*skims through reviews* Oh. My. God. People already like the beginning of my story? Well butter my butt and call me Biscuit!

Blade: *pulls out a tub of butter*

… Not literally, man.

Blade: *puts away butter*

Silly Blade. Oh, and sorry for the late update. I was sick for a while. I had some terrible migraines after my teacher made me stay until 7:30 for a band project. I was really stressed. More stressed than when I saw how many OCs I had for "Insanity."

But I really do like the OCs I got, even TROLL's. I kinda laughed at that one, and even thought about putting him in the story. But then I decided not to. Tell what you think. Well… hope you like the story!

"Who would've thought that this would be so boring?" Blade asked himself, leaning against a tree. It had been a few months after Shifty was framed, and Blade was almost done devising a plan to get the cursed idol, but there were too many flaws to actually put it into action.

Blade had spent these months in the forest, randomly using some of his abilities to entertain himself, talking over the phone with his boss, and spying on the Tree Friends that were living in the small town. He had seen some interesting residents, and some were just down right strange.

Blade had been living off of animals that he randomly found. Most of the time, they were just small animals. He would just bite their heads off and eat the rest of the body. He couldn't stand cooked meat. It was just disgusting to him. Sometimes, he would come across a large animal like a bear or a deer, so he just killed those too and ate their flesh.

Blade's ear twitched when he heard the faintest sound of talking. It seemed to be right next to the forest. The tiger moved closer to see if he could get an ear in the conversation.

"Come on, Flaky! It's trees," a male voice said. "I-I don't know, Cuddles. Th-there might be a b-bear in there," a female voice said, although Blade found it hard to determine the gender. "Yeah? Well I can do it, all by myself!" another voice said, but he sounded like a small child.

I heard the rustle of branches and bushes, and a small cat came bursting through. He was a small dark grey tabby kitten with black tabby markings, and his tail looked overly fluffy. He seemed to be about six years old. He seemed to stop once he saw the legs of someone else and looked up, only to see Blade towering over him.

"Well hi there!" Blade said, grinning from ear to ear and showing off his razor sharp teeth. The kitten's eyes widened and he backed away. "Wow Mister, you're tall!" the small cat said in astonishment. Blade chuckled in amusement. "So, what's your name little guy?" he asked.

"My name is Rainier!" the kitten answered cheerfully. "What's yours?" The tiger thought for a moment before saying, "My name is Blade."

"Rainier, who are you talking to?" the male voice said from beyond the trees. Then emerged a yellow rabbit with pink cheeks and pink bunny slippers along with a red porcupine with a bad case of dandruff. They both froze once they saw Blade.

"Oh hi guys! This is my new friend, Mister Blade!" Rainier said cheerfully. "Mister Blade, these two are Cuddles and Flaky!" Cuddles and Flaky continued to stare at the stranger. "Well, it's nice to meet you two," Blade said, holding out his paw. Cuddles hesitantly shook his hand. "You're really tall," Flaky burst out. Blade chuckled again and walked past the three animals.

"So, what are you doing in the forest?" Rainier asked, following Blade as they exited the forest and into Happy Tree Town. "Ah, you know, just looking around at the beautiful sights of nature, hoping to meet new people." Rainier couldn't stop staring at Blade's tail. "Hey, Mister Blade, what's with your tail?" he asked.

"What?" Blade asked and looked down at his tail. It was limp and was being dragged across the ground. "Oh, that? I don't really like lifting it up every single second of the day, but I can still move it," Blade said, and lifted his tail a bit as a demonstration, and then let it go limp once again. "But won't you get it dirty?" Cuddles asked, following Blade into town along with Flaky. "Nah, it hardly gets a scratch," the tiger reassured.

"Hey Flaky, Cuddles, Rainier. Who's that?" A female said, running over to the three, followed by a male. The female was a cat with white fur and dark red hands, feet, ears, and tail. She wore white button up short sleeved shirt, red skirt, white knee socks, black slip on school girl shoes, and a nurse's hat with a red cross depicted on it. She had a black corded necklace with a small bottle that held a green liquid in it, red Cross earrings with two glass syringes stuck in each ear that had blue liquid in them, and she had bright red and white striped fingerless gloves with black ribbons on them. Her eyes had red irises and she had long, silver hair.

The male behind her was a black fennec fox wearing a blue jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, and red converse. He had short, spiky, black hair and wore a black corded necklace with a small bottle filled with what looked like some sort of herb. He had an umbrella in one hand and had white X tattoos on both his palms.

"This is Mister Blade! We found him in the woods!" Rainier answered. "Vell, you sure are a tall one," the fox said, a Transylvanian accent in his voice. "You can call me Vlad, and this young lady beside me is named Rachel." Blade nodded and shook hands with Vlad. "The tallest one we know here is the town's idiot, Lumpy," Rachel said. "Well, I assure you, Miss Rachel, I surly am not an idiot," Blade said charmingly.

"Whoa, who's the tall guy?" a cat asked, walking up to the group. She was followed by what looked like her twin sister. They were both black cats with white spots around there left eyes. One cat was creepy with no pupils. "Feather, Mute, this vould be Blade." Vlad answered the cats. "Blade, this is Feather and Mute. Mute is the one vith no pupils."

Blade nodded as a greeting. "Well, nice to meet you. We would really like to stay and chat, but we have to go. See you later, tall guy," Feather said and walked away, along with her twin sister. "Yeah, we should go, too," Cuddles said and left with Flaky. "Vell… see ya!" Vlad said as he left with Rachel. Now it was just Rainier and Blade.

Am I really that tall? He asked himself. While Blade was thinking to himself, he didn't see the small figure slowly creeping up behind him. Rainier saw it, though. "Mister Blade, look out!" he shouted.

But Blade didn't even need it. He spun around just as the figure pounced and caught him by the neck in midair. "Whoa!" rainier shouted as Blade's grip tightened on the male. The male actually turned out to be a white rabbit with a gray belly and tipped ears. His eyes were very droopy with purplish-blue rings around the pupils and his fingers were replaced with metal claws. And last, he wore a black top hat with a blue rim.

"Ow," he muttered, body hanging limply from Blade's clenched paw. "Mister Ataxia! Why did you attack Mister Blade?" Rainier asked. Ataxia was trying to answer, but Blade's fist was curled so tightly around his neck that he actually restricted air, disabling the rabbit's speech.

Although the tiger had a great urge to smash the rabbit's face in like a watermelon and eat his insides, that wouldn't make really the best impression, so he reluctantly dropped him. Ataxia hit the floor and let out another "ow" and got up. "I just wanted to see what he tasted like! It's been ages since I've seen what a tiger tasted like," Ataxia said. "Well what about the other tigers that live here?" Rainier asked.

"Ugh, I can never get to them," Ataxia said while dusting off his top hat. "Scar always ends up shooting me in the face and Stripes always kicks my butt because she thinks I'm going to steal her hat!"

"Wow, you have some great reflexes," a male animal said, coming towards the group followed by someone else. Blade was shocked to find out that they weren't animals at all, but instead it was a pumpkin and a scarecrow. No lie. The pumpkin was the head of a body made of green roots with a large, creepy face carved in. The scarecrow wore old looking blue overalls and his skin had random patches of colors in some places. Pieces of straw could be seen sticking out and his mouth was sewn shut.

"What in hell?" Blade said at they came closer. "Oh, this is Jack and Crow," Ataxia introduced. "They're not really good to eat, seeing as how Jack is a pumpkin on roots and Crow is made of straw." Blade nodded, but couldn't stop staring. It didn't last long, because he's seen stranger.

"The name's Blade," he said and he and the pumpkin shook hands, or in Jack's case, a root. Crow just stood there… doing nothing. "Heh, I've never seen something like you before," Blade said, moving his tail out of the way before Ataxia could bite it. "Well, have you met anyone who can say they've shaken hands with a pumpkin before?" Jack joked.

"Can't say I have?" Blade said, looking down at him. Soon, an orange fox with a black scarf, coal newsboy hat, and what looked like a katana strapped to his back. As he got closer, Blade saw that his paws and the tips of his ears and tail were white. He was running towards Jack and stopped once he got next to him.

"Hey Jack, I thought you were going to help me plant- whoa!" The fox interrupted himself when he saw the large figure towering over him. Everyone was silent, and Ataxia just left when he saw Flaky walking by. "Hi, Mister Samiee! This is Mister Blade!" Rainier shouted, not fazed by the awkward silence.

The fox looked up at Blade, not sure what to say. "Well, um, nice to meet you, Blade," he said. "My name is Samiee." They were about to shake hands, but were interrupted by a, "Holy crap, what the heck is that thing?"

Everyone turned to look at a black sort of cat with a neon green belly and one demon like green eye. His black tail was paintbrush-like at the end and looked like it was dipped in a tum of light green paint. His other eye was covered with a white hospital patch. Instead of fingers were metal claws, reminding Blade of Ataxia. Around his neck was a turtle necklace and a pair of goggles.

He walked over to Samiee, not taking his eyes off of Blade once. "Samiee, who is this?" the male asked. "Uh, U, this is Blade. I just met him," Samiee introduced. Blade smiled at "U" and held out his paw. U looked at the tiger suspiciously and didn't take his paw. Blade lowered his paw, and they stared at each other intensely.

While they were occupied staring at each other, Samiee, Jack, and Crow quietly walked away while Rainier followed them saying that he could plant flowers "all by himself." Now it was just Blade and U.

"So, where'd you come from out of the blue?" U asked, tail swaying slightly. "The forest. Just sightseeing," Blade responded, his grin not wiping of his face for even a second. "And alone?" U growled. Blade smirked and nodded slightly. "I'm sort of a loner, seeing as how tall I am and my appearance."

"Well you were sort of a social butterfly out there," U said while circling Blade. "Well, I guess you don't come across many guys like me," he said. "You know, you remind me a lot of a chick that came here a while ago," U said, face showing that he was thinking. "Her name was Angel. Red cat, and a real cheerful personality. Turned out she was evil and she tried to steal something valuable to this town. She was sent to jail, but she somehow escaped."

"What are you saying?" Blade asked, smile wiped off his face and eyes narrowed at smaller cat. "Oh, I'm not accusing you or anything!" U said with an innocent look. "I'm just saying that it a huge coincidence that just a few months ago a seemingly nice red cat comes along, turns out to be evil, and escapes prison. Then a few months later, you suddenly show up out of nowhere trying to make friends all of the sudden."

Blade slowly bent down until he was eyelevel with U. "You know, that mouth of yours can get you into more trouble than you intend," he said in a threatening voice. "I tend to get in trouble," U growled back. They stared at each other for a bit, until Blade felt a large grin tug at the corners of his mouth, which he didn't restrain from hiding.

"I like you, kid," Blade said, standing up. He patted the cat's fur on his head before heading in the other direction. And just before he completely walked away, Blade stopped and without looking back, he said, "Some people like Angel wonder what people like you are doing in places like this instead of actually getting a taste of the real world."

U didn't respond as he walked away. He just stood there and stared at the disappearing tiger, lost in thought.

While Blade was walking, he came across three female cats. The first two seemed to be sisters. The first one was a white cat which wore a red tank top, a red miniskirt, an eye patch, and she had a red Mohawk. The second was also a white cat, but wore a black dress with white lace at the hem, a hood with a cross on it, and a discreet eye patch that looks like her eye. With both white cats, the whites of their eyes were black with purple rings for pupils. The first cat had stitches on the right side of her face while the second had stitches on the left side of her face.

The third wasn't as creepy… or as scary looking. In fact, Blade knew her from somewhere, but tried to hide it in his smile. She was an orange tiger with black stripes patterned on her body and a light brown ranger hat. She was the first to notice me.

"Tall guy incoming!" she shouted, pulling the attention of the other two females to Blade. "Oh dear god," the first female white cat whispered. "Why hi there!" Blade said with a crazy grin. "Who're you?" the orange tiger asked rudely.

"My name is Blade. I just came here. And you are?" The three females were hesitant to answer. "My name is Hangry and this is Angry," the white cat in the miniskirt introduced, pointing to her look alike. "Stripes," the tiger grunted. "You gonna live here or somethin'?"

"Me? Nah, I'm just sightseeing," Blade responded, mouth curved into a wide grin. "You're tall!" Angry blurted out. "Yeah. I know. I'm tall," Blade said with a now blank expression. Soon enough, the tall tiger left once he had nothing to talk about.

He then came across a strange pair. Blade was walking through the park when he was what seemed like a bear sitting on a giant ice block. They were also with two bunnies, one male and the other female.

The bear had light blue fur and no pupils, and he wore some heavy winter clothing. He wore a brown Eskimo jacket, matching winter boots, a blue snow cap, a red scarf, and red mittens. The thing he was sitting on turned out to be a green marmot with brown hair covering his eyes. He wore a lion cloth and he carried a large club. What was strange was that he was incased in ice.

The male was a bunny with baby yellow fur. Has black, messy, emo-like hair that reached down to his shoulders. He wore a black t-shirt, blue jeans and white converse. He also had a long black scarf around his neck that reached down to his knees. Under his right eye was a small lightning bolt scar.

The female rabbit also had baby yellow fur. She wore a white t-shirt, grey jeans and black converse. She had this long black hair that was tied up into two ponytails that reached down to her knees, similar to the other bunny's scarf.

The three (not including the ice block) were chatting, the rabbits sitting on the park bench and the bear sitting on the marmot. The male rabbit was the first to notice Blade, and got the other's attention. All four stared at Blade, including the marmot.

The four stared at Blade while he stared back. "Is this because I'm tall?" he asked, sighing. The bear and two rabbits nodded. The tiger sighed and waved before saying, "Hi. The name's Blade."

"Limit," the male rabbit said and gestured to the rabbit beside him. "And this is my sister, Bunny." Blade nodded and looked at the bear. "Sub Zero," he said shyly in a quiet voice, looking down. "And who's your friend?" the tiger asked. "Oh him? This is Cro Marmot," Sub Zero responded, patting the ice block. Everyone was silent for a minute before Sub gave a disgusted look and said, "Cro, that's rude! Don't talk like that!" Blade looked at Limit. "He can talk to things in ice," Limit explained, and blade let out an "ah."

Blade stuck out a paw and Limit and Bunny shook. But when he reached for Sub, he backed away until he eventually fell of the ice. Once he hit the ground, the green grass became encased in ice. "Ow," he muttered through his scarf, but Blade was interested in the ice. "You can freeze things," he guessed, arms crossed. "Yeah," Sub said as he slowly got up. "But I can't control my powers."

Blade bent down until he was eye level with Sub. "You know, you have a gift. And you need to use that gift or else it'll go to waste," he said. Sub Zero was silent for a moment before saying, "You're scary." Blade chuckled and stood up before walking away. "Life's no fun without a good scare," he called back, leaving the four behind.

Before long, Blade came across a female fox, a female panther, and a male otter dressed as a pirate. The female fox had golden fur with a silver tipped paws and matching paws. She had a mark on her forehead that looked like a raccoon.

The panther right next to her had some strange colors. The front half of her body was white while the back half was a light gray, making it look like she was split in half. Her pupils were packman shaped, but they were light blue instead of black.

The otter was a turquoise color, missing a few limbs. His hand was missing and was replaced with a hook, both legs were missing and in there place were peg legs. He wore an eye patch he had sort of whiskers on his face. He wore a striped red and white shirt, black pants, and a large black pirate hat.

The otter and the fox noticed Blade almost instantly, but the panther stayed oblivious. Once the tiger got close enough, he said, "Why hi there!" The panther seemed to jump in surprise, but was able to instantly return back to her normal self. "Yar, who be ye?" the otter asked. "Ye be me," Blade rhymed, imitating the pirate's accent. "My name is Blade. Blade is me, I be he, he be me, but who are ye?"

The otter wasn't amused, but said, "The name be Russell." Blade smiled and looked at the fox and panther. "My name is Chelsie, and this is… Mirrors." She gave an unrecognizable look at the panther named Mirrors, who stayed oblivious. "Your new here?" she asked. Blade shrugged. "Yeah, but I'm just visiting and meeting everyone in town."

"Yar, well I hope you make yerself comfortable," Russell said. "Thanks, I'll try to," Blade said as he began to walk away. The three didn't stop him.

Blade walked until he spotted three five more figures… and an airplane. In the group was a chipmunk, two identical wolves, a raccoon, and a fox. The chipmunk was light yellow and wore an aviator's hat, bomber jacket, and combat boots. She was the one working on the airplane, which was small and without a canopy, just a chair.

The two wolves had white fur and red eyes, no pupils or irises. One was female, seeing the long eyelashes, but the second was male.

The raccoon was purple with black raccoon markings. Part of his ear was torn off and he was covered with what looked like tire markings.

The fox had maroon fur with a mauve shirt that depicted a muffin. It looked like it was spotted with raisins. Maybe chocolate chips, but most likely raisins. On her right ear was cookie pin.

During this time, the chipmunk was working on her airplane while the male wolf was handing her tools when she called for them. The raccoon and the female wolf stared intensely at each other, the wolf not moving a muscle while the raccoon was shaking slightly. The fox stood by the raccoon, doing nothing but watching with a bored expression, thus her noticing me first.

"Why, hi there!" she shouted. The male wolf and the chipmunk looked up at the tiger and waved, while the female wolf and the raccoon just stared at each other. "Greetings," Blade said, shaking hands. "My name is Blade; I'm visiting here for a little bit for sightseeing." The fox nodded. "Cool. My name is Muffin."

"Amelia!" The chipmunk shouted from her plane. "My name is Link," the male wolf introduced. "And that's my sister, Blink. She would introduce herself, but she's mute." Blade nodded and looked at the raccoon, who was still staring at Blink. "Who's he?" I asked Muffin. "That's Wrak. He has the marks on him because every time he steps onto the road, he turns road kill." Blade nodded, interested.

"Let me guess. Staring contest?" he said. "Yep, but Wrak's about to lose. Blink holds the world record for never blinking once. And yet, no one's told Wrak," Muffin said, smiling. "How long has she been keeping her eyes open?" Muffin had to think about that for a minute. "Well, if today's Friday, then… forever."

"Impressive," Blade said. "And when are you going to tell him that she doesn't blink?" Muffin shrugged. "I was going to tell him last week, but seeing him like this is endless fun." Blade gave a chuckle. "What yer laughing about?" Wrak finally spoke. "Oh nothing," Blade smiled, winking at Muffin with an evil grin.

"Well, I've gotta dash," he said, walking the direction he was going last time. "Bye!" Amelia, Muffin, and Link all said in unison. "Yeah, yeah. Nice to meet ya. Just go and don't interrupt us," Wrak said, still staring at Blink, who waved at Blade before being told to keep looking at the raccoon.

As Blade kept walking, and spotted another five up ahead. It was a porcupine, a rabbit, two white wolves, and some sort of fox/raccoon hybrid.

As I got closer, Blade was able to see what they really looked like. The porcupine had brown fur, but some of her spikes were green. She also had sea blue irises and a ring on her finger. She resembled that Flaky girl; maybe a sibling of some sort.

The rabbit was blue and had long, messy, black hair with purple at the tips. She wore a strapless red top with shorts.

The first wolf had snow white fur, a black circle marking on his torso, and three black piercings at his right ear. The second wolf had two sharp fangs stick slightly out of his mouth. His eyes had light blue irises but had a hard look. A scar ran down the right eye. His back was snowy white, while the stomach and below his mouth was silvery tinged. He also had two tails, which was a bit freaky. He had a katana strapped to his back and wore a white camouflage coat and a black fedora with a small tear on the right edge.

The raccoon/fox hybrid had black fur with a violet circle marking on his torso. He had black fox ears with violet tips and a black/violet raccoon-like tail with zigzag rings.

Blade froze before he could reach them or before they could see them. He gulped when he saw the wolf (the simpler looking one.) If he heard his name, he would immediately recognize him and shout for help. So Blade decided to skip around that group. He started walking in another direction, slowly making a large semi-circle around them.

He already knew everyone's name's already. He had been spying on the Tree Friends long enough to know who was who, but just acted oblivious. The porcupine was named Flack, at least that's what Blade thought. The rabbit was named Sky. The two-tailed wolf was named Multi. The fox/raccoon hybrid was named Ares. And the one that would defiantly recognize Blade was named Cloud, which he was sure of that time. He kept at a fast pace, but slowed when they started fading in the distance.

Soon, he began to see more figures. There were three: a wolf and two cats.

The wolf was black furred with an emo hairstyle, and red eyes. He wore messenger style shorts, combat boots, an All That Remains band t-shirt, a black trench coat, and a tribal style bullet necklace.

The first cat was gold with a stain red shirt, blue jeans, and black and red sneakers. He had an expression on his face that couldn't be mistaken for anything but drunken amusement. He held a beer bottle in his paw and was taking light swigs.

The other cat had light gray fur with a long silver tail and silver paws. She wore a leather jacket with a rose on the back and black fingerless gloves.

"Drinky, you shouldn't drink too much or death will come," the wolf said. "Ha! Me? I'm totally fine! I've never died while dying!" the cat named "Drinky" said. "Don't you mean while drinking?" the light gray cat asked, arms crossed. "Yeah, that too," Drinky said. "I didn't say you would be the one facing death. Thorn can't you do something about this?" wolf asked the cat. "Ah, Ruin. Let the kid have his fun," Thorn told "Ruin."

Blade chuckled deeply before walking away. He was tired of "meeting" everyone. He already knew who they were just by spying on them! Once he was far enough, he leaned against a tree, letting out a sigh of relaxation, glad that he didn't have to talk to anyone anymore.

"Hey, who're you?" a tiger Blade had not seen today came up and asked, followed by a badger. The tiger was blue in a matching blue suit. Blade couldn't see a tail, but he assumed that it must've been hidden in the outfit somewhere. He left ear was shortened and he had a scar running down the right side of his face. He also had a large, light blue gun strapped to his back.

The badger had brown fur and was dressed in a green military outfit. The whites of his eyes were actually red while his pupils were white. He had a large rectangular object strapped to his back and he had long claws.

"The name is Blade. I'm visiting this town," he said, shaking paws with the tiger. "Well, my name is Scar and this is my brother, Ryan." Blade raised an eye, surprised that they were brothers. He just thought they were gay for each other, being always with each other all the time. He said nothing about it, though.

Ryan gave him an ugly look while Scar kept smiling at him. "So, have you heard about the town's curse, yet?" Ryan asked, smiling. "Curse?" Blade asked, knowing what he was talking about but pretending not to know. "Oh god, Ryan. Don't do this," Scar sighed.

Ryan ignored him and his smile widened. "Well, it's time to show this hotshot what this town's all about!" Before Blade could react, the badger swiftly pulled out a knife and plunged it into his stomach. Blade shouted out in pain while Ryan smiled in satisfaction. But soon, Blade's groans became hysterical laughter. It had also become night time, which made it even creepier.

Blade stood up straight and pulled the knife out of his stomach, smiling. Right in front of Ryan's eyes the tiger began to heal himself. The hole in his stomach seemed to close and meat began to stitch together. The blood that was dribbling down evaporated into mist, astonishing Ryan and Scar.

"How did you do that?" Scar asked, shocked. "Oh, just a little something I brought along with me," Blade said with a psychotic grin. He then swiftly grabbed Ryan, picked him up, and bit into his neck. He then ripped a large portion of his neck away in just one tug.

Blade dropped the deceased badger and just as Scar was about to reach for his rifle, the bigger tiger slashed at his throat with his claws, severing the jugular vein and killing him. After a bit of silence, Blade walked away while licking off the blood left on him.

"Idiots," he muttered and kept walking. He began looking for a certain animal. And soon enough, a small kitten came into view.

"Oh hi, Mister Blade!" Rainier called out, running up to the tiger. "Hello, Rainier," Blade greeted. "How do you like Happy Tree Town?" the kitten asked. "Oh, it's very interesting, especially the citizens," he responded. "In fact, you remind me of someone I used to know."

"Really?" Rainer asked. "I bet he wasn't as manly as me! Was he older th- ach!" Rainier was cut off when Blade's tail had quickly shot up and closed around his small throat. Blade growled as he tightened the tail's grip on the kitten.

Before long, Rainier lost consciousness. Blade smiled and let go. He soon used his own arms and picked him up, walking towards the forest.

"It's nothing you should be worrying about, right now," Blade whispered to Rainier while strolling through the night.

In the Morning

Muffin unlocked the door to her bakery, ready to feed some hungry customers. She set up all the tables and switched the sign to "Open." All her cooking supplies were set up and everything was ready.

"Let's do this," she said to herself and went to the counter.

She was just about to get baking, when her bakery phone began to ring.

Sorry if I forgot your OC. I'm tired. OVER 5200 WORDS. JESUS!

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