> Asriel's Change of Fate > by Corvo Storm > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Asriel's Fatality > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asriel was tending to the golden flowers that grew on Chara's grave. He was glad to not have his soul anymore. It was nice but that feeling of nice will only last for few more moments before he turns back into that evil flower. He stood up to look over the flowers to see if any of them needed to be tended to. When he felt all the flowers were tended to he decided to look around the area. Wherever he looked all he could see darkness. When he looked back at the flowers something sharp went into his back, through his heart, and out of his chest. He looked over his shoulder to see a figure standing in the dark holding the hilt of the blade that stabbed him. "Why?" he asked. The figure answered simply, "You are going to turn into a flower that will hurt people. That fate isn't right for someone like you. What I'm doing is giving you a second chance." "By killing me?" "No. I'm giving you a second chance by sending you to a place that will help you. What will happen is that you will turn to dust-" the figure explained only to be interrupted by Asriel. "So you are killing me then?" "Let me finish," the figure said in annoyance, "You will turn to dust which will be turned to nothing. When you wake up you must find a small town. The forest you'll wake up in will have dangerous. To get to the town, you need to turn around when you stand up and keep heading straight. You'll reach the town in no time. After that its all up to you." Asriel was beginning to see black but asked the question he needed to know, "Who are you?" The figure laughed a little then answered, "A friend." The figure pulled out his blade cleaning it off and walking into the shadows leaving Asriel clutching his chest. Asriel's vision was leaving him and all he could feel was the pain he got from the stab. He didn't understand how he would be transported to who knows where. He looked over into the darkness to find the figure. He didn't find the figure so he just looked back at the golden flowers. That was the last thing he saw before he blacked out and turned to dust. > Strange Place > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- They say that when you regain consciousness you hear things first. For Asriel it was hearing the distant roars and growls of creatures. He felt the grass that he laid on. Wait grass! Asriel's eyes shot open but shut them to shield them from the unexpected light. Once his eyes were adjusted to the light he sat up and looked around. He was in a sinister looking forest just like the figure said. So that means if he stands up and turns around he will be heading to a town. If he hurries he could get to the town soon. The feeling this forest has isn't exactly settling at all. So he turned around and started walking. The trees were thick which made it hard to see. He had to hide from a strange wolf that looked to made of wood. He made his way around it and kept going. As he continued the trees began to thin out. After seeing that the trees were thinning out he began to run ignoring the chance of attracting any predators that could have been near by. He kept running until he broke out of the forest. He stopped a bit to catch his breath. When he looked up he saw the town just ahead. He didn't know if there was any humans that didn't know about the monsters coming to the surface so he decided to stay hidden. He looked to over the town from the distance to see if he could see a human. He didn't find any so he made his way to the town making sure he wasn't seen. When he arrived he hid in a alley to avoid attention. He stuck to the shadows and looked out of the alley to see how many humans there were. What he saw wasn't what he expected. Instead of humans he saw a lot of talking horses with marks on their... flanks? He shook his head and told himself not to worry about that. For now he needed to avoid being seen. He needed a place where he can hide out at while also having some way of getting food and water. There was an apple orchard that he saw when looking over the town. He could hide there. It's big enough for someone to hide in and had a lot of food there. He began to sneak his way to the apple orchard. He managed to avoid being seen so he was in the clear. Once he got in the orchard he began to look around. He continued to look around until he found a treehouse that was in perfect order. Now he had a way to be sheltered from the rain. He went inside to see what was inside. Inside there was a lantern hanging from the ceiling, a table with a few plates and glass cups, a podium, and a x underneath the lantern. After seeing what was inside Asriel went outside and climbed one of the trees to grab some apples. After grabbing at least three apples he climbed back down and began to eat. Once he was finished he took the seeds from the apples and planted them near the treehouse. He went into the treehouse to think about his situation. The thing that came to mind is where he was. Has the surface changed more than he thought? Why was it inhabited by talking horses? What is he going to do to get back home? All these questions without answers. Asriel was broken out of his thoughts about this strange place when he heard voices. He looked out the window to see three small talking horses heading to the treehouse. What puzzled Asriel was that these three didn't have marks of their own. He pushed that thought aside so he can focus on how to get out undetected. He looked around to see if there was a way out. He saw the window on the other side from the three talking horses. He looked out to see how far the drop was. It wasn't that far down but the fall would hurt if he didn't land right. He started to climb out of the window to get ready to land safely when one of his feet got caught causing him to fall face first into the ground not without a small noticeable yelp when he began to fall. When he pulled his face from the ground, while holding his head, all he could see was blurs. When his vision returned staring at him were the three talking horses he tried to avoid. He was caught and knew he couldn't get away. He was scared but tried to be friendly and said, "Uh, howdy." > New Friends > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asriel was nervous. He didn't know if they were going to greet him or what. The three talking horses smiled at him and said hi as well. He didn't understand why one of them had a horn, one had wings, and the other looked normal. He asked the questions he needed answers to, "Um if you don't mind me asking. Where are we?" The one that looked normal and had a bow answered, "Y'all are in my family's apple orchard." "Okay that answers where I am in this entire place. Let me rephase. Where am I in the entire world?" Asriel said wanting to know what the land is called. You're in Equestria. Haven't you been here before?" the one with the horn said. He now knew why he didn't see any humans. They aren't native to this place. Either way he wanted to go back home. Well going back home meant turning into that not so friendly flower. He would probably want to stay here if it wasn't for the fact he might not be accepted. Then again he could find a way to get a soul and-no he won't try and take one's soul. He had more questions though so he decided to keep asking, "What exactly are you three?" "You didn't answer my question," the horned horse said. "I've never been here before," Asriel stated, "Now can you answer my question?" "What we are is ponies. I'm a pegasus, Sweetie Belle is a unicorn, and Applebloom is a earth pony," the winged one said who said she was a pegasus. "Okay now I know what you are and some of your names but what's your name?" he asked curious. "My name is Scootaloo," the pegasus answered. "What's your name?" asked Sweetie Belle. He knew they would ask that. So he answered, "My name is Asriel Dreemurr but just call me Asriel." The three smiled at him. They knew his name now. Applebloom then asked, "Why were ya in our clubhouse?" He answered, "Well I was going to use to hide from any 'ponies' so I can figure out someway of knowing if I would be accepted or not in this community. I came from a place called the Underground. I don't know how but some strange person came up behind me and stabbed me." He could tell by the look on the faces that his stabbing should have killed him so he added, "But he said I wouldn't die but I would be transported to someplace. That someplace was here. This land called Equestria. I didn't know who he was but what I do know is that he gave me a second chance." As if on cue the figure walked out from behind one of the trees. Asriel saw him and called out to him, "Hey you're the one who stabbed me." The figure looked at him and said, "Yes I am. You seem to be making friends. I'll reveal myself when it's time if you're wondering." Asriel needed to know who he was. He can understand if the figure is nervous so he didn't press on. He did ask why the figure was here. The answer he got wasn't at all settling. The answer was one word and that word was, "Flowey." After saying that name he slunk back into the shadows disappearing before Asriel could catch him. He knew it was going to get difficult here if that flower is out and about. He turned back to the three 'ponies' and saw their confused looks. He let out a sigh and asked, "You want to know about that guy and Flowey don't you?" They nodded their heads. He started to explain. After he was done explaining they were still confused. Scootaloo was the first to ask, "How exactly is such a flower so mean?" He just said, "I don't want to dwell on that." They nodded their heads in understanding and didn't ask anymore questions. They talked for a while getting to know each other. He learned that they are trying to get their cutie marks by trying a lot of things. All of which resulted in not getting their cutie marks. They learned that had helped a human a long time ago that had fallen into the underground. He didn't want to about that human though so he moved to a different topic. He began to talk about how Frisk saved the underground and brought them to the surface in hopes that humans and monsters shall live in peace. They shared some laughs as well. They were getting along just fine. Asriel felt that he had finally made some new friends. He felt as happy as can be. They let him stay in the clubhouse and Applebloom promised to not tell her sister, brother, and grandmother about him eating the apples from the trees that was near the clubhouse. They spent the weekend with him until it was the day before school. He understood why they had to leave and was willing to wait. So when the day school came they said their goodbyes and the Cutie Mark Crusaders went to school while he stayed at the clubhouse planning his next course of action. > Return of a Flower > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Something didn't feel right. It felt like something bad is going to happen and Asriel didn't like it either. So he decided to go check on his friends to make sure they are okay. He made his way out of the orchard and made his way through town without being seen. He arrived at a building that looked like it could a school. He had been at the clubhouse for a few hours so it looks like it was time for recess since there were a lot of younger ponies playing with a adult pony watching over them. He saw his friends and glad that they were okay. He turned to leave when something caught his eye. In the middle of the playground was a yellow flower. Not only that but it seems to be moving on it's own. It then went into the ground. Asriel looked around to try and find it. He did find it near his friends. That got his heart racing. He knew it was Flowey and he knew what that evil flower is trying to do. His friends looked suspiciously at the flower which let him ease up a bit. That was until Flowey did the same thing he did to Frisk, convince them that his bullets were friendliness pellets. They all walked into them thinking it was safe until they realized their mistake. They got hurt from it and looked at him wanting an explanation. Asriel got close enough to hear say his motto, "It's kill or be killed!" He began to laugh loudly alerting everyone who watched as he surrounded the the three with his attack and slowly moved them closer. Asriel couldn't watch this so he summoned up a fire shield around his friends repelling the attack. Flowey angrily shouted, "What?! i know that idiot monster isn't here but I think know who is." He began to laugh before summoning up another attack behind Asriel who was forced to jump out into the open to avoid the attack. When he was out in the open everyone gasped upon seeing Asriel. He ignored by glaring daggers at Flowey who was smiling that stupid smile of his. "Well well if it isn't Asriel. How have you been? I've been doing fine ever since that strange figure stabbed us. We were separated and I was in someone's flower garden. I left to go look for you to see if you were around. I did find you with those three so I decided to use them. Using them will help me become a god," Flowey said with a sinister smile. "How are they going to make you a god?" Asriel asked angrily. Flowey's answer scared Asriel to the core, "The souls of those who live are stronger than any other soul seen. So this means that three souls from children is equal to that of seven human souls." He began to laugh again before leaving. Once he was gone Asriel sat on the ground his hand to his head thinking about what Flowey said. He was stupid to not see how powerful the souls of ponies are. It seems that Flowey wants to affect him directly by taking the souls of his friends and not someone else's souls. This will prove to be a problem. After doing some thinking he decided to head back to the clubhouse to make some type of plan. He got up and ran to alleyway and started to sneak his way back through town. If that flower got what he wanted it could spell out trouble. Once he arrived he found the figure sitting against the far wall eating what looked to be a pie. The figure stopped eating to see Asriel come in. He could that the child needed information. So he stopped eating and patted the spot next to him. Asriel went over and sat down beside the figure. Before he could utter a word the figure said, "I know what happened today and I know of a way that can get rid of that flower. There is one thing though. You will need to a group of six that were able to use some artifacts called the elements of harmony. Those artifacts were given to the Tree of Harmony to keep it from dying. Those six are still able to use the power those elements had. If you find them then they can teach a type of power that can trump all. Find these 6 and they shall help you." Asriel was speechless. The figure a lot. That means he can provide information about other types of power if needed. He had to ask, "How do you know all this?" The figure just laughed and said, "I have my ways," before grabbing his pie and standing up to leave. Before walking to the doorway he said, "You can find these six by asking your friends." With that said he began to leave. Before he was out of the doorway Asriel asked, "Who are you?" The figure took of his hood and revealed his to white as snow. His left eye had a line heading up his head. His other eye had line going downward as if it was a tear. He was smiling as well. He answered Asriel's question, "My name is W. D. Gaster." After saying that he left. This gave Asriel a lot to think about. He heard of him but he couldn't remember where. This proves to be quite difficult to take in. > The Mane 6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asriel's friends arrived a half hour later. He asked why and they told him school was cancelled for the rest of the day. He told them about his encounter with the figure and explained everything that was said, even his name. "This figure said that I can be taught a type of power that trumps all. There has to be a way to learn it fast," wondered Asriel. Scootaloo asked, "Do you know where you can learn this power because if you can't then we're all doomed." He nodded remembering what Gaster said about his friends knowing these elements of harmony. He looked over at them waiting for him to say where he can learn this power from. So he told them, "I need to know who the elements of harmony are in order to learn this power. They are the only ones who can teach me it." They looked confused after he finished. It seems they didn't understand how they have to do with this. They seemed to brush it off for later. Applebloom then said, "I know the elements of harmony. My sister is one of them and she's friends with the Sweetie Belle's sister who also an element of harmony too." "Then you know where they are?" He said quickly glad that Gaster wasn't joking. They all nodded their heads in unison. "Well let's go get them. With their help we can stop Flowey and maybe get me back home," He exclaimed, happy that things are looking into his favor. They all agreed that they would go meet at Applebloom's family house. So the three went off and gathered the elements of harmony as best as they could. Sweetie Belle went to find her sister and Fluttershy, Applebloom went to go get her sister and Pinkie Pie, and Scootaloo went to go get Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle. While they did that Asriel went to the house and waited for them to get it all done. It was around 5 in the afternoon when they got the elements rounded up. They found him sitting against the side of the house. He saw them and got up to follow them inside to meet the elements. Once inside he saw the looks on all of their faces. They weren't expecting to see him, which means that his friends wanted to surprise them. The only one that wasn't surprised by his appearance was the pink pony who he assumed to be Pinkie Pie. See was in front of him, greeting him, and asking questions in lightning speed that before he could ask how that happened, the one with the rainbow mane and cyan coat, he believed to be Rainbow Dash, said not to question it, so he didn't. His friends explained the details they knew to the mane 6 while he explained the rest. "So let me get this straight. You need to learn something that all of us know that we don't even know what it is that some guy that stabbed you told you?" Dash said really confused. He nodded, confirming what she just said was correct. The purple horned and winged one asked, "Do you know what the name of this power is?" He shook his head. Before he could say anything they all heard footsteps coming from down the hall. When they looked they saw a bipedal figure dressed in western style clothes. He looked up and revealed his face to be Gaster's and said while tipping his hat, "Howdy partners." Asriel just rolled his eyes knowing that Gaster was bound to show up. He asked, "Why are you dressed like a cowboy?" "It fits the theme of this place. Oh and I know who all of you are. I know because I have been observing you all at the same time. The pink one is Pinkie Pie, the rainbow haired one is Rainbow Dash, the white one with the coil like purple hair is Rarity, the orange blonde is Applejack, the yellow timid one is Fluttershy, and the purple one is Twilight Sparkle the princess of friendship. The word 'friendship' is a good name for this power that I was talking about. Oh if only that was how the human and monster world worked that way then none of this would be happening," Gaster said ending his small monologue. Asriel didn't get it. How could someone be a princess of friendship, but not only that but friendship being the power he needs to stop Flowey. It doesn't understand it at all. He had to ask, "How is friendship the power I need to stop Flowey?" "Oh let's just say that is power that was used here to defeat many threats to this world," Gaster said. Asriel didn't get how that worked so he looked over to the mane 6 for answers. "Well we defeated at least 3 threats to Equestria. Chrysalis and Sombra don't count though," Twilight informed. He was impressed that friendship was able to defeat 3 enemies that could have taken over. No wonder Twilight was the princess of friendship. Gaster spoke up, "You see this is what is needed to defeat Flowey. Well not just him but someone else too." Asriel was confused for a bit before he realized who Gaster was talking about. "No she can't be back. Not now," he said worried. Gaster just nodded his head confirming that what he just said was true. "Who are ya talkin' about?" asked Applejack wondering what it is that also needs to be defeated. Asriel sighed and decided to tell them about how souls between monsters and humans work. So he explained all of that while Twilight seemed to take notes on everything he said. Once he was done explaining that he began to explain about him and the first human as well the human's plan that made him into a flower in the first. They were quite shocked to find out that this human wanted a full on genocide against its own species. Before he could continue a voice spoke in a frighteningly calm way, "Hello Asriel." He turned around to meet face to face with the first fallen human and said, "What do you want Chara?" > The Anomaly > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A short, chubby looking skeleton in a blue jacket, black pants, and wearing morning slippers was napping on the couch enjoying the rest he can always get until he felt some type of force that was out of the ordinary, causing him to jolt awake too fast. This caused him to fall off the couch with a yelp and hit his skull on the coffee table that three of his friends were using to play some card game. He had hit his skull hard enough for it to crack. The noise the crack made was loud enough for everyone in the house to come see what happened. "SANS WHAT HAPPENED?" asked a taller looking skeleton that wore skin tight black pants, a white colored chest plate with a orange cape, and orange gloves and boots. The now identified skeleton got up with his hand holding his skull on where he hit it. When he took his hand away to look at it, it was covered some type of red substance. "Heh, that's what you get for drinking ketchup. Papyrus do you mind?" said Sans. "NOT AT ALL BROTHER," Papyrus replied, happy to help his brother out. He took off one of his gloves and put his hand on the cracked part of Sans skull. There was a faint glow and when he removed his hand, his brother's injury was healed. He put his glove back on and asked again, "NOW WHAT HAPPENED?" Before Sans could answer a shark looking woman did it for him, "He just jumped up all of a sudden and hit his head the coffee table interrupting mine, Alphys', and Asgore's game of Yu-Gi-Oh!" "Undyne is right. He looked as if he was scared by something," said a goat looking person with a beard. "Do you care explain what caused you to act like that?" asked another goat person except it was a woman. Sans shook his head and said, "I don't think it would be easy to explain but right now it doesn't matter. Where's Frisk?" As if on cue a human in a pink and blue stripped shirt stood in front of him wondering what the matter was. He looked at the human, who was wondering what was going on, and said in a serious tone and face, "Frisk I need you to accompany me on something important." The human nodded her head(in my story Frisk is a girl because the name is gender neutral)in a understanding matter. After getting her confirmation that she will help he grabbed her shoulder, and said to everyone that they will be, they teleported away to the area that Sans had locked up behind his and Papyrus' old house in the underground. He went over to the broken machine that was covered by the curtain and got something from behind it. Frisk curious about what he was doing and tried to ask but stopped when he came from behind the curtain with some type of device in his hand. He looked at Frisk and explained, "This is a device I made in my spare time that let me jump into different dimensions. I never tested it so there is no telling what could happen. Look, you don't have to come with me on this if you don't want to, but if you do then be ready for whatever happens." Frisk nodded in understanding but asked what everybody else should do while their gone. He answered, "Nothing because they're coming with us." He didn't want to but decided that it would be best seeing as they could use the extra help should it be needed. He grabbed Frisk by the shoulder again and teleported them back to the house. After explaining everything to everyone, they all agreed to go with them. They all began to pack some supplies for the upcoming adventure. The goat woman, who is Toriel, went to the kitchen and made some snacks for the trip. The lizard monster woman, who is Alphys, went to pack some science equipment to help study the area they are going to. Asgore, the goat with beard, went to help Papyrus who was packing some bones that were the same kind of bones that he used to give Undyne as a gift for when he and her 'trained' together. Undyne decided to wait for everyone else to get done so she sat down and watched some anime. After everyone was done packing they all gathered around Sans and waited for him to send them on their way. He put on his trademark smile and said, "I have a good feeling that this will all work out." Then he pressed the button. ------------------------------------------------------- Asriel didn't understand how but she stood in front of him with her knife ready to take his life. He knew that if Chara is here then that would mean that this world will begin to suffer her wrath. He remembers from other timelines when she possessed Frisk to do her bidding. The only one that was able to stop her long enough for Frisk to RESET was that skeleton Sans. He needed to find a way to stop Chara but also spare her. He needed to try and talk some sense into her without this turning into a battle. He tried to reason with her, "Chara you don't have to do this. Please don't kill anyone. These ponies did nothing to you." All she did was smile and say, "I don't care," then lash at him with her knife. He dodged the first two attacks without getting hit while the third attack grazed his cheek enough to draw blood. She kept attacking relentlessly making him have to keep dodging. He was getting exhausted by the dodging that he was beginning to slow down causing him to get hit more. He received cuts of all types: small cuts, big cuts, shallow cuts, deep cuts, short cuts, and long cuts. He was losing ground fast and didn't know what to do other than dodge. There was a flash to his left that occurred all of a sudden causing him to get distracted and turn to see what it was. He regretted looking when he felt a very sharp pain in his shoulder and spread through his body causing him to yell in pain. There was a huge gasp from where the flash came from as well as a voice,"Asriel? Chara?" ------------------------------------------------------- As soon as he pressed the button they were all warped from the house they lived in and went through a disorienting tunnel. He was unfazed by this while everyone else were having trouble from not vomiting or passing out. After quite a bit of nausea inducing travel they reached a part of the tunnel that was completely black while still being able to see each other. They were all wondering what was going and looked to Sans for an explanation. He just shrugged his shoulders seeing as there is no way of explaining what's going on. After a few minutes the tunnel flashed brightly forcing them all to shield their eyes. Once it dissipated they saw a goat child being stabbed in the shoulder by a human child. They all gasped when the goat child yelled in pain. The only one who uttered any words was Toriel,"Asriel? Chara?" > Like Old Times > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything seemed to stand still. Nobody dared to move in fear that it might cause something bad to happen. After long stillness Asriel quickly pulled away from Chara with the knife still in his shoulder. There was a thud that broke the silence, and when they all looked where it came from they all saw that Toriel had fainted. Then it was Sans who broke the silence the lingered afterward,"Huh, I honestly wasn't expecting to see you two hear in a place like this. Nice to see you again Chara long time no see." Her response was her glaring daggers at him. All he did was chuckle at that. "You know we need to take this someplace more open." "Agreed," was all she said before rushing over to Asriel and ripping the knife from his shoulder making him scream in pain. That scream woke Toriel up and her rushing over to her son to try and heal him. Asgore also went over to try and help his son. The Mane 6 and Cutie Mark Crusaders went over to help as well. Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity went over to help Asriel while Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Twilight went over to the unannounced group to help stop this genocidal human. Before they all knew it, Chara had stabbed her knife into the ground and everything in the room turned into black except Sans, his friends, the Mane 6, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Asriel. When it all faded they were in the center of Ponyville. Sans took a look around to get feel for the scenery. He was impressed by the place. He refocused on Chara to see her ready to fight. So he put on his signature smile and closed his eyes. When he opened them again the yellow pupils were gone in both eyes except the pupil in his left eye was replaced by a blue eye. He was ready but he wanted to make sure that this didn't take too long occur again so he informed Chara,"You might as well SAVE so that we can start off again when you fail to defeat me. She did and got her knife ready. He started the first attack by causing a wall of bones to appear and go towards her with only gap get through. The same type of wall appeared behind her that was the same thing. She avoided 6 walls in front and back of her. He made another wall of bones appear but this time the gap was randomly placed and there was no other wall coming behind her. She avoided it with little damage to her HP. She tried to slice or stab him but he dodged them. He summoned a gaster blaster and shot at Chara with it who barely avoided the blast. He made more appear and and shot them at Chara who tried her best to avoid all of the blast. She was hit several causing major damage to her HP. He then held up his hand and Chara felt the grip that was put on her. He moved his hand to left and used his other hand and moved it right. This caused bones to come out of the wall of the building Chara was sent flying towards she hit it and was killed just like that and when Sans closed his eyes and opened them again he saw Chara standing in front of him looking unhappy. "That expression, that's the expression who died once," he said confusing the town's residents. The only ones who knew of what he was talking about were Frisk and Asriel. Chara struck first this time only to be led into a trap, which is a gaster blaster to the face. Sans closed his eyes again and opened them to see her looking annoyed. "That expression is the expression of someone who died twice." She tried to attack him again but he dodged again and used his ability to grab her soul to throw a bit away from him. When she got up she saw that he was gone. She looked around to find where he was but couldn't find him anywhere. She felt something hit her on top of the head and looked up to see Sans standing on a gaster blaster before teleporting away and shooting the blaster at Chara who managed to avoid it. "Ha," was all she said before being vaporized by another blaster shooting her from behind. These fights kept going on and on every time Chara LOADED back. Eventually Sans decided to offer Chara a chance to stop and give up. She was about to launch an attack at Sans when something unexpected happen that shocked him. It shocked her more. Frisk had intervened and was hugging Chara. She was determined to help Chara see the light. Once Chara snapped out of the shock she had, she pushed Frisk away and stabbed her in the heart. There was a large gasp that came from the everyone who was watching. Sans watched Frisk's soul break in two but then go back together. He saw how determined she really was. Chara wasn't happy with what happened and let a barrage of attacks the Frisk's soul in two and creating cracks with every hit in the two pieces. Asriel also intervened and hugged Chara tightly. "Please Chara just please stop. I don't why you're like this but please stop causing mass genocide," he pleaded wanting to have his adopted back. Chara's hand was trembling. She thought that they would hate her but instead they want her to change and be like a normal person. She to the others and saw them approach and give her friendly smiles. This caused her to drop her knife and hugged Asriel and Frisk back with tears in her eyes and apologized for everything,"I'm sorry. I was like this because of what parents did to me. I told myself that everyone is like that and then everything was when Asriel refused to do what I say when he went to the surface. Now I know not everyone is the same. I was being stupid." They all said that they forgave her and gave her a group hug. Once they all released each other, the Mane 6 approached them. The first to speak was Pinkie,"Wow that one human hugged the other human that didn't want to be friends until Asriel hugged her and mmmmph." She had a hoof put over her mouth by Rarity to stop Pinkie from ranting further. Then Twilight spoke up,"That was quite the display but why did you say you were going to give her a chance to stop when you two just stood there for a few moments?" Sans looked over at the three who were hugging each other and decided that it was best to not let anyone find out about the whole RESET, LOAD, and SAVE thing with the multiple timelines, "It's best you don't know." Twilight was about to question him before he began to walk past her. "Where are you going?" she asked. "To the castle that's made of crystal. I know its yours with that star on top of it," he said knowing what that she knew what he was talking about. Twilight was confused. That castle was the way opposite of where he is going. She told him," The castle is the other way from where you're going." He just looked back and said, "I know. I'm just taking a short cut. See you all there." After lazily waving a goodbye he walked into an alleyway. Twilight tried to go after him but he was already gone. What confused her more was the fact that the alleyway led to a deadend and there is no way over or under the buildings either. She decided it was best not to question it and label it off as something Pinkie was able to do and went to her friends and began to lead them to the castle with the new visitors in tow. Little did they all know was that a certain little flower was watching with rage in his eyes before smiling evilly and burrowing into the ground. > Talking with the New Guests > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight, her friends, and the new arrivals made it to her castle. She opened the door and saw Sans leaning on a wall drinking ketchup. That confused her as to why he would drink ketchup. She decided to label it off as another thing Pinkie would do. She told her friends that if they wanted to get going they can. Rarity was the first to leave saying that she needed to fill an order. She was followed by Pinkie was obviously going to prepare a party for the newcomers and Asriel. Applejack left to go check up on some things at the farm. Rainbow Dash had to go practice some stunts that she has been working on. Fluttershy went to go check up on her animals to see if they were okay. After the Twilight's friends left she said the same thing to Crusaders. They didn't want to leave because they wanted to see if Asriel was going to be okay. Toriel told them he was going to be okay and that he just needed to rest a bit and let his wounds heal. He was still quite a bit of pain but nothing hurt worse than his shoulder. He couldn't move it without pain shooting through his body. Toriel told the Crusaders that it was best to leave Asriel alone for awhile so he can rest. They hesitated but gave in and left to go back to their clubhouse. Papyrus decided to go see the stunts Dash mentioned. Undyne wanted to see as well and left with him to go find her. Alphys went with them just to be with Undyne. The only ones that stayed were Asgore, Toriel, Frisk, Chara, and Sans. Sans kept his distance from Chara because he always felt that feeling to book it or impale her with bone attacks. Twilight decided to ask the first question, "Can you tell me how you all got here?" Sans was the only one that was able to answer the question because he was the reason why he and his friends ended up here, "Well you see, I had a device that would let me travel to different dimensions. I never tested it and never used it so I didn't know what would happen but it worked just fine for trip here, but the only problem is that we can't go back because it fried itself from the inside out. So we can't go home sadly." She knows how they got here but still doesn't know why. When she asked all he did was point at Asriel and Chara and saying 'anomaly.' Now she understood why. She is still puzzled that they came all the way here and not have a way back. Maybe they thought that device was their way back. Emphasis on 'was.' She looked over at Asriel to see that he was laying against Toriel and beginning to fall asleep. Deciding to let him rest she told Toriel the directions to the guest bedroom. She nodded her head in thanks and picked him up and carried him to the guest bedroom so he can rest and heal. The rest of them waited for her to get back. When she did a little dragon was following her with a confused look on his face. Twilight decided to fill him in on everything real quick. When she was finished he wanted to know if he should a letter to Celestia. "Yes Spike send a letter please. We need to let her know of our guests who came out of nowhere." He nodded got out a quill and parchment and began to write the letter. When he was finished, he rolled it up and set it on fire, turning it into a sparkling ash and floating out the window. After he sent the letter he told Twilight that he was going to Carousel Boutique to help Rarity. Twilight let him go and with that he left leaving her and her guests alone. Since Asgore will be meeting the princess he decided to go with Spike to see if Rarity can make him something for the meeting. He is still technically king of the monsters so it makes sense. Twilight saw Toriel roll her eyes when Asgore left. She guessed that him and her were together at some point but not anymore. After a few minutes of awkward silence Toriel spoke, "It's a nice place you got here." "Well the way I got this place is a bit of a story," Twilight said glad the silence is broken. They chatted for a bit before Sans cut in saying there is something that's bugging him. He asked, "Do you know anything about a flower that is around? Preferably a buttercup." She was confused by what he meant until realization dawned on her. He's talking about the flower that attacked the Crusaders at their school. Now she knew why he felt something picking at him. She asked, "What is with that flower? Wanting to kill innocents for no reason. Even foals aren't safe." They heard footsteps and turned to see Asriel walking down the hall rubbing one of his eyes. "Asriel you should be resting not wondering around," informed a worried but serious Toriel. He looked at her and said, "I know mom, but something has been picking at me, like somethings wrong. I don't know why but It feels like something bad is going to happen." As if on cue a loud echoing laughter was heard outside the castle. A laugh that Frisk, Asriel, and Sans knew all too well. They all rushed outside to see Flowey in his omega form. He was destroying houses and attacking ponies while letting out another round laughter. He had gotten the souls that he wanted. > Omega Friendship > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The six could see Dash trying to ram into Flowey trying to at least cause some damage. All he did was smile even wider and grabbed her when she was making for another charge and threw her through a house. Applejack managed to lasso his TV head but that resulted in her being pulled off the ground and thrown into a market stand. It's kind of a cliche with him throwing ponies into buildings or other objects. Rarity tried to use a pitchfork that was in someone's garden but failed when Flowey grabbed her and held onto her. He proceeded to pick up Applejack and Dash. He saw Fluttershy trying to hide and grabbed her as well. He had a bit with a struggle with Pinkie because she was avoiding all of his attacks and she kept getting out of his grasp no matter how tight he held her. Eventually he manage to get a vine wrapped tightly around all of her legs. She was giggling too which made him mad. The reason why was because she thought it was a game. He turned to the castle and saw Twilight, Toriel, Frisk, Chara, Sans, and Asriel. He smiled and more vines came from his back with something in them. They were Undyne, Alphys, Asgore, and Papyrus trying to struggle to get free but to no avail. The six felt the ground rumble and vines shot out of the ground grabbing everyone except Asriel. Asriel saw that Flowey is trying to get to him by his family and friends. He ran into the town to get closer to Flowey. That was a big mistake. When he reached the psychaotic flower he was hit with Flowey's bullets. It wounded him and caused him to kneel. He heard laughter from him and looked to see him looking down on him with those eyes looking straight through the monster. It wasn't long after the laughter subsided when Flowey spoke, "Nice to see you again Asriel. Long time no see." "How are you in your omega form?!" Asriel asked not being able to sense the souls of the his friends he met when he arrived in this world. "Oh don't worry I didn't kill those pathetic creatures. I found out that my power was strong enough in this world that I'm able to use my omega form anytime I want," he explained. That shocked Asriel. Flowey should only be able to use that type of power when he has enough souls. It seems this world enhances magic greatly. His thoughts were interrupted when Flowey used his bullet attack again. It hit Asriel causing him to focus back on Flowey who attacked again with his cluster bomb attack. The monster managed to avoid most of it but still took damage from the rest. This continued with Flowey using all the attacks he had. Asriel was having trouble dodging because a lot of the attacks came out of nowhere. Many of the attacks were unavoidable. Eventually he got caught in Flowey's beam attack causing all of his hit points to be reduced to zero. He blacked out only to reawaken in his battle with Flowey meaning the giant plant LOADED back. This process repeated constantly and everyone Flowey was holding onto watched as he died over and over again. The reason they could watch Asriel die over and over again was because while Flowey is holding them they LOAD back with him. Eventually Flowey held Asriel in place and used his vine attacks to impale Asriel, then LOAD and use a beam attack, then LOAD and use the vine attack, and so on. The last beam attack was stronger than the others and caused dust to go all over the place. When he ended the attack he didn't reload. When the dust cleared what he saw shocked him. Asriel was still standing there and it looked like he was healing alarmingly fast. Flowey tried to LOAD but it failed. He kept trying and it kept failing. What he saw next scared him. Asriel had turned into his hyperdeath form. There was a difference though. The black lines on his face were a gold color. The hearts on his hyperdeath form was also gold colored. Then Flowey saw why he was able to acheive that form. Standing next to Asriel was those three fillies that helped him in the first place. Now Flowey saw the power Asriel had. He had the power to RESET the entire timeline. He decided to try and manipulate Asriel, "You are able to RESET the timeline now. It seems that is the best option seeing as all your friends are going to die." He laughed at the end of that sentence. He then felt a sharp pain on certain vines. Vines that were holding his friends and the Mane 6. "How is that possible?! You're supposed to RESET!" he yelled not wanting to be destroyed. "Don't you see. The friends I made is what gave me the power to keep going. They are what give me my strength," Asriel explained. Flowey, still unable to comprehend what's happening, launched an attack at Asriel that didn't affect him at all. He kept throwing attacks at the monster that did nothing. Eventually he stopped and accepted that he was going to did. He let Asriel do what he had to do. He closed his eyes and waited for his end. When it didn't come he willed himself to open his eyes and saw Asriel approach him. He flinched when the monster flew up to him and held out his hand. He looked at the monster puzzled. "You don't need to be afraid anymore. You don't have to live without emotions anymore. Just stop this and everything will work out in the end," Asriel said offering to give Flowey his second chance. He skeptical at first until he laid one of his vines in the monster's hand. His whole body began to glow and disappear. The light was being absorbed by the monster. When the light was gone Asriel flew over to his friends and smiled at them. They not had him back but the start of a new life for him. > Epilogue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few days had past and the two humans and seven monsters helped fix the damage Flowey caused. It was easy to fix considering that Asriel was able to help with a lot of the heavy lifting since he can fly and carry things. Eventually the whole town was repaired in no time. The Princesses arrived during reconstruction were briefed on what happened. Pinkie already had a party ready for the new guests and it is now a thank you for saving Ponyville party. They all enjoyed the treats and music Pinkie provided. The entire town a great time and congratulated Asriel for stopping Flowey. He eventually went outside because he didn't want to be constantly congratulated by the citizens of the town. He flew to the outskirts of town and sat in a small field, letting the cool breeze calm his nerves. The battle and the rebuilding had caused him some real stress. He's glad that everything ended in a good way. "Hey Asriel," a voice he recognized called out. He turned and saw his three friends trotting up to him and sat down next to him. He looked back at the moon that was high in the sky. "It's nice to you three here, but why did you come all the way out here?" he asked. "To hang out with you," Scootaloo exclaimed as if it was obvious. He laughed at the way she said it. "Yeah I guess that would make sense," he said. They sat for awhile watching the moon and stars. They were out there for quite awhile and were thinking about heading back before they heard footsteps behind them. They turned around to see Frisk, Chara, and Sans. Frisk waved at them and approached them with her two companions in tow. They sat on the other side of Asriel and watched the night sky with him and his friends. They sat in silence for awhile until Chara broke it, "I'm glad everything will somewhat be back to normal. I mean after what escalated awhile back it seems that everything may be okay. Who knows what'll happen now." "Yeah it wouldn't be bad to have sometime to rest seeing as everything should be okay," Sans replied glad everything is over and done with. They all continued to watch the stars twinkle before deciding to head back and enjoy the party. Sans let use one of his 'shortcuts' back to the party. They enjoyed the party before everyone had to turn in for the night. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The next morning the humans and monsters were on the outskirts of town with the Mane 6 and CMC. Asriel was still in his hyperdeath form. They were exchanging goodbyes with each other. "It was nice meeting you all. I'm glad you all could stay around for awhile before having to go home, "Twilight said. Toriel waved it off and replied, "Oh don't worry. I'm sure we will see each other again. It may be awhile but I'm sure we will." The others were exchanging their goodbyes as well. Asriel was exchanging his goodbyes to the friends he first made in this world, "It was nice hanging out with you three. Even though we may not see each other in awhile I hope we meet again." "I'm sure ya'll see us again," Applebloom reassured. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle nodded in agreement. They exchanged their goodbyes one last time before Asriel used the power he had to open a portal back to the human world, with the help of Gaster. Once it was opened the monsters and humans stepped through and waved before the portal closed. After it closed the Mane 6 left talking about the events that happened when those monsters and humans were here. The CMC however ran to their clubhouse to hang up a few pictures. When they got there they began to hang up pictures of them and Asriel. When he first arrived to when he helped them try to get their cutie marks. The final picture was of them while he was in his hyperdeath form. They all smiled at after all the pictures were hung up and left to try and get their cutie marks. Asriel's fate has been changed and now he will be able to live a great life without having to worry about turning into that flower ever again.