December 31st, 203X
Chara POV:
Christmas was very fun for Asriel and I, since we gave each other chocolates for gifts and our dad and mom suggested that, on the fifth of January, that me and Asriel compete against them in the annual Nose-Nuzzling contest, which they were the champions of during 198X.
"Challenge accepted. You know, maybe Alphy and Undyne could enter too?" I smirked.
"Hehe, if you invite Undyne, she might just destroy the place if she doesn't win first place," Asriel joked with me.
"She has been proven to be a tough cookie, on numerous occasions," I smiled at him. But just as we were speaking to each other, I got a phone call on my phone again. And it was from Gaster. "Hello?" I asked into it, Gaster on the other line and sounding a bit odd.
"h-Hi... uH... c-CaN yOu coME tO mY lab? EverYOnE? I... I neeD aSsiStaNCe..." Gaster said, him having something with his voice that I could instantly recognize, having been around Alphys for so long. He was worried.
"Sure, I'll get all of us down there to meet up with you," I said, me hanging the phone up and mom, dad, and Asriel looking at me in worry. "That was Gaster. He sounded pretty worried when he called, something I don't think I've ever heard from him... he said we all need to go to his lab to help him out with... something. He didn't specify what, exactly," I frowned.
"Don't worry, I'll call up everyone in our group that can show up on the way down," mom smiled.
"Same with me and dad," Asriel said as they then got their phones and called some people, me then nodding as we then proceeded down the elevator to the shortcut to Gaster's lab. And when we got down there, we saw that something was immediately very wrong. For one thing, the lab looked like it had been ransacked, almost like something had showed up and left a tornado in its wake! A lot of Gaster's inventions that were in the area were now reduced to scrap, which made me very scared.
"Uh-oh... y-you don't think this... this has to do with the artificial soul experiment..." I gulped.
"it is," said a voice that I didn't expect to hear in the lab. It was the little toddler Sans, him being escorted around by Brian with Papyrus clinging to him in fear. "pops finally figured out how to give the soul a conscience. the moment it got a body of its own, it became very skitterish and scared, rushing through at speeds not thought possible. it's like some kind of super creature," Sans said, me looking at Brian and him pointing to the area that led to the main invention room. I nodded and all of us proceeded that way, us seeing that Gaster was sitting amongst a whole mess of cords, broken parts, and busted machines.
"Gaster! Are you alright?" dad asked him in concern, Gaster sighing and shaking his head, not even speaking to us. He simply motioned his hand around the place and sighed deeply.
"Gaster, where's the owner of the artificial soul?" I asked him. He finally looked at me and spoke.
"She'S... iN thE ShoWeR... lOCkEd thE doOR aNd woN'T coMe oUt..." he said with a sigh.
"Gaster... I'm... I'm sorry," Toriel said with a sigh.
"No... thIs iS mY oWn pRIce... foR mEssInG wiTh soULs... nOW I hAve tO liVe wItH iT... EverYThing... dEstRoyeD..." he said, me looking to his time machine and seeing that, of all the things that were broken, the unfinished time machine and the space-time sonar were still standing strong.
"Let's go try to talk with this new creature... she's probably very scared right now," I said, everyone nodding at that. We went to where the shower room was, which is where we saw that the door was, indeed locked.
"Hello?... Miss?... We uh... wanted to talk to you?" I asked, me hearing a lot of skittering on the other side of the door.
"W-Who... Who are you? Where am I?... Who am I? How did I even get here?" I heard a very sad sounding female voice say on the other side, her sounding like she had the voice of a Temmie from the pitch of it.
"We're... the Royal Family. You're in the lab of the Royal Scientist... and... well, you were created via an experiment," I said, the girl on the other side scratching the door a bit and me hearing some heavy panting noises.
"P-Please, tell me... what am I? I... I don't know what's going on... I'm... I'm so scared..." the voice on the other end said, me sighing at her as I then spoke.
"Don't worry, miss. You're safe. We're all very nice. Do you think we can say hello to you?" Maybe give you a hug?" I asked, the voice on the other end sounding a bit less scared at that.
"Y-You're... nice?... No scary?..." she asked, me smiling at her.
"We're all very nice. There's nothing to worry about," I said with a comforting touch to my voice. The door then unlocked and slowly opened to reveal who we were speaking to. And it was then that I was a bit surprised about what she looked like, but all of us smiled at her all the same. She had the hair and fur of a Temmie all over her body, which showed with how skittish she was, even when standing still. Her body looked almost like a 15 year old girl, but she also had legit cat ears and a tail on her. But other than that, she also had a face that looked a little bit like Vulkin's face and she had wings on her back that looked like they would belong on Tsunderplane. I would've said she was an Amalgamate, but no, she wasn't. She didn't drip or ooze anywhere and she looked completely in control of herself, just very scared.
"W-Who are you?" she asked with concern.
"My name is Chara, miss. Princess Chara," I smiled as I gently held out my hand and the girl then timidly touched it and she finally sighed in relief.
"S-So warm..." she smiled at my touch.
"This is my boyfriend, Prince Asriel," I smiled as I introduced him. "This is my mum, Queen Toriel... and this is my dad, King Asgore," I said, the monster girl finally smiling at all of us, though she still jittered around while doing so.
"So... did mister Gaster give you a name, miss?" Toriel asked, her looking over to the left and right a bit before shaking her head.
"No... he... he's scary..." she said with a shakiness to her voice again.
"He's not scary, he's actually a bit sad right now," Asriel said.
"Sad?... Why?" she asked.
"Well... when you got scared, you kind of destroyed almost every one of his inventions before locking yourself in the bathroom..." I said, her sighing at that and hanging her head.
"I... I'm sorry..." she said with a sigh.
"Well, how about we give you a name for now? Would you like to have a name for your new life?" I asked, the girl's eyes widening at that and smiling softly.
"Y-Yes... I'd like that," she smiled kindly.
"How about we call you... Mew Mew?" I smiled, Asriel smirking at that while mom and dad nodded their heads.
"Mew Mew... that sounds nice," she smiled kindly.
"Now, let's go ahead and get you something to eat. After all, you just used up a lot of energy. You're probably pretty hungry," mom smiled, Mew Mew smiling at that.
"T-Thank you... Royal Family..." she said with a smile as we then led her out to Gaster and she hid behind me and I simply held her hand gently.
"It's okay, Mew Mew. Mister Gaster just needs some time to think," I said, her sighing and following after us with Asriel taking up position behind her to make her feel safe. Upon us getting on the elevator to the castle, we went up it and looked at each other and then at Mew Mew.
"So... uh... who's going to be the one to watch over Mew Mew?" Asriel asked, Mew Mew smiling at his voice.
"I think it'd be wise that, for a few days, we should keep her at the castle. At least until I can find a way to explain her appearance to the residents of the Underground," Asgore said.
"Fluffybuns... did you know about this experiment at all?" mom asked him.
"No, I did not... but apparently Asriel and Chara did. So how did you know about it?" dad asked me and Asriel, us frowning at it and Mew Mew simply shaking a bit with a smile on her face.
"Well... we kind of knew about it during one of our visits a few months ago. When I got the job of healing up monsters with my blood. But we only recently learned how he's been doing the experiment only a week or so ago, when we watched over Sans and Papyrus," I explained.
"I see... so why didn't you mention it to myself or Asgore?" Toriel asked, me seeing that she had a stern frown on her face.
"We... we didn't really want anyone to worry... and we just assumed that Gaster would be able to be okay..." Asriel said with a sad frown and his head hung down.
"I'm not mad at you, children, I'm just a little but upset at how Gaster never mentioned this project to myself or Asgore, but told you two instead," Toriel frowned.
"Agreed... some would say that Gaster would need to be punished, but I'd say that his punishment has already been given to him by Mew Mew," Asgore said with a sad sigh.
"We'll find out some way to do this, I promise," I smiled at dad, him nodding at that.
"I know, young Chara," he nodded at me.
January 30th, 205X
Asriel POV:
It had been four years and counting since Chara had come down to the Underground and it had been over a whole year since Mew Mew was created by Gaster. And yet, we still saw no sign of the owner of the yellow soul or the Frisk of this timeline. But in other news, a couple of other things happened that we didn't expect.
Gaster had been fired by Toriel for his experimentation with souls, leaving Doctor Alphys in charge of the Royal Scientist duties. I felt that was a harsh punishment, but when it came to messing with souls, Toriel found the action disgusting. Gaster and his kids now lived in a newly-built house in Snowdin, though he was allowed to visit other areas if he wished, minus Alphys's lab.
And today happened to be a Saturday, which is when dad usually gave his speeches. Only, since the incident with Mew Mew, she had stayed with us and always joined Asgore on screen when it came to the report. According to Mew Mew, she preferred to live with the people she trusted most, which was our family in the castle. We didn't mind, since Mew Mew was pretty cute and, when we earned her trust, she actually was a pretty fun girl to be around.
"Hello, citizens of the Underground. I, King Asgore, am presenting the weekly update... honestly there isn't much to mention, save for a new birth to the Underground," Asgore said, me being surprised at that. "Her name is Alina and she was born just yesterday in Snowdin... though, sadly, her mother didn't survive the delivery, so Alina is now an orphan," Asgore said, me gasping at that and being very saddened as the picture of the little baby was shown on the screen. And Chara looked at it with intrigue.
"I know that monster... that's one of the monsters that was friends with Frisk during his timeline," Chara said, me noting the different features of the infant. She had no arms at all, had three spikes on her head in a straight line, a very cute face, and had little legs. She also was sucking on a pacifier, which was adorable.
"Aw... I wish there was something we could do for her.." I frowned with a breaking heart... Chara, however gasped and smiled suddenly at me. "What's up, hon?" I asked her.
"I have an idea. Maybe this Alina won't be an orphan. Maybe she could be raised after the two of us?" she asked, me gasping as I felt my heart thumping with tenderness and warmth. The fact that Chara was offering to help raise a little baby... it made my heart flutter to think we could adopt her!
"Yeah! I agree, that's perfect! Let's go tell dad right now!" I smiled widely, both me and Chara rushing to where dad was doing his speech and seeing he had just finished up as we approached him.
"What's the rush, children?" he asked with a smile.
"We want to adopt Alina! Can we? Please?" I asked, dad's face turning to one of surprise for a few seconds before he saw our faces and he smiled at us.
"You should know that taking care of an infant is no easy task, children. It'll be a very big test of your relationship and your responsibilities. Do you understand this?" dad asked.
"Yes, we do," Chara smiled as I nodded at that.
"Very well then. Let's go to Alphys's lab and fill out some paperwork. Alina is being kept there until someone offered to adopt," Asgore said, me smiling at that as we went the whole way to the elevator and pushed the bottom button to get to the lab quicker. And upon arrival, we saw that the lab had been revamped to look much cleaner and pretty, which made me and Chara smile at how Alphys girl'ed the place up! Asgore then led us to the injury room and Alphys looked to be tending to some of the injured monsters and I could tell she was really into it. Even Mitts was helping her out!
"Hey, Doctor Alphys," Chara smiled, Alphys looking at her and blushing.
"Well, I'm still not used to being called that, honestly..." Alphys smiled.
"Listen, Alphys. Chara and Asriel want to know if they can adopt little Alina. Would you mind showing us the little one?" Asgore asked, Alphys smiling at him and then looking at me and Chara.
"You really want to go through parenthood, huh? I wish you luck, both of you," Alphys smiled as she then led us over to a special bed that I could tell was infused with magic. And it happened to have the little Alina sleeping inside of it, which made my heart melt in affection.
"Just remember, you must never ignore a baby crying. Baby's cry when they need something and ignoring them won't lead to anything good," Mitts explained with a hushed voice, me smiling at that and Chara nodding as she gently picked up the little baby monster and she slowly opened her eyes, looking at Chara with a happy yawn.
"Hello there, little Alina," Chara smiled at her, Alina babbling a little bit and sucking a bit on Chara's locket, which was even more adorable.
"Congratulations, Princess. You're a mommy now," Mitts smiled at Chara, me smirking at that.
"I promise to be the best parent that I can to little Alina... I shall never lay a single hand on her for as long as I live," Chara said with seriousness in her voice.
"That's a good thing to promise, hon, so I also promise that," I smirked at her as I looked at Alina and she smiled at me too. "Though it will be pretty interesting to have a family member that doesn't have arms," I smirked.
"Agreed on that much," dad smiled softly as Alina then started to babble a single word to us.
"Baba! Baba!" she said, me looking at a nearby bottle of milk and holding it for her, Alina cooing as she then started to drink it, making all of us smile afterwards as she sucked the whole thing dry. Chara then raised Alina over her head and patted her back a couple times until Alina made a little burp. She certainly knew what she was doing. And soon after, Alina closed her eyes and started to sleep again.
"Let's go back home with our new family member, my children," Asgore smiled. Me and Chara smiled and nuzzled our noses together before we then headed for the elevator and went back to the castle with all smiles.