Not-so-Imaginary Friends

When Timmy woke up the next morning, he was quite happy. Leaving Dimmsdale wasn't that bad… Diamond City seemed really nice so far! It looked much like Dimmsdale at first, just smaller and less populated. It had only one way out and it didn't have any major malls or something like that to bring tourists to town.

-"Timmy, time to wake up" his father said from the other room. "Breakfast won't come to you, so you'll have to come to breakfast!"

His father always had such fun ways to express himself. Timmy figured that if he wouldn't get up now, his father would probably bust the door. He got up and went to eat breakfast.

-"Morning, dad!" he said to his father.

-"Yes, it really is morning, son!" he replied. "What're you going to do today?"

-"Well, Tootie said she'd introduce me to some of her friends. I guess I'll be with them! What about you?"

-"Well, I think I'll start looking for a possible Dinkleberg-substitute!"

Just then, the doorbell rang. Timmy went to open, knowing that it would probably be Tootie.

-"Hi Timmy, ready to go!" she said.

-"Sure!" Timmy replied. "Bye dad, good luck with finding the new Dinklebergs!"

-"Find who?" Tootie asked as they began walking.

-"The Dinklebergs were our neighbours in Dimmsdale and dad held a grudge against them for some reason. His life would feel empty without any neighbours to hate for no reason!"

-"Well… that doesn't make much sense."

-"It's my dad! Where are we going anyway?"

-"Well, two friends of mine just got home after a summer vacation. I figured we could go there to welcome them back!"

-"Ok, that sounds cool!"

-"But before we do, do you have any candy or soda or something with you at the moment?" Tootie asked with a serious voice.

-"No, but I think we have some at home if you want some!" Timmy replied.

-"I'm fine, but listen now. One of those we're gonna meet has a little sugar problem. Whatever you do, don't give any candy, soda or anything with sugar to him!"

-"Why? What's the problem? Is he diabetic or something?"

-"He won't be himself with sugar, and you won't like it. Believe me, I've seen it once and it's not pretty. I've heard that once when he got sugar he totally trashed a huge party!"

-"Well… it doesn't take much to trash a party, does it?"

-"It does if you're eight, and he was! So don't try tempting him with any sweets of any kind!"

-"Got it. How much did he eat at that party anyway?"

-"Just one drop of punch, for him that was enough to totally change his personality!"

They kept talking until they stood outside a door labelled M. Kazoo & G. GaGa.

-"We're here!" Tootie said as she rang the doorbell.

-"Kazoo? GaGa? What kind of weird names are those?" Timmy replied.

-"Don't ask me, ask them!" Tootie said.

As the door opened, there stood a boy with brown hair wearing a red hood jacket and brown pants.

-"Hi Tootie!" he said. "Who's your friend?"

-"Hi Mac!" Tootie replied. "This is Timmy Turner, the guy from Dimmsdale I told you about. Timmy, this is Mac."

-"Nice to meet you, Timmy!" Mac said as he shook his hand.

-"You too!" Timmy replied. "Who's 'G. GaGa' by the way?"

-"That's my roommate. Goo, Tootie's here!

-"Coming!" said a female voice from another room.

Moments after that, a really tall girl with a crazy due walked up to the door. She was wearing a colorful sweater and a couple of black boots.

-"Hi Tootie, what's up?" She said quite fast. "How was your summer? Mine and Mac's summer was quite eventful. We got job at Foster's as Frankie's 'minions', well not minions per ce, but I like that word so I say we were somewhat minions. Then we attended at a funeral and Frankie became the boss of Foster's and…"

-"Hold it, funeral?" Tootie interrupted. "Who died?"

-"Madame Foster died this summer" Mac said with a sad voice. "Everyone at the home attended to her funeral…"

-"Oh gosh…" Tootie said. "You ok?"

-"Yeah. I'll get over it."

-"Excuse me, but what's Foster's and who's Madame Foster?" Timmy said. "I just moved here, so could you explain it to me?"

-"Oh, of course." Tootie said. "Foster's is a foster home for…"

-"Uh, Tootie!" Mac interrupted. "Can I talk to you, for a second? Goo, you stay here and talk to Timmy, would ya?"

-"What was that all about?" Timmy asked Goo as Mac and Tootie went inside.

-"Well, if I were to tell you that then Mac wouldn't have to interrupt Tootie, who interrupted me at first, so I guess that someone should interrupt Mac later. I guess you should, and then I'll interrupt you and so on!"

On the inside, Mac and Tootie whispered to each other.

-"What's this all about, Mac?" Tootie asked.

-"Look, I don't want you to tell Timmy about Foster's true nature yet." he said.

-"What? Why not?"

-"Because I'm 16 years old and work at a home for imaginary friends… does seem a little weird, doesn't it?"

-"Well, Timmy's a nice guy! He wouldn't mock you for that or anything!"

-"He does seem like a nice guy, but please Tootie. Let me tell him after I've gotten to know him better."

-"Ok, Mac. I won't tell him that Foster's is a home for imaginary friends, but I really think you should! Aren't you worried that Goo will tell him then?"

-"No, I've talked Goo out of speaking about Foster's with people!"

-"Ok… anyway, we better get going now." Tootie said. "I'm gonna introduce Timmy to Boris."

-"Why Boris of everyone in Diamond City?" Mac replied. "Don't you think we should warm him up with Wendy or Ashley first?"

-"Well, Boris is a kind guy, even if he is a little… odd!"

-"All right, he's your friend!"

They went out to Timmy and Goo.

-"Well, Timmy." Tootie said. "Let's get going, shall we? We're heading to Boris next!"

-"Wow, you're gonna go meet Boris?" Goo said. "Can we come, Tootie? Can we go with them, Mac? Will you let us come, Timmy? Can anybody please answer my questions? It feels like I'm talking all to myself, and I sure don't like it!"

-"Uh… sure, Goo." Timmy said. "You can come if you want to!"

-"Yay!" Goo said happily. "You hear that Mac? They'll bring us to Boris! We can go to Boris with them, that's great isn't it?"

-"Goo, Boris lives in the same apartment as us." Mac tells her. "You can just go visit him anytime you want to!"

They start walking, unaware of the fact that they're being watched by a man in a cloak. He picks up a cell phone and starts to speak.

-"Boss, this is Indigo!" he says. "Confirming, the target has arrived at Diamond City. Awaiting further orders."

To be continued…