Lost Dreamer

by Arceaion


Chapter 18 - The Crystal Attack

325 years bnm
Chara's Age: 655 years old
Frisk's Age: 243 years old

PLAYER sat in a quiet room watching the screen his hands clenched as he watched the events unfold. "You think I will permit you to have this happy ending?" He hissed. "You think you can take what's mine?!?" He screamed as he slammed his fist on the desk and stood. "I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." He said as he opened his hand and five souls floated before him. "So who to corrupt next..." He asked as he opened the files and looked over the pieces still on the board. "Let's see here... Queen Talon was a bust; Tirek is a card to play in the future... perhaps Chrysalis?" He said as he opened her file. "Let's see, Queen of Changelings... no, I need an enemy that they can't stop so easily but is easily manipulated." He said as he returned to the list and scrolled down before a name jumped out. "Sombra... hmm..." The PLAYER opened the file and looked it over. "Future tyrant King of the Crystal Empire, currently has a Soul of Kindness..." PLAYER grinned darkly. "A kingdom build upon hope and love, imagine what would happen if it fell to Cruelty." He said as four of the souls disappeared leaving only a Brown soul floating in the PLAYERS hand, PLAYER smiled as he disappeared into the world.


A woman smiled as she walked in a slow circle around the training grounds opposite of her Celestia slowly followed her Halberd held in her magic. The women wore a blue jacket over a blue and purple striped sweater, a pair of blue jeans and covering her feet was a pair of sturdy brown boots, around her neck was a red scarf that fell to her knees and on her hands was a pair of brown leather gloves. The woman’s name was Frisk Aster Dreemurr, wife of Chara Dreemurr and ambassador of Equestria. The ambassador and princess watched each other till Celestia shot forward and Frisk sighed as she dodged the strikes without any effort. "Come on Celestia if you wanted to take a swing at me then you're a few centuries to late, Chara already stole my heart." She said with a smile. Celestia frowned and launched a maze of fire balls at Frisk who ran forward and slid under them. "Oh come on Celestia; no need to get so hot headed after all this was meant to be a light training session so there's no need to get so heated!" She said with a chuckled as she shot up and slammed into the barrel of Celestia sending her back. Frisk left eyes glowed blue and several blue bones shot up and formed a cage around Celestia before starting to shrink.

Celestia froze as the cage passed through her body and dissipated. "Impressive Frisk, but you still fall for the same tricks." She said with a smile as an explosion went off under Frisk throwing up a dust cloud however her eyes widened as the dust fell away and reviled Frisk unharmed and standing on top of a Gaster.

"Oh come on Celestia, you're good but dad wasn't a Judge for nothing and he taught me all his tricks." Frisk said with a smirk. "Looks like I'm about to blast you back to that oversize throne of yours, then again it probably needs to be that big to house that rump of yours." She said causing Celestia to charge at her.

The Blaster fired several shots at the enraged princess who dodged them and drove her Halberd where Frisk stood however Frisk snapped her fingers and teleported away reappeared on the ground and raised her hand summoning more blasters in a circle around the princess. "You should really lay off the cake sun butt, now get dunked on!" She yelled as the blasters fired and knocked Celestia to the ground.

Celestia groaned as she slowly rose and looked at Frisk who leaned back with a smile on her face and her hands in the jacket pockets. "That was a cheap shot and you know it." She said as she sat up and glared at her.

Frisk smiled. "I'll try to budget them better than." Frisk said causing Celestia to groan.

"Well, I believe that's all the time we have to train today." Celestia said as she turned and walked back to the castle with Frisk following calmly. "A diplomat of the Crystal Empire is coming later, there have been some rumors about the Empire recently and they are... concerning."

Frisk nodded. "The Minotaur’s ambassador yesterday mentioned something was up there." She said causing Celestia to look at Frisk curiously.

"And what exactly brought on such a discussion?" She asked.

Frisk shrugged. "He wanted to discuss a possible trade agreement that would allow for shipments of Crystal and other materials to be sent to his people. In exchange for the materials he offered to lower the price on trade and even some assistance in the excavation of the ores and minerals he wanted to trade."

Celestia stopped and turned to Frisk a look of confusion on her face. "And why would they want this agreement?" She asked. "The Minotaur’s have had a steady supply of materials and resources from the Empire and I doubt we could come close to the purity of the Crystal Ponies resources."

Frisk nodded. "I wondered the same so I asked them and the answer was troubling." Frisk said as she and Celestia continued walking. "Apparently the Empire has cut all trade with other countries and even closed their boarders to both foreign and domestic races; no one can get in or out."

Celestia frowned. "This is troubling, Queen Amora has always been kind and I doubt she would do something so drastic, even in a state of emergency." Frisk frowned but said nothing causing the solar princess to look at the human. "You disagree."

Frisk frown deepened. "She reminds me of humans in the past, all smiles and kindness to your face but behind your back just waiting for the chance to stab you." Frisk looked at Celestia in concern. "When you opened your borders to the other countries I stood as the representative for Equestria."

Celestia nodded. "It was the most logical choice, your past with diplomacy as the Monster ambassador shows that you have the proper training and skills to do this work." Celestia said happily.

Frisk nodded. "I traveled to each of the kingdoms; even the Griffon Empire and Minotaur Republic, out of all of them I specifically said to not make agreements with the Crystal Empire. Did you ever wonder why?" She asked as he looked at Celestia.

Celestia nodded. "Of course, because of this decision we have to rely on the Minotaur’s for anything requiring Crystals to manufacture."

"The reason is because I saw through Queen Amoras facade; she doesn’t give a damn about her people only about the power she can accumulate." Frisk said as her hands balled into fists. "The entire Empire is a powder keg just waiting for that something to bump it, one little push is all it will take to light the entire thing and when it does go off it's going to start a chain reaction that'll tear apart everyone connected to them."

Celestia remained calm however inside she was shaken by what Frisk had said. "So what do we do?" She asked.

Frisk sighed. "We keep out unless provoked and if that's the case then it's not my problem anymore it's Chara and Asriels." She said with a chuckle.

Celestia nodded knowing just what Chara would do if it came to that. "No mercy." She said sadly.

Frisk nodded. "She’s actually gotten a lot better since the old days." She said with a smile. "Charas not as ruthless on the battle field but the rules of a Judge are set in stone."

Celestia frowned. "Chara doesn’t talk much about her past to us; both Luna and I know she still hasn't told us everything even though she is more open with us since you... returned."

Frisk sighed. "Celestia, I can't discuss the Judges with you stuff involving them is classified, even my dad didn't say much about them and he was the last Monster Judge to be trained. The most I can say is that they're similar to special operations in the military; they worked directly under King Asgore and had special authority to do whatever it took to protect the kingdom, no matter the cost." The two walked in silence till they reached the throne room.

As they reached the throne room doors they saw the two guards laying on the floor several crystals impaled in them as a puddle of blood grew under them. Celestia summoned her Halberd as Frisks eye lit up. "Celestia, where's Chara?" Frisk asked concern in her voice however the question was answered on its own when a red knife made form determination was blasted through the wall and impaled the floor in front of them.

Frisks magic condensed into her spear and Celestia frowned. "We should probably help." She said as frisk grunted in agreement and the two ran in only to freeze in shock. The throne room was completely destroyed and Asriel was knocked out, above him stood Chara however she was in her Total Corrupted form and even still she was struggling against her opponent. A deep laugh echoed around the throne room as black crystals shot out of the ground and pierced through Chara causing her to scream in pain.

"Chara!" Frisk screamed as she ran forward her form flashing into her Valkyrie form as she charged forward and sent a wave of magic at the crystals shattering them.

"Who dares!?" A voice roared in anger as another wave of crystals shot out of the ground however one of Charas Gaster Blaster appeared and fired shattering the crystals. A growl was heard as a stallion in dark armor appeared out of the shadows.

"ENOUGH!" Celestia yelled with a frown as she entered and approached the stallion. "Explain yourself, now." She ordered.

"Ah, Princess Celestia it is a pleasure to finally make you acquaintance." The Stallion said in an arrogant tone. "I am Sombra, King of the Crystal Empire." He said with a smile.

Celestia frowned. "Where is Queen Amora?" She asked however the Sombra chuckled.

"Dealt with." Sombra said with a smile. "That which died by her own people nothing more than a broken Pegasus," He said with a smile. "Her power siphoned into me and consumed."

Celestia frowned. "Why are you here, we had no connection to Queen Amora."

Sombra frowned. "Nothing is free Princess, my benefactor may have aided me in Amoras downfall but he demanded I retrieve that one there." He said as he pointed to Chara who was barely standing.

Chara groaned and looked at Celestia. "He's been consumed by one of the corrupted traits, most likely the trait is Cruelty." She said as she coughed up what looked like a gallon of the black hate corruption. "Don't trust him; all he will desire is destruction."

Celestia turned to the stallion before her and raised an eyebrow. "Is this true?"

Sombra hissed. "Like I said, nothing is free."

Chara laughed. "You damned your soul to Hell for a lie; you’re nothing more than a demon like me now." She said. The king roared and slammed his hoof on the ground causing a crystal to shoot at her however it was intercepted by Frisks spear.

"Don't hurt my Wife." Frisk growled.

Sombra smiled. "This will be fun." He said as he approached however Chara rose and glared at Sombra.

"Fuck off ya bastard." She said as a text box appeared and her form glitches for a second before completely healing. Chara smiled and looked at Frisk. "Ready to kick some ass?" She asked with a smile that Frisk returned.

"Just like old times?" She asked Chara as she leveled her spear at the corrupted Unicorn.

"Just like old times." Chara replied as they ran at Sombra.

Sombra roared as he launched tendrils of dark magic at the two 'humans' however Chara threw her hand forward and sent her own tendrils of corrupt Hate to intercept them, Frisk used the opening to get in range of Sombra and slash at the unicorn striking him several times before leaping back as Chara eyes glowed yellow with Justice and she summoned twin pistols made from yellow magic and fired upon the stallion who roared in pain.

As Frisk leapt away from the attack her eyes flashed green and she quickly landed next to Asriel her hands glowing green as she began to heal him. Celestia ran in to the fight taking Frisks place while also using her magic to strike form afar. Suddenly one of the walls to the throne room were blasted through revealing Luna her eyes white with lunar magic as she charged at Sombra with a scream better suited for a banshee causing Sombra to watch in shock as she sliced through him. "That's for the hit earlier you bastard!" She screamed in his face as she leapt back and blasted him into the wall.

Sombra growled as pulled himself free of the wall and looked at Luna. "How are you even up?!" He roared. "I hit you with enough force to kill!"

Celestias glared at the Sombra turned form anger to pure hate as Luna glared at the stallion with contempt. "I'm an Alicorn that can face armies and return unscathed, even you can't hope to kill me with a single hit." She said as she charged forward her sword swinging at the stallion who was forced to summon crystal walls as shields. Chara ran forward using her Hate tendrils to smash the walls as Celestia ran at her side and provided cover.

Sombra was pushed back slowly however just as the princesses and Chara neared he roared sending a shock wave that threw Celestia back. Chara formed a shield around herself as the blast hit preventing her from being slammed away however Sombra simply launched a wave of crystals that pierced through the shield and impaled Chara. As Chara was thrown back Frisk and Asriel leapt forward their weapons drawn as they charged however Sombra simply blasted Asriel back while Frisk dodged the attack, one of her eyes glowing red and the other white as she shot like an arrow at Sombra her spear slamming into his cheat causing him to scream in pain. Frisk grit her teeth and pushed harder her eyes glowing brighter as she screamed and ripped through Sombra and shooting to the wall opposite where she slammed into it only to land on her feet and leap off charged again to repeat the attack, Sombra tried to dodge but his hooves were held in place by black corruption that he quickly followed to Chara who lay on the floor a smirk on her face as she watched, Frisk roared as she struck the dark king repeatedly in the same way.

"Get dunked on you mother fucker!" She screamed as she leapt into the air her spear glowing with a pure white light as she flung it at Sombra his eyes widening as it struck causing a massive explosion.

When the dust cleared a battered Sombra stood his eyes wide in terror as he looked up were Frisk was, slowly he groaned as his form began to regenerate first with the bones and then the organs and flesh. "You could have simply handed the human over and there would be no trouble but no, you had to make it difficult." He said as he glared at the Princesses who watched in disgust as his eyeball regenerated and rolled around his in the socket for a moment before finding the proper way to look.

"Not bad sombrero." Frisk said as she sarcastically clapped her hands. "You survived." She said as she spun her spear and pointed at him. "But how much more can you take?"

Sombra laughed darkly. "You're the one who married a demon; you should know that I'm invincible!"

Chara actually laughed as she slowly rose and looked at the corrupted Unicorn. "Since you're a noob I'll be kind and fill you in on something." She said as she walked forward however her form was different from earlier, she wore a black dress with white silk edges and across her chest was the delta rune, her feet were covered in white high heels. Chara's hair had grown to where it touched the floor and was parted at the top by two goat horns that protruded from the top of her head, her eyes were completely black except for the irises which glowed red and around her neck was a gold heart locket with a glowing red center in the shape of a human soul.

"Wha- what are you?!" Sombra asked in shock as he backed away from the Boss Monster before him.

"It's true that the demonic power given to those who wields an Unnatural Soul Trait allows total regeneration of the body however unless you're immortal you retain the damage." Chara explained with a dark smile. "How many times have you regenerated by now?" She asked as her hands ignited into fire and several fire balls appeared.

Sombra growled. "This isn't over Princesses, I will capture your little pet demon for the PLAYER and afterward you will pay for this insult here by giving me your kingdom." He growled as his horn glowed and he teleported away.

Asriel groaned as he stood up and looked around. "Damn it!" He growled out. "We were totally out classed by that guy!" He said angrily.

Chara sighed. "Asriel, I hate to tell you but you were the only one that went down on me shot." She said.

Frisk sighed. "No, he's right. Even if Asriel did get krillined we all were pushed to the limit."

Chara scoffed. "I could have easily been able to kill him but if I used that power I'd become exactly what he is." Chara said with a shrug before looking at Frisk with narrowed eyes. "Dragon Ball references, really?"

"Alphys left a lot of her old anime in the lab and there not all bad, you should watch a few I think you’d like a few of them." Frisk said with a shrug before Luna cleared her throat.

"What do you mean exactly Chara?" Luna asked as she sat down with a groan.

"Remember when I said I can become a literal Demon?" She asked. "Well now you see what that power has to offer." She explained as Frisk chuckled.

"Chara I've see your power and you have far more than he could ever hope to summon." She said with a smile however it quickly faded. "But still, he is a demon." She said sadly.

Chara nodded. "I might have a way to deal with him at the Labs."

Celestia looked at Chara confused just what have you been working on in the Underground?" She asked however Chara shook her head.

"Wrong Lab Celestia." She said as she walked away from the group and looked out the window. "Were not going to the Underground, no where we're going is someplace much different." She said as Luna smiled

"Were going to visit them aren't we?" She asked getting confused looked from Celestia and Frisk. Luna chuckled as she turned them and explained "We're not going to the Underground, Chara's taking us to the Canterhorn Mountain Research Facility."