Author's note,

Well, here's another chapter of 'If Only'... Special Thanks goes out to: Boulder the Dragon, Hankforthewin, deadliving, Phoenix Reece, arrow363, Flipped Out Soldier, DeepDarkDebt09, Acolytes, Addicting Candy, Scotch tape12 for reviewing!! And a VERY special thanks to Flipped Out Soldier for letting me use her OC Twitch (who MAY have an appearance in this chapter...) But just to let everyone know... I'm NOT taking submissions. I used her OC cause I saw a huge plot helping potential. anyways, back to the story...

The two hurried towards the theatre near the centre of Happy Tree Town. The walk was quiet, and Flaky wanted to say something, anything to the blue skunk, but she couldn't... She looked up at the beautiful blue skunk and instantly felt a strong feeling of joy over come her. She felt herself begin to blush and turned away, trying to hide her reddening face from the skunk, only to find herself face to face with a blushing porcupine with a terrible dandrift problem. She was looking into a mirror. Her hopes of ever telling her feelings to Petunia fell as she stared at the ugly creature mimicing her movements in the looking glass. She let out a quiet sigh, and kept silent for the rest of the long, awkward walk.

They finally arrived at the theatre and saw the others waiting in the line up, happily chatting with each other.

"Hey Petunia" Cuddles cheerfully shouted as he noticed the skunk, "Where have you been? The movie's gonna start soon and we've still gotta... Flaky?" The yellow rabbit noticed several long, red, dandrift filled quills from behind the blue skunk and smiled as his shy friend peeked out at the others. Petunia giggled as she watched the shy porcupine.

"Well, I brought enough money for another ticket, so I thought I'd bring her along!" Petunia told the others as Flaky gave a shy wave to the others. Petunia let out another giggle as the five friends arrived at the ticket station. Behind the thin glass barrier sat Mime, the purple deer. Mime silently waved at them, a wide smile spread across his painted face, and held out his hand for their money. After they had paid for their tickets, and received them, they all entered the darkened theatre.

"Looks like we just made it," Cuddles said, pointing out the obvious as the previews for other movies were just starting to end, "come on, I know where the best seats are!" The others followed the yellow rabbit, until Toothy stopped dead in his tracks and began to stare at the row of seats near the top of the theatre, his mouth agape, and his eyes wide.

"Toothy, are you okay?" Giggles the pink chipmunk asked as he stood like a statue in the middle of the row of seats, looking up. Cuddles began to shake his buck-toothed friend, fearing the worst.

"Dude, are you alright?!" he shouted, only to be 'shushed' by the others in the theatre. Toothy's right eye began to twitch and his mouth began to move as if he were trying to say something.

"It's... It's... Spa... Splendid!!" as he shouted the hero's name at the top of his lungs, he dashed over top of the rows of chairs, knocking over drinks, popcorn, and people, as he attempted to meet with his idol. A blue flying squirrel wearing a red bandana over his eyes smiled heroicly as the fan landed in the seat beside him and began to rattle on about the squirrel's past achievements and asking about the hero's personal life and info. Cuddles let out an annoyed sigh as he watched the beaver fire question after question at the squirrel.

"Well, I guess there's no use trying to get him back now..." he told the others as they sat down in the middle of the theatre. Cuddles and Giggles happily sat side by side, with Flaky beside Cuddles, and Petunia beside her.

"You ready for the movie?" Petunia asked the red porcupine. Flaky looked back at her and let out a nervous squeak. Petunia giggled and let out a surprised gasp. "Oops, I forgot to get popcorn!" she whispered to Flaky before hurriedly leaving the theatre. Flaky watched the skunk longingly before settling into her chair and enjoying the movie. Suddenly, a piercing scream was heard from the lobby of the theatre. The audience turned to the doors as they swung open to reveal a distraught blue skunk running into the theatre, gasping for air and crying.

"Where'd you go, beautiful?" a crazed voice called from outside the theatre. Petunia's eyes widened as she ran towards her friends. As she ran, the lights suddenly shut off, and the frightened audience waited in the silent darkness. The movie projector suddenly turned back on, showing a blank white screen on the wall of the theatre. The audience began to calm slightly, until a strange black object began to move across, leaving the message 'You WILL be mine' written in, presumably, blood. Crazed laughter now began to fill the theatre as the terrified patrons began to rush towards the doors, only to be met by a yellow rabbit wearing a tattered straight-jacket and holding a knife loosely in his hand. His right eye was twitching madly as his other eye scanned through the frightened crowd. A few frightened Tree Friends began to slowly inch towards the door, only to be met with the crazed rabbit's glare. A large metal wire in it's mouth kept it's mouth in a large, frightening glare as he stepped in front of the door, blocking their exit. "What's the hurry?" he asked, flipping the knife around in his fingers," You're gonna miss out on the show!" he let out a howl of laughter as his eye finally fell upon Petunia, trying her best to hide with her friends.

Well, there it is... Hope you all liked it, I did the majority of it tonight... And just to let everyone know, A few days ago was my birthday, and I got A (sorta) NEW LAPTOP!! so, as a result, my updates should be much faster now, and I'll be able to finish up chapters and stuff easier! so be on the lookout for other updates incoming soon! anyways, hope you liked the chapter, and remember to read, review and enjoy!!

-FF55