Hopeless Tales (An Undertale AU)

Dreemurr Reborn 4: One Step Ahead.

♡ --[NOTE: This is Chara's POV!]-- ♡

Continuation of Dreemurr Reborn/Chapter 20

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"Here we are... Snowdin Town." Nyx said.

He then began walking me to the central intersection as he spoke to someone on an earpiece. Many monsters started glancing at me wide-eyed or stopped to stare in disbelief at my presence. He stopped communicating as we arrived at our destination.

Everything looked so different... except the house where the smiley trashbag lives.

"Miss Dreemurr, I unfortunately have to head to the Ruins for a while... there are supposedly some humans arriving. If you want to see Asriel, then you may want to head down Snowdin City," He pointed to the left, which had a long pathway leading down and forest almost covering the other side. I could see some tall buildings in the distance.

"On the other side is the city. It may take a while to arrive, but please use what I taught you wisely." He bowed and began heading towards the Ruins, talking on his earpiece again.

More humans? That's funny.

As he left, I began heading down the pathway, avoiding monster eye contact. I made my way throw the gravel pathway, some tall inches of snow getting in the way. A strange star in the distance started making me uneasy as I got closer. I couldn't resist the urge to touch it either. The world started feeling lighter and lighter until I touched it.

My mind feels much more clearer than ever. That spirit of being back in the Underground, the sudden realization... it's like I've been here before. But why do I know Frisk entirely...?

I saw a white transparent door appear next to me, I peered inside to see my bedroom in the Paradigm. Home. I would've never thought about calling it that, but it surely is now. I open the door and walk inside, it's more dull. I sigh walk over to the mirror, lost in the sudden realization the star gave me. I look into my numb eyes, not even I could see expression seen in them. My "reflection" stood in a odd posture. It isn't mine, of course.

I know for a fact I am dead. Both inside and externally. When Azzy and I did that stupid plan, I died and my mom didn't believe it. She thought I was sleeping and put me in my bed, leaving me to "rot" away. But... I wasn't dead, I was alive, omnipresent of the Underground and not decomposing.
I suppose that's why I look healthy. Not to mention the Paradigm. There was just no host to watch over, which rendered me unable to reincarnate myself. But now that a human I know that fell into the Underground is my very shattered relative, surprisingly.
And it's that one human, Frisk. Or I should say Y/N?
We are not the same. And so is this clone of me.

I got ready to punch the doppelgänger, but someone grabbed my wrist.

"Chara...? What are you doing?" Asriel said.

"I don't- wait, Azzy?!" I shouted in surprise, turning to face him, but he wasn't there. I'm at the edge of Snowdin City, now.

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This is driving me nuts, but I have to keep my cool. I began walking down Snowdin City, peering up at the skyscrapers and nice buildings. Somewhere in the distance, I can see a nice mansion, which reminds me of something...

It looks awfully like the mansion I drew when we came up with our dream houses. Azzy loved my idea, and I let him have my drawing. He showed it to Mom and Asgore, but they had to say no due to the fact the house had been redesigned already.
I sigh, clenching my fists at the thought. I wish things still didn't have to-

I fell into a ditch and stumbled onto my footing and bumped into someone. "Holy fuck, can you watch where you're going, moron?!"
I didn't bother to turn around, instead keeping my head down, focusing on settling this without violence.

"Hey bitch, don't you hear me talking to you?!" He grabbed my shoulder and forced me to turn to him. It was a human with brown hair. Behind him was two humans: one had blonde hair, and the other had dyed red hair. I then looked the brown-haired guy right in the eyes. Fear isn't a thing anymore, he can't stop me.

He punched me in my nose, only causing me to flinch and making my nose bleed. Just a scratch. His friends started laughing.

I began smiling as I looked back at him again. "We'll take you out now. I bet you think you're be-"

I quickly delivered a stab to his stomach, killing him instantly. I turned to the blondie and comboed him, finishing with a stab to the skull. Their souls shattered in sync. There's one left...

I turned to the one with red hair, laughing as I walked over to him through the thick snow now splattered with blood. He started running, but tripped over a large rock hidden in the snow, making him faceplant hard. I caught up to him as he started crawling away, screaming for help.
"Got you now..." I giggled hysterically as I grabbed his leg and pulled him back to me, raising my knife to intimidate him.

He turned onto his back, exhausted from the crawling. "Stop!! Please!! I beg you!!" I felt an uneasy feeling as I lost the urge to kill. I didn't realize I let go of him until, I looked down my leg, seeing him holding onto it. He was sobbing, his tears slightly soaked my knee as I stood there, lost in thought.

"Hmm. Ok. I'll let you go. But I want you to remember three things; we are not the same. There is no thinking around here. I am better than you. All of you. I am always one step ahead..."
I peered up and noticed plenty of monsters peering down the wide ditch and the area surrounding it. Guess the shows over.

I kicked him free and walked over to the first guy, picking up my knife and preparing to head up the ditch.
"B-But who are you?!" The red haired boy shouted.

I turned to him, smiling at his question. "Chara... Chara Dreemurr." My smile grew on it's own.
His eyes widened full of terror and shock.