This is it.

This is the chapter that will be the start of pushing this story to be different from The New Frontier. Of course a few of you might find the beginning half with an eye roll...but stick around for the end. You might be surprised.

...or not. I dunno.

Oh, and ShockDreemurr? Prepare to be shocked.

Asriel: Saw that coming a mile away...

Chapter Start!

"I spy with my five little eyes..." Muffet said playfully, one leg crossed over the other, her lower hands on top of her lap, and the upper four gesturing a thinking position. She has decided to visit the Dreemurr Residence for a little visit. And of course the subject of said visit would be Chara, who was sitting a few feet away from her, looking pretty relaxed so far. "Let's see. I spy with my five little eyes...somethiiiinnnng...pink!"

Chara blinked, as he placed a hand on his chin, rubbing it slightly wih curiosity gracing his own eyes. "Uuuummmm...is it, I dunno...your bow?"

"Noooooo~"

"Uhhh...your spider wallpaper?"

"Noooooo~"

"...Ahah! Mettaton's boots!"

...Nope!~"

Chara threw his hands up in exasperation. As determined as he was, these kinds of games have found ways to whittle out his already lacking patience awfully quickly. "I thought for sure that was it! Very few monsters around freely wear pink without shame, and they're guys I wouldn't expect to wear pink! Is it Asgore's 'Mr. Dad Guy' Sweater? Sans' pink bunny slippers?"

"Those are pretty good guesses, Chara-Dearie. Buuuuut...ultimately incorrect!" Muffet said with a cheerful clap of all of her hands. "The sort of pinkness I was referring to..." She reacher her hands out and placed them on his cheeks, lightly squishing them together. "Was your pink cheeks!~" Chara's expression fell flat once he realized what this was about. Muffet didn't pay it any mind, playfully squishing them with delight in her eyes. "Awww. Don't adopt such a grumpy face, Chara-Dearie! You know how cute your squishy pink cheeks are!" She exclaimed happily. She was highly amused, while Chara was not. He didn't think she cared. Usually touching his pink cheeks were only to be touched by his family, especially his mother and her excessively affectionate cheek pinching. Everyone else? His pink cheeks would be off-limits.

Muffet was an exception.

"You're just gonna let her do this to you, huh?" Flowey said, sitting in his flower pot on the counter. "You can't just let her abuse your cheeks like that!"

"Ugh..." Chara sighed as he rolled his eyes as Muffet continued playting with the pink spot circles on his cheeks. He was more than capable of forcing Muffet to stop, but he didn't want to harm her in the process. As a result, he was helpless to do anything about knew he was possibly being incredibly silly about it, and maybe overly cautious, but he couldn't help himself. Muffet...she was so fragile looking. He was afraid that too much force on his part might seriously hurt her, and that was not something he wanted. He never brings this up with her, fearing retaliation that will get him seriously hurt. Muffet now know how to use spider strength, so it's best to not push her. "Muffet, do you realy think that this is necessary?"

"Yep~"

"Oh...are you gonna stop any time soon?"

"Nope~"

"Oh..."

Muffet stuck her tongue out at him, feeling rather proud. Though she supposed she would give him a bit of a break after all, and pulled away from him and placed her hands on her lap again. Asriel and Frisk made their way down the stairs, and they see the duo, and Flowey, chatting and smooshing Chara's cheeks. Frisk waved to them happily. Muffet turned towards them and waved with all three of her hands towards them, looking incredibly cheerful herself. Asriel and Frisk both took a seat next to Chara.

"Muffet, are you going to pull Chara away again?" Asriel asked, as Frisk gets hold of his ear and begins softly petting it.

"Oh no, Dearie. I'm not going to be pulling Chara away from you, not right now at least." Muffet said, clasping her middle hands. "If I came over here and just stole your brother from you every single time, well, I'd believe your mother will accuse me of stealing him away from her. Then she'd try shooing me away, and I wouldn't be able to see Chara-Dearie as much. Don't want that happening. Nu-Uh. Have to pace myself on Chara time." She sighed softly. "I would really like to increase my Chara time, though I must ease into it. Being on the Surface has made her a bit more cautious."

"Toriel knows that the brats can take care of themselves. They proved their independence a long while ago." Flowey said, rolling his eyes. "She's just trying her best to not be such a mother smother...when she's not smothering them with hugs." Toriel being a mother smother was one of the things that greatly held her back, not believing that her children can manage for themselves when they are clearly able to do so. Thus she strives to not be such a mother smother...now she just smothers them in hugs and kisses. No one has a problem with this.

"Mom isn't gonna mind too much that we go out and do a couple things on our own...so long as we let her know where and what we're doing." Asriel said as he tilted his head slightly. "That's why Alphys gave us upgraded phones so that we can stay in contact with one another when we need to...of course Dad had to relearn how to use a phone..."

"Asgore didn't know how to use a phone?" Muffet blinked in astonishment.

Chara shook his head. "It's honestly quite embarassing. I mean, Mom used to have a phone that wasn't very advanced, but at least she had one. He's isloated himself enough that he didn't know how to use one, even when he had plenty of contact with Alphys. Dad was even more old-school than she was, which really says something about him. He has the sage beard to prove it."

"Oh my. Asgore must have had a lot of catching up to do, didn't he?" Muffet said.

"Mom is the brains of the family. We always tell everyone to keep this in mind." Frisk said with a nod.

"Hm. True." Muffet sits back a bit and crossed one leg over the other before turning to Asriel with a curious head tilt. "So, now that you're relaxed...are you ready to tell us what's wrong, Asriel?"

"Huh?"

"Call it a hunch, or maybe just my spider sense, but I'm getting a feeling that something is on your mind. Care to share with us?"

Asriel looked towards Frisk and Chara, who were both now staring at him with curious looks, as well as a pinch ofconcern. He sighed slightly as he clutched onto his Rainbow Locket. He was hoping to slowly ease into the subject himself, but Muffet just put him on the spot out of nowhere. He supposed he'll just have to play along. Frisk and Chara's Determination will not allow him the luxury of backing out of the subject now. He rubbed his neck as he raised a paw awkwardly.

"Well..."

(An hour earlier: Asriel's Mindscape)

Here he was again. Once again, he was surrounded in a field of buttercups. He stood up and brushed a couple petals off of his clothes and took a look at his surroundings. He could currently see nothing else but a field of buttercups and the bright blue sky. He was back here, and there's nothing to indicate that there was something to do. He could do whatever he wanted here, but he doesn't even know why he was brought in here in the first place. He wished he was a bit more understanding than this when it came to hidden messages or something.

He placed a paw on his chin an tilted his head with closed eyes. He had to remember what he saw from before, the last time he was here. He began putting some serious thought into it. The last time he was here, multiple things have happened at once. They didn''t seem very important at first, but now he had to think deeper into it. He remembered the Annoying Dog showing up out of nowhere, as well as following him from a field of buttercups to a field of dandelions for some reason. Then he remembered seeing some girl sstanding in front of him. He also remembered eating some ddream pie. Hmmm...he could really use some dream pie, if only for the experience.

Asriel opened his eyes and shook his head rapidly. No time to think about pie, despite how much he might be hungering for it.

He also thought back to how he once touched the Annoying Dog and it put his mind through a link of five different images in his head. "Think, Asriel. You remember what you saw, in order. Let's see...first I saw the Underground..." The mindscape slowly succumbed to his wishes, as the area slowly shifted from a field of butercups into the Underground. He nodded in recognition and closed his eyes again. "Okay...next, I saw Waterfall. Waterfalll was the next place I saw, so..." He found himself shifting into Waterfall, and nodded once again. He opened his eyes as he was able to see the piano puzzle that he managed to see in the vision. Then he could see the pedastal, the one with the Artifact after the piano puzzle has been completed. "Alright...that's four out of five. The Underground in Waterfall, where the piano puzzle is loccated, and will lead to the Artifact room once completed. But then..."

There was a brief flash of white, which served to blind him for a couple moments. The light cleared up enough for him to see, and he could see the last thing he saw from both visions. The same girl in the same red cloak, with a white mask covering her face. The rosy pink hair was still very noticable, and he could also see the Delta Rune symbol attached to her, and the pink bow over her chest. A majority of her head was shrouded in darkness by her cowl. Asriel lowered his eyes as he tried to think of who she is and why he kept seeing her.

"Why...why do I keep seeing you? Who are you?" Asriel said quietly as placed a paw over his Rainbow Soul. "The last time I saw you in my mind, you said you were trapped. Do you...do you need my help? Is that why I keep seeing you? You're stuck somewhere in the Underground?" Though as he expected, the girl didn't answer him, and he pouted childishly. He folded his arms and tilted his head with a sigh. "That's definitely not going to help...I can't help you if you don't say anything, you know. But then again...this is my dreamscape. I don't even know how you're reaching out to me." He closed his eyes as a possible thought came over him. "Maybe...maybe it's not really you calling out to me...but maybe it's the Artifact itself that's calling out to me, and you just have some significant relation to it...?" Asriel thought long and hard about this. Maybe there was something he was missing in this scenario, and yet he just couldn't place his paw on what the problem was.

It was troublesome, as he still had plenty of questions on mind, such as the purpose of all of these dandelions. Was this some sort of symbol for what kind of person she was, or what she stands for? Or was it simply coincidence, due to how his dreamscape tends to be incredibly cryptic when he was beginning to stumble upon something highly important? Stuff like this was very tiring for Asriel, because he'll miss the mark if he thinks too hard, and he won't reach it if he thinks too little. It was a very odd conundrum for Asriel, which was also the reason why he believed he could not figure this out on his own. He's going to need some help. Obviously he's going to try to consult his brothers first. They might be able to help him in this rather complicated thought process of his. Whether or not he would gain some progress, it was definitely worth a try either way.

It was with these hesitant last thoughts tht he closed his eyes and vanished from his dreamscape, which allowed himself to awaken from his sleep. He can't put this off anymore. It was time to get to the bottom of this.

He reminded himself to place a SAVE point next to his bed the moment he got out of bed, just to be safe. He didn't know why, but it just felt necessary for the moment. Maybe he was just preparing for possible reprecussions. Either way, he would do it before he would talk to the others.

(Present)

When he finished his story, Frisk, Chara, Flowey, and Muffet stared at him with curious and concerned looks. He looked confused by this, until Chara sighed and shook his head.

"You've been seeing these things for days, and you just now tell us about it? This isn't really something you should be keeping hidden from us, Asriel." Chara ranted slightly. He recognized that Asriel keeping quiet about this was unlike him.

"I know, I know. It's just that...I didn't know if I was just having some crazy dream or if it really was a vision of sorts." Asriel admitted, rubbing the back of his neck. "Though since it came up in my head multiple times at once, I can't exactly ignore it anymore than I already have. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't just imagining things, and that there was actually something to them." As he gave them this reasoning, Frisk has ceased petting his ear and seemed to be the first to accept it.

Flowey folded his leaves. "I should have known that dog would have something to do with this..."

"Well...there's one thing we can definitely agree on. He wants us to get to that Artifact for some reason. We don't know why, but if Asriel sees and encountered him multiple times, then it really must be something important." Chara turned to Asriel. "We're familiar with the piano puzzle. But since none of us have really bothered with it for a long time, we don't know how to solve it."

"We at least have to try. I don't know why, but I feel like it's really important that we pursue this. Or, if you don't want to come with me, I think it's important is that at least I pursue this. I don't know why...but I'm feeling very Determined." Asriel said with sterness. There was someone in my dreams and visions. A girl of some sort. She says she's trapped. I don't know if that'sa conscious thought or an unconscious thought, but it doesn't change that she needs help. If there's anything I can do, I have to be there to do so."

"Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, I'm not saying we shoudn't check it out...but it just feels a bit weird. You kept seeing that Artifact, that dog, and that girl. How do we know that this isn't just recipe for trouble?" Chara pondered cautiously. "I have no problem throwing myself into trouble. It's you two that I'm really worried about."

Frisk turned to Chara, his expression remaining calm, yet Determined. "Chara. Asriel says someone needs help, and it has something to do with the Artifact. If someone needs help, we shouldn't ignore it. Especially since we know there's something we can do about it."

The rose-cheeked teen sighed, sitting back against the couch. "You're right. I don't like it very much, but you're right. We have to at least check it out, if someone is really in need of some help down there."

"Ooh! Are we going on a small expedition back to the Underground? I wanna come!" Muffet beamed while clasping all of her hands excitedly.

Chara stared at her in surprise, and was about to refuse her...when he sighed and rubbed his neck. There wouldn't be much point in refusing her, as she'll find a way to come along anyway. Curiosity drives this spider just as much as it drives him. He might as well quietly agree, because here was't much he would be able to do to keep her in one place.

"Alright. So Muffet is coming with us. That's fine." Asriel nodded, taking out his phone. "Though we'll have to let our parents know where we'll be and how long we might be gone. Mom will especially want to know. We can't be running off without saying anything. That has a very low chance of ending well."

Frisk nodded in agreement as he begins thinking back to the Artifact, and the Piano Puzzle. The answers to the puzzles are most likely deactivated like Chara said, and neither of them remember the tune/answer, so they'll need an alternate way to solve it. his mind scrambled a bit to find the answer to this obstacle. After a few more moments of contemplation, he smiled and nodded as he took out his own phone and also began dialing quickly. Chara and Asriel looked at him curiously, and Muffet uncrossed her legs while turning her attention to him.

'Frisk, who might you be calling?" Muffet asked. "Ooh, are we having yet another friend accompanying us, Dearie?" Frisk nodded while smiling softly.

"Someone who's extremely good with pianos...in fact, even better with pianos than Mettaton, even though he really doesn't want to admit it." Frisk said as he finished dialing and begin waiting for the call to return.

(Underground-Waterfall)

"So...is there a reason why you punks called me and lead me down here?" Undyne asked with her arms behind her neck, as she and Alphys were following a few feet behind the young ones leading the way. Asriel, Frisk, Chara, and Muffet were moving a few feet ahead of them. "Must have been pretty important to just call us up out of nowhere. Had to leave Flowey with Geno Alphys, and your Mom had to double check and make sure that we were actually with you."

"We're dreadfully sorry that we hadto call you out of the blue, Master Undyne. It's just that...I've been seeing some really weird things, lately. And I want to check them out." Asriel said while clutching onto his Rainbow Locket. "I don't think I can ignore it anymore. I feel like it's really important for me to seek out. And I kinda need your help to get to the place I'm looking for, since the answers to the puzzles are locked up. I hope we didn't trouble you too much..."

Undyne roughly rustles the fur on Asriel's head, grinning supportively. "Nah. I've always taught you to follow your heart, Asriel. And your heart is sayin' that whatever this stuff is is very important to you. Not only that, you say that you also need my help with this little endeavor. So if this is tht important to you, whatever the reason, then I'll be more than happy to help you out! FUHUHU!"

"That's right, Asriel. This isn't something you ignore, especially since it's shown up multiple times." Alphys said, adjusting her glasses with a shy smile. '"I've been curious about the Artifact myself. It's always been there, purposely sitting there so that no one can get to it...though now we're actually going to figure out it's mystery. Theree must be a reason why it's reaching out to you, and we also don't know how. And then there's that part about you seeing a girl...?"

"I don't know what that's about, either. That's what I want to find out." Asriel said as he was the one in front of the others, walking a bit faster than the others. Chara noticed how determined Asriel was being about this, and sighed as he truly realized there was no stopping him. Besides, his own curiosity was spurring him onwards as well, so this could be beneficial for the both of them. Asriel soon pointed outwards as they could see the Piano Puzzle up ahead. "There, Undyne. The Piano Puzzzle. It's the only one that didn't unlock when we moved from the Underground."

"Aw man. I hate puzzles..." Undyne groaned as she folded her arms.

"I know, but this one might be a bit more to your liking. None of us remember how this goes...maybe you can help us with that?"

"Ngah...alright, I'll see what I can do." Undyne cracked her neck, as well as her knuckles, and approached the piano next to the door beside it. Undyne spread her arms a bit, and began to play.

["Memory"]

Asriel blinked a bit as the familiar tune reached his floppy ears. Chara also felt a bit caught off-guard by the song. Though it was in a piano tune, Undyne was able to very closely replicate the song, despite no one ever hearing her play it. It caught the two of them by surprise by how well she was playing the tune. Muffet noticed that Chara's entire demeanor seemed to soften significantly, and she slowly moved towards him and held his hand. He blinked and noticed she was holding his hand.

"Oh. Uh...sorry. It's just that..."

"We haven't really listened to this song in a while. So...we're feeling kind of nostalgic, and it caught us off-guard." Asriel explained, holding onto his Rainbow Locket. "Mom used to hum this song as a lullabye to put me to sleep as a baby...sometimes she still does. She knows how much I really like this song...and I guess Master Undyne remembers how much I like this song, too..."

"Yeah. Your mom kept teaching me how to play the tune via piano. Every note, she had me memorize. So when she wasn't around to get you to take a nap, I'd definitely be there to do so. Gotta remember that every time you crashed at me and Alphys's place, I'd be able to put you to sleep if you had any trouble doing it yourself."

"It's always been a beautiful song that Mom hums to us to help us sleep. And sometimes Asgore hums to us as well." Frisk nodded in agreement.

Undyne slowly opened her eye as she finished the last tune of the song, a biref glow around the door's outines, until it finally opens. She pulled back and rubbed her neck. "Ha! Easy."

[Music Stop]

Asriel soon steps forward into the room, and the others follwoed him through it. Muffet also followed through, her hands clasped. "Ah...that song was rather lovely. Chara-Dearie, how come you never told me about it?"

"Um...it never came up?" He answered sheepishly. Muffet puffed her cheeks and pouted in disappointment at the answer. "What?! You never asked me about it, so of course I didn't say anything!"

"That's not an excuse! You should have known I might have been curious about it! Hmph!~"

"Muffet, why do you have to be so difficult...?"

Asriel ignored the two of them as he approached the cause of all of his dreams and visions and such up to this point. The Artifact, the crimson orb that sits on top of a pedastal, and a mysterious object that was continously absorbed by the Annoying Dog in different timelines without fail. But this time, he purposely left it alone for Asriel to find. Why would he do such a thing, he might find out here and now. With a contemplative breath, he reached forward and removed the Artifact from it's pedastal, and he could sense immense magic emanating from it as it reacted to him. There was definitely something inside of it, and he wished to know what it was.

Focus your magic into it...maybe I can...

With these thoughts, Asriel closed his eyes as his paws began focusing magic into it, and his ears began rising and levitating in midair. The others quited themselves and looked on in surprise when they saw the Artifact begin to crack from the pressure. Frisk kept them from interfering. He was also worried about the outcome of this decision, but he also trusted Asriel's judgement. If he feels this is the best course of action, then he would allow him to do so without interference. Asriel continued focusing magic into the Artifact, and the Artifact continues to glow brightly and crack even further. The others stepped back a couple feet as the Artifact began rising into the are and spinning rapidly. It began glowing ever brighter, until...

...SHATTER!

A bright flash of red emerged from the Artifact, temporarily blinding the ones present and forcing them to cover their eyes. Asriel was the first to look after the glow died down after a couple moments. His eyes widened as the light cleared up and he could see a bit better, and see someone in the light.

It was her. Same cloak, same hair, same mask, everything.

So that's what she meant by 'trapped'? She was trapped in the Artifact? By who? And why?

He didn't have enough time to think about it, as the light suddenly vanishes completely and the girl began falling to the ground. Asriel's reflexes kicked in quickly as he jumped forward and caught the girl in his arms, carrying her bridal style. He sighed deeply at the close call.

"Good catch!" Alphys voiced out awkwardly.

Asriel was feeling a bit awkward himself. He has never been in a situation like this before, so he didn't hae a clear idea on what to do next. A girl was unconscious in his arms after emerging from a mystical artifact that a small fluffy dog rendered inaccessible for multiple timelines except this one. Undyne's boot camp did NOT cover a scenario like this, not in the slightest. He flinched as he could feel the girl begin stirring in his arms. She eventually regains consciousness, and turns her head towards Asriel. After a few moments of comtemplation, her eyes widen behind her mask as she jumped out of his arms. Before he could get a chance to explain himself, he was suddenly greeted with the sharp end of a sword, which twinkled sightly from the light of the crystals in the cave.

Undyne didn't even see her draw the sword until it was right in Asriel's face. Whoever she was, she was fast.

"Who are you?" The masked girl growled threateningly, the blade now pointed towards Asriel's throat. He swallowed the lump in it and sweatdropped.

Golly...this escalated quickly...

(Meanwhile, on the Surface...)

"Dude. Patrolling has gotten like, so much harder since we moved to the Surface, hasn't it?" 01 sighed as he walked alongisde his beloved, 02 down a street that seemed mostly empty for the moment. It wasn't a very busy street, which was perfect for the mostly laid-back couple.

"I know. We have to work even harder because we're stickin' out for monster bros AND human bros. The humans don't really trust us yet, which maks this entire thing even harder." 02 shook his head. "But we gotta keep going, dude. We have to make Captain Undyne proud. We have to do our jobs right and by the book, or else she'll kick our butts!"

"Wait...doesn't she usually throw that book out the window when it's necessary? I'm pretty sure she DID kinda throw it out the window while saying 'SOMETIMES YA GOTTA THROW THE RULEBOOK OUT THE WINDOW! NGAAAAAAAH!' Or something like that."

"Yeah, it was the first time we've gotten a noise complaint. Then we had to pay for the shattered window. She was rather embarassed about it afterwards."

"Just another day working with Undyne, amirght?" The two of them laughed as they thought about the antics of their captain. It slowly dies down as 01 briefly grabs 02's hand. "Hey. Our shift is almost over, then we have the Dogi take over for us. Do you, like...wanna go get somethin' to eat? At Grillby's, or something? Heard he's really packing in business on the Surface." He offered. 02 seemed interested in the idea, and he nods readily. "Haha! Great! Maybe we can invite Undyne and Alphys over too!"

This was an idea that they can both get behind.

Though they were suddenly cut off from their planning as they stopped in the middle of the street. Someone was standing a few feet in front of them, wearing a dark cloak that flowed with a sudden gust of wind. They were even more surprised by the insignia on the front.

The Delta Rune.

"Wha...he has the Delta Rune symbol on his cloak thing. Is he a recruit of the Royal Guard?" 02 asked as he waved to the stranger. "Hey man! That cloak looks pretty cool on you!"

"Hold up, 02. We don't, like, know who this guy is. We've never seen him before, and we know the others haven't seen him before." 01 said cautiously. "Hey! Like, we haven't seen you around here before! Who are you!?"

The figure didn't really say anything at first. Though a few moments after the question was asked, they could see a malicious, sharp-toothed grin from underneath his hood. He spotted pairs of whiskers from under the Hood. A feline monster? "Im just scouting out the neighborhood, fellas. But enough about me, you should be more worried about what's behind you."

Before either of them could react, 02 suddenly gasped in pain. 01 turned towards him and was shocked to see a lightning-coated blade exit from 02's chest. Completely caught off guard. A few moments later, 02 crumbled to dust flowing in the wind. 01 stared dumbly as the second figure gazed at him with calculated cold eyes. 01 stepped back in fear.

"W-What...02...why-" he didn't get a chance to finish, as he felt two daggers laced with dark lightning pierce him from behind with ruthless force. He could tell it belonged to the first stranger, and heard him click his tongue.

"Tsk tsk. Didn't I just say that you gotta watch out for what's behind you? Geez, you're not very good listeners, are ya?" 01 could only manage a choked gasp, before he too, faded away into dust. The first figure sighed as he put his daggers in his holsters, and held a paw up. "That's two down! Up top!"

"We still have the other Royal Guard members to dispose of. This is no time for celebration." The second figure informed his partner with a deadpan expression.

The other sighed as he casually shrugs his shoulder. "I know, I know. Still, is it so hard to turn off that gruff expression of yours? You always look AND sound very tense."

"You shouldn't take pleasure in these orders. Just follow them. Plain and simple."

"Hey, I can follow orders! It's just that the enjoyment of carrying them out is merely a bonus!" He rubbed his neck. "Though I suppose I can't really see you having that type of mindset. That style just isn't yours." He then narrowed his eyes slightly. "Like I said, that's just two down. Should we split up to take out the rest? They are just filthy mutts, after all."

"If they're as weak as these two, then it should be of no issue for the others. We'll allow our allies to handle them." Was the response, as the more mature partner began walking. Though they we're stopped by a very shocked voice.

"W...WHAT IS GOING ON HERE...?"

The both of them turned at the voice, and could clearly see Papyrus standing a couple feet away from them, frozen in place and trying to piece together what he just saw.

"Hey, look at that! He's got a Delta Rune symbol in the form of a badge! Ain't that cute?"

"He doesn't look fitting of the Royal Guard at all...he's an eyesore." The taller one said as he reached for his swords.

"WHO ARE YOU TWO? I'VE NEVER SEEN EITHER OF YOU BEFORE!" Papyrus exclaimed. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO 01 AND 02?!"

"Wow! He has quite the outside voice, doesn't he? And he saw us both! That's not a combo that will do us much good..." One of them shook his head and patted the other's shoulder. "Shamir, be a buddy and kill him for me? Can't exactly have him ratting us out."

"Understood, Parvos." The one identified as Shamir nodded as his partner Parvos began moving away. Papyrus was still shocked by these events as Shamir began unsheathing his dual blades.

"W-WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Papyrus demanded, while trying not to sound too forceful. "WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE FOR DOING THIS?!"

For while, Shamir didn't answer. Then his eyes narrowed and turned to slits, and his swords were coated with lightning.

"Death to the disgraced Royal Guard. And in the aftermath...Death to the King and Queen."

Papyrus was given no time to retort, as Shamir pounced...

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...Welp. That's different. VERY different. Betcha those who read the previous story might not have expected this.

The Royal Guard Arc. Yeah. I'm choosing that as the name for the first major story arc. We've had our seven chapters of happy Surface time to start...but it's about time we get down to business.

And one more thing...

...Did I shock ya, ShockDreemurr?~ ;D