Annaka

The light catches the figure as they stare down at me. And I instantly realize who it is.

"woah, didn't mean to startle you, kid." Sans extends his hand and holds it out for me. "i'm sans."

I stare up at Sans, wide eyed and speechless.

He laughs. "come on, kid. don't be shy."

I reach my hand out to his and he grasps my hand. He pulls me up and now I'm the one that has to look down on him.

"i guess me and paps have got some explaining to do." Sans walks out of the room and motions for me to follow. He leads me down stairs to the couch where he sits down, and I hesitantly take a seat next to him.

This is so weird. I wonder how I got here.

I can smell burnt spaghetti from another room.

"Is Papyrus cooking spaghetti?" I ask and turn to Sans, trying to drum up some conversation.

Sans nods, suspiciously. "how do you know who papyrus is?" he asks.

Darnit! I forgot I haven't actually met Papyrus yet! What do I do?

"W-well...I-I...umm.." I stammer.

Sans waits for an answer but then shakes his head. He leans towards me and whispers, "you know we're in a game, right?"

"H-how..." I slap myself on the forehead. "Of course! I forgot you knew!"

Sans winks at me and nods towards the other side of the room as Papyrus voice is heard.

"SANS! IS THE HUMAN AWAKE YET?" Papyrus asks.

"yeah bro. she's awake," Sans replies.

The kitchen door opens and Papyrus comes out carrying two plates of spaghetti in his hands, one on his head. He hands one to Sans, one to me, and keeps one for himself.

I twirl some spaghetti onto my fork. "So can someone explain to me what's going on?" I ask.

Papyrus sits down and says, "OF COURSE HUMAN. BUT FIRST, CAN WE KNOW YOUR NAME?" Papyrus questions.

"It's Annaka," I reply. I eat some spaghetti.

Hey, this is pretty good.

"OK ANNAKA. NOW I CAN EXPLAIN. AND ALSO I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS."

I hold back a giggle and grin instead. I LOVE when he says that.

"ANYWAYS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY ROUNDS AROUND SNOWDIN," Papyrus starts, as I eat more spaghetti. "WHEN I SEE YOU LAYING IN THE SNOW ASLEEP. SO I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS DECIDED TO SPARE YOU AND NOT CAPTURE YOU BUT INSTEAD SAVE YOU FROM FREEZING AND TAKE YOU BACK HERE."

I shove some spaghetti in my mouth and when I'm done say,"T-thank you."

"NYEH?" Papyrus looks at me.

"Thanks for deciding to spare me instead of capturing me." I lean in and embrace Papyrus.

At first, he is surprised but then he embraces me back.

I pull away and finish my spaghetti. I start to take it to the kitchen until Papyrus stops me.

"HUMAN WAIT!" Papyrus calls. I stop and turn back. "YOU ARE THE GUEST. I'LL TAKE YOUR PLATE."

Before I have a chance to negotiate, Papyrus stoops in an grabs my plate.

I shrug and sit back down on the couch next to Sans.

"you know," Sans starts as Papyrus leaves the room. "we're not in a game right now."

I jump up from the couch. "What?!"

Sans shrugs. "how else would you have gotten here?"

I sink back into the couch, mouth gaping open and speechless.

"H-how do you know this stuff?"

Sans shrugs again. "it's best not to think about it."

I am still speechless when Papyrus comes back into the room.

"SO HUMAN," Papyrus starts. "DO YOU WANNA GET OUT OF HERE? I HAVE TO PRACTICE BEFORE TRAINING."

I nod. "Sure. I'd like to get a better look of Snowdin."

"YAY! LET"S GO!" Papyrus starts to head for the door.

"wait, bro. let me give her something to keep warm." Sans walks upstairs and comes down with one of his jackets and a pair of sneakers.

"here you go, kid." Sans hands me the jacket and sneakers. I pull the jacket on and tie the sneakers.

"Wow thanks. This jacket is comfy." I zip the jacket up and follow Papyrus outside.

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Papyrus leads me to a clearing in the snow surround by trees. I sit on a snow covered rock and watch Papyrus as he practices.

He's actually very strong but I remember what Undyne said about letting Papyrus in the royal guard. That he was too soft but strong.

I can see her point. I mean, he is very strong, yet too soft. I mean, he spared me before even TALKING to me.

"Papyrus?" I say.

Papyrus stops and turns to me. "WHAT IS IT, HUMAN?" Papyrus asks.

"W-why did you spare me?" I look at Papyrus as he walks closer to me.

"BECAUSE...BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I SHOULD'VE SAVED YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT I DID," Papyrus replies.

"Thank you. Again." I smile at him.

He nods. "HEY DO YOU WANNA PRACTICE WITH ME?" Papyrus asks.

"Me?" My eyes widen and I point to myself.

"YEAH. I MEAN I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO." Papyrus throws me a glowing blue bone. I swiftly catch it before it falls in the snow.

"U-u-um...o-ok. I might suck, though." I reassure him.

I stand out where Papyrus was standing and he takes a seat on the rock.

It takes me a moment to figure out how to use the bone. When I do, I hold it above my head, causing other blue bones to join. I point the bone to the tree.

The rest of the bones smash into the tree with force and bright glowing.

I hold the bone down and look at Papyrus. He's trying to hold back how amazed he is. Then he put his normal expression back on his face.

"ALMOST AS GREAT AS ME," Papyrus says.

I laugh and hand him back the blue bone. I pull the hood of the jacket over my head and stick my hands in the pockets, as a cold breeze blows through.

"Can we head back to the house?" I ask Papyrus. "It's getting cold."

Papyrus looks at me. "OF COURSE, HUMAN. LET'S GO." Papyrus starts to walk back, motioning for me to follow.

I jump off the rock and catch up with him. "So how's training with Undyne going?" I ask.

"VERY WELL. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNEW I TRAIN WITH UNDYNE," Papyrus replies.

I clear my throat. "Oh..um..yeah. I was talking to Sans about it."

Papyrus nods. "SHE ALSO TAUGHT ME HOW TO COOK SPAGHETTI. BUT..."

I look up at Papyrus, waiting patiently for him to continue.

"BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CAPTURE A HUMAN TO IMPRESS HER AND SHE WOULD LET ME IN THE ROYAL GUARD. BUT I'VE ALREADY SPARED YOU AND THE OTHER HUMAN. DON"T KNOW IF YOU'VE MET THEM OR NOT."

I shrug. "I've heard about them. Not met them. I would like to though."

"MAYBE I COULD CALL THE HUMAN AND GET THEM TO COME TO SNOWDIN," Papyrus suggests.

"Oh, you really don't have to do that," I reassure him.

"BUT I WILL," Papyrus says, running off to the house.

"Hey! Wait up!" I yell after him, starting to run, but knowing I won't catch up. Yet, I run on.

Knowing that the next chapter will reveal more excitement, you're filled with DETERMINATION

(Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! Please review and keep reading on. I hope you like the story so far. I also hope you keep reading on. Also take a moment to realize...UNDERTALE RULES! NYEH HEH HEH!)