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Chapter 2

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Polari wished she had followed through and skinned Toriel for a coat when she had the chance. Even though Polari had a thin layer of white fur, it wasn't enough against the frigid cold. Her clothing, which was strategically chosen, didn't help much either.

She rubbed her gloved hands up and down her arms, hoping to create a little bit of friction. But it was no use.

As she trekked the forest, she came across a gate.

"This is the most pathetic gate I've ever seen." Polari scowled in disbelief. "The bars are too far apart!"

Polari stepped right through, irritated. What's the deal with these monsters? How can such inefficient security be allowed? This is almost too easy. I'm having trouble figuring out how these clowns captured six children!

There was a sentry station not too far ahead. There was a short skeleton wearing a blue hoodie sound asleep, snoring quite loudly. Polari was tempted to slap the taste out of his mouth, if he had taste buds, for sleeping on his job.

Even their sentry is useless!

Not even wanting to waste her time with the skeleton, she continued on. Her stomach growled.

Damn it… is there any way to get food around here?

After what feels like ages, Polari spotted a tall light blue rabbit monster with a vendor, selling something called nice cream. He looked really happy.

Nice outfit, dork. Polari snickered at his bright yellow shirt and bright red pants. You look like the mascot of McDonalds'.

Trying to keep a straight face, Polari approached the vendor.

"Excuse me, can you tell where I am?" Polari asked innocently, her hands clasped in front of her

The Nice Cream Vendor's heart melted at the little monster. He smiled brightly. "You must be new, kid. You're in Snowdin Forest."

Polari's small size was also strategic. With a little bit of acting, Polari could go from scary to sweet.

"You know, there was a kid a little shorter than you that came through here not too long ago. They were new, too." The Nice Cream Vendor sighed.

"Is there a place… warm, I could go?" Polari inquired, not in the mood to listen to his stories.

"Why, yes! In town, there's Snowdin Inn, a library, and if you're hungry, there's a shop and a popular restaurant called Grillby's!"

She didn't need a place to sleep or read dumb monster books. She needed a place to warm up and possibly get some food.

"How do I get to Grillby's?" Polari demanded.

After pointing her in the right direction, the Nice Cream Vendor asked, "Do you want some Nice Cream for the road?"

Polari stopped walking and turned around. She lifted a hand, and a red aura shot out and hit his vendor, bursting into flames.

He shrieked, his ears drooping and his expression was one of horror. The nice cream melted from the heat onto the snow. Slicks of red, blue, yellow, and green painted the snow, as if a clown exploded. He backed away in fear, stumbling and falling on the ground.

Polari knelt by the burning vendor and took 15G.

"Wow, your business isn't doing so well, huh?" She asked mockingly, standing back up. "One nice cream is 15 gold. Well, I'm doing you a favor. Or, should I say, a flavor. You'd be in poverty before you knew it."

She stashed the gold in her pocket and smirked at the Nice Cream Guy. "And this money is in exchange of keeping your life."

She walked away, satisfied of relieving her frustration on the monster.

Wait, that monster mentioned a new kid. I wonder if he was referring to… the human child. She wondered. If so, they must still be in Snowdin.

Grillby's was as good a place to start. Using her tactics, she was sure to gain some valuable information.

As Polari trudged through the snow, she passed through what looked like easy puzzles that were already completed.

Why is this damn place filled with puzzles?!

There was another golden glow, just like from the Ruins.

Huh.

After walking for fifteen more minutes, Polari was surprised at what she saw when she entered town. A sign greeted her with Welcome to Snowdin. There were homes, snowmen, and Christmas decorations up. It almost looked like the Surface. Not that she had been able to explore it that much.

There was a tall Christmas tree with presents underneath. Adult monsters were outside talking while the monster children played. Another memory tried to resurface, but not wanting to cause a scene before getting any information, Polari quickly silenced it.

After passing a shop, the inn, and the library, she finally came across Grillby's. The heat that enveloped her upon her entrance made her sigh in relief. Scanning the restaurant, she took in the patrons and the atmosphere.

At one table there were four weird looking dog monsters. Two looked like reapers with their hooded cloak and axes, one was shifty eyed, and the other was huge with armor. Weirded out, she passed by other monsters and sat at the bar table. A fire monster wearing glasses, a nice shirt and pants, who she assumed was Grillby, silently handed her a menu.

Polari winced at the prices of the food. The 15G she stole wasn't much money at all. She barely had enough for one of the small meals. She glanced to her left, noticing that a red bird monster was eyeing her. A lightbulb lit up in Polari's head. Despite being cold, Polari was thankful for the clothes they made her strategically wear.

Polari removed the tie that kept her black hair in a ponytail, fanning it out with her hands. She then crossed her legs and crossed her arms, making sure it pushed her breasts together. Red Bird stiffened, not taking his eyes off of her.

She turned her head and smiled at Red Bird. He blushed and cleared his throat.

"I-I've never seen you around here before. You from out of town?" He asked.

Polari nodded. "Yes, I am. I've been travelling a lot. I've never been to Snowdin before. I haven't eaten in a while, and I don't have much money…" She sighed with mock sadness.

Red Bird sat up straight in his seat. "I'll pay for it, miss! Order whatever you like. I can't stand to see anyone in need suffer."

More like you can't stand to see anyone with boobs suffer. Polari spat venomously in her head, but she smiled anyway. "Really? Thank you so much!"

Polari ordered a burger, and Grillby went to the back to put the order in.

"So, where are you from? Why are you here?" Red Bird asked, scooting his stool closer to Polari's.

She was disgusted by his shameless advance. "I'm from the town next over, but I don't wanna talk about it." Polari lied, creating tears.

"Oh, Waterfall? T-That's okay!" Red Bird assured her. "You don't have to talk about it! You must have been through a lot, huh?"

Waterfall. So that's my next location.

Grillby returned with Polari's burger. She tore into it ravenously, her fangs ripping the meat apart like a wild animal. Red Bird sighed dreamily as Polari ate. The burger was gone in mere minutes. Satisfied, Polari pushed her plate away.

"Do you know anything about a human passing through here?" Polari asked casually.

Entranced by Polari, the bird monster nodded. "Uh-huh. They were in here not too long ago. I think they're about to leave Snowdin, which is shame. They put smiles on members of the Royal Guard's faces." He pointed to the table of dogs.

Royal Guard? So they do have some sort of security. And the human managed to make it past them? Extraordinary. Polari thought.

"I see." Polari stood up, retying the tie back on her hair. "Thanks."

"Will I see you around?" Red Bird asked eagerly.

"…maybe." That was all Polari said before strutting out of Grillby's, her new objective to find a way out of Snowdin. She couldn't ask the dumb bird how to leave, since she got him to believe she's actually from the Underground. She knew how to not let her lies catch up to her.

I hate pretending to be a helpless dame. Polari fumed. That monster's tongue was practically hanging out of his mouth. Well, this town isn't that big. I'll find a way out myself. I don't need anyone's help. I don't want too much attention drawn to me now.


Sans was running as fast as he could. He had to find Papyrus! He was sure that the "fight" between him and Frisk was finished. If this fox monster could harm innocent Toriel, who knows who else she could hurt?

Sans heard sobbing, and he hurried towards the noise. It was the Nice Cream Vendor, sitting in the snow.

"hey, hey! what happened here?" Sans asked frantically.

"There… there was a girl." Nice Cream Vendor hiccupped. "A fox monster. She seemed so nice… but then she did this. Destroyed my vendor. And she robbed me. Then, she told me a pun that was just as bad as your usual ones."

Sans scowled at the jab. "do you have any idea where she could've gone?"

"Grillby's." He replied. "I told her how to get there."

damn it.

"you better get outta here and back home." Sans suggested. "because someone's about to get dunked on. i'll help you replace your vendor soon."

Sniffling, Nice Cream Vendor did as he was told, leaving the wreckage behind.

Sans continued running into town. Papyrus was walking out of their house towards Grillby's, humming a tune.

"papyrus!" Sans shouted, stopping right in front of him.

Papyrus gasped. "WOWIE, SANS! I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU RUN SO FAST IN YOUR LIFE! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM PROUD OF YOUR EFFORTS! IS YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO LOSE WEIGHT? BECAUSE I RECOMMEND WEIGHT WATCHER'S-"

"papyrus, we have other things to worry about!" Sans interrupted him, letting the jab at his stature slide for now. "where's the kiddo?"

"THE TINY HUMAN? WE JUST FINISHED OUR HOT, PIPING DATE!" Papyrus announced proudly. "THEIR FIERY PASSIONS FOR ME WERE INCREDIBLE! UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT RETURN THEIR FEELINGS. THEY WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR YOU, BROTHER, BUT THEY LEFT A FEW MINUTES AGO TO WATERFALL."

Sans sighed in relief. "good. now, there's been a bit of a situation. we need to be on the lookout for a fox monster. she has hurt quite a few monsters, and is after frisk. she might be in grillby's right now. i'm goin' in. you go by the entrance to waterfall and see if the kid made it there."

"UNDERSTOOD, BROTHER! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL PROTECT THE HUMAN FROM ENDANGERMENT!" Papyrus vowed.

The two split up. Sans walked into Grillby's trying to act as casual as possible, as not to scare off the fox monster if she was inside. Nothing matching Toriel's description was in Grillby's. He noticed Red Bird talking to Grillby about something intensely. Sans sat on the stool to the right of him.

"sup."

"Sans! You're late." Red Bird told him. "We were beginning to wonder what happened to you."

"somethin' came up." Sans shrugged. "and i can't stay here long. i have a bone to pick with someone."

"That's too bad! You missed what happened." Red Bird sighed dreamily.

"missed what?" Sans asked, suspicious.

"There was this beautiful fox girl that came in. I never did catch her name. She was cold and hungry, so I offered to buy her some lunch. She was so sweet.

Sans felt uneasy. The way Red Bird was describing her was the polar opposite of Toriel's description. But like Flowey, looks can be deceiving. This girl hurt people. There's no way she's that innocnet. Probably used him to buy food.

"was there anything… strange about her?" Sans inquired.

Red Bird tapped his chin. "No, not really. Her eyes were fascinating, though. Usually red eyes like hers are scary, but on her, they were cute. And the way she ate… it was fascinating too. She ate like a feral wolf after its kill-"

"how long ago did she leave?" Sans asked, not wanting to listen to his romantic blabbering.

Red Bird smirked. "Ah, you wanna get a look at her too? Heh, I'd ship it. Just be careful, though. She's a litter taller than you, but she's so tiny. Don't break her in half."

That really made Sans feel uneasy. He assumed the fox was a big monster. And if she's after Frisk, she could trick them into trusting her. Wait… speaking of easily gained trust…

Sans gasped.

papyrus! he's at waterfall! He stood up quickly. i have to warn him that this monster isn't as innocent as she might look!

"well, gotta go. I can't keep this fox bonely for too long." He joked.

Sans made a quick exit as Red Bird snorted at the pun. He took out his cellphone and called Papyrus.

c'mon, c'mon, pick up! Sans willed internally.

No answer.

"shit!" Sans booked it towards Waterfall.

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Meanwhile, Papyrus stood at Sans' sentry station in Waterfall, keeping a lookout for the fox monster. He figured Frisk was far away enough by now, so his efforts would be better used for confronting the fox.

I SHOULD PROBABLY CALL THE TINY HUMAN TO CHECK THEIR PROGRESS. Papyrus decided, reaching for his cellphone.

He then realized that he forgot his cellphone at home after his date with Frisk. Usually Sans reminds him, since Papyrus is always busy thinking about and doing lots of things. But Sans wasn't present during the date.

SUCH IRRESPONSIBILITY WOULD SURELY MAKE UNDYNE FROWN AT ME! I MUSN'T FORGET SUCH AN IMPORTANT ITEM EVER AGAIN! Papyrus thought.

A small shadow made its way down the corridor. Papyrus perked up, excited.

IF THIS IS INDEED THE MONSTER, I SHALL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO BECOME HER FRIEND! ANYONE CAN BE A GOOD PERSON IF THEY TRY!

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Polari was relieved when she finally was in Waterfall. She made several detours, and somehow came across a monster throwing ice blocks in the river. That was… odd. In fact, everything she has seen in the Underground so far has been odd. Nothing like she expected.

There was another sentry station up ahead, like the one in Snowdin Forest. Another skeleton was manning it. He was awake.

Are all of the sentries skeletons? She wondered. It didn't matter. She had to locate the child as soon as possible before they ended up dead.

This skeleton was tall and skinny, the opposite of the one from earlier. He cocked his skull in confusion for a second when he spotted her, but beamed. He walked out from behind the sentry post and stood proud. She immediately guarded herself.

"GREETINGS, FOX MONSTER! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! I HEARD A BIT ABOUT YOU FROM MY BROTHER, SANS! HE SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE BAD NEWS! HOWEVER, JUST LOOK AT YOU! IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, I'D BELIEVE YOU WERE JUST A SACK OF BONES! YOU'RE SO TINY AND HUGGABLE!"

Papyrus meant no insult, but Polari was angered.

"Get out of my way, bonehead." She snapped.

"DO NOT FEAR, TINY FOX! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND! IF I WAS ABLE TO BEFRIEND A HUMAN, SURELY WE CAN BE FRIENDS!"

Is this guy for real? Polari blinked, not believing what she was hearing. Well, at least she now knows the child has been through here.

"Tell me where the human is." Polari commanded.

Papyrus's face faltered slightly. "EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE A COOL FRIEND, I UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RELEASE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU."

"Fine." Another red aura radiated from Polari's hands. "I guess I'll have to pick it out from you. When I'm finished plucking your bones, it'll look like graveyard in here."

All monster that stand in my way must die!

Without any more warning, Polari lunged at Papyrus. Papyrus held out a large hand in defense. Her punch landed directly in the middle of his gloved bony palm, the force of the attack knocking them both backwards. Papyrus righted himself and quickly assessed the damage to his hand. To his surprise, the bone was cracked.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE… HOW COULD SUCH A SMALL CREATURE POSSESS SO MUCH POWER? Papyrus thought worriedly. THE ONLY OTHER MONSTER TO HAVE EVER CRACKED MY BONE IS UNDYNE, ON ACCIDENT. AND SHE WAS USING FULL FORCE.

The next thing Papyrus knew, Polari was on him again, this time stamping his large foot with her small one.

"OWIE!" Papyrus cried, clutching his foot.

Then, Polari jumped up and kicked Papyrus's chin, sending him flying backwards and hitting a wall. She was about to go in for the kill, when her ears suddenly twitched. Sensing danger, Polari jumped backwards, barely dodging a row of bones jutting up from the ground. If she was a second too late, those bones would have impaled her.

On high alert, Polari spun around. She recognized her attacker.

It's that sleeping skeleton from before… She realized.

Papyrus groaned as he stood up shakily. "…SANS?"

"get outta here and go back home!" Sans ordered, his glowing blue eye fixed on Polari. "and while you're there, grab your damn phone."

"WHAT ABOUT YOU? I WON'T LEAVE YOU TO FIGHT ALONE!" Papyrus retorted stubbornly.

"do as i say!" Sans told him. "i'll be fine, cuz this girl's about to have a bad time."


That's all for now! See you next week for chapter three for a face-off between Sans and Polari! Thank you so much for reading.

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