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“It’s so cold,” I mumble to myself. The cold breeze coming into contact with my skin, sending a shiver down my spine. I notice that I was surrounded by trees covered in snow. Not only were they covered in snow, they have also wilted. I glanced up to look at… the red sky?
Toriel never told me the sky would be red, and that the outside would be this cold. I needed to get out of this snow as fast as possible. I grabbed both of my arms, rubbing it as fast as possible to regain some of the heat I lost, before I turn into a human popsicle.
I glance to my left, noticing a strange looking bush, it looked like there’s something inside of it. I approach the strange looking bush, it looked like it had lost most of its color over the years. I brought my face closer to fully inspect the dying bush, and that’s when I noticed... a camera?
What was a camera doing inside that bush? My anxiety started to spike, if there’s a camera then it means someone is watching me. I swiftly backed away from the camera and stared back at the only path that lead deeper into the forest.
I took a step forward, being very wary of my surroundings. It was difficult walking in the snow, it made my movements a lot slower, and the freezing cold didn’t help much either.
After what felt like 3 minutes of constant walking, I stumbled upon a broken branch, it was too big to be used as a weapon and was quite thorny.
I took one final look at the branch, disappointed I couldn't use it to protect myself if something were to attack me, not like I would try to harm it. After being a good distance away from the branch, I heard a loud snap from behind me. I instantly turned around, looking for the source of the noise. I noticed that the branch was broken in half, as if someone had stomped on it.
I wasn’t alone, and the realization made my heart start pounding. I glanced at every direction, desperately hoping whomever did this wasn't out to get me. I quickly turned around, walking down the path a bit faster and being far more wary than I was before.
I've been walking mostly in silence, the only other thing I could hear was the wind. I hoped it would had stayed that way, but luck didn't favor me this time around. I heard footsteps slowly approaching from behind me. My heart was pounding so fast that I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
I turned my head around, hoping it was just my imagination. To my relief, there was nobody and my anxiety started to dwindle, but it was short-lived. My anxiety was beginning to spike yet again, my heart was beating so fast I could hear it, my whole body was trembling with fear. The level of fear I was experiencing was so bad, that I simple task like standing was difficult.
I hesitantly walked back to the now broken tree branch. I saw footprints that weren't made by me, it was bigger than the ones I made. The frightening fact that I was not alone, made my body go into fight or flight mode.
I instinctively turned back to face the path in front of me, and I dashed down the path as fast as my body would allow me to. I didn’t turn around, afraid of what would happen if I stopped running, afraid of the horrors I would experience again, afraid of the pain I would relive again, like I did in the ruins.
I ran, I ran, I ran, never once turning around. My body was in pain from my lack of daily exercise and I was forced to stop. I fell on the cold, now slightly wet ground. Despite it being incredibly cold, my whole body was on fire. I greedily inhaled oxygen, the constant running made my legs hurt, I felt all kind of pains running through my upper body. I felt like vomiting, but I didn’t care as long as I was far away from whoever was following me.
After lying on the cold, wet ground for who knows how long, I reluctantly stood up, shaking my whole body, trying to get most of the snow off of me. My throat felt dry, and scooping a handful of snow into my mouth didn't seem too bad. I felt really cold, my black shorts and leggings, my black and red striped sweater were wet from lying on the snow. The fact that I was wet plus the dangerously cold weather made my skin turn a bit blue.
I tried my best to fix my mucky hair, my hair was a bit wet, covered in dirt and snow. My bangs were slightly blocking my line of view, I subconsciously wiped my bangs away from my eyes.
I looked ahead of me, noticing a bridge with a gate too big to stop anyone from crossing. I approach the bridge, but before I could continue, I heard footsteps approaching from behind me again. I couldn’t move, paralyzed with fear, and the cold just made this whole situation worse for me. The footsteps growing louder and louder, until it went completely silent.
“Human,” The voice said, menacingly, “don’t you know how to greet a new pal? Turn around, and shake my hand.”
My whole body was quivering so badly, but I reluctantly did what the voice said, and I slowly turned around.
I notice the monster was holding out it’s hand, waiting for me to shake it. I slowly brought my hand to the monsters, it was cold and… boney? “Ppppppfffffttttttt” A loud noise came from the monster hand.
“Hahahah! The old whoopee cushion in the hand trick. It’s always funny.” The monster said, through laughter. I was stunned, not completely sure how to react.
“Hey, you alright? That was yer cue to react or to emot at all.” The monster said, waiting for my reply. “O-oh, I’m sorry! I was just caught off guard, I didn't expect you'd have something like that.” I yelled. “It’s alright, I’m Sans by the way, Sans the skeleton.” Sans said, with a bit of humor in his voice. This monsters name was Sans? Now that I look closer, he is indeed a skeleton.
I scan Sans top to bottom. I he was wearing a pair of red sneakers, black shorts with yellow stripes, a red turtleneck, a black jacket with a yellow hem and a yellow furred hoodie, his teeth were sharp as kitchen knives, one of his canines looked like it was made of gold, and his left eye were a glowing crimson red, while the other eye socket was empty.
“I-I’m Frisk!” I said, a bit too loudly. “It’s n-nice to meet you.” Sans just stared at me, looking at me from top to bottom. The smile on his grew wider, exposing his golden canine yet again. “Yer a human right, that’s hilarious.” Sans said. Why was hefinding me being a human humorous?
“You know, I’m actually supposed to be on watch for humans, but I don’t really care about capturing anybody,” Sans said, lazily, putting his hands in his jackets pockets. “now my brother on the other hand… he’s a human hunting fanatic. Hey, I think that’s him over there.” Sans said, pointing at the bridge.
I could see someone approaching from afar. “We better hide you,” Sans said, forcefully pushing me a gross the bridge. “quick, behind that conveniently shaped lamp.”
I swiftly made my way behind the lamp, hiding myself from Sans’ brother. It was quite convenient that there happened to be a lamp, that was conveniently shaped like my body. Wait! This isn't going to work! I left footprints when I was coming over here. Hopefully, Sans noticed it. I heard Sans's brother approaching, I couldn’t clearly see them, and I didn't want to give me location away, but I did notice he was really tall.
“Sup, boss.” Sans said, nonchalantly. “SANS! YOU LAZY PICE OF SHIT!” The taller skeleton yelled. “IT’S BEEN 8 DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN’T RECALIBRATED YOUR TRAPS. ALL YOU DO IS TELL HORRIBLE JOKES AND BOONDOGGLE ALL DAY! WHAT IF A HUMAN COMES BY?!”
“Maybe this lamp will help?” Sans said, pointing to the conveniently shaped lamp. “Was Sans trying to help or screw me over!” I thought to myself.
“SANS! YOU WASTE OF OXYGEN! TAKE THIS SERIOUS! I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS! THE SOONER I CAPTURE A HUMAN, THE SOONER I GET TO BE CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD!” The taller skeleton roared.
“Huh, sounds like you’ve been working yourself… down to the bone.” Sans replied. “OH MY FUCKING GOD SANS! I WILL FUCKING CASTRATE YOU! UGH! IF YOU NEED ME, I WILL BE ATTENDING TO MY TRAPS… AS FOR YOU… YOU BETTER DO YOUR JOB OR ELSE I’LL BE FORCED TO PUNISH YOU! The taller skeleton threateningly said, before walking off, leaving me and Sans to ourselves.
“The coast is clear, you can come out now.” Sans said. I came out from behind the lamp, looking mildly infuriated, and relieved. Relief that is wasn't found by some miracle, and slightly annoyed that I was almost ratted out.
“What’s with that look?” Sans asked, confusingly. “Are you trying to help me or what?!” I yelled at him. “I don’t remember ever saying I’ll help you?” Sans replied, with a humorous smirk on his face. “nah, I’m just messing with ya. If you really want my help, then I guess I could lend a hand, might as well have some fun in the process.”
“Wait, why are you going to help me exactly?” I asked, confused. “Made a promise to a mutual friend of ours.” Sans replied. A mutual friend? “well, I’ll be up ahead if ya need me, also I’ll be keeping an eye socket out for ya.” Sans said, walking in the opposite direction, leaving all by myself.
“Oh wait!” Sans shouted, turning around walking past me to what it looks to be one of this sentry station Toriel told me about. He was rummage through that station looking for something. “Found it,” Sans said, walking to me. “your probably cold, and it's actually not a good idea to leave you like that. We call this "Sea Tea", it should keep ya warm for a little while.” Sans said, giving me this "Sea Tea", before walking back to the opposite path.
I’ll admit, I was confused by why Sans was walking in the opposite direction, or why he even gave me this "Sea Tea, but regardless, I was grateful for his small act of kindness. I believe that actions speak louder than words, and Sans doesn't seem all too bad, even though he was making me run for my life not to long ago.
I took small sips from the hot sea tea, it tasted alright I guess. The best way I can describe the taste, would be tea without any sugar. I finished drinking the sea tea, putting the now empty mug of "Sea Tea" in my inventory. I could feel my body warming up a bit “I should try to give him something back.” I thought to myself.
I turned back to see if Sans was still somewhere nearby, but he had completely vanished. I could still see his footprints in the snow, but it came to a holt, like he had completely vanished.
I turned back to the main path and walked towards the direction the taller skeleton had gone. I could still see the fresh footprints that were left behind.
After walking for a few minutes in the cold snowy forest, I saw a glowing yellow stare in the distance. “My SAVE point!” I yelled, with excitement. I ran towards the glowing stare, eagerly wanting to place my hand upon it.
I stood in front of the yellow stare, placing my hand upon it, hearing the familiar sound, confirming that all my progress have been SAVED. A warmth spread through my body, but that wasn’t all, I was also filled with a newfound DETEMINATION. The DETEMINATION to get out of the underground and to free the monsters from their prison.