The next day, Anne was the first to wake up. She let out a small canine like yelp as she stood up and stretched on the bed before she shifted back to human.

"That was the best sleep I've had in months." Anne said to herself.

She walked to the window and saw the sun begin to rise. Anne smiled at the warming rays before taking a deep breath, sighing in relief of the fresh air.

"I could get used to this."

Anne reached into her pocket and pulled out the royal credit card, seeing it was still with her and Sprig hadn't used it while she slept.

"Good."

Anne turned to the Plantars and saw them sleeping peacefully in hotel robes and towels on their heads.

'Guess they embraced the hotel lifestyle after I went to sleep.' Anne thought as she walked to the service phone in the room. 'I think I'll surprise them with some room service breakfast. Yeah, I could get used to this card.'

Anne made the order and went to the bathroom to shower, looking forward to modern fixtures again while in Newtopia. She... may have spent five minutes just kissing the sink faucet, but she spent the last several months in a basement, can you blame her?

'Whoever judges me for this, can kiss my furry ass.' Anne thought before getting into the shower and feeling the hot water, 'It reminds me of the first time I experienced rain as a puppy.'

After Anne was done, shot turned into a wolf and shook her fur dry as much as she could before wrapping herself in a towel. She couldn't wait to see this city. But first, she would have breakfast, check with the King and Marcy, and THEN take a large tour over the city. Anne knew it would some time, but she was more than willing to wait if it meant that she would get back home. A knocking came and knocked Anne out of her thoughts.

"Room service, Ms. Boonchuy!" The newt said through the door.

"Thank you!" Anne said.

Anne walked and opened the door, taking the cart as the newt held his hand out for a tip. Anne reached into her hair and pulled out some coppers, placing them in his hand.

"Here you go." Anne said with a smile.

"Thank you for your generosity." He said with a nod before leaving.

"Alright, breakfast."

The smell of the food, various fruits and meats on the cart, helped the family slowly wake up and yawn as they sat up on the beds.

"What smells delicious?" Polly asked, rubbing her eyes.

"Breakfast."

"Breakfast?" Sprig asked as he opened his eyes, filling them with wonder. "Fancy breakfast!"

Anne grabbed a lot of meat.

"Yep and fancy meats too. I can't wait to see how they compare to Wartwood." Anne said, taking a big bite of the juicy and tender insect meat, "Oh, this is better than anything I hunted down with my parents."

"What about back in Wartwood?" Hop Pop asked, coming over to take some food himself.

"Still not better than this." Anne replied.

"Oh, it can't be that good." Hop Pop said, taking a bite, "Oh my frog! This is the best thing I've ever eaten!"

"Give me some!" Polly shouted, jumping face first into one of the dishes and eating without shame. "So good!"

Sprig came over and ate too. He nearly ate the whole plate before spitting it back out while chewing his food!

"Oh, this is so good."

"Less talking and more eating boy!" Hop Pop said to him.

Sprig saluted him.

The group went back to eating breakfast, slowing down to eat at a more rational pace before they were finished.

"So, what's the plan for today?" Sprig asked as he saw Anne was already dressed.

"Well, it's going to take a bit of time before Marcy and the King learn more about the box, so I think we should just explore the city today."

"How about we check out the Ferris Wheel first? It looked so cool!" Sprig said with a smile.

"Sure" Anne said.

After they finished breakfast, the group got dressed and exited their room to explore the hotel a bit.

"Man, this place is huge."

"It's almost like a mall instead of hotel." Anne said as they looked around.

"What's a mall?" Sprig asked.

"Like an indoor market but bigger and with more stands." Anne explained, "Maybe I'll show you if you ever end up in my world."

"I'd love that. Can't wait to see what kind of produce you have in your world." Hop Pop said, still thinking like a farmer.

Anne rolled her eyes.

'Of course he would think about that.' Anne thought as they came to the line for the Ferris wheel.

"One ride and then we explore the city." Anne said to the frogs.

"You got it!" They said.

The group waited patiently for their turn as Sprig looked around the hotel down more to take it in.

'I wonder what other things are here.'

As Sprig thought this, a random bellhop newt was sitting down and having her lunch break. The meal? An ice cube sandwich.

'Uh… that doesn't look right.'

He felt bad for the bellhop, silently hoping her life would get better someday. If only he knew that someday was going to be today.

"Sprig... what are you thinking?"

"Huh? I'm not thinking anything!" Sprig said as it was almost their turn for the Ferris wheel.

"Yes, I can see it on your face." Anne said to him.

"It's... look, we can talk about it later." Sprig said.

"Hmmm." Anne said, narrowing her eyes at him.

'He's thinking of something, and I don't know what it is.'

Anne moved a hand into her pocket to keep a firm grip on royal credit card in case he tried something. It's not that she didn't trust him, it's... okay, she didn't trust him.

'Keep an eye on Sprig and a hand on the card.' Anne thought, as it was their turn.

"Four please." Anne said to him.

"Certainly, Ma'am." The newt said.

Anne knew they were looking at her scars, but they were able to mask it with the customer service voice, and frankly she was annoyed by it.

'That's it, I'm buying a hoodie or something.' Anne thought.

To pay for the ride, Anne pulled out the royal credit card. This made the newt's smile turn more greedy as they swiped it to charge them and tip.

"Enjoy the ride."

Everyone got into the Ferris wheel car as the door shut behind them, sitting on both side.

"Oh boy, this is going to be fun!" Sprig said.

"I've never been in a Ferris Wheel before." Polly said with a smile. "I hope it's fast!"

"Um, no it's not. Ferris Wheel as mostly slow but relaxing." Anne said to her.

"Oh." Polly said.

'That's disappointing.' Polly thought with a frown.

"I'm sure it can be exciting without being fast." Sprig suggested.

"See, Sprig gets it."

"I hope it's relaxing. These seats are already a dead five away." Hop Pop said as he leaned back, sighing in relief. "So good."

Anne took a seat and leaned back.

"Damn, these seats are nice."

They felt the ride begin and slowly rolling up.

"Oh, this should be good."

Sprig looked over the edge and saw how high they were getting, able to see the entire hotel and it's stores.

"Wow, there's so much to do here."

"Yeah but let's just relax and enjoy the view." Anne said before yawning.

They made it to the top and saw the sun rising higher in the sky. The sight was awe inspiring, making everyone gaze in amazement and let their guards down. Especially Anne as Sprig were very close to right now, close enough for one to grab something from the other.

'Incredible.' Anne said.

'I guess this isn't so bad.' Polly thought with a smile.

Sprig smiled at the sun before gazing towards the golden card in Anne's pocket. With Anne's guard let down, he figured this was his chance.

'I won't take it for too long.' Sprig thought, slowly reaching and sliding it out of her pocket. 'Just a few places of interest.'

Soon the ride stopped.

"What's going on?" Hop Pop asked.

"Don't worry, it's just the ride stopping." Anne said to him.

'Now's my chance.' Sprig thought.

Without thinking, Sprig jumped out of the cart and swung off on his tongue!

"What the hell?!" Anne shouted.

"Sprig!" Hop Pop shouted.

Anne felt her pocket and let out a growl.

"I'm gonna eat that frog one day. He took the card!" Anne shouted as she gazed down at ground level. "SPRIG!"

On the ground, Sprig was hopping away.

"Anne's gonna maul me for this but it'll be worth it!" Sprig said as he hopped onto the table with the bellhop newt.

"Aaah!" She screamed in surprise.

"Oh, sorry!" Sprig said, "I was just excited to see everything around the hotel. Maybe you can help me see what's exciting to experience."

"Well, I am an employee. But I'm just a bellhop, name's Bella." Bella said.

"Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet ya too, kid but I don't have much left of my break, so…" Bella said, gesturing to her melting ice sandwich.

"NOPE! Starting off, we're getting you some real lunch." Sprig said to her, "Now follow me."

"What? But-" Bella said before Sprig slapped her sandwich away.

"No buts, you're getting treated to lunch and more by me!" Sprig said before showing the royal credit card. "As a special guest of the king, I have access to this!"

"The royal credit card?!" Bella asked in shock.

"Indeed!" Sprig said, "And I'm going to help you with it."

Seeing her lunch was ruined and this frog was determined to "help" her, Bella decided to smile and nodded to him as she got up from the table.

"Okay, lead the way." She said.

"Great, let's get going... because my friend/adopted older sister is probably going to kill me for taking the card." Sprig said.

"Kill you?" Bella asked, confused.

"Don't worry about it. I'll live! Let's go!" Sprig shouted, pointing towards a restaurant for deluxe burgers. "First stop, proper lunch!"

A short time later, the ride stopped, and Anne stomped off.

"He's dead."

"Now, Anne. Just calm down-"

"I am going to drag him into an alley, go full wolf, and bite his leg before slamming him back and forth against the floor or walls until his guts spill out!" Anne said, cutting off Hop Pop!

"Oh ho, I like this violent Anne." Polly said, "Her best friend trying to kill her really changed her!"

"Not now Polly!" Hop Pop said as Anne began sniffing around for Sprig.

"Anne, I think you're acting a little too intense." Hop Pop said.

"The Sprig is putting the pack in danger. I need to find him." Anne said, "I won't let anyone hurt the pack."

"Anne, if this is about Sasha-"

"Sasha threatened my pack, I can't have the pack get hurt again."

"Anne, we aren't a pack, we are a family." Hop Pop said, "And family doesn't hurt each other for doing dumb things, we help each other."

"I know that but sometimes, there needs to be a little tough love to make sure a pup doesn't do something risky and foolish." Anne said to him.

"Anne-"

"Wait, I have his trail."

Anne pointed towards the path he was and began walking after Sprig with Polly and Hop Pop following her. With Sprig, he and Bella had been having the time of their lives around the hotel stores. After a big lunch, they began to explore more and do more such as test fancy furniture, try on new clothes, and even broke things on purpose just to pay for them in the end! Bella's boss almost fired her for this but Sprig covered for her that he was a guest of the king and even got her a raise.

"Oh, this was great!" Sprig said.

"SPRIG!"

"And I'm dead."

"Come on, I'm sure your friend won't be mad." Bella said before Sprig began pulling her away in a rush!

"Oh no you don't!" Anne said, grabbing Sprig and holding him above the ground, "What were you thinking!?"

"Anne, just let me explain!" Sprig shouted at her as Anne shook him and the golden credit card fell out.

"You took the credit card and ditched us at the top of the Ferris wheel! What good reason could there be for that?!" Anne asked before looking at Bella. "And who are you?!"

"B-B-Bella the Bellhop!" Bella said as she held her hands up!

"I... I took the card because I wanted to help her!" Sprig said, "I was going to give it back afterwards!"

Anne looked at Sprig and took the card back, before she dropped him.

"Fine, I'll let this go, only because you did it to help someone." Anne said.

"But why her exactly?" Polly asked, pointing towards Bella.

"W-Well, I may have been eating an ice cube sandwich when he first saw me." Bella said, poking her fingers together nervously. "I also…..may have told him my life was going nowhere and I have a mountain of student debt from Newtopia college."

"And her job as a bellhop didn't pay much until I helped her get a raise and barely anybody tips her." Sprig quickly said, making Bella sad again.

"Yeah…..that too." Bella said, looking at the ground. "This day has actually been one of the best days I've had in a long time."

Anne let out a sigh and began to walk away.

"Fine, you're free to go."

Anne walked off, she needed some time alone.

"Anne?" Sprig asked but got no reply.

She even gave the credit to Hop Pop as she left. Anne went to the room, she needed time to herself.

"Huuuuuh, being a pack leader is a lot tougher than being a pack member." Anne said as she laid back down on a bed.

"Hey, Anne?"

Anne looked up and saw Sprig.

"Oh, hey."

"Something wrong?"

"... No." Anne said.

"I think you're lying." Sprig said, sitting next to Anne, "What's the problem?"

Anne closed her eyes and shook her head.

"I'm... I'm trying to make sure what happened at Toad Tower never happens again." Anne said, "I'm trying to keep my family safe, I'm trying to be the pack leader, like I will in the future... every time someone in the family goes out and does something dangerous... I can't help but think about Sasha and what she did, about how she would've killed Hop Pop if I wasn't there."

"Anne, you don't need to do that." Sprig said.

"But I do! I need to be a leader, I need to keep everyone safe!" Anne said, "How can I not!?"

"Because... you aren't a leader here, and you're not part of a pack... you're part of our family, and we help each other, no matter how dumb and danger the things we do are." Sprig said.

"He's right Anne." Hop Pop said, coming into the room.

"Stop putting so much pressure on yourself." Polly said to her, being carried in by Hop Pop.

"I don't want a repeat of what happened." Anne said.

"And we don't want you to become someone you're not." Hop Pop said, "When you killed that person that hurt Sprig, how did you feel?"

"I... I felt horrible."

"And how do you feel about killing someone now?"

Anne looked down, she actually WOULD kill someone now if they hurt her family... and she enjoys the mere thought of it.

"I feel good….and I'm scared of that feeling. I don't want to ENJOY killing people." Anne said, hugging her knees, "Even... I even imagine ripping Sasha open and feeding on her organs... I know what she did was horrible, but I don't actually want to kill her... I'm afraid I will next time I see her."

"But even after what she did, you still don't want to kill her, do you? Because a small part of you still wants to be friends again." Hop Pop said as Anne nodded.

"I can never forgive what she did, and I honestly want her to die... but at the same time... I just don't know what to do."

The family could watch as their human friend was conflicted in such a way they could never understand or relate. Her animal instincts, rational mind, and caring heart were clashing in a fight for dominance, and they didn't know how to stop it.

"I don't know what to do, I'm... I'm scared of what might happen if I make the wrong decision." Anne said.

"You don't need to worry about that Anne, we'll stand by you, no matter what." Hop Pop said.

"Between us, I'm fine with killing Sasha." Polly said.

"Polly!" Sprig whispered to her! "Not now!"

She replied just by punching him in the shoulder. Anne gave a small smile.

"Hehehehe." Anne chuckled at her.

"Come on, Anne, let's go take a look at those shops, see if we can get you something to take your mind off this."

"Well…I do think I could use a hoodie to hide my scars." Anne said, gesturing to her arms.

"Or a cloak, imagine how cool that would look!" Sprig said.

"It does sound pretty cool." Polly said, thinking about Anne with a mysterious cloak.

"Yeah, yeah." Anne said, "I get it, the scars and eye with a cloak make me some kind of cool mysterious warrior."

"Exactly!" Sprig said with a grin. "Now let's get that cloak!"

"I still prefer a hoodie." Anne said as she got up.

A little while later, the group were walking around the city, with Anne wearing a black cloak... what can she say, she did in fact look cool with a cloak. They were surprised when a Wild Marcy appeared... okay, technically they found a Golden Eagle but come on, how many eagles are in Amphibia, they've been all around the place and haven't seen one except Marcy.

'She's one of a kind.' Anne thought as Marcy changed back to normal and landed before them.

"Hey, we're cloak buddies!" Marcy said.

"Hehehe, I guess." Anne said.

"Well, I think you look better in a cloak." Marcy said, "Imagine you, me, and Sasha in cloaks, we'd look epic!"

Anne looked down, she had to tell Marcy about Sasha sooner or later, but she didn't even know how to start... and she didn't have to.

"I think bear girl would look better in a coffin." Polly suddenly said.

"Polly!" Hop Pop said, "We don't say that out loud... even if it's true... Sprig, Polly, why don't we leave Anne and Marcy to talk about this... privately."

Sprig didn't say anything as he nodded rapidly, picking up Polly and leaving with Hop Pop as the moment felt EXTREMELY awkward right now.

"Anne, what's the matter? What happened with Sasha?" Marcy asked.

"It's... not important." Anne said, "Can... can we just go hang out for a bit?"

"Anne, I know that look. You wanna say something, just say it. Please." Marcy said to her.

"Marcy... drop it... please." Anne said.

"Not if it's bothering you." Marcy said as she grabbed Anne's hand and began leading her away. "Come on, I have the perfect place we can talk alone."

Marcy dragged Anne away.

'No! This is not how I wanted to tell her about Sasha!' Anne thought, trying to break free but Marcy's grip was too strong!

If you have a bird or prey spirit animal, you practically have an ironclad grip!

'Damn her and her ability to lift a deer!' Anne thought.

Eventually, they reached Marcy's perfect spot to talk.

"Uh... Marcy... why are we at an empty fighting pit?" Anne asked.

"Oh, well, I was actually on my way to bring you here anyway, because I got a wonderful teacher to teach you how to sword fight." Marcy said.

"Really?" Anne said, crossing her arms.

"Yes, really." A voice said, before a tall pink newt landed in front of Anne.

"Gah! Who the heck at you?!" Anne let out as she jolted in place, seeing the new newt in armor.

"Anne, let me introduce you to-" Marcy said before Yunan held her hand up.

"Allow me, Eagle Guard." Yunan said before clearing her throat, posing dramatically. "My name is General Yunan, Scourge of the Sand Wars, Defeater of Ragnar the Wretched, and the youngest newt to ever achieve the rank of general in the great Newtopian Army!"

""I'm assuming that she's told you about... my wolf?"

"Indeed! She's told me all about your spirit animal and its abilities, I'm impressed but you can't rely on them all the time. A good soldier needs variety in their move set." Yunan said as she popped blades out of her wrists. "Now pick a sword and let's get training!"

"Fine." Anne said, before looking at Marcy, "Don't think I don't know what you're doing."

It was clear that Marcy wanted to know what happened between her and Sasha, so getting her annoyed is a way to get her to talk... Anne knows this because Marcy's done this before!

"I have no idea what you mean." Marcy said with an "innocent" smile before walking to a sword rack. "Now come on, these are some of the better conditioned swords. You'll need one if you're training with Yunan."

"She's right you know." Yunan said with a smile yet feral grin.

"You underestimate me." Anne said.

"And you overestimate yourself." Yunan said before swiftly slashing the ground next to her, leaving a giant gash! "Overconfidence can be a killer."

"I've fought against worse, have you not seen what I look like?"

Anne gestured to her scars and to her eye.

"Have you seen my body under this armor? They're real battle scars, not those bug bites." Yunan said to Anne.

'Okay, I feel like I will end up regretting this.' Marcy thought.

"If you say you're so tough, then grab a sword and let's dance! Marcy was a quick study, I'm eager to see how you compare!" Yunan shouted at Anne.

"Fine." Anne said, grabbing an old looking sword.

"Wait, Anne, that's a-"

"It's fine, Marcy. Let's see how long she can last with a blade like that." Yunan said, holding her blades up.

Anne held the sword up. She saw her reflection in it, as well as its cracks, chips, and dull color. It was, in a way, just like Anne had become, hardened by battle but still strong.

"Yeah, this sword will do just fine." Anne said with a small smile.

"Then bring it on." Yunan said.

"Sure!" Anne shouted, charging Yunan and swinging wildly!

Yunan blocked each swing as she walked backwards from Anne, feeling the power behind them while seeing the sloppy swings.

'She has strength, but no skill.' Yunan said.

At another swing, Yunan blocked and slide to the side to let Anne fall down before kneeing her in the stomach!

"Guh!" Anne let out in pain!

"Sloppy swings leave you open!" Yunan said as she used her tails the throw Anne back!

Anne rolled on the ground and groaned.

"I'll remember that." Anne said, getting up. "Let's try something else then!"

Anne turned and threw her sword at Yunan, making her deflect it into the air!

"A warrior never throws away their weapon!" Yunan shouted before seeing Anne jump into the air.

"That's the idea!" Anne shouted, transforming and grabbing the sword with her mouth!

Anne jumped at Yunan. She slashed at her once more but this time mixed in her wolf speed and claws to making Yunan block or dodge the wild attacks.

'Her rhythms changed and she's more unpredictable, impressive.' She thought, 'Maybe I did underestimate her.'

Deciding to change tactics, Yunan deflected a sword slash before running around Anne.

'She's half blind, which means she can be easily snuck up on.'

With her tail, Yunan slapped Anne across the face and made her stagger! The wolf growled at this. She swung again, but Yunan jumped and slapped her head again, making sure to avoid her line of vision. Anne growled and swung her head, throwing the sword at Yunan.

Yunan dodged the sword before Anne tackled her, tumbling along the ground as she tried to bite the newt's face off!

"Anne!" Marcy shouted in worry.

"Oh! She really is wild!" Yunan said before kicking Anne off and into a wall!

Anne turned back and ran at the newt, sliding under her strike and reclaiming her sword.

"Not bad but it's time to get serious!" Yunan shouted as she went on the attack this time!

Yunan didn't hold back, she pounced at Anne. Yunan didn't hesitate as she slashed rapidly at Anne, forcing her to block them with both hands on the sword handle! Anne tried to block another strike from Yunan, but the sword was knocked out of her hands and Yunan's blade sunk into Anne's shoulder. Anne let out a pained groan.

"Anne!" Marcy said, scared for her friend.

Anne simply stood up and grabbed Yunan's wrist. She slowly pulled Yunan's blade out, without making a single noise.

"What? Are you not in pain?" Yunan asked in surprise.

"No, I've just been in worse pain than anything you can dish out." Anne said, glaring at Yunan as her eye became wolf-like.

Anne lifted a hand threw it, punching Yunan and sending her to the ground.

"I was mauled, stabbed, lost my half my vision, but that made me stronger, I became someone who vowed to protect my pack, I became someone who couldn't be knocked down." Anne said, "I wasn't just physically hurt, I was emotionally hurt as well, because that's what happens when you have to fight you best friend after they tried to kill the family that took you in."

Marcy gasped at this, covering her mouth at the shock of this reveal! It was even worse than she thought!

Anne walked off, hitting Marcy in the shoulder with her own shoulder.

"Happy now?" Anne asked, leaving the place.

"A-Anne, wait!" Marcy said as she rushed after her! "I'm sorry! I d-"

"I know what you wanted but somethings can't be helped with! Ever since that day, I've had nothing but negativity towards Sasha! Half the time, I try my best not to think about killing her the next time I see her over trying to find a way to patch things up but the former is stronger than the latter!" Anne said to her.

"Anne, I'm sure if we try we can fix-"

"I will never be her friend again!" Anne said, "That is a fucking promise, there is no fixing what happened! I can't forget it, because she left a permanent reminder!"

Anne pointed to her eye.

"Anne-"

Anne turned away from Marcy.

"I have to go bandage my wound." Anne said, "I hope you learned what you wanted."

Before Marcy could say anything else, Anne turned into a wolf and ran back to the hotel. Leaving Marcy ridden with guilt as Yunan retrieved Anne's dull sword.

"I must admit, she had some skill." Yunan said.

"Yeah….she is." Marcy said, feeling like she was close to crying.

"I need to go." Marcy said, turning into her Spirit Animal and flying after Anne.

Yunan watched Marcy fly away from the field as she looked back at the dull sword, seeing a bit of Anne's blood managed to splatter on it.

'These humans are unlike anything I've ever come across. They are more evolved yet they hurt all the same.' Yunan thought as she turned back to seeing Marcy fly away. 'Their bond and their emotions, they are hurting so much yet they hide it so well.'

'She really does have a warriors heart.'

Yunan turned to leave, still holding the sword as she gave a small nod.

"Yet even a warrior's heart can be fragile." Yunan said to herself.

She definitely wanted to keep training her. And maybe Olivia could help Anne with her emotions as well as Marcy if she feels as strongly about this as Yunan predicted. In the sky, Marcy was looking for Anne. With her vision, it wasn't hard… also, she was the only other human in Newtopia and she was currently sitting on a bench, lightly crying. Marcy landed on the bench and looked at Anne.

"Go away, Marcy, I want to be alone." Anne said, looking away from the bird.

Marcy turned back and sat next to her.

"Anne, I'm-"

"Why couldn't you just drop it?!" Anne said, "Every time you try and get me to talk about it, I have to relive that moment in my head, the feeling of her claws on my skin, her biting down on my neck!"

Anne reached up and grabbed her neck, rubbing the bite mark on it.

"I nearly died… I… I still get nightmares about it." Anne said.

Marcy didn't say anything as she moved closer and hugged Anne, putting her face into her shoulder.

"I…I'm sorry. I can't think of anything else to say other than that. I shouldn't have butted in and I'm sorry for being so nosy and stupid." Marcy said.

"Sasha and I aren't friends anymore, we never will be again." Anne said, "Because no matter how hard she can try, I'll never be able to forget what happened."

"Anne-"

"I'll work with her to get home, but that's it." Anne said, "And I'm only doing that for you."

Marcy sighed but nodded to this.

"Okay." Marcy said, "I... I'm sorry."

Anne sighed a bit as she hugged Marcy back, rubbing her back.

"I know…..and I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have blown up at you like that." Anne said, apologizing as well, "I guess... I'm just a different person than I was when I first got here."

"That's not exactly a bad thing. We've both changed for better…and worse." Marcy said as she pulled away.

"Always the optimist." Anne said.

"Hehehe, yeah but someone has to be. Hope only dies if you become hopeless." Marcy said with a smile.

"God, that sounds corny. Where did you learn that? Hahahahaha?" Anne asked with a laugh.

"I've been learning lots of things since I got here." Marcy said, "Both for the box and for myself."

Marcy reached into her side pocket and pulled out a notebook, handing it to Anne.

"What's this?"

It's a special notebook I've been keeping. It's full of everything I've learn so far in my personal growth, not in knowledge but in my heart." Marcy said with a small smile.

'Not THAT but still, this is all me.' Marcy thought.

Anne opened it, seeing a lot of notes and drawings.

"Wow, you've been through a lot since we got to Newtopia." Anne said as she read the journal.

"I had to train a bit first, actually broke my leg the first few hours I was here. Ehehehehe." Marcy said with a nervous smile, rubbing her head, "Thankfully they have free healthcare."

"Really? So even in the multiverse America is the only place without it?" Anne asked.

"I guess so. The medical technology here is next level too. I was only in that cast for three days, that's how good it is." Marcy revealed.

"Wow. I don't suppose they could heal this?" Anne asked, gesturing to her blind eye.

"Maybe." Marcy said with a shrug. "I think they could actually grow you a whole new eye and surgically implant it."

"I... don't know what to say about that."

"Hey, why don't we go hang out." Marcy said, "This time for real, let me make it up to you."

"Promise?" Anne asked her.

"Spirit animal promise, cross my heart and hope to die." Marcy said, drawing an X on her heart and holding her hand up.

Anne took the hand.

"Great, let's go, I'm feeling hungry." Anne said.

"Up for another burger?" Marcy asked.

"Make that three and you got a deal." Anne said with a smirk.

"Sure, heck we can make it four for you and two for me." Marcy said, "Let's go!"

The two friends left the bench and headed back to the beetle burger stand.

'Maybe hanging out with Marcy is what I need.' Anne thought.

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