Here's an all human Au I had the idea to start, that takes place on earth.

Sprig looked out the window, his eyes wide with excitement. The sight of the busy city streets was a new and interesting experience for him. He imagined all the fun things he will be able to do once they settle in. Speaking of which.

"Hop Pop?"

"Yes, boy?"

"Why are we moving to this city, after years of living out in the countryside?"

Hop Pop sighed, "I was offered a much better job that will help me provide for you two?"

"Then why are you upset about it?" Polly asked.

"It was hard to accept it and give up the farm."

Sprig and Polly gave each other a knowing look. They both knew how much their grandfather liked to stick to the old ways. Thankfully, he wasn't completely close mined to more modern ways. Sprig placed his hand in his pocket and touched his phone for a few seconds. It was hard to convince Hop Pop to buy him 1, until the old man saw all the wonderful features and relented.

"Well, I am excited to see what the city life has for us," Sprig said with excitement.

"You know boy. Sometimes, I wish I had your optimism."

"Let's just hope Sprig doesn't do anything stupid again."

Sprig gave Polly an annoyed look before deciding to look out the window again. For a few moments he saw 3 girls around his age, sitting out in front of an ice cream shop, with ice cream cones in their hands. 1 had long blonde hair in a ponytail and another had short brown hair, with light brown skin. He didn't have enough time to make out the appearance of the third girl. Oh well. He will most likely never see them again and even if he does, he won't recognize them.

"Sprig?" Polly asked.

"Yes?"

Do you think we will be able to make some new friends?"

"Of course!" Sprig exclaimed, "Who wouldn't be friends with us?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Besides, we can still contact Ivy, Maddie, and the others."

"Not to mention Sylvia," Hop Pop added, "Another reason I am glad you talked me into getting us phones, boy."

"What about me?" Polly asked annoyed.

"You are still too young Polly," Hop Pop said sternly, "Heck, I was even considering not buying 1 for Sprig and just getting 1 for myself."

"You were?" Sprig asked completely shock.

"Why so surprise boy? You are one of the least mature and responsible kids I have ever seen, but I decided to test you and buy you 1 anyway."

"Right," Sprig said sheepishly.

"Relax boy. You have done a good job taking care of it," Hop Pop assured him.

"Thanks."

"I trust you will continue to."

"Lucky," Polly mumbled.

Sprig smiled and pulled out his phone. He turned it on and checked his messages.

Sprig, I hope you have a fun and safe trip. I also hope you won't forget me and your old life. You better stay in touch or I will hunt you down and tackle you until you beg for mercy.

Sprig, fate certainly has a funny way of doing things my future husband. Don't think because you are moving away we won't get together, so keep in touch or you will know the true meaning of curses.

Sprig chuckled after reading both Ivy and Maddie's threats. Both girls are being silly. Of course he will stay in touch with them. He did had to admit Maddie's message was creepy and unsettling, but she was a nice girl. Still, he will try to keep his guard up with her.

"Hop Pop when will we get to our new place?" Polly asked.

"It won't be long," Hop Pop answered annoyed.

After a few hours of moving their boxes into their new house, Sprig entered his new room and looked around. The only thing set up was his bed and desk. All of his things were in boxes stacked in one corner.

"What do you think boy?"

"It's nice. Plenty of space for my things."

"Glad to hear it. You and Polly will start school the following Monday."

"Ok."

Hop Pop sighed, "Sprig promise me you won't do anything stupid."

Sprig gave Hop Pop a confused look, "What do you mean?"

"We both know you have a history of doing dangerous and reckless things and I want you to act normal."

"You mean I'm not normal?" Sprig asked offended.

Hop Pop gave him an apologetic look, "Perhaps, I phrased things in a bad way."

"Yeah."

"What I mean is, this is a chance of a new clean start and I don't want you to make things harder for yourself, by doing something reckless."

Sprig sighed and nodded, "Yeah, I hear you and I promise I'll try."

Hop Pop smiled, "Good. We still have time to unpack a few things until dinner."

Sprig smiled back and nodded before helping Hop Pop and a reluctant Polly unpack boxes and decorate a few rooms.

The next morning Sprig yawned and stretched his arms, before getting out of bed. He entered the kitchen and was greeted by Hop Pop cooking some eggs and bacon and Polly, waiting impatiently at the table.

"Good morning boy. How did you sleep?"

"Pretty well," Sprig answered before taking a seat.

"Are you planning on exploring the city?" Hop Pop asked.

"Yeah, if it's fine with you."

"As long as you take your sister with you."

"Come on Hop Pop," Polly complained, "I can take care of myself."

"You are not going out without me or Sprig," Hop Pop scolded.

"Fine," Polly grumbled.

"You know I was worried about Sprig doing something wrong and here you are acting like a brat," Hop Pop said with a chuckle.

Sprig chuckled while Polly groaned in anger and gave Sprig a dirty look. Sprig sighed and nervously rubbed his head. He could already tell Polly was going to be a hand full today.

"I was able to do it in Wartwood," Polly pointed out.

"It was a small village where everyone knew everyone else," Hop Pop explained, "So we didn't worry much."

"Excuses," Polly mumbled.

Hop Pop groaned and decided to ignore her.

"Sprig, just keep an eye on her."

"You can count on me."

Sprig was already beginning to doubt, Hop Pop could really count on him to keep an eye on Polly. They had only been walking through the city for half an hour and Polly was already getting on his nerves. She kept running ahead and going into random places.

"Polly I know you are excited and I am too, but please calm down."

"Come on Sprig. I just want to explore every inch of the whole city," Polly pouted, "It's much more exciting than Wartwood."

Sprig sighed and gently rubbed his forehead, "Fine let's see if there's an arcade or something."

"Or a mall," Polly asked hopefully.

"I don't have a lot of money on me."

Polly groaned, "Well, maybe you will find a better paying job here."

"Hop Pop told me they do things differently here and I have to wait a few years before I can get a job."

"That sucks."

Sprig simply nodded, "I have enough for us to play for a few hours."

"I can't wait to kick your butt at street fighter."

"We'll see about that."

Both of Sprig's and Polly's characters were below half health. Sprig gritted his teeth and managed to do a killer combo on her character. Polly grunted in anger before spamming cheap moves.

"Seriously, Polly you always resort to cheap moves."

"Hey if it's in the game than it's fine," Polly argued.

Sprig sighed, "Well, the game is clearly not completely balanced."

"Oh stop being a baby."

Sprig managed to dodge a cheap projectile and landed a killing blow, defeating Polly.

"What?" Polly shouted.

"Well, even with your cheap moves I still win," Sprig bragged.

"Lucky," Polly grumbled.

"Don't be a baby."

"Can we go?" Polly asked.

"Are you sure? We still have plenty of quarters."

"I'm sure," Polly said bitterly before making her way out of the arcade.

Sprig shook his head, "Sore loser."

On his way out he noticed a couple girls at the machine that converts dollars into quarters. One of them a blonde girl was giving a brown hair girl a pleading look. Sprig felt he had seen these girls before, but couldn't place it. He watched the brown hair girl insert money into the machine, with a look that implied she wasn't completely willing to do it. Is she being forced to? Sprig shook his head. He shouldn't be getting into other people's business when it doesn't concern him. Besides, he might have misread the situation. Sprig left the arcade and looked around for his younger sister. He took off when he noticed her walking off in the direction of their house.

A couple days later Sprig looked at his fully decorated room with a smile. His shelves were filled with his action figures and comic books. His desk had his favorite board games. Everything seems to be coming along nicely. Him and Polly explored more of the city and managed to map everything out. All that is left is meeting new people and maybe making friends at his new school. He pulled out his phone and went on Facebook. Sprig was glad Hop Pop was fairly quick to get internet, so he can catch up on what he missed on social media. He checked Ivy's profile and grunted when he noticed not much has happened. Feeling bored and lonely, he went on Messenger and sent her a message.

S- Finally got internet at our new place. What's been going on?

I- Not much. Everyone misses you guys and are happy for you. What's new with you?

S- Not much just getting used to everything. School starts for us soon.

I- Nervous?

S- Little bit.

I- Relax. You are a fun guy to be around.

S- Thanks.

I- Anytime. Gotta go. Dinner.

S- k. message you later.

Sprig left messenger and decided to catch up on YouTube videos in his subscriptions, before it's time for dinner. Ivy is right he shouldn't worry too much. If people don't like him, then they are not worth being friends with.

Sprig neatly combed his short blonde hair and took one last look at his reflection. He was wearing a black shirt and typical blue jeans. He entered his room and picked up a black hat. He pondered if he should wear it, since he will most likely have to take it off during class. After a few moments, he shrugged his shoulders and put it on his head. He left his room and entered the kitchen.

"Eat up boy. You and Polly have a big day ahead," Hop Pop said before placing a plate of eggs in front of him.

"Yes, Hop Pop," Sprig and Polly said.

"Nervous?" Hop Pop asked the two.

Sprig and Polly both shook their heads.

"Well, Sprig I hope you will do what we talked about earlier."

Sprig simply nodded before taking a bite of his eggs.

Sprig took a deep breath as he entered the school. He froze for a few moments when everyone turned to look at him, before continuing with what they are doing. Sprig decided to focus on getting to the front office to get his schedule. Along the way he encountered 3 girls that gave him curious looks. 2 of them were very familiar to Sprig, but before he could try to figure it out. 1 of them, with long blonde hair greeted him.

"I haven't seen you before? Are you a new student?"

Sprig nodded, "I'm Sprig Plantar."

"That's an unusual name."

Sprig nervously rubbed the back of his head, "From what I vaguely recall, my parents were a bit... strange."

The blonde girl nodded before giving him a sympathetic look. Sprig blinked when he realized he indirectly revealed his parents were no longer around. The blonde haired girl held out her hand.

"The name's Sasha."

"I'm Anne Boonchuy," Another girl with short brown hair greeted.

The last girl, a nervous looking Asian, with short blue hair took a deep breath, "I'm... Marcy."

"Nice to meet you girls."

"Are you looking for the front office?" Sasha asked.

Sprig nodded.

"We can show you the way, if you want."

"Yeah, thanks."

Sprig left the front office, with his schedule in his hands and checked his first class. He looked at the room numbers of the nearest rooms and began to make his way towards the classroom. Thankfully, he had a pass, so he can take as long as needed. After a couple minutes he found the classroom. He took a deep breath before entering. The teacher, a young male adult with short black hair and the students looked at Sprig.

"Welcome. You must be the new student."

"Yeah, that's me," Sprig responded nervously.

"I'm Mr. Adams. Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Sprig walked to the front of the class and faced the students, giving him curious and in some cases friendly looks. He took a quick breath.

"Hello. I'm Sprig Plantar and I hope we can all be friends," Sprig said nervously.

Sprig waited for people to laugh at his name, but to his relief it didn't happen. Sasha's reaction made him scared people would react negatively to his name, but it looks like he had been worried for nothing.

"Alright Sprig. There should be a seat next to Anne."

Sprig blinked and looked around. Sure enough there was the same girl he met earlier, giving him a slightly surprised look and sitting next to an empty seat. Sprig smiled before making his way. Sprig never did completely believe Maddie when she talked about forces controlling how things play out in life, but now he was beginning to think she might be on to something. It seems like fate wants to bring him and Anne together in some way. Sprig took a seat and took off his backpack.

"Luckily for you Sprig. Today is the day we start a new topic. Today we are going to cover basic algebraic equations. Just take notes and we'll go from there."

Sprig took out a notebook and a pencil and got ready to take notes.

Sprig closed his notebook and put it away. He got up from his seat, but before he could leave the classroom, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Anne giving him a curious look.

"We have the same math class, huh?"

"Looks like it."

"I wonder if we have any more classes together."

Sprig took his schedule from his front pocket and unfolded it. He handed it to Anne, who quickly looked through it.

"We have 4 classes together. Looks like we will be seeing each other."

"Yeah."

"Another thing. I feel like I've seen you before, but I can't place it."

Sprig shrugged his shoulders, "Same here. Oh well. I better get to class."

"Yeah, see you in 3rd period."

It was lunch time and Sprig was walking to the cafeteria as fast as he was allowed to. Along the way he encountered a boy that blocked his path. He had long black hair and large muscles. He gave Sprig a cocky grin.

"Well, we have some new meat."

Sprig sighed and shook his head. The last thing he wanted right now was to deal with a muscle brain bully.

"Look I don't have time for this."

"Let's make time."

Sprig groaned, "I just want to get some lunch."

"I am just here to show you your place."

"My place?"

"Yeah, the new meat is always on the bottom and guys like me are on the top."

"If guys like you are on the top, than humanity is doomed and should be eradicated."

"What?"

"You heard me," Sprig said before walking pass him.

Sprig wasn't able to make it far before he was shoved. Sprig managed to regain balance and quickly turned around. He spotted the bully rushing towards him and managed to move out of the way, causing his attacker to crash into a wall.

"Impressive."

Sprig turned around and saw Sasha giving him an impressed look.

"You saw that?" Sprig asked while nervously rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah, I was going to intervene and help you out, but I see you handled it without me."

"I just hope I don't get in trouble."

"Relax, I and everyone else will explain that he was the only one who attacked and all you did was dodge," Sasha assured him, "Now let's get some lunch."

"Right, thanks."

"You are quick on your feet. Have you played sports?" Sasha asked.

Sprig held up a finger and swallowed his food, "Yeah, I played a few sports, but I mainly just ran around and explored a lot."

"Nice to see you have manners, unlike most boys," Anne complimented.

"Let's just say my little sister helped me out with that."

"Where did you live before?" Anne asked.

"A nice little town called Wartwood, out in the countryside."

"What are your thoughts on being here so far?" Sasha asked.

"Interesting in a completely good way, so far." Sprig answered, "I am excited to learn more about the place."

"Well, maybe we can show you around," Sasha offered with a smile.

"Yeah, sure," Sprig said nervously.

Sprig felt there was something off with Sasha's behavior. She had been nice and helpful and he appreciates it, but he feels there is some kind of ulterior motive to her actions. Maybe, he is just being paranoid, but his instincts were telling him she is up to something.

"No need to be nervous," Sasha assured him, "We will all have a good time."

"Yeah, Sprig," Anne added, "Sasha doesn't bite."

"I am sorry to say, it can't happen today, as we have plans," Sasha said with an apologetic look.

"It's fine."

"Uh, Sash?" Anne said nervously.

"Yes, Anne?"

"Well..." Anne began nervously while fiddling with her fingers, "My parents don't want me going to see Joker. They don't think I can handle it."

"No worries," Sasha assured her, "We will help you sneak out."

"But..."

"No, buts. We will see the movie and your parents won't find out."

"Well..."

"We are going. End of discussion."

Anne simply nodded and looked down on the table. Sprig blinked and pondered what he just saw. It looks like his instincts were right about Sasha and she isn't exactly what she seems.

"Sorry you had to see that Sprig," Sasha apologized, "Sometimes we don't see eye to eye."

Sprig managed to fake a smile, "No worries. I had brief arguments with friends."

Sprig couldn't help but feel bad for Anne. She was clearly in a toxic relationship and was powerless to change it. As much as he wants to help, he doubt there is much he can do and as much as he hates to think it, it also isn't any of his business. Could he make it his business, though? Sprig gently rubbed his forehead. He didn't know what to do and he hopes to figure it out.

During his last period, that he also happened to share with Anne, Sprig kept thinking about the incident at lunch and pondered what he should do. Even if he does decide to help, what if he is unable to and he makes it worst. Would it be worth it to try, or should he just leave it, no matter how hard it is. God, if only he wasn't a powerless 12 almost 13 year old boy. The last bell of the day rang, and every student other than Sprig, jumped out of their seats and rushed out of the classroom. Sprig left the room and kept an eye on Anne. He watched her meet with Sasha and managed to hear their conversation.

"I am going with Marcy to get the tickets. We will be there to help you sneak out."

"Right. Sorry for being reluctant."

"I am just glad you listened to me. Now let's have some fun." Sasha said before leaving.

Sprig took a deep breath and decided to go for it. He knows it's a long shot at convincing Anne their relationship with Sasha is toxic and he might ruin them forming one, but it's still worth a shot. Maybe? Sprig walked after her.

"Anne wait up."

Anne turned around and gave sprig a surprised look, "Yes, Sprig? I am kind of in a hurry."

Sprig took a deep breath, "About the incident at lunch."

"Sorry you had to see that. I should have listened to her."

"Why do you let her walk all over you?" Sprig asked before putting his hand on his mouth.

"Excuse me?" Anne asked offended, "We are friends and friends do stuff for each other, no matter what. Or you risk losing them."

Sprig's eyes widened as Anne's words sank in. It was worse than he thought. Anne tolerates it, because she is scared to lose Sasha as a friend. Sprig knew he had to choose his words carefully.

"Would a true friend make someone do something they aren't comfortable doing?" Sprig asked.

Anne's eyes widened in shock as she pondered his question. She was about to speak when Sprig beat her to it.

"If we were friends I would never boss you around and make you do things you don't completely want to do. I will always consider your input and will also do things for you because that is what true friendship is."

"Sprig."

"I'm sorry," Sprig blurted out, "It really isn't my place. If you are happy with Sasha than that's fine. I'll just go."

Sprig rushed off, leaving Anne in a stunned daze.

Sprig looked out the window, trying his best to calm down. Thankfully, Hop Pop was a little late to pick him up, so he didn't have to explain why it took him a bit to leave school. He kept thinking about his confrontation with Anne and was worried he ended up ruining a potential friendship. Perhaps, it would have been best to leave it.

"Sprig are you ok?" Hop Pop asked.

"Yeah, I just have a bit on my mind."

"Anything in particular?"

"I know I was excited at first, but I guess the initial excitement has faded and I am dealing with the reality of the move."

"Yeah, I know how you feel," Hop Pop told him with a small smile, "Just give it time and you will get used to it."

"Yeah, thanks Hop Pop."

Sprig could have sworn he felt his phone vibrate, but he decided to check when he got home.

Sprig entered the house and took a seat on the living room couch. Polly won't get out of school for another hour, giving him time for some peace. He pulled out his phone and saw a notification of a friend request on Facebook. Curious, Sprig tapped on it and the sight of the friend request made him drop his phone onto the couch, in shock. He blinked twice, as he looked at the friend request from Anne.

I am not sure how well this will do and it will likely just be more of a side story, but we'll see. It also won't be too long. It will just cover Sprig and Anne forming a friendship and Anne learning what a true friendship is like. Basically, her character arc in Season 1.