[Here's chapter 3 folks, took me a bit but I got it done. I'll mostly be jumping from story to story at this point as I have a lot of updating to do, anyways enjoy!]

Remmie wet a rag and began wiping the counter of Happy Tree Diner. He, Belle, and Moska had signed up for work again today only this time they were joined by someone else. A black panther with short white hair and donned in a white tee-shirt. She was also missing the slightest piece of the tip of her right ear. Remmie stared off into space as he mindlessly cleaned the counter.

"Umm… Remmie… you uhh, haven't been looking well today" said Belle in her soft voice.

"Nah, just a headache, had it all morning" said Remmie.

"Here, drink some coffee and shut up" said Moska handing him a cup of coffee.

Remmie took a sip of it and nearly spit it out.

"Excellent, black coffee, my favorite. You could have put sugar in it you know" said Remmie.

"Ah quit whining wimp" said Moska.

Remmie moved to the sugar and creamer and poured in several spoonfuls.

"Anyone got anything I can take for this?" Remmie asked.

"Indeed Remmie! I have foresaw this moment and bestow upon you this bottle of Advil" said the panther presenting the bottle to him.

Remmie stared at her for a moment before taking the bottle.

"Is this stuff ok to take with coffee… ah whatever" said Remmie downing a couple pills "Thanks Juliet"

The bell jingled to signal someone entering the building and everyone turned to the door. As it was, there first customer of the day was Flaky. She made her way straight to the counter.

"Gooood morning Flaky, what can the maiden of the kitchen do for you" said Juliet.

"Sausage egg and cheese bagel please" said Flaky with her head resting on her hand.

"Does something ale you?" Juliet asked.

"Just a bit light headed, I'm fine though" said Flaky.

"Oh yea, Remmie, you never showed back up yesterday, Belle insisted we don't mess with your pay until we heard a reason from you" said Moska.

Remmie thought to himself recalling his death yesterday. This only sparked curiosity as he had no idea what had prompted it.

"Well… I died on my way back from dropping Twitchy off" said Remmie.

"Likely excuse" said Moska.

"No, he's telling the truth, I was with him and I died too" said Flaky.

"At the same time, what were you guys hit by a truck or something?" Moska asked.

"No, actually we sort of… blew up I guess" said Remmie.

"Hey, I wonder if Ollie was able to get away" said Flaky.

"Sounds like Boom went crazy again" said Moska.

"Umm… no, that wasn't it, honestly I have no idea how it happened.

The bell jingled again to announce the arrival of Scrap to the diner. She made her way to the counter and took a seat beside Flaky.

"Hey Flaky, you guys get Twitchy home ok yesterday, you guys never came back and we made Flippy pay for your meals" said Scrap.

"Oh… well I'll tell him thanks next time I see him. Oh yes, I want to tell you guys something, Flippy's and Nina's birthdays are next week. Remmie, Glitchy and I were planning a surprise party for them, did you tell anyone yet Remmie?" Flaky asked.

Remmie stared into space for a moment.

"Umm… crap, I forgot" said Remmie.

"Figures you would" said Moska.

"Well it's not too bad that you didn't tell anyone. I was thinking of making it a welcome party for Lammy and Ollie too" said Flaky.

"Really, sounds like fun" said Scrap.

"Oooh I wanna help" said Belle.

"Ok then. I was actually going to do a little shopping today, I guess we can plan this a little more later" said Flaky.

Belle finished Flaky's sandwich and serve ditto her as Petunia entered the building.

"Morning, I want pancakes and sausage" said Petunia.

"As you wish" said Juliet.

"You're pretty theatrical today" said Petunia.

"And why shouldn't I be, my prince saved me yesterday!" said Juliet excitedly.

Everyone looked surprised.

"Wait, you mean Splendid actually saved you? Damn, this must be the end of the world" said Moska

"Are you sure you didn't die?" Scrap asked.

"I'm serious. I was making jiffy pop and set my house on fire. I screamed as loud as my lungs would allow and through the horrific blaze arrived my prince, glorious with his glowing blue fur he took me by the hand and whisked me to safety. I only received one broken arm and a couple third degree burns. I awoke cured in the hospital wit a note of apology from my love, no doubt for allowing me to be in such danger, he is the sweetest man I know" Juliet explained with sparkles in her eyes.

"Umm… hate to break it to you Juliet but I think he ended up killing you, he's given letters like that to me… and pretty much everyone else he's failed to save too" said Petunia with little faith in that squirrel.

"But, but it had his signature and everything!" exclaimed Juliet.

"Yea, they all do" said Scrap.

"Shut up! You guys are just jealous because he didn't save you!" shouted an annoyed Juliet.

"Whatever hun" said Moska returning to her work.

"Oh yes Flaky, you know that girl you were showing around yesterday died" said Scrap.

"What! How did she die?" Flaky asked.

"Lumpy and I had cleanup duty yesterday, found her out in front of Twitchy's house, looked like your quills killed her, same as Lammy. Did you and Remmie really have to make such a mess though, there were pieces of you everywhere, only identified you by your heads. Figures that'd happen when I had to clean it up" said Scrap.

"No! her first day here and I was the one who killed her!" Flaky almost seemed to tear.

"Ho hum, tough break it seems. It was bound to happen eventually, I'm sure she'd rather have had her first friend kill her than someone else" said Moska.

Flaky looked distraught, she turned her head and stared at her quills.

"Hey Moska's right, don't worry about it, besides, she probably had a bunch of my spines in her too so it's not all your fault. We couldn't have known that would happen anyways" said Remmie.

"Please Flaky, smile, I hate seeing you sad" said Belle.

Flaky allowed herself to cheer up a bit, however after killing two people in a row it would take some time to shake the regret off. Flaky finished her sandwich and paid.

"Well, I'll see you guys, I'm going to the store" said Flaky rising from her seat.

"See ya" said the cooks.

"Jeez, that girl's gotta get over it. She knows that's the way things are just like the rest of us" said Moska.

"If only it were that easy, Flaky takes it hard when she's responsible for someone dieing. Besides, you still haven't gotten over-" said Remmie stopping his statement in it's tracks.

"What's that hun?" Moska asked.

"Umm… make me a Rubin, I'm gonna take my lunch brake" said Remmie.

"Make it yourself lazy ass" said Moska in good humor.

Flaky made her way to the grocery store. She held her hands together and glanced around somewhat afraid to see Lammy or Ollie. She walked on until she passed by the bear Night who was sitting on a bench.

"Damn, if it aint Flaky. Take a seat girl" he said patting on the bench.

Flaky looked around then obliged.

"Damn, you're look'n a bit down, what's eat'n ya?" night asked.

Flaky was silent for a bit until she decided to speak.

"I killed Lammy yesterday, Lammy and a new girl Ollie" said Flaky.

"Ollie… that girl you were with at the park?" Night asked.

"Yea… what do think I should say to them, I want to apologize for it, Ollie just moved here and I was the first one to killer her, Lammy trusted me as a friend and I killed her too" said Flaky.

"Ha, same old Flaky. Those two'll learn well enough how this town works, you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just tell them that you're sorry, simple as that. Like it or nor that's certainly not the last time they'll be killed" said Night.

Flaky sighed.

"Yea, I know… I guess I'll just tell them I'm sorry. Sorry Night, I have to go now, I'm off to go shopping for a party next week for Flippy and Nina, I hope you'll come" said Flaky getting up.

"Sure, fill me in about it" said Night.

"I will. see you night" said Flaky as she left.

"See ya Flaky" said Night with a smile.

Alice made her way through the park in the center of town. Her phone out she received a text saying "Be there soon, Luv U". She made her way to the fountain in the middle of the park to wait for the texter. She sat against the fountain and ran her hands through the water. Her eyes peered around looking for the one she was there to meet when she noticed something suspicious in a tree. Since the one she was meeting had yet to arrive she decided to kill time by checking it out. She made her way over to it and looked up to see the rabbit cat in the oversized shirt peering around.

"Rena, what the hell are you doing?" Alice asked.

"What? Oh hey Alice, I'm wait'n for Lumpy to come by" said Rena.

And you're in a tree becauuuse?" Alice asked.

"See that sandwich down there. When Lumpy comes through here he'll see it. When he goes to pick it up I'm gonna jump onto his back and he's gonna give me a piggy back ride through the park" said Rena.

Alice looked a bit confused by this. She didn't need to try to make sense of it as the one she had been waiting for had arrived. He made his way towards the fountain and waved to Alice. He was a tan kangaroo wearing a black muscle shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans as well as a pair of red vans.

"Hey Deric, took your sweet ass time" said Alice in good humor.

"Yea, sorry about that, I had to find my wallet because we're going roller skating" said Deric.

"Roller skating, I thought you didn't know how to roller skate?" Alice asked.

"Ahh… well, how hard could it be?" Deric asked.

Alice laughed.

"Well I'll help you if you need it" said Alice.

The to finished their conversation and walked off. Rena turned her attention to the sandwich on the ground. To her surprise, it was gone and she heard someone eating below her. She almost squealed but did not want to give away her position. She followed the sound and when she was over it she pounced. She landed on someone and have them a tight hug. However it was not the person she was hoping for. The creature she was laying on was not a blue moose but fennec fox peacock.

"What! Desmond! Not again!" Rena shouted surprised.

"Rena, I didn't know you felt that way about me, I'm moving up in the world" said Desmond.

"Desmond! That sandwich was for Lumpy!" Rena shouted.

"Umm… it was… then why was it on the ground, I just thought someone forgot about it" said Desmond.

"No! that was to lure Lumpy over here so I could jump on him and get a piggy back ride, now it's ruined." said Rena.

Desmond looked at the sandwich.

"Umm… I guess I could give you a piggy back ride" said Desmond.

"I don't want you to give me a piggy back ride, I want Lumpy to" said Rena.

"Fine then… Can I keep the sandwich at least?" Desmond asked.

"I don't care day ruiner, I'm just gonna go find that moose and talk to him" said Rena marching off.

Desmond watched as she left then turned to see someone else walking towards him. It's appearance threw him off a little and he could only vaguely recognize its species. It was slightly taller than him and burlier. It was a grayish blue color with a dark blue muzzle and belly. From it's back protruded a number of short sharp spikes.

"Hey, it's Marmalade… what are you doing in town? You finally decide to get out of the cave?" Desmond asked.

"Oh, it's good that I found you Desmond" said Marmalade.

"I already knew that, so why are you in town, aren't you still afraid you'll be run out?" Desmond asked.

"Well honestly Desmond, that's why I'm glad I found you. I decided that I'm sick of hanging around outside of town and want to move in. if you're with me then people aren't likely to freak out and they'll get a chance to know me" said Marmalade.

"Sounds like you're looking for a handsome escort, no wonder you hunted me down" said Desmond.

"Shut up before I curse you" said Marmalade in good humor.

"Oh, I don't think that'd work on me sweetie. Well I guess I'll show you around, maybe take you for some dinner later huh?" said Desmond.

"Don't push it" said Marmalade.

The two finished their conversation and made their way out of the park.

Elsewhere Ollie made her way through town. Disoriented from yesterdays events and the unfamiliar grogginess of returning to life she moved onward downtown with no destination in mind. As she walked she noticed an unfamiliar face. Eager to find answers to her questions she approached the animal with a head full of questions. When she approached the creature she found that it was a civet.

"Excuse me sir, but can I ask you a few questions?" Ollie asked.

The civet turned to her.

"Yea, sure" the civet replied.

"Thank you… well I just moved into town. I heard the rumors about people coming back to life after they die but just yesterday I ended up dieing, is there anything you can tell me about it. I feel a bit tired, is that normal?" Ollie asked.

"New huh? Yea, I didn't think I recognized you. Yea feeling tired is normal, there's a couple other things like vomiting and passing out that you should expect to experience other times when you come back. You'll get used to it pretty fast though. I'm Andy by the way, you? Andy asked.

"Ollie, nice to meet you, and thanks for answering my question" said Ollie.

"No problem… so how did you die? If you don't mind me asking" said Kurt.

"Remmie and Flaky, you probably know them, they kind of blew up and their quills went through me" said Ollie.

"They blew up, what, like a bomb blew them up?" Andy asked.

"No they just sort of blew up, like balloons, then popped. I dunno, it was really weird, does that happen a lot here?" Ollie asked.

"Well I've never heard of that happening, I mean they have peanut allergies and they've swollen up before bu they never just exploded… as far as I know" said Andy.

Ollie was silent for a moment.

"Well that's stuff you should learn to expect around here, if it's not one thing it's another. Still, that doesn't mean to just let yourself die. Your chances of making it through the day are greatly heightened if you know who to look out for. Now then, you can easily die just about anywhere so going over a list of objects to stay away from is useless. There are some pretty dangerous people here though that you can avoid" Andy explained

Andy sat on the curb and Ollie followed.

"First and foremost. There's a few people around here with PTSD or similar conditions. First we got Flippy, poor guy joined W.A.R. and never came back the same. Pretty much anything that sounds like gunfire or other battlefield sounds will set him off. When he's lost it he goes crazy killing any living thing. He's been able to snap out of it a few times though, but I wouldn't rely on that. if you can't kill him then running is your best bet" said Andy.

"Flippy… I think I seen him yesterday… yea I already seen him go crazy" said Ollie.

"Ha, not surprised. You can't be too hard on him though, he does try to keep himself under control. Anyways, then there's Moska, not sure exactly what triggers her, she mostly seems to react when she sees someone die. She's similar to Flippy in level of violence but she's not as straight forward and doesn't make traps. Then there's Boom. Don't know his story but every now and then he just goes crazy and blows things up. He's also kidnapped people before and blown them up, hell if I know his reasons. then there's Dubble. You probably don't need to worry about him too much, I've never seen him kill a girl or heard about it. He seems to have a little more motive for it than others but hell if I know that either. Then there's Frowel, he can get pretty violent, I've seen him just snap randomly before but he also goes crazy after seeing someone die" Andy explained.

"Wow… seriously, that's what I need to look out for huh?" Ollie asked.

"Yep, but don't worry about them too much, there's a few of us in town who are plenty capable of stopping them if need be" said Andy.

"In summary, this is a pretty fucked up town" said a voice from behind them.

Andy and Ollie turned their heads to see a fox with recognizable Tasmanian devil markings. Her fur was white aside from the purple markings around her eyes, her eyes themselves, and on her nose as well as her black paws. She wore a purple tang top depicted with a black skull and cross bones. She wore a pair of black pants with a grenade shaped belt buckled belt. She also wore a pair of black combat boots and a silver heartagram necklace.

"How's it go'n skull?" Andy asked.

"How do you think it's going Andy… so who's this" Skull asked.

"I'm Ollie" said Ollie.

"New to town I take it. Sounded like Andy was giving you the lowdown of out shitty little town, hope you listened, it's all true"

"Yea I believe him, pretty rough first day" said Ollie.

"Yea, Lammy had one her first day too. I'll never know why people move here, heh, then again I moved here too" said Skull.

"Well death and suffering aside, what do you think of the town so far?" Andy asked.

"Hmm… well pretty good all things considered, it doesn't seem like the chaos bothers anybody. A little bit of craziness from some of the people here but most of them seem pretty nice. I already made a couple friends and the town looks really good. The death will take some getting used to but I think I like it here" said Ollie.

"Heh, crazy bitch, just like the rest of us" said Skull.

Giggles made her way to Cuddles's house and knocked on the door.

"That you Giggles, come on in" said a voice.

Giggles opened the door and entered. The living room was a bit messy with sports equipment and other miscellaneous items scattered around. Giggles sighed and sat on the couch. She rolled a soccer ball around under her foot while she waited for Cuddles to finish what he was doing. She could hear the bathroom door open and cuddles stepped out with a towel around his shoulders.

"Hey Gigs, ready to head out?" Cuddles asked.

"Sure am, let's go" said giggles eager to get going.

They made their way out of the house and downtown. Cuddles reached his hand to Giggles and took her hand as she had hoped he would. She giggled with a smile as they made their way towards the fair. They made their way through the gate and stopped.

"So where to first?" Cuddles asked.

"Hmm… let's go on the sleds first" said Giggles.

"How did I know you were gonna pick that?" Cuddles asked.

Giggles laughed as she and Cuddles made their way to the ride. The one working the ride today was a black Somali cat dressed in an orange tube top, orange pants and a pair of orange, strappy high-heels. She was also adorned with an orange beaded necklace with a golden skull charm attached to it, four golden ear rings in each ear, a golden bellybutton ring, and a silver blue beaded bracelet. When she seen those two together she suddenly felt sick to her stomach.

"How's it going flame, busy day?" Cuddles asked.

Flame's eyes were pulled to their adjoined hands.

"Uh-umm, no, no- not too busy. So are you two on a date?" flame found herself asking.

Cuddles and Giggles looked at each other. Giggles turned her head away with a blush and a giggle.

"Yea, you could say that" said Cuddles.

Flame swallowed hard.

"I see… umm… enjoy the ride then…" Flame said.

The two made their way onto the ride and flame started it up. She stared into space as the ride spun around.

"Whoa, was that Cuddles with Giggles" said a voice.

Flame jumped ant turned to the voice to find that it had come from the mutt, Scrap.

"H-hey scrap" said Flame.

"Don't you like Cuddles?" Scrap asked.

Flame was silent and looked at the grass. Scrap noticed her discomfort.

"It's not to late to talk to him you know" said Scrap.

"Yea I know… but… I don't know, it's just the way they look at each other that unsettles me" said Flame.

"Don't tell me you're thinking of giving up, that's totally not like you" said Scrap.

"I know, I'm not giving up on him… I just need a chance to talk to him. Something that can get him to know me" said Flame.

Scrap looked around then smiled.

"You know there's a tunnel of love here" said Scrap.

"Ha ha, I know what you're trying to say but how would you expect that to work?" flame asked doubtfully.

"Hee hee hee, I gots an idea. We need to trick Lumpy into making the tunnel require tickets. When he buys a pair to close off the night, I will knock giggles out. When he has no one to go with, that's when you make your move so he doesn't have to waste money on tickets, it's fool proof I tell ya!" said Scrap excitedly.

Elsewhere in the park Jru and Asha scampered around playing the games. After a period of indecisiveness they finally stopped at the water shooting game.

"I'm one up on you Asha and I'm only gonna gain, let's just stop now and make it easier on you" said Jru.

"tisk tisk, sounds like you're worried that I'm gonna take the lead during this game, don't chicken out now" said Asha.

Jru smiled and they both slammed their money onto the counter. The game started up and they began to fire into the targets. The intensity radiated in their eyes as there complete focus fell onto the game. After a few seconds a the bell rang naming Asha the winner.

"Ha! Knew I'd win" said Asha.

"Rematch!" Jru shouted.

Asha smiled and they slammed their money on the counter. The machine started again and they opened fire. When the bell rang again it again named Asha the winner.

"Had enough yet?" said Asha with a grin.

Jru had a grin on as well.

They slammed their money down and opened fire again. This time however Jru had a trick up his sleeve. He reached into the bag that he had been carrying and removed a prize from a previous game. He held it above his head and with the push of a button it lit up and spun. Asha noticed it through the corner of her eye and stared transfixed at it. The bell rang naming Jru the winner.

"Aaaawwwweee yeeeeeaaaaaa!" said Jru excitedly.

"You cheated!" Asha shouted.

"Not my fault you're so easy to distract" said Jru.

"Rematch!" Asha demanded.

"Sorry you remember the rule, only three times per game. And now you buy lunch" said Jru.

"You're paying for your own cheater" said Asha.

"Fine then" said Jru.

The two made their way over to a nearby food stand and ordered their food. It was Russell behind the counter. After serving them their food he turned to notice that the burger patties were gone.

"Aye, Mole m'boy fetch me s'more patties won't ye?" Russell asked.

The mole said something that was completely muffled by his turtleneck. He followed hid nose until he found more patties. There was something a bit off about the smell but he brought them to Russell anyway.

As they moved through town Desmond and Marmalade received several puzzling looks from people they passed.

"I don't think this is working Desmond" said Marmalade.

"Nonsense, no one's tried to chase you out of town yet, course no one would want to do anything negative with me around. Just give it some time, these people tolerate the psychopaths jut fine so it's only a matter of time before you're as loved as me… well almost loved as much as me" Said Desmond.

From behind them they heard a crash as something hit the ground. Marmalade spun around with her claws at the ready as Desmond over dramatized his spin. The creature on the ground was the same species as Marmalade aside from it being bright green with a dark green muzzle and wearing a pair of green converse.

"Claws, what are you doing" Marmalade asked.

"Uhh Marmalade… I was just… climbing trees. Nothing weird about that is there?" Claws asked.

"I thought you didn't want to go into town, What changed your mind?" Marmalade asked.

"Oh uhh… oh hey Desmond, what are you doing here" Claws asked.

"Being Marmalades charming escort. She wants to move in, probably to be closer to me" said Desmond.

"No. I'm moving in and hopefully if I walk around with Mr. feathers here people won't freak out the minute they see me" said Marmalade.

"Wha-what a coincidence, I- I was hoping to do the same thing" said Claws.

"Well it'll be my pleasure to escort you around, what better way to leave an impression than being seen with me" said Desmond.

"Shut up Desmond" said Marmalade.

Handy took charge of the convenience store today as Lumpy was managing the fair. It had been somewhat busy all day but was beginning to slow down. Toothy had also been working to clean the store. The automatic doors had been repaired and in walked Glitchy.

"Hey Handy" Glitchy said as she entered.

"How's it go'n Glitchy?" Handy asked.

"Pretty good, just here to grab a coke" said Glitchy as she made her way over to the fridge.

A moment later someone else entered the building. Handy recognized her as an occasional customer. She was as tall as Lumpy but had no fur aside from her tail and ears which seemed to belong to a wolf. Her skin was pale and she had long black hair. She wore a black tee-shirt and a pair of black skinny jeans.

"Hey, Jennifer, it's good to see you" said Handy.

"Hey Handy" she said.

"So whaddya need?" Handy asked.

"Headphones… broke my last pair" said Jennifer.

"Again? Awe Jennifer, I thought you'd gotten over that" said Handy.

"I tried… but I just loose it sometimes" said Jennifer.

"Hmm… I'm gonna have to talk to talk to Len" said Handy to himself.

Jennifer approached Handy with her headphones and made her purchase Followed by Glitchy with hers. Jennifer made her way out of the store with Glitchy behind her.

"So how's it working with you and Len?" Glitchy asked.

"It's fine I guess… I like being with him… but he worries about me all the time, I just wish that he wouldn't" said Jennifer.

"Well he knows how you are, you can't really blame the guy. Besides, you should be happy you have someone who cares about you… I always choke when trying to ask Mime out, and I know he won't ask me out" said Glitchy.

Jennifer was silent.

"Just try to listen to what he has to say, let him help you" said Glitchy concerned.

"I don't need anyone's help" said Jennifer leaving Glitchy behind.

Back at the fair Jru and Asha made their way to another game, this one involving darts and Balloons. Tho her dismay Nina was the one working at it.

"Set us up for three games" said Jru as he and Asha dropped their money onto the counter with enough force to startle Nina.

"Oh umm… ok" said Nina who cautiously grabbed a couple handfuls of darts to give to them "Umm… just pop three balloons and you'll get a prize umm… ok?"

Nina backed into the corner of the booth, kneeled down, closed her eyes, and plugged her ears. As the two began to stick balloons with darts. With each pop Nina cringed and whimpered. When the popping stopped she checked the board naming Asha the winner.

"Again, I-beat-you" said Asha.

Behind the stall worked Lumpy and the Mole moving pallets of supplies around on a forklift. Lumpy issued directions to the Mole as he worked the machine.

"Hey Lumpy, you know that people are complaining about how you should have to pay to get into the tunnel of love right?" said Flame approaching him.

Lumpy turned to her.

"Oh ho ho, you're kidding, who would complain about that? Said Lumpy.

"I don't know, I've just heard a bunch of people talking about how you should have to buy tickets to get into the tunnel of love because apparently people think love should have to be proven by paying to get in there" said Flame.

"Seriously… makes sense to me, I'll get right on that" said Lumpy leaving his post.

As he and Flame left, the Mole moved the machine around blindly. He backed the machine up until he ended up hitting a wall. As it was that wall was the dart game. Nina turned around only to see several darts soaring at her face. The kiosk collapsed sending stuffed animals everywhere. Jru shoved a board off of himself and looked around. he noticed Asha half way under the remains and lifted the boards. As it was her head had been thoroughly crushed by the roof. He turned his head to see Nina with darts sticking out of her head like a pin cushion.

"Damnit!… well I guess I won. Sorry Asha. I'll bring your stuff back home for you ok?" Jru asked not expecting a response.

Jru looked around and found a dart on the ground. He also noticed the mole driving around aimlessly. He lined up the dart and tossed it sinking it into the Mole's neck. With a satisfied smile he picked up the prizes and attempted to make his way over to the exit when he slipped on Asha's blood and landed face first onto yet another dart that sank into his eye.

"What the hell!" he shouted pulling his eye out of the socket with the dart and passing out.

Alice and Deric had taken their seats after hours of skating and countless failures on Deric's part.

"Wow, I'm horrible at this" said Deric.

"Well… yea… but you're definitely getting better, let's order a pizza then skate a bit more before we leave" said Alice.

"Food, just what I was hoping for, I'll pay for it" said Deric.

"Thanks" said Alice.

Alice looked to a nearby table and noticed another couple sitting at it. One was an orange fox with a white belly. He wore a blue cap with the word "Throw" on it and had a belt with a dagger sheath. The other was a grey cat with a white belly. she wore a red shirt and a silver necklace.

"Looks like Frowel and Dreamy are here too, let's see if they want to skate with us. Frowel, Dreamy, you guys wanna join us?" Alice asked.

They looked over to Alice and Deric, then to each other. Afterwards they made their way over to their table.

"Hey, how long have you two been here?" Frowel asked.

"Couple hours, how come we haven't seen you guys?" Alice asked.

"No idea. Are you guys getting food now?" Frowel asked.

"Yep, we were planning on it. We were thinking of just getting a pizza" said Deric.

"Mmm, I could go for some" said Frowel.

"Just don't get anything with vegetables on it, bleh" said Dreamy.

"Load it with meat if you can" said Frowel.

"Alright then, I'll just get a large meat lovers" said Deric.

"And buffalo wings!" shouted Frowel.

"Here, I'll get the pizza, how about you get the buffalo wings" Deric suggested.

"Alright then, let's go" said Frowel as they rose up to order the food.

"So are you and Deric finally going out?" Dreamy asked.

"Yep, same for you and Frowel?" Alice asked.

"Yep. I've been waiting for a while but he finally asked me, can't skate for the life of him though" said Dreamy with a laugh.

"Ha ha, yea same with Deric… why can't boys skate?" Alice asked.

the two shared a laugh.

"So how is he with his condition?" Alice asked.

"He hasn't had too may problems, just gotta hope he doesn't see anyone die. You also have to be subtle when asking him to do something, I don't know why but giving him a direct order sets him off too" said Dreamy.

"Must be tough… still you two look pretty happy together" said Alice.

Back at the fair Flame met up with Scrap by Russell's food stand. Nearby skulked the grey and purple dog Dubble, his eyes locked onto Russell from his seat. Flame got herself a burger and sat with Scrap.

"Alright, there's the first faze of my plan complete, The moose has begun to charge admission for the tunnel of love. Now we wait to see how the rabbit and chipmunk respond to this" said Scrap.

"I hope this is gonna work" said Flame.

"Mua ha ha ha ha ha, of course it will my dear Flame, my plans never fail!" said Scrap confidently.

As they waited Flame ate her burger. Russell then began to assemble another plate. On it was a burger and a container of clam strips.

"Heh heh heh. Dinner time for little Russie huh" said Dubble with a vile grin across his face.

He stood up and made his way over to the stand. When Russell turned his back Dubble pulled out a vile of questionable liquid and sprinkled some of it onto the food. He quickly capped the vile, returned it to his sweatshirt pocket, and returned to his seat.

Giggles and Cuddles made their way to the area near the stall and sat with Flame and Scrap.

"Hey flame, Scrap, how are you guys do'n?" Cuddles asked.

Flame felt sick to her stomach again. She suddenly felt horrible about what she was about to do but she stuck to her guns.

"H-hey Cuddles… umm… how was your day at the fair?" Flame asked.

"Incredible" said Cuddles.

Giggles turned her head and blushed making Flame feel like a disaster.

"Well Giggles, all we've got left is the tunnel of love… you ready?" Cuddles asked.

Giggles kissed the rabbit on the cheek making him blush. Scrap grinned wildly.

"That's a yes! I'll go get our tickets then, be right back" said Cuddles who got up and left.

"So umm… you really like Cuddles?" Flame asked.

"Mmm hmm. I think he's the one, he was so much fun today" said Giggles.

"I-I see" said Flame.

Scrap leaned under the table and pulled out a rag.

"Hey Giggles, tell me what this rag smells like" said Scrap holding it under hwe nose.

"Hmm… I don't really kno…" said Giggles just before passing out.

"Ok Flame, now's your chance. When he get's back here go for it" said Rena.

Flame hesitated for a moment out of surprise before speaking.

"Ok" Flame replied

The two waited for Cuddles to return with the tickets. As they waited, Lumpy made his way over to the food stand.

"Yar, Lumpy, got yer dinner ready" said Russell to the moose.

"You did… mmm" said Lumpy looking at the burger and clam strips.

The moose picked up the platter and made his way to a table and began to eat.

"Ha ha, got em' gigs… hey, what the hell happened to Giggles. Is she ok!" said cuddles distraught.

"Yea, she's fine. She just passed out, looks like she's had a long day" said Scrap.

"But… awe damnit. That's a bummer… oh well, maybe next time. If she's tired I should let her rest" said Cuddles.

"What are you gonna do with those tickets, they're only good for today" said Scrap.

"Well… I guess nothing. No point in going by myself" said Cuddles.

"I can go with you!" Flame shouted.

"What, you want to. Alright, I doubt Gigs'll mind, let's go" said Cuddles.

At that Cuddles and Flame made their way over to the ride. Scrap looked at Giggles and grew a bit tied watching her sleep. She yawned, took a whiff of the rag, and passed out.

As they slept Rena passed by them and noticed Lumpy finishing his burger.

"Lumpy lumpy lump lumps!" she shouted excitedly seeing the moose sitting there.

A smile spread across his face as she made her way over to him.

"I've been looking for you all day and here you are" said Rena.

Just as she sat beside him he felt a burning sensation in his throat and began screaming. This woke Dubble who had drifted off into a nap. His eyes shot around and a smile grew across his face. His eyes locked onto the otter in the kiosk who was still happily cooking. The smile faded from his face as he seen the moose screaming and spazing out at his seat. Lumpy began to cough and blood began to shoot from his mouth. After a brief coughing fit and losing plenty of blood the moose collapsed and died.

"Son of a bitch!" shouted Dubble rising from his seat and leaving.

"Lumpy… Lumpy!" Rena shouted.

Her eyes darted all across the moose.

"Why! Why does this stuff keep happening!" Rena shouted.

She looked around and noticed his partially eaten container of clam strips which she picked up and began cramming into her mouth. She began rambling to herself with mouthfuls of clam strips as she made her way out of the park.

Cuddles and Flame stood in line to the tunnel of love. Flame felt butterflies in the pit of her stomach as they made their way onto the boat and began their trip through the tunnel.

"Umm… so anything new?" Flame asked.

"Eh, no, nothing much, I haven't gotten a good game of anything going for a few days now though, I could really go for a game of baseball or soccer though" said Cuddles.

Flame couldn't concentrate on conversation, something felt wrong, she was starting to doubt that she just had butterflies in her stomach.

"Hey Flame, is something the matter? You don't look so good" said Cuddles.

"N-no, I'm fine… so what is it you like about Giggles?" Flame asked.

"What can I say, she's cute, she's sweet, she's smart. Sure I wish she was a bit more athletic but at least she cheers me on at my games and gives me sandwiches afterwards. I really can't think of anything bad to say about her" said cuddles.

Flame was about to speak when her stomach churned and her dinner wound up all over Cuddles's lap.

"Ah what the!" Cuddles shouted staring at his soiled lap.

"Oh god, I'm sorry, it must've been the-" she said before she vomited onto his lap again.

"Damnit!" Cuddles shouted standing up and jumping into the water.

"Oh god cuddles, I'm so sorry, it must've been that burger I ate. I knew something tasted wrong about it but I was too… distracted to really notice" said Flame.

Cuddles splashed water over himself until it had been washed off.

"Cuddles, I'm so sorry" said Flame looking back at him.

He had ended up hitching a ride in a boat behind her.

"It's alright, don't worry about it… you feel better anyways?" Cuddles asked.

"Umm… yea" Flame replied.

"You know you can come back here with me and get out of that smelly boat" said Cuddles.

Flame obliged. She jumped into the water and cleaned off what had gotten onto her. She made her way to Cuddles's boat and sat with him. She couldn't bring herself to say anything and before she knew it the ride had ended. The two got off the boat. Flame couldn't look at Cuddles, she felt that she had blown it and just wanted to go home.

"Hey, thanks for going in with me, an almost perfect end to the day" said Cuddles.

"Oh, I ruined it for you, Giggles should have been the one who went with you, she wouldn't have puked on you" said Flame.

"Well it's too bad Gigs couldn't make it. But it's a win, win. She was tired and got to sleep and I got to take a ride in the tunnel of love, it'd have been pointless to go alone" said Cuddles.

"Well… that's good I guess… that was just so… I don't know" said Flame.

"I've had worse than vomit on me" said Cuddles.

"Hmm…" Flame groaned.

"Thanks for helping to complete my day" said Cuddles.

Cuddles turned to leave as Scrap showed up.

"So, how'd it go?" Scrap asked.

"Epic failure Scrap" said Flame.

"What! What happened!" Scrap asked.

"Everything, there's no way he'll like me like he does giggles, if that eren't bad enough I killed it by puking on him" said Flame.

"Eeew really? Well he seemed pretty happy when he left" said Scrap.

"And that's the worst part, he's only happy because I was able to help him complete his day, a day that we ruined in the first place for my own gain" said Flame.

"Well think of it this way, he doesn't seem to hate you, and now he'll remember you. All and all I'd say your chances with him have improved" said Scrap.

"You really think so?" Flame asked.

"I know so" said Scrap.

It was growing late and Happy Tree diner was finishing up for the night with only a half hour until closing time. Remmie cleaned off the counters so he wouldn't have to do them later. He noticed three figures approaching from outside.

"Damnit, why can't the day just end" said Moska.

"Cause people are still hungry" said Belle.

The doors swung open to reveal Desmond and the two creatures he had been showing around town. Remmies eyes locked onto them.

"Welcome welcome to Diner in the eve" said Juliet.

"Hey Juliet. This my friends is Happy Tree Diner and where we will conclude our day on the town" said Desmond.

The two creatures that were with him sat down beside each other and Desmond sat beside them.

"Three barbecue bacon burgers please" said Desmond.

Remmie stared in a bothered confusion at the creatures that had sat down right in front of him. He was more affected by their presence than the others were.

"Something wrong?" Marmalade asked.

"Umm… do you mind if I ask what you guys are?" Remmie asked.

"What, I figure you would be able to recognize us out of anyone, we're wearhogs" said Marmalade.

"Remmie's heart began to beat a bit more heavily.

"Yea… like in the stories?" Remmie asked.

"Oh yes, we are mindless, salvage creatures that hunt for the flesh of the living" said Marmalade.

"Umm… I actually didn't think you were. But you curse the people you bite right?" Remmie asked.

"Just hedgehogs, why, are you afraid we're gonna bite you" Claws asked.

"I hope you don't" said Remmie.

"Don't worry, we probably won't" said Marmalade.

"Umm… yea…" said Remmie.

"Wearhogs huh? You guys moving here, I don't remember seeing you here before" said Moska.

"We hope to. At least I hope to. The both of us lived outside of town for a while, I came in hopes that people won't try to run me out" said Marmalade.

"Well somehow I don't think people will mind you being here, except Remmie over there, seeing as how he's susceptible to your bite" said Moska.

"Don't make me sound intolerant, I don't care if they live here or not" said Remmie.

"Then why are your pupils so small" said Moska.

"Huh?… erm" Remmie muttered.

"Anyways I think there's an empty house that you can help yourselves to. In fact it's near Remmies, he won't mind if you stay there" said Moska.

"What? Why did you pick me, you know Nutty lives closer" said Remmie.

Moska laughed.

"You guys can stay at my house if you want. We can stay up all night, and watch TV, and eat popcorn, and play with my dolls" said Belle.

Marmalade reached over and rubbed her head making Belle smile.

"No, that's alright, I think I'd rather have a place of my own anyway" said Marmalade.

"Your own… what about me?" Claws asked.

"You didn't even want to move into town until I did" said Marmalade.

"Yea but…" said Claws.

"Fine, you can move in, but I'm in charge, you can stay until we find a place of your own" said Marmalade.

Claws was silent until their food was served.

"Ha ha! This is great!" Claws shouted.

"This your first time having greasy diner food?" Moska asked.

"Actually yea, we've been able to cook things in the forest but we don't have ingredients like this at our fingertips, why did I never want to come here!" said Claws excitedly. They ate their meals until there was nothing left.

"Great idea to come here" said Marmalade.

"Ha ha, all my ideas are great" said Desmond.

"Umm… I think it's time to close up now" said Belle looking at the clock.

"And so another day passes by like a wink. Welcome to town wearhogs" said Juliet.

"sounds good… I think I'll get more napkins before I leave, sorry I'll be right back" said Remmie, his tone changed with the second line.

"More napkins… what?" Moska asked.

"Umm… that was weird" said Remmie rubbing his head.

Suddenly the sound of screaming could be heard outside and everyone's gaze shot towards the window. It was a high pitched scream and gradually the image of a cat in an oversized shirt appeared through the window. She ran towards it in a panic and began to cough making blood splatter all over the window. He coughed in a violent fit until she smacked against the window and slowly slid down it. Everyone who knew her turned their eyes to Moska. She was staring silently with shrunken pupils and her breathing began to grow heavy.

"Well I think I'll call it a night, see ya" said Remmie quickly and climbing over the counter.

"Umm… Moska… umm it's ok, it's ok" said Belle climbing over the counter too.

"Oh god no no no no no I want to live!" Juliet shouted diving over the counter.

"Yea, now would be a good time to leave, let's go" said Desmond.

Juliet was the first one out the door followed by the wearhogs, then Remmie.

Moska jumped onto the counter with a number of chefs knives in hand and flung them at Belle. In a panic, Belle dove out of the way but received a knife in the leg. Moska went in for the kill but Desmond met her with a swift kick to the jaw. He grabbed Belle and quickly tossed her outside. Moska grabbed him by his foot and stuck a knife into his spine with a vile laugh. Remmie returned followed by the wearhogs to grab Belle. They figured it best to run as nothing could be done for Desmond and if she couldn't find anyone else to kill then there would be no need to kill her.

"When I die, I ask that you leave my face intact ok" said Desmond just before dieing from several knives in his back.

Moska made her way into the night as her mind gradually returned to normal.

[and there we have it. If I messed up with anything let me know, I hate messing up with people's characters. R&R folks, lebewohl (just learned that means goodbye)]