Dreamer Adventures

-Mindscape-

As the child opened her eyes, she was greeted by a boundless expanse of purple electricity, pink veins, and a floor that mimicked the shape and texture of the human mind.

“Welcome to my brain, I made it look like this because if you saw what it really was you'd lose your shit.” He joked as he spins around on a heel with arms wide open.

“Well it can't be as bad as mine being the underground…” Chara snarked as a glitch happened within her mindscape form.

For a split second, the expanse had shifted to look more like the aged stone of an ancient castle, vines slithering across the walls

The world had reverted, once again an expanse of mental synapses.

“Homey, so how bout giving me a run down on how you do things.”

“Well I just will what I want into existence and it happens, my power mostly relies on my determination and I used to be able to use the Black Soul trait till it was repressed…” Chara said making a knife construct out of determination and having it float around her before several others came into existence as they lazily spin around their creator like a bladed Shield.

Azure waved his arm, several golden blades forming around him. “The skills of an Ascendant, though I've taken a few liberties. We can start by seeing if you can handle high strung magic.”

He began to rifle through a vast inventory, stopping at an image of a swirling pillar. A scroll appeared in his hand which he then tossed to Chara.

“Read it, it'll give you full knowledge of the spell and how to cast it. Hold it for thirty seconds.”

“But I don't have magic!” Chara yelled out wondering how any spell would work for her and a little angry at herself for not being a mage. Her body started glitching rapidly in the mindscape.

“Everyone has magic.” Azure's voice boomed, forcibly stabilizing her glitched form. “Especially when you've been in contact with Equestria for so long. You'd have been dead otherwise. Now cast the spell.” He ordered more than asked.

“But I know for a fact I don't have magic!” Chara says loudly as she tries to cast the spell for emphasis.

Azure began circling her, hand on his chin and sizing up the child so to speak. “Hmm… you handle these knives so diligently. What powers them? From where do you draw your will?” He stops, idly taking a knife in his grasp.

“I use my soul for my power.” Chara says as a red ethereal heart appeared above her chest and Azure could sense the power coming off of it, he could tell that it was a never-ending source of power.

“Yeah that'd do it…” He took a step back as several more icons began flying past him, stopping at the image of a bunny like creature hitting the ground.

Another scroll appeared in his hand, tossing it to Chara the same way he tossed the last. “Meteorbak is a personal favorite as it defies the laws of physics and relativity. Try it.” Chara took the spell and read it before trying to do the spell.

“This one relies entirely on one's spiritual force. It kinda has too for what it does.” Azure explained with an easy smile and a tilt of his hand and head.

He pulled out a shield, crouching down to cover as much of himself as he possibly could. “Fire when ready, or don't. It's your time after all.” Chara immediately fired off the spell and aimed it at Veronica as payback for taking away her fluffy doggy.

The mental image of Veronica being pelted in the face by the moglin of ebil himself seemed to cause an echo within the mindscape. After several seconds, a knock was heard as Veronica's voice echoed out.

“Some furball just knocked me into the ground! What the fuck is going on in there!?”

“Did… you just defy the laws of the universe?” Azure asked a giggling Chara with a shocked expression. “I mean… sure she's connected to me, but you should not have been able to affect the outside world…”

“my soul is all about flipping the universe the bird and telling logic to bend over.” chara said through her Giggles as she once again cast the spell with the same Target in mind.

“Veronica, eight o’clock!” Azure shouted, a mental image of the vampire dodging appeared briefly. “Stay on guard and keep your ears open, I don't want you getting hurt!” The mental image seemed to look at Azure, nodding.

“Okay, no Mana pool, but your soul makes up for it… the soul…” He snaps as he once again rifles through his inventory, revealing a pair of blackened gauntlets lined with silver and adorned with shining black pearls.

“The gauntlets of a soul-weaver. True, like any mancer armor it needs magic, but you don't, which means it won't.” Azure explained as he presented the gauntlets to Chara. “Yes, they will shrink to your size.”

Chara took the gauntlets and put them on absent-mindedly sending another spell at Veronica.

“Please stop attacking her,” Azure asked. “You know she can kill you right?”

Once the gauntlets had shrunk, the pearls had taken on a red hue as they reshaped into hearts. Two ethereal kitchen knife shaped blades formed from the hearts.

“Huh, that seems to be a thing with you…”

“What? it's my go-to weapon, haven't you seen Undertale?” Chara says if it was a foregone conclusion.

“Under what?” Azure asked thoroughly confused. “Is that where your power comes from?”

“I am a displaced of the character from undertale that crashes your game after you commit a genocide run. a lot of people see Chara as the bad guy from undertale.” Chara says looking away.

“I don't… I don't follow… what year is it?” Azure asks, seeming rather unsure if himself.

“I can't actually remember the date I was displaced.” Chara says as she started concentrating really hard.

Azure began tapping his chin. “Look, I don't know what Undertale is, it didn't exist back then.” He was rather miffed, but a light bulb appeared above his head. “I don't… she does…”

Azure began going through a folder labeled “Flandre’s Memories”, skimming through the unimportant data until a screen popped up with the word Undertale. A red heart decorating it's R. “Okay… not what I was expecting…”

“Every Charas powers are different, so that Charas powers are going to be a little different from mine.” Chara says with a lecturing tone of voice.

“Faaan tastic…” He groaned as he plunged his hand into the screen before him, several images flashing across the screen. Sometimes a string would appear in short bursts, other times some scenes would play out in reverse… it all seemed to come to a head when the screen stopped at a pixelated image of a malformed Chara.

“Please tell me that's normal.” Azure pleaded, more so out of annoyance than any actual fear.

“I honestly don't know at this point but that usually happens when Chara, the,‘ original I mean, attacks’ the player after a genocide run.” Chara says as she looked at the malformed face and wondering if she could pull off the scary face.

A loud screech began to tear at the screen, several lines of code cascading in and around the pixelated monstrosity. “Is that normal!?” Azure yelled, now more than a little worried as he backed away.

Before anyone could move, the screen began to fold in on itself as it became an inky mass. Writhing and bubbling, contracting and expanding.

“Close it! close it now!!!” Chara said as she poured determination through her gauntlets and blasted the hatred through the window.

Azure's eyes flared with blue light as the screen was struck by several bones. The event horizon had been subjugated, and the screen returned to displaying the logo.

“Son of a Protestant whore! What the flying fuck was that bullshit!!?” Azure cried, eyes fixed upon the screen and arms raised in preparation for retaliation.

“That would be another Universe consumed by the black soul trait…” Chara said with a grim look on her face although she felt something stur in her shadow but calmed down as soon as the portal was closed.

“I… do not want to know… but unfortunately…” Azure sighed, lowering his arms and relaxing his tense body. “I need to know, and I'd rather ask you then IT.”

“The black soul trait is HATE, it is the most volatile and versatile of the Soul energies and can only be produced by someone who feels a lot of hate for something… for example I had a lot of hatred for myself… it feeds on determination. I'm only lucky enough to have an infinite Supply or it would have devoured me whole a long time ago, but thanks to Fluttershy and her friends along with Celestia and Luna, my black soul trait was suppressed although it did wreck my emotional control.” Chara went on a long lecture. “you can actually fight it with a super powerful Green Soul also known as a kindness soul.” Chara finished with an afterthought

“What I did… what was that? It's not a skill I know, and I fear returning to that data stream.” Azure asked, curiosity held within still blazing eyes.

“Well it's not a Skill, it's a manifestation of a defining trait as every human in the undertale universes have a prominent trait of their soul and mine is determination. there are seven Natural Soul traits and two unnatural ones, the two unnatural Soul traits are HATE and FEAR.” Chara says unconsciously shivering when she said fear.

“What is left to fear but Fear itself…” Azure muttered coldly.

“the pink Soul trait can rip the souls out of people and then absorb them to feed herself…” Chara says as image of Betty flashes through her mind.

This caught Azure's attention, his eyes flaring ever brighter. “Herself? A child pretending to play reaper?”

“A little girl that was made to kill the red soul trait and to destroy any sense of happiness that the monsters could have gotten.” Chara growls out the last part her eyes flashing bright red as her Shadow starts moving and her body starts glitching.

“Easy, easy…” Azure whispered as he put a hand on Chara's head. “It's time for your training to truly begin.”

“I'm not going to like it one bit am I?” Chara ask casting her new spell one more time at Veronica.

An image of her backhanding the offending moglin flickered.

“No… I guess not.” Something seemed to take over Azure, the flare in his eyes never having settling. He blinked, his eyes having become nothing more than endless voids adorned with tiny white wisps. “Today begins an important lesson… letting go of baser emotions, letting go of Hatred… and embracing nothing.”

The wisps we're now gone, leaving behind blackened sockets filled with a never ending fire.

“The hell are you talking about, my emotions are two of the base ingredients of my power!?” chara yelled out thinking that this was a very bad idea.

He simply walked slowly to the child, hands at his hips until he knelt down before her. “Humans… always so quick to scare…” He began to raise his right hand, the scale, fur, and flesh drifting away until a bony finger poked just where Chara's heart would be.

“This, is the source of your power. Emotions are just a by product…” He then took her armored hands in his own, now skeletal, hands. “Close your mind, open your heart.” Chara's eyes were twitching as she felt the sudden need to smack him.

‘How was one supposed to open their heart unless they were dissecting it’ Chara thought to herself.

Azure began to rise, more of his body degrading to reveal bone, he walked several paces backwards as a haunting melody began to echo.

“You are strong child… but I am beyond strength. I am the end…”

“Well I normally give you the finger whenever I die and Rewind time so now I have a face to go with the person I'm giving the bird to.” Chara says with a smirk and putting her hands on her hips.

Without warning, sharpened bone impaled her through her spine.

“And I have come for you!” Azure had disappeared, in his absence, a sea of bone had begun to rupture through the foundations of the mindscape, collapsing it and revealing a bitter world. Fractured and broken by the unforgivable light of a molten sun, and the chilling shroud of a blackened moon.

Chara immediately surrounded herself with a barrier of determination. Several cracks had begun to run along the barrier, a cloaked figure now having descended upon Chara with unrelenting force.

“You still think in a battle of hearts… close your mind… let your soul be your guide…” A voice echoed as the barrier gained more cracks against the assault. Unfortunately for The Voice Chara was a lot more stubborn than anyone The Voice had ever met because Chara kept on pouring more and more determination even as she felt blood starting to drip from her nose.

Chara was thusly struck from below, soaring ever higher until a massive bone struck her into another, which did much the same. Pinballing her midair.

“Let go… empty your mind and focus upon the inner workings of your heart…”

“You think a little thing like pain is going to stop me!?” Chara yelled out as she whipped out chords of determination to slash in all directions hoping to tear apart whoever was taunting her.

Unfortunately, all the chords had managed to do was wrap around whatever bone they struck. Chara poured more determination to crush or slice through whatever was holding her cables of determination even if she felt more blood Ooze from her nose and start to Ooze from her ears.

“Hmm… This may take longer than I thought.” A golden figure had appeared before Chara, a staff held in its left hand and an orb in its right. An icy flame flaring from where it's eyes would be.

In a blink, Chara found herself no worse for wear and Azure kneeling before her.

“You failed, didn't you?” He asked, still holding her hands.

“I fought with everything I had until I started to melt…” Chara whispered, horrified at what happened to her body as she curled up into a ball on the ground.

Shaking his head, Azure simply took the child in his arms as he sung a song, gently rocking her back and forth.

“Oh where oh where can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me…” Azure simply put himself in the moment, hoping that the child would understand the act of one “opening their heart”.

“Feeling any better?” He finally asked of the child.

“A little…” Chara whispered as she was beating herself up over not having control of her emotions like usual.

“I was too quick to test you, the severity of the situation with Asriel clouded my judgement,” Gently, Azure had put Chara back on her feet and gave a short bow. “I apologise.”

“It's alright you don't have to apologize I'm just still screwed up after my hatred was suppressed.”Chara said looking down in guilt at not being able to control herself.

“That's why we're here, because you rely too much on emotion to fuel your strength.” Azure stated as he gestured to Chara's new gauntlets. “It's why I gave you the spirit looms, to tap into the truth of the heart and soul. To tap into the boundless power of emptiness.”

“but that's not how my Powers work! My Powers work with determination AKA the more determined I am the more powerful my attacks!” Chara said, trying to get it through to her new friend that her powers didn't work like he was trying to get her to use them.

He began to contemplate, a curious expression on his face. “Hmm, that's quite the conundrum and quite the drawback.”

Several images began to appear, diagrams of humans in various stages of peace and anger as well as several feats of strength accomplished in said states.

“As a human being, you should be able to draw upon mu, yet you're physically unable to do so…” He brought out the Undertale folder once more, several bones attaching themselves to the screen once it appeared again.

“There's got to be something I'm not getting…” He shook his head, dispelling the data and summoning a rather large bone.

“Focus your determination through the looms, and try and crack the bone.” Azure asked of Chara.

Chara did exactly as he asked focusing all of her determination she could into the Looms finding that it felt natural like they were a part of her. Chara snapped her fingers and caused millions of bright red glowing kitchen knives to appear behind her ready to strike and pointed towards Azure.

“Fucking finally…” Azure whispered with a smile. The knives had all shot off at an alarming speed. Each blade singing as they tore through the air, and though some had missed Azure entirely… somehow… others had managed to impale or slice along the bone.

“Bravo,” Azure cheered as he began to clap. “Now how'd that feel?”

“It felt natural and easier.” Chara said reluctantly as she dismissed the knives.

“Good, hope you get used to it, cause now I'm gonna try and kill you again.” He said with a friendly smile.

“haha no.” Chara said before trying to exit the mindscape as melting once a day was enough for her.

“Alright alright, I'll cut ya loose. I have to work with Asriel anyway since he's the one who payed for you to be here.” He said jokingly, the world blinking from existence.

-Everfree-

As the two awoke, the first thing either noticed was Asriel frantically shaking Chara, ranting and raving about blood that did or didn't exist

“Wake up already you flabbergasting pain in my rear!!” Chara groaned and rolled over batting at his hands. “Ah! Cold! Why are you cold!?” Asriel cried as he backed away and noticed Chara's new “gloves”.

“Dude… you can swear, none of us give a shit.” Azure said as he began to open his eyes.

“I would if I fragging could! Fruit flavored water nozzle! Aaagh!” Asriel yelled in frustration. Chara giggled showing she was not asleep.

Azure chuckled, wincing as Veronica had attempted to run her fist through Chara’s face…only for her fist to slam into a green heart shaped Shield that didn't even look fazed

“Damn brat…” The vampire spat as she instead turned to focus upon Azure. Pouncing upon him while biting at his clavicle.

“You're gonna hurt your teeth if you keep doing that.” Azure teased as he began running a hand along her wing.

The girl simply giggled, straddling the man as she resumes her biting.

“Uh… is she wearing anything down there?” Asriel asked.

“Slut!” Chara yelled out sitting up and giggling. Her response was a middle finger, Veronica not at all looking back as she was far too engrossed in her biting.

“Wow, really mature flipping off a child… what's your next achievement taking candy from a baby?” Chara says trying to be a smartalec towards Veronica once again casting her new favorite spell directly at Veronica.

This time however, it was Azure who blocked the screaming projectile with a kite shield. “You are having way too much fun with that…”

“What can I say, it's fun!” Chara said through her giggling as she got up and dusted off her clothes.

Azure tapped his lover on her waist, eliciting a groan from her as she got off of him and began fixing her armor. “You're gonna let me bite you one of these days right?” She asks of her property.

“Maybe,” He got back up into a lotus position and motioned for Asriel. “Ready?” He asked of the goat child.

“So long as I'm the only one going in…” Asriel mumbled as he took a seat upon the dirt, looking to Chara to ensure she would allow him his privacy… for once. When he looked over at her he saw her creeping up behind him with a smile on her face that screamed ‘I'mma cuddle you while you're in there’.

“Answer!” Azure called out. “Stranger danger protocol!” The elemental snickered as several strands of his hair began lifting Chara into the air.

“I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going!” Chara yelled out as she struggled against the hair.

“I assure you, you haven't seen enough.” Answer calmly replied. This only cause Chara to struggle even more as she had a panicked expression on her face, her very Soul started lashing out at the hair slicing pieces of it off.

“Oh dear, I may have struck a nerve…” The elemental mutters as he set the child back down, calling for wolves to bring tea. As soon as Chara was on the ground three different Shields appeared around her, two green and one red as she curled up in a ball inside.

“Is she gonna be alright?” Azure asked, a worried look upon his face.

“She's been like this ever since Luna had everyone go into her brain… I'd say one of you should get Pinkie to make a cake or something, it usually gets her back on her feet.”

The pair looked back, watching as a pair of wolves tried to give Chara a pot of tea and a teacup upon a saucer, all while Answer and Veronica began playing violins and none of it had any effect on Chara, she just curled up into a tighter ball, The Shield's growing ever stronger.

“Girl's got baggage…” Azure whispered. Groaning, he slapped his palm against his face and pulled out a small pendant. With a click, the pendant began vibrating until a voice echoed forth.

“Sugar Cube Forge, everything you never knew you wanted!” Pinkie exclaimed, several hammer strikes against an anvil accentuating her words.

“Uh… I need cake?” Azure asked. Pinkie began to hum, contemplating the quisitive order.

“Ohh… so that's why I made that cake! Huh, girl’s got baggage.”

“Tell me about it.” Azure and Asriel chorused.

“Bout what?”

Both Asriel and Azure held each other as they jumped into the sky in surprise. The pink party pony tilting her head in confusion. “What? What I do?”

“Nothing… where's the… cake.” Before the group was a massive chocolate covered behemoth, lined with the fluffiest whipped cream, and topped with an unrealistically large cherry.

“So… you two have a plan?” Pinkie asked, unhooking a rope from a harness. “Because I don't think she's too happy…”

The pair looked back, the shields having grown larger, thicker and decorated with several spikes.

“Yeah that's bad,” Asriel commented. “Maybe I sho-” Of course, he never got to finish his thought as Azure, as a wolf, began a brisk trot to Chara. Cake in toe.

“No daddy please don't.” Chara whispered over and over in manttra as she crying.

“I'm terribly sorry, I was inconsiderate to her-” Answer began chastising himself, only to stop as Azure laid a paw on his leg and gave a soft whine.

The wolf stared intently at the massive barrier, sniffing at the red portion of the barrier. It smelled like determination, and the green ones smelled of kindness.

Nodding to himself, the wolf began to trace a paw along the barrier, wary of the spikes as a soft blue aura began to hum around him. An emblem of three pearls held together by crescents in a triangular pattern began to shine brightly from his forehead.

'And the only thing that brings me back…’ Azure muttered in wolfish.

The red barrier began to shine blue, the spikes upon it retracting as the green portions of the barrier began to do the same.

'Is love.’ The barrier opened just enough for the wolf to pull the cake within. Gently whining a doggish whine, Azure began to squirm into the child's arms, licking away their tears. Chara buried her face into the dog she was now hugging trying very hard to bury the memories again. Chara soon begin opening her eyes again as the memories were once again repressed.

Her vision was graced by a happily panting wolf… and a massive twenty foot cake. She continue cuddling the dog ignoring the cake for a bit as she just wanted something to snuggle with as the dog cape off the feeling of safety and warm. “Thank you for trying to cheer me up.”

Azure barked, wagging his tail back and forth as he buried his muzzle into Chara.

“Uh… knock knock?” Asriel whispered, unsure of whether or not he should disturb his only friends in the multiverse. Chara focused and the shield started to drop before Asriel was pulled into the bundle of fur and human.

“I shee your phine… now if you look uph, you'll shee the kek we brut you…” Asriel said while currently smothered. even after asriel said this it took 10 minutes before Chara let both of them go. And after that she started to eat on the cake making loud nomming sounds.

“Quick, while she's busy…” Azure whispered, now half out of his wolf form.

The pair began to settle into cross legged lotus positions, focusing as their minds became one