Sans calmly walked through the halls of the castle heading for the small lab the princesses had allowed him to set up till Chara could get him clearance for the research facility by the mountain. As Sans turned down a random hall he saw a guard running down it and almost crashed into him till he lit them up in his magic. "Better slow down there buddy, otherwise you're gonna crack some skulls when you finally run into someone." He said with a smile.
"Oh, thanks." The guards said before looking at the Sans and his eyes widening. "Are you Sans?" He asked.
Sans smile grew. "Yup, that's what they call me. Names Sans, Sans the Skeleton." He said as he reached out a hand. "You know how to greet a new pal? You shake their hand or I guess in your case Hoof." He said with smile. The guard hesitated but took the offered hand only for a wet farting sound to happen causing the guard to draw back in shock and Sans to laugh. "Oh, that was priceless!" He said as he laughed and showed his hand. "The ol' whoopee cushion in the hand trick, gets em' every time." He said with a smile.
The guard looked surprised before placing his hoof over his mouth as he tried not to laugh, after a minute he was able to recompose himself and looked at the skeleton. "The Princesses sent me to find you, apparently there's a big problem." He said receiving a nod from the skeleton.
"Alright lead the way, tibia honest I'm still not too femur with this place and I don't wanna get lost when I could go to deep in the guts of this place, and I doubt the princesses would want me skullking around anymore than I have to." He said calmly. The guard nodded and Sans followed him till they reached the throne room where Sans nodded and entered to see Asriel, Papyrus, Arial, Undyne, Toriel and Asgore standing with the princesses. "Sup every one, what's going on?" He asked lazily as he went and joined his brother.
"Ah Sans," Asgore said as he turned to the skeleton. "I’m glad you're here, we have a problem and I doubt I can state how series it is."
Sans shrugged. "I'm guessing it's big given every important Monster is here."
"Sans this is serious and given what I've seen you do while I was in the Void you can be serious when the situation calls for it." Undyne said calmly even though she was rubbing the bridge of her nose.
"Undyne please, Sans just got here so at least let the princesses fill him in on the situation first." Papyrus said calmly. Undyne growled but looked away and nodded.
As Undyne relented Celestia turned to Sans. "How much do you know about what Chara does?" She asked.
Sans frowned and tilted his head back. "Well, she acts as a guard for the Princesses during court, is the director of the Canterhorn Research facility and oversee the research done at all scientific installations." Sans said calmly before looking at Asriel. "If I remember she does a few other things related to the guard like training but other than that I don't really know."
Celestia nodded and Luna looked down sadly. "She does far more than that. She effectively manages the entire guards schedule, aside from overseeing all research done with in the Canterhorn Research facility she also works on privatized research for the crown, reviews all report from the nobles and works with us to determine and which proposals should be accepted, assist in negotiating diplomatic ties with other nations, oversee all guard details for the royal castle and palace, meets with Guard commanders and works on guard schedule..." Luna groaned and rubbed her forehead with a hoof. "On top of that she has been working on two classified projects; the first is the partial reversal of what the Humans did to turn them into us and allow us to once one be bipedal, the second is getting Dr. Gaster out of the Void."
As Luna finished listing all of Chara's known jobs most present seemed to simply stand there shocked aside from Frisk who sighed. "Honestly it's scary how alike you and her are Sans." She said drawing many of the Monsters out of their shock and causing them to turn to Sans.
"Come on Kid, you really gonna do this now?” He asked in a tone that seemed to plead she not.
"OH, you're not getting out of it this time dad!" Frisk said as she glared at Sans. "You work like five jobs! You’re a Sentry with your brother in Snowdin and the sentry at Hot Land and Waterfall too, you run a hot dog stand, work as a scientist in the Lab, and at night you do stand up comedy at Mettatons resort before going and working on the machine that Chara's been trying to fix." She said calmly getting surprised looks from every monster. "And that's not even mentioning that you’re a Judge of the Underground." She said calmly shocking almost all the monsters except for Asgore who simply looked down sadly.
Sans sighed. "Can we focus on what we're here for?" He asked grumpily.
Celestia nodded. "We needed to figure out what we are going to do till Chara waked from her..." Celestia turned to Sans.
Sans sighed and nodded. "Right bad news first, at the moment Chara's soul is almost completely shattered, the only thing holding it together is her Hate and Determination." He said getting worried glances form everyone present. "The good news is that it's healing itself... slowly but still it's something."
"Can it be accelerated?" Asgore asked receiving a shrug from Sans.
"I don't know as much as my old man or Chara on Souls so I'm not sure." Sans said sadly. "However what I think is keeping her knocked out is the combined strain on her soul, body and magic." Sans continued. "She used a spell that should of killed her and it somehow didn't, I think something happened and... that's not exactly all I found out either. After I got back from the Void I ran a few Tests on Chara to get a base line, her stats were... pretty corrupted but from what I could tell she was a full on demon."
"We already know this Sans," Celestia said somewhat annoyed. "We don't need you reminding us of that."
Sans smiled. "I redid those tests and compared them, aside from low Magic and Determination level there was something very interesting going on." He said with a smile. "The Demonic traits she possessed are starting to reverse."
Frisk frowned. "So is she reverting to a human?" She asked.
Sans shook his head. "I'll need to monitor it but her Monster race has, or at least is, changing; where she was originally classified as a Demon she in now Classified as a Fallen Angel. It seems that someone or something has seen fit to give our princess a path to redemption." He explained shocking every one.
"As shocking as this is we must focus on what to do till she wakes and it sounds like she won't for a while." Toriel finally said receiving a nod from Sans. "I propose we divide the duties she has among those capable of performing them." She proposed receiving nods of agreement from the others.
"Luna and I can review the reports ourselves, Chara did make the work faster but we are capable of handling them." Celestia said calmly.
"I can assist in the diplomatic side of things." Asgore said. "I was king after all and if we Monsters are to return to the surface it would be good to get some ties with nations aside from Equestria set up."
"I'll help as much as I can." Frisk said to Asgore before turning to Sans. "Will you be taking over the Directorate till she is better?"
Sans shrugged. "Sure, I know my way around a lab and I can fill in for a while. However any private research she's doing will be placed on hold, I'm not touching anything she's doing since I don't know what she does."
Undyne smiled. "I call guard training instructor!" She yells before letting out an evil laugh.
Arial sighed. "I guess I'll be oversee all guard details then. Asriel, I thrust you can handle any meetings with the guard commanders the guards schedule?" She asked receiving a nod from Asriel.
"We normally coordinate those together so you'll be working with me." He said receiving a nod from the old Guard Captain
"I think we have it all covered then, thank you for all your help." Celestia said with a smile as she bowed her head.
Sans nodded before looking at Undyne. "If you need any help I'm sure my brother will be happy to assist ya." He said as he turned to leave only for Undyne to laugh.
"If I need any help I'm calling you're lazy butt!" She said causing Sans to sigh and simply walk out with a backwards wave.
Two weeks later
Sans sighed as he leaned back in his chair, his legs on the table and an ever present smile on his face as he sat and listed to the ponies around him talk about the budget and what needed to be done. While Chara had been the Director she mostly worked as the Head Scientist of the Canterhorn Research facility. Sans seems to chuckle to himself as he closed his eyes and seemed to drift off.
The Kiddo had grown into a fine young lady, but she seemed to have taken after him a little too well. It seemed that the Princesses and not even Asriel were fully aware of all Chara's responsibilities till ponies began coming to them with problems and requesting Chara to fix them. "Sir, I know this isn't exactly exciting work but we do still need you to at least listen." One of the Scientist said calmly.
Sans sighed. "Honestly, you all know this is stuff better than me, you can do it on your own just fine." Sans said with a yawn. "I'm just here to sign off on anything official that you all can't."
The Scientist sighed. "I suppose, how is Chara's Condition?"
Sans's smile faded as he looked down." She's recovering but slowly." He said before rising from the chair. "I'm taking my break." He said as he walked out of the room.
Frisk sat looking over the treaties and documents before her as Asgore sighed and signed another document. "The Minotaur’s wish to renegotiate the trade with Equestria and are requesting a diplomat to come from the Monster Kingdom do discuss any possible treaty and trade options." He said a she looked at Frisk who nodded.
"They'll probably want to get a peace treaty or a treaty focusing on assistance in the event they need it." Frisk replied a she signed off on another document. "They’re easy to deal with since they don't like over complicated deals."
Asgore nodded as he set the documents aside and picked up another one. "Why did you choose to live with the Skeletons?" He asked kindly as he continued to read.
Frisk paused and looked at Asgore for a moment. "I did want to be a princess or anything like that, plus I knew that someday Chara and Asriel would come back and if that ever happened it would be pretty awkward since me and Chara had a thing for each other."
Asgore frowned. "Not exactly, you would be adopted and not related by blood." He said calmly.
Frisk growled. "Fine that was only part of the answer. The other part was that I didn't want to pick you or Toriel and cause problems, Sans was the best choice and given that both he and papyrus knew about and were unaffected by my Determination only gave me more reasons to live with them." Frisk leaned back in her chair as she looked off into the distances. "The Power of Determination, to go back in time and redo anything is not only a big responsibility but it can be very difficult to relate to others. Sans was able to help me a lot especially the nightmares I has after... all the times I went back because I died." Frisk shuddered and leaned back in her chair quickly wiping her eyes causing Asgore frowned.
"Did you ever... give up?" He asked.
Frisk was silent for a while till she looked down. "After I fought you a few times I broke... Sans managed to get me to his house and I stayed there for a few weeks." She said quietly. "After a while I went back and faced you again only to die, all those weeks were erased but Sans and Papyrus remembered them." Frisk laughed as she looked down." It's funny really, I guess even before I freed every one Sans was already pretty much my dad."
Asgore nodded. "I see." He said a she looked down. "Frisk... if it's any consolation, I'm so sorry for what I put you through. I don't remember what happened before the PLAYER took control but after that... It was as if I was trapped in a nightmare, unable to stop myself or act out in any meaningful way. And I know I'm not the only Monster who feels this way, Undyne may not show it but she is very torn up about what she did, Toriel was so heart broken." Asgore sighed. "We comforted each other as best we could but in the end..." Asgore trailed off.
"You think what you endured was even close to what I went through!?" Frisk asked as she slammed her fist into the table. "The only one to ever get it aside form Sans was Chara, she lived through the same shit I did, saw every death, every struggle, everything I went through she was the only one there to help!" She yelled angrily before she leaned back deflated and sighing again. "I never blamed you, any of you." She said causing Asgore to wince. "I knew you all did what you did to protect every monster. Besides it's all in the past now and Chara got rid of the PLAYER so it’s finally over. And knowing Chara, she made sure the job was done properly."
Asgore nodded. "To think she was capable of such power." Asgore muttered as he shook his head and returned to the paper work however he still eyed Frisk with some concern. Frisk wasn’t prone to outbursts so something was wrong.
Chara lay sleeping in a room of the Everfree castle, beside the bed Toriel sat tiredly looking over the young human. As she watched her child the door opened and the sound of hooves were heard causing Toriel to turn and see the princess beside her. "Hello Princess Celestia." Toriel said kindly.
"Queen Toriel." Celestia responded with a nod as she sat down and looked at Chara. "How is Chara doing?"
"The Doctor said she may wake up soon, her bodies recovered and all that's left is for her magic to stabilize." Toriel responded.
Celestia nodded. "And what of her soul?"
Toriel frowned. "I've had Dr. Alphys checking on it and it's healed well." Toriel said as she brushed her hands through Charas hair. "Sans was right, she's not a demon anymore." She said with a small smile.
"Not all Demons are evil Queen Toriel." Celestia said with a smile that quickly morphed in to a frown. "Just as not all Angels are good." She said sadly.
Toriel looked at Celestia with a dangerous glare. "I assume you are not referring to Frisk." She said coldly.
Celestia shook her head. "No but perhaps we should discuss something I've noticed about her recently." Celestia responded as she looked away with a frown. "She seems to be rather... moody lately. She hides it rather well most of the time but there have been a few incidents recently where she has snapped at diplomats or broken down."
Toriel frowned. "I'd imagen she is under a lot of stress with Chara still unconscious." Toriel said kindly. "They care greatly for one another."
Celestia shook her head. "I've seen Frisk when she is stressed and she isn’t like then. When Frisk is stresses she normally goes and trains or perhaps she goes and reads; she always fin ds a way to destress." Celestia turned to the older monster in concern. "You know more about humans than I so will you help her?"
Toriel frowned a she rubbed her chin in thought. "Well I don’t thin it’s anything magical in nature, I'll have Dr. Alphys look at her and run some tests, maybe that wi-"
"You are not letting that monster near my wife!" Chara yelled cutting Toriel off and shocking both of the rulers as she shot up and glared at the old goat monster.
"Chara!" Toriel yelled as she grabbed Chara and pulled her in to a hug. "OH, my child you're awake!" She cried and joy.
Chara sat there in shock, her eyes wide as she slowly turned to look at the Goat holding her. "Mom...you're alive." She asked before tears began to flow and she pulled the larger monster into a hug. "You're really here and alive!" She cried out happily."
"It's me my child, I'm here and so very proud of you." She said happily. Chara held the old goat monster tightly as she slowly began to cry thought he sobs were muffled by the robes Toriel wore. "It's alright my child; I'm here, all monsters are here." She said as she hugged Chara tighter. "You did it my child, you saved us all."
"I missed you." Chara said happily as she pulled herself away and looked at Toriel with a smile. "So It really did work, we assumed it did when we saw Asgore alive but if you're here then it must have worked." She said still smiling. "It really did work."
Toriel smiled kindly. "Had I known that all it took to wake you was mentioning Frisk I'd f done so much sooner." She said with a devious smirk.
"Mom!" Chara groaned as she buried her fade in her hands causing Toriel and Celestia to chuckle. "How long was I out anyway?" She asked after she calmed down.
"You've been out for two weeks Chara." Celestia said calmly. "And frankly I think that's as much as the guards can handle of... on what's her name?" She muttered. "Undyne, I think?" She asked receiving a nod from Toriel and a groan from Chara.
"If Undyne is training the guard then I shudder to think how they survived." Chara said. "Undyne was trained by Gerson and my father in battle, I may be the more skilled warrior but Undyne has absolutely no restraint." Chara said before something seemed to hit her. "Wait... did you all say something was wrong with frisk?" She asked as she turned to look at the the two rulers her eyes glowing red as he looked at them.
Several hours later
Frisk sat grumpily in the hospital wing of the Everfree castle being looked over by Chara. "I swear I'm fine Chara." She said tiredly.
"Frisk, as much as I want to say that yes you're fine in my medical opinion you are absolutely not fine." Chara said as she glared at her wife. "I go to sleep for two weeks and this shit happens, for once I'd like a quite century of nothing." She grumbled a she continued to run a few test. "Okay so let see; low magic, physical exhaustion, mood swings... oh god..." Chara's eyes widened as she looked at frisk and then back at the results before promptly fainting.
Chara groaned as she came to and rubbed her head. "Ow..." She groaned as she sat up only to see a very worried Frisk and a particular skeleton who was wearing a more obnoxious than usual smile on his face.
"So... You want to tell her or should I?" He asked. "Either way I can guaranty Frisk is going to kill you."
Char gulped as frisk looked at Charas in concern. "What's wrong with me?" She asked Chara in fear.
"Frisk... you're pregnant." Charta said calmly causing Frisk to go wide eyed in fear as Sans began to laugh.