A/N (ColorlessFlake): School is very taxing and robs us of our time to write about what we like to write, just like this story right here. I am sorry if anyone thought this was a slow update. Enjoy the chapter! :)

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Chapter Two - Suspicions and Guilt

Author: Flake

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   After the teleport, Frisk fell on the dark grass of someplace unfamiliar and dim, the glittering crystals shining above. Blue attacks in the form of bones rose out of the ground, making Frisk's limbs and body stay still. The human looked up and saw Sans and the real cat-like monster from the last timeline in front of them. Same as always, the cat had white fur. A blue gradient faded towards their paws, and two different, blue patterns sat on their hind legs. On the left was the Delta Rune. The right, a blue soul. Sweat rolled down Frisk's face as they watched one of them turn to the other with an annoyed expression.

   "Why did I have to teleport the human, Sans?" the cat hissed slightly, black eartips low.

   "hey, you need the practice." the skeleton said, shrugging. Frisk peered at the new face and checked their stats as they talked to one another.

*Starsoul 10 ATK 30 DEF

*Somehow, she's aware you reset.

   That made no sense to them. How did she know? Could this monster have fallen from the surface with determination and stayed here while they were away from Mount Ebott? The two monsters' bickering continued. Frisk took the time to observe the new area. The fake stars, the cold atmosphere, the dimness, the rushing of water, and the rocky floor told them that they were in Waterfall. The room housed a few puddles and a flowerbed of echo flowers. They looked well taken care of. The human decided to listen in on the monsters' conversation.

   "...and that's why you should have done it!"

   "but i didn't want to put any BACKBONE into it."

   "That doesn't give you an excuse to make me use up one of the few teleports I have!"

   "alright, alright, i'm sorry.

   After a small pause, Sans spoke up. "can i talk to the human privately? i want to ask them a few things."

   Starsoul nodded. "Go ahead. I'll keep watch around the entrance to this place, which isn't too far from here. Find me when you're done." She mewed before prodding off. The human, now alone with someone they've killed before, sat there in nervousness. The few echo flowers repeated a few words ominously as waterfall noises continued in the background.

   "Human."

   "Privately."

   "Watch."

   "Ask."

   Sans's smile had already fallen by the time he looked over, his left eye glowing blue and yellow. "i have a BONE to pick with you. did you cause this odd event? because i don't think we're EVEN from last time, you dirty brother killer." he said, snapping and summoning two large gaster blasters behind him. They had their mouths open and were ready to fire at any time. Frisk shook their head furiously, not wanting to reload a save after seeing Chara with another monster they didn't know.

   *This isn't because of me!* they said, scared.

   "and how can i trust that you're not lying?" Sans asked, glaring. Frisk shrank a little. He had a point. They only had a story to tell, and there was no way for others to know if it was true or not. Sans was also the only one that knew about them killing everyone at one point in time. They gulped.

   *At least hear me out,* the human said slowly.

   Sans sighed. He blinked, releasing the blue magic holding Frisk down and trapping them in a bone cage instead. His blasters stayed in position. "fine, but you'd better explain clearly." The human gulped. They took a deep breath and looked at their feet.

   *So basically, there was a voice talking to me throughout the after you died. They took over my body after we killed you. Starsoul came and attacked me in a somewhat blind rage afterward, but the host of my body landed a strong blow on her, causing her to retreat. Later, the voice said their name was Chara and asked me for my soul so we could erase this world and go to the next one. I regretted killing everyone and wanted to reset and go back. When I refused, they landed a strong blow on me and sent me back to the load screen. What was strange, though, was the lack of the usual buttons and screen. It was just a dark void. I sat there for a while, and then heard Chara. They tried to stop me from resetting, but I gathered enough determination to reset. Afterward, I didn't see Flowey or Toriel and rushed past the ruins. I didn't kill anyone. When I got to Snowdin, Papyrus waved at me before being pulled back by those black and red tentacles. Then I got teleported, and you know the rest.* Frisk brought their knees to their chest and hugged them. A few tears slid down their face. *I really regret killing everyone. I'm sorry.*

   Sans paused for a moment, looking deep in thought as he stared at Frisk. "tell you what, kiddo: i'll forgive you one last time, but if you ever try murdering my brother again..."

   "Y o u ' r e g o i n g t o h a v e a b a d t i m e ." His eye sockets were black when he said the last part of the sentence. Chills crept up Frisk's spine. They nodded frantically. The skeleton made his blasters and bones disappear, his white pupils returning. He put his hands in his pockets. "welp. i'll go get starsoul. stay where you are."

   Frisk nodded again, thankful for Sans's forgiveness. They watched him teleport away and pondered about their newfound enemy for a bit. Who was that monster next to Chara? They looked oddly similar to Starsoul, and looked like they were working with Chara. Since when did Chara get someone that would help them plan the destruction of this world? The echo flowers repeated the words "bad time" over and over and over again. Frisk stood up, walked over to the flowers and shushed them, making them stop repeating the scary threat that they heard from the skeleton. What if that mysterious monster did something horrible to Papyrus? Sans's threat repeated itself inside Frisk's mind without the flowers' help. If something bad happened to the younger skeleton, Sans's trust in Frisk would definitely drop to zero forever, and their apology would not count for anything anymore. And who exactly was Starsoul? They sat down again. The thoughts kept swirling around their mind.

   Meanwhile, Sans appeared in the dead end area of Waterfall where Monster Kid would normally jump out of the grass and protect Frisk from Undyne. "starsoul?" He was answered by the shuffling of tall grass and a white cat's face poked out of the dark plants. She stepped out.

   "Yeah?" she asked, slightly out of breath. Sans had slight suspicions, but shooed them away.

   "time to go back. i sKNOW what i wanted to know." the skeleton said, winking. "do you want me to teleport you there, or are you fine on your own?"

   "Before we go, can you PAWS for a second? I want to talk to you about something."

   Sans held back laughter. "sure, i'm all EARS. what is it?"

   "I don't trust the human."

   "and why's that?"

   Starsoul hesitated. "Because they're a human, of course! How can you believe that they won't try to kill us?"

   "i asked them earlier. they won't."

   "How do you know if they aren't lying?"

   "i threatened them."

   "Well, what if they go and kill monsters anyway?"

   "i'll fight them, what else?"

   "And if you lose?"

   "then hopefully everybody else evacuated somewhere safe. why are you so worried, anyways?"

   She hesitated again. "Maybe because it's the first time I've encountered a human after falling down here?" Sans shrugged.

   "don't be. they haven't killed anyone yet, have they? anyways, we can't keep the human waiting. i'm going to ask again: are you going to go back by foot, or do you want me to teleport you?"

   "I think I can manage the small, one-minute walk. I'll catch up to you soon," Starsoul stated.

   "suit yourself." The skeleton snapped his fingers and disappeared. The other monster turned and rushed past the tall grass, searching the walls for a specific scratch mark. Once she saw it, she looked around before stepping forward into the wall. "I'd better do this quickly."

   Sans appeared next to Frisk. "heya, kid. she should be here soon." The human nodded. He plopped down onto the ground with Frisk. An uneasy silence made its way into the secret area. Frisk decided to speak up.

   *Why did you forgive me so easily?* they asked. Sans shrugged.

   "i guess i still believe that you can give us that really happy ending again." He glanced at Frisk. "will you?"

   *I'll try my best to do that after this whole ordeal is over,* they nodded. Sans smiled and looked at the entrance to the area. Where was Starsoul? It should have taken her a minute to get over here, since the path was so straight. Frisk looked like they wanted to say more, but didn't know if they should. He looked over and gave them a questioning glance. They said, *Don't you think the new enemy looks like Starsoul?*

   "how so?"

   *They both look like the same type of monster, just with different colors. They also have the same Delta Rune symbol on their left hind leg but the new monster's was... darker. I didn't see the other hind leg, but I bet it has the same soul pattern as Starsoul does.*

   "huh. never really thought much about how that strange monster looked."

   A few minutes of talking later, Starsoul came prodding into the area. Sans was curious of what she could have done to stall in such a short path, but assumed that she walked really slowly. She was always really patient, he thought. He motioned her over. They sat there in silence for a while, awkwardly looking away from each other. Starsoul sighed. "Are we going to discuss what we're going to do or not?"

   *Sans and I already went over a few things we should do if we ever come across the two beings again,* Frisk chirped. They found a stick on the ground somehow, even if Waterfall doesn't have trees or shrubs, and drew a badly drawn picture of them and the enemies facing each other. *The ghost of a human from before is Chara. We don't know who the other is.*

   "Actually, I might know the new monster," Starsoul said. The other two took their eyes off of the awful drawing and looked at her."I have a feeling about that one, like I know them from somewhere. I can't put my paw on it. I'll tell you guys if I figure something out."

   *Alright, that would be a great help. For now, let's come up with ideas to face our opponents.* They stood up and walked in front of the two monsters, then poked the badly-drawn Chara. It was just a really short stick figure that appeared to be floating. *Chara is pretty much a ghost, so physical attacks won't do anything except annoy them.* Then they poked at the spiky ball, supposedly the new enemy. *Then there's this being. All we know is that they use reddish-black tentacles. Any ideas, folks?*

   Somehow, a cold wind blew through the cave. Silence awaited noise. Sans was shrugging, and Starsoul was staring at the bad drawings in deep thought. Frisk sighed. *Can any of your magic do anything about Chara? Like, you know, gravity magic?*

   "oh yeah, we can try that." Sans said. "but since Chara's a dead human, i don't think they'll have a soul." Frisk mentally face-palmed, remembering that their soul was absorbed by Asriel long ago.

   *Right. Maybe we can mess with their head? I know a decent amount about Chara.* Sans and Starsoul just shrugged. *Then I'll do that. Anyone have ideas about the tentacle dude?*

   "How about holding down the tentacles so they can't move as much? Then we can attack them without worrying about those." Starsoul meowed. "Both Sans and I know how to use blue attacks, so we can also put those to good use." They nodded. Sans's eye sockets suddenly went dark in realization.

   "we need to alert the others before thinking about how to take those two down," he said, sweating in fear and standing up. "undyne, alphys, toriel, asgore, and other monsters may not know about the troublemakers yet. i'll get a head start, since i can teleport indefinitely. starsoul, save your teleports and travel with the human." The short skeleton waited for the other two's nods of approval before disappearing with a snap. Starsoul also got up and started walking to the hall leading to the main path in Waterfall. Frisk jumped up and observed everything in the room before following the cat. As they made their way to the tall grass, the human stayed near the walls for anything that they haven't found yet in the Underground. Starsoul looked at them funny.

   "What are you doing?" she asked. Frisk realized that they were touching the walls very thoroughly, not leaving anywhere untouched. My curiosity prevailed, they thought. Oops.

   *Exploring,* they said slowly. Starsoul shrugged and continued down the path, with Frisk slowly trailing behind. A scratch mark was visible on the wall further down, closer to the exit of the hall. Frisk, with their high curiosity and desire to explore, shoved their hand onto the wall forcefully near the claw marks. Their hand phased through the wall. Frisk fell onto shallow grass that seemed to silence their fall. Interesting, they thought. The human got up and continued down the newfound skinny path until seeing a blue glow coming from an area up ahead. Frisk ran forward and came across a view they would never forget.

   *Woah.*