Harry Potter Down Under

Retreat or Stay Still (7)

The cold had turned Harry's ears and nose red as his teeth chattered. Frisk kept an arm over him to try and warm him at least a little bit, but it didn't help at all. They headed towards the river first, Frisk pulling a fishing pole out of the water. A note was stuck to it. Frisk stopped and read it quickly, their lips moving slightly. Harry watched, wanting to know what made his best friend laugh.

"W-what is i-it?" his teeth chattered and he stuttered from the cold. Frisk looked over and down at him, eyes sad and she pouted at her cold brother.

"We'll be there soon, Harry." Frisk cast the the fishing pole back and grabbed his hand again, heading back the way they came. They walked past the box.

"SO, AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE." Harry heard Papyrus before he saw him. When the two kids came closer, Papy's attention was drawn away from his conversation with Sans. Back and forth the skeleton's attention went from each other and the humans. Soon, they were moving too fast for Harry to see with his poor eyesight. The skeletons turned and faced away from the humans, talking among themselves.

"Is something wrong?" Harry looked up at Frisk.

"No, Papyrus has just never really met a human before."

"SANS, OH MY GOD! ARE THOSE...HUMANS!?" They turned back to the kids. Harry was confused, hadn't they already gone through this.

"But, Mister Papyrus, didn't we already meet? I mean, the whole thing with the shower of kisses, then I asked why you would need adoration from others when you have such a cool brother."

Frisk stiffened beside him and Sans' eye turned black for a moment. Harry looked up at Frisk's face, she was pale.

"I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT, T-"

"Tiny human?" Harry finished.

"MY MY! I DO BELIEVE THIS HUMAN IS ABLE TO READ MINDS! AMAZING!"

"But I didn't-"

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME, HUMAN?"

"Harry Potter. This is, um, Frisk. Ice to meet you." Papyrus thought for a second or so before groaning.

"A PUN, SERIOUSLY!? SANS, YOU'RE A TERRIBLE INFLUENCE!"

"Frisk? Are you alright? Frisk, that hurts." Harry yanked his hand out from Frisk's as she squeezed it. He began whimpering at their face. "F-Frisk, did I...do something wrong?"

No answer as they glared at the ground.

"OKAY....WELL, THIS IS AWKWARD. I THINK I'M...GOING TO GO." Papyrus left as Harry whimpered at his sibling.

"F-Frisk, I'm sorry. I...It was probably just a dream or something, I didn't mean to upset you."

"It's fine." Frisk started forward again, ignoring their little brother as they shivered and trotted after them.

Continuing on, a cardboard box with some words written on the side said "YOU OBSERVE THE WELL-CRAFTED SENTRY STATION. WHO COULD HAVE BUILT THIS, YOU PONDER...I BET IT WAS THAT VERY POPULAR ROYAL GUARDSMAN! (NOTE, NOT YET A VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN.)"

"That's weird. Hey, do you think it was Papy who wrote this?"

"Possibly. Stay here."

Frisk refused to meet his eyes as they strolled away from the stand, only to be attacked by a monster. The monster, Icecap, strutted until he was in view of both children. His nose was like a rotating drill and he wonders often why his name isn't 'Ice hat.'

"Where's your hat?" He asked before attacking Frisk. Harry ducked behind the sentry station, but his soul still popped out of his chest in response to the battle. Harry jumped over and ducked under slow moving attack ice until Frisk took their turn and complimented his hat.

"You have a great hat!"

"Duh! Who doesn't know?"

The kids once again began dodging the ice again, only this time, Harry wasn't able to dodge them all.

"Owwie!" Harry fell to the ground, only to be hit again.

"Harry!" Frisk cried over to him. The child was furious now, pouncing at the monster in an attempt to steal his hat. But she couldn't, the hat wasn't weakened enough.

"I knew it!Thief!" The monster began shooting stuff at them. Harry stood and attempted to dodge them, but...

"Where's your hat?" The monster asked, Harry hiding behind the sentry station. Harry ran into the forest this time, fearing the monster with an awesome hat. He hid behind some trees until Frisk started calling out his name.

"Harry? Harry! Where are you?"

"Right here, sibling." Harry stood, brushing some snow off his knees and butt. "Ready to move on? I'm sorry for running away and not helping you, but I got frightened."

"It's fine, let's move on." Frisk held out their hand, Harry grinning and taking it quickly before they could change their mind.

"(Absolutely no moving!)?" Harry stared at the sign and then to the sentry station beyond the sign.

"We can't help it anyways, just keep going. But be warned."

A dog with a burglar mask poked his head over the counter. "Did something just move?" It said. "Was it my imagination? I can only see moving things. If something WAS moving... for example, a human... I'll make sure it NEVER moves again!"

Doggo blocked the way and Harry startled as his cracked soul jumped out of his body. Frisk stood in front of Harry, blocking him from the upcoming attack.

"Don't move an inch!" He said before attaching with a blue sward.

"You heard him, Harry, the sward can't hurt you as long as you don't move." So the kids continued standing still, knowing Doggo couldn't seem to find anything. Frisk took a small step and pet Doggo, making Harry giggle.

"WHAT! I'VE BEEN PET! PAT?"

A blue sward started towards the children again.

"PAT? PET? POT?"

The kids stood still.

"PET?"

And the fight was over. Doggo left some gold for them and climbed over the counter and back into his sentry station. He started muttering and stuttering to himself. "S-S-S-Something pet me... Something that isn't m-m-moving... I'm going to need some dog treats for this!" Doggo disappeared from view as he sat behind the counter.

Harry giggled, but Frisk wasn't done messing with Doggo. "Stay still." Frisk took a couple steps forward and rang the bell on the counter.

"Hello? Is anybody there...? No?" Then he disappeared under the counter again. Harry giggled some more as Frisk smiled back at him.

"Come on, let's go." They continued on.