Sure enough, Papyrus was standing there, shocked. Sans blinked.

“Sans?” Papyrus called out in a shaky, quiet voice. Sans nodded slowly, then got up and turned. Papyrus had heard how dangerous dragons were, Sans knew.

I was too careless! Sans thought to himself.

“SANS WAIT!” Sans stopped and turned, he suddenly found Papyrus hugging the base of his neck, which was the highest he could reach comfortably, although he was still on his tip-toes.

“Papyrus?” Sans growled out in surprise. When in dragon form, his voice became a bit more like a growl when he spoke out loud.

“Sans, what is going on?” Papyrus clutched his neck tighter. Sans sighed and nudged Papyrus off of him. Sans couldn’t stand the heartbroken look on his face, so he pressed his nose to Papyrus’ head and the explanation about what and who he was flooded into Papyrus in an instant. Papyrus took a step back to steady himself. Sans then realized how tired he looked. Sans nudged Papyrus towards the place he had laid down before and curled around the stunned skeleton. Papyrus plopped down next to his shoulder.

“Sleep.” Sans rumbled. Papyrus nodded as he leaned against his front leg. A few moments later, he was asleep and Sans soon followed.

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Papyrus awoke, what had woken him was unclear but when he opened his eyes he saw the shocked faces of Undyne and Alphys at the edge of the clearing. He blinked owlishly, unsure what would cause such expressions when he felt a large, breathing thing behind him. He then saw the giant head that was about a foot from his leg, he could feel the steady breath on it. At first, Papyrus was confused, then he remembered what happened.

“Papyrus, come here, slowly.” Undyne was speaking in a loud whisper. She seemed to be okay, but also scared of Sans.

“Undyne! It’s alright!” Papyrus knew why she was scared. His voice wasn’t its usual loud, boisterous tone but was still decently loud due to Papyrus trying to make Undyne more comfortable.

“Papyrus, that’s a DRAGON! If it wakes up, it WILL kill you! It’s probably the one behind the disappearances.” Papyrus took some offence to this. He knew Sans wouldn’t hurt him or anyone without good reason, he also knew that Sans was just as clueless about the disappearances as they were.

“Undyne! He won’t and he’s NOT the one behind the disappearances.” Papyrus was getting kind of upset and Sans moved a bit, Undyne and Alphys held their breath until Sans settled once more, a few inches closer to Papyrus.

“And how do you know that? How do you know for sure?” Undyne seethed quietly.

“Because it’s Sans! He would never do that!” Undyne and Alphys’s eyes went wide.

“H-how is t-that possible?” Alphys stuttered.

“He’s half-dragon, the last dragon. He doesn’t know what is up with all the disappearances but he knows he has never personally see anyone disappear.” Papyrus calmly explained.

“If he’s half-dragon, he’s powerful enough to be…” Undyne started.

“T-the J-Judge.” Alphys whispered as she finished Undyne’s sentence. Papyrus nodded. Sans snorted and blinked awake. His head raised and he yawned, mouth opening widely. When he finished, he saw the others.