I added more to Sid, which ties in to the next chapter with Betty "Bo" Peep.
Enjoy!
Woody: From now on, you must take good care of your toys.
My name is Sid
I am not a good person. Growing up on Earth, I had a mentally absent mom, a deadbeat dad and a sister stuck in a fairytale. For myself, my escape was destroying the toys I came across. I was so angry for so long.
Until I encountered that Cowboy doll…
"Reach for the sky~"
That creepy slowed down version of the phrase as his head spun on its own. All of them coming to life…
I was traumatized after that.
Until I remembered Andy in school having that same doll. I avoided him in middle school. Especially when I saw he even had that Space Ranger I had strapped to the rocket. They both were alive. And watching me.
It took a while, but after being paired up with him in class, I actually started to like the kid with the creepy toys. Firmly believing pretty quickly that he DIDDN'T know they came alive.
Said toys gave me a very firm talking to on the topic…
It was as we neared college (well Andy anyway, I went to trade school) I felt that something was happening soon I couldn't place.
All I DO know was one minute I was calling to wish him luck. And the next day I woke up in another world entirely!
Woody: Because if you don't we'll find out, Sid.
And! I was a kid again.
W…T..F?!
Once again, I was living next door to Andy, and a… baby… Molly.
Once again, Andy was playing with those two toys like a horrible version of Deja-vu!
But!
Taking deep breaths. Following the advice of my therapist, I soon calmed down and thought things through. I have the mind of an adult in a kid's body. In some strange sci-fi alternate reality, but still.
This time, things will be different.
(If I vented to the not-sentient versions of the creepy toys that first visit when Andy left the room, that was no-one business but mine)
This time, I'll better myself.
This time, I had a better time befriending Andy (knowing him in the other life helped big time)
This time I'll take my studies seriously. And earn that potential he saw in me last time.
I'll do better this time.
Woody: We toys can see everything.
So, imagine my surprise at seeing Buzz Lightyear on the news along with Zurg.
Deep breaths.
Buzz is definitely NOT a tow anymore!
In
That suit looks like serious business and his adventures on the screen send home how very real this place is.
Out.
After Buzz, I started to actually look around. Yeah… My bank is run by the Potatohead toys.
I can't not see various toys as aliens or people anymore!
-Andy started acting weird. Jumpy and skittish, as if not recognizing anyone. His face as I saw him leave his house next door-
In.
Did he wake up here too?
Out.
Ok, ok. What to do, what to do.
I took a drive/fly in my ship in any direction to clear my head.
Oh OF COURSE I pick the ONE planet that has Sheriff Woodrow-
Sheriff.
Right. Buzz was a real Space Ranger, so of course that stupid doll is a real Sheriff here!
Is that Andy? Why is he here?
Crap! That's Buzz! I gotta hide!
Scrambling, I see a girl in a yellow dress clutching a box like a lifeline.
Wait a second…
Woody: SO. PLAY. NICE!