Sorry it took so long but school is killing me! XC
Anyhow, I'm finally done and can give you the next chapter! ;D
Oh and by the way, is it just me or is there VERRY much Flippy/Flaky fanfics right now? Maybe it always have but I haven't really thought about it...oh well! ^^
Lifty's sitting on his bed at home, looking at the cold, dark walls around him. He looks at the floor, it looks older and darker than usual. At the floor stands his old combat boots, the ones he uses during the colder time of the year, standing there and decides to put them on before he exit the room. The floor doesn't look too inviting and he really don't want to touch it.
The hallway seems to have no end. It even looks a little twisted and bent at some points. The lights are flicking to the beating of a heart. But wait a minute, there's no lamps here so where does the lights come from?
He wants to go back to his room but when he turns around there's no door there, only a blank wall, red as blood.
He turns back, facing the hallway and the ending only seems more distant now. The walls are dirty and damp, covered with cockroaches crawling all over the place. The cracking sound from their movements makes Lifty's skin creep. A lump starts to grow in his stomach when he glances at the hallway's ending. The old wooden floor creaks when he steps on it.
He walks for a long time but it feels like he isn't getting anywhere.
Small, whispering voices starts to appear out of nowhere. He can't tell if it's a child singing or a woman screaming. The difference is normally big and he would be able to tell right away, obviously, but it's something strange about the voices that makes it some kind of mix between the two of them.
He tries to cover his ears with his hands, to keep the noises out of his head, but it seems impossibly. He can still hear the scream-singing. Desperate he moves on, almost running. The voices becomes louder and he has to close his eyes to keep the voices from causing him migraine. Suddenly he trips and falls to the ground. Everything is silent now. He puts his hands to the floor to help himself up. He looks around at a room he don't recognize. The only thing in there is a table with a white body bag on it. He knows what will happen next, this nightmare is not new to him. Still he walks up to the body bag and opens it. The corpse inside it is pale and emotionless.
He cries when he looks at the hollow eyes staring back at him.
"...M-mom..." He sobs.
Lifty is shaking from the sight of the dead female and he have to sit down on the floor in order not to fall or throw up.
"Help me Lifty..." Says a hoarse echoing voice from the corpse.
"Mom..."
"Don't let him kill me, Lifty! Don't let him kill me!"
Lifty whimpers and covers his face with his hands.
"I...I can't!" He closes his eyes as hard as he possibly can. There's the loud bang from a gun and a woman screaming.
Then he finally wakes up with a taste of sweets in his mouth and a candy cane stuck to his fur. He blinks confused as he looks around the room. His confused expression turns into a smile when he notices the squirrel sleeping next to him on the bed. He takes a good look at the sleeping male and lets out a small sigh of relief. Lifty glances over at the alarm clock on the bedside table, it says 07:34 am. Two hours until school starts. He looks at Nutty again.
'Just look at that...so innocent and sweet!' Lifty thinks for himself and strokes a hand over Nutty's arm. The squirrel slowly opens his eyes and looks at Lifty. He then smiles and closes them again.
"Good mornin'..." Nutty mumbles and takes Lifty's hand.
"Good morning, love." Lifty kisses him on the nose.
Nutty opens his eyes and gives Lifty a worried look.
"Are ya feelin' alright? Ya've been twistin' n' turnin' all night."
Lifty is quiet for a long while before he takes a deep breath.
"I'm all right. Don't you worry."
"But...I think ya-"
"Eh! Do you want waffles for breakfast?" Lifty interrupts the squirrel. Nutty's eyes becomes big. He looks like a child in a candy store...or maybe Nutty in a candy store.
"Waffles! I love 'em!" Nutty giggles and jumps out of the bed and sits down at the floor.
The squirrel puts his rainbow-striped socks and white sneakers on. Lifty, still lying in bed, raises an eyebrow.
"Why would you need shoes today?"
"It's mah waffle-eatin'-tennyshoes!"
The town's breakfast restaurant.
They enter the doors to the place called "The breakfast club". Lifty thinks it's a horrible and cheesy name. They're taking their seats close to the exit. Nutty is playing with a napkin he found on the table.
"Nutty don't play with that. You don't know where it's been." He takes it from the squirrel.
"But Pear, It's been right here." Nutty points at the table.
Lifty sighs but doesn't manage to say anything since someone's standing next to them. The both males looks at the red porcupine.
"M-m-may I t-take your or-or-orders...please?"
"I didn't know ya worked here Flaky." Nutty tilts his head to the side.
"Please, just...just t-tell me what you want..." She looks terrified as she looks at Lifty.
Lifty rolls his eyes and looks out the window.
"Waffles!" Nutty giggles.
Flaky tries to smile at Lifty but it's not very convincing. He know what she's thinking. She thinks he's going to rob her or beat her up. It makes him feel depressed to be reminded of what he really is, an outcast and socially incompetent kleptomaniac.
"I don't want anything, thank you." Lifty mumbles. He never eat breakfast. He think it's too early and it makes him feel sick.
Flaky nods nervously and walks off.
Lifty looks around at the people. Handy is sitting by himself, reading the newspaper. He has already finished his meal. By the next table sits Cuddles and Toothy. They're joking and laughing. He turns to Nutty and lets out a small sigh.
"Whatcha thinkin' 'bout?" Nutty asks, frowning.
"Nothing, really." Lifty avoids eye contact with the squirrel.
'Stop it your selfish fool and tell him about your nightmares and anxiety attacks!'
'Shut up!'
"I can see somethin' bothers ya. Why won't ya tell me?" Nutty leans closer and gives him a serious look.
Flaky interrupt them when she puts the waffles and the syrup at the table.
"H-here you g-go...h-have a n-nice d-day, guys..." She quickly turns around and walks away.
Nutty puts syrup all over the waffles.
Well, I wanted that "Nightmare"-thingy so Lifty could feel a little bad for a while, nothing too fancy but -eh- I'm listening to Nightmare on elm street soundtracks right now so what do you expect. :P
R&R please! :3