A sort of continuance of the episode Return of the imaginary Friend, one of my particular favorites. I may or may not write a whole story around this. I haven't decided yet.

Broken Promises

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Emma sighed, tightening her hold on her racket before she threw the tennis ball violently against the wall. She hit it back, harder and faster, only stopping when she finally missed a few minutes later. "Why did everything go wrong?" She whispered to herself, holding back the tears that threatened to gush out. "They promised they'd be my friends! I don't want him to come back…" She choked, falling to her knees as she gazed fearfully at the old wooden toy box a few feet from her. She didn't dare touch it, too afraid.

It had been one full year since Martin and Java had saved her from Teddy; a year since they had saved her from loneliness; a year since they had promised to always be her friend; and a year since she had seen or heard from them.

It wasn't like she hadn't tried contacting them. They'd given her a number to call them whenever she wanted to talk. But whenever she called, no one answered. And she'd been too afraid to leave a message. She didn't want to think about that fact that they might not remember her, that they might not care. Not after she'd been abandoned by Debbie again.

A snort escaped her as she frowned bitterly. "Debbie lied. She never meant to be my friend. She just didn't want Teddy to come back and get her." Emma growled out, clenching her fists. After Teddy had gotten sent away, nobody would be her friend. She was an outcast. Debbie and her friends had made sure of that.

At first, most people had been afraid of her, like Debbie and her soccer friends. But once they got over their fear they began to tease her and ridicule her. The other students at her high school followed their example, and, only four months after she had thought everything would be better, it got just as bad.

"No," Emma mumbled, dropping her racket. "It's worse. I didn't know about Teddy last time…" She cast another look at her toy box. She had to constantly watch what she said, so she didn't bring Teddy back. Sure, he had been her friend, but he'd gone too far when he kidnapped people.

"But it would be nice to have someone…" She paused, shaking her head rapidly. "No! I don't need him!" Emma stood, quickly leaving the attic. "I don't need him, I don't!" But if something didn't change soon, she knew she would. And she didn't have Martin and Java to help her this time.

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