Chapter 18

Hey, Fear here, I just got wind of what Sadness just said, and I feel him man. I mean, the way they treated Sadness in Inside Out was awful, but once you confront the issue, everything seems to fall into place.

For me, the biggest issue is confronting your fears (obviously). Harry has quite a few, from heights to killing stuff and losing things. Heck, he doesn't even want to fly thanks to that fear, and to be honest, neither do I. But we have been up a large hill/cliff thing before, and that's progress! Luckily for us, we don't have to do anything high up currently, and we won't have to a long time into the future, but in the unlikely chance we do, it's down to me to get us through it.

The other thing is killing stuff. When I say that I mean killing bugs and little animals that mean no harm. Y'know, house spiders, earthworms, hoverflies, that kind of stuff. That being said, they give me the heeby jeebies whenever they appear out of nowhere and come towards us, but once I've got over that, there's nothing wrong with them at all. Harry's sister Lily is terrified of spiders and when Harry was still at our foster home, they would occasionally appear in the bathtube, and she'd get us to get rid of them.

"Perleez! It's just a spider, it won't eat you!"

"Kill it then."

"Why? poor thing, I'll just take it outside"

"No, kill it!"

"But that's mean!"

Yeah, you get the picture, I don't need to explain that any more. As for losing things, I hate losing stuff. Everything is valuable unless it has no more use. That being said, Harry still hasn't thrown away that empty pack of crisps from a month ago-

Eugh! I know right! Disgusting!

But I can assure you we don't have a hoarding problem, I swear. If we did, that'd be a huge problem but we don't so...do I seem paranoid? Sorry, I can't help it, I just want you to know that our collection of stuff isn't out of control yet, so it isn't a problem.

But we do have a spending problem. When Harry first left home he had about £1700, but now...about £300. Yeah, I know what you're gonna say, and you're right, how can anyone spend that much? How about you ask Joy?

Whoa there! Buying Minecraft was a good idea!

Joy, we're 18, how is it a good idea?

Erm, I agree with Fear, but we just had to get all that Harry Potter merch. It is absolutely perfect!

Disgust! Not helping!

*Ehem*

Yes Sadness?

I think that it's kinda cool…

Anyone else disagree with me? Anger?

For once, I can see where Fear's coming from.

Thank you!

Anyway, Only me and Anger ever have issues with spending, the others will buy one useless thing after another. I'm actually concerned about how much money we've spent in the last 3 months, if we don't cut down, we'll never have enough for emergencies and what then? Sorry, got worked up again, where's my paper bag? And breathe, *phew*. That's better.

But seriously, conquering your fears is the key. As some person somewhere said-

Worf from Star Trek: Next Generation!

Thank you Joy…As Worf said, only fools have no fear, and it holds true today wherever you are, whoever you are. Harry may always be afraid of heights and getting rid of things, but maybe one day together we can beat it down, rise above it and if we're lucky, we might just muddle through.

My time is up now, just like Sadness', and we've had a good runthrough. I hope that one day we'll speak again but to be honest, writing all this has made my nerves a wreck. For the last time, this is Dread-full signing out (gotta get a better nickname than that, Anger, that was really bad! Hey, don't laugh at me!).

The time's a coming for the grand finale, but the next two chapters must come first! For now, our time here is slowly drawing to an end. But in the end comes another beginning, one much bigger than before! Hold on for two more chapters and you won't regret it! 'Til next time boys and girls!