The air was still, even as you stood on the bridge over the canyon. It was surprisingly sturdy for a rope bridge. Ahead of you, Papyrus was standing, looking annoyed as he stomped his foot impatiently. You were wondered if you should say something. The silence was beginning to become unbearable. As you became hyper aware of the stagnant air with each draw of breath, your feel your heart begun to pound anxiously. The walls were beginning to close on on you, or was it the hunger erupting in your stomach as you remember the frozen spaghetti you had left behind. Maybe Papyrus wouldn't notice if you snuck back to it. He was definitely distracted at the moment. Clenching your fists, you take a deep breath and begin to step back.

"Human!"

You freeze halfway through your step and return your foot back to where is was. As you look up at him, you see he is watching your. Perhaps he had always been watching you. Or was reckless to to to sneak away.

"I must apologise for all of this," Papyrus sighed, "Sans and I went to all this trouble to try to capture you, but it seems that lazy bones couldn't even be bothered to show."

You scratch your heart, shrugging a shoulder, "Aw, come on, Pap. Go easy on the guy," your smile and home you're arms out, "I'm sure if he were here, he'd show your just how dedicated he is! Just like you!"

Papyrus waved his hands "Dedicated? Sans? I didn't think I'd every hear someone say those things together," Papyrus pauses, his hand on his chin, "Of course... He does have those three other sentry stations he works."

"Plus the hot dog shop!" You smile as Frisk reminds you, "See? Maybe it's okay that he's so tired. He's just working so hard."

Papyrus looked at you, almost at a loss for words, when Sans pops up beside him, "Heya, did I miss anything?"

Papyrus looks au Sans, at first angry with him, "Sans! You lazy-!" Papyrus cuts himself off and looks at you. You give him to thumbs up, urging him to continue, "You... You deserve to take the day off."

Sans blinks and looks from Papyrus to you, then back to Papyrus, "Huh?"

Papyrus nodded, standing proudly, "Yes! The great Papyrus will handle capturing this human from here out! You need not worry anymore. Nyeh heh heh!"

Sans was silent, his eyes completely black as if he were still taking in the situation. Papyrus continued on and pointed at you.

"Human!" He says with the same authority, "You shall not pass this place, for I will capture you! When you are ready, I will be waiting at the edge of Snowdin! Nyeh heh heh heh!"

As Papyrus scurried off, you step forward and stand next to Sans, "He seems happy," you tell him with a smile.

Sans looks at you, the white of his eyes returning, and just shrugs, "Certainly does, doesn't he? Hey, thanks, kid."

You smile and nod, giving Sans a thumbs up, "Hey, no prob. It was a lot of fun!"

Sans looks ahead, "I'm sure. I don't know what my brother has planned next, but you better watch out. He's pretty tough."

You nod, "Right. Got it!" As you smile and wave at him, you begin to walk ahead. You could see the light coming from Snowdin ahead of you, though it's still a ways off. Before you could get too far, the light cut off in the shape of Sans. You jump back and blink, "Whoa!"

"One more thing, kid," Sans says to you, a sort of serious tone to his voice, "there's something I need to ask you."

You feel a tinge of nervousness run through you, though you're not sure quite why, "Uh, sure. Shoot."

"Where did you really come from?"

You try to think of something to tell him, something that he could believe, something that you know wouldn't be going against what your swore as a keyblade wielder. But... What else could be said? You have already gotten yourself too deep into this world's affairs. What's one more thing going to hurt?

"Well... Honestly, I'm-" The ground suddenly began to shake violently beneath you, snow flying in mounds off the cliff. You look up above as the rocks began to loosen from the ceiling, "Whoa! The whole plane is caving in!"

Sans was looking up in disbelief, "No way, that can't happen," he tells you, "It's reinforced magic, the King cast it himself. It's... Something else..." He narrowed his eyes, then widened them, "Run run!" He yelled just before he disappeared.

You blink, looking up to see what it was he had seen. In an instant, a huge shadow roars down at you as it flies at you, crashing through the bridge. You feel every fiber in you screaming to run, but you know you can't. You tense yourself, standing your ground add you summon your keyblade to your hand. It responds immediately, ready for the fight.

Sora, can you beat this thing? You hear Frisk ask you beside you. You smile at them.

Come on, we've taken on bigger challenges than this, Roxas grins. You can feel his determination beating in time work for heart.

"We got this in the bag!" You laugh as you charge at the heartless as it climbs up the size of the cloud and roars at you.

"Did you see the size of that thing?!"

"I've never seen a monster like that before!"

"Did the humans send it down here? To torture us further?"

The lab was abuzz with activity as monsters from Snowdin to Hotland were gathering to seek refuge from the creatures they had seen. None of them seemed to know what was going on, but they all seemed frightened by it.

The door opened again as Undyne stepped in, taking her helmet off. She looked surprised, "Whoa, more people are here than normal," she nodded a greeting to a few of the monsters as she walked past them, "Alphys, are you home?" She called out.

"Undyne! Up here!"

Undyne looked up to the second floor to see Papyrus waving at her, Sans standing beside him. He looked more concerned than he normally did, which was more than a little unnerving. She made her way through the crowd and up to the second floor to greet them.

"What the hell is going in here?" She asked them.

Papyrus shook his head, "There's a terribly rude monster attacking everyone in Snowdin! I saw it fall from the ceiling, trying to fly with its wings that were obviously too small for its long body-"

"Like a bumblebee," Sans added.

"Sans! Let me finish!" Papyrus scolded, "It fell not far from Snowdin. Thankfully the human couldn't have been there to-"

"WHOA. Did you just say Human?" Undyne looked at Papyrus, shocked, "There's a human out there and you didn't capture them?!"

Papyrus stood his ground, but seemed to nervous to answer right away. Sans shrugged and waved his hand, "Come on, Undyne. We wanted to give the kid a fair fight," he said, "But, that thing interrupted before Papyrus got a chance to face the human in battle."

"Yes yes! Nyeh, just as Sans said!" Papyrus returned to his proud look, and yet disappointed in himself, "I wanted to give the human a proper chance to be defeated! Maybe there will still be hope."

"H-Hey guys!"

Undyne blinked and looked over the edge to the first floor. Just beneath them they could see Alphys sitting in front of a set of monitors, "Alphys! There you are."

Alphys pushed her glasses us, just giving a meek smile, "H-Hey... Uh... Y-you guys... Should really see th-this..." She pointed a shaking claw at the screen.

The three of them hurried down the stairs, the other monsters moving out of the way as they hurried through, "What is it?" Undyne asked as she stood behind Alphys. She looked at her, then up at the screen, squinting her eye a bit to see what she meant. As Sans and Papyrus stood on either side of her, her eye went wide, "Sans... if that..."

"Guess the kid didn't leave after all," Sans shrugged.

Papyrus clenched his fist, "This isn't right! The human should not be fighting alone!"

"Y-Yeah..." Alphys nodded, "That thing... th-they are way ou-out of their league with this."

Undyne scowled, clenching her fists, "I'm going," she said, putting her helmet back on."

"U-Undyne! A-Are you sure?"

Undyne just nodded as she walked out the door. The other monsters just watched in silence. Nobody wanted to move or say anything first as the gaze of the room slowly fell on Sans, Papyrus, and Alphys. Alphys just kept her gaze on the screens, switching the others to follow Undyne as she made her way through the Underground to where the Human was fighting. Papyrus watched the screens with her, a sense of worry threatening to take him over.

Sans watched the screen with the human closely. They were fighting the giant shadow with a peculiar looking sword. They seemed to be holding their own pretty well, but it was still obvious they were fighting a losing battle. As he shoved his hands into his pockets, he thought of what the other shadow told him, still curious about this mysterious human.

"Hey, Papyrus?"

Papyrus straightened up a little and looked at Sans, "Yes, brother?"

Sans met his gaze, the serious look piercing into his brothers, "Do you believe a stolen heart can be returned?"

Papyrus looked confused, "A stolen heart? Are you referring to fallen monsters?"

Between them, Alphys grew noticeably more tense.

"Uh, in a sense."

"Anything is possible if you believe, don't you think so?"

Sooo... if I lost my heart, do you believe it could be returned by the human?"

Alphys turned sharply to Sans, "S-Sans, wh-what are you suggesting?"

Sans shrugged, winking at them, "Ah, you got me. I got nothing, I'm bone dry."

Papyrus groaned, "I should have figured you were just talking nonsense again! This is serious Sans!" he turned back to the screen to watch Undyne again. After a moment, Alphys did the same.

"Funny," he looked at the humans screen again, noticing something behind the trees, "I was being serious." He snapped his fingers and disappeared from sight.

The heartless roared again as it swung a long limb into the ground beside you. You stumble a little as you run to get out of the way. It was fast, unbelievably fast for such a big creature. As you slice at it limbs, trying to slow it down, you find it only seems to overcome and get faster.

"This isn't working!" you yell out, part of you hoping someone would hear, though you knew there was no one anywhere near anymore.

The heartless squirmed as it began to give chase to you, following you as you began to run towards Snowdin. You dared to look over your shoulder for a brief second as the monster roared as loud as it could, tripping you and knocking you straight into a prickly pine tree in the center of town. You rub your head, pushing various presents to the side as you climb back to your feet. As the heartless approached you, it seemed to be mocking you. It roared again, asserting itself as it raised a claw to slice at you. Just as its hand raises into the air, it is immediately pierced by a long, red spear. You blink, confused as the creature roared in pain, drawing back a little. You look back to where the spear had come from.

"Yo, little nerd!" You hear Undyne's voice and smile to yourself, "If anyone is gonna take your sorry soul, its gonna be me!" As she ran up beside you, she threw another spear directly at the heartless' head. It, of course, realized what was happening in enough time to knock the spear back.

"Thanks for coming," you tell Undyne as you stand beside her.

Undyne scoffed as she took her helmet off and smirked at you, "Don't thank me, kid. I'm still gonna capture you when this is over."

You grin and nod, "I look forward to that. For now..." you look up at the heartless, holding your keyblade up, "Let's do this!"

You and Undyne both give your best battle cry in unison as you charge at the heartless, both ready and determined to take it down. The heartless seemed un-phased as it roars back and meets up with you both in a terrible collision.