Chapter 10 To stay or run
"FROM HERE ON FORTH YOUR NAME SHALL BE-" The skeleton paused for dramatic effect before bellowing out loudly.
"SNOWBITE MACARONI SPAGHETTI KNIGHT WOOFINGTON THE GREATEST SILVER FUZZYBUTT UNCHAINED HERO JC THE THIRD!"
Why did I expect any better? Link thought miserably to himself as he almost choked on his mouth full of spaghetti.
"Now that was a mouth full." Sans joked as he eyed the wolf.
"What happened to the other two?" Sans questioned as he lazily leaned on the arm cushion.
"I HAVE NO IDEA!" He shouted. Link pawed at his ears to relieve the pain, with all of this shouting they felt like they were on fire.
"Why didn't you just call him Lesser Dog Jr?" Sans questioned. The wolf had no idea what he was speaking of but didn't care at the moment.
"BECAUSE HE'S A GREATER DOG." Papyrus explained.
"But Greater Dog is already taken. That would make him a junior." Sans reminded him.
"HE'S NOT A "GREATER DOG" SANS."
"But you just said he was. Why don't you just make up your mind already? I think you're hurting the Mutt's feelings." Sans pointed over to the wolf.
"SANS!"
"How about you call him Snowbite for short?" Sans offered.
"OKAY. SHALL WE WATCH THE REST OF THE SHOW?" Papyrus agreed before plopping down on the couch in between the two again. The sudden weight in the couch made Link's body jump at least a foot on the couch before landing down roughly, but it didn't feel so soft as he expected.
"OH! SNOWBITE I GUESS YOU CAN LAY IN MY LAP." He somehow ended up landing the front half of his body on Papyrus. Now he was only inches away from Sans, he could feel those white pupils stare down at him. As bad as he wanted to move, he was frozen somehow. From fear of moving and hurting or something else he couldn't pin...
"You aren't worried he won't start to bite?" Sans questioned earning a growl from the wolf.
"NONSENSE! HE WOULD NEVER HURT ME. I AM TOO LOVABLE TO DO SO."
"So Snow biting at all?" The puns never seemed to stop with the bonehead.
"SHUT UP AND WATCH THE PROGRAM!" Papyrus commanded before placing his gloved hand on top of Link's furry head. Sans studied the wolf who seemed to be fine, but he didn't know that inside he was fighting himself not to freak out and snap.
The program that was running on the screen managed to distract him and calm down his nerves about half an hour later. His nose twitched even more as he realized that Frisk's scent was all over the place. So he was right about the three then.
The three sat there for who knows how long until the program was over. Papyrus managed to fall asleep at the end somehow and ended up clutching to Link like a teddy bear.
His injuries tired him out faster than normal but they would be gone in a few days. Sans looked like he was asleep until the show ended and he woke up to turn off the TV. Link himself couldn't even tried to fall asleep if he tried, but closed his eyes anyway. He sat there adjusted to the skeleton practically clinging him in his long arm. Normally he would protest but seeing as how Papyrus was practically a little kid in heart made him think otherwise.
"Hey Pap time to wake up." Sans shook the tall skeleton's arm jolting the brother awake.
"Nyehh…..Is it finally raining spaghetti? The fluffy bunny king loves to watch as the glitter rocks turn into butterflies…" Papyrus said groggily half asleep. Sans chuckled at his brother's childish mind.
"It is. The king invited you to drive your car to represent his awesomeness. Hurry up before the ladybugs start eating all the cotton candy." Sans played along with a happy tone.
"What about Snowbite Macaroni Spaghetti The Greatest Silver Fuzzybutt Unchained Hero Jc The Third?" Papyrus asked in a quiet voice.
"Let sleeping dogs lie. Go up stairs so I can read you a bedtime story." The brother instructed. Papyrus obeyed his brothers command and distracted himself from the wolf carefully, as if trying not to wake him up. Then walked up the stairs clumsily, bumping into the railing time to time before finally reaching his room. As soon as the door closed he could hear Sans voice.
"I know you're awake Mutt." Link didn't even bother to keep up the act. He opened his eyes and peered through the dark room to the skeleton.
"I appreciate how you've been treating my bro. Eating his spaghetti, letting him cuddle with you, protecting him from those monsters. You're smart to stay on that path, but if you don't." Suddenly the room got chilled to the bone and Sans's left eye socket grew with a large glowing fire blue eye.
"You're going to have a bad time Mutt." He warned. However the wolf did nothing to recoil or show any sign of fear.
"Heh If a human really wasn't the one to hurt you then it must have been those monsters, wasn't it?" Sans concluded. The wolf managed to nod as he continued.
"Then you did meet the cloaked guy that managed to bring Papyrus top the village. But why weren't you there with them?" The skeleton asked. He hadn't really come up with a hypothesis of what exactly happened. The wolf suddenly sat up with his ears twitching slightly, head turning in the direction of Papyrus' room for some odd reason.
"SAAAAAAAANNNNNNSSSSSSSS!" In a flash Sans was by his brother's side. He looked around frantically to see that his brother was tossing and turning under the covers, screaming out to him like his life was depending on it. Only a split second later he noticed the wolf was in the room growling as he looked around for an intruder. He nearly broke the door off its hinges as he rammed into the room. He seemed relieved as he saw there was no intruder, but his eye's were filled with concern as he walked closer to the end of the bed.
Sans was already trying to wake up his brother from his night terror frantically. He wasn't used to being the brother that woke up the other one from a nightmare. Papyrus was normally the one doing this, not him.
"Papyrus! Wake up Pap! It's only a nightmare!" But it wasn't. It was memories of the all the resets seeping through. What was causing this all of a sudden?! New monsters! Frisk is gone! Monsters being killed by their own kind!
"...s...sans...s…..p-please don't...leave me again…...I can't-t…..lose you again" Papyrus sputtered out as he gripped his brother in a tight hug, and he returned it as he reassured him. Link watch to the side awkwardly at the touching moment. The sight brought memories of him and the kids…...how he missed them so much. His guilt grew more as he remembered that it was his fault the kids were kidnapped and hurt, and now it's his fault Papyrus was injured as well. Maybe he was the cause for his nightmare. Being attacked by those monsters, he wouldn't be surprised. He sank in on himself as the guilt devoured him, he slowly back towards the door. Maybe he should just walk out the door and never look back to just let them live in peace.
"S-snowbite." Link wasn't used to Papyrus using a quiet voice, so he jumped slightly. He looked up to see the skeleton look at him with pleasing watered eyes. His soul felt as if it shattered at the frightened expression on the skeleton for some reason. Why did he care so much about Papyrus if he barely knew him?
"I-can we have a sleepover tonight, please?" Papyrus asked with a shaky voice. Link snapped his eyes over to the other brother. Sans wasn't very trust worthy and he didn't trust him either. He had threatened him thinking he had plans of hurting his brother. He wouldn't dare leave the two in the same room. But the look he was receiving from Papyrus mads his wariness dissipate. He found himself nodding then hopping up to the side of the bed.
His instincts were jumping around telling him not to come in near contact with the skeleton with Sans right in front of him, but his soul cried out to help. He chose to listen to his soul this one time, he hoped he didn't pick wrong again this time. The wolf circled himself into a ball next to Papyrus' long bony legs before settling down.
"T-Thanks….Sans can you ready me a bedtime story?" Papyrus asked in a hushed voice. The shorter skeleton hesitated as he stared down at the wolf laying in his brother's bed before walking towards the book shelf and picking out a thin book.
"We have fluffy bunny for tonight." Sans said sitting at the end of the bed.
"Oh goodie! That's my favorite!" Papyrus said in joy. Link zoned out as Sans read out loud. It was something about bunnies and hopping? He dozed off for a while, being lured to sleep my the comfy bed he was on. He doesn't remember the last time he has slept in a bed. It soon became aware to him that Frisk's scent was all over the room, they had been here before but the scent was old.
"Maybe Snowbite can even protect me in my sleep from that annoying dog! Sometimes it crawls into my bed while I'm resting. If that wasn't bad enough, it has cold feet." Link zoned back into the conversation as he heard Papyrus speak. He didn't sound scared anymore, which calmed him down quite a bit.
"Sure bro. Just make sure the bed bugs don't bite, or should I say bed dogs?" Sans questioned. Link could see through the fake smile easily, he was nervous, nervous of leaving his brother alone with him.
"Sans!" Papyrus threw his arms up in annoyance as his brother chuckled. Link's eyes widen as he was able to see the damage from his attack. A whimper unconsciously escaped his throat as he stared at the cracked bone. They look incredibly better than the last time he had seen them, but he felt the guilt crawling all over his back.
"What is the matter Snowbite?" Papyrus asked confused. Sans followed the world's gaze to his brother's injuries. Why did he look ashamed?
"Anyways I'm going to go bed you two. Just howl if you need anything." He excused himself before walking calmly out the door, Link raised an ear as he noticed the skeleton made sure not to close the door. Suddenly something two option were presented to him, either leave while he could in the middle of night or stay until morning and would have a harder chance of leaving the brothers. But he needed to find Midna and Frisk, their lives as well as everyone else's was in his hands.
Papyrus would be heartbroken if he woke up and he wasn't there, but it would be easier for him just to get the hylian out of his life faster. The only problem was Sans, he could still be awake and stop him. Link growled in frustration before laying his head back down again. He would leave leave in a three hours when everyone was asleep.
"Pssss. Snowbite are you awake?" Papyrus suddenly whispered to him causing him to jump before turning to him. The skeleton was whispering like a child trying not to alert their parents they were up past their bedtime.
"I'm sorry I can't go to sleep. I've just been worried lately and I can't stop thinking about it." Papyrus sat up holding the blanket to his chest. He looked down to the wolf with a troubled look.
"Its Sans…..he's been acting different lately…..more stressed. He normally has night terrors instead of me, I think that's why he looks like he hasn't been getting enough sleep. And I…...I don't know what to do anymore." Papyrus confessed. The scared voice startled the wolf, he thought the skeleton was going to cry. He sat upright to face the tall skeleton.
"And I've been thinking. Since you were the one to protect me from those bad monsters….can you make me a promise?…..Can you protect my brother as well? Please?" He pleaded. Link froze for a moment. Promise to protect a monster? Well considering the fact he already did so in Hyrule and the Twilight realm it didn't seem weird. But a skeleton? He looked like a Stalfos? The skeleton didn't even trust him to be around Papyrus! But he was Papyrus' sibling. And he still had a soul. That's what struck him weird the most.
Most creatures like Zoras, Gorons, and a few other races have souls like humans, the same couldn't be said for the monsters that chose to harm other. However the monsters down here weren't the same case, except Flowey. He could see them, floating balls of white fire instead blue. They all looked alive, except for Sans. His wasn't as lively as the others, his flame was smaller more less active. Like he's given up on Hope. But when he became protective of Papyrus the thing snapped to life.
Papyrus grew large grin as the wolf nodded a yes.
"Oh goodie! I know you and my brother can become the bestiest of friends…..Well besides me of course. But he'll be a close second." Papyrus declared in a whisper. Link chuckled at the skeleton's childish behavior. He didn't really hang onto the idea of Sans and him becoming friends, or anyone else for that matter. He was never really good at making them, at least he thought so.
Soon Papyrus fell asleep while the wolf stayed awake for the remaining hours. As soon as the clock by the bedside turned to 2:00 A.M he carefully removed himself from the bed. Luckily the skeleton was too busy snoring loudly in his sleep to notice the missing body in bed. The wolf crept out of the dark room through the opened door and into the hallway. He was just about to walk over to the stairs until he heard a faint murmurs coming down the hall, emanating from Sans' room.
Quickly he silently scurried over to the cracked open door. The faint blue color escaped the room pausd him in his steps before mustering up the courage to proceed. Slowly he peeked into the room with causing any noise.
Sans laid on the ignited bed, tossing and turning about as if he was trying to put up a struggle against someone. His face formed into a panicked frown as he called out for Papyrus, louder and louder each time. The skeleton looked as if he was reaching out for someone, someone to hold onto.
"Papyrus…Pa..Papyrus! Papyrus!" Within seconds Link was in the room by his side. Nudging and pawing at him to release him of this transe. Big mistake.
The second the skeleton snapped his eyes one the same blue like fire eye landed on him, as if staring through his soul. But his souls was suddenly floating out of his chest, it was different than before. Like the magic used against him from Undyne, but it was trapped in a blue aurora. Unexpectedly an opposite reaction occurred, he was thrown with a powerful pull into the wall behind him. Slamming him with a loud crack as the wall broke behind him, as a wail ripped through him.
The powerful magic held the injured wolf against the wall as he fought against the hold with all of his remaining energy. He cracked his eyes open to see Sans sitting up right in his bed, one hand pointed in his direction with a living blue fire surrounding it. His grim expression dropped in a few seconds just as the hold on his soul was released. He dropped to the ground with a loud thud just as Papyrus ran into the room wide awake and panicked.
"SANS?! WHAT HAP-SNOWBITE?!" Papyrus was already by his brother's side before he noticed the wolf withering in pain on the ground.
"Aww shit! I didn't mean- I thought- Mutt!" Sans panicked rushing to the wolf's side. Link jumped away the second the short skeleton's hand was reached out towards him. Growling cautiously at both of them.
They looked concerned until their faces snapped into confusion. They were staring right at him but at his chest-oh
A familiar strange greenish blue glowing teal metal heart shape floated closely to his chest, it was the one he got knocked into in the Twilight realm. They knew it wasn't a monster's soul, but they knew he wasn't human. Panic flood his senses as his instincts yelled RUN!
Suddenly he was already down the stairs and racing to the door.
"WAIT SNOWBITE!" He heard their yells very close as he nearly ripped the door off its hinges as he opened it. Luckily it wasn't locked with a latch, so he could easily unlock and open the door with his teeth. He tore off into the cold terrain as the chill hit him full blast. The wolf ignored how he could only see three feet in front of him as snow swept around him. Looks like luck was on his side for giving him a blizzard.
He didn't care how long he ran, or how limited his sight was at the moment. This was his only chance to get away from the two skeleton's. As sad as he was to leave it wasn't right to stay. Worry laced into his thoughts, like if they would hate him, or if Twilight Beasts were roaming about now harming someone as of this moment.
Why did Sans attack him?
The skeleton seemed to regret it after he did it, as if he never meant to hurt him, maybe someone else. He pushed his thoughts down as he entered a cave with thick humidity. The snow lingering on his furry coat slowly melted away at the sudden climate change. Link shook off the snow and extra water quickly, enjoying the warmth of the cavern.
Shouldn't have done that. The jolts of pain were bearable but uncomfortable. He looked down at the soaked bandages before creeping over to a small stand. Curiosity got the best of him, so he peaked behind the station to see it unoccupied. A growl of annoyance escape at the sight of the ketchup bottle stocked on the shelves, among other items like relish and mustard.
Posing the idea, he decided that this would be a good substitute as a shelter for now. Ever so slightly he curled in a corner of the station, mindful of his wounds. Just think of it, only half an hour ago he was lying comfortably in a bed with Papyrus and just like that he's out in that he's lying soaking wet in the dirt in a place he didn't even know.
Wonder if the kid had the same problem. Link thought to of the human child. He wondered where they could be if none of the monsters here have heard word of them. The way Toriel described them made it sound like they were very young and filled with determination.
His mind slipped in and out of thought as his eyes drifted shut. The event today sure did take it out of him.
Sorry guys if I couldn't fit the name you guys have. But I tried to think of something funny Papyrus would say if this were to actually happen. Sorry again and Thank You for the reviews.
Anyway I'm tired right now. Mostly in feels after watching Gravity Falls. Why Alex? Why did you have to make such an amazing cartoon show that justs messes with the feels in every way?! And after valentine's day!
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