So apparently I got a guest review that pointed out a typo in chapter one. It was a major typo so I had to go back and fix it, I probably wouldn't have found it without that review. Thanks mysterious reviewer for noticing it, and as for the others who didn't notice or did notice but didn't bother to tell me, shame on you.
Also on a side note, I'm trying to make my chapters longer. Maybe sometimes it will be short but I have one strict rule: Each chapter must contain at least 1000 words. This might mean that the chapters might take slightly longer to post, depends on my motivation...:P
Chapter 9: Snow monsters
Hello, my name is Delilah and my brother is currently frozen in ice. Now your probably wondering how we got ourselves into this mess. It started when three monsters walked up to us; Icecap,Snowdrake,...and Jerry. I don't know whats up with Jerry but something about him i just find disgusting. Anyway, John tried to joke around with the monsters but they recognized some of the jokes as Snowdrake's material, turns out they thought we did something to him and immediately froze John in a giant icicle. I-
"Delilah move!" Jerod shouted.
Delilah snapped out of her random monologue and jumped out of the way as Chilldrake flew his ice talons at her.
"No bedtime! Only DEADTIME!" Chilldrake shouted.
They lingered longer than she thought, apparently Jerry's power is to make other's attacks last longer. Delilah turned around and saw that Icecap blocked her from the others with a wall of icicles. She stood there and tried to ponder what to do. It was three against one, she had less than 5 minutes before John dies of suffocation. So how is she going to...
"Hey! Quit ignoring me!" Icecap shouted, shoving his hat into her face. "My hat is right here, LOOK AT IT!"
Delilah scowled. "Alright, you need to cut that out." Delilah waved her hand and she levitated the big hat off of Icecap, he immediately turned into a big ice cube. Chilldrake gasped in surprise.
"Geez, you guys suck at this." Jerry said.
"Can you guys listen to me!? I was trying to tell you that we didn't hurt Snowdrake at all. He is wandering the woods looking for you." They looked at her dumbfounded, then looked away guiltily.
"Can you please let my brother go?"
"*Sigh* Whatever!" Chilldrake said. "I ain't apologizing."
"My... hat..." Ice said sadly.
"You know, you look better without that hat." Delilah said.
"You think so?" Ice looked at her hopefully.
"Yeah, hats are for posers."
"Hey!" Caleb shouted.
"You know what, your right! Thanks!" Ice and Chilldrake wandered off when Jerry was on his phone distracted.
Jerry then looked up and noticed the others aren't around. He sneezed without covering his nose, much to everyone's disgust.
"They went that way." Delilah pointed, the opposite direction.
"So... can you give me a ride home?"
"No."
"...Awkwarrrd." Jerry said as he walked off in the wrong direction.
Delilah turned and saw Diego was already thawing John out. His head was already sticking out.
"Th-th-th-th-a-anks Diego." John stuttered through the cold. "Wh-a-at-t is it, t-two I owe y-you?"
"It's no problem. But I think this might take awhile." Diego replied.
"Well then me and Frisk are going to scout ahead." Caleb proclaimed.
"I'm following you two." Chara said.
Diego looked unsure but nodded. "Be careful you two."
"Don't worry, we got super powers."
"Magic powers." Frisk stated. Caleb pouted at Frisk and dragged him along.
"What are you doing with that?" Caleb asked. Frisk was holding a pile of snow in his pocket.
"I met a snowman who asked to take a piece of him with me."
"And it didn't melt?"
"Nope. Hey Caleb look!" Frisk pointed to a vendor in the distance, a blue bunny was watching it. Caleb arched his eyebrows and walked over.
"...Why is it not selling? I thought this was a perfect place for a cold treat." The bunny said sadly.
"Uh hello?"
The bunny looked up and his ears sprung up as he got excited. "Oh! A customer! You kids want some Nice Cream?"
"Nice Cream?" Frisk asked.
"Yeah, it's the frozen treat that warms your heart. Now just 15g."
"Yeah, we'll take two." Caleb handed the gold.
The Nice Cream guy handed two wrapped Nice Creams to them. "Here you go! Have a super-duper day!"
They waved to him as they both walked off. As they opened the wrappers they read the inscriptions inside.
"You're super spiffy!" Caleb smiled as he tipped his hat and took a bite.
"Love yourself! I love you!" Frisk smiled to and was about to take a bite before he saw Chara staring longingly at the treat. "Is something the matter?"
"Huh? Oh, just that I was wondering if I could have a bite?" Chara said nervously.
"Um, sure but how are you going to..." Chara immediately flew into Frisk's body as he stiffened and closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again they were red. He grinned as he looked at the treat and took a bite.
"Frisk?" Caleb said nervously.
"Nope, it's me, Chara."
"Whoa, since when could you do that?"
"When I possessed John yesterday for a bar of chocolate."
"Wha- when did he, never mind. Look over there!" They both saw something approach fast. It was a white dog just like the Annoying dog. Though this one had a bit of a happy derp face and it was wearing full on metal amour with a sword and shield. It looked at the two of them and panted happily.
"Doggie!" Caleb squealed as he went to pet it. The dog slowly raised his sword.
"Caleb no!" Chara pushed Caleb out of the sword swipe before it could hit them. "Are you crazy. Lesser Dog will kill you!"
Caleb pouted. "No it won't. All dogs want to pet. Just trust me." He pushed Fr- Chara off and walked up to Lesser Dog. "Hey there doggie. You want a pet?" The dog just kept panting as he stared Caleb down with it's non-changing expression. Caleb gently petted him and his neck suddenly extended a little bit. Caleb arched an eyebrow but kept petting. It's neck kept extending. Caleb didn't know what to think of it but just kept happily petting him. It's head kept going higher and higher until he lost sight of it. He heard a distant bark.
"Uh Caleb I don't think this is a go- OH MY GOD!"
They saw Lesser Dog's head start coming down despite it's neck still reaching into the clouds. Caleb realized he went to far and slowly backed away.
"Okay, enough of this." Chara raised Frisk's stick and did a calling whistle. Lesser Dog's head quickly retracted and went back to normal. "Want the stick. Want the stick boy! Fetch!" Chara feint threw the stick, Lesser Dog fell for the trick and followed it. When that was over, he turned to Caleb. "You know, I think Frisk want's his body back." Chara closed his eyes and then Frisk came back. "What did I miss?" Frisk asked.
"We fought another dog monster but me and Chara took care of it."
"Then why is there two more dogs approaching?"
They looked and saw two dogs wearing black cloaks and wielding axes approach. One had noticeable feminine eyelashes and another had thick eyebrows and a mustache.
"What's that smell?" The mustached dog said.
"Where's that smell?" They feminine dog finished the other's sentence.
"If you're a smell..."
"... identify yoursmellf!"
They both wandered around them sniffing the air, then they halted as they looked at the Frisk.
"Dogamy and Dogaressa." Chara blatently stated. "This couple's sight is based on their sense of smell."
"Hmmm... Here's that weird smell... It makes me want to eliminate." Dogamy said
"... Eliminate YOU!" Dogaressa finished. They raised their axes and growled menacingly
"Wait, hold on..." They resniffed Caleb.
"...you smell like a weird puppy."
Caleb looked at himself and saw a couple traces of white dog hair, probably from Lesser Dog. It must have mixed with his natural scent. Caleb shrugged as he happily petted Dogamy. His tail wagged in surprise.
"Wow! Pet by another pup!" He exclaimed.
"Well. Don't leave me out!"
Caleb proceeded to pet the both of them until they were both content.
"Dogs can pet other dogs?"
"A new world has opened up for us..."
"Thanks, weird puppy!" They both waved and left them.
"Hmm, I guess petting is a good strategy after all." Chara said.
Caleb smiled triumphantly as he and Frisk headed back to rejoin the group.
Jerod facepalmed. "Iris really?"
"Hush, I'm almost done!" Iris snapped.
When they came across the next puzzle they didn't expect it to be a crossword search. There wasn't even a booby trap for skipping over it, yet Iris insisted on finishing it. Sans and Papyrus patiently waited as she finished it in peace.
"What the heck is a giasfclfebrehber?" Iris mumbled to herself. She knows a lot of words in the dictionary but this didn't even look English. Luckily she found the word and circled it. She presented it to the two skeletons. "Here you go, all done."
"SANS! YOUR PUZZLE BARELY EVEN FAZE THE PURPLE HUMAN!"
"My name is Iris." She said but Papyrus didn't listen.
"darn i knew i should have used today's crossword instead." Sans said.
"WHAT, YOU USED CROSSWORD AS A PUZZLE?! YOU DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT!"
"but i did made the effort to drop it over there when i was passing by."
"Either way it's finished now." Iris said. "Which, by the way, was really easy."
"Yeah, give us something harder like Junior jumble." John said.
Iris looked at him with a disappointing expression.
"Really, Junior Jumble?" Delilah asked.
"No, John is right, it's really difficult to unscramble those words." Frisk said.
"Dude, that easy-peasy word scramble is for babies." Caleb said.
"Do you have any idea how many words there are in the English language?" Jerod defended.
Before a large argument could start Papyrus stepped in.
"HUMANS, DON'T WORRY FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL SOLVE THIS DISPUTE!"
"even though you like junior jumble?" Sans asked.
Papyrus ignored him. "NOW WHO THINKS CROSSWORD IS HARDER?" Iris, Delilah, and Caleb raised their hands. "AND THOSE WHO THINK JUNIOR JUMBLE IS HARDER?" John, Jerod, Diego, Frisk, and even Chara rose their hand. But since Papyrus can't see him, Chara's vote doesn't count. Papyrus smiled triumphantly "THERE, BY MAJORITY VOTE, JUNIOR JUMBLE IS OFFICIALLY THE HARDEST! YOU HUMANS MUST BE VERY INTELLIGENT IF YOU ALSO FIND JUNIOR JUMBLE HARDER, LIKE ME! NYEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus joyfully ran off.
"hey, thanks for saying you guys like junior jumble just to appease my brother." Sans said to John.
"But I didn-"
Delilah covered her big brother's mouth. "Yeah, your brother seems to find difficulty in interesting places."
"yeah, yesterday he got stumped trying to solve the horoscope."
"What! How is that even possible?!" Iris exclaimed.
"We don't have stars."
"..."
After they a couple of mundane puzzles and challenges they finally reached one that was a little challenging.
It was a pair of pressure plates lit up with blue X's and separated by large piles of snow, and a switch on the side.
"It says, 'turn every X into an O then press the switch. Do not step on them twice." Iris read. She casually stepped on both of them once then pressed the switch. The spikes blocking the road ahead didn't open up. She was confused, she did what it said. Why is it no-"
"Arf Arf!"
Everyone saw a familiar annoying white Dog stepping on one of the X's.
"It's you!" Caleb squealed in joy. The Dog smiled and wagged his tail happily.
"Nice to see you again." Iris said dryly. She hates it when someone interrupts her when she is doing a puzzle.
Caleb noticed the group's disdain. "Um, hey doggie? Can you please move for us?" The canine tilted his head. "We need to finish the puzzle to move on." The Annoying Dog seemed to understand what he said as he stepped off of the pressure plate. "Tha-" Suddenly the Dog dashed towards the spikes and leaped over it at a height that didn't seem to obey the law of physics.
"..."
"What is with that Dog?!" Jerod said.
"I don't know." Iris pinched her nose as she finished the puzzle again. "Let's just move on."
Just after they ran into Papyrus.
"OH UM HUMANS, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW... YOU WERE TAKING QUITE A WHILE TO GET HERE SO I TRIED TO IMPROVE ON THIS ONE, BY ARRANGING THE SNOW TO LOOK MORE LIKE MY FACE! BUT THE SNOW FROZE TO THE GROUND AND NOW THE PUZZLE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!"
He gestured to another spike puzzle that looked a lot more difficult than the other one.
"Don't worry, if there is a solution I can figure it out." Iris said. "Okay lets see... alright, let me go this way and take a right... okay now I'll take another right and... DANGIT I STEPPED OVER A TILE TWICE! Okay, let me start over. I'll start down here and take a loop around without touching the last tile... then I'll go around and go right and then... Oh shiiiiii-taki-mushrooms *Sigh* Alright I can do this."
"NO!"
"Crap!"
"WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME!"
"RRRAAAAHH!"
At this point, Iris's hair was a mess from her frustration. She was at this for about 10 minutes. At one point Papyrus tried to say something but Iris gave a dark stare at him and he stepped back. She went back at it for another 5 minutes until the spikes suddenly retracted.
"Huh? How did-"
"Oops." Everyone looked at John and saw him leaning against the tree. "I just leaned on this tree and I heard something click."
Iris nostrils flared. "Papyrus why didn't you..." She looked and where Papyrus was supposed to be there was a snow structure of a muscular Papyrus with a note left on it.
"DEAR HUMANS, SORRY I HAD TO LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE BUT IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE PURPLE HUMAN WAS NOT ACCEPTING MY ASSISTANCE AT THE MOMENT. SO I WENT ON AHEAD TO GET THE NEXT PUZZLE READY. IF YOU ARE TRULY BY THIS PUZZLE AND WISH TO CARRY ON, JUST SIMPLY PRESS AGAINST THE TREE TO THE LEFT OF THIS NOTE YOUR'S TRULY, THE GREAT PAPYRUS."
John nervously looked at Iris. "Um, Iris..."
Iris angrily gave John petty punched to his side. She then put her face into the sleeve of her purple sweater and they heard a muffled screaming. When she was done she looked calm and stoic.
"Okay, lets go."
The group said nothing as they went ahead and saw a big flat open space similar to the electric maze puzzle from before but this one was cover in tiles all around.
Papyrus and Sans turned towards the humans. "AHH, FINALLY! OH I MEAN, AT LAST YOU HAVE ARRIVED HUMANS! WHILE THE LAST PUZZLE WAS TRULY A CONUNDRUM OF MY GLORIOUS WITS, I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! THIS WAS CREATED BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS!"
Iris's eyes narrowed. "What does this puzzle do?"
"YOU SEE THESE TILES?! ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR! 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 PIRANHAS DO NOT LIKE! PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OKAY! FINALLY, PINK TILES. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE! ALRIGHT, DID YOU GET ALL THAT?"
Iris easily caught up with what he said as she scribbled down the instructions onto her notebook. "Got it." She said.
"GREAT, BUT THERE IS ONE LAST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW... THIS PUZZLE IS ENTIRELY RANDOM, NOT EVEN I KNOW HOW TO SOLVE IT! ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE READY?"
Iris gave a thumbs up, ready to regain her lost pride from the last puzzle.
"THEN GET READY!" Papyrus flipped the switch as the tiles lit up and changed color rapidly. It changed so fast that it was definitely worth a seizure warning. Then it stopped, revealing the true puzzle.
Sans and the rest of the group laughed out loud. The puzzle was nothing but a straight line of pink with some red tiles on the side. Papyrus rubbed his scalp as he walked off. Iris just stood there, glaring at the tiles.
"ha...ha...Iris...are you...okay?" Delilah asked.
Iris's body shook as some of the group got a little nervous. Then it was revealed that she was giggling madly. Soon, she joined in on the others in their laughter. She may have failed to regain her pride, but she can admit that this was pretty funny.
After they regained their composure from that hilarious scene, they left that puzzle and its ridiculousness. They passed through an area full of half-finished snow sculptures of a familiar dog, thought the said dog was nowhere to be seen.
They navigated through one more X O puzzle, this one was better constructed than the other one except that it was over a slippery lake with the threat of falling off. This time Iris was able to help the other's simultaneously step on the plates while not falling off. Now they reached a fork in the road.
"Which way do we go?" Caleb asked.
"I don't know. The map I saw didn't say which way is which."
John tried to brainstorm an idea. "Hmm, why don't we just split up."
"Yeah, that's a good idea, nice thinking dude!" Jerod praised.
John's face flushed, hiding the freckles on his cheeks. "Um... T-thanks, *cough* anyway I'm taking the right way."
"I'm with ya." Jerod said.
"I want to go left." Caleb and Frisk said simultaneously.
"Well I'm staying with my brother." Diego said walking next to his little brother.
"Me to." Delilah said walking next to her sibling
"I'm going to stick with you three." Iris said.
"Alright, so if anything goes wrong call us on your cell phone." The group nodded and went their way.
"hey guys." Sans said.
"Sup." John said as he passed by Sans. When he looked ahead he noticed Sans was already there. He turned around and didn't see him there as well.
"say are you following me?" Sans asked as the group approached.
"No, but how do you do that?" Delilah asked.
"do what?"
"You know! Disappearing like that and reappearing somewhere else."
"oh my shortcuts, its just one of my magic powers, you know you can do that as well."
Her eyes widened. "R-really?"
"yeah, just think of a place nearby and just do some sort of gesture to activate it. i usually prefer snapping my fingers.
Delilah nodded and began to concentrate.
"wait." Sans stopped her. "if you're thinking of heading home instantly, don't think about it. even if that was somehow possible you will burn yourself out using all of that energy to travel such a distance."
"Thanks for the advice." Delilah thought of the area ten steps behind her. She clicked her heels and she felt he body get tugged as she was pulled towards the location. She gasped in shock and excitement.
"Delilah, I can't believe it!" John said, eyes sparkling. "You can teleport!" He shook her shoulder happily.
Delilah smiled and turned to Sans. "Thanks S-" She paused when she saw that Sans left, in his place was a pile of snow with his name written on it with ketchup. She wondered how he did that so fast but Jerod interrupted her.
"Monster up ahead!" Jerod warned.
They looked and saw a reindeer-like monster approach. It had a grotesque face and it's antlers looked like trees, there were several items stuck to it.
"Hey Chara, what's it's..." Jerod realized that Chara wasn't there, must've gone with the others.
"Hey, you guys, can you..." The monster took a closer look at them and it's eyes widened. "Oh no, not more gosh darn teenagers! You guys stay back!" The monster growled threateningly.
Delilah stepped forward carefully. "It's okay, we aren't going to hurt you. My name is Delilah, what's yours?"
"...Gyftrot."
"Hi Gyftrot. What's the problem?"
Gyftrot huffed. "A bunch of kids cornered me and put all this junk on my head without my consent."
"That's awful." John said. "Want us to take it off of you?"
The monster looked at him surprised. "R-really?"
"Yeah, c'mon guys." Him, Jerod, and Delilah went up to him and pulled off what what stuck to this head. A cup, streamers, a book, a picture of Snowdrake and his parents (John decided to keep it and put it in his bag.), and finally something big and white.
"You again!" Jerod said, holding it up. The annoying dog barked happily as he licked Jerod's nose. Jerod groaned and dropped the dog.
"Hmm I don't remember him being put in there." Gyftrot said. "Well, thank you for the assistance. I better get going, I got a bunch of kids to teach a lesson." It clopped out of the area, The Annoying Dog leaving with it. With them gone, the three of them can inspect the cave they saw.
"A cave inside of a cave?" John said. They were walking inside.
"Well the overall cave is humongous." Delilah said.
They entered the cave and saw that it was lit up by luminescent mushrooms and grass.
"Iris would have a field day with this." Delilah said.
Everyone stopped in their tracks as they heard a scared whimper at the end of the cave. There were several guesses what it could be, none of them good. They peeked behind a corner and saw a small cream-colored bunny girl pressed up against a door with no handle. She was cowering against the strange door as something large and looming stalked towards her. It looked like a flying, smiling whale with a scorpion tail.
"Hey!" The two monster's turned and saw Jerod in front of them. "You better leave that girl alone or else." He punched his fist. The big monster cocked his tail like a shot gun and fired. Jerod yelped as he dived back to John and Delilah's spot for cover. Looking back he saw the magic projectiles spray in every direction. He mentally cursed to himself.
"How am I supposed to get past that? It will blast me before I could get anywhere near it."
"Hey." Delilah got Jerod's attention. "Me and John will keep that big whale thing down with our telekinesis while you run in there and grab that girl."
"We will?" John asked, unsure.
"Yeah, with the two of us, I think we can hold him down long enough."
John bit his lip as he nervously reached into his pocket to rub his faded ribbon. "Alright, but we need to focus on a specific part if it."
"I'll get the tail area, you get the head area."
"Got it." Jerod looked back out of the hiding spot and the monster turned it's attention back to the bunny.
"You ready John?" Delilah asked.
John took a deep breath. "Yeah."
The two siblings ran towards it and thrusted their hands out. Their eyes and hand glowed blue and cyan as they focused on the big monster. The monster glowed in both colors as it was forced onto the ground. It grunted angrily as it tried to aim it's tail at them. But Delilah put pressure on the tail forcing it onto the ground and aiming at an empty wall. The monster kept grunting as it relentlessly struggled. The two of them were losing control fast.
"Jerod go!" John called. Jerod nodded as he used his magically enhanced speed to quickly skid up to the bunny girl.
"Hey there." Jerod reached towards her. She flinched and backed away more. "Shh, it's okay. I'm here to save you." The bunny cocked it's head to the side as if she was unsure to believe him.
"Jerod, we're about to lose control, get out of there!" Delilah called. Jerod quickly grabbed the bunny and was about to leave when the monster broke free and blocked Jerod's path. John and Delilah tried to use their magic but felt themselves too drained at the moment.
"Well this looks like the end." Jerod thought to himself, forgetting that even if he died Frisk would just reset... but that would ruin the dramatic moment. He tried to use his body as a shield for the bunny but, by the intensity of the projectiles he saw earlier, it would only for for a couple of seconds.
"Arf" Everyone turned to the sound of the bark and deadpanned at what they saw. There was The Annoying Dog running with it's little feet towards the big monster. The monster just stood there, amused by the Dog's dumb bravery. It's amusement changed when the Dog crashed into him. It knocked him back into a wall. Everyone stared in surprise at the Dog's unusual strength. The monster, in it's daze, aimed it's tail at the Dog. The canine didn't even flinch as the projectiles came towards him. He gave a single bark as the force of it knocked the projectiles back at the monster.
The kids decided to leave the cave now while the Dog was busy dealing with the monster. They stepped out of the cave, still hearing the fight going on inside. Jerod set the bunny down. She looked at the humans timidly. Then she wrapped her arms around his leg.
"...Thank you mister, for saving me." She said.
"No problem" Jerod said, slightly flustered. "Who was that guy anyway?"
"Glyde, he is very aggressive when someone invades his territory."
John arched an eyebrow."Then what were you doing there?"
"I was just curious. All the other kids back at home keep saying to stay away from him, and I wanted to know why." Her ears drooped as she looked down in shame.
They heard a bark as The Annoying Dog stepped out with a smug expression. They group looked back inside and saw Glyde on the ground with comical X's. The Dog panted happily as if nothing happened.
Jerod tugged at the collar of John's hoodie. "Mmmmm, thanks for saving us." The Dog's face brightened as he jumped towards him. "NO!" The Dog stopped mid-jump. "No more kisses."
"Ruff!" The Dog agreed as he walked towards the bunny.
"I think he's going to take me back home." The bunny said. "Thank you guys, I won't forget you!" She said as she followed the Dog.
Jerod sighed as he rubbed his neck. "That was exhausting."
"So this was a dead end. Lets get back to the others." Delilah said.
"Yeah." John said. "Hopefully, they are having a better time than us.
Diego grunted as Greater dog struck his ward with its long spear. The large armored dog was pretty strong and powerful, yet it looked innocent, like it didn't even realize it is fighting.
"You just had to inspect that snow poff." Chara complained.
"Well someone wouldn't quit bothering me by making nonstop comments about snow poffs." Iris snapped.
"I was bored!"
"Guys, the barrier is failing!" Diego shouted. The ward was beginning to crack.
"What do we do?" Frisk said.
"...pet it?" Caleb suggested.
Chara scoffed "Yeah right, that mutt will trample you before you get anywhere near it."
"Hmm maybe I can distract him with something." Frisk grabbed a bunch of snow and made a snowball out of it. Just after, Greater dog gave a powerful bark which shattered the ward. Just as Greater dog charged at them, Diego put out his hand.
"Stop!" He shouted, the dog surprisingly listened and stopped in it's tracks, some snow skidding from the sudden stop. Diego reached his other hand behind him and handed him the snowball. He then threw the snowball for Greater dog to fetch. It splats on the ground several feet away. Greater dog excitedly attempts to gather all of the snow in the area. In it's excitement, Caleb and Frisk snuck up on him and started petting decisively. The dog got super excited and started whining, asking for more. They kept petting until it started to get tired. It slowly leaned back in it's drowsiness, right onto Caleb and Frisk. Luckily Iris reacted and stretched two tendrils around both of them and pulled them back just as the dog landed on the snow.
"Thanks Iris." Frisk said.
"Yeah, you really saved our as- behind." Caleb corrected himself.
Just then, Greater dog woke up and got back onto it's feet. The group stared cautiously at him. not seeing it coming, the dog jumped out of the armor, revealing it's actually small body. He looked a lot like the Annoying Dog but this one looked noticeably bulkier. It walked up to Caleb and Frisk and licked both of their faces, a way of saying thanks. They both giggled at the ticklish sensation of the dog's tongue. Then Greater dog returned to his armor and walked off, with it's behind sticking out of the top part of the armor.
"Nice thinking Caleb." Diego said, patting his back. "How'd you know petting it would work?"
"And how did you know it worked for those other dog's before." Chara asked.
Caleb grinned. "All dog's like to be pet."
Just then, John, Jerod, and Delilah returned.
"Hey guys, it was a dead end where we were. All good here?" Jerod asked.
Iris nodded. "We just took care of another monster, looks like it was guarding the bridge up ahead."
"Guess it's this way then." The group went single file across the bridge. But about halfway through, they saw Papyrus and Sans at the other side.
"HUMANS" Papyrus yelled loudly, by Papyrus standards, so the group could hear him from so far away. "THIS IS YOUR FINAL AND MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE!"
"Oh my god, he's going to cut the rope!" John panicked.
"HUH?! NO, I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING!" John sighed. "INSTEAD, YOU MUST GO THROUGH, THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR! BEHOLD!" Suddenly fire lit up below them, harpoons stuck out of the other side of the cliff along with cannons, maces dangled above them, and the Annoying Dog hung from a rope. "WHEN I SAY THE WORD, IT WILL FULLY ACTIVATE!" Chara silently noticed John, Jerod, and Delilah nervously glancing at the Dog for some reason. "THERE WILL ONLY BE THE TINNIEST CHANCE OF VICTORY REMAINING!"
"Talk about overkill." Jerod muttered.
"READY? BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO DO IT!
"Papyrus wait!" John called. Papyrus stopped just before it was all activated. "Um... look I think this challenge i-is too easy to defeat us." Papyrus's eyes widened.
"WHAT!"
"John, what the heck are you doing..." Delilah angrily whispered.
"Hold on Delilah." Iris said. "I think he's up to something."
John continued talking to Papyrus. "Y-yeah, you can't use this to beat us. After all, you are a skeleton with standards. You make you puzzles very fair, not too hard and not to easy. But this challenge is too direct, no class at all right?"
"..."
"P-papyrus?" John was worried he wasn't buying his bluff.
"YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! IF I'M MAKING A FINAL CHALLANGE TO CAPTURE YOU WITH, IT MUST BE AS BIG AND GRAND AS ME! AS FOR THIS ONE, AWAY IT GOES!" All of the weapons retracted and the machine turned off.
"Phew" John wiped his forehead.
"DON'T THINK THIS ISN'T OVER CYAN HUMAN! THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DESCISIVE VICTORY FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS! I'LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO BEAT YOU WITH! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus cackled as he left the group by the bridge.
The group walked up to Sans who was still standing there casually. "hey, nice thinking, fooling my bro like that." Sans said.
"Heh, reverse psychology. I always saw it work in movies." John sheepishly smiled.
"heh cool, anyway i have no idea what my brother is going to do now. if i were you, i'd keep blue attacks in mind."
"Thanks Sans." Iris said. "Hey, do you live anywhere or do you all just live in trees."
"that would be pine-ful but no. we live in a town up ahead. check out the place, you might learn more about us." Sans winked.
They waved as they walked up to a nearby sign.
"Welcome to Snowdin Town"
So they made it out of the woods, FINALLY!
For the record, Papyrus's spaghetti puzzle didn't happen. Why? *Shrugs* IDK
Anyway, I got the idea of The Annoying Dog's super strength and power from the Killer Bunny from Minecraft. Small, cute, and deadly.
Also, some of you devote Undertale fans might notice that a bit of the layout and significance of several places are different than in the game. Why? BECAUSE I WANT TO!
Luv you guys ^_^
HAVE FUN!
