'Yo' - Harry writing or signing

'Yo' - Thoughts

'Howdy' Angry monsters (Flowey)

'HELLO HUMANS!' - Papyrus

'sup' - Sans

AN: I've been asked what run it was. It is a Pacifist run.


Chapter 7 - Puzzled Part 2


Harry froze when they came to the next clearing. He could feel his soul beating inside him when he watched Frisk run over to the yellow star as it flashed. He quickly moved to the other end of the clearing and watched as Frisk's eyes went blank again.

He would explore the objects on the table, but it was too close to the star for comfort. He didn't want to get close to it again. If whatever it was scared Sans, then it should terrify him. But it didn't seem to be hurting Frisk so at the moment he was okay with it.

Frisk came to and went about the glade, exploring. They looked at Harry, who was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, allowing the younger human to explore while he rested his eyes. It had been nearly a day since the last time he'd slept and he was starting to feel it.

He opened his eyes when he felt a tug on his hoodie. He looked down to see Frisk looking up at him in concern. He waved it off with a smile, 'I'm fine Frisk.' He signed before straightening up and stretched. 'Done exploring?' He asked Frisk.

Frisk nodded and took Harry's hand. Harry squeezed assuredly and they continued to a large opening, the trees seemingly tapering off. Harry hummed and he walked forward, noticing a spot a few yard away that was clear of snow.

He narrowed his eyes and told Frisk to sit on a rock as he walked over to check it out. He leaned down and noticed a switch buried under the snow. 'Huh,' He thought before flipped it. He heard a small rumble and then the sound of metal on metal. 'Oh. It must have been another puzzle.' He said to himself before standing up.

He heard a bark and he snapped his attention back to Frisk. His eyes widened when he saw their red soul out as they pet a dog wearing armor. The dog was yapping happily and licking their face. Harry carefully pulled his glove off inside his shirt and flicked his finger at Frisk's soul. It momentarily flashed blue-green before going back inside their body.

The dog took this as a sign of 'Mercy' and bounded away spastically. Harry sighed in relief and pulled his glove back on and walked over, 'Having fun?' He signed. Frisk nodded with a smile. Harry smiled back and noticed a small pouch of coins on the ground.

'Do the monsters leave these pouches for the ones that 'defeat' them?' He wondered idly before adding it to his own pouch. He held out his hand and Frisk took it. Harry started walking down and noticed a slate covered in snow. He frowned and wiped some snow away to notice a red x marking where he had found the switch. 'So this was the key to solving it? I kind of feel bad about solving it so easily.' He said releasing a breath of air and stood up.

Harry jerked his head to the side when he noticed Frisk wasn't next to him anymore. His eyes widened in panic and he ran after their footprints. He skidded to a stop when he noticed a pair of dogs fighting them. He grit his teeth and walked forward but paused when he noticed an axe about to cleave Frisk's soul in two. He rushed forward and blocked it with his right arm. He winced in pain as he heard a crack.

'Crap.' He thought as he stifled a mute scream. Frisk stared at him in surprise and teared up. The dogs paused and sniffed at Harry before looking at each other in confusion.

"The weird smell is gone." The male one said. The other dog nodded, "No need to eliminate a smell when there is no smell." The female said. The left and Harry fell to his knees, gripping his right arm in pain.

Frisk started crying and apologizing between wiping their eyes. Harry sent them a pained smile, 'Hey, it's okay. I'm fine.' He signed with a bit of difficulty. Frisk shook their head and covered their face. Harry sighed and put a hand on their head before messing up their hair.

Frisk wiped their eyes, 'You should eat your Nice Cream.' They signed. Harry paused and then an embarrassed look came over his face. He had forgotten that monster food healed. He sat down for a moment and pulled the nice cream out before breaking it in half and eating it. He closed his eyes and sighed as he felt the pain in his arm fade.

It was still sore but he could use it now without wanting to scream in agony. Frisk looked at them and smiled slightly. Harry put two thumbs up.

'I'm dog-tired, but fine.' He said. Frisk covered their mouth to stifle mute giggles. Harry grinned and closed his eyes, 'Let's get through these puzzles and then I'll rest.' He signed. Frisk nodded. They were slightly worried. They had been able to rest while Harry protected them, and Harry was looking more and more tired. Frisk could see the dark bag under his left eye, and even though Harry was able to continue with a smile, they could tell he was exhausted.

They felt Harry take their hand and looked up to see him smiling at them. They smiled happily and hugged him around the middle. Harry stared down at them in slight shock but smiled and hugged them back.

Frisk broke the hug and squeezed Harry's hand before following the taller human. They walked down the path a little way and came to a small puzzle. Frisk bounced up and down and looked up at Harry.

'You want to handle this one?' Harry asked. Frisk nodded and practically skipped over to the x's and pressed them, changing them into o's and then walked over to the switch and jumped onto it. There was a clicking noise and the o's turned green. Harry stood up and noticed Papyrus with his back turned on the other side of some small holes in the ground.

When they got closer Papyrus spun around in shock, "WHAT! HOW DID YOU AVOID MY TRAP!?" He exclaimed. Harry blinked in confusion, which trap was he talking about. "AND MORE IMPORTANTLY! IS THERE ANY LEFT FOR ME?"

'Oh… the spaghetti was a trap? Maybe I should have explored that room more.' Harry thought. He looked up at Papyrus and noticed that the skeleton was staring at them intently. Harry answered his question with a nod.

"REALLY? WOWIE. YOU RESISTED THE FLAVOR OF MY HOME COOKED PASTA… JUST SO YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH ME?" Papyrus said. Without waiting for a reply he continued, "FRET NOT HUMANS! I, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS, WILL MAKE YOU ALL THE PASTA YOU COULD EVER WANT! HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH NYEH!"

And then like always the tall skeleton turned and bounded off to the next puzzle. Harry sighed and rubbed his eye before walking forward. Frisk followed with a slightly concerned look. When they made it to the next puzzle they both noticed Papyrus standing in front of it.

"MY BROTHER HAS STARTED A SOCK COLLECTION RECENTLY. HOW SADDENING, SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT HE WOULD DO WITHOUT SUCH A COOL GUY TAKING CARE OF HIM?" He said.

Harry raised an eyebrow and they continued towards the puzzle, only to be stopped by Papyrus, "HUMANS!" They looked at him and he hummed, "HOW DO I SAY THIS… YOU WERE TAKING A LONG TIME TO ARRIVE SO I DECIDED TO IMPROVE THIS PUZZLE BY ARRANGING THE SNOW TO LOOK MORE LIKE MY FACE! UNFORTUNATLEY, THE SNOW FROZE TO THE GROUND… NOW THE SOLUTION IS DIFFERENT! AND AS USUAL, MY LAZY BROTHER IS NOWHERE AROUND. I SUPPOSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS… WORRY NOT HUMAN," He started to pose, "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL SOLVE THIS CONUNDRUM! THEN WE CAN BOTH PROCEED! MEANWHILE, FEEL FREE TO TRY THE PUZZLE YOURSELF! I WILL TRY NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE ANSWER MYSELF!"

Harry held up his pad, 'Snow problem.' It read and Papyrus started shouting about it not being funny while Frisk covered their mouth and Harry just smile before leaning against a tree. Frisk started to try the puzzle as Harry looked at the tree he leaned against and chuckled when he saw the switch inside it. He turned back to watch Frisk and smiled when they finished the puzzle after their third attempt.

He held two thumbs up while Papyrus stared at them, "WOW! YOU SOLVED THE PUZZLE! AND YOU DID IT ALL WITHOUT MY HELP. INCREDIBLE! I'M IMPRESSED! YOU MUST CARE ABOUT PUZZLES LIKE I DO! WELL, I'M SURE YOU'LL LOVE THE NEXT GAME THEN! IT MIGHT EVEN BE TOO EASY FOR YOU!" He did his signature laughed and walked quickly away.

Harry turned to Frisk and smiled, 'Good job.' He signed. They beamed and Harry ruffled their hair again. He then turned to look down the path. 'Hopefully there are only a few more puzzles…' He thought, noticing the haziness edging his vision, 'I'm reaching my limit.'

They walked forward and noticed Sans standing on the other side of where the wall was, "good job on solving it so quickly. you didn't even need my help. which is great, 'cause I love doing absolutely nothing." The shorter skeleton said.

Harry smiled tiredly and nodded before he and Frisk moved forward, waving goodbye to the skeleton. Sans waved back before vanishing in a blink of an eye. Harry's eye widened in surprise when he saw that and shook his head, 'Of course he wouldn't put all of his trick in that book.' He said to himself.

They came to a small wooden bridge and a grayscale patchwork of ground on the other side of it. And then on the other side of that both of the skele-bros were talking. The both looked over at the two humans.

"HEY! IT'S THE HUMANS! YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS PUZZLE!" Papyrus said with a laugh, "IT WAS MADE BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS! YOU SEE THESE TILES!? ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLORS. EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION! RED TILES ARE IMPASSIBLE! YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM! YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC! THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU! GREEN TILES ARE ALARM TILES! IF YOU STEP ON THEM... YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER! ORANGE-TILES ARE ORANGE-SCENTED. THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMELL DELICIOUS! BLUE TILES ARE WATER TILES. SWIM THROUGH THEM IF YOU LIKE, BUT... IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES! THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU. ALSO, IF A BLUE TILE IS NEXT TO A, YELLOW TILE, THE WATER WILL ALSO ZAP YOU! PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY! YOU WILL SLIDE TO THE NEXT TILE! HOWEVER, THE SLIPPERY SOAP... SMELLS LIKE LEMONS! WHICH PIRAHNAS DO NOT LIKE! PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OKAY! FINALLY, PINK TILES. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE. HOW WAS THAT? DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"

Frisk looked at Harry in confusion. Harry had his eyes narrowed as he committed the information to memory. Harry nodded to Papyrus and the skeleton lit up in excitement.

"GREAT! THEN THERE IS ONE LAST THING! THIS PUZZLE, IS ENTIRELY RANDOM!" Papyrus said, "WHEN I PULL THIS SWITCH, IT WILL MAKE A PUZZLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE! NOT EVEN I WILL KNOW THE SOLUTION." He laughed, "GET READY!" He said before pressed the switch.

Harry and Frisk watched as the puzzle flashed different combinations of colors before it settled on a path of pink tiles with red walls. The two human shared a look and Papyrus spun away with a incredulous look. Sans stepped out of the way for his brother.

Harry walked over to the machine while Frisk went to talk to Sans. Black covered his vision for a second and he grabbed onto the machine for balance. He must have passed out for a few moments because he was awoken by a tug on his hoodie. He looked over to see Frisk looking at him.

'I'm fine. Don't worry.' He signed and Frisk looked at him in disbelief and frowned. Harry just smiled it off and started to walk past the arch. Frisk followed him. The next large tree lined area was covered in half built snowdogs and quite a few of them that were broken. Harry raised an eyebrow as Frisk skipped ahead to another star.

Harry ignored Frisk as they used the star for whatever they were doing and examined the snow dogs with a confused look. He found out from the horned monster standing near the star that it was the dog that Frisk had fought before that had run through here excitedly and created them in its excitement. Harry nodded as they finished their conversation and turned to see Frisk waiting for him at the bridge.

He walked over and held out his hand. Frisk took it and they both walked into the next room. Unsurprisingly it held a puzzle. Frisk looked at the ice and then at Harry. Harry sighed and nodded before Frisk smiled and hugged him before skating across the ice to turn the x's into o's. Harry waited for them to get to the other side and then followed them.

When he got to the other side he noticed Frisk playing in some piles of snow. He chuckled and walked over to them. They smiled up at him before diving into another one.

Harry frowned, 'Hey, you're going to get sick if you do that.' He signed. Frisk pouted and Harry looked at them sternly, 'Mom will kill me if she finds out I let you get sick.' Frisk frowned but nodded and stood up. Harry helped them clean themselves off and they continued forward.

A snow pile blocked their way and Harry moved to step over it when he heard a bark. A white dog head poked out of the pile, followed by a tail. But what followed that made Harry's heart freeze. The dog stood up and towered over both of them and was wearing armor.

Harry's soul refused to come out as Frisk's red soul popped out in front of them. Then the dog attacked them and Harry grabbed Frisk and leapt back. He looked at Frisk, who was shaking slightly.

'Frisk. Look at me.' Harry signed, gaining the smaller human's attention, 'Run past them, and don't look back.' He ordered. Frisk shook his head, 'Do it. I'll hold them off. Maybe if you get Sans or Papyrus they'll help.' Harry stated. Frisk teared up and hugged him before taking off.

Harry watched them go before standing up and glaring at Greater Dog. Some unseen wind blew his hair out of his face and revealed his blazing eye. Harry cracked his knuckles and grinned.

'I'm about to have a great time.' He thought before pulling out the dog's gray soul with a flick of his fingers. He reached out and was about to attack when his vision blurred.

'Crap.' He said as black edged his vision. He slammed his hand back into his glove and sank to his knees as the wind died down. 'And I was just about to get serious too.' Was his last thought as he passed out.


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