Five Nights of Redemption

Hey guys I'm back and this is chapter 9 of Five Nights of Redemption, here the crew will fight Papyrus and then move on to the Waterfall area, let's see what happens

Chapter 9: as the waves crash

Sans took a good look at Opal, Ashe and Finn, they did have strong souls inside them but they were all orange and yellow souls, bravery and justice, so Sans wasn't sure if they'd be able to fight with Papyrus effectively but Sans was told of their back story and they had just as much dedication and devotion as the other members of the crew and if that didn't work the ponies seem to have their friendship to will eachpony on, as they say, friendship is magic.

Sans made an educated guess as to what may happen, Finn, Opal and Ashe had a big bond together and would work together to beat Papyrus, Tina and Lenny could do well together but if they use feral mode they could easily get battered and bruised by blue attacks, not understanding they need to stop moving to pass right through them, Pete and Sarah could do well as they were two different types of fighters, Pete as the muscle and Sarah as the sneaky wall climber.

Others were similar like Oscar, Vinyl and Octavia, all of them had an amazing musical talent that could perhaps distract Papyrus enough to make him forget why he was fighting in the first place, Bonnie had telekinesis, if Sans was so inclined maybe the both of them could play around with Papyrus and make him float all over the sky, Monty and Robin could possess him and make him punch himself and Mangle... well Sans just thought that one song from Wham.

Sans: "alright guys, I believe we are ready to fight Papyrus, just to warn you he may use a blue attack"

Cyril: "a blue attack, what pry tell is a blue attack"

Sans: "oh nothing to worry about Squirrel face, if he uses one just stand still and you'll pass right through it"

Pip: "dude what's the deal with that?"

Sans: "we use it for security, if someone moves through a blue attack they get hurt and we are notified by it"

Pip: "but if they stand still and don't get hurt?"

Sans: "then we don't see them and they go right through"

Pip: "that seems a bit crap"

Sans: "yeah I know"

Mangle: "you really should sort that out, what if someone down here wants to hurt you?"

Sans: "don't worry your little Fox head, I'm quite powerful despite my lazy attitude"

Toriel: "Sans, you really must take better care of yourself and your brother"

Sans: "yes mum"

Toriel was flattered that Sans called her mum but now was not the time for flattery, they needed to get to the river's edge and find Papyrus and fight him for his friendship, they walked along the river finding a block of ice every 10 meters or so down the length of the river as they were carried by the current.

Following the current lead them to the river's edge and they were greeted by a dense fog, the fog was as thick as smoke surrounding a hot fire as it burns paper and plastic but it smelt like morning due, the fog was so thick they if they were to put their paws/hooves/wings in front of their faces they still wouldn't see them, Toriel and Foxy used their fire powers to lift the fog away and soon Papyrus came into view.

Papyrus: "so, you finally arrived, I'm so happy you could make it, I thought I was going to have to stand here for a while yet"

Sans: "Pap, what are you doing?"

Papyrus: "I'm about to join the royal guard, what does it look like?"

Sans: "Pap, you don't have to join the royal guard to make friends, plus I don't think Undyne is going to be a good impression on you"

Papyrus: "I'm sorry Sans but you are too late to sway me otherwise"

The area went greyscale and Papyrus was going to choose who to fight first, he saw Opal, Ashe and Finn and deemed them a good match so he brought them closer and their souls appeared in front of them, Finn was orange and Opal and Ashe were yellow, Freddy was just behind them watching, if he needed to go back in time to help them he would, Papyrus pulled out an old stereo system, one that can do radio and play tapes, he put a tape in and played his favourite song, Bonetrousle.

Papyrus started by using small bones and sweeped them across the battle field, the trio easily dodged them with no problem at all, the same happened again and again, some even came in the other direction but still there was barely any problem, only that Finn was a bit slow at moving up but it was still not a major thing for him, that was until Papyrus changed their colour.

All 3 of them were now a blue colour and were affected by gravity, every time they jumped they'd come back down again, Papyrus then sent the bones again but this time they moved up and down to throw them off, so as they tried to jump over them they got hit pretty hard, Finn even more so, more bones came so they had no time to be worried and they did their best to jump over them, they got through that and now Papyrus was doing something different, it seemed he was using more power for the next move, it was a blue attack and they actually sighed in relief and just stood in place for a few seconds while the blue bones past.

This also gave them time to power up themselves, Opal and Ashe went pearl form, Finn went rock form, doing this gave them more health, more max health and more speed but their LV stayed at level 1, Papyrus was impressed so to make things just as hard for them he started to alternate his attacks, he used row after row of normal and blue attacks, a blue bone would be in between every white bone, this made them jump then need to stop moving very quick after wards.

Papyrus was getting tired so he decided on one last thing.

Papyrus: "wowie, you guys are quite good at this dodging thing, but you have to survive my Special Attack"

Finn: "yeah I don't think that will be a problem"

Papyrus: "getting cocky now are we?"

Opal: "no, it's just... well"

Ashe: "there's a Dog eating a bone that says cool dude no it"

Papyrus: "what, oh Toby I thought I told you, stop going through my wardrobe, great now I have to use a really cool normal attack, but which one, oh I know"

Papyrus then launched a ton of bones that just seemed to go on and on forever and only stopped when a bone the size of a T rex leg came by and somehow the 3 of them managed to jump over all of it and only just scraped the end of the T rex bone, Papyrus was indeed impressed and admitted defeat only to have Toby give back the Special Attack bone.

Papyrus: "it's a bit late now you stupid Dog"

Finn: "so Papyrus you admit defeat?"

Papyrus: "yes, victory is yours, I yield, very well done, but I must say I would have won if it wasn't for that Fox over there, why does she keep winking at me"

Mangle: "because I was trying to get you to notice me so you would lose and it worked"

Papyrus: "oh foiled again, next time I fight someone make sure it's not a girl, or a group with female friends"

Fluttershy: "don't worry Papyrus, you did very well, especially given the circumstances"

Sans: "yeah listen to the pony, you did very well now you have to be friendly and help us with something"

Papyrus: "of course THE GREAT PAPYRUS can help with anything, but what is it?"

Toriel: "I believe this is one of those times where MR. Grillby is necessary"

Sans: "you speak my language Tori"

Everyone/everypony went to Grillby's for some good food and a chat, since the crew was anthro, when they got in they could smell the food and it went straight up their noses and into their stomachs, it was unbearable to smell something so nice and not have it so the crew ordered some burgers and pizzas, the ponies had a salad and pasta, Toriel had a sandwich, while Sans had his usual bottle of ketchup.

Papyrus on the other hand was all about early starts to the day, running all around Snowdin, and occasionally Waterfall, and word puzzles, so having something as greasy and clammy as a burger or hotdog was not on his menu, but Grillby was a surprising man and he home made a spaghetti bolognaise for Papyrus and for his efforts Papyrus paid 20 Gs for what he would describe as "almost the best spaghetti ever" of course being bias towards his own.

After the meals they got down to business, why did they need Papyrus to help them and what was it that they wanted him to do.

Papyrus: "so guys, you say you what me to help you with something, what would that be?"

Foxy: "well, have you ever heard of Flowey?"

Papyrus: "the name does ring a bell, but to say I know him personally would be a lie, but I may know someone who can help, Undyne knows a scientist who could help you there"

Sans: "yes we know, I suggested we find Alphys as she may know more about Flowey anyway, but we could still use your help, you know Undyne better than any other monster, well at least more than anyone other than that monster kid"

Papyrus: "ok I'll help, but who is this Flowey anyway?"

Bonnie: "well, from what we can tell, he used to be a monster, perhaps part of the Dreemurr family but was killed by a friend from the surface, now it seems he was brought back as Flowey but has no soul and can't feel the most powerful of emotions"

Papyrus: "that's sad, I admit I am an emotive skeleton and to know that someone out there had a life, a good life striped away from them only to come back and feel nothing, it's a crime beyond measure"

Celestia: "yes, I have to agree, the feelings I have with my dear sister Luna, my pupil Twilight and her friends is something I wish to share with everyone and everypony, if one is incapable of feelings then how can I do this"

Luna: "this is why we ask of your help and we are thankful that you will give it to us"

Papyrus: "well then what are we waiting for, let's go, first we must go to the Waterfall area then from there we must traverse a bridge into Hotland"

So they got started to Hotland, it was a bit of a trek but they had come this far so there was no need to stop now, the sights of the Waterfall area was grand and beautiful everything seemed to shine with a dim light, but it was the colour of the light and the colour of the rock in the area that made it beautiful.

They came to an area that was full of flowers, they had a similar look to them to Flowey but they were taller, it was like comparing a Daffodil to a Sun Flower, but in the mitts of the flowers was Flowey and he was just watching them progress, listening to them talk as they walked along heading to the Hotlands, Toriel stood out the most.

Toriel: "oh my, if Flowey really is the reincarnation of my son then I hope he's safe, I hope he's alright, I hope he will come back to me so I can hold him in my arms and never let him go, I just hope this Alphys can bring him back"

Flowey: "I'm here mum, I love you, no amount of soulless hate can truly stop me from feeling, it's just not enough to keep me here, but I must have those souls to feel everything, to be me again"

Flowey was sad, he could still feel but it was just a little tickle not something that could flow throughout the body and make him stay with his mum, so that's why he needed the souls, he at least felt enough to sing a song about it.

(Now play So Far Away from RED)

Flowey: "I am right here with you, I couldn't be more close,

Pretending that I'm in this moment, when I'm only a ghost,

I listen to the words you're saying, words I'm fighting to believe,

It's like I'm living from a distance, where you're out of reach,

I want to feel it, want to mean it when I say it, can you hear me at all,

And I feel so far away, far away from everything, outside wandering,

When I got lost, I throw my arms up in the air, why do I disappear,

How can your love be so close, when I'm so far away?

Remember when you found me drowning, you pulled me from the deepest end,

I promised I would never leave you, but now I'm drowning again,

It's killing me with every breath, witnessing the life I left,

Only you know who I am, I'm reaching out my hand,

I want to feel it, want to mean it when I say it, can you hear me at all,

And I feel so far away, far away from everything, outside wandering,

When I got lost, I throw my arms up in the air, why do I disappear,

How can your love be so close, when I'm so far away?"

After the song Flowey noticed they were gone and continued to stalk them to stop them later, everyone/everypony got to a dump in the middle of the Waterfall area, there seemed to be a whole lot of different things here like cars, bikes, and umbrella that Mike had the strangest urge to pick up for something later, it was a good thing it was ok and not bent or ripped either, he told Toriel to put it in her inventory and she did so, she felt it was for something too, but the oddest thing they found in the dump was yellow letters... ok moving on.

They walked past a dummy, it looked a lot like the one from the ruins that Toriel told them to talk to, Toy Bonnie would have talked to it again but it was asleep so they just disregarded it and saw that there was a passage through the water and continued, at least they would have if the dummy didn't suddenly wake up making the sound of fear Riku from the Kingdom Hearts Crazy Files.

Mad Dummy: "oh so you think you can just walk all the way past me and forget about me, I don't think so, now it's my turn to fight you"

Toriel: "oh you can talk, well I didn't know, that's very interesting"

Mad Dummy: "oh come on mum, you should already know I'm sentient, I floated to the top of the ruins and disappeared, don't you think that's a bit strange?"

Toriel: "well I always thought that a dummy that came out of nowhere was strange, but then I thought nothing of it and used you as target practice, you didn't say anything then and only now you object"

Mad Dummy: "I'm not very bright, anyway never mind, where is that blue fuzz ball who talked to me earlier, I want to smash his face"

Toy Bonnie: "who me?"

Mad Dummy: "yeah you, you're going to feel my wrath"

Stuart: "oh sweet another fight, maybe I can be useful for once"

Mad Dummy: "stay out of this you mutt, this is between me and him"

Stuart: "MUTT!"

The area went greyscale and only Toy Bonnie was allowed in the fight, the Dummy started by spouting some gibberish then actually fought with smaller dummies that shot what looked like scribbles, Toy Bonnie did his best to avoid them, they came in multiple waves from the left and from the right, some even came from the bottom and as Toy Bonnie moved to avoid them they hit the Mad Dummy.

Mad Dummy: "umm guys... you're not supposed to hit me! Here let's try changing it up a bit"

The Mad Dummy then moved around to avoid the shots himself, Toy Bonnie did his best to try and direct them toward the Mad Dummy but his erratic movements were hard to judge and they missed, despite this the Mad dummy was at times stupid enough to stop moving and that's when Toy Bonnie got his chance at using the shots to hurt the Dummy, this only made him angrier, more little dummies appeared and shot twice, Toy Bonnie was in a tight spot and was sure to get hit but then out of nowhere Freddy pulled him out the way and took all the shots.

Toy Bonnie: "Freddy, WTF!"

Freddy: "I'm from the future, only a couple of mins, I'm here to save you because it don't end well for you and we need you"

Marionette: "did I tell you to do that?"

Freddy: "no, I saw it coming so I just went for it"

Marionette: "umm... very good"

Toy Bonnie: "well thanks I guess but can I finish this myself?"

Freddy: "sure, go ahead"

Mad Dummy: "ok, whatever"

The Mad Dummy stopped moving again and some of the shots were still heading in Toy Bonnie's direction so he moved up toward the Mad Dummy, they all hit him and he was only getting even angrier, he laid the smaller dummies off for incompetence and hired a team of dummy bots to do his bidding and a hoard of them came from every corner and fired a barrage of magic missiles, Toy Bonnie was shocked and moved so fast he started jumping just to keep up with himself, he saw the Mad Dummy stop for a split second but it was enough time to direct the missiles towards the Mad Dummy.

The Dummy was now furious and destroyed the dummy bots.

Mad Dummy: "ha I don't need them I have knives, now I'm out of knives, oh whatever I can just shout at you really loudly"

?: "ok that's enough out of you"

Mad Dummy: "Napsterblook, not now I'm getting revenge on that stupid Bunny for being a bone head"

Sans: "hey that's my thing, get our own"

Napsterblook: "sorry about my cousin, he's a bit of an idiot"

Toy Bonnie: "no problem mate, just get him out of here before I freeze his parts together"

So Napsterblook took the Mad Dummy away and out of their path to the Hotland, they all went through the water fall, got a bit wet and found the bridge to Hotland, which in itself was already close to a bed of lava, as they crossed it a monster kid came from the other side and smashed into the crew, he was scared of something... or was it someone, they asked him what he was running from.

Toriel: "oh my dear child, what are you running from, what has you so scared?"

Monster Kid: "well I was just asking Undyne why she has to keep killing humans, but every time I ask her she seems to hate the idea of it and get mad but this time I asked her she just though a spear at me"

Papyrus: "umm that's not like her, maybe we should talk to her, but you know she's just doing it for Asgore right?"

Monster Kid: "really, I thought she was doing it for fun"

Papyrus: "oh no, she's doing it so she can give the human souls to Asgore, with them he can destroy the barrier and then... well... kill all humans"

Toriel: "typical Asgore, always going that one step too far, no wonder Asriel was always thinking of others, if he was just a bit more self centred perhaps he'd still be alive"

Undyne: "my Queen, is that you?"

Toriel: "ah Undyne, yes it is me, can you please tell me why you have scared this poor boy?"

Undyne: "he brought up the topic of why I must kill humans and bring their souls to Asgore, I know you two have split up since the death of your son for which I am sorry, but I must do this, I to want to partake in the death of humans, I may not like it but your son was to unite our peoples together, but without him it's impossible"

Toriel: "true, but I cannot allow you to do this"

Undyne: "then we have no choice but to fight"

Marionette: "why did I see that coming a mile away?"

Mike: "maybe you're just good at judging a situation"

Marionette: "yeah maybe so"

Again the area went greyscale and everyone/everypony was pulled into the battle field, Undyne took off her eye patch and her armour transformed giving her more power and some Determination too.

Foxy: "aww, I wish I could that with my eye patch"

A cool song played in the back ground sounding like a battle theme to a true hero, they needed to defeat Undyne to get past her then perhaps she could help them get to the lab that Alphys works at, but if not then the next few moments are going to hurt like hell.

Thanks for reading that was chapter 9 of Five Nights of Redemption, sorry it took so long to post last week has been full of emotion for me and I needed time to recover, I was hoping to do it earlier but Sunday was my birthday and I went to Alton Towers, you'll be happy to know that the Smiler is working now so go while you can and Smile always, lol anyway till next time

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