Tower buddies: chapter 18: country toad, take me home

"So, what's the Plan?"

Marcy, Anne, Snipper and the Plantars were all outside Sal's manor.

"Well, I guess we have to go back and get the box," Anne said, before groaning. "I feel bad about Leaving the city before Sasha, but unless we want to be stuck here another five frog-Damn years we have to charge those bad boys."

"Plus, the king did say he would tell us if Sasha arrived!" Added marcy. "She'll be fine, as long as she doesn't cause a ruckus coming in."

"Unlike somebody," mumbled snipper, looking at marcy.

"Hey! You're the one who wanted to go on a trip!" Said marcy, annoyed. "Speaking of, we better get you back."

"Yeah, i feel almost like I was a one of character who while the writer was extremely tired forgot to leave behind," said snipper, glaring at nobody in particular, particularly towards a specific direction that may or may not have been the fourth wall.

"…who are you staring at?"

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The king had come to see them off.

"Hope you succeed, girls!" He shouted. "Good luck!"

As they drove off, the plantars in the fwagon and marcy and snipper in the car, he saw something that had dropped on the floor. It was labeled 'marcy's journal'.

"Ohoho, well well well," he mumbled. "This is going to be interesting."

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A few days later, they were struggling for food.

"Don't worry, guys! I got this!" Said Anne. "I've been practicing the hunting dance after that scorpileo incident!"

"Wha- hunting dance?" Asked marcy.

Anne came back with a bunch of grubbles.

"How did you do that?" Asked marcy.

"Oh, it's this weird dance the plantars have that let them mind control animals."

"MIND CONTROL?" And she proceeded to bombard Anne with questions.

"Don't ask me, ask hop-pop!" Anne pleaded.

She turned to the old frog with a deranged look of excitement. He gulped.

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They had arrived at stony gulch, and were going to see snipper off.

"Bye, snipper," marcy said. "I wish i got to know you better."

"Same, marcy. I hope we see each other again, but i honestly just feel like i was never meant for the traveller's lifestyle. i'm more accustomed to adventures more close to home."

"Come on, kid! We got a whole lotta weird creatures to taxidermy!" Shouted Mr. Ponds from the shack. "You missed a ton of chores when you were gone and you're gonna pay for it!"

Dipper groaned. "Well, goodbye, guys."

"Byeeeeee!" Said the crew, clearly planning to leave before they caught a sight of any weird abominations.

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"So, marcy, you mentioned about all your cosplays when we were in newtopia," said anne, when they were stopped at one point. "You still got 'em-?"

"DO I?" Marcy shouted, running to her car and pulling a comically large lever, after which the boot opened and a large amount of suit-wearing mannequins popped out.

"I've got mink from ballad of zorda, I have my space wizard one, i have blunderpuss from vagabondia chronicles…"

"I'm starting to wish I never asked," mumbled Anne.

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Anne and marcy were walking along in a clearing, when marcy threw an Apple at the back of her head from behind. Anne suddenly put up a glowing hand and cut the apple in half perfectly, and caught it.

"Getting better, I see," marcy chuckled.

"Yeah, still tiring though," she said, chewing on one half of the apple before giving the other to marcy.

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A few days later they took a pitstop at an inn.

At the back a familiar old toad lady was chugging a tanker of beer. "My career has been ruined by that toad and it's weird creature. How am I supposed to get by?"

"Wow, she looks like she's going through a midlife crisis," mumbled Sprig.

"Eh, i get her," sighed hop-pop. "Losing a career can be hard."

He was referring to an acting troupe they had ran into the previous day.

"Did you turn people into cockroaches for a living?" Asked the lady.

"…and that's where our similarities end. Come on kids, we gotta pick up some supplies."

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Anne was writing in her notebook with the occasional marcy note she'd allowed due to her somehow forgetting her journal at the castle. She'd sworn she remembered packing it.

'we found a killerpillar yesterday. It looked a lot like domino so we kept it in the car. Marcy was unsure at first because she researched about their life cycle but it was too adorable to pass up.

Then it tried to eat sprig so we had to release it lmao.'

"Whatcha writing about?" Asked sprig.

"My cat."

"You humans have weird animals," he said. "What other creatures do you have for pets?"

"Well," she listed, "we have cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs…"

"They sound horrifying."

"Not really. We also have bigger things like horses and donkeys."

"What are those?" He asked.

"They're like snails but hairy and with legs."

"Eeeeewwwww!"

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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNE!" Marcy shouted, jumping up on Anne.

"…dude, my birthday was a month ago."

"What?"

"Yeah, we were on the way to newtopia when it came."

"Dang it, i lost track of time."

"…wait, if you lost track of time, did you remember your birthday?"

"…nope."

"Alright, i'm baking us a cake."

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They were around a campfire, marcy studying Anne's frobaba, who had been turned off for a few weeks, because it kept crying whenever they were trying to sleep.

"Hmmm. This circuitry is fascinating! I wonder if i could…"

And she flicked a lever.

"MOTHER, I LOVE YOU."

"AAH! I made it speak!"

"MOTHER TAKE ME AWAY FROM THIS WOMAN. SHE IS FIDDLING WITH MY INTERNAL CIRCUITRY AND I PREFER YOU."

"Okay, better turn that off," she said, flicking the switch again and passing it next to Anne.

Anne was staring off into space.

"What's up?" Marcy asked.

"Hey, you think Sasha's gonna be okay?"

Anne said out of nowhere.

"Of course she is!" Marcy said. "She'll end up in newtopia and we'll see her in no time!"

"Yeah, but…" anne paused. "Is it okay if I don't completely trust the king?"

Marcy bit her lip.

"Anne, if i'm gonna be honest? I don't trust him either. He has no reason to help us but he is. If i was new to this world then i probably would fall right for it, but we are NOT new here," she half laughed. "But it's been an entire year. And we need any lead we can get. So until he shows his true colours, or does something that proves he's wrong, let's stay on his good side. After all, he IS the uncontested ruler of amphibia."

Anne smiled.

"Thanks, marcy. I can always trust you."

Marcy squirmed inside with guilt. She'd tell them when the time was right.

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Sasha and Grime were outside the gates of newtopia.

"Alright Grime, it's time. We're gonna get in there, clear your name, and meet up with my friends. You ready?"

"As ready as i'll ever be."

They were stopped by general Yunan.

"You again?!" Grime grumbled.

"Whoah, i'm not here to hurt you. The king wants to meet you."

"Are Marcy and Anne here?"

"…no."

"Oh."

They walked towards the throne room, and entered, to be met by king andrias.

"Hello, Sasha," he said, once yunan had closed the door and left.

"Hello… your highness?"

"Oh, no, no need for that," he smiled in an off-putting way. "I've already met your friends."

"You have?"

"Yes, i have. I sent them away on a quest to help you three get back home. But…"

"But what?"

"I'm afraid you won't be getting the same privilege," he smiled. "I would kill you, but your annoying smart friend already made the connections with the gems and she would know if you died if the pink gem reignited." Yunan came back in.

"Yunan, Bring these two to the dungeons."

Hey!

So i had a lot of ideas for short skits and stuff so i wrote a compilation chapter of their way back to the valley. Also put in... whatever the heck happened there at the end. Yeah, Sash is gonna have one hekk of a time.

Hope you enjoyed, New chapter should be coming soon!