There was the thumping of many feet across the snow-covered ground. A stampede of monsters rushed past Grillby's, headed toward Waterfall. They all had to get out, to find somewhere safe. Papyrus stood guard behind all of the monsters, shaking in his boots. He was not a very brave skeleton, even if he made himself out to be such. He knew the threat was coming, it was like he had heard in the story books. A human, who wished to turn all monsters into dust. He sat there, staring into the raging blizzard surrounding him. Snow blocked his vision for more than a few feet. He noticed something in the snow, it was a small figure like that of a child. Papyrus straightened himself, and pulled out one of his attacks. He saw something glowing red through the snow. "H-HALT, HUMAN!" He shouted, louder than he usually did, hoping they wouldn't notice he was terrified. Strangely, he felt a sense of having said those exact words once before. He couldn't think of the exact words, was it something called "deba boo" or something similar? He didn't know, and he didn't have time to figure it out. Papyrus went back to focusing on the human, but the human was missing. He frantically searched for the small child, but-

Suddenly, he heard someone cry out behind him.

Papyrus turned to see what it was.

His brother.

Bleeding.

The human had attacked him, and it seemed Sans took the hit.

This was bad. Very bad.

He ran to his brother, shoving past the human who had done this to him. He quickly wrapped his scarf around the wound.

"SANS! IT'S GOING TO BE FINE! Y-YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALRIGHT! JUST STAY AWAKE, OKAY?" He practically screamed his words. Sans wasn't listening, he was already out cold. His breathing was shallow, his breaths sounding like a puppy who got it's nose covered in peanut butter. Suddenly, Papyrus noticed another sound. It was like... sobbing? He searched for the source of the sound, but couldn't find it.

Oh.

It was him who was crying.

He tried to wipe the tears from his face, but he only got Sans's blood smeared on it. He went to look down at his brother, but there was nothing but a pile of dust. Strangely, he felt no different, seeing this pile of dust. Papyrus grabbed his scarf out of the dust pile, and pulled Sans' jacket out with it. He slipped the dusty jacket on, and tied the scarf around his neck. He stood up, and stumbled his way out of the snowstorm. He walked toward Waterfall, where he knew he could find Undyne.

Undyne would help him.

Undyne always helped him.

Papyrus trudged forward into the darkness of the wishing room. Echo flowers in the other room chirped the conversations of monsters into the darkness. He kept walking, his grip tight on the dust-covered jacket he had pulled onto his body. His brother's jacket was strange, it made him appear to be twice the thickness he actually was. Thinking of his brother made him begin to cry again.

"What a baby!" A familiar voice shot through the cavern. Papyrus's head shot up at the sound. A golden flower, with a sickly sweet smile, sat at the end of the hall.

"Flowey!" Papyrus exclaimed, Flowey grinned even wider. His petals were glittering under the light of the stones on the ceiling.

"Why are you crying? I saw what happened, how that human KILLED your brother… What if I told you, I have a plan to bring him back? We have a limited amount of time to do this, but, here's the plan. You have to get a strong SOUL to fight the human. You have to gain a lot of LOVE.. You have to kill. I know you don't like this idea, but it's for your brother and your friends… Plus.. you might become a part of the royal guard! Papyrus, savior of the monsters, captain of the royal guard..." He suggested, his face morphing into a nightmarish form. "..Or you could let everyone die, like the coward you are." Flowey growled, sinking into the ground. Papyrus was sad, he didn't enjoy being called a coward by his friend, but his friend was right. He had to become powerful to save his brother. He had to gain LOVE to save the Underground.

Papyrus began to run, not wanting to give himself time to change his mind. Suddenly, he tripped and fell flat on his face. When he stood, everything was different. He was in his home. How did he get there? He had no time to think, he had to save Sans. Suddenly, Flowey popped up again, this time beside him. "It's okay... Papyrus, if you just gain some LV, this madness will stop. You'll get your happy ending. How about… you start with those sickos in Grillby's?" He suggested, grinning. He sank into the ground before Papyrus could even blink.

(4 hours later)

Sans sat at his sentry post, drinking some of his favorite ketchup. Something felt, very strange to him. He didn't know what, but something was very wrong with the timeline as of late. Suddenly, a little dinosaur boy ran past him, but tripped on a rock. Sans picked the kid up. "what's wrong? why are you running?" He asked, holding the kid up.

"Everyone! Papyrus, H-he-" Sans dropped the hysterical kid, and ran towards Snowdin. A few monsters ran past him, and they tried to get him to run the other way, but he had to save Papyrus. He was tired of having to watch him die over and over again. It was strange, he hadn't even seen the human come out of the Ruins yet, but somehow they're already in Snowdin? He saw the snow covered buildings of Snowdin up ahead, and he began to slow down-

Sans stopped dead in his tracks. Papyrus was standing at the front of the village.. But something was very off about him. Sans quietly walked forward, to see if his brother was alright.

"hey, papyrus! are you..." He began to say. He was suddenly aware of how much dust was in the air around them. His brother was coated in an equal amount of the powder, and one of his attacks was in the air in front of him. Sans was confused. He decided he'd check his brother's stats, just to be sure he was alright.

"Papyrus"

LV 10

HP 60/60

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This was new.