"Chara."  Her name silenced the room, some shivering at the name, others staring out into the distance remembering the difficult past with her.  When Papyrus came back into the house we tried out best at cheerful banter, but one by one we each went to bed, hoping sleep would make this all a dream.

After a few hours of laying on the couch, staring at the ceiling, I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep.  I sat up and carefully navigated my way past the sleeping bodies and out the door.  I walked a little ways into the tree line before stopping to lean against a tree and take a couple of deep breaths.  I had to find some way to warn Toriel without (y/n) finding out.  She had only heard stories about Chara, but the less she knew the better.  Suddenly I could feel the same ripple in the air as I did before.  Everyone could feel it, but only I knew what it truly was, a ripple in time.  In the air I could hear a distinct laugh.  Anyone would have mistaken it for crazy, mad, insane, but it wasn't.  No, it wasn't crazy, but manipulative, calculating, and filled with cruel intelligence.

"Chara where the hell are you?"

"Oh I'm here Sans."  Her voice was off to my left.  "Yet I am also here."  This time it came from in front of me but to my right.  "And even here."  It was right behind me, making the hair on my neck stand on end.  I turned slowly, but saw nothing.

"Chara, show yourself."

"Oh but my dear Sans, you should know that I can't.  I'm everywhere Sans, because I'm not really here at all.  I'm a memory, a ghost, a phantom of you past; yet I am very much real.  I'm just not strong enough yet."

"When will you be strong enough?"  I could feel my left eye glowing as blue magic surrounded my left hand.  "Or can I fight you now and banish you back to the past?"  Her laugh came again from a different place, some where above me.

"You probably could.  You are the strongest monster in the Underland and Overland, but I don't think that you would want to do that."

"And why's that?"

"Because."  The voice finally came to a stop in front of me.  "I have something of yours, Sans.  Or, I guess, more like someone."  Chara laughter faded away as I tore through the trees back to the house.  As I burst through the doors everyone was still there, sleeping soundly.  That meant only two people could be missing, one being the person I cared about the most.

(Y/n).

A/N: Hello hello! I'm sorry I haven't updated in months. School just got way too busy for me and I couldn't keep up. I have decided to change my updates to monthly, that way it would be easier for me to keep up with the updates once the school year kicks back up.

These updates will always be on the second Tuesday of the month from here on out. I hope you guys understand and won't be too mad at me. If you're interested, I'm entering a story in the Wattys2017 called Beware the Ides of March. Feel free to check it out!

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