Dipper caught up with the others and looked around. Snow littered the area and trees towered over everyone. A save point stood next to a chest, but the girls didn't seem to notice it. They were walking down one of the paths, to what seemed like a river. While they did so, Dipper quickly touched the save point and the box appeared.

Dipper

LV 1

Ruins Home

Save

Return

He tapped the save button, and the box disappeared. No wind, no bright light, just shrunk. He was confused but suddenly he heard it.

So you've met Sans I see.

"Pretty defensive guy I see." Dipper replied to the voice.

Yes… he and I used to know each other.
"Oh really?"
He was a great friend… when my passing came, he had no idea… he was but a child at the time.
"Huh… interesting."
I warn you about his brother though. He is very good at his job… agressive but a good friend.

"Good to know."

One more thing… treat As- I mean, Flowey with much respect. He may seem aggressive but he is just made that way.

"Made that way? What do you me-"
"DIP DIP! COME ON!" Pacifica yelled.

I must go… continue forwards. I'll be by your side.

Dipper started walking towards the girls. When he got there, he noticed that the river was running straight down the path, they couldn't get across. Next to the old path was a fishing rod, which had a photo on it.

"What's the photo?" He asked, looking at the photo to see a guy standing awkwardly and smiling. On the back was a phone number.

"Some guy apparently was trying to Hook a date," Mabel replied.

"Oh don't tell me you're going to be saying puns as well."

"Sans has truly inspired me Dipper." She grinned and looked at the water. "Truly magnificent, are the works of puns."

"Mhm… hey how's your leg doing?" He asked, looking down at her knee.

"Better! Still hurts but I can walk on it at least." She wiggled it around a bit.

"Good. Pacifica? You doing ok down here?" He asked, turning to her. She smiled.

"I'm doing ok, a little… well… NERVOUS, but I'm pulling through," Pacifica responded, smiling. Dipper smiled and gave her a hug.

"We'll get out soon… don't worry," he told her. She sniffled a bit from the cold.

"I know… just… worried we'll get hurt."

"Sans and Flowey will be there for us, don't worry… and I'll protect you guys… we'll make it out of here, I promise." He felt her smile.

"OoooooOOOoooo," Mabel's head was right by them. Dipper swatted her away and she laughed.

"Oh so funny Mabel," he said, laughing sarcastically.

"I'm trying to lighten the mood you doofus-" Barking interrupted her as the dog came into view again, heading straight towards them.

"Is that…" Pacifica started. They heard yelling.

"THIS WAY SANS! IT COULDN'T HAVE GONE FAR!" The Great Papyrus roared. They heard heavy footsteps coming.

"Oh no… Um… Guys over here!" Dipper pulls the girls over behind a bush. Just in time too, as Sans and Papyrus ran into view. Well, Papyrus ran, Sans casually walked behind him.

The dog stood cornered, the river blocking it's escape. Papyrus stood with his arms out, glaring at the dog.

"OK YOU MUTT! I HAVE YOU NOW!" Papyrus said, triumphantly. Sans looked at the dog, who seemed to be having a great time. He laughed, a bit too loud however.

"WHAT WAS THAT SANS? WHAT IS SO FUNNY?" Papyrus turned to look at him while still keeping the dog in his sight. Sans looked towards a bush and saw the kids.

"of course." He thought to himself.

"i just remembered that grillby owes me another free burger," he said calmly.

"THAT'S YOUR EIGHT ONE! HOW DO YOU CONSTANTLY EARN THESE FREE BURGERS?" Papyrus turns to him fully.
"easy. i have a drinking contest with him."

"WOULDN'T A DRINK DOUSE HIS FIRE?"
"that's why i do the contest when he's drunk."

"... WAIT HOW DOES HE GET DRUNK IF HE CAN'T DRINK IN GENERAL?" Sans snorts again.

"hey paps?" His brother looked annoyed.

"WHAT IS IT, SANS?" Sans pointed to where the dog was. Papyrus turned to look, and saw that the dog was gone. His jaw nearly fell off of his face.

"I WILL MURDER THAT MUTT!" He starts running back down the path. Sans starts walking, then stops.

"kids you're just lucky he was distracted. a spot like that would be noticeable instantly by the great papyrus." He turned to them, grinning. "but nice try at least."

"Dipper was too busy brushing cause of how flustered he was with his girlfriend," Mabel smirked. Sans snorted.

"clever one, kiddo. see ya up ahead, and be more careful." He winked and walked after Papyrus.

"Really Mabel?" Dipper asked as he stepped away from the bush. Mabel pointed finger guns at him.

"Guess you could say I really brushed a nerve with that one." Pacifica giggled a bit at that. He turned to her.

"Don't encourage her!" He said, seemingly a bit hurt.

"Oh c'mon Dip, that one was pretty good," Pacifica said, patting his back and rubbing it. He sighed.

"I guess it was." Mabel smiled and started walking.

"Onwards we go!" Mabel walked triumphantly ahead as Dipper and Pacifica walked forwards, holding hands.

They got back to the save point, where Flowey was waiting for them.

"There you are! I almost got seen by the skeleton brothers!" Flowey said, annoyed.

"Sorry Flowey we got a bit distracted," Dipper said. Flowey glared.

"A BIT? Oh that's an understatement, what do you think I haven't seen the entire show?" The three looked at each other.

"Er…" Flowey rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. Anyway we need to keep going, Papyrus is starting to scare me," He looks back towards the path. "Yea, things have definitely changed down here so… be careful." Then Flowey disappeared.

"I guess we continue?" Mabel asked, already walking down the trail towards the skeleton brothers. Dipper and Pacifica followed behind, looking all around the forest as they did so.

Sans laid back at one of his stations. He didn't need to do much, but he had half a dozen of them in Snowdin and Waterfall alone. He pulled a bottle of ketchup out and took a swig. When he put it down, Papyrus was glaring at him, nearly making him drop the bottle.

"jesus paps, you scared the hell out of me," Papyrus looked down at him.

"YOU ARE SUCH A LAZYBONES, DO YOU KNOW THAT?" Sans snickered.

"i know what you are, but what am i?" Papyrus glared.

"ME? A LAZYBONES? SANS WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I CAPTURED THOSE HUMANS? NO WHERE. YOU WERE SLEEPING."

"not true, i was with you on the second one."

"YOU GET MY POINT. WE NEED TO BE ON GUARD HERE! DO YOU WANT UNDYNE TO GET ON US FOR THESE HUMANS?" Sans sighed. Undyne was a good friend, but when she was on duty, she was quite a bully actually. The amount of times Sans has threatened her due to how harsh she was to Papyrus is unimaginable. She's now extra careful around Sans, to the point where she tries to avoid him.

"you're right bud… let's go check your station, maybe there's something there."

"GREAT IDEA SANS! OFF WE G-" He stops as soon as he turns. Sans looks from behind Papyrus and goes ice cold. The three kids are staring back at Papyrus, shocked and obviously surprised.

"SANS THE RUMORS WERE TRUE! THERE WERE MULTIPLE HUMANS IN THE UNDERGROUND! 3 TO BE EXACT! OH UNDYNE WILL BE SO PROUD OF US!" Sans started sweating.

"o-oh she'll be ecstatic paps." They were doomed. Papyrus isn't a weak fighter, he packs quite the punch. He'll do anything to get them. Sans thought quickly then looked at Papyrus.

"to get the right kid, paps, we should test them. the one who is the smartest is the one you should take on. that one might be more valuable. the other ones you can take prisoner until king asgore decides what to do with them." Papyrus turned to Sans.

"SEE SANS? WHEN YOU ACTUALLY WORK, YOU CREATE GREAT IDEAS!" He turns to the kids. "HUMANS! STEP FORWARDS TOWARDS THE GREAT PAP-" They began running the other way.

"i got this." Sans lifted his hand and waited.

The kids started sprinting down the path, hoping to find another way around.

"HURR-" Something suddenly appears in front of Dipper and he runs right into it. The girls do as well and stumble to the ground with him. He looks up and notices that a wall of bones blocked the path. He turned to look at the brothers, to see Sans with his hand up. He used his other hand to motion to stay. Dipper, obviously confused, got up slowly, helping the girls up as well. Pacifica hid behind Dipper while Mabel stood right next to him.

"YOU ARE QUITE AGILE, YOUNG HUMANS! THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR YOUR TESTS TO COME! FOR YOU SEE, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL NOT CAPTURE YOU YET. AS I WILL TEST YOU TO SEE WHO IS THE SMARTEST OF YOU THREE." Sans seemed to laugh slightly, but quietly. He did this, he's doing this to help them somehow.

"FOR YOU SEE, I HAVE MANY PUZZLES UP AHEAD FOR YOU THREE. I WILL ACTIVATE THEM AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN TRAVERSE THEM AND SURVIVE! I WILL ALSO SEE WHO CAN SOLVE THEM FASTEST! THIS WILL BE QUITE THE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US!" Papyrus lets out a loud "NYEH HEH HEH" before turning to Sans, who just lets out a slight "heh".

The three kids looked at each other, confused.

"I SEE YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY CONFUSED. DO NOT WORRY! I SHALL AID YOU THROUGH THE PUZZLES! THEN WE SHALL SEE WHO IS THE SUPERIOR PUZZLE MASTER OF YOU THREE! NYEH HEH HEH!" He then turned around and started running down the path. Sans turned to them.

"welp, you're lucky he listened to me. don't worry about the puzzles, we'll work through them together." He said.

"You sure we'll be able to get through them? He made it sound like they were pretty dangerous…" Dipper asked worriedly.

"oh don't worry, you'll be fine."

"SANS! NO SOCIALIZING! HELP ME SET THE PUZZLES UP!" Papyrus yelled from down the path.

"thaaat's my cue. good luck on theses, kids. don't break TOO many bones out there." He winked and followed Papyrus.

The three kids stood there confused and concerned.

After a few minutes of hearing Papyrus yelling in the distance, they started walking forwards, passing a large stand similar to the one that was by the lamp pile. Except this one seemed larger. It had more shine to it and seemed almost perfect in every way… whoever made this seemed to take expert time in making it…
"Um… I think this is Papyrus's station… or old one… I'm not sure…" Pacifica said, looking at a sign, which read: "THE STATION OF THE GREAT PAPYRUS. BE WARNED, HUMANS!" Dipper walked over and read the sign, before looking out towards where Papyrus and Sans went and sighing.

"We're doomed."

Sans snickered as Papyrus went on about how he was going to capture the humans. He wasn't laughing at Papyrus's attempts, but how excited his brother was. Sans may have been lazy, but he was nothing close to rude. He loved his brother and did his best to help his brother whenever he had tasks such as these… however with the circumstances…

"SANS, WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING?" Papyrus asked, turning to his brother again.

"huh? oh, sorry paps, got lost in thought again on how the surface would look," Sans replied, looking towards the ceiling of the cave. Papyrus sighed and sat down.

"COME SIT SANS, WE HAVE TIME." Sans came and sat down next to Papyrus. The two looked up at the ceiling. They've done this on multiple occasions when one or the other couldn't stop thinking of the surface and what it would look like.

"SOON, SANS… SOON WE WILL BE ON THE SURFACE… WE'LL BE FREED FROM THE UNDERGROUND… I KNOW IT!" Papyrus said, smiling. "WE JUST HAVE TO BE-"

"patient... yea, i know bro… it's the same thing you tell me every day."

"WELL PATIENCE IS IMPORTANT, BROTHER! IF WE WERE NOT PATIENT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE CAUGHT THOSE OTHER HUMANS, NOW WOULD WE?"
"you mean YOU wouldn't have caught those other humans." Papyrus turned to Sans.

"BROTHER YOU AND I BOTH KNOW I COULDN'T HAVE LIFTED THAT ROCK MYSELF, EVEN WITH MY MUSCULAR STATURE!" Papyrus flexed his boney arm, receiving a chuckle from Sans.

"ok you got me… i did help some."

"EXACTLY! BECAUSE THE SKELETON BROTHERS ARE A TEAM! WE WORK TOGETHER AND WILL GET THESE HUMANS TO KING ASGORE! ONCE UNDYNE SEES OUR GREAT WORK, WE'LL BOTH BE PROMOTED AND WE CAN BE THE GUARDSMEN DUO! NYEH HEH HEH!" Sans closed his eyes and shook his head, chuckling.

"paps you really know how to get my spirit up… you're right. we just gotta work together to get these humans to king asgore… but… paps…" Papyrus turned to Sans, still smiling.

"YES BROTHER?" Sans sighed.

"what if… what if there was another way to use the humans? what if they didn't have to die to break the barrier?" Papyrus seemed confused.

"WELL KING ASGORE SAID-"

"i know what king asgore said but, what if there's still more ways? what if he doesn't know it? maybe it's possible for them to break the barrier using all of their strength?" Papyrus sat and pondered this statement for a moment.

"WELL… IT MAY BE POSSIBLE… BUT WE WOULD NEED KING ASGORE TO ALLOW US TO TRY IT WITHOUT THE HUMANS BEING KILLED!"

"it would be a challenge… maybe one the greatest royal guardsman is up for…?" Sans looked at Papyrus with his huge permanent grin. Papyrus got up and yelled.

"NYEH! WE SHALL SEE HOW THESE HUMANS PROGRESS THROUGH OUR PUZZLES, AND IF THEY MAKE IT PAST ME, THEN NYES, SANS! WE SHALL TRY YOUR PLAN! THE TWO OF US COULD BE-"

"the saviors of the underground, exactly paps." Sans stood up as well and looked up to Papyrus.

"NOW SANS… REMEMBER THE PUZZLE I TOLD YOU ABOUT? THE ONE INVOLVING THE SWINGING TRAPS…?" Sans's smirk stayed, but he almost seemed to lose color as he knew EXACTLY what Papyrus was talking about.

"oh... yea i remember that one…"

Hey y'all. I'm still not dead. Just doing a lot of stuff.

Just a question, would anyone be interested in a Discord for ideas of the future of this AU? Or in anyway helping with a comic or something? If you would be interested, leave a review, message me, or anything. I was thinking of making a Discord for Gravitale after seeing how it's becoming slightly different than a normal UT runthrough.

Anyway I had surgery so I wasn't able to get this in right away, but here ya go!

See ya again soon!

-Badger