Harry Potter Down Under

Boxes YAY!

Harry and Frisk froze in place for some reason. Harry looked up at them, jumping as Sans stepped beside him. He looked back and forth between them. "Frisk, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, little brother-" Harry noticed Sans flinch at this for some reason. "- we're just waiting for somebody."

"Is it Papyrus, Sans' brother?"

"Yep, he will be here any moment. Usually, I would probably hide behind that conveniently shaped lamp," Frisk pointed off the main path. Sure enough, a lamp was there. It was brown and black, making it stand out against the snow.

"What's that?" Harry pointed to what looked like a concession stand.

"It's Sans' sentry post."

"How do you know? I mean, I apologize, but I'm almost positive he hasn't told us." Frisk got that look. You know that look? It's the look that says they dug themselves a hole and got buried in it.

"I-I...Oh, look!" Frisk pointed down the path. Harry looked immediately.

Why does she do this to you, Harry? Why does she keep changing the subject?

"That's Papyrus? He's so tall!" Harry grinned from ear to ear as the tall skeleton stomped up, slight anger in his eyes.

"SANS YOU LAZY BONES!"

"What's up, Pap?"

"WHY AREN'T YOU AT YOUR STATION!? AND YOU HAVEN'T RECALIBRATED YOUR PUZZLES IN EIGHT D-" Papyrus froze, looking back and forth between Frisk and Sans then to Harry. "SANS, ARE THESE HUMANS?"

"Yep."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL! I HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO! HUMANS!" Harry flinched and gripped Frisk's sweater tighter. Papyrus didn't notice. "STAY PUT, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM GOING TO CAPTURE YOU!"

"B-but why?" Harry whimpered as he stared up at the tall skeleton. "We haven't done anything bad have we?"

"OF COURSE NOT, TINY HUMAN! BUT IF I CAPTURE YOU, THEN I WILL FINALLY BECOME PART OF THE ROYAL GUARD. ADORATION...RESPECT...I WILL BATHE IN A SHOWER OF KISSES EVERY DAY!"

"But, why would you need other people to respect and adore you when you have such an awesome brother?" Harry was starting to smile now. He was beginning to like these skeleton brothers, they were sort of fun.

Papyrus thought for a moment. Every time he thought of something to say, he changed his mind. "YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT! BUT I STILL HAVE TO CAPTURE YOU! BUT FIRST, PUZZLES! NHEHEHEHEHE!"

Papyrus left, leaving the kids and Sans behind. Harry was smiling after him.

"I like your brother, Mr. Sans, he's seems like fun."

"Hey, no need for the 'Mr.' stuff, k?"

"Sorry Sans." Harry continued smiling as he stared at Sans with bright eyes. Sans seemed to smile even wider.

"Hey, you're right, kiddo. He is pretty cool. Isn't that right, Frisk?"

"What? Oh, right, yeah. He's amazing." Frisk was looking at something in the woods. Something had caught their attention.

"Is something wrong?" Harry followed her eyes, trying to see whatever it was they saw. Nothing popped out at him, so he just looked at Frisk, confused.

"No, nothing's wrong. It's just...different." They looked back at Harry and forced a smile. "Come on, we should get going."

"I'll meet you kids up ahead." Sans turned and headed back towards the entrance to the Ruins. Harry looked up at Frisk, confused yet again.

"But-"

"Don't worry 'bout it. Sans is weird. Come on." Hand in hand, the two kids continued on. The snow soon soaked through Harry's clothes and he began to shiver. Frisk hugged him closer.

"I'm sorry, Harry, I know you're cold but-"

"I'm fine. I'll be fine." He sneezed and rubbed his nose.

"We'll be to Snowdin soon, we'll find a place to warm up."

And so the two kids continued. Frisk froze for a moment off the side of the path. She stared at the ground for a moment, puzzling little Harry. He brushed it off and looked on to where a chest sat on the ground, a sign sitting beside it. When Frisk was done with...whatever it was she was doing, the kids walked over to it.

"This is a box," Harry read off the sign. "You can put an item inside or take an item out. The same box will appear later, so don't worry about coming back. Sincerely, a box lover."

Harry looked up at Frisk with a confused look, but they just shrugged. "Hey, don't ask me, but can test it if you'd like. Here, I've got a slice of pie."

Harry watched closely as they put the slice of pie into the box and closed the door. Harry yanked the door open to see if the pie was still there. It was, and it still smelled good. But, beside the pie, was a glove, too. Harry took it out.

"You don't really need that, but we can use or sell it at a shop."

"Okay." Harry put the glove in his sweater pocket. As soon as the two left, a monster as tall as Harry appeared, fluttering forth until he was standing in the way. "Snowdrake? What an amazing name."

Harry didn't really understand at the time that Snowdrake was attacking them. Frisk whispered into his ear as they stepped between him and the monster.

"He's a teen comedian and fights to keep a captive audience. All we have to do is tell him a few jokes and laugh at his."

"How do you know?" Frisk ignored his question and turned to the monster.

"'Ice' to meet you," Snowdrake said before throwing...whatever those boomerang things are supposed to be. Harry cried out in fear as he tried to dodge them. Snowdrake began studying them, "assessing the crowd."

Frisk chuckled quietly as they told the monster an ice pun. "Snow kiddin! It's nice meet somebody as cool as you."

"Ha...ha...nice try." He attacked the kids again. In the next turn, Frisk began laughing, nudging Harry so he would follow suit. "See, laughing! Dad was wrong!"

After attacking one more time, Snowdrake was ready to leave. Harry was in tears now, trying to hide it from Frisk. Frisk waved goodbye to the monster, who left behind some gold for them. "Thanks!" Frisk called after him before turning back to Harry.

"Are you ready to con- Harry, what's wrong? Are you hurt?"

"No, I-I'm fine. It was just...scary is all."

"Oh, I suppose it would be for you. Listen, I'm sorry for what just happened, i should've been more careful. I should have walked ahead of you, to have kept you out of the fight. It won't happen again. Promise."

"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep," Harry mumbled as he took their hand again.

But, maybe this is a promise that is worth the risk?