"Yes Mom, I'm unlocking the gates right now." The key clicking in the lock made the dog's ears twitch slightly.

"No Mom, there wasn't any trouble getting it." She mused and pushed the gate open.

"Yes Mom, I had enough gas in the car." The toon was doing her best to humor her mother as she grabbed her suitcase and stepped onto the trail, following it down to her new house.

"Alright, tell C.J. I said hi. Love you too." She smiled as her mother hung up and she put her phone in her bag, looking up at the simple red house with "Roxy Doggenfuddy" labeled across the mailbox next to her.

"Finally." The toon went to the door and unlocked it, dragging her suitcase inside with her and pushing it to the side. There were only four rooms, but that was really all she needed. The living room already had a couch and a few chairs, and she could see a full kitchen from where she was standing. Instantly she went to the back room, the bed room. There was already a bed and a wardrobe sitting in the corner.

Roxy clapped her hands together and her smile grew. This was a new experience, and she intended to make the best of it.

"Okay, I got my list…" she mumbled to herself and pulled a strip of paper out of her pocket. "First is…put things away." Her ears drooped. Of course her mother would put that first. "Tch that's no fun. Second is…see Flippy! That's better." Roxy folded the list up and put it back in her pocket before going to the door.

Wait.

What was she doing?

The dog shook her head and snickered to herself before crouching down by her suitcase, unzipping the top zipper and pulling out a large black hole.

"There we go!" she slapped the hole down on the floor and jumped into it.

She stumbled a little as she felt hard ground beneath her feet again and waved her arms slightly, trying to straighten up.

"Whoa…that's a little not like I remember." Roxy put a hand on her face, bumping her glasses up on her forehead. She took a look around and her eyes went wide. All sorts of toons were running around Toontown Central, smiling and laughing. She couldn't help but smile too and bounce slightly on her feet. This was the Toontown she remembered.

Finally realizing she was on the gazeebo, she hurried down the ramp towards the Town Hall. She passed the Head Quarters and almost ran into the large telescope in her excitement, but got to the Town Hall door in one piece. The dog stopped at the door, trying to calm down. She wasn't a kid anymore, she needed to act like it.

Taking a deep breath to try and breath regularly, she pushed the door open and went inside.

"Oh! Hello!" the blue dog greeted from the desk. Roxy perked up as she recognized him. "You're a new toon right?"

"I…um sorta." She stammered slightly. Her excitement was getting the best of her and she started squirming again. "I moved away when Toontown was closed."

Flippy's ears perked up. "Oh! Alright. Well unfortunately that means your laff is back down to basic. It can only stay at one level as long as you're in Toontown. And because you're older now, you've forgotten how to be a toon, in a sense!"

Roxy frowned, feeling slightly offended. She could still throw pies! How ridiculous.

"I-I know I know, it's not fair. But here, I'm sure you'll get back into the swing of things in no time!" the blue dog smiled and slapped a hole on the floor. "Go down here and go see Tom, he'll help you out!"

Roxy nodded and thanked him before jumping down, once again stumbling as her feet met hard flooring. Her mother hadn't allowed her or her brother to use the holes when they moved, and now she was paying for it.

"Whoa there! You alright?" the tan dog asked as he leaned up over his desk.

"I-I'm fine!" the other toon replied and rubbed her head before looking at Tom. "Uh, Flippy sent me here."

"Oh! Alright here I'm going to tell you how to fight cogs!" Tom replied and walked out from behind his desk, holding a cupcake and a squirt flower out to her. Roxy hesitated before taking them, again feeling annoyed. She wasn't a new toon, but she had to go through this.

"Alright, for throw gags just take aim and lob them at your target! For squirt gags, point at the cog and press whatever button it has!" Tom explained, not seeing the cross look on the other dog's face. "Got i-…Oh! Oh oh there's a cog outside my door!" he tenses up and jumped back, hitting his desk.

Roxy jumped too and almost dropped the gags before quickly looking towards the window.

"Get it! I-It can be part of your test! Beat it and you're good to go!" he stammered and Roxy looked back at him.

"Oh heck yeah." She grinned and darted for the door, opening it so fast she almost nailed the flunky with it. The dog jumped down the steps and stood in front of the robot on the street, practically beaming. This was what she had been looking forward to since finding out Toontown had be reopened.

The flunky looked annoyed and he eyed the cupcake in the toons hand.

"You're going to look good on my resume." He said and looked back at Roxy, pulling a tie out of his pocket and getting ready to throw it at her.

"And you're going to look good on mine!" the comeback replayed in her head, and it sounded pretty lame. It made her groan a bit before she squinted out of habit, stuck her tongue out, and then chucked the cupcake right at the cog's face.

"Bullseye!" she heard Tom cheer from the door and she grinned as she looked over at him, forgetting to duck as the flunky exploded and getting nailed in the head with a gear.

"Ow!" the toon yelped and rubbed her head, frowning. That's right. She was supposed to cover her head and neck and duck. That would have been embarrassing if another toon saw that.

"Great! Looks like you know what to do, now get out there and keep Toontown safe!" Tom walked down the steps and slapped a hole down between them for Roxy to jump into.

She looked at the other toon and nodded, giving a thank you before going down it.