*(I am… losing interest in my other fanfic, but i have it queued up next for an update. However, i decided "screw it, let's update this one anyway" so, here we go. Late, but i hope you enjoy it regardless.)

Chapter 34: puzzles, puzzles, and more puzzles.

We approach papyrus at a different puzzle. "WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR YOU THREE, I DECIDED I COULD IMPROVE THE PUZZLE BY CHANGING IT INTO THE SHAPE OF MY FACE! HOWEVER… THE SNOW FROZE, AND NOW I DON'T KNOW THE SOLUTION! WORRY NOT! I THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM! UNTIL THEN, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT A TRY!"

"May i?" mom speaks up "the ruins have many puzzles like this one, and i thought it would be fun to try something new."

"OF COURSE, LADY TORIEL! FEEL FREE TO GIVE IT A TRY!"

Mom starts walking around the puzzle, before she approaches it. She steps on a few of the large X buttons, but she soon after finds herself surrounded. When she steps on one of the O buttons, it turns into a green triangle. Oops.

"Um… my child! Could you reset the puzzle please?"

I step down on the pressure plate, restarting the puzzle for her, and she comes at it from the bottom this time. Before long, she has all of the X buttons turned into O buttons. I step on the pressure plate, completing the puzzle and taking down the spikes.

"WOWIE! GREAT JOB, TORIEL! WELL, I SHAL BE OFF TO PREPARE THE NEXT PUZZLE." papyrus runs off. We follow, and see sans on the other side of where the spikes where. He starts talking with mom.

"Hey, tori. I didn't know you liked puzzles so much."

"The ruins are full of puzzles like these. Sometimes i liked to distract myself with completing them, but after a while, they just became a chore. I have never seen these specific puzzles before. They are quite fun though."

"Huh. if i had known, i probably would have slipped you a puzzle book under the door once in awhile. Oh well, it's not like we can change the past, right?" he glares at Asriel again, his eye flashing blue for a moment, before turning back to mom. "Well, i guess you should get going. I'll catch up."

We all leave sans as we enter the next area. We see papyrus and sans across from a grid of grayscale tiles. "AHA! THEY ARRIVE! WELL, PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE COLOR TILE PUZZLE! THIS WAS DESIGNED BY THE BRILLIANT DR. ALPHYS! EACH COLOR DOES SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT! RED TILES ARE IMPASSABLE, YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM. YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIFIED, DON'T WALK ON THOSE EITHER. ORANGE TILES MAKE YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES. BLUE TILES ARE WATER, STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE. HOWEVER, IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES WHEN YOU STEP ON AN BLUE TILE, THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU! ALSO, IF YOU STEP ON A BLUE TILE NEXT TO A YELLOW TILE, YOU WILL ALSO GET ELECTROCUTED! PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY AND SMELL LIKE LEMONS, WHICH PIRANHAS HATE. GREEN TILES WILL SUMMON A MONSTER YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT! PINK TILES DO NOTHING, STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE! WELL, DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT?"

Mom interrupts before i can respond. "Papyrus, don't you think this puzzle is a bit… complicated for a child their age?"

"ERM…" Papyrus looks at the note of paper in his hand "YEAH, I SUPPOSE IT IS PRETTY COMPLICATED. I CAN BARELY MAKE IT OUT MYSELF. FORGET IT THEN, WE CAN SKIP THIS ONE! I WILL WAIT FOR YOU UP AHEAD!" papyrus runs off.

We enter the next room to see a bunch of incomplete snow sculptures of a dog. We pass by them and wave to a cow monster before entering the next room. This one has a large sheet of ice. Asriel speaks up. "Alright, let me just save you both all the wasted time and effort of solving this one. Stand back." i set Asriel on the ground. He summons 11 'friendliness pellets' and launches them at all but one of the X tiles, turning them into O times. "Slide across over there. " he points a leaf to directly in front of the one X tile he missed. I pick him up and slide across, landing on the X tile. "Ok, now slide over to the pressure plate." i slide off of the O tile onto the plate. The ground comes up ahead of me, completing the path. "Ok, you can both get across now!" mom and I slide across the ice and across the wooded pathway. When we come out on the other side, we are presented with a crossroads. We take the forward path and are presented with a field of snow poffs. When we approach the end, there is a snow poff blocking the way. Suddenly, a dog's head pops out from the snow. It barks twice, before coming out of the snow in it's large hulking armor.

*battle start!

"My child, get behind me."

"No, mom! Look!

*Check

*greater dog ATC 6 DEF 4

*is so excited that it thinks fighting is playing.

The dog does nothing as i stand there.

"See mom, it just wants to play!"

"Oh alright, chara, but if you get hurt, i am stepping in immediately."

Ok, let's do this.

*act becon.

*the dog drops his spear and bounds towards you, flicking slobber in your face.

The spear flies at me while blue. I rush up next to it. As soon as it passes, it turns white.

*act pet

*the dog curls up in your lap and falls asleep.

*zzz…

*zzz…

*zzz…

*it wakes up. It's so excited!

The dog does nothing again. When i move however, it immediately starts shooting bullets spelling the word 'bark!' at me. I manage to dodge around them, though.

*Act play

*you pick up a snowball and throw it. The dog goes and gathers up all the snow in the surrounding area. Dog is tired now.

The same spear attack as last time, but it starts out white this time. I keep away from it until it turns blue, from there i stop moving, and it passes through me.

*act pet

*the dog curls up in your lap. Your movements slow, but you haven't pet enough!

*pet capacity 40%

The dog does nothing again as i stay still.

*act pet

*Critical pet!

*greater dog is contented.

Betrayal kill…

NO…

*spare

*you won!

The dog jumps out of it's armor and licks my face, before jumping back into it, backwards and walks away.

"See mom! Nothing to worry about!"

"Alright, my child. I suppose we should get going. Snowdin town should be just up ahead."

We keep walking, crossing onto a bridge. Near the end, we see sans and papyrus ahead of us.

"THE HUMAN ARRIVES! IT IS TIME FOR THE LAST OF MY PUZZLES!" several items, including spears, a flamethrower, a cannon, and a… dog come into view around the bridge. "BEHOLD! THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR! WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON, THE TRAP WILL ACTIVATE! CANNONS WILL FIRE, BLADES WILL SLASH BACK AND FORTH! ONLY THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF VICTORY IS IN SIGHT! ARE YOU READY? BECAUSE i AM ABOUT TO ACTIVATE IT!" Nothing happens…

"Uh… that doesn't look very activated."

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! I AM ABOUT TO ACTIVATE IT RIGHT NOW!" Still, nothing happens…

"Nothin's happenin bro."

"WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT TORIEL AND… I GET THE FEELING I SHOULD NOT USE THIS TRAP…"

I look back at mom. She is giving papyrus one of her best death-glares. Behind me i hear papyrus 'whispering' to sans. "I DON'T WANT THE SCARY GOAT TO HURT ME." I turn back. " YEAH, WE CAN'T USE THIS ONE. AWAY IT GOES!" The trap disappears. "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT! THIS IS SURELY ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!" papyrus runs off, and we follow after him into snowdin town.

End of chapter 34

*(welp, the snowdin forest area took way to freaking long. I hope you guys are enjoying these longer chapters. While i would preferably be rushing through the plot, it is nice to do some fun detailing once in awhile. Well, regardless, i hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! See ya later!)