Battling Between Worlds

By The Sole Survivor

Chapter 1

"Renee! Wake up! It's half past seven!"

"Today's Sunday, mom!"

"No, honey, that was yesterday!" Renee groaned when she remembered her mother was right. She lifted her legs up and kicked the covers off of her and turned, sitting up in the process, and hung her legs off the bed. She blinked and yawned, stretching. "Breakfast is ready! Hurry up or you'll be late!" The 9 year old grunted and hopped down from her bed. She walked over to her closet and flung open the door, not even wincing when she heard glass break. She fished through her small collection of clothes and grabbed a pair of blue jeans and a black Invader Zim shirt. Although the show was cancelled, she still loved to watch the DVDs her mom had bought her. She quickly dressed and slipped on her Etnies before flying down the stairs before her older sister, Anya ate all the food.

"About time you got up." A snotty voice said as she rounded the corner. Renee grumbled under her breath and sat down in her chair. Anya sat across from her, sneering in her traditional morning welcome. She raised an eyebrow at her sister before Anya crammed a piece of bacon in her mouth.

"Aren't you supposed to be on a diet?" Renee questioned dully, and drank some of her OJ. Anya had a weight problem, so her mother, being the perfectionest that she was, put her eldest daughter on a diet. Thankfully, Renee didn't have that problem, which was probably why their mother treated them both differently. Anya snorted and shifted her her seat, making it creak.

"Uh.. no. My blood sugar's fine, stupid." Even though they were 3 years apart, Anya still acted as though she were the baby. Renee rolled her eyes and got down from the table, having lost her appetite. "Where you going? School doesn't start for another 10 minutes!"

"I'm walking. Tell mom for me."

"You're not supposed to walk alone to school."

"Who's walking to school alone?" A loud chipper voice demanded from the kitchen doorway. Their mother, Sonya stood in her pajamas, her hands on her hips, glaring slightly at her children. "Anya, you're supposed to walk your sister to school, why are you letting her go alone?"

"Mom, I wasn't! She was going on her own!" Anya protested, her voice rising slightly in agrivation. Renee walked out of the room before she could get caught in the near audio battle that was about to occur. She walked over to her PS2 and turned the tv on, grinning as the game loaded and flashed onto the screen.

"Don't you raise your voice to me, young lady! I am your mother! You will not disrespect me like this!" Renee sighed and rested her cheek on her hand, dropping the controller. She turned the tv off and walked back into the kitchen before any violence could happen (although she thought it'd be kind of cool).

"You're not being a very good mother if you keep treating me like dirt and little miss perfect over there like a queen!" Anya shouted even louder than before, standing up from her chair, glaring hatefully at her then turned her gaze to her little sister. "Why don't you ever get mad at her! Huh? It's because she looks like dad, isn't it!" Everyone in the kitchen froze. Renee lowered her eyebrows in pain as the image of her father came into her mind. She shook her head as tears began to surface. Sonya was deathly quiet, and she had turned a pale white. Anya's heavy breathing caused their mother to act quickly. She glared at her oldest daughter and swallowed thickly before continuing in a low whisper.

"Don't you ever.. ever.. bring up your father in this household, young lady! Ever!" In a fit of anger, Sonya walked foward and slapped her daughter hard across the face, making Anya stumble backwards. She clutched her wounded cheek and stared at her mother, horrified. "I'll be damned.. if I'm.. ever.. spoken to like that again." Tears sprung in Anya's eyes as a deep red hand print formed on her cheek. Renee clenched her fists as she stared at the scene before her as images flashed through her mind of her father and mother.

(flashback.. yay)

"This is gonna be great! Just the four of us going on an adventure!" They all sat in an old model yellow Volkswagon, the children crushed in the back by the luggage that wouldn't fit into the trunk. Renee, having just turned 7, grinned and giggled at her father's happy tone.

"I'm so excited! I've never been camping before!" She stated and turned to her older sister. Anya glared at the back of her parents' heads and looked out the window, crossing her arms.

"It'd be better if we just went to Orlando." Anya said quietly, and slid down the seat. Renee raised an eyebrow and turned back to her window, watching as the road turned to dirt and the trees cleared, showing the beautiful scenery. In the passenger seat, Sonya sighed.

"Jeremy, why couldn't we just rent a cabin or something in Orlando or even Gatlinburg? Camping is so.. overrated." She sat up straighter and crossed her legs, dusting off her blouse from imaginary dust. In the driver's seat, Jeremy scoffed playfully and sent her an amused look.

"And where's the adventure in that? I want the kids to get a hands on experience on the outdoors. It'll be a great vacation for them before school starts!" He exclaimed, glancing back and giving his daughters a wink. Renee grinned, Anya rolled her eyes and turned her whole body sideways, facing the window. Renee stared at her sister for a minute before unbuckling her seatbelt and scooting closer to her older sibling.

"What's the matter, Anya? Aren't you excited we're going on vacation?" Anya turned her head slightly to look at her younger sister and scoffed.

"Yeah, right. I hate the outdoors. And besides, most likely we'll never see the city again." At these words, Renee's eyes widened.

"Wh- what?" She leaned back in her seat and stared horrified at her sister. "What do you mean by that?" Anya, sensing the fear in Renee's tone, grinned before turned fully to face her.

"Well.. I heard that there's a whole bunch of uh.. little girl eating monsters that live in the woods where we're going. They always stalk you, and when you're alone, they tear you limb from limb and cook you over a fire before devouring you!" Anya raised her arms for effect, which succeeded in scaring her sister out of her wits. Hot tears trailed down Renee's face as she rolled the story Anya just told her in her head.

"Is that true?" The heafty girl rolled her eyes and made a 'psh' sound, leaning back in her seat, having lost interest already.

"Duh. Of course not. If it was, do you think I'd be in the car with you? Nuh-uh, I'd be in California with my best friend Nicole." Renee raised an eyebrow and wiped her arm across her face to wipe away the tears.

"California? What's she doing there?" Anya grunted.

"Heck if I know. She'd invited me, but I didn't get to go because of this stupid trip."

"Oh." Renee sighed and sat back down. She turned away from Anya and looked out the window, watching it grow dark from the shade of trees they'd found themselves in. "Hey dad?"

"Yeah, sweetheart?"

".. are we there yet?" Renee heard her mother sigh, and she turned around to look at her daughter.

"Renee, honey, we'll get there when the car stops, okay? When the car is still moving, that means we're still traveling there. So no more asking if we're there yet, okay?" Her sweet voice seemed to make Anya want to punch her in the face. Her face had flushed a nice red colour. Sonya turned around and leaned toward her husband. "Seriously, are we there yet?" Her impatient voice echoed through his head, making him sigh.

"Take your own advice, Sonya. We'll get there when we get there." Jeremy rolled his window down when he heard his wife grumble to herself and sigh heavily. After a few moments of silence, Anya's voice broke the still air.

"I'm hungry."

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Jeremy pulled into a deserted area sometime after they'd pulled over to eat some of the food they'd brought. It was vacant of any humans.

"Odd." He thought out loud and got out of the car. "Usually this spots crowding with people with the summer rush." He shrugged and began to untie the moutain of luggage they'd tied to the car while Sonya made Anya help her with the trunk's luggage. Renee stepped out of the car and looked around. There was a large building in front of them, which she would probably classify it as a bathroom or shower area. It also had concret floor with 3 picnic tables in a circle. Most of them still had some soiled food on them. Renee made a face and contined moving in a circle to get a full view of the place.

"Wow.." She breathed as she faced the woodland area. It had towering trees with birds flying over head, which made her think of some of the wilderness movies she'd watched when she was younger. She grinned when she saw her father trying to open the bag that contained the tents. Renee walked toward one of the tables but froze when she heard a twig snap. She turned around quickly, eyes wide and searched for the trace of the noise. Her heart beating a mile a minute, she looked around frantically before jumping to the sound of her sister's voice.

"Hey, stupid! Come help me with this!" Renee turned and started to head back, but not before casting one more glance toward the building then heading to Anya. "Here, take this." She tossed a large bag at Renee, knocking her to the ground from the weight.

"Dadgum, what's in here? Bricks?" The youngest sibling asked, attempting to drag the bag to where her father was.

"Nope, my clothes." Anya grinned smugly and pulled a small, lightweight bag from the trunk, trotting to their father.

"It was a rhetorical question!" Renee shouted and began to tug the bag, grunting every so often when she took a breath.

"Renee, darling, what are you doing?" Sonya, standing over her daughter, reached down and grabbed the bag, lifting it up with ease. "You'll hurt yourself. Just to wait by your father. Me and Anya'll get this stuff done." Renee shrugged and walked slowly to her father.

"So.. whatcha doing, dad?" Jeremy, not having heard his daughter's coming, yelped and fell backward onto the nearly finished tent, making it emplode in on itself. He grumbled and sat up, rubbing his back. "Opps, sorry dad. Didn't mean to frighten you." He grinned despite his newly forming bruise.

"Nah, didn't scare me one bit. I was just.. testing to see if you were alert." He said uncertainly and began to put up the tent again. Renee giggled at her father's antics and glanced back toward the picnic area. That noise.. someone was over there. Or something. Thoughts whirled in her head, making her think of the story Anya had told her in the car. She shivered and scooted closer to her father.

"Dad?" She asked timidly, still casting a nervous glance toward the large building.

"Yeah?"

"Are there gonna be any monsters out here?" She asked, surprised that her voice came out weak. Jeremy, sensing this, turned around and looked sympathetically at his daughter.

"No, honey. And if there is, I'll protect you from them, alright?" He smiled warmly when she nodded. "I won't let anything happen to any of you while I'm here." He pulled her into a hug, which comforted her a little. He released her and Renee walked toward her sister and mother.

"Anya, could you grab my make-up bag?"

"Can't you get it?"

"No, dear, my hands are full." Anya turned around and stared at her mother. She held nothing in her hands, she was standing behind her with her back to her, staring at the huge lake that was beyond the building. It was a slightly green colour, she noted and made a face. Anya scoffed and grabbed the bag roughly, pulling it out of the car and making it land on the ground hard. Renee shook her head and turned to the forest of trees.

"Hey mom? Can I go explore in the woods?" Sonya turned to face her youngest daughter and raised an eyebrow, crossing her arms.

"Why, honey?"

"I wanna see if I can find any bunnies." Renee stated simply and smiled at her mother sweetly. Their mother sighed and waved her hand as a sign to go ahead. The 9 year old turned around and started to run but her mother's voice stopped her.

"Let Anya go with you!" Renee's shoulders slumped. Great. Just what she needed was her sister slowing her down.

"I don't wanna go, mom!" Anya's voice cried out behind her.

"Oh, go. It'll be good for you." Renee turned around to see her sister walking towards her, an agrivated expression on her face.

"Come on, brat. The sooner you see your stupid bunny, the sooner I can take a nap and have a snack." Renee rolled her eyes and caught up to her sister, looking around at the ground covered with leaves.

"I hope we'll see a bunny, Anya. Or possibly a cat!" Anya scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, and maybe we'll see a lion, or maybe a snake. Or if we're lucky, a bear!" Renee glanced at her sister.

"You're not enjoying this, are you?"

"Duh." Renee sighed.

"Oh come on, An--" Renee and Anya froze when they both heard a twig snap and a pile of leaves rustle from movement. "Anya.. what's that?" Renee whispered to her sister.

"I don't know." She said slowly, then looked at her sister. "But I am not gonna stay here and find out!" Anya pushed her sister to the ground and took off running toward her parents at full speed despite her size. Renee grunted as she collided with the dirt and made an attempt to get up when she heard another twig snap, closer than before. Her eyes widened twice their normal size when she heard a low growl. She stayed still, and listened, quieting her own breathing. Footsteps echoed around her, and she soon found herself surrounded by three dogs. Most likely from other campers that'd dropped their dogs off on purpose. Two were rottweilers and one was a German Shepherd.

They were all very boney, like they hadn't eaten in a month. Their faces were coated with dried blood, and they had fur missing in various places. The German Shepherd had it's tail missing, and a bloody stub was all that remained. The German Shepherd snarled and bared it's teeth at Renee, making her squeak with fear. The two rottweilers walked out from behind the shepherd and circled her. She gulped and attempted to get up when one of the rottwielers growled and snapped at her heels. Back at the camp where they'd set up, Anya stumbled as she caught her breath, making Sonya yelp in surprise.

"Anya! What are you doing? Where's Renee?" Anya got up slowly, and turned back to look. She shrugged.

"I don't know." Jeremy, having heard the conversation, dropped the tent poles and came over.

"Where's Renee, Anya? Why didn't she come back with you?" Anya looked back toward the forest before turning back to her father.

"I don't know. We were walking then we heard a noise so I came back. Renee must've stayed to find out what it was." Anya had purposely left out the part where she'd pushed her. She didn't want to get in trouble anymore than she would've. Jeremy looked toward the trees before a muffled scream was heard. Bewildered and horrified, Jeremy looked to Sonya before breaking out into a run and disappeared beyond the trees. Anya watched her father go then turned to the cooler, pulling out a sandwich they'd made. Sonya stared suspiciously at her daughter before looking back at the place where her husband once stood.

"Please be alright, Renee." She whispered before walking toward her sunchair. In the woods, Jeremy tripped over various stumps and deep holes before coming to a vacant area. He gaped at the sight before him. His youngest daughter was surrounded by three dirty looking dogs, and they all looked blood thirsty.

"Renee!" The girl snapped her head up from trying to protect herself and stared wide-eyed at her father.

"Dad! Don't let them hurt me!" She cried, tears flowing down her face. "I don't wanna die!" Jeremy's expression softened as he looked at his daughter's terrified face.

"Don't worry, sweetheart! Daddy's here! I won't let anything happen to you! Just hold on!" Her father walked foward and knelt down, grabbing a large stick before throwing a rock at one of the rottwielers. It turned and snarled, taking a running jump at him. He held up his log-like stick and threw the dog into a tree. It collided roughly, making a loud whine. The German Shepherd snarled at the man before turning to Renee still sitting, frightened to death. The dog jumped foward and grabbed her by her shirt collar, succeeding in making her cry with fear. Jeremy turned around at the sound of her sobbing and glared heavily at the dog. The other rottwieler charged at him, and he wacked it in the side of the face with his stick, earning a sickening crack. The German Shepherd growled deeply and Renee curled up into a ball, trying desprately to free herself.

"Daddy!" In one last final attempt, Renee jerked hard on her collar and ripped it from the dog's jaws. She rolled onto the earth and crawled quickly, sobbing, to her father.

"Renee, go to Sonya and Anya. I'll take care of this." She looked up at her father, her eyes wide.

"But-"

"GO!" His loud voice terrified her, but she could sense that he was afraid too. She nodded and hugged him before taking off into a run, full speed toward her mother and sister. "You won't get my family you ugly son of a bitch!" He cried and clutched his only means of defending himself from the powerful hungry dog. It snarled and barked at him, leaning low to the ground, getting ready to jump.

"Mommy!" Renee cried as she stumbled out of the thick density of the forest.

"Renee! Where's your father?" Sonya jumped up from her chair and grabbed her daughter, picking her up and cuddling her.

"He's fighting the dog! Mommy, go help him!" Sonya looked desprately to her daughter then to the forest. A loud shrill cry echoed from deep within, and she froze. "What was that?" Renee's frightened voice brought her from her thoughts, and she hurried to the car, unlocking it and throwing Renee in the passenger seat.

"Stay here and don't move!" Renee nodded fearfully and turned to look out the window. She jumped when thunder boomed overhead and a sudden downpour of rain pounded on the windsheild. The driver's door opened again and Anya sat down, soaking wet.

"Anya..." Renee asked fearfully, and turned to look at her sister. The oldest sibling turned and stared at her wide-eyed. "Wha--" She was cut off when her mother's loud scream echoed throughout the area. Deep in the woods, Sonya caught up to her husband. The sight that her eyes took in was enough to make her want to die right then. Two dogs were dead and one was passed out, she supposed, but the sight of Jeremy was what made her fall to her knees. He was kneeling in an awkward position, and he still clutched the stick in his hands tightly although he wasn't moving.

"Jeremy!" She cried and crawled on her hands and knees to him. Sonya touched him on the shoulder and he fell over, coughing. "Oh, Jeremy! Are you okay?" He still had yet to release the stick and his arms and legs weren't moving. A trickle of blood leaked out of the corner of his mouth and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Sonya.." His voice was weak and hoarse. "Tell the kids I love them for me, okay?" His wife choked back a sob and clutched his shirt in her hands.

"You can tell them when we get the hell out of here! Come on, Jeremy! Get up! The kids are waiting!" She forcefully pulled him into a sitting position.

"No, Sonya. I can't make it." Her eyes filled with tears when she noticed the deep open cut right above his neck bone, blood pouring out of it. "Remember this, I will always love you, Sonya." Then, his eyes dulled and his neck fell back. Sonya clutched her eyes shut as tears covered her face. The rain mixed with Jeremy's blood, washing it off of him. Sonya released his shirt and covered her mouth with one of her hands, crying into it.

"No.." She stood up and walked backward a few inches from her deceased husband. "Jeremy!" She screeched and covered her face with her hands. Sonya turned and started to run toward the car. Once she reached it she looked around the site and clenched her eyes shut. She hurried to the car and opened the door, shoving Anya in the backseat before turning the car on and driving away full speed.

"Wait, mom! What about dad?" Anya's voice broke out weak despite her anger at that point. Sonya choked back a sob as she blindly drove away from the site. Renee stared wide-eyed at her mother before the puzzle pieces put themselves together. She looked out the window as her eyes rapidly filled with tears. She placed her hand on the cool window.

"Daddy.."

End flashback.. ahw..

"Renee!" The 9 year old girl jumped from the loud, unexpected voice. She hadn't realized she'd been dreaming. A horrible nightmare to be exact, but she didn't tell anyone that. She looked around wildly and came face to face with her best friend Lee. "What are you thinking about, girl? You've been like that all period!" Raising an eyebrow, Renee blinked and looked around to realize she was, in fact, in school. 'When'd that happen?' She thought and shrugged, wiping her face with her hand from the wet trail of tears she found were there.

"Nothing." She replied to her friend's answer. Lee was her best guy friend. She always thought he was anerexic because he was so skinny, but he was born like that. They'd met when she started school the year her father passed away. He had dark black hair that spiked up in random directions and he had deep brown eyes that almost looked black. He was always proud of that because he would never have to buy colored contacts to make him seem scarier. He wore a black shirt that had a red circle in the center with a frown face engraved in the circle. He also wore some huge baggy jeans that were way too big for him, and they had chains connecting his pockets, even the ones on his knees. He had his cartledge pierced twice in each ear, and some earrings in all of them. He rolled his eyes and gave her a skeptical look.

"Uh huh. Don't give me that, Ren. I know when something's wrong with you, so don't even think about lying to me." She sighed and shook her head. Lee always knew when something was wrong with her. Probably because they've known each other for so long and because he'd pry into her life to find stuff about her when she wouldn't tell him.

"Just.. thinking about the day." Lee seemed to automatically get the point. When she said 'the day', she would be referring to the vacation day 2 years ago. He nodded and reached over and patted her on the shoulder.

"It'll be okay, Ren. I'm sure your father would want you to be happy." Renee turned to look at him and smiled.

"Thanks, Lee."

"No problem." He grinned and turned back to his worksheet. She laughed to herself and shook her head.

"I'll never understand what goes on in your head, Lee." He turned to look at her, a cocky grin on his face.

"And I'll never tell you." She was about to retort when the teacher, Ms. Reginald stood up from her desk and stared at the class from over the top of her glasses, a cold glare on her face.

"Alright, class. Be prepared to go over these questions tomorrow. And study them. You never know when there's going to be a pop quiz on this." Renee groaned softly to herself and put her hand on her forehead, lowering her face so the teacher couldn't see her.

"And I thought English this year would be easy." The girl complained and sighed. Lee chuckled beside her.

"Hey, who said any class was easy? You just have to have the right attitude about it." She blinked and turned her head to look at him. He stared back and blinked twice. "True fact." He stated and grinned, shrugging. Renee laughed and shook her head as the teacher dismissed them. Lee grabbed his books and stuffed them into his shoulder backpack. She pulled her books together and grabbed her own shoulder backpack and walked out of the classroom with Lee walking beside her. "So, you excited about math class with Mr. Cronda?" He asked, grinning when Renee's face twisted into a disgusted expression.

"Ugh, no. Never. I hate his class." She stopped by her locker and attempted to put in her combination. "I mean, I have no problem with math, but he expects us to do all the work his way. It's so unacceptable." Lee laughed and lead her to his locker when she'd gathered her correct books. This was always a routine at school. Lee and Renee had all the same classes together, so they would always walk together to each others lockers and classes.

"I, for one, think he's awesome. I mean, at the first of the year, he told us that if we talked while the," Lee paused and raised one hand, quoting, "'Old teacher' talks, he'd take us up on the hill and shoot us." Renee laughed as he tried to imitate Mr. Cronda. She always could relax around Lee. He was just to relaxed and calm most of the time, he made her that way. On the way to math class, one of the popular kids stopped in front of them and made a big show of making fun of Lee and Renee being a couple.

"Oh, look, it's the gothic couple in the school. Congratulations on the dorkiest couple award." Allyison snickered as the group of people behind her laughed. Renee growled at the girl and before she could punch the living daylights out of her, Lee grabbed her arm and pulled her around the group. "Oh, so little ReRe needs to be protected by her future husband? How cute." She snickered again and just as Renee was about to charge head on into the prep, Lee turned on her and full blown slapped the popular girl in the face, making everyone within earshot gasp loudly.

"Shut the hell up, Allyison." He sneered and pulled the stunned Renee away and into the math room. "Just ignore them, Ren. If they think they're getting to you, they'll keep going at it." Renee shook her head and sat down in her seat beside Lee's. She smiled cockily at him.

"Wonderful logic, Lee. I didn't know you had it in you." Renee grinned when his face took on a new shade of red she never knew was possible for a human. He turned in his seat and opened his backpack, pulling out his math book. When his face returned to normal, he turned to face her.

"Hey, Ren? Did you do the math homework? I didn't get it, so I didn't do it." The grin slipped from her face and she frowned thoughtfully.

"Didn't get it, or you forgot about it?" She asked as she searched through her backpack, pulling out a sheet of paper and handing it to Lee. He smiled thankfully and began to furiously copy down the answers. "So, what did you do last night after I got off the phone with you?" He didn't answer for a minute. When he did, he handed her homework back to her and grinned sneakily.

"Something." Renee raised a eyebrow.

"What something?" He shrugged and grinned again.

"Just something." She stared deadpan at him.

"You're not gonna tell me, are you?" Lee crossed his arms and his grin widened.

"Nope." She sighed, smiled and shook her head.

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Later that afternoon after school, Lee was walking with Renee on the way home. Not only did they have all their classes together, they lived in the same neighborhood. Renee fished through her backpack when she came up to her house. Lee grinned when she sighed frustrated and threw her backpack to the porch.

"Can't find your key?" He asked teasingly, crossing his arms and leaning against the pole. She sighed and shook her head.

"No, and I usually keep it hooked on my keychain." Renee stood up straighter and side-glanced at Lee. "Let me have your spare." He rolled his eyes and grinned, uncurling his hand revealing his spare to her house. "Thanks Lee." She stuck it in the lock and opened the door. She turned and handed his key back to him. "You're welcome to come in for a while." Lee grinned and shook his head.

"Love to but can't. Gotta go with my mom to the grocery store. Reasons for, I don't know." Renee laughed at his expression and shook her head.

"Well, okay. Talk to you later." Renee grabbed him by his neck and gave him a side hug, him doing the same. She released him and walked into her house, closing the door. Renee threw her backpack on the couch and flopped down, grabbing the remote and turning the tv on. "Wow, what a coincidence." She muttered as the Fairly Oddparents screen title came on. "Wait.." Renee's eyes widened when she realized she'd left her sister Anya at school waiting for her. "Oops."

(Meanwhile in Dimmsdale)

"Argh! Could this day get any worse!" A loud scream erupted from the entire Turner household, jolting Wanda from her once peaceful dream. The door to Timmy's room opened, revealing the 10 year old himself, fuming silently after his outburst. Wanda gently nudged Cosmo to wake him up before poofing out of the fish bowl with the green haired fairy in tow. Timmy walked slowly over to his bed, making each of his footsteps slam hard onto the floor.

"What's the matter, Timmy?" Wanda asked, looking simpathetically towards her godson, hoping he didn't have too much of a terrible day, but by the expression the boy held firm on his face, the pink-haired fairy knew that wasn't the right option. Timmy pulled himself up onto his bed and sighed deeply before glancing at his godparents, his expression softening slightly.

"Chester and A.J. are moving next week. Then they had to tell me that they didn't want to be my friend anymore for it being too," Timmy paused and lifted his hands to quote, "'Hard' on them. Then, Tootie attacked me when I got off the bus again! That's the fifth time this week!" Cosmo finally tuned into the conversation.

"And today's only Tuesday!" He exclaimed happily, not really knowing what was going on. Wanda glanced sideways at Cosmo and sent him a nerved look before turning her gaze back to the child.

"Well, sweetie, maybe they didn't want to hurt your feelings? They are you're friends, honey." Timmy hopped down from his bed and walked over to his tv.

"They're pretty bad friends anyway for not telling me ahead of time! Now, I'm glad they're moving, and I can get new friends that won't mess up!" Glaring, he pressed the 'on' button roughly and sat down, grabbing his controller for the game system. Wanda sighed as she realized what was happening. Another day of the 'Not study game'. Cosmo flew down and grabbed the second controller, sitting down beside his godson.

"Well, Timmy, maybe you could make some new friends at school tomorrow." Wanda tried, hoping desprately to wipe the angry look off his face. She clutched her wand with both of her hands, and looked to Cosmo, hardly holding back a smile that threatened to emerge. He had a look on his face that was so determined, he'd probably get a headache after. Both boys were pressing buttons madly on the controllers. Wanda came back down to reality when Timmy finally spoke up.

"You're right, Wanda. I could do that, and maybe one of them'll be the popular guys, Tad and Chad!" Timmy said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Wanda glared slightly but loosened her expression when the 10 year old paused the game. "You know, you might have something there." Timmy's face lit up as he thought. "Wanda, do 'Da Rules' say anything about wishing people to be your friends?" Cosmo, having just realized that the game had been paused, floated up beside Wanda.

"Oh! Oh! I know!" The green-haired fairy yelled, waving his arm rapidly in the air above his head. "Maybe you could make up a friend! You know, like someone who looks like a monkey," He paused and put a finger to his chin as he thought, "And, with cheese fur.. and pudding for hands!" Timmy and Wanda stared blankly at him as Cosmo grinned madly before Timmy's eyebrows raised up slightly in realization.

"You know, Cosmo? That's a good idea! I can make up a friend to like all the stuff I like! Do 'Da Rules' say anything about that? I mean, because the person would have to know about you two." He continued, pointing to his godparents. Wanda raised her wand and a huge, thick purple book appeared in front of her. She flipped through a couple of pages before the book disappeared again.

"It doesn't say anything against it. Make your wish, Timmy!" Timmy smiled and rubbed his hands together.

"Okay, so the person would have to like playing mindless video games all the time and watching tv..." The 10 year old paused, thinking. He smiled after deep, careful thought. "I got it! I wish for a friend with the same interests like me, and it wouldn't be against the rules if they knew about you guys!" He shouted, excitedly, grinning as Cosmo and Wanda both raised their wands. Smoke filled the room and a cough was heard. Timmy froze slightly when he realized it sounded like a girl's voice. He waved his hand around in the air to clear the cloud, and gaped slightly when he saw a girl about the same height as him staring him in the face. Cosmo's voice broke the silence.

"Ahw, she doesn't have cheese fur!"

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Author's Notes: Okay! Whoo! This is a remake of my other story New Friends, Places, and Enemies. I reread what I wrote on that story and immediately thought "Why the hell did I write this?" So I rewrote it! And I think it sounds better with a more proper background on the.. eh.. story background. Well, enjoy! My other stories have been put on hold for I have immense writer's block on them. xD Well, thanks for reading and stay tuned!

Disclaimer: I don't own any FOP or DP characters that I use in this story. I only own Renee, Lee, and the rest of the ones you aren't familiar with. xD