S-ORIGINS | By ShadowNTS

(Era of Freedom XI) Finale.

The ominous presence of the one before them sinks the three further into darkness. Chara smiles with a menacing expression. Flowey and Sans look worried.

FLW: You! How can you be here?!
CHR: Thanks for asking, petals! Let's just say I've got unfinished business!

Chara locks eyes with Sans and before they realize, she zips across the room and goes for a fatal attack, but Sans manages to react in time and block with a sturdy bone. Flowey summons giant vines and tries to catch Chara, but she swiftly dodges and lands on one of them, before dashing forwards and cutting one of their giant arms. Flowey shrieks in pain and launches Chara, crashing her against the giant walls. Sans teleports in front of her and goes on the offensive, swinging his bone and using blasters to try and catch Chara off guard. She ducks under one of the swings and grabs Sans' arm, but backs up once she notices the blasters aiming for her. Flowey charges up their cannons and fires multiple destructive blasts. Chara dodges all of them and slices the last one in two, before leaping upwards and going to attack Flowey. Sans teleports behind her and summons multiple blasters, aiming to hit Chara mid-air. She throws her knife towards Sans, who dodges it. Chara disappears from sight and Sans realizes she teleported to her knife. However, he reacted too late and Chara got close enough to land an attack, but Flowey uses their vines to restrain Chara and throw her against the ground. Sans raises his hand in the air and summons tons of blasters, firing them all at the same time. They decimate the ground Chara was standing on, raising a cloud of smoke, which Chara dashes out of and towards Flowey who crushes her with their giant hands. A thousand small cuts appear on Floweys' hands, causing them to shriek in pain and release their grip on the demon. Chara charges up her knife and unleashes a giant slash right down the middle of Floweys' body. Sans teleports Flowey out of the way, consuming most of his energy.

SNS: *pant* You better have something in mind.
FLW: Just follow my lead, you dumb skeleton.

Flowey summons tens of bombs, launching them onto Chara, who dodges them and leaps forwards. Sans teleports in front of Chara and grabs her by the face, before throwing her against the ground and launching multiple bones towards her. She slices the bones in half and dashes towards Sans. Flowey restraints Chara again and crushes her in between their hands.

FLW: Do it now, Sans!
SNS: Don't order me around, you creepy flower!

Sans fires hundreds of blasters at once, disintegrating Floweys' hands. Out of exhaustion, he faints and falls from the air. Flowey grabs him using their vines and rests him on the ground. This moment of calm is interrupted by a chilling feeling pulsating through their bodies. Chara appears behind them, slowly melting back into form.

FLW: No, you couldn't have possibly survived that...
CHR: But yet here we are. Tell me, Asriel, what do you know about hate?
FLW: How do you know my name..?
CHR: Don't tell me you've forgotten the promise we gave each other. Is this how you intend on getting revenge on the humans?! Hah, it seems you've gotten soft. Well, let me remind what our goal was since the beginning!

Chara disappears from sight and reappears behind Frisk, ready to land a fatal strike. She swings and Frisk turns around, her eyes watching in horror. Just in time, Sans teleported in between them and took the hit himself. He drops to the ground, coughing blood. Frisks' body twitches. Her eyes go blank as her mind scours through some unknown domain.

BLK: Heya Frisk!
FSK: B-blook..?
BLK: Yup! That's m-!
FSK: Blook! *sniff*
BLK: Easy there, Frisk, this is all in your mind.
FSK: Oh, so that means...
BLK: How sad it is to admit, yeah, but that's why you're here! The amulet Sans gave you contains a little bit of my soul essence, so now we're here!
FSK: What is the point of this place..?
BLK: To teach you how to fight.

Frisks' gaze softens. Chara smirks whilst sharpening her knife.

CHR: How pitiful! You thought that if by resetting, you could get rid of me! Don't make me laugh! I'm your worst nightmare and as long as you exist, so will I! Can you live with that?!
FSK: Asriel, please do your best to heal Sans.
CHR: So arrogant! What makes you think I'll allow that to happ-?!

Before Chara can finish her taunt, Frisks' eyes glow bright red and she dashes forwards, grabbing Chara by the neck and slamming her against the wall. Chara pushes herself off the wall and kicks Frisk, who blocks it and gets pushed back.

CHR: (Her energy is way different.)
FSK: You will pay for your sins.

Frisk channels her energy and creates a sword, formed by pure determination. Chara does the same and enchants her knife with hate, thus making it take the form of a black blade. They both dash forwards and clash, releasing a giant shockwave. Frisk manages to overpower Chara and push her back. She goes for the follow- up and swings her sword in a fluid motion. Chara parries the attacks and dodges behind Frisk, striking from the back. Frisk reaches her palm out and releases a giant concentrated blast of energy, propelling Chara into the wall. Chara stands back up and brushes the debris off of her shoulders. Frisk slowly walks towards her opponent.

CHR: Just because you're getting lucky doesn't mean you're stronger! I'll show you what true power is! Soul Power, Dark Uzumaki!

Chara raises her blade in the air, concentrating all of her power into one swirling ball of destruction. Frisk takes a deep breath and grips her sword tight. Chara releases the giant mass of power and Frisk dashes forwards. In one instant, Frisk slices through the ball and appears behind Chara. A calm falls on the battlefield. Frisk dissolves her sword. Chara feels the brushing of a soft wind overcome her presence.

CHR: (So this is what father was talking about when he mentioned a chosen descendant...)

Chara starts laughing and crying at the same time...

CHR: We'll meet again soon.

And not much later, her body fades, leaving no trace of existence. Frisk faints from exhaustion. Sans manages to catch her before she fell to the ground.

SNS: You did it, kiddo.
FSK: Yeah, I sure did. Where's flowey?
SNS: He went and opened the barrier.
FSK: But how?
SNS: Seems like Chara left behind just enough soul essence.
FSK: Oh, that's good...

After taking a rest, a few monsters gather at the broken barrier and exit to the surface. The sun shines over the mountains and the fresh air hits their bodies.

PRS: This feels amazing!
UND: I'm so pumped!
APH: It's great w-we managed to be free!
ASG: Truly a new step for monsterkind.

The rest go their separate ways, leaving Frisk and Sans staring off into the sunset.

SNS: Kiddo, I didn't tell you about Blook before.
FSK: It's alright. He talked to me during the battle.
SNS: (So that's what the amulet was for.)
FSK: Blook may be gone, but his will lives on through me. I'll make sure the world is rid of evil.
SNS: So that means you don't intend on going back anymore..?
FSK: Hmph, I knew you were worried about that.

Frisk reaches her hand out and a button appears in front of her with the word "reset" written on it. She raises her fist and cracks the button in half.

FSK: This'll be our happy ending.
SNS: Heh... *sniff* I'm glad, kiddo.
FSK: I never thought I'd see the day you'd cry.

And so a new era dawned upon the world. With Frisk as their ambassador, monsters and humans could live in peace once more.

End of Chapter 17
(Era of Freedom)
"Finale"

[ Frisk has liberated monsterkind. ]

-- Extra Soul Trivia! --
-- Did ya know? --
Despite being a conserved person, Frisk is not shy to being playful sometimes!