Sabrina walked through the broken snowdogs and stopped in front of an antelope-like monster.
"A dog just rushed in here, filled with inspiration. It kept trying to build a snowdog that expressed it's own emotions, but as it built, it kept getting more and more excited about the sculpture. Its neck got longer and longer, and it added more and more snow until... it was rather sad to watch, but I couldn't look away." The monster said.
Sabrina nodded slowly at the monster's story then continued walking. She kept going until the girl reached another puzzle, this time a large patch of ice with X buttons scattered throughout. Beside the puzzle was a path leading to the south. The blonde decided to take the southern path first, which led into a small clearing with two snowman sitting in it. Well, to be more accurate, one snowman and a snow lump with the name 'Puck' written on it. The actual snowman had two buttons for eyes and a red scarf that looked like Daphne's wrapped around its neck.
Sabrina turned around and walked back to the puzzle and studied it closely. She carefully walked onto a button and then skated forward. The girl then continued skating around and landing on the buttons until she finally slid onto a switch and the puzzle was complete.
She walked through a forest when she felt something cold dropped something onto her head. The girl reached up and touched something icy and wet. Sabrina pulled it off of her head and in her hand was a small dog sculpture made of snow. The blonde smiled before dropping the miniature snowdog onto the ground.
Out of the woods now, the trail split into two directions, one continuing forward and the other heading to the south. Sabrina decided to go south first again, and immediately regretted her decision. Standing beside her was Puck, grinning at her mischievously
"Hey," The fairy said, nodding at her. Sabrina marched away from the boy only for him to appear in front of her again.
"Rude," Puck complained, looking at her distastefully.
"I-but- how?" Sabrina said, looking at him confusedly.
"Magic, ugly," Puck said condescendingly.
The girl walked away, nearly running over a deer-looking creature with it's antlers decorated with tinsel and ribbon.
"Don't put any more on me," It wailed as it attacked, the bullets just shaped like small circles. Sabrina dodged the bullets then studied its antlers. Surely all those decorations couldn't be comfortable. Carefully, the orphan reached up and unwrapped some tinsel. The monster stopped attacking while Sabrina pulled the rest of the decorations off, leaving its antlers completely bare.
After dropping some gold, the deer hurried away. The girl pocketed the money and continued on the path. Before long, Sabrina came across a hole carved roughly into rock. She poked her through it to check if it had any monsters, and after deciding it was probably empty, walked through. The blonde walked down a narrow hallway made of blue stone that led into a small cavern with black grass carpeting the ground, luminescent mushrooms lighting her surroundings. The furthest wall was made of teal stone and had a bright purple door in it.
Excited, Sabrina rushed forward and grabbed the doorknob. She turned it, only to realize it was locked. Fuming, the girl stomped back through the hallway, past where she had ran into Puck and kept going until she was standing back in front of the woods that had dropped a snow sculpture onto her head.
She turned and went down the path that went forward. In front of her was a field of small lumps of snow with a small doghouse sitting among them. She made her way around the lumps, snatching some money poking out of one as she passed. Sabrina was about to walk past the last of the snow lumps when a white dog head poked out of the lump. The girl squatted down to pet the dog, when the monster started to rise, snow falling off it until in front of her stood a dog-like creature that was twice her height.
The blonde stumbled back before the monster started to attack. She dodged the bone shaped attacks then reached forward and a rubbed his head. The dog gave a happy yap before begging for more pats and drooling in her lap. Sabrina petted the monster for a few minutes then gently pushed the dog's head off her lap.
The girl walked forward a bit, then stopped in front of a rope bridge that hung across a large chasm. On the other side of the pit stood Puck and Daphne, the latter waving rapidly. Sabrina walked halfway across the bridge before Daphne started motioning her to stop. The blonde stopped walking reluctantly, wondering where this was going.
"Okay, this is the most dangerous puzzle ever! It's called the Gauntlet of Deadly Terror. I don't actually know what a gauntlet is, but Puck said it sounds cool." Daphne said, fishing a remote out of her pockets. The little girl pressed a button, and immediately weapons of all sorts descended onto the bridge.
"Uhh..." Sabrina stammered. They seriously didn't expect her to walk through that, did they?
"As soon as I say the word, all those weapons are going start swinging and moving and moving up and down and stuff. It's gonna be so charbomb," Daphne proclaimed.
"...Charbomb?" Sabrina asked.
"It's my new word. It means awesome," The little girl explained. "Now are you ready? 'Cause I am. I'm totally ready. I'm gonna turn it on right now."
Sabrina waited for Daphne to activate the Gauntlet of Deadly Terror, but she never did. Daphne bounced on her toes, looking at the puzzle oddly. After a few minutes, Puck coughed loudly.
"Are you gonna turn it on or what?" Puck asked impatiently.
"I'll turn it on. Just wait a minute. If I turn it on too soon, it won't be as cool." Daphne answered. The three of them stood in the cold for a couple minutes before Daphne spoke. "Actually... I'm not sure if I like this puzzle. It's really dangerous. What if we kill the human by accident?"
The little girl flew away shortly afterwards, leaving Puck and Sabrina by themselves. Sabrina quickly made her way across the rest of the bridge, only stopping when Puck grabbed her arm.
"Hey, don't tell marshmallow, but those aren't real weapons. They're just a bunch of fake ones the captain found at the dump. He said that real weapons would be 'too dangerous'" Puck made air quotes around the phrase "Too dangerous". "Totally lame, right?"
Sabrina ignored him and kept walking, when she realized that she was no longer in the forest and in a nice town. A banner read "Welcome to Snowdin" in blue and red with garland and Christmas lights on the ends. The girl walked into a nearby shop, wondering if she could buy anything. The shopkeeper was a tall, purple rabbit monster wearing a hat, her ears poking through two holes in the top.
"Hello traveler. How may I help you?" The monster asked. It was actually less of a shop and more like one of those booths at fairs. A counter separated Sabrina from the rabbit, with all the store's wares sitting on shelves behind the monster.
"So, uh, what do you do around here for fun," Sabrina asked awkwardly. If she was going to be down here, she might as well know about Snowdin.
"Well, The Blue Plate Diner has food, the library has information." The rabbit said thoughtfully. "If you're tired you can sleep at the inn. It's right next door -my sister owns it. And if you're bored, you can watch those fairy kids do their thing. There's two of them, siblings I think. Their family showed up one day and just... asserted themselves. Parents died a little bit after though."
Sabrina nodded as she absorbed the new information. Daphne and Puck were orphans.
Just like her.
"So, how are things down here," Sabrina asked.
"Life's the same as always. A little claustrophobic." The monster laughed humorlessly "But we all now deep down that freedom is coming, don't we? As long as we got that hope, we can grit out teeth and face the same struggles, day after day. That's life, ain't it?"
Sabrina nodded then pulled out some money from her pockets, then looked over the products on the shelves. Might as well see if she could buy anything useful.
"How much for the bandana?" The girl asked.
"Fifty gold," The rabbit answered.
Sabrina dropped some money on the counter, and the monster scooped up the coins and placed the bandana in Sabrina's hands. The cloth was torn slightly and had abs painted on it. The orphan tied it around her neck and continued to study the shelves.
"How much for that pastry thing?" She asked.
"The cinnamon bunny? Twenty-two gold," The rabbit answered. Sabrina placed more money on the counter and the monster handed her a sticky pastry wrapped in a napkin. "My own recipe," The shopkeeper said proudly.
Sabrina tucked the cinnamon bunny into her backpack then bought a few more of the pastries and a few popsicle-looking things that the monster called bisicles. After leaving the shop, the girl went to the inn next door and rented a room.
Sabrina curled up on the soft bed and slowly slipped away into sleep.