Undertale Short Stories and One-shots

HATE

HATE is a powerful thing. It can consume your soul, erasing all the compassion you have left. It can cause you to kill others.

To kill your friends.

Contrary to popular opinion, my soul wasn't always consumed by HATE, even after I died. I was awoken by another's DETERMINATION. Given the power to help them along their journey. To give hints and advice on how to SPARE enemies. However...

Here we stand. Rays of light filter in through the stained glass windows, hitting the floor and reflecting off the red liquid spattered across the room. I wouldn't say it was blood... Unless there was something else we didn't know about this comedian. No, it was probably ketchup, knowing him.

*welp. i'm going to grillby's.
*papyrus, do you want anything?

His strained voice echoed around the corridor, bouncing off the red-and-gold walls. He stumbled away, collapsing into a pile of dust. I felt a pang of sadness, which was soon replaced by our newly gained LOVE.

We walked forward. Our next victim was the king.

The garden was just as I remembered it. Emerald green grass covered the open space, fake sunlight dappling the ground and making the blades of grass appear to dance. Golden flowers grew everywhere, in no pattern or form. Dad - no, Asgore, stood with his back to us. He appeared to be talking to someone.

*Curious...
*I've never seen a plant...
*Cry before.

Having heard our footsteps, he turned around to face us.

*...huh?
*You must be the one that flower just warned me about.
*Howdy!
*Erm...
*What kind of monster are you...?
*Sorry, I cannot tell.
*Well, we can always-

We entered a battle.

*Now, now.
*There's no need to fight.
*Why not settle this...
*Over a nice cup of tea?

Slash.

*Why...
*You...

A ring of white bullets appeared around him. They closed in, killing him. A golden flower appeared from the ground.

*See? I never betrayed you!
*It was all a trick, see?
*I was waiting to kill him for you!
*After all it's me, your best friend!
*I'm helpful, I can be useful to you!
*I promise I won't get in your way!
*I can help...
*I can...
*I can...

*P l e a s e d o n ' t k i l l m e . . .

I could feel Frisk standing back, watching what I would do. Surely I was going to kill him, right? This was everything we had worked up for. But, for some reason, I couldn't do it. I couldn't kill my best friend.

But suddenly, I felt something... Some strange force... Lifting my arms above my head. I tried to fight it, but it was too strong.

I  M U S T  S T A Y
D E T E R M I N E D.

I slashed down with all my might. And again. And again. Slash. Slash. Slash. Until there was nothing left. Until I had ripped him to shreds.

I fell to my knees, shaking uncontrollably. My eyes widened, suddenly realising what I had done. In that moment, our friendship had been shattered into a million pieces. Even if he was a soulless flower, he was still Asriel. He was still my best friend. But now that connection was over. No hope of redemption.

I threw back my head and started to laugh.

It was... He had said... I had thought... Invincible... Immortal... The thought was just too hilarious to bare. My body convulsed rapidly, as if I was going to throw up, making me laugh more. Asriel... Immortal... What was I thinking? How could a weak monster who couldn't even kill the creatures who trapped him underground be... Immortal?

UNDERTALE

[f4]

I was standing in a black void, looking out. Although I couldn't see anything, I could feel the presence of something. Some... one? Were you the one behind all of this?

I spoke.

*Greetings.
*I am Chara.
*Thank you.
*Your power awakened me from death.
*My "human soul."
*My "determination."
*They were not mine, but YOURS.
*At first, I was so confused.
*Our plan had failed, hadn't it?
*Why was I brought back to life?
*...
*You.
*With your guidance.
*I realised the purpose of my reincarnation.
*Power.
*Together, we eradicated the enemy and became strong.
*HP. ATK. DEF. GOLD. EXP. LV.
*Every time a number increases, that feeling...
*That's me.
*"Chara."
*Now.
*Now, we have reached the absolute.
*There is nothing left for us here.
*Let us erase this pointless world and move on to the next.

ERASE                                        DO NOT

I was interested to see what you would do. If killing all these monsters had really been your intention... Then you wouldn't hesitate to ERASE this world, would you? I felt your soul cry out from the depths of the void. Calling for somebody to help you. Toriel... Papyrus... Undyne... Asgore... Asriel...

But nobody came.

Nobody could save you now. Now that you were alone, and vulnerable.

DO NOT

*No...?
*Hmm...
*How curious.
*You must have misunderstood.

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