#underforest-chapter

I walked into the forest, the rainy sprinkling through the leaves. I saw a few smaller animals up ahead, but none noticed me as I walked through the forest. Slightly shivering, I walked over a thick branch in my way. Suddenly, a few feet away from the branch, I heard a SNAP! Turning around, I saw the branch from earlier. It looks like it was smashed like it was nothing.. Jogging a bit, I saw a small bridge. Then, I heard footsteps.

“human.”

“don’t you know how to greet a new pal?”

Turning around, I reached out to shake their hand and-

“Prrrrrrrtt.”

He stepped out of the shadows. It was a skeleton wearing a green hoodie, a brown scarf, shorts, and pink slippers.

“heh. the old whoopie cushion in the hand trick. works every time. i'm sans. sans the skeleton. you’re a human, right?” I nod. “well, i'm supposed to be looking for humans.” I shivered because I was cold and sorta scared. “but i don’t really care about looking or capturing humans.” he explained quickly. “O-oh.” His eyes went dark as he explained “my brother does, though. he’s a human-hunting fanatic.” Ahhh crap. I thought, as Sans looked behind him and I heard another person saying “NYEH HEH HEH!!” in the distance. “speak of the devil. that’s him! here, follow me.” I was cold, and scared, but I followed him. Maybe he knew the way to somewhere warm.

“quick, hide behind that conveniently well placed lamp.” I hid behind it, then under it. The lampshade provided good protection against the rain. “SANS!” “What's up, bro?” “YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP!” “IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVE RECALIBRATED YOUR PUZZLES! YOU JUST HANG AROUND OUTSIDE YOUR STATION!”

“WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING??!!” Sans’ eyes darkened… “i’m…” His eyes brightened. “workin’ myself down to the bone.” The other skeleton’s eyes narrowed. “LET ME GUESS.” The skeleton looked at Sans. “YOU WERE PLAYING MUDBALL WITH THE KIDS INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR JOB.” Sans looked to the side. “ehhh close enough. i’ll recalibrate the traps in a moment, brother. say, maybe that lamp can help you.” The other one stomped in frustration. “IT WILL NOT HELP ME, SANS.” “alright, bro, just a suggestion.” Sans rolled his eyes. “geez, i know why you’re always grumpy.” “BECAUSE YOU NEVER WORK?” Sans eyes went dark, before lighting up again. “nah, because i have humerus jokes.” The other skeleton looked as if he was trying not to throw his brother into space. “SANS!!!” The tall skeleton walks away, promptly annoyed.

I slowly step out, the lampshade still on my head. "hey kid." I was glad that tall skeleton was gone. "you seem to have lightened up about my brother being gone,." I chuckled. That one was funny. Then I shivered. It was still cold. “kid, don’t worry about my bro. keep goin’ forward, and you’ll be at Snowdin. be careful, kiddo.” I went and checked his..station that his brother had been talking about. There were bottles of ketchup. Lots. Of. Ketchup. When I turned around, the skeleton, Sans, was..gone. He must be a fast walker. I grab a couple bottles of ketchup. I like ketchup. Walking a bit more, I saw that tall skeleton and Sans. “...AND THEN UNDYNE SAYS, ‘WHY THE HELL IS THERE A DOG IN MY BED!’ SHE PICKED IT UP AND THREW IT AT ALPHYS, WHO PROCEEDED TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW!” Sans nodded. “uh huh, cool” Papyrus stopped listening to Sans and looked directly at me. “OH MY SPAGHETTI, SANS IS THAT A…” He looks at sans. Sans looks at him. Then back at me. “papyrus…i think that's a rock.” I turn around. There’s a rock there. I make a mental note to pick it up. Maybe tape it to something. If I have tape. Or mud. There’s lots of that. The tall skeleton, Papyrus, became disappointed and sighed. “but papyrus you should check what’s in front of the rock.” The skeleton would then have his eyes on me.

“HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL CAPTURE YOU! BE PREPARED FOR HIGH JINKS! LOW JINKS! PUZZLES! CAPERS! JAPERS! BEING CAPTURED! OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES! REFRESHMENTS WILL BE MADE…IF YOU DARE ENTER! NYEHEHEHEEEHHHH!” He sauntered off. I grabbed the rock. Then some mud. Then, my stick. I fused it together and made a…..ROCK SMASHER! I smashed a leaf with it. It felt good. I followed where Papyrus had gone.

“NYEHEHEH! HUMAN! YOU ARE FACING THE ICE MAZE! TAKE THE WRONG STEP AND YOU SHALL FALL INTO THE ICY WATER! AND THE WALLS ARE INVISIBLE! NYEHEHEHEEEHHHH!” He stepped forward triumphantly…and quickly stepped back not wanting to break the weak ice, he would leave a crack.