After the tragic death of the King and Queen during an ambush, you were put in charge of the dying kingdom; you were the eldest daughter and the most fit for the crown. Chara, your sister, was only just a baby during that time, so you've taken care of her and practically adopted her as your daughter. Unfortunately, she was the only relative you had left, so you swore to protect her for as long as you lived. Hoping you could lead the kingdom back to its glory days, you were willing to take any opportunities to strengthen it, the cost didn't matter as long as it didn't damage the people you cared about.
One day while picking flowers in the royal garden, Chara wandered off onto Mt. Ebott, where it was rumored that monsters were trapped under for centuries, and disappeared. You were put in an anxious frenzy and demanded that the whole kingdom searched until she was found. Fortunately, she came back a couple of days later, but she was not alone. Chara had broken the barrier and freed all the monsters. You welcomed them right into your kingdom, it was what your parents would have done, but with all these extra mouths to feed and all the extra space and resources needed to provide for them, you were going to run out and everyone would go hungry.
Desperate for any kind of help for your subjects, you accepted the wedding request of a mysterious king that promised lands of riches and resources, much to a certain taco-loving skeleton's dismay.
With many obstacles standing in your way, those being feelings, duties, responsibilities, promises and more, you lead everyone into what would be known as the "Golden Age of the Humans and Monsters". Certainly a moment to be forever remembered and recorded in history.
Remember, this is a short story!
Credits:
Undertale belongs to Toby Fox (da man)
Any art (including the cover) used in this book does NOT belong to me (unless I say otherwise)
This AU does not belong to me
A fine retreading of the UNDERTALE AU "Storyshift" created by VoltraTheSparking, DUSTSHIFT's tragedy pits a distorted, gaslit version of the Underground, spearheaded by the incompetent ruler of the monarchy, SANS. This society would gradually be challenged by the Solar Warriors, a rebellion that directly opposed his rule, sparked by tensions risen by the difference between SANS's mundane autocracy and his father GASTER II's militaristic dictatorship.
{NOTICE: Please be mindful that this take contains visceral descriptions of violence & gore, domestic violence, and child abuse.}
However, all of this would skyrocket thanks to the sudden introduction of one human child named Chara to the monster society. An outlier amidst the many fallen humans, she was allowed to live her fullest life in spite of SANS's various promises to his people to shatter the barrier which held the entire species in submission, a grand conspiracy.
This would all culminate in one human's intrusion into the world of monsterkind known only by their stage name Shifty. Supervised by GASTER II's bygone machine celebrity METTA, they would embark on a relentless spree across the kingdom, slaughtering hundreds of innocents in their path for the sake of dramatic flair.
Chara must now overcome her own deep-rooted demons and evade the ruthless Solar Warriors in order to become the western hero she always imagined herself as, protecting both her loved ones and the broader monster kingdom from the tyranny that METTA has rebirthed to bestow.
The real question to ponder lies in what her breaking point will be.
{COVER ART & AU LOGO BY "redmetal"}
{UNDERTALE AND ITS CHARACTERS BY TOBY FOX, ORIGINAL AU BY VOLTRATHESPARKING, TAKE BY THECH1KNLORD}