The very first thing the trio of humans stumbled upon after separating from Sans is a box sitting at a juncture. The sign read that it was for anyone to use, so Tenebris opened it up, expecting to put his slice of pie inside. What he didn't expect was a pair of tough-looking gloves already inside. "Does this box only show specific contents for specific people, or can anyone access anyone's stuff?"

Selendis looked inside of the box and saw why he asked the question. "To be fair, I don't think so. If that was the case and the nearby monsters use this, the box would be a lot fuller."

"True. That doesn't explain why we have a random pair of gloves in mine, but I suppose I can't argue with a freebie. Did you want to wear it, Selendis?"

Selendis looked at her hands. Her body was warm enough thanks to Tenebris' coat, but her hands were still cold. "Yeah, perhaps I could use them for additional warmth. Frisk, how are your hands?" She turned to her sister, who was busy breathing into her hands to warm them up. "Guess that answers my question."

Tenebris shook his head before tossing the gloves at Frisk, who caught them in a panic. "Wear 'em, kid. Even with a heavy sweater on, I doubt you're completely warm and we need to conserve as much energy as possible. Besides, Selendis can always put her hands into her pockets to warm them up."

"W-what about you, Tenny? I know you said the cold doesn't seem to bother you as much, but I can see your arms slowly turning red."

Tenebris let out a sigh. "Suppose there's a difference between the cold not bothering me and actually being resistant to cold. Don't worry, we'll figure something out. Maybe Sans could help us if push comes to shove." Frisk gave him an apprehensive look, but didn't argue.

After getting their items squared away, they proceeded in the direction they were heading, only to run into what looked like a cross between a bird, dragon, and a snowflake.

*Snowdrake flutters forth!

Tenebris shook his head. How did he know this monster's name?

The area darkened again and everybody's souls emerged from their bodies. Frisk gave Tenebris' dark-purple soul a surprised look; it occasionally pulsed a dark aura. Tenebris managed to see what color Frisk's soul was: a bright red. He didn't know what any of the soul colors meant, so he left it alone.

Snowdrake suddenly spoke up, "An avalanche is 'snow' place to be!"

Tenebris deadpanned while dodging the monster's magic attack. "Snow kidding?"

"Oh come on, it was a 'cool' joke!"

"Please excuse me, I'm kinda 'frosty' with ice puns right now." Frisk AND Selendis started laughing; not at the puns themselves, but from the deadpan voices Tenebris and Snowdrake had as they quipped at each other while all three humans dodged magic attacks. Frisk accidentally hit one, but most of the damage was mitigated by Tenebris' shadow barrier enchantment he managed to cast up earlier, something she was immensely thankful for; getting hit in the soul never ceased being painful.

Snowdrake noticed the two girls laughing and beamed. "See? laughs! Dad was wrong!"

After sparing him and sending him on his way, Frisk found some gold coins laying on the ground where Snowdrake was. Then Selendis noticed after she started scooping them into her bag. "Frisk, isn't that stealing?"

"Don't worry. It seems to be something monsters like doing for those who spare them."

Tenebris shrugged. "If only it was always that easy to get money..."

they quickly found Papyrus and... Sans? Selendis shook her head. "How did that even happen? He went in the opposite direction of us."

Frisk shrugged. "Magic?"

Tenebris sighed. "God knows how much magic exists down here. Let's just hope Papyrus is as harmless as Sans made him out to be." They got closer to the skeleton brothers.

"SO, AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE..." Papyrus noticed the humans and started... looking between them and Sans, with Sans doing the same thing, until they both spun in place. Frisk and Selendis let out small groans; neither of them liked spinning that much.

When the skeletons stopped spinning they turned their backs as Papyrus said, "SANS! OH MY GOD! IS THAT... A BUNCH OF HUMANS!?"

Sans grinned wider. "actually, i think those are rocks."

The humans noticed they were looking past them and turn to see three rocks behind them. This made all three of them snort in laughter, especially when Papyrus bought it by saying, "OH..."

"hey, what's in front of those rocks?"

Papyrus looks directly at the trio. "OH MY GOD!" Leaning in to whisper to Sans, yet somehow still being loud, he asks, "IS... ARE THOSE HUMANS?"

"yes."

"OH MY GOD! SANS, I FINALLY DID IT!"

Tenebris chuckled. "I guess we're off to a 'rocky' start!" There was a loud smack as Selendis facepalmed and Frisk started giggling.

"SANS WHO IS THIS HUMAN AND WHY DOES HE TALK LIKE YOU?!" Sans was too busy laughing his head off to respond. "SANS!"

"oh, oh my god. why did i never think of that?"

Papyrus grunted in annoyance, but gained a curious look on his face. Leaning back to his brother and actually whispering, he said, "NOW THAT I LOOK AT HIM, HIS EYE LOOKS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO YOURS WHEN ACTIVATED..."

"i... i would think too deeply into it, pap." Sans was still recovering from his laughing fit.

"ANYWAYS! HUMANS, YOU SHALL NOT PASS THIS AREA! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL STOP YOU!"

Frisk looked at him curiously. "Just stop us?"

"I WILL THEN CAPTURE YOU!" He elaborated.

"Oh..."

"YOU WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CAPITAL! THEN... THEN... I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S NEXT."

Tenebris whispered to Selendis, "We get delivered to the capital and, more than likely, get killed?"

"Too early for assumptions, but if Asgore is as ruthless as Toriel made him out to be, then it's a possibility."

Papyrus waited until they were done whispering to each other. "IN ANY CASE, CONTINUE... ONLY IF YOU DARE! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"

Sans shrugged at the humans. "well, that went well." noticing the worried looks he added, "don't sweat it, i'll keep an eyesocket out for ya." Selendis rolled her eyes, Tenebris shrugged, and Frisk gave a thumbs up before he left.

All three trudged on through the snow, passing a make-shift sentry station that they knew was built by Papyrus. When they came across a sign, Selendis stopped to read it. It read: Absolutely NO MOVING!

"Well this doesn't make any sense..."

Tenebris noticed the sign and read it as well. "No moving? Well then how else are we going to move forward?"

"I thought it was my job to be sarcastic, Tenebris..."

Frisk shook her head as Tenebris quipped, "Doesn't mean I can't be sarcastic. At any rate, let's just keep going."

"Did something move? Was it my Imagination?" All three froze when they heard a voice. They looked into the sentry station and saw a black and white dog poking his head out, looking around. "I can only see moving things."

Selendis resisted facepalming. So that's the reason behind the sign. This sentry has reverse-motion blindness.

The dog continued, "If something WAS moving... for example, a human... I'll make sure it NEVER moves again!" He jumped out of the station and the area grew dark again.

*Doggo blocks the way!

Tenebris shook his head again. This is the second time he knew someone's name without even having met them before. Both Selendis and Frisk shared the same situation, but both of them decided to not question it; it made things a bit easier.

Doggo suddenly growled. "Don't move an inch!" One of his white daggers turned a cyan color and he swung it at them. Despite all of their instincts telling them they should dodge it, they all stayed still.

The knife passed through all of them harmlessly, baffling them. After Doggo returned to his default position, Frisk reached out and pet him, causing him to freak out. "WHAT! I'VE BEEN PET!"

He started spewing randoms words as he swiped with his cyan knife again. After he stopped attacking, the humans spared him. "S-s-s-something pet me, something that isn't m-m-moving... I'm gonna need some dog treats for this!" He sunk back into his station.

The humans took that as their cue to quickly move along. When they got a safe distance, Frisk looked at her sister curiously. "Did he get a case of the munchies or something?"

Selendis shrugged. "Maybe. I just hope he doesn't come running after us." Tenebris started whistling nonchalantly. He saw what looked like dog treats, yet they were smoked rather than eaten. I'm just going to assume that dog treats are like drugs to dog monsters and not say anything...

They found Sans standing next to a patch of ice. "hey, before i forget, here's something important for all of you to remember. my brother has a very special attack. if you see a blue attack, don't move and it won't hurt you."

Tenebris sighed. "Sans, I know you love your brother and you want to play him up as an awesome fighter... but we've already seen an attack like that."

"uh, whoops, forgot doggo had it as well. well, my point still stands since hardly any enemies use blue attacks like that here in snowdin."

Selendis gave him a curious look. "Is that what this area is called? Kinda unimaginative if you ask me."

"if you're thinking i named the area, you're wrong. you'll find out who named it later." He winks at the humans, who simply shrugged and moved on.

They had an encounter with a dog monster simply named "Lesser Dog" and quickly found out just how long his neck could stretch. Selendis couldn't stop petting it, which dumbfounded Tenebris. "Stop petting the dog!"

"I can't help it! He yearns for affection and I have so much to give to a puppy like him!"

Frisk was too busy laughing at the whole ordeal to even try and help. After the Lesser Dog was spared, Frisk managed to get Tenebris out of whispering range of Selendis, who was busy collecting the coins the dog scattered. "Were you jealous of that dog?"

He gives her an odd look. "Uh, n-no. Why?"

"Because the way you told her to stop petting the dog made it seem like you wanted to be the one petted."

He made a bunch of random and embarrassed noises, with his face turning bright red. "S-shush you! I'm telling you now that's not the case!"

Frisk gave him an unconvinced look, but left it alone. Neither of the older humans knew it, but Frisk knew Tenebris had a small crush her older sister. She may flirt innocently, but that doesn't mean she's blind to the smaller signs of romantic interest.

The area with an ice patch was a juncture and they heading left instead of straight this time. they met with a dead end, but it had a living snowman. "Hello, I'm a snowman." Frisk raised an eyebrow, as if to say "no duh" to him. "I wanna see the world, but I cannot move. If you would be so kind, travelers, please take a piece of me and take it far away."

Selendis looked at him worryingly "Wouldn't your piece melt if we carried it in our bags? Especially if we wind up in warmer places."

The snowman chuckled. "I get that a lot. Thing is, the snow I'm made out of is infused with magic so that I will never melt."

Tenebris rolled his eyes. "Because magic makes EVERYTHING better. Seriously, why did humans ever abandon magic?"

Frisk shook her head. "Probably because our souls can't retain magic as well as monster souls. You seem to be an exception, though."

"Please don't remind me..." Frisk whimpered and cuddled into his side. He smiles as he pats her on the head. "Don't worry, Frisk. Not your fault."

Selendis sighed. "At any rate, Mr. snowman, if you're fine with a piece of yourself traveling with us, then I suppose we can oblige."

The snowman looks like he could of smiled wider if he could. "Thank you and good luck!" Selendis stuck the snowman piece into her backpack. Knowing that the snowman will be able to see, or at least feel, different areas of the underground warmed the trio's hearts.

Going the other way in the juncture, they stumbled upon Papyrus and Sans who were on the other side of a patch of compacted snow. "THAT ONE HUMAN, THOUGH. FROM THE WAY HE MAKES BAD JOKES LIKE YOU 'AND' HAS A GLOWING LEFT EYE... IF I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS A HUMAN, I WOULD OF MISTAKEN HIM AS YOUR LONG LOST TWIN BROTHER!" Neither of them noticed the arrival of the humans.

Sans shook his head. "not how it works, pap. besides, i have blue skeleton magic. his is human magic, more than likely."

"IS HUMAN MAGIC ALWAYS THAT COLOR? IT'S SO OMINOUS..." Teneberis felt his heart start sinking, only to almost fall over when Papyrus added, "I WISH I HAD DARK PURPLE MAGIC. MY CHANCES OF GETTING INTO THE ROYAL GUARD WOULD DOUBLE- NO, TRIPLE!" He looks over and sees the trio. "OH-HO, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL AND HIS COMPANIONS!"

Selendis shook her head. "Could we not talk about that subject? It's kind of a touchy subject for Tenebris." Frisk and Tenebris gave her a confused look.

"APOLOGIES, HUMAN. ALSO... THIS IS EMBARRASSING, WE NEVER PROPERLY INTRODUCED OURSELVES! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS AND THIS IS MY LAZY BROTHER, SANS!"

Frisk smiled. "I'm Frisk, my older sister is Selendis, and he's Tenebris. Pleased to meet you, Papyrus."

"WOWIE, SUCH A COURTEOUS HUMAN! NOW I FEEL KINDA BAD, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO STOP YOU, MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES!" Neither Selendis or Tenebris could believe their ears. They wanted to use puzzles of all things to stop them?

Papyrus continued in spite of their looks. "I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE... QUITE SHOCKING!" He made a weird sound at the end of the sentence.

Tenebris deadpanned. "Was that supposed to be a pun? I don't see the punch-line..." Selendis giggled. She never got tired of his deadpan voice.

"I'M GETTING THERE. FOR YOU SEE... OR RATHER, AS YOU CAN'T SEE, THIS IS... THE INVISIBLE ELECTRICITY MAZE!"

Tenebris snorted. "Aaaaaand there's the punch-line. Talk about late to the party." Selendis elbowed him, since Papyrus wasn't done speaking.

"WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP!"

Frisk looked at the orb, wondering why Papyrus had the orb before asking something else. "How... strong of a zap, exactly?"

Sans shrugged. "probably enough to wake you up in the morning." The humans looked at each other.

"SOUND LIKE FUN? BECAUSE, THE AMOUNT OF FUN ANY ONE OF YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE... IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL, I THINK." Tenebris and Frisk shrugged while Selendis simply looked on. "OK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW."

Frisk took a few steps forward.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT

The trio looked back across the "maze" and saw Papyrus standing there, looking charred. "SANS! WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

Sans simply chuckled. "i think one of the humans has to hold the orb."

Papyrus instantly recovered. "OH, OKAY." He started walking through the maze... and left foot-prints where they were supposed to walk. "COULD ON OF YOU HOLD THIS, PLEASE?"

None of the humans responded right away. Selendis was a flat 6' tall, Tenebris was 5' 8", while Frisk was currently the same height as Sans, about 4' 8" tall. Papyrus towered over all of them.

Tenebris managed to recover first and accepted the orb from Papyrus before he quickly walking back to the other side. "OKAY, TRY NOW!"

Tenebris shrugged at his friends before walking along the same path as Papyrus. He started shivering a bit, finally feeling how cold it was, but got through the maze fine, much to Papyrus' apparent surprise. "INCREDIBLE! YOU SLIPPERY-" Tenebris let out a sneeze. "-... SNAIL? HUMAN TENEBRIS, ARE YOU QUITE ALRIGHT?"

He gave them a shaky thumbs up as Selendis and Frisk joined him. "Heh... yeah, I'm just p-peachy."

Sans rolled his eye...sockets. "you don't look fine to me there, bud. you look cold."

"Heh...hehe, I-I'll manage."

"No you won't!" He jumped, not realizing Selendis was right behind him. "Here, take your coat back. I don't want you getting sick out here."

"N-no, I can stand the cold better than you. J-just keep it on!"

"But..."

Papyrus cut in. "IF IT'S JUST AN ISSUE OF WARMTH, THEN I CAN GIVE HIM ONE OF MY SPARE SCARVES!" Tenebris couldn't even react before he had an orange scarf around his neck. He felt warmer already.

Sans chuckled. "i suppose it wouldn't hurt to give you one of my spare hoodies as well. don't want you getting 'cold feet' now, eh?"

"SANS, WHEN DID YOU HAVE SPARE HOODIES?!"

"for a while, bro. in case of 'hoodie emergencies.'" Papyrus simply rolled his eyes at that.

Now wearing a scarf and a hoodie, Tenebris was feeling much better in the cold; he even looked contented. "Thank you, both of you. I'll be sure to return these when I'm done with them." Sans saw relief wash over Selendis' features and smiled wider.

"NOT A PROBLEM, TENEBRIS. YOU NEED ALL OF THE ENERGY AND WARMTH YOU CAN SAVE, FOR THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE EASY! IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER! YOU WILL SURELY BE CONFOUNDED; I KNOW I AM. NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" He practically moon-walked out of the area.

Sans approached the humans. "my response to your thanks? it's the least i can do, since my brother's having so much fun now. that's all that's important to me." All three humans smiled at Sans. They could tell just how much Sans cared about his brother.