Wow...Usually my fanfictions don't even reach past 14 chapters, so I'm a little impressed with myself.

But enough about that, let's move on with the story.

The skeleton brothers crossed the bridge to Waterfall, noticing how quickly the scenery had changed. The bright orange dirt below them was slowly turning into a soft blue color, the cavern was turning darker as they got further and further away from the magma. Eventually, they walked past a bright, colorful sign which said "WELCOME TO HOTLAND". Papyrus looked down at Sans with wide eye sockets. "Does this mean that we're finally in Waterfall?"

Sans replied with a nod. "yep, we're here!"

"Oh, wow~!" Papyrus said, happily. He quickly clasped his hands together, thinking of all the fun things they would be able to do. "Maybe later, we can play with the echo flowers, or make a wish in the wishing room, or-"

"slow down, papyrus!" Sans said as he pulled at his brother's arm. "first, we gotta find a place to set up camp."

"Oh, right," Papyrus rubbed the back of his head, smiling sheepishly. "What do you have in mind?"

"well, i hear that some monsters like to just live in smaller caves, so maybe we can find one if we go further."

"As long as it's not too small, then it should be fine," Papyrus said, impatiently.

The skeletons were walking for a while now, Papyrus was slowly taking in the different sites. The stones on the ceiling shined as brightly as he remembered, the echo flowers surrounding them babbled back and forth to each other, as if they were having conversations with each other. Papyrus' thoughts were interrupted as he felt his brother stop walking. Papyrus gave Sans a look of concern. "What's wrong?"

"did you hear something?"

"No..." Papyrus raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Why do you ask?"

"listen," Sans said, quietly, "i think i hear metal."

Papyrus listened closely. And as he listened, he could hear the sound of metal clashing against the ground. From what he could guess, a guardsman (or a guardswoman) could be nearby. Curiously, Papyrus started walking through the field of Echo Flowers. Sans felt himself panic as he followed closely behind. "papyrus, what are you doing?"

"I just want to look at something, real quick!" Papyrus whispered. As he expected, he stumbled upon a guardswoman holding a boulder in the air, it looked as though she were looking for something. Since she was wearing armor, it was hard to tell what kind of monster she was. However, Papyrus noticed the monster had a long, red ponytail coming out of her armor.

"Excuse me," Papyrus said before the monster turned her head, dropping the boulder and throwing spear at the skeleton. Papyrus yelped as he ducked before the spear hit. As it flew, it nearly touched Sans' skull.

"You thought you could attack me?" asked the guardwoman in an aggressive tone "Well, I'm not gonna-"

The guardswoman stopped what she was doing at she looked at the two skeletons. She could see how terrified they both looked.

"Sorry," the guardswoman said as she walked closer to the skeletons. "I thought you two were someone else, though you should've known better then to sneak up on someone like me."

"well gees, lady...you almost killed me!"

"Sans, please!" Papyrus said as he covered his brother's mouth. "I'm sorry. My brother is frail, so he can't handle attacks, very well."

"i can still talk, y'know!"

"Well could you stop talking for one second!?"

"time's up!"

The guardswoman let out a chuckle. "OK...I see that you two are DEFINITELY not the guy I'm looking for."

"So you're NOT looking for humans?" Papyrus asked.

"Believe me...If I was, then one of the sentries would've said something!"

"Anyways, I believe that we got off on the wrong foot," Papyrus replied. "I'm Papyrus, and this," he placed a hand on his brother's skull, "is my brother, Sans."

"s'up!"

"Nice names," the guardswoman replied, though Papyrus couldn't tell if she was being sincere or not. Nonetheless, she shook Papyrus' hand. "My name's Undyne, if you're curious."

Upon hearing that name, Papyrus' eye sockets sparkled in admiration. "You're Undyne? As in THE Captain Undyne?"

"Well...yeah," Undyne replied, "It's me, all right."

"Oh, wow," Papyrus placed his hand on his cheekbones as he started to blush. "I can't believe I get to meet the captain of the Royal Guard, I never thought this day would come~!"

"Um...Is he OK?" Undyne asked. Despite wearing a helmet, Sans could tell that she was frowning.

"don't worry about it," Sans replied, "my brother always wanted to be a royal guardsman since he was a baby bones."

"Right, well...you mind telling me what you two are doing here?" Undyne asked. Papyrus snapped out of his thoughts and gave Undyne a confused look. "Why do you ask?"

"I'm just curious," Undyne replied. "I don't see too many skeletons outside of New Home, that's all."

What was Papyrus going to say? He couldn't just tell Undyne that they just got kicked out of their home, could he? He looked down at Sans, hoping that he would be able to help him.

"we're camping," Sans replied. "the city felt too cramped, so we thought we'd step out for a bit."

"Huh...I guess that makes sense," Undyne replied. "Still...if you see anything suspicious, please let me know, all right?"

Sans nodded in response. "yes, ma'am!"

"Good, I'll catch ya later!" Undyne said as she finally marched off, leaving the brothers alone. Papyrus looked down at Sans and started to whisper, "Why did you lie to her?"

"technically, i wasn't lying!" Sans replied. "in a way, we're just goin' on a permanent camping trip."

"Well, I suppose you got me there," Papyrus replied. "I just hope you know what you're doing."

Sans nodded as he started walking ahead. Papyrus followed closely behind him as they headed deeper into Waterfall.

As the skeletons walked further, they noticed that the glowing stones were becoming less and less abundant. It was getting darker and darker until the only things that was visible were Sans' pupils and the dim, purple crystals lining the walls. It was hard to tell where to go.

"What do we do, now?" Papyrus asked, helplessly.

"try touching the walls," Sans replied, his left eye started to glow as his right pupil vanished. "and make sure you can see me, ok?"

"But what if you can't see me?" Papyrus argued.

"then try glowing your eyes!" Sans suggested, as though it were obvious. It was silent for a moment. Sans looked up as Papyrus' eye sockets gave off an orange glow. the duo walked forwards, occasionally looking back at each other so they didn't get lost. While the crystals did help guide them, they didn't give off much of a light. Still, the soft purple glow they gave off felt comforting. It felt as though Gaster was watching over them, guiding them through the caves to find a new home.

Eventually, there were no more crystals to be found. Instead, they were greeted with the sight of glowing mushrooms. They formed some sort of path, leading to a small cave entrance. Sans looked up at Papyrus, his eye disappeared as his pupils returned to his eye sockets. "what do you think? should we set up camp in there?"

"Of course," Papyrus said as his eye sockets stopped glowing, "I'm sure we'll be able to live there for now."

The skeletons began to follow the path, making their way into the cave. However, when they entered the cave, they found several cat-like monsters staring at them. Sans chuckled nervously as he scratched where his ear should be. "well, this is awkward..."

"hOI!" said one of the monsters, "i'm tEMMIE!"

Papyrus sat down and began shaking the Temmie's hand. "It's very nice to meet you, Temmie!"

The Temmies began to surround Papyrus, looking up at him with sheer curiosity. It was like he was surrounded by a group of school children that admired his greatness.

"are yo a selketon?

"Can tEM pet teh cYUTe skullton?"

"Awawawawa! Tem want 2 pet him furst!11!"

"Oh, wow," Papyrus began to blush, "they really seem to like me, Sans!"

"i can see that," Sans said, smiling. He began to look around. Although the cave was roomy enough to stay in, he figured the Temmies wouldn't be too happy if they stayed here for too long (that and Temmies were hard to understand at times). Looking around, Sans found another cave entrance. On the sign, they called it the "tem shop". Sans looked over at his brother. "hey, papyrus?"

"Yes, brother?"

"would you mind staying out here while i talk with the shop keeper?"

Papyrus shook his head as he allowed one of the Temmies to sit on his lap. "No, not at all!"

Sans began to make his way into the shop. When he walked inside, he saw a lone Temmie sitting in front of a cardboard box. Behind her were different kinds of junk, most of which Sans assumed that she dug up from a trash can.

"hOI," the Temmie said in an upbeat tone, "wELCOME to da TEM SHOP!"

"hey," Sans said as he walked closer to the Temmie, placing his arms on the cardboard box. "if you don't mind me askin', do you know about any caves that my brother and i could live in?"

"oOh!" the Temmie jumped excitedly, "i no wHer 2 find DA caves!"

Sans gave Temmie a patient smile. "great, can you tell me where they are?"

Temmie looked around, as if to make sure nobody was around. She moved closer to Sans, whispering in his non-existent ear. "There's a place in Waterfall that rains all the time. There are plenty of caves over there, so you should be able to find something."

Sans smiled widely, reaching into his pocket and giving the Temmie 2g. "thanks for helpin' me out, here's a tip!"

"uR welcomb," Temmie said happily. "pls COmE agane!"

Sans started walking out of the Tem Shop, at least now he knew what he was going to be looking for. He walked over to Papyrus and placed a hand on his shoulder. "c'mon, we gotta go."

"Already?" Papyrus asked in disappointment, "But they're so cute!"

"you can hang out with them, later," Sans replied, "now c'mon, we gotta go!"

Papyrus nodded in disappointment as he stood up. He looked down at the Temmies. "I have to go, now."

"OK," One of the Temmies said. Another one began to wave at him. "bOI!"

With that out of the way, Papyrus began to follow Sans through Waterfall once again.

As the skeletons moved forward, they would often ask other monsters where the caves were. While they did get lost quite a few times, they eventually came across an area full of bridges. The bridges were like an intersection in Waterfall, taking them to different areas in the Underground. Papyrus was looking below the bridges, he could see a lot of trash from the surface. He also saw a few houses, though it was safe to assume that they were all occupied. His thoughts were interrupted as he felt his twin tugging at his scarf.

"careful, pap," Sans warned him, "don't want you to fall and crack your skull."

"I'm not going to crack my skull!" Papyrus grumbled as he crossed his arms.

"well, you still have to be careful."

"Yes, I know," Papyrus grumbled, crossing his arms. The skeletons eventually started to hear rain in the next room. As they moved forward, they saw actual water droplets falling from the ceiling. They stared at the rain with wide eye sockets, they have never seen such a thing in New Home nor Hotland, so this was a new experience for them. Perhaps the humans have this type of beautiful weather outside the surface? And if so, why did they hog it for themselves?

Papyrus looked around, he saw someone had left a bucket of umbrellas in the rain. There was a sign right next to it, although it was unreadable due to the ink smearing on the sign. Sans walked over to the bucket to grab an umbrella, and Papyrus...tried to grab the entire bucket, he tried to shove the umbrellas in his pockets. The smaller skeleton couldn't help but laugh. "bro, whaddaya doin'?"

"I'm just taking a few more umbrellas just in case," Papyrus said as he kept trying to put them into his pockets. The skeleton panicked as the umbrellas opened on him, releasing a loud "NYEH" as he fell to the floor. Sans walked over to Papyrus, handing over his umbrella while he put the rest of them back...save for one.

"there's only two of us, papyrus," Sans said as he opened his umbrella, "so don't worry about grabbing any more, ok?"

"...All right, Sans," Papyrus said as he stood up, holding his umbrella over his shoulder.

As they walked, Papyrus looked over at where a giant chasm stood. He could see New Home in the distance. Where he stood, the buildings looked tiny. The only building he could make out was Asgore's castle, which was the biggest building in New Home.

"papyrus?"

Papyrus quickly snapped out of his thoughts. He looked down at Sans, who was giving him a worried look.

"Sorry," Papyrus said as he shook his head. "I must've been daydreaming!"

Still...To Papyrus, this felt weird. As a kid, he would've LOVED to move out of New Home, so why did he feel so differently about this? Maybe he was feeling homesick, despite not having a home, anymore. Whatever it was, he hoped this feeling wouldn't stay for too long.

The skeletons continued to walk along the rainy section of Waterfall, keeping an eye out for any caves they could live in. The first cave they found was too small for both of them to fit in, the second cave was even smaller then that. Upon finding the third cave, they found that it was roughly the same size as their room back in New Home...minus the furniture.

"so what do you think?" Sans asked as he looked up at Papyrus, "should we stay here?"

"Hm..." Papyrus became deep in thought. Sure, this place didn't look as nice and welcoming as their old apartment was, but that was to be expected, since it was literally just a cave. He put his backpack down next to a small boulder, pulling his blanket and laying it across the ground. "It's not exactly what I'd call "home", but I'm sure we'll get used to it."

"great, then i guess we're done for the day," Sans said as he took his shoes off, placing them next to the boulder. Still, he had a look of uncertainty on his face, like he still didn't belong here. Picking up on his brother's emotions, Papyrus sat down and patted the ground next to him. "Why don't you take off your backpack and sit next to me for a bit?"

Sans nodded as he took off his backpack and placed it next to his shoes. He walked over to Papyrus and sat down next to him. The taller skeleton was at a loss, what was he supposed to say?

"y'know, i'm glad we got outta there!"

Papyrus was caught off guard as he heard his brother talk. "What do you mean? Didn't you like New Home?"

"of course i did," Sans replied, "i just..." The small skeleton sighed as he buried his face into his knees. "after what happened at the core, i just didn't want to STAY there."

"I see, so you think that moving out would help you get over Dad's death?"

"sort of," Sans replied, "and once dad died, i just sort of felt like we didn't BELONG there, y'know? besides, who's gonna miss us?"

"Well, King Asgore would notice, pretty quickly."

"he doesn't even remember who dad is, what makes you think he'll give a damn about us?"

Papyrus frowned, he wrapped an arm around Sans in an attempt to comfort him. "Well...I know things are looking bad for us, but I'm sure things will get better. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday it WILL get better."

"heh..." Sans let out a yawn as he curled up next to his brother. "yeah...maybe someday."

Papyrus smiled as he looked down at his brother, who was already starting to nod off. He playfully nudged his arm. "What? You're not even going to read me a story?"

"not tonight," Sans replied, "i'm too tired."

Papyrus nodded as he laid Sans down on the makeshift bed. Afterwards, he pulled another blanket out from his backpack and laid it over themselves. He quietly curled up next to Sans before the both of them eventually fell asleep.

Yeesh, this chapter is long...but I'm glad I got this one done.