Chapter 44: Snowy
Outside the ruins there was a path ahead that was covered in snow and surrounded by tall narrow trees.
"Hey over here," Chara called out.
He stood by a green bush.
'What is it?'
"Looks like there's a video camera in the bushes."
From within the lab, Alphys glanced at the footage she had received from the camera.
"What is that?" Alphys asked before she picked up her phone.
Quickly she dialed Asgore's phone.
Someone picked up.
"Howdy, who's this?"
"alphys, your majesty you got to come see this. someone just came out of the ruins."
Asgore hung up the phone.
Undyne stood before him.
"Who was that?" Undyne asked.
"That was Alphys," Asgore said.
"Did Alphys see something?" Undyne asked.
Asgore frowned.
"Someone came out of the ruins."
Undyne's eyes widened.
"It could be a human. Why didn't you say something sooner?" she snarled and grabbed Asgore's robes shaking him silly.
Undyne ran outside to the southern elevator, a quick shortcut to Alphys' lab.
She spotted Alphys glancing at a screen.
"Alphys!"
Alphys whirled around, eyes wide.
"u-undyne, what are you doing here?"
"I hear you spotted someone on the cameras."
Alphys rewinded the video footage.
"Th-that's a human."
"what?"
"A human's fallen down here."
"oh no, what are we going to do?" Alphys sputtered.
Undyne chuckled.
"Don't worry about it. I won't let it pass. Just leave it to me. I'll kill it before it becomes too dangerous. Keep an eye out alright," she said, before embracing Alphys.
Frisk tensed.
"I don't like this."
She turned and tried to open the door.
"Sh-t, it's locked.'
A sharp wind rustled the trees.
Frisk swallowed her fear and followed the path foward. She headed past a sturdy branch that protruded from the ground.
"What was that?" Chara asked.
Minutes later Frisk heard a snap and whirled around.
The branch was broken in half.
Her heart beat faster but wouldn't budge even though every part of her was telling her to run.
Frisk headed past some trees and heard the rustle of leaves.
She turned.
No one was there.
Up ahead was a wooden bridge with wide wooden bars that stood on the sides of the bridge.
The bridge looked flimsy.
"Hurry cross the bridge," Chara said. "What are you waiting for?"
Frisk swallowed.
'No, I'll just have to confront them head on.'
"Are you crazy?" Chara snapped.
'Even if I did cross the bridge, there's no guarantee that it'll hold my weight.'
Loud footsteps treaded through the snow behind her growing closer and closer.
'Finally showing your face, huh?'
"Human, don't you know how to greet a new pal? Turn around and shake my hand."
The deep voice echoed eerily through the air causing goosebumps to rise on her skin. She hoped whoever it was that it wasn't some ax-crazy lunatic out to cut off her head.
She turned and saw it was a short skeleton.
"ARGH!" Frisk screamed. Her hand flew across his face.
She let out a battle cry and was about to sock him some more when he caught her wrist. Frisk stared horrified at the sight of his skeletal hand.
"calm down these bones can break y'know."
He winked his left eye at her.
"Serves you right, idiot. Wait? You can talk?" Frisk asked.
"of course, haven't you seen a talkin' skeleton before?"
Sans glanced at her expectantly.
'Is he tryin' to be funny?' Frisk thought, glancing at him coolly.
"I think he's trying to play it cool." Chara said.
"Yes and they're twice as snarky as you."
"haha i'm sans, sans the skeleton-"
'Ugh, is he supposed to be named after a computer font?'
"I don't know. It seems kinda cool. Kind of fits a cool person don'tcha think?"
'If that's his REAL name.'
Frisk rolled her eyes.
"And I'm Times the new roman."
Sans shivered. Frisk was still glancing at him coolly.
"gee lady, you really know how to pick 'em, huh?"
'I guess he doesn't like sarcasm eh?'
"Is that your real name?"
He shrugged.
"yeah-"
Suddenly Frisk was suddenly wracked with giggles. The giggles eventually turned to laughter.
Chara joined in.
"Wow, that's brilliant," he said between fits of laughter.
"are you done?"
"Not yet," Frisk said sputtering between fits of laughter. "Give me a minute."
A tall skeleton marched towards them.
"SANS, DOGRESSA AND DOGAMY WANTS US TO GET READY FOR THE COSTUME PARTY. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?"
"didn't she say that we have to invite another guest?"
"OH IS THAT YOUR GUEST?"
"in a matter of speaking."
"WHAT'S THEIR NAME?"
Sans shrugged.
"don't know."
"I'm heading to the King's castle. Do you where it is?" Frisk asked, her laughter having subsided.
"why are you headin' that way?"
"There's something I have to do and I need to get there."
"i see."
"OH YOU MUST BE IN A HURRY. I'M SORRY MY BROTHER TOOK UP YOUR TIME. THE KING'S CASTLE IS NORTH FROM HERE."
Frisk headed past them and then she sneezed.
"AH IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A COLD. WELL BROTHER, WHY DON'T YOU SAY SOMETHING? ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO LEAVE THEM IN THE COLD?"
"hmm, i guess it is chilly."
"WELL THEN WHY DON'T YOU SAY SOMETHING," Papyrus reprimanded his brother.
Sans turned to the human.
"hey if you're lost, why don't we guide you to town. it's the least we can do," he said. "are we really agreeing to this?"
"SANS! THEY'RE GONE."
"oh."
"SANS YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING."
"alright," he said lying on the ground.
"SANS, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. QUIT SLEEPING."
Meanwhile Frisk continued her trek north spotting a box in the distance.
With everything that had gone down, she didn't know what to make of the two skeletons. Still she was happy they didn't kill her when they had the chance. With the way the monsters in the ruins had spoke to her she'd have thought others would want to kill her for her soul.
Even Toriel thought that. Speaking of Toriel, sometime during the battle when she had been hit by her fireballs Frisk remembered hearing a voice. She remembered acquiring the knowledge on how to use fireballs too.
Frisk concentrated on forming a fireball in her hand. A fireball appeared in her hand.
A pinkish yellow fireball had formed in her hand.
"Whoa, that's Toriel's fireballs. How did you do that?" Chara asked.
'Don't know. I heard a voice speak to me. Wait, you didn't hear it?'
"Hear what?"
'The voice.'
"No."
'Interesting. So there are things even you are privy to.'
"What's that supposed to mean?"
'Well you are kind of intrusive. I don't know about you but I like my privacy.'
"I can't help it if your thoughts are too loud. That reminds me how long do you think we've been down here?"
'According to the phone it's been a week since I've fell down here but I don't know how accurate it is considering it's an old phone.'
"Old?" Chara inquired with surprise. "Theoretically that phone would also be able to tell us what time it was making the whole conversation about time useless."
'It would if the clock on the phone worked. It just stays at 12 am.'
Chara's lips contorted into a strained smirk.
"Oh then tell me wise guy if that phone is so old what kind of phones have you seen?"
'Most people just use holograms to communicate and it's all done by voice activation. Touch screens are early 21st century.'
Frisk noticed a note taped to the outside of the box.
'For anyone who falls down here from the surface, it's only a matter of time before I'm gone. I won't last long down here. The underground has a secret. Other humans have died falling down here. In fact one of the humans made this box. I guess they must have figured out that we can't die here but I'm sick of it. The contents of the box don't seem to be influenced by the passing of time even when I'm at the underground's mercy. So word of advice keep the things you need in the box and you won't regret it. Sincerely another human who was trapped down here.'
She opened the box spotting a tough looking glove inside.
"A worn pink leather glove. For five-fingered folk."
'Thanks for the insightful commentary, partner.'
Chara snorted amused with Frisk's antics. He could tell his commentary pissed her off.
Frisk took it out and put it on before she put the knife in the box.
She was about to continue when she caught sight of a tall blue bird in the distance.
"Hey you."
Upon closer inspection, there seemed to a be a yellow snowflake pattern in the middle of the bird's face.
"Are you talking fo me?"
"Yeah I'm talking to you. Wanna hear a pun?"
"I can't afford to stick around."
"Too frosty for my puns, eh?"
The creature fired ice boomerangs from it's beak.
"Hey watch it," Frisk said as she rolled away in the nick of time.
"Oh look here a human too good for my jokes."
Frisk lunged for him covering his beak with her hands.
"Shh, not so loud."
The bird bit her hand.
Frisk winced and pulled back reflexively.
"Yeah, I'm talking to you. You're a human aren't you?"
"Yeah, so what."
"Well since I know what you are, you have to listen to my joke."
"No, I don't."
"Oh are you gonna kill me too?"
Frisk snorted.
"Kill you? Be serious."
"There's dust all over your hands. If I have to defeat you I will," the bird said. "Don't underestimate me. I wouldn't recommend it, bub."
"So it's a fight you want then?" Frisk asked, as she cracked her knuckles and moved her head from side to side with the sound of crackling bones.
The bird growled.
"Yeah, hit me with your best shot. It's not like I have anything to lose. It's not like my dad will care if I'm gone."
"Hey," Chara said. "Are you alright? Your mind is this red haze. It's almost suffocating me with it's intensity."
"Better not 'snow' flake out," the creature taunted.
Frisk lunged for him before she punched them across the face. The force of the punch made the monster stumble to the right. It left a red mark on it's left cheek and blood came from the top of it's beak.
"Wow, you really hit him," Chara said.
"Ow, that hurt you jerk."
"Quit acting like such a baby," Frisk said. "Do you really want to die that badly when you might have others who care about you?"
The bird snorted then he chuckled and it developed into full blown laughter.
"Ha ha, what kind of attack was that? That didn't even hurt. I bet you couldn't even muster the courage to hurt me, could you?"
"It isn't courage, killing someone weaker than you. It's cowardly."
"You do feel rather strongly about it," Chara said glancing at Frisk suspiciously. Nothing else could have explained the red haze in her mind.
Still the bird fluttered with excitement.
"Come with me, I gotta show you to the guys."
He lead Frisk to a path on the left side. Three monsters stood by long river.
One of them was a purple cow monster wearing a black school uniform and a red hat that they wore backwards over one of their horns. The other was a green flame monster with a similar black uniform. The last one in their group was an airplane monster.
"Hey," he called to them.
All three turned around. The green flame monster gasped.
"Who's that?" the cow monster asked.
The green flame monster hissed.
"That's a human of course. Snowy, humans are dangerous. If your father knew what you were doing, he wouldn't like it."
"Chill out, Barby," the cow monster said, scrutinising the human. "They don't look that bad."
Barby snorted and turned ignoring the human.
"A human? So does that mean you're from the surface?"
Frisk nodded.
"I'm Cal," the cow monster said, holding out her hand.
Frisk shook it firmly. Cal pointed to the flame monster.
"That hothead over there is Barby Q."
Snowy chuckled.
"Don't call her that, Cal."
Cal huffed.
"Well she acts like a child."
Frisk glanced at the airplane monster.
"What about the plane?"
"That's Avian," Snowy said. "Her father used to work for Ebenezer before he was laid off. I heard he had laid off after Mettaton started business there. He made the poor monster bankrupt and her father a rich monster-"
"...and a cocky one," Avian added.
"So what kind of things do you do on the surface?" Cal asked.
Frisk shrugged.
"It's pretty boring for the most part. I play the harmonica during my spare time. I used to play guitar but not anymore."
"Really? Why'd you quit?"
'Should I tell him the real reason? Well, never had the time to start again.'
Chara glanced at her suspiciously.
"Have you ever went snowboarding?" Cal asked.
"No, it doesn't really snow on the surface except on the mountains and the slopes are too steep."
"Well I never like the snow. I'm more of a skateboarding kind of girl but sometimes you gotta try new things. You never know if it might be fun unless you've tried."
"I would if I could afford to stick around but I can't stay here, not while I still have things to do down here."
"Like what?" Cal asked.
"Like seeing the king."
Why?" Cal asked. "Wouldn't he want you dead?"
"Heh, it's something I have to do whether I like it or not."
"Well if we see you around say hi alright?"
Frisk nodded before heading back to the right and she continued on ahead avoiding the large box that stood on the left side.
"Hey, you do know about our deal don't you?"
"Deal, I don't remember making any deal."
"You wouldn't. We never made a deal. I made a deal with the player to get you to the surface," Chara said. "It's no good if you die before reaching there."
'I don't recall ever placing my wellbeing in their hands nor yours."
"But you have to admit, I have been helpful. Without me you probably would have been down there forever considering that most of the puzzles require a full view of the layout."
'True but I would have still continued out of spite. You know revenge for all those times you thought that snarky commentary was getting me somewhere."
Chara glared at her.
There was a sign to the left further down the path.
'Absolutely NO MOVING.'
Frisk saw a stand on the left side further down.
"Looks like it's some kind of sentry post," Chara said.
'But no one is there.'
She continued walking encouraged by his words. Suddenly a black and white dog glanced up from behind the stand. It's eyes darted back and forth.
"Did something move? Was it my imagination? I can only see moving things. If something WAS moving for example a human, I'll make sure it never moves again."
The dog walked out from his stand and stood in front of Frisk.
It held out two long swords.
Frisk tried to use the slow spell. Nothing happened.
'Cr-p.'
"Don't move an inch."
It swung the left sword and the right.
Frisk barely dodged them and suddenly both swords swung in a crisscross pattern slashing across her chest.
She tried to dodge it.
"Don't move," Chara cried.
'Kind of have to move if I'm supposed to get by.'
"Don't you have that slow spell?"
'Alot of help that'll be when I forgot how to cast it.'
"What do you mean by that?"
One of the swords scratched her cheek and chopped off some of her hair. It was a unavoidable sacrifice as she punched him in the chest.
The dog yelped.
"Moving? moving?" it repeated over and over again. "Don't move."
Sweat beaded down her forehead. Concentrating Frisk gathered fire in her hand punching it before it could strike and the dog faded into dust.
"Phew," Frisk said wiping the sweat off her brow.
"That sure was a close one wasn't it," Chara said glancing at the scratch on her cheek. "Any closer and you would have been dead meat."
'Still it was alot closer than I would like. What happens if I die in one blow? I need to practice using magic to hit targets from far away. I can't afford to be taking hits like this.'
Around the same time, Sans managed to teleport outside Grillbys.
"'Bout time, ya showed up. Now where's the human?" Undyne asked.
"human?"
"Don't play dumb, mister. I saw them on the cameras."
Sans shrugged.
"oh that human. let's talk inside."
"Alright but you're paying," Undyne said as the two took seats at the front of the pub.
"Grillbz wants to know what you want to order, fishstick," Honky said.
"I'll have the cheese fries."
Grillby left.
"Yes that human. They should have passed by your station fifteen minutes ago. So why haven't ya captured them?" Undyne asked.
Sans shrugged.
"guess i codn't do it."
Grillby returned minutes later with two plates. One with Sans' order and the other with Undyne's.
Undyne began chowing down on her fries.
"SANS! How many times do I have to tell you, lay off the fish puns when I'm tryin' to be serious."
"yeah, you wouldn't want to 'krill' me after all."
Sans winked his left eye at her.
Undyne conjured her spear just as Sans got a phone call on his cellphone.
Sans pressed the talk button before holding the phone to his ear.
"hey Sans."
"Who is it?" Undyne asked.
"shh."
He set a finger in front of his mouth. Undyne looked affronted.
"oh hi alphys."
Undyne's face turned crimson.
Sans grinned at her smugly.
"it's just as the king said, that human is dangerous. it just killed doggo and earlier it almost killed a snowdrake too. sans you got to stop them."
Sans sighed before he held out the phone away from his skull.
"you're ignoring me, aren't you?"
"why would you think that?"
"you tend to do it when something is bothering you," Alphys said. "i'd have thought you would be determined to end this yourself with everything that's happened."
'when did asgore have the right to tell her my entire life story?'
He chuckled.
"hehe, i don't know what you're talking about."
"come on, sans. this is serious," Alphys pleaded.
"who says i'm jokin'? ever heard of the sayin' 'know thy enemy.' only fools rush in battle without knowing what they're fightin'."
"But Sans what if they-"
"heh, i doubt they're that bad."
"just be careful, Sans."
Sans clicked off the phone.
"Only fools rush into battle huh? What are you tryin' to say?" Undyne asked. "Are you tryin' to insult me?"
"i had no idea you were a fool. you look more fishy than anything else."
"Urgh."
Grillby set down the bill.
Undyne sighed.
"So what did she say?"
"she said she saw the human kill doggo."
Sans fished for his wallet in his left jacket pocket. Nothing was there.
'i was sure i had it in this pocket. shit.'
"Whaa-why didn't you tell me sooner. The other sentries are going to be in grave danger."
"hey grillbz."
"Yes, what is it?" The flame elemental asked.
"i'm gonna have to reinburse ya later. i kinda lost my wallet."
"I understand."
"What do you mean you lost your wallet? Who does that?"
Sans ignored her.
"anyway if you're worried about the others then just call a lunch meeting or something. they should be fine if there's no human around, right?"
"Sometimes you really piss me off."
"cod you later."
A spear landed on the same spot Sans was sitting before he disappeared.
"Undyne, watch yourself. You still owe me for the broken table last week," Grillby said.
Suddenly Undyne caught sight of a red cloak sitting in one of the booths.
"Red?"
Something yelped.
"Red, what are you doing?"
"When were you gonna tell me Doggo was dead?" Red snapped.
"You had no right to eavesdrop on the conversation."
"Are you gonna tell everyone what happened? That the human who fell down here killed a monster?"
Undyne snorted.
"Of course not. How do you think they would feel if I told them? We have no idea who we're facing. Whatever you're thinking, stay out of it."
Meanwhile as they were walking, Frisk spotted someone up ahead.
It was Sans.
"hey it looks like i finally caught up, huh."
Frisk turned to Sans with confusion.
"Caught up?"
"my brother told me to come find you."
"Why?"
'You have no reason to do that. If you knew who I was you'd want me dead.'
"Still even if that is the case, he doesn't know," Chara said. "He is being kind to you. I'd take it rather than leave it."
"he was worried you'd get lost."
"See?" Chara said.
Frisk's eyes widened.
"ha ha you look surprised."
Frisk shook her head.
"It's nothing," she said curtly.
'He was probably just being polite.'
"it's almost like you think you don't deserve it."
"why? do you feel you don't deserve his kindness?"
Sans chuckled.
"no, it's more like the concept of kindness is foreign to you."
She flinched.
Why did this skeleton make her feel exposed. She didn't even know him yet she felt like he was reading her mind.
'I can't let him know anything about me.'
Frisk chuckled much to Sans' confusion.
"Not at all. It just surprised me that's all."
"do you ski?" he asked.
"No, never tried it."
Sans grinned.
"then why don't i show you how."
Frisk glanced at him in surprise.
Suddenly he grabbed her right hand and led her to the ice.
Her boots slipped from underneath her and she stumbled face first into the ice.
Chara chuckled.
"Man that was funny. I love how he just grabbed your hand and then you fell into the ice."
Sans chuckled.
Frisk turned and got up staring at him coolly. Sans looked at her and snorted.
"i guess you don't really have a sense of humor, do you?"
She ignored him however focusing on his shoes.
"How do you do it?" she asked.
"huh? how do i do what?"
"The ice. You were standing on the ice."
Chara chuckled some more.
"That's all you're worried about? You were humiliated right in front of me and that skeleton."
Sans chuckled sheepishly.
"oh i cheated. guess you can't float huh?"
"So you can float huh? Interesting."
'He did all that on purpose. Why? Is he trying to size me up?'
"What are you talking about?"
'There's something calculating in his eyes and I don't like it.'
Frisk snorted and punched him in the shoulder.
Sans winced.
"you pack quite a punch don't you? where'd you get the muscles?"
Frisk shrugged.
"Can't remember."
"Liar," Chara said. "What are you hoping to accomplish by doing that?"
'Hoping to confuse him to the point it frustrates him. I think he knows something is up and I don't think he trusts me. It's only a matter of finding out his true intentions.'
"y'know you're quite puzzling kid. i reckon you could have a good life down here if you tried. i don't know why you'd waste it."
"What do you mean?" Frisk asked.
"nevermind," he said ruffling her hair. "you're not too bad, kiddo."
Just then Frisk heard voices behind her.
"See I told you he didn't go that far," Snowy said. "He's over there talkin' to Sans. HEY!"
Frisk turned and saw Snowy, Barby, Avian and Cal before waving at them.
"i'm surprised you made some friends."
'Not as surprised as I am,' she thought recalling how she brought fear out of everyone even her companions.
"So Cal and I figured since you are headin' to the king's castle you'll have to walk through Snowdin. Cal happens to be stayin' with this adorable woman who owns an item shop and she bakes these delicious cinnamon bunnies so it would be the perfect opportunity to introduce you to everyone."
Frisk looked away.
"Maybe that isn't such a good idea."
'It could be dangerous if one of them finds out I'm human."
"They already know you're human and you're not dead yet," Chara said.
'Still.'
"Why?" Snowy asked.
"The answer is obvious," Frisk snapped.
"heh relax kid, you'll be fine," Sans said.
"Easy for you to say. You're a skeleton. You're already dead. I want all my lives if you get my drift."
Sans chuckled.
"relax, don't you trust me?"
'About as far as I could throw you.'
"Do YOU make it a habit to befriend strangers you just met?" Frisk asked.
"since we met that wouldn't that make us acquaintances?"
"I guess if you want to be technical about this."
Sans' face fell.
"i'm hurt. after i came to check up on you too. i don't do that for just anyone y'know."
'So he's resorting to groveling huh? I hate groveling.'
Chara smirked.
"Grovel, grovel, grovel."
'Knock it off, Chara.'
"Gonna make me work it off?" Frisk asked.
Sans grinned.
"you'd do that for me. i don't know how to thank you."
"Wha-" Frisk stammered but he had walked away without a word in the opposite direction.
"see you there."
"Hey isn't Snowdin the other way?" Frisk asked.
"After that and you still don't trust him? I'm surprised he doesn't get lost with how airheaded he seems to be," Chara said.
Frisk glanced back at where the skeleton had walked but the skeleton disappeared.
'Strange.'
"What's so strange?"
"Don't worry about him," Barby said. "He's just takin' one of his shortcuts."
Frisk glanced at Chara.
'It's just if he was as stupid as you like to believe, then tell me how did he disappear?'
Chara's eyes widened with surprise.
"Shortcuts? He went in the opposite direction. How do you know he didn't get lost?" Frisk asked, glancing at Chara from the corner of her eye giving him a sly smile.
"Give him some credit, he might not have a brain but that doesn't mean he's stupid. Everyone in town knows him. He has breakfast at my father's place everyday at around 10 o'clock. He goes to work at the hotel in Hotland every evening as a comedian with Snowy's father," Barby said.
Chara glared at Frisk.
"Are you mocking me?"
Frisk glanced at Chara.
"Oh, he must lead an interesting life," she said.
Barby blushed and the fire continued passing by a square area uncovered with snow.
Frisk tried to step across it but Cal stopped her.
"Papyrus won't be happy if you ruin the puzzle. I heard he worked very hard on it."
"Who's Papyrus?" Frisk asked.
"Sans' brother," Barby supplied.
'Oh must be that tall skeleton.'
"Oh him," Frisk said. She glanced over in the snow. Nothing seemed to be there.
"This is supposed to be a puzzle?" She asked. "I don't see anything."
Cal chuckled.
"Isn't that the point? If the solution was obvious what would be the point."
"Hmm, I guess."
"Nothing impresses you, does it?" Chara spoke.
As the five continued to walk, Frisk spotted a tall blue bunny monster in the distance standing next to an umbrella stand.
"Who's that?" Frisk asked.
"Him? That's Ferdinand," Cal said. "Everyone just calls him the nice cream guy though."
"Why does he sell ice cream or something?"
"Of course he does. What kind of stupid question is that?" Chara asked.
"You act like there's something wrong with that," Barby said.
"Well don't ya think it's kinda weird selling ice cream in cold weather?"
"Not really."
"Well it's pointless buying an icy treat when you're a fire elemental monster in the first place," Cal said. "It would melt before she even got a bite."
"Hardly. I could eat icy treats. We have more control over our passive abilities than you think."
"Still when it's hot I've always craved for something cool y'know," Cal said.
"Right?" Frisk said."I just think there's no point eating something cold unless it's in the summer."
"It's the perfect weather for something cold. Why would you buy ice cream in the summer?" Ferdinand retorted. "The ice cream would just melt. There's obviously something wrong with your head."
"Excuse me?"
Frisk cracked her knuckles looking down at him with a bloodthirsty look in her eyes.
He shivered.
His ears thrown back.
"There is nothin' wrong with my head. More likely there's something wrong with your head."
Ferdinand chuckled nervously.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I repent. Please don't hurt me."
His hands clasped together in a silent prayer.
"Ah let up," Chara said.
Frisk snorted and it evolved into full blown laughter.
"I'm sorry I can't. It was just too funny."
Ferdinand looked at her like she was crazy.
"Are you done?" Chara asked.
She glanced at the monster's face and continued to laugh.
"It's really not that funny."
'His face. That face, like he was expecting me to hit him or something.'
"Ah what a chicken. Scared of another monster, how pathetic."
"You take that back, Ice cap," Ferdinand said.
"No I don't want to. Monsters like you really piss me off," Ice Cap said. "Have some spine. Even I could take on these monsters."
"So do it then," Cal said.
"He won't do it," Barby said. "He thinks he's so brave just because he wears that hat."
Ice Cap snorted.
"Then lets have a match. We can have a lil' snowball war."
Cal grinned.
"You're on."
Ice Cap picked up a snowball and hurled it at Snowy, who yelped.
He laughed.
Frisk gathered a clump of snow on the ground into her hands before she promptly threw it at Ice Cap.
The snow hit Ice Cap directly in the face.
"Then I hope you don't get too cold."
"Way to go," Chara said. "Jackpot."
Ice Cap growled.
Chara glanced at him.
"Oh now you pissed him off."
"Oop, we better hide or he might ruin your cart," Frisk told Ferdinand.
Frantically the two moved behind the trees and bushes nearby.
Barby was crouched beside them. Avian, Cal and Snowy were hidden in some trees a fair distance away from them.
"Come out, come out wherever you are," Ice Cap spoke. "If you don't come out, I'll be forced to use drastic measures."
"Ha, you couldn't even hit us if you tried," Cal taunted him peering out from behind the bushes.
Suddenly a bunch of snowballs pelted her in the face. Cal immediately ducked.
"Wow, he really got you," Snowy said.
Chara hovered over them.
"Geez, is he trying to kill someone?"
Frisk chuckled.
"Well since it doesn't look like he's letting up anytime soon, you guys want some nice cream?"
"Yes," Avian said.
The other three monsters nodded.
Frisk turned towards Ferdinand.
"So how much is the nice cream?" she asked.
"15 g," Ferdinand said.
"Can I get four nice creams then?"
"Sure," Ferdinand said as Frisk fished out a wallet from her pocket. He gave her a nice cream which she handed to Barby "but how are you gonna give them to the other three?"
Everyone glanced at him. He gulped.
"Why me?"
"Well you're not playing."
"What if he hits me?"
"It's not the end of the world."
"So why don't you do it then?"
"He'll be easier on you since you're not playing."
"That's comforting."
"Come on," Frisk encouraged.
Ferdinand swallowed.
"Alright."
He got up and rolled his cart to the other side. Once he was in a clearing, Ice Cap began to pelt him with snowballs.
"Hey."
He covered his face but the onslaught continued.
"Quit it."
The snowballs came at him at a quicker rate. He began kicking out with his feet.
"Knock it off."
Chara chuckled.
Frisk used the distraction to sneak on the other side.
It seemed his hips managed to push the cart on the other side. Ferdinand quickly ran for the bushes on the other side once he realised this.
"Geez, he's relentless," he said.
"Um, did you forget something?" Cal asked.
"Oh that's right the nice cream," Ferdinand said, taking out their nice cream.
"That was a close one wasn't it?"
Ferdinand turned and saw Frisk grin smugly at him.
"How did you get here?"
"Same way you did," she said.
"You mean I did that all for nothing."
"No, you were there as a distraction. Without that I never would have got to the other side."
Ferdinand sighed.
He handed out the nice cream just as he was about to hand one to Avian however the fans on her wings began to flutter.
"Oh real smart," she muttered, sarcastically. "How do I open it without hands."
She turned towards Frisk.
"You think you're so clever giving an airplane a nice cream she can't eat."
"Avian," Cal said. "He can't have known that you couldn't open it."
"Oh I think it's very obvious."
"Geez, what a b-tch," Chara said.
Frisk groaned.
"If I open it, will you have it then?" she asked.
"You wouldn't have to open it for me if you'd brought something that didn't require the use of hands.'
Frisk glared at her but opened it anyway. Just as she was to hand it to them, she stumbled on a rock buried in the snow and the nice cream flew straight into her fan.
Avian's face flushed and they fired a barrage of missiles in Frisk's direction.
"You baka, you destroyed my gears," Avian snapped.
Frisk chuckled sheepishly barely dodging the missiles.
"Sorry, I'm sorry alright."
Avian snorted.
"I don't believe you."
"Ah just forgive him, Avian," Barby said. "He could buy you spare parts in Snowdin."
"Wait we don't have time for that. I think Ice Cap is attacking us from below."
Suddenly pointed icicles began to form below them.
Frisk and the others got up.
"Hahaha, guess I iced you out huh?"
Frisk broke out an icicle and hurled it at Ice Cap.
Ice Cap side stepped them but soon the other monsters joined in hurling icicles at him.
Snowy formed ice boomerangs with his beak firing them at Ice Cap.
Barby however caught sight of Frisk at the corner of her eye at she was digging the snow and piling it in front of her
"What are you doing?"
"Building a snow fort."
"That's the stupidest thing I ever heard and I know stupid," Barby said.
As she peeked from above the snowfort, Ice Cap managed to slug her in the face with a snowball which quickly melted to water.
"You jerk, you just ruined my outfit."
Smoke came from her head.
"Not such a stupid idea now is it?"
Barby snorted.
"Shut up."
Ice Cap snorted.
"Jerry!"
"Oh no, ya didn't," Snowy uttered in disgust.
"Ha with Jerry you don't stand a chance."
"But still, Jerry? I didn't think you'd stoop that low," Snowy said. "I mean he chews with his mouth open. Who does that?"
"Well we can't just stand here, Snowy," Cal said. "Hide!"
Snowy followed Cal to a place behind Frisk's fort.
"Come out, you cowards."
"So what do we do now?" Cal asked.
"Watch this," Frisk said as she rolled up a snowball in her hands and tossed it at Jerry.
"Bullseye."
"so whatcha doing, kiddo? it looks like fun."
Frisk jumped and turned. She saw Sans was crouched behind them.
"I thought you were headin' to town."
Sans chuckled.
"i already did. i was wondering what was taking you so long? if i had known you were in the middle of a snowball fight i would have stuck around."
A loud oof came from the other side. There was a huge pile of snow on top of Ice Cap and Jerry.
"well would you look at that. seems like nature has run it's course," Sans said.
Barby, Cal, Avian and Snowy came out of hiding.
"you four should be headin' home you wouldn't want your parents to worry bout' ya."
"We would but Avian's fans broke down."
"It was his fault," Avian said glancing at Frisk. "He stumbled and fell causing the nice cream to fall into my left fan."
Sans covered his face and chuckled.
"that's hilarious."
"It's not funny. Those parts aren't cheap, y'know."
"haha, then howzabout I take you kids home?"