Joy opened her eyes to a low noise- a soft, sad sound that she had always disliked through her lifetime. She sat up in her chair and glanced at her surroundings, and then looked at her screen. Her eyes met a lonely, dark screen.

"Ah!" Joy lept up in surprise. I shouldn't of been sleeping...! Not on dream duty...

Her thoughts wouldn't settle. The dream production wasn't playing. Joy shook her head in utter confusion and headed to the room in were the other emotions usually slept. The room was dark, and there was the sound again - sad and low and...

The light of her presence dimmed in fear as she heard a low cackling sound. She stood still and then glanced around to see if the notice had erupted from any other area.

It couldn't be.

Why am I acting so weird? Joy wondered. Why do I have such a bad feeling about this?

Again, she peered around the area. Still nothing.

Finally, she gathered all of her courage and stepped the room. She looked into the darkness, looking for her friends.

" Sadness..? Disgust? Fe-"

Her last words were muffled as a large hand was clamped over her mouth. A pink glow was illuminated throughout the room, and now Joy could see her friends. And they were in trouble.

Anger was somehow frozen in a huge block of ice and was unable to melt himself free. Disgust's hands were tied in dirty black rope, and her eyes were huge in terror, all pinpointing at the large dead mouse in her lap, which seemed to twitch ever so slightly. If she could scream, she would. However, her mouth was gagged and was refrained from making any noise. Fear was also tied up and gagged, the most freaked out of all. In fact, he looked like he was having a seizure, for his eyes were bugged out and he was writhering on the floor in abject terror.

But Sadness. Joy's heart twisted unhappily as she saw her hung by her foot, the rope keeping her from touching the ground. Only she wasn't gagged, but she only placed her hands in front of her face and sobbed.

Joy's hands crept towards the hands of her captor and tugged on them lightly. She was amedietly swung around to meet the face of the other person.

It was a woman. Her eyes were red and her hair was pink. She wore a devilish smirk and made Joy think of terrible, bad things... But good as well... She had never felt these feelings before, and she struggled to push them away. Without her knowing, she blushed.

"Who...who are-" she glowed in bewilderment.

" I'm Puberty. I'm not an emotion like you, but I prefer this form so that everything is clear." She sniggered.

Sadness peaked through her fingers and her crying ceased slightly. Tears still dribbled out of her eyes and her gaze was fixed apon Joy forlornly.

Joy focused back on the other woman. "Make exactly what clear?" She muttered nervously through her teeth.

"Oh, that's easy." Puberty let Joy go and walked around the room in such a manner that was most similar to Disgust's casual walk. "That am I am in charge here."

"Look." Joy stated at her retreating back. " I don't know why you have taken all my friends captive and all that, but I'm the one in charge! Why are you even here?!"

For a reason no one knew, Sadness started to cry once more. Joy turned around to stare at her and stepped forward. " Sadness, it's all right...! I'll get you out of here." She tugged at the rope. Once. Then twice.

Puberty grinned in amusement.

The knot's rope slowly began to unfurl. Joy put her arms around Sadness's waist and tugged, and she easily came free. Sadness sobbed harder and buried her head in Joy's neck. "You have been overthrown!" she cried. "We will be controlled by her and it is all my fault!" She cried louder, making Joy wince.

"It's not your fault." Joy sighed. "Don't be sad."

" Oh but she's right," Puberty sniggered. "This is indeed all her fault. " she walked toward them, sneering.

Sadness hugged Joy tighter and started shaking with misery.

"She's the reason I'm here, simply because she wandered into things she shouldn't have." The pink haired girl stared at Anger's ice cube, which was starting to melt.

"But what things?" Joy glared at her. " She didn't do anything wrong!"

"That's what you think." Puberty smirked again. " Just don't press random buttons whenever you feel like it, 'kay?"

Joy looked at her, then back at the blue haired girl, who clung onto her like a scared child.

Oh, Sadness...

happy new year! It's 2016 and I feel old! I've been on Earth since 2002 and I feel special! ( crazy face.) Anyways, I've watched Inside out and it replaced my obsession with how to train your dragon. But I'll finnish the other story about that, don't you worry. And sorry about the kinda Sadness x Joy thing. I can't really help it... ( face palm) anyways, wishing you all a happy year!

~Firekitty 3