In the Ruins, Frisk had learned that there were a lot of monsters of the same type. They had encountered Froggit after Froggit and Whimsun after Whimsun, with just a few differences to be able to tell them apart from each other. The pattern had repeated with almost every monster in that place, with the only exceptions being that ghost, Napstablook, and Toriel. This area was different. The skeletons they had first met upon arriving where appearing everywhere. The dog monsters so far had been completely different from each other and they hadn't showed up again. And a certain pun-loving Snowdrake, kept finding them to tell them new jokes (or old ones it didn't remember it had told Frisk before), each time inadvertently initiating a FIGHT with them.

Frisk didn't mind. Actually, the company during their walk towards Snowdin was very welcomed. It helped to keep them focused and it was a reminder that it wouldn't be too long before they could rest somewhere warm.

Upon turning away from two sentry stations at a dead end only labeled as 'His' and 'Hers', the now familiar feeling of their soul being pulled at warned them of the incoming ice puns. This time, however, Frisk was a little taken aback by not one, but two new monsters that were accompanying Snowdrake. The first one reminded them of a snowman, but with a tiny body, a spinning nose they weren't even sure was a carrot, and a very big and pointy ice hat. It strutted into view, its head high and his little arms constantly readjusting his frozen ornament. The second one… Frisk didn't even know what to compare it to. They guessed its shape did kind of resemble a UFO. A UFO with three little spikes on its top and rectangular eyes right at each side if its mouth. It stood on four thin legs and had two equally thin arms.

Strangely enough, Snowdrake and the snowman-like monster seemed a bit uncomfortable and audibly sighed when UFO just pushed its way between them to look better at Frisk. The kid shook the surprise aside and tried to wave hello to Snowdrake, only to be interrupted when UFO suddenly clung to them.

"Well," it said "can YOU give me a ride home?"

"Uhhh…" A little uncomfortable with the closeness of the new monster, Frisk slipped from its grip and looked to the other two, disconcerted. Frisk didn't know there were cars in the Underground, and more importantly, they didn't even knew how to drive either! What if they caused an accident? Snowdrake only shot him an apologetic look while the ice monster rolled its eyes at UFO. With all the new interactions, Frisk caught themself almost forgetting that it was indeed their turn. Not wanting to make the monsters wait too much, they decided to CHECK UFO first.

-Everyone knows Jerry. Makes attacks 2 seconds longer-

Curious. The words in their head had felt a little… annoyed? And why did it suddenly seemed that everyone knowing Jerry wasn't as good as it should be? In any way, Frisk decided that two seconds wasn't that long, so the monster wouldn't be especially troublesome.

"Your head looks so… NAKED!" The voice attracted Frisk's attention. It was the little snowman monster; it was looking at Frisk as if it couldn't understand why they weren't wearing a hat.

The stare almost made Frisk miss the several ice top hats that emerged from the snow. They started shooting pointy chunks of ice at their soul, heavy enough that they fell right back after a second in the air. They wouldn't have been hard to avoid if it wasn't because Snowdrake had accidentally shot a bunch of feathers again. Somehow, they managed to not get hit.

"Man, you guys SUCK at this," Jerry said. Both Snowdrake and the snowman shot him a look, but they elected to not say anything.

Frisk shrugged it off and instead decided to get to know the snowman monster a little better.

-Ice Cap. This teen wonders why it isn't named 'Ice Hat'-

Teen? Frisk couldn't believe it. It was smaller than them! Well, if what they had heard about teens in the surface was true, it would explain why Ice Cap was bothered by its name not being exactly what it wanted. Then Frisk realized they had said that last part out loud…

"I just loooove my hat, okay?" Ice Cap crossed its arms and huffed.

Frisk cringed at the defensiveness. They hadn't meant to be rude.

The next attack consisted of a wave of ice crystals above and below Frisk's soul, which the kid found nearly impossible to avoid. Fortunately, Snowdrake's joke in that turn seemed to lighten Ice Cap's mood a little. It didn't last though.

"UGH! The wifi sucks here!" Jerry said looking at his cellphone. "Besides, why are we doing this? You are not even hitting the human! What a fail."

If Frisk had had any doubts that Jerry wasn't a nice guy, now they were gone. Putting that aside, they wanted to make it up to Ice Cap for their slip earlier so they decided to compliment it about its hat.

"Uh, hey! Your hat is so pretty! It sparkles!" Frisk tried. They didn't think it was that great of a hat, but something told them it wasn't the best idea to be honest at the moment.

"DUH! Who DOESN'T know?" Said both Ice Cap and Jerry. The former glared at the latter, but Jerry only stuck his tongue back. Ice Cap seemed about ready to drill a hole with its pointy nose into the other monster. The next ice-chunk attack wasn't even as bad as the last one because Ice Cap was looking angrily at Jerry and Snowdrake was just standing awkwardly at a safe distance. Frisk however decided they hadn't liked Ice Cap's cocky answer, so they focused in attending Snowdrake's ration of puns. They tore their eyes away from Ice Cap's hat and decisively walked closer to Snowdrake. Ice Cap seemed annoyed.

"What? What are you doing?" It said. But Frisk paid no attention to it and kept joking around with Snowdrake. They even ignored Jerry's 'SHH, guys! I'm THINKING!' Just before their friend was content enough to step aside of the battle, it gave Frisk a tip.

"Don't let Ice Cap think you like its hat too much," Snowdrake whispered, "It only wants you to give it compliments. I swear Ice Cap is a nice friend, but it just needs to stop seeking so much attention because of its hat."

Frisk nodded in understanding. Being mean wasn't the right way to make people notice you. They turned their attention towards their soul, as it was the monsters' turn. They found the wavy attack was easier to dodge when they were focusing solely on it instead of trying to be aware of what the others were doing. They got hit at the end though, because Jerry just happened to sneeze loudly without covering his nose, breaking Frisk's concentration. They pouted at him, refusing to look away even when they heard Ice Cap.

"HELLO? My hat's up here!" It tapped its hat several times as if it wasn't the most obvious thing Ice Cap had on, but it got no answer. It seemed defeated. It sulked and turned away, probably not wanting to stay there any longer. "OK! I'll ignore you too!"

"Guys, it's COLD. Does ANYONE care?" Jerry complained while scratching something off its teeth.

Frisk looked back and forth between the two monsters and sighed. If they had to choose, they much rather have to deal with Ice Cap than Jerry. Not wanting to end in a bad note with the snowman monster, they approached it.

"Hey, uh, I'd like it if we stopped fighting now." They said. But the offended monster just looked away. Frisk hoped they hadn't messed up too badly that they wouldn't be able to get out of the battle. After all, they needed Ice Cap to agree. "I do think your hat is really nice, but if we could just-"

"HA! I knew it!" Ice Cap interrupted, "Envious? TOO BAD! You're not getting a hat like this anytime soon." It said as it patted it lightly. "But it's understandable that you got so envious you didn't want to talk to me. I guess I can forgive you."

"Ah, thanks?" Frisk just didn't know anymore.

"Still," Ice Cap said after looking Frisk up and down, "you could use a hat of your own." The monster lifted its hat slightly and extracted a little bag from it.

"Here," It offered it to Frisk, "It won't get you something as fabulous as my hat, but it should get you something nice."

And with that it strutted towards Snowdrake. Frisk looked at the bag of money a little confused by Ice Cap's sudden change of mood. Were they friends now?

"So, like, what are you even doing?" Asked Jerry, who was practically breathing on their neck. Startled, Frisk backed away from him and stumbled on the snow. They both stared in silence at each other.

"Awkwarrrd." Jerry said.

Frisk was at a loss of what to do. This monster just didn't want to go away and they couldn't think of anything he would want to talk about without changing of subject just because. Their salvation came in the form of a snowball. It hit Jerry square in the back, which prompted the monster to turn around.

"What's the DEAL?" he said.

Frisk couldn't see anyone either, but before they could ask any questions of their own, they were grabbed by the arm and dragged away from the place. It didn't even matter Jerry hadn't ended the "FIGHT"; their soul returned to their body either way. When they finally stopped moving, Frisk was put down near a couple of trees. Looking up, they discovered that their abductors and/or saviors were none other than Snowdrake and Ice Cap. The monsters high-fived each other.

"Ha! Did you see him? You could say he was frozen on the spot!" Celebrated Snowdrake.

Ice Cap rolled its eyes and smiled.

"You owe us one, kid!" it said. "Ditching Jerry can be difficult if you don't have practice."

"Don't worry about it." Snowdrake said when it saw Frisk's doubtful face. "I know it seems rude, but if you don't ditch Jerry when he's least expecting it, then you'll freeze out here while he complains about how there's too many trees in the forest. You need to keep moving, human!"

"Yeah, besides we spend enough time with him every day." Ice Cap said, putting a hand on Frisk's shoulder. "Now hurry up and get going before he finds us! Rumors say he's able to detect annoyable people."

Frisk giggled and shook their head. Monsters were weird.

"There's a couple of sentry stations up ahead, but if you're lucky you won't find any of the guards on your way to Snowdin." Snowdrake warned them.

The kid thanked them both for the help. They guessed Ice Cap was their new friend after all. Frisk made sure to hug them before saying goodbye. Snowdrake returned the hug heartily, while Ice Cap limited itself to pat them on the back. The cold hand of the latter reminded them that they had to keep going. The snow wasn't going to get any warmer any time soon.

With a last smile towards the monsters, Frisk turned around and resumed their walking. They were really curious as to what this Snowdin town looked like. Would the monsters mind them being a human? How different would they be to what they had already seen? Did they also ditch Jerry on a daily basis? Frisk at least hoped there were other kids there. They were starting to feel like a baby with all these teens…

S-seven months? What do you mean it's been seven months? O-of course it hasn't been… Okay, it has been seven months, but! It's just college and tests and stuff! I really want to keep writing but real life won't let me! If I do I'll just be procrastinating and I'll fail at college. But I figured you guys deserve a chapter, if only to let you know I haven't given up on fanfiction. I reaaaaallyyyyy hope I can update soon, but I won't make any promises. To all of you patient people that still follow my stories, thank you sooooo much!

By the way! I'm now posting my fics on Tumblr as well! And maybe I'll also start posting art too! Since I'm so new at the site, it would help me a ton if any of you, (if you have the time and want to do so, that is) go there and reblog my stories. It'd help me get a little more visibility and I would love you forever. You can access my tumblr page from my profile!

Well, that's all I wanted to say for now. I hope you liked the chapter!

Constructive criticism is always appreciated!

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