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Now onto the story!
(Asriel speaking)
"*C'ara speaking"
"Frisk speaking to the ghosts via thought"
Chapter 6
Explaining to Asriel the situation they were in gave Frisk and C'ara some time to think. For one, they were not expecting Asriel, who was a boss monster in their baseline and the one who turned to Flowey, to be their ghostly companion in this adventure. So, now they had to figure out just who was Flowey, and what his/her/its name was. After a moment, C'ara seemed to have an idea.
"*Is your Chara perhaps a boss monster?" the ghost girl asked.
(Was a boss monster,) Asriel answered with a sigh. (Before I died from the flu I caught, I asked her to take me to my village and tell the townsfolk that monsters were the kindest folk I had met. When she rested me onto a bed of red daisies near the village, she walked towards the town. Of course, she had absorbed my soul, but we knew that it was dangerous to go to the village with my limp body in her paws.)
(She came across a hunting party, who had discovered my body, who attacked her. We did not fight back, and she rushed to get my body before returning to the Underground. When she stumbled into the throne room, to the dismay of our mothers, she dusted and I… I didn't awaken until the next human had fallen down. It was after they died did I realize that my mum, Queen Alphys, had declared war on humanity.)
Frisk and C'ara listened to the young ghost's story, noticing the differences from the story of C'ara and their Asriel.
After this, the three decided they needed to get going, as it would be unwise to stay here and wait for Undyne~whom was in Toriel's place~and not meet with the flower that was in this AU.
Walking down to the archway, Frisk peered in to look at the flower they were to fight. It was, like the flowers she had fallen on, a red daisy. Behind her, she heard C'ara murmur something about a "blood daisy" and then shuddered.
But Frisk gathered up her courage, and stepped into the room, gaining the daisy's attention. It turned around, peering at her with a frightened glance, making Frisk realize that it was expecting the genocidal Frisk that would have fallen. But then it paused, and studied her.
(The Frisk I knew didn't have goggles or bags or a mask,) Asriel put in, clearing the confusion that settled into Frisk's thoughts.
Taking a deep breath, Frisk took a few slow steps towards the flower, stopping at a reasonable and comfortable distance. She bowed her head slightly, and greeted the daisy. "Hello, I am~"
"Greetings," the daisy said in a clearly feminine voice. "I am Chlorophyll, the red daisy. You are new to the Underground, are you not?"
Frisk realized that she would most likely have no opportunity to introduce herself, which was common in most AUs, including her own baseline. Inwardly sighing, she settled into "I'm a human who for some reason does not give out my name" persona and nodded gingerly. "Why, yes I am," she said, making her tones echo trust and somewhat newness.
"Hmm, someone is going to have to teach you how things work down here," Chlorophyll chittered, adding a disarming chuckle. "I guess that someone will have to be me. Let us start."
In mere moments, the FIGHT had started. Although, it was different than most fights Frisk had been in. For one, it seemed that they had moved to a larger room, as she was standing in a rather large battle box, which was outlined by a white box that reach far out to almost all sides, even reaching high to the ceiling. Of course, Frisk had realized that FIGHTs might be different for Bright Souls since, as her memories suggested aerial combat training, they did most of their fighting and dodging on wing.
"Hmm, a Bright Soul are you not?" Chlorophyll said with a tilt of her head… bulb?... as she noticed Frisk's wings. "It has been a while since one has fallen…" Stopping herself, the flower sighed and straightened. "I will not have to tell you what those colors mean, I guess. But I will share you on something your elders most likely didn't teach."
"Oh please, tell me," Frisk said, mimicking an excited child, with her hands clasped together in front of her and a small bounce.
"Well, a soul starts off weak," Chlorophyll chimed, with a disarming grin. "But they grow strong as they gain LV."
"What is LV?" Frisk asked with a tilt of her head, even though she already knew the answer.
"What does LV stand for?" Chlorophyll chuckled. "Why, LOVE, of course! And down here~" white bullets appeared above the flower, "~LOVE is shared through little, white 'friendliness pellets.' Fly about and catch as many as you can!"
Although the bullets came slowly to Frisk, her face slightly sharpened as she lifted herself out of the line of fire.
"Hey, partner," Chlorophyll said with a grin that was not as disarming as before. "You missed them. Why don't we try again?"
Once more, the bullet came towards Frisk, although slightly faster. Once more, Frisk flew out of the line of fire, watching as the bullets disappeared behind her.
"What are you doing?" Chlorophyll said with a remarkably forced grin. "Run. Into. The. Bullets. I mean friendliness pellets!"
This time, as the bullets rushed towards Frisk, she flew back to where she started, earning a glare from the daisy. This time, Frisk didn't bother to act all innocent, as her face hardened into a knowing stare.
"You know what's going on here, don't you? (What am I saying, of course he does…)" Chlorophyll growled, although the second line was murmured. "You just wanted to see me suffer right?" From out of nowhere (as in her inventory,) the flower pulled out a small knife, holding it in her leaf. She pointed it at Frisk, as similar knives, although they were bullets, surrounded the Bright Soul. "Down here, it's Kill or be Killed!"
Frisk calmly smiled, once more bowing her head.
"W-Why are you smiling?!" Chlorophyll growled, clearly confused. "I'm about to kill you!" After a moment, the flower yelled, "DIE!"
As the bullets came towards Frisk, she reached out at the nearest one, brushing her hand against it. To the surprise of Chlorophyll, they all disperse, and the damage that Frisk would have taken didn't register.
"What the fudge?" Chlorophyll muttered, before turning to her left, seeing a blue fireball sitting there. For a moment, the stare happened, and then the fireball cannoned at her, knocking her out of the FIGHT as a certain fish monster walked in.
"Get out of here you miserable flower!" Undyne yelled, before turning to Frisk. "Hey, punk, stay away from the flowers. Especially that one. That one is dangerous."
"OK," was Frisk's response.
