A/N: sorry to have such a short chapter after such a long wait, but I promise next one will come in less than 3 weeks.

Flowey grimaced at you. As long as you were with the smiling trash bag, going after you would be a bad idea. He was a lot tougher than he looked, and with Flowey's power to reset being overridden by you, it truly would be the end if he got into a fight with Sans. Flowey would need to use someone else to get to you. Papyrus was the most easy to manipulate, but with him already being so buddy, buddy with you he would not fight you.

Maybe Flowey could convince Papyrus to take you on a field trip, somewhere far away from Toriel or Sans. Then he could force you to reset. But for now, Flowey had to bide his time and wait. Trying to keep you from fleeing to any safe spots like the ruins.

Flowey hated waiting. It was so boring and dull, and then it became aggravating. Messing with the timelines was his only distraction from the fact that he was trapped in a tiny plant body with no limbs, no family, and unable to be comforted or feel affection in anyway. At first he was excited by your arrival. You were something new, as the old distractions got more repetitive you were a welcome change. He was not even mad when he realized you had over ridden his reset function. He was curious as to what you would do with it. He did not think that you would do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Now he was stuck stewing in his own rage, loneliness, and frustration as he watched you live the most idyllic life one could manage while being a human trapped in the underground. Running around and playing games on your still existing legs. Basking in the hugs and kisses and affection you could still feel from his mothe- Tori- THE OLD HAG.

Humans were not supposed to have good lives underground. They were not supposed to have any lives underground. They were supposed to be killed and brought to Asgore to break the barrier. But instead you managed to befriend everyone. Papyrus had not even reported you to Undyne before you befriended him!

...Undyne. Undyne would be much less forgiving of a human's presence, even if it was one that had not hurt anyone. Flowey grinned mischievously to himself as he watched You and Sans walked back to Snowdin. One way or another, things were going to get interesting. He would make sure of that.

...

You trudged through the snow with Sans back through already solved puzzles that Papyrus was going to no doubt berate Sans for not restarting them. Sans did not take a short cut straight to Snowdin so he could stop by where his brother was, below the icy X's and O's puzzle where he was touching up the details on muscular snow Papyrus with huge biceps far bigger than what actually is possible for a skeleton. Beside him the lump of snow that Sans had somehow manage to write on with marker. The two snow sculptures next to each other where pretty much the perfect summary of their personalities.

"'Sup, bro?" Sans waved to Papyrus.

"SANS! HUMAN!" Papyrus yelled as it was his default voice, "I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE SHARING TERRIBLE JOKES WITH THE KING'S CLONE ALL DAY."

"no, but I goat to admit it is a tempting thought."

"SANS!"

"Anyway, I came to ask you about the friendly flowers you were talking about earlier. Have you ever seen them outside of waterfall?"

"YES, ALL THE TIME! IN FACT THEY ARE USUALLY NEAR OUR HOUSE."

"Hmm." Sans pondered to himself. You stood by as the silent spectator. You had the feeling Flowey had something to do with what was going on here, but you could not understand why he would be so nice to Papyrus when he just wanted you to die. Maybe it was a monster thing? Maybe Flowey doesn't hate everyone and just you because your Human. He heard the stories of how humans trapped everyone underground and now wants you to suffer for it.

Unfortunately, finding out Flowey's motives would probably require you encountering him again, which was not something you were keen on doing as he kept trying to kill you.

...

"Did you hear? There is a human in the Undergound" Flowey whispered into one echo flower, "They have been seen around Snowdin wearing a striped sweater." Then Flowey popped over to another flower and tried a different voice, "The seventh soul! Finally we can leave the Underground! I can't wait to see real stars!"

Undyne was one of those people could not approach directly; she was much less trusting and more perceptive than Papyrus and would spear him if she thought he might hurt any of her friends. Instead Flowey found the patch of echo flowers closest to her house and started whispering news of your arrival while pretending to be multiple different monsters praying for your death. Even if she did not hear it directly from the flowers the rumor was sure to spread all across waterfall with excitement.

Flowey burrowed underground just as someone approached, tripping and falling flat on their face. They had to struggle to pull their face out of the mud sit up without the assistance of any arms. They shook the mud off and stood up to find themselves facing the echo flower that then repeated Flowey's message. The monster kid then lit up with excitement and could not keep from yelling out.

"A human in the Underground?! Oh, boy, maybe if I tell Undyne she'll let me watch when she beats them up!" He said running off to continue his search for her, but not without face planting a few more times. Flowey grinned, things were picking up faster than he thought.

Undyne, meanwhile, was spearing her practice dummy with much aggression. She had to keep in shape after all. With the assistance of the ghost that inhabited the dummy she was practicing hitting a moving target as it wobbled back and forth. Why a ghost would want to inhabit a form that they knew would have the stuffing beat out of it on a regular basis, she did not know, but she was fully willing to use it to her advantage.

"Yo! Undyne!" Undyne looked over to see the monster kid running over to her in excitement, tripping, getting up again, and staring at her in awe, "Oh, my god! I can't beleive I'm really in front of Undyne right now, this is the best day of my life!" They jumped up and down, completely start struck. Undyne had seen this kid before when checking in on Papyrus, she looked over at them and they fainted with a wide smile on their face. It wasn't unusual for kids to look up to her. On more than one occasion she had them asking to train with her so they could be a royal guardsmen when they grew up. She was not looking forward to having to tell yet another one that they were still too young or that they would need the okay from their parents/

"Hello, kid," Undyne started, trying to put on a calmer facade than her normal personality as to not overwhelm the child, "If your here about royal guard training, I'm afraid we don't take students your age," the kid slumped a little.

"I know," they said sounding a little saddened, "my parents don't want me to be in the royal guard anyway. They think I'll get hurt because I can't hold a shield," but then the kid suddenly straightened up with renewed vigor, "But that's not why I'm here! I wanna see you fight! And I heard there is a human wandering around near Snowdin."

"WHAT?"

...

Back with you Sans and Papyrus, your conversation about talking flowers was interrupted by a ringing sound and Papyrus picked up his cell phone,

"HELLO, THIS IS THE GREAT PAPYRUS SPE- OH HELLO UNDYNE, WHAT ARE YOU CALL- OH, UM...NO..." Papyrus seemed to grow hesitant about the conversation. The voice on the other side seemed to sound impatient with his hesitation. "I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY DANGEROUS HUMANS." he said. This worried you. "YES, I'M SURE. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY DANGEROUS HUMANS..." Papyrus seemed bothered as the voice on the other end continued with questions as it notice the specifice way he was phrasing his words "NOT ANYONE DANGEROUS... WELL... UM... THERE MIGHT BE...ONE." Papyrus said glancing down at you for a second. "BUT YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM- YOUR WHAT? BUT UNDYNE." He stopped there and pulled the phone away from the side of his head and looked at it with an uneasy grimace, the call having ended. He turned to you and Sans. "WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE UNDYNE IS COMING OVER."