#Someone asked for another chapter. Thanks. I really like this story so... Yeah. Another chapter. I don't know what I'm going to do here, so I'm just gonna wing it. Wait. I did that for the first chapter, already, didn't I? Eh. Doesn't matter. Hope you guys like it. First chapter has been on here for two days, only... Fan fiction writing is ridiculous...#
"C-Chara... As-Asriel..."
Frisk interupted.
"I know this is all quite shocking, but we're tired. Can we talk about this over a cup of tea?"
"Heh..."
Asgore made a nervous chuckle. He nodded and went to go get the tea.
...
Time passed... They explained everything that had happened... In the VOID... at the CORE... Asgore felt like he was in a dream...
"So everyone you ever killed... was for Chara?"
"Why does everyone keep reminding me of that!?"
Toriel explained.
"It's a big thing to happen to us in the underground, my child. Everyone dies to a human child with super powerful abilities...
...
repeatedly... It leaves an impression in one's mind..."
"*Sigh* I see..."
Chara swiftly changed the subject as to avoid making Frisk any more uncomfortable on her account.
"Anyways... Frisk, exactly how long did you spend in the reset world?"
"A few days..."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It was the first run where I reached Photoshop Flowey and I was tired, so I slept in the reset world for a day or two."
Asriel felt his sins crawling up his back...
"After some time, I started feeling this... this... I don't exactly know how to explain it... What ever it was, it made me feel hyperactive, full of energy. I had to find a way to get rid of it, It was too much, so I started flailing around like a fish out of water."
Sans interupted to make one of his puns.
"This story sounds a little FISHY to me."
Paypyrus commented.
"That was terrible."
"I know."
Frisk continued.
"So, eventually, I calmed down but I still felt the energy. I wanted it to go away so it did. My hands glowed and it just went away."
Gaster expressed his analysis.
"Sounds like you used your will to control the power of the CORE through the VOID."
He took another sip of tea. Sans took his cup with his pinky out and mimicked Gaster's face.
"I concur." He said in the most posh voice he could make.
"Ha Ha..." Gaster was being sarcastic and Asgore... giggled..? He thought it was fitting.
Frisk kept explaining.
"After this, I became curious to find out what this energy could do. So, I started experimenting. After some time, I managed to shoot lasers and create light but indestructible armor..."
The list went on...
"I could basically create anything. I wondered exactly how far that power could actually go. I thought of the most improbable thing I could think of and... created it."
A thought came to Gaster's mind.
"Does that mean there is a lone human SOUL in the blankness of the VOID?"
"No. It shattered after an hour... I'm just glad that they weren't concious..."
"It shattered..?"
"Yeah. Because it didn't have a proper vessel to sustain it."
"Are you sure?"
"Chara's still alive, isn't she?"
This brought a disturbed face from Chara.
"You were going to give me an unstable SOUL!?"
"It was stable!"
"But you didn't know then!"
"... Look I'm trying my best, okay?"
"... ... ... Okay..."
Arrangements were made to have Frisk, Chara and Asriel stay at the castle. But one night, something terrible happened. Chara wasn't feeling well... Frisk and Asriel were taking care of her. Frisk was the first one to talk.
"What are the sympotoms?"
Asriel had an ice pack over her head.
"She has a headache and abnormal heart rate."
"Guys, you don't have to do all of this for me... *Cough*"
"We know. Now, lie back down and go back to sleep."
"Mmm... Okay..."
Chara's condition hadn't gotten better. In fact, It had gotten worse now and she could barely move. Asriel was worried sick about her. Flashbacks kept coming back to the time when Chara had poisoned herself with the buttercups...
"Not again. Not again. Not again..."
"*Cough* Asriel, I'll be f-fine... *Cough*"
Frisk entered the room with Gaster.
"Gaster's here."
Gaster had a metal briefcase with him. It was full of medical supplies. He had done every test under the sun. To no avail.
"I'm sorry, but I can't find what's causing her body to react this way..."
Asriel was terrified now.
"There's gotta be a way. There's just gotta..."
Chara let out a small chuckle.
"You're such a crybaby, Asriel..."
Sans and Papyrus entered the room now, too.
"How's the kid holding up?"
Gaster let out a cold, sad sigh.
"Not well, I'm afraid. I can't seem to find out what's wrong with their body..."
Papyrus face lit up as he remembered their conversation a few weeks back.
"What if... What if it's not her body?"
Everyone froze in place, looked at Papyrus and waited for him to finish.
"Remember a few weeks ago when we talked about Frisk's abilities in the VOID? Well, what if the SOUL WAS unstable?"
"If that were the case, then that means her link to the SOUL is weakening..."
Frisk had tears in her eyes as she grasped Chara's hand. You could hear the desperation in her voice when she asked:
"How do we strengthen it..?"
After some thinking, Gaster thought he had a solution.
"Hmm... You said you had already created a SOUL in the VOID?"
"In the reset world, yeah..."
"I think some of the power is still in that SOUL, which would make this one incomplete. You would have to go back and, somehow combine the SOULS so that they can become so."
"But we can't go back! I promised all of the monsters I would never reset again!"
Sans interupted.
"This is why I don't like making promises..."
"No! No! We can't go back... We can't go back..."
Her voice grew softer and softer until it became utter silence... Chara had only moments left before she would... she... No... Frisk tried as hard as she could to keep her promise to the monsters... But determination had overpowered her will and she didn't have a choice...
Frisk was latched onto Chara's hand and Asriel the other the entire time, so they all entered the reset world together... Chara managed to keep on her feet, but not for long. Shortly after their arrival to the reset world, Chara collapsed to the ground. Frisk and Asriel were unable to keep her up, so Frisk ran to look for the SOUL shards that had scattered the last time she was here. She easily found all of them because they still glew a tiny bit red... She sprinted back towards Asriel who was leaning over Chara, trying to keep her alive and comforted. She set all of the shard on her chest in hopes they would just meld. The tiny glow that had once defined the shards dissapeared... Then, there was only silence...Chara's breathing had stopped... Her heartbeat, as well... It was too late...
After an hour of crying, denial and consolement, they finally gave up. Frisk and Asriel got up and walked over towards the reset button... It was over... They were about to press the button, but Frisk hesitated. She looked back at Chara and her lifeless, SOULLESS body... She thought, what are they going to think of me now..? I broke my promise and failed to save my best friend...
She pressed the reset button...
...
But nothing happened.
... ...
She pressed it once more.
... ... ...
Again, nothing happened.
Filled with frustation, she punched the reset button as hard as she could.
"Argh!"
It broke... She stood back in horror of what she had just done. She broke the reset button... Time had stopped completely and here was no way to bring it back...
"Wait. What's that..?"
Asriel pointed out that he noticed something behind what remained of the reset button... He brushed away the shattered button pieces. Another button...
This one didn't have the word "RESET" on it, though. This one was labled "SAVE"... That was odd. The only time she ever saw this button was when she was fighting Asriel and he had... taken away everyone's SOULS... She used her determination to revive the SOULS of her friends then... Asriel knew this, too. Both of them looked at eacother at the same time with the same wide eyes.
They pressed it...
...
They saw a faint red glow reflect off the button from behind them. They turned around. The shards had started to glow again.
... ...
But they faded soon afterward...
... ... ...
Now the shards had dissapeared completely... They were sure that there was no hope now... But they were wrong. Now they could see Chara's SOUL. It's glow was much brighter than it had ever been. It kept getting bright, brighter, yet brighter... It was whole again.
Both Frisk and Asriel were ecstatic now! But their smiles quickly faded when Chara still did not get up...
Then, suddenly:
*GASP*
Chara was alive! Was there really ever any doubt? Asriel was first to speak as they ran up and hugged her.
"Oh my god! Chara, never do that again!"
Chara was still breathing heavily but she still managed to speak.
"Tell that to...*huff* her..."
She pointed at frisk with a loving glint in her eye.
"I'm so sorry, Chara! I was so stupid! I should have thought about everything before I did any of this... I'm so sorry..."
"Don't sweat it. Like you said you did your best and it's all over now."
Asriel listened to Chara's heart for a second before stating:
"It's beating perfectly fine, now!"
They both hugged her even tighter now. Tears falling, forming pools on the black, almost metallic ground beneath them. Chara then pointed out:
"Hey guys, we should be getting home now."
"R-Right..."
Asriel was becoming afraid, though, because the button was broken...
"But how? The reset button is broken."
Chara tried to point out the obvious and told them:
"Look behind you."
So they did and, lo and behold, the save button had turned into a reset button. How convenient. It was almost as if some outward, creative force, was guiding them. Oh wait... They didn't question it though and, together, they pressed it. Frisk was still worried about how the others would react. Asriel was just happy to have Chara alive and Chara was happy to BE alive.
They had appeared in the flower bed as usual and walked along to try and make everything right again... But they heard footsteps. Fast footsteps. Very fast footsteps. It was Toriel. She was leaning against the door, because she had ran so fast to see them. Her eyes widend and she bacame filled with joy! Her daughter was alive!
"Chara!"
How could she remember, though? They had reset. Normally, everyone has only a vague rememberance of what had happened. But Toriel could remember everything very clearly. They started to hear more footsteps. Again, they sounded as if they were running. But it also sounded like there was army. Then, out of nowhere... everyone they ever knew was running towards them from behind a wall. They had all retained their memories...
But how..? Frisk thought. And then it hit her! Her determination didn't overpower her will, It fused with it. Her will told her determination to keep everyone's memories... So it did!
Haha! Finally! Everyone was happy and they stayed that way. It was about time, too. They were getting sick of these misadventures. Everyone spoke at once.
"Welcome home!"
#I stayed up till 12:30 last night, making this. Doesn't mean I spent more time on this chapter than I did on the last one, though. In fact, quite the opposite. Anyways, I hope you had fun reading. I'm not making anymore chapters, by the way. I would have absolutely no clue where to lead the story. Sorry.
But, hey, that doesn't mean I won't make more fan fictions. I'll probably make quite a lot. Anyways... Thanks for reading. Again I would really like some constructive feedback. I want to become a better author. Bye.#