Arana: Hey guys! I'm not joined by the others right now because reasons.
(In the background, Flowey screeches something about… bees?)
Arana: Apparently he's allergic to bees. Chara and Frisk are trying to get him away from them. Anyways, how about answering questions you never knew you had?
Why do I take so long posting chapters? Because of a few factors: school, video games, and a lack of muse.
What happens if Chara and Frisk put their soul-halves together? That will be explained later, most likely near the end of the story.
Will there ever be a sequel to this story? Maybe. If people like this story as much as Gumdrops, Chara, Frisk, and Flowey may go from their universe to the multi-verse!
Arana: And there's that. Now, onto the story.
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Chapter 6- Why They Fell
"Hey, I think that Froggit wants to talk to us," Chara said, pointing at said Froggit, who was near the area they had just came out of. "Let's go see what it wants to say!"
Frisk nodded, and started to walk forward.
They took two steps.
"Whimsun approached meekly!" Chara said with a tad of annoyance in her voice as the fluttering monster started a battle. "It's best we just spare him."
Taking Chara's advice, Frisk when into the the Mercy section, noticing how Whimsun's name was yellow. She then pressed Spare.
"We won!" Chara said slowly. "We earned zero EXP and zero gold. Just great. Let's go talk to the Froggit now."
They were not attacked the other four steps to the Froggit.
"Ribbit, Ribbit," the Froggit croaked.
Chara translated, in a scratchy voice, "He basically just compliments us on being merciful, and saying to ACT and Spare."
Frisk nodded. "Thank you, Mr. Froggit," she said.
"That's a she," Chara laughed.
"O-Oops!" Frisk yelped, and then started laughing too.
The Froggit looked confused, but none the less decided not to ask about it.
"Anyways, we should get going," Chara said, and Frisk nodded.
They had almost reached the exit of the room when they were attacked.
"Froggit and Whimsun drew near!" Chara sighed. "Oh come on!"
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After getting bruises on their elbows, Frisk and Chara were questioning the whole problem with their split soul. If one got hurt, it seemed the other did too.
"I wonder what would happen if we tried to put the halves together…" Frisk said slowly.
"Are you serious?" Chara sighed. "I know I'm going to sound like mom, but that's dangerous. Now that I think back, I did hear something about the other split soul when I was on the Surface. The two had tried to put their soul back together to avoid damaging each other at the same time.
"Legend has it that they… merged together… into an abomination of limbs, and the village, along with some monsters as it was before the war, had to kill them. The legend was to keep kids away from graves of those whose souls shattered," she looked up. "Even those I want to see what would happen, I don't want to end up like those two. Plus, I think that split soul was red. Our kind of soul is weak when it leaves out body, and needs to be absorbed before it destroys itself. Yes, that's right, red souls destroy themselves about ten minutes after they leave the dead body."
Frisk shuddered. "Why is that?"
"It's a safety thing," Flowey stated. "If a evil monster got their hands on it, they would have a lot of power."
"That's why when a red soul dies, they keep only their loved ones around them," Chara sighed. "And they didn't have monsters nearby at all. Even monsters who lived with them weren't allowed near the red soul until it shattered."
"How do you know about this?" Frisk asked slowly.
"When I was about two, the war was on the horizon," Chara sighed. "I have really good memory of one of my monster friends, a little boss monster named Trisha. She… was killed by my father when the war started. Anyways, my red soul was passed down to me by my mother. When she died of illness, and her read soul appeared, my father made sure Trisha and any other monsters weren't allowed in the house.
"I was confused at the time. When I say the soul break, it hit me that my mother wasn't coming back~she was the only thing keeping my father from abusing me. He hated my red eyes, my pale skin, and pink cheeks. He said I'd never get a husband like that..."
She paused, looking away.
"He also forced me to run to Mount Ebbot when I was twelve. I was two years older than Asriel, so yeah. I wanted to get away from him. He… he chased me until I managed to get to the top of the mountain, and found the hole. I was about the jump down it, when he called, 'I hope the monsters kill you down there!' I never really liked him after that…"
Flowey's petals drooped. Of course, he had never known the true reason of why Chara had jumped down, only that it had to do with how stressful the Surface was to her.
"I'm so sorry…" Frisk said slowly. "But… I guess we have more in common than we thought. My father was also abusive…"
Flowey looked from Chara to Frisk, clearing knowing that his past wasn't as terrible as theirs. He then sighed. "I… hope you guys can put that behind you," he said, struggling for the right words. Was he really feeling something? Was he growing emotions? Or was it his acting bubbling to the surface again? He had dealt with this kind of stuff before, during his resets… but none of them sparked this… this sadness… in him.
Then, Frisk and Chara fell through the floor, landing on soft leaves. They looked at each other, then at Flowey's startled face, and started to laugh.
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Arana: And there we have it folks!
(In the background, Flowey is heard yelling at Frisk and Chara to watch where they are going)
Arana: And there's the Flowey we all know!
~Arana and crew