"Uh... So, you fell down into the Underground as well?" asked Sonic walking after Lily. She nods to him.

"Yeah. I was hiking up a small hill and there was a small opening in the ground. Guess what happened! I fell through the hole, fell through someone's chimney, and ended up in Sans and Papyrus' living room in Snowdin Town!" Lily said slightly amazed by odds of that happening and happy that she ended up in the house of two fairly nice people- er- skeletons.

Lily's blue hair was up in a ponytail and she had a headband on like Amy's. She wore Silver's gloves, Silver's shoes, a purple skirt, and a short, purple shirt. Actually, she looked like a female version of Sonic. Shadow could tell what Sonic was thinking.

Okay, I get shocked from a hand buzzer by a girl hedgehog who looks like me. Actually, I would shock me with a hand buzzer too if I could... I wonder what her powers are. Does she have my super speed? Would Shadow kill me if I said that I wanted her to travel with us just so I could learn more about her?

Shadow was right.

They all walked through the snow. While Sonic's thoughts raced about Lily, Shadow decided to start up conversation. "So, who are Sans and Papyrus?"

Lily looked to him. She then looked ahead. Then, she burst out laughing! "I forgot! Sans told me that they would be following shortly! I think I know where they are!"

Shadow was baffled and a little impatient with not getting a response he was hoping for. "That's not answering my question!"

Lily flinched. Shadow's seriousness drowned out her laughter. She took a deep breath. "You have no patience do you? You'll find out soon enough."

After the answer, came the guilt. Shadow decided he should apologize. His reputation wouldn't be ruined if he simply apologized to Lily. Sonic was in a trance anyway. There was no way Sonic would notice and tell everybody about him being soft. "Listen, I'm sorry. That was rude of me. Forgive me."

Lily thought. She stepped closer to Shadow and stared into his eyes. "Your eyes are red. Why are they red?"

"Huh?" asked Shadow.

"Just answer my question! If you can yell at me, I can too!"

"I wasn't exactly born like Sonic here. I was created. That's why my eyes are an unnatural color," Shadow answered.

Lily stopped again and thought. She looked back at Sonic. Sonic's eyes were green like her's. She looked back to Shadow.

"Fine. I'll forgive you. Even if your eyes are deceiving," she answered as she crossed her arms.

"What's wrong with my eyes?! Why don't you trust me?" asked Shadow.

"I was suspicious of your eyes because of something that Sans told me. He said that even the greatest liars can't get rid of the truth. They just put the truth in a storage shed. That storage shed is known as the eyes. You can always see what another is feeling from their eyes. The reason I don't trust your eyes is because I can't read your feelings. It's... almost intimidating," she replied.

Shadow thought. Suddenly, he felt like a non-living being. An android. Couldn't be read. He could still feel emotions, he just could hide them so perfectly that nobody could be certain about anything when it came to him. Guilt returned as fast as Sonic when he sees a wave at the beach.

"You gotta trust me. All that we're trying to do is return home. The Underground is nice, I'll admit, but we have lives back up on the surface. That's why we came here from the ruins," Shadow answered.

"I guess we can kind of relate. Papyrus won't let me leave Snowdin because he says that he has a friend. He also says that I might not be able to handle her yet. He says that once I am able, she and I will become friends. However, I don't know anything about this person. I don't think I'll ever be "ready". The only reason I'm out here is because of Sans who snuck me out here. He's so cool about everything. While Papyrus treats me like his little dog in the doghouse, Sans does his best to get me where I want to be. Back home in peace. Even if he can't quite get me back, he can at least get me a little closer...," Lily stated. Her eyes contained nothing but hope. Hope for the future and for the best.

"Sounds like Sans is very nice. When will we be able to meet him?" asked Shadow.

"If I know right, they should be messing with Doggo! The dog is blind and nose-blind. The only way he can see anything is if it moves. So, they like to mess around with Doggo. Sometimes I just have to feel sorry for that dog..."

Sonic finally snapped out of his silly trance and looked up. He saw that there was a clearing up ahead. A dog hut was sitting in the middle. Lily motioned for them to stay where they were. She slowly snuck up to the two beings in front of the dog hut. "Yo, Sans, Papyrus, I have someone I want you two to meet."

One was short and had a friendly grin on his face. He wore fairly fancy clothes and was a skeleton. The other one was taller and had what looked like a superhero costume on. He also looked quite friendly and didn't look like he meant them any harm. The two were, of course, messing with Doggo. The dog was staring straight at them without knowing it.

"I know that someone is out there! Just leave me alone! I've lived through enough of this!" Doggo barked angrily. Doggo dove back into his hut. The tall skeleton giggled with delight. The shorter one continued to grin and then turned to Lily.

"Sure. Where are your friends?" he asked.

The tall skeleton finally realized who was talking to him and gasped. "How did you sneak out of the house hedgehog?! You were supposed to stay in the living room!" the tall skeleton snapped.

"Hey, she got bored," the short skeleton said in her defense.

"I don't care if she got bored! If she gets any more bored, I'll have to get her a leash! Unless... I see! You just missed me so badly that you just had to come find me! Well, worry not! The Great Papyrus is here to serve! And by serve, I mean, serving dinner! I shall stuff you and the others who are with you with all of the spaghetti you could ever eat! After all, I'm not the Master Chef Papyrus for nothing! What do you think other male hedgehogs? Sound good?" asked Papyrus.

"Uh...," Sonic started.

"Wait for it...," Lily told them.

"Hedgehogs?! Two of them?! Sans, do you know what this means?!" demanded Papyrus eagerly.

"Nope," the shorter skeleton answered.

"I, The Great Papyrus will have not one hedgehog but three hedgehogs to take to the capital! I'll be more than popular... I'll be... A star! A millionaire! A billionaire! Everyone will praise me for my hard work! Nyeh heh heh heh! Undyne will be so proud!" Papyrus announced for all the world to hear.

Lily's ears pricked at the name. "Undyne? Who's Undyne?" she asked Papyrus.

"She's a friend of mine. Undyne's also the head of the Royal Guard. Well, she- Um... She has a very important job that involves battle training with me as well as cooking!" Papyrus answered.

"What is she training for?" asked Sonic.

"She's training for... the time to kill you."

Sonic's eyes went wide and he clutched his fist. Shadow suddenly realized that Undyne was the one who he said that Lily might not be ready for yet. If Undyne was the head of the Royal Guard, she was definitely strong. She would definitely kill them. Lily gasped and summoned two blue swords to her hands.

"Why would she want to hurt me?!" she demanded.

Papyrus looked to Sans who shrugged. Sans shook his head. "Listen, I'll explain once we get back to Snowdin. Well, I'd better go on ahead. After all, I just "snow" that you will have a good time talking with Papyrus on the way there. Hey bro, be sure to tell them what an "ice" town it is," Sans told them with a quick wave goodbye.

Buh-Dum-Tss!

"Sans, I'll have a real "bone" to pick with you if you don't stop all of these puns!" Papyrus yelled.

"It's really SANSational isn't it?" asked Sans.

Buh-Dum-Tss!

"Stop it!

"Anyway, I'll be seeing ya. "Bone" voyage!" Sans said walking off.

Buh-Dum-Tss!

Papyrus sighed. "Sometimes I just don't know what to do with him. He's lazy, makes bad puns, and makes me do all the work! You'll see when we get to Snowdin Town."

Lily smiled. At least, neither of them changed while she was away. They began their walk to Snowdin with Papyrus talking about his career in cooking. He only knew one recipe. Spaghetti. It didn't matter to him anyway. He loved cooking spaghetti.

"How long will it take us to get to Snowdin?" asked Sonic.

"About five minutes. Papyrus removed all of his puzzles when he decided that he would improve them. Also, I don't think that any monster will attack us because of all of us being in a group," Lily answered.

Shadow sighed with relief. "That's good... I haven't seen a saving point around here. I haven't seen one since yesterday actually!"

Sonic's ears pricked when he heard Shadow say that. He looked around and saw a saving point just ahead. After Shadow, Lily, and Sonic touched it, they moved on through the snow. They ran into many different dogs. Papyrus had a lot of dog friends and a couple of them would jump on them and lick his face while the others would simply look at him and restrain themselves from attacking the hedgehogs.

FINALLY...

"I think I see some twinkling lights up ahead! I think we're almost there!" Sonic announced pointing towards the twinkling lights. "It looks like the town is celebrating Christmas or something."

"That's right! Christmas time is always my favorite time of the year. I'm hoping to get more action figures this Christmas from Santa!" Papyrus stated excitedly.

"He thinks that they make him look cooler," Lily whispered in Shadow's ear with a grin.

Sonic looked over and saw Lily whispering something to Shadow. The blue hedgehog shoved Shadow out of the way and looked to Lily with a baffled expression. "Since when did you two form a relationship?!"

Shadow reinserted himself into the picture and crossed his arms. "Okay, listen up. This is not a love boat. Don't get the wrong idea. That goes to you too readers. I apologize for breaking the fourth wall. This is just a friendship. No love boats. Friendships."

Sonic flattened his ears. "Yeah, take out the n and it's fried ships!" he snapped.

Lily shook her head. "Where's Sans when you need him?! The two newbies are making jokes!" She looks over with satisfaction.

"I just had to make an appearance. I live to serve. Even if I'm not living. I guess that's why I suck at badminton," Sans stated.

Papyrus rolled his eyes at the chaos. Well, actually, he just stood there. He didn't really have eyes to roll. Lily was talking to Sans about what was up with Shadow and Sonic while the two male hedgehogs were about to have a serious duel. He, The Great Papyrus, knew that he probably could resolve the situation, but he knew that he wasn't really cut out for it. So, he watched.

"You all have no idea how hard it is to sit out and watch all of this, you know."

So, once Sans got the picture, he looked back at the two hedgehogs. "Well, it looks like their friendship has wrecked."

"It's sinking faster than the Titanic. Did I cause this?" asked Lily still baffled about the situation.

"Well, no. Not exactly. Sonic is just jealous. Sort of like Papyrus when he looks at my mailbox," Sans explained.

"I WASN'T JEALOUS!!!" yelled Papyrus from the sidelines.

"You see, he wants to be popular among the monsters of the Underground. Despite how cool he is, he doesn't really have many friends. So, I kind of have to feel bad when I notice how popular I am and how he deserves the exact same popularity. Sonic feels jealous because you befriended Shadow and not him first, I guess. Like how Papyrus feels jealous about getting popularity after me. Well, I still admire how hard Papyrus tries! It's another thing that makes him cool," Sans finished.

"Well, Sonic isn't really being that cool about it. We only met about forty-five minutes ago," Lily said.

"Maybe you're just someone special," Sans answered. He winked at her. "You never really know right?"

Lily didn't know quite how to respond. She hadn't really spent much time with Sonic yet. She still didn't know quite what he looked like yet. It was dark and it's hard to see a blue blur in the snowy weather. Shadow had dark fur, so he was easy to see. Also, she didn't know much about Sonic's personality.

"Well, I think you have an idea now," Sans said holding up a light bulb that was flickering on and off.

"I believe I do," Lily said as she walked off towards the hedgehogs.

Shadow was trying to bend Sonic's leg behind his head and Sonic was biting Shadow's arm. Both of them were growling at each other. Lily broke the two of them apart (somehow) and reminded them that they were doing a pacifist run. Sonic and Shadow reluctantly nod and they stand up again. Sans stood next to Sonic.

"You know, you should really learn to chill," Sans told the hedgehog.

"It'd be easier if there were such things as chill pills," Sonic huffed as he tapped his foot impatiently as he stared at Shadow.

Sans dug his hand through his pocket and gave Sonic a few blue pills. "Here. Take a chill pill."

Sonic was confused again. He didn't question the skeleton, though. He took the pills and dumped them into his mouth. For some reason, his emotions weren't different. Sonic shivered. Was it getting colder? Before he knew it, he had turned into a solid block of ice!

"Mmph-hm-hmph!!" Sonic cried from inside the block of ice.

Everybody looked at Sans who only grinned as usual. "I must have given him the literal kind!"

As soon as Sonic thawed out, they made their way to Snowdin Town. Papyrus was once again babbling about his greatness all the way there with more puns from Sans and, surprisingly, Lily chatting with Sonic.

Once they reached Snowdin, the lights chased away the darkness and Lily looked to Sonic who looked back to her. Sonic's blue fur became more noticeable and his red, belted shoes lit up. His eyes glimmered with eagerness of exploring the town and his smile was like none she had ever known. The first thought that came to her head was 'Why does he have to be so cute?'

"Well, welcome to Snowdin Town!" Papyrus announced.