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Fell groaned softly as he woke, his bones aching. He felt like he had taken a long fall, and landed on every single bone in his body. Slowly, he sat up, only to feel cold. And snow.
Snow?
His vision cleared slowly, to find himself in Snowdin. Not his Snowdin, but definitly Snowdin. Quickly, Fell looked around, to see the others, B closest to him, curled into a ball.
Fell went to stand properly, but couldnt, being too dizzy. A soft groan came from his other side, and he looked over,almost making himself sick.
Swap was waking, sitting up and blinking to clear his eyes. "F-fell?" The other focused on Fell, who nodded slowly.
"How are we still... Together?" Fell muttered, not daring to raise his voice too high, knowing that the other would probably have a headache as well. Swap seemed to appreciate this fact.
"No idea... Where we are is a little more important... Not my Snowdin. Yours?"
"No. Its darker there, dustier..." Fell sighed softly. Slowly, Swap managed to move closer to the other. They were silent for awhile, Fell letting the other rest his head on his shoulder. It took awhile before another woke up.
Stars was the next, almost an hour after Fell and Swap. The other sat up slowly, not as obviously lightheaded as the other two had been. He glanced around, spotting the others. "H-how... No... Wing will find out that one..." He looked up to the sky, and nodded. "Not my Snowdin..."
"Guessed as much." Fell shook his head slightly, eyelights rolling slightly. "No endless sky."
Stars chuckled and stood, the other two staring, though Fell tried to make it seem less obvious than Swap.
"What? Im used to it being... Wobbly, in a way." He shrugged and went over to Wing,gently lifting the other into his arms, as if he had done so many times before, carrying him over to the others. He had been the farthest away from them afterall.
Stars set him down gently, then sat next to the other two. Fell sighed softly as he became a pillow for Stars as well. He didnt truly mind, in all honesty. Though he would never admit that.
Fell had almost fallen asleep to the gentle chatter between the two when Wing woke violently, blasters summoning around him. In panic, Fell summoned his own, making sure to block the others blasters with his. Wing's vision cleared, and slowly, the blasters around him disapated.
"You good?" Fell let his own fall into nonexistance.
Slowly, Wing nodded, shifting closer to Fell, then raised an eyeridge. "Why are you being used as pillow?"
"Swap started it. Stars joined. I have no idea why. Im rather boney." Fell chuckled at his joke as Swap hit his side, causing his laugh to turn to a wheeze.
Muffin made a muffled noise, and slowly pulled himself free from a snow poff none of them had realized he had even fallen into. He shook snow from his skull and stood, slowly shuffling over to where the others had managed to make a pile on Fell. He shook his head and lay just to the side of it. Unfortuantly for him, he lay on the side with Swap, who pulled him into this pile.
"How come no one has found us?" Fell wondered aloud, tilting his head.
"Yeah... Snowdin usually has a bunch of Froggits at least!" Swap sat up slowly. Fell groaned.
"Alright, everyone up. We'll carry B for now. Help each other if need be. Stars, can you handle B?" Fell, as usual in difficult situations,took charge. Surprisingly, no one fought this. "Whose universe is this, has that been figured out?"
"I think its mine..." Wing said as he stood, glancing around. "It doesnt have the dusty feel that you two-" he gestured to Fell and Muffin "-said yours have. Its calm, as mine usually is, though much too calm to have many people around. And, at the ages of eight and three, respectivily, Sans and Papyrus carved their names into a tree by the side of the Ruins door. If we see that, then its definitly mine."
Fell nodded slightly. "Alright. We'll check there, see if the Queen is there. If not, then we ask around, if anyone is left."
Stars lifted the still unconcious B, nodding along quietly. Fell helped Swap and Muffin to their feet, all three wobbling slightly. The decision was made silently that each would help each other. Stars could walk fine, and Wing seemed alright.
As soon as he went to walk, however, Fell made the discovery of his ankle being rather badly cracked. He hadnt felt it just sitting there, but now, pain sung up his leg. Luckily, at the discovery, Swap had been there to catch him before he fell back into the snow.
For now, snice the only one good at healing was still out, Fell had to hop along, using Swap as a crutch, Muffin walking slowly on the other side of Fell.
They found no one as they went along, but a Froggit that ran from them quickly.
Upon finding the door to the Ruins, the door was open, and, as thought, the tree to the left of the door did in fact have a messy carving of two names. Wing smiled at the memory of helping the boys carve it.
"Definitly mine." He mumbled, and glanced around. Stars smiled slightly at the nostalgia in his eyes. "But where is everyone?"
"Well..." A quiet voice anwered the question, and Wing turned quickly. A small Icecap sat on a rock behind him. "About five years ago, a human came through and broke the barrier. Everyone went to the surface."
Wing nodded as the little monster bounced away. "Alright. Lets get to Hotland." Fell groaned softly. "Hey, if we can, we'll take the Riverperson and let you rest that ankle."
Fell sighed, and slowly they made there way into Snowdin, which was completely deserted. It was a strange feeling to have no sound in the normally happy town.
Luckily, the River Person was there. They seemed surprised to have this many of basically the same person, but with one injured and one still out, they accepted them. Wing seemed slightly uncomfortable sitting next to the River Person, though no one knew exactly why.
B woke half way to Hotland, and almost panicked as he couldnt feel anything. However, his panic was quickly realized, and Stars held him close, shushing the other. B sighed and sat up slowly, before groaning softly.
Swap tilted his head, noticing how queesy the other was. "B? Are you alright?"
B shook his head and leaned over the side of the boat, seasick. Swap rubbed his back gently, glancing to the River Person, who sped up slightly, since they disliked having to clean anything off of the boat.
As soon as they reached Hotland, Stars helped B off quickly. Fell hopped off, and Muffin stepped off quickly to be sure that he didnt fall. Wing talked a minute with the River Person before being all but kicked off the boat.
They made their way to the Core, shambling and in various stages of pain and aching. They worked their way through the Core, then to the barrier, only to find that the Icecap had not lied, and it was gone. Stars ran out first, grinning at finally being on Earth. He stared at the daytime sky, and laughed hearitly.
A sprawling town at the base of the mountain was crawling with monsters, and a large house just in their veiw was the one they set their way out to.
Slowly, they made their way down the mountain, stopping often for Fell, since B couldnt bring his magic to work to heal him properly.
At the door, they all hesitated, afraid to knock, before Wing sighed heavily and knocked loudly.
To everyone's surprise, it was a Papyrus who answered. One with sharp teeth and an angry scowl, that changed to shock upon seeing the group.
"Dad?"