"And you just let her go!" Luna yelled at Celestia in anger, Asriel sighed and set sandwich down before focusing on his magic. Slowly his hand was coated in cyan magic only to spark and fizzle out. "Gah! How does Chara make it look so easy!" He exclaimed causing the two princess to turn to him.
"Are you alright Asriel?" Luna asked concerned.
"Yeah fine, I just don't get how Chara uses her shortcuts." he said as he rubbed his hand.
"Can you not use your sisters magic?" Celestia asked.
"I can but not as good as her. Chara is a master of all the different traits due to her Determination Soul but I'm only good with Purple, Green and Yellow magic." He said with a sigh.
"I see so your sister is the better mage between the two of you?" Celestia asked.
Asriel shook his head. "No, I'm just as good but my skills are more in defensive magic and fire magic." Asriel said. "Honestly it's just annoying since she can teleport and all that while I have to find work around since I'm a Monster."
"What does you being a Monster have any thing to do with your magic?" Luna asked as she took a sip of her soup.
"Humans have a different form of Magic than Monsters." Asriel explained. "Humans use their SOUL while monsters simply have magic like you and the unicorns. While BOSS Monsters like me can use Soul Magic like humans it's not as strong and we normally are specialized in a single field."
"So you can only use a single attribute? But you said you were proficient in three." Celestia said confused.
"While BOSS's specialize in a single field we can use more than the one we specialize in. My father could use both Orange and Yellow traits but he was specialized in Yellow Magic." Asriel paused and took a bite of his food before continuing. "Dr. G♋︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎, the former Royal Scientist Specialized in Purple SOUL Magic but he could use every type of SOUL Magic even Determination."
"I see..." Luna said and the table became silent as the princesses thought. Suddenly there was a popping sound and Chara appeared in a flash of cyan light. Celestia and Luna jumped in surprise and turned to face Chara only to stop confused as three figures appeared as well.
"Hi Celly, I'm back." She said tiredly.
"Chara... who are these..."
"Monsters." Grillby said.
"I didn't want to assume." Celestia said.
Chara sighed. "Princess Celestia, Luna, May I introduce the survivors of the Genocide Timeline. Grillby, a Fire Elemental who served in the Human Monster War. He was the cook and bartender of a restaurant by the same name. Napstablook, the Ghost, he is a excellent DJ and musician. And finally, The River Person and their Dog Boat Marbel."
Grillby took a step forward and bowed to the Princesses. "It is pleasure to meet you Princesses of Equestria."
The River Person looked around before looking at Chara. "If you will excuse us, Marbel wishes to find a river so that we might sail once more on the waters of light." They said as Marbel barked excitedly in what sounded like an agreement.
Chara nodded. "There is a near here that you can use." She said calmly.
The River Person wandered off.
Napstablook simply floated where he was quietly.
Celestia watched the group as Luna stared in surprise. After shaking her head to free clear the shock she bowed to the Fire Elemental. "Greetings Sir Grillby, it is an honor to meet you."
Grillby rose calmly with a chuckle. "No need for the sir Princess, I haven't been a soldier in many Millennia." He said before tilting his head in thought. "However, I would not mind serving once more." He pondered.
"If you are willing I could instate you as Charas personal guard." Celestia said with a smile.
Grillby nodded. "I shall consider it your Majesty." He said with a bow.
At Celestias and Luna 's exchange occurred Luna had shaken herself from her surprise and approached Napstablook. "Chara said you were a musician, what kind of music?" She asked the ghost.
"Oh, i-it's j-jus-st s-some r-remixes and mix tapes." Napstablook said quickly
"My I listen?" She asked the ghost curiously.
Napstablook hesitated before nodding. "O-Okay. He said as he removed his headphones and placed them on Lunas ears."
"What are these devices?" Luna asked confused.
"T-they're c-called headphones, they can-n be plugged into some devices to project sound. They're used when you don't want to bother others with what you're listening to." Napstablook explained as he hit play on his music player.
Luna listened to the music and slowly closed her eyes and smiled. "Tis good." She said happily. "I would like to hear more when I can." She said as she handed the headphones back to him when the song ended. Napstablook blushed and nodded slowly as he took them back.
Asriel slowly rose and approached Chara a concerned look on his face. "Chara are you okay?" He asked concerned.
Chara watched Grillby and Napstablook talked to Celestia and Luna for a moment before turning to him with tears running down her face. "I'm fine Azzy, no need to worry about me." She said.
Asriel pulled Chara into a hug. "It's be okay, we'll fix this, I promise." He said quietly as he rubbed her back.
Chara hesitated before buried her head in her brother chest as tears fell faster and sobs began to come forth. The two simply stood there for a moment till Chara slowly pulled away and looked at her brother. "Look at as," She said with a mirthless chuckle. "An Arbiter who failed to pass judgement and a Reaper who failed to kill." Chara began to laughed again as Asriel pulled her back into the hug only this time tears fell from his eyes as well, they had failed.
Slowly the occupants in the room began to notice Chara and Asriel crying. Celestia moved to comfort them but Grillby placed a hand on her shoulder stopping her. When Celestia turned to him he simply shook his head. "They need time." He said.
Luna slowly walked over to the group with Napstablook following. "Where did Chara get that jacket and scarf?" She asked the Fire Elemental.
"That jacket belonged to a close friend of Charas, Comic Sans Skeleton. He was the Judge of the Underground and Charas partner, he was also one of her closest friends." Grillby said sadly.
"And the Scarf?" She asked.
"Sans's brother, Papyrus Skeleton. He was perhaps the most innocent being on the world." Grillby said as regret slipped in to his voice. "Charas relationship with Sans and Papyrus was a deep one as they were all raised together. Asriel may be her brother but Sans, Papyrus and their father were like family to her."
"Who was their Father?" Luna asked.
"Dr. W. D. G♋︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎, The Royal Scientist of the Underground." Grillby said before he calmly walked over to the two children and knelt down to comfort them.
Several hours later Celestia and Luna sat in their office compiling all their notes on the two siblings. After the sounds of shuffling papers and the scratching of quills ended Celestia rubbed a hoof on her forehead. "I think we've finally piece together Charas story." She said.
Luna nodded. "Indeed, and what we have have learned isn't pretty." She replied with a sighed. "When Chara was born she was immediately outcast due to her appearance and beaten severely often by the village she lived in."
"At some point she ran to Mt. Ebott and entered the Underground where she was found and adopted by the Royal Family of the Monsters, the Dreemurrs." Celestia continued. "Due to the threat that Humans posed Chara and her adoptive brother were trained in combat and became either the best or among the best that the kingdom had and were given the titles of Arbiter and Reaper."
Luna picked up again. "During this time time she was also discovered to be a prodigy in both Magic and Academics and was trained by the Royal Scientist, a Skeleton by the name W. D. G-something.
On a side note, every time his name is spoken Chara uses a different language and if others say it the name is somehow blurred so his full name is name is unknown.
Anyway, Doctor G had two children, Comic Sans Skeleton and Papyrus Skeleton, They grew to be extremely close to Chara and had a near family relationship with each other."
Celestia nodded. "The rest of my notes are simple speculation from the small bits of information that we've gained." She said.
"Just read them sister." Luna said with a sigh.
Celestia nodded, cleared her throat and continued. "After Chara completed her tutelage she went on to work as a scientist for Dr. G and worked with him, Sans and a small team on a experiment that went very wrong. The resulting accident lead to Dr. G falling into into a place called the Void and being shattered across time and space."
Celestia sighed and rubbed her forehead again only this time it was to dissuade the headache she was feeling from growing worse and looked at Luna. "At this point whatever happened could be considered the catalyst of everything after it."
Luna nodded. "Chara devised a desperate plan that required her to be poisoned and when she died Asriel absorbed her soul and went to the surface. Something went wrong with the plan and Asriel returned to the Underground where he died, Chara became trapped as a form of spirit and eventually a Human child fell down and she attached herself to them. The Child however was controlled by some sort of creature or thing that Chara called, PLAYER. PLAYER committed genocide upon the Monsters till Chara somehow broke free and created a new body." She said finishing the notes.
Celestia nodded. "Yes, at this point we have an almost full story but we are still missing several pieces and they are crucial to understanding what happened."
Luna nodded in agreement. "We need to know what the project was that resulted in this Dr. G's death and what truly happened to him." Luna said.
"Another thing we need to look into is what happened to the actual science team that worked on the project. We know Chara was part the team and from what we've heard Sans was probably part of the project as well." Celestia said as she thought.
Luna frowned at that. "Chara is rather quiet when her the subject brought up, I don't think asking about this will give us any information." She said.
Celestia looked at Luna in confusion. "What do you mean by quiet?" She asked.
"Chara hasn't said anything about the project unless she is pressed or she needs to explain something and even then she gives as little information about the project as possible." Luna explained as she turned to her sister.
"But everything we know has been given to us by Chara herself." Celestia protested.
"Sister what do we know about this project? Tell me everything." Luna said as she glared at her sister.
Celestia tilted he head and thought for a moment. "Her mentor and teacher Dr. G worked on it, there was a small team that assisted and she was apart of it, it was some sort of machine, something happened and the device malfunctioned, It was due to this malfunction that Dr. G was trapped in the Void." Celestia said.
"What was the device designed to do?" Luna asked. Celestia opened her mouth to answer but stopped and thought. "What went wrong?" She asked again as Celestia began to look down. "Do we even know what it was called?" Luna asked as Celestia looked down sadly.
"I see what you are saying Luna." Celestia said quietly. "The only information she has given was when we asked who she spoke to her first day here." She sighed. "Perhaps we could ask Asriel if he knows.
Luna shrugged. "We could try but I doubt he has anything we haven't figured out." Luna said with a sigh.
"We could still ask Chara." Celestia said.
Luna shook her head. "There is something about this whole thing that makes me feel like she won't say anything. She said as she lay her head down on the table.
Celestia rubbed her eyes. "Let's try again and figure this out, from the top..."
Chara lay in her bed trying to get to sleep. She was exhausted and drained but no matter how much she tried to get comfortable or relaxed she simply couldn't sleep. Chara sighed and rose from her bed. Quietly she walked over to her cloths and changed out of her pajamas and into her normal cloths. With a sigh she walked over to the door and opened it just as she pulled on Sans's jacket, only to find a guard standing at the door.
"Princess, you should be in bed." The guard said surprised.
"I'm going out, if anyone asks where I'm going then tell them I'm out." Chara said as she wrapped Papyrus's scarf around her neck.
"I'm sorry but it's late and I must insist that you not go out this late without a guard escort." The guard said hesitantly.
Chara sighed. "Were I go, you can't follow." Chara said as she snapped her fingers and disappeared in a flask of cyan fire.
Chara reappeared in a small laboratory. The room was small with only a counter with a few drawers and a broken machine that was covered by a curtain. Chara walked over to the drawers and opened them searching for the blueprints which she found in the forth one however as she was about to close it she stopped and pulled out a picture.
Chara smiled as she looked at the picture. It had been the only one taken of the team and it was taken right before the accident. Chara frowned as memories long buried surfaced. She tried to repress them, to push them back down but they continued.
"Hurry we have to stabilize it!"
"I-I'm slipping help!"
"Kid, NO!" Chara screamed as she launched forward reaching for something that was lost only to slam into the wall. Chara gasped as the pain brought her out of the memory and she looked to the machine. "Right, let's get to work." She said as she went over to a hidden coat closet and pulled out a lab coat with the name Chara on it. She then walked over to the machine and began to work.