Chapter 1: Invitation
Sunny, friendly, and quaint. That's how things usually were around Happy Tree Town… until something goes wrong and it ends in brutal deaths to most of its residents. But the village has this curse that brings back its residents shortly afterwards, so, everyone always lived. Still, death was painful around here and sad every single time, so, there's that to think about. But some days they were spared of a potential bloodbath, but most days not. Kind of sad, really. Nevertheless, everyone kept their friends and family close and as safe as they could.
Today was a day of invitation, and it will invite many things.
Flaky, a red, dandruff shedding porcupine, was passing out envelopes to all of her friends.
"You'll be there, won't you, Giggles?" she asked the pink chipmunk in the red bow.
Giggles nodded and chuckled at her friend in red.
"Of course! You're my friend, Flaky." she told her in her usual, bubbly tone.
"Great," Flaky said happily.
"Who else are you inviting?" Giggles inquired.
"Well, Petunia, Handy, Cro-Marmot, my mom, dad, brother, and sister are coming from their homes to see me, Nutty, and Cuddles. And a few others that I can't really think of right now, but, yeah." Flaky answered.
"And what about Flippy? Aren't you gonna invite him?" Giggles asked, raising an eyebrow.
That name seemed to trigger something in Flaky, because the red porcupine jerked and sweat beads glazed the side of her forehead. Giggles noticed that Flaky seemed off and it didn't take a genius to figure out why.
"Oh, no! Don't you even think about not inviting him!" the pink chipmunk snapped.
"Remember what happened last time he was at a party?!"
"Remember why that party was thrown?!"
"I just wanted to do something nice for him! I realize that it was a mistake and I won't do it again!
"How can you say those things?! I thought you two were friends!"
Flaky opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out except a slight squeak. Then she lowered her black, Pac-Man shaped eyes along with her hand.
'Friends, huh?' the red, dandruff-emblazoned porcupine thought flatly.
There was an abundance of silence between the two rodents so all you could hear was the birds tweeting and the small breeze.
Don't get me wrong… I love hanging out with Flippy.
Flaky thought about when she had first met Flippy. It was in kindergarten and he had stood up for her after Lifty and Shifty had ripped her drawing just for their amusement. They became good friends and hung out frequently. However, when Flippy was 18, he left for the war to help fulfill a promise of some sort, leaving Flaky and the rest of their friends in the village. When he returned back to the village, Flaky and the others were happy, but then his PTSD started showing up and that made his evil side come out and… well, bringing murder with him. He had done everything he could to murder the people around him; strangling, torturing, running them over, and even using his military skills and tools to do so.
He's even killed me… He's strangled me, burned me, and done other things.
She thought back to when she threw him a party and she was puffed up like a balloon after swallowing peanuts by accident. She saw that he saw her after he had flipped out, but he didn't kill her then.
Probably because it's military code to not fight someone who can't fight back… Even though his evil side was out. I guess not even he can be totally heartless.
Flaky shook herself free of her thoughts and rubbed her temples in a tired way.
"Even so, what if he snaps and kills everyone there? I know we'll be resurrected the next day, but… I want just one, perfect birthday where nothing goes wrong." she whispered.
Giggles lowered her eyes in understanding.
All of my birthdays haven't exactly been fine and dandy over the years. My parents have either missed them or something else went wrong.
"I understand… But you should at least try and talk to Flippy and see if you guys still have something." Giggles advised.
Flaky lifted her head up and nodded hesitantly. Even though she didn't really want to, she had to tell Giggles she would to get her off of her case about it. Truth be told, she was too afraid to continue her friendship with Flippy, and deep down, and I mean waaaay deep down, she knew she was being a selfish coward and only thinking of herself. But her fear wasn't letting her listen to her conscience at all! Well, almost at all… She started to listen to what it said:
He was my very first friend... And he's been nothing but kind to me ever since that day we met in kindergarten… So, maybe I should-
Then there was the sound of footsteps. And it sounded like it was heading in hers and Giggles' direction. She was scared to see who it was, but Giggles wasn't, so, she turned around and looked for the porcupine girl. Conveniently, it was in fact Flippy.
(A/N: Convenience… we are nothing without it…)
Giggles smirked and eyed Flippy. She then glanced back at Flaky, getting an idea.
"Hey, Flippy, over here!" the pink chipmunk called in a singsong voice.
Flaky jerked again and waved her hands back and forth in a panicking state.
"No, no, no! Shh!" she whisper-yelled.
But it was too late, and Flippy had already seen the two girls, and he seemed very happy that he did, because he was smiling widely with his Pac-Man shaped eyes wide as well. The soldier ran over to his friends and greeted them happily.
"Hey, girls," he said with a laugh.
Flaky hid behind Giggles, hoping and praying to God that he wouldn't see her.
However, he saw a short trail of dandruff leading behind Giggles, letting Flippy know that she was behind the younger critter. Flippy knew deep down why Flaky was hiding from him, but he still insisted on trying to get her to open up and be comfortable around him just like when they were kids. So, these efforts made him slightly in denial about everyone's reasons for hiding from and/or avoiding him. Giggles winked at Flippy and waved goodbye to the green bear. Flaky's eyes were screwed shut and she had no idea that Giggles had left her with Flippy, so, he was able to see her cowering in fear. He tapped her shoulder lightly and that caused her to open her eyes and look in front of her.
When she saw who was in front of her, the red girl gasped and her pupils shrank in fear.
"Hey, Flakes, you okay?" Flippy asked politely.
She was silent and tried to avoid eye contact with the lime green soldier at all costs. Her conscience kept telling her she had to mend her relationship with him, but she didn't wanna do it now! Or, ever for that matter! This was moving way too fast for her and making her so afraid that she couldn't reply verbally. Nevertheless, she just gave a wary nod and hoped that he would leave. But he didn't…
Instead, he took a step closer to her.
'Goawaygoawaygoawaygoawaygoaway!' Flaky thought, about to burst into tears and cry.
Flippy, obviously oblivious to the red girl's feelings, continued to move closer to her.
"Flaky, I was actually just looking for you, because I wanted to ask you something." he told her.
Flaky gulped in fear and took a tiny step away from him, getting ready to run.
"I heard that your b-"
"AAAAAHHH!~"
Flippy jumped in shock at Flaky's scream and watched as she dashed away, leaving a trail of dandruff behind her. Somehow, Flaky knew, or thought she knew, what Flippy was gonna say and didn't wanna hear him say it.
'I'm sorry, Flippy!' she thought in pure guilt, tears falling from her eyes.
Flippy was frozen in place for a while, trying to figure out what just happened and why Flaky ran away before he even got to finish his sentence. When he finally gathered himself again, he hung his head sadly.
'Oh, Flaky… why do you have to always run away from me?' he wondered, feeling like he was about to cry.
But before he did, he saw an envelope on the ground and figured Flaky must've dropped it. There was some writing on it and that caught Flippy's attention so he picked it up. There was the name "Cro-Marmot" written on it in Flaky's handwriting.
Curious, Flippy looked around to make sure no one was watching him and opened the envelope to see what was inside.
It was a blue invitation that said "You're invited to a birthday party!" in yellow letters.
Flippy opened the invite and saw that it was for Flaky's birthday party! She was holding it at her house tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. and she was turning 19. Flippy somehow had a feeling that she didn't plan on inviting him, because of what happened last time he was at a birthday party; his birthday party, to be exact. Still, he felt he really needed to talk to Flaky… And now he had the knowledge of where to find her and trap her so she wouldn't run away.
Flippy then put the invitation back in the envelope and stuffed it into his coat pocket. He looked off into the distance in determination.
"Looks like I'm going to a party!"
*POP!*
*POP!*
*POP!*
These sounds caused Flippy's eye to twitch and he whimpered. Nearby, popcorn was popping and when he heard that, his eyes turned yellow and his teeth sharpened...
Done! New Story, yay! This is basically a story explaining how certain things came to be with Flippy and Flaky.
Flippy: Why do you think I like Flaky?
Just a feeling I'm getting…
R&R!