Undertale: Fay Route

With her work done, Fay smiled and skipped over to Frisk. Taking the unused tools and bucket, Fay told everyone she'd be right back. With no real hurry, Fay went outside to put the tools in the skelebro's shed. While she did this, Sans managed to calm himself down and stand up. Putting his hands in his pockets, Sans walked over to Frisk and winked.

"Fairy sure is a strange one... she told me she isn't really your sister, so how did you two meet kiddo?"

Frisk looked over at Sans with a small smile. But when he asked about how they met Fay, their smile faltered. Now obviously distressed, Frisk kept quiet and looked at Sans nervously. Sans narrowed his eyes and shuffled his weight a bit, a clear sign he was displeased.

"what's that look for kiddo? you can tell your old pal sans. hey, that freak hasn't done anything to you, has she?"

Frisk quickly shook their head to deny any idea that Fay was mean to them. Sans' smile strained a bit as he watched the kid in front of him. Frisk was acting strange, they obviously knew something. But what?

"kid... just what aren't you telling me?"

Frisk once again shook their head and took a step back. They looked scared of Sans, as if remembering something. Taking a moment to calm himself down, Sans realized that his eyes had turned completely black. Letting out a sigh, Sans took one hand out of his pocket and scratched the back of his head.

"sorry kid... i didn't mean to shake you up. i just... really need to know what Fairy is up to. she's not normal and i have a bad feeling about her... so whatever ya can tell me wou-"

"It's rude to talk about people who are listening Sans..."

With a slight gasp, Sans spun around to find Fay kicking snow off her shoes and closing the front door behind her. He didn't even hear the door open! Holding a boney hand over where his heart would be, Sans took a step back from the girl. Frisk looked over at Fay in shock and held a look of guilt. At this, Fay smiled reassuringly and walked over to the two.

"Hey, it's okay. I know I'm a freak... And don't worry Frisk. I already told Sans I'm not from around here. Remember, you're friends. Don't let that change because I suddenly showed up... It would be foolish to lose a bond like that because you wanted to protect me. I already told you Frisk... I don't need protecting..."

Frisk flinched when Fay said to not worry about her. A detail Sans picked up on. Turning his gaze to Fay, he noticed she wasn't her usually happy self. But she wasn't glaring at Frisk either. It was more like she was sad, or gloomy rather.

"what am i missing here?"

"Sans... It seems Frisk won't listen, so I'll tell you. Don't protect me, don't save me, and DON'T worry about me. If anything happens, protect yourself. Protect Frisk and Papyrus. Protect everyone... But don't you DARE even think of worrying about me... Got it? I don't care what horrible situation I'm in. Don't do anything to put yourself in harm's way..."

Sans raised a brow to this. Not only was Fay's little speech rather unexpected, but her tone of voice was almost creepy. Unsure of how to take this information, Sans shrugged and gave a playful wink.

"i wouldn't even if ya told me to Fairy..."

Fay gave a dry laugh and hid her eyes behind her bangs.

"Thanks... See Frisk? I told you he doesn't like me~ Oh! Hey Papyrus! I have a question!"

As suddenly as the gloomy atmosphere appeared, it vanished as Fay was once again smiling and running towards the kitchen. Sans blinked in mild surprise, not only at her change in mood, but at her blunt comment. Hearing his name being called, Pap looked over to Fay with a nervous smile.

"WHAT IS IT TALL HUMAN?"

"I just wanted to thank you for taking care of Frisk. I really appreciate your kindness. You really are pretty great!"

"AWWW! WHY THANK YOU HUMAN! AND OF COURSE, I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS AFTER ALL!"

"I'm glad we're friends Papyrus!"

Fay smiled warmly while Papyrus froze for a second before tears formed in his eyes. He started sputtering before running into the living room, screaming at Sans that he finally made a friend. Fay giggled at this and turned her attention to a rather sour Undyne.

"You may have fooled everyone else punk. But I know what you're playing at. I won't fall for you "innocent" act. You gonna attack, and when you do, I'll be there to take you down!"

"But... I don't want to attack anyone... If I did... you would all be dead already. So there's no-"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY YA PUNK?! I won't die from the likes of you, runt! I knew you were bad news!"

Not even giving Fay a chance to speak, Undyne lunged and gave a battle cry. In mild surprise, Fay stepped out of the way and ended up in the living room. Managing to keep herself from falling, Undyne turned to Fay and summoned a spear. Grinding her teeth, Fay crouched and readied to dodge. A thing she ended up doing quite a few times. Undyne was now in a blind rage and throwing spears left and right. Fay managed to evade every attack, but noticed that Undyne's aim was getting sloppy. It was actually kind of expected, seeing as no one really has been able to doge Undyne before so effectively. It must be frustrating having a weak human able to avoid her like this. Her honor and ego are destroyed.

Fay was actually contemplating if being hit would help or hinder the situation when a rouge spear flew past Fay. It was meant for Fay, but was hurtling straight towards a rather unsuspecting Sans. Without a second thought, Fay flung herself in front of Sans and blocked the spear. Instead of hitting the skeleton like it would have, it now was lodged into the floor by Fay's feet. Everything fell silent as the spear shook from the force it was thrown and then blocked. Fay was crouched and had her arms in front of her like a shield. The spear vanished and Fay quickly straightened her stance. Flashing Undyne a glare, Fay turned to Sans and quickly scooped him up. This seemed to snap the skeleton out of his shock as he struggled to free himself from the girls grasp. Despite holding him under his arms and lifting him above her to keep him off the ground, Fay managed to hold him effortlessly. It was odd seeing as Fay was the same height of Sans.

"woah... um... Fairy, put me down. no seriously, put me down."

"It's okay sweety, momma's got ya. I won't let you be hurt by a raunchy Betta splendens with an unhealthy interest in medieval lugged spears! Shh"

"Oh my god! Sans! Are you okay? I didn't mean to... I didn't..."

Fay stopped messing with Sans to look back over to Undyne. Her eyes narrowed as she held Sans a little closer in a protective manner, despite the skeleton's protest.

"God... Sans... I'm so sorry... I-"

"YOU DAMN WELL BETTER BE SORRY! Do you have any idea what you could have done?! He has 1HP Undyne... ONE! You could have killed Sans Undyne! You're friends! Aren't you?! You almost... WHAT did I tell you about fighting in the house dammit?!"

Fay calmed herself by taking steady breaths and closing her eyes. Undyne ducked her head down in shame while everyone else was still slowly processing the situation. Letting out another breath, Fay hugged Sans to her chest like an over sized stuffed animal. Sans simply grunted in resentment and hung limply from Fay's arms. With things calming down a bit, Papyrus seemed to finally catch up with what just happened.

"OH MY GOSH! SANS! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"

Without really waiting for a response, Papyrus leaped over to Fay and Sans. With a quick swoop, Pap picked up Sans and Fay. Though honestly, Fay was still hug-holding Sans herself. Holding the two in his arms, Papyrus hugged them tight and shed tears.

"bro, i'm fine. no broken bones here."

"THANK GOODNESS!"

"Guys, really, I am so sorry..."

"it's alight Undyne. stuff happens, i don't have any bones to pick with you."

"YEAH! AND AFTER ALL, NO ONE GOT HURT! OF COURSE WE FORGIVE YOU! YOU'RE OUR FRIEND AFTER ALL. NO BIGGIE!"

Undyne gave an apologetic smiled and rubber her arm. Fay stayed silent but smiled all the same. The only thing she was really upset over was the fact that Undyne was fighting in the house. The whole time, Frisk was silent, but now they walked over to Papyrus and stood close. They looked up at Fay with a shy smile.

"Thank you Fay."

"No problem. What good would I be if I couldn't protect you all?"

Frisk let out a silent laugh and beamed up at Fay. When they had seen the spear speeding towards Sans, they themself tried to block the attack. Though honestly, they probably would have just gotten hit instead of blocking. But they just weren't close enough or fast enough to help. With Frisk speaking up, the others turned their attention to Fay.

"YES! THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU SAVED MY BROTHER! YOU ARE VERY STRONG AND BRAVE HUMAN."

"huh, how'd ya do that without a weapon Fairy?"

"Hey punk... You're pretty strong if you can block my attack. And you did it to save someone, a friend of mine no less. I guess you're okay, for a human. Heh, you kinda remind me of Asgore. He's a big softy, but really strong."

"Um... Thanks Miss Undyne? So... Does this mean we don't have to fight anymore?"

"Pfft! Heck no! I wanna fight you even more now! But I don't want to take your soul anymore. So that's good, right?"

Undyne starts to laugh while Fay groans in exasperation. Frisk clapped at the fact that Undyne was now a friend and flashed Undyne a smile which she returned. Papyrus joined in on Undyne's laughing and Fay just hung her head in defeat. It seemed thing turned out perfectly.