Chapter 8: Small nightmare and a promise
(Lucas' P.O.V)
I looked at Lucy and saw that she had a small angry expression on her eyes, before it softened up, probably she smiling again. Even though the bandana was meant to be at her head, she found a way to put it on, so it covered her mouth. I could still hear her when she was talking, but I couldn't really see if she was smiling or not. I had to laugh at the thought of her going around the entire underground wearing that around her neck. Both having that thought and that she would wear all the other items that was in the underground when we found them made me smile a bit. That would really show how childish she could be if she wanted to be. I turned back around and kept walking around Snowdin with her. Hearing the snow crunch under my shoes as I walked around Snowdin, looking around. I could see some of the monsters standing around a tree, which seemed to be full of decorations, which could be seen as a Christmas tree. With a star on the top of the tree, I could defiantly say that it was seen as a Christmas tree. Presents could also be seen under the tree, which made it more likely to be a Christmas tree. I had to admit, for not being people that celebrate Christmas, they sure know how to decorate things.
"I didn't know they had Christmas here big bro" Lucy said as we passed the tree and looked at the bear placing the gifts under the trees. "How do they know?" I shrugged and looked to the side, seeing a bar called Grillby's standing right by the woods beside the town.
"I don't think they really do it sis" I said as I looked back at her. "Besides, it might have been from some books they had gathered about the surface or something, so that would explain how they know about this." Most things around here seemed to be like it used to be and nobody seemed to be missing, except Papyrus and Sans, but I had a feeling that they would be here soon. We kept walking past Grillby's and I could see somebody standing outside another building right in front of it. Right above the door was a small sign telling what place it was.
"Librarby? Why is that the name?" Lucy asked me as we stopped in front of the building and just looked at the door. I shrugged and grabbed the handle of the door and slowly opened it. I looked to the side before we entered and saw that a couple of dogs with black armor and large axes was standing by the wall, nuzzling their noses together. "Aww, that's so cute!" I looked back at Lucy and saw that she was smiling brightly and looking at the dogs. I smiled and walked inside of the building.
"Hehe, it sure is sis. Dogs nuzzling together are super cute." I said to her as I looked around the 'librarby' and saw no one being in here at the moment. Maybe they were out somewhere now? Remember that some of the monsters were meant to be around here to normal. I thought to myself as I walked over to one of the tables and sat down on the chair by the table.
"So big bro, what are we doing here?" She asked me as she stood beside me, tilting her head to the side in confusion. I smiled and turned towards her.
"Well, you wanted a small break instead of walking around, and this seem to be a library, so I think grab a book and sit down, we can wait for a while." I said to her as I turned my back towards the table and rested my back on it. She smiled and nodded to me as she turned around and walked over to the bookshelf and looked around them. I laughed quietly, put my hands behind me head and closed my eyes.
"U-umm big bro? If I found one, should I just read it?" She asked me as I could hear her footsteps move back towards me. I sighed and nodded.
"Yeah, just read it Lucy. In the mean time I need to rest my head for a bit. It's been hurting ever since we got here, if it's fine by you" I said as I turned my body around, placed my hands on the table and laid my head on them.
"Sure thing big bro! You haven't slept since we were with 'mom' haven't you? Get some sleep!" She said as I heard a small thud by the table, most likely the book that she had found. I smiled and closed my eyes, letting both my body and mind relax as I felt that I fell asleep.
I blinked my eyes slowly and felt that I was standing up and down, looking around me, I saw myself being in a completely black area. There were no doors, no windows, it was just one small light in the middle of the blackness with a pile of golden flowers inside the area of light. I carefully looked around me, and walked slowly towards the light. As I got closer I could see that a silhouette was starting to form, slowly turning to a person wearing sweater and shorts, their hair reaching past their shoulders. I sighed and stopped a short distance away from her.
"So Chara, what do you want this time?" I asked her as I crossed my arms and tapped my foot at the ground impatiently. Her laughter echoed around me as she turned around and I could see now that she was holding a bloody knife in her hand. I could hear a small scream coming from behind her before I saw a body fall down to the ground, the persons back facing me. "W-what?! The heck Chara?!" I ran over to her, rage filled in my eyes as she charged at me as well, her knife raised up to strike. She slashed the knife at me, but it came at such a slow rate that I just side stepped it and pushed her to the side. I ran up to the body and crouched beside them, lifting them up. "O-oi! Hold on! I-I'll help…y-you…" I managed to turn the body around and Lucy's face stared at me, her eye completely dull, like empty of life. Her body was bloody from her left shoulder and all over her chest.
"B-big…b-bro. W-where…...w-were…you?" She asked me, her voice getting lower and lower each time she erupted out a word. "Y-you…. s-said...y-you w-would…p-protect….me…" I could feel tears fall down my eyes as I pulled her body closer to me, feeling her body warmth slowly fading away.
"Lucy! Please…I'm sorry…don't leave" I said to her, hoping that she would stay with me. I looked down at her face, and saw that a small smile appeared on her face as tears fell down from her eyes as well.
"K-keep…g-going…big b-bro…I f-failed…s-see y-you…lat…" Her voice slowly died down and I saw her head slowly fall to the side, her eyes completely dull and lifeless. I wiped away the tears coming from my eyes and closed her eyes, while I laid her body down on the flowers and stood up. As soon as I let go of her I clenched my hands in anger and turned towards Chara, staring at her angrily.
"Hehe, you see what you wanting to protect people get you?! Only sadness and anger! Just give up and follow my advice!" Chara said as she laughed and spun the knife around in her hand. I took a step closer to her, calming down my hands and put them in my pocket, while looking at her sadly. I could see right away that she got a shocked expression on her face as she lifted up her knife and prepared to strike at me again.
"I will still protect people…but losing her, maybe I will just keep on failing." I said to her as I looked back at Lucy's dead body, her blood slowly falling down on the flowers. "And, if I fail her…maybe I should just join her on it…I have nothing left without her" I could see that Chara's arm was shaking as she tried to hold her arm still while she looked at me with her angry red eyes.
"Why are you like this?! Why aren't you mad!? Come on! Attack me, show me how humanity really are!" She screamed at me as she calmed down her arm and slashed her knife at me, aiming straight for my chest. I quickly pulled out my hand from out of my pocket and held out my arm in front of me, feeling her blade strike against my shin. Looking at my arm I could see a large cut coming across my arm. Looking closer, I saw blood slowly dripping out from my arm as I pulled it away from my chest and down to my side. "Come on! Fight back! That's all humanity are! Killers who don't care about anyone!" Looking closer at her, I could see a small tear fall down from her eye, before it just disappeared. So that's why she Is like this…now I understand it more. I thought to myself as I walked closer to her, both arms at my sides and stopped right in front of her.
"Not all humans are like that Chara, some are actually good people. I can understand why you hate humanity...but not everyone is like that" I said to her, a small smile appearing on my face. "And I want to show you that we can be good people, if you give us a chance" Another tear trailed down her cheek, this time she didn't do anything to stop it.
"I don't get it! Why won't you attack me! I killed your sister! You should be mad!" She screamed even louder as she tried to attack me again. I quickly stepped to the side, avoiding her slow attack as I stared at her again. So that's her plan. I sighed and stretched out my unwounded hand.
"I am mad, make no mistake, but revenge is never the solution" I said to her as I stood there, my arm outstretched. "Let me show you how good people can really be Chara, can you take that chance. I'm sure you can be a nice person if you want to be, you look like a person who were once nice. Let me show you that feeling again." I gave her a small smile and hoped for her to grab my hand. She just looked down at my hand, then back at me, and I saw that her red cheeks were getting a bit redder. What's with that? I shrugged and kept my arm stretched out.
"…Fine, I'll accept" She said as she slapped my arm away and looked to the side. "But I don't want to come out and tell you, what did I say when you see how they really are." She turned around and started to walk away and I could hear her whisper something.
"Hmm? What was that?" I asked her as I put my hands in my pockets. "It was nothing! Just go now you idiot…" She screamed at me and I felt my vision go black again as I feel on the ground with a large thud.
I slowly opened my eyes again, lifted my head slowly up and saw that I was still at the library, but I could also see that Lucy was by the door, talking to someone. I slowly got myself up, and walked towards her.
"So little sis, how long did I sleep…for…" I slowly stopped talking as I saw that right outside the door, both Papyrus and Sans standing in front of her. I gulped and looked at sans, feeling shivers go down my spine. "So what did you talk about?" Lucy quickly turned towards me and had a giant smile on her face.
"Papyrus was going home to cook food and I saw them pass by, so I asked him if I could help with the cooking." She said as she laughed and smiled from ear to ear. Just by looking at her, I could already see what was going to be said.
"OF COURSE THE GREAT PAPRYUS WOULD TEACH YOU HOW TO COOK THE GREATNESS THAT IS SPAGHETTI LITTLE HUMAN!" Papyrus said, while showing some of the food and kitchen applies he was carrying. So he was out shopping and I guess that Lucy saw him pass by and wanted to talk to him. She sure wanted to be friends with him huh? I gave her a smile and patted her head.
"So you will be going with him then?" I looked at her as I asked her that question. She nodded her head and walked straight up to Papyrus. I blinked and suddenly saw her covered in blood, from her shoulder and down to her knees. I blinked quickly again and saw the blood and she standing right beside him
"Big bro! Can I please go with him?" She said to me, and tilted her head to the side, giving me her puppy eyes. I sighed and nodded my head. "Yay! Come on pap! Let's make food!" Papyrus smiled and laughed as he turned around.
"NYEH HEH HEH! COME ON LITTLE HUMAN! LET'S MAKE SOME FOOD FOR YOU AND THE OTHER HUMAN!" He said as he started to run away, most likely towards his and Sans house. Lucy giggled as well and started to run after him! "SANS! WE ARE GOING HOME! COME HOME WHEN YOU ARE DONE TALKING!" I quickly looked at sans and saw that he was staring at me, a small faint blue glow appearing in his eyes. He nodded and just stared at me.
"Sure thing bro. See you back home" He said as he grabbed my arm. "Come on Kid, let's talk" He started to drag me from the 'librarby' and back out in Snowdin. He let go of my arm and started to head off to Grillby's. "Come on Kid, follow me". I gulped, nodded my head and started to walk behind him, putting my hands down in my pockets. "So we are actually following this guy?!" Yeah we are Chara, he knows most likely what I have done, plus, I do have some questions for him. "So what? We are just going to listen to him? You realize how stupid that is, right Lucas?" Yeah I know Chara, but at this point, we don't have much choice. I sighed and looked at my left arm, and saw no open wounds and cuts at my arms. So it was really all a dream then. I smiled weakly as I kept walking after Sans, looking a bit curious at him when we passed Grillby's and kept walking out of Snowdin, towards where Lucy and I came from. Where we were going, I didn't know, so I just kept following him for a while. After a long time, we stopped and I was confused because after a long walk we had stopped by the river right beside Snowdin.
"What the? How did we get here?" I asked Sans as he stopped by the river and just stood there. He slowly turned around and saw that his left eye was now glowing blue. Oh no, not good. "Well Lucas, you came this far at least. Good luck, you silly idiot" I gulped and took a step backwards. Sans just followed my step and glared at me, his eyes blazing up in flames.
"Now Kiddo, the promise…heh, guess you didn't make it" Sans said as he lifted up his hand and got ready to snap his fingers. I could see white and blue bones starting to form up behind him. Shit…I'm in for a really bad time, well shit…this can't get any worse…
Me: Hehe, time to show what you have really done Lucas. Sans seems to be angry at you.
Lucas: I have done nothing! And you know it!
Me: Whatever you say dude, have fun with sans!
Anyway, so now that's for that chapter, hope you guys like it, and i'll see you guys Next week! Also, thank you so much for over 1000 views on this Story, really glad you guys enjoy this! Dark Chara out!