Wow guys. This is amazing. This fic is almost my most popular! Just one more fave/two more followers!
Donatello: THAT'S WHAT'S UP!
Foxy: Like a turtle do.
Donatello: You're no turtle.
Foxy: (wears a shell)
Chapter 11: Life Changes
"Why didn't you just kill him?!" Anger questioned on the way to the train of thought.
Randomness looked over at the red emotion with a skeptical look.
"What?"
"I can't just kill him. That would make me no better than Insanity," Randomness told him.
He looked over at the cliff next to him.
"Speaking of Insanity…"
Randomness stopped and went over to the cliff and stared down into the abyss below. He took out the old faded memory and held it high.
"Well William," he said. "I guess this is goodbye. We had some good times, but I failed and Insanity took control. But now… I have a new human. I hope you get better in the future."
He dropped the memory, and it fell into the darkness.
Later
"We made it!" Joy told the other emotions. "It's only just leaving!"
The emotions all jumped on to an open car and found their own little spots.
Fear, who was sitting in the middle where he was 'least likely to get squashed' looked at Randomness and said, "Back there, Anger had a point: Why did you not kill the Master… or take his powers?"
Randomness juggled about five memories at once before replying, "Well, I don't think killing is a good idea after what William did. And as for his powers… don't really fancy the idea."
"Then why not go to a random human who's got a good life? Rich or something?"
The black emotion tapped his chin before replying, "I need a bit more Joy in my life."
"What kind of joy do you think he's talking about?" Fear whispered to Disgust. "Joy the word or our Joy?"
Disgust shrugged, disgusted at the confusion.
The train of thought made it back to Headquarters, and the emotions all immediately flopped down on the sofas.
At this time, Riley was also just lying down on her bed ready to sleep. Then the screen went blank and the power went out.
Randomness stretched from his self-made couch and announced, "I'll go on with dream duty. How about you guys take a rest?"
The other emotions grumbled agreement, too tired to argue, and went to rest.
Randomness made a little swivel chair and went to the console.
Dream Productions had made a weird dream where a rainbow-maned pegasus played hockey with a turtle wearing a purple bandanna. It was pretty strange, though, considering how they had no pucks but there were still scores on the scoreboard.
As the dream played, Randomness took out the autopilot device and placed it in his pocket. He then made a plate of brisket appear out of thin air.
It was nice and smoky. Emphasis on smoky.
He threw it away, knowing that it would only taste like the smoke he made everything from.
Right then, a normal plate of brisket landed on the console right in front of him. He looked to see where it came from.
Joy waved and pulled up a chair next to him.
"Shouldn't you be resting?" Randomness asked.
The yellow emotion shrugged and told him, "Didn't really feel like sleeping."
"Oh."
"Back in the train of thought… you said you needed a bit more Joy in your life. You meant me, right?"
Randomness stuffed his face with brisket and replied, "Yeah. I guess so. Really, I don't remember being so cheery like I am with you than when William was a good guy."
"Really?"
"I said that, didn't I?"
"I don't know. Did you?"
"Don't remember."
They said nothing.
"First one to finish the brisket wins," Joy said.
Days Later…
In a nutshell, things changed for the better. Depends who's perspective you're looking from.
For Riley alone, things seemed to be great. She was able to do things she was never able to sometimes. Only sometimes.
The emotions themselves had mixed feelings about Randomness joining them. Joy, of course, was joyful about him staying. Sadness was finding it quite excellent that he'd gone through a high amount of pain, so she liked him. Disgust found Randomness quite annoying, but she had managed to change his wardrobe so he wasn't in armor or costumes all of the time. Fear was always afraid that Randomness would change things for the worse, but found him quite nice and accepting of his precautions. Anger still hated him (like he thought for everybody), but he still recognized Randomness as the guy who saved him.
Randomness usually stayed away from the console, but appeared whenever Riley did some things that weren't dangerous so he couldn't kill her, or…
(AN: In case you weren't fully aware, (fart) is a censor that I use)
"WHAT?!" Anger shouted, reading a reply Riley got on DeviantArt. "'(fart) please, Serena is such a (fart) so that (fart)ing makes you a (fart)ing (fart) for (fart)ing thinking that the (fart)ing (fart) is worthy for Ash (fart)ing Ketchum! Oh, and you're stupid for being against Rule 34'!"
Randomness, who was dressed in his black shirt and red pants, stepped to the console and gently pushed the other emotions to the side, saying, "Step aside."
Smoke surrounded him, and he was dressed like Night Terror from Soulcaliber. His anger radiated from him.
In a dark, evil voice, he shouted as Riley typed, "HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME FOR THE MINOR THINGS I LIKE! WE ALL SHIP AS WE PLEASE, AND INSULTING ME FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE WAY YOU DID IS PATHETIC! HOW DARE YOU TAKE THIS SO SERIOUSLY, SOMETHING SO SMALL IN THE WAY OF LIFE LIKE AN ANT AMOUNTS TO A HUMAN! WHY MUST YOU HATE SO MUCH THAT YOU BECOME A LITTLE (fart) YOURSELF! FEEL SHAME! OH, BY THE WAY, RULE 34 RUINS CHILDHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS!"
Randomness looked at the message Riley had bashed into the message box.
"Or I could do this," he said, going back to normal clothes. "I don't know about you, but the only reason you're hating on us is because you're mad that Serena had something everybody else didn't. Oh, by the way, Rule 34 is for the perverted."
Riley sent the message, and the person never replied.
(AN: Don't recognize this argument? Then you have no idea how bad the shipping wars have gotten in other fandoms… it's insanity!)
In other words, things had improved even more than after the incident. Now, with a new emotion with them, Riley's life had improved further.
Things weren't over, though. There was still that mirror…
Well (clasps hands), we're done with this.
So I do plan on making a sequel. Before it comes out, though, I advise you read this fic called 'Seven Years' Bad Luck in One Day,' this really old fanfiction that was made in 2004 or something. The sequel will contain some elements from it, so go on and read it peeps! Oh, did I mention that it's arguably one of the most popular fanfictions?
Bravenwolf: That's a whole new level of ballin' there!
Me: Good reads, everybody! I'll post the first chapter of the sequel here when it's finished.
