"That delicious dessert tray ain't gonna move itself!" cried the HAPPY Sniper towards his friends before noticing the sparkling, glowing projectile that was headed his way. His mouth became a large grin and he yelled out in joy just as it hit him, allowing the Pyro to make his way towards the HAPPY base.

Today, the HAPPYs had a new objective in mind: bringing a dessert tray piled high with delicious treats and delicacies to KANDY's front door. But KANDY had already had a big breakfast and weren't that hungry, so they tried to convince the other side not to deliver their present.

But HAPPY insisted that they deliver their gift, so both groups got their happy tools and prepared for a fun-filled time.

Seeing a Scout rushing towards him, Pyro pulled out his KANDY® Bubble Blower and fired off a shot, covering the Scout with bright, shiny and colourful rainbow sparkles that gave him soft and happy laughter. Pyro watched silently as he fell over from laughing too hard, holding his chest and smiling mouth open.

As his loud laughter slowly quietened down to a giggle, Pyro thought back to the previous night. What had he been about to think about? What had stopped him from remembering whatever it was he was about to remember? Looking for consolation, he pulled out his small Balloonicorn doll again and gave it a squeeze, making it let out a small squeak which quickly faded.

So many questions, my friend, he silently told his small buddy, what should I do?

He waited for a while, but nothing happened. The amount of time he spent waiting, however, was enough time for the HAPPY Soldier to send a sparkle shot his way and make him explode with joy, causing the small doll to fly through the air, and land straight into someone's gloved hands.

A tingling sensation came over the Pyro, and he relaxed as the system of respawn enveloped him, giving him the feeling of relaxing in an armchair. A screen appeared in front of him, displaying the current situation of the field.

A Demoman was laying out sticky-gums, which he used soon after to surprise a lone Medic, who had gone out adventuring in search of friends. The doctor squealed in delight as the gum splattered itself all over him. A Scout was making his way up to the frontlines, giggling and holding a giant candy cane above his head, as he prepared to stuff it into the mouth of an unsuspecting Spy, who was lighting a pink candle.

Pyro chuckled and continued to observe the mischievous antics that all his friends were taking part in. But… what was that? He jerked forward as he noticed the HAPPY Engineer holding something in his gloved hand. Something pink and inflatable.

Balloonicorn.

The instant the respawn restored his body and placed him into the decorated spawn room, he dashed past a recently spawned Heavy, who giggled and waved, through the doors and headed straight for the sentry nest where the Engineer resided. Nearby, he heard the sounds of a Demoman playing tag with Soldier with his giant milk bottle, but he didn't have time to play. He took out his Rainblower and turned a corner to find himself face-to-face with a Sniper, who smiled pleasantly at him. There was no time for formalities, however, as the Sniper soon discovered as he fell over, holding his belly and chuckling while sparkles and little stars floated around him.

Pyro continued to weave around the field, searching and listening for the Engineer and his toys. In the distance, he heard shouts of laughter and knew he was missing out on the fun, but it didn't matter. The only thing that mattered to him was finding that Eng-

*BEEP BEEP BEEP*

There it was.

He ducked behind a wooden barricade with various drawings on it and peeked around the side, surveying the area before him. There stood the sentry nest, complete with dispenser, sentry, and Engineer. The sentries of both his team and the other's had always fascinated Pyro. They had small drawings painted on them and when they upgraded, more pictures would appear, more interesting than the last. He had already seen the drawings on his own team's sentries, but whenever he tried to take a look at the other team's ones, they would fire hundreds of tiny marbles at him, and rockets powered by bubbles would head towards him. So how was he going to get past it?

While he thought of what to do, he heard something uncloak beside him. He pulled out his giant lollipop, and turned to see the KANDY Spy, with one finger on his mouth, and the other hand wielding a Slappy Sappy. Realising what Spy had in mind, Pyro nodded and stayed behind cover, waiting for the opportunity. Knowing that Pyro had his back, Spy pulled out his costume kit and disappeared before him, leaving only a thin outline only visible to members to KANDY to identify him.

Bracing himself, Pyro prepared for the offense. He put his back against the wall and tested the trigger his Rainblower, watching the sparkles softly sprinkle out like tiny dust particles in a sun ray. Gripping it tighter, he held his breath and listened for the sound of the Sappy. In the distance, faint laughter and jingles could be heard, giving him some idea of the current situation of the ongoing playtime.

'Five minutes until bedtime, sweeties!'

The voice on the intercom switched off almost as soon as it came, and he knew he had to hurry. If he didn't get his friend back by naptime, Balloonicorn would have to sleep over at the HAPPY's place! What was that Spy doi-?

"Spah slappin' mah sentry!"

A slapping sound arose, and Pyro took the opportunity. He immediately dived out of his cover and rushed towards the nest, where the Engineer attempted to pry two small, comically gloved hands off his Sentry. Noticing the incoming Pyro, Engineer threw his hands up in ecstasy, grinning from ear to ear, and ran towards the nearby stairs.

Leaving the Slappy Sappy to do its work, Pyro followed the Engineer, giggling and thinking to himself, Silly Engineer, that's my Ballonicorn, not yours! He got to the bottom of the staircase, but only had time to look up before the Engineer dived on him, giggling and laughing. They both fell to the ground, having a fun little wrestling match, with both of them rolling around in the dirt.

Suddenly, Engineer's hands reached out and grabbed the bottom of his mask. Realising his predicament, Pyro tried to push him off quickly, before anything happened. Still shoving, Pyro yelled "Stop it! I can't-!"

The Engineer tugged one more time.

The insulated rubber mask came off.

And Pyro's perception of reality was shattered into millions of tiny pieces.