December 25th, 209X

Chara POV:

It didn't take too long for the media around the entire world to hear about the recent release of the monster populace from Mount Ebott, each one having varying different takes on the story of how it happened as me and Asriel, the king and queen of the monsters, explained it. Most were rather positive, talking about how the fact that the monsters were so willing to forgive the humans after what had happened centuries ago and most actually talked about the true history, as provided by the monsters, Tutie's family, and Brian.

Others, however... and by others, I mean, like, only 3 different news articles, were much different, claiming that it wouldn't take long before another war were to break out between humans and monsters because of how monsters had the power to take human souls. But virtually nobody cared about that part except for a stray few crazy folks, which I found humorous when the different positive news stations interviewed these bad news stations and they kept shuffling their feet and kept getting caught in their lies.

In only a few weeks, everyone had finally gotten a place to call home in the United States and beyond. Most of the water-loving creatures lived at different aquariums or in lakes, such as Onionsan, while Aaron decided to set up shop by the beach and became a tanning sensation.

Shyster and Shyren joined Mettaton, Kristof, Coraline, and Napstablook as a traveling performance group, all of them having quite the great amount of shows and actually gaining quite the following among humans and monsters. There were even reports that they'd do a world tour starting after New Year's Day.

The Skeleton family of Gaster, Sans, and Papyrus decided to follow and live with Brian at his place in the city, where they started tinkering with many more experiments by the day, each one being more unique than the last, such as a spoon that had an extendable handle and a pot that could stir food automatically. From what I'd heard, they were already beginning to get patents for some of their unique items and were planning on becoming entrepreneurs with their business.

Undyne, Alphys, and Mitts all decided to live with Bow and her family in the city, which all of them loved as they were all super close to each other. From what I'd heard, Alphys and Undyne were talking about having a kid of their own and Mitts was actually thinking of hooking up with Tutie one day.

Speaking of Tutie, she had started a small orphanage for small kids to call home. And they loved the fact that they were able to cuddle with Bob and the other Temmies, who were a massive hit with the kids, so long as the Temmies took baths first. Seriously, if they didn't, their dander was almost always a sneezing factory for anyone, even me and the other humans.

Meanwhile, the different denizens of Snowdin liked the appeal of Canada and Alaska's frigid climate and made their home in that area, most of them finding their own way of life. The Snowdrakes became a family of stand-up comedians while the Ice Caps started a business in selling novelty hats, which I'd heard was pretty successful for a starting business. Then there was Gyfftrot, who loved being in the wilderness with the wild animals just so others couldn't put stuff on his antlers. He did have to wear clothes on him to make sure the hunters didn't shoot him, though.

The monsters of Old Home found a lovely home in a city built next to a cave, where they loved to explore all the time, especially the Froggits and Moldsmalls.

Burgh managed to land a job at a pizza restaurant as assistant manager with some assistance from me and Asriel. He said that it was the first time he ever loved making food for others, since Sizz was the one always cooking the food while he watched over the place to make sure nothing went awry.

As for Tex, he started a traveling show across the western states based on the events of how me and the other humans lived in the Underground, with different actors being different people.

Meanwhile, the monsters of Hotland such as Pyrope, Vulkin, and Tsunderplane got their own place to live in Hawaii. Tsunderplane got a job at the fair as an entertainer for the kids, where she had them ride on her back across the park in the skies, which was adorable, so long as they wore the new belted seat addition on her back correctly. Pyrope and Vulkin both got jobs at Hawaiian resorts with Pyrope being a fire starter for festivities and Vulkin being perfect for teaching kids how volcanoes worked, since he was one himself.

Gerson got a job as a jewelry maker with a jewelry store. People say that his craft is 'unique, but also shiny', mostly since Gerson had a very artistic way of making stuff. In fact, he also had a habit of telling his tales of how he was the only one left alive today from the war against humans and monsters all those centuries ago, which was a big hit with the old folks and the kids.

Bratty and Catty decided to live with us as well as Mew Mew, all of us having a good home in the city as well as having a small seat of power as we were, technically, still considered royalty. And Alina loved to play hide and seek in our big house, since there were a lot of hiding places. And it couldn't have been more perfect if we wanted it to be.

"Hey, Chara?" Asriel asked me.

"Yeah, hon?" I smirked back.

"I wanted to thank you... for helping all of this become possible," Asriel smiled at me. I smirked and nuzzled with him at that.

"Asriel, everyone had a hand in this," I smirked at him as Frisk then came to me and had a small smile on his face.

"Um... do you think we can open our presents yet? It's almost noon and it is Christmas," Frisk asked with a smile.

"Of course, we were just hoping to open them after a hearty Christmas lunch," I smiled at him.

"Ah, okay, that sounds fun," Frisk smirked at me.

"Yeah, it does! I'm super excited for my first Christmas on the surface!" Mew Mew giggled at that as she got a bit of jittery nature in her from being excited, mostly from the Temmie genes.

"Easy, Mew Mew. We'll open presents after lunch," I smirked as I then heard something nearby. It was the sound of something rustling in the chimney. "Oh? What's that I hear?" I smiled, playing along since I knew who it was.

"Ho-ho-ho!" Asgore said from the living room that had the chimney as everyone looked at him widely.

"Santa!" Mew Mew smirked as she rushed forward excitedly and tackled Asgore to the ground, who was currently dressed in a Santa Clause outfit that he wore for Christmas every year. It was kind of tradition for us at this point.

"Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas to you, Mew Mew," Asgore said in his best Santa impression, which made me giggle. It was a new life on the surface and we were going to enjoy every minute of it.

"Mommy? Why does Santa look like grandpa?" Alina asked me, me giggling as I held her in hand.

"It's just something that we have a tradition here for. He's been doing this for years. But keep in mind, Santa is still real and he's made sure to give you a lot of stuff this year, but only if you eat everything on your plate for lunch, okay?" I smiled at her.

"Okay, mommy! I'll do a good job at eating that stuff!" Alina giggled happily as we hugged each other happily.

"I think Alina is very cute... a very cute neice," Frisk smiled at her.

"And you're nice too, Uncle Frisk," Alina smiled widely at him. We then heard Toriel ringing the bell and we smirked at that. The food was ready for all of us.

"Lunch time!" Toriel exclaimed, all of us rushing to the dining room table and seeing that all of our other friends were there that we invited, namely the skeleton trio, the humans we befriended, Alphys, Undyne, and even Bob the Temmie was at the table.

"Okay, once we're all done eating, we will then open up the gifts," I smiled at everyone, the group cheering at that. Alina decided to sit next to Uncle Frisk and me and we then started to eat, Alina looking at her plate and smiling at how it was all food that she liked minus one, that being the green beans. I simply smirked at her when she saw the green beans and frowned. "Remember, hon, eat it all up or you won't get to open your gifts," I smiled at her, Alina smirking at me afterwards.

"You got it, mommy," she smiled as she then decided to bite the bullet and eat the green beans first, her scrunching at them but still eating what was there before then taking a drink of her orange juice to wash it all down. Since coming to the surface, OJ was one of Alina's favorite things to drink. Everyone enjoyed their different foods as we completed eating and I saw that Frisk actually helped wipe some stuff from Alina's face, which was extremely adorable. And once everyone had finished eating, it was time to open up the gifts, which there were a lot of, considering everyone who was invited gave at least one. It was, indeed, one of the merriest Christmases that all of monster kind would ever have.