I came up with this idea last night and have been writing since then. I've wanted to do an Inside Out story for a while but couldn't think of anything to do. Here we are. Contains huge spoilers. If you haven't seen the movie yet, do not read this story.
I do not own Inside Out or any of the characters in this story.
Joy fell to her knees, realizing the truth. They weren't going anywhere. Bing Bong was right. They couldn't get out of the Memory Dump no matter how hard they tried. Joy began to look at all the memories that lay before her, dark, grey, and awaiting to be forgotten. She picked up a sphere-shaped memory that had a dark, grey, and gloomy color. She let out a quick sigh as she tried to keep herself together.
"Do you remember how she used to stick her tongue out when she was coloring?" Another sigh. She felt the tears weld up in her eyes and a lump form in her throat, yet tried to blink and swallow them away as she picked up another.
"I could listen to her stories all day." She sniffed and picked up a third. She couldn't help but let out a weary sigh as she looked at them, blinking back tears.
"I just wanted Riley to be happy." She leaned for the other core memory that Sadness had created. "And now..." She couldn't help but be unable to fight her tears anymore. Without finishing the sentence, Joy wept, hugging the memories close to her until they slipped away from her arms, causing her to hug nothing but herself.
She allowed her tears to flow freely as she continued to sob. Her hands rested on her eyes as she wept, feeling nothing but sorrow at that moment. She looked up for a brief moment as she dried her tears, and spotted a memory at her knees. She picked it up and tried to wipe away a tear that had fallen on it, only she rewound what had happened in the happy memory and it turned blue instead of yellow. It showed Riley sitting on a tree branch with her parents by her side. She moved her fingers back over it again and watched Riley's parents walk backwards away, showing Riley had been at the tree alone at first. She let the memory play on again, watching her parents climb onto the branch and comfort Riley. She remembered how Sadness talked about Riley missing the winning shot and how she wanted to quit. Joy forwarded the memory to where the sphere turned bright yellow again and Riley was accompanied and swarmed in by her friends and teammates. They lifted Riley to the sky and laughed, cheering her on.
"Sadness. Mom and dad, they came, they came to help because of Sadness." Joy understood now. Sadness was important, and she had to get back to her immediately. She stood and packaged the memory back into the sac. "We have to get back up there." She said to Bing Bong, who was already looking down.
"Joy, we're stuck down here." Bing bong replied. "We mine as well be on another planet."
Joy looked down as another memory faded away behind her. She suddenly had an idea and her face lit up.
"Another planet?" She repeated, and turned around. "Who's your friend who likes to play?" She called out.
Bing Bong's eyes widened immediately, realizing what Joy was doing.
"Who's your friend who likes to play?" She called louder.
"Who's rocket makes you yell hurray?" Bing Bong chimed in. A worn out tune played in the distance. They both looked at each other and began to run, yelling out the song.
"Who's the best in every way and loves to sing the song to say? Who's your friend who likes to play? Bing Bong Bing Bong!" Bing Bong sang out, seeing the rocket wagon's light far off.
Joy helped him unbury the rocket from the old memories so they could ride off to freedom. She helped lift it up so they could get in when the handle began to slowly fade.
So this actually was a few pages in my notebook but I guess it was that freaking large paragraph up there. Hope everyone has a great day and there's more to come along with my other stories.