"THat'S It, EVERYONE DIES!!!" Sombra roared as he slammed his hooves in to the ground and launched hundreds of spikes at the group.
Sans teleported away with a smile as his eye glowed, Papyrus dodged the attacks with a smile as he leapt back and female skeleton simply held her hand out her left eye glowing green as a shield appeared. Chara used the True Knife to shatter the spikes that went her way.
"Princess Dreemurr, I ask you allow us to handle this." The female Skeleton said calmly. "I can tell your tired from combat and weakened. Allow my sons and I to handle this." She said calmly.
Chara smiled and bowed. "As you wish Captain Arial Aster." She said receiving a nod from the Skeleton who turned to her sons.
"Alright boys, let's show this monster what we're made of." Arial said with a smile.
*Royal Guard Papyrus Aster blocks your path
*Royal Guard Captain Arial Aster blocks your path
* Judge of Monsters Comic Sans Aster blocks your path
The room went dark and the sound of wind seemed to flow through the throne room as Sombra approached the three skeletons. As he neared Arial spoke. "It was a wonderful day outside."
"The sun was shining..." Sans said.
"the Snow was falling..." Papyrus continued.
"on day..."
"like this..."
"Tyrants like you..."
"Will be burningin Hell!" The three yelled simultaneously. Arial’s right eye glowed yellow while her left glowed green as she thrust her hand forward launching several blades of yellow magic at the dark king who was forced to dodge them only for her to leap forward, a rapier of bone appearing in her hand as she shot toward him. Before Sombra could react Arial was on him slicing him apart before just as suddenly leaping back revealing a wave of white and orange bones being launched by Papyrus who smiled as like his mother he ran forward and attacked the dark king with a spear made of bones; this time Sombra managed to dodge and block a few attacks however rather than press the attack Papyrus dropped to the floor and delivered a sweeping low kick before leaping back revealing the final attack. Behind Papyrus stood Sans his hand outstretched and eye glowing as behind him a massive Gaster Blaster floated, it's magic trained on the king.
Sans smile widened as he looked at the King with what could have been contempt. "Get Dunked on." He said as he unleashed a blast that tore a trench into the ground as approached Sombra. Sombras eyes widened as he slammed his hoof into the ground and ripped a wall of black crystals up just in time to strike the makeshift shield making the king grit his teeth as the blast began to crack the crystal.
Sombra growled as he narrowed his eyes and summoned hundreds of small black crystal shards around himself as he leapt out from behind the wall and fired them at Sans however Sans simply smiled as he snapped his fingers and a blaster with no jaw appeared and acted as a shield blocking the shards. As Sans did this Arial and Papyrus leapt forward once more their weapons trained on the stallion who leapt back as the two weapons met the floor where he had stood and threw crystals up as the floor cracked under the impact. Sombra growled as he quickly was forced to doge and weave through Arial’s strikes as she simply continued to smile. Sombra roared as he summoned two broadswords made of crystal and swung at the former royal guard commander however when he was mere inches from her a bone shot out of the ground and blocked the attack giving Arial time to pull back and for Papyrus to attack.
Unlike his mother who used agility and speed for her battle Papyrus focused more on precision and defensive attacks. Every strike Papyrus made with his spear staggered the corrupted unicorn as while they weren't exceptionally powerful they struck at the holes in Sombras guard. Each strike weakened the king further and due to both the weapon and Papyruses more defensive fighting style Sombra couldn't land more than a glancing blow on the tall skeleton before the strike was redirected or blocked.
Suddenly Papyrus flipped backward revealing Sans once more who launched several bone attacks at Sombra who was forced to dodge the attacks however as he was leaping over a particularly large bone wave the gravity seemed to freeze him before he was launched backward and slammed in to a wall. Several bones sharpened bones launched out of the wall and Sombra growled as he turned to shadow and let them pierced his chest however as the bones fades he felt as if he was suddenly set on fire as his who body ignited in agony and he screamed. Sans smiled as he looked at the King. "Looks like I just saddled you with a lot of weight, do you feel your sins weighing on your back?" He asked getting a exasperated groan from Papyrus and a laugh from Arial.
The King growled as he once again turned to shadow and shot down the wall before streaking across the floor where he came up directly in front of the punny skeleton and swung his crystal sword... only to miss. Where Sans had stood was now a trench where the sword had cleaved i to the ground however the big bones skeleton now stood behind the stallion. "Heh, you didn't think I was just going to stand there and take it did you?" He asked as a Gaster Blaster appeared in front of the King and fired causing him to scream as he was thrown back.
Papyrus raised his arm and as Sombra landed several bone spikes ripped through the floor. "You tried to kill my brother, Prince Asriel and Princess Chara. I am sorry strange Pony I want to help you but I feel that your life has already gone down a dark path." Papyrus said sadly.
Sobra looked at Papyrus confused before chuckling and then full on laughing. "You think you won?" He asks before laughing harder. You are all fools!" He laughed.
"It's done Sombra." Chara said calmly as she approached. "Your time as king comes to an end now." She said however Sombra simply laughed harder.
"The Crystal Empire is mine and no one will ever take it from me!" He roared as he turned to shadow and reformed however his body still was covered in injuries.
"I already told you Sombra; unless you're immortal you retain the damage dealt to your body." Chara said calmly. "Weather you die here and now or slink off to die in some hole you’re done." She said calmly.
Sombra began to laugh once more as his eyes glowed green. "The Empire is mine." he hissed as he glared at the skeletons Chara. "But if I can't have it then no one will!" He roared as he lit his horn and lasted the floor causing the entire Castle to shake.
Chara's eyes widened as the castle shook at looked at the three skeletons. "We need to run now!" She yelled in panic as she turned and ran for the exit. Sans looked surprised for a moment and Papyrus grabbed him and ran after Chara with Arial right behind them. The group rain through the empty castle till they reached the exit where Celestia Luna and Asriel stood with the massive Gaster Hydra. "Get on!" She yelled as she ran past them and leapt onto the Hydra who looked confused as the others joined Chara. "Get us out of here!" She yelled at the Hydra who looked confused before realization seemed to click on the head with purple eyes and it seemed to take control for the body and run down the streets of the Empire as around them the entire city seemed to shake and start to crumble.
The other heads seemed to realize they were in danger and the body picked up speed as it ran faster. Buildings began to crumble however they weren't collapsing but rather turning to dust. "Come on Hurry or well be sucked in!" she yelled in panic pushing the skeletal beast to give a roar as several heads looked back at her with a look that said 'I'm running!' however Chara glared back and the heads turned back to focus on moving as far away from the city as fast as it could. Suddenly the shield around the empire shattered and the group looked back to see the castle collapse in on itself and a wave of black energy was unleashed.
The Hydra roared as it pushed itself and just as the magic was about to reach them the cleared the other ring of the city where the shield had once been. As soon as the energy hit the barrier crystals it shot backwards and as it did everything in its path vanished, disappearing as if it had never existed once the energy was gone a beam of black light shoot into the heavens before fading and leaving only a silent tundra, a confused army of royal guards that saw no enemies or empire and a shocked group sitting on a skeletal Gaster Hydra.
Celestia and Luna sat calmly at a circular table going over reports, beside them sat Asriel, Frisk and Chara who was pouring herself a shot from a bottle of amber liquid. "Chara, you pass the whiskey and quit hogging it." Luna asked receiving a raised eyebrow form the assembled group. "What? After what we all just went through I'd say a drink is in order." She asked.
Chara looked at the lunar princess before sighing and pulling a second shot glass out of her inventory and filling it before sliding it across the table to the mare who took it in her magic. "There are better ways to cope Luna; I do it this way because I'm a fucking alcoholic." She said with a slightly slurred speech.
"I don't give a buck right now." Luna said as she threw the shot back and shuddered as the substance burn her throat.
Chara sighed as she looked over her report and passed it to Celestia who looked it over and nodded. "So how are the guards doing?" She asked causing Asriel to sigh.
"The battle between Equestria and the Crystal Empire may have ended in a victory but the troops were so shaken by the cost that it feels like a defeat to them and honestly none of us are handle in g it much better." He said as he looked at the other person who sat at the table each of them looking away except for Chara who was pouring another shot for her and Luna.
"It's obvious that no matter what way it's going to be looked at this war will go down in the history books as a failure." Frisk said sadly she passed a glass to Chara who sighed and filled it. “From my understanding this had been Equestrias first war in of over six hundred years that has been fought with a rival nation. The last one was the Griffon Empire and from what I've heard from their ambassador they're doing rather well."
Chara passed the filled glasses to their respective drinkers before looking at the bottle and simply downing the last of it in a single gup. "The trip back to the Everfree was depressing to say the least." She said after corking the bottle.
"I had hoped that the announcement of your friend revival would have raised the spirits of our ponies." Celestia said sadly.
Chara laughed. "Pardon my callousness Celestia but when there is a failure this big the people aren't easily inspired to be happy." She said as she sipped the last of the drink from her glass.
Celestia sighed and nodded. "So do they have any ideas on what they are going to be doing?" She asked.
Chara shrugged. "I know Arial will most likely wish to return to active duty so she'll most likely be joining the guard." Chara said as she passed another report to Celestia.
"Dad is thinking about taking up his old position as a royal scientist and Uncle Pappy is going to be joining the guard." Frisk chimed in receiving odd looks from the Alicorns. "What, something wrong?"
"Nothing, we just weren't aware that Sans and Papyrus were truly your parents." Luna said.
"Well, I was adopted." Frisk said sheepishly. "After I broke the barrier to the Underground I was adopted by Sans. Papyrus kinda just fell into the role of Uncle and everything went from there. Sans taught me how to use magic and trained me in soul manipulation. Papyrus became a Royal Guard so he was often busy but he still stopped by a lot."
Luna nodded in understanding as Celestia looked at Chara curious. "So how did you and Chara meet?"
Frisk and Chara looked at each other and seemed to have a silent conversation before Chara crossed her arms and looked away. Frisk smiled sadly and turned back to the princesses. "Chara and I met when I fell into the Underground, my determination woke them up. We went through the underground together and she helped me a lot. From understanding certain monsters to other things, eventually I broke the barrier and we lived together on the surface with Asriel who at the time was Flowey." Frisk smiled as she became lost in old memories. "For a while the others didn't know and Chara stayed in my head but eventually we decided to tell them the truth. Sans and Alphys found that Chara's soul had latched onto mine and after a few years managed to bring her back." As Frisk finished reminiscing her smile faded as she looked down and sighed. "After Chara was brought back and we told everyone who Flowey really was Toriel and Asgore got back together and they were able to put the past behind themselves. I was adopted by Sans and it was pretty good the next few years till..." Frisk drifted off. "The PLAYER came and messed it all up."
Celestia nodded. "Apparently you did well if you manage to get married." She said causing both Frisk and Chara to flinch and look away. "What's wrong? You did get married correct?"
"The PLAYER decided to... have his fun on our wedding day." Chara said quietly causing the two princesses eyes to widen. "But that's neither here nor there." Chara said as she took a deep breath.
Celestia hesitated but nodded in the end. "So Sans plans to return to working as a scientist, I trust he has the proper credentials?" She asked causing Chara laughed. Celestia sighed. "Of course, I assume he'll at least take the test serious?" She asked.
"If it's the same test I took when I got my new credentials then nope." She said with a smile. "He'll probably do the test and then make his own to on the back of the test to see if the one giving it can do it." Chara said before her face turned serious. "There is also one more thing I need to discuss with you about Sans." She said her tone becoming uncharacteristically serious.
Celestia raised and eye brow as Luna looked up from a report. "And that would be?" Celestia asked.
"Sans is a Judge like me, he's actually my partner." Chara said calmly as she clasped her hands together calmly. "This means that his authority on matters will be the same as me."
"There are already two guards Commanders, there can't be a third." Luan said.
"I didn't say he was to be a guard commander." Chara countered. "Sans and I worked with the same authority however Judges don't operate the same job as an Arbiter. In the Underground I acted as a member of the Royal scientists with Sans however when it came to the duties we were tasked with we played different roles." Chara explained. "I am an Arbiter Judge, an Arbiters job is to fight and protect the kingdom from threats. Sans is an Observer Judge, an Observer's job is to watch out for threats and if necessary act on their threat assessment. The two trolls rely on each other to work as the Arbiter need the Observer to tell them if the threat is an active one or not."
Luna nodded in understanding. "So you are the one who fights, Sans is the one who make sure you're fighting the right person." Chara replied with nodded.
Celestia sighed. "Very well, I will speak with Sans and discuss what we will do to see that he may perform his duties as a Judge.
Chara smiled. "That’s all I ask." She said before leaning back in his chair.
"And what of Papyrus and Arial?" Luna asked.
"Papyrus will be joining the Royal Guard and Arial will become my subordinate and replace Grillby as Captain of the Guard." Chara replied.
Celestia frowned and looked down sadly. "It is sad to hear that Grillby will no longer be serving."
Chara shrugged. "He plans to open up a new bar so I think it will be fine." She said with a smile. "TO be honest me and Asriel might be stepping down from serving as the Commanders of the Royal Guard soon. Sans is working on a way to revive the whole Underground and if that happens I and Asriel will have to take our place as the Prince and Princess of the Underground. Frisk will also have to pass the duties of ambassador onto another pony as she will be needed as the Ambassador for Monsters."
Celestia sighed and rubbed her forehead with a hoof. "This is going to be so tiring." She said with a groan.