Chapter 7 is here! Sorry for the little delay on this one. I've been pretty busy on my trip to Utah and California.

Just so you all know, I do have a cover for this story. Unfortunately, the Image Manager is not working with me, meaning it's not uploading any images. If anyone knows how to fix it, please let me know.

Okay, enough rambling. On with the story! And remember to review.


Chapter 7: Fear Runs Away

The sun had started to set as the group approached where the forest began. The trees that formed the edge of the forest towered over the six heroes.

"The sun is already setting," Fear stated. "The forest will be too dark by the time we go inside there."

"Come on, now!" Anger growled. "It won't be that dark! We should push through this quest! We're going in there now!"

"But I'm too tired to keep going," Sadness yawned. "How about we make camp here by the forest tonight?"

Link yawned as well. "Good idea, Sadness," he agreed.

"Fine," Anger grumbled begrudgingly. "But we enter the forest at first light, y'all hear me?!"

As Link and the emotions set up camp, Fear still felt hurt inside. When he suggested they stop for the night, he was disregarded; when someone else suggested his idea, everyone went with it. This felt like further proof that nobody ever cared for him. Clearly he had no purpose among the group; his personal quest was over for good. He decided that tonight would be the night that everything would change.

That night, as the team slept soundly, Fear climbed out of his sleeping bag and quietly packed up his stuff. Then he started to walk away from the campsite. He stopped momentarily to look back at the sleeping group, hesitant about his decision. Then he turned away and left, convincing himself to not look back.


Link felt weird that next morning. Something seemed to be missing. And yet he didn't seem to care about it, what ever it could be. The emotions, however, were in panic.

"Where's Fear?!" Sadness cried out.

"I don't know!" Joy said. "He and all his stuff are gone!"

Link looked at the other emotions. "What's going on? Is someone missing?"

Anger, who was actually grinning about the situation, spoke to Link. "Oh, nobody's missing, Link," he lied with a grin. "We're all here."

"Anger!" Disgust shouted. "Don't tell him that! You know very well that Fear is missing!"

"Don't spoil my fun!" Anger whispered at disgust through clenched teeth. "This is my chance!"

"What are you talking about?" Disgust questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Just think," Anger whispered. "With Fear out of the way, nothing can stand in the way of our quest ever again!"

Joy and Sadness managed to hear what Anger said. "Anger! Are you out of your mind?!" Sadness cried. "We have to stay together in this quest, remember? We need Fear to be with us!"

"Why do you care about that beanpole?" Anger growled. "He's done nothing for us!"

"Anger's right," Link said. "It's not like we need him or anything."

"See?" Anger said. "Even Link agrees with me! Now how about we forget about Fear and head for the forest like we planned?"

The other emotions sighed and reluctantly agreed. They all headed into the forest known as the Sea of Trees. Joy, Sadness, and Disgust secretly hoped they would find Fear on their journey.


Unfortunately, Fear wasn't actually in the forest: he was heading the opposite direction. Every few steps he took, he would look back, then convince himself that he wasn't wanted among the group. Nobody wanted him. He imagined how much better off they would be without him.

Little did he know that he would soon find his own troubles later on.


Sorry if this chapter felt really short.