//------------------------------// // The First Fallen Child // Story: Undertale: The Next World // by unleashedtwilight //------------------------------// She looked around at the dark forest in anger and confusion. “What is this? What happened!?” the human exclaimed looking around in the dark forest. “She was just about to give me her soul… just to get her pathetic life back! So what stopped it!?” This child roaming around in the darkness; her name was Chara. She was the first human to ever fall into the underground. She is also the only human who shared a similar soul with Frisk. Though what confused the child most was that Frisk was no longer here. They weren’t one person anymore… She was free… Coming into realization of this, Chara couldn’t help but laugh at her new found life. It had been years since she was alive.Yet as if nothing happened, she had her own body again. “Well whatever caused it, I’ll personally thank myself…” she smirked looking for a way out of the forest. She searched for hours looking for an exit, but it seemed like the more she looked the darker it became. She was about to just give up and build a fire until she heard a voice in the distance. “Hello? Is there anyone here?” Chara turned around to where the voice came from… it seemed to come from a talking zebra?... “What is a being like you doing in a place filled with darkness and fear?” Chara just stared at the zebra not answering. “Is something the matter?” “Where are you from?” Chara asked the zebra. “Where I am from is the forest you see.” The Zebra answered. “In the dark and frightening forest known as Everfree.” Chara mused getting annoyed by the rhyming. “And your name would be?” “My name is Zecora dear child. But perhaps introductions should be saved for someplace less wild.” Zecora smiled beckoning her to follow. Chara just sighed and followed the Zebra to who knows where. “What is your name, child?” “Chara.” She bluntly answered. “Can you tell me where we’re going?” “We are heading toward a safer home; the town of Ponyville where many other ponies roam.” Zecora answered again in rhyme. “Do these other ponies rhyme as much as you do?” Chara asked with a tone of annoyance. “They do not.” Zecora sighed. “But I understand if you don’t like hearing it a lot.” “Yet she keeps going…” Chara mumbled to herself. They both were just walking silently towards the town the Zebra mention. Chara looked so annoyed that she probably would’ve acted if she had her knife. But it wasn’t with her. It was with Frisk. “We are here Chara.” Zecora said pointing to the town. “I do hope you enjoy your stay.” strangely Zecora stopped rhyming and turned walking away. Chara shrugged it off and went through the town not hearing Zecora’s final words. “And may Princess Twilight protect us on this day.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Hmm…” Rarity said inspecting Frisk closely. “Uh…” Frisk said confused and slowly feeling uncomfortable. “Is everything alright?” “Far from it!” Rarity stomped her hoof down. “How could you possibly wear something so tacky like that!?” “What?” Frisk asked even more confused. “Those garments!” Rarity pointed. “Blue shirt with pink stripes? It’s so… plain.” “This is what I’ve always worn though.” “Oh darling you simply must let me do some work with you!” “Really it’s fine, you don’t have to…” Frisk said slowly backing away. Rarity simply teleporting the child back to her. “Nonsense, it is my pleasure! I refuse to see anyone trotting around with clothes like yours.” “Don’t ya think that’s going a bit far?” Applejack mused. “She ain’t even a pony Rarity.” “You’re point being Applejack?” “You’ve never made clothes for anything other than ponies… and Spike.” “Precisely!” Rarity beamed. “Just think. If I’m successful with making her new clothing, who knows what else I could do!? The possibilities are endless!” “Sorry kid, I tried.” Applejack shrugged. Frisk laughed a little bit. “It’s alright.” Twilight came back walking in with Spike following. “Alright everypony, I sent a letter to Princess Celestia explaining the situation. She said that she’d be arriving shortly.” “Princess Celestia is coming here?” Rarity gasped. “Oh dear… I must get something better to wear!” Rarity exclaimed running off. “Why would Celestia come here?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Doesn’t she normally ask us to go to there in Canterlot?” “I’m not sure why. But from what she wrote, it looked urgent.” Twilight answered sitting in her throne. “Who’s Princess Celestia?” Frisk asked tilting her head. “Oh, well she’s actually one of the rulers of Equestria. The princess who controls the sun who rules alongside her sister, Luna: the princess who controls the moon.” Twilight answered. “Did you just say controls the sun and the moon!?” Frisk asked in shock. “Since when were the sun and the moon controlled!?” “Well things must work differently where you’re from Frisk.” Fluttershy answered. “Not every place is going to be the same.” Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light in the center of the room, right over the map. When the light cleared, a tall dark blue alicorn could be seen standing on it. “Princess Luna?...” Twilight looked confused. “Why would you just--” Before Twilight could continue, Luna walked up to the human and levitated her in the air, closely inspecting her. “What is your name? Answer me now!” Luna exclaimed with a booming voice. “F-frisk! It’s Frisk!” Frisk cried out answering Luna. “Are you above consequences!?” she asked as well. “N-no I’m not! I’m not above consequences!” Frisk answered crying a bit. Luna huffed and slowly putting her down. “I apologize Frisk… I had to be sure.” “S-sure of what?” Frisk asked. Luna just looked at Frisk silently for a moment. “Come with me.” Luna said using her magic to make Frisk sleep so that she could enter her dream. Inside the dream, Frisk was just alone with Luna now. “I know you must have many questions.” “Yeah, what was that all about??” Frisk asked. “How did I get here and what’s going on??” “Would you rather be in that desolate erased world?” Frisk just widened her eyes. “You can thank my sister for getting you out of that. She felt that something was wrong and found you in the middle of it.” Frisk looked down and sighed. “Then you know what caused all of it…” “It was not all your fault Frisk.” “Huh?” Frisk looked up to Luna. “Surely you must know… you were not alone during all that transpired in that world.” “What do you mean?...” Frisk asked. “It’s why I asked for your name and asked you those questions…” Luna sighed. “It’s hard to explain, but I suppose the easiest way to say it was there was another presence inside of you.” “Who?...” “You’ve met her once… right before the world was erased from existence.” Frisk looked down trying to remember… remember what happened before everything was erased… Suddenly images started flashing in her mind. Images of the deaths of her friends in the point of view of a killer’s eyes. One by one they flashed in her mind… until the very end where the only thing she saw was a girl with a green shirt and yellow stripe on it. she was smiling with red eyes. Frisk gasped in realization. “Her name was Chara…” “Again… why I asked you those questions.” Luna looked down. “But you told me she was inside me…” “Precisely.” “Then why…?” Luna cut Frisk off looking down. “I’m afraid this was our doing… You see, my sister and I tried our best to get you away from that world at the same time trying not to bring that presence with you. The spell worked to bring you here separated… but that also meant giving this presence her body as well, transporting Chara with you.” “So you’re tell me that Chara is…” “Here… in Equestria...”