Undertale: Fates Intertwined

by Thechaosmaster

The adopted daughter of the King and Queen of monsters, a young girl who can't handle humanity, both abandoned the civilizations of their birth species, lived a century apart, now they must work together to free the Underground and allow the monsters to see the sunlight once more. But will they be able to succeed, or will a certain flower stop them? Time will tell. Charisk.

5. Snowdin Pt 2

Thechaosmaster: Okay, how the hell has it been so long since I updated?

Blossom: Seriously, boss. Why must you take so long to update?

Chaos: Okay, I'll admit, I wasn't expecting that it would take this long to update. This chapter just so happened to be one of my longest yet, and I fear that I may have put things in that are either pointless, absurd, or whatever. Anyways, here we are, Snowdin part 2. I tried to get as much of the small things in here as possible.

Blossom: Thechaosmaster does not own the rights to Undertale or their characters. They belong to Toby Fox, Temmie and CO. Nor does he own Core!Frisk. She belongs to DokuDoki.

Chapter 4: Snowdin Pt 2: Puzzles, Japes, and Dates, Oh, My! (And Jerry, Ugh.) {-_-}

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Chara's POV

After Frisk had collected the Snowman Piece, we proceeded deeper into the forest, and it wasn't long before we saw the Skele-bros once more, they seemed to be in a heated conversation, "YOU'RE SO LAZY! YOU WERE NAPPING ALL NIGHT!" Papyrus yelled at his brother, who looked like he didn't have a care in the world.

Ugh, I swear, why does it sound like Papyrus is constantly yelling? But just when I was going to ask Frisk something, the lazy brother said, "i think that's called… sleeping."

"EXCUSES, EXCUSES!" Papyrus yelled out at his older brother. At least, I think Sans is the older brother.

It was then that I noticed that they were both looking at Frisk, she shyly waved her hand and politely asked, "Uh, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Getting the attentions of the skele-bros.

"OH-HO! THE HUMAN ARRIVES!" The loud one yelled, not really answering her, though. "IN ORDER TO STOP YOU… MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES!"

I watched as Frisks eyes started to sparkle with excitement. "Did you say…puzzles? Like, real, challenging, puzzles?" Almost like a switch was thrown, the shy little girl who stood next to me was changed into a completely different person.

This seemed to make Papyrus happy, because he said, "NYHAH HAH-HAH! I KNOW THAT LOOK WELL! THAT IS THE LOOK OF ONE WHO LOVES PUZZLES! WELL THEN, HUMAN, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE… QUITE SHOCKING!"

I was starting to get a little concerned because that could only have meant one thing. But frisk didn't see it, yet, and she asked, "But, I don't see any puzzles?"

And Papyrus's smile seemed to widen as he said, "AND THAT IS FOR A VERY GOOD REASON! FOR YOU SEE, THIS PUZZLE IS THE INVISIBLE… ELECTRICITY MAZE! WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS F THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP! SOUND LIKE FUN? BECAUSE! THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE, IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK." He then pulled out a sparkling blue orb, that almost seemed to crackle with electricity.

"Actually, while that sounds dangerous, it also sounds very fun." Frisk said, an excited smile on her face.

And this seemed to make Papyrus even happier, "SANS! I THINK WE GOT THE BEST HUMAN EVER! THIS ONE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS THAT IS PUZZLES! SO, HUMAN, ARE YOU READY FOR THE SHOCKTACULAR PUZZLE, LITTLE HUMAN? YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW."

Frisk, smiled brightly at the taller skeleton, before saying, "Papyrus, you don't have to keep calling me 'human' my name is Frisk." This seemed to make Papyrus dance with joy, then Frisk looked around the area, then at the orb, before asking, "Also, shouldn't I be the one holding that orb, Papyrus? Because, if I do touch the electric fence, because you are the one holding the orb, you'd be the one who gets shocked."

Papyrus looked down at the orb before having a lightbulb appear over his head, then saying, "NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FAN OF PUZZLES, BUT YOU ARE ALSO VERY CONSIDERATE! ALL RIGHT THEN, HUMAN FRISK! ALLOW ME TO BRING YOU THE ORB NOW! NYAH HAH HAH HAH!"

Papyrus then brought Frisk the orb, by walking through his puzzle, giving Frisk the answer on how to solve it. "HOLD THIS PLEASE!" Said Papyrus as he handed her the blue orb.

Now, I may think that this could have been an idiotic move, but I wanted to give him the benefit of a doubt and believe that Papyrus was such a nice person, that he had purposely walked through the maze, leaving behind tracks for Frisk to follow.

We watched as Papyrus quickly ran back over to Sans, before saying, "OKAY, TRY NOW!"

Frisk, deciding to entertain Papyrus a little bit, carefully placed the blue orb on her head, before slowly walking through the maze, taking it one step at a time, and balancing the blue ball the whole time, even though I was very worried about Frisks safety, I could tell that she was having a lot of fun. Once she exited the maze, she took the orb off her head and gave it back to Papyrus before saying, "That was a lot of fun, Papyrus! Here's your orb back."

Papyrus smiled brightly at Frisk as he took the orb back and said, "OH, HO HO! YOU'RE INCREDIBLE! YOU SLIPPERLY SNAIL! YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY… TOO EASILY!" He then glared off to the right, probably upset on how quick Frisk had solved the puzzle.

Frisk shook her head, not wanting to make Papyrus upset, as she said, "Maybe so. But I still had a lot of fun doing it, Papyrus! And if I'm being honest, what matters isn't how easy or difficult a puzzle is, it's how much fun you have making it, or solving it."

I swear, I thought I saw a tear form in Papyrus' eyesocket, it was kind of weird, for a skeleton to even be able to cry, but what he said next, proved that he was touched by Frisk's kind words. "HUMAN FRISK, THOSE ARE, BY FAR, THE KINDEST WORDS ANYONE HAS EVER SAID TO ME! YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTIES OF PUZZLES! HOWEVER, THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE EASY! IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER, SANS! YOU WILL SURELY BE CONFOUNDED! I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"

We watched as Papyrus moonwalked out to the next area, Frisk walked up to Sans, who seemed to be very happy at what he had just saw, "hey, thanks… my brother seems like he's having fun."

Frisk smiled softly at Sans as she said, "It's not a problem, Sans. Besides, I really did mean what I said about puzzles. Your brother looked really proud of this invisible electric puzzle of his."

Sans nodded happily, then he turned to where Papyrus walked away to, and asked, "that's really good to hear, kid. by the way, did you see that weird outfit he was wearing? we made that a few weeks ago for a costume party. he hasn't worn anything else since…"

I was appalled at hearing that, "Are you kidding me!? Please tell me he at least washes it daily!" I asked, even though I knew that Sans couldn't hear me.

"keeps calling it his 'battle body.' man. isn't my brother cool?" Sans asked the young girl, smiling softly at where his brother walked off to.

Frisk nodded and she said, "Yeah, he really is." Then she started walking away, but before she left, she waved at Sans and said, "Well, see you soon, Sans. Take care!"

Sans waved back and said, "you too, kid. take care of yourself, now."

"Don't worry, I will. Bye Sans." Frisk said happily as she departed away from the short skeleton.

After we bid farewell to Sans, we proceeded into a deeper part of Snowdin forest, where we saw a tall, bipedal, blue, bunny like monster, wearing a yellow shirt, and red jumper pants, Frisk walked up to the monster, who said, "I don't understand why these aren't selling…"

I looked at the sign and saw that the bunny monster was selling Nice Cream. "Well, it's probably because you are selling frozen treats in a snowy place." I said, not at all holding back my sarcasm, simply because, no one can hear me besides Frisk, means that I can pretty much say whatever I want to monsters; and get no response from them. Which, now that I think about it, isn't really all that fun.

"It's the perfect weather for something cold…" The Nice Cream man said, looking completely down casted. He then opened his eyes and saw Frisk standing in front of him, and he said, "OH! A CUSTOMER! Hello! would you like some Nice Cream? It's the frozen treat that warms your heart!"

"That doesn't even make any sense. When it's cold outside, people want something nice and WARM!" I exclaimed in disbelief, I swear, who in their right mind would think selling frozen treats in a place as cold as Snowdin, be a smart decision? And seriously, all Nice Cream would do is give you brain freeze if you eat it too fast.

"So, what do you say, kid? Only 15G!" The Nice Cream Man asked Frisk.

Frisk simply smiled, before taking out 30 gold, and said, "Two, please." She then handed him the gold, and he handed her the two Nice Cream.

"Here you go! Have a super-duper day! Be sure to tell your friends!" He said happily.

After receiving the Nice Cream, we saw Sans standing near a ball game that didn't make a lick of sense, when we approached him, he said, "i've been thinking about selling treats too."

Frisk looked interested in what the skeleton had said and asked, "What are you thinking of selling, Sans?"

"want to buy some fried snow? it's just 5G?" The jokester skeleton had that sparkle in his eyes that told me that this was all part of some kind of joke.

But Frisk seemed all too eager to play her part in the joke as she said, "Sure thing. Here's 5G."

That was when Sans asked, "did i say 5G? i meant 50G."

Frisk giggled as she looked down to her bag of gold and pretended to have a thoughtful expression on her face, before saying, "Well, that does seem expensive, but I'm certain that the taste will make up for the price. It is only 50G."

This was when the joke started to come unraveled as Sans asked, "really? how about 5000G?"

I watched as Frisks smile seemed to widen at this, then she said, "Hmm…that is REALLY expensive, but I haven't had fried snow before, so, I must try it! 5000G, you got a deal!"

I knew that Sans was just pulling Frisk's leg at this point, but it seemed like Sans was having a good time messing with people. "50000G. that's my final offer." Sans said, now winking at Frisk.

Frisk giggled as she said, "Oh, dear, that's a big price, but I want to take it! But I don't have that kind of gold on me."

Sans didn't even seem to flinch as he said, "what? you don't have the money? hey, that's okay. i don't have any snow."

Frisk pretended to be disappointed as she said, "Aw, but I wanted to try some fried snow."

Both she and Sans were quiet for a short amount of time, before they started laughing, then Sans said, "ah, you're a good kid. papyrus doesn't understand my jokes."

Frisk waved her hand, while reining in her chuckles, before saying, "Don't worry about it, Sans. Besides, the world could use a few more laughs."

Sans nodded as he said, "you said it, kid. well, take care, and don't forget, my puzzle's up next. and i doubt that you'll be able to solve mine."

Frisk laughed at the challenge, before walking towards the right, and seeing two more guard stations, and a sign rested between the two, Frisk walked up to the sign and I said, "SMELL DANGER RATING. Snow Smell – Snowman WHITE Rating Can become YELLOW Rating. Unsuspicious Smell – Puppy BLUE Rating Smell of rolling around. Weird Smell – Humans GREEN Rating Destroy at all costs!"

Frisk looked at me and she asked, "Just why did you have to say it like the words were actually colored?"

I laughed at the girl and said, "Because, I thought it would be funny."

Ignoring me, Frisk walked back to where the snowball game was, when we passed by a small snowball that Frisk went to investigate. "Frisk, it's just a snowball…" But then I got a good look at it, and realized that I was wrong, "Actually, no, wait, it's a snowdecahedron." Frisk gave me a very, humorous expression, "What? You've never seen a snowdecahedron before? What kind of life have you been living, Frisk?" I asked playfully.

Instead of answering me, Frisk silently walked away, and entered the next clearing, where we saw Sans and Papyrus standing before us, Papyrus noticed us, well, Frisk, first and said, "HUMAN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR…" Papyrus began looking around, as if searching for something, before turning to his brother and asking, "SANS! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE!"

Sans pointed towards the sheet of paper in front of us, before saying, "it's right there. on the ground."

Frisk cautiously walked up to the piece of paper, not really knowing whether or not it was a trap, after deciding to go with it, she carefully picked it up, and Sans said, "trust me. there's no way they can get past this one."

Frisk and I looked down at the piece of paper and found that it was a word search. "Huh, 'Monster Kidz Word Search.' I haven't seen one of these in a while. You any good at word searches, Frisk?" I didn't get a direct answer, and I turned to her and saw that she had pulled out a pen, and a notebook, before sitting down on the snow, and quickly starting to solve the word search. "Okay, I know you like puzzles, Frisk, but word searches?"

Frisk didn't answer me vocally, but mentally she said, 'Well, wordsearches are just more, sophisticated, puzzles.'

And that was all she said as she began effortlessly finding the wordsearch. I watched in silent fascination as Frisk found each word effortlessly, but then, she became stumped on the last one. "Huh? what kind of word is 'giasfclfebrehber?' And why is it here? There's not even a word here that matches that one…Wait! The entire top row. It's close, but not exactly the same. 'GIASFCLFUBREHBER.' It is almost an exact match, but the only thing that prevents it from being the word itself is the 'U' between the 'F' and the 'B', should instead be a 'E'." Frisk shook her head, then she stepped up to Sans and said, "Uh, Sans, I think one of these words are wrongly spelt."

Sans shrugged his shoulders, almost as if he wasn't really surprised at that fact, which, by this point, I wouldn't be surprised, as he said, "whoops. i knew i should have used todays crossword instead. sorry, kid."

"WHAT!? CROSSWORD!?" Papyrus yelled out in shock, "IN MY OPINION… JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST."

Sans gave his older brother a dubious expression as he asked, "what? really, dude? that easy-peasy word scramble? that's for baby bones."

"UN. BELIEVABLE." Papyrus said in shock at his brothers claim. Papyrus then turned to Frisk and asked, "HUMAN! SOLVE THIS DISPUTE!"

I watched as Frisk became very thoughtful at the question, then she looked up at the two skele-bros and said, "I think it all depends on the person." This seemed to surprise the two brothers, but before they could ask, Frisk said, "What I mean is, what if someone has a hard time spelling out certain words? Then that person would have a harder time figuring out a word jumble, seeing how you are required to unscramble the word, but because you are terrible at spelling, it would take much longer to solve the jumble, and because crosswords have the words written out at the bottom of the page, all you have to do if find them."

This seemed to make Papyrus's eyes widen in amazement at those words, then Frisk continued, "But then there could be someone who has a hard time focusing in on a single word, and if that word is written in either horizontally, or even vertically, it could be considered too challenging for them, especially if that word happens to be written in reverse." After Frisk said that, I swear that I saw a flash of something appear in Sans' eyes, like amusement, or quite possibly, interest.

Then, to finish off her explanation, Frisk looked towards both brothers and said, "So, by those reasonings, it all depends on the person, but, if I'm being perfectly honest, word jumbles are indeed harder than crosswords."

This made Papyrus extremely happy as he yelled out, "HA! HA! YES! HUMANS MUST BE VERY INTELLIGENT! IF THEY ALSO FIND JUNIOR JUMBLE SO DIFFICULT! NYEH! HEH! HEH-HEH!"

We then watched as Papyrus happily left the area, then Sans turned to Frisk and said, "thanks for saying 'junior jumble' just to appease my brother."

Frisk shook her head and replied, "I was being truthful. I really do find word jumbles are harder to solve then crosswords. The fact that it made him happy was only a bonus."

Sans' smile only seemed to get wider as he said, "yesterday he got stumped trying to 'solve' the horoscope."

Me and Frisk had to stifle our laughter, as Frisk said, "Papyrus may seem, odd, at times. But I can tell from his personality that he's a really sweet person."

Sans seemed to nod at Frisks answer as he said, "you said it, kid."

"I think he's lucky to have a brother as caring as you, Sans." Frisk said with a smile on her face, "I'm a little jealous."

Sans patted Frisk on her back as he said, "don't be jealous, kid. and please, don't get sappy with me either, i don't have the stomach for it."

I groaned in annoyance at the bad pun that the short skeleton had just said, but Frisk, oh, boy, she was giggling like a kid in a candy store, before she looked up and said, "Hey, snow worries, Sans."

After that, the two Comedians shared a laugh before bidding each other farewell. After we left Sans, I turned to Frisk and asked, "What is the deal with you and bad jokes, Frisk?"
Frisk simply smiled at me and said, "I just find them funny, nothing more, nothing less."

I shook my head and saw that there was a table up ahead of us, as well as another mouse hole. On the table there was a plate of what seemed like spaghetti, and a smaller table with a microwave on it. Frisk picked up the note and I saw that it was by Papyrus, so, once again, I tried my best to imitate his voice once more, it was tough, but I managed to do it. "It's a note from Papyrus, ehem… HUMAN! PLEASE ENJOY THIS SPAGHETTI. (LITTLE DO YOU KNOW; THIS SPAGHETTI IS A TRAP… DESIGNED TO ENTICE YOU! YOU'LL BE SO BUSY EATING IT… THAT YOU WON'T REALIZE THAT YOU AREN'T PROGRESSING! THOROUGHLY JAPED AGAIN BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS!) NYEH-HEH-HEH, PAPYRUS."

Me and Frisk shared a look before I said, "I don't want to sound rude or anything, but does Papyrus not know that if you want to lay a trap for someone, that you shouldn't leave a note saying that it's a trap? That just seems, counterproductive."

Frisk looked at me with a slight chuckle as she said, "Leave him be, Chara. He's just, very excited, is all."

"Yeah, excited about capturing you." I said while rolling my eyes. "Seriously, girl, he, and quite possibly other monsters could be hunting you down. Shouldn't you be at least a little bit cautious?" I asked, wondering why this girl was able to brush off the fact that there were a few monsters that wanted nothing more than to harm her, and here she is, acting like there was nothing wrong.

"It may be true, that the monsters are hunting me down, but that is probably because they would think I'm dangerous. As long as I show them that I mean them no harm, then they would stop trying to hurt me." Frisk said plainly.

I had to blink a few times at that response, then I rubbed my eyes and said, "Frisk, dear, that naivety of yours is going to get you hurt. It's going to take a lot more than just showing a few monsters kindness to get them to stop trying to kill you. You need to be careful. Mom DID say that there would be monsters trying to kill you."

Frisk shook her head, then she approached the plate of spaghetti, and I said, "It's a plate of frozen spaghetti. It's so cold, it's stuck to the table…"

Frisk approached the microwave, and we noticed that there were several things wrong with it. "It's an unplugged microwave. all of the settings say 'spaghetti.' Geeze, doesn't Papyrus know that microwaves need to be plugged in, or is this just part of his 'trap'?" Instead of answering me, Frisk walked up to the Save Point and I said, "Knowing the mouse might one day find a way to heat up the spaghetti… It fills you with determination."

I watched as Frisk shook her head before walking off into the next section of the forest, I saw her staring at the nearby sign, and I said, "Warning: Dog Marriage." Frisk and I looked at one another, before I looked down at the sign, and saw something else there and said, "Yes, you read that correctly."

Then, as we began walking, we encountered a trio of monsters. "Icecap and Snowdrake confront you, sighing. Jerry."

While I may have been dead for a long time, Jerry was a monster that seemed to never really die, really! Jerry was by far the most hated monster in the Underground, a title that everyone seemed to agree with. Heck, he's probably the only monster in the Underground that no one would actually miss.

But Frisk said that she didn't want to kill any monsters, so, I won't say anything. And besides, Jerry ain't worth the LOVE. I watched as Frisk 'Checked' Jerry's info and I said, "Jerry – ATK 0 DEF 30. Everyone knows Jerry. Makes attacks 2 seconds longer. Word of advice; just do what you normally do for Snowdrake and Icecap, then ditch Jerry. It may seem mean, but nobody likes him."

So, I watched as Frisk stole Icecaps hat, complemented him, laughed at Snowdrake's jokes, then, in a moment of pure genius, grabbed a ball of snow, and threw it behind Jerry, making him look away for a moment, before motioning for Snowdrake and Icecap to ditch Jerry. And once Jerry was out of sight, Frisk spared the now happier looking Snowdrake and Icecap, even though Icecap was only a block of ice at the moment. "YOU WON! You earned 0 EXP and 47 gold."

After we finished that fight, Frisk walked down to see the path ahead of us blocked by spikes, and a perfect square made up of snow. I pointed to the snow square and said, "Hey, Frisky, doesn't that seem a bit, suspicious, to you?"

Frisk looked over to the piles of snow and said, "Yeah, looks like the perfect place to hide something, maybe like a clue on how to deactivate this puzzle."

I watched as Frisk cleared away all the snow, revealing, "It looks to be a map of the area." I pointed at the spot we entered at and said, "We came through here, and are now here. But this is the area we need to get to, but it's blocked off at the moment."

Frisk then saw something and walked over to the topmost right part of the map and said, "Hey, Chara, check it out! There's a red 'X' located over here!"

I looked over to where Frisk was pointing too, and I saw a bright red 'X' painted on the ground, "Hmm, well, if this really is a clue as to how to solve this puzzle, then that must mean that there's a hidden switch somewhere around this area. Let's go look for it, Frisk!"

Frisk nodded quickly, before heading towards the top eastern part that was located on the map, and we saw a small snowless patch surrounded by three trees, one at the east, south, and western sides of the square. I looked around the patch and said, "There must be a secret switch, or something hidden around here."
At that response, Frisk quickly got down on her feet and started patting the ground with her hands, searching for the hidden switch, lever, button, or whatever dugon styled system there was to deactivate that which keeps us from progressing onwards.

"Ah ha!" Cried a joyous Frisk as I heard something click downwards, before hearing what sounded like spikes lowering, I looked over to where the spikes had once been and saw that they were now gone.

I turned to Frisk with an impressed expression as I said, "Great job, Frisk! That was quick!"

Frisk smiled at me and said, "Well, what can I say? I have yet to find a puzzle that I find too difficult to solve. Now then, what do you say we keep on moving?"

I nodded at Frisk, and while she walked towards the area where the spikes once blocked, we ended up crossing a small wooden bridge, but we heard the sound of crunching snow, and turned to see two dog monsters dressed like executioners, holding massive battle axes walking towards Frisk.

They had their hoods up, so they must have smelt her, I looked towards Frisk and saw that she seemed to be sweating, and with what stood in her way right now, I wouldn't blame her if she was scared. Then one of the dogs asked, "What's that smell?" This one sounded male.

And the other one asked, "Where's that smell?" And this one sounded like a female.

"If you're a smell…" The male dog said.

"Identify yoursmellf!" The female said, before both dogs started walking around Frisk, who was becoming very nervous as to what was going to happen to her.

Then the male dog said, "Hmm…"

And the female replied with, "Here's that weird smell…"

"It makes me want to eliminate." The male replied, causing Frisk to pale slightly.

And the female didn't make her feel any better as she said, "…Eliminate YOU!" And at those words, the two dogs initiated a FIGHT.

Seeing how this was my time, I turned to her and said, "Dogi assault you!" Frisk proceeded to use 'Check' on the male dog, and I said, "DOGAMY – ATK 14 DEF 5. Husband of Dogaressa. Knows only what he smells."

"No. 2 Nuzzle champs '98!" Dogamy said proudly.

To which Dogaressa scoffed as she said, "Of course we were second." We then watched as they proceeded to attack us with, what looked to be clones of a strange, white, annoying dog, one was shooting out white and blue hearts at Frisk, but she was able to dodge them effortlessly.

We then watched as the Dogi started nuzzling each other, and I said, "The Dogs are practicing for the next couples contest."

Next Frisk used her 'Check' ability on Dogaressa and I said, "Dogaressa – ATK 14 DEF 5. This puppy finds her hubby lovely. SMELLS ONLY?"

Then Dogamy said, "Take my wife…'s fleas." Which sounded very, strange coming from a dog, and could mean something entirely different to them, then to us.

And with what Dogaressa said, doesn't help their cause. "Don't, actually…" They then started slamming their axes down at Frisk, but by hiding in the empty places in the axes, she was able to avoid getting hit.

I was starting to wonder what Frisk's plan was, would she use the stick like what she did with Doggo, or does she have another plan? It was then that I saw the two dogs sniffing the air and I remembered that warning found on those danger ratings, I turned to Frisk and said, "Frisk, roll around in the snow!"

'What!? Are you nuts!?' She asked me, probably not liking the idea of rolling around in the snow, especially seeing how she doesn't seem to have another change of clothes on her.

I sighed as I asked, "Do you remember that sign that spoke of the danger rating?" Frisk gave me the slightest of nods, then I said, "I think that was written by them. If you want to get past them, you have to make them think you're not a threat. Try rolling around in the snow, then get them to sniff you once more."

Frisk looked like she wasn't happy with this plan but agreed anyways. She laid down on the ground and started rolling around, kicking up dirt and snow while she was doing so, then I said, "You roll around in the dirt and snow."

If looks could kill, and I wasn't already a ghost, then the look that Frisk gave me probably would have turned me to a smoldering pile of dust, but, thankfully, neither of those were possible. I turned to the executioner dressed dogs and saw that they seemed to have a curious expression on their faces and I playfully sniffed the air and jokingly said, "You smell like a weird puppy."

While Frisk glared at me, Dogamy said, "Let's kick human tail!"

"Do humans have tails?" Dogaressa asked in confusion. Obviously, they never seen a real human before, which would make Frisk's rolling around to make herself seem like a puppy all-the-more-easier.

After holding still for the annoying dog BLUE attack, I noticed the look on the Dogs faces and I said, "The Dogs may want to re-smell you, Frisk."

Frisk sighed in defeat, knowing that this was by far, the strangest thing she has ever had to do, at least, so far. Frisk then approached Dogamy and carefully raised her arm up to him, and both he and Dogaressa began sniffing her. "The Dogs sniff you again… After rolling in the dirt, you smell all right!"

Then Dogamy's eyes widened as he asked, "What!? Smells like a…"

And Dogareesa's eyes widened at the same time as she asked, "Are you actually a little puppy!?" They then proceeded to continue onwards their attack, but Frisk, who was getting used to dodging, avoided their attacks like it was nothing.

I looked towards the two love dogs, and I said, "The Dogs think that you may be a lost puppy. What will you do now, Frisk?"

Frisk then quickly walked up to Dogamy and began petting him. "*sigh*Why am I not surprised by this? You pet Dogamy."

"Wow! Pet by another pup!" Dogamy said in surprise, tail wagging slowly, but excitedly.

And it looked like Dogaressa became a little envious as she said, "Well. Don't leave me out!"

But before Frisk could once more commence operation 'Pet Dogi' she had to dodge the Dogs attacks, but once their attack finished, she ran up to Dogaressa and began petting the top of her head, and I said, "You pet Dogaressa."

Getting pet caused Dogaressa to say, "A dog that pets dogs… Amazing!"

Knowing that this could get out of hand very quickly, I turned to Frisk and said, "Frisk, before you start petting these two to death, just SPARE them."

Frisk nodded as she placed her hand on the MERCY button before pressing SPARE. I smiled at this, then I said, "YOU WON! You earned 0 EXP and 40 gold."

After sparing the two Dogi's, the battle ended and Dogamy asked, "Dogs can pet other dogs?"

"A new world has opened up for us…" Dogaressa said, a smile clear on her face.

Then both dogs said, "Thanks, weird puppy!" Then the two dogs left, happier now than they were when they first came through.

I turned to Frisk, who looked at me with a halfhearted glare and I asked, "What? Don't tell me that you didn't enjoy rolling around like that, Frisky?"

Frisk's cheeks were a bright red, and for once, I couldn't tell if it was from being embarrassed, or if she was cold, she then said, "Wha-Whatever. Let's just get moving."

I chuckled at Frisk, she pretended to be mad, but I could tell that she really did have fun rolling around like that, but she was right, we had to keep moving, we needed to make it into town, it was getting late, and we didn't want to run into Jerry again. God, I hate Jerry.

The next area was small but had a puzzle. There were fifteen rocks arranged so that there were seven rocks in aligned in a straight line, connected by a single rock in the middle, making it look kinda like a box, but it had two blue 'X's' in the open spaces, and a sign at the bottom, and a presser plate on top.

Frisk walked over to the sign and I said, "Turn every X into an O. Then press the switch."

Frisk looked over to me and said, "This puzzle seems, too easy, Chara."

I nodded, then I turned to her and said, "Well, it could just be an introductory puzzle, Frisk. You know, starting you off on something easy, to get you used to the puzzle itself, before throwing you into something incredibly difficult."

Frisk nodded slowly, before walking over the two X's, turning them into red O's, and then she walked over the switch, before walking over to where the spikes were, and we saw that Papyrus was standing there. He quickly turned to Frisk and asked, "WHAT!? HOW DID YOU AVOID MY TRAP?"

Frisk glanced over to me and asked, 'Uh, which trap is he talking about?'

"Uh, I think he might be talking about the plate of spaghetti, Frisk." I said, not really understanding it myself.

But before Frisk could answer, Papyrus looked off to the side, before saying, "AND, MORE INMORTANTLY… IS THERE ANY LEFT FOR ME?"

Okay, so that answered what he was talking about, I turned to Frisk and asked, "What will you tell Papyrus about his spaghetti?"

Frisk smiled softly at the jovial Skeleton and she said, "I left it. It didn't seem right to eat it without you."

This seemed to surprise the tall skeleton, and I swear, there were stars starting to appear in his eyes as he asked, "REALLY!? WOWIE…" He then had this expression appear on his face, like he was touched, or something like that, then he said, "YOU RESISTED THE FLAVOR OF MY HOMECOOKED PASTA… JUST SO YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH ME?"

I wanted to tell him that the reason was because it was frozen to the plate, but Frisk, the innocent little cherry blossom that she was, smiled brightly as she said, "Yes. I saw how much work you put into it, and I couldn't bring myself to eat it without sharing it with you."

My god, Frisk. She was lying, but it was an honest lie. She just didn't want to hurt his feelings. That was when Papyrus said, "FRET NOT HUMAN FRISK! I, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS… WILL MAKE YOU ALL THE PASTA YOU COULD EVER WANT! HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH-HEH NYEH!" And with that, Papyrus was gone.

I turned to Frisk and asked, "Never considered you to be the kinda kid to lie, Frisk."

Frisk smiled softly at me before saying, 'Well, I'd rather lie and make him feel happy, then tell the truth and hurt his feelings. I'm not heartless, Chara.'

I smiled softly before playfully rubbing her head and saying, "That may be true, squirt, but just be careful. Not every monster will be as lazy as Sans or as friendly as Papyrus."

Frisk seemed to nod slowly, before making it to the next clearing, where Papyrus was already waiting for us. When Frisk approached him, he said, "MY BROTHER STARTED A SOCK COLLECTION RECENTLY." He then looked down sadly and said, "HOW SADDENING… SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT HE WOULD DO… WITHOUT SUCH A COOL GUY TAKING CARE OF HIM? NYEH HEH-HEH!"
To which Frisk playfully said, "Probably sleeping under a pile of socks."

This caused me to chuckle lightly, and Papyrus to nod, "YES, MOST LIKELY. BUT WORRY NOT HUMAN FRISK! FOR I, HIS CARING BROTHER WILL MAKE SURE THAT SUCH A FATE NEVER BEFALLS UPON HIM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!"

After hearing that, we moved on to find the next puzzle, this one was similar to the previous, but seemed much harder to solve. Papyrus walked up to Frisk and said, "HUMAN KNOWN AS FRISK! HMMM… HOW DO I SAY THIS… YOU WERE TAKING A LONG TIME TO ARRIVE, SO… I DECIDED TO IMPROVE THIS PUZZLE… BY ARRANGING THE SNOW TO LOOK MORE LIKE MY FACE."

I floated upwards and took a good look at the puzzle, and agreed that, if you squinted at it and looked from the right perspective, it could resemble the puzzle loving skeleton. "Egotistical much?" I asked.

'Oh, be nice, Chara. He's not that bad.' Frisk told me, while holding back a giggle.

"UNFORTUNATLY, THE SNOW FROZE TO THE GROUND. NOW THE SOLUTION IS DIFFERENT! AND, AS USUAL, MY LAZY BROTHER IS NOWHERE AROUND. I SUPPOSE WHAT I AM SAYING IS…" He then struck a pose, and somehow, defying physics once more, his scarf started blowing, without any wind blowing in the first place.

"WORRY NOT, HUMAN KNOWN AS FRISK! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL SOVE THIS CONUNDRUM! THEN WE CAN BOTH PROCEED! MEANWHILE, FEEL FREE TO TRY THE PUZZLE YOURSELF! I'LL TRY NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE ANSWER!" He said with that air of confidence and skyrocketing ego of his on full display.

Frisk looked at Papyrus and said, "Papyrus, I told you, you can just call me Frisk. Okay?" Papyrus gave Frisk a thumbs up, and I swear, I saw stars sparkle from his hand as he did so. Then Frisk turned to me and asked, 'Care to give me the layout of what this puzzle looks like?'

I nodded and started explaining everything to Frisk, then I watched her as she said, "Okay, three entrances, with the entrance on the top and the entrance on the left both have three directions on how to go, while the entrance on the right only has two paths to go from, so…"

Both me and Papyrus watched as Frisk created a map of the maze, which impressed me, she wasn't kidding when she said that she enjoys puzzles. A girl who was supposed to be turning twelve in a few days, was able to replicate the exact layout of a maze's design, just from a small description? It was proof that Frisk has a very intelligent mind, and a keen eye for puzzles.

We watched as she traced each step, before deciding that she may have had it, keeping the map as a blueprint, she started from the top before taking a right, going down, and completing the square, but, when she stepped on one of the red 'O' it turned into a green triangle. "Crud." Frisk said as she walked over to the presser plate and resetting the puzzle.

Then she returned to her map layout and erased the path that she had taken, before saying, "Okay, so, I have to make sure that I only step on each 'X' once, otherwise the puzzle won't be solved. But which path will lead to the right answer?" She then traced each path multiple times, but stopping every time she returned to an X that was already an O.

Then deciding that the bottom right entrance could hold the answer, after tracing each of the other paths that the top and left entrances had, and retracing steps, she traced the path that starts at the middle X placed underneath a rock where an incomplete square was formed, then turning right she traced upwards, before going down, not touching a single drawn O, and slowly, we watched as she managed to solve the puzzle drawing in the snow. Frisk took a deep breath, before she said, "All right, time to see if this works. Or if I need to find a different route."

Following the path that she had drawn in the snow, Frisk managed to switch each and every blue X, into a Red O, before stepping onto the activation plate, and turned each red O, green. Papyrus looked at Frisk in amazement, before saying, "WOW! YOU SOLVED IT! AND YOU DID IT ALL WITHOUT MY HELP… INCREDIBLE! I'M IMPRESSED! YOU MUST CARE ABOUT PUZZLES LIKE I DO!"

Frisk nodded happily as she said, "I sure do, Papyrus!"

Papyrus smiled brightly as he clenched his fist tightly, posing like a superhero and saying, "WELL, I'M SURE YOU'LL LOVE THE NEXT ONE THEN! IT MIGHT EVEN BE TOO EASY FOR YOU!"

Frisk smiled at him and said, "Don't say that, whatever it is, I'm sure that it will be amazing."

Papyrus smiled brightly before saying, "NYEH! HEH HEH! HEHEHEH!" Then he happily walked away, a smile clear on his face.

When we walked over to where the spikes were, we found Sans there, waiting for us, when we walked up to him, he said, "good job solving it so quickly. you didn't even need my help. which is great. 'cause i love doing absolutely nothing."

I swear, this skeleton is so lazy, I'm surprised that he managed to get out of bed this morning. Then again, Papyrus was probably the one who woke him up today. After stepping into the next area, we saw Sans and Papyrus talking to each other, before they noticed Frisk, and Papyrus said, "HEY! IT'S THE HUMAN! YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS PUZZLE! IT WAS MADE BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS! YOU SEE THOSE TILES!?"

Frisk glanced over to me and asked, 'Who's Dr. Alphys?'

I shrugged and said, "No clue. Must be the new royal scientist. Wonder whatever happened to the old one?" What was his name again? I swear, I believed that I knew the name of the last Royal Scientist, but for the death of me, I can't remember his name. 'It was Dr. something, strange. You would think that I would remember the name of the previous Royal Scientist. After all, for me, it was like only a few days ago that I was last here.'

Frisk looked down and saw a checkerboard styled tiled pattern, after taking notice of it, Papyrus said, "ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH…THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR! EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION! RED TILES ARE IMPASSABLE! YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM!"

"Gee, you don't say?" I asked sarcastically, which got a small giggle from Frisk.

"YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC! THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU!" Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. "GREEN TILES ARE ALARM TILES! IF YOU STEP ON THEM… YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER! ORANGE TILES ARE ORANGE-SCENTED. THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMELL DELICIOUS!"

"How does that even make any sense?" I asked, being very confused at how orange tiles could even have scents? And how can they make you smell like said smell?

"BLUE TILES ARE WATER TILES. SWIM THROUGH IF YOU LIKE, BUT… IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES! THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU. ALSO, IF A BLUE TILE IS NEXT TO A, YELLOW TILE, THE WATER WILL ALSO ZAP YOU! PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY! YOU WILL SLIDE TO THE NEXT TILE! HOWEVER, THE SLIPPERY SOAP… SMELLS LIKE LEMONS! WHICH PIRANHAS DO NOT LIKE! PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OK! FINALLY, PINK TILES. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE. HOW WAS THAT!? UNDERSTAND?"

Frisk blinked a few times, before saying, "Uh, yeah, I guess."

Papyrus threw his fist in the air as he said, "GREAT! THEN THERE'S ONE LAST THING… THIS PUZZLE… IS ENTIRELY RANDOM! WHEN I PULL THIS SWITCH, IT WILL MAKE A PUZZLE… THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE! NOT EVEN I WILL KNOW THE SOLUTION! NYEH HEH HEH! GET READY…!"

We watched as Papyrus started messing around with some kind of strange computer, box, thing, before the grey tiles started flashing random colors, the colors kept changing, faster and faster to the point where I thought I was gonna have a seizure, but then, in some strange twist of humorous fate, the puzzle became a straight pink line, with two red boarders.

It seemed like Papyrus was disappointed in this outcome, because he literally spun out of the room, we walked up to Sans and Frisk asked, "You wouldn't have anything to do with making this easy for me, would you, Sans?"

Sans shook his head and he said, "nope, not me." Frisk nodded, then Sans said, "actually, that spaghetti from earlier…"

Frisk nodded, but she had her eyebrow raised slightly as she asked, "Yeah, what about it?"

"it wasn't too bad for my brother. since he started cooking lessons, he's been improving a lot." Sans said, while glancing of to where his brother had left to. "i bet if he keeps it up, next year he'll even make something edible."

Frisk had to cover her mouth to prevent herself from laughing to loudly, then she and Sans waved their goodbyes before Frisk headed off into the next section. In this new clearing, there was a single outpost, and tons and tons of snowdog statues that looked like they had fallen over for being too top heavy.

We approached a cow like monster wearing some kind of festive outfit, and he said, "A dog just rushed in here filled with inspiration. It kept trying to build a snowdog that expressed its 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 turn away."

Frisk approached the Save Point that rested between two dog heads and I said, "Knowing that dog will never give up trying to make the perfect snowdog… It fills you with determination. HP Maxed Out."

Frisk looked up to me and asked, "What was that HP thing for?"

I shrugged and said, "I don't know. Just felt like saying it." I answered her truthfully.

After that, we entered into the next room and saw the next puzzle. "It's just like those other puzzles, except this time, it's on ice." I said to Frisk, "You might want to be extra careful, Frisk. One wrong move, and who knows how far you'd fall."

Frisk nodded, then she observed each blue X, before taking a chance. Starting at the top, she stepped on the topmost X, before walking down to the one beneath it, and skating to the one underneath that one. She then skated up right, but when she tried skating down right, she fell down. Screaming out in shock.

"FRISK!" I cried out in fear, before crying out in surprise as I was pulled along with her. "What the…?" I closed my eyes, not wanting to see what Frisk looked like after that fall. But, deciding against my better judgment, I slowly opened my eyes, to see that Frisk was okay, if only covered in a bit of snow. Okay, that was a bit, scary. Why does it seem that every cliff around here has another ledge not too far underneath it?

She looked up at me and said, "Okay, so, this would require quite a bit more planning if I'm going to solve it."

I nodded at her, agreeing, but also making sure that there isn't going to be any more, surprises, in store for us and said, "Yeah, but you were lucky. Who knows what could have happened if you didn't have a safe landing."

Frisk shrugged that off and said, "I just happened to land on something soft." Me and Frisk looked down to see what she had landed on and saw that it was a snow poff with the name 'Sans' written on it. "Oh, dear! Did I destroy Sans' snowman?"

I chuckled at this and shook my head before saying, "Doubt it. It was probably nothing more than a lump of snow with his name on it. He seems too lazy to actually make a real replica of himself."

Frisk lightly giggled, "That sounds like something he'd do." She then started walking back up to the maze, before taking a nice long look at it. "Okay, so, I only have a single attempt at this, and trying not to fall off."

Because her sight wasn't blocked by trees this time, she was able to see the puzzle in its entirety, so, like before, she took out her small stick and drew out the puzzle, before tracing the paths that seemed to be the right way to go. "Okay, so, from what I can tell, the answer is quite obvious."

I looked at her in surprise as I asked, "Really? Don't get me wrong, Frisk, but there is no way that you solved it this quickly."

Frisk gave me a face splitting smile as she said, "Actually, I did." She then placed her stick at the bottom left X and said, "It's kind of like a whirlpool. I was right the first time when I started on the outside, but I started in the wrong place. See, if I started down here…" She pointed to the bottom left X, and said, "Then go around the outside, like so…"

She continued to trace her path, and I watched in amazement as she figured out this incredibly difficult puzzle. "Then once I reached the top left X, I go down to the on right underneath it, before going right to the one across it, and then the same before going around, and reaching the bottom middle, going up, and there we have it, the puzzle is solved."

And then, she proceeded to do exactly as she had drawn out, and without messing up once, she landed on the switch, and caused a snow bridge to appear from underneath the edge. I looked over to Frisk and asked, "How are you so damn good at this shit, Frisk!?"

Frisk giggled as she said, "Well, it was one of the few things that the matron taught me before, well, you know…" Ah, right, stupid, arrogant, homophobic, blind creatures that dare call themselves humans. "Anyways, she taught me that if you draw an exact copy of the maze, you could learn the ins and outs of a puzzle. Now then, how about we move on forward?"

I nodded, not really understanding what she had meant, but seeing that it made sense to her, that was all that mattered, and with incredible grace, Frisk skated across the newly made snow bridge that went through the cave. It was long and dark, but when we exited out, I almost lost myself to my own laughter. "What's so funny, Chara?" She asked me in confusion.

"Frisk, I don't know how to tell you this, but… there's a snowdog on your head." I told her, barely holding back my laughter.

Frisk reached for the top of her head, and picked up the snowdog and looked at it, I swear, I thought I saw the thing blink before falling apart, "Well then, that was…different."

Frisk shrugged her shoulders, before looking at the two paths, one going straight, and the other going down, she turned to me and asked, "So, which way do we go?"

I pointed towards the path that leads downwards and said, "Why not try that way, before going forward? We might find something interesting."

Frisk nodded, then she headed down the path, and we found Sans standing there, hands in his pockets, and that grin never fading, Frisk walked up to him and he asked, "what's up?"

Frisk blinked a few times, then she asked, "I don't know, what's up with you?"

Sans smiled as he said, "oh, you know, stalactites."

Frisk shook her head before heading off a little more down, until we saw that Sans was in front of us again. Frisk blinked before turning to where Sans was, and saw that he was gone, then turned back to Sans, and he asked, "are you lost?"

Frisk shook her head, before walking off, and being stopped by a strange, deer looking monster. "Gyftrot confronts you!"

Frisk quickly 'Checked' Gyftrot, and I said, "Gyftrot – ATK 16 DEF 0. Some teens 'decorated' it as a prank."

I instantly heard Frisk gasp in shock as she said, "Oh, no! Who would be so horrible as to do something like this to Gyftrot?"

Before I could answer her about how it was just teens being teens, Gyftrot said, "Get this off of me…" He then proceeded to hurl gift wrapped presents at Frisk, but, thankfully, she managed to avoid them.

We then watched as Gyftrot tried to get the presents off of him, I turned to Frisk and said, "Gyftrot tries vainly to remove its decorations."

I watched as Frisk obtained a very determined look on her face, before rushing towards Gyftrot, carefully removed the present from its back. "You remove the box of non-dog-related raisins."

We watched as Gyftrot breathed a small sigh of relief before saying, "That's a little better…" He then proceeded to launch what looked to be, snowballs at Frisk, who managed to dodge each and every one of them.

She then proceeded to remove yet another present, "You remove the lenticular bookmark of a smug teen winking."

And once more, the Gyftrot sighed in relief as he said, "That's a little better…"

And after dodging more snowballs, I said, "Gyftrot is slightly less irritated."

Then Frisk rushed over and removed a candy cane and I said, "You remove the striped cane that says, 'I use this tiny cane to walk' on it."

And for one final time, the Gyftrot sighed in relief before saying, "A weight has been lifted."

I smiled at Frisk and said, "Gyftrot's have been taken away."

Frisk smiled at Gyftrot and, with extended arms, she said, "I have chosen to SPARE you."

Gyftrot nods and I said, "YOU WON! You earned 0 EXP and 20 gold."

After the battle ended, I pointed ahead of Frisk and said, "Hey, Frisk, I think I see a cave over there. Why not check it out?"

Frisk nodded, then we entered a strange hallway, that leads to a small room, with four bioluminescent mushrooms, and a large, purple door with the Delta Rune etched onto it. Frisk turned to me and asked, "Where does this door lead to, Chara?"

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "I honestly don't know, Frisk. It's been here longer than I can remember, and to this day, for as I'm aware, no one has been able to open it."

Frisk looked around, then she said, "Well, it is warmer in here that out there, I think I'll take a breather right here." She then leaned against the door and looked to me and said, "Keep an eye out for me, Chara. I'm just gonna close my eyes for a few minutes."

I nodded, and watched as she closed her eyes, then proceeded to fall asleep. I smiled softly at her and thought, 'Oh, Frisk, you sweet young girl, what are you doing to me?' I asked myself in a joking manner. 'Am I really falling for her? Or is it just me starting to care for a single human? Either way, I had made a promise to protect Frisk, and I intend to keep it.'

Things were quiet for a while, Frisk seemed to be happy, and I'm not blaming her, 'I don't think she's gotten any kind of sleep since we left the ruins.' I knew that I should let her sleep for a little while longer, but this wasn't the place for it. So, after she had slept for about, probably twenty minutes, I gently began rubbing Frisk on the shoulder and softly saying, "Frisk, oh Frisk. You need to wake up."

I watched as Frisk's eyes started fluttering open, and she asked, "Huh? Wha…? Chara, I was sleeping."

I nodded and softly said, "Yeah, I know that kid. But falling asleep inside an icy cave is not really the best place to sleep. If I remember correctly, there's an inn you can check into and get some decent sleep, in a nice warm bed, how about it, Frisk?"

Frisk rubbed the sleep from her eyes and nodded slowly. "Yeah, that sounds…Yawn…lovely, Chara." I held my hand out for her, and she looked up at me, and with a soft smile, I nodded, Frisk smiled softly as well, then she took my hand, and I dragged her upwards, getting her to squeak out in surprise, making me softly giggle at her.

She then turned to me and jokingly said, "A royal princess helping out a commoner like myself? I should feel honored at your show of kindness, Princess Dreemurr."

I blinked a few times in surprise, before blushing deeply, before thinking of getting her back, and saying, "Be careful, Frisky. Because, with all that flirting you're doing, I'm starting to think you're getting attracted to me?" I then gave her a playful wink.

The results were instantaneous, Frisk blushed a deep, ruby red, and I watched as steam started coming out of her ears, then she started stuttering. "Th-that's n-not… I-I'm not… Y-you're just…"

I couldn't take it anymore as I started laughing and said, "Jeez, Frisk, calm down, girl! I'm only playing!"

Frisk, after hearing that folded her arms up and pouted. She looked so cute pouting like that, "Ah, Frisk. You're too cute sometimes, you know that?"

Instead of answering me, she started blushing a new shade of red, before saying, "C-c'mon, le-let's ju-just ge-get go-going, Ch-Chara."

She was too distracted by her own embarrassment, and I was too busy playfully laughing at her response, that we didn't notice the monster in front of us, until Frisk bumped into it, entering a FIGHT.

Me and Frisk quickly snapped into serious mode, that was when I noticed the monster in front of us. It was a weird, fish looking creature, with a permanent toothy smile on its face, large, wing-like fins, and some kind of ball at the end of its tail. I recognized this monster and said, "Glyde swooped in!"

Frisk quickly used her Check ability, and I said, "Glyde – ATK HIGH DEF HIGH. Refuses to give more details about its statistics."

It was then that we heard Glyde speak for the first time. "Wow. Check out my pecks."

Before I was even able to groan at his arrogance, the ball on his tail began flashing, and I quickly said, "Frisk! Watch out!"

Frisk looked up in time to see a massive star coming right for her, she tried to dodge it, but it struck her in the arm, cutting down her HP by 6. I looked over at "Glyde is giving itself a high five. …somehow." I looked towards Frisk and said, "Frisk, you're down to 9 HP, you need to eat something!"

Frisk seemed to nod at me, before taking out a Monster Candy, and ate it. "You ate the Monster Candy. Your HP was maxed out."

We then heard the Glyde proudly say, "How great I am."

"Ugh, the arrogance of this guy is really starting to bug me. Have any ideas on how to handle him, Frisk?" I asked the young girl, not really knowing how to handle this guy.

'I think so. But it is a long shot.' She said to me, seemingly slightly winded at the moment.

'Yikes, she barely gotten twenty minutes of sleep, and now she's in the middle of a fight. We need to get out of here, quickly.' I thought to myself and watched as Frisk dodge some pretty impressive attacks.

After Glyde finished attacking, Frisk, in a very tired state, began clapping, very sloppily, and I said, "You clap really sloppily. Glyde sucks up your praise like a vacuum cleaner."

And the annoying fish creature proudly, and arrogantly said, "Ok! I rule! I admit it!"

I swear, if this guy were anymore arrogant, I could have mistaken him for a human. I then noticed that Glyde was looking into its reflection on a crystal, and he seemed to become aggravated. "Glyde sees its reflection and gets jealous."

Frisk then decided to applaud once more, and I said, "You clap like a gorilla. Glyde is becoming addicted to your praise, Frisk."

"What else do you have to say!?" Glyde asked, over eagerly.

Okay, I decided to intervein before something happens. "Frisk, kiddo, whatever it is that you're planning, it isn't working, you need to think of something else."

Frisk turned to me and she said, "What are you talking about? I know what I'm doing, Chara."

I shook my head and said, "Obviously, you don't. Because all you seem to be doing is feeding this monsters ego. We need to get out of here, Frisk."

Frisk shook her head, and said, "No, I know what I'm doing, Chara. And trust me, this will work."

Before I could respond, we both heard Glyde say, "Whatever, you were boring anyways."

We blinked a few times in surprise, then Frisk turned to me and said, "Mind narrating THAT Chara?"

I awkwardly chuckled and said, "You failed to pay attention to Glyde. Glyde leaves to look elsewhere for praise. Uh, YOU WON! You earned 0 EXP and 120 gold."

Frisk sighed in exhaustion, then she slowly made her way out of the cave, and ran once more into Sans, who said, "say… are you following me?"

We didn't have the energy to even argue with him, as we made our way towards the upper level, before seeing Sans once more, and he said, "you sure do like to exercise."

I gave Sans an angry glare, and we both left, leaving the teleporting skeleton to his own devices. Frisk then walked back to where we had entered, and went right, we saw that the area was covered in snow poffs. And after investigating each and every one and finding 30 G buried underneath a snow poff. We eventually checked the last snow poff, before witnessing a dog's tail and head pop out of it.

"Awe, what a cute little doggie." Frisk said, her mind taking a leave of absence, and all traces of tiredness vanishing, along with her sense of logic, then we watched as the 'small' puppy grew to be three times the size of Frisk, wearing massive armor, and carrying a large spear. Speaking of Frisk, she nervously pulled at her shirt collar and nervously said, "Uh, nice, friendly, massive doggie."

That was when the FIGHT began and I said, "It's the Greater Dog."

Frisk nervously used her Check ability, and I said, "Greater Dog – ATK 15 DEF 8. It's so excited that it thinks fighting is just play."

I watched as Greater Dog threw a blue spear at Frisk, but she froze in her place, allowing the spear to pass through her harmlessly. "It smells like freshly-squeezed puppy juice." I said with a little humor in my voice.

Frisk shook her head, she raised her hand and said, "Here, Greater Dog, here boy."

I softly smiled at this, 'Even when faced with a massive enemy, she still sees the cuteness over anything else. Well, at least when it comes to dogs, that is.' I thought to myself. I turned to her and said, "You call the Greater Dog." Then I watched as it began heading towards her, and then it began licking her, causing her to squeal out in surprise before laughing loudly. "It bounds towards you, flecking slobber into your face."

To which Frisk responded with, 'You don't say.' She then raised her hand began petting Greater Dog.

"Greater Dog curls up in your lap as it is pet by you." I said as Frisk continued to pet Greater Dog. I watched in amusement as Greater Dog fell asleep in Frisk's lap. "It gets so comfortable it falls asleep… Zzzzz… …" It was then that Greater Dog woke up, excitedly. "Then it wakes up! It's so excited!"

Frisk then took out the stick that she used on Doggo, and waved it in front of Greater Dog, then she threw it. "You threw the stick, and the dog ran to get it. You played fetch for a while." After dodging Greater Dogs attack, I said, "Greater Dog is patting the ground with its front paws."

Frisk raised her hand and said, "I have chosen to SPARE you, Greater Dog."

Greater Dog seemed very, very happy at hearing that. "YOU WON! You earned 0 EXP and 40 gold." After the fight ended, we watched as Greater Dog exited his armor, only to see that it really was a small puppy, he then walked up to Frisk, and licked her in the face, getting her to giggle in surprise.

Then Greater Dog jumped back in his armor, the wrong way, and walked away without bumping into anything, somehow… After following after Greater Dog, we soon found ourselves at a long, wooden bridge, overlooking a massive drop. I looked over to Frisk and asked, "You're not scared of heights, are you, Frisk?"

Frisk simply smirked at me as she said, "I tried jumping down that hole that leads into the ruins from the entrance of Mt. Ebott. I think I'll be fine."

I smiled at her, then together, we began crossing over the bridge. As we were walking, I noticed that the bridge seemed, unusual. "Hey, Frisk, is it me, or does this bridge seem…off?"

Before Frisk could even answer me, we both Sans and Papyrus standing before us, Sans turned to us, and loudly said, "HUMAN! THIS IS YOUR FINAL AND MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE! BEHOLD! THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR!"

That was when we saw many things surround the bridge, one looked like a mace, there were two spears, a massive… I want to say, some kind of tribal torch, a large canon, and lastly… was that a dog? Okay, I think Papyrus really went all out for this trap, plus, it looked REALLY dangerous.

That was when Papyrus said, "WHEN I SAY THE WORD, IT WILL FULLY ACTIVATE! CANNONS WILL FIRE! SPIKES WILL SWING! BLADES WILL SLICE! EACH PART WILL SWING VIOLENTLY UP AND DOWN! ONLY THE TINIEST CHANCE OF VICTORY WILL REMAIN! ARE YOU READY!?"

I looked over to Frisk, and saw that she was shaking, and right now, I couldn't tell if it was because she was afraid or because she was cold. Frisk swallowed hard, before saying, "Ye-yeah. Bri-bring it on!" I could tell that she was terrified beyond belief but was trying to be brave to make Papyrus happy.

"ALL RIGHT THEN! BECAUSE! I! AM! ABOUT! TO DO IT!" Papyrus said, while holding some kind of activation switch, but nothing happened. In fact, it looked as if Papyrus was hesitating.

When nothing happened for a few seconds, Sans turned to his brother and asked, "well? what's the hold up?"

"HOLDUP!? WHAT HOLDUP!? I'M… I'M ABOUT TO ACTIVATE IT NOW!"

But once again, nothing happened, me and Frisk shared a look, and I asked, "Why is he hesitating? Shouldn't he be all for this?"

Frisk shook her head and she thought, 'Maybe…it's because he really doesn't want to hurt me.'

I wanted to say that that sounded highly unlikely, but from what I could see, that may not be too far from the truth. Then Sans turned to his brother and said, "that, uh, doesn't look very activated."

"WELL! THIS CHALLENGE! IT SEEMS…" I watched as Papyrus began to look nervous as he said, "IT SEEMS… MAYBE… TOO EASY TO DEFEAT THE HUMAN WITH. YEAH! WE CAN'T USE THIS ONE! I AM A SKELETON WITH STANDARDS! MY PUZZLES ARE VERY FAIR! AND MY TRAPS ARE EXPERTLY COOKED! BUT THIS METHOD IS TOO DIRECT! NO CLASS AT ALL! AWAY IT GOES!" Papyrus then waved his hand, and the trap vanished, as if it never appeared in the first place.

After that, Papyrus turned around and he said, "PHEW!" He then turned back to Frisk and asked, "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!? THIS WAS ANOTHER DECISIVE VICTORY FOR PAPYRUS! NYEH! HEH! … HEH?" He said the last part a little, unenthusiastically, and with that, he marched off into the distance.

Me and Frisk looked at one another in confusion, then Frisk walked up to Sans, who said, "i don't know what my brother's going to do now. if i were you, i would understand blue attacks."

Well, after those interesting words of advice, we had finally made it to Snowdin, we could tell because of the massive sign that says, "Welcome to Snowdin Town!" I looked towards Frisk and asked, "So, where do you want to go first? There's a shop, or…"

Frisk shook her head and, while holding back a yawn, she said, "Sleep first, exploration second."

I pointed towards the building right next to the sign and said, "The building on the left is the local store; and connected to it on the right is the Inn, if you wish to get some sleep, that's the place."
Frisk nodded at me before heading inside.

At the counter was a tall bunny lady, when we approached her, she said, "Welcome to Snowdin Inn! I'm Lola, owner of Snowdin's premier hotel! One night is 80G. Would you like to stay for the night?"

Frisk nodded, before taking out the correct amount of gold and said, "Yes, please."

After she handed them over, Lola smiled as she handed Frisk her key and said, "Here's your room key. Make sure to bundle up!"

Frisk nodded before heading off to her rented out room, it was a small room, a single bed, a nightstand, and a table, Frisk sighed in relief as she said, "Finally, time to get some much-needed sleep!" She then placed her satchel on the table, before getting into bed, she looked up at me and asked, "Want to share a bed again, Chara?"

I knew that she wasn't really asking because of her flirty personality, but because it made her feel comfortable, knowing that there was someone who wanted to make her feel comfortable, I nodded and said, "Sure, why not? Make some room, squirt." Frisk did so, and I gently floated into bed with Frisk, and almost instantly, she wrapped her arms around me, like I was some sort of stuffed animal, this caused me to blush deeply, but, knowing that it made Frisk happy, I held my tongue, and instead turned to her, and pulled the blankets over us, and I saw that she had already fallen asleep. Looking like a cute puppy, absolutely adorable.

I softly shook my head and thought, 'Why must you be so adorable, Frisk? I shouldn't be feeling this way, for any reason, not towards a human, ESPECIALLY not towards a human female. I should be a demon, one who shouldn't even have to think twice about trying to kill any human I see, but you… you Frisk…' I gently brushed Frisk's hair from her face and thought, 'You are not like those monsters that live above ground, the ones that walk in human skin. You're just a poor, damaged child, just like I was. Weather it was from homophobic bastards, people who DARE call themselves villagers. Or psychotic animals who tried to beat me, break me, and…' I shook my head, not wanting to remember those days.

'There all in the past now, Chara.' I told myself, as the memories started returning, and I glanced towards my back, and the ghostly presence of pain spread across as I remembered what they did to me. 'And besides, they're all probably dead by now. It HAS been at least a hundred years, after all. So, I should just leave all those nightmares in the past, where they belong. Just ignore the pain, Chara, you're already dead. Besides, you're more monster than human.' I told myself while looking down at Frisk, who could almost be as similar to me as it gets.

We're like mirrors, with our lives being so similar, but different all the same. I was, dare I say it, happy that I got to meet a good human for once. 'But what if she is just like the rest of them?' A dark thought had asked from somewhere in my mind. 'She could be just like THEM!'

'No! Frisk isn't anything like the humans of my day.' I thought while shaking my head, 'She's kind, gentle, caring, and has tried to make friends with every monster she has come across, and not to mention kinda cute when she's sleeping… Asgore's beard!' I was shocked at what I was thinking, 'Am I… am I really falling for Frisk?' I looked down at the sleeping girl and saw the small smile on her face, clearly she was having a good dream, no nightmares, guess that's a good thing.

"Ohh, Chara, you're so comfortable…" Frisk mumbled under breath, as she tightened her grip on me just a little bit.

I blushed deeply at hearing this, my emotions quickly shifting from shocked to embarrassed, 'God, even when she's asleep she doesn't let up on her flirting habits.' I smiled softly at her, my normally rosy colored cheeks turning a deep red, then maybe it was because of my own exhaustion, or maybe, maybe it was because it was an effect of sharing a SOUL with a flirtatious, eleven-year-old with a heart of gold, I decided that, maybe, just maybe, I might want to give the idea of having some kind of relationship with her a chance. And maybe, we can both find happiness in each other.

Of course, I realized that it sounded stupid, I mean, I was technically a hundred twelve years old, while Frisk was almost twelve. But, then again, I was dead for a hundred of those years, but still… 'Ree always joked at how I would never find anyone to end up with. Especially when I always try to keep people at an arm's length away. And yet, here I am, laying in the same bed as a sleeping human, and not just any human, but a human girl. And I might be falling for her. Even though I ruined things before, with that stupid plan, I just might want to see where this goes.'

I felt a strange feeling resonate from where my heart would be, a strange warmth that I have never felt before, it almost felt like, like hope. 'We both have been through a lot when we lived with the humans, maybe a little happiness is just the kind of thing we need.'

I gently kissed Frisk on her forehead and softly said, "Sleep tight, little Frisk. For you're going to need all the energy you can get, for tomorrow, you have a big journey ahead of you. And, maybe, just maybe… well, we'll see what happens once we reach Waterfall. So, sweet dreams, my innocent little angle." I then snuggled up into Frisk's arms, and closed my eyes, fell asleep, feeling happy, really happy for the first time in forever.

However, the dreams that came were not filled with joy and happiness as I relieved my days as a Dreemurr, but instead, days when I was living among the humans, and was forced to relive all the horrors that came with them.

I was awoken by the sounds of movement in my bed, I slowly opened my eyes to see Frisk staring back into my eyes. I watched as she blushed lightly and she said, "G-good mor-morning, Chara."

I smiled back at the little ball of sunshine and said, "Good morning, Frisky. You ready to continue on our adventure?"

Frisk nodded, still looking a little flustered and she said, "Ye-yeah. Whe-where ar-are we go-going first?"

I floated out of the bed, and allowed Frisk to do the same, as she grabbed her satchel, and threw it over her shoulder, then I said, "Well, first thing is, we're going to the shop getting you some Monster Food. And then we'll see what else there is to do here in Snowdin. And maybe try to get some directions on how to get to the Capital. Because, whatever information I may have known, is probably useless by now."

Frisk nodded, before heading back down to the reception desk, that was when Lola said, "Hiya! You look like you had a great sleep."

Frisk nodded with a bright smile and said, "I did, thank you for letting me stay the night."

Lola laughed and said, "Think nothing of it, kid. After all, you looked like you were going to pass out at any minute."

Frisk nodded as she placed the key on the desk and said, "Yeah, it felt like I was walking all day, yesterday."

Then Lola laughed and said, "Well, if you're ever in need of a place to rest, the door's always open."

Frisk nodded and as she headed for the door, she said, "Thank you, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. Have a great day!"

"You as well, kid. Stay warm!" Lola said with a smile on her face.

After we left the Inn, Frisk walked up to the Save Point that was nearby and I said, 💥"The sight of such a friendly town fills you with determination."💥

Frisk smiled softly, then she walked towards the store, where, once inside, the owner greeted her, "Hello, traveler. How can I help you?"

Frisk kindly waved and said, "Hello, there."

The bunny monster smiled and said, "Hiya! Welcome to Snowdin! My name is Teressa. I can't remember the last time I saw a fresh face around here. Where did you come from? The capital?"

Frisk hesitated and said, "Uh… not really."

Frisk was starting to get nervous, and I could tell she was afraid to be recognized as a human, mom's warning still clear in my head, "If you leave the Ruins… They… ASGORE… Will kill you."

Then Teressa gave Frisk a long look, before having a strange expression appear on her face before saying, "You don't look like a tourist. Are you here by yourself?"

Frisk nervously chuckled and said, "Yeah, I just came to collect some essentials." Frisk then looked around and began buying a few items, like a two Bisicles, and a few Cinnamon Buns, then she noticed something on a top shelf, she carefully grabbed them, and saw that they were items that belonged to humans.

One was a Manly Bandanna, and the other was another Tough Glove, made from the same material that the first one was made out of. But something else caught Frisk's eyes. it looked like a plastic sheriff badge, she picked it up and examined it.

Teressa noticed what Frisk was holding and she sadly sighed and said, "Those once belonged to other humans who came down here, the one who owned that badge was possibly the only human that us monsters have ever gotten to respect from us. His name was Mike Denbrough, he was such a sweet young boy, came here looking for another human, a little sister of his, Amanda Belrose. While not biologically related, they saw each other as siblings, but, when he learned what had happened to her, he became depressed, but when he discovered that it was an accident, it seemed like something changed in his heart. He then decided to stay here in Snowdin and protect us."

Me and Frisk were speechless, "Re-really?" Frisk asked, shocked beyond belief.

Teressa nodded solemnly and said, "Yeah, while many monsters here in the Underground don't know what humans look like, most of us here in Snowdin do, so, while I can understand why you won't say anything to other monsters, just know that, while you are here in Snowdin, many of the monsters, well, those that were here when Mike came through, they won't harm you."

Frisk was terrified, when she first heard Teressa call her human, but then she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard what the bunny said about being safe. Then she looked towards the manly bandanna and the other glove and asked, "Can you tell me about the kid who owned the glove and bandanna?"

The bunny shop owner sighed and said, "The boys name was Triston Dinklage, and while many monsters considered him a… murderer, for brutally killing several monsters…" Me and Frisk gasped in shock at this reveal, a kid killing monsters!? That's absurd! Teressa shook her head before saying, "But, I believe that he was afraid."

"Afraid?" Frisk asked Teressa, curious as to what she was talking about. "Afraid of what?"

"Heh…" Laughed Teressa, be it, humorlessly, she then looked over to the stores window and asked, "What do you think? After falling down into a hole, and wind up staying in a place filled with monsters, many of whom have been trapped down here for so long, and several have deep rooted distain for humans, for trapping us down here for so long, and, well… you get the picture."

Frisk swallowed hard at that and asked, "What, what do you think happened to the kid?"

Teressa looked down and said, "Chances are, Triston left the Ruins, and was instantly taken by surprise of one of the monsters, and from what many had said when they first saw him, he looked a cornered animal. From what many said, his eyes looked fierce and determined. Like a true fighter, from what I heard, he fought hard and valiantly, but, eventually, he was overpowered, and… he was taken to the capital."

Frisk swallowed hard at that, and I couldn't blame her, I mean, after all, she just received confirmation that mom was speaking the truth about there being a chance that Frisk could be in danger of being killed out here. Then Teressa shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry if I scared you."

Frisk shook her head rapidly as she said, "No, it's not that, it's just that, I was taken by surprise that a kid would do something like…that."

Teressa nodded and she said, "Yeah, I can understand that, so…" Teressa went silent for a while, then she smiled softly and said, "Say, how about you take these with you? Who knows? They might be useful to you later on." Teressa said as she handed Frisk the glove, bandanna and the sheriff badge.

Frisk looked up in surprise and she asked, "But, don't these belong to you?"

Teressa shook her head and said, "All they're doing now is collecting dust, the kind that appears on stuff that hasn't been touched in years. Besides, if possible, I would like these items to be returned to their proper owners. Let them finally be laid to rest. It's the least that could be done."

Frisk nodded solemnly, for she too, had the same idea, so, she accepted the three items, before carefully putting them in her bag. She then looked up to Teressa and said, "I promise you; I'll make sure that these items are returned to their proper owners."

Teressa smiled at Frisk then she said, "I appreciate it." She then seemed to be suddenly realizing something, then she said, "Oh, dear me, how rude of me, I never asked your name."

Frisk smiled softly before saying, "My names Frisk."

Teressa smiled at her and said, "Well, Frisk, it was nice meeting you, I hope you have a safe journey."

Frisk smiled as she waved her farewell before leaving the store, she strolled through town, observing the different monsters as she was passing by, she noticed a small, lizard like monster, wearing a striped shirt, when he noticed Frisk he said, "Yo! You're a kid too, right? I can tell 'cause you're wearing a striped shirt."

Frisk looked down at her shirt and she said, "I never noticed that striped shirts were common among kids."

The Monster Kid smiled and said, "Yeah! Although, it is mostly because many monsters look the same when we reach adulthood, so the kids wear striped shirt, so we don't get confused for adults."

Okay, that made sense, "I always wondered why kids always wore striped shirts." I said, one of the few questions I had about the Underground had finally been answered.

Then the Monster Kid said, "Oh! My names Monster Kid, of course I was named by King Asgore, but, please, call me Cedric! What's yours, dude?"

Frisk blinked a few times before saying, "Uh, Frisk. And I'm not a dude."

Cedric laughed as he said, "Oh, don't worry about it. I call everyone dude. Well, later, dude!" And with that, the strange, armless Monster Kid ran off, before falling on his face, before picking himself back up.

After saying goodbye to Cedric, we passed by Snowdin's famous restaurant. "That's Grillby's. The best place to get burgers and fries." I said, and I could almost smell the cooked burgers from inside.

'How can you tell that, Chara? You been here before?' Frisk asked me.

I shook my head while holding back a chuckle, before pointing and said, "No, I read the sign, silly."

Frisk looked up ahead and saw the sign right in front of Grillby's, before she blushed in embarrassment, before thinking, 'Well, I still can't read monster language, Chara, you know this.' I didn't say anything, and instead just gave her a friendly smile.

Standing in front of the restaurant was a brown bear wearing an orange coat. When Frisk walked up to him, he said, "This town doesn't have a mayor. But if there's ever a problem, a skeleton will tell a fish lady about it. Thaaaaaat's politics!"

Well, that was surely, informative. "Wait! a fish lady? OH MY GOD IS IT HER!?" I watched as Frisk flinched in pain from me yelling and I said, "Sorry." If he was talking about who I think he's talking about, then that must mean that she's finally made it to the Royal Guard. I wonder if she still suplexes rocks when she's board?

Frisk muttered something about the screaming dead, and I just chuckled, then, as we passed by a small house with two mailboxes. One was overflowing with mail, Frisk looked on the side and saw that it was marked 'sans' while the one next to it seemed empty and was labeled 'PAPYRUS.'

Frisk slowly opened up Papyrus' mailbox and saw that it really was empty, then she frowned and said, "I wonder why Sans has so much mail, but Papyrus does not?"

"Most likely because Papyrus always empties his mailbox, while Sans doesn't even bother." I said, which, judging from how Sans acts, might not be too far from the truth.

After we walked past what we believed to be the Skele-bros home, and into a snowstorm, and I was serious, we couldn't see five feet in front of us. "All right, Frisk, be careful. We don't know what could happen next. So, watch your step."

Frisk simply replied with, "Yeah, I know, Chara. I know."

After walking for a while, and the snow fall getting harder and harder, and visibility becoming less and less, and I swear, we would be lucky if we didn't accidently walk off into the freezing cold water.

That was when we saw a figure standing in the distance, it was hard to make out who it was, I'm pretty sure that we know who it is. that was when the loud voice said, "HUMAN. ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME COMPLEX FEELINGS." The voice said who we now know is Papyrus.

"FEEKINGS LIKE… THE JOY OF FINDING ANOTHER PASTA LOVER." Papyrus said, and I could almost HEAR that large smile that I knew was on his face. "THE ADMIRATION FOR ANOTHER'S PUZZLE-SOLVING SKILLS. THE DESIRE TO HAVE A COOL, SMART PERSON THINK YOU ARE COOL." It was clear for me to see that Papyrus seemed very happy to have someone like Frisk enjoy his puzzles, and her complements to him. "THESE FEELINGS… THEY MUST BE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW!"

However, Papyrus needs to turn down his ego, if not just a little bit. But, Frisk, the ever so cheerful girl, who seems to want nothing more than to make friends with every living creature she meets, smiled brightly that I could see it through this blizzard, and said, "Yeah! To meet another puzzle lover is the greatest thing ever!"

Papyrus then loudly said, "I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO FEEL THAT WAY. AFTER ALL, I AM VERY GREAT."

'And also, a bit egotistical, as well.' I thought mostly to myself, because by now I realized that no matter what, only Frisk would ever be able to hear and/or see me.

"I DON'T EVER WONDER WHAT HAVING LOTS OF FRIENDS IS LIKE." Papyrus said, and I swear, I could have heard his voice crack, it made my chest ach.

You're lying, Papyrus.' I heard Frisk think. 'You do wonder what it's like to have friends. But, if only you just be yourself, and not try to be something you're not, then I'm certain that you could have tons of friends.'

I swear, Frisk was too innocent sometimes, but I fear that if she is still as fight happy as I remember her as, then, Frisk won't be making friends with her as easily as Sans and Papyrus. "I PITY YOU… LONELY HUMAN…" Still think that Papyrus needs to tone down his voice. "WORRY NOT! YOU SHALL BE LONELY NO LONGER! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL BE YOUR…"

"Uh, Papyrus, are you okay?" Frisk asked when Papyrus suddenly stopped in the middle of his sentence.

But the Great Papyrus was silent. "…" Then he turned his back towards us and said, "NO…"

I could feel Frisk blink in confusion as she asked, "No? What do you mean, no?"

When Papyrus began talking again, I could hear the pain in his voice. "NO, THIS IS ALL WRONG! I CAN'T BE YOUR FRIEND!"

I turned to Frisk, who had her hand over her mouth in shock as she asked, "What!? But why? I thought you wanted to be friends, Papyrus. Why can't we?"

Papyrus turned back to Frisk, and even though it was very foggy, I could have sworn that I saw a look of pain on his boney face. "YOU ARE A HUMAN! I MUST CAPTURE YOU! THEN I CAN FULFILL MY LIFELONG DREAM! POWERFUL! POPULAR! PRESTIGIOUS! THAT'S PAPYRUS!" With each word Papyrus spoke, I could hear his voice crack more and more, it was like he didn't WANT to say these words but was forcing himself to.

"THE NEWEST MEMBER…" I swear, I heard Papyrus swallow hard before saying, "OF THE ROYAL GUARD!"

And with those words, we entered the fight. "Papyrus blocks he way!" I said, as Papyrus stood tall.

Frisk used her 'Check' ability, and I said, "PAPYRUS – ATK 20 DEF 20. Likes to say: 'Nyeh heh heh!'"

"NYEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus loudly said, proving my point.

"You see?" I asked Frisk with a small smile on my face, but she wasn't smiling, in fact, she looked worried.

We watched as Papyrus began throwing small bones at Frisk, but because they were very small, and moving slowly, Frisk simply walked past them, Frisk looked up to Papyrus and said, "Papyrus, I don't want to fight you. You're too kind, and funny to want to hurt you."

This seemed to make Papyrus blush as he loudly said, "WHAT!? FL-FLIRTING!? SO YOU FINALLY REVEAL YOUR ULTIMATE FEELINGS!" I rolled my eyes at Papyrus, not because he was stupid, but because he thinks that all complements are some kind of flirting. "W-WELL! I'M A SKELETON WITH VERY HIGH STANDARDS!"

To which Frisk smiled warmly as she said, "I can make spaghetti."

This caused Papyrus to grab his head in shock as he loudly said, "OH NO! YOU'RE MEETING ALL MY STANDARDS! I GUESS THIS MEANS I HAVE TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU…?"

Wait, WHAT!? I got angry at hearing Papyrus say something like and wanted to tell him that Frisk wasn't flirting with him, and that she played for the other team, but I had to remind myself that I was just an invisible, unheard specter that no one but Frisk, and perhaps mon can here/see.

But before Frisk could say anything, Papyrus shook his head before saying, "LET'S DATE L-LATER! AFTER I CAPTURE YOU!"

While Frisk easily dodged Papyrus' attack, I thought, 'Why did I get angry at Papyrus? Was it because he thought a simple complement was flirting? Or… is it because I'm jealous? Jealous that he had basically asked Frisk out on a date?' I shook my head, not wanting to believe that, but, a quiet voice spoke from somewhere, 'What is wrong with being a little angry at someone else trying to ask your girl out, Chara? Besides, you deserve a little bit of happiness, don't ya?'

My eyes widened at hearing this voice. 'Azzie? Was that you?' But no other voice came from my mind. I shook my head and paid attention to the fight between Frisk and Papyrus, but feeling a little, odd, at my own thoughts.

Deciding to get back on track, I looked towards Frisk and even though I was a little, uneasy with what was soon to happen, I still said, "Papyrus is thinking about what to wear for his…date." I prayed that Frisk wouldn't flirt anymore, or at least make this fight end quicker.

Frisk smiled at Papyrus and said, "Papyrus, what do you say we stop this fight and just hang out for a while?"

But, unfortunately, Papyrus thought that she was talking about the date, again. "OH, NO! LET'S DATE L-LATER! AFTER I CAPTURE YOU!"

Once more, Papyrus sent small bones at Frisk, going one mile an hour, which she dodged easily. I sighed as I said, "Papyrus is thinking about what to cook for his date. Frisk, kiddo, can you just SPARE him, already?"

Frisk pressed the MERCY button, and selected SPARE, before saying, "Papyrus, I'm not going to fight you."

To which Papyrus responded with a simple smile as he said, "SO YOU WON'T FIGHT… THEN LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE MY FABLED 'BLUE ATTACK!'"

Papyrus then started launching a bombardment of blue bones at Frisk, who, through remembering Doggo, stood perfectly still, and allowed the attacks to pass by harmlessly through her. It seemed that she had managed to avoid all of Papyrus' attacks, until her red SOUL, turned a bright blue, and she fell to her knees, and I felt a little heavier.

Frisk tried to push herself up, but it was hard, she looked up at Papyrus and asked, "What, what happened?"

But, before she could get an answer, I saw a bone coming from behind her and I said, "Frisk, behind you!"

Frisk turned and saw a bone coming right at her, but she couldn't dodge the attack, and she lost three HP. I quickly floated up to Frisk and asked, "Frisk! Are you okay?"

Frisk could only nod, as Papyrus loudly said, "YOU'RE BLUE NOW. THAT'S MY ATTACK! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"

I realized what this meant, "Frisk, now that your SOUL is blue, you will much slower while trying to run, that's because BLUE attacks effect gravity. You're going to have to jump in order to avoid his attacks!"

Frisk glanced over to me and asked, 'How does that make any sense, Chara? Wouldn't this change in gravity mean that I shouldn't try jumping?'

I shook my head and said, "While it may not make much sense, the truth is, when your SOUL is blue, it makes walking or running almost impossible, but when you jump, it makes you weightless. And kind of makes you fly."

Frisk, deciding to just go with it, struggled to stand up, and said, "Papyrus, I refuse to fight you."

And once more, he becomes completely oblivious to Frisk's pleas, and put his hand to his chin and said, "HMMM… I WONDER WHAT I SHOULD WEAR…"

And with that, Papyrus once more began throwing bones at Frisk, who, deciding to listen to my words of advice, jumped over the bones being thrown at her, and flew quite a few feet into the air, causing her to scream out, "Holy shit!" Then she safely lands back on her feet, only to quickly jump higher to avoid a much larger bone.

Once the attack finished, I floated over to her and said, "You know, for such a young girl, you have quite a foul mouth, Frisk." Frisk didn't answer me, so, I turned back to Papyrus and I said, "Papyrus dabs marinara sauce behind his ear."

Frisk once more stood up tall, well, as tall as she could with gravity being weird right now, and she said, "Papyrus, I'm not going to fight you."

But, instead of focusing on the fight, he said, "WHAT!? I'M NOT THINKING OF THAT DATE THING!"

To which I softly, and sarcastically said, "Yeah, and I'm secretly the prophesied angel that was foretold to free the monsters from the Underground."

I watched as Frisk continued to jump over the bones, before safely landing on her feet, before getting hit by a stray bone, dropping her HP down to 8, and I saw that she was starting to breathe a little heavily, and was looking a little exhausted, "Frisk, are you okay, kiddo?"

Frisk nodded and she said, "Yeah, just a little winded, that's all."

I nodded, knowing that Frisk would be okay, and that nothing bad would really happen to her, "Well, that's good to hear, kid." Turning back to Papyrus, I said, "Papyrus dabs MTT-Brand Bishie Cream behind his ear."

Frisk once more pressed the MERCY button, and selected SPARE, not even bothering to try to talk any more. Papyrus looked to Frisk and for some strange reason he said, "HOLD 'UP' LONGER TO JUMP HIGHER! JEEZ!"

Me and Frisk shared a strange look, before Frisk started jumping over larger and larger bones, then I said, "Papyrus dabs MTT-Brand Anime Powder behind his ear."

It was a rinse and repeat type battle, from how things were going, Frisk tried to SPARE Papyrus, but he continued to throw bones at Frisk, when Frisk tried to SPARE Papyrus once more, he said, "YEAH! DON'T MAKE ME USE MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

After getting hit once more, Frisk dug into her bag and took out a Cinnamon Bun and ate it. "You eat the Cinnamon Bunny. Your HP was maxed out."

After Frisk regained her HP, Papyrus happily said, "I CAN ALMOST TASTE MY FUTURE POULARITY!"

Over and over, Frisk tried to SPARE Papyrus, but he still sent attack after attack at Frisk, who managed to jump over each and every attack, with a few minor attacks.

"Papyrus dabs MTT-Brand Attraction Slime behind his ear. Where does he even keep most of this stuff?" I asked, still not understanding the strangeness that is Papyrus.

Frisk once more tried to SPARE the tall skeleton, but he loudly said, "PAPYRUS, HEAD OF THE ROYAL GUARD!"

"I swear, it's like his desire for popularity is distracting him from the fight." I said, getting kind of annoyed at the tall skeleton. 'It doesn't help the fact that I'm actually jealous that Papyrus has asked Frisk out on a date after this fight.' I shook my head and said, 'Calm fucking down, Chara. Stop acting like a lovesick Lesser Dog. You haven't even told Frisk anything yet.'

After getting myself focused back on the fight, I saw that Papyrus was once more putting something else behind his ear and said, "Papyrus dabs MTT-Brand Beauty Yogurt behind his ear."

'What the heck is this MTT-Brand stuff, Chara?' Frisk asked me after hearing yet another MTT-Brand item being mentioned.

I shrugged and said, "I have no idea, Frisky. Must be some kind of super star brand bull crap."

Frisk nodded ever so slightly, before using the SPARE button for the hundredth time during this fight. And Papyrus, loudly yelled, "PAPYRUS: UNPARALLELED SPAGHETTORE!" Frisk then proceeded to jump over a few large bones, before having to jump through several gaps between stacked bones.

I then saw some kind of realization on Papyrus' face, and I said, "Papyrus realizes he doesn't have ears."

"UNDYNE WILL BE REALLY PROUD OF ME!" As Frisk continued to dodge, Papyrus continued to speak, "THE KING WILL TRIM A HEDGE IN THE SHAPE OF MY SMILE!" Yeah, keep dreaming, buddy. "MY BROTHER WILL WELL, HE WON'T CHANGE VERY MUCH."

After dodging even more bones, I saw Papyrus get a thoughtful look as I said, "Papyrus is considering his options."

"I'LL HAVE LOTS OF ADMIRERS! BUT…" Papyrus then continued his attacks, all of which Frisk dodged.

Frisk tried once more to SPARE Papyrus, but instead, the loud skeleton looked down at Frisk and asked, "WILL ANYONE LIKE ME AS SINCERELY AS YOU?"

As Frisk jumped over and through several bone obstacles, Frisk said, "I'm sure that you'd find someone, Papyrus. All you have to do is be yourself."
The overly enthusiastic skeleton seemed to hesitate for a single moment, before returning to full focus.

"Papyrus is trying hard to play it cool." I said as I watched the taller skeleton straighten himself out.

As Frisk once more tried to SPARE Papyrus, he said, "SOMEONE LIKE YOU IS REALLY RARE…"

Frisk then jumped over several pillars of bones, making sure to do her best not to get hit too much. After she landed, I looked over to her, slight worry filled my nonexistent heart, as I saw Papyrus was frowning and I said, "Papyrus remembered a bad joke Sans told and is frowning." Well, that's what I thought he was thinking, anyways.

"AND DATING MIGHT BE KIND OF HARD…" Yeah, no shit, sherlock, kind of hard for anyone to date if they're DEAD!

"Papyrus is preparing a bone attack." I said, not really caring to try to make this enjoyable, seeing how none of us were. Papyrus seemed, hesitant, Frisk looked like a mess, and I am getting jealous every time Papyrus mentions anything to do with that 'date' he keeps bringing up.

"AFTER YOU'RE CAPTURED AND SENT AWAY." Yeah, and then she gets killed, has her SOUL taken from her, dies, and never gets to see you, mom, Sans, or anyone ever again. And I'll end up breaking my promise to mom.

I watched as Frisk continued to dodge more of Papyrus' attacks, who was getting angry, as he said, "URGH… WHO CARES! GIVE UP…"

Frisk refused to give up, no matter how hard Papyrus tries, Frisk doesn't surrender, and she continued to try to MERCY Papyrus. "Papyrus, please, I don't want to fight you, we can stop this right now! You don't have to do this!"

I watched as Papyrus' tightened his fists as he growled in frustration and said, "GIVE UP OR FACE MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

Frisk shook her head as she said, "No, Papyrus, I won't give up! Just please, let me through!"

But Papyrus shook his head as he smiled widely and he said, "YEAH! VERY SOON I WILL USE MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

I was starting to get very worried, at this rate, Papyrus will wear out Frisk and she would be taken by surprise from one of his attacks, "C'mon, Frisk, hold on! I can feel that we're almost done here."

Frisk silently nodded, not risking getting herself distracted, for fear of what could possibly happen. Then the loud one said, "NOT TOO LONG AND I WILL USE THAT SPECIAL ATTACK!"

I glared at the loud skeleton, and yelled out, "If so, then do it and stop talking about it! You're starting to annoy me!" I was really close to losing my mind at this point.

I then heard the annoying skeleton whispering his usual annoying catchphrase. "Papyrus whispers 'Nyeh heh heh!"

Frisk once more choses the SPARE button, and Papyrus says, "THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE… BEFORE MY SPECIAL ATTACK…"

Frisk refused to give up, "No, I didn't leave the only place that I felt comfortable to call home, just to give up at the start. Sorry, Papyrus, but I must continue onwards."

Papyrus launched yet another bombardment of bone attacks at Frisk, but kept on jumping over them, refusing to give up, and as I watched her dodge the attacks, I swear, it was like a work of art. No, it was like choregraphed dance. And I was starting to see Frisk as a beautiful dancer, and it was like the world was her stage. And I couldn't take my eyes off of her. I watched as she pirouetted in midair as she jumped over the pillars of bones.

"Papyrus is preparing a bone attack." I said, not really paying much attention to anything at the moment. 'Okay, that was both badass, and totally awesome at the same time, as well as being downright beautiful.' It was getting hard not to fall for this young girl, she flirts like a professional, but has both beauty and grace that seems to defy all sense of reasons. My god, without even trying, Frisk has successfully made me fall for her.

'But would she even like me like that?' I asked myself in a moment of fear, before looking back at Frisk, who seemed to notice I had stopped helping her, but seemed to be handling herself very well.

It was then that I heard Papyrus' loud voice cry out, "BEHOLD…! MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

This made me return complete focus on Papyrus and the rest of the fight, 'Worry about your conflicted feelings later, Chara. Frisk needs you here and now.'

But that was when we heard the sound of something, almost like a dog chewing on something, we turned to the source of the sound, and saw that strange white dog chewing on a bone, "WHAT THE HECK!" Papyrus yelled out in shock. "THAT'S MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

I had to hold back the laughter at this, 'Oh, god! I know I shouldn't be laughing, but that's hilarious!'

Papyrus then yelled out, "HEY!" Hearing Papyrus' loud voice seemed to make the dogs eyes widen very cartoonishly, "YOU STUPID DOG! DO YOU HEAR ME!?"

We watched as the dogs eyes glanced upwards, and I swear that it looked either fearful, or surprised that it had been caught, then Papyrus continued to yell, "STOP MUNCHING ON THAT BONE!" We watched as the dog slowly backed away into the forest, dragging the bone with him as Papyrus continued to yell, "HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! COME BACK HERE WITH MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

But the dog was already gone, all three of us were completely silent as to try and process what the hell just happened.

"…" Papyrus seemed to be the one who was trying not to lose his cool as he sighed in defeat and said, "OH WELL. I'LL JUST USE A REALLY COOL REGULAR ATTACK."

Frisk took this time to catch her breath and get ready for whatever kind of nightmare that Papyrus was going to unleash on her next. For hopefully the last time, Frisk stood tall and almost slammed her hand on the SPARE button, not wanting to hurt Papyrus, but also getting tired the longer the fight continued.

"Papyrus is getting ready for a regular attack." I said, feeling relief at the fact that whatever special attack that Papyrus was going to use is now gone, but worry at whatever kind of attack Papyrus was going to use next.

Frisk looked Papyrus in the eyes and said, "Well, give me you best shot, Papyrus, I made it this far, I'm not turning away now."

Papyrus looked down in disappointment as he said, "*SIGH* HERE'S AN ABSOLUTELY NORMAL ATTACK."

Papyrus proceeded to launch multiple sets of bones at Frisk at relatively normal speed, but the complexity of them all gotten more and more difficult to keep track of, in fact, Frisk got hit twice, lowering her health all the way down to 2, and while she was tired, she didn't stop, she even jumped over that annoying dog that was still chewing on Papyrus' Special Attack, then Papyrus got really creative by sending out bones that spelt out the phrase 'Cool Dude' in bones, and a bone riding on a skateboard, which I have to admit, was pretty damn cool.

That was when I saw an entire FOREST of bones heading for Frisk, and, without even realizing it, once Frisk jumped, I quickly flew over to her, and grabbed her and tried to keep her from hitting the bones.

Frisk looked up to me in surprise and asked, 'Chara? What are you doing?'

While avoiding more and more bones, I said, "Keeping the promise I made to mom. I promised that nothing bad would happen to you, and I'll be damned if a skeletal forest is what does you in!" It was then that we saw a massive bone heading straight for us, and I flew up as high as I could go, not wanting to get hit again, I used all my strength to fly over the last bone, and letting Frisk down gently, before noticing a single, very small bone slowly heading towards us.

Frisk waited for the right moment, and jumped over the final bone, before falling on her knees, breathing hard, the exhaustion of the fight finally catching up with her. That was when Papyrus spoke up, and it sounded like he was exhausted as well, "WELL… -HUFF- IT'S CLEAR YOU CAN'T -HUFF- DEFEAT ME! YEAH! I CAN SEE YOU SHAKING IN YOUR BOOTS! THEREFORE I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, ELECT TO GRANT YOU PITY! I WILL SPARE YOU, HUMAN! NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO ACCEPT MY MERCY."

Frisk sighed in relief, and she looked up at the tall skeleton, with a gentle smile on her face, before saying, "I, Frisk, hereby accept your MERCY, Papyrus."

And with those words, the world returned to normal, and the snowstorm cleared up, and we saw Papyrus looking away from us, and he seemed to be crying. "NYOO HOO HOO… I CAN'T EVEN STOP SOMEONE AS WEAK AS YOU… UNDYNE'S GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN ME." Okay, this kind of getting hard to watch. "I'LL NEVER JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD… AND… MY FRIEND QUANTITY WILL REMAIN STAGNANT!"

I looked towards Frisk, knowing that she seems to care for every monster in the Underground that she meets and asked, "What should you say?"

Frisk ran up to Papyrus, even though she was hurt, and hugged him tightly and said, "Papyrus, if you want, I'll be your friend."

Papyrus looked down at the tiny kid in surprise, and he asked, "REALLY!? YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH ME?" I could tell that he was hopeful, and Frisk silently nodded, then Papyrus said, "WELL THEN… I GUESS… I GUESS I CAN MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR YOU! WOWIE! WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD OUR FIRST DATE… AND I'VE ALREADY MANAGED TO HIT THE FRIEND ZONE!" That's, not really how it works, Papyrus.

"WHO KNEW THAT ALL I NEEDED TO MAKE PALS… WAS TO GIVE PEOPLE AWFUL PUZZLES THEN FIGHT THEM?" Papyrus loudly said.

Frisk shook her head and said, "Your puzzles weren't awful, Papyrus. They were really fun."

Papyrus' eternal smile seemed to get bigger as he said, "YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT, HUMAN FRISK. I HEARBY GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO PASS THROUGH! AND I'LL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS TO THE SURFACE."

Wow, that was easy. "CONTINUE FORWARD UNTIL YOU REACH THE END OF THE CAVERN. THEN… WHEN YOU REACH THE CAPITAL, CROSS THE BARRIER. THAT'S THE MAGICAL SEAL TRAPPING US ALL UNDERGROUND. ANYTHING CAN ENTER IT, BUT NOTHING CAN EXIT… …EXCEPT SOMEONE WITH A POWERFUL SOUL. …LIKE YOU! THAT'S WHY THE KING WANTS TO ACQUIRE A HUMAN. HE WANTS TO OPEN THE BARRIER WITH SOUL POWER. THEN US MONSTERS CAN RETURN TO THE SURFACE! OH, I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU…"

Why was I getting a bad feeling about all of this? "TO REACH THE EXIT," Papyrus stated, "YOU WILL HAVE TO PASS… THROUGH THE KING'S CASTLE. THE KING OF ALL MONSTERS… HE IS…" I was starting to get a little nervous, all of a sudden, the whole area became deathly quiet, seriously, it was as if someone had turned off all the sound in the area. Then Papyrus said, "…WELL…"

Then, all of a sudden, sound returned to the world as Papyrus said, "HE'S A BIG FUZZY PUSHOVER! EVERYBODY LOVES THAT GUY. AND I AM CERTAIN IF YOU JUST SAY… 'EXCUSE ME, MR. DREEMURR… CAN I PLEASE GO HOME?' HE'LL GUIDE YOU RIGHT TO THE BARRIER HIMSELF! ANYWAY! THAT'S ENOUGH TALKING! I'LL BE AT HOME BEING A COOL FRIEND! FEEL FREE TO COME BY AND HAVE THAT DATE! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" And with that, Papyrus left us.

Frisk turned to me and said, "I'm gonna run to that Save Point first, I feel like I'm going to die, Chara."

I nodded, knowing that with Frisk's low HP, it can be very dangerous not to make certain that she was fully recovered. After recharging at a Save Point, and restacking some items from the store, I turned to Frisk and asked, "So, you ready to head off, Frisk?"

Frisk shook her head and thought, 'I would like to hang out with Papyrus, first.'

I was shocked at this and asked, "Wait! You want to go on that 'date' with Papyrus? Why?"

Frisk shrugged her shoulders and said, 'Well, why not? Besides, he asked me 'out' and I don't want to stand him up.'

I looked at the girl in confusion and asked, "But I thought you weren't interested in boys, Frisk."

'I'm not. But I'm not going to hurt Papyrus' feelings by turning him down, especially seeing how all he wants is friends.' Frisk told me, and I really couldn't disagree with her, Papyrus was a big softy, after all.

I folded my arms and said, "Fine, let's go on that 'date' with Papyrus."

Without wasting much time, we arrived at Sans and Papyrus' house, and we saw the tall skele-bro standing there, smiling like a fool, when he saw Frisk he said, "SO YOU CAME BACK TO HAVE A DATE WITH ME! YOU MUST BE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS…"

"You wish, Papyrus. Unfortunately for you, Papyrus, Frisky here plays for the other team." I said, causing Frisk to blush very lightly.

Papyrus then got all bashful as he said, "I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOU SOMEPLACE REALLY SPECIAL… A PLACE I LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME!" We then proceeded to run around Snowdin a couple of times, before returning back where we started, and Papyrus said, "MY HOUSE!"

I facepalmed and said, "Papyrus, I don't think first dates should be done at home. Then again, what do I know? I have been dead for a century, after all."

Papyrus then ran inside his house, I turned to Frisk and asked, "I'm going to ask you this one more time, Frisk. Are you SURE you want to do this?"

Frisk smiled brightly and said, "Yeah, besides, I wasn't joking when I said I wanted to be friends with Papyrus."

"But you're willing to go on a date with that loud skeleton?" I didn't want to sound it, but the longer this went on, the more and more jealous I got, it was all so confusing. 'Am I falling for Frisk because our SOULs are merged, and thus Frisk's emotions are fueling my own? Or is it because Frisk is a generally good kid? I guess I'll have to figure that one out on my own.'

When we entered Sans and Papyrus' house, we saw that it actually looked pretty cool. A large, flat screen TV, with a two seated couch, and a decent sized kitchen, with a strangely over sized kitchen sink. Frisk walked over to Papyrus, who said, "WELCOME TO SENIC MY HOUSE! ENJOY AND TAKE YOUR TIME!"

Frisk and I took notice of a pet rock sitting on a table, "THIS IS MY BROTHER'S PET ROCK. HE ALWAYS FORGETS TO FEED IT. AS USUAL; I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY."

We looked down at the rock and I said, "This rock is covered in sprinkles."

Frisk noticed a joke book sitting on a table, 'Huh, must belong to Sans. Wonder what's written in it?'

I watched as Frisk opened up the joke book, only to find something else. "Inside the joke book was a quantum physics book. You looked inside THAT book… only to find another joke book. And inside that joke book was another quantum physics book… you decided to stop before you opened up an infinite number of joke books inside quantum physics books. I think this might belong to Sans." Frisk seemed to nod in agreement.

Frisk walked over to the TV, and turned it on, when a loud gameshow styled music started playing, and Papyrus said, "OOH, IT'S MY FAVORITE GAME-SHOW!"

I looked on the screen, and turned to Frisk and said, "It says, 'STAY TUNED FOR A NEW PROGRAM – MTT.'"

Papyrus looked shocked at this and said, "WHAT! IT'S USUALLY BETTER THAN THIS! THIS IS JUST A BAD EPISODE! DON'T JUDGE ME!" Then the TV was turned off.

Frisk noticed something next to the TV. "It's a dirty sock with a series of notes on it."

"SANS! PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SOCK!"

"ok."

"DON'T PUT IT BACK DOWN! MOVE IT!"

"ok."

"YOU MOVED IT TWO INCHES! MOVE IT TO YOUR ROOM!"

"ok."

"AND DON'T BRING IT BACK!"

"ok."

"IT'S STILL HERE!"

"didn't you just say not to bring it back to my room?"

"FORGET IT!"

Me and Frisk shared a glance at one another, both of us trying our hardest not to laugh at this, but it was impossible.

We walked into the kitchen and saw the insanely high kitchen sink, which Papyrus asked, "IMPRESSED? I INCREASED THE HEIGHT OF MY SINK. NOW I CAN FIT MORE BONES UNDER IT! TAKE A LOOKSY!"

Frisk opened the sink drawer, and instead of seeing a pile of bones, which would have been very creepy, we instead saw that annoying dog from earlier, chewing on a bone.

"WHAT!?" Screamed Papyrus. That was when the dog quickly ran away, and Papyrus yelled out, "CATCH THAT MEDDLING CANINE!" But when Frisk ran after him, the dog was already gone. Papyrus snapped his boney fingers and said, "CURSES!"

That was when we heard a door open and we heard a trombone play a classic 'wah wah wahhhh.' sad song. Then Papyrus became angry and said, "SANS! STOP PLAGUING MY LIFE WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC!"

When we looked in the oven, Papyrus said, "MY BROTHER ALWAYS GOES OUT TO EAT. BUT… RECENTLY, HE TRIED 'BAKING' SOMETHING. IT WAS LIKE… A QUICHE. BUT FILLED WITH A SURGARY, NON-EGG SUBSTANCE. HOW ABSURDE!"

I looked into the pie and said, "Uh, Papyrus, I think he was making a pie." Not that the enthusiastic skeleton could hear me, that is.

Frisk then walked up to the first door upstairs, and Papyrus loudly said, "THAT'S MY ROOM! IF YOU'VE FINISHED LOOKING AROUND WE COULD GO IN AND… DO WHATEVER PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY DATE?"

Frisk appeared to suddenly get nervous at that wording, but I gently placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "Relax, Frisky, he's too innocent to suggest what you're thinking about. Plus, he seems really nice."

Frisk nodded slowly, before she and Papyrus went inside his room. I had to admit, his room was just like him, full of childish things, that showed that while he was big and intimidating, he really was just a kid. A really big kid.

We noticed a box near the door, and Papyrus said, "HEY, THOSE ARE ALL THE ATTACKS I USED ON YOU. GREAT MEMORIES, HUH? SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY… EVEN THOUGH IT BASICALLY JUST HAPPENED."

Oh, Papyrus, you big, dumb, soft, innocent skeleton you. You're too good for this world. What? I can have a heart too, you know. I watched as Frisk walked up to Papyrus' computer, and he loudly said, "THE INTERNET! I'M QUITE POPULAR THERE. I'M JUST A DOZEN AWAY… FROM A DOUBLE DIGIT FOLLOWER COUNT!"

I was confused and slightly shocked at this, and asked, "How can you have negative two followers? That seems, impossible in every sense of the word?"

I then heard Papyrus say, "OF COURSE, FAME HAS A STEEP PRICE. A JEALOUS PERSON HAS BESIEGED MY ONLINE PERSONA. ALWAYS SENDING ME BAD PUNS IN A GOOFY FONT…"

I turned to Papyrus and asked, 'Bad puns in a goofy font? Papyrus, I think your brother is the troll, pal.'

But, like my life, I was unheard by 'The GREAT Papyrus' and continued to watch as Frisk went corner to corner, hearing Papyrus talk about the things in his room, like how he doesn't have any skeletons in his closet, besides himself sometimes.

Frisk even took out a book that had caught her eye and Papyrus said, "THAT BOOK'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 'ADVANCED PUZZLE CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CRITICAL MINDS.'" Papyrus then pointed towards another book and said, "THAT NEXT BOOK'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 'PEEK-A-BOO WITH A FLUFFY BUNNY.' THE ENDING ALWAYS GETS ME." Papyrus said, while looking away with tears in his eyes.

At first, I had to hold back my laughter when I heard this and said, "Oh, my lord! Really, Papyrus? Peek-A-Boo With A Fluffy Bunny? That's…" But I then remembered when mom used to read that book to me and Azzie when we were both still alive, and I had to stop myself from crying. I was lucky that Frisk was too distracted looking at the rest of Papyrus' room. 'why must these memories cause me such pain?' I asked myself.

That was when Frisk decided to walk up to Papyrus, who asked, "SO, UM… IF YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING… DO YOU WANT TO START THE DATE?"

Papyrus, you're already on the 'date.' It started the moment we walked in the house.' I then sighed, as I realized that Papyrus was too naïve to understand the concepts of a date. 'Papyrus, you really are too pure for this world.'

Frisk nodded and Papyrus seemed to cheer loudly as he said, "OKAY! DATING START!"

Then, to both me and Frisk were taken by surprise when the world went monochromatic, and it seemed like we entered another fight, but things were different. So, deciding to play the roll that I had given myself, I said, "DATING START!" Even though I wasn't really enthusiastic about it.

And while Frisk seemed like she was having some kind of fun, she did appear kind of nervous to be doing something like this. Then Papyrus cheerfully said, "HERE WE ARE! ON OUR DATE!" Papyrus looked off to the side nervously as he said, "I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE."

Frisk twiddled her fingers as she said, "That's okay, Papyrus, I-I've never been on a date before either."

While that normally would have made me feel better about all of this, it was the reason why she had never been on a date before that made me upset. 'This poor girl didn't deserve the mistreatment that her stupid village had given her. While I didn't either, I wasn't as nice and innocent as Frisk here is. I got exactly what I deserved.'

Papyrus then smiled as he said, "DON'T WORRY HUMAN FRISK! YOU CAN'T SPELL 'PREPARED' WITHOUT SEVERAL LETTERS FROM MY NAME!"

I actually had to smile softly at this, "He may act like a big tough guy, but at least he's very kind, and sweet, in his own weird way."

Frisk giggled at this, and she said, "That's true, Papyrus. That is very true."

We watched as Papyrus quickly pulled out a book from his pocket and said, "I SNAGGED AN OFFICIAL DATING RULEBOOK FROM THE LIBRARY!"

I blinked in confusion as I said, "There's a rulebook for dating? Has the world fallen so much that people really need a written rulebook for dating? That's…weird."

"WE'RE READY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME!" Papyrus said proudly, seemingly excited to start this 'date' of his. Papyrus then opened up the book and said, "LET'S SEE… STEP ONE… PRESS YOU'RE CONTROLLER'S [Y] BUTTON FOR -DATING HUD.-"

I blinked in confusion at this, then before Frisk and I, a large yellow Y appeared, and Frisk looked to me in confusion, before shrugging, and pressing it. We then saw very strange things appear all around us. Like a yellow sun with the word SUN next to it, a radar that seemed to be scanning for that annoying dog, a crime rate radar, a meter that only had the phrase 'REEL IT IN!' over it, and another one that seemed to measure population, and for some strange reason, there was a single egg.

Papyrus's eyes widened in amazement as he said, "WOWIE! I FEEL SO INFORMED! I THINK WE'RE READY FOR STEP TWO!"

I shook my head at this, "Papyrus, I think you're going a little overboard with this one, buddy."

But Frisk seemed to want to continue to play along with Papyrus. "So, what's step two, Papyrus?" She asked, seemingly having some fun with this as well.

Papyrus nodded and looked down back to the book and said, "-STEP TWO… ASK THEM ON A DATE.- AHEM! HUMAN FRISK! I, THE GREAT PAPTRUS… WILL GO ON A DATE WITH YOU!"

I gave Papyrus a raised eyebrow and said, "Papyrus, you already asked them out on a date. It's why we're here in the first place."

Frisk seemed to blush in embarrassment as she said, "I accept."

This caused Papyrus to blush as well, as he covered his cheek bones and said, "R-REALLY? WOWIE! I GUESS THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR PART THREE!" He once more looked at the book and said, "-STEP THREE… PUT ON CLOTHES TO SHOW YOU CARE!-"

Papyrus seemed to have a suspicious expression appear on his face, then he put the book down and said, "WAIT A SECOND." Oh, dear, now what? "-WEAR CLOTHING…- THAT RIBBON AROUND YOUR HEAD… YOU'RE WEARING CLOTHING RIGHT NOW! NOT ONLY THAT… EARLIER TODAY, YOU WERE ALSO WEARING CLOTHING! NO… COULD IT BE?" Papyrus put his hands to his cheekbones and asked, "YOU'VE WANTED TO DATE ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!?"

Frisk seemed to blush a bit, before saying, "Well, no hard feelings but, having a date today wasn't something I was expecting to happen when I woke up today."

This seemed to shock Papyrus, then he looked away and said, "DESPITE THAT, YOU CHOSE TO WEAR CLOTHING TODAY, OF ALL DAYS…?" Papyrus began blushing as he asked, "WAS YOUR INTREST IN ME… PREDESTINED!?"

Frisk blushed deeply as she said, "Well, on the surface it's kinda frowned upon not to be wearing clothes."

Papyrus seemed to shake up as he said, "N-NOOOO! YOUR DATING POWER…!"

We watched as Papyrus seemed to be shocked, and a bar appeared over his head with the words 'DATE POWER' over them, and it soon began filling up, once it reached halfway, it stopped. Papyrus looked nervous before saying, "NYEH! NYEH HEH HEH!" He then got this competitive expression on his face as he stood proudly and said, "DON'T THINK YOU'VE BESTED ME YET!"

I watched as a new bar thing appeared, this one showed lots of tension, and Papyrus said, "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS… HAVE NEVER BEEN BEATEN AT DATING, AND I NEVER WILL!"

"Okay, I may not have ever been on a before, but I don't think dating is a competition." I said, not really to anyone, but just wanted to say that.

"I CAN EASILY KEEP UP WITH YOU!" Papyrus said proudly. "YOU SEE, I, TOO, CAN WEAR CLOTHING!"

"I sure hope so, Papyrus, because Frisk is right, no matter how long it has been, nudity is still frowned upon with the humans."

Papyrus got this weird look on his face as he said, "IN FACT… I ALWAYS WEAR MY -SPECIAL- CLOTHES UNDERNEATH MY REGULAR CLOTHES! JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO ASK ME ON A DATE!"

Okay, I think Papyrus is the kind of person who will drive me insane, "Papyrus, you didn't even know that you were going to be going on a date today, in fact, yesterday you had been trying to capture Frisk, and barely an hour ago the two of you were fighting. Why would you be wearing… you know what? Forget it. I don't want to drive myself insane with trying to understand you."

"BEHOLD!" Papyrus said as he rushed off somewhere, before coming back a minute later looking much more casual than before. He was now wearing normal shoes, shorts, gloves, a large shirt with 'COOL DUDE' written on it, and a backwards cap. "NYEH! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY SECRET STYLE!?"

I had to admit, it was actually pretty cool looking. It was better than that 'Battle Body' of his. And Frisk seemed to enjoy it as well, because she said, "I love it, Papyrus!"

Hearing this caused Papyrus' eyes to widen as he said, "NO! A GENUINE COMPLIMENT…!" And once more, the DATE POWER bar began filling up more and more until it stopped at the middle of the 'W' and Papyrus said, "HOWEVER… YOU DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN POWER OF THIS OUTFIT!" THEREFORE… WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS INVALID!" And we watched as the bar dropped down to between the 'P' and the 'O.'

Papyrus seemed to become confident as he said, "THIS DATE WON'T ESCALATE ANY FURTHER!"

Frisk seemed to smirk at this as she flirtatiously said, "Is that a challenge?"

Papyrus began blushing deeply as he said, "…UNLESS Y-YOU FIND MY SECRET! BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN!"

I looked towards Frisk and asked, "So, where do you think his so-called 'secret' is, Frisk?"

Frisk pointed towards Papyrus' shirt and asked, "Is it your shirt?"

Papyrus looked down at his shirt and said, "THIS SHIRT DIDN'T ORIGINALLY SAY 'COOL' BUT I IMPROVED IT. EXPERT TIP: ALL CLOTHING ARTICLES CAN BE IMPROVED THIS WAY."

Frisk seemed to look at Papyrus' clothing, before pointing towards his hat and asked, "Is it your hat, Papyrus?"

Papyrus looked to the side and asked, "MY HAT…? MY HAT." He seemed to get really happy as he said, "MY HAT! NYEH HEH HEH!" We watched as he raised his hat up and revealed a present.

How did he manage to hide a present under his hat? Papyrus then said, "W-WELL THEN… YOU FOUND MY SECRET! I SUPPOSE I HAVE NO CHOICE! IT'S A PRESENT… A PRESENT J-JUST FOR YOU!"

Frisk was carefully handed the present, and it looked like she was going to cry, possibly from being shown such kindness from Papyrus, she carefully opened the box and saw that it was… "It's a plate of spaghetti." She said softly.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?" Papyrus asked, that joyous smile wide on his face.

To which Frisk smiled and said, "Of course!"

"SPAGHETTI." Papyrus said loudly. He looked to the side as he said, "THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, ISN'T IT?" Frisk nodded and Papyrus said, "RIGHT! BUT OH, SO WORNG!"

I was confused at this. "How could she be right, but wrong at the same time?" I asked, and once more, no one but Frisk heard me. Maybe that was another reason why I was starting to fall for her. She's the only one who can both hear and see me. Or maybe it's just because she's extremely kind.

Then I noticed that the DATE POWER bar had returned, and Papyrus said, "THIS AIN'T ANY PLAIN OL' PASTA! THIS IS AN ARTISAN'S WORK! SILKEN SPAHGETTI, FINELY AGED IN AN OAKEN CASK… THEN COOKED BY ME, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS! HUMAN FRISK! IT'S TIME TO END THIS!"

Finally, I was starting to get annoyed by this madness. "THERE'S NO WAY THIS CAN GO ANY FURTHER!"

Frisk looked down at the plate of pasta, before slowly bringing the fork up to her mouth, and taking her first bite of Papyrus' Pasta. I watched as her eyes widen in shock, and her face scrunches up, I could tell that she wasn't liking the taste, but she didn't want to hurt Papyrus' feelings. "Good god, Frisk, if you don't like it, tell him. Be honest with him." I told her, not wanting to see her like this.

But Papyrus thought that it was something else. "WHAT A PASSIONATE EXPRESSION! YOU MUST REALLY LOVE MY COOKING! AND BY EXTENSION, ME!"

Frisk almost spat out her spaghetti, but managed to swallow it, before asking, "Huh, what?"

"MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN I DO!" Papyrus said, wide eyed. It was then that Papyrus had multiple shocks go through him and that DATE POWER bar raised up further and further to the point that the blue line went through the bar. It was then that the world went white, and we heard Papyrus say, "HUMAN FRISK. IT'S CLEAR NOW. YOU'RE MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME."

If I was drinking anything at that moment, I would have spat it out in shock as I asked, "WHAT!?"

"EVERYTHING YOU DO. EVERYTHING YOU SAY." Papyrus continued. "IT'S ALL BEEN FOR MY SAKE. HUMAN FRISK. I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY, TOO. IT'S TIME FOR ME TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS." If we could see, I would have been able to see tell what was going on, but I was still blinded by the whiteness. "IT'S TIME THAT I TOLD YOU. I, PAPYRUS…"

It was then that the world returned to normal, and we could see again, we saw that Papyrus was looking a little sad, or maybe nervous for some reason. Then he said, "I… UM…" I could see that Frisk was blushing up a storm in embarrassment, then Papyrus seemed to change his tone of voice as he said, "BOY. IS IT HOT IN HERE, OR IS IT JUST ME?"

Well, there goes the dramatic tension. "… OH, SHOOT." Papyrus said sadly.

"Papyrus, are you okay?" Frisk asked the normally joyous skeleton in concern.

Papyrus sighed sadly as he said, "HUMAN, I… I'M SORRY."

My eyes widened in shock as I asked, "WHAT!? SORRY!? FOR WHAT!?"

Papyrus sadly said, "I DON'T LIKE YOU THE WAY YOU LIKE ME."

I groaned at this and said, "She didn't even like you in the way you were thinking, you bonehead. She's not into boys, you doofus!"

Frisk smiled sadly at this, and Papyrus quickly said, "ROMANTICALLY, I MEAN. I MEAN, I TRIED VERY HARD TO! I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE YOU FLIRTED WITH ME… THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU. THEN ON THE DATE, FEELINGS WOULD BLOSSOM FORTH! I WOULD BE ABLE TO MATCH YOUR PASSION FOR ME! BUT ALAS… I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS… HAVE FAILED."

I was getting very confused as to what this skeleton was talking about. "I FEEL JUST THE SAME AS BEFORE. AND INSTEAD, BY DATING YOU… I HAVE ONLY DRAWN YOU DEEPER… INTO YOUR INTENSE LOVE FOR ME! A DARK PRISION, WITH NO ESCAPE. HOW COULD I HAVE DONE THIS TO MY DEAR FRIEND…? … NO! WAIT! THAT'S WRONG!"

Ugh, will this guy just decide what his feelings are, already? "I CAN'T FAIL AT ANYTHING!" Well, nice to know that Papyrus has his priorities in order. "HUMAN FRISK! I'LL HELP YOU THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES!" They wouldn't be so bad if you would just let the girl talk, idiot.

"I'LL KEEP BEING YOUR COOL FRIEND…" Well, at least he's being nice to offer his friendship. "AND ACT LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENED."

I felt an ache from Frisk as I heard her think, 'Do we really have to pretend that this never happened? While I was not in love with you, I did enjoy hanging out with you, Papyrus.'

Ouch, that hurts. Frisk actually had fun here, and Papyrus went and made things both awkward and suggested that this whole 'date' thing never happened. "AFTER ALL, YOU ARE VERY GREAT. IT WOULD BE TRAGIC TO LOSE YOUR FRIENDSHIP. SO PLEASE… DON'T CRY BECAUSE I WON'T KISS YOU." I could hear Frisk hold back a small chuckle, which then became full laughter when Papyrus said, "BECAUSE, I DON'T EVEN HAVE LIPS. AND HEY, SOMEDAY, YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME."

This brought a smile to my face as I realized that I could be that person for Frisk. But then Papyrus looked to the side and said, "WELL, NO. THAT'S NOT TRUE. BUT I'LL HELP YOU SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus then seemed to run out of the room, only to rush back in before saying, "OH, AND IF YOU EVER NEED TO REACH ME… HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL ME ANY TIME! PLATONICALLY. WELL, GOTTA GO! NYEH HEH HEH!"

And with that, Papyrus was out of the room, and everything returned to normal. I looked down at Frisk, who was smiling sadly, before asking, "So, how does it feel to be 'friend zoned' by a skeleton, Frisk?"

Frisk giggled a little before saying, "Well, not exactly how I thought my first date would have gone, at least I managed to make a friend out of Papyrus, so that's cool, I guess."

I nodded, knowing that, while the 'date' didn't go so well, at least Frisk managed to have fun. "Well, I guess that's why it's called a 'date' Frisk. To see if you would be suitable for dating, right?"

Frisk nodded, then she said, "I guess, well, at least Papyrus was polite about everything, and honest."

"That and the fact that he never had a chance with doesn't mean much either, does it?" I asked her, knowing that it was true.

Frisk nodded and said, "That may be so, but he was still kinda cute. If I weren't attracted to other girls, I wouldn't have mind dating him."

This intrigued me, and I raised my eyebrow and asked, "Oh, really, now? You telling me that if little Frisky Frisk wasn't a lesbian, that she would be all over goofy Papyrus?"

Frisk blushed deeply, and she said, "Uh…" It was clear to me that Frisk's mind has completely shut down from embarrassment and I laughed lightly and ruffled her hair as I said, "Oh, relax, Frisky, I'm just teasing you. You're too cute sometimes." Frisk simply blushed even deeper at this, and I realized that this adventure with Frisk was going to be one to remember for a long time.

*The Void {REDACTED's POV}*

"Hmm, interesting. Very, very interesting. What do you think… Core?" I asked the only other being in this empty place. "Such a fascinating timeline, is it not?"

"I told you before, Doctor, not to call me Core. My name, despite it being used by many others in different AU's, I am still Frisk." My guest stated, and I can that that she wasn't very happy at being referred to as such. Even though she was still a young kid, she is still an omnipresent being.

I nodded, knowing how touchy she could be, and the fact that, even though we share the same past, she is still better off then I am, then I said, "I am sorry, Schrödinger, but I must ask once more, what is your opinion on this iteration of yourself?"

"I'll admit that they are, indeed, interesting. But I must ask, just what is it that you plan to do with them, G…"

"DON'T USE MY NAME!" I exclaimed, but the young girl didn't even flinch, even though she looks just like Frisk, except deprived of all color, and pitch black voids for eyes, she got lucky that she had Determination, since with that, she was able to survive what I couldn't, and became a traveler to the AU's. I sighed and said, "I don't want you to use my real name." I told this version of Frisk.

Schrödinger simply nodded, then she asked, "Just what is it that you plan to do with them, Doctor? You know that, unlike me, you didn't have the determination or the physical mass to keep yourself together when you ended up in the CORE. And you were scattered across time and space, and now each of those fragments ended up in alternat realities. Some were lost for good, others were never lost to the void, while others were forgotten. What will you do?"

I shook my head and looked back to where I was watching Frisk and Chara left my sons home, then I said, "All I want is to right the mistakes I've made."

Schrödinger simply nodded and said, "Be that as it may, Doctor, but what is it that you plan on doing?"

I turned to my only tie to the outside world and said, "Right now? I will simply observe. I have to decide what to do when the time is right."

My guest nodded, then she said, "Very well, then. I best get going, even in the Void, I cannot stay to long in a single AU for to long, or else Error will find me."

I didn't understand Error's deep hatred for Schrödinger. Not that they really hated each other, while both were anomalies, they are friendlier that one would expect, but both are more or less on opposite sides. Error wishes to erase anomalies, while Schrödinger only wishes to rescue Genocide survivors.

"Just be careful, Marusina." I told the founder of the Omega Timeline.

To which she simply nodded, before leaving. I sighed and looked back to this current timeline. "Many outcomes, iterations, the story constantly changes, but never diverts from the original timeline. A child falls into the Underground, either befriends or kills every monster they meet, and causes the Underground to go empty. What will you do, child? Either way, this will be very, very interesting."

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Thechaosmaster: Well, here we have it. Two weeks later and over 23,000 words, and Snowdin is finally completed.

Blossom: So, you finally had Gaster make his appearance, huh? What's your plan with him?

Chaos: Right now? Nothing. I don't have a real idea of what I want to do with the first Royal Scientist, and no, I'm not going to bother hiding the fact that it is WD Gaster. Mostly because it should be obvious. Now, Core!Frisk is sort of like a watcher of the multiverse/AUs that is why I had her show up. I don't really have much planned for these two, besides probably being reoccurring side characters. Unless someone has an idea of what kind of bigger role to play. And, as you can see, I am slowly starting to show that Chara is starting to feel something for Frisk, but I won't rush this kind of romance, especially not when Undyne makes her first appearance next chapter. Well, if anyone has any ideas of what I can do with Gaster and Marusina, let me know. Well, that's all for now.

Blossom: Take care everybody and stay safe.

CHAOS CONTROL!