Dreamer Adventures

Because of the days rather… unorthodox wake up call… an emergency meeting had been immediately scheduled and all staff and campers were herded into the outdoor amphitheatre.

Mrs. Shy had cleared her throat, the now grating sound echoing through her unadjusted microphone. “Oh, I’m sorry about that… um…” It was far too apparent the mare’s nerves were getting the better of her.

“Are we going to die?” One of the more airheaded campers in the crowd called out, causing the shy mare to lose more of her remaining calm.

“NO!” She screamed with an all too terrified expression, before the silent guard handed her a paper bag to hyperventilate into.

While the frayed mare calmed herself, one of the counselors took the mic. “No… no one is going to… to…” Though it was all too obvious the new speaker had just as much trouble as her predecessor.

Chara soon glitched into the stage taking the mic from the guard and saying to the group. “ no one is going to die because the threat has already been dealt with.”

The audience had slowly devolved into a storm of whispers and worry, though the counselor who had taken over for Mrs. Shy had seemingly regained her bearings. “U-unfortunately… we have contacted every… one’s family. The caravan will be returning to Ponyville in the evening, and an added garrison of royal guards will be accompanying us.”

“Just to let you guys know I had fun with you all while it lasted and I hope we can do it again.” Chara said trying to cheer them up.

This did manage to lift everyone’s spirits, if the rising cheers led by Slate of all ponies were any indicator. “Here here! To further strengthening our friendships!” The buffalos and ponies all cried an equal ‘Here here!’ which was soon followed by a cacophony of laughter.

“Then let's not be sad about the camp ending today let's be happy that we will get to come backs someday!” Chara says enthusiastically

More or less happy with the outcome, the counselors and guards led the children to a rather massive goodbye feast. Unbeknownst to all… it was just the calm before the storm.

Back with Yog’rizzicth

“Aaaaaugh!” Yog’rizzicth cried out as he was being pelted with high speed manapain balls, them burrowing into his skin as they were watched by the leader of the angered ponies of the organization.

“See? I am quite capable of making your time with us less pleasant. Now, will you comply, and do what we wish, or will you continue in persisting that we can’t?”

Yog’rizzicth spat out what looked like a small puddle of cosmic goop, what was basically his equivalent of blood, and growled at them. “Godhood…. Is not mine to give...takes the brothers three, unbidden to anothers will...lest the god fail to live…”

The pony, in response, rammed a manapain ball into the eye hole of his mask, essentially ramming it into his eye socket. “Tut tut tut~ That’s not what we wanted to hear, and you are still lying and tricking us, you said that the black dragon could kill Chara, but what did he do? WHAT did HE do?” she slugged him in the gut with a manapain horseshoe. “You are still under our command! We COMMAND you to tell us how to eliminate the demon!”

Yog’rizzicth grunted. “To eliminate a demon true, ye must seek the mystic metal blue, dreamers ore of deepest ocean hue.”

The unicorn smirked “There, now was that so hard?~ Or… are you beginning to grow numb to the pain in your belly? Let me refresh it!” She then rammed the horseshoe into his gut and twisted it, making the manapain balls still in his stomach move positions, and his deadened nerves sparked to life again, flaring with all new pain.

“Yaaaaaaaauuuugh!” Yog’rizzicth screamed as he was overwhelmed with the desire to make the pony in front of him suffer, only for ethereal shackles to form over his limbs and chains weigh him down. “Thy judgement shall come, foul whore child, thy pain and suffering will make mine look mild!”

The pony smirked and simply uttered a single command. “Sleep.”

As Yog’rizzicth passed out, she made her way to the meeting room, where the rebel changelings and the remaining Griffons waited irritably. “What is the meaning of keeping that useless oaf around? He deceives you at every turn, and only gives basic information that simple studying of extraplanar entities would supply.” The Griffon in charge growled. “And While it is nice to not have to smell the blood on you all the time, surely torturing one of the three Yogs is a bad idea?”

The Changelings buzzed in agreement. “And why do we not send Yog’rizzicth himself to eliminate the brat? Surely his power is sufficient.”

The pony shook her head. “The resulting feedback from two such potent magics would endanger this reality, so unless you want to risk no longer existing, I recommend you stay your tongue. Especially since the ‘Brat’ as you say, can erase realities on their own.”

The Griffons huffed. “While your research did state thus, I still feel like we are not getting the whole picture… like there is some sort of bluff going on…”

A pony then walked up behind his leader at her behest, he wore a long white lab coat stained with red, green, and cosmic liquids, and wore goggles over his eyes that shone a crimson red. “This child is quite irregular, they have the powers we read about, for certain, but… their personality differs greatly from the texts…”

The Changelings frowned at this. “What do you mean, doctor Pain hoof?”

He grinned disturbingly. “They have exhibited great attraction to the one known as Asriel, even though they have been written as a purely platonic relationship. Not to mention, they are much more open to talking to others than their history would suggest.”

One of his guards grunted. “My guess? You got one of the others, you did mess up the summoning phrase, so it makes sense you got something close, but not quite.”

Pain Hoof smirks. “We have a line of simulacra ready to deploy… some even have shown an accessibility to the dream realm. It would be easy to make a simulacrum capable of fighting the child~” Pain Hoof whistles and a trio of stitched, patchwork monstrosities with gnashing teeth filled mouths and fleshy film covered eyes came forth, the bones beneath their skin bulging out disturbingly as their eyes glowed in a pink light. “Meet my servants, simulacra that while incapable of fighting, showed a great deal of fine motor control and ability to follow instructions.”

He took out a book and smiled. “It was thanks to this ream book that I was able to animate these simulacra, and my proudest Achievement! I have created a Betty FAR more powerful than the run of the mill child from the books! Her body houses the strongest dream being I could capture, none other than Circe herself!”

The Griffons and Changelings looked to him with disgust. “Are you INSANE?! These were corpses, they were DEAD!”

The changelings shivered. “We refuse to go into the field with those… things.”

The Griffons then nodded. “There is no honor in this, overthrowing the tyrant of the sun was one thing, and we could see the rest as necessary evils… but this? This… this utter desecration?” they shook with rage. “You have gone too far! We -Glllk!”

At that, a Simulacrum shot a bone spear from it’s palm, straight into the Griffon kings eye, killing him instantly, before bone spears skewered every Griffon in the compound. “Ah,” the doctor said. “Such naughty little kitties, must have forgotten to take their catnip this morning~ Ah well, seems I get some land to purchase, good thing to, my Simulacra need room to hunt!”

There was a loud crunching sound as the simulacra that shot the spears rushed for their marks, and began feasting on their bodies. “Ah, what wonders the blood of a yog can do!” He smiled. “I even made a soldier superior to Chara! It will be so much fun to watch my design exceed the natural red soul, for what else can overtake determination, than FEAR?”

The changelings fought back the urge to vomit as they felt the fear emanating from each and every simulacrum, every one not only overwhelmed with fear and hunger, but also… they were also feeding off of the fear they accrued.

-Ponyville: Special Units Barracks-

“So the filly actually took down an elder dragon?” A random soldier asked, a sword and cloth in his hooves.

“Shortstack is a lot tougher than she looks,” Oz replied, tending to his own weapons as best he could.

Rose Petal had gently placed a teacup upon a saucer, her eyes now focusing on several scattered documents. “An elder dragon, old world gods, nightmare creatures… Something tells me we're heading to Tartarus in a hoofbasket.” The flower decorated lieutenant commented before wetting her lips with her tea.

“BOR-riiiiing…” A younger member of Oz’s troupe whined. “Isn't that why we have our own god on call?” The visibly bored colt asked. “What was his name again?”

“He's a last resort,” Oz replied. “Plus, Shortstack probably doesn't like him all that much and we have Connor.” The skeletal goatman sheathed his golden blade and began polishing an elongated spear.

“Ugh, why can't we meet heroes from other worlds!?” The young soldier whined. “Come on captain, let me in on your fun~” He was thusly rewarded with a swift hoof flick to the nose.

“Tut, tut,” Rose commented. “There will be none of that. Back to business…” She then shuffled a set of papers about. “The Whitetail Caravan leaves at Sun's set, now would be the perfect time to review our roles and run some drills.” This was met with several groans of complaints, but hooves began to shuffle nonetheless.

-Whitetail-

“So whatcha gonna do once you get back home?” Foghorn asked to her friends, the fillies now packing their belongings.

“I am taking every service on hoof at the spa!” Tiara shouted.

“I'll be joining her.” Silver added.

“ well I'll be training…” Chara said with a frown looking down at her hands.

“And?” Thunder asked, looking at her rather empty duffel bag.

“I'll make sure she gets enough fresh air.” Tiara added.

“ girls I had to reverse my fate against that dragon… that's why I have to get stronger, I need to be stronger to protect those I care about.” Chara said still not looking at them.

“Right, so who's there to watch your back?” Silver replied rather coldly. “It doesn't matter how strong you are alone. You still need someone to watch your back.”

“Well, Asriel doesn't seem like much.” Fog commented.

“But he's probably just as strong.” Thunder added.

“ he's the only one that can stop me if I went geno…” Chara said with a smile.

“What's THAT supposed to mean?” Tiara asked, her face an expression of confusion.

“ asriel is the only one who can stop me if I became a bad guy, his soul has the power of 7 normal human Souls and a Monster who has seven human Souls absorbed becomes a god.” chara says looking up at the ceiling

“Great, another god…” Silver replied as she rolled her eyes, her belongings packed and ready along with Tiara’s.

“ and not just any God an absolute God.” Chara said with a nod

Foghorn tilted her head. “But he's so small?”

“And cute.” Thunder added while nodding her head.

“ you think that's his only form? that's his normal form, he has two other forms one is his adult born and the other is his absolute God of hyperdeath form.” Chara said shuttering at the last one.

“Right, when he showed up in that armor.” Tiara commented. “Though, it didn't look like it was from off planet. It looked Equestrian.”

“Old too,” Silver added as she started to pull her and Tiara’s luggage away. “Celestia’s royal guard hasn't issued armor like that in close to… seventy years.”

“really?” Chara asked turning to them with a curious face.

“The last time armor like that was worn was when Canterlot got hit by demons.” Diamond stated as she followed Silver. The buffalo shrugged, took their sparse belongings and followed along.

“ I didn't know there were demons in this universe…” Chara said as she was learning a lot today.

“It's not public knowledge, after what happened to old town… you'd be hard pressed to find somepony willing to talk.” Silver replied.

“The last surviving veteran died a while ago didn't he?” Diamond asked.

“I'm lost.” Foghorn commented.

“Again.” Thunderhoof chorused.

“We'll tell you on the trip back.” Silver replied.

Once the group was well on their way, several armed guards began to subtly lead them to the caravan, the wagons appearing far more sturdy and armored.

“Hey Chara, think your mom might be paranoid?” Diamond asked with a tilt head

“ well we did get attacked by that giant black dragon that I killed I assume she's sending these guards in case another one attacks…” Chara said looking up at the sky.

“Guards… and rune engraved steel.” Silver commented as she ran a hoof over one of the wagons. “Deflection, these are good for javelins and arrows…” She then reviewed another rune. “And anti magic, they went all out here…”

“Please enter the wagons at a calm and leisurely pace!” A soldier called out. “We will be departing for the Whitetail midway point shortly!”

It seemed there was a guard for every group of five, and as Chara's group only consisted of four, the ever silent guard that constantly hovered over Chara throughout the trip had once again taken to caring for the child; Buffalo Princess Strongheart in tow.

“It will be a pleasure and a privilege to travel with the four of you tonight.” Strong stated as she bowed, eyes closed and a soft smile adorning her lips.

“yea you to…” Chara said uncomfortably reminded of Japan and having an entirely different reaction now that she was female to the reminder of what they came up with, after all she did not want the Japanese school girl treatment.

Soon, every group was herded into the wagons, said wagons now FAR larger than what they looked like on the outside.

“What will you do when you arrive home?” Strong had asked.

“Spa day.” Tiara and Silver replied.

“A little time with our father would be nice.” Fog wondered aloud, followed by an approving nod by Thunder.

“ you think your parents would mind too much if I arranged for you guys to come visit me or all of us to visit one another?” Chara said well looking out of the corner of her eye with the tilt of her head As She lazily watch for anything out of the ordinary.

“I'm sure an off the records play date can be arranged.” Strong replied happily.

“Please remain seated!” A voice called out. “We will now be departing!” And with that, the wagon had lurched forward as chatter began to drown out the sound of the grating wheels impacting the gravel road. Chara remain silent as she thought back to the words of the black dragon and how he said that someone told him about Chara.

The silent guard grunted, gently nudging Chara as if to ask what was on her mind.

“That Dragon... he was told to come and fight me specifically, Who would know enough about me to know I would be able to kill him?” Chara said turning her head to face the guard.

The guard huffed and shrugged. “Monsters…” Was all she rasped out as she looked to the others. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara having huddled next to one side of Foghorn, with Thunderhoof on the opposite side.

The guard’s face was silently asking if Chara would join them to sleep, even so Chara felt something was off, so as she lay down to sleep she created a save point just to be safe.

-The Wolves-

Laughter echoed through a hollowed ravine accompanied by the sickening crunch and tear of flesh.

"ALRIGHT YOU DOGS!! WHO'S READY TO PARTY!!!?" A wild and dangerous cry rang through what was the home of several hundred canines. Coyotes, Hyenas, Dogs of all walksof life, and the leaders of the pack…

"BECAUSE IN JUST A FEW HOURS! THE SUN WILL FALL! AND TONIGHT'S FEAST SHALL. BE. GLORIOUS!!!"

The Whitetail Wolves, a dishonored band of savage beasts who had once been abandoned and left to die not only banded together and thrived, but so too grew their numbers so spectacularly that if not for Equestria's military, would have taken the whole of the continent through sheer force and ferocity.

In a more hushed tone, the lead wolf, a massive grey and crimson furred monstrosity who had been missing an eye addressed the crowd. "Who here wants to hear the plan?" He asked with a knowing smile. His smile grew wide and open as the crowd booed and began throwing stripped bones at the wolf.

"THAT'S RIGHT! WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING PLAN!!!" The cheers that followed drowned out the sky, a foreboding precursor to be sure...

-Nightfall-

It wasn't long before the caravan had come and gone from Whitetail Outpost, no children allowed outside their wagons for safety reasons. Thankfully, the enlarged wagons were well designed for an excursion such as this as well as aptly supplied.

"This is gold leader, do you copy blue leader? Over." The lead guard of the caravan called into a rune carved into her helm.

From the tail end of the caravan, a guard with a blue streak in her helm answered. "This is Blue leader, I hear you loud and clear Gold leader. Over." After two minutes, Blue leader sent a similar message to another color coded leader as the string went from Green to Yellow, to Black, and then to Red.

Gold lead the caravan, Blue flanked the tail, Green took the left, Yellow took the right, Black held the air, and Red scoured the forest proper...

"This is Red Leader, how do things look on your end Gold? Over." As the line cut, a small scratching sound was barely caught.

"Clear roads Red Leader, anything to report? Over." Four seconds. Four agonizing seconds passed before a hoarse and coughing voice answered.

"Inhaled something, probably just a fungal spore, over." Red leader answered. Their nerves steadied, Gold Leader took note of their team and resumed coms…

It wouldn't be another ten minutes before the body of one of the pegasi fell to the earth, mangled and torn right in front of Gold Leader.

"ALL TEAMS HIGH ALERT! REQUEST IMME-" Gold Leader would have no time to finish, their voice replaced by another cough filled echo. "Apologies, loose trunk fell and it startled me, over."

Before anyone ever knew what hit them, all of Gold Team had been wiped out and replaced by snarling and snickering canines… save one.

The shaking and half dead unicorn found the last of his strength and shot a bolt into the sky, signaling to Black Team that ground floor was breached, and with their comrade having been lost for more than ten minutes, this was no drill.

That was when the carnage began… As the whole of Black Team descended upon the ground, the canines had begun their assault, ripping and tearing into any and all that came into contact with them before disappearing into the forest.

"We need to stop the caravan!" A guard shouted, they're very armor shaking in tandem with their body.

"We stay the course!" Yellow leader shouted, casually wiping blood from their chest plate. "Now call it in…"

-Chara-

"I need to help them!" Chara said sternly or at least she thought she did as she tried to exit the caravan to help the soldiers she would not let people die if she could help it.

"They are highly trained soldiers and there is nothing they can't handle!" Tiara shouted as she grabbed Chara by the neck. "Now sit your butt down! You messed up the sleeping pile…"

"But can't you hear it? I can't stand the thought of not helping those who need it!"Chara says as she once again tries to exit the Caribbean.

"Keep us safe…" The normally silent guard groaned out before wincing in pain.

"You should get that checked." Foghorn commented, now having woken from her sleep, earning her a scoff from the guard.

"That's it I'm glitching out there now!"Chara yelled out as she heard another one of the guards die has she disappeared in a flash of pixels.

-The slaughter-

As Chara found herself outside the still moving caravan, a bloodied and half dismembered coyote was flung past her head, it's body staining her wagon's wall.

"Shortstack/Chara!?" Ozriel called out, an elongated spear in one hand. "What the Hell are doing out here/You should be inside!?" Behind and around him, several wolves, dogs, and coyotes had been caught in a scuffle with the remainder of the caravan guard and Ozriel's own forces.

"I can't let you all die alone or fight alone, I stand with those who are my responsibility!" Chara said as she headed for the nearest dog her blade glowing black and red as she shut down her emotions which she hadn't done since she had been displaced.

Surprisingly, six arrows had pierced the beast's skull before she had a chance to dig into its flesh.

"All units! Berserker on the field! Kill steal accordingly!!" Ozriel shouted, gaining him six shouts in response… of course in his moment of distraction, a gray bodied, eye patch wearing wolf slammed bodily into the goat.

"Get away from him you bastard!" Chara said emotionlessly as her strings wrapped around his lower legs slicing them off.

The wolf gave no screams, a wild gaze in his eyes as he caught a loose twig and rammed it into a stub. "What's a matter, scared!?" He taunted as he seemed to flash away, slicing at Ozriel's cheek.

"Augh! Bitch!" The goat shouted as he regained his footing, the wolf having disappeared.

"Why don't you fight like a male or are you a little bitch?" Chara taunted the wolf as she started making little balls of hate she sent into the Carnage with one instruction kill the wolves attacking us.

"Aw~ the itty bitty cub thinks she's a hero~" The wolf taunted back, echoing laughter following suit as the attack had once again died down. "Show em what we do with heros boys! And girls, I'm not sexist~"

"Oh I know I'm no hero I'm a world ending glitch." Chara said letting her orbs attack randomly at the enemy as a aura of black and red encased her.

Howls of pain greeted her, only to be replaced by crazed laughter, orbs of shining green light decorating the dark of the forest…

"Headcount! Now!" Ozriel shouted.

"I'm alive and relatively unharmed and half tempted to put you all behind a shield and nuke this fucking Forest."chara said her body be damned

"Anyone actually sane…" Ozriel added.

"Well fuck you too!" Chara responded in kind.

"Rose division alive and kicking!" A sprightly pegasus called out.

"Y-yellow three, reporting… Yellow five and six are all that's left of us." A seemingly half dead unicorn answered, two shaken earth ponies at his back.

"Blue leader sir… I'm all that's left of my division." The blood soaked pony answered.

"Black Leader and Black two, six, seven, and nine, sir!" The pegasi squadron thusly gave a shout.

"Are there any wounded here I got a few healing spells and I have green soul energy if needed." chara said creating a few green comical bandage looking things out of her kindness.

Nodding, Ozriel pointed at the remainder of Yellow Team. "Patch em up, and thank you/We'll get through this yet!" Chara immediately sent the green bandages at all of them immediately bring them up to full health and energy.

Sighing in relief, Yellow three began to scan the area, taking note that the green orbs decorating the forest along with Chara's hate orbs had been getting closer and begun to shine with intensity.

"Guys… enemy up ahead… this one's different." The unicorn commented, and not a moment too soon as the surviving canines rushed out of the forest, some looking as though wood and vines were grafted into their bodies while others had been caught by the floating orbs of hatred.

"Fuck me/Blind." Ozriel muttered as the battle was waged anew, the one eyed wolf from before once more pouncing on the goat, though with less success this time around.

Chara herself had taken to using her soul strings to rip anyone getting close enough to her to shreds as she sliced body parts and torsos apart as if they were wet tissue paper.

Unfortunately, those that only lost limbs or non vital pieces of their head had somehow replaced their lost flesh with wood and plants, though she caught on quickly and started just slicing heads and vital organs off.

Meanwhile, the leader of the pack was in a vicious fight against Ozriel. The wolf leader laughing like a madman all the while.

"You're pretty good kid, feel like joining my crew!?" The wolf asked.

"Oh sure, join a band of savages/Really compelling offer there." The goat shot back.

"You'll think so after this!" A shrill shriek echoed from across the field, three half wooden dogs having dug their claws into Rose Team's second in command.

"ROSIE/MISS PETAL!" Once more distracted, the wolf leader had lept and dug his teeth in Ozriel's shoulder and at that moment Chara started to let loose a flamethrower from her mouth burning wolves left and right.

The leader of the pack had actually let go, his jaw going slack as he fell, and no sooner as Ozriel finally had time to kick the mutt out of the way, slicing through the now burning dogs.

Much to the goat's relief, the canines that had descended upon Rose had fled, leaving the mare to her wounds, and though the mare felt relief upon seeing her captain, her eyes widened in horror.

"Look out!" Was all the mare could say before a bloodied and massive claw of wood stopped inches from Ozriel's face…

"I… heard a rumor…" The silent guard whispered through a pained smile, the wolf pack's leader having torn through her entire body.

For all it was worth, the wolf leader, with a calm smile, resigned himself to fate. "For fucks sake…" Almost immediately, his body was torn apart from a maelstrom of wind and fire, leaving nothing but ashes in its wake.

Quaking with rage, Ozriel snuffed out what little fire remained of the charred corpse as a cough caught his attention. Turning, Ozriel stared down the body of the mare who threw herself for him.

"I could try loading azzy... I saved before the attack." Chara responded she may not have liked Rose but she did not want anyone else to die.

Before he could answer, the silent guard let out a pained chuckle before locking eyes with the child. "It… was an honor…"

Turning to the girl with rage filled tears, Ozriel practically begged the child. "Hit the reset already!!" And with that Chara hit [LOAD]

Load point before the slaughter take two

Blinking, Chara looked around the rambunctious wagon, the mares and buffalos talking and playing with one another. Everything was exactly as it seemed.

"Chara… Our escort isn't breathing." Silver whispered.

Well, almost everything…

"God dammit!" Chara yelled out before teleporting outside the caravan checking to see if anyone else was dead and finding that, no. Everyone who had died was very much alive and well.

"Princess, please return to your seat, it isn't safe out here." The familiar voice of Yellow Three called out.

"Rumor is dead and the people who are about to attack are going to be very much dead!" Chara said before just starting to set the forest alight.

Screaming bloody murder, Black Team and Blue Team had started to do what they could to quell the not yet raging inferno as Yellow Three ran to Chara's wagon.

Chara was thusly put back in the wagon once the fire was managed even though they couldn't stop the hate orbs that she threw around like candy on nightmare night (read Halloween). Inside, those around Rumor held somber expressions as medical attention was discreetly given to the mare.

"She's… gone." An on hand medic stated. "She must have passed in her sleep."

Unbeknownst to everyone else, Chara had snuck back outside went to where they were going to be attacked and started lighting the place ablaze once more as her hate orbs started tearing trees and rocks and dirt out of the ground carving away the forest for her to find those responsible.

"Olly olly oxen BITCH!" Chara yelled out. "I PROMISE TO ONLY EAT YOUR SOULS!" Chara continue to scream as liquid hate started dripping from her mouth and eyes.

"Um, Princess Chara? You're scaring the caravan guards." Blue Leader whispered meekly.

"Fucking cowards show yourself before I nuke this whole entire goddamn Forest!" Chara yelled not concerned at all about scaring people and what was worse she wasn't joking about nuking the forest.

Several guards looked at the child before one decided to finally called it in. After a few seconds, Ozriel's squadron had practically burst onto the scene, armed and flummoxed.

"Um, sir? Chara is…" Rose had started to speak, but couldn't find the exact words for the situation.

"I will beat you all to death with an umbilical cord!" Chara yelled out still tearing up the Forest around them

Sighing, the goat split in two as Asriel casually walked up to the girl and hugged her from behind.

"Charaaaa~" Asriel cooed.

"Azzy she's still dead, Rumor is still dead." Chara yelled out as she latched onto Asriel. "I'll kill them azzy, I'll hunt them to Extinction." Chara said with conviction.

The goat child only ran his fingers through the girl's hair. "Shhh… that's no reason to tear the forest apart, it's not what she would want…"

"Azzy why didn't loading work?" Chara whispered "it's supposed to fix everything why didn't it?" Chara continued tears running down her face.

Asriel looked torn, his mouth opening and closing as he so desperately wished to speak. "She… her…"

"She's fine." Oz commented, having float over to the pair at some point.

"What if azzy dies and I can't fix it!?" Chara says her eyes going wide and her pupils turning to pinpricks as she starts panicking.

"You know… I heard a rumor the forest was pretty big this year." Oz had said in reply, though nonsensical and seemingly a joke at Chara's expense, a leaf had fallen on Chara's nose. Looking up and around, it was as if the forest had been untouched.

Smiling, Asriel hugged the girl tightly as he laid his chin on her shoulder. "It's alright, I'm not going anywhere."

"Promise?" Chara said in a quiet and hushed voice, for once not sounding like she was arrogant or powerful, but actually a scared child.

Asriel only hugged her tighter. "I promise… now let's go home."

-Canterlot Castle, Celestia's room-

To say Celestia was confused would be the understatement of the year. Was she happy to see her daughter stomping about in front of her? Of course! The little one had such charming quirks about her.

Was she conflicted that the first thing Chara asked for was Spoiled Rich's (read spoiled bitch's) head on a pike? Oh quite assuredly, but the strangest of this was how sure the child was in regards to the abuse allegedly being inflicted on Spoiled's only daughter.

"I swear to God mom I will not let my friend be abused!" Chara yelled

Celestia couldn't help but blink. "Are… you certain? I know the way nobles and affluent families hold themselves can be… unsavory, but to call into question a parent's credibility?"

"She. is. like. me. I can tell." Chara says as she continues to stomp back and forth as she was beyond pissed.

Before the solar princess could so much as reply, a knock at the door shook her.

"Is this a bad time, your highness?" Rose Petal had called out. "I have the search warrants Princess Chara asked for."

"Search warrants? What search warrants?" Celestia asked as she glared at the child.

"Good work Rose! Now go search that bitch's house!" Chara says with a wicked grin ignoring Celestia.

"By your orders!" The lieutenant called out.

"What! No! Stop! I rescind that order!" Celestia shouted.

"As you wish your higness!" Rose once more called out.

Huffing, Celestia looked to her child before sighing. "One good reason."

"What you're lucky I haven't just outright gilder I do not take child abuse well…"Chara said as even before displacement she hated child abuse, it was something that would make her go from 0 to pissed in a instant.

"Which is why I'm asking for one good reason before I agree to this search." Celestia reiterated… which was also when Rose decided to enter.

"Um, there's a disgruntled employee who gave us the location of an illegal bordello, your highness. Oh! Apologies for the intrusion!" The mare bowed while frantic.

"Is that enough proof for you?" Chara said sarcastically doing everything in her power to keep from heading down and killing spoiled rich.

Facehoofing, Celestia sighed as she pawed away her pink colored knight. "I swear… you can be so pushy sometimes." To witch chara smiled taking it as a compliment.