Darkness.

Darkness everywhere.

A small light appeared in the darkness.

It formed into the light of where I had disappeared.

I assumed I would be gone for all eternity, but here I was, back again.

Chara appeared next to me as one of the flowers began to... move?  I wasn't sure what was going on.

Flowers don't move.  Not on their own.  Sure, the echo flowers in Waterfall could talk, but the only way they moved was if they got hit by a small breeze.

Chara was confused.  "... I'm still here...?"

The flower froze and looked at us.  "Chara?  Askush?"

I jumped.  It could talk, just like the echo flowers!  But this wasn't an echo flower, and it didn't repeat what Chara said.  It said its own words.  It said our names.

Chara looked at the flower and nodded. 

It had a face.  The face turned into Asriel's face.

"It's me, Asriel!  Your best friend!"

Asriel.  ... Asriel?  But... Asriel was dead... did he somehow reincarnate as a flower?

"Azzie?  ...both of you?" Chara said, confused.

Asriel nodded.  I just smiled slightly, glad to see my friends again.

She hugged us both... well, for Asriel, it was more of a fake hug since she was still a ghost and he was now a flower.  I hugged back, but Asriel didn't.

"...I can't feel anything..."

Chara hesitated.  My ears went back.

"...this is not good..." I muttered.

"Not good at all..." Chara agreed quietly.

Asriel seemed less friendly than usual all of a sudden.

"...Azzie, are you okay..?" Chara asked.

"...I don't know..." Asriel muttered.

Chara "hugged" him again.  He hesitated, confused.

"What are you doing?"

Chara hesitated.  "...hugging..remember...?"

Asriel's confused expression grew.

"..you used to do it a lot.." Chara continued.

"Why would I do that?"

"...because it's a nice thing to do...don't you remember...?"

Something was clearly not right.  Chara looked worried.

"What??" Asriel said, confused.

"You're not acting like yourself..." Chara muttered.

"What are you talking about?  I've always acted like this..."

"No you haven't..."

I nodded in agreement with Chara.  Sure, I didn't get to really know Asriel that long, but I could see the way he acted, especially towards Chara.  The two of them were as close as siblings.

Chara tried getting Asriel to remember his true self, but his confused expression grew and turned into more of a disgusted expression as he listened.

"...really...what's going on..." Chara muttered.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Asriel said. 

Chara continued to try to get him to remember, but nothing worked.  He rolled his eyes.

I was nervous.

Chara was worried.

This was not good.

This was really bad.