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// Chapter 8: A Skele“ton” of Problems (edited) 
// Story: The Golden Child 
// by Fusionflare374 
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As the three skeletons and the human ran for dear life from the wooden wolves, they spotted a cave that they can hide in.

“Look a cave, maybe we can hide there and hopefully these wolves will leave us alone.”  Gaster said to the two skeletons. The two nodded in agreement.

They all made it to the cave and hid on the side of the cave walls. The wolves made it to where the skeletons were last seen. They started to sniff around and caught a scent and followed it to the cave. The wolves were now at the entrance of the cave, but stopped and the wolves felt uneasy of the cave. The wolves then retreated back to the forest and the three skeletons sighed in relief when the wolves left. 

“Phew we finally lost those weird looking wolves while hiding in this cave.” Sans said sounding exhausted but relieved.

“Yes even though we had to drag your lazy butt half way, you could of been killed.” Papyrus said to his brother looking unimpressed and worried.

“Sorry bro I got bone tired.” Sans said to Papyrus with a wink on his face. 

“Ugh why do I always help you.” Papyrus said to Sans, facepalming his face.

“Because you love me.” Sans said to Papyrus.

“Unfortunately.” Papyrus said in a whisper.

“I heard that!” Sans yelled.

“Pipe down you two, otherwise those wolves will find us again.” Gaster said to the skeleton brothers.

“Relax G, honestly why were we running? it’s not like we have flesh,” Sans said to Gaster. Gaster then pointed to Frisk, while still sleeping. “Oh right... the kid.” Sans said while looking at Frisk.

“Yes they weren’t going for us, but for Frisk.” Gaster said to the two.

“Yeah we better keep an eye socket on them... eh eh?” Sans said looking at them to see if anyone will laugh, they didn’t. Gaster suddenly heard something deep in the cave and leaned closer to hear it clearer.

“Do you two hear something?” Gaster asked as he leaned closer in the cave.

“No... what do you hear dad?” Papyrus asked Gaster curiously and worriedly.

“I hear... heavy snoring.” Gaster said to them. They both leaned in closer too and started to hear the heavy snoring.

“Yeah I hear it now.” Sans said to Gaster, Paps nodded.

“I’m going to investigate it.” Gaster said to them as he began to walk further in the cave.

“Are you crazy?! We don’t know what creature could be in there, you can get hurt!” Sans said with a worried tone.

“I am aware of the danger Sans, but I’m fascinated of these new creatures and I want to study some.” Gaster said to Sans.

Sans sighed. “Fine but I’m going with you.” Sans said to Gaster.

“Fair enough.” Gaster responded.

“Should I come too?” Papyrus asked them.

“No, stay with Frisk in case if those wolves come over here and see them sleeping, which we should wake them up since it looks like it’s morning now.” Gaster said to Papyrus.

“Okay dad I, The Great Papyrus will keep Frisk safe and wake them up in the process.” Papyrus said as his cape was blowing in the air, but no air was present.

“Good, shall we son?” Gaster asked Sans.

“Yeah.” Sans said to Gaster.

The two of them began to walk further into the cave. As they made it to the end of the cave, two giant bears were sleeping. Their fur looking like the night sky.

“Woah, what are these things?” Sans asked quietly to not wake them up.

“I don’t believe it...” Gaster said in awe.

“What is it G?” Sans asked, looking confused.

“These bears are the Ursa Minor and Ursa Major.” Gaster said to Sans.

“What?! But that’s impossible, their suppose to be a constellation, not living creatures, how is that possible?!” Sans said looking shocked.

“I’m not sure son, but maybe the constellations are alive and animalized in this world.” Gaster theorized.

“Well we should go back, we don’t want to wake them up,” Sans said as he was heading back. He turned around and saw Gaster climbing the Ursa Minor. “Dad what are you doing?!?” Sans asked Gaster worried for his safety.

“I’m only getting samples from them for my future studies.” Gaster said as he grabbed a small container.

“You are going to get yourself killed!!” Sans semi yelled at Gaster.

“Don’t worry Sans, I will just collect some saliva from both of them and we will be on our way.” Gaster said to Sans.

Gaster reached the Ursa Minor’s face and reached down its mouth to collect the saliva. The Ursa Minor moved its body a bit and Gaster lost his grip on the bear. Gaster fell and landed on the front paw of the Ursa Minor, causing the Ursa Minor to cry out in pain. Sans went over to help Gaster up. As Gaster got up, the Ursa Minor was now crying from Gaster landing on its foot. The Ursa Major woke up and looked at the crying Ursa Minor. The Ursa Major scanned around the room to see what would hurt its baby. The Ursa Major then looked at the skeletons with angry eyes. Sans and Gaster back up slowly to the exit of the den.

“N-nice bear hehe.” Sans said to the Ursa Major nervously. The Ursa Major made a mighty roar at the two.

“RUN!!” Gaster screamed as he bolted away from the two giant bears. Sans did the same and started to bolt out of there. The two bears began to chase the two skeletons.

Papyrus finally woke up Frisk and made them some food. Papyrus and Frisk started to hear loud footstep from the cave and saw Sans and Gaster bolting out of the darkness.

“RUN PAPS, RUN KID!!!” Sans yelled as he ran past them.

“Nyeh?” Papyrus said confused. The two of them heard roaring and the two bears were running towards them. “NYEH!!” Papyrus yelled as he picked up Frisk and began bolting too. The two of them caught up with Sans and Gaster and they continued to run as the bears were on their tails.

“Huff... huff, can we use our magic yet?” Sans asked Gaster in a desperate and tired tone.

“We still have to wait for an hour.” Gaster said to Sans.

“AN HOUR?!? We need to use our magic NOW!” Sans yelled at Gaster.

“Well we can’t, so keep running if you don’t want to be dust!” Gaster said as they kept running.

The four of them saw a small village from the horizon and began to run towards the village with the bears in pursuit. The ponies in that village is not aware of the dangers that the three skeletons and the human are going to bring.


To Be Continued...