Next chapter and I'm glad to hear from you guys really it means a lot! And sorry for being gone for two months yeesh, I promise I'll do better I just have a lot of stuff to study for I'm afraid and school overall is a bit rough right now, anyways, here you go! Another chapter and I wanted to let you know the story is planned to be about 20 chapters long.

As opposed to walking into another section of the Underground as Frisk had expected, they were met with a bit of a dark corridor leading to a doorway which reminded them of the one that lead from Mt. Ebott's opening and into the ruins.

If they had to guess, they were made by the same monster as the doorway looked to be made of the same material and bore the same violet hue. Frisk wondered if each section in the Underground was split like this though for the life of them they couldn't imagine why this would be.

Something else that they found a bit odd was the single patch of grass that stood between them and the exit from the ruins. From the bits of light they could see from above, there had to be a bit of a hole in the underground that allowed for water and sunlight so that the spot could exist.

Other than the grass though, there was nothing else there to be noted and Frisk walked passed it and made their way to their doorway. Taking a deep breath as they crossed through it and its own set of doors.

They were caught off guard by the cold that met them on the other side of the doors that seemed to be forcefully closed from behind them. Frisk looked back for a moment but with how cold it was they didn't give themselves much time to think on it as they fished in their backpack for two more of their sweaters and quickly pulled them over their head.

The sweaters made one heck of a difference and Frisk felt their shivering start to slow down and their chattering teeth still. Now that they were warm and not shaking like a leaf, they picked their bag up and started walking as fast as they could past the pine trees that bordered the path way. Just because they were warm now didn't mean that they wanted to spend anymore time here than they had to after all and while they would have loved to admire the trees they'd seen only in Toriel's books or play in the snow that they so rarely got in the Ruins, they still had a mission in mind as well.

Their feet left deep in prints in the snow as they felt it chill their toes, another reason to speed up otherwise their shoes would be soaked in no time.

They passed a rather large stick that they didn't really pay much attention to other than to step over it so they could continue.

No sooner had they passed it did they hear a rather loud cracking noise. Frisk whirled around to see what could have caused it and while the sound had clearly been a result of the large stick being broken in two. They looked around the area but they couldn't even see footprints leading up to the stick other than their own.

They sped up, a bit nervous now and once they had turned their back to the stick they began to catch movement out of the corner of their eye.

Frisk soon reached a bridge with menacing looking bars that while they could easily slide through indicated someone clearly didn't want them to pass. Before they could check how sturdy the bridge was however, they saw the shadow approach closer and closer right behind them.

"hey human." The voice that could only belong to the shadow began, it took a moment to respond, they had not really thought of themselves as a human in years, "don't you know how to greet a new pal? turn around and shake my hand." The voice continued and ever so slowly, Frisk turned around.

Despite their being ample amounts of light, for now they still could make out very little about the figure other than they were currently extending their hand out. Frisk slowly reached theirs out as well and as the two shook hands there was the unmistakable sound of a whoopy cushion echoing through the air.

Frisk didn't initially know how to respond but as the surprise wore off and the figure's shadow vanished to reveal a grinning skeleton in a blue fur hoodie and slippers, well, they couldn't help but laugh, "I-I was scared for a second!" They admitted through their laughs. Of course the figure was a monster and every monster they'd met in the Ruins had been kind, it made sense others in the Underground wouldn't mean any harm.

The skeleton's grin seemed to grow even wider, "well, good to know you can take a joke, the whoopy cushion is a classic after all." He said, pulling it from his hand. "Anyways, the names sans, sans the skeleton." He introduced, looking over their shoulder, "here, let's get offa this bridge, don't worry you'll fit." He said, motioning for them to cross and while Frisk had had no doubts about being stuck by the bars they didn't bring it up.

They couldn't help but question its purpose as they crossed however, thankfully Sans answered before they'd even asked, "my brother papyrus put them up to keep humans from passing through, he's a real fan of trying to catch humans but i wouldn't worry. he's completely harmless."

"Well umm, alright." Frisk nodded and as they crossed onto the other side they could hear exciting footsteps plodding through the snow.

"oh,that must be him now, he'll get a kick outta meeting you but for now, go and hide behind that conveniently shaped lamp." Sans said, pointing to a lamp whose lampshade had an uncanny resemblance to their head.

Frisk nodded and quickly rushed behind the lamp, they would have jumped to the better hiding spot that was what looked to be a sentry post but when they heard the footsteps get louder, they figured they wouldn't make it in time. They couldn't understand why they needed to hide though, if Sans's brother was harmless why did he want them to hide?

They ducked behind the lamp completely and while they couldn't see Sans's brother, they certainly could hear him, "SANS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, IT HAS BEEN EXACTLY EIGHT DAYS SINCE LAST YOU RECALIBRATED YOUR PUZZLES. YOU JUST LOUNGE AROUND YOUR STATION ALL DAY! WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING IN THAT TIME!?" His brother questioned, it wasn't that he was yelling at him, his voice just seemed to be loud regardless.

"oh, you know just chilling around, staring at this lamp and all that. you should check it out." Sans answered, Frisk wondered why he was trying to give their position away when he was the one who told them to hide.

Clearly he had a reason as his brother quickly disregarded the hint, "OH BROTHER I DON'T HAVE TIME! WHAT IF A HUMAN PASSES THROUGH! I MUST BE READY FOR IT IS I WHO WILL BE THE ONE TO CAPTURE A HUMAN! IT IS MY DESTINY!" He said, and Frisk poked their head out to get a glimpse of him, watching a skeleton taller than Sans with a long cape proudly posing as he threw it behind him dramatically, "AND WHEN I DO, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL RECEIVE ALL I DESERVE, RESPECT! RECOGNITION! I WILL JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD AND EVERYONE WILL WISH TO BE MY FRIEND!" He smiled and Frisk felt themself smile as well, even if his goal involved themself getting caught, it was a pretty nice dream they supposed.

"well, maybe that lamp there could give you a hand." Sans shrugged but again Papyrus didn't take his advice seriously, instead stomping his feet against the snowy ground in frustration.

"SANS! YOU ARE NOT HELPING! ALL YOU DO SIT DOWN AND BOONDOGGLE! YOU'RE GETTING LAZIER AND LAZIER EVERYDAY!"

"hey, i got work done to day, a ton of work. A skele-ton." Sans answered and Frisk covered their mouth to keep from giggling. They could have sworn they could hear the sound of a rimshot in the distance as Sans winked comically at his 'audience.'

"SANS!" Papyrus whined.

"oh come on bro you're smiling."

"I AM AND I HATE IT." he said, before actually saying the word, "SIGH. WHY MUST SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME...HAVE TO DO SO MUCH TO GET ANY RECOGNITION?"

"sounds like you're working yourself down to the bone huh?" Sans laughed, Frisk could definitely hear the rimshot now as Sans did a comedic pose to his 'audience'.

Frisk was amazed that Papyrus couldn't hear their giggles.

"UGH!" Papyrus groaned in annoyance but quickly recovered from it. "FOR NOW BROTHER I SHALL ATTEND TO MY PUZZLE….BUT PLEASE, FOR YOUR WORK TRY TO PUT A LITTLE MORE 'BACKBONE' INTO IT! NYEHEHEHEHHEHHE!" He laughed as he ran off, briefly returning to finish with one last "NYEH!"

"okay you're good to come out." Sans said as he turned to Frisk who was now rolling around the snow laughing their head off, they'd held it in during the whole exchange and just couldn't do it anymore, "well i'm glad you appreciate my puns." He chuckled.

"How- how could I not!" They gasped, still struggling to breath through their laughs, "They were perfect how could anyone dislike them?"

"you'd be surprised." He said with a shrug, "some people just don't have a 'funny bone' i guess."

Frisk broke into another fit of giggles and laughs, "You'd get along great with my mom, she's always writing down her own puns, never really gets to share them though, she also loves knock knock jokes, she likes humor in general come to think of it."

There was a moment where Frisk thought they saw a flicker of recognition in the skeleton's sockets but it was quickly gone, "well, maybe some day i'll get to meet her, for now though you outta get a move on, my bro might come back and if he does you'll have to deal with my rockin' puns again."

"Oh I don't think I'd mind too much." Frisk grinned, "Though, I do have somewhere I need to get to and someone I need to see so I still need to get going anyways." They pushed themself up from the snow and dusted the white puffs off, their outfit was just about soaking now, "That and I don't want to freeze to death, I need to dry up someplace."

"snowdins not too far off, there's a nice inn there so just follow the path and you'll be a-okay."

They were already heading off towards the path that Papyrus had left through, "Thanks a bunch Sans." they smiled.

"No prob bob though one more thing, my bro, he's been sorta in the dumps lately. oo could you maybe do me a favour, he's never seen a human before and seeing you would definitely make his day. don't worry, for all his talk he isn't as dangerous as he tries to be so just maybe 'humor' him for me please? thanks a million kiddo, i'll catch up with you later." He said before walking in a completely opposite direction before Frisk could even answer.

Frisk of course was happy to do so, they just wondered what exactly 'humoring' him would entail as getting captured by the skeleton might make their trip take a little more time than they wanted. But still, Papyrus had seemed so passionate about his dream and despite their differences, Sans clearly cared for his bro.

They walked along, who knows, maybe it would be fun? It would also give them a chance to make good friends of the monsters outside of the Ruins while they were out here so even better. Maybe Napstablook knew the skeletons too, wouldn't that be great?

As they walked, they caught sight of something not too far off, glowing rather brightly. They looked at it curiously for a moment. It looked incredibly familiar and they quickly remembered why.

Sure, they'd never known what they were called, and Toriel and the other monsters claimed that they weren't there in the first place. Frisk had always seen them though, even when they were little and while they didn't know what the little light's purpose was, they certainly knew how they felt. Reaching out, Frisk touched the light and could feel their energy build up inside them. They were filled with something and if it did have a proper name, they didn't know it, but to them, it felt like a new boosted sense of Determination to get their task done.

It felt great and soon they broke off into a sprint, following the trail and passing the dimensional box. They knew how those worked, Toriel kept one in her own room and as did a few other monsters, they were excellent storing compartments and if you had a set a family could easily transfer items despite being separated. Since this was a Dimensional Box A they figured its other half was somewhere near maybe but presently, their backpack held everything they needed stored.

Following another path, they reached an icy river and a fishing pole, they expected a fish when they reeled it in and instead got a phone number and a note that read "Call Me! Here's My Number!" they decided not to call.