Ghost Buddy
Summary: In your defense, the scary movies you used to watch made it seem like possession was much easier.
Disclaimer: Undertale belongs to Toby Fox
"Don't think I don't know about you." Flowey growled with a distant smile on their face. "You managed to spare everyone for now, haven't you? I bet you just feel soooooooooo warm and fuzzy inside!"
Your mind was racing as they ranted to Frisk. How? How could this flower know? You had never encountered it in your time in the underground. This wasn't right. It was rambling about taking Frisk's soul, and they were visibly shaken.
Frisk listens as Flowey rambles about taking their soul and becoming a god, and grits their teeth, not backing down. You, however, are much more confused.
You're brought back to reality as Flowey retreats underground. Frisk looks at you, startled. "Can some monsters remember the RESETS?"
You shake your head slowly. "I don't…I don't think so. I never ran into anything like that."
Frisk took a deep breath. "Whatever. It's not stopping me. No matter what."
You smile. "That's the spirit."
You and Frisk leave the Ruins and cover your eyes as you step into Snowdin. The white snow was blinding compared to the dark room you were just in. Frisk leans against a tree and rubs their eyes. "Yeesh."
"Yeah I know, the snow was bright." You agree.
"No, not that." Frisk replied, "I never see you smile. It was stunning, you gorgeous thing you."
You go red and groan. "Frisk, come on, that was terrible."
They grin and begin to saunter off. You follow, of course, and Frisk jumps over a log-like branch in the pathway. But as you go a few feet away, there is a snap sound causing you both to whirl around. The branch was snapped clean in half, and there is nothing in sight that could have caused it. Frisk trembles a bit, and you feel a bit uncomfortable yourself. Still, you give each other brief, reassuring smiles and continue on. "You first," they say as you get to a rather rickety looking bridge.
However, as you begin to cross the bridge, a voice from behind Frisk makes you jump.
"Human."
Frisk jumps too and freezes, not turning around. Their eyes lock with yours for support. You look behind them and see a monster of some sort in a hoodie, but you can't make out their face.
"Don't you know how to greet a new friend? Turn around and shake my hand."
The monster holds out its hand. You look to Frisk and give them a firm nod.
Frisk turns around slowly and grabs the monsters hand…and promptly erupts into a fit of giggles at the loud fart that comes out of the whoopee cushion in the monster's hand. You roll your eyes, "Oh jeez."
"heh, the whoopee cushion in the hand gets them every time." The monster pulls it's hood down to reveal a small skeleton. "name's sans, sans the skeleton."
"I'm Frisk, nice to meet you!" Frisk replies, between giggles.
Sans and Frisk talk, and you listen in as Sans explains about his brother, Papyrus. You stop and think though. You had only met one skeleton monster in your time in the underground, and he was nothing like…this.
"hey kid go hide behind this conveniently placed lamp, i think my bro is coming." Sans suggests.
Frisk laughs and does so.
You jump as a loud skeleton runs up from the path behind you, and you instinctively find yourself scrambling over to a spot in front of the lamp.
"LAZYBONES!" The tall skeleton…well, it's somewhere between yelling and talking loudly. "IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T RECALIBRATED. YOUR. PUZZLES!"
The two bicker, and you're somewhat baffled that Papyrus hasn't even bothered to notice the giant lamp in the middle of the forest.
But then something happens that makes you uncomfortable.
"aw come on papyrus, i've gotten a ton of work done. a…"
Sans turns his head and looks at you. Not in your direction, looks you right in the eye and winks, "skele-ton.'"
You can hear Frisk stifling a fit of giggles that STILL manages to go over Papyrus' head, but you're feeling incredibly panicked. Did this skeleton really just look right at you and wink? Could he see you? It didn't seem possible.
"working myself…down to the bone!" Sans once again turned towards you and shrugged at his own bad joke. You could feel the color drain from your face. Before you could attempt to say anything, the skeleton turned away and finished its conversation with Papyrus, who stormed off. Frisk, who had missed Sans looking at you, came out from behind the lamp, giggling. You kept your eyes trained on the sentry as he asked Frisk to play along for Papyrus' sake, and Frisk walked off.
"Those two were funny, huh Chara?" Frisk asked you, smiling. "Good thing that lamp was there!"
At the words, a save point spawned, and Frisk touched it without thinking.
"Hmm?" You say, still shaken. "Yeah, though some of those puns seemed a little, 'dead,' to me." You smile slightly at your own bad joke.
Frisk snickers to you. "Ah! I get it." But they were able to look right through your attempt at humor. "You okay there? Where's that pretty smile you had for me at the Ruins, sweet pea?"
The color that drained from your face returned immediately, with interest. "Frisk…"
You were interrupted by Snowdrake sucking you into a battle. You were surprised to see them way out here.
"That's a uh…struggling teen comedian that fights to keep a captive audience." You pause. "Wait for it to tell a joke and then laugh, no matter how bad it is."
Frisk nodded, and dodged the monsters snow magic with relative ease.
"Wowza!" Said Snowdrake with a Boston accent (this always bothered you, but whatever), "I didn't think there was…snow way for you to dodge that."
Frisk laughed. Genuinely, at that, to your astonishment.
"Laughs?! Laughs! I told you dad! I told you!" And with that, Snowdrake ran off.
"The monsters down here are so funny." Frisk said with a smile.
You were relieved that Frisk forgot all about your initial shock and kept going along the path to Snowdin. It wasn't long until you came upon Sans and Papyrus talking.
"OH MY GOD SANS, WHAT IS THAT?!" Papyrus definitely yelled that one, pointing at Frisk.
Sans, however pointed towards you, bringing back this feeling of dread you couldn't shake. "that? i think that's a…" he paused and you thought you saw a faint blue glow in his eye-socket. "…that's a rock."
You look behind you to see that, indeed, you were standing right in front of a rock. You turn back, confused. Maybe he wasn't looking at you? Was he the first couple of times? Maybe he was just looking back at the lamp.
"OH."
"hey bro what's that in front of the rock?"
"…IS IT A HUMAN?"
"(yes)."
Frisk was giggling once more. You have to admit, if you weren't so confused, you'd probably get a kick out of the two yourself.
"THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL CATCH YOU HUMAN! MARK MY WORDS!" The two skeletons ran off…well, Sans shuffled off after his brother, leaving you alone with Frisk again.
"Wow, it looked like Sans pointed right at you, Chara." Frisk said.
You were surprised to hear Frisk sound melancholy about it. "Disappointed?"
"I keep hoping maybe someone can see you. Then maybe they can figure out a way to…I don't know. Give a you a physical body again?" Frisk replied, giving you their familiar, I-want-to-help-you-but-I'm-not-sure-how smile.
"Let's just get you to the surface." You answered. Sans gave you the chills. Even if he could help you, you're not sure he would. He reminded you of someone, but for the life of you, you couldn't quite figure out who.
"Yeah, maybe that's the best way to –"
"DON'T MOVE!" You both jump at the voice, and you recognize Doggo peeking out over the top of their sentry station.
Frisk immediately freezes.
"Was something moving?! I can only see things that move!" Doggo sounded panic. Mom didn't let you near Doggo. She said he was a little…loopy.
"Don't move an inch!" Doggo yelled.
You recognized the light blue magic he was spawning as you and Frisk were sucked into battle. Frisk was ready to dodge, but you say, forcefully. "Wait. Blue magic is different, hold still." To make our point, you assert a little bit of control over Frisk's body, causing them to stay still. The blue magic washed over them harmlessly.
Frisk raised an eyebrow to you curiously. "Blue magic only hurts you when you're moving." You explain.
Frisk nodded and looked down at the stick they were holding since they left the Ruins. They threw it, and Doggo immediately chased it, caught it in it's mouth, and brought it back.
"A stick that throws itself?! I need to contemplate this over some dog treats." Doggo exclaimed, and jumped back into his sentry station, a bit shaken.
You shake your head as the two of you walk away.
"Are there lots of dogs down here?" Frisk asks, excitedly.
You nod. "Oh totally. And I bet that stick –"
"Hey look another doggy!" Frisk cuts you off, excitedly, running up to Lesser Dog.
"Hey, Frisk, wait!" You shout, but you're already been sucked into battle.
Lesser Dog took a battle stance, but Frisk ignored this and went right up to Lesser Dog, petting it. Lesser Dog apparently had the same mindset, dropping it's weapon and panting as Frisk continued to pet them.
"You should know…" you begin, but it is already too late. Lesser Dog's head is already stretching into the heavens.
"Chara, check it out!" Frisk tells you excitedly.
The battle is done at this point. "Yeah, Lesser Dog is going where no dog has gone before."
Lesser Dog's magic neck extended back down to the ground, in circles and loops, and all over the ridges of Snowdin. Frisk kept giggling and petting.
"I think you may have a problem." You tell them, dryly. Frisk just sticks their tongue out at you before finally shooing off the Lesser Dog.
"Some of the abilities these monsters have is just silly." Frisk tells you, clearly ecstatic.
You run into Sans and Papyrus once more, this time Papyrus has rigged some sort of electric maze.
"I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT QUITE…SHOCKING!" Papyrus quips. You roll your eyes, but Frisk snorts. And yells, "Good one Papyrus," causing the skeleton to blush a bit.
After getting himself shocked the second Frisk moved forward, Papyrus left a trail of footprints through the maze to hand Frisk the electricity orb. Still, Frisk played along and pretended that the trail was tough to follow.
"LET'S SEE HOW YOU GET THROUGH THE NEXT PUZZLE, HUMAN!" Papyrus cries, quite thrilled with Frisk's progress, and ran off.
"Take it easy on me, oh Great Papyrus!" Frisk replied with a bow. "Have mercy on me." Papyrus was practically skipping away.
"thanks kid," Sans says, watching his brother's retreating figure. "haven't seen pap this excited in weeks."
Frisk smiles at Sans and walks off. As you follow, you turn and look at the skeleton, and you swear he was watching you, but it's hard to tell when he just hand tiny eye lights in black sockets.
"Chara, look! An ice cream cart!" Frisk goes running off towards what you recognize as the Nice Cream cart. You look down at your ghost stomach and realized you haven't tasted anything in years. You missed Nice Cream.
"It's the frozen treat that warms your heart!" Nice Cream guy was always a nice dude. Frisk digs in their pockets for some money and buys two Nice Creams. While Nice Cream Guy checks his flavors, Frisk whispers to you, "What kind do you want?"
"What are you talking about? I'm a ghost." You retort. Frisk just gives you a little smile. You sigh and say, "Chocolate. Always chocolate."
"One chocolate and one strawberry please!" Frisk asks sweetly.
"Here you go kiddo! Have a fantastic day!" Nice Cream guy was ecstatic to have some business. You're not surprised; who would want Nice Cream all the way out in Snowdin. Well. Besides Frisk.
"You too!" Frisk replies, skipping off under a tree, finding a bit of grass that had been spared from the eternal blizzard. They sat down and pat the ground next to them. "Come on, sit with me."
"You know I can't eat, right?" You say, a bit harsher than you actually meant, but you missed food.
Frisk licked their strawberry Nice Cream, and it said, "You're a super cool cat! Have a great day!" They giggled, blushed a bit, and devoured the rest.
Then they look at you, encouragingly. "Well, I let you have control to do the RESET. I thought maybe you could take control and have the chocolate."
You're surprised. "You would…you would let me take control so I could have a Nice Cream?"
Frisk nods. You're speechless. You almost feel like choking up a bit, and you don't know why; it's just an ice cream that compliments you. But, Frisk didn't even let you take control for fights and…
"Thank you, Frisk." You say, quietly, and take control. You unwrap the Nice Cream and take a lick.
"You're a real cutie!" the dairy treat tells you. You can hear Frisk in your (their?) head going, mmm, yeah you are.
You blush a bit, but savor the chocolate flavored goodness. It had been so long. You take your time with the ice cream. It was sweeter than you ever remembered, and the feeling was the best thing you could remember since dying. And then, without even thinking…you give Frisk their body back. When it hits you, you realize that, yeah, you could have went and tried to get revenge on someone, anyone, before Frisk could stop you. But…you didn't want to. Frisk trusted you.
"Feel better?" Frisk asked.
"About what?" You ask.
They shrug. "Just…in general."
You smile. You've been doing that a lot lately, you notice. You nod at your partner, still a bit speechless.
"hey kiddo," a familiar voice called out. Sans approached Frisk, "i was thinking of selling treats too. you want some fried snow? 5g,"
Frisk giggled. "Nah."
"you're right. i should charge more." Sans replied. Frisk laughed and waved to Sans as they left.
On the way to Snowdin Frisk encountered even more dogs, more…puzzles, if you could call them that, and wacky shenanigans from the skeleton brothers. You had to admit, they were growing on you, even if you didn't find them as funny as Frisk. And you didn't have any more odd…experiences with Sans, so you were able to calm down.
"How do you think Sans keeps getting ahead of us? Papyrus always runs off, but Sans is always just standing around when we leave." Frisk asks you.
You rub your chin. "I really don't know. He must know some shortcuts or something."
As you began to cross the last bridge to Snowdin with Frisk, you saw Papyrus waiting at the other side.
"HUMAN! PREPARE FOR MY MOST DANGEROUS TRAP YET!" Papyrus said.
"How are you going to top that wonderful spaghetti though?!" Frisk yelled back with a wink. The tall skeleton blushed and you could see Sans chuckling behind them. You snickered too, especially considering Frisk couldn't even take a bite of the frozen pasta.
"B-BEHOLD!" Papyrus yelled, managing to keep his composure.
Somehow, spiked balls, spears, a cannon, a flamethrower, and…a…dog, were lowered down from the clouds, surrounding the bridge. For the first time since arriving in Snowdin, Frisk looked alarmed. You were too, this one actually looked like a legitimate trap.
"WHEN I SAY THE WORD, SPIKES WILL SWING! CANNONS WILL FIRE! THINGS WILL MOVE UP AND DOWN! RIGHT WHEN I SAY THE WORD!"
Frisk braced themself and you gave them a worried look. "Be careful." You whisper.
"AND I'M ABOUT TO DO IT!"
"…wait a minute." You say.
"…well?" Sans asks.
Papyrus turns away. "NOTHING, JUST…THIS TRAP SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT! THE GREAT PAPYRUS' TRAPS ARE VERY FAIR!"
Frisk laughs as Papyrus makes an excuse to make the gauntlet disappear, and promises to catch them in town. Somehow, this was a victory for Papyrus. You chuckle a bit yourself. Playing in Snowdin with Asriel would have been a lot more fun if these two had been around at the time.
Finally, the two of you make it to Snowdin, but not before Frisk plays some fetch with the Greater Dog. He pet him too, but not nearly as much when he found out that his neck didn't have magic stretching powers.
"Oh what a cute town this is!" Frisk exclaims excitedly. "Who would think there'd be such a quaint little village like this under a mountain."
The statement spawned a save point, which Frisk touched. "I want to explore everyth-ACHOO!"
You give Frisk an alarmed look. You realize they were shivering, and probably had been for awhile. "Hey, you okay?"
They give you a smile, but you can tell this one isn't the genuine article. "Just a little cold."
"I didn't think about it, but you're wondering around in a sweater and shorts!" You scold. You're sounding a bit like Mom. "Come on, let's get in the Inn and warm you up."
"Oooh, you're gonna keep me warm?" Frisk coos. But then they add, a bit more serious, "You take such good care of me Chara."
You blush again (and wonder if you'd ever get used to Frisk's flirting so that'd stop happening), and usher them into the inn. The innkeeper bunny begins to explain their nightly rate, but upon seeing Frisk, being a young kid and shivering like crazy, tells them to get upstairs and tonight is on the house. Frisk only musters a weak smile as they trot up the stairs into the room and collapse under the covers of the bed. They smile at you and pat the spot next to them on the bed. You crawl up next to them and look at the ceiling.
"Chara?"
You look over at Frisk, who is just barely hanging on to consciousness. "Hm?"
"Will you, one day, tell me why you climbed the mountain? If I tell you?"
You're not sure what compels you. Maybe it's just the way they're looking at you. Maybe it's because they bought you a Nice Cream. Maybe they're just rubbing off on you. But you give them a small smirk and say, "Sure, Frisk. Now go to sleep."
You didn't need to tell them twice as they began snoring.
Were all humans like this? None of the ones in your village had ever, ever been anything like Frisk. But, you had never met any of them outside of the village, and the ones you went to school with had been jerks. But, the whole village grew up telling them they were cursed.
What if you had been wrong? You wrestled with the thought. Being wrong meant that everything – your whole plan, the fusion, Asriel's death, and your death – had all been in vain. All of it, for nothing. Then again, if you weren't a ghost bound to that patch of flowers, you'd have never met Frisk to even think about these things.
How would things be if you had succeeded? You still hated the villagers. If Asriel hadn't stopped you, they would be dead. You could have taken their souls and broken the barrier.
And then war would have broken out. You started thinking weird things you had never considered before: yeah, you were powerful, but what if a human had killed Mom or Dad?
What if Frisk got killed?
The thoughts made you wonder what would have happened if you had just let it go, and lived with Mom, Dad, and Asriel. You couldn't just abandon that ideal for revenge. Would those kids have still fallen down? Would they come live with you too?
You rolled over. What-ifs weren't doing you any good, you supposed. You closed your eyes and drifted off to, "sleep."
"Rise and shine!" Frisk called to you, snapping you into reality.
You pull yourself up to see Frisk was already up and at the door. "Looks like you're feeling better," you comment.
They nod. "Let's go explore a bit and see if Papyrus tries to stop us!"
You roll your eyes, not too worried about the tall goofball, but follow as Frisk bounds down the stairs. At the bottom, the innkeeper smiles to Frisk, "Oh you poor dear, I'm so glad to see you feeling better. You were just the saddest sight last night when you stumbled in."
"Thank you so much ma'am!" Frisk replied, sincerely in their honeyed voice. "I'll make it up to you."
The innkeeper shook their head. "Nonsense. Stay warm! You don't have fur like most of us."
Frisk waved and assured the bunny they would be fine.
Walking along Snowdin, Frisk stopped and said hello to nearly every monster in their way. "Oh Chara, a Christmas tree!" They were quite surprised, and the friendly bear monster explained the tradition to Frisk. As you walked away, Frisk looked at you and added, "that's so funny, how different things are down here, but in some ways it's a lot like the surface."
You gave a vague nod, but you couldn't really comment. Your family did not celebrate holidays. Father always said there was nothing worth celebrating ever since you took your birthmother away. You push those thoughts out of your head.
Frisk stopped in Grillby's and was ecstatic to see all of the dogs. He chatted them all up a bit before heading the, "Librarby," and read up on monster history. Well, they picked up an interesting book and had you read it to the, but you didn't mind because you used to love those books too.
"So that's why I haven't had to use the bathroom since I got here." Frisk mused as they went through the books. They became rather disturbed at how monsters bodies were made of magic, and how easily a human with the intent to kill would hurt them. Overall though, Frisk was a curious kid, you noted, and was absolutely fascinated by how the underground worked.
When they found Sans and Papyrus' house, they knocked on the door, but no one answered. "I bet they're waiting for you at the end of town." You advise, nodding towards the path out of Snowdin. You remember about blue attacks, right? Sans made it sound like Papyrus is going to have a couple for you."
Frisk nodded and left Snowdin, heading through the fog. You could vaguely make out a figure at the end of the fog waiting for you.
"HUMAN!"
Ah, right on cue, you thought.
"I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW IT MUST FEEL. TO FIND SOMEONE WHO LOVES PUZZLES AND SPAGHETTI AS MUCH AS YOU DO."
Frisk giggled throughout Papyrus' speech. But stopped when Papyrus stopped and said that they HAD to capture them, for the sake of Undyne and the King.
You could feel yourself sucked into battle with Frisk.
Out of habit, you told Frisk what you knew about the monster, despite having met them at the same time they did. "That's Papyrus. He uh…likes to say Nyeh Heh Heh?"
"NYEH HEH HEH, HUMAN!"
Papyrus flung a few magic bones to Frisk, but they all slid across the ground, making it really easy for Frisk to step out of the way.
"Aw, Papyrus, I don't want to fight you! You're way too cute!" Frisk said, pouting a little.
"F-FLIRTING?! YOU MUST BE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT DATE. BUT I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE HIGH STANDARDS, HUMAN!"
"I can make spaghetti." Frisk answers.
"OH NO! YOU'RE MEETING ALL MY STANDARDS! B-BATTLE FIRST! WE CAN DATE LATER."
Again, Papyrus sent out a few bones, but Frisk didn't even need to dodge them.
Frisk shook their head. "Nope."
"SO YOU WON'T ATTACK HUH, THEN PREPARE FOR MY FABLED BLUE ATTACK!"
Frisk looks at you and winks, and you give them a thumbs up. "You got this," you encourage. Frisk stands perfectly still against a wave of blue bones. Nothing happens. But then you both hear a little, "plink," noise, and Frisk is glowing a dark blue color.
"Huh?!" You both cry.
"YOU'RE BLUE NOW. THAT'S MY ATTACK."
Papyrus begins sending more and more waves of bones at Frisk. Frisk tries to dodge, but they're rooted to the spot, and begins getting hit by the bones. They cry out and pain, and you can see why; Papyrus is clearly tougher than he looks.
"Blue Magic can root you to the ground. You're going to have to jump over the bones!" You shout.
Frisk does their best to jump over the spells. They try to stammer a response to Papyrus, to flirt with him, but to no avail. "He's dabbing MTT brand perfume behind his ears for your date," you advise, "flirting isn't going to escalate this battle. Keep dodging for awhile, he'll wear himself out!"
The bone attacks became even more complicated, despite the fact that Papyrus didn't seem to actually be all that focused on the battle. He was rattling his bones, rambling on about joining the Royal Guard, and how popular he would be for catching a human.
"…BUT COULD ANYONE LIKE ME…AS SINCERELY AS YOU?"
Frisk shook their head. "No way! I like you so much I can feel it in my bones!"
You had been tense the since Frisk had turned blue, but now you stopped and slapped your head to your forehead. "Damn it, Frisk." They sneak a smirk at you.
"THEN LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN RESIST MY…SPECIAL ATTACK!"
You could tell he was having doubts now, and was beginning to get worn down from the constant magic use.
Frisk dodged a few more attacks as Papyrus hyped up his special move. Finally, he unleashed it…only for a small, annoying dog to run up and snatch the giant bone out of the air, running off.
Frisk burst out laughing as Papyrus yelled after the dog. You're laughing too, never would have expected that.
"FINE…WELL, HERE'S A COMPLETELY REGULAR ATTACK."
"Frisk, look out, Papyrus is preparing a regular attack!" You chuckle, and Frisk snickered at you.
Although this was a long attack. Frisk had a hard time with it. And then…there was an absolutely massive wave of bones that Frisk could never completely hurdle over.
"Chara, help!" They whispered.
You didn't need to be told twice. Without a thought, you took control – but Frisk was there too. Together, you somehow managed to jump completely over all the bones, including a giant one at the end that had to have been taller than Papyrus himself. The skeleton's jaw dropped as you and Frisk plopped back down on the ground, and you released control.
"Thanks." Frisk whispered to you. You gave them a thumbs up.
Papyrus wheezed. "WELL HUMAN…IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT YOU COULD NEVER DEFEAT THE GREAT PAPYRUS! I WILL CONSIDER THIS A STALEMATE. I SHALL SHOW YOU MERCY, AND SPARE YOU!"
"What a saint." You reply dryly. Frisk, however dashes up to Papyrus, leaps into their arms, and shouts, "Let's be friends Papyrus!"
"WOWIE! WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD OUR FIRST DATE, AND I'VE ALREADY MANAGED TO HIT THE FRIEND ZONE! COME, HUMAN! LET'S GO ON THAT DATE! I HAVE THE PERFECT PLACE TO GO!"
You smile as you watch Frisk and Papyrus walks off. Frisk looks over their shoulder and beckons you to come with them.
You follow. A little extra time in Snowdin couldn't hurt.
Hope you're all enjoying it so far!