《 Chapter 8: Overture 》

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‼️SPOILER ALERT‼️ Do not read these new chapters if you haven't watched the two episodes on A24. I recently bought the Ultimate Bundle on their Hazbin Hotel store to get free access to watch those two and get cool stuffs while I wait for all the other episodes to be released on Amazon Prime, which will be on January 19. This is a warning.

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The following day, Damari yawns as she gets out of bed and stretches herself out. After getting out of bed, she moves toward the closet. She opens the closet and pulls a huge black shirt over her head. It was overly large as they cover her arms. Damari took a minute to reflect and then, after glancing in the mirror, she took a pair of scissors from the sewing box she had purchased from Beldam and started cutting. She quickly found a solution to her wardrobe dilemma with the aid of a needle, silk thread, and additional clothing she grabbed out of the closet to mend.

When she's finished, Damari spins around ogling her new outfit, which includes a red leg warmer, brown shoes, a punk black belt, red leg warmers, and red cloth pinned to her left arm. She combs her hair and leaves the room. The door is ajar when she passes by in the hallways. When she opens it, Charlie is staring out the window while clutching a book.

"Hey, Charlie." she greeted.

Charlie jumps and turns.

"Oh! Hi, Damari! I—"

As Damari locks the door and walks over to her, Charlie gasps to find that she's dressed differently.

"Wow! Great outfit! Did you make this?" she asked, touching her black sleeve.

"Yeah. Just thought I'd do something nice for a change. And to show that I'm working." Damari said.

"That's amazing!"

"Is something going on? I noticed you appear stressed." Damari asked with concern.

Charlie stops smiling and sighs.

"You know... the whole extermination."

Damari looks at the window and frowns, knowing what she meant.

"I see."

She looks down at the book in Charlie's hands.

"And what are you reading?"

"The story of Hell. Of how it all started."

This made her curious about it.

"You think you can read it to me? I'm kinda curious."

Charlie smiles.

"Sure."

Damari sits down as Charlie begins her story.

Once upon a time, there was a glowing city protected by golden gates known as Heaven. It was ruled by beings of pure light. Angels that worshipped good and shielded all from evil. Lucifer was one of these angels. He was a dreamer with fantastical ideas for all of creation. But he was seen as a troublemaker by the elders of Heaven. For they felt his way of thinking was dangerous to the order of their world. So he watched as the angels began to expand the universe in their ways.

From the dust of Earth, they created Adam and Lilith. Equals as the first of mankind, but despite this, Adam demanded control and Lilith refused to submit to his will. She fled the garden. Drawn in by her fierce independence, Lucifer found her and the two rebellious dreamers fell deeply in love. Together, they wished to share the magic of free will with humanity, offering the fruit of knowledge to Adam's new bride, Eve, who gladly accepted. But this gift came with a curse. For with this single act of disobedience, evil finally found its way into Earth. With it, a new realm of darkness and sin. And the order Heaven had worked to maintain was shattered.

As punishment for their reckless act, Heaven cast Lucifer and his love into the dark pit he had created, never allowing him to see the good that came from humanity, only the cruel and the wicked. Ashamed, Lucifer lost his will to dream. But Lilith thrived, empowering demon-kind with her voice and her songs. And as the numbers of Hell grew, so did its power. Threatened by this, Heaven made a truly heartless decision. That every year, they would send down an army, an extermination to ensure Hell and its sinners could never rise against them. But Lilith's hope remained. And her dream was passed down to their precious daughter the Princess of Hell.

With that, she finished the story and closed the book that's titled "The Story of Hell".

"Whoa..." Damari gasped.

Charlie nodded and looked down at the floating key.

"Don't worry, Mom. I'll make you proud." she vowed, clenching onto the key.

She and Damari look at the window where the city of hell is filled with fire.

"Charlie? Damari?"

"AUGH!!"

When the two yelled, KeeKee was revealed as the key poof into pink smoke. KeeKee leaps up on top of Damari's head. Charlie and Damari turned to look at Vaggie.

"Oh, hey, Vaggie." Damari waved.

"Oh, shit. Did you hear all that?" Charlie nervously asked.

"Uh... Yeah, I was right there." Vaggie pointed to the door with a smile.

"Sorry. I get pretty worked up after an extermination happens."

Charlie turns back to the window where they can hear a distant gunfire and sirens.

"This story helps."

"Well, I think your story is interesting." Damari said with a smile.

Vaggie chuckles.

"I know. Don't worry. I enjoy your theatrics. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just—thinking ya know, family stuff." Charlie assured

Vaggie sits down next to Charlie.

"Did you hear from your mom yet?"

This made Damari think about Lilith and curious on how she's doing. Charlie shakes her head in response with a frown.

"Oof. How long has it been now?" Vaggie asked worriedly.

"Not that long, only... seven... years..." Charlie cringed.

"Seven?! You think something happened?" Damari exclaimed.

"Off doing something important, I'm sure. But this kingdom was something she really cared about. Something I care about." Charlie said, hugging herself.

Vaggie places a hand on her shoulder while Damari rubs her back.

"Well, at least you aren't alone."

Charlie turns to Vaggie and grasps her hands while looking at Damari.

"I just hope what I'm trying to do here will work."

The two sat down and placed their forehead against each other. Damari hugs them both as she faces Charlie.

"I'm sure it will. I have faith in you." Damari assured her.

KeeKee hops up to Charlie and lands into her arms and purrs.

"Alright. Come on." Vaggie said, getting up. "Alastor says he has something to show us."

Just as she left, the bell rings throughout the city, making Charlie and Damari look at the Clock Tower and each other with worry before following after Vaggie.

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As the trio walk down the stairs, Angel was busy bothering Alastor, who ignores him.

"I tell you, sometimes you can be pretty, pretty..."

Angel broke off when he saw Damari in her new outfit. Damari sees him and smiles.

"So pretty..." he gasped.

Angel takes his gaze and blushes. Husk looks up from the counter and freezes at the sight of Damari's new look. He glances away to get back to cleaning the bottle, feeling his cheeks hot.

Niffty sees her and gasps to see her in her new outfit and zooms up to her.

"What a lovely oufit! How'd you do that?! Teach me!! Show me!!"

Damari chuckles and pats Niffty on the head.

"In due time, Niffty."

Damari sits down on the couch with Vaggie and Charlie as Alastor turns on the television. The TV picture flickers for a little while before clearing to show flames and mayhem surrounding the battleground, where a spiky-collared red demon is smiling while he stabs a larger, plump red demon beneath him. As he advertises, a hand with crimson claws that is familiar appears.

"Well, hello there, you wayward sinner." a radio voice greeted.

The two turned to face the camera after pausing what they were doing. Pointing at them is Alastor.

"Do you like blood, violence, and depravity of a sexual nature?" he asked. "Of course you do. That's why you're in Hell!"

The camera moves back to reveal full wreckage of the city as the two demons stare at Alastor with confusion.

"But what would you say if I told you that there was a place to stay that had none of that?"

More demons pop out of their hiding place and stare at the camera with the same confusion as the two. The screen glitches to reveal a brand new Hazbin Hotel.

"Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel, a misguided path to redemption! Founded five days ago by Lucifer's delusional daughter Charlotte Morningstar!"

Charlie was having a conversation when she suddenly noticed the camera and gave it a nervous wave. Angel appears in the background and uses her head and shoulders as a photobomb by sticking bunny ears over her.

The scene switches to Charlie presenting a bored Katie Killjoy a drawing of the Hazbin Hotel. She gestures to Heaven, and Charlie points up above, but Katie merely gives her a sneer while carrying a cigarette and seeming bored.

"Come place your fate in her inexperienced hands as she tries to work through her daddy issues by fixing you!"

A photo of Charlie looking at all the sketched images on the wall is cut to another screen, with arrows and lines pointing at her and a spotlight blazing above. In another image, Charlie is seen weeping with Lucifer facing away from her and a bright red light shining over him. In the third image, Charlie is presenting to the sinners.

"Here, we offer fun things!"

Razzle and Dazzle can be seen sweeping and dusting within the hotel as the title "FUN THINGS" appears. As the title fades, Husk is seen in the bar, looking bored and drunk, with his face collapsing on the counter.

"Such as somewhat functional staff!"

Niffty jumps up on the counter and tries to stab the beetle with her large sewing needle as it crawls over Husk. Husk's eyebrow is almost pricked by the needle, but the bug avoids it. The title "PEST CONTROL" appears once more while Niffty pursues the bug.

"And 24 hour Pest Control!"

The scene changes to a toilet with the title "CUSTOM ROOMS" and a number of eyes on the wall, peering at it ominously.

"Custom rooms, and just look at this tacky parlor!"

The scene shifts to a parlor where Damari, transformed into a swan demon, waves at the camera while KeeKee sits at a table next to a radio and Angel appears bored as he sits on a couch. KeeKee was startled as a plank fell on the table and shattered the radio, making a loud piano chord noise. KeeKee leaps towards Damari, who manages to grab her.

"Enjoy riveting conversation with our singular resident."

The camera pans to Angel, who raises an eyebrow and gives it the finger when he notices. Angel shot up the title "WOW!" and briefly obscured the screen.

"Wow! All this and more at the Hazbin Hotel!"

It showed a drawn picture of the Hazbin Hotel with all the stickers and notes.

"Your last desperate attempt at salvation starts here."

The Hazbin Hotel is seen outside again with the words: CALL NOW!!! OR DON'T! I DON'T CARE! WE STILL DON'T HAVE A WORKING PHONE!

After the commercial concludes, the TV screen switches off, revealing Charlie, Vaggie, and Damari stunned behind it. Alastor smiled and turned to face the girls, having turned off the TV.

"So, what'd ya' think?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, what the fuck was that?" Vaggie demanded, not liking that commercial.

"It was... fine, I guess?" Damari frowned.

"Uh, yeah, one note..." Charlie said, agreeing with them.

"Just one?" Damari questioned, turning to her.

Alastor continues to smile unwaveringly. Damari sees him scrape a little scratch across the table with his keen claws. She swallowed hard since she knew they had angered him.

"Alastor, I mean— First off, thank you so much for making this seriously amazing, but um... maybe the tone is a bit... off?" Charlie said, trying not to be mean.

A radio effect can be heard as a result of Alastor tilting his head to the side a little and glaring while holding onto his smile. Damari shrivels up in fear.

"We want people to want to come here, this makes it look... ummm—"

"Bad." Vaggie pointed out without hesitation. "The word you're looking for is bad."

"Funny. I was going for hilarious!" Alastor grinned, tilting his head back.

"But it didn't explain anything about how we're trying to save demons from extermination." Damari pointed out with a frown.

"Yeah, which is the whole fucking point." Vaggie added.

"Damari and Vaggie are right, Alastor. The commercial was to let Sinners know we are trying to help them." Charlie said.

"Well, my dear, I haven't been active in Hell for some time, and everyone remembers me from my radio show!" Alastor explained, walking over to the fireplace while twisting his cane behind his back and tilting his head. "The proper medium to express oneself!"

He then walks over to the old television and taps on it with his cane.

"But you insisted on this: noisy picture box advertisement, so I had a little fun with it."

"Oh, fun. You had a little fun with it?" Vaggie repeated, getting agitated and standing up on the couch. "Well, this is not what we want to represent us. When you showed up here a week ago, you told us you would help run this hotel! Instead, you're mocking us. Nobody's going to want to come to a place that a powerful Overlord like you thinks is a waste of time!"

With that, she sits back down. A dark pink gloved hand was raised and they all turned to Angel Dust, who's lying down on the couch.

"What?" Vaggie snapped in annoyance.

"If's ya filmin' a commercial, can I suggest you take better advantage of a talented celebrity you have right here?" Angel said, sitting up and winking at them while holding a liquor bottle.

"Uh... No." Damari deadpanned.

"Angel, you're a porn star." Vaggie pointed out, just as deadpanned as Damari.

"A famous porn star." Angel corrected with a grin. "I'll have the horniest sinners knockin' these walls down to get in."

Damari shivers in disgust and scoots next to Vaggie, who declines the suggestion.

"We are not filming a porn as a commercial."

"Why not? Sex sells, don't it?" Angel asked. "I swear if you film me goin' at it with mister fancy talk-creepy voice here..."

Alastor teleports next to Angel from the shadow with his back crossed behind his back.

"...you'd be rollin' in participants willin' to stay at this tacky hotel."

"Haha! Never going to happen!" Alastor said in unamusement.

Angel turns to Damari.

"Maybe with a cute human here, we could—"

"Nope! Never!" Damari crossed her arms in a "X" mark.

"Angel, I appreciate you wanting to use your "special" skills to, um, attract folks to the hotel, but— I really don't want to exploit you, in that way!" Charlie said with a nervous smile.

"Oh, please, baby." Angel waved off. "This body was made to be exploited."

As he points to his body and begins to caress it sensually, Damari turns away from him and covers her ears. Charlie's phone rings, so she picks it up and goes to a corner to answer it as Angel was still talking endlessly about his body. With a sigh of relief, Damari uncovers her ears and sees that he has finally finished talking.

"Hey, I have a question. If freaky over there is so powerful, then why can't he just make people stay here?" Angel asked, pointing to Alastor.

"Oh, trust me, I can!" he said ominously, showing his demon form as antlers pops out of his head.

This made Damari gulp. Luckily, Husk chimes in.

"Why do you think I'm here?"

Alastor appears back to normal and everyone looks at Husk from the bar, who's holding a liquor bottle.

"You actually think I'd be cleaning bottles and listening to you fuck's bitch and moan all the time if he wasn't forcin' me?" he pointed out, taking a rag to clean the bottle.

Niffty pops up from the bar counter and raises a hand with a smile.

"I like being forced."

This made Damari and Husk look at her uncomfortably.

"Keep that to yourself, Niff." Husk scolded.

"What, you don't love being here with me, Whiskers?" Angel cooed.

"Call me "Whiskers" again and I'll jam that bottle down your throat." Husk threatened, glaring at him.

"Kinky. C'mon keep talkin' dirty." Angel smirked.

"Gross, Angel!" Damari cringed.

"Ugh, Angel, let Husk do his job and stop making Damari uncomfortable. And no, we can't force sinners to stay here. They need to choose to." Vaggie said.

"She's right. If we force them to stay here, we're no better than them." Damari said.

"I'm choosing to be here, and I think it's all stupid. We're in Hell, Toots." Angel pointed out. "That's kind of the end of the road, ain't it?"

"Well, maybe it doesn't have to be. Just because nobody has made it out before doesn't mean it's not possible." Vaggie stated.

Angel places a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, whatever means I can keep crashin' here rent free. Crack is expensive."

This made Vaggie look at him unamused. Damari sighs at this and leans back against the couch, praying to keep her sanity in check. Suddenly, Charlie pops out from the corner and rapidly waves at Vaggie and Damari.

"Vaggie! Damari! Holy shit!" she shouted.

This scared Vaggie and Damari.

"Ahh!! What?!!"

"Get over here!" Charlie said through her closed mouth, gesturing them to come now.

Vaggie sighs in amusement and heads over there with Damari behind. As soon as they approached her, Charlie seems to be hopping with excitement.

"What's going on?" Vaggie asked, crossing her arms.

"Did something happen?" Damari asked.

Charlie takes a deep breath.

"My dad just called. He said that the leader of the Angel Army wants to meet. He asked if I could go instead." she said, pulling Vaggie and Damari close to her face full of excitement.

"What? Really? You're going to meet the angels?" Damari asked, looking hopeful and excited.

Vaggie though is the opposite and appears concerned as Charlie pulls away from them and breathes deeply.

"But... But— But the extermination just happened. What could they want this soon after—"

Suddenly, a light ballad music starts along with Charlie singing.

https://youtu.be/AH29SKJ_urg

I can do this! Somehow, I know it!
I'll get Heaven behind my plans!

"Charlie, hold on..." Vaggie said, trying to stop her.

Charlie ignored her and kept singing.

There's just no way I could blow it,
Not this once-in-a-lifetime chance!


"It's just a meeting." Vaggie reminded her.

Charlie circles the room, past Alastor and Angel Dust, who are either seated or standing behind the couch. When KeeKee shows up and settles on Damari's shoulder, Damari begins to pet her chin. Then Charlie pauses by the bar, where Niffty and Husk are.

To change their minds
And touch their hearts
Or... whatever angels have!

Damari smiles amusingly and stands besides Vaggie, who appears distressed.

"This could be bad..."

With a smile on her face, Charlie walks over to Vaggie and Damari, holding their hands while KeeKee removes herself from Damari's shoulder and floats in the air as soon as Charlie approaches.

Cheer up, Vaggie!
This could be swell!

The trio then start spinning around together.

Something tells me that today will be a happy day in Hell!

After whirling about, Charlie lets Vaggie and Damari go as KeeKee flies back to Damari's shoulder and tucks her fluffy tail around her neck.

"Okay, but just don't... sing to them." Vaggie said, turning around.

Only to discover that Niffty, Angel Dust, and Alastor are standing in front of the open door and that Charlie has already left. Angel Dust turns to smile wryly at Vaggie and Damari.

"That bitch is halfway down the street!" he said.

"Is she—?" Vaggie asked, guessing what her girlfriend's doing.

"Oh, she's dancin'!" Angel answered, holding up his bottle for him to drink.

"Ugh, no..." Vaggie groaned.

Damari smile and comfort her by patting her back.

"Don't worry." she assured her.

Charlie flees through streets filled with explosions, screaming, and dead bodies in addition to crimes and fires. She continues to sing and dance, seemingly undisturbed by this.

There's a warm, fuzzy feeling
That walks through the air
Every street's so revealing,

When she stops, she sees a red wolf demon having sex with another demon through the glass. The red wolf pauses and gives Charlie a wide glance. She averts her gaze and resumes her dancing.

It's hard not to stare!
It's a realm so appealing it beats anywhеre
If you don't mind the smell...
It's a happy day in Hell!

She retreats from the decaying dead corpse as soon as she sees it lying on the ground and is surrounded by flies. Charlie waved at the sinner on the bench, who's reading a newspaper.

"Hi, Mister!" she greeted.

The sinner looks up from his newspaper and glares at her.

"Go fuck yourself!" he yelled, making Charlie awkwardly walk away.

A dead sinner opens the window of his apartment, bringing out smoke from the fire burning inside and himself.

There's an endless trash fire that's burning my soul

"Hello!" Charlie waved.

She bumps into a big fat sinner with an imp on his back, holding a big brain full of wire.

And a ton of barbed wire to shove in his hole!

"Ah, excuse me!"

Charlie backed away again only to bump into a muscular executioner holding an axe.

Doing what is required, we all have our role

Another dead sinner walks up with a knife stabbed into his right eye.

I'm not doin' well!

He then collapsed as all the demons come together.

Another shitty day in Hell!

They then left to do their own thing as Charlie runs up to the car and climbs on top of it.

If I can show them the dream I've dreamed
That any soul can change!

Vaggie climbs up the ship to holding on to the ropes while standing in the ship's cruise nest as she too start singing.

Those angels' minds are hard to change

Charlie keeps on singing, looking hopeful and confident.

Then they will know everyone can be redeemed
From the evil to the strange!

Vaggie points it out with worry while singing.

They're bloodthirsty and deranged!

Charlie turns around and keeps on walking.

I can hear all their stories
The lost and displaced

She points to the demons who are either hurt or dead or washed up.

And I know that they're more of an acquired taste

She cringes at the sight of the demons hanging themselves on the light pole.

But if I open the door and I give them a place

Charlie opens the door of the van, not noticing a dead body of the demon collapsing out of the van. She turns and walks over it as it now starts to rotten.

At my Hazbin Hotel
It'll be a happy day in Hell!

She sees the approaching truck and grabs a hold of it from behind. The title on the van said "HELLUVA POST". Charlie looks around the city with happiness as they go past the tall fancy building with the three V's sign above and past the television store where the mobs are starting at them through the glass.

From the porn studio where the cinephiles go
To watch award-winning demon bukkake shows!

Charlie jumps out from the truck and lands next to those cannibal demons that are eating a dead demon.

To the cannibal town where they don't wear a frown

Charlie was just walking through a cannibal district as she goes past a cannibal family when a spray of blood went into her eye.

Cause, holy shit! Oh, my gosh! WHY?!

She shrieked, backing away from them while covering her eye. Charlie calms down and keeps on walking, keeping her right eye closed.

And I don't give a crow that
His brain's got in my eye!

Charlie opens her right eye as they appear bloodshot from the blood spray. She closes both of her eyes and opens them to reveal them back to normal.

Cause I know I can spare them
From Heaven's genocide!

I can do this, I just know it!
(There's an endless trash fire that's burning my soul)
I'll get Heaven behind my plans!
There's just no way I could blow it
(I kinda like the barbed wire that's shoved in my hole (Perv!))
Not this once-in-a-lifetime chance!


To change their minds

A trenchcoat demon pops out and removes his coat to show up his bare body.

And touch my parts!

Charlie smiles uncomfortably and backs away.

"Uh... No thank you. I'm just gonna..." she declined.

Fulfill my destiny!

Charlie gets back to walking. The Trenchcoat Demon frowns and shrugs, covering his body back on with his coat.

"Your loss, bitch!"

I can already tell!

Running up the stairs, Charlie ultimately reaches a building.

Today is gonna bе a fuckin' happy day in Hell!

Blood bursts out and all the demons fire or beat at each other with weapons while she vocalizes. With one step at a time, Charlie keeps vocalizing as she approaches the doors. It goes back to those demons staring at the televisions on the glass then to Vaggie still on a cruise nest with her hair and ribbon flowing from the wind. Then to a pair of demons is consuming a lengthy piece of a deceased demon's guts like spaghetti. It then revealed a golden Clock Tower that Charlie is standing in front of as she finished singing.

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