Never Forget (Asriel x OC)

Chapter 7- Chara

Artwork at the top is what Espeon looks like as a kid, and I added Asriel cuz why not? 😂

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"Dad hasn't been the same lately" Asriel told Espeon as they walked through the hallways to get to the house.

"What do you mean?" Espeon asked the goat boy.

"What I mean is... He seems stressed about something... He isn't smiling like he used to" Asriel explained to her as they got up the stairs and walked into the living room.

There Asgore sat, in the rocking chair beside the fire, rocking back and fourth slowly as he stared into the warmth of the flames, Asriel was right, Asgore looked stressed with the small bags under his eyes, it didn't appear he was sleeping much either.

"Maybe we should find a way to cheer him up?" Espeon asked Asriel, he turned to her and took her hands into his.

"Yes! That's brilliant!" He smiled widely, making the evalion blush slightly.

"But what does he like?" She asked the cheerful goat.

"Hmm... I know! Buttercup flowers! Dad has them growing all over his throne room, he loves them!" Asriel beamed, and with that,  he dragged Epseon with him to go find some buttercup flowers to cheer up Asgore.

*timeskip*

As the two monster children approached the end of the ruins, Espeon heard what resembled a cry for help, but it was barely audible.

"Did you hear something?" Espeon asked the goat next to her, who shook his head in response.

"Listen" Espeon told him as she stopped him in his tracks, and before he could dismiss her and say she was imagining it, he heard the faint cry for help.

"Sounds like someone's in trouble" Asriel replied and proceeded forward to the exit of the catacombs.

"Help...! Somebody..! I'm hurt..." the voice sounded quite hoarse, it seemed the kid had been crying out for perhaps hours...

"It sounds like it came from over here..." Asriel said to Espeon as he pointed in the injured kid's direction.

Asriel and Espeon walked closer to the child, but cautiously in case it was a trap, but none the less, they approached them.

He looked about Asriel and Espeon's age, he had brown hair in a bob cut and a green and yellow striped shirt, like Asriel's.

"Oh! You've fallen down, haven't you?" Asriel asked him as the two approached him until they were beside him.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he examined the injured boy, he seemed to have sustained a few injuries as she fell. The boy did not reply and only looked down at his feet.

Did he really fall from the surface?

That means... He's a human...

"Here, get up..." Asriel extended his hand to the kid, he looked up at Asriel and took his soft hand, he had stumbled a bit but retained his balance.

"What's your name?" Asriel asked him, unsure if he would get an answer, but he did.

"Chara..." He replied in a soft voice, his gaze stayed to the flowerbed.

"Chara huh? That's a nice name" Asriel smiled to him as he wrapped an arm around Chara's neck as he did with Asriel, so he could put some of his weight on the goat boy.

"My name is Asriel" he smiled at Chara, who gave a soft smile back.

"And I'm Espeon" the lavender haired girl replied with a smile which Chara returned.

"We should get back to my place, my mom and dad will be okay to take care of you I'm sure" Asriel smiled to Chara reassuringly.

"Thank you..." Chara thanked the two of them as they walked back the way they came, forgetting all about the buttercup flowers.