//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Snowed in // Story: Another Undertale story // by Deidara21 //------------------------------// Chapter 3: Snowed in "Oh that's right...pony...I forgot." He stuffed his hand backed inside his pocket. "Anyways, I'm Sans. Sans the skeleton." Twilight nodded. "Interesting name, why do they call you that?" "...that's a story for another time, friend. Now, don't take this personally, but I'm actually supposed to be on watch for ponies like you but..." For a moment, Sans' piercing white pupils diverted off of Twilight. "I don't really care about capturing ponies, but my brother Papyrus on the other hand, he's a pony-hunting fanatic." "I'll just freeze him for a quick second." 'So she's going to use that horse magic on my brother, geez lady, you sure do know how to pick em.' "Smart idea, but" His sharp tongue dulled down to a blunt edge. "If it were easy as that, we wouldn't have any pony souls to begin with." "What?" "...I'm just saying us monsters have developed a way to combat pony magic. Be safe." "Uh, thanks?" Twilight turned, a rusted gate towered over the both of them, though the wide bars made it easy for her to slip away. Through the last section of needle trees was a small rest area. Twilight prepared to go ahead, but was cut off by a certain thick skeleton. "I wouldn't go on ahead if I were you, my bro is coming." Sans said, walking up from behind the sentry station. "I have a better idea, hide behind that-" He motioned to a lamp sitting next to Twilight. The lamp was rather lopsided, although it was just tall enough to fit Twilight's size, it didn't accommodate her hooves. Sans shrugged it off. "Guess that's too bad, huh? And...here he comes...I'll try and stall him for-" "You don't have to." "Heh, you got guts, I'll give you that, but let me handle this." "No really, this spell should do the trick." She advanced to the exit. *crunch *crunch 'That's Papyrus, he'll be here at any moment.' "Fine, whatever." *crunch Papyrus was a tall, heavy chested skeleton, his bright red boots punished the delicate snow as he made his way towards Sans. "'Sup bro." Sans casually greeted. He shook his head. "Sans, did you hear some-" "Excuse me, you must be Papyrus." Twilight said, her gentle smile burned inside Papyrus' memory. "Ah so nice, just like I." "Bro..." Sans snickered, Papyrus noticed him burying his hands further inside his pockets. "...that one's a pony." "What?" He looked skeptically at Sans then back at Twilight. 'Well she is rather pony like for a monster.' "Are you really a...pony?" The child's head slightly squeaked in response. "I see..." Papyrus' joints loosened for a second, he almost looked relieved. "This is...this is...AWESOME! S-stay here pony! Let me go find my sack!" His boots scraped against the snow and he shuffled into the abyss. "So that turned out well after all, good job? But, I guess, you're not as bad as I thought. My brother's been feeling down lately and when he saw you, he got so happy. Maybe you can do this act-like-a-pony thing for a little bit longer." "I guess I can, just for a little bit." Sans could still see Twilight's vivid purple coat as she began walking further and further away. "That horse," He said between chuckles. "I don't have to worry about Pap after all." OoO Twilight figured wandering far away from the path would result in getting, so she didn't steer far. The path eventually let up into a crossway section filled with luscious evergreen trees. There was a crimson red chest and a sign standing idly by the trees, she walked over to it. She lifted the hood and levitated the contents inside. 'A glove? Wow, wonder how long that thing's been here?' " She put it back. "You didn't even bother to read the sign, figures." "A sign, I completely for-" 'Wait! W-who's voice is that?!' She slowly turned around. "An owl...sort of?!" "You don't even know what I am, figures." Snowdrake said, he took a giant breath and filled his cheeks up with cold air. "Figures?" With the use of magic, the cold air formulated into sharp edged boomerangs and one-by-one they spewed out of his mouth. Twilight could easily weave through the boomerangs. "What do you mean by that?" "A pony like you wouldn't understand the power of...comedy!" "You mean like a joke or something?" "Yeah-yeah! I'll try out an ice pun 'cause ice puns are snow problem." "Um...hilarious." "I know right?! Comedy gold. Dad was wrong, I'm not just funny, I'm a comedy genius! I have to tell him, later." Using his stubby yellow legs, Snowdrake waddled away. The few moments of peace he gathered were quickly disrupted when another monster came strutting alongside the road. Twilight dismissed its presence and kept on walking. "..." "Huh?" Ice cap turned around at the spot and ran up to the pony. "Ahem!" Twilight kept on walking. "UM...HELLO?! My hat's up here!" He pulled on Twilight's mane. "Look at it!" "It's um great?" "Isn't it, but it's not the best now that I think about it. It's not as captivating as that pony mane of yours. I'll rebuild my hat. I have all the materials. I can make it better than it was! Taller, prettier, icy-er! Yes!" Twilight watched the ice cube cheerfully hop off. 'These monsters are really crazy...' OoO As the evergreen trees closed in tighter and tighter on the pathway, Twilight felt the same inescapable tightness crowding up on her from when he first entered the snow blanketed region. She could hear the sound of soft murmurs grow louder every step she took. 'Those voices...I know I heard them from somewhere...!' "So like I was saying about Undyne, when I asked her if I the royal guards could patent my pony catching sack she-" "Hey, don't look now, but the pony's back." "What?! Really?!" Indeed, the lavender pony had returned to his presence. 'Oh my god! She's here, she's really here!' "Now that I have my sack with me, I can finally be...and then Undyne she'll...I'll be so popular! I'll have so many friends!" "Ahem! Pony," Twilight shifted uncomfortably at her mention. "You shall not pass this area! Nor will you spell me! I, the great Papyrus, forbid you, for it'll be I who'll capture you and I who'll ship you to the capital!" 'He won't catch me yet!' Whipping out a small, brown potato sack, Papyrus charged, full throttle, towards the pony. Sans eyed the pony suspiciously, for some reason, she didn't even bother to move. 'I guess he took what I said to heart-' Only when Papyrus was nearly on top of her did her muscles twitch. It happened fast. Before Papyrus could process it, Twilight was clear out of the area. '-or maybe not.' OoO 'I'm glad I got away, thank Celestia for teleportation.' "Did something just move or...was it my imagination? 'Cause if something like a pony were moving, well I'd make sure they never move again!" "...who is that?" *SLASH "..." "...?" 'I could've sworn a sword or something came through me and...' Twilight looked around, the trees were still. "Well, well," A dog donning leopard print pants and wielding two short swords stood in front of the pony. "I guess I was wrong, no one's 'ere after all." Doggo said, his white snout pointed directly at Twilight. Twilight started walking away with the benefit of the doubt the dog couldn't see her. "Oh-oh-oh! I was right after all!" Doggo gripped his blade and swung randomly, barking "Take this!" Each swing he took. 'Just a second ago he couldn't see me, but now he can?!' Twilight took a moment to study the dog. 'A blue sword, and a white one, when he attacked me the first time, he used the sword that didn't work on me.' Doggo stepped in the Twilight's direction, holding only his white blade, he grinned. "I see you." 'It's his blue blade then, the one that doesn't work!' Twilight crawled out of the way just as the sword swung down, easily, it cut past the thin layer of snow and etched itself inside the ice. Doggo muttered something and tried to pull his sword out. '...I have something!' Twilight used her horn and created a bone, she threw it. *plop "More movement?" Doggo stopped pulling on the sword and turned to investigate. Twilight then sprinted away, never looking back until he was sure he was far from the dog creature. OoO "Hey, watch out." "Hu-" Her legs flew forward and he fell on his back resulting in an unnatural sounding crack coming from the ice beneath her. "Oh it's just you," Was the first thing that popped out, Twilight got herself up. "You need something?" "Nah," Sans' faded blue sneakers proved to be good traction on the ice and he leaned on the sign plotted right in the middle of the ice lake. "I have something important that you need to remember..." "What is it?" "...well my brother has a very special attack. If you see a blue attack, don't move, and it won't hurt you." "It sure would've been nice to know this sooner..." "What?" "Nevermind." "Right, right. So anyways, just imagine a stop sign, when you see a stop sign, you stop. Stop signs are red, but instead, imagine a blue stop sign. You'll remember that during battle, won't you?" "I think so, yeah." "Good." *pound-clank "I guess that's my cue to leave. Remember, blue stop sign, also, I advise you to pet it." "Pet what?" *Pound-Clank "That." A heavy built, white dog hung over Twilight. With its sword, amour, and shield it somewhat had the appearance of a typical guard. "..." Lesser dog's blue spear flew down on Twilight, though it didn't do anything, so they switched to the white spear. 'Sans wants me to pet it, right?!' "Here I come!" Twilight reached for Lesser dog's head and brushed the top of its fur. "Woof-woof!" Twilight pet Lesser dog again and the excited barking intensified. The more Twilight petted it, the looser its grip on the spears were until it finally fell onto the ice. "Haha! This is fun!" Another pet and its head rocketed into the sky. Lesser dog's massive neck loomed in the sky, it casted a tall shadow over the pony. Twilight scraped at its neck again, but instead of getting taller, it began lowering. Lesser dog's head had gone underground, Twilight was over petting the dog at this point. "...?" Twilight revoked her petting. "Where's it now...eh, I'll just...go." She left north of the ice lake to find a lone lump of snow. "Wait!" The lone lump of snow called out as she started to leave, Twilight stopped. "I WANT TO LIVE! TAKE A PIECE OF ME OUT TO WORLD WITH YOU!" "No problem," She levitated a handful of snow. "I'll take this really far!" This time, Twiloght went east of the ice lake, dhe found himself in a cleared out field where the two skeletal sentries were waiting. "You're so lazy!" Papyrus said, his buoyant voice hovered in the air for a bit before settling down. "You napped all night!" "Actually, I think that's called...sleeping." He quipped. "Excuses don't burn calories, Sans!" "Um ok? At least the horse has crawled back." "Oh wow he has! Ahem! If the sack didn't work, then for sure these puzzles my brother and I created will halt your movements! This one in particular you'll find to be quite..." His eye sockets slit. "Shocking. Behold, the invisible electrifying maze!" Papyrus held out a shiny sphere like contraption in his red mitten. "When you touch the maze, this orb will deliver a near fatal shock. Fun, right? Well...between 1-10 of the amount of fun you'll actually have, it's probably a 1.4." Twilight smiled then approached the skeletons. "Hey, wait I didn't see you could wa-" *ZAPPP "SANS!" Papyrus stomped his foot on the ground, recovering quickly from the electric shock. "What happened?! What did you do?!" "I believe the pony has to hold the orb for it to work." "Oh I get it!" Papyrus went out of his was to go through the maze himself, once he reached the end, he dropped the orb on Twilight's back. "Ha-ha! Try to solve the puzzle now!" She stared at the puzzle for a moment before taking a step forward where Papyrus walked, after two cautious steps, she got the hang of it. 'This is way too easy.' "What?! You slippery slug, you solved that puzzle so easily...too easily...however, you won't be so lucky next puzzle because it was designed by yours truly's brother, Sans!" He finished with a round of NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEHs and slowly backed away. "Thanks, it's...been a while since I've seen him this happy, but, the way you're going on right now isn't working. The monsters here in the underground don't take to that fil-I mean that pony magic of yours. Keep on using it like that and you'll find yourself in deeper trouble than you asked for."