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Asriel stood at the end of the long, gold and orange tiled hallway, fully dressed and waiting for Chara, who was wearing his green and yellow colored sweater and black shorts. Chara was surprised to see Asriel waiting for him, as if he knew what Chara was going to do, but then cracked a sinister smile at the monster boy, his red eyes wide.
"I see you are awake Asriel." Chara said calmly, speaking in a polite and meticulous manner which wouldn't be out of place coming from Toriel, Asriel looked at Chara with an angry frown. "We are going ahead with the plan today, before Asgore and Toriel wake up. Please, help me gather some flowers, by tomorrow morning you shall all..."
"You really ARE an idiot, Chara." Asriel interrupted coldly, cutting off Chara before he could finish his sentence. Chara's smile disappeared and he tilted his head in confusion. Asriel stepped forward defiantly while Chara held the knife at his side, the knife he intended to use to help gather the poisonous buttercups.
"Well then, that wasn't very polite Asriel, I thought we agreed on this?" Chara responded. "The plan was that I die of a "mysterious illness", giving my soul so that you can break the barrier and be free, was it not?. Then in return you were to conquer the human world on the way up. I would die a hero and your hands will be clean of my blood."
"I've change my mind!" Asriel shouted back, his hands clenched into tight fists, Chara laughed under his breath.
"Getting cold feet Asriel? Or could it be..." Chara said as he stared wide eyed at Asriel, his grin getting bigger and bigger as he raised his knife. "That you would rather see me murdered by a mob?"
In response, Asriel's hands became engulfed in magical fire and he took a fighting pose.
"I'd RATHER we drop this whole stupid plan and come to our senses!" Asriel said, preparing to fight.
"You don't understand do you? I'm dead either way, whether it be from poison flowers or the blades of a raging mob." A single tear fell from Chara's eyes, yet he continued to smile maniacally. He then promptly wiped the tear away, looking at his wet fingers as if he were bleeding, and growled angrily.
"So, that's how it is then? Why? WHY WON'T YOU LET ME HAVE WHAT I WANT!" Chara shouted in rage before charging at Asriel with his knife. Asriel dodged two swings from the left and the right before Chara thrust the deadly blade toward Asriel's shoulder. Asriel avoided the attack and the knife became embedded in one of the stone pillars which decorated the elaborate hall of judgement. The sound of metal on stone echoed through the hall, and in response Asriel punched Chara in the chest with a flaming fist, sending him across the floor like a rag doll. Chara slowly stood up, holding his chest and coughing.
"Nice shot Azz." Chara complimented as he got to his feet, readying the knife once again. "But in this world it's kill or be killed! The only way your people will be able to leave this hell is if I die!"
Chara pressed his hands together, forming the shape of a triangle and focusing power into them. Within the triangle Chara focused a pall of black energy and then fired it towards Asriel, a weak magical attack but strong enough to hit Asriel and slam him into wall, causing it to crack. Asriel fell to the ground, groaning in pain with tears beginning to well in his eyes.
"Big kids don't cry Asriel." Chara said coldly as he walked forward and took his knife out of the pillar with a loud snap. He walked towards Asriel, ready to fight once again. "I've cried a lifetime's worth of tears long before I ever set foot on Mount Ebott, I'm done with crying. If you went through what I did maybe you too would be tired of crying too."
Asriel wiped his tears away and stood up, once again igniting his hands and preparing to fight, his face filled with determination and resolve.
"You're right Chara, crying time's over!" Asriel said defiantly. "And I'm going to stop you from doing something insanely stupid, even if I have to clobber the sense into you! If you go through with this plan you are NOT going to like how it ends, trust me on this one!"
Chara smiled once again, pointing his knife to Asriel.
"That's the spirit." Chara said proudly before swiftly charging towards Asriel and stabbing at him repeatedly. Chara was much faster and stronger than the average human being, he was a gifted child who even learned how to use magic, it was the result of his incredible amount of determination. With each second that passed Chara had stabbed at Asriel 10 times, his attack was furious and unfocused and Asriel was barely able to avoid getting cut as he continuously moved backwards and dodged, always on the defensive.
"Have I ever told you about my life before I came to Mount Ebott? My family? My past? Why I hate humanity so much?" Chara said as he continued to assault Asriel, who was barely dodging his attacks. "Life was hard Asriel! I was hurt, insulted, locked away... They called me "monster", they called me "DEMON"! They did everything in their power to make my life a living hell. Now I can finally be freed from this hell, you can be freed from YOUR hell, what gives you the right to take away my freedom!?"
Asriel then quickly responded and with the reflexes of a cobra he grabbed a hold of Chara's wrist, forcing him to drop the knife since his hands were still covered in magical fire. Chara screamed as he pulled his arm away, rubbing the red and sore but not badly burned wrist. Asriel then got behind him and grabbed him in a headlock.
"You're nuts Chara! "Kill or be killed" may have been the rule where you came from but things are different here! Mom and dad both love you, I love you! We're best friends, family even! What gives you the right to steal yourself away from us? Don't you love us back!?" Asriel spoke loudly, his voice shaking with a mixture of anger and sadness as he used every ounce of his power to hold back his tears. Chara grabbed hold of Asriel and shoved him off.
"Stop it! Stop making this more difficult than it already is!" Chara yelled angrily, turning around quickly and punching Asriel in the cheek, knocking him to the floor.
"I WANT to love, I WANT to be happy, but now matter how much I try I CAN'T! I... simply can't." Chara said angrily before turning around and walking towards the end of the hall leading to the deadly buttercups he intended to poison himself with. Asriel started to rise to his feet slowly when suddenly he found himself surrounded by vines that wrapped around him like an anaconda. The vines wrapped around his right arm, his legs and his body, controlling his movements like a puppet. Asriel began to panic, knowing who was the evil being responsible, Flowey. Flowey's head appeared from within the tangle of vines around Asriel, smiling his fake innocent smile as he moved face to face with the hapless monster child.
"Golly! Now's our chance to have some REAL fun! Do it Asriel, MURDER him while his back is turned, then take his soul and become a god like we were before! Let's make this timeline interesting!" Flowey said to Asriel, his face becoming more and more insane as he spoke. Flowey forced Asriel to stumble towards the knife which was lying on the ground in front of him, he forced Asriel to point his hand towards the knife and vines suddenly erupted forward, wrapping around the knife and bringing the handle to his hand. Smaller vines wrapped around Asriel's finger and the knife, forcing him to close his hand around the handle and making it seem as if it were an extension of his own body. Asriel panicked and tried to resist Flowey's power.
"Flowey, stop! Please! I don-mmph!" Asriel begged as vines then wrapped around his muzzle, forcing it closed.
"Hush, you! What, did you think that things would be different just because you have your precious soul back? Did you think just because Gaster sent you back to the past means you could change it? You think you're above the consequences Asriel?" Flowey teased, staring at Asriel slyly. Asriel tried to open his hand and release the knife but the vines were too tight, he tried to resist walking forward but he was only able to slightly prolong the inevitable. In desperation, Asriel used his free arm which was quickly being covered in vines to reach into his pocket and find the object that might save the two of them, the locket. It was a locket Chara owned which was golden colored, heart shaped and had a sepia toned photograph of Asriel and Chara in it, shortly after Chara fell to the underground. Asriel and Chara were both holding bundles of flowers, Asriel was laughing happily while Chara was shyly hiding his face beneath the yellow plants. Text was written on the inside of the locket saying "Best Friends Forever", it held great sentimental value for the two of them. When Asriel went down to the hall of judgement, he took it with him, hoping somehow that it would give him good luck. Before he lost control of his left hand, he tossed the locket to Chara to get his attention and warn him to turn around and stop him. Instead, Chara stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the golden object bouncing along the floor. Looking at the photo of himself and Asriel inside of it, Chara approached the locket and picked it up, staring at it contemplatively.
"Chara, run!" Asriel thought to himself, desperately hoping the words would leave his bound mouth.
"Good job Asriel! This will make our job a lot easier!" He teased as he approached Chara from behind with the knife raised. Chara held the locket in his hands, turning a tiny gear on the left side of the heart which activated a tiny music box within the locket that played the song of the Dreemurr family. He stood there for a while, staring at the old photo and listening to the chimes of the music box as Asriel approached from behind, ready to strike.
"Here we go! See you in hell Chara!" Flowey screamed and then began to laugh insanely. Flowey forced Asriel's arm to raise the knife and strike, but was stopped when Chara turned around and forcefully wrapped his arms around Asriel's chest, gripping him tightly and crying into his chest. Asriel froze in place as Chara cried, holding him as if he were to be taken away from him forever. Flowey began to loose control, his vines which Chara could not see started to wither and die, allowing Asriel to drop the knife which hit the ground with a metallic clang.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... Azz..." Chara sobbed, his fingers gripping Asriel's sweater tightly and a little uncomfortably. "This is a stupid idea, I don't want to do this anymore, I don't know what I was thinking..."
Flowey's vines started turning yellow, then brown, then turning to dust and loosening their grip on Asriel as he looked around in shock.
"What!? No! Get with the program Asriel! Kill him! KILL HIM! NO!" Flowey commanded desperately as he began to crumble apart. Asriel ignored Flowey's commands as if he weren't even there and hugged Chara back.
"It's ok Chara, let's just forget this whole thing and go back, ok?" Asriel said to him, patting his head as he comforted the crying human. As he did this Flowey finally disappeared entirely, Chara stayed there for a while before breaking the embrace, rubbing his eyes.
"Look at me, crying like a child. I look like such a fool." Chara said with a laugh, rubbing his red eyes. "It isn't fair if I left you all behind, I-I've acted very selfishly."
Chara looked at Asriel and smiled, not a creepy smile or an evil smile, just a smile. Asriel placed his hand on Chara's shoulder, for once it felt as if Asriel was the big brother of the two, when normally Chara is the one who has to stop him from crying.
"You bottle your emotions too much dude." Asriel said. "You want to talk?"
"About what?" Chara asked.
"Well, you." Asriel said softly. Chara thought for a moment and then nodded his head.
"Yes, I think it's finally time I did." Chara said with a smile. Suddenly though, the two were interrupted by Toriel's voice voice across the hold.
"Oh my god! What just happened in here!?" Toriel asked in shock, her hands covering her mouth. Asgore came in from behind her, still looking tired but then suddenly awoke when he saw that the hall of judgement was a wreck and Chara and Asriel were bruised up.
"Holy moly!" Asgore responded. Toriel then got mad, placing her hands on her hips and scowling at the two children.
"Care to explain the mess you naughty children made?" Toriel scolded. Chara stepped forward to explain but Asriel cut him off.
"It's my fault!" Asriel said. "When I heard people talking about taking Chara away, I got upset and we had a fight."
It was only a half lie, Asriel knew that people were going to try and harm Chara, but he did not want Toriel and Asgore to know the real reason for their fight and get into more trouble. Toriel glanced over at Asgore while the large king hung his head in shame.
"I'm sorry the two of you had to hear that. I really... should've fired that adviser the first time he brought that up." Asgore said apologetically. Chara then spoke up.
"I did most of the damage to the hall of judgement, it's my fault as well so you should punish me. I'll accept responsibility." Chara said, holding his hands together with his head low.
"Asriel Dreemurr! You're all beaten and bruised!" Toriel scolded before grabbing both of them by the ears and dragging them along. "Come along, I'll get you healed up, but the two of you are grounded!"
"Ow! Hey!" Chara and Asriel both groaned in pain from Toriel's grip on their ears.
"Well this sucks." Chara complained.
"No complaining! After I heal you up and we have breakfast the two of you are coming down here to clean up the mess you made!" Toriel said as they dragged them along, Asgore still looked saddened though. Asriel was happy, even though he was bruised up, grounded and forced to help clean up the hall of judgement, he had successfully changed history and undone countless timelines of suffering for everybody. He had never been so happy in his life. From a flower pot in their home, Flowey watched as Asriel was brought back to their home, his eyes narrowing in disgust.