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Chapter 7- Butterflies.
Flaky
When Flaky woke up that morning she was grumpy so very very grumpy.
She woke up with someone pounding on her door, screaming at the top of their lungs as they did, Flaky couldn't believe this….so early in the morning and people were shouting all kinds of hell at her. Bed wrangled and exhausted Flaky forced her dry eyes open, looking at the small amount of sunlight that dared to slip into her room, she didn't know about any girl that woke up in a good mood…she wouldn't like the person that did either, slowly she slipped out of the bed, the pounding at her front door continued louder and louder demanding an answer from her. It took her a good few minutes to make her way to the door but when she did finally get there she wasn't any more awake then she had been in bed.
"Flaky! Flaky! Flaky! Answer the door! FLAKY!" Someone was screaming and she groaned softly recognising the voice as Splendid, he hadn't returned the night before but he had shown up to so rudely wake her up.
"Splendid, she might not be awake yet." Another voice scolded and Flaky was glad that Handy had decided to tag along, maybe he could control Splendid.
"Aye, the lass had a big night last night…we all did and you come bashing down our doors, yar." Russel too, not a bad way to wake up but if Splendid screamed anymore she was going to get angry…not that Flaky's anger was ever effective…or noticeable. Before Splendid could bust her door in she opened it to stare out at the three odd males, orange, blue and green haired boys looked back at her in something like horror, for a moment she couldn't understand what was so scary…then her girl sense kicked in. Bed…..Hair….! Flaky's hair was always a mess it was true but this was different, to have a full night of tossing and turning in a bed made it look as though she had been hit by a lightning bolt, wildly she began to rake her fingers through her hair, trying to calm it and pull it back down into place bellow her shoulders instead of up towards the sky. Splendid and the other tree didn't react for a moment, Handy and Russel seemed to be struggling to keep their laughter down and Splendid…she couldn't tell what he was thinking he was just starring at her. Flaky wasn't entirely sure it was tamed and her fluid worry driven fingers slowed in their desperate attempt to calm her hair she instead seemed to be far more calm, still running her fingers through her rough tangled red hair, just making sure she was able to talk to other people without scaring them off.
Recovering from that early morning scare she looked at each other with a slight frown wondering why they had come to pound on her door. Handy gave her a sorry look but then suddenly averted his eyes, he wouldn't look at her and that startled Flaky until she remembered the night before, he had died like the others and he had died for her…he probably thought she had died to or hated her for not helping him more…she felt that guilt in her chest again.
"Everyone is heading back out to the work area, we still have a holiday to set up. Aye no rest for us, we got the Sunday off but now it is back to good honest work!" Russel exclaimed raising his hook with a nod, it had become a habit of his to raise his hook when he spoke, almost reminding people or just how pirate like he really was. Splendid snapped out of whatever trance he had been in and nodded.
"I'll be helping this time, I got to make sure no one drops things on themselves." Flaky wasn't fooled, what he was really thinking was that he had to stay there in case Flippy…flipped. That wasn't a bad choice but if that was the case then why wasn't he here the night before when Flipqy used her friends to paint her house. Flaky felt angry with Splendid again but the next words out of his mouth completely knocked that anger away.
"It is going to be fun, I am glad to be helping with construction….I really want to help." Splendid got that puppy dog look at he so often got when helping, he really meant well and so she couldn't remain angry at him.
"Come on Flaky, you're the last one we are picking up everyone else is already there." Splendid said holding his hand out to her, for a moment Flaky paused, she had a date that day….well…Flippy had said he would met her at the construction site…well that was that.
"Changed." Flaky said vaguely. "I need to get changed…I can't go out like this." Splendid groaned childishly but nodded, dropping his arm back to his side and she couldn't help but notice the tired look in his eyes, like he had a really long night. Splendid almost seemed to be sulking…or perhaps lost in deep thought, the idea surprised her but she was quick to shrug it off. Running back upstairs she threw on whatever clothes she had, she knew she had a date but she was scared of making them wait too long, she didn't want to be left behind. She didn't even attempt to brush her hair it was a long since lost cause and finally she walked back down to the three males, speaking quietly among each other until they saw her.
"Now can we go?" Splendid asked almost whining and she just indulged him with a soft nod of her head, he had waited long enough so she had no problems with leaving as he asked. However…on the walk towards the construction site things got a little tense.
"About last night." Handy came up beside Flaky though neither met the others gaze as they walked, just behind Splendid and Russel.
"Did you…..was I able to…?" Handy asked awkwardly and Flaky had to pause before she really did understand, he was asking her if he was able to actually save her from Flipqy and she wasn't sure if she should answer truthfully or not…if she said she got away she would have to explain what happened and that was an unwelcome topic. On the other hand…Handy looked so concerned and she couldn't bear to make him feel bad.
"I got away." Flaky confirmed, watching as the relief flooded her friends face, that feeling of relief was one she shared and then the air around them became cold again as Handy turned his gave on Splendid.
"And just where were you?" Handy demanded of their local super hero, Splendid tensed his entire form freezing mid step it almost looked comical.
"I-I wa-was b-b-busy!" Splendid shouted and without another word he took off with that speed of his, leaving a train of kicked up dust behind him as he left them there all confused and surprised.
"What….did…he just..?" Handy frowned shaking his head, Splendid had run away like a kid and Flaky found herself in the odd position of wanting to laugh and knowing it would be rude. The three of them could only wonder what that was all about the rest of the walk was rather uneventful in the fact that none of them said a word, the silence was weighing them all down but none of them took the lead to break it even Russel was oddly quiet. Flaky found the silence was useful, she had a chance to think about everything that she had been too tired to consider the night before.
'So Flippy turned back to normal after….that happened.' Flaky though going through a little list in her head. Then I gave him a bath…a bath…. Flaky could feel a blush rising in her cheeks at the thought and it got worse. Then he woke up….and pretended he was Flipqy again to get the truth out of me…then he kissed me in the shower….kiss…shower….Her cheeks were no ablaze as the reality of what was going through her head began to sink in.
A-And now….now I got a date with him…uh….but how do I…what am I meant to….oh no…no,no,no,no,no! What have I done!
"Yar ….Flaky?" Russel and Handy turned to look at the red faced girl, it was hard to tell the difference between her face and her hair she had turned such a deep shade of crimson. She didn't seem to hear them and Handy looked at Russel with a mirrored face…both very confused.
"Uh….Flakes?" Handy tried almost reaching out to pat her head…if only he had hands, remembering he had none a frustrated expression came over his face. Russel realising what the problem was took over the roll and moved to pat Flaky on the head but at the slight she screamed. A high pitched girly scream, the two males jumped back in shock as she suddenly curled up on a night ball, arms wrapped around her knees as she crouched there in a ball.
"W-What is this…" Handy asked in surprise, when girls screamed what were you meant to do? He couldn't understand, she was still emitting a high pitched wail and was shaking her head sharply sending little white flakes everywhere on the ground bellow her, she kept muttering 'kiss' over and over again they were bewildered by this behaviour. She had been fine a moment ago now she seemed to have gone mental.
They felt a rush of air past them and they knew that Splendid had returned again, no doubt drawn in by the sound of the wailing and they could only watch as the blue haired super hero knelt in front of her.
"Oi…Flaky, why are you screaming, what hurts..? Come on tell me." Splendid was trying to pry Flaky's arms away from her knees but the girl kept a stubborn grip still shaking her head angrily.
The three males were helpless, they couldn't understand what was going on, was this a normal thing for girls to do? They had never seen Petunia or Giggles do it before, was Flaky sick? Had she stepped on something that hurt? What was it!?
Flaky knew they were all starring at her and it proved to be too much for the red headed girl and without giving them a chance to attempt and help her again she took off running towards the constructions site, eyes shut as she ran she just desperately tried to escape her embarrassment, it was horrific.
The blood hadn't left her cheeks yet and so she kept running as fast as she could go leaving the three confused males behind her….something was telling them that perhaps it was better to just avoid asking her about it….all feared a girls scorn. Well Flaky had never had any scorn before but they didn't want to risk it. Slowly they followed after her tossing back ideas about what happened and Splendid unfailing brought up Flipqy, convinced he had given her some type of day mare, it wasn't likely but it could have been close, none of them guessed what was really on the girls mind and that was for the best. Finally Flaky ran out of steam and began to slow to a stop, the construction site was just up ahead and she was able to walk the rest of the way she expected to see the others already busy with work but that wasn't the case. They were all crowding around one area muttering softly to themselves and Flaky found herself unreasonably intimidated by the gathering and watched from afar, they were all gathering around something and it might have been as plain and simple as new construction plans but Flaky was still too timid to go over and see so she instead clung to a tree watching the others in silence.
"What's going on?" Handy asked when the other three finally caught up, Handy wasn't worried like Flaky was he instead looked perhaps a little excited.
"They might have found new plans for the tree, it is already huge but there is no harm in making it better." Handy walked out ahead of her and Russel followed suit, those two didn't often separate, they were good friends and Flaky wondered if they might just been Flippy's best friends to. Thinking of Flippy made her shake her head and she was suddenly brave enough to go over and see what the fuss was…anything to stop from becoming embarrassed with the thought of Flippy again. Splendid was right behind her, almost bouncing with excitement, large groups must have been nothing but a good sign for him and he was so easily excited. Slowly but surely Flaky pushed through the crowd wanting to see just what was so interesting, standing in the middle of the make shift circle of people was….Flippy? Flaky almost turned and ran the other way when she saw him but something else caught her eye, the centre of attention wasn't Flippy but….a little girl?
Flaky was at a loss for words for a moment, who was this girl? The girl smiled brightly up at Flippy much like herself this strange girl was about as small as Flaky perhaps even a few centimetres shorter, she had long blonde hair falling down her back to her bum, it was curly and messy a little like Flaky's own hair but it was smoother and lacked the obvious white flakes. Her only visible eye was closed as she smiled up at Flippy who bowed his head to her in a polite manner…..Flaky glanced at Splendid who looked as though he had seen a ghost, frozen in place as he watched the interaction between the girl and Flippy. Flaky felt something ugly and new squirm from her chest…something sickly and crippling…was this something like jealousy? Just who was this little girl?
…..(Moving back in time to when Flippy was waking up!)
When Flippy got up that morning he was happy, so very very happy
He woke up with the birds singing and the light greeting him softly, he wondered if anyone else in the world could wake up so happily…he doubted it. Flippy still had to move quickly though, he was nervous and butterflies were assaulting his stomach as he walked to the shower cleaning and washing his hair as quickly as possible. He wanted to be there nice and early his plan was straight forward, get some work done to make up for his last few days apologise to those that needed apologising to and then to take Flaky on a date….a date. He could hardly contain himself and his excitement.
There was something so normal and right about the idea of taking the girl he liked on an actual date, it was so normal that Flippy had almost forgotten about the need to apologise to everyone he had hurt the night before. The guilt followed him like a never lifting storm cloud though, just like Flipqy….they had only recently come to the conclusion that Evil should have his own title…he guessed it helped the others see him as another person when he flipped out. He tried not to let the thought get him down most days but soon his mind turned back to his date and even that couldn't bring him down again.
"What do I need…okay let's see…" Flippy walked around the house madly getting ready, he had spare clothes that hadn't a trace of blood on them, it was lucky otherwise he would have to get his clothes from last night back, he felt uncomfortable when he wasn't in his normal attire. Flaky seemed concerned when he always wore the army clothes but it had become something like a lucky charm for him…it wasn't really working but he still clung to it.
"Clothes…yes, yes, obviously, money….uh…hmm let's see..I should get her flowers or maybe chocolates!?" Flippy murmured to himself as he stood in front of the mirror, making sure he was presentable for the day ahead.
"You sound like a fucking pansy." And there went his good mood.
"Oh will I get her the flowers? Or maybe the chocolates oh what ever shall I do?" Evil's voice mocked him as his normal reflection became a mirror image of the sharp toothed monster grinning back at him.
"No wait! I got it, how about a knife through her heart?" Flippy had been in such a good mood and the only thing that could have ruined that mood…had ruined it.
"You're not going to touch Flaky! I finally got a date with her, an honest to god date and you will no ruin it!" Flippy shouted at his evil counterpart, pleased when he got a shocked expression, that pleasure wore off when Evil began to laugh.
"Good job with that Flips. After all you did such a lovely job of that last time didn't you?" Evil was getting to him again, trying to make him angry to give him even more control.
"Go away." Flippy hissed before swiftly turning away from the mirror, he didn't have time to fight with Flipqy right then, he was going to have a perfect day and he would not let Evil ruin it for him.
Flippy made a mental list of everyone he had to see that day, all the people he wronged the night before…it was the first time he had been awake the entire time…it had been Evil who wanted him to see what was happening and just how his evil counterpart had pulled off this feat he was still ignorant to. Before now the only things he saw of his own killings were snippets in dreams of flash backs…but Evil had taken it a step further and he had witnessed it all. That brought on another frightening idea…what if he had done this sort of thing to Flaky before? He shook the thought off, all he should be thinking about that day was his date with her. While he was fixing up his shirt he frowned, there was another person he couldn't actually say sorry to, that girl he had seen the night before, he hadn't killed her or hurt her but he had given her a fright and she must have thought he was some creep watching her from the bushes, the thought made his face heat up in embarrassment and even though he was alone he moved to drip his hat…only to grab at thin air.
There was one thing he didn't have a spare of and he groaned softly, his hat…he loved his hat but it was back at Flaky's maybe he could drop by after the date and grab it. Without his hat he felt a little naked but he couldn't dwell on that he instead set off out of the house towards the construction site and the slight sensation of butterflies in his stomach had become almost unbearable, he was excited and giddy and nervous and ever so happy. The construction site was already abuzz with activity when he arrived, he saw a few people were missing but his eyes quickly found Giggles and Cuddles…he felt guilty just walking up to them, he noticed just how they flinched when they saw him and how Cuddles put himself in front of Giggles. He waited for them to realise it was him by his face and sure enough they relaxed…only a little, he went though the normal apology and he got the normal 'It's not your fault' and 'don't apologise.' They meant well by it but he could feel the hollow feeling in his chest returning. Sighing he turned to seek out his other friends, he only saw Sniffles though, both Handy and Russel were missing but he knew they would show up eventually it wasn't like them to skip out on construction. So he went through the motions with Sniffles as well, he was saying the same things as everyone else and there was nothing he could do but nod and return to daily work.
"Hurts don't it?" Evil was talking again which only caused Flippy more distress.
"To have no one accept your sorry for our behaviour." Flipqy was having a field day with the nicer side of the two and his pain but Flippy ignored him and instead walked over to Lumpy, asking what he could do that day, Lumpy as usual was jolly and a bit dim, immediately pointing to the last of the boxes to be unpacked and without a word Flippy went to work, he would work until Flaky arrived then he would be able to take her on a date, he didn't have chocolates or flowers to give and that concerned him. Flippy hadn't really been any good on dates and he wanted to have this first one with Flaky work out…he knew he should give her something but he couldn't pick just what. For a while he just worked alone, everyone was either occupied or avoiding him, he was use to it after a flip out people kept their distance for a while. Flippy sorted through the bright shiny objects for a while, they were either glass or something mimicking it so he was careful not to break anything he found something that did interest him though, reaching down into the bottom of one of the boxes he withdrew a tiny glass shape, it was red and for a while he couldn't figure out what it was, sitting back on the ground he held it up to the sun trying to figure out its shape. He was so drawn into this little glass thing that he didn't notice how people were beginning to whisper to each other about something strange, he was too busy trying to figure it out.
"A porcupine." Flippy blinked in shock as he tilted his head back to see a figure standing behind him, he was to shocked to speak for a moment when he realised just who the figure was.
"Your….Your that girl from before…uh…what?." Flippy said in shock, the source of all the whispering had been the girl that stood over him looking down with a smile.
"That little figure you are holding….it's a porcupine." The girl said to clarify her words, she knelt down next to him to gently touch the glass figure, outlining the little spikes and showing him just how he was holding it wrong, now that he looked at it he could see she was right, a pretty little red porcupine with sharp spikes that he had to be careful or.
"It's really cute." The girl continued as she got back up, oblivious to the people staring at her, she was wearing the same thing that he had seen her in the night before, a plain white dress that looked more like a night gown than anything else, her hair was still messy and he could appreciate how long it was…only because it was about the same length as Flaky's and the butterflies returned to his stomach when he thought of Flaky. He remembered that he had given her that fight the night before so he quickly scrambled to his feet, easily a head taller than her when standing and he bowed to her, unlike her he was completely aware of the people staring at them, they had even formed a circle…it was rare to see new people in town.
"I am sorry if I startled you last night, I wasn't stalking you I just heard your singing and I…I just wanted to see who it was…" He tried to explain himself to her but she just smiled more brightly.
"Thank you, for saying sorry, you're forgiven. It's nice to meet you, I should have been more polite last night, I didn't even get your name." Flippy was overwhelmed with relief, the girl wasn't angry and more to the point….her words…he felt truly happy, she had accepted his apology instead of blowing it off. Ever the gentleman he straightened up again to give his name to her.
"My name is Flippy." He said as politely as he could.
"Just Flippy?" She asked almost absentmindedly she seemed a little odd to him, he could only see one of her eyes, the other was hidden under her hair and even that was closed as she smiled so warmly up at him.
"Yes miss….what is your name?" Flippy asked just as Lumpy stepped in, enough people have become interested by this girl so it would seem.
"Actually…we were all wondering who you are." The girl suddenly seemed to notice the attention she was getting and promptly turned her head away angling her face towards the ground and Flippy just caught the blush on her cheeks.
"W-Well I….I um…" The girl was at a loss for words, she was having trouble answering them and Flippy wondered if she even had an answer for them.
"I…don't really…I don't actually have a name. I'm sorry, I would tell you if I had one but I don't…I can't tell you who I am…I don't know. I…I have this!" The girl thrust forward some money, her face was red now and she looked on the verge of tears.
Flippy was uncertain, new comers weren't unwelcome but usually they would leave after the first death and so as a sort of rule they deterred people that were trying to move in but the girl said she didn't even have a name…perhaps it would be cruel to send her away.
"I-I wanted…I wanted to buy a place to live here, I'll help out however I can so please…is this enough even for a little while, I have nowhere else to go after this." The girl looked grief stricken, as if she had wronged them all greatly, Flippy didn't like the sad expression her face so he rest his hands on her shoulders and offered her a kind smile.
"Don't worry miss. I am sure that you can make a residence here." Flippy glanced over to Lumpy who nodded, still acting as their kind big brother, their role model, he allowed this and so no one else was going to protest.
"Can I help out here?" She asked pointing behind her towards the metal skeleton of the Christmas tree and with a glance around at the others Flippy got a few nods and smiles, another pair of helping hands was always welcome. She finally seemed to relax and that bright smile returned again
"I thought you might not want anyone new here since…." something must have caught her eye because she looked suddenly horrified.
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The little one (Echo.)
She had been about to say something along the lines of 'since all the death' but she couldn't force the words from her mouth, Flippy was still watching her, they all were but her eyes were on the small group that just arrived…those two there…no hands and a pirate get up…they had been killed the night before!
Now that she looked around she could see the pink haired girl and bunny jumper wearing blonde boy too, both very much alive and watching her, in front of the two males that she was sure were dead was the same red headed girl that Echo had watched the night before with Flippy…..then….next to her….the strange super hero male that had been ratting through Echo's things.
The little one was so startled, so afraid, how were these people alive? Echo had smashed the blue haired super hero's face against a wall, she had damn near crushed his skull, Echo had watched the life leave him and here he was without even a scratch on him….impossible.
The little one even felt Echo shift about uncomfortably in the depths of her being, they both knew this should be impossible and it was freaking them out.
"Remember what the general said, this place is strange and important…maybe this had something to do with it." Echo intervened in the little one's small freak out trying to bring reason into their head, slowly the little one nodded, letting it slide. Slowly she forced a smile back onto her face, none of them seemed to notice the change, the only one that was looking at her oddly was the super hero…did he remember something? Surely he hadn't seen Echo's face…no this could ruin everything…the general would lock them up again in the darkness…the little one couldn't handle that again, she had to make this work.
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Flaky
She could only stare, the girl was the centre of attention and she wondered why the butterflies in her stomach suddenly seemed to have grown fangs, that feeling lasted until Flippy turned to her, he looked surprised to see her but then he smiled at her and the butterflies became light again, gently filling her chest and making her giddy. Flippy walked away from the girl who was staring at something past Flaky when he reached her he dipped down at the waist again, bowing to her in greeting and when he raised his head again he smiled.
"Good morning Flaky." He murmured gently to her and she was about to offer a smile and greeting in return but rough arms wrapped around her pulling her away from Flippy and blocking her view of him.
"Oi! Don't look at Flaky like that!" She immediately realised that it was Splendid crushing her in his hold, she could feel blood rushing to her head as she struggled to breath, Flippy was shouting something and Splendid was shouting back, her head felt like it was about to explode…he was squeezing…to tight….to tight it was going to crush her and she began to flail, not wanting to die so early in the morning.
"Idiot you are going to kill her let go!" Flippy was shouting and those must have been the magic words became moments later she was released, coughing and panting for air. Splendid was turning away from Flippy in anger, no doubt annoyed that Flippy was right for once, a warm hand extended to her and she looked up to see Flippy's concerned face sending the butterflies into a fit. Slowly a shaking hand took his and he helped her to her feet, looking relieved that she was able to stand in the end.
"Alright, enough messing around everyone, we still have construction and Christmas isn't waiting for us to get read." Handy said and slowly everyone departed, the scene had caused a fair amount of excitement for one morning. Flippy watched the others go before cupping her hand in his larger ones, she only just saw the jealous expression on Splendid face.
"We can go once everyone is working smoothly." Flippy seemed giddy himself and without another word he departed and Flaky swore she saw a jump in his step.
"H-Hello." Flaky blinked twice in pure surprise turning her head to face the girl, she was about her height almost exactly her height now that she saw her close up.
"C-Could you show me what to do to help?" Flaky no longer felt anything bad in her chest when she looked at the girl and she instead felt excited as if she could make a new friend, it wasn't often she could make a new friend.
"Of course." Flaky put on her bravest face, talking to new people was frightening but the girl seemed just as timid.
"Can you help me with putting the angels and glass figures together?" Flaky watched as the girls face lit up and she nodded happily. Holding her hand out to the other girl who held onto the out stretched hand with both of hers, almost like a child following an elder sibling, leading her past all of the others Flaky felt a lot happier about their situation.
"What's your name?" The girl asked her and Flaky just turned to face her with a smile.
"I am Flaky…I heard you didn't have a name…but…I am sure you will fit in eventually." Flaky wasn't use to comforting people but the girl did seem relieved by her words and so Flaky continued to lead her, she had two things to work on and look forward to now…a date and a new friend.
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Me: Forgive me for not updating sooner, I owe you guys…now here is the BAD news I am going away for a few days that means I can't update for a while. *Dodges knives again.* But I will be putting the date in next chapter, trying to add more Splendid, introducing Splendon't, adding a Lemon and forming up the story line a bit more so calm down!
Little One: "Is my name just going to be girl, she and little?" *Teary eyes.*
Echo: "Stop whining."
Flippy: "I want my date now!"
Flaky: "Y-Yeah me too! U-Update faster!"
Flipqy: "…."
Splendid: "….."
Me: "Nothing to say you two?"
Splendid and Flipqy: "PUT MORE OF ME IN!"
Splendon't: *Peeks in.* "Ready when you are Alice..hehe"
Me: "One big happy family! Alright girls do that thing."
Me, Echo, Flaky, Little one: "Please leave reviews and enjoy!"
