Disclaimer: MOTHER and Undertale belong to Shigesato Itoi and Toby Fox. Not the author-

Flowey: So, you going to explain the delay in this chapter?

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Flowey: Look at it! It's short as heck! What kinda auther are you! Hey, don't you dare cut me off-

filisapin: Nice to see you review again! Heh, I'm not so used to Winter myself, either. And Ninten is used to hitting things with his hands to make them stop, rather than talk it out. And sans, the memetic badass of Undertale. He's cool of course. But as always I plan to write him as in character as possible. And Toriel and sans's friendship is rather heartwarming, yes. And PAPYRUS! Just...PAPYRUS!. And I have played CogDis. You may notice some referneces, I love the game. Good luck on your crossover.

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Anyway, let's get on with the chapter!


Chapter 8: sans's plan

"HUMANS! TWO HUMANS!"

The skeleton called Papyrus was loud. The kind of loud that only got louder when you tried to cover your ears. And his surprisingly nasally voice carried out across the snowy woods, echoing emptily.

I covered my ears, wincing. Ninten did the same next to me.

"Yes, we're humans! Could you lower your voice?" he asked quickly. I nodded in agreement. Papyrus ignored them, continuing to yell in disbelief.

"HUMANS!"

Papyrus looked around wildly before pointing at us again.

"HU-!"

"uhuh. humans."

Papyrus stopped midscream and I tentatively unplugged my ears. Papyrus narrowed his eyes, and turned towards sans. sans smiled back.

"SANS! DID YOU KNOW THESE HUMANS WERE HERE?!" Papyrus asked suspiciously.

"nope."

"OH, OKAY!" Papyrus said happily. Before furrowing his brow...ridge.

"SANS! WHAT SHOULD I DO?" Papyrus whispered.

They could clearly hear him, but he was obviously being quiet.

"i dunno. capture them, i guess?"

Papyrus nodded at his brother thoughtfully.

"OF COURSE! YES! I SHALL DO THAT! AHEM!"

Next to me, Ninten was staring at the skeletons. I wasn't quite sure what he was staring at, but he seemed to be increasingly more confused. Or exasperated. Papyrus coughed into his gloved hand and whirled towards them, his cape fluttering. He looked really cool and it was a shame that the skeleton wanted to catch them.

"HUMANS! YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS! AND NOW YOU SHALL BE CAPTURED BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS! NYEHEHEHEHE-!"

"Are we though?"

Ninten looked thoughtful and continued.

"I mean, I'm pretty sure both of us could outrun you right now. I don't know about Frisk, but…"

I frowned and stuck my tongue out at him. Ninten smirked.

"Come on. Look at these legs," Ninten said, pointing at his feet. I raised an eyebrow before thrusting my leg out and stroking it.

"...Touche," Ninten said, cupping his chin.

"ERRR…." Papyrus began.

Ninten interrupted him.

"And what will you do when you catch us? I mean, you gotta read us our Miranda Rights or else you're not doing it right."

I nodded firmly and Papyrus narrowed his eyes.

"...SANS!" Papyrus turned towards sans, "WHAT ARE THESE MIRANDA RIGHTS?"

Sans shot a look at them before turning back to his brother.

"err, well…"

While sans tried to explain, I glanced at Ninten.

"What are…?" I asked quietly.

"Miranda Rights?" Ninten whispered back, "Heck if I know. They sound important though."

I nodded at this. Miranda Rights did sound important and big, which must have meant this Miranda was a very important person.

"Hey…" I turned towards Ninten, who was looking around, "...We probably could run right now. They seem busy."

I glanced at the skeletons. Papyrus was yelling something about left while sans was talking about things being beaten with wooden hammers. I then looked around. There was nothing around them but snow and frozen forest.

"Where…?" I began.

"I could just burn a path through the forest."

I shook my head quickly, wide eyed. That sounded like one of those bad ideas. Ninten sighed.

"Yeah, you're right. My PK Fire's nowhere near as strong as Anna's yet. Maybe Toriel…"

There was a sudden warm pressure on my shoulder and I looked up to see Toriel. She gave a small smile.

"Don't worry," she said quietly, squeezing our shoulders, "I trust sans's plan." I nodded. If Toriel trusted sans, then he had to be a good guy.

"I SEE…" Papyrus mused.

sans nodded.

"Yup...hey, bro? i had a thought."

Papyrus blinked.

"WHAT? WHAT THOUGHT?"

"Well, it's just that if you capture these two humans right now, then they won't go through the traps you put up."

Papyrus blinked. And then blinked again.

"OH NO!" I resisted cupping my ears again as Papyrus waved frantically.

"SANS, YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT! IF THEY ARE CAPTURED NOW, THEN THE PUZZLES WILL GO UNSOLVED! WE WORKED HARD ON THOSE PUZZLES! WE CAN'T LET THEM GO UNSOLVED! BUT…" Papyrus hesitated, "I MUST CAPTURE THESE HUMANS…"

I took a breath and waited to see if sans could pull of his idea.

"but you don't need to catch them right now," Sans said slyly.

Papyrus paused his waving of hands.

"SANS? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

sans shrugged.

"i'm just saying you can let them go through snowdin."

Papyrus looked horrified.

"LETTING THEM GO?!"

"hear me out bro," Sans held up a hand, picking fingers as he spoke, "we let these humans go through snowdin. if they can't get through the puzzles, then we catch them. if they can get to snowdin town, we still catch them. simple."

Papyrus frowned.

"WELL, YES. I GUESS THAT WOULD WORK…" Papyrus mused.

"c'mon bro, its a good idea." sans cajoled.

"...VERY WELL," Papyrus said carefully before lifting up a finger dramatically, "HOWEVER! I! HAVE A QUESTION!"

"yeah?"

"WHAT WILL TORI DO?" Papyrus pointed at Tori.

I blinked and turned towards Mom. What was she going to do?

"simple," sans began, "tori and i got a skele-ton," both Ninten and Papyrus groaned, though I could barely hear Ninten's, "of things to catch up on. so I thought of inviting her over."

Papyrus cupped his chin and was silent for a moment. I hoped under my breath that this would work.

"WELL, IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO SEE THE TRAPS UNSPRUNG…BUT UNDYNE…"

"what she doesn't know won't hurt her," sans said easily.

Papyrus brightened at this.

"AND IT WON'T HURT US EITHER!"

Papyrus said cheerfully.

"exactly." sans turned towards Ninten and me. "then it's decided i guess. you guys will go to snowdin the long way. tori and i will be waiting for you."

If it wasn't for the fact that this was part of sans's plan I would've objected. As it was I still didn't want to be separated from Toriel. But what else could they do?

Ignore sans's request.

I internally shook my head. No, I couldn't do that.

"YES! YOU TWO WILL WAIT AT SNOWDIN, AND I WILL RETURN VICTORIOUS, HAVING CAPTURED THESE TWO HUMANS!" Papyrus struck another pose. "I MUST BE OFF! NYEHEHEHEHEHE-!" Papyrus ran off in a whirl, laughter fading away. I brushed some snow of my face.

"welp, there he goes," sans sighed and turned towards Toriel.

"ready?" Toriel nodded slowly. Before scooping me up in her arms. I started at the sudden hug and Toriel squeezed me tighter.

"Stay safe, Frisk…" Toriel whispered. I returned the hug with equal fervor and nodded, not trusting my suddenly tight throat. After a long moment that was too short, Toriel let go and stood up.

Ninten and sans were watching. sans with his easy grin. And Ninten with a blank smile. Toriel walked towards sans.

"How shall we get to Snowdin?" she asked.

sans chuckled.

"easy, i know a shortcut. follow me."

Toriel and sans's voices got quieter and quieter as they walked away. And then suddenly everything was silent. I hugged myself and shivered in the sudden silence.

"...They just walked towards the Ruins, right?" Ninten asked.

I nodded.

"Just making sure," Ninten sighed and turned to me.

"You okay?" I nodded quickly.

"If you say so, then…" they both turned towards the road to Snowdin. Ninten adjusted his hat.

"Ready?"

I nodded and wondered what difficulties would lie before us.

"Ready…"


The thin scraggly trees slowly turned into thick conifer pines as they trudged forward in the snow. Ninten was making easy time over the snow, walking through the thick blanket of white. I tried to walk through the snow as easy as he was, but I kept stumbling and almost falling. Snow, while very pretty, was starting to get annoying.

"The path branches," Ninten said. I stood next to him and turned to face each path. They both looked the same and there was no indication that either led anywhere really.

"Which…?" I asked aloud. Ninten had his eyes closed.

"There's a river at the end of that path. And a fishing pole…" Ninten trailed off before opening his eyes.

"I'm going for it."

"Eh...Why?" I wondered. They had to get to Snowdin as quick as possible, didn't they?

"There's no use in an adventure if you ignore things," Ninten smiled, "Besides, you never know when you'll find something worth it."

I thought about this logic for a moment before nodding vigorously. Put like that it made perfect sense. They started to walk down the path. Maybe they could fish up a boat? Or maybe a friendly monster willing to give them directions. Treasure?

I bounced as the river came into view, the water flowing downstream- though there wasn't another way it could go, could it? I wondered why the river wasn't frozen while Ninten reeled the pole in- without touching it of course. The line spun and I waited expectantly. With a faint plop the line rose into the air before floating towards them. Ninten grabbed the piece of paper at the end of it and I looked over his shoulder, standing on my tiptoes.

For a good time, call-

Before I could read the number the paper flew back into the river.

"Well, that was a waste, let's get going then."

"But…?"

"Trust me, there's no reason for us to call that number."

A voice inside my head seemed to echo the sentiment and I glanced at the fishing pole one last time. Ninten made an about turn.

And 'froze'.

"N'ice' to meet ya," the monster said.

They resembled a large bird, with snow blue feathers sticking out messily. They clawed at the ground with their scaly yellow feet and took a deep breathe, their scaly yellow belly inflating. I didn't have time to react as the world flashed into monochrome and my SOUL popped onto your chest. Ninten took a step back, looking from his SOUL to the monster.

"Oh great, he's cornered us."

You look over your shoulder to see the pitch black waters of the river behind us. You gulp.

"Right..." You turned back to the monster, "You can do this, Snowdrake. You totally got this…"

'Snowdrake. This teen comedian fights to keep a captive audience. AT 12, DF 7. Beware his ice cold jokes.'

The monster cleared his throat and you see Ninten tense. You quickly grabbed his hand. He glanced at you and the wind started to pick up.

"M...m...macaroni and 'freeze'," Snowdrake said. There was a moment of silence. Snowdrake looked at them expectantly.

"...What was that?" Ninten asked. Snowdrake glared at them.

"C'mon, laugh! It's funny!" Ninten shook his head.

"It really isn't."

The wind suddenly roared to life and crescents of ice spun around them. Ninten's hands started to warm up.

"Relax, I won't hurt him," Ninten said. You hesitate and let go of Ninten's hand.

"I wonder if your flesh is as rotten as you!" Snowdrake yelled and the crescents flew towards them.

"PK Fire!" Ninten said, throwing both his hands out. Flame crackled to life and meet ice and steam filled the air. The Snowdrake looked surprised for a moment before scowling and increasing his attack. Ninten winced and his hands glowed as he increased his flame. But it couldn't last forever, and Ninten was at a disadvantage in the already cold Snowdin. You think furiously as ice and steam whirled around you, before coming to a solution. You take a breath and run in between Ninten and Snowdrake, hands outstretched. Ninten immediately stopped and after a harrowing moment Snowdrake did the same, staring at you suspiciously.

"Frisk?" Ninten asked cautiously. You screwed up you will and exhaled.

"Ch...Ch..Chi…"

You take a deep breath and almost yell the words out.

"Chill out."

Snowdrake and Ninten stared at you. You felt my cheeks color.

"...Is that supposed to be funny?" Snowdrake sneered and the wind whipped again. Large crescents of ice appeared in the air and flew towards you. You take a step back when something collided into you.

"PK Flash! And Teleport!"

There was a bright flash of light followed by- It felt like I was being pushed through an oven the size of a noodle and a refrigerator the size of everything. My not face flapped with the speed at they were going and before I knew it I was face first in the snow, slightly smoking.

"Hey, are you okay?" I looked up to see Ninten hanging over me, soot coloring his hair. Ninten smiled and gave me a hand. I hauled myself up to my feet and raised an eyebrow at him.

"We don't need to go looking for fights, so we might as well run, right?" Ninten had a point. Still…

"Teleport…?"

Ninten chuckled.

"It's always weird the first time. You'll get used to it."

I nodded and tried to walk without falling onto my face.

"C'mon, let's get going," Ninten said.


"This is a box," Ninten read while I stared into the box. The only thing that met me was a shade of darkness lighter than gray, "You can put an item inside or take an item out," I reached into the box and groped wildly. My hand suddenly brushed against something smooth, "the same box will appear later, so don't worry about coming back. Sincerely, a box lover," Ninten finished.

I grasped the smooth thing and pulled my hand out of the box.

A worn, pink leather gloves. For five fingered folk.

I stared at the glove for a moment. Ninten suddenly nudged me.

"Put it on. It may not be much, but at least it's something against the cold," he said.

I nodded and slipped the Tough Glove over my hand. It was cool, but not as cool as the air around me.

"Your hands…?" I asked.

Ninten grinned and lifted a hand. It steamed in the air.

"PSI," he said smugly. I stuck a tongue out at him and regretted it when a cold wind blew. Ninten smirked and looked into the box curiously.

"A dimensional box, eh?"

He took his backpack and fumbled in it for a moment before taking out a spider donut. He plopped it in the box and shut it.

"We'll see if it really works later, eh?" Ninten slung the backpack back over his shoulder and started to walk down the path. I quickly followed him. We continued silently while walking through the frozen path. The wind whistled and the pine trees, frosted with snow, shook.

"If we don't get waylaid by monsters, then we should be able to make it to Snowdin pretty easily," Ninten said.

I nodded, shivering.

"PAPYRUS…" I reminded him. He nodded with a sigh.

"Yeah. I'm not looking forward to his traps. And speaking of traps…" Ninten quickened his pace and I followed. Ninten stopped next to a large cardboard box. And I meant large. Like big enough to fit people in. It would make the mother of all cardboard castles. Ninten was squinting at some writing on the side of the box. I read the writing silently.

YOU OBSERVE THE WELL-CRAFTED SENTRY STATION. WHO COULD HAVE BUILT THIS, YOU PONDER...I BET IT WAS THAT VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN!

(NOTE: NOT YET A VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN.)

"...Maybe this is the first trap. To lull us into a sense of false security," Ninten said thoughtfully. "Be nice…" I chided softly. Ninten stood up and looked down the path.

"There's another one a ways away. I wonder what this one will say."


The next one was wooden. And well crafted. And a carving of a dog's head mounted on its roof. And some sort of symbol on its side. Ninten had stopped when he saw it. I slowly read the sign on the side of the road.

"Absolutely...No...Moving…" I whispered.

Ninten stared at the wooden sentry station.

"There's something in there. A mind," he said seriously. I fiddled with the Tough Glove.

"What should we…?"

"We move very softly," Ninten stressed, before tiptoeing.

I followed his movements with exaggerated care and we made our way slowly past the sentry station. Slowly. Very slowly...I suddenly felt a feeling of doom and before I knew it I had tripped. I hit the snow so softly that there couldn't have possibly been a sound. I looked up at Ninten, wide eyed. Ninten had froze. I glanced at the Sentry Station and waited for something to jump out at me.

Nothing happened. I slowly let out my breath and Ninten sighed.

"I heard moving…"

We both froze as a voice came from the station.

"Was is my imagination?"

There was a long pause and a sigh. Something flew out of the station and landed next to my face. It was a smoking dog treat.

"No. It wasn't. And if someone out there is moving, like say a Human…" the voice growled, "I'll make sure it never moves again!"

Something leapt out of the station. I felt an invisible grip around my jacket and was suddenly dragged across the world flashed into monochrome as your SOUL appeared and you cry out as something hit your shoulder. A moment later Ninten was at your side and looking at the knife in your shoulder.

"Don't move," he ordered and moved to grab it. A flash of white flew towards his hand only to be deflected by a quick glare. More knifes flew towards them and Ninten swept an arm out, deflecting them. Even more came towards them. Ninten glared at them and lifted his arm.

You grab him as the knives suddenly flew away.

"Don't move…!" You said urgently. Ninten glanced at me. Another wave of knifes flew towards them but Ninten didn't move. The knives fell into the snow next to them, barely missing before hissing and dissolving. The blur of motion stopped and sniffed the air.

It was a doggy. But not a sweet little puppy or a normal doggy, but a grizzled hound. They stood on their hind paws and sniffed the air carefully, one paw on the ground and the other holding a really large machete. The doggy was grey and white, almost wolf-like. They wore leopard print pants and a pink tank top, a black mask covering the top of their face and a spiked collar around their neck. The dog sniffed and his ears twitched as he looked around wildly, eyes narrowed suspiciously.

Doggo blocks the way! He's easily excited by movement. Hobbies include: squirrels.

'Why isn't he attacking?'

Ninten's voice sliding into your mind startled you for a moment. Without moving you thought back.

'He can only see moving things'.

Doggo sniffed the air and growled.

"I know you're there!" he barked.

'Reminds me of my dog. They both stand the same way and everything' Ninten's thought had an idle feel to it.

'I have an idea' you thought.

'What?'

'I need you to distract him'

Ninten was silent for a moment and then you receive a mental nod.

'Got it. Are you ready?'

You ignore the throbbing in your shoulder and mentally nodded.

'Yeah' 'Alright, then-'

Ninten suddenly leapt to the side, his arms and legs splayed out.

"Look at me, I'm a target!"


Flowey: That's it? The chapter's this short?

It's a good place to end, isn't it?

Flowey: I think you were just rushing to put something out.

Hush.

Flowey: Well, whatever. You better write the next chapter quickly though.

Why?

Flowey: Cause I'm going to make sure those two never reach Snowdin alive...!

And on that cheery note welcome back to PSI:MoM. Regular updates (hopefully) too! So now Ninten and Frisk shall travel through Snowdin Forest alone. And the GREAT PAPYRUS stands in between them and Snowdin. So what will they do? How will they get past the puppy? How goo of a target does Ninten really make?

Tune in next time to find out! Remember to review!