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Harmony of Heroes: Ultimate Multiverse Explorers - Lucar



Several months after her adventures on Popstar, Sweetie Belle decides it's time to start new adventures in new universes

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Chapter 25: Spooky Scary Skeletons

Frisk began to walk toward Snowdin Town, but Sweetie Belle remained behind.

"You can go ahead! I wish to go see something!" the filly said.

Frisk looked at her questioningly before she nodded with a "Okay!" and entered the town.

Sweetie Belle then teleported.


And appeared just at the other end of the bridge, behind what looked like a sentient golden flower covering behind one of the wooden supports (which was obviously just a decoration to make the bridge look like a real wooden bridge).

So she did see something who had been observing them since she met Frisk.

The POP of her teleportation startled the flower who quickly turned around. Upon seeing her, the flower gave her a sheepish smile.

"Oh... Seems like I'm found!"

Sweetie Belle giggled. "It's hard to miss a flower in the middle of the snow."

"Golly! You seem to be the only one to have good eyes then, because nobody saw me until now."

"Good point. Maybe it also has to do with me being well trained to spot stuff now."

"I see."

"Anyway, why are you following us? I'm not assuming anything, I'm just very curious."

"Yes... You're curious to know if you will reduce me to ashes or not, depending of my answer. I can... uh... see that you're used to killing. Well, you have nothing to fear from me. I'm just a little flower who is very curious about you two but is also very shy to approach you. So I just settled to... observe from a distance."

Sweetie Belle sighed. "I would have not killed you even if you had told me that you were following us to take Frisk's SOUL."

"Really? How kind of you. As a thank you, let me present myself. I'm Flowey!"

Sweetie Belle let out a small giggle. "Flowey the flower?"

"I know, smart, uh?"

"Yeah, very. As for me, it's Sweetie Belle."

"As if I needed more proof that you are a walking diabetes inducer."

"Lucky you, as a flower, you shouldn't have to worry about it."

"Yes, lucky me."

"So, since you seem interested by me and Frisk, do you want to come with us?" Sweetie Belle finally asked.

"No thanks. As much as I would like to join you in your quest, I would get the monsters' attention on me and I don't feel like it. I will just remain out of the way and continue to admire how you will pass all the obstacles in your way."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, don't worry."

"Alright," Sweetie Belle replied with a shrug. "I hope for you that you really aren't planning anything, or else..." She winked at the flower with a knowing smile before she teleported back to the entrance of the town.

Flowey looked at the other side of the bridge where she had reappeared and grumbled. "Once I get the SOULs... Just you wait..."


Snowdin Town (or just Snowdin) was a really small town entirely made with little houses and other buildings built with wooden planks. It was home to all kinds of monsters, the majority of them possessing thick fur or having high cold resistance, and a lot of them were out in what seemed to be the only street of the town.

Sweetie Belle found Frisk just as she exited a shop near the entrance of the town, after a big banner saying "WELCOME TO SNOWDIN". Said shop was part of a larger building with another entrance that was apparently an inn.

"Hey Frisk! Uh, you bought a bandana?" Sweetie Belle asked upon seeing that the human girl was now wearing a bandana. For some reason, abs were drawn on it...

Frisk took a pose to show it off. "Yeah! It's a manly bandana! And thanks to it, I have a little bit more defense! And I feel like I could punch boulders!"

"Uuuuhh... Okay, I advice not to try it, or you will most of all feel pain. But it gives you a nice look. Papyrus will love it. Very cool."

"Thanks! Uh... so, why did you leave?"

"We're followed. By a flower, of all things."

Frisk gulped at this. "Flowey?"

"Someone you know?"

The human girl nodded. "He's... nasty. He made himself look friendly and began to tell me how to survive in the Underground, but then, he tried to kill me. For him, it's kill or be killed, and... He knows, about my power... He remembers even when I RELOAD. I think that it was him who had the power before I came."

"Yike... A psychopathic flower who had the power to RELOAD the timeline to do everything he wanted?" Sweetie Belle looked around at the monsters of Snowdin, observing as they discussed and played. "I don't want to know what he did with this power... Those poor monsters, how many time did they die because of this? How much did they suffer? Maybe I should do something about this flower finally..."

Frisk shook her head. "No need. As long as I have this power, he can't do anything. I would just RELOAD to undo whatever he would do. And he knows it, or else, he wouldn't be following us."

"So he must be preparing something..."

Frisk nodded. "But I'm not sure what..."

"A mean to regain this power, I suppose. But what... It's based on determination you said, right?"

Frisk nodded again. "So, you got this power because you have more determination than him. This means there's two possibilities for him to regain it. Either you lose determination, or he gains it."

Frisk crossed her arms. "Well, I will certainly not lose determination. I'm VERY determined."

"I don't doubt," Sweetie Belle said with a giggle. "So he will try to gain determination one way or another. Remains to see how. And whatever this how is, he will apparently find it if he continues to follow us. And it is apparently something that he can't have by himself, so he probably expects us to open the way for him."

"Well, we won't let him get it!" Frisk said with determination.

After that, they began to explore the town, passing beside a tunnel that apparently led to the other side of the town. After a decorated fir tree with presents under it, they reached a building made of bricks named Grillby's, which seemed to be some kind of restaurant. However, not feeling hungry, they decided not to enter it.

After Grillby's, it revealed that Snowdin had a secondary street to the left. However, it didn't lead far, quickly ending at a river. Speaking of, they could observe a wolf monster throw giant ice blocks into the river for some reason.

After it was a library... which had its name misspelled "LIBRARBY"...

"So professional..." Sweetie Belle deadpanned.

"That's part of the charm of Snowdin," a passing monster said.

"It is a good occasion to learn more about the monsters and the Underground. Let's go in it."

With a nod, they entered the library. Thanks to it, they learned some interesting stuff about the monsters. That they were made of magic, and that when they died, they turned into dust, which they then spread on the monster's favorite object so their essence will live on in that object. However, monsters being made of magic had positive and negative effect. For starting, they were more attuned to their SOUL, so they had an easier time learning and using magic, but in return, they were weaker than humans, and the monsters' defense weakened if they didn't want to fight. Also, they were more vulnerable if they were hit by someone with cruel intents.

Oh, and SOULs were apparently made of love, hope, and compassion, or at least the monster SOULs, which would explain why they were all so nice despite some of them being more or less jerks.

They didn't learn much more however, or nothing Sweetie already knew like the name of the capital, and most of the books weren't really big, so they quickly left the library to continue their exploration.

Which led them to Sans and Papyrus' house just beside the river, bigger than the others, with two mailboxes beside it, one of which was overflowing with unopened mail (guess who it belonged...). However, the house was locked, so the skeletons were probably not in it right now.

The exit of the tunnel was just next to the house, and next to it was a shed which marked the end of the town.

"Papyrus said he would await us here. He must be a little further," Frisk said.

So they continued, leaving the town just as a snowstorm began (how could a snowstorm happen underground was up for debate). Before long, the children couldn't see much, but they were able to distinguish Papyrus' silhouette as they advanced.

They eventually stopped at a good distance of him, where they had a clearer view of the skeleton.

"HUMAN AND PONY! ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME COMPLEX FEELINGS," the skeleton began. "FEELINGS LIKE... THE JOY OF FINDING ANOTHER PASTA LOVER. THE ADMIRATION FOR ANOTHER'S PUZZLE-SOLVING SKILLS. THE DESIRE TO HAVE A COOL, SMART PERSON THINK YOU ARE COOL. THESE FEELINGS... THEY MUST BE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW!!!"

...

"Totally," Sweetie Belle said, hiding a giggle.

"I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO FEEL THAT WAY. AFTER ALL, I AM VERY GREAT. I DON'T EVER WONDER WHAT HAVING LOTS OF FRIENDS IS LIKE. I PITY YOU... LONELY KIDS... WORRY NOT!!! YOU SHALL BE LONELY NO LONGER! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL BE YOUR..." He suddenly stopped talking, turning his back to Sweetie Belle and Frisk. "NO... NO, THIS IS ALL WRONG! I CAN'T BE YOUR FRIEND!!!" He suddenly faced them again, pointing a finger at Frisk. "I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PONY, BUT YOU'RE A HUMAN! I MUST CAPTURE YOU!!! THEN, I CAN FULFILL MY LIFELONG DREAM!!! POWERFUL! POPULAR! PRESTIGIOUS!!! THAT'S PAPYRUS!!! THE NEWEST MEMBER... OF THE ROYAL GUARD!"

Papyrus wasn't fooling the children. They could hear in his voice that he was forcing himself to say this. He obviously cared for them, but didn't want to give up his duty and his dream.

But then, the SOULs of Frisk and Sweetie Belle appeared on their chests, signifying the start of the fight.

Frisk immediately started by CHECKING Papyrus.

PAPYRUS 8 ATK 2 DEF
He likes to say: "Nyeh heh heh!"

As if to prove the voice's point, Papyrus said, "NYEH HEH HEH!"

The skeleton then attacked by sending some bones toward them, the bones being up on the ground and sliding on it. However, the bones weren't that many, and were rather slow, making them very easy to avoid.

Sweetie Belle, however, looked smugly at Papyrus before she put Frisk on her back (managing to lift her without problem despite the human's bigger size) and flew up, passing above the bones, turning them harmless.

"HEY! THAT'S CHEATING!" Papyrus shouted, annoyed. "BUT IT MEANS NOTHING! TASTE MY FABLED BLUE ATTACK!"

The skeleton then sent several blue bones toward them, and Sweetie Belle had to use self-levitation to not move at all.

"I don't know Paps. I'm not a dog, I can't taste bones," the filly said.

But then, suddenly, both Sweetie Belle's and Frisk's SOULs turned blue, and they both dropped back to the ground where a lonely bone suddenly came out of nowhere from behind and hit them.

"MAYBE, BUT YOU ARE BLUE NOW! AND IT TENDS TO MAKE MY BONES TASTE SALTY! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!"

"Darn! Sans didn't tell me that the Blue mode could stop me from flying," Sweetie Belle grumbled, Frisk back on ground behind her.

"SO SANS ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT IT."

"Yup! Frisk, be careful. Blue mode means that you can only move toward Papyrus, away from him, or jump," the filly warned.

"I remarked..." Frisk replied as she had attempted to move aside, without success.

"IT ALSO AFFECTS GRAVITY," Papyrus explained. "I CAN MAKE YOU HEAVIER OR LIGHTER. AND AS YOU REMARKED, IT CAN MAKE YOU DROP FROM THE SKY. BUT I PREFER MAKING OTHERS LIGHTER. JUMPING AND REACHING NEW HEIGHTS IS MUCH FUNNIER, AND A PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF MY PHILOSOPHY. ALWAYS STRIVING TO REACH THE TOP!"

Frisk then got an idea. "Wow! Paps! I think that I'm falling for you!"

"Seriously?" Sweetie Belle asked with a deadpan look at the human, holding a laugh.

"THANK YOU! WAIT... WAS THAT A ROMANTIC PUN?! OH NO! MY GREATEST WEAKNESS! AND MOST OF ALL, YOU REVEAL YOUR ULTIMATE FEELINGS! W-WELL! I'M A SKELETON WITH VERY HIGH STANDARDS!!!"

At this, Papyrus attacked again, sending bones of various sizes in line toward Frisk and Sweetie Belle who jumped above them. Some of the bones were coming from behind, so the kids had to be careful and keep an eye in both directions.

"I can make spaghetti!" Frisk shouted.

"OH NO!!! YOU'RE MEETING ALL MY STANDARDS!!!"

Sweetie Belle had to work hard to hold her laughter while jumping above the bones.

"I GUESS THIS MEANS I HAVE TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU...? LET'S DATE L-LATER!! AFTER I CAPTURE YOU!"

"But if you capture me, then I won't be able to date you because I will be at the capital!"

"NOT IF I DATE YOU BEFORE I SEND YOU TO THE CAPITAL! I KNOW, I KNOW, I'M A GENIUS. NYEH HEH HEH!"

"Well, I tried," Frisk said with a sheepish shrug at Sweetie Belle.

"Maybe if you had given him the puppy dog eyes?" the filly proposed.

"Uh, maybe."

Meanwhile, Papyrus wondered what he would wear for the date while he continued to send bones, some of them extending and shrinking back and forth. There were even bones floating in the air so the kids had to be careful of them while jumping to avoid the other bones. Sweetie Belle had no problems, but she could see that Frisk was struggling a lot, so she helped her with her magic, making her float up and down as the human jumped to avoid the bones.

Darn, with the Blue mode, Papyrus was a surprisingly strong foe!

"HEY! STOP USING YOUR MAGIC TO HELP THE HUMAN! THAT'S NOT FAIR! ACTUALLY, THIS FIGHT WASN'T EVEN FAIR FROM THE START! YOU ARE TWO, AND I'M ONLY ONE! SO YOU CAN USE THE UNBEATABLE POWER OF TEAMWORK AGAINST ME! SANS!!! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE!!! COME!!!"

Everything suddenly blacked, and when everyone could see again, Sans was now present beside Papyrus.

"you called, bro?"

"YES, I NEED YOU TO TURN THIS FIGHT INTO A FAIR TWO VERSUS TWO! THEIR TEAMWORK AGAINST OUR TEAMWORK! SO, FOR ONCE, STOP BEING YOUR LAZY-SELF AND HELP ME! I'M SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. AT LEAST A LITTLE."

"well, of course, i'm a sentry after all. welp, alright, i will help ya bro. i wouldn't want you to feel bonely any longer."

"SANS! THAT'S NOT THE MOMENT! AND I WASN'T FEELING "BONELY" AS YOU SAID! I JUST NEEDED HELP! THE PONY ISN'T STOPPING PROTECTING THE HUMAN WITH HER MAGIC! I CAN'T WORK IN THESE CONDITIONS!"

"then let's split it up."

Sans suddenly put his hands together in front of him before separating them, and Frisk and Sweetie Belle found themselves being separated, the human sliding to the left while the pony slid to the right.

"What?" they both said in surprise.

"blue mode, it's like a swiss knife," Sans explained with a wink. "okay, time for me to start."

Sans then sent a single little bone that advanced very slowly toward Sweetie Belle.

"Uh..."

"SERIOUSLY SANS?! ARE ALL YOUR ATTACKS AS LAZY AS YOU?"

"come on, paps." Sans suddenly raised an arm, and Sweetie Belle found herself floating in the air. Before she could even begin to understand what was going on, Sans then rapidly put his arm back down, and the filly was slammed right on the little bone, hurting her. "i may be lazy, i'm not stupid. and that's good that you called me because i wanted to see what sweetie belle was made of."

While Papyrus stared at Sans in shock after the trick he just pulled off, Sweetie Belle recovered and healed herself. "Nice one... And to answer you, I'm made of bones, organs, bloods, and muscles, mainly. There are also water, minerals, bacteria, and some other stuff."

"thanks. someone went to school at least."

"NYEH HEH HEH! I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU DESPITE EVERYTHING. NOW, I KNOW THAT WE WILL CAPTURE THE HUMAN! NOW!!! PREPARE TO WITNESS THE POWER OF BROTHERLY TEAMWORK!"

The two skeletons then began to send bones at once, Papyrus sending groups of floating bones extending and shrinking, touching the ground at their max length, while Sans sent small, slow bones on the ground.

"I CAN ALMOST TASTE MY FUTURE POPULARITY!"

"and i can almost taste the burger i will get when this is over."

"UGH! YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE! HOW CAN YOU THINK OF BURGERS AT THIS MOMENT?!"

"because i'm hungry."

Sans then sent platforms floating a little further up before he used his gravity power to make Frisk walk on them upside down, forcing her to jump from platform to platform to avoid Papyrus' bones. Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle had to jump through very small gaps between bones, at random heights. Then, as she jumped through the last gap, Sans used his gravity power to slam Sweetie Belle back on the ground just as Papyrus sent some bones. Quickly recovering from the slamming, Sweetie Belle immediately jumped again, barely avoiding the bones.

Then, Sans fell asleep, and Papyrus found himself attacking alone, Frisk returning on the ground.

"SERIOUSLY?! THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT FOR ONE OF YOUR NAPS! SANS! WAKE UP!"

"snore... snore... snore..."

"YOU AREN'T EVEN ASLEEP!!"

"sorry bro, i'm not used to working so much."

"UUUGH!!!" Papyrus groaned before he took a bottle of ketchup from under his chest plate. "WILL THIS DO TO KEEP YOU FOCUSED MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES?"

Sans opened his eyes and looked at the bottle of ketchup with a wider smile. "it may work."

Papyrus then tossed the ketchup at Sans, and the smaller skeleton restarted attacking, sending several small bones at Sweetie Belle, these one much faster. Instead of bothering herself trying to jump above them, Sweetie Belle just jumped once and formed a magical platform under her hooves, the platform floating above the bones. She then gave Sans a smug smile.

"oh oh, seems like i'm not the only one who can create platforms."

"THAT SLIPPERY SNAIL! CHEATING AGAIN!"

"She's not a snail, she's a pony," Frisk said as she jumped above another group of bones while lowering her head to avoid a floating one.

"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!"

"so you wanna play like this, uh?" Sans asked.

Sweetie Belle just answered with a smug smile and a bring-it-on sign with her hoof.

"alright."

Then, Sweetie Belle found herself surrounded with bones, and Sans used his gravity power to send her toward them, only for Sweetie to create more platforms each time. The bones then disappeared, and Sans sent the filly toward Frisk who was still busy avoiding Papyrus' bones. The human avoided her by jumping backward, and Sweetie Belle landed beside her, on her hooves.

"THIS IS STARTING TO TAKE LONG. I MAY HAVE TO USE MY SPECIAL ATTACK!" Papyrus said.

"i can't wait to see it."

Sans immediately separated Sweetie Belle from Frisk again, only to exchange their places when they didn't expect it as they were avoiding the bones. When this happened, Sweetie Belle quickly pushed Frisk out of the way of a bone with her magic, the pony herself getting hit in return but she immediately healed herself.

"that healing is annoying."

"IT DOESN'T MATTER, SHE ISN'T OUR TARGET. THE HUMAN IS THE ONE WE SHOULD GO AFTER IN PRIORITY. BUT THE PONY STILL PROTECTS HER DESPITE EVERYTHING! NYEEEEEHHHH!!!!!"

Papyrus sent bones after bones very rapidly both at Frisk and at Sweetie Belle, making it very difficult for them to avoid, so Sweetie Belle helped Frisk again despite everything, including Sans still using his own bones and gravity power against her. Blue bones were even included to trick her. Sweetie Belle rapidly used another magical platform to remain in the air and avoid them, but then, Sans sent bones both on the ground and in the air, forming a twisting tunnel made by them, and Sweetie Belle had to carefully move up and down in it.

Sans then turned the tunnel into a dead end, with no visible way for Sweetie Belle to avoid the bone at the end.

But the filly simply moved her platform to the left.

"WHAT?! SHE CAN DO THIS?! BY THE WAY, THAT WAS VERY UNFAIR, SANS."

"eh... seems like it doesn't matter for her if she can't move to the side if she can make whatever she's on move in her place. and sorry, i guess that i let your passion get the better of me. but it seems like i'm of no use in the end... you should use your special attack. at this point, it's our last chance."

"YES, PROBABLY. BEHOLD...! MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

...

It was then that they discovered the dog from earlier munching on a big bone behind Papyrus and Sans.

"WHAT THE HECK! THAT'S MY SPECIAL ATTACK! HEY! YOU STUPID DOG! DO YOU HEAR ME!? STOP MUNCHING ON THAT BONE!!!" Papyrus yelled, which only had for effect to scare the dog away with the bone. "HEY!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! COME BACK HERE WITH MY SPECIAL ATTACK!!!"

"well, at least, it loves your special attack, so it must have been good."

"DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEANT, NOW?" Papyrus said to Sweetie Belle. "THIS MUTT IS MY WORST NEMESIS! WELL! NEXT TIME, WE WILL SEE IF IT LOVES EXTRA-SPICY BONES!"

"I advice against it, or this dog will turn into a fire-breathing dog, or dragondog," Sweetie Belle said.

"A DRAGONDOG? EVERYTHING BUT THAT! THEN I WILL HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO GET MY REVENGE."

"But now, you don't have your special attack anymore," Frisk said.

"WELL, I'LL JUST USE A REALLY COOL REGULAR ATTACK, THEN," Papyrus said, disappointed.

"i have your back, bro."

"I COUNT ON YOU, THEN!"

Then, Sans used his gravity power to send Sweetie Belle right into the river. "i wonder why i didn't think of this earlier."

"GOOD JOB, SANS! THEN IT'S MY TURN! MY..." He sighed. "ABSOLUTELY NORMAL ATTACK."

As Papyrus began his attack on Frisk, Sweetie Belle teleported out of the water, only to be sent back in it by Sans before she could do anything, leaving Frisk to fend for herself. The girl quickly ate a bisicle (that she got from the shop at Snowdin) to heal herself before she did her best to avoid the attack, composed of many groups of bones.

Sweetie Belle teleported out of the water again, and this time, copied Sans by sending him in the water before he could act again. Then, she turned toward Frisk and Papyrus just as the human jumped above bones forming "COOL DUDE", making her stifle a giggle. However, she couldn't stifle it when Papyrus then sent a bone with sunglasses on a skateboard.

Her laugh was cut short when Papyrus then sent a real army of bones with a giant one at the back.

No way Frisk could jump above all of them, and especially not above the giant one! So Sweetie Belle prepared herself to use her magic.

Only for Frisk to jump, and to go higher, and higher, AND HIGHER! Until she managed to pass above the giant bone!

"Whaaat?!!" the filly shouted in disbelief.

"heheh... of course..." she then heard Sans, freshly out of the water, say behind her. "you couldn't stop yourself from helping her, uh, papyrus?"

"OF COURSE! 'HUFF'" the little brother answered, out of breathe. "I REFUSE TO SEND 'HUFF' IMPASSABLE OBSTACLES! AND IF THEY'RE IMPASSABLE, THEN I MAKE THEM PASSABLE! AND WATCHING THE HUMAN JUMP ABOVE THAT GIANT BONE WAS WORTH IT!"

Sans then returned back beside Papyrus. "but now, it seems that we're at an impasse. this fight is going nowhere."

"OBVIOUSLY! THEY CAN'T DEFEAT US! BUT THEY CLEARLY ARE DETERMINED TO NOT GIVE UP!"

"so what do we do? we determine this with rock-paper-scissor? uh... sweetie belle may not be able to participate."

"NO! I ONLY SEE ONE SOLUTION! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, ELECT TO GRANT MY FOES PITY! I WILL SPARE THEM! LET'S END THIS NOW."

"are you sure? what about your dream?"

"LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE AT AN IMPASSE. IT'S CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T CAPTURE THE HUMAN. SO LET'S JUST STOP THIS FIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE SERIOUSLY GETS HURT."

At this, the SOULs disappeared, signifying the end of the fight.

However, Papyrus looked very sad now that he failed to capture a human. Frisk immediately approached the skeleton and patted his leg to gain his attention.

"Are you alright?"

"NOT... REALLY. I FAILED TO CAPTURE YOU. UNDYNE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED IN ME. I'LL NEVER JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD... AND... MY FRIEND QUANTITY WILL REMAIN STAGNANT!"

"Nope! It won't!" Sweetie Belle said as she approached. "You gained two friends!"

"Yeah! We are your friends now! To you and Sans!"

"REALLY!? YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS, WITH ME??? WELL THEN... I GUESS... I GUESS I CAN MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR YOU!"

Behind the kids, near the river, Sans chuckled. "me too."

"WOWIE!! WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD OUR FIRST DATE..." Papyrus continued as he looked at Frisk. "AND I'VE ALREADY MANAGED TO HIT THE FRIEND ZONE!! WHO KNEW THAT ALL I NEEDED TO MAKE PALS WAS TO GIVE PEOPLE AWFUL PUZZLES AND THEN FIGHT THEM?? YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT! I HEREBY GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO PASS THROUGH! AND I'LL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS TO THE SURFACE. CONTINUE FORWARD UNTIL YOU REACH THE END OF THE CAVERN. THEN... WHEN YOU REACH THE CAPITAL, CROSS THE BARRIER. THAT'S THE MAGICAL SEAL TRAPPING US ALL UNDERGROUND. ANYTHING CAN ENTER THROUGH IT, BUT NOTHING CAN EXIT... EXCEPT SOMEONE WITH A POWERFUL SOUL... LIKE YOU, HUMAN!!! THAT'S WHY THE KING WANTS TO ACQUIRE A HUMAN. HE WANTS TO OPEN THE BARRIER WITH SOUL POWER. THEN US MONSTERS CAN RETURN TO THE SURFACE! OH, I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU... TO REACH THE EXIT, YOU WILL HAVE TO PASS... THROUGH THE KING'S CASTLE. THE KING OF ALL MONSTERS... HE IS... WELL..."

Frisk gulped.

"HE'S A BIG FUZZY PUSHOVER!!!"

"What?"

"EVERYBODY LOVES THAT GUY. I AM CERTAIN IF YOU JUST SAY... "EXCUSE ME, MR. DREEMURR... CAN I PLEASE GO HOME?" HE'LL GUIDE YOU RIGHT TO THE BARRIER HIMSELF! ANYWAY!!! THAT'S ENOUGH TALKING!!! I'LL BE AT HOME BEING A COOL FRIEND! FEEL FREE TO COME BY AND HAVE THAT DATE! AND FOR YOU, PONY, TO HANG OUT! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!"

Papyrus then returned in Snowdin, somehow walking in the air, leaving Sweetie Belle and Frisk to continue.

But Sans was still here. "i'm glad this ended well. i hope you won't hold what i did against me, but it is the duty of a brother to help his sibling when they need help. i wasn't serious anyway. i mean, me? going serious? can you imagine? what a joke! well then, you can continue to waterfall, unless you prefer first to have this date with my bro? that's your choice. anyway, see you very soon." Sans then followed Papyrus into Snowdin.

Sweetie Belle gave Frisk a knowing smirk. "Why make him wait? You should go have this date now."

Frisk nodded, and they both returned in Snowdin where they found Papyrus in front of his house.

"YOU ALREADY WANT THIS DATE WITH ME? YOU MUST BE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS... I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOU SOMEPLACE VERY SPECIAL... A PLACE I LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME!!!"

Papyrus then walked away, and Frisk waved at Sweetie Belle who decided to remain behind before she followed him.

At first, it looked like Papyrus was leading Frisk to Grillby's, but then, he turned around, both to Frisk and to Sweetie Belle's wonder. Before long, Papyrus led the human back in front of his house.

"MY HOUSE!!! AND YOU CAN ENTER TOO, PONY!"

Papyrus then entered his house. Behind, the kids glanced at each other before they followed him inside.

The house was very spacious. There was a table immediately at the right of the entrance, with a single rock on it, which was apparently Sans' pet rock, but Papyrus was the one taking care of it because Sans always forgot. In front of the entrance was the kitchen which looked normal... excepted for the very tall sink that went all the way to the ceiling. Papyrus said that he increased its height to store more bones. However, when they opened the door to have a look, they found the dog from earlier, munching on a bone again.

"WHAT!?!?"

The dog then ran away.

"CATCH THAT MEDDLING CANINE!" Papyrus shouted. But by the time he said it, the dog was already gone. "CURSES!!!"

Then, they heard a door open at the floor above, and someone played a trombone.

"SANS! STOP PLAGUING MY LIFE WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC!!!"

Sans! Darn it! Sweetie Belle thought as she quickly put her hooves on her mouth to hold in her laughter, Frisk doing the same.

As they calmed down, they got out of the kitchen and saw a dirty sock with a series of notes against a wall.

SANS! PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SOCK!

ok.

DON'T PUT IT BACK DOWN! MOVE IT!

ok

YOU MOVED IT TWO INCHES! MOVE IT TO YOUR ROOM!

ok.

AND DON'T BRING IT BACK!

ok.

IT'S STILL HERE!

didn't you just say not to bring it back to my room?

FORGET IT!

This time, both Sweetie Belle and Frisk burst into laughter.

Papyrus sighed. "SANS, HIS SOCKS, AND I... AN ETERNAL DRAMA."

Beside the sock was a television, actually off, in front of a green couch. Then, at the corner of the room, in front of the stairs leading to the second floor, was a small round table with a joke book on it.

Sweetie Belle took the book and opened it, only for the book to contain a quantum book, which contained a joke book, which contained a quantum book...

She put the book back on the table. "This would be a perfect prank for Twilight."

Only two doors were on the second floor, one with a STOP sign, yellow ribbons, and other stuff on it that was Papyrus' room, and the other with nothing on it leading to Sans' room, and both were locked. Between the two doors, on a wall, was a picture of a bone.

Done looking around, Papyrus proposed to Frisk to go in his room for their date.

"Well then, I will wait here," Sweetie Belle said.

"ARE YOU SURE? YOU WILL BE ALONE. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL NEGLECTED."

"It's no problem. It's a date between you and Frisk, I don't want to be in the way."

"yeah."

Papyrus was startled by Sans suddenly being behind him, letting out a small scream. "SANS! I TOLD YOU COUNTLESS TIMES TO NOT DO IT! IF I HAD A HEART, I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A HEART ATTACK!"

Sans just replied with a big smile before he said, "you don't need to worry about Sweetie Belle remaining alone. i'll keep her company. go have fun, you two."

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WORST. BEING ALONE, OR BEING ALONE WITH YOU."

"Don't worry, I will survive."

"ALRIGHT. COME, HUMAN!" Papyrus said before he climbed the stairs, followed by a giggling Frisk. Soon enough, they both disappeared behind the door, leaving Sweetie Belle alone with Sans.

"So... I guess this is kinda sorta my own date with you."

"you didn't flirt with me, so i don't think this counts. beside, i'm not interested. anyway, should we await them on the couch? we can watch the tv, and i have popcorn."

"I'm not against it, ok."

However, it turned out that there was nothing actually on the TV excepted someone warning that a new program will be coming soon, so Sans turned the TV off and they just sat on the couch eating popcorn.

"since you aren't a bad fella, then i should as well tell you this, be careful in waterfall. it's under the jurisdiction of undyne, the captain of the royal guard, and she is even more passionate than papyrus. convincing her to not capture frisk won't be easy, if not impossible."

"Thanks for the warning. Maybe I should warn you of something in return. You seem like you are the right guy to say this to despite everything, and you may help us. But... Where to start..."

"by the beginning, i guess."

"But I don't know what is the beginning! Mmh... Do you know that Frisk has the power to SAVE and RELOAD timelines?"

"i heard about this power. i'm frankly not surprised she got it. the kid seems very determined. what about it?"

"I encountered a talking flower who was apparently in possession of this power before Frisk, and from what Frisk told me, this flower is not the kind of person you want to have this power. The thing is that this flower is now following us, and he probably intends to get this power back. Do you know of a way he could gain enough determination to regain the power back from Frisk?"

Sans frowned visibly despite his smile. "i think i know, yes. you see, frisk is not the first human to fall down here. asgore, the king, already got his hands on six SOULs... as you know, monsters can absorb SOULs. it's not hard to put two and two together."

"So Flowey wants to absorb the six SOULs. Yeah, now I understand. The SOULs are probably guarded by Asgore who must be very powerful, so Flowey probably expects us to at least distract him long enough to reach them. Darn, clever!"

"well, why not simply go pull out the weed?"

Sweetie Belle shook her head. "I would rather not kill if I can avoid it. Maybe there's something I can do to avoid this outcome. I will only kill if I feel there is no other choice to save lives. And now that I know what Flowey is planning, I can plan to avoid this."

Sans shrugged. "your choice. by the way, i don't think that this flowey is a monster."

"Really? Why?"

"i know all the species of monsters in the underground. yes, there are some plant monsters, but i have never heard of a flower monster. i fear that he may be something else."

"If he is not a monster, then what is he?"

For the first time since Sweetie Belle encountered him, Sans lost his smile. "i only see one possibility. and if it is what i think it is, then it is very bad. i saw you go in the library, so you probably read about what makes a SOUL."

Sweetie Belle nodded. "Love, hope, and compassion."

Sans nodded. "then what do you think would happen if a SOULless object was given life somehow?"

Sweetie Belle thought about it for a few seconds before she understood. "The object given life, not having a SOUL, wouldn't be able to feel love and all that stuff. You think that Flowey is something like that?"

"i'm pretty much certain, yes. as for how it was given life... you may have to go ask dr. alphys. i only see her who could have done this. and this confirms one thing: this weed must NOT get this power back, for the sake of everyone."

"Count on me."

After that, they remained silent as they waited for Frisk and Papyrus to come out of his room.

Author's Note:

I couldn't find a song made with Bonetrousle and Sans' theme, which surprised me. Nobody thought of making a fight/theme for a case where the skelebros would be together in a non-genocide run?

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