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// Chapter 6: Broken bones 
// Story: Another Undertale story 
// by Deidara21 
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Chapter 6: Broken bones


Papyrus couldn't say it.

His buoyant voice sunk like a rock in water. "What am I saying?! You're...you're a pony, I'm a monster." He drew a long sigh reeking of melancholy. "I must capture you! Then I can finally fulfill my lifelong dream! Powerful! Popular! Prestigious! That's Papyrus...the soon-to-be newest member of the Royal Guard!"

Gray particles formed over Papyrus' glove, they clumped together into a milk-white bone. "Nyehhhh! Take this!" Papyrus hurled the bone and it perched softly on the snow beside Twilight. "WHAT HOW DI-I mean, don't worry you swift sawyer, there's more where THAT came from!"

'That bone...it came out of nowhere! He didn't even have to mov-' One of the bones conked Twilight in the jaw, another bone to the forehead made her stumble back. Standing, even for a second, proved to be futile with the seemingly unlimited supply of bones.

"Nyahahaha!" Papyrus laughed, throwing more bones. "Run for as long as you like, you'll get tired then I'll capture you!"

'Oh enough of this!' Twilight formed a wall of pink magic and it reflected the incoming bones. 

"You reflected my attack?! No one's ever done that before!" Papyrus threw even more bones to counterattack, each of them failing one after another. "Great, wait, I got it! Let's see if you can handle my fabled 'blue attack'!"

'Blue attack? Right, I just won't move for this one!'

Papyrus' back hunched, he held his hand out where blue-tinted particles materialized into a vibrant blue bone. He jumped over the barrier, holding the bone tight."Behold!" Small bursts of maniacal laughter slithered up Papyrus' hollow throat as he swiped the bone through Twilight's torso.

Feeling no signs of external damage, Twilight looked at her soul. What was once a ruby red color was now cobalt blue. "What happened to me?!"

"You're blue now, that's my attack! Nyeh heh heh heh heh heh heh!"

She shivered. "Wh-What happens when I'm blue?!"

"It makes my already great attacks, even greater...or it should!" Papyrus backed away, he raised his arms and an army of tall, lean bones rose in conjunction. The bones eagerly rushed for Twilight.

*SMASH

'My barrier! It broke through?!' Her thoughts came to a sudden halt when a bone from under the snow thrashed her into the chilling atmosphere.

"...! PAPYRrusssssss!"

She landed in a lumpy snow pile, giving no time to catch her breath, another array of tower high bones came her way.

"Ha-ha! I hope you're not feeling overwhelmed by all the bones I have, because I got a special attack coming up! I can almost taste my future popularity!"

"Hey Papyrus...it's...not too late, is it?"

"Too late for what?"

She smiled. "To hangout!"

"Of cours-ugh, stop it! I can't let you hang out with me, I need to capture you! I'll finally be in the Royal Guard and I'll be so popular, the king will even trim a hedge in the shape of my smile! Undyne, she'll be so proud of me, my brother...we'll he'll stay the same, but I can't drop this opportunity, so give up or face the wrath of my special attack!"

The bones stretched taller, bobbing up and down as if they were a wave, but it didn't flicker the slightest emotion for Twilight while she approached Papyrus. She navigated through a short row of bones. "...Even though you're not a loner, can we still be friends?"

For the longest time, Papyrus stared at Twilight. "...someone like you is really rare and I don't think they'll let you go...but who cares?! I...won't...I won't be your..."

He still couldn't say it.

Twilight watched as Papyrus balled a cluster of gray particles and threw them above his head. She looked up. 'What the heck?!' Bones miraculously grew out of the sky, they dangled in the air itself.

"This is my second most devastating attack yet!" Papyrus announced, then added, "-if I were you I would give up!"

Twilight took a cautious step forward, one of the bones fell down, blocking her path. She backed up. '...that's it, that's what I'll do.' The bones were falling fast, at the rate they were going, moving quick wasn't an option, it was necessary.

'I get now. The pony...she's coming towards...me!' "J...just give up already or face my special attack!"

"I won't give u—" Twilight fell forward, emitting a shaky oomph on the snow.

'The pony's down! This is a perfect chance for me to capture her!' The snow suffered from the heaviness of Papyrus' painfully slow steps. 'All the fame, all the glory, all the fans, I can have it all in just a few more steps...'

'...but...I can't have...her.' Papyrus flinched when the pony made a sudden jolt. "Pony...?"

Twilight lifted her head and pulled herself up.

"Oh!" Papyrus looked at the pony's body in horror, a thick red liquid was oozing from her nose which caked her neck. He'd never seen it before. 'Wait...she has spaghetti sauce all over herself! She carries around a jar of spaghetti sauce too?! No, no, I can't be wavered by his tricks!' "So pony, you've survived my second most fatal attack, never fear, for now I will use my special attack!"

"Yeah! Not very long from now I will use that special attack!"

"Last chance to give up before I use that special attack!"

"Behold my special-"

"That's it! I tried being friends with you!" Twilight rammed into Papyrus' wide chest, he tipped over and the two of them fell backwards.

His cherry red scarf knitted between Twilight teeth. "I...I won't let you capture me!"

"...'huff' I guess that's how it'll be. You obviously can't defeat me...Therefore I, the Great Papyrus, elect to grant you pity! I will spare you pony, now you just have to accept my mercy!"

Twilight let go of his scarf. "I accept."

"Sorry Undyne, I'm not going to be part of the Royal Guard anytime soon...but...it won't be so bad, you're here after all and be my friend!" 

"Of course!"

"Wow! I have friends! Who knew the only thing you needed to make them was to give them awful puzzles and fight them in a life-or-death battle! You taught me a lot about making friends today, pony!"

"...I, the ever-so-great Papyrus, grant you permission to proceed, and on top of that, I'll give you directions to the surface. All you have to do is continue forward until you reach the end of the cavern, then when you reach the capital, cross the barrier."

"That's it? Sounds easy!"

"Welllll...there's also the magical-seal-trapping-us-all-underground problem. Anything can enter through, but nothing can exit...except someone with a powerful soul...like you! That's why the king wants to acquire a pony, he wants to open the barrier with soul power, so us monsters can return to the surface!"

'I feel so much better knowing why the monsters hate me...I finally understand what Toriel was talking about back in the ruins.' "Then, I just won't wave until I find another way to open the barrier and free the monsters...without me, um, dying."

"Wowie, that sounds great...and maybe even come by my place so we can do the hangout! Nyeh heh heh heh heh heh!"


XxxxXxx


Papyrus leaned back on the wooden board of his house. Each passing second he steadily becoming more and more nervous, only the spaghetti-scented wood polish smothered all over the house calmed his nerves. 'Yep, things should run smoothly, I have everything planned out!'

"Yo Papyrus!"

"P-pony?!" His skull jerked right. "...oh, it's just you."

Sans smiled, ending his walk on the first step. "I think I'll be staying in bed today, I'm running a femur."

"SANS!"

"I can't fool you, after all, you see right through me."

"OH MY GOD SANS-wait, I hear the pony coming!"

Sans wasn't too surprised Papyrus already grown acute to sounds the point usually made, his hand relaxed on the bronze doorknob. "You don't think she'll be upset when he finds out we have no horse food, do you?"

"What do you mean? Ponies eat the same food as us monsters, and we have plenty of food!"

"Right."

As Sans opened the door to go inside, the pony walked up to Papyrus. "Papyrus! Where're we going to hangout?!"

"The best place in the entire town-" Papyrus took Twilight all the way to the library and back. "-My House!"

Date Status: Start!

Date LV: 9001

The inside of Papyrus' house was pretty average compared to Twilight's expectations, sure they had a purple-blue chevron carpet but other than that, it was your typical couch, TV, end table, gigantic portrait of a bone set up.

"This place looks kind of...."

"Awesome! I know right?! Anyways, whenever you're ready, we can start this 'dinner date' and do whatever you're supposed to do!"

'Since when did this turn into a dinner date?!' 

Twilight entered the orange tiled kitchen and Papyrus followed suit. "So during the few sentences it took you to get here, I had just enough time to make some of my famous spaghetti, it'll taste so great!"

Papyrus went over to his extra long sink, he opened the door. "Usually I put my emergency bone supply under our extra long sink, but I also put the bowls in there too!"

"Arf!"

"What?!"

An annoying white dog, carrying a bone twice the size of it, scrambeled out from under the sink and right under Papyrus legs. "Darn it! Catch that meddling canis lupus!" Twilight took a step forward and the white, furry beast was already clear out of his house.

"Curses!"

*PAHHHHHH-PA-RAAAAAAAH

Hangout LV: 8999.5

"SANS! PUT THAT TRUMPET AWAY!"

Papyrus turned around, he grabbed two bone-esque bowls and set them the stove top. "...I'll be back, I just remembered something..." Papyrus left the kitchen, heading straight for a stinky white sock hanging from the cord of their game system. 'Not even the sticky notes I placed worked!' "Sans! Please pick up your sock!"

He heard a weak 'ok' in response.

"And don't put it back down, move it!"

Another 'ok'.

"You moved it like two inches, move it back to room own where it belongs!"

Yet another 'ok'.

"And don't bring it back!"

One more 'ok'.

"It's still here!"

The barrages of ok's finally stopped. "Wait, didn't you just tell me to not bring it back to my room?"

"...Forget it!"

*SLAM-CLANK*

"What was that?!" Papyrus went back inside the kitchen, Twilight was knocked out cold on the floor lying next to a half eaten bowl. "Oh no! The taste of my spaghetti was so powerful, she couldn't handle it! That's ok, I prepared for an event like this to occur!"

Hangout LV: -121300.676

He picked up Twilight and set her on their lime green couch. "I hope you'll be not dead."

OoO

'I bet you're happy you left that old hag's house...you wouldn't of made your first friend if you didn't.'

'Yeah...'

'It doesn't matter anyways, one friend out of all the others who despise you, it's only a matter of time before he turns on you. This place is different, they don't have to keep you alive.'

'No...this one, he's different. He's not like the rest, he's...'

'A monster.'

"..."

"I THINK SHE'S AWAKE, SANS!"

"I'm right here, bro." Sans stood back, catching a quick glance of Papyrus. 'I hope all his other hangouts don't end up like this.'

"Papyrus..." Twilight muttered.

"Yes, pony, do your cravings want more of my delicious ramen?"

She hopped off the couch. "'Uh...no, I'm stuffed, yep!" Opening the door, they exchanged their last goodbyes and saw each other off.

Hangout Status: Complete

Earn: 0 EXP, 0 Gold, the gift of knowledge


XxxxXxx

-Waterfall-


The thin layer of dry air grew stickier as Twilight walked further past his and Papyrus' battle site. After a while, her hoof hit a gravel surface. "Ah, this place is so interesting!" She ran over to a stream of rushing water and dipped her hoof inside, giving her nothing short of a smile.

She stood back, staring starry-eyed at the group of gray waterfalls feeding into the water. 'I don't see Monster kid anywhere, he's probably running late.' Twilight passed by a sharp corridor and met with another one of Sans's sentry stations.

"Oh, hey Sans, what're you doing here?"

"I'm working here. You know, two jobs means twice as many legally-required breaks. In fact, I'm going to Grillby's, wanna come?"

She nodded.

"Since you insist, I'll pry myself away from working," Sans left the station and motioned for Twilight to follow. "Here, I know a shortcut."

OoO

"Fast shortcut, huh?"

"Yeah,"

Twilight and Sans walked inside the lazy pub, immediately when Sans was there, it became a different atmosphere. Twilight couldn't exactly put it into words but it felt, welcoming.

Sans usual routine in Grillby's consisted of receiving some hi's and hello's from the regulars and a cheesy pick up line from the drunk bunny, then sitting himself down in one of the slightly crooked stools at the bar.

An eyesore of a fish leaned back in his stool, and said, "Sans, weren't you here a few minutes ago for breakfast,"

"Haven't had breakfast here in at least half an hour."

"You must be thinking of brunch."

Sans spun around, he shrugged his shoulders and everyone laughed.

"Heh, everybody knows your name in Grillby's, that's why I like it here, anyways, let's order."

Twilight eyed Sans suspiciously.

"Don't give me the look, hey, I'll even let you choose whatever you want."

"I want-"

"Actually, you pretty much only have a choice between fries or burgers."

"I'm not really hungry..."

"Whatever. Grillby, I'll have an order of burg." Grillby turned and headed to the back door.

The back door closed, Sans turned to Twilight. "Be honest with me, do you still think Papyrus is kind of cool?"

"Sure."

"Yeah, me too, I think he's the coolest. You know that outfit he wears, he wears literally every single day, he'd only take off that thing if he really had to, well, at least he washes it every once in a while. If you take washing as bringing it in the shower with you."

Grillby pushed open the back door while carrying a plate with a burger on it, he set the plate down and continued cleaning the cups. Sans screwed off the ketchup cap and chugged it straight from the bottle. He slammed the now empty bottle on the counter. "~ah."

Sans scratched his pelvis. "My brother, he really wanted to be apart of the Royal Guard...one day he went to the head of the Royal Guard's house and begged her to be in it. Likewise, she shut the door in him because it was midnight, but the next day she woke up and still saw him there waiting, seeing his dedication she decided to give him warrior training...it's a...working progress. I would've never thought he'd ever give up becoming one, but for you, I guess he had second thoughts. You must be something special, kid."

Twilight stared at the counter, there was nothing she could say. Nothing she wanted to say, at least.

"This is off topic, but have you heard of a talking flower?"

Her memories flooded in. "Are you talking about Flowey the flower?"

"Nope, doesn't ring a bell. Though I'm pretty sure it's just an echo flower, you know what those are, right? They repeat things that people say over and over. Interestingly enough, yesterday my brother told me of a flower that pops up when no one's around and whispers things to him. Flattery, advice, encouragement...predictions...I think it's someone using an echo flower to play a trick on him."

"Yeah, of course," 'What would Flowey even want with Papyrus anyways, it's not like he did anything...'

"But, I'll look into this Flowey character you're talking about, flowers have been a problem with someone lately...welp," He scooted off the stool. "That was a long break, I can't believe I let you pull me away from my job like that."

"I guess I forgot what I was about to say..." For some reason, he said that part a little bit louder than usual. "...Grillby, put it on my tab. I'm out of here."