The Thought

Entry 001
Sans rushed over to my lab this morning with Frisks limp body, it was one of the most horrific sights I've ever seen. Her tangled mess of hair matted to her forehead by dirt and sweat. I was relieved to find that she hadn't died from choking on her own blood, or just bled out entirely.

When I asked Sans what had happened, he started to cry. And soon, he was choking on his own words so hard, I couldn't understand what he was saying. Through his sobs, I could only made out one word... “fell”. I took Frisk in my arms, and carried her, scurrying to the operating room. My eyes were glued to her the whole time, looking for any sign of consciousness, but there was none. She looked dead, but there was still a faint pulse.

I knew we didn't have much time.

Frisk

I gasped as I jerked up from the ground, my head was pounding, like it had been slammed between doors a dozen times. “Sans?” I croaked, my voice dry and raspy. I rubbed my head as I placed my hand on the ground to support me as I got up, when I stopped. “Huh?” The ground was smoother than glass, like fresh cut paper. My eyes slowly opened, it was pitch black. I jumped up on my feet, startled. Pacing back and forth, my head scanning around...wherever I was, for anything.

“Really? Already? She couldn't let me sleep for a few more minutes?”

I gasped and spun around, but my movement was too quick and I stumbled down. I lowered my head and groaned, there was a high-pitch buzz in my ear before I slowly sat up, my head pounding harder than before. That voice sounded so familiar, I searched my memory, but couldn't gather anything. “Who's there?” I tried to sound gallant, but instead I sounded like a little lost puppy trying to find its way home. A surprised gasp ringed in my ear, and then a scoff. “How did you…?”

The sound of footprints got closer, until they stopped right beside my head. “You look like crap.”A girl said, her harsh voice sent thrills of sudden fear through me. My hand trembled as I placed it on the ground and pushed myself up, I rested on my arm at a ninety degree angle. Staring at the ground in silence. I was afraid, but never stopped me, and it's sure not gonna stop me now. My head slowly turned, only to look down at my arm. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a pair of black converse. “What?” I mumbled, tilting my head back.

A girl stood behind me, she looked about the same age as me. Short, dark brown hair, creamy white skin. And her eyes, swirling storms of gray. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, but yet, they were terrifying. She was beautiful.“Where am I?” I said, reaching out my hand for help, but she rolled her eyes and walked around to the front of me.

“You really are dumber than that Papyrus, aren't you?” She kneeled down and flicked my forehead. “Hey!” I rubbed the red mark left behind. “Is it a human? Or a rock? Heck if I know!” She mocked, throwing her hands all over the place. “Don't talk about Pap that way!” I warned, positioning myself so I could sit normally. She scoffed, “Listen, Frisk-”

“How do you know my name?” I cut her off, then she stared at me with a blank, dumbfounded expression. Then shook her head, “Tsk, tsk, tsk.” She lowered her voice. “I thought you'd remember me.” She chuckled, I shook my head. “Huh. Usually, when I have nightmares, I remember them.” She shrugged her shoulders, and stood up. “Chara.” She said quickly, looking off into the black abyss. “What?”
“The name’s Chara.”

She cleared her throat, “Now hurry up and fill this empty void.” She spread out her arms and gestured...everywhere. I blink a few times, “What?” My voice sweet and innocent, just like normal, but Chara looked at me like it was weird, then just slightly shook her head. “Are you serious?” She said coldly. I felt small when she looked at me, I looked at my feet. Then back at her, her eyes softened, and she took a deep breath. “Listen.” She tapped her foot on the ground. “I don't know how the hell you got here, but this...this is your mind.”

I just stared at her. “How? What?” I stammered some more, but nothing came out the way I wanted it to.

Chara laughed at my confusion. “Wait.” I blurted out. “If...if this is my mind. Then why are you here?”

She plopped down next to me and sprawled out on the floor, I did the same. We both sat in silence for a moment, staring at emptiness. “Determination.” She said. “When you first fell, I was awoken by your determination. Just, you didn't take the path I wanted you to take.” There was a short pause. “Sometimes, I enter your dreams, but when I do that...they wither, and go dark. I've only seen you once, once out of several attempts.” Her voice was pained, she gave a strained laugh.

“Why did you only see me once?” I asked, looking over at her. She glanced over at me, then turned away. “Because you were scared.”

I stayed quiet. She didn't seem like she would be that scary, and besides, this is probably just a dream anyways. So, she's probably not even real. But, I kind of wanted her to be, she was just so pretty. I'm trying my best not to sound weird and creepy, but, I just felt a connection with her. But this was just a dream, and she's my “dream girl”.

“So, are you gonna do something?” She snapped, shrugging her shoulders. “Um, I don't know how.” The words slowly slipped from my mouth. She sighed through her nose. “Well, just to let you know. This isn't a dream-” Well, I guess that's my answer.

“You really gotta think about what you want, because once it's created, you can't just snap your fingers and make it go away. You can only add on. The only way to get it to go away, it to destroy it.” She explained, sitting up. I stood up, Chara draped her arm around me.

I closed my eyes, and thought of home.

And then the air was frigid, my feet were wet and cold. The strong wind made me shiver, and the small snowflakes that landed on my nose made me sneeze. My eyes opened, glittering lights from the snow made me blink a few times. Giant, puffy, dark green pine trees lined up along the path to Snowdin. I sighed happily, my hot breath made clouds in the cold winter air. Chara shivered. “Sorry.” I said, and in an instant we both had winter coats on, mine was like Sans. Charas was green.

She looked at me, confusion struck her eyes, then she trudged away in the snow. “Don't you think we should stick together?” Snow crunched beneath my feet. “Why?” She scoffed. “Well, I think if we stick together, life would be better.” I smiled, I didn't want to be alone. “Well, just create something.” She continued walking forward. “Chara! No!” I said, catching up next to her.

I didn't understand why she didn't want to be friends, but if I became friends with everyone in the underground, then I think I could handle one more. “You're very pretty, y’know?” I said, staring ahead at the path. I heard a soft gasp slip between her lips, the she burst out laughing. “You're already flirting with me! I thought it take longer!” Heat rose to my cheeks, and I could feel the embarrassment settling in my stomach.

“Why’d you have to make it so cold?” She whined, kicking a pile of snow. “Chara,” I said, ignoring her complaint. “You’ll stay with me, right?” My eyes wandered off into the sky, Chara was silent for a moment. “It's not like I have anything better to do.” She shrugged her shoulders. We walked together in silence.

And with every step a recurring thought went through my mind, where am I? If just wandering around in my own mind, where’s my body? The thought ran through my head several times, I couldn't wrap it around my brain. It was just impossible for me to be there and here... wherever I was. But I said the same thing when I first fell, so why not start a new journey? Here, with Chara.

I smiled when the snow covered sign was spotted in the distance. “Hey, what's taking us so long?” Chara growled impatiently behind me. “Let's...let's start and adventure, you and me.” I twirled around happily, but Charas eyes looked at me in disbelief. “Me? Why?” Her eyes softened, waiting for an answer this time. “Well, why not? We're gonna be stuck together until I can figure out how to get out of here.” I took her by the hand. “Please?”

She scoffed and pried my hand off of hers. “Fine.” She rolled her eyes and walked with me, side-by-side on the crystallized path to Snowdin.