//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 - Demons Like You Should be Burning in Hell // Story: Lost Dreamer // by Arceaion //------------------------------// 547 years BNM Chara's Age: 433 years old A guard in battered armor ran through the town as fast as he could, when he reached the gates of the castle he stumbled to a stop before the two guards stationed at it and gasped for breath. "I bring a message from Pon Andrea’s City." He gasped out. "I must see the Princesses immediately!" The guards looked at each other for a moment before the one on the left nodded and the gates opened. The guard nodded and took several deep breaths before running through the gates. As he entered the castle he followed the path to the throne room. When he reached the doors he saw a line of petitioners and sighed before running to the front earning several angry yells. "End of the Line please." The guard at the doors said. The guard gasped for a moment before looking at the guard. "We have an Epsilon in Pon Andrea’s." The Guard said before collapsing. The guard at the door froze his eyes widening. Epsilon was one of twenty four classification codes that the Princesses had implemented three hundred years ago, each of the twenty four codes meant different situations however their were six codes that all guards had drilled into their heads: Alpha, Delta, Epsilon, Eta, Psi, and Omega. Each of these codes was drilled in to them from day one as well as the appropriate actions for each. The Code Epsilon was used when a Breach from Tartarus Prison occurred and the prisoner was spotted. Appropriate action for situation: In form the Princesses and then Pray to Faust for salvation. The guard picked up the nearly unconscious guard in his magic and opened the doors before quickly walking in. As the Guard entered throne room he saw a pony standing before the raised thrones of the princesses talking about something. Calmly he approached his eyes wandering to the two figures standing beside the princesses. Beside Luna stood the High Commander of the Guard Chara Dreemurr, the Arbiter of Underground. Chara had a brown mane or as she called it hair on her head and nowhere else, pale white skin, and red eyes that glowed with a strange form of magic, around her eyes were strange tattoo like lines the glowed with the same strange magic. She wore a gray turtleneck under a green winter jacket with black fur around the hood, around her neck hung a gold heart locket that was slightly covered by a long black scarf that reached past her waist. Her pants were brown with metal armor on the knees and her boots were heavy combat boots with metal plates on them. The Commanders weapon was a knife that glowed with a red blade and white handle that could change its form. On her shoulder sat a phoenix that looked as if it was a made of embers and ash. Next to Celestia stood Chara's brother, High Commander Asriel Dreemurr, the Reaper Prince of the Underground. Asriel was a tall bipedal Goat, with white fur and black tattoos that covered his body. He wore a set of purple robes with a heavy black chest plate emblazoned with a symbol known as the Delta Rune. Asriel was known for duel wielding a pair of swords made from his magic known as Chaos Sabers. As the guard approached the thrones of the princesses the two Commanders looked up Chara's glowing red while Asriels gave off a faint rainbow light. "What is it Guard?" Chara asked. "This Guard has issued an Epsilon in Pon Andrea’s." The Guard causing the Princesses to freeze and their commanders to look at each other. "All petitioners are to be sent away immediate, Chara see what you can do for the guard we need a full report." Luna said. "Guard, please send all petitioners away and alert all forces of the Epsilon." Celestia said and the Guard bowed before setting the passed out Guard down and leaving the room with and the angry and protesting stallion that had been petitioning. Chara looked at the guard before her eye changed to green and she raised her hand causing a faint glow to surround the passed out guard. The guard groaned and opened his eyes to see his senior officer standing above him. Quickly he moved to rise and give a salute but fell to the floor and groan. "I'd suggest you not move too much, your body is physically exhausted." Chara said. The stallion nodded and Luna approached. "What's the situation guard?" She asked. The Guard gulped. "I'm a guard stationed at Pon Andrea’s City; it was pretty quiet till around noon when one of the stations on the south wall was destroyed in a massive explosion. When a team was sent to investigate we found all the guards dead and their magic drained." The Princesses eyes widened and they looked at each other. "Did you see the suspect?" Celestia asked. The Guard nodded. "Subject was confirmed as Tirek, as soon as we confirmed it was him I was dispatched to get assistance." He said. "Who is Tirek Princess?" Asriel asked as he tuned to Luna. "Tirek was an old foe of ours from before the founding of Equestria, when he first came to these lands he stole the magic of ponies and enslaved them alongside his brother Scorpan." Luna said. "Through the efforts of our mentor Starswirl Scorpan saw reason and tried to convince his brother of a peaceful solution but Tirek wouldn't listen and slayed him." "Scorpans last act was to help seal Tirek in the lowest pits of Tartarus though it seems he has escaped." Celestia continued sadly. "If He is free then all of Equestria is at risk." Chara growled her eyes glowing even brighter. "There are two types of people I can't stand." She said through clenched teeth. "Genocide Megalomaniacs and dirty brother killers." Asriel placed a hand on her shoulder. "Chara and I shall handle this princess." He said calmly. "Simply give the order and it shall be done." The two princesses looked at each other before turning to the two Commanders. "If you can stop him then do so but do not kill him, his capture is far more vital as any magic he has drained must be returned." The two siblings bowed and turned walking out of the room. "Come on Azzy, I know a short cut." She said as the two disappeared in a blue flash. "Be safe you two." Celestia said worry etched in her voice. Tirek smiled as he looked around the ruined city. Around him lay a pile of pony corpses, their eyes glassy and magic drained. Suddenly off in the distance the sound of church bell began to toll and as they rang two figures walked through the destroyed city. One wore a black robe with a hood that covered their face while the other wore a green winter jacket with black fur around the raised hood. The two walked with their heads bowed as if in morning and the closer they approached the mere details he made out till finally the stood before him and the world froze. The faint wind that blew stopped, the air became still and all sounds faded. After several minutes of silence Tirek approached them the silence unnerving him, as he neared his body froze as if he were no longer in control, all he could do was stand before the two beings as they looked up revealing themselves. "Heya, you've been busy huh?" The one in the cloak asked. Tirek was confused as he looked down at the figures. "So you’re the one the PLAYER want killed?" He asked, his voice calm and void of emotion. "So here we are, in a few minutes we will do battle and the victor will determine the future of this world." Asriel said as his swords appeared in his hand. "But that's then." Chara continued. "Now, you will be judged." As Chara said this her eyes lit up and glowed red. "You will be judged for your every action, you will be judged for every EXP you have earned." Tirek looked confused. "What the buck is EXP?!" He asked. "It's an Acronym. It stands for EXecution Points, a way of quantifying the pain you have inflicted on others." Chara Replied. "When you kill someone, your EXP increases and when you have enough EXP your LOVE increases. LOVE is an Acronym too; it stands for Level Of ViolencE, a way to measure someone’s capacity to hurt." Asriel explained calmly. "The more you kill the easier to become to distance yourself. The less you distance yourself, the less you will hurt and the easier you can bring yourself to hurt others." "Now that you understand, it's time to begin your judgement." Chara said as her eyes glowed brighter and the markings on her face began to glow as well. "Look inside yourself, have you really done the right thing and considering what you've done, what will you do now?" She asked. Tirek paused for a moment confused as memories of the past rushed forward, the death of his brother, of the innocence he slaughtered, of the imprisoned souls he claimed and of what he had planned. "I have followed this path too far even if I could turn back, I doubt I'd be given mercy form y actions." He replied. The two looked at each other before sighing. "Truthfully, it doesn't really matter what you said." Asriel said. "It wouldn't change that you now stand before us, you dirty brother killer." "So I got a question for ya do you think even the worst person can change?" Chara asked. "That everyone can be a good person if they just try?" Tirek said nothing, he couldn't say anything. That comment, it was as if someone had struck an arrow through his heart andc a memory flashed through his mind. "Alright, here's a better question." Ariel said before his eyes began to glow and give off a rainbow light. "Do you want to have a bad time?" "Cause if you take another step forward..." Asriel trained off. "You’re really not going to like what happens next." Chara finished. Tirek sighed and stepped forward. "Alright, here we go..." "It was a beautiful day today." Asriel said as he closed his eyes. "Children were laughing," "Ponies were smiling," "On days like this..." "Demons like you..." "Will be sent straight to Hell." Both siblings said as their eyes snapped open and they raised their hands. A maze of knives launched at the centaur and he dodged side to side trying to evade them however as soon as he got out of the knives a massive dragon skull appeared and opened its' mouth sucking everything around it in before aiming at the centaur and firing unleashing a massive blast that he barely dodged. Arbiter Chara and Reaper Asriel Block your path. As the battle began Tirek used the CHECK option to seeing if he could get anything g on the two Arbiter Chara Dreemurr HP: 350/350 ATK: 99996 DF: 48732 SP: 99999 MAG: 55672 The last Judge of the Underground, is filled with Determination. The Demon who comes when People call their name. =) Tirek looked confused at the last part but shrugged and checking Asriels information. Reaper Asriel Dreemurr HP: 80000/80000 AT: 75447 DF: 99999 SP: 3500 MAG: 99999 The Prince of the Underground, Knows your checking him you dirty brother killer. The Grimm Reaper of Death Tirek frowned and charged the two beings before him. As soon as he neared Asriel swung his sword up in a slashed across the centaur’s chest. While Chara dodged the attack and appeared behind him standing on a dragon skull. "Never underestimate your opponent." Chara said with a smile as the skull fired. Tirek was sent flying into a building however when he emerged he held several steel beams that he threw at the two. Ariel wove through the beams as several Chaos Buster cannons appeared around him, Chara simply stood atop the Gaster Blaster and let it weave through the beams however Tirek threw another at her intent to knock her off. Chara sighed as her left eye glowed blue and she froze the beam before flicking her wrist and sending it back. Tirek batted the beam away as he charged at them like an angry bull while letting out a massive battle cry. Asriel smiled and unleashed his Chaos Buster attack while his hands charged with rainbow lightning that he fired from his fingers. Tirek screamed in pain as the lightning arced around him and the two siblings smiled as he fell to his knees however rather than stay down he rose again as he grabbed a steel beam and swung it at Asriel like a bat. As the beam slammed into Asriel and sent him flying a massive summoning circle appeared under where he was standing and from it clawed out a massive dragon that glared at Tirek with uncontrolled hate before flying off after its master. Chara screamed and dozens of Blasters appeared around her. "You’re going to pay for that!" She screamed as every blaster fired on the centaur, as the blast hit the centaur was sent flying back as several blocks of city was instantly vaporized. Chara leaped off the Baster as the True Knife appeared in her hand and transformed into a trident. Tirek reached for the nearest thing he could find and ripped a sign post out of the ground and sung at the enraged Arbiter, the sign slammed into Chara and she was sent flying into a wall where she went limp. "That was all it took to kill you?" Tirek asked as he rose and laughed. "Pathetic." He said as he approached her. Suddenly Chara began to laugh causing the centaur to stop, slowly the laugh began to grow more and more deranged before the she looked up at the centaur only something was different about her. "Four hundred and thirteen years." Chara said as she slowly rose. "I've held back for Four hundred and thirteen years. Do you know what it's lie to hold back your power so that no pony will fear you? It's exhausting, I have to take constant naps and I can't do a whole lot because of the limiters I placed." She smiled as she looked Tirek strait in the eyes. "Since you can fight me at this strength, I can finally let loose a little and have some fun." She said as her body began to glow. The marks on her face expanded out and created several runes and patterns on her and as the glow faded she leaped at Tirek. As she leaped Tirek swung the street sign but she sliced throwing with her bare hand before punching the centaur in the face and back flipping off his chest, while she was in the air the trident flew into her hand and she spun in the air as she came down the trident shifting into a massive battle ax that she slammed in to the Centaur. Tirek flew backwards and slammed in to another building where the skeletal dragon ripped through the other side and grabbed him. As it brought him forward he saw Asriel standing on the dragon’s snout blood dripping down his face before it firing a blast point blank. Tirek screamed in pain as the blast shot him back and into Chara's waiting arms or more specifically the massive knife that she had created with her magic. Tirek growled and rose slowly as the knife faded. With a groan he reached into a pouch at his hip and pulled out a strange vile. "I didn't think I'd need this but I have no choice." He said as he winced and clutched the wound. Chara chuckled. "Oh, go ahead." She said with a smirk. "Use whatever last resort you have because I can guarantee it won't work." Asriel said as he jumps down from the dragon and joined his sister. The dragon growled and stood protectively over the two. Tirek chuckled and shattered the vile, as it broke a red soul floated out and with a white flash the form of a young girl with brown hair and wearing a blue and purple stripped sweater appeared. "Harm me and I destroy the Soul of this human." He said as he grabbed the soul in his hand. Asriel and Chara froze in shock. "Frisk!" Asriel gasped out in fear. Chara narrowed her eyes. "How did you get that soul, that body?" She growled. Tirek frowned. "A little gift from PLAYER, He gave it to me as an insurance of your cooperation in returning to him." He said. "As If I'd ever return to the PLAYER, do you even know what he is capable of?" Chara asked. Tirek sighed and looked down. "You think I'm doing this willingly?" He asked before looking at Chara. "I admit I went too far last time, you asked me if I thought i'd done the right thing, the answer is no. If I could undo what I've done I would, the player offered me a chance to get out and make up for my past and I was foolish enough, desperate enough, to say yes." Chara sighed. "Fine I'll go, if you release Frisk." Asriel gasped. "No Chara, if Frisk knew you sacrificed yourself for her then..." Asriel trained off as Chara looked at him. "What choice do I have?" She asked as she turned and walked forward. The Centaur nodded and threw frisks body in front of Asriel before releasing her soul. "Come Chara Dreemurr, the PLAYER awaits." Chara smiled. "You want to know the one thing no one ever does?" Chara asked the centaur. Tirek blinked in confusion. "What?" "They never see up dog." Chara said The centaur looked even more confused. "What's up dog?" He asked while Asriel gasped. Cara smirked. "Not much." She said as she flicked her wrist and a massive building crashed down onto of the centaur. "I was just building up for a knockout joke." She said as Asriel snorted. "Oh my god Chara!" He exclaimed. "I can't believe you just did that." Chara chuckled as she raised the building off of the centaur before throwing it away. "I think I can get us a short cut, never done it with so much weight." She said before shrugging and they all disappeared in a blue flash. Tirek groaned and raised his head to look and looked around, with a groan he looked around and frowned. His arms were spread out and chained to the walls and as he moved his hooves he heard chains rattle. "What is this?" he asked in a hoarse voice. "Welcome to the Everfree Castle." A voice said causing him to jerk his head in the direction to see a figure in the shadows. Slowly the figure approached and revealed it to be Chara. "Well, if it isn't the Judge of Monsters." He said with a smirk. Chara frowned and her eyes lit up blue as she pulled his soul forward and squeezed causing him to scream. "Jeez, take a joke asshole!" He gasped out but Chara simply squeezed harder. After a moment she released his soul. "Were it up to me you'd be dead where you stood when we met but the Princesses think your more useful alive." Chara said. Tirek sighed in defeat and simply went limp in the chains. "So what? They'll send me back to Tartarus and someday I'll get free again. You could end this song and dance here so why not do it?" He asked with a smirk. Chara smiled and Tirek froze. "There are fates worse than death." She said. "I would love to kill you for what you did, dirty brother killer. But Frisk would be angry if I did, however if she doesn’t wake up I will go to Tartarus and kill you personally." She said as got in his face the magic from her eyes lighting up the centaurs face and he shuddered. "Why would you care about her?" He asked. "From what I gathered the entire Genocide Run was her fault." Chara growled. "Frisk was a puppet." Chara said. "The PLAYER was the master that I fought, she just so happened to be caught in the crossfire and paid a price she didn't deserve. But her determination is weaker than mine." "You know he won't stop, so why continue to fight him?" He asked. "The day you can answer that will be the day I give you some respect." Chara said as she walked back over to where she was sitting. "I think you’re just a fool." Tirek said after hearing no response he growled. "FINE!" He yelled. "Be cryptic and silent I don't care!" "Oh shut up!" Chara yelled. "I'm on guard duty till you’re picked up and shipped off." Chara said. "And if you don't behave then I will castrate you because I'd rather be at Frisks side than here guarding you." Tirek eyes widened. "Wait are you and her-" A Knife made from determination shot past his face and he gulped. "Right shutting up now.” He said as he began to whistle, after a while he looked at Chara. "So when did you and her become a thing?" He asked and Chara ignored him. "Does she know or is this a one sided thing?" He asked. "She knows and yes the feeling are mutual now shut up before I remove your tongue." Tirek smiled. "Have you two done anything... special yet?" Chara groaned and tried to tune him out. However it seemed that he was intent on driving her mad. After several hours Chara looked up at Tirek. "You know, you don't seem like the tyrannical type to be honest." She said. Tirek snorted and burst out laughing. "I guess I don't anymore." He said with a chuckle. "When I grew up I was taught that those of strengths and power had a right to do whatever they wanted, it was the rule where we came from. Eventually I was sent to prove myself and so I traveled out of my kingdom and to these lands with my brother." "So what happened?" She asked. "My brother happened." Tirek said with a sniff. "He... was smarter than me and recognized what true strength was but the lessons that had been drilled into my mind were too strong. When he tried to show me I slayed him because he became weak in my eyes." Tirek paused and looked at Chara. "I don't know what happened but I feel you walked a similar path once, we have both seen our brothers die and perhaps we're even both responsible. Blinded by what we believed and saw we harmed those we loved most." Chara remained quiet before chuckling. "Let me guess the ending, while you were trapped in Tartarus you saw the world as it was, you took the lessons your brother learned and engraved them onto your soul so that they may never be forgotten again. You choose to follow another path but can't forgive yourself for what you did. One day a being comes and offers you a way out, a way to atone for your crimes and your so desperate you accept without even thinking what could go wrong or even why they offered you this chance." The two sat in silence for a time till Tirek looked up at Chara. "Did you ever find redemption Arbiter?" Chara shook her head. "433 years later and the sins I bear has yet to be washed away. My LV might not have risen from the crime but that doesn't change my actions, I'm guilty and for that my punishment is to be reminded of that sin every day." Tirek chuckled and soon Chara joined him. "Guilty of the same crime yet we judge others, what hypocrites we've become." Tirek said sadly.