"JUST LET ME WIN!"

"I'm so alone, Chara."

"I'm so afraid, Chara."

"Chara, I..."

"I..."

"I'm so sorry..."

A child was crying in the darkness. Another child in a striped shirt walked up to him and gave him a small smile. They went and hugged the crying child, and in surprise he hugged back. They hugged for who knows how long.

"Ha... Ha... I don't want to let go..."

Suddenly, Frisk got an idea.

They could get the monsters a happy ending.

They could repay their sins from last timeline, an uncomfortable memory showing vividly.

"S h o u l d  b e  b u r n i n g  i n  h e l l."

"Frisk, what are you doing?" They heard Chara ask. They had grown a strong bond, but... Frisk had to do this.

Frisk let go. "You have the six human souls. You just need one more..." Frisk made their own red soul glow. Asriel widened his eyes.

"N- No! I- I can't after what I've done!" Asriel began to cry again. Frisk handed him the soul, knowing that they'd never be able to return to their body if Asriel used it to break the barrier.

"We have to do this. You'll save the monsters."

Silence.

"I'm sorry. O- Ok."

Frisk fell limp and Asriel released the monster souls. The barrier shattered. Everyone went to the surface, free. Asriel met up with Toriel and Asgore, met with teary eyes. Everyone asked where Frisk was. A voice was heard speaking in the darkness besides Frisk's body.

"You're filled with determination!"

"The lost souls appeared."

...

"...Lost soul."

"Your third reset, and you did this."

"Why'd you give him your soul?"

"What about your friends?"

"What about your family?"

Chara was knelt by Frisk's body, crying.

"What about me?"

The monsters lived in peace on the surface. But the human who helped save them was dead.

And one that barely existed cried before his body.

Happy birthday Undertale!