((OOC: If you would like learn more about HeartTale, Flowey pleases visit "Undertale AU Hearttale Characters Profiles"))
The usually soft whispering cold breezy was muted out as a warning buzz was echoing through the snowy forest. The unwelcoming alarm, caused terror and panic in monsters' souls as they rushed passed a teenage skeleton, which was headed in the opposite direction. Instead, heading into town or to safety, Papyrus was jogging with excitement towards the guard station, nearest to the Ruins. Papyrus could not give up his chance to finally meet a real life human. If anyone could single handily capture a human, they were sure to become a hero. Undyne would be so proud, there was no way she would say no, to appoint him as the new member of the Royal Guard. The only thing that may stand in the way was his older brother. Sure, Sans was a lazy bone, but he was also very over protective of his baby brother. If a human were to upset the older skeleton, there was no telling if there would be anything left to capture.
"Eeeeeeee…Please don't dust the human, Sans….I need to capture them." Papyrus cried in terror, picking up speed. Under the white body armor, an orange heart was beating fast, within his rib cage. The human was the last piece of the puzzle needed to break the barrier, which trapped all monsters within the Underground. Papyrus also believed it was the only way to make all of his loved one's dreams come true. It was also getting very aggravating to hide his relationship with Super Star, Mettaton from the public eye. They were the perfect match for each. Both of them shared a love for fashion, pasta, and entertaining others with their skills. Just being together is the only time his soul burned, with loving warmth. There were many occasion that Mettaton would hold Papyrus tightly for hours, telling him he was the smartest, cutest, and kindest monster in the Underground. Papyrus just wished other monsters would see him the same way, his love did. Sadly, he was just known as Sans' little brother and still a child in many monster's eyes. Sure, he was still underage and it's frowned upon for adult monsters to be with a minor. That's why, it's important to capture the human and become a Royal Guard. That way, no one will care if the young skeleton was dating a Super Star and no nasty rumors about their relationship. Who in their right mind, would trash talk about a Royal Guard ? They're the strongest and coolest group of monsters, in the Underground.
There was a gust of snow on the guard station as red snow boots came to a sudden halt. "SANS" a voice mixed with worry-angry shouted into the opening of the station as red boxing gloves grasped the side wooden frame. The name was called a few more times as the skeleton leaned into the booth hoping to find his short lazy brother, curled up in a ball, and taking a nap. No luck, Sans was not here and there wasn't empty ketchup bottles on the ground, either. Did his older brother runway at the sound of the alarm going off? That was not possible. Sure the older one was a lazy sack of bones these days, but he was no scaredy cat. To Papyrus, he was the third bravest monster in the Underground, next to Undyne and Mettaton. It was possible Sans was at home, napping. The poor older skeleton didn't appear to be under the weather this morning. Papyrus nodded to himself in agreement, while standing up straight look at a clear gray sky above him. "I need to make sure to buy cases of ketchup, on my way home," he told himself, while an image of a sickly Sans eyes socket lighting up, with tiny white hearts at the sight of a super special get-well gift, Papyrus was going bring home to him.
"I'm such a super cool brother." He laughs, pushing away any negative feelings of knowing he was left alone to face the human. There was going to be no one there to cheer for the brave monster in battle. It was too late to leave now; he was so close to making all his dreams come true. More laughing burst through bony teeth while red glove placed on each side of hip bones.
The laughter disappeared when Papyrus noticed a soft crying sound nearby. Snow crushed under the red boots as he looked around for the source. He stopped in front of a purple lamp with a lime green shade. Almost hidden from view, was a bright yellow flower. Watching in puzzlement as tear drops were coming from its big oval shaped, black eyes. Papyrus was positive that flowers couldn't express emotion, but this one. The poor thing seemed to shake none stop, probably caused by the icy cold air. "Are you hurt?" Papyrus spoke in a concerned voice, while kneeling down as red glove reached out to touch the flower's soft yellow petals.
The flower hissed as it felt something brushed against the petals. Little black eyes glared with hate at its attacker, but quickly soften after realizing there was no danger. "I'm so….glad I found…a Royal Guard" the flower spoke in a weak voice while using a green leaf to brush the tear from its white oval shaped face.
"WOWiE! Do I really look like a Royal Guard..? Well I'm not one yet, but don't worry, I THE GREAT PAPYRUS is at your services."
"Oh, thank you," the flower smiled sweetly at the armored skeleton. The happy expression faded as a cold chill ran up its green stem. The winter breeze was too much for the plant to take. "I was trying….to escape the Ruins …get away from…the human. I ended up here….I tried…leaving…but…the dirt was frozen…hard. I'm stuck now" chattering while lifting up a bent leaf that was partly frozen solid.
Papyrus never meet a flower that could travel underground or speak for that matter. Hearing that the plant came into contact with a human, sounded super interesting. He couldn't wait for the human to shows up now, so he could use his master puzzling skills, to stop them in their tracks. Then again, was waiting here the best course of action. Sure it was his dream to capture a human, but it was not a heroic thing to do, when a civilian was in trouble. The poor flower looked awful. What could he do? He didn't have a flower pot to carry them. Being a monster made out of bones, meant there was no body heat. Then again, he could use the heat from his soul to help warm the flower up. A monster heart shape soul was very strong source of their magic, but in the wrong hand, it could be crushed and its owner would be dusted. Papyrus didn't like the idea of presenting someone that was not his Lover, his soul. If he didn't act quickly, the little flower could die. Judging by the sound of his voice, it seemed like a harmless little flower. "Alright, I'm going to scoop you up into my scarf…If you promise to be careful, I can use my soul to melt the ice." Undoing the long red scarf around his neck, he leaned in closer to the flower.
"PAPS"
"PAPYRUS"
The young skeleton grasped his scarf tightly he slowly looked over his shoulder. Behind him, was his big brother holding hands with a hooded stranger. The skull tilts to the side in puzzlement, wondering what was going on. Did Sans pretend to be sick earlier so he could play hooky from work to go on a date? The light glaring in San's eye sockets told him otherwise. Instead of going home to look for him, Papyrus had ignored the alarms. Now, here was his brother, because he thought his little brother was in danger. What a worry wart. Did he have no faith that Great Papyrus, could take care of himself? What was more puzzling was the hooded monster. "Sans, what is the River Person doing here with you?"
Arial and Sans both sigh in relief knowing that Papyrus was alright and undamaged. The older skeleton lets go of the girl's hand, then reaches for his brother to take it. This was not the usual spot in genocide route, for Papyrus and the human to battle. Then again, nothing in this timeline was the same as the previous ones, anymore. If this were a regular timeline, then Sans should have met the human already and Papyrus would try to get the human to solve his puzzles. Wait, before the puzzle part happened, sometimes the human would hide behind the lamp. Right now Papyrus was standing in front of the lamp, blocking it from view. "Long story Papyrus…What?"
"BROTHER! I'm trying to be a hero…This poor fellow is freezing to death." Papyrus moved to the side a bit so the others could see the scared little flower. Now that San was here, he could teleport the half frozen plant to Grillby's, so they could warmup. Which meant that he could stay and keep on hunting for the human.
"Flowey" Arial shouted noticing the flower monster was with them. Biting the bottom of her lip, she wondered if she let that traitor explain what he was doing here or attack him. The purple light flickered from under the hood while a gloved hand gripped tightly into an angry fist. If anyone was to blame for Dr. Gaster's disappearance, it was that fake smiling flower. Sure she could see the flower appeared to be scared and in pain from sitting in the snow but it was all a trick. She knew, if that weed wanted to, he could weasel himself out of this situation. The only way to capture him was to place him in a flower pot. She didn't want to capture him. She wanted to punish him. Once upon a time, they were best friends living together in the laboratory until the traitor destroyed their creator. After all these years, was the evil thing going to try and finish off the rest of her family? "Papyrus get away from him!"
"Howdy!" Flowery giggled bouncing up and down in amusement at the sound of hearing his ex-childhood friend's voice. Never in his darkness dream, would he imagine seeing all three skeleton siblings, in one place. The human told him things were going to be different now and they were right. Not sure what the human or Sans did to change it all, but he liked it. It was a new kind of timeline to explore. Maybe if the cards were played right, he could join their foolish team until the human showed up to play. Putting on a wide and friendly smile he could muster, while waving a leaf at them. Sadly it didn't work as the purple light flamed out of Arial's hood and a bone appeared in Sans' left hand. How stupid, could he be? They both knew the flower was rotten to the core, but the idiot next to him was clueless. Without a second thought, the snow went flying through the air as green vines burst from the ground. It quickly slides across Papyrus' chest armor before wrapping tightly around the unexpecting skeleton. A demonic laugh slipped out of the flower's lips as a friendly smile, transformed into something sinister.
"Are we playing a game?" Papyrus chuckled trying to wiggle his arms free. No luck of freedom, as the vines tighten its grip. The bones rattled in fear as the skeleton body was lifted off the snowy ground. He thought the flowery was a good monster, why was he doing this? Carefully moving his skull down, he could see a glowing blue light, forming in Sans' left eye socket as bones appeared overhead. Did his brother spook the poor flower into doing this? "Brother?"
"Paps. Hold on…I just need do some weeding first." Sans aimed the bones and was about to attack, but stopped when he noticed a gloved hand was placed on his drawn hand. Arial shook her head 'no' back and forth then pointed a finger in Papyrus' direction. Vines had slipped around the young brother's neck bone, then pressing down hard. One wrong move and the flower could easily snap the neck bone, into two. If Sans attacked Flowey now, there could be a chance the demon flower could kill his brother before he could attack. Sans growled in defeat as he withdrew his bones and they disappeared into thin air. "Look Weedy, We'll let you go if you release my Bro."
"Nope…Wait better yet; I will make a trade…Arial, for the dimwit" Flowey, smirked waving Papyrus around as if he were a little doll in his clutches. Knowing how close their brotherly bond was, Sans would do anything to save his brother's life. Even if it meant having to sacrifice another monster's life. Arial would let Sans do it too if it meant saving her brother. The look on the younger brother's face would be so priceless.
"Brother, don't", Papyrus called out before a tiny vine sprouted from his neck and wrapped around his bony jaw, locking his mouth, into place.
"It seems you both known each other?!" Sans blue eye glaring at Arial, remembering the girl had called out the flower's name earlier. The only one he knew that was aware of Flowey's existence was the human and himself. From experience, that's never a good thing, knowing this weed. In a quick motion, Sans grasped onto the black robe. Looking into the deep pitch blackness of the hood, he noticed a tiny purple light glowing bright inside; casting onto something appeared to be a bony eye socket. He reached up and gripped the end of the hood.
"No!" Arial cried as giant bones cast in purple light jabbed Sans in the rib cage, causing him to lose grip on the robe. The skeleton body was pushed deep into the snow, knocking him out cold. Arial backed away in fear of what just happen. Sweat dripped down the side of her face as the purple bone, disappeared into thin air. Attacking her big brother with her magic was not the best idea to do, but she couldn't let him discover her identity. There was something else that needed to be done. "I'm sorry, but Pap…" her voice was replaced with a cry of shock as something quickly crawled up under the robe, before tightly wrapping around her legs.
Within seconds, Arial was knocked off her feet as her body came smashing into the snow. Flowey laughed hysterically while dragging his new victim through the cold wet fluff. Now there were two dollies to play with. Purple light started to flare in the girl's right hand, trying to form a weapon. "I don't…Think so" Two veins burst out of the snow, one gripping onto her glowing hand, while the other took hold of the arm.
Chilling screams filled the air, waking passed out Sans, from his cold sleep. Just in time to see a gloved hand flying in mid-air before disappearing into the snow. Without a wasting time, Sans raised a bony hand in the air then sharp bones illuminating in blue light, took aim for vines holding Papyrus capture. The attack was deflected in mid-air as the bone bounced off a toy knife before disappearing into a cloud of blue magical smoke.
"Sansy … Sansy. That's not how we play the game." a wicked voice chuckled into Sans' ear. A small child's face lean over his bony shoulder while a sharp knife pushed up against the skeleton's neck. It's funny how easy it was for the human to sneak up on the bone bag cause he was too busy trying to save his younger brother. "You look so bone tired…how about I help you take a long nice cold nap," gigging while rubbing rosy cheeks against San's cold bony cheeks.
"Kill Him…Kill Him" Flowey chanted in excitement while using his two prisoners like pumps. Every once in a while knocking Papyrus and Arial into each other.
A muffled scream came out of Papyrus as he watched the horror unfold before him. This was not right. Nothing about what was going on was right. It was entirely his fault. Should have just gone home as soon as he heard the alarms. Orange tears streamed down the side of his cheek bone. If nothing was done soon, they were all going to die. Hope starts to drain from the skeleton's soul as he felt the hooded monster, ram into him. Instead of being pulled apart, a black glove grasping onto his boxer glove.
"Papyrus, I need to borrow your hand." Arial spoke weakly, while pulling the boxing glove off of him then was swung into opposite directions. Unlike Papyrus, who mostly covered in vines, she only had one under her robes, wrapped tightly around her waist. Flowey must have thought there was no need after removing her dominant hand from play. Without the right hand, she could not summon any bones or magic. There was a trick she learned from her creator. Skeleton's form was created by magic which made it easy for them to detach their limbs. Long as those bones were not crushed or damaged, there shouldn't be too much pain. When Flowey had ripped her hand off, he also crushed her rib cage and he still was. Her head was becoming dizzy as one lung was doing all the work, trying to get air to the brain. This was not going to stop her. As the boxing glove fell into the snow, her only hand reached out to Papyrus' bony hand. In a fast motion, ripping the skeleton hand off, clean. "I'm sorry" she whispered hearing a muffled cry and seeing orange tears forming in Papyrus eye sockets.
Purple and orange magic pushed against each other as Arial tried to attach his hand on to her stubby wrist. Seeing that both of them are right handed magic users, it was difficult to bind their bones together. A cry escaped her lips as she felt the orange magic try over power her own. "Papyrus, I need you to calm down and release ownership of your hand…I promised to give it back."
A smile spread across her face as the orange magic faded way and purple magic bound the bony hand to her arm. Down below, Flowey was too busy as he watched the knife scrape into Sans' neck bone, causing the older skeleton winces in pain. How dare they hurt her older brother, the human and flower were going to pay. Fiery purple glow covered Arial's right eye shocked while cupping her hands together before jabbing a magical bone through her robe.
Flowey screech in pain as he watched green blood drip off Arial's boots. The pain didn't stop as other jab went deeper into the vine. "You Bitch" he cried tossing the girl into the guard station before sinking his wounded arm, into the snowy ground.
Arial's body slid down the station before crashing into the snow. She carefully rolled over on to her knees coughing, tiny red spots appeared on the clear white snow. Body aching in pain, just wanting to give up, but her soul was beating to keep going. She had to save her brothers. The pain was just too much as her mind become fuzzy, she collapsed into the snow. What was the point to live this long if she fails them like she did with her creator. "This is not the end" the thought raced through her mind as a death scythe appeared in the borrowed bony hand. Within seconds, human-skeleton was on her feet rushing towards the flower. A green vine, aimed for her head missed as she ducked down while scythe swinging around cutting the tip off the plant. Evil Laughing while green blood squirted onto the black robe. Only thought was to kill, before they could kill you. Vines burst from under her feet, surround her like a fly stuck in venus fly trap.
"You never learn…Two" Flowey snickered as sharp tip vines, surround its prey came crushing down. Everyone could hear the female screaming within the plant cage. Inside the hellish trap, the once black robe, was nothing but shredded pieces of ribbons laying in the snow. Blood dripped down the side of her face while gripping the scythe tightly. Wide smile spread across Ariel's face as blood dripping around it. Bone illuminated in purple light, rain down on her imprisonment.
Flowey cried in pain and fear watching as the demon abomination, easily chopped away at his limb like thin paper. "Chara…Help…!" the black oval eyes darted over to the human child, holding Sans capture. No reply from them, only a wicked smirk. Is no one going to help him? Wasn't Chara and him friends?
"I was only joking" the flower panicked while placing Papyrus down on the snowy ground. The vines bounding Papyrus, slither away, while sweat dripped down the side of the flower's nervous face. He loved watching chaos, but this was too much. This was not part of the plan and he didn't remember signing up to be dusted, anytime soon. "See you later" the plant waved before lowering his body into the snow till no longer visible.
Papyrus was not sure if he should cheer or not, watching as his savior collapsed into the snow. Taking a few steps, he noticed the black gloved skeleton hand, lying on the ground next to him. Carefully picking it up, it appeared to be damaged. Unlike his own hand, the phalanges were tiny and thinner worn with years of scars. The figure hood had his hand then it easy to include that this belong to them. The identity of his savior, was still unknown, but they kind of reminded him of Undyne. Never giving up even when the cards are not in their favor. He hoped someday to be, the great and strong. Carefully closing glove over right hand making sure not to lose it, while he ran at top speed. Only stopped as he looked down at the strange female monster, covered in blood and ripped black dress covering her body. She appeared be human with bones poking out, but the left side was made of peach pink flesh. The skeleton leaned over to place the loose hand on her chest, before scooping the girl up into his arm. Soft breathing noises could be heard, which was a relief that the girl was still alive. Whoever this was, she needed medical attention, right away.
"Pity….Looks like your brother is free now…" The human sighed in disappointment at the event that expired before them. They really thought this time, that silly flower was going to be useful. Guess he was all bark no bite, like always. At least they could enjoy watching the younger brother watch in horror as they killed Sans. The wicked child giggled as their free hand slowly reached under the skeleton's blue jacket and shirt. The finger making its way up to the ribs, wanting to crush the monster's soul with their own bare hands.
"I don't think so…Numb Skull" Sans said while smashing the back of his skull into the Kid's face. A small cry slipped out as the knife sliced into the neck bone. Cracks formed in the vertebra causing a chunk to break off. The older skeleton did his best to ignore the pain, as bones covered in blue light appeared beside his face before flying into human flesh. Sans could hear the child scream as the knife released from his neck. Without looking back he teleported next to Papyrus who was holding Arial in his arms. The older one sigh as he placed a hand on his little brother's shoulder, before teleporting them all to places far away from the demon child's reach, for the time begin.