's not complicated."

"Don't forget" Sans said. "There were human mages back then as well. Seven of them sealed the monsters in the Underground."

"Right." Toriel said. "But, now can we stop this? I don't want us to decide to do anything rash to my child."

"Right." Khara said. "Let's not discuss this unless necessary. We go on as if we didn't have this conversation."

"Understood." The others gathered around the table said.

"So, Gaster?" Khara asked the ghostly skeleton. "Where're you gonna go?"

"I will return to my lab." Gaster said. "I have some unfinished experiments to attend to."

"Right." Khara said. The different monsters all went back to their beds to sleep.

The next morning

"Oh boy! Pie!" Asriel shouted, taking a piece of pie from the tin.

"Enjoy guys." Khara said, dressed in a tank top and pants. "I made it myself."

"Wow!" Asriel said, his eyes widening as he ate the pie. "It's even better than mom's!"

"So I've been told." Khara said.

"You always were a better cook." Toriel admitted.

"Sorry, Tori." Khara said. "Hate to take your spot like that."

"Oh, it's fine." Toriel said, laughing. "I don't mind. It's nice to know we've got more than one cook."

"What about Papyrus and Undyne?" Sans asked.

"Cook who cooks something other than spaghetti and won't burn the house down." Khara said.

"Ah.' Sans said.

There was one piece of pie left in the tin. Chara began to reach for it, but her hand was grabbed by Khara's, the Nekomon's armor materializing (A/N: it's magic armor, but she can take it off physically). Chara looked in Khara's eyes, both pairs full of greed.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Khara asked, her tone dark and evil.

"What does it matter to you?" Chara asked, the same tone in her voice.

"That's my piece!" Khara shouted, tackling Chara to the ground. The two of them rolled around on the floor as the others watched. As they fought, Asriel subtly reached for the piece of pie. However, before he could reach it, two very pissed off, demonic dark magic users stood up in front of him, evil grins on their faces.

"You touch that pie" they said simultaneously, their tones sinister. "And you'll be a flower again faster than you can say 'oh sh!t!'."

Asriel simply backed away slowly and Khara and Chara continued their fight. Toriel sighed, walking over to the two of them.

"Can you two please stop this fighting?" she asked. "You're going to destroy the house if it gets out of hand."

"When that pie is in my belly!" Chara and Khara both shouted, throwing dark magic infused punches at each other. Their punches sent shockwaves out that shook the others.

With a large grin on his face, Sans grabbed the pie, taking a bite out of it.

"You know, comedian." Chara said, appearing behind him, her face dark (picture this as if in an anime) as she summoned the demon blade she used. "I killed you once and I can do it again."

"Note the term 'once'." Sans said, grinning wider. "You only did it once, and I still killed you before I died."

"Fair enough." Chara said, her tone shifting to normal. "But, I wanted it."

"Me too." Khara said, her tone and aura shifting to normal. "It was really good."

"You guys are definitely mother and child." Toriel said, sighing.

"Yep." Khara said, putting her arm around Chara and pulling her tight.

"Well" Toriel said. "You two need to work on your wild antics"

"Eh, whatever." Khara said. "It's fine."

"Yes, I know." Toriel sighed. "I know."

With Frisk and Chara—later

"You sure slept like a log last night." Frisk said.

"Well" Chara said, chuckling. "Your bed isn't broken."

"Fair enough.' Frisk said, laughing. "But, thanks."

"Welcome." Chara said, putting her arm around Frisk. "Now, let's go find a movie to watch since we didn't get to watch one yesterday."

"Okay." Frisk said as the two of them left the house to go find some entertainment.

In an unknown location

"Are we prepared?" the figure asked. The six SOULs rose up from the ground, still in their glass jars.

"Yes." The other said. "We may strike at the proper time."

"Excellent." The first said. "Are the two halves prepared?"

"We have them prepared." The other said. "Now the only thing to do is retrieve them."

"Excellent." The first said.


So, this is the start of what i think is the climax of the fic (not the end necessarily-in fact, i'm not even sure it's the climax, but it's currently the biggest arc of the series), hence the fact that i gave it a major title (Angel and Demon). What's gonna go down in this arc? Find out soon.