(Edit) I actually tried posting this chapter last night but the Website was acting up and messed up some of the grammar and punctuations, also failed to give out a notice. I tried to fix the chapter the best I could.


Chapter 11: First Half is insanity!

John groggily opened his eyes. He saw himself staring at the rocky ceiling.

"Wait, wasn't I fighting Papyrus?" He thought to himself. He got up and looked around. While the place was just a cave with no exit, he was drawn to the shrine at the end of the room. Sitting on the shrine was the Annoying Dog who was just staring at him, panting excited.

"What are you doing here?" John asked. "Weren't you and an army of dogs fighting a giant bone?"

WTF did I just say?

The dog just sat there with no change in its expression. John noticed a donation box in front of the shrine. John also noticed that he was carrying a leather satchel around his waist. He looked in and saw a bunch of coins. He decided to put two of the coins in. As he did a bunch of fairy lights poofed into the room along the shrine wall. John put six more coins in and some slightly nibbled dumplings appeared at the end of the room. Then he put twelve more coins in and a Inflatable Wacky Waving Mascot appeared in the corner of the room as well.

"This is weird." John said as he looked back at the satchel. He realized that the satchel refilled itself with money. He looked back at the donation box and back to the satchel. He grinned greedily.

"Time to spend money." He chuckled to himself, eyes turning into money signs.


Omg, that was a horrible one-liner. Just timeskip while I go cringe in a corner.


After much time later the room got filled will many assortments of decor, courtesy of John's greed. Along with the fairy lights, nibbled dumplings, and an Inflatable Wacky Waving Mascot there was also a framed photo of Papyrus, a boombox playing some catchy meme worthy tune, a game CD, another photo of Papyrus but blurry, a short length of rope, a Dog food tap dispenser, A white paper with blue pawprints on it (reminds him of a show he loved as a little kid), a framed rejection letter from the Shrine Certification Commitee, a larger donation box, and a larger shrine.

John casually cracked his knuckles as he looked over his work.

"Whelp... this was a waste of my time."

"I don't know, it seemed kinda fun" Said a little boy that just suddenly appeared

"What the... who are you?!" John said backing up in startled.

The kid smiled innocently and put his hands behind his back. "Hee hee, you don't recognize me?"

"No!"

"Well take a closer look, ya poopyhead."

John brushed aside the childish insult and examined the boy closer. He looked to be around 11 He was wearing a light blue t-shirt with basketball shorts and light up sneakers. He was pale with freckled cheeks and long red curls. John now realized who was standing in front of him.

"Your me." He said.

"Yep, I'm your subconscious." The kid said. "The part of your brain and your Soul that does everything better... I think."

"Whoa." John said amazed "Wait, does this mean I'm dreaming?"

"Ehh, looks that way. We both know you have to be in a deeper sleep to have this kind of dream."

"So, why are you a younger version of me?"

"Are you really questioning a dream?" Young John arched an eyebrow.

"Hey, if your my subconscious then something about you have to make sense."

"Good point. *Ahem* I, or we, chose this form because it was something that you would be comfortable with. You, before that incident happened."

John's neck hair rose as he trembled. "... Please don't mention that day."

"Sorry, you know that day bothers me too. How did someone so cute, energetic and innocent turn into such a geeky fat Emo."

"Hey, I am not an Emo!" John said enraged.

Young John smirked. "Have you seen our closet? Most of our clothes are black or grey. Also you keep brooding about never winning Jerod's heart."

John groaned, his younger self was just as bad as his sister."I am not having this argument with myself. Can you wake me up?"

"Sure, just don't move." Young John said as he pulled his leg back then slammed the foot right into John's crotch.


John stirred and woke up on someone's bed. It was a big race car style bed. He always wanted one when he was little, never did get one. For some reason his stomach hurt, but why?

"AHH, THE CYAN HUMAN HAS FINALLY AWOKEN!"

John turned his head to the rest of the room. He saw Papyrus having some sort of standoff with Frisk. Papyrus was wearing some sort of unusual sport outfit with a shirt that says 'cool dude'. Frisk was holding a plate of spaghetti and looked extremely grateful that he woke up. While Papyrus was distracted, Frisk threw the spaghetti out the window. Also Caleb was playing with Papyrus's toys in a corner.

"Hey John, 'bout time you woke up." Caleb smirked.

"Ughh, What did I miss?" John asked, completely confused.

"AH, ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN! AFTER YOU DECIDED TO TAKE A NAP IN THE SNOW, I SUGGESTED THAT YOU MAY REST IN MY ROOM! SO I LED YOU AND THE OTHERS TO MY HOUSE!"

"W-Where did everyone go?" John said looking around the room.

"THEY ARE ALL DOWNSTAIRS WAITING! YOU'VE BEEN NAPPING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS! LUCKILY, I SPOON FED YOU SOME OF MY WORLD FAMOUS SPAGHETTI IN YOUR SLEEP! JUDGING BY THE PASSIONATE EXPRESSION YOU MADE IT SEEMED TO HAVE WORKED! DO HUMAN'S FACES TURN GREEN WHEN THEY ARE HAPPY?" Frisk shrugged.

John now realized what that was that he tasted in his sleep. He will remind himself to never fall asleep on Papyrus's watch ever again.

"Uh huh, and what were you two doing?" John said. "Cause I think this is... no I don't have a joke for this, I have no clue."

"ME AND FRISK WERE JUST WRAPPING UP OUR PLAYDATE! AFTER ALL, HE DID FLIRT WITH ME...I THINK. I LOST TRACK OF WHO WAS FLIRTING WHO EARLIER!"

"Mmm hmm." John said, trying to sound casual. "So, how'd it go Frisk?"

"He friendzoned me!" Frisk said downcast. Caleb rolled his eyes.

"ALAS, IT IS TRUE! I JUST DON'T LIKE HIM THE WAY HE LIKES ME, ROMANTICALLY I MEAN! BUT WE MAY REMAIN FRIENDS AS I TRY TO HELP YOU FIND SOMEONE ALMOST AS GREAT AS ME!"

John chuckled as he got out of bed. "Well, might as well let the other's know I'm awake."

John headed downstairs with Caleb, Frisk, and Papyrus and saw the other's in the living room watching Tv.

"John!" Delilah shouted as she got up and hugged him tight. "We were so worried about you."

"Yeah, next time let us know when you decide to take a catnap." Jerod said.

"Well I wanted to but you were getting so agitated about leaving as soon as possible that I didn't want you to worry."

"Forget about that, if I knew it bothered you so much then I would have agreed to stay here to rest! Don't think I don't care about you!" Jerod said angrily.

John frowned and looked away. "S-sorry."

Jerod sighed as he gave his friend a pat on the back. "It's cool. I just hate it when you keep these things to yourself."

There was an awkward pause as John tried to change the subject.

"So *ahem* what are you guys watching?"

"Oh, this is called MTV" Iris said.

"What does that stand for?"

"Mettaton Television." John looked confused and sat next to her as she explained. "Look, the show host is some sort of robot called Mettaton." Iris pointed to the screen, showing a robot, but it looked more like a giant calculator with a wheel and two arms. "Papyrus said that he loves this show. Personally I think Mettaton is a bit of a showoff like Jerod."

"HEY!"

"But I am really interested by his A.I. programming. I mean he sounds actually alive."

"That's nice." John said, pretending to be interested. "So what's the plan for the rest of the day?"

"Oh, me and the others talked about it." Jerod said. "Now that you are awake we are going to go and find a place to stay for the night."

"But I wanted to stay here" Caleb asked.

"Unless you want us all to bunk in one bed or the couch, that's a no." Caleb said.

"Tomorrow, we'll move on." Diego said.

"PARDON ME HUMANS BUT WHERE EXACTLY ARE YOU ALL HEADING TO?" Papyrus asked.

"We need to head back to our homes on the surface." Frisk said.

"OH IN THAT CASE, AS YOUR KNEW BEST FRIEND, ALLOW ME TO DIRECT YOU TO WHERE THE EXIT IS!"

"We already know that the only exit is in the Capitol." Iris said.

"THEN YOU MUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU REACH THE CAPITAL, YOU MUST CROSS THE BARRIER."

Everyone froze and looked at Papyrus "Barrier?"

"YES, THAT'S THE MAGICAL SEAL TRAPPING US ALL UNDERGROUND. ANYTHING CAN ENTER THROUGH IT, BUT NOTHING CAN EXIT."

"...nothing?" Diego gulped.

"WELL, EXCEPT FOR SOMEONE WITH A POWERFUL SOUL, LIKE YOU HUMANS!"

"Oh, well that's a relief." John said.

" BUT THAT IS WHY THE KING WANT TO ACQUIRE A HUMAN."

"Why does the King want to capture us?" Iris asked.

"And what's the king's name?" Caleb asked.

"KING ASGORE DREEMURR, HE WANTS TO OPEN THE BARRIER WITH SOUL POWER. THAT'S THE ROYAL DECREE! THEN US MONSTERS CAN RETURN TO THE SURFACE!"

"That's...nice." Iris said nervously.

"BUT DON'T FRET, NO ONE ELSE IS AWARE OF YOUR PRESENCE!"

"Breaking new! Seven humans have been spotted!" Everyone turned to the screen where Mettaton was sitting in a news room. A catchy jingle played as the news started.


Play Live Report


"Yes, welcome back beauties and gentlebeauties. You have heard me right folks, seven humans have been spotted by the security cameras. Unfortunately, for legal reason, I can't provide the clip of them being spotted. I can say that they have been spotted in the Snowdin Forest area. Now we go live to Burgerpants, who is at Captain Undyne's house to question her about the human sightings. Let me just remind him that if he screws up this interview then he is going back to a cashier. And if he messes up once more then its back to mascot. Now, Burgerpants?"

"H-hey there boss. I'm at Undyne's house right now. I am knocking at the door right now. Oh, here she comes."

"Nyyyh, hey there... why is that camera pointed at me?"

"H-hi Undyne. I'm from MTT Network. Can I ask you a couple of questions?"

"What, why would I answer your or that rectangular creep's questions?"

"..please Undyne, I don't want to go back to a being a cashier."

"Fiiinnneee, what do you have to ask me?"

"Thanks, given the recent rumors what are you going to do about the sightings?"

"Huh, what the hell are you talking about?"

"You know, the sightings of humans in the Snowdin area."

"WHAT! OOOh,I gotta call Papyrus!"

"No wait, don't close the do-"


"Okay, I think we get the point." Jerod said as he turned the Tv off. "So, looks like the cat's out of the bag."

"Hey, at least they don't have an image of us." Iris said. "Why did the Burgerpants guy forget to take the lens cap off?"

"Something tells me that he is getting demoted." Delilah replied.

"Hey, didn't Undyne said she was calling Papyrus?"

Right on cue, Papyrus's phone rang. He shakily put it to his ear.

"H-H-H-HI UNDYNE. HOW ARE YOU?... UM, ABOUT THE HUMAN... UM... WELL..."

"Give me that." John whispered as he snatched the phone from Papyrus's hand. He pinched his nose and spoke in a surprisingly good imitation of Papyrus.

"hi. Hi. HI UNDYNE!"

"Papyrus, is that you, your voice sounds a little off?"

"UM y-YEAH, IT IS I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS! NYEH HEH HEH! *COUGH* SORRY, I'M NOT FEELING TO GOOD TODAY, MY VOICE SOUNDS FUNNY. SO, WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN?"

"It's about what I just heard. Is there any humans in the area?"

"UM, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE, I'VE HEARD RUMORS BUT I'M STILL LOOKING INTO IT. TELLING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION IS A REAL PAIN IN MY NECK!"

"Wait, you don't have a neck."

"IT'S A FIGURE OF SPEECH."

"Well, alright. How about you meet me at the usual spot tomorrow and give me a full report on what you find?"

"GOOD IDEA, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW THEN, BYE-BYE!" John quickly hung up and wiped his forehead. "God, my throat hurts."

Papyrus handed him a glass of water. "Maybe if we're lucky, we can sneak past everyone and make it to the barrier."

"OH, I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU..." Papyrus said

"Of course theres something else." Iris muttered

TO REACH THE EXIT, YOU WILL HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THE KING'S CASTLE, RIGHT BEHIND THE THRONE ROOM."

"Great, just perfect!" Jerod said.

"Maybe the king isn't that bad, right Papyrus?" Frisk asked.

"UM... HE IS..."

"oh, he's a big fuzzy pushover!" Sans said, stepping out of his room and headed down the stairs. "everyone loves that guy. i'm sure if you go up to him and say 'excuse me mr. dreemurr can i please go home?' he'll guide you right to the barrier himself."

"Hey Sans." John said.

"hey dude. anyway, i'm heading to grillby's to get a bite to eat. wanna come?"

"Sure!" John said, jumping up. "Come on guys."

"Yeah, I am kinda hungry." Caleb said.

"WAIT, HOLD ON! LET ME GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER SO YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTIME YOU WANT!"

"Platonically right?" John said.

Papyrus blushed. "OF COURSE, GOOD LUCK HUMANS!"

They waved goodbye as they followed Sans outside. They noticed that the Underground looked a little darker. John checked his phone, it was sunset on the surface. What made the place down here look darker was anyone's guess, maybe they have an invisible sun.

"YO!" A small, yellow, reptilian monster walked up to them. He had no arms and wore a sleeveless, yellow, striped shirt. The monster turned to kids. "What are you all doing with Mr. Sans, dude?"

"eh, i'm just taking these kids to grillby to eat." Sans said.

"Wait, they are kids?" The monster kid asked.

"I'm as sure as me being a skeleton."

"Then where are their stripped shirts? I mean that funny eyed dude has one but none of you have one."

Chara broke down into laughter while Frisk angrily looked down.

"Psst, is it some kind of law that kids gotta wear stripped shirts?" Diego asked Sans.

"kinda. it's not really required." He said.

"Well, we kinda left our shirts back home." Delilah said.

"Oh cool. Well, hope to see you guys later." He said as he dashed off, then tripped onto the snow.

"Are you okay?" Diego asked.

The monster kid lifted himself off of the snow and shook himself clean. "Yeah, by dude!" As he ran more carefully.

They finally made it to Grillby's and Sans led them inside. It was your typical old fashioned bar/diner full of monsters.

"hey everyone. ya boi sans is back!" Sans said in a goofy tone.

Everyone casually looked at him like this was an everyday occurrence. The group noticed the dog monsters were in a corner playing poker. But the Annoying Dog wasn't there, much to Caleb's disappointment.

"Hey Sans."

"Hi Sans"

"Hiya Sansy."

"Hey, weren't you here in the morning?" A duck monster asked sarcastically.

"morning? who died?" The whole room was full of laughter from that response. As the room died down Sans and the others head to the bar. "sit down guys, the chairs don't bite."

John inspected the chair closely, checking under the cushions.

"john, kiddo, like i would pull a whoopee cushion prank on you."

John relaxed himself and sat down. The others followed his lead and sat down on their own bar stools.

Pfffffffthhhh

John and Jerod fell off the table in a fit of laughter while Frisk blushed and puffed his cheeks angrily at Sans.

"hey, i didn't say i wouldn't prank you." He said sitting himself down. "in this world there are two kinds of people, the prankers and the pranked."

"And we're the prankers." John said.

"yep, so lets order." He said looking to the bartender. The bartender, Grillby, was apparently nothing but a human shaped flame wearing a suit and glasses.

"Whoa." Iris said mesmerized by his presence. "How does your body work?"

Grillby just stared at her silently, the crackling of fire being the only sound.

"Grillby doesn't talk about himself." the duck monster said.

"Why, does he have a dark and mysterious past?"

"No, he can't speak." the duck said.

"No, I can talk." Grillby said in a monotone voice, startling everyone. His voice sounded kinda metallic and had an echo to it.

"What the..." The duck jumped in surprise.

"well i'll be, all the time i've been here i never once heard you speak." Sans said. "why didn't you ever speak if you could?"

"...I'm shy." Grillby said, his cheeks awkwardly blushing.

"oookay, well i'll have a burger. what do you guys want?"

"I want a burger to." Diego said.

"Me to." Caleb said.

Me three." Iris said

"I'll have a salad, if you have one." Delilah said.

"Burger, no pickles or condiments." John said.

"Burger." Jerod said.

"The souls of the innocent." Chara said evily.

"A bagel." Frisk said.

"What! No!" Chara said.

"Two bagels."

"Noooooo!"

"Just kidding, one bagel."

"you heard them grillbz, a sextuple order of burg, a bagel, and a bowl of oiled leaves." Sans said. Grillby nodded and went into the kitchen.

Sans looked at the others. "so, what do you guys think of my brother?"

"I think he's a really nice guy." John said.

"He's pretty tough. He held his own when he fought us." Jerod said.

"He's pretty sweet when he's not being full of himself." Delilah said.

"Meh." Iris shrugged.

"He... tries hard to cook." Diego said.

"He has cool stuff." Caleb said

"He's a really nice friend." Frisk said.

"of course he is. have you seen his follower count on the undernet, he almost reached his two-digit milestone."

"Undernet? You mean the internet?"

If Sans could frown, he would be doing it right now. "...really, that's what they are calling it up there? not the overnet? *sigh* and we all thought asgore sucked at names."

There was an awkward silence as Grillby came back with all the food.

"good, grubs here. bone-appetite."

They started digging into their meals. John noticed Sans was drinking from a red bottle.

"Are you drinking ketchup?"

"yeah, it's good, try it." Sans offered it to him. John took it and brought it to his mouth. His eyes bulged as he pulled it back down and made a disgusted face.

"Bleh!" John said, drowning the taste down with his burger. Delilah smirked at him.

Sans chuckled. "anyway, cool or not, you have to agree papyrus tries real hard. like how he keeps trying to be part of the royal guard."

"If there are guards then why haven't we come across one?" Caleb asked.

"you did, they're over there." Sans pointed to the dogs playing poker.

"Really?" Jerod asked. "Them?"

"yep they are dog-finitely the ones protecting us. anyway, wanna hear the story about how papyrus tried to join the royal guard?"

"Sure." Iris said.

"well one day, he went to the house of the head of the royal guard and begged her to be in it."

"...that's it?"

"of course, she shut the door on him because it was midnight. but the next day, she woke up and saw him still waiting there. seeing his dedication, she decided to give him warrior training. it's, uh, still a work in progress."

"Hmm." Jerod said, munching on his burger.

"oh yeah, i wanted to ask you something." Suddenly, everything around them went dark as the bar lights were still up.

"Hmm, electric box shorted again." Grillby said. "I'll fix it." He went out back.

"...have any of you heard of a talking flower?" Sans asked.

The group looked at each other nervously then nodded to him.

"so you know about them. the echo flower."

"Huh? Echo Flower?" Iris asked.

"they are found all over the marsh. say something to it and they will repeat it over and over."

Iris nodded, interested about that little fact. "So what about them?"

"well, papyrus told me something interesting the other day, sometimes when no one else is around a flower appears and whispers things to him. flattery, advice, encouragement,... predictions."

"That's weird." Frisk said.

"how so?"

"We met a flower that talks kinda like that as well. His name is Flowey, and he gave us quite a scare."

"Said he was going to be watching us." John added. "You don't think Papyrus is talking with him?"

Sans looked up deep in thought. "hmm, i don't know. for all we know there could be dozens of those floweys. or someone is making a really elaborate prank with echo flowers. i'll keep an eye out, you guys should do the same."

"We will, thanks Sans." Diego said.

The lights went back on as Grillby came back. Sans stretched and got up. "welp, better get back home. papyrus gets cranky without his bedtime story."

Jerod scoffed. "What does he read? 'Peek-a-boo with fluffy bunny?"

"no, 'advance puzzle construction for critical minds." Jerod's face blanched. "so if you guys are looking for a place to stay, try the snowdin inn." The group nodded. "by the way, i'm flat broke. good luck with the bill." Sans said as he dashed out.

"What the- SANS!" Delilah shouted.

"Don't worry, I'll just put it on his tab." Grillby said.

"Thanks Grillby." Diego said.

"You should really thank me for not blowing your cover." The group looked at him and paled. Grillby, somehow, winked. "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me. Not a lot of monsters would know what 'you' look like. Just try not to make it obvious."

Frisk gave a thumbs up. "Thanks, we will." The group hurried out and found the Inn that Sans mentioned.

A skinny pink rabbit lady was standing behind the front desk. Looked like the Innkeeper.

"Hello, welcome to Snowed Inn. Snowdin's premier hotel. How can I help you?"

"Hi, we're looking for a place for each of us to stay the night. Seven total." Diego said.

"Ah alright, one night is 80g per room and/or customer." The rabbit said.

Diego stiffened as he looked through the money bag that Toriel gave them. "Uh, we... don't have 80g."

Before the lady could reply a squeal rang out. A head peered from behind the table. John, Jerod, and Delilah instantly recognized the face.

"Hey I remember you!" Jerod said to the little bunny girl. "Staying out of trouble right?"

The girl giggled. "Yeah I am. I went right home after you helped me."

"Wait, Bon-bon, you know these folks?" The lady asked.

"Yeah mom. These three saved me when I wandered out earlier today. I would be dead if it wasn't for them."

The bunny mother stared at the group and her eyes started watering. "Oh, thank you so much for saving my baby! Forget about the cost, you may stay the night for free."

John blushed. "You don't have to do that for us."

"Yeah we do! I'm not sleeping in the snow!" Caleb shouted.

Diego lightly smacked Caleb across the back of his head. "Manners."

"Please I insist. Anything to repay you heroes."

"Heroes..." Caleb looked up, eyes sparkling with pride.

"Here, take these room keys. Your rooms are right upstairs."

"Thanks ma'm" Delilah said. The others thanked her as well and headed upstairs to their respective rented rooms.

"Goodnight guys!" Bon-Bon jumped up and down and waved excitedly.
"And it's way past your bedtime for you young lady." The bunny lady said.

"Aw mama!"


Well, you know what they say about the Dognation shrine Easter egg, it's completely pointless!

Wow, sounds like John had a pretty dark backstory, wonder if its the same as my old version of Grouptale.

Also geez, Chara is a bit of a jerk, almost like they are some sort of de-... nah, to subtle.

Remember to always comment your thoughts on the chapter. Seriously, there's only like two people commenting for the last month, WTF! :(

I'll see you guys next time.

HAVE FUN!