My date with Papyrus was interesting to say the least. I mostly just rolled with everything that happened, though I did find relief at the end when he decided we should just be friends. After he put his number in my phone, I was back on my way out of Snowdin. The distant sound of rushing water followed by the slight warming of my surroundings made me wonder how many biomes were in the underground and how drastic they were. Luckily this area still had a chill to it so I didn't feel the need to remove any layers.

Shifting through some tall grass, I overheard Papyrus talking to someone. What little I overheard made my heart instantly begin pounding in my chest. So that's Undyne, I took note of the tall figure in foreboding armor. Once Papyrus left, I waited a moment before trying to move through the grass. This seemed to catch Undyne's attention, though, and before I knew it, a magic spear was in front of me. Covering my mouth, I kept from screaming. After a moment, though, the spear and Undyne both vanished. Letting out a shaking breath, I left the grass. Hearing shuffling behind me, though, I turned to see the armless monster child from Snowdin.

"Wow! She looked right at you! Man, if I were a human, I'd be wetting my bed every night knowing Undyne was after me," he laughed.

This kid clearly didn't know I was a human, so I just smiled and nodded, unable to find my voice. He ran ahead of me, tripping onto his face at least once in the process. Continuing through the area that I learned was called Waterfall, I had a few more run-ins with Undyne. Bones and I both narrowly avoided them all, but I was starting to feel a deep regret for having my dear cat with me. I wondered if I should've left her with someone? Finally in what seemed to be a safe corner, away from Undyne's attacks, I crouched down and pet Bones.

"Hey, go to Sans and Papyrus in Snowdin. I want you to stay with them for a while. I don't feel comfortable with you here," I instructed her.

Letting out a meow and brushing against me, she did as I asked and started bounding for Snowdin. Once she was gone, I called up Papyrus.

"Hello friend! What can I do for you?" he asked.

"Hey, I'm sending my cat your way. She's pretty easy to take care of, just feed her some chicken or fish twice a day. I just…I need a safe place for her to stay for a while…" I told him, getting straight to the point. I could feel the shaking in my voice as I spoke.

"Uh, yeah, okay! Sans and I will take good care of Bones!" he responded.

Hanging up, I continued onto my path. Almost going at full sprint, or at least as full sprint as I could go with the bag on my back, I barely dodged Undyne's spears, a few grazing me but not injuring me severely. I thought I was safe until I came to a dead end. Breathing heavily, I turned and slowly made my way back towards where Undyne was, mentally preparing myself to run again.

But there she was, waiting for me.

"I…I don't want to fight you, Undyne," I said, slowly reaching for my machete, "But I will if I have to!"

Before I could grab the large knife strapped to my boot, I found myself plummeting into the darkness again. All was black.

I woke up to find myself on a platform, covered in yellow flowers.

"Weird," I muttered, noting that this was the second time a pile of yellow flowers had saved me.

Surveying my surroundings, I quickly realized my bag had broken open and most everything I had had washed away. With a hushed curse I stood and removed my bag completely, not bothering with it at this point other than my phone and headphones. Putting them on, I turned on some music and sat on the platform, taking a moment to breathe and assess my situation.

Misery Loves Company by Emilie Autumn blared into my ears. Standing on the platform, I closed my eyes and began to dance and sing to the song. Opening my eyes, I dashed into the knee-high water and as quickly as I could I waded through it, the music fueling me. Music had always been my passion and if I hadn't joined the Air Force I knew I would've loved to be a performer. Finally on dry land, the song came to an end and I stopped to breathe. Reading a sign, I noted that the Blook family had a farm up ahead. Why did that sound familiar? Looking over, I instantly remembered when I saw a familiar ghost. Napstablook. I had run into him with Toriel.

"Hey!" I smiled, removing the headphones from my ears.

"Oh, uh, hi…Um, are you following me?" he asked shyly.

"Huh? Er, I don't think so? I kinda just landed here," I shrugged.

"Oh, okay...Well, um, if you wanna hang out, my place is just North of here. I'm gonna head there now. Yeah, you don't have to come over though, it's just an offer..." he said before leaving.

"Poor dude," I frowned, immediately deciding to go and hang out with him. I could use the break and he needed some cheering up.

Heading North I saw two houses; one blue and the other pink. Trying the pink one first, the door was locked, so I stepped over to the blue, entering with ease.

"Hey," I grinned, surprising Napstablook.

"Oh, you decided to come over. I wasn't expecting that. Um, I don't really have much to do…Would you like to listen to some music?"

"Hm? Yeah! Sure," I nodded.

Sitting on the floor of his house, the two of us listened to a variety of music, most of which was Napstablook's own mixes.

"Hey, um, I didn't wanna say anything but…um, I heard you singing earlier…You're pretty good. Um, would you like to maybe jam…? You don't have-" Napstablook seemed flustered as he spoke.

"Yeah! I'd love to!" I grinned, "Any songs you have in mind? Did you write one?"

"Oh! Um, I don't have anything with any lyrics yet. Um, do you know Bulletproof by La Roux?"

With a nod, I stood. Napstablook started playing the song and I began to sing. We both improvised a bit, making the song our own. The music flowed through me as I grinned from ear to ear, dancing as I sang. I could feel Napstablook warming up pretty quickly. When the song ended, I found myself laughing from the pure fun I was having.

"Hey, um, I know you still have a lot to do, but um, I can give you my number if you ever wanna jam again?" the ghost offered.

"That'd be great," I agreed.

Giving me his number, I left shortly after and proceeded to head East.