Darkness... nothing but darkness, yet Sans and Chara stand in a seemingly bottomless plane.
Sans: We're... alive?
Chara: It seems so...
Sans: So, kid, explain yourself, what do you mean that it wasn't you that controlled Frisk?
Chara: What makes you think I'd tell you, you bonehead?!
Sans: Because if we're stuck here together for the rest of our lives then I want to have even just a little bit of closure on why the kid did it.
Chara: ... Fine ... I've nothing better to do anyway.
Chara: The underground, the entire tale of Frisk's journey, it's just a game.
Sans: Very funny kid, now tell me, W H Y ?!?!
Chara: Let me explain...
Once upon a time, a child fell down a hole leading them into the underground, they were found by the Monster King's son, Asriel Dreemurr, the Dreemurrs treated the fallen child as their own, and welcomed them to the undergr-
*Sans is visibly asleep
Chara: Hey... are you listening to me?
*Sans wakes up, startled
Sans: Wha- are you going to tell me the details or are you just going to give me a history lesson?
Chara: Whatever, I'll just skip to the important part...
After the fallen child was buried, on the year 201X, another child fell, with their brimming determination, the first child woke up. Then they-
Sans: Kid, we don't need formalities here, just tell the story from your perspective.
Chara: UGHH, fine, don't interrupt again...
I followed Frisk, I didn't think Frisk noticed me, but they talked to me, so I helped them, giving them information about monsters, giving them tips on how to progress through the underground through my memory, sometimes even talk to the monsters myself. I was happy, it wasn't perfect, I was still dead, but through Frisk's determination, I was able to feel alive. But... after our happy ending, after Frisk freed every monster from the underground ... I woke up once more .. in the same bed of flowers... I was confused, scared... I saw Frisk, they looked scared too, but eventually pressed on, I saw them, they killed the first Froggit, I was shocked, and scared, I looked as Frisk killed my Mother in front of my own eyes. Yet, I didn't see remorse in their eyes anymore. Their LOVE increased. They killed even more monsters until...
Sans: Until what?
Chara: ...
Until you came along... for almost half a year, they've been fighting you, I pleaded for them to stop, but they didn't, but after the first hundred tries, They drove me mad, remembering the death of my mother and the grandchildren of the monsters I've made friends with... I rooted for you, and you couldn't do it, their determination was too much. I got too curious, then I possessed them, I was a ghost after all, after they died, I saw the Game Over screen, I escaped Frisk's body before they could get back, then, I was in some sort of barcode dimension, I saw files of programmed code until I saw, every character I've ever encountered with Frisk. This universe we live in... it's just code, it's a game that countless players play.
Chara: So it's not me that's controlling Frisk, its our player.
Sans: Wait, Ourplayer?
Chara: Remember how I said this is a game? There are probably thousands of people who control Frisk's story. We need to find a way to escape this cycle, and stop people playing with us like toys.
Sans: Even so, you still haven't explained why you took over Frisk's body to kill me.
Chara: I didn't want to either, I just wanted to finish the game, so Frisk could Reset and do a Pacifist run again.
Sans: Pacifist run... so that means there are multiple endings programmed... wait ... if we're just bars of code, how do we feel feelings? Aren't we supposed to just do what we're programmed to do?
Chara: That's what I don't really know either... I'm going to return Frisk's body, they want to talk to you ... No ... they NEED to talk to you...
Chara' sweater returns to it pink and blue color, and their face turns back into Frisk.
*Frisk sobs
Sans: Hey kid...
Frisk: Sans... I'm sorry
Sans: That's right... you better be sorry...
*Sans starts sobbing too
Sans: Promise me you'll never do it again..
Frisk: I- I can't promise
Sans: Excuse me, what?
Frisk: it's just that-
Sans: Listen here kid... you've brought me and Chara uncontrollable trauma, and you can't even make a promise to try and even stop that?!
*Sans grabs Frisk by their sweater...
Sans: D O Y O U W A N T T O H A V E A N E V E N W O R S E T I M E ? !
Frisk: I can't promise because-
Sans: B E C A U S E W H A T ? ! ? !
Frisk: Because I'm just a Vessel!
Silence falls from the dark plane
*Frisk sobs uncontrollably while talking.
Frisk: I'm just a Vessel, for entertainment, and that's my purpose!
*Frisk falls down to their knees and cries louder
Frisk: I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT ANYONE CONTROLLING ME!!!
Sans: Kid...
Frisk: Look, I just wanted the monsters to be my friends... it's not my fault...
Sans: Kid!
Frisk: I felt so much guilt while I did this, I knew what Chara was going though, I just... I just!
Sans: K I D ! ! !
*Frisk falls silent
Sans: It's ok, I promise, I'm right here...
Sans picks up Frisk and hugs Frisk, wiping their tears with his jacket.
Sans: I promise to you, and to everyone that this sick player killed, I will find our creator and...
I'LL MAKE HIM PAY
To be Continued...
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Altertale
FanfictionEvery timeline. Every choice, decision, friendship, death... Was it really all just a game? An Undertale AU where Chara gains sentience and realizes that these "endings" and "routes" are all just a game. An Undertale Fanfiction I wrote when I was m...
