Chapter five:
"Pap?"
Underswap Papyrus groans as he begins to awaken then he blinks only to turn to find Underswap Sans looking down at him hands on his hips.
"What are you doing laying face down in the snow? You lazy bones." Underswap Sans questions upset. "What if you suffocated or something?"
Underswap Papyrus grins and leaps up practically tackling his brother who lets out the cutest squeak of surprise.
"Pappy!? What's gotten into you?" Underswap Sans asks confused.
"I just went through a tear was all." Underswap Papyrus explains. "And I'm just really glad to be back."
"Wait you went into one of those things you told me to stay away from?" Underswap Sans asks in surprise.
"Yeah. The first time was on accident but the second time I had to use it to get home." Underswap Papyrus explains. "And more than ever do I tell you to stay away from them. There are places that it leads to where things aren't that pleasant. I think I'll be happy if I don't have to go back there ever again. But it just means we'll need to be careful because we don't know when or where the next tear will appear."
"But most of them appear in places like the middle of the woods." Underswap Sans reminds his brother.
"Yeah. And I guess I won't be sneaking into the woods for a nap again." Underswap Papyrus agrees.
"Yes. Please don't you lazy bones." Underswap Sans agrees. "I don't want to lose my brother to another world. Or next time I'll have to come find you. Mweh heh heh."
Underswap Papyrus chuckles at this. "You have no worries there dear brother." He assures him then nuzzles him gently.
"Okay now let me get up." Underswap Sans tells the other.
"Nah. I like this spot." Underswap Papyrus smiles to his brother who is laying on his back in the snow under him.
"Pappy!" Underswap Sans protests and hits the palm of his hand against his brothers skull but all it does is make the taller skeleton laugh slightly.
Meanwhile...
"Ah!" Undertale Papyrus jolts awake in the snow and looks around himself finding that he is alone. "Sans!" He gets to his feet and dashes off to try to find his brother. He skids to a stop when he almost runs into him by Papyrus's own sentry post.
"Papyrus!" Undertale Sans says in relief only to be suddenly scooped up into the others arms. "Papyrus?"
"I'm so glad to see you!" Undertale Papyrus admits. "You're the coolest brother ever Sans!"
"Okay what happened?" Undertale Sans asks letting the other continue to hug him. "First you up and disappear making me worry that something happened to you. Then you just appear and act like I just died then came back to life?"
"You won't believe what happened to me." Undertale Papyrus says pulling his brother out to hold him with his hands under his arms, so they can look at each other. "First I investigated a noise that I thought might be a human trying to escape me the great Papyrus. Then I found a strange thing that looked like someone tore a tree open and there was this white light."
Undertale Sans blinks in surprise at this but continues listening.
"So I investigated it closer only for a flash of light to go by. Next I'm in a strange place. I remember waking up with someone else there too and we were thinking of finding some locals who might be able to help. Then before we could leave after agreeing to talk to some locals we got knocked out. When I woke up again I was tied to a pole with this other me and we were on a cart being taken off to somewhere. The rope was anti magic so I couldn't use my magic. It was like a world of insanity. It was weird. And it seemed that the me from that world ruled that place with that places version of you, Undyne and Alphys. But that me wasn't very nice. We managed to get away as the two royal guards had to untie us to move us. So as planned I distracted them with an attack and the other me who had also been tied up used a shortcut as you call it. We got away because of it but as we were searching for a way back the you and me from that world found us. We had to fight and I was knocked to a tree where I found the same thing that pulled me into there. I called out to the one on my side and we hurried through. Then I woke up back here."
"You mean the tear?" Undertale Sans questions.
"Is that what it was called?" Undertale Papyrus frowns. "I don't like it. That place wasn't very nice. As we looked we even saw other monsters attacking others. One tried to fight us but the me that was helping me knocked the monster out and we left to continue looking. I was scared Sans. I was so scared. I thought I was going to die."
Undertale Sans reaches over and places his hands on his brothers arms. "It's okay." He assures him. "You're back. Safe and sound. That's what matters right?"
"Thanks." Undertale Papyrus smiles a little at this. "Oh and Sans?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you tell me more about these tears?"
Undertale Sans hesitates for a moment but then sighs softly knowing that it'd be better to tell him. "The tears are gateways to other timelines outside of any we as who we are here and now exist. There's a whole bunch out there. All with their own versions of everyone. They are other worlds. And those tears appear for a short amount of time as a way into whatever world is on the other side." He explains. "They appear at random but it's mostly in places where no one is usually around so it can be quite easy to avoid them. But if you see one you just don't get close to it until it's closed. The tears are just there to connect each world together."
"How do you know all of this?" Undertale Papyrus asks.
"I did research. I liked to do that when I was younger. I read up about them in a book that was lost over time." Undertale Sans explains. "A book written by the royal scientist before Alphys."
"Who was this scientist?" Undertale Papyrus asks in curiosity.
"His name was Gaster." Undertale Sans tells him. "He cared about his research more than anything else. You see since there isn't a single spot for the gateway to be it just appears at random for short amounts of time. A permanent gateway is not available and would take a lot to keep it to one spot. But Gaster believed that if he could create one then he could use such a finding to somehow break the barrier which is what the king asked of him. He was being funded to do this so of course he went through with it. He tried to use another monsters magic but in the end the experiment tried to eliminate Gaster from time itself taking his home and lab with him." He explains. "With him gone Asgore needed a new scientist which became Alphys. The tears continue to appear like normal and nothing really changed on that."
"Why can't we just stop the tears from appearing?" Undertale Papyrus questions further.
"Well if we did stop it all together the weak walls separating the worlds will crumble and the worlds will try to merge together."
"Oh. That doesn't sound very good." Undertale Papyrus admits a little worriedly. "Well. From now on Sans you don't wander in the woods to sleep okay?"
"You got it." Undertale Sans confirms. "Oh and by the way Undyne was looking for you. You didn't show up for training and she couldn't get into contact with you so she called me and I told her I'd find you."
"Oh. Well I'll text her to apologize and say that we can do training tomorrow." Undertale Papyrus responds as his brother watches him. "Only you can see me like this. I don't want someone else to see or know that I'm scared. Even if I'm relieved to be back there's still some fear from what happened."
"Okay bro." Undertale Sans agrees. "Don't worry. No one will know that you were scared. Promise. Now. Let me take us home and we can just relax okay?"
"Okay." Undertale Papyrus agrees pulling out his phone to text Undyne and he places Sans down to be able to do it easier as well as quicker.
Undertale Sans smiles softly. "What did I tell you Gaster? That it was too dangerous. You should have listened to me father instead of ignoring me because all I was to you was a test subject. But I told you something would go wrong. Either way I'm just glad I got me and Papyrus out of there in time. Even if it had lasting effects on me." He speaks quietly so Papyrus won't hear. "I may only have one HP thanks to that machine you used on me but I will do my best to protect Papyrus. Forever." He looks up to his brother who is typing on his phone.
"Undyne is bugging me about where I've been. What do I say?" Undertale Papyrus questions nervously.
"That you went into the woods to track what you thought was a human, didn't hear your phone and it turned out to be nothing." Undertale Sans offers as an idea.
"Perfect!" Undertale Papyrus types that then sends it to Undyne. "Okay." He says then gets a response. "She says okay but I'd better be ready tomorrow."
"I bet she's gonna work you down to the bone." Undertale Sans jokes with a wink.
Undertale Papyrus cringes slightly but smiles anyways. "Oh dear sweet Asgore I missed you." He puts his phone away.
"Come on bro." Undertale Sans says to his taller brother kind of asking if he's ready to go now.
"Yes brother. I love you." Undertale Papyrus responds turning to his brother as they are standing side by side.
"Love you too Paps." The shorter skeleton responds then their hands link together as they take each others hand into their own. "Lets go home." He teleports them away with that.
The end.
AN:
Mostly written on my phone so I hope I caught any autocorrects.
I hope you enjoyed this story that was inspired by one song. Making me have to get it out of my system.
Reviews are awesome and flamers will be used to make cake!
Kitkat.
