Hallo there, fellow fanfiction lovers! Sorry for being so quiet on here, but I guess being lazy is a good enough excuse, right? ... Right?
Anywho, the summer is finally here, and it's time to write!
Like it said in the summery, I need plenty of OCs. I must tell you this, though, each author can only submit two characters at maximum, and not every character will make a big role. You may only catch a glimpse of your character, before he or she gets killed. But I promise, even if they don't speak, each character will get a role. Cross my heart and hope to die! ... Well, if you did scratch a cross onto your heart, you probably WOULD die... and how would I even get to my heart anyway without major surgery...
STORY TIEM NAO PLZ!
Oh, and before I forget, this is a spoof of War of The World, the film. If you haven't watched it... Well, you could either read this before watching it, or go ahead and watch it now. But it's a great film and I really do recommend it! And if you have seen it... Well, get ready to read it, HAPPY TREE FRIEND STYLE! ^^
"And she's not allowed outside the house after seven o clock, okay?" Shifty could only just nod. This Health and Safety drill had been going on for almost an hour now. It's hard to believe that someone as happy go lucky, random and reckless as Caramel, could have such stuffy parents. He stared at the three raccoons in front of him, consisting of a minty green and white mother wearing a green dress, a yellow and white father wearing a red shirt and brown trousers and a small yet evil looking blue and white sister wearing a grey tracksuit. Beside Shifty, stood his younger brother, Lifty, who was trying in vain not to fall asleep, and they're younger friend, Caramel, a purple a white raccoon dressed in a red, black and white Hawaiian dress, a black choker collar with a pink stone on it, brown sandals and a purple and white flower tucked behind one of her gigantic ears.
When Caramels' family said they were going to visit Happy Tree England with her best friends' family, she begged the twins to let her and her friend, Toffee the Cat crash at their place. Living in a rundown flat/ apartment full of stolen stuff was defiantly WAY better than looking through a museum for the 10,000th time. Not to mention that she'd bailed the two out of jail at least fourteen times, the boys felt they owed it to her. Besides, both Toffee and Caramel could both cook, which would make a serious change from the usual greasy take outs.
"Okay, mum and dad, I'm sure they both get it. Okay better go or you'll miss the flight." Suddenly shoving her obviously startled parents and sister into the waiting taxi; which held a very bored looking taxi driver.
"Okay, see you next week! Bye mum, bye dad, bye Bud, oh demon sister of mine!" You could just see Bud giving her the finger as they turned a corner, out of sight.
"Sheesh, I hate Bud so much. Anywho, TAHNKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" The two boys suddenly found themselves on the floor, as their friend death hugged them both.
"Oh god, I really thought I'd have to go back there again! I don't mind the England part, but God Damn it I swear they've taken me to EVERY SINGLE BLOODY MEUSEUM THERE!" Shifty heaved himself off the purple pavement, while Lifty stayed with the hysterical girl. As the fedora wearing twin walked back into the block of flats, he could still hear Caramels' yelling.
"And the food! I mean, growing up in Happy Tree England, you'd expect them to LIKE fish and chips/fries, but NOOO, its all meat and two vegetables with them, GROSS! And liquorish allsorts, who the hell like LIQUORISH ALLSORTS? Hey, where'd Shifty go?" By then, Shifty couldn't hear this easy to answer question, and was already back in his apartment, tacking a well deserved nap on the sofa/ couch. After all, listening to parents was tiring work.
The mid morning sun shone down upon the laughing town... well, laughing and blood curdling scream filled place of Happy Tree Town, as Shifty stepped into the small slither of garden that the flats/ apartments offered. Caramel had quietly sat herself under a tree, her head buried in a book, while Lifty was tossing a ball in the air.
"Hey Shifty!" He called cheerfully at the sight of his still sleepy brother. "Wanna play catch?"
"Nah, that kids stuff."
"Dude, we ARE kids."
"For the love of hell, Lifty, Seventeen does NOT make you a kid." Lifty grinned goofily at this.
"Well, it does in my world!"
"What's your world made of, then? Marijuana?"
"You got that right, Shifty my bro! I bet you're just chicken! Scared our lil bro's gonna whoop your ass like I did in high school!" Caramel suddenly looked up from her book.
"You guys went to high school? Wait, I'm still getting used to the American talk, High school is the same as secondary school, right?"
"Who friggin cares? And we said we would NEVER talk about that again! All right, lil bro, you wanna play, gimmi your best shot!" With his trademark laugh, Lifty hurled the ball at his brother, who easily caught it.
"That the best you got?" Asked Shifty in a mocking way, throwing the ball back to his twin.
"Nope, THIS is!" Lifty catapulted the ball back with such force that Shifty stuttered backwards.
"Yeah, that's half of what I got!" No longer interested in her book, Caramel simply leaned against the tree, enjoying the show.
"Wow Shifty, I always knew I was better at sports than you, but I never knew you were THIS crap at throwing a Goddamn BALL!" Throwing back his head laughing, Shifty took this opportunity to throw the ball right into his brothers head, which the bounced off with a painful crack, flew in the other direction and smashed right through The Moles window, who then stuck his head out and waved his fist, in the wrong direction. Caramel hid her laugh inside her books' pages. Lifty quickly recovered and walked back to the apartments/ flats, rubbing his head and bumping Shifty as he passed.
"Jerk." He muttered. Silence hung in the air for an uncomfortable thirty seconds.
"Well, I'm going to bed." Shifty said loudly, before also walking back inside.
"What, again? But you just took a nap!"
"Big whoop, Caramel, I was at a party last night." The purple raccoon quickly scuttled back inside, her book clasped to her chest.
"Hey, what are we eating?" Shifty shrugged.
"Order something, I dunno, you figure it out, you're a girl after all." And that's how Shifty ended up with a black eye.
SpongeBob laughed on the TV, acting as Shiftys' alarm clock. Rubbing his eyes, he walked into the cluttered living room, where Caramel was comfortably sitting on the floor in front of the glowing box. From Shiftys' sleepy vision, he could see little white circles with random colours in them, and brown sauce here and there, scattered across the table. His eyes saw this, and came to the conclusion. Candy and BBQ sauce. He scooped some up and dropped it in his mouth, only to gag rudely and spit it into his hands.
"Ugh, GROSS, what is that?" Caramel turned away from the laughing Sponge.
"It's sushi, from the Japanese take out down the street. I kept one of their menus last time I was here." She only received a glare from Shifty in response.
"What? You said order!" Shifty laughed slightly.
"Uh, yeah, I meant for food. Not this uncooked bullshit!"
"Hey, sushi's awesome! If you don't like it, order your own food. And unless you want both your eyes swollen shut, I suggest you keep your sexist jokes to yourself!"
"Ugh, whatever man. Sorry, girl." Just as Caramel was standing up to land him another wounded eye, the electricity suddenly died, and the jolly voice of SpongeBob vanished.
"Huh, power cut. Uh Caramel, please don't tell me you're afraid of the dark, I really don't want you sobbing on my shoulder." It didn't take long for him to realize Caramel wasn't listening.
"Weird, power cuts usually only happen at night during a thunderstorm. And I don't hear any sort of storm right now." She walked to the window and yanked open the curtain, only to give a sharp shriek.
"What? Caramel, what's up? Oh hell, is did Lumpy forget to wear pants again?" Caramel shot him a look of disgust.
"When the hell has that EVER happened. Actually, don't tell me. Look, you look outside for yourself, I'll meet you in the garden!" The purple and white girl dashed out the grubby home of the twins, just as Shifty reached the window, only for his jaw to hit the ground. Right in the middle of the bright, happy sky, was a swirl of wind, black colours and clouds. It looked a bit like a cross between a gothic film and the birth of a hurricane that just couldn't find the power to become bigger. Suddenly remembering his friend was outside, he ran down the black mould covered stairs and exploded into the garden, where Caramel was gazing into the black hole in the sky, completely mesmerized.
"Hey Caramel, you alright?" Caramel's head didn't move, but her ears twitched at the sound.
"Alright? Dude, this is amazing! I mean I've seen nature do weird stuff, but only online. And even so, it's never been as intense as THIS! Aw man, I am SO glad a bunked out of going to Happy Tree England!" Out of the corner of his eye, Shifty saw Pop come out of his house, holding Cub closely to him. Both were staring at the sky in awe, although Cub didn't seem to be enjoying it. At that moment, the wind picked up, and Cub went flying out of Pops' arms, and rather luckily (considering this is Happy Tree Town) landed in Caramels' tail. She didn't seem to notice.
"Son! SON!" But the wind was now roaring so loud, t was like the strange act of nature was alive.
"Shifty, go get the camera, quickly! I'm pretty sure you must've stolen one at some poi- Why the heck is Cub in my tail?" Putting two and two together, she grabbed the infant ad looked around for Pop, and finally saw him waving by the fence.
"Here you Mr Pop. Heh, I guess having a giant fluffy tail finally came in handy, eh?" Pop however didn't seem particularly impressed that he'd waited for his son for so long, o simply nodded and went back to looking at the sky.
"Sheesh, what a sour puss- uh- sour BEAR. Now seriously, go get a camera or s-" Lightning lit up the sky, with a defining crack, making both raccoons jump, and set Cub off wailing.
"Uh, Caramel, why don't we go inside?"
"Dude, it's just lightning, there's nothing scary about-" Another lightning bolt sliced the sky, this time even louder.
"... Uh, on second thoughts, we should get some coffee while watching this." By the time they reached the apartment/ flat, two more lightning bolts had made themselves present.
"Shifty, is this normal for Happy Tree Town?" Caramel asked quietly, peering out from behind the greasy curtain.
"Well, this isn't exactly a normal town, is it? Besides, there's no reason to worry, lightning never strikes in the same place once." Another lightning bolt hit the sky, and then another, and another, and another, and another, each on louder than the last, all pointed towards town square. Caramel shrieked and ducked behind the sofa, and Shifty took shelter under the rotting coffee table. After thirty seconds, however, the lightning came to a abrupt halt, and violet clouds soon took their rightful place in front of the black stain in the sky.
"...Dude, is it over?" Shifty emerged from under his coffee table bomb shelter, and Caramels' head pooped up from behind the patched up sofa.
"Well how the hell should I know? I grew up in Happy Tree England, and the only freaky thing that ever happened was when it rained so much the school flooded! Actually, that was pretty cool."
"Caramel, whatever. Look, I'm gonna go check out town square, be back in a sec." Caramel stepped forward.
"Well, if you wanna take your van, Lifty already took it." Shifty stopped, and then turned around slowly.
"...What?"
"Yeah, when you were sleeping, he took your van keys, and went out. Wait, the van is lightning proof, right?"
