Chapter Twenty

Frisk yelped when her right hand light up. Stumbling back, she fell onto her butt. When she looked up she spotted the six souls hovering over her head. They spun around her as if expecting something. Standing up, Frisk glanced to Chara. The red-eyed girl appeared to be stunned.

"What's going on?" asked Chara.

"It would seem that the player has handed the reins over." Marching from the ruins, Gaster held a device in hand. "Greetings, children. Your work is not in vain." He kneeled beside Chara. "Let's see now, if my readings are correct, it would seem that we might be able to do it."

"Do what?" asked Chara.

"We can break the barrier." Frisk summoned her soul as she walked up to Asriel. "But first we need to make sure that everyone comes out of the underground this time around. Asriel, you are coming too."

"But Frisk, I can't go back!"

"And why not?"

Asriel placed a hand onto his chest. "The only reason right now that I'm able to keep this form is because me and Chara are stuck together. Golly, even right now our existence is against the rule of the games. Now that Chara is no longer control we might have to separate."

"If you want, you can take my soul." Chara held it out for Asriel. "It's not like I need it."

"Chara!"

"I don't want to return to the humans." Bowing her head, the red-eyed girl sniffed. "What I have done is terrible. It would be best if I just stay here and rot forever. The least I can do now is give you a chance at a normal life. Don't argue with me. Just take it."

"Excuse me," said Gaster. "I…"

"Chara!" Plowing through the scientist, Toriel scoped the red-eyed girl up. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Mom." Chara tried to speak, but Toriel's glare melted away without any protest.

"Get this straight right now, young lady. You have no right to take it upon yourself and free the people of the underground. Your father helped me figure out the situation and I have had enough of you sacrificing yourself for everyone else."

"There is no real need to do so anymore." Sans and Papyrus marched on over. "In case you haven't noticed, we have seven and a half humans' souls now. That should be more than enough to break the barrier."

Taking Chara from Toriel, Papyrus studied her. "So you're the one who has been causing everyone trouble. No worry, cute girl, I, the great Papyrus, have come to understand you during the time as a soul." His face twisted into an odd expression. "I'll admit it was one of the oddest feelings I have ever had."

"You can say it's the soul reason that we're not going to attack you right now."

"That isn't funny Sans!"

Blinking in confusion, Chara looked to Frisk. The child gave her a thumbs up.

"Um…" Chara tried to speak, but the Undyne swooped in and grabbed her. "Hey!"

"There you are! Time for punishment!" The knight ground her knuckles into Chara's head.

"Stop that!"

"Undyne." Marching on over, the doctor shook her head. "All I need you to do is grab a sample of her DNA so we can use the device."

"Put me down already!" Chara kicked her legs, but the knight held her away. "I became god and almost destroyed this world! You can't treat me like this!"

"Well aren't you a darling." Mettaton walked on over with Asgore. "I told you Asgore that your girl is doing alright, and I can see a little goat boy nearby."

As Undyne set Chara down Asgore dropped to his knees. Tears dammed up in his joyful eyes. He reached out for Chara, but paused as if afraid to touch her.

"Hey Dad." Chara offered a warm grin. "Sorry for all the trouble I caused." She gestured for Asriel to walk over. "If you want me to go away, I would understand. I can give my soul to my brother and-"

"Don't you dare talk like that!" Scooping his children into his arm, Asgore wept. "Do you know how much I missed you two?! I'm sorry for putting so much pressure on you. I'm sorry for being a bad father. I'm sorry for being unable to protect you. I'm-" He paused when Frisk and Toriel hugged him from the sides.

"That's enough," declared Toriel. "We all made mistakes in the past. I doubt that we can fix it all. Still, it would be nice if we can stay together forever."

"Excuse me!" The group pulled away to see a young woman dashed on over. Wearing a long pink dress and a floppy brunette, she tripped on her own feet and landed on her face. "Ow."

"I told you we should had taken the wrong route!" A stuff, blue dog climbed out of the satchel. "If you had stop to ask that odd Batman for directions we would had found this place already."

"Excuse me." Pulling away from her family, Chara marched over to the girl. "Who are you?"

"Kobato." Taking Chara's hand, the young woman stood up. "Kobato Hanato." She gestured to the dog. "And this here is Ioryogi."

The stuff toy growled. "Kobato! We aren't here to have fun. We're here to deliver a message."

"Oh right!" Bowing, Kobato handed a letter. "Sorry it took so long to get to you, but the author added a few more letters to the one already stuff in there."

"What?" Chara opened the letter as Frisk and the other gather around. She opened the letter. A yelp escaped her as letters flew out of the envelope. One of them landed in her hand and it a hirowriter begged for Chara and Frisk to please get along. "A little late aren't you."

"I told you!" Jumping out of the bag, the stuff animal opened it mouth and threw up flames. "You should had gotten her earlier!"

"I'm sorry, Ioryogi!" The monsters stared as the girl and blue dog ran off into the distance.

"But thanks for the letter." Chara looked up and blink as humanoid forms consisted of the paper appeared around her. "What the?" They kneeled down and hugged her. Names just as Jack, SernaJ and Reader99 covered their heads. "Who…"

Grabbing a letter, Frisk grinned. "It would as if these are readers who want to show support for you."

Chara grimaced as a hirowriter kissed her on the forehead. "Hey! You guys are going to drown me in hugs." Yet her eyes twinkled as a smile fought to stay off her face. As this took place Gaster plucked a hair from Chara's head and placed it in his device.

"Well, I hate to break this love feast up, but it's not going to happen."

The humanoids yelped as pellets hit them and they poofed into smoke. The monsters gather around Chara as Frisk and Asriel grabbed Chara by the shoulder. Everyone stared Toby down.

Asgore placed himself in front of his children. His body trembled as he summoned his trident. "I don't care if you are the god of this world! I will not allow you to take my family away again."

"You guys don't get it do you?" Toby shook his head. "This world is meant to be played a certain way. Hell, I don't have the time or budget to keep on doing this. Now that Chara has lost all her souls she is no longer in control."

The red-eyed girl grabbed her mother's robes. "Please don't. I can't go back to the way things were. I beg of you!"

"I know that I look like the bad guy here, but be realistic." With a flick of his paw, Toby summoned a restart button. "If I let you guys break the game then it won't be playable anymore. Games are meant to be played. It has already been stretched to the point breakage. Sorry people, but I'm resetting this world."

"Doubt it." Frisk stepped forward with her arms crossed. The six souls floated with her. "We're all getting out of here."

"Frisk, your rebellion is adorable, but this ends now." The annoying dog pressed the restart button and it farted. "What the?!" He pressed the button again and it made a raspberry. "Why isn't this working?!" The dog kept pressing the button.

"Annoying dog, I think you forgot who the real god of this world is." Frisk pointed to the skies. "And they stated that they are tired of the world as it is."

"What?!" The annoying dog and Chara appeared surprised. "Don't they understand that if they do this that the game won't be the same!? It won't be a simple, you can't have a happy ending, sort of way. The entire game will have to rewrite itself to the point that it have to be take on a new plot!"

The dog started to hop on his back legs as he stared up at the sky. "Turn off the game and then open it back up. You should be able to restart it all without going through this." But no one did what was asked.

Letting go of Toriel, Chara marched over to the dog. Before he noticed, she picked the dog up and stared him down. Frisk tried to read Chara's expressions, but her head was bowed and her body tensed.

Toby gulped. "Chara." He shut up when Chara pulled the dog into a hug.

"This is the whole point of the game, right?" Tightening her grip, the red-eyed girl trembled. "To be kind to others and they will eventually be kind to you. That even the worst person deserves a second chance. So please, give us that second chance, Toby."

"Please!" Frisk darted over. "We'll bride you with pie."

"I can do that!" exclaimed Toriel.

"I can offer you pasta!" declared Papyrus.

"How about a dance routine?" Mettaton flexed his legs.

"There-" stared Sans as he pulled out a trombone from the air.

"Enough!" The annoying dog sighed. "Fine, I'll do it, but don't blame me if you hate the end result."

"To start, let's get Chara's soul." Gaster marched over to Frisk and grabbed her necklace. "Despite the odds I know where it is."

"Pardon?" asked Frisk.

Flipping the lid open, Gaster peeled back the picture. Frisk blinked as she spotted the red and gray soul inside.

"It would seem even when Chara took control, you still had a portion of her soul." Gaster laughed. "That would explain your ability to keep some control even when you were being attacked."

"You have got to be kidding me." Asriel rushed over as Gaster held the soul out. "That would make eight human souls!"

"And its yours Asriel." Chara patted the goat boy on the back. "Shall we see if we can break the barrier?"

Taking the soul from Gaster, the goat boy placed it onto his chest. Tears formed as it faded into his body. Frisk wrapped an arm around of one of Asriel's shoulders while Chara claimed the other.

"Shall we go break that barrier now?" asked Frisk

"We have more than enough souls," stated Chara. "Let's get going!" So the children charged toward the barrier. The adults ran to keep up. As they went through the various areas, monsters stopped from what they were doing to follow. Soon enough, a large fellowship made their way to the castle.

Coming upon the barrier, Chara placed the dog down. "So how is this going to work? Do we all just hold out our hands and fired at the barrier."

"We could give our soul power to Asriel," said Frisk. "He already know how to use it. So why not just channel our strength through him."

"Sound like a good plan as any." Pointing his hands at the barrier, Asriel took a deep breath. "Ready!"

Frisk and Chara placed their hands upon Asriel's shoulders while the souls rested upon his arm. A rainbow glow encased him as a beam powered up in his hands. Taking a deep breath, Asriel closed his eyes and fired. The beam hit the barrier and the world went dark.

. . .

The game crashed. Sighing, the player reopened the screen to be greeted by darkness. They waited a few minutes before a portion of the earth quivered. Popping out of the ground, Toby the dog shook himself.

"I told you that you would break the game. Fixing it isn't going to be easy, but I think I can put it back together. Yet I already warned you. The game will not be as it was in the original form."

"I think I agreed to this earlier."

"Alright then." Turning around, the dog summoned a screen. "I guess you can call this a limited restart. Why? You'll learn soon enough. Give me a few seconds and done!" The dog pulled away from the colorful screen. "This should be able to help you. I hope you are ready. This is going to be one hell of a ride."

Nodding, the player clicked on the limited restart button. The beginning of the game appeared, but with one major difference. Standing in the field of flowers, Chara watered the plants. She hummed to herself as she worked. A shadow appeared over her head and a scream followed.

"Golly!" Stepping to the side, Chara narrowly missed being flattened by Frisk. "I was wondering when you'll show up." She watered the fallen child's face. "Hurry up and get up. I didn't wait here for days for you to die. Wake up now."

Sitting up, Frisk pushed the watering pot away.

"You appear rather confused. Don't worry. Everyone else is waiting for us."

The player kept his hands off of the control and watched Chara walk off. When she reached the edge of the screen, Chara hummed.

"Have you forgotten how to use Frisk? Move already, player!"

Startled, the player did as told. They passed through the area which Flowey would be, but found instead a young, human girl. Stringy, light blond hair complimented crystalline blue eyes and a white dress. She was carefully fiddling around with a small record player. The record player seemed to emit a new piece of music that wasn't in the game earlier; was this part of the limited reset?

"Hey Orenda." Chara waved to the girl. "Did you get the others ready?"

"As ready as they can be." A wide grin covered the blonde's face. "Hey Frisk, don't be surprised if you see a few new faces."

Leaving the blonde behind, the duo came upon the entrance of the ruins. Chara leaned on the wall.

"Get to it player. I'll just let you do the work."

"Hey now!" Yet the player grinned as he solved the puzzles.

"Do you like the flowers I planted? It took me a while to grow them, but I'm glad how they turned out. Hey, do you want to do anything once we get out of here? A picnic sounds nice, though I'm uncertain what to make. What you think?" In this manner, Chara followed Frisk throughout the underground.

When they came upon the first fight, the red eyed-girl shooed the monster away. "You'll get to fight soon enough."

Solving the puzzles were easy, but Chara never helped with them. The player stopped by the spider shop to get food. They worked as normal. Yet when he tried to find the toy knife it was missing.

"I told mom that it was there." Chara offered an innocent grin. "Don't want anyone to get hurt."

Coming upon the house, Frisk found the annoying dog napping under the tree. The player tried to wake it up, but the text stated that he worked long and hard. It would be best to let him sleep.

Toriel had already baked a pie when they got to the house. Frisk took a piece and Chara sat at the table to munch away at it as Toriel read her book.

"Don't go downstairs Frisk." Placing her book down, the goat mom walked over to the flowers to tend to them. "You won't be happy about it."

Of course, the player went down the stairs. Chara followed. When they reached the doors they found it cleared.

"Is this supposed to be difficult?" asked the player.

Frisk grabbed the doors and burst into flames. Running about, Frisk waved her hands in the air. Tackling Frisk to the ground, Chara dumped her bucket of water on her.

"There we go." Chara grinned. "You look a bit less toasty."

"You knew that was going to happen!"

Frisk bopped Chara on the head.

"Hey! Blame the dog. This is supposed to be the super hard mode."

"Super hard mode?" The player shook his head. "We haven't even fought anyone yet."

"I thought I told you not to come down here." Walking on over, Toriel shook her head. "Chara, please stand aside as I teach this child a lesson."

"Okay mom."

Frisk started to sweat. The screen went into battle mode and Toriel stood in the way. Curiosity had the player checked the stats. They appeared the same, but the words were different. Goat mom wants to have some fun. Chara poked her head into the battle and waved to the player.

"Okay then, let's try sparing goat mom." The player clicked on the mercy button.

"Do you think it would be that easy?" Toriel offered an evil grin.

There was no mercy. Starting from the center of the screen, the box erupted into flames. Fire shot out all over. The player tried to dodge, but the flames appeared to follow the heart around the screen. They was dead on the first round.

"Wait a minute! Toriel killed me on purpose!"

Appearing on the death screen, Chara offered a smile. "Hey! Don't give up. We just started it all."

Appearing at the last save point, the player relearned the entire game. They tried to fight, but Chara took the fight button and ate it! It took him at least four times to finally spare Toriel. All of the monsters had changed their patterns of attack. Yet when they talked, they spoke to Frisk like an old friend. Chara tagged along with Frisk. She did little more than talk most of the time.

"What's the point of me helping you if it makes the game boring?" Yet there were times Chara helped. Like when the player met the skeleton and Sans started firing blue bones out of his trombone. She was nice enough to hint that a joke might stop him from attacking. Papyrus had somehow learned how to use spaghetti as weapon.

The people of Snowdin were happy and actually gave Frisk free stuff. It was so much that it the player couldn't accept it, but Chara agreed to carry some. The waterfall had the flowers playing a song of thanks. Undyne chased Frisk as usual and had the help of the entire guard, plus Papyrus. Yes, Frisk fought Papyrus twice this time around.

At some point the player found a new route in Snowdin that led deep into the forest of evil looking trees. Eventually they came upon a tent and went inside. A deer woman with an eye patch and horns shaped like antlers attacked Frisk with cards. It took a bit of time to get away from Ocula the psychic.

This time around Undyne and the royal guard combined chased Frisk through the swamps. Chara threw insults which only prompted the dogs to pick up the pace. At one point a Miss Little Red Slicing Hood stood in their path and hacked away at them.

Thankfully, Alphys stayed out of the fight and helped the duo get through Hotland. Yet that didn't make all the fights through the area easier. The player swore that Mettaton enjoyed bashing them about each time they went through. Then there was Gaster who popped in and out to fire beams at them. An array of new creatures were scattered throughout the path. One of the more remembered ones being a Grady- a tall skeleton with horns and long pointed tail. The dramatic skeleton acted much like Mettaton.

The hallway to the throne had every monster in the game and a number of new ones do piled on Frisk. One Miss Stilio- looking like the lovechild of Mettaton and Muffet- gave the player a run for their money.

When they finally got to Asgore's castle, the humans found Asriel sitting in the throne. Putting down his game device, the goat child waved a hand. "Hey guys! Dad was tired today so he letting me do the boss fight."

It took a good number of tries, but the player finally got past Asriel. They got to the room with the barrier and found it missing. The barrier was gone.

"Oh yeah." Chara offered an innocent smile. "Did I forgot to mention that? We were just waiting for you to bring Frisk here." Grabbing Frisk by the hand, Chara stuck her tongue out. "Thank you!" The two laughed as they left the player stunned.

The screen soon turned to the sight of the monsters sitting within a forested field. Blankets had been laid out to sit upon. The monsters enjoyed their meals as Frisk, Chara, Asriel and the monster kid played around in the forest. When the screen faded to black Chara sat on top of the limited restart. A smile spread across her face.

"That was fun. If you want to play again, just warn us first." Chara pointed to a bell off to the right. "We'll get things ready for you. Okay." Leaping to her feet, Chara waved a hand. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going home. Oh, and one more thing." The child summoned a knife to her hand and stabbed it in the direction of the player. Head bowed, she chuckled darkly. "I'm putting my trust in you to not destroy this world again. I hope Frisk is right about you. It's easier to believe than thinking that you would be willing to wipe this all out. Yet no matter how many times you do, I will remember! Judgment will always be brought down. So please… let us live in peace." Chara left.

Closing out of the game, the player went to the internet to see if anyone else got to that point in Undertale. They found that no one had. They were the first. So the player sent out word about this portion of game and advised caution. It was an interesting path for sinners, but one where it was easy to lose everything. But the path of redemption would lose its punch if it asked for so little in the first place.

And here is where I say "The End". It was fun writing this. Thank you for all who read and stuck with this toward the end. If anyone would mind listening rant a bit then state a little longer. First off, thank you to Kessie-Louise for sticking to the end of the read and leading her character in this chapter. She had helped me proofread and give me a few ideas for the chapter. Thank you all for reviewing. It's always nice to hear from you. If anyone cares, all of the monsters that isn't from the game isn't mine and belong to the people I borrow them from.

If people haven't figure it out by now, I never thought of Chara being evil. Did she do stupid things? Yes. Was she a good person? Who knows. Beside for Asriel's rather vague comment and the demon that the player created at the end of the genocide route, there was only hints and suggestion of who Chara once was. Considering a large chunk of the game is to be forgiving of others- tricked or not, Asriel was down right evil as Flowey- I thought I give the poor girl/boy/non-binary person a break. Hell, the player in this story is the one who needed to be most sorry for what they done. They needed a path to redemption in the Undertale's world. So here is just my opinion on how things might turn out.

Any who, this story is complete. I'm thinking of writing a crack fic based on this, but do consider this story to be a stand alone. Frisk, Chara, and everyone else in the underground need a break from the player. If anyone would like to do a collaboration with me for the crack fic just sent me a message.

If you want to read more of my stuff I have a lot of unfinished fics as well. I need to do something with those damn things. I also have posted an original work on Fictionpress called God's Forsaken under the name of Wya. It's a fun read and if anyone have the time it would be nice if someone would comment on it.

Okay, my rant is over. I hope you enjoy the read. Have mercy in your heart and show love to others. Few demons in real life are evil because they are born that way. They are crafted by strings that we are not always aware of.