Seven year old Randy and Rebecca, Randy's closest female raccoon friend, were walking back to Rebecca's house from the park down the street from her house.
Today was the day that both Randy and Rebecca had been dreading, moving day. Rebecca's father had gotten a job offer for a job in San Diego, California that he just couldn't pass up.
Randy, although he tried his best not to show it, was heartbroken when he found out. He cared deeply for Rebecca, more so than anyone else he knew. She was always there for him, and he for her.
Randy and Rebecca walked up to the side walk of Rebecca's house as her father and the movers were piling the last of their belongings into the moving truck.
"Hey, sweetheart! Go make sure you have all of your things" Rebecca's dad called as he walked a box to the truck.
"Yes, daddy" Rebecca replied sadly before looking at Randy "You can come in if you want" she continued, Randy gave her a sad nod in reply.
The two young raccoons headed inside, passing the few stacked up boxes that were left in the living room. They walked down the hallway towards Rebecca's room. Her mom was in her parents soon to be former room getting a few last minute things ready to go. She didn't notice the two young kits walk past.
The two made it into Rebecca's room, it was now bare of everything except a couple of boxes.
They started looking around the room. Randy was fighting back the urge to cry already.
One of the movers came into the room and grabbed the last few boxes, leaving Randy and Rebecca standing alone in the empty room.
"It's so... empty" Rebecca said as she looked around. Randy nodded.
Randy didn't want this to be a reality. He wanted it all to just be a dream. But it wasn't.
The two raccoons sat down on the floor in the middle of the empty room, trying to make as much conversation as they could.
It didn't take too long before Rebecca's mom appeared in the doorway.
"Rebecca, we're ready to go" She said. Rebecca looked up at her mother sadly and nodded.
"Okay, mommy" She said.
The two young raccoons stood up and walked out of the room, stopping in the hallway to stare into it one last time. Flashbacks of all the memories they had in that room playing through their minds. They looked at each other sadly before continuing down the hallway and into the now empty living room where Rebecca's dad was waiting for them.
"Ready to go, sweetheart?" He asked. Rebecca nodded, again sadly. Her dad gave her a sympathetic smile before rubbing her shoulder.
The two raccoons stepped out of the house and looked into one last time, before Rebecca's dad closed the now locked door.
Randy and Rebecca stepped off the porch and walked out into the yard before being approached by Rebecca's mom.
"Take care, Randall" Rebecca's mom said as she leaned down and pulled Randy into a hug. Randy hugged her back.
"You too, Mrs. Heartly" Randy said.
After Rebecca's mom stepped back, her dad walked up to him.
"Goodbye, buddy. I'm sure we'll be seeing you again soon" Her dad said as he extended his paw. Randy shook his paw.
"I hope" Randy said, causing her dad to chuckle.
"Come on you two, we better get on the road before traffic gets bad" Her dad said, before walking towards the car. Rebecca's mom gave Randy one last smile, and ruffled the fur on the top of his head, before following to the car.
Randy and Rebecca stood there sadly, looking at each other.
"I'm going to miss you" Rebecca said as she threw her arms around Randy's neck.
"I'm going to miss you, too" Randy said as he hugged her back.
"Hold on!" Rebecca said as she broke the hug and ran to her family's car. She opened the back passenger side door and leaned in, she climbed back out less than ten seconds later with a plush raccoon now in her paws, before quickly running back to Randy "I want you to keep him" she said as she extended the grey and black raccoon plush out to Randy, he looked down at it before looking back up at her.
"But he's your favorite toy" Randy said, Rebecca nodded.
"I know. But I want you to take care of him for me" She said. Randy looked down at the plush raccoon, before looking back up at Rebecca.
"I will" He said. Rebecca smiled before hugging him again. The two young raccoons stood there locked in a hug that neither one of them wanted to break.
Once they finally broke the hug, Rebecca took Randy's paws.
"I'll call you. I promise" She said. Randy smiled and nodded.
"I know" He replied. Rebecca smiled before quickly hugging him again.
"Bye, Randy" Rebecca said when they broke the hug.
"Bye, Rebecca" Randy replied. Rebecca gave Randy a sad smile before walking back to the car and climbing in the back. Rebecca's parents gave Randy one last wave as they started the car for their trip.
Randy stood on the sidewalk, plush in hand, and tears rolling down his face as he watched Rebecca and her family pull away. Rebecca looked out the back window of the car waving as they drove down the street.
Randy stood there staring, until the car finally disappeared into the distance. He looked down at the plush in hands, as tears continued to pour out of his eyes.
(Dream End)
Randy shot up in bed, sweat running down his forehead. He hated the fact that he still had dreams about...her. It had been almost fifteen years since the day that he watched her and her family drive away.
He had done everything in his power to forget about it. But that didn't stop the occasional dream from showing up and planting it back into his memory.
He could never forget the last thing she told him before she left. "I'll call you. I promise" she said as she took Randy's paws. She never did.
Randy frowned as he looked over at the alarm clock that was placed on the hard wood floor next to the old mattress he slept on, it was almost noon.
He didn't currently have a job, mainly due to the fact that every time he got one, he wouldn't work there a week before his bad temper and his big mouth got him fired.
Randy ran his paw down his somber looking face. He had pretty much lacked any kind of emotion what so ever since the day Rebecca left.
He pushed his raggedy old blanket off of himself and climbed up off of his mattress. As he stood up, he cracked his back to try and get some feeling back in it.
His stomach growled as he slowly made his way over to the side of his very small apartment that was the kitchen. A small fridge, a couple cabinets, a very, very old looking stove, and a tiny sink is what his kitchen was.
He opened his fridge to get nothing but a very disgusting smell blown into his face. Randy quickly covered his nose before slamming the door back shut.
After catching his breath, he looked around in the cabinets, only to see they were just as bare as his fridge was. He sighed and shook his head.
Being without a job again had been hard on Randy. He was not only down to starving, but his rent was long overdue. He knew any day now that his landlord was going to show up and tell him he had to leave.
Randy was on his way into the bathroom so he could take he shower. He was honestly surprised he even still had water. Again, being without a job for so long, he hadn't been able to pay his bills.
He was on his way into the bathroom, when he heard a knock on his front door. He groaned in frustration before heading over to it. He pulled the door open and saw a very annoyed, short, and chubby chipmunk standing there. It was his landlord.
"If you can just-" Randy started before being cut off.
"Save it, Randy. You've been giving me excuses for the last three months. I've been nice about it because I know you've been struggling. But you can't live here rent free anymore. I'm either going to need your rent, or you're going to have to find somewhere else to live" The chipmunk said.
"I don't have any money" Randy said. The chipmunk shook his head.
"Well, then I'm sorry, but you're going to have to leave" He said.
"But I don't have anywhere else to go. You can't kick me out. Please don't kick me out" Randy pleaded. The chipmunk shook his head.
"I'm sorry. You have an hour to clear out your things" The chipmunk said before turning to walking away. Randy stood there watching him leave, not knowing what to think. He knew this was coming, but he just wasn't expecting it to come today.
Randy closed the door and decided to take a shower before he left. He was angry. He really was. But he didn't have anyone else to blame for this but himself.
After Randy got out of the shower, he threw what little belongings he had into his ratty old duffle bag and threw the apartment key on the counter before leaving what was now his former home.
He didn't know what he was going to do. He was homeless now. Something he hadn't been since he was a teenager. He walked down the street of his crummy, crime filled town, with no destination in mind.
As he walked, his stomach growled again. He was starving. But he had no money. Non at all.
After randomly wandering around for close to an hour, he stopped off in an alley way behind an Italian restaurant to see if they had thrown away any salvageable food he could eat so he didn't go hungry.
He walked over to the dumpster, and was getting ready to hope in, when a bright yellow paper caught on the dumpster's lid caught his eye. He pushed open the lid just enough to grab the paper to see what it was.
(Total Drama Fazbear!
Do you want to be a millionaire?! Sign up now for a chance to join twenty three other competitors in heated competition for the opportunity to walk away with a one million dollar grand prize!
Film a one minute audition video telling us why we should pick you for competition and submit it to TotalDramaFazbear*dot*com!
*Must be between the ages of 18 and 22 to participate* )
A small grin grew on Randy's face. This was it. This was his chance at finally getting a place that wasn't the size of a closest, his chance at finally being able to eat regular meals on a daily basis again, his chance to be able to buy some new clothes, because god knows he needed some.
His smile soon vanished when he realized he was lacking a couple very important things he needed to be able to even audition for this thing, a camera and a computer. And just like that, Randy's hope for any kind of change had been destroyed.
A scowl quickly grew on his face as he crumpled up the piece of paper, threw it off of the side, and let out a frustrated yell.
He dropped his duffle bag and fell back first into the brick wall behind him, sliding down it to the ground. A few frustrated tears fought their hardest to escape him.
This is what life for him was now? Having two shirts and one pair of pants? Being homeless and eating food out of a dumpster?
He closed his eyes, continuing to fight back tears, as he just sat there. Sat there wondering if things were ever going to get better for him. Wondering if something good was actually going to come out of the hell he's lived through his whole life.
His pill-head mom kicking him out when he was sixteen, losing his little sister in a car accident when he was nineteen. He had had one messed up life.
"Randy?" A voice said, breaking him from his tragic thoughts. Randy looked up and saw a very familiar weasel he used to work with. "Randy, it's me, Raymond. Remember me?" The weasel asked. Randy slowly nodded. "Are you alright?" He asked. Randy shook his head.
"Do you have any food?" He asked. Raymond shook his head.
"No, sorry. But we could go get lunch if you'd like. I was just on my to get something to eat anyways" He replied. Randy quickly climbed to his feet.
"Why are you out here?" Raymond asked.
"I-I got evicted from my apartment and was looking for food" Randy replied. Raymond frowned.
"You're homeless?" He asked. Randy let out a nervous chuckle.
"I am now" He replied. Raymond shook his head.
"Come on, you can stay with me" He said.
"A-are you sure?" Randy asked. Raymond nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sure" He replied.
Raymond and Randy had gone to a burger joint down the road that Raymond frequented. Randy scarfed down the burger and fries he ordered. He had been starving.
Raymond didn't say anything to him about it though, instead he gave Randy his fries. Randy quickly scarfed those down too.
After he finished eating, Randy remembered the advertisement for that competition thing he found in the alley. He mentioned it to Raymond, and Raymond told him he didn't mind him using his camera or his computer to enter it.
Once they got back to Raymond's apartment, he went and grabbed his camera and handed it to Randy.
"Computer is in my bedroom, do whatever you need to" Raymond said before patting Randy on the back. Randy nodded.
"Thank you" He said.
"No problem, buddy" Raymond said.
After, Randy walked into Raymond's bedroom and shut the door. Now he had to think about what he was going to say in this audition video.
He was trying to think about what usually got people accepted for these shows. He thought about maybe telling a sob story to get pity, but quickly turned that idea down.
He knew he needed to be anything but himself. That's when he got an idea. He set the camera up and smirked before hitting record and stepping back.
"Hey losers, I'm Randy, and I promise you right now that if you accept me on this show-which I know you will- I WILL win" Randy started "I'm not some kind of filler character that's going to be added to advance the story. No way. I'm the character that goes out of his way and stops at nothing to get what he wants" he finished.
Randy was pretty satisfied with the tape he had just filmed. Once he was finished, he went over to Raymond's computer and hooked the camera up to it before going to the website from the paper. Once he found it, he sent in his audition tape. Now all he had to do was sit back and wait to be accepted. His life was about to change. He could feel it.
And there's the chapter I know all six people who have read every chapter has been waiting for this one.
I originally wanted to save Randy for the end so I could not only start with a bang (Max) but end it with one too. But, after Total Drama Fazbear Cruise started back, I put this story on the back burner for awhile. Randy's chapter in particular is pretty important to his story arc in Fazbear Cruise, so I needed to get it done.
Brent, Cheek, and Roxy chapters are coming. I don't know when they'll be posted, but they're coming.
So if you've stuck around this long for the story, I really do appreciate it.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you in the next one!