Dee: hey there um this I'm probably going to completely rewrite the yj story after the uh first chapter here's the new beginning yeah. Wally save me please.

Wally: river owns nothing except for the plot

Central City, Missouri

Rathaway mansion

May, 10,2000

Wally was bored. Mom had dropped him off at Auntie Iris' almost a month ago at this point and when his favorite aunt couldn't find a sitter she'd dragged him here. All she was doing was talking to people and he was hungry and he saw a food table and now he was lost. And bored. And the shirt was itchy. He ate another cookie.

One of the many adult conversations that were going on in the gigantimous room suddenly ended; the two people by the punch bowl left briefly revealing a boy about his age playing with a laptop and a much older girl who was doing something with her phone, sitting in chairs.

Wally shoved some brownies into his pockets and walked over, which was really hard when you only stand up to your aunt's knees and half to worm your way through a crowd. Eventually he stood in front of the two kids.

" HI! Ya wanna play hide and seek!" he chirped. When the other boy didn't respond he grabbed the laptop trying' to figure out what was so interesting about it.

"HEY! give that back!"

"Sorry! Oh cool whatcha playin?! Whatchya name!? Mine's Wally! Ya wanna brownie!?"

The other boy just blinks rapidly a few moments looking like a deer in headlights.

"What?"

" Hi! I'm Wally!" the five year old's enthusiasm was contagious as the other boy smiled the teen glanced at him briefly then went back to texting

" Hartley- and she's Vivian"

"Nice ta meetcha, Hartley. Wanna brownie!?"

" yes thank you."

Wally gave his new friend a brownie and Vivian held out her hand for one as well. He sat down in between the two, siblings? was it safe to assume they were siblings?, and watched Hartley play. For a while that kept the two boys entertained ,but eventually Hartley won the final round of the game and they ran out of brownies.

"Hey Hartley you wanna go outside and play?!" Wally said through a mouthful of brownie, Hartley whirled around

"What? Could you say that again. Slower though - and not with your mouthful?"

"Sure do ya wanna outside?"

"you are going to have to ask Vivian first" wally giggled" what?"

"you talk funny" Wally said simply then turned around to talk to the teen.

"oh" Hartley visibly deflated though Wally didn't notice.

"Yeah sure whatever just bring him back as soon as someone calls for the little freak" the blonde said.

"Okay! c'mon Hart!" the sugared up redhead grabbed the now brooding child's hand and started dragging him through the crowd to the door.

" and no Hide and seek got it I don't want to go looking for him because he can't tell when the game's over!"

"alright!" he tapped his new friends shoulder "hey tag you're it!" then shot through the crowds like a bullet.

The boys played for a good hour before Wally heard a voice call out Hartley's name. He turned to yell at Hartley to go back but the other boy didn't respond and instead ended up crashing into Wally. Landing in a heap.

" Why. You. Stop?" Hartley said short of breath, while he was infact faster than Wally he was not used to running like THAT.

" Somebody called for us to go back"

" oh" Hartley dusts himself off and helps Wally up.

On the way back they walk side by side and Wally prattles about life, the universe and everything mostly how weird it was that Hartley had never played with anyone his own age before. The other boy tried to keep up but when they reached the porch he lost the remainder of his patience and grabbed Wally by the shoulders to face him.

" look at me when speaking. And don't talk so fast."

"Why"

"because its rude not to" Wally just raised his brow and crossed his arms, a face that Iris made whenever she didn't believe what she was being told. Hartley mirrored the motion and they both giggled. " its so I can pretend to hear you when you talk."

" oh .Wait. WHY CAN'T YOU HEAR ME?!" Hartley glares at Wally then rolls his eyes something he'd learned to do way to early in his life.

" SHOUT-ING REAL-LY LOUD LIKE A RO-BOT DOESN'T ACTUAL-LY HELP?! ALL IT DOES IS TELL ME THAT YOUR BREATHE STINKS!- and I don't know, all I know is that it makes me weird and that Father doesn't like that so he wants to get it fixed but Mum won't let him until I know if I even want to hear stuff because it could hurt a lot and yeah."

" oh. That makes sense." But it really didn't but Aunt Iris and Barry who wanted to date Iris but was in a coma probably would have understood and Wally resolved to ask later.

"WALLY!" He looked up and saw Aunt Iris, who looked partly relieved and a lot mad." Where were you?"

Why did adults always ask that, it was pretty obvious that he'd been outside.

" I made a new friend!"

"I know. Its nice to meet you Hartley your Mom got worried when your big sister said you went outside with Wally" Iris shook Hartley's hand smiling. Wally noted that she made weird hand gestures as she spoke.

" she's not my sister my sister isn't here yet. Mum said that she wouldn't be here until next month"

" oh are you excited to be a big brother?" More weird hand gestures

" I guess. Vivian says that I shouldn't be though. She says babies are annoying. And that I would get middle child syndrome.!"

" well then it sounds like your big sister is most definitely not looking forward to her new sister."

" oh she's happy about it she just thinks I shouldn't be. - And she's not my sister."

" well I have to take Wally home now Hartley." Both boys slumped in disappointment." Don't worry I talked to Mrs. Rathaway and she said that Wally can come over and play as long as we call first. And that when school starts Hartley will be in at least some of Wally's classes."

" Yay! " both boys cheered.

This was the start of an important friendship, one that would change everything. Hopefully for the better.

AN hey everyone this is me saying yay new story, this is the actual story to Circus Freaks ect I just started with that one as I didn't have an in stone story line at that point

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