Disclaimer: I do not own Undertale, its character or plots. There are spoilers for both the genocide run and the pacifist run. I only own my plot/changes and my OC.
Nora walked down a long hallway before she reached a small room. She immediately tensed when she saw Flowey.
"Clever. Verrrryyy clever." He said. "You think you're really smart, don't you? In this world, it's kill or be killed. So you were able to play by your own rules. You spared the life of a single person. Hee hee hee…"
"Leave me alone." Nora said. She walked around him but he popped up in front of her.
"Hey! I'm talking to you." He growled. "I bet you feel really great. You didn't kill anyone… " he hesitated. "But what will you do if you meet a relentless killer? You'll die and you'll die and you'll die. Until you're tired of trying. What will you do then?" Nora swallowed. He wasn't making any sense. His face became demonic again. "Will you kill out of frustration? Or will you give up entirely on this world… and let me inherit the power to control it?"
"I-I won't kill anyone."
"How can you be so sure? You're just starting out…" he chuckled darkly. "I am the prince of this world's future. Don't worry, my little monarch, my plan isn't regicide. This is so much more interesting." He laughed demonically before disappearing. Nora let out a shaky breath she didn't realize she'd been holding. She really hoped there were no other monsters like him.
It was summer, right? So how was there snow on the ground? She was in a mountain, wasn't she? Nora rubbed her arms. She really wished she had a coat or something other than what she was wearing. She wrapped her arms around herself as she walked along the snowy path. She sniffled as her nose was going numb. She stepped over a large branch. A few paces past it, it broke into pieces. Nora gasped and picked up the pace. She saw a small bridge with bars too wide to stop someone from going across. She reached the bridge and froze as she heard something behind her. The snow crunching behind her. Footsteps.
"Human." Nora resisted the urge to faint as she slowly turned around. She kept her eyes on the ground and swallowed when she noticed the monster behind her had their hand out. With a shaky hand she took it. The whoopee cushion between their hands sounded making Nora blink. She looked up in surprise at the skeleton. He opened his mouth to say something but stopped cold when he looked at Nora. He blinked and looked her up and down. Nora quickly took her hand away and swallowed. The skeleton chuckled as he pretended that the moment of shock didn't happen. "The old whoopee cushion in the hand trick." He said. "It's always funny." Nora forced a nervous smile. "Anyways, you're a human, right?" Nora nodded. "That's hilarious. "I'm Sans. Sans the skeleton."
"N-Nora." She said. Sans looked a bit alarmed that she'd spoken but only for a quick second.
"I'm actually supposed to be on watch for humans right now."
"O-On watch?" Nora took a step back towards the bridge and gasped as there was a slight step down. Sans quickly reached out and grabbed her by the arms. She immediately stiffened as the chill from his boney fingers seeped into her skin. Sans quickly let go once she was standing up straight.
"I don't really care about capturing anybody." He assured her as he stuffed his hands back in his jacket. "Now my brother Papyrus… he's a human-hunting fanatic. Hey, actually, I think that's him over there." Nora gasped and turned around. "I have an idea. Go through this gate thingy. Yeah, go right through. My bro made the bars too wide to stop anyone." Nora quickly went through, knowing Sans was right behind her. "Quick, behind that-" Sans hesitated for a brief second. "hide in that sentry station." Nora hurried and climbed over the counter and ducked down inside the little station. She frowned as she took note of all the condiment bottles. Moments later she heard footsteps in the snow and peeked out to see a much taller skeleton wearing red with a cape. "sup, bro?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT 'SUP' BROTHER!" Papyrus said. He spoke in a loud high voice that reminded Nora of Skeletor but a bit higher. "IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T … RECALIBRATED. YOUR. PUZZLES! YOU JUST HANG AROUND OUTSIDE YOUR STATION! WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?!"
"Staring at this lamp." Sans said. "it's really cool." Nora frowned slightly and looked at the blue and green lamp. What was so special about it? "…Do you wanna look?"
"NO! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! WHAT IF A HUMAN COMES THROUGH HERE!?" Papyrus said as he stomped his foot. "I WANT TO BE READY! I WILL BE THE ONE! I MUST BE THE ONE! I WILL CAPTURE A HUMAN! THEN, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS… WILL GET ALL THE THINGS I UTTERLY DESERVE!" Nora looked over at Sans who was glancing at her as his brother continued with his cape flapping in the wind. "RESPECT… RECOGNITION…. I WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TP JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD! PEOPLE WILL ASK, TO, BE MY, 'FRIEND?' I WILL BATHE IN A SHOWER OF KISSES EVERY MORNING."
"Hmm…" Sans hummed. "Maybe there's something in my station that can help ya." Nora's eyes widened and she ducked down, pressing her back against the wood of the station. What was he doing?
"SANS! YOU ARE NOT HELPING! YOU LAZYBONES! ALL YOU DO IS SIT AND BOONDOGGLE!" Papyrus shouted. "YOU GET LAZIER AND LAZIER EVERY DAY!"
"Hey, take it easy. I've gotten a ton of work done today. A skele-ton." Sans said. Nora resisted the urge to facepalm.
"SANS!" Papyrus groaned.
"Come on. You're smiling."
"I AM AND I HATE IT!" Papyrus snapped before he sighed. "WHY DOES SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME… HAVE TO DO SO MUCH JUST TO GET SOME RECOGNITION…"
"wow, sounds like you're really working yourself… down to the bone."
"UGH!" Papyrus groaned. "I WILL ATTEND TO MY PUZZLES… AS FOR YOUR WORK? PUT A LITTLE MORE, 'BACKBONE' INTO IT! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" Papyrus laughed before running off. Nora had to cover her mouth to stifle a giggle.
"Okay, you can come out now." Sans said. Nora stood and climbed over the counter. She sat there a moment and Sans walked over. "You oughta get going. He might come back. And if he does… you'll have to sit through more of my hilarious jokes." Nora slid off the counter but hesitated. "What's the hold up? Look, there's nothing to be afraid of, it's just a dark cavern filled with skeletons and horrible monsters." He said with a smirk. Nora turned and started to walk away. "actually, hey, hate to bother ya," Nora turned around. "but can ya do me a favor. I was thinking… my brother's been kind of down lately. He's never seen a human before, and seeing you might just make his day." He saw how Nora started to wring her wrists. "Don't worry, he's not dangerous. Even if he tries to be."
"O-Okay. He doesn't seem that bad." Nora said. Sans smiled.
"Thanks a million. I'll be up ahead." Sans said but turned and went the other way.
…
Nora continued walking, rubbing her arms for warmth. She walked fast in another attempt to warm up. It didn't take long before she looked up and saw the two skeleton brothers ahead. Nora stopped and simply stared at Sans. He didn't look at her but Nora could tell he knew she was there. She slowly walked forward as Papyrus started to speak.
"SO, AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE," Papyrus noticed Nora out of the corner of his eyesocket and turned to see her. He looked over at Sans as Sans turned to Nora, then back to Nora as Sans looked at him. They continued this for what seemed like forever but finally they stopped and turned away from her. "SANS! OH MY GOD! IS THAT… A HUMAN?!" They turned to look at Nora.
"uhhhh… actually, I think that's a rock." Sans said. Nora looked behind her to see a rock and blinked.
"OH."
"Hey what's that in front of the rock?" Sans asked. Papyrus looked back.
"OH MY GOD!" he turned to Sans and proceeded to whisper in a slightly softer yell. "IS… IS THAT A HUMAN?"
"Yes." Sans whispered with a smirk.
"OH MY GOD! SANS! I FINALLY DID IT! UNDYNE WILL… I'M GUNNA… I'LL BE SO… POPULAR! POPULAR! POPULAR!" he cleared his throat. "HUMAN! YOU SHALL NOT PASS THIS AREA! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL STOP YOU! I WILL THEN CAPTURE YOU! YOU WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CAPITAL! THEN… THEN! … I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S NEXT. IN ANY CASE! CONTINUE… ONLY IF YOU DARE!" he shouted before running away. "Nyeh heh heh heh!"
"Well that went well. Don't sweat it, kid." Sans turned to Nora. "I'll keep an eyesocket out for ya." Before Nora could say anything Sans was gone. Nora sighed as she continued walking and pulled her arms into her shirt
"YOU'RE SO LAZY! YOU WERE NAPPING ALL NIGHT!"
"I think that's called… sleeping."
"EXCUSES, EXCUSES!" Papyrus shook his head. He noticed Nora on the other side of the area. "OH-HO! THE HUMAN ARRIVES!" He opened his mouth to continue but stopped and his eyesockets widened in alarm. "WHERE DID THEIR ARMS GO! SANS!"
"I think they're in their shirt." Sans said. Nora quickly put her arms back through her sleeves and Papyrus let out a relieved breath.
"UH- R-RIGHT! I KNEW THAT!" he shouted. "HUMAN! IN ORDER TO STOP YOU… MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE… QUITE SHOCKING! FOR YOU SEE, THIS IS THE INVISBLE… ELECTRICITY MAZE!" Nora looked at Sans with alarm but Sans simply continued to smirk. "WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP!" he held up a blue orb. "SOUND LIKE FUN?" Nora shook her head. "BECAUSE! THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOUWILL PROBABLY HAVE, IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK." He said. "OK. YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW." Nora frowned and didn't move. If he was holding the orb it would hurt him, wouldn't it? "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" Nora pointed at the orb. "HUH?"
"If-if the orb does the zapping won't it zap you?" she asked.
"I think the human has to hold the orb." Sans said with a smile; his brother didn't have to get zapped this time.
"OH OKAY." Papyrus nodded and walked through the maze, leaving footprints. As he approached Nora she backed up. He towered over her. "HOLD THIS PLEASE!" he held out the orb. Nora reached out and took it from him with a shaky hand. He turned around and returned to Sans' side. "OKAY, TRY NOW!" Nora looked down at the footprints and followed them. "INCREDIBLE! YOU SLIPPERY SNAIL! YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY… TOO EASILY! HOWEVER! THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE EASY! IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER SANS! YOU WILL SURELY BE CONFOUNDED! I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!"
"Um…" Nora looked down at the orb in her hand before looking at Sans. He shrugged.
"Just toss it." He said. Nora nodded and put it down. "Hey thanks…" he said. "My brother seems like he's having fun. By the way, did you see that weird outfit he's wearing? We made that a few weeks ago for a costume party. He hasn't worn anything else since... keeps calling it his 'battle body'." Nora giggled and Sans blinked.
"I was wondering why he was wearing a cape." She said. Sans chuckled.
"Man, isn't my brother cool?" he smiled.
"He's really harmless isn't he?"
"Don't underestimate him. He has a special blue attack."
"Huh?"
"If you see a blue attack, don't move and it won't hurt you. Think of it as a blue stop sign." Nora blinked. "Get it?"
"Uh-huh." Nora nodded.
"Great." Sans smiled. "He should be up ahead with another puzzle."
Nora saw the two brothers and just stopped trying to figure out how Sans kept passing her.
"HUMAN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR… SANS! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE!" Papyrus turned to Sans.
"It's right there. On the ground. Trust me, there's no way they can get past this one." He said. Nora walked forward and picked up the paper on the ground. It was a Monster Kidz Word Search.
"I don't have a pen." Nora said.
"SANS!"
"Whoops. I probably should've used today's crossword instead too." Sans said.
"WHAT!? CROSSWORD!? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! IN MY OPINION, JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST."
"What? Really, dude? That easy-peasy word scrambled. That's for baby bones."
"UN. BELIVEABLE. HUMAN! SOLVE THIS DISBUTE!"
"Oh um…" Nora looked between the two. "Well, I normally find crosswords easy so the jumble."
"HA! HA! YES! HUMANS MUST BE VERY INTELLIGENT! IF THEY ALSO FIND JUNIOR JUMBLE SO DIFFICULT! NYEH! HEH! HEH HEH!" Papyrus laughed before running off. Nora blinked after him.
"Thanks for saying 'junior jumble' just to appease my brother." Sans said.
"Oh.. well I-I honestly think it's harder."
"Yesterday he got stumped trying to 'solve' the horoscope." Nora giggled and Sans smirked.
…
Nora didn't even question the plate of spaghetti and microwave placed randomly in the next area. She picked up the note on the ground. It was from Papyrus.
HUMAN!
PLEASE ENJOY THIS SPAGHETTI.
(LTTLE DO YOU KNOW THIS SPAGHETTI IS A TRAP… DESIGNED TO ENTICE YOU… YOU'LL BE SO BUSY EATING IT THAT YOU WON'T REALIZE THAT YOU AREN'T PROGRESSING! THOROUGHLY JAPED AGAIN BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS!)
NYEH- HEH- HEH,
PAPYRUS
Nora couldn't help but smile as she put the note on the table with the plate. The spaghetti was so cold it was frozen solid. Nora couldn't help but wonder where he got it from. He really was quite a character in the adorable way. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad down here…
Yes, Papyrus's dialogue will be in all caps because it's him and it fits him.