The following morning Bravery , Anger and Disgust were preparing themselves for the hockey challenge that Riley was to face later that day after school.
"This is going to be a good one "! Anger said, a full beam spreading across his face.
"She better not get all sweaty " Disgust said, pulling a face at the mention of sweat.
"She will be just fine , I can feel it" Bravery said while smiling at Anger and Disgust who were more than happy to give a smile back.
Sitting on the sofa, Joy was trying her best to be positive even if she had a small gut feeling that this wasn't a good plan.
Sadness just stood at the very back of headquarters , not wanting to get involved in a plan that she knew would go horribly wrong.
The school day went by quicker than any other had gone since she moved to San Francisco. Along with the quick school day Sadness's suspicions about what would go wrong were increasing by the hour less they had until the hockey challenge.
Sadness had tried to speak to Joy many times to warn her that it would go wrong, but all Joy told her was to think positive even though Sadness knew that Joy didn't agree with the plan either.
However back at long term memory Fear was walking at the same speed as Sadness as he brushed his hand along all the memories on the memory shelves while pulling along a huge trailer full of purple memories that he managed to get out using the control pad he found the day before.
Fear gave the memory shelves one final look before trailing off to sit down miserably , only a few steps away from the memory dump. He let out a shaky sigh before taking a memory and dropping it in the memory dump to be forgotten.
Back at headquarters it was only half an hour away from the hockey challenge. Bravery Disgust and Anger were getting excited while Joy was giving them a pep talk on how well they will do despite her minor concerns.
However it was Sadness who wanted to make her opinion clear to the others.
"Erm guys I don't think this is going to end well , I mean what if something really bad happens" Sadness said, her voice wobbling a bit.
"Have you turned into Fear or something"? Disgust retorted.
"Sadness Riley doesn't need any negativity right now, try to be positive" Joy added before she went over to join the others.
As Riley was walking to the rink where the hockey challenge was taking place Sadness was secretly begging that Fear would quickly return and put it all right.
Meanwhile Fear was sat near the edge of the memory dump with the trailer full of purple memory balls, one by one he was dropping them into the memory dump, mumbling to himself.
A single tear made its way past Fears eye , he forced himself to hold back the rest and instead hiccuped a little during the time it took for the tears in his eyes to disappear.
Fear took a deep breath before continuing to chuck the memories into the dump.
In headquarters Bravery was yet again in charge of the console with Anger, Joy and Disgust beside him while Sadness stood behind them without contributing.
When arriving to the rink Riley and her emotions walked into a scary surprise when Kerry stood there with five of her friends while Riley had come alone. This provoked Anger to lose his temper.
"Hey what are they doing here"! Riley shouted. Flames were rushing from Anger's head, Bravery tried to calm him by telling him that getting angry wouldn't help Riley, Anger immediately stopped to calm himself down.
"Oh Riley" Kerry began before she added, "when I said let's have a hockey challenge didn't I mention that it was supposed to be played in a team"? Kerry and her friends soon laughed afterwards leaving Riley Mortified.
"This is just embarrassing on every level" Disgust said, rolling her eyes and groaning.
"Maybe we should leave" Sadness added which received an annoyed response from Anger.
Before things could get heated Joy stepped in, "Sadness we can't give up".
"But she can't play against Kerry and her friends by herself, it wouldn't be fair" Sadness replied, her voice sounding firmer than usual.
"She has a point" Anger mumbled.
During the conversation Bravery was also a little concerned of how this may turn out, but being Bravery he wasn't going to back down easily.
"But… It doesn't stop us from trying right guys" Bravery said which caught Sadness's attention.
"What if Kerry used her team as an unfair advantage and hurt Riley "! Was Sadness's almost shouted out sentence which caused all the emotions to turn around to face her.
Joy's eyes filled with the realisation that she had to step in to take control.
"Sadness is right"! Joy blurted out before adding, "if Riley plays then Kerry won't show her any mercy".
"So what are going to do" Disgust asked.
"Were going to be brave" Bravery said before reaching out to press one of the buttons on his left which unexpectedly gave him an electric shock.
"Ow, what was that"! Bravery yelped, clutching his hand.
"I don't know" Joy responded.
"Let me try"! Anger bellowed which only got his hand given the same treatment. He cursed at himself as a result of the sharp pain his hand felt.
"What's going on"? Joy said impatiently with a look of deep confusion.
"Erm … Joy" Sadness said quietly.
Everyone turned to Sadness hoping she might have the answer to the mysterious problem.
"Maybe Riley doesn't feel brave, instead she may be -" Sadness suggested before she got interrupted.
"That's ridiculous"! Anger growled.
"Yeah she must want to do this " Disgust said while rolling her eyes.
"Guys, Sadness hadn't finished" Joy said, her patience wearing thin.
The other emotions went silent.
"Maybe Riley feels scared" Sadness continued which made the other emotions get worried themselves.
"Bravery isn't always the best way to show strength, sometimes Fear shows your strong by not getting caught up in fights or rows that could lead to dangerous things"!
Sadness had then finished her sentence causing all the emotions to think realistically.
The emotions stood in silence for a whole minute before Bravery broke it.
"Erm guys I don't think this is something I can fix" Bravery admitted in shame.
"Well who can" Disgust moaned.
Joy's eyes lit up, "Fear can"! Joy exclaimed with delight. "Fear"! Joy called. When she didn't get a response she called Fear a couple more times before she began to get worried.
"Where's Fear" Joy asked, her voice filled with concern.
"Beanpole get here now"! Anger yelled.
"Is he in his room"? Bravery suggested. Disgust went to open Fears door to find it empty.
"He's not even in there" Disgust said in a dull tone.
"What,he must be"! Anger snarled.
"Do you want to take a look for yourself"! Disgust shouted before adding, "I didn't think you would so I repeat he's not in there".
"Uh, where would he be" Joy said with a look of fear taking over her facial features.
Bravery then noticed Sadness trailing away as if he knew she was hiding something, he signalled Joy .
"Sadness, do you know anything about where Fear is"? Joy questioned. Anger and Disgust turned to Sadness.
"Uh no…" Sadness stammered.
"Sadness is there something you're not telling us" Joy asked, her eyes pleading her to reveal the truth.
Sadness sighed, "He took a recall tube to long term memory".
"And"? Joy said, desperately wanting her to add more detail to where Fear was.
"He went because he thought we all hated him for what happened last night with the hockey match" Sadness revealed shakley despite feeling a glimpse of relief at no longer having to keep the big secret.
"No…" Joy began before hanging her head in shame.
"Joy you weren't the only one to have a go at Fear that day, me and Anger are just as guilty" Disgust said comforting her by rubbing her shoulder.
"We have to find him"! Anger said, now determined to find Fear.
"That means one of us will have to take a journey to long term memory if we're going to find him", Bravery said.
Joy took a second to think about the situation before saying, "I think it's only fair that you go and find him" Joy said, looking at Bravery sternly.
"No I will"! Anger said before being cut off by bravery.
"No. Its best if I go, I have a feeling that it's more than just the hockey match that has upset him".
The atmosphere went silent for a single second.
"We could get that memory of the yesterdays hockey match to try and stop Riley" Sadness suggested innocently.
"Good idea"! Joy cheered while rushing off to press the button near the tube to get it. However Joy's positive facial expression soon disappeared when nothing came through.
"I don't understand, where is it"? Joy stuttered.
"Sorry miss" One of the long term memory crew suddenly appeared with a look which instantly told her that he had bad news to bring. "There are no purple memories in the memory shelves" he informed her.
"But… why", all the emotions asked at the same time.
"Me and other members found a whole load in the dump".
"Fear…" Joy said under her breath.
Once the crew had left Joy's eyes were locked on Bravery which he took as a signal to go after Fear. He wasn't wrong
"Now its even more important that we find him"! Joy said, her voice louder than before.
"Er, were coming with him " Disgust said grabbing Anger's arm so he had no choice and following Bravery to and through the tube that would take all three of them to long term memory.
Joy and Sadness had been instructed by Bravery to stay in headquarters in case anything happened to Riley.
Joy looked at Sadness and prayed that Fear would be found before it was too late.