Best Friend

"Tigger! Tigger! Come out and play!" Arabella called.

"I'll be right out!" Tigger called, picking up her story. It was The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe (keep in mind she's only 4, and she's reading POE.)

"Ooh, what's this?" Arabella asked.

"It's a story. Look, pictures!" Tigger pointed to the scene of the man killing the old man.

"GAH!" Arabella threw the book in to a nearby bush.

"Be careful, it's a library book!" Tigger picked it up.

"Mommy wanted to go to the carnival and she hoped you would be able to come" Arabella asked, scooting away from as if it was diseased or something (lol).

"Sure!!! Let me get Linda!" Tigger said, running back into her house.

Linda Doll and Mr. Buttons the Bear were Tigger's and Arabella's stuffed toys that they got for Christmas when they were three. Linda Doll was a classic Raggedy Ann except she had longer hair, brown button eyes and a turquoise dress. Mr. Buttons, on the other hand, fit the term raggedy perfectly. One of his eyes had popped loose and dangled off his face dangerously, he only had one arm and one leg, and enough dirt stains to last him a lifetime.

Beaky, Tigger's dad, waved his daughter good bye.

"Good bye Tigger! Have fun! And don't interrogate the fellow civilians about their political views!" He waved.

"Buh-bye, Happy-Pappy!" Tigger waved at her "Pappy"

"Bye, Mr. Tigger's Dad!" Arabella.

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Isabelle prepared for the carnival wearing a bright, tie-dye dress. Her long, wavy brown hair, was wind-blown and messy. Arabella felt like her mother's smile could warm the most evil person's heart.

"So, your parents said it was alright for you to come with us, right, Tigerlily?" she asked.

"Peppy-Yeppy!" Tigger thumbs-upped her.

"Yeppy-Peppy!" Arabella parroted.

Isabelle smiled. "I made you guys some cookies!"

Suddenly, the fire alarm went off. BLORP. Isabelle turned red. "Oh no! Quick, get the fire extinguisher!"

Arabella immediatley grabbed it, where it was conviently located on the kitchen counter from the last time.

Isabelle could be scatterbrained. Really, really, scatterbrained. Her hair was often a mess, she never wore any make-up, and she couldn't cook for her life. Period. She definantly could NEVER cook. She could make some mean brownies, but she couldn't make actual food. Seeing that she had burned their third oven (so far), they ordered take-out most of the time. It was odd, but Arabella loved the way her family was.

Isabelle jumped up happily. "TO THE CARNIVAL!" She shouted happily. She gathered the girls behind her and started a sort of marching band three-man parade. The girls loved it.

"YAY! WE CAN USE THIS AS AN OUTLET FOR OUR CREATIVE EXPRESSION!" Tigger shouted.

Isabelle stopped. "You are a very strange child."

"Child prodigy," Tigger corrected. Arabella gigged maniacally.

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"YOUCH! THAT'S OVER-REGULATED TEMPERATURE!" Tigger shouted. Isabelle blinked.

"What?" Arabella asked.

"Just say 'It's Hot'!" Isabelle said.

"IT'S HOT!" Tigger screamed, dropping the piece of funnel cake. Just then, a tall boy with dark hair (this is at age five for Aladd, so let's assume this is before his mother's death, which happened that same year... his mom isn't dead... YET....) strolled by. Tigger turned bright pink. For a five-year-old, he was pretty hot. Isabelle waved at the obviously very young (way to young to have a five year old kid) mother, Saffrona.

"Hi Mrs. Catseye!!" Arabella shouted. Saffrona smiled and walked over. Isabelle embraced her.

"Oh, it's so nice to see you!" Isabelle said happily. Saffrona nodded, brushing some hair out of her eyes. Her son, Aladd, plunked down next to Tigger, who giggled and scooted away a bit. Arabella poked Aladd.

"Hi!! I'm Arabella and this is my friend Tigger! She seems to have a crush on you, so just act completely normal!!" She babbled. Tigger turned red and looked at the ground. Aladd stood up and moved to sit down somewhere else and Arabella gave Tigger a thumbs up. Isabelle smacked her forhead.

"Well, uh, it's been nice seeing you" Saffrona said nervously, grabbing Aladd's hand and walking away quickly. Isabelle glanced over at the man Saffrona had seen, then paled. She grabbed the hands of the girls.

"C'mon. Let's go on the Air Balloon Adventure ride one more time" She said quickly. The girls cheered, unaware that Bud Catseye watched them over the top of a newspaper.

The headline: Chain of Freak Accident Fires all over Atmosia. Suspect At Large.

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A/N: Um, yes, I'm so F***ing screwed. I'm sneaking on the computer. Also, Kudos to Narrator01 for the help. Most of this was written when my arm was... incapacitated.

Anyway, for information on my current position *cough, grounded* Look at my profile. Pretty please..