"Waterfall is a pretty bad name for a place like this if you ask me." Angela commented as they walked by a couple small waterfalls streaming down beside the dark blue cavern. "Couldn't they give it a better name?"

"Like what?" Ethan snorted. "The Land of Blue Rocks and Water?"

"You know what I mean!"

"Guys, one more word from the both of you and I'm gonna lose it." Chase sighed as they continued walking through the underground. "Just one minute of them not bickering I ask." He muttered to himself.

"Hey, there's some people over there." Ryan pointed out. In a short distance ahead, a couple of monsters were hanging out beside a strange glowing flower.

Walking closer, it became apparent one of the monsters over there was the lizard-like monster kid from earlier in Snowdin and one of them is Sans sitting in a stand. Nearby was an orange monster standing beside said glowing flower.

"Yo!" The monster kid greeted. "Are you guys sneaking out to see her too? Awesome... She's the coolest, right? I wanna be just like her when I grow up..."

"Hey, don't tell my parents I'm here, haha." He added.

"I have a strong feeling that her is Undyne." Angela thought.

"Me too," Sophie added.

They went on to inspect the odd flower next. It was fairly tall and glowed light blue, somewhat resembling a lotus flower.

"This is an echo flower." The orange monster standing beside it explained. "It repeats the last thing it heard, over and over..."

"Over and over...." The flower suddenly repeated, slightly surprising the group.

"Well, that's creepy." Ethan commented.

"Well, that's creepy."

"Heheh, echo."

"Heheh, echo."

"Alright Ethan, it's time to shut up." Angela covered Ethan's mouth before he could continue messing around with the flower.

"Alright Ethan, it's time to shut up."

While everyone else was having fun with the echo flower, Frisk sank their hand into the warm yellow light glowing beside the flower.

"The sound of rushing water fills you with determination."

"Don't you have a sentry station at Snowdin?" Hannah asked as the group approached Sans.

"what? haven't seen a guy with two jobs before?" Sans asked. "fortunately, two jobs means twice as many legally-required breaks."

"i'm going to grillby's. wanna come?" He offered.

"Sure," Chase shrugged, answering for the group.

"well... if you insist... i'll pry myself away from my work..." Sans said as he got up from his stand.

"over here," he said gesturing to the opposite direction towards Grillby's. "i know a shortcut."

In a blink of an eye, the group found themselves and Sans inside of Grillby's.

"What just happened?" Chase asked. Sans only gave a wink as a reply. (How do skeletons even wink?)

"fast shortcut, huh? hey, everyone." The skeleton greeted the people in the bar, who all responded in a series of "Hi, Sans.", "Heya, Sans.", And "Greetings, Sans."

"Hey Sans, weren't you just here for breakfast a few minutes ago?" One of the monsters asked.

"nah, i haven't had breakfast in at least half an hour. you must be thinking of brunch." Sans replied, prompting a chorus of laugher from the entire bar.

"here, get comfy." Sans gestured to the row of empty seats near the counter. Upon sitting down, the seat Frisk sat on emitted a "plbbbbbbbbbbt" sound.

"whoops, watch where you sit down," Sans grinned. "sometimes weirdos put whoopee cushions on the seats." Frisk and Sophie were giggling away while Angela rolled her eyes.

"anyway, let's order." The skeleton continued. "whaddya want, burger or fries?"

"Burgers!" Ethan and Frisk yelled at the same time.

"Fries, please." Hannah requested.

"Ya know what? I'll take fries too." Said Chase.

"Eh," Angela shrugged. "I'm kinda craving burgers right now."

"Fries," Sophie and Ryan said simultaneously.

"hey, burgers sound pretty good." Sans thought. "grillby, we'll have four orders of fries and burg." He ordered to the monster made of fire. Without a word, Grillby walked out of the counter and into the back room, presumably to cook their meals.

"so," Sans attempted to start a conversation. "what do you think of my brother?"

"He's cool, I guess." Angela's hand made a "so-so" gesture.

"Really loud, but he's very nice." Ryan added.

"He's the coolest!" Frisk smiled, kicking their feet on the tall chair.

"of course he's cool, you'd be cool too if you wore that outfit everyday." Sans grinned, obviously pleased to see his brother made some friends. "he'd only take that thing off if he absolutely had to. oh well, at least he washes it. and by that i mean he wears it in the shower."

"Alright, I take that back, he isn't cool anymore." Angela cringed internally while quietly making that remark, Chase and Ethan nodding in agreement.

"here comes the grub," Sans said as Grillby returned with a tray of food the group ordered, handing the meals to each of them.

"want some ketchup?" He offered while waving a bottle of it in front of the group. The group shook their heads in response.

"more for me," Sans grinned, before downing the bottle of ketchup like water, resulting in odd stares from the kids.

"I don't know who's weirder, Papyrus or Sans." Chase remarked quietly. The group agreed silently.

"anyway, cool or not, you have to agree papyrus tries real hard." Sans continued. "like how he keeps trying to be part of the royal guard. one day, he went to the house of the head of the royal guard..."

"Undyne?" Hannah asked.

"bingo, kid. i guess papyrus told you guys about her? either way, he went to her house, and begged her to let him be in it."

"of course, she shut the door on him because it was midnight. but the next day, she woke up and saw him still waiting there. seeing his dedication, she decided to give him warrior training. it's, uh, still a work in progress."

They continued eating in silence. Halfway through the meal, Sans cleared his throat.

"oh yeah, i wanted to ask you guys something."

"have you kids ever heard of a talking flower?" He asked.

Everyone stopped whatever they were doing for a moment, a bit shocked of what the skeleton just asked. "Yeah," Chase answered.

"so you know all about it," Sans said. "the echo flower."

"they're all over the marsh." He continued before the rest of the group could correct him. "say something to them, and they'll repeat it over and over... what about it?"

"well, papyrus told me something interesting the other day... sometimes, when no one's around, a flower appears and whispers things to him. flattery, advice, encouragement... predictions."

"weird, huh? someone must be using an echo flower to play a trick on him. keep an eye out, ok? thanks."

Thank God that the kids had already ate most of the food on their plates, because they all had mysteriously lost their appetites all of a sudden. They all sat in silence, hoping the flower Sans mentioned wasn't the same flower they were thinking about.

"welp, that was a long break." Sans got up from his seat. "i can't believe i let ya kids pull me away from work for that long."

"oh, by the way." He added. "i'm flat broke. can you guys foot the bill? it's just 100000G."

"Nope!" Chase declared as he readied to drag everyone out of the bar.

"just kidding," Sans laughed. "grillby, put it on my tab."

Grillby let out a puff of smoke, but didn't say anything as Sans walked out of the bar.

"by the way," He added right before he walked out the door.

".... i was about to say something, but i forgot."

He turned and left the bar, leaving the kids alone wondering just how dangerous was their trip going to be soon enough.

"If I haven't stressed this enough yet, we are so gonna die." Ryan declared again, this time without anyone disagreeing.

"Alright, we're entering the territory of the head of the royal guard who definitely wants our souls, and that godforsaken killer flower's still on the lose, what's new?" Chase groaned. "We're wasting time, I doubt we're gonna get any rest in Waterfall with two killers on our tails, and I'm pretty sure it's at least noon by now. We gotta go."

"Ethan, remind me to pummel your face the moment we get out of this stupid mountain, why the heck did I even agree to go with you guys in the first place?" Angela grumbled.

"I want to go home," Sophie complained again. "This isn't fun anymore."

"Alright, okay, Flowey shmaowey, we're probably gonna die young, Angela's gonna kill me if we live, we get it. Can we just get over this?" Ethan waved his arms, calling attention to himself. "The sooner we get to Waterfall, the sooner we get out. Why don't we just run the whole way? That'll be faster."

"We aren't running, because my feet are getting blisters!" Angela hissed. "There's another question: why did I even think of following you guys, when I'm still in my ballet clothes?"

"What you want me to do?" Ethan shot back defensively. "Carry you all the way?"

"You guys know each other for almost 5 years, and still argue so much!" Hannah sighed.

"I'm going to stop this conversation before one of us kills the other before either Undyne of Flowey does." Chase cutted off. "Yes, the next few hours of our lives are gonna suck, but we all know we have to get going, now."

And with that, they walked out of the bar, and back into Waterfall.

~~•~--•--~•~~

Passing by Sans's stand, they arrived at the side of a large waterfall. Rocks fell off from the top of the cliff down to the chasm bellow.

Beside the group was a box similar to the ones they encountered at Snowdin, with a sign standing beside it.

"This is a box," Ryan read. "You can put an item in or take an item out."

"Why would you, though? You can't use the items when they're in the box! Sincerely, a box hater."

"Well, that's an odd sign." Chase commented. "I don't have any stuff to put in though, do you guys?"

"Nah," Ethan shook his head. "I have pockets full of food I think we need."

"Same here," Hannah added.

"Either way," Angela turned her attention to the waterfall. "Are we supposed to get across?"

The waterfall carved out a river in front of them that pummeled down the chasm along with the rocks. Without any bridge in sight, it was obvious anyone who wanted to cross had to wade through the river.

"Well, the deck there doesn't lead anywhere." Ryan said. Beside their side of the waterfall, a wooden deck lead to the lower parts of the waterfall, though it didn't provide a way to get to the other side.

"There's an echo flower there." Sophie pointed out. At the far side of the deck, a single echo flower stood by the cliff side.

"I'm gonna go check it out," Ethan announced. "Wonder what it says." Without another word, he walked down to the deck, towards the flower and leaned close, before shrugging and walking back to join the group.

"Can't hear anything," He said. "Maybe no one went down there in a while."

"So, we're gonna have to cross the river?" Chase asked the rest of the kids.

"I guess so," Angela sighed. "I wonder how deep it is."

Frisk waded into the water that was just at waist level for them, before calling the rest of the group over.

"It's not that deep!" They reported.

"Yuck, Frisk. You're gonna be soaking after this." Angela shook her head as she got into the river as well. "God, it's cold."

"You're lucky you're not wearing jeans, Angela." Chase stood knee-deep in the water. "Half of us are gonna be dripping water everywhere afterwards."

They made their way across the river, dodging the falling rocks on the way. Halfway through, Frisk waded towards the wall of the waterfall.

"Frisk, what are you doing?" Hannah asked.

"There's something behind the waterfall." They replied pointing towards it.

Angela squinted at the section of the wall Frisk was pointing at. "Hey, you're right." She said as she waded over to where Frisk was.

"What are you guys even doing?" Ryan asked. The mist from the waterfall was clouding up his glasses, and everything looked like a foggy mess.

Cautiously, Angela stuck her hand through a section of the waterfall. Surprisingly, it went through completely. "Hey, I think there's something here!" She called.

She stuck her head over next, and to her surprise, behind the waterfall was a cave barely visible from the outside, lighted up by some glowing mushrooms.

"Guys, there's a secret room cave thing in here!" She turned around to call for her friends. Behind her, Chase was already standing beside Frisk, while Ethan was half sprinting along with everyone else following closely behind.

"Wow, you're soaking now." Ethan laughed. Angela's hair was soaked with water from poking her head into the waterfall, despite it being in a neat bun for most of the journey.

(I apologise for the horrible drawing)

"Shut up," She shot back, before ducking and walking straight through the waterfall, effectively drenching herself top to bottom while everyone else followed suit.

"Great," Ryan complained in his soaked sweater. "This is gonna take forever to dry."

"This is really cool!" Sophie exclaimed. "It's like a secret room."

"Yeah, it takes a lot to get soaking wet just to get into a secret cave." Ethan remarked, attempting to shake off some of the water all over him.

"Alright, let's get out of here." Chase stood uncomfortably in his soaked jeans and hat.

They ducked out of the waterfall and waded to the other side of the river, completely soaked from top to bottom.

"Wow, it's freezing." Angela shivered. "I seriously don't know why I thought going out in ballet clothes was a good idea."

Walking on, they found themselves near a huge area of tall grass, easily taller than Frisk themselves.

"I can't see anything," Frisk complained from the grass. Hannah's head barely peeked out in it.

"Walk near Angela, Frisk." Ethan snorted. Funnily enough, Angela's tutu was effectively pushing the grass away from her, giving her a personal grass-free circle.

"I look ridiculous," Angela complained. "You'd think that after being soaked with water, it'd sag down. But no, it's still sticking up like this. If something was hunting us from up above, I'd be the first target-"

"Don't talk, hide." Chase whispered harshly, ducking down while pulling Angela and Ethan with him, before mentioning the others to do the same. In a distance, they could hear some footsteps coming.

Cautiously, Chase pulled some of the tall grass away, peeking out to see who it is. In a distance in the darkness, a figure wearing full armour was standing there, facing the waterfall the group came from.

The footsteps grew louder, until a familiar figure appeared in Chase's line of sight. Papyrus's.

Everyone was dead silent as Papyrus nervously cleared his throat. "H... HI, UNDYNE!" He greeted. "I'M HERE WITH MY DAILY REPORT. UH, REGARDING THE HUMANS I CALLED YOU ABOUT EARLIER."

"Did you fight them?" A low, stern voice asked.

"UH, DID I FIGHT THEM?...." Papyrus stood nervously. "Y-YES! OF COURSE I DID! I FOUGHT THEM VALIANTLY!"

"Did you capture them?" The voice asked again.

"W-W-WELL... NO." The skeleton admitted. "I TRIED VERY HARD, UNDYNE, BUT IN THE END, I FAILED."

"Ugh," Undyne groaned. "I'm gonna have to do this myself, aren't I?"

"BUT UNDYNE! YOU DON'T H-HAVE TO DESTROY THEM, YOU SEE... YOU SEE..." Papyrus walked towards the guard, trying to convince her, but a glare towards him was enough.

"... I UNDERSTAND." The skeleton sighed. "I'LL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN."

And with that word, he left back towards Snowdin.

The group stood in complete silence for a long moment as still as statues, perhaps even more still than their fight with Doggo. Until suddenly, there was the sound of grass moving.

Undyne turned towards them suddenly, with a wave of an arm, a spear materialised in her hand before she threw it at them.

Everyone stood in shocked silence where they stood, the spear Undyne threw pinning Angela's tutu onto the ground.

Chase snapped out of the shock, grabbed hold of the spear and yanked it off Angela's tutu before throwing it aside and shoving her forward. "Run!" He yelled as he grabbed hold of both Frisk and Ryan and sprinted the opposite direction towards the large waterfall.

Ethan was next to snap out of it, grabbing hold of Sophie and Hannah before shoving Angela forward. "Go!" He yelled as they sprinted out of the grass and towards the waterfall. Pushing Hannah and Sophie in front, Ethan grabbed Angela, who was frozen in fear and they ran into the river.

"In the cave!" Chase yelled before pulling Frisk and Ryan into the cave behind the waterfall with him, with Sophie and Hannah following suit. Angela finally snapped out of the shock as she and Ethan dived into the cave right before Undyne could see them go.

"Seriously, that tutu was way too easy to see in that grass." Behind the sound of the roaring waterfall, the group could pick up the voice of Undyne muttering to herself. "At least I now know one of them has a tutu." She grumbled.

"I swore I saw something, behind that rushing water...."

The group stood in complete silence, before Chase carefully peeked his head out from the waterfall to check of the royal guard was gone. Thankfully, the monster was nowhere to be found.

"She's gone." Chase announced, before slumping down on the floor in exhaustion.

Angela collapsed into the floor. "I... I... Almost.... I..." She stammered, tears streaming down her face.

"Oh god, oh god, don't cry, oh god, I don't know how to deal with girls crying, oh god." Ethan panicked, trying to calm a crying Angela down. "You're okay, we're okay, everybody's okay, we're not dead yet, please don't cry, oh god."

"Did I hurt you pulling you just now? Oh god, I'm sorry, don't cry please, are you hurt? Sorry, sorry, oh god, sorry, don't cry, please don't cry."

"Will you please stop saying oh god?" Chase got up and knocked Ethan on the head. "No offense Ethan, you suck at calming girls down."

"Look, Angela, we're all okay. You're okay, everyone's okay." Chase knelt down beside Angela, who was almost brawling at the point. "Let's wash your face a bit, and we'll check if you got speared anywhere else other than your tutu.

"I... I can't..." Angela chocked back a sob. "Can't... Crying..."

"Right, that's why we're gonna have to wash your face." Chase got up and pulled Angela up too before leading her the the face of the waterfall. Angela cupped a bit of water and splashed it on her face, calming her down a bit.

"Okay," She hiccuped, before taking a deep breath to calm down. "I'm okay now."

"Alright, mark that as the fourth near death experience this group has." Ryan announced. "We have Sophie almost get killed by Flowey and almost fell to her death, Ethan almost get hacked to pieces by Doggo, and the newly added Angela almost turning into a skewed kebab! Who's next in the near death experience wheel? Frisk? Hannah? Chase? Me? Who knows?"

"Not the time for sarcasm Ryan." Hannah sighed. "I'm pretty sure I heard Undyne say "At least I now know one of them has a tutu." so, I'm pretty sure she memorised how Angela looks."

"Then the solution is simple." Angela said as she pulled her tutu off.

"Woah there! No need to strip-" Ethan didn't get to finish his sentence, because he got hit with a facefull of ballet tutu.

"FINISH THAT SENTENCE, AND YOU'LL BE DONE FOR." Angela yelled, now standing only in her one-piece gymnastic uniform that she usually wears under her tutu.

"But I wasn't-"

"Alright, okay, show's over everyone, we no longer have a human wearing a tutu with us, and we have learned the lesson to never wear ballet tutus in tall grass unless you want to get speared." Chase interrupted Ethan mid-sentence. "If everyone understands that, it's time to get going."

They all ducked and got out of the secret cave behind the waterfall, and waded out of the river.

"This is not gonna be a fun journey." Hannah sighed.

"We better be getting out alive, cause I'd love to come back and fetch my tutu." Angela grumbled. After seeing her wearing it for two days straight, it was odd to see the lack of her tutu.

"Guys," Ethan said.

"What?"

"Remember that echo flower down the waterfall?"

"What do you mean?" Sophie asked.

"Be really quiet."

Over the sound of the roaring waterfall and falling rocks, the echo flower growing on the cliff side down below had picked up a voice.

"I swore I saw something, behind that rushing water...."

Whoo! Welcome to the Waterfall ark! I was looking forward to writing this particular chapter. Things are starting to get serious....