Woona moved carefully through the relatively deep snow of the path, pushing her way through the snow that was shoulder high on her on the path, and nearly horn high off of it. She could have hovered over it, since she had - as Toriel predicted - learned to levitate herself with her magic, but that was rather tiring. She didn't want to use up her magic like that, just in case she should need it to protect herself from a less than friendly monster. Not that she wanted to fight, but Chara had made it plain that, sometimes, she'd have no other choice.
To either side of the path was a thick forest of thin trees, the snow piled to nearly twice her height beneath the boughs. Admittedly, that meant it wasn't even knee height on Toriel, and maybe waist height on Chara. "I knew I'd have trouble with Monsters in the rest of the Underground," she muttered under her breath, "but compared to the terrain, monsters are snow problem!" She giggled lightly at her silly pun, only to freeze. She could have sworn she heard someone else giggling, a deep, echoing, stuttering chuckle, as though the sound were bouncing around bones instead of flesh. Even more nervous than before, she started pushing her way forward again.
As she moved forward, she came across a sturdy branch crossing the path. She managed to get over it, thankful for the brief respite from being half buried in snow. Examining it, she noticed the branch was a lot sturdier than it looked, and would take a great deal of force to break. She paid this no mind as she continued, however. As she continued, a loud snap behind her startled her.
"GYAH!" she shouted, spinning around. Her magic shot off in her shock, a lance of light cutting fifty trees straight through in the sweep of her arc. "Oh no!" She rushed over to the trees, trying to see if anyone was hurt. "Oh I hope nobody was in there!" she whimpered.
They weren't, Chara informed her. The power of that blast or the falling trees would have instantly killed anyone of this area out there, and if you'd killed anyone, you'd have felt your strength increase.
"...that's not very comforting," Woona whimpered, turning back to see the sturdy branch from before snapped completely in twain. Turning, she made her way further through the snow.
Hiding behind the trees on the other side of the path after a quick 'shortcut', Sans desperately struggled to catch his breath. "and she's the one i promised to protect?" he marveled. He shook himself off. "welp, i made the promise anyway. time to try and keep it."
As Woona continued down the path, she could sense someone following her. Who...who could that be? she whimpered internally.
Not someone who will hurt you, Chara replied. Unless he decides to hold that deforestation against you.
A quiet whine escaped Woona's throat, and she moved forward as fast as she could. Seeing a bridge ahead, she breathed a sigh of relief. Once she was on the other side, she could look back and see who was following her. Unfortunately, the snow was piled deep in front of the bridge, and she got stuck trying to get through it.
Hearing heavy footsteps in the snow behind her, she began to panic, struggling to try and get through the snow and across the bridge to perceived safety. Unfortunately, she made no appreciable progress, and the footsteps halted just behind her.
P o n y a deep voice echoed, half in her mind and half in her ears.
Letting out a scream of terror, Woona fell forward to her forehooves and bucked out with her hind legs as hard as she could. A tiny 'pfft' sound echoed as she felt her hooves impact something soft and full of air. "...huh?"
"wow," the voice continued, the menace completely gone from the voice and it now entirely in her ears. "a full force kick and you didn't even completely deflate the whoopee cushion. just what is your atk, anyway..." The voice trailed off. "...negative 12? wow. just...wow. and i thought i was weak at atk 1."
Nervously, Woona turned around...and found herself face to face with a skeleton wearing a blue hoodie. He grinned widely down at her, tiny white points for eyes within the black sockets. Gulping, Woona attempted to bury herself backwards in the snow to hide.
"oh geeze," the skeleton moaned, kneeling down to be closer to her level. "i didn't mean to scare you that bad. just a little bit."
"Little?" Woona demanded, upset. "That scare was bigger than I am!"
The skeleton chuckled a bit. "yeah...but it's snow problem, am i right?" He shot her a wink.
Woona tilted her head. "I...I want to laugh...but I'm too confused trying to figure out how a skeleton can wink."
"it took a lot of practice. can you guess how much?"
Woona paused, scratching her chin. Her eyes suddenly widened. "A skele-ton?" she guessed.
The skeleton laughed. "you got it!"
"You're Mommy's friend!" Woona gasped out happily. "Her day planner has all sorts of skeleton puns in it! She got them from you, right?"
"your mom lives in the ruins?" the skeleton asked. When Woona nodded, his grin widened without actually changing shape, somehow. "then yeah, that's me. name's sans, sans the skeleton."
"I'm Woona!" Woona proclaimed happily. Closing her eyes and focusing, she managed to make her soul manifest. It was surrounded by a black, smokey aura. She pointed to the aura. "And this is Chara! Say hi Chara!"
I will devour your soul and decorate the landscape with your entrails! Chara proclaimed, trying and failing to make his voice echo with menace.
Woona giggled. "Silly Chara..."
Sans stared at the aura in disbelief. "the king is going to flip his fertilizer pile when he sees this..." he mumbled under his breath. "look, woona...maybe you shouldn't be so free with talking about chara..."
"Why not?" Woona asked in confusion.
"well, not all monsters are going to be as laid back and accepting of something like that as i am."
Woona thought about that for a time. "...like Flowey?"
"who?"
"A talking yellow flower," Woona explained. "When we first met, he tried to kill me and take my soul. When I met him a second time, I hugged him and tried to make friends, but he ran away."
Sans stroked his chin in thought. "well...maybe not like him," he muttered. "anyway, come on. i want to introduce you to my brother, Papyrus. he's probably this way." He started to walk across the bridge.
"More snow?" Woona whimpered. "At this rate, snow's going to come out next time I pee!"
Sans looked back, seeing Woona struggling to get out of the snow pile. While part of him said he should let her make it through on her own, a much larger part was beating him over the skull with his promise. Walking back up to Woona, he picked the tiny filly up and set her down in his hood. "that better?" he asked.
Woona smiled, snuggling in. "Much!" she replied happily. Gripping Sans' skull from behind, she lifted herself up so she could rest her chin atop his skull. "And this way I can see where we're going, too!"
Sans glanced up at her, smiling widely. "as long as you're comfortable-hey! stop pawing at my eye!"
"But I'm trying to find the cream!"
Both giggled happily as Sans crossed the bridge. As he did, a much taller skeleton in white armor wearing an orange scarf came rushing up to them. "sup, bro?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT -SUP-, BROTHER!" the skeleton - presumably Papyrus - proclaimed loudly, his voice oddly high pitched. "IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T RECALIBRATED. YOUR. PUZZLES!"
"Puzzles?" Woona gasped eagerly. "I love puzzles!"
Papyrus blinked. "SANS! WHAT IS THAT ON YOUR HEAD? IS...IS IT A HUMAN?" His voice was filled with desperate hope and glee.
"no," Sans replied. "it's a pony."
Seeing Papyrus' face fall, Woona decided to try and cheer him up. "I've got a human inside me...sorta?" she offered.
I am not a human, Chara scolded.
Close enough to make him happy! Woona countered. Hush.
Papyrus gasped happily. "THEN...CAPTURING YOU WILL BE SORTA LIKE CAPTURING A HUMAN?" he asked eagerly. "AND I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE ROYAL GUARD? ...BUT NO ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU'RE A HUMAN! YOU DON'T LOOK A THING LIKE ONE!"
Frowning, Woona reached into her saddlebags for her art supplies. Working quickly, she drew a picture of Chara's face on the paper and tied it onto her face.
Woona equipped the Human Mask.
The perfect disguise! No one would ever believe you weren't a human!
Papyrus stared at Woona for a time. "YOU...YOU'LL PRETEND TO BE HUMAN? JUST...JUST FOR ME?" He wiped at his eyes. "THAT'S...THAT'S THE NICEST THING ANYONE'S EVER DONE FOR ME! I WON'T LET YOU DOWN!" He thrust one hand into the air, pointing to the sky. "I SHANT LET YOUR KINDNESS GO TO WASTE, TINY-PONY-WHO-IS-ACTUALLY-A-HUMAN-NOW! PREPARE FOR PUZZLES! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" With that laugh, Papyrus dashed off into the snow, an amazing spring in his step.
Sans rubbed at his own eyes. "wow, woona. that was...really nice of you. it means a real heck of a lot to papyrus that you'll do this for him."
"I promised Mommy I'd befriend every monster in the Underground," Woona replied. "Isn't this the best way to start?"
Sans looked up at her in amazement. "...i feel like i must be dreaming," he murmured softly. "...and it's one of the good ones." Without explaining further, he followed after Papyrus, carrying Woona on his head.
Look what I got!
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Woona, how could you do this to me?
Lol the moment I noticed you updated I chanted 'fuckyesfuckyes' over and over until the page loaded. I swear my eyes lit up
I don't get it....
This was absolutely adowable. *Glomps you and never lets go*
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The cover image, where Woona has one hoof over Sans' eye.
And she was trying to get at the eye's cream.
6862013 Because you forgot the second part of the joke.
Yay, Sans and Papyrus! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of them in the later chapters!
6862042 Aww... So she wasn't trying to get the frog in his throat?
Because pony hooves have frogs. And it's in the head.
God I'm not funny.
Will Asriel have to share the same body with Chara?
This is the best fic on this site
Heh, dreams, I get it.
Anyway, I almost expected something like this to happen when she showed him Chara.
This fandom... it's just...
EVERYTHING (except some of the grody stuff) ABOUT THIS FANDOM IS PURE PERFECTION!!!!!
Although there's one thing that concerns me. Now, as we all know, there's a certain... dichotomy between the fanbase, and the split may affect the entire course of this story. I'm speaking of course... about Asgore and Toriel, and Sans and Toriel. Now, things went pretty crazy in the Heart of the Dragon Emperor story when it came to love, and that involved a character that didn't even matter much in the canon story. But here... everyone involved is important. So that begs the question: Will Woona be able to make the family whole the way she wants to, or will there be obvious problems with it?
{Tatsurou:... So out of all the things you're worried I might do with this story, Toriel's love life is the one you're most concerned with?}
Of course, figment of my imagination! Tatsurou's proven that he's been able to properly write an Undertale fanfiction without falling for his usual trappings, not to mention those trappings can't even be sprung because of the kind of game Undertale is (And he doesn't seem to be doing anyone injustices, so that's also a plus). So obviously, since Flowey's role as an adolescent confused about his feelings and Chara's role as one of those manifestations of chaos that just so happen to be tagging along with you are completely awesome, the only thing I'm worried about is Goat Mom's love life. I mean, I guess Woona could study how determination works and maybe do something about Undyne and/or Gaster, but that PALES in comparison to the love life of our resident Boss Monster!
{Tatsurou: *shrugs* If you say so.}
You're doing a great job with the Woona-Chara interactions. Very entertaining.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Does this site not have different fonts? Disappointing, but bold works well for Sans, and italicizing Papyrus' dialogue makes it kinda look like the papyrus font used in-game.
...Well I'm glad I decided to read the latest two chapters, they left a much better taste in my mouth. Although I am more optimistic about Woona's journey now... I'm not sure I like the look of that slice of life tag.
YES!!! The Skeleton Brothers!!! Hopefully, Woona will enjoy the spaghetti and balancing hotdogs on her head.
... Eh?! Where is the Determination? Did it run out? Oh no! Hold on, Woona! You can have some of mine!
...I went back a read the last two chapters, and I'm impressed yet again. Chara was one of two characters that I have ever actually hated, and yet... The way you portrayed him last chapter... I'm willing to give him a chance... Nice job.
Also, since Chara is riding in Woona's soul... Does that mean he would feel whatever Woona does? If Woona becomes sad, would Chara be sad as well?
jeez, -12 atk? Luna's true pacifist path is set for her, she couldn't kill someone if she TRIED! Does she heal people with her attacks?
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Keep in mind she also has a stat for her magic attack power, MAG...which is currently 50.
6862451 She might not be able to kill someone in a FIGHT, but Chara clearly stated that when her magic responded to her being spooked it could have easily killed someone, not to mention the trees falling.
She didn't find the camera in the bushes?
she lifted herself ups so she could rest
1. Umm... Don't you mean Up in this case?
6862111 At least sans didn't have a... Frog in his throat eh?
Woona is lucky to be in a good neighbour-hood.
At least sans is letting Woona get a... Heads up.
Huh... Didn't know that sans had entrails according to Chara. Why, I think Chara has a lot of DETERMINATION to get at him.
AWWWWWWWWE love it
A- *faints*
The Woona is a spy!
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REFFEREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Need more fanart of this
6861154 Of course! The corner is infinite, it is eternal.
Oooh! A new chapter, good chance to stock up on my hhhnnnnggggs and daaawwwws.
Yep, there it is, my hhnnnnngggg! And I'm going to assume that you meant to leave out the determination at the end of the chapter?
6862125 Look at his other works.
Their TIED.
*Sees Luna destroy a forest*
*Reads that her Atk is -12*
HORSE! CRAP!
6862446 popular theory states that Chara has always been the spectator in undertale; you, the player, are Chara which is why it is expected of you to put your name as the fallen child. I don't think Chara is fused with Woona's soul, i think Chara is still playing the spectator role in this case.
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Atk= -12
Mag=50
6863020 Well Tatsurou is basically the best author on this site. Though i still think this is one of his best, if not his best.
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i know what you mean. He's like the only author i bothered to check other stories and read them. More so, i like them!
The description mentions humans, but there's no human tag?
Huh D'awww...
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Humans are part of Undertale's backstory.
But there are no humans in this story.
The adorable pip squeak stuck in a pile of snow that can't even deflate a woo pie cusion can level a forest?
I love it!
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Ah. That clears it up.
I'm mildly disappointed that Sans didn't refer to Woona as his new hat/wig when he met Sans. Head ponies are totally the new style, man!
6862562 I don't know.
Chara's been ... smoking.
SKELEBROTHERS ARE THE BEST
6864636 What about Chara? I mean, technically they're like... the spirit of a human? But still.
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Chara chooses to no longer identify as human.
6866941 Is he a meat popsicle?
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OVER 9-
Aw
I bet this Sans had some resets with Frisk, but this time, Woona appeared before Frisk so then we would have Woona+Frisk adventures.
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Is it bad that my thought is... "So what does he identify as? An attack helicopter?"