Note: Going ahead and posting this chapter. Please enjoy. I dont own Undertale. All prior warning and notes still count.
I can do this…
Her feet moved, her determination swelling inside her as she walked the path. Her hands tingled as the feeling spread, and she could sense something nearby. Her eyes went to a bright star before her with a familiar golden light.
"Mommy, look! I can do yellow magic, too!" Frisk beamed with a golden star in her hands, her mother's eyes widened. She said nothing while staring at her quietly, and Frisk bit her lip. "Did...did I do something wrong?" her voice was quiet, and her mother smiled, suddenly beside her and clasping Frisk's hands together over the star until it dissipated.
"Of course, not, baby." Her mother's hands were gentle, an orange wave of magic caressing over her hands.
"Can I show daddy?"
"No!" Frisk frowned, jumping at the sudden yell. "Shh, I'm sorry sweetie. Just...no telling daddy okay. You can never show or tell daddy, or anyone."
"But...I thought you said it's not bad."
"It's not, but your magic is special, Frisk. Okay? Only one person can have it at a time."
"But didn't the girl from the story have red magic too?"
"She did…"
Frisk frowned at it as she thought of her own stars. She had refrained from using her magic while down here, but this one was here. The light was familiar, the magic as well, but this wasn't hers. She thought back to the other stars she'd seen but had only thought she was seeing things.
But who does it belong to? Can I use it?
She let her fingers hover over the star, letting her determination fuel her as her magic stayed at her fingertips. Close enough for no one to see but her as she smiled at the familiar feeling of a 'Save'.
The memory of the first time she showed her mother the ability was fresh, she shivered from the cold against her legs. If she died of hypothermia, she might need it.
"Messing with timelines is a dangerous business. That sense of deja vu people feel, it'll be because of you."
"It's not like they'll remember, mama. And I need more time…"
"And if you meet someone who does, what will you tell them?"
Frisk looked away from the star, stuffing her hands in her pockets as she remembered her promise to Sans and her own priorities.
"No one remembers the resets. No one. Not really…" Frisk quietly muttered to herself and saw a box nearby. Looking inside, she saw a glove. It reminded her of one of the ones her mom would wear, the pink leather was worn as far as she could see. She wondered if the glove still had some magic from the last user, she knew she could use it. Her determination gave her the will to adapt and use others magical items as long as some magic was still there. With one last look inside, she stood up and continued walking.
CAW!
A bird? A dragon? Frisk was trying to figure out what exactly it was in front of her as she stared at the bird, dragon thing.
"Ice to meet you."
Wait...what…
It chuckled, his voice was young, maybe a teenager if she had to put an age to it. She barely had time to progress as it wings moving started a flurry of snow towards her, she dodged and shivered more from the cold, finding it harder to avoid the balls of snow magic as the time went.
Its head tilted, and Frisk wondered was he waiting on something. She licked her chapped lips before letting out a small, nervous laugh.
"I knew it! I knew I was funny! And Dad says I'm not funny." He laughed, his excitement made him move his wings more, and Frisk dodged the flurries once again that came from his wings. She closed her eyes against a powerful gust of air, wincing at a sharp pain of cold then opening her eyes. "You're okay? You did like my cool joke, right? The name's Snowdrake."
She nodded quickly, as he spread his wings and she got ready to move out of the way quickly.
"I gotta tell my dad! Later funny looking monster!" Snowdrake laughed, his takeoff was less dangerous than his puns it seemed. She looked at the two paths, taking the north one and ending up at a river with nothing but a fishing pole.
They aren't here…
She looked around a bit more before turning to try the other path, stopping once she saw the two skeletons. She could hear them talking, more so Papyrus with his louder voice as he mentioned someone named Undyne.
"SO, DO YOU THINK SH-" Papyrus gasped, looking at his brother then back at her, then at Sans and back at her again as Sans copied the same movement as Papyrus until they were both spinning. She rubbed at her eyes, the movement made her dizzy just to watch.
"SANS! IS THAT A HUMAN!" Papyrus squealed, leaning into Sans and Frisk guessed it was supposed to be a whisper or at the very least she wasn't meant to be hearing it.
"nah, bro. i think that's a rock"
"OH…" Papyrus's disappointment was apparent, and Frisk's head tilted as she looked at the skeleton in a blue hoodie. Did he just call her a rock?
"but what about in front of the rock?"
Huh?
Frisk looked behind her, and indeed there was a rock. A large one in fact, but she was confused on how she was mistaken for a rock.
"IT'S A HUMAN! SANS! I FOUND A HUMAN!" Papyrus paused and looked at Sans. "Right?" The soft, childlike tone snapped Frisk's attention back to the taller skeleton.
"yes" Sans grin broadened, reaching up to pat one of Papyrus's shoulder blades as he looked back at Frisk in glee.
"I DID IT!"
"uh huh."
"I FINALLY DID IT!"
"good job, paps." San's tone was warmer, affectionate as he looked up at his brother.
"UNDYNE IS GOING TO BE THRILLED! SHE'LL LET ME JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD AN-AN-AND…" Papyrus's hand clapped together. "I'LL BE POPULAR WITH LOTS OF FRIENDS!" Frisk started to feel an urge to aww as Papyrus cleared his throat.
"HUMAN! YOU SHALL NOT PASS! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL NOT ONLY STOP YOU, BUT DO THE CAPTURING OF YOU SO YOU CAN BE SENT TO THE CAPITAL! AND THEN UM...UM..."
Sans looked over at his brother, yet Papyrus looked perplexed. "I'M NOT SURE…" His gloved hand stroked his chin, then he suddenly grinned. "BUT ON WITH YOUR CAPTURE! NYEH HEH HEH!"
Frisk's mouth gaped open as she watched the taller skeleton as he ran ahead, she scratched her head then looked at Sans who chuckled.
"Um…" She looked where Papyrus went and was no longer so sure about this plan. Papyrus seemed innocent enough, but there could still be the fact this was all a ruse. He was just so innocent, and Frisk could find herself being envious.
"i knew it'd work. good job, kid" Sans turned and threw a peace sign up at Frisk. "you look like you worrying or thinking too hard about something." He laughed and turned back to wink at Frisk. "i'll keep an eye socket out for you. no bones about it" Sans walked down the path after Papyrus, and Frisk felt that warm, comforting feeling.
She shook her head, trying to push it away.
You'll be alone again, Frisk. I'm always alone…
She wrapped her arms around herself, the conversation had taken her mind off the cold for a bit. Trekking forward, she met someone named Icecap, who effectively brought down her mood. With every compliment, she gave, the more he attacked at her claiming she'd steal his hat. She ended up ignoring him and passing by him and then a sentry station with a lack of condiments and its sign in much larger letters.
With another station in sight, she went towards it, wondering if maybe the brothers were around there until the sight of a dog made her stop. It peeked its head out the station before coming out, loudly sniffing at the air as Frisk stood petrified.
It's not a werewolf...not a werewolf…
She kept repeating it, even as she heard him talk "I thought I saw something moving. Wherever you are, start moving! Sans, is that you?" He yelled. "I hate that skeleton...he moves without moving. "
"Moves without moving?" She quickly put a hand over her mouth, and Doggo's eyes went to where she was.
"I heard something, just now. Was it a human? I saw a move...I know I saw a move. Come on human, move again. And I'll make sure you never move." He chuckled darkly, and Frisk stayed still, not daring to move. Any other circumstance, she would be trying to figure out his odd sense of clothing style.
His hands went out, two daggers now in hand as they started to shimmer blue then stab at her. She shut her eyes tight, waiting for the pain but blinked when there was none, and she carefully looked down.
How…
She could see it, in her but it wasn't touching even as another came to stab her. She looked again at the anthropomorphic dog.
"Come on, human! I know you're here somewhere!"
He can't see me?
She kept her eyes on the dog, feeling the cold wind on her legs and knowing she couldn't stand here forever with him "stabbing" her. She focused her own magic, letting it escape her fingertips and pet the dog in front of her, and she watched his eyes go wide.
"Something pet me! But nothing moved...but I was petted..but...but…" The dog's paw went to his head, and he slowly went back to the station. "No more smoking dog treats for you, Doggo. Petting without moving..." He shook his head and disappeared inside, Frisk didn't waste another moment and took off.
She kept running until bumping into something and nearly falling until catching herself.
"you okay?" She looked, noticing Sans and noticed him look her over with his eyes. Her face heated up and she quickly folded her arms over herself, nodding her head.
"I'm fine."
"if you say so...but listen, there's something i gotta tell ya. my brother has a very special attack, it's part of his magic, but i'm gonna help you out. if you see a blue attack, don't move and it won't hurt. simple, right?" He grinned, and Frisk thought back to Doggo. "just think of it as a blue stop sign. stop at blue instead of red."
"I get it." She deadpanned without meaning to, her mind going back to Doggo again and saw Sans looking at her curiously. His grin faltering and he looked as though he was going to say something.
She left before he could. Walking off and feeling annoyed as she went. Farther along the path, she started to feel bad about the way she left Sans there. With a sigh, she turned to go back only to face another dog. This one in a suit that reminded her of knights back home.
Unsure what else to do, and not wanting to deal with the sword in its hand she petted its head. Her eyes widening as his neck grew and she continued to pet it. Chewing her lip, she gave it one last pet before going.
Going upward, she passed more trees, coming across a snowman that made a plea. Only asking for her to take a piece of it so it can see the world since it was stuck where it was. She frowned, taking it in her hands before leaving, looking at the monster Snowman's ice that seemed to never melt.
Do they all have simple wishes?
She tried to find a safe place for it on her, continuing through the snow and taking the other path and she saw the skeleton brothers again. An apology was on her lips to tell Sans, hearing the brothers as she came closer.
"YOU NAPPED ALL NIGHT, SANS, AND WITH SO MUCH TO DO! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE SUCH A LAZY BONES, BROTHER!"
"actually, i think that's called...sleeping" Sans chuckled and Papyrus's hands with to his hands.
"OH, MY GOD SANS! TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY! I HAD TO RECALIBRATE THE PUZZLE ALONE!"
"my bad, paps, i didn't know you were bonely."
Frisk was sure she saw Papyrus's eye twitch before noticing her. "THE HUMAN IS HERE! AHEM! HELLO HUMAN! NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR FIRST PUZZLE SO THAT I MAY CAPTURE YOU! MY BROTHER AND I HAVE MADE A FEW OF THEM, SO DO NOT BE ALARMED IF YOU PASS THIS ONE. I PROMISE, YOU WILL BE CAPTURED!"
"probably should explain this one, paps" Sans glanced over at Papyrus, and Frisk started to wonder just how the skeleton had so much energy.
"OF COURSE!" Papyrus grinned, excitingly telling her about how the puzzle would shock her if she didn't get the sequence right only to shock himself, and groaning at the result.
"maybe give her the shock ball?" Sans suggested, and Frisk's eyes widened at the skeleton in the blue hoodie only for him to wink at her. She looked nervous as the ball was placed on her head, and noticed the footprints in the snow after Papyrus sped back. She looked at the footprints and then to Sans curiously as his grin grew wider, and she fought smiling back as she confidently took the path of footsteps Papyrus left behind and completed the puzzle.
"GOOD JOB HUMAN! YOU SEEM ALMOST AS GOOD AS I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AT PUZZLES!" Papyrus smiled, and Frisk couldn't help smiling back as she took the ball off her head. "AND NOW FOR THE NEXT ONE!" Papyrus took off down the path, his scarf flowing behind him and Frisk laughed to herself as she went over to Sans.
"About before…"
"it's cool...besides it looks like my bro is having the time of his life." Sans smiled and glanced where Papyrus went before looking back at her. "it means a lot. and it looks like you noticed the outfit. "Sans laughed, and Frisk held back a blush.
"it's cool, i know it's a weird outfit, we actually made it for a costume party a few weeks ago, he hasn't taken the thing off since then, and he calls it his battle body." Sans laughed again then got that smile she noticed he had whenever he looked at Papyrus. "isn't my brother the coolest?"
Frisk couldn't help but smile back, "He is pretty cool." she saw San's grin get bigger and she waved before walking off, then paused feeling surprised he didn't go first to catch up to Papyrus for the next puzzle.
She thought about it more, passing by a stand that said "Nice Cream", and shivered just from looking at it as she moved faster. Accidentally kicking a large snowball across the ice, and then kicking it again as it reminded her of a game back home.
"Mommy, look!" Frisk pulled on her mom's robes, excitingly pointing to some kids playing with a ball that glowed in different colors with who kicked it.
"I see, it looks like they're playing Lucky Seven, but most call it Three Dub."
"Why?" Frisk's looked up at her mom.
"Because a mage's magic depends on their soul. You see how it changes colors, it changes depending on the magic. And no one has red magic, so you only usually see the six colors."
"But mommy I ha-"
"Come on baby, let's go." Frisk's mom's hand tightened around her wrist, leaving Frisk confused as she looked back at a boy kicking the ball and it shimmering with green.
Frisk looked up, coming out her thoughts as a red flag waved from the hole the snowball went into and looking at her hand. Sparks of red shimmered before dissipating as she walked back upwards, seeing far off two sentry stations that probably contained more dogs if she went by what attacked recently.
"you know, maybe i should sell something sweet too. just warmer."
Frisk jumped at the sudden voice and turned to see Sans, wondering where did he even come from. "Warmer?" The thought of something warm interrupted her thoughts.
"mmhm. want some fried snow? only 5 gold" Sans grinned, and Frisk looked at him skeptically. Can you really fry snow? She touched the spot where the piece of the snowman lay, still not melting and not as cold as she thought he'd be.
"I... think I can do 5 gold" She reached into her free pocket, thinking of the loose gold she's found after a few encounters with monsters.
"did i say 5, i meant 50." Sans grin grew, and Frisk stopped searching her pockets to give him a glare. "5000 maybe?" Frisk's eyes only narrowed at him. "what? i promise. 5000 gold is the final offer." he chuckled, and Frisk only crossed her arms, giving him a look.
"i'm gonna guess you don't got it. it's cool." He shrugged. "cuz i don't got any snow" he laughed, and Frisk rolled her eyes, fighting from cracking a smile.
"it's snow problem." he grinned, and Frisk shook her head at him, turning to go so she could find the other brother. It felt nice to know that Sans was nearby.
"i'll keep an eye socket out for you. no bones about it."
Maybe...he meant it. Frisk found herself smiling as she took the next path, then blinking at the sight of Papyrus and…
Sans.
She looked back then back at him, her brows furrowing trying to figure out just how he got here and she never saw him pass.
"HUMAN! YOU ALREADY LOOK CONFUSED AT YOUR NEXT PUZZLE WHICH IS... SANS WHERE IS IT!"
"there, bro" Sans pointed to the ground and all Frisk could see was a sheet of paper. "trust me, they aren't getting past this."
Frisk looked at Sans, his hands in his pockets with that lazy grin and she tried to read him, wondering just what was planned. He didn't say anything else to Papyrus, and she looked at the ice, not really wanting to be shocked to death or worse.
"i'll keep an eye socket out for you. no bones about it."
The voice repeated in her head, and she went over picking up the paper and noticed a crossword puzzle. She chewed on her lip, taking a moment to look at it and then coming forward.
"SANS, THE HUMAN ISN'T STOPPING!"
"oops. shoulda used today's crossword puzzle instead of last week's i guess. " Sans shrugged, laughing as Papyrus let out a scream just as Frisk opened her mouth to try and say something.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE USED JUNIOR JUMBLE! CROSSWORDS ARE TOO EASY! RIGHT, HUMAN?" Papyrus's eyes were on her, and she looked between the two brothers.
"bro, that easy stuff is for baby bones," Sans spoke up.
"EASY? HUMAN, I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE BETTER OF THE TWO!"
"I…um…" she glanced at Sans and thought of how much this meant to Papyrus. "Junior Jumble?"
Papyrus's eyes lit up, "I KNEW IT! YOU SEE SANS! THE HUMAN IS ALMOST AS INTELLIGENT AS I! I MUST MAKE THE NEXT PUZZLE EVEN BETTER!" Papyrus laughed, leaving in a rush and Frisk looked over at Sans.
"I…"
"thanks for saying that. i mean, paps once got stumped trying to solve a horoscope, so you're definitely making his day" Sans laughed, and Frisk found herself smiling.
"That's good."
"better get moving from this ice, we don't want you to slip up" Sans grinned and Frisk couldn't help the small laugh before looking away with a smile, and walking off.
A strange smell hit her nose, and she looked at a table with frozen spaghetti and an unplugged microwave. With another gust of wind, she backed away from it before stopping at the sight of another golden star.
She knelt down, a hand reaching out then stopping until feeling her own determination fill her as she let her magic go to the tips of her fingers, keeping it unseen as she felt the save. A soft squeak reached her ears, and she looked, spotting a mouse hole and then a sheet of paper.
Picking it up, she could tell it was from Papyrus, and he was telling her to enjoy the spaghetti. She held back a laugh, reading the rest.
'YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THIS IS A TRAP, FOR YOU WILL BE ENJOYING MY SPAGHETTI TOO MUCH. FROM, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, FUTURE ROYAL GUARDSMEN!'
If not for the unknown and her own priorities, for Papyrus sake she almost wanted to let him go ahead and catch her just so he could achieve his dream. He still didn't fit the guards and knights she knew up above, but maybe these were different.
Then she remembered Doggo and frowned. Papyrus didn't fit that at all in her mind. She sighed moving forward, keeping her arms tight around her to get some warmth.
"It's a human! Halt human!"
Frisk froze, not one, but two anthropomorphic dogs cornered her with giant axes, and Frisk backed away. Both sniffed at her, then one swung an ax down as Frisk dodged it
"Aw, I missed it!" The female whimpered.
"Aw, it's okay honey bunch. We'll kill it, and I'll get you something special after we turn it into Undyne at the capital." He smiled at the female dog, and Frisk swallowed harshly, remembering that name from Papyrus.
"Just be still human, we only want your soul so we monsters can be free and get out of here. Okay?" He smiled, raising the ax up and Frisk's eyes widened, screaming as the ax came down.
This wasn't okay…
This was less than okay...