Steven shuddered, and quickly pulled away from whatever that thing was. He examined the area, and decided to take a left. Walking down the path, he noticed that there was a snowman.

"Hello there, traveler!" Exclaimed the snowman, in an excited way. Steven looked at in in surprise, and replied with a quiet hello. The snowman didn't move, but the bubbly voice rang out from within the snow statue, as if it had been simply infused with magic.

"I have a request to make of you, young man!" Steven quirked an eyebrow at the snowman, and looked into their black coal eyes. "You see, I am but a snowman, and being a snowman means that I cannot travel in... Conventional ways. I ask that you take a small piece of me with you, and take it many places. You may bring it back when your journey is over." They requested something very simple of him. Take a piece of him, and let it see the world, or at least, the underground. He took a button, and put it in the bag that Toriel had given him. Placing the backpack in its resting spot on his back, he waved goodbye to the friendly snowman. He walked back to the clearing, and noticed a box.

'Hello there, this is a note from a box lover!' He read the bubbly handwriting, and decided that he should open the envelope that held the note.

'This is not just any ordinary box, like one that you'd find in a house, it is a magical box! You put an item in, and it is stored there until the next box! In the next box, you will find the items you had put in the previous one! I left you a little something as a thanks for reading my note!

~Taiga'

He looked inside the envelope, and found 20G. He stuffed it into the front pouch of his backpack, and debated on putting something else in there. The butterscotch pie was a perfect candidate, and he put the tupperware containing the pie in the box, and gave it an affectionate pat. The box shut after putting his item in, and it made Steven jump. He zipped his backpack up and scurried down the path, into new territory. Behind him, there was a mid height male and a short female chuckling. A snowdrake gave them a look, and the male disappeared, as the female walked away, still laughing.

Steven continued walking for a minute or so, until he spotted Papyrus and Sans. He made eye contact with Sans, and they waved to each other. Yelling could be heard from Papyrus, which was cut short by Sans turning the taller ones skull from looking at Sans, to looking at Steven. The instantaneous reaction was hilarious, and Steven doubled over in laughter. Papyrus jogged over, and with his long legs, got there quickly. He hoisted Steven over his shoulder, and Steven's gem clanked against Papyrus's armor. He shot Sans a distressed look, and Sans shrugged and chuckled. Papyrus ran off, and Sans walked the other way. Steven yelled for help, but soon, Sans was out of sight. Papyrus harshly set him down, and spun him to face some sort of puzzle?

It was just a word search. He folded it neatly, and put it in his bag for later use, when he has a writing utensil. Sans was standing in front of him when he looked up, and he jumped. Sans started laughing, when Papyrus picked Sans up and set him to the side. He looked at Steven with a burning intensity, then patted his head a few times.

"Sans! I knew that the word search would not work! You should have used junior jumble instead!" Papyrus yells. Sans shrugged, and took out the Junior Jumble instead. He laid it where the word search was, and turned to look at Steven.

"You got the easy one, kid." Sans said, rubbing Steven's hair. He looked into Steven's eyes, like he was looking into his SOUL, then smiled... More?

"Yes, human! The next puzzle will be much more complex, much more suited to you!" Papyrus exclaimed, and he walked off with Sans, scolding him about how his puzzle was much too easy. Steven shuddered, and followed after them. He came across a stand, much like the one that he had hid in, and a bell rung. Steven jumped back when a dog came out of the stand, eyes swinging from side to side.

"Don't move an inch!" It said.

Steven felt a tugging feeling in his chest, and he raced to cover himself up. A cartoony heart popped out of his chest, and he felt empty. The world flashed around him, and all that was left was him, and the dog monster. A name hovered over the dogs head, and Steven saw what looked like a stats bar next to him, and what he now knew was Doggo.

LV:1 HP: 40/40 ITEM: N/A

"H-hi, I'm Steven! You're Doggo, right?" Steven waved at Doggo, and his eyes lit up. Doggo focused on Steven's general location, and conjured up two swords, with a blue aura. He swung it, and Steven brought his arms up to defend himself, then remembered that Doggo was too far away to do real damage. He relaxed, and saw translucent blue swords hurling right for him. He attempted to dodge, and his arm got hit by one. His SOUL flashed.

"Please, I don't want to fight you!" Steven yelled, his eyes tearing up.

HP: 34/40

He endured attack after attack, and he could only take one more attack. On the brink of death, he stayed put, willing to give himself for whatever the monsters needed, since he couldn't get out of this alive. The swords had gotten unavoidable, so Steven accepted what it was.

It was over. As the wave of swords flew towards him, he shut his eyes, thinking of his friends back in beach city.

But the swords phased through him.

He stayed silent as Doggo crept back into the sentry station, then ran for it. He got tired, and his pace started slowing. Only thinking about getting there, he kept walking down the path, until he collapsed.

Right in front of Sans.

"Brother, has the human gotten here yet?"

"Y-yeah paps, but I doubt that he's gonna be able to do your puzzles..."

"And why might that b... Oh." Papyrus trailed off, and started shaking nervously. He looked at Sans, and Sans shrugged. Papyrus picked Steven up carefully, and went as fast as he could, toward Snowdin town.

"Don't shake 'im too much, Paps"

Papyrus gave an affirmative nod. He reached his house quicker than normal, and set Steven on the couch. Steven's breathing got quicker as the dust settled, and Sans got some monster food. He unwrapped it and put it in Steven's mouth, forcing him to chew and swallow. Papyrus sat by for a while, then went back outside.

"I have to go report to Undyne, brother"

"What'cha gonna tell her?"

"Nothing. Undyne won't know that there is a human here, unless he goes to find her himself."

"Ok, be careful."

"When am I not? I am very great, you know." Sans waved, and Papyrus shut the door, quickly walking to waterfall to give Undyne his daily report.

Sans looked over Steven, more confused than worried.

HP: 15/40

Sans chuckled.

"You sure are somethin', kiddo"