A/N: I am so sorry it has taken me this long to update, but I promise I will now be working on this story, there will be a chapter every week, maybe a few more if I feel like it but I will guarantee a chapter every week.

Disclaimer: I do not own Happy Tree Friends

Claim: This plot idea and Porky belong to me

Warning: Gore

Chapter 2

"..ky...Flaky...FLAKY!"

At the sudden shout of her name, Flaky tore her eyes off the purple haired man and turned to stare at Giggles who looked slightly concerned but irritated overall.

"What's up with you? Are you not feeling well?" she questioned Flaky, raising her hand in an attempt to feel her forehead.

Flaky backed up in response, turning her gaze back around only to be shocked when she noticed said man was nowhere in sight.

'This can't be possible! I saw him die! But he was just there, alive!..I must have imagined it...yeah, it must have been an hallucination. Dead people don't come back alive...Unless they're zombies...!'

Freaked out by her thoughts, Flaky let out a small whimper before turning her attention back to Giggles who still looked concerned.

"I-I'm fine! M-my m-mind must be p-playing tricks on m-me! Hahaha..ha..ha," Flaky replied, giggling nervously while her hands twirled one of her long locks of hair.

Giggles stared for a moment before a cheerful smile curled onto her face. "Oh haha, like, you honestly freaked me out there. Come on, let's go!"

With that said, Giggles continued the way down the street and began chatting up a storm leaving no room for Flaky to talk, but that was okay with the red-head as talking with people wasn't really her strong suit.

Having decided that the person she saw could not have been The Mole, she was a little more relaxed and just took the moment to take in the sights around her. Like she noticed yesterday, all the houses around her had neat lawns and perfect little houses. It still looked a little unsettling.

But she would have to get used to it, it was her home for the time being after all.

The quiet Flaky experienced in the residential area began to change as she and Giggles approached the centre area of the town. Where before she barely saw any traffic, cars seemed to zoom past every minute. People seemed to be everywhere as they went on with their errands which made Flaky feel somewhat overwhelmed with how crowded the place seemed to be.

It just felt strange how one part of the town could be like a ghost town while the other seemed to be on the threat of being suffocating.

"So this is like the main place to be," Giggles commented, sending a smile at a group of people walking past them whom greeted Giggles back cheerfully.

"Around here are some cafes that are so cute and perfect for relaxing! The main news building is around here too and it's just like the best thing you'll ever read or like watch if you're not into that...hmm you do seem like the book type though..."

"I-I like b-books...t-they make me feel safe," Flaky muttered getting a smug smile from Giggles in response who snapped her fingers.

"Knew it~ I like can so tell these things! The hospital is also around here, just up the next turn in fact! And there's also some candy stores around here, they realized that they make more profit with Nutty around after all. Come on, everything more interesting is further in!"

Flaky was relieved to know where the hospital was, not being a stranger to visiting the doctors but overall glad to know it was near her uncle's house.

Flaky gazed around her, taking note of the large building to the left across the road. A large sign was above the building reading: The Daily Nut which Flaky presumed was the news building Giggles had mentioned. Clerks walked in and out the building, some idly standing around the building to chat with each other. Flaky also noticed that there were a lot of public toilets and public telephones around the building.

She didn't have long to look more closely at the building as Giggles was already dragging her further into the town, the road splitting off somewhere else leaving the centre to have barely any roads leading through it leaving a large square for people to wander and mingle.

Giggles paused in front of a large building with electronic sliding doors and took a moment to pat her dress down and straighten out her clothes.

"So like this building is the mall and it has everything, like it's the best mall ever if I do say so myself! If you keep going straight you'll eventually come to crossing section which is essentially the middle of the town but I'll tell you about that later, our main goal after all is to go to the mall!"

Giggles reached out and grabbed Flaky's hand, whom had at this point, knew it was futile to try and keep Giggles from touching her, before dragging her through the electronic door.

The sight that met Flaky's eyes left her speechless.

The mall was huge for one which immediately made the red haired girl go on alert. She wasn't really fond of large places as it meant that it was easier to get lost and for bad people to blend in. Likewise she wasn't fond of small places due to the claustrophobia feeling it left.

From what she could see there was quite a few variety of stores around ranging from clothing stores to cafe stores to electronic stores. She could also see that the mall had a second floor though she could not make out what stores were up there.

"The best shops are upstairs for great deals! The cinema is up ahead as well, near the food court. What type of clothes shops do you like? I'm partial to Party Princess because it has the best clothes ever! Plus the makeup is to die for!"

Flaky fiddled with her sleeve while biting her lip. "U-um I'm n-not that r-really into c-clothes..."

Giggles blinked at her as if the idea of a girl not being into clothes was foreign to her before she let out a girlish laugh. "Aw like you probably just haven't been to the right store, I mean looking how you dress now proves that. Don't worry though, you've got me now!"

Flaky feared for her life.

"Let's go to the food court first though, I'm sure you're hungry and there are some pretty good restaurants though I would suggest not immediately going for the fast foods, they just pile on the weight hahaha," Giggles suggested before walking straight ahead, leaving Flaky to jog after her.

Flaky looked at the stores as they went past to see if any had signs pointing to wanting workers and quite a few of them were advertising but other than that none of the stores in view appealed to Flaky. She hoped that there was a sports store or a music store at least as they fell more into her interests.

The two girls eventually reached the centre of the mall where it was packed with tables and chairs. Different restaurants circled the room ranging from fast foods to restaurants Flaky was convinced would cost more than she would ever make. It was noisy but it wasn't that busy considering the lunch period had not started yet.

Giggles led Flaky to an empty table and sat down so she could begin digging through her pink purse-which Flay had only just taken notice off. Flaky took the seat closer to the wall so as to feel safer, she didn't like sitting with her back to people.

Giggles took out a pink cell phone, which Flaky figured it was the girl's favourite colour at this point, and took a glance at it before smiling and putting the phone down. "Sorry, got a text and you know how girls are with their phones hehe."

"Uh yeah..."
"You do have a phone don't you?" Giggles enquired but luckily Flaky could actually confirm something with the girl at this point. "Oh good, I'll give you my number now!"

At this hint Flaky reluctantly pulled out her mobile phone and winced when Giggles looked in horror at it. "Wow, that is so like old, does that thing even work?"

Flaky clutched her phone closer to her, "I think it works great."

Giggled rolled her eyes, "Sure...anyway here's my number."

Holding her contact details on her phone up to her, Flaky quickly punched in Giggles phone number. She then remembered she forgot to get her uncle's number and asked Giggles who luckily had his number too.

At least Flaky can now finally contact her uncle.

After tucking away her phone, Flaky glanced around to see if any of the food restaurants appealed to her. She wasn't really a fan of trying new stuff unless she felt safe enough in her surroundings to try the food; she hoped to see a familiar restaurant. If not she could always visit a cafe, they usually always sell the same snacks near enough.

The sound of loud laughing and squeaking wheels brought her out of her musings. Turning to the source of the sound, Flaky watched as two boys entered the food court however it wasn't the fact that they entered that grabbed her attention but how they entered.

More specifically how one of them entered.

Riding on a skateboard was a young blonde haired boy, with his fringe being a lighter shade on the verge of being white. He wore a bright yellow hoodie with rabbit ears stitched onto the hood and a fuzzy tail on the back, with black leggings and brown boots. His bright blue eyes were the most catching feature, sparkling with mischief as he went about his business.

Chasing after skateboarder was a taller purple haired boy with bright violet eyes and freckles dotted around his cheeks. Dressed in a white polo shirt with a purple flannel shirt over it and jeans with dusty boots he gave off the image of being a hard worker.

"Cuddles slow down! You're going to get yourself hurt!" The purple haired boy yelled to which he got a bright laugh in return.

"You need to chillax Toothy, this is fuun~!" the blonde haired boy, Cuddles, replied while turning to avoid pedestrians in the way.

Flaky thought the boy was being a bit rude, what if he did end up hurting someone? Or worse what if he hurt himself in the process?

"He's always such a cutie doing that," Giggles voice spoke up and when turning back to stare at the other girl, Flaky took notice of the love struck face she had on.

Seeing Flaky's confused expression, Giggles stood up and turned towards the skateboarding boy who was heading in the opposite direction.

"CUDDLES!" She yelled causing Flaky to jump. Despite the loud noise in the area, Cuddles seemed to have heard her as he stopped his skateboard and turned towards Giggles before a big smile broke out on his face.

Waving frantically at the girl, Cuddles began skateboarding over to the girls with his purple haired friend not far behind.

"Giggles," Cuddles cheerfully greeted as he stopped in front of the pink girl and suddenly wrapped his arms around her. Giggles giggled and returned the hug before placing a kiss on his cheek.

She then suddenly pulled away and pouted causing Cuddles to look disappointed that the hug ended so soon.

"You're not wearing the scarf I got you," Giggles said, crossing her arms.

Cuddles grinned sheepishly, reaching out to his curly head and twiddling one his curls. "Yeah...about that...I just thought it would be better not to wear it while I'm skateboarding, wouldn't want another accident..."

Giggles' eyes widened while she made an 'oh' sound.

Toothy finally caught up, breathing heavily while glaring at Cuddles. "Next time we are walking!"

"You're just too slow," Cuddles replied, sticking his tongue out.

Toothy rolled his eyes before glancing around only to stop on Flaky who slightly jumped.

"Oh, who are you?" He asked; staring at her curiously as Flaky shrunk in on herself.

Before Flaky could say anything, Giggles butted in.

"Like this is Porky's niece, Flaky! I've been showing her around so be nice to her!"

"Knew it! You do look like him after all," Cuddles snapped his fingers before thrusting his hand out to Flaky who stared apprehensively at it. "My name is Cuddles!"

Taking his hand warily, Flaky was practically shaken around as he waved their hands enthusiastically.

"He's also my boyfriend, such a cutie I snagged huh?" Giggles chipped in, pulling Cuddles closer to her.

Flaky was shocked at that as she had thought Cuddles was younger, guess the statement don't judge a book by its cover applied here.

She then turned to Toothy who grinned at her, showing his buck teeth which Flaky had failed to see before. "It's nice to meet you Flaky, I'm Toothy. If you ever need help with anything don't be afraid to ask me."

She appreciated that Toothy wasn't as touchy obsessed as the other two were and smiled at him. "T-thank you, i-it's nice t-to m-meet b-both of you t-too."

With greetings out of the way, Toothy and Cuddles took a seat at the table, Cuddles putting his legs up on the edge of the table so he could balance the chair's back legs while Toothy sat in a more relaxed pose.

"So have you seen much of the place yet?" Toothy inquired the red head whom shook her head in response.

"O-only the p-places between my u-uncle's house and h-here."

"My main priority was to show Flaky the mall obviously, nothing else really matters," commented Giggles who was swatting Cuddles's playful hand away from her.

"Nothing else matters? Are you kidding me, what about the sports field?! Now that's the best place to be," Cuddles argued, a dreamy expression curling onto his face. "The hills, the mud and all the crazy sports you can do there! It's awesome, right Toothy?"

"When it's not too crazy but I have to agree with you," Toothy replied, a grin crawling onto his face.

"Like only guys would be into that stuff," Giggles huffed, "it's too dirty to even have tea parties there!"

Toothy and Cuddles laughed at that while Giggles glared at them. Flaky inwardly found it funny how their different personalities conflicted but they still managed to get along fine.

"What do you think Flaky?" Giggles nudged her causing the red haired to jump.

"U-um...I l-like sports," she muttered, avoiding Giggles's gaze.

Cuddles grinned at her answer, raising his fist happily. "Finally a girl who plays sports! I was gonna give up on thinking there was girls who liked things other than tea parties."

He got slapped on the arm in response.

Giggled sighed, "well we have plenty of time to bring out the true girl in you Flaky; you're not a lost cause yet!"

'I wish she wouldn't keep commenting about the things I'm into as if they're bad. It's like she's trying to mould me in her image...what if she is?! I don't want that!'

"Oh, so you've experienced the cur-" Cuddles began but Giggles immediately slapped a hand over his mouth, glaring at him.

"She doesn't know; he doesn't want her to know."

Flaky looked at the two with a somewhat horrified look. What didn't they want her to know? Was it something bad? What if she found out? Would something terrible happen?!

"It's nothing," Toothy reassured her, shooting concerned looks discreetly at her.

"Yeah just messing," Cuddles laughed nervously while placing his foot on his skateboard and rolling it back and forth.

A silence settled over the group which made Flaky feel even more nervous. Obviously they were hiding something but she wasn't sure if she wanted to know or not.

"Well...I was actually looking for you Giggles," Cuddles spoke up, getting a confused look from Giggles.

"There's this new film out and I wanted to ask if you wanted to see it with me but I didn't know you were showing Flaky around," he sheepishly said.

Flaky could tell that Giggles was disappointed that she couldn't go with Cuddles to see the movie and found this to be an opportunity to get the pink haired girl off her back, there was only so much people interaction she could take after all.

"Y-you should g-go with h-him!" Flaky encouraged.

"What? But I haven't even gotten to show the best stores to you yet!"

"I-it's fine, it would p-probably b-be best to get to k-know the area m-myself."

"Okay...well you have my number if you need me, don't be shy to call," Giggles said as she stood up, clutching her purse and going over to stand by Cuddles who was grinning happily.

Flaky nodded in response, watching the duo walk towards the nearest staircase that would take them to the second floor where presumably the cinema was located.

At the sudden sound of a chair being pushed back, Flaky turned towards Toothy who smiled at her.

"I'd best be off too, I've got some rounds to do for my paperboy route. I'd show you around if I could though," Toothy spoke up, looking sad he couldn't help her.

"I-It's fine," she replied, watching Toothy leave as he blended into the crowd.

It was just Flaky now and she was already feeling uncomfortable being in a large building by herself. Standing up, she exited the food court and headed back through the way she came, not in the mood to check out the rest of the mall.

Going through the electronic doors, Flaky took a moment to breathe in some air before glancing straight up the road. Giggles had mentioned a crossing section up ahead and Flaky was a little curious. Although going back to her uncle's house was more appealing, Flaky realized that looking to see if there was actually anything interesting around might be more worthwhile.

Her uncle might not like her staying constantly at his house all the time after all.

Now with a destination in mind, Flaky made her way to the crossing section, idly watching the pedestrians going past her and making sure to avoid making eye contact with them-she didn't know these people or their intentions after all.

Up ahead Flaky could see three roads splitting off into different directions and figured she was at the crossing section. To her left seemed to lead to a more rural area as there wasn't as many building and to her right surprisingly she could see what appeared to be large bodies of water in the distance.

Were they seriously near the ocean?

Straight ahead lead to more buildings and at this point Flaky was feeling a bit peckish and decided to see if there were any cafes nearby.

Luckily she could see one tucked in a corner in front of her and Flaky made a beeline for it, taking note of a construction site across the road. Whatever was being built was going to be tall as Flaky could see a very large crane being used.

She could also see the construction worker operating said crane and balked. From what she could see, it was a man with short orange head underneath a yellow safety helmet. He wore a white tank top with a short sleeved orange open jacket and blue jeans with brown construction boots. But what really grabbed Flaky's attention was the fact that the man had no hands, only nubs covered in white bandages. Still even with this handy cap, the grumpy looking man seemed to be getting on fine.

'What if the crane broke? What if it broke while I was near it? What if smashed into me?! I really don't want to stay out in the open and its weird how he's able to work the thing with no hands!' she inwardly thought, quickly rushing over to the cafe and practically ripping the door open as she dashed inside.

Slowly approaching the counter, she ordered a hot chocolate and a muffin before taking a seat once again near the wall and away from the large window. Apart from Flaky there wasn't really many people in the cafe, in fact the only noticeable person was a young man with curly blue hair with bright eyes hidden behind a pair of blue rimmed glasses that seemed to be stuck together with cello tape. He was wearing a white shirt underneath a blue cardigan, trousers and simple working shoes. He had an open notebook in front of him and looked to be intently concentrating on it.

Flaky felt that he belonged more in a library or lab then a cafe but each to their own as they say.

As she took a sip from a drink, Flaky couldn't help but overhear what a group of customers cluttered around a table near the window were saying.

"Did you hear what happened at the swimming pool last week?"

"Oh yes, very brutal."

"Whose idea was it to use a starting gun for that small event?"

"Better yet who decided to invite him? Surely it was obvious what would happen?"

"They're still cleaning the pool out aren't they? All that blood..."

She froze upon hearing their words. Something happened at the pool? With blood?

Not wanting to stick around and clearly the comfy vibe from the cafe was gone, Flaky finished off her muffin, not really in the mood to drink the rest of her drink now that it was cold from her ignoring it to listen to the conversation. She got ready to stand up to leave when she took a glance out the window.

Immediately she threw herself under the table upon seeing the crane swinging towards the cafe.

She closed her eyes as she heard the window crash, squealing when some of the glass hit her, digging into her skin as blood trickled out the wounds. The lighting in the room fizzled into electric sparks as sounds of wood and bricks crumpled into heaps. Plates and cups smashed onto the floor.

But what really echoed in Flaky's head was the people's cut off screams and the loud squelching sound of their bodies making contact with the crane.

After a few agonizing minutes, the only sound Flaky could hear was a constant dripping.

Upon crawling out from under the table and standing up, Flaky warily opened her eyes to gaze around her.

Immediately Flaky felt bile rise out her mouth and quickly ducked her head to the side and vomited on the floor. Tears spilt out her eyes as she sniffled.

"Why does this keep happening?" she choked out, wiping her mouth.

The scene that met her was gory. The customers that had been near the window had been in front of the crane and had been thrown from their feet and smashed into the wall, their heads and upper bodies were crushed into pulps and blended together so it formed a wall of blood and organs. The only reason Flaky knew there had been more than one person crushed was because their lower bodies were sprawled underneath, with only the bones sticking out the top.

The other customers who had managed to avoid getting impacted by the crane had glass sticking out of them; their eyes had been pierced and had holes of goo with their throats punctured.

The poor cashier had crashed into the coffee machine and were now covered in hot boiling water, dead from practically being boiled.

Gazing over to the construction site to see if she could figure out why the crane had swung into the cafe, Flaky watched in mute horror as the handless man she saw before crawl out of the crane cart only for it to tip over and crush him to a pulp-his blood splattering out everywhere.

Flaky fell to the floor, finally succumbing to crying, pulling her knees closer and rocking back and forth in an attempt to comfort herself. She was glad she was alive but this was the second time she had witnessed death around her. She should have done something like call out to the others in the cafe, maybe they could have hidden underneath the tables too.

She could have done something yet she chose to save herself, in the end she was alive for being a coward.

"Well this is a surprise, guess fate has other plans for me," a male voice spoke up near her causing Flaky to snap her head up in shock.

Surprisingly she wasn't the only survivor as the blue haired guy had seemed to survive too, though his left arm seemed to be dangling at an odd angle.

He must have felt her gaze on him because he turned to her and raised his eyebrow.

"What's with the tears? One of the victims your friend?" He asked calmly, getting an incredulous look from Flaky.

"H-how...H-how can y-you b-be s-so c-calm?! P-people j-just d-died!" She stuttered out.

He gazed at her a little longer before sighing, "at this point it's nothing new, people die every day. You new or something? I'm guessing you are, after all everyone knows everyone here. Listen, a word of advice, try not to cry over every death, seriously it's just a waste."

With that said, the blue haired man calmly walked out the destroyed cafe, leaving Flaky flabbergasted.

"He didn't care at all," she whispered to herself, shaking heavily.

Taking a few more minutes to calm down, Flaky stood to her legs, wobbling a little while trying to regain her balance, before she too stepped out of the cafe.

To her shock she saw plenty of pedestrians just walking past the cafe and construction site without sparing a single glance to the damages, they just simply went on with their day.

Gaining her courage, she reached out to one of the pedestrians who glanced at her impassively. "T-there's b-been a-an accident..." she weakly said, pointing at the cafe.

"Oh I can see that, give it a day and you'll be able to visit the cafe again," the pedestrian said idly before walking off.

Upon trying to reach out to different people Flaky got the same dismissive response. Nobody cared that there had been an accident. Nobody cared that people died.

It was too much on poor Flaky who gave up and walked back to her uncle's, glad that she could remember the route back.

Surly her uncle would understand.

"Hmm, back so soon Flaky? I'd imagined that Giggles would have kept you busy for most of the day," Her uncle questioned as soon as she entered the house. He was sitting on his armchair, reading a newspaper.

Flaky sniffled before darting over to him, surprising him when she threw her arms around him.

"It was awful! T-they died, all of them! Nobody cared though!" She cried into his shoulder, feeling him wrap his arm around her in response.

"Shh, it's okay Dandruff, its okay. Sweetie please don't cry." He softly said, patting her head.

"W-we have to do something! Maybe call the hospital," Flaky begged, already looking for a nearby phone.

Porky gently cupped her face to grab her attention before using his thumb to wipe her tears. "No need, it'll sort itself out."

"But-"

"Enough Flaky," he sternly said as her eyes widened, "I think you're a little stressed out right now, go upstairs and take a rest."

She stared in disbelief as he then got up and walked to the kitchen without sparing her a glance. She bit her lip before rushing upstairs, idly noticing some new antiques leaning against the hallway wall, before entering her room and slamming the door, flinching at the noise.

"Not even uncle Porky cares," she sniffed before heading over to the laptop she had unpacked the night before. Switching it on, she noticed her Skype said her parents were online.

Immediately she got the message up asking if she would accept a call from them and wanting familiar comfort she accepted.

The screen showed her mother, dressed in warm clothing, and her father, dressed in his work clothes-he must have just come back from work.

"Hey sweetie," her mother greeted, smiling warmly at her, "how are you settling in?"

"You being good for your uncle?" her father questioned afterwards.

Flaky smiled shakily at her parents who shot her concerned looks.

"I-I guess it's alright and I have been polite for uncle Porky but everything is going wrong!"

"What's wrong Flaky?"

"Since I've come here I've seen people die!"

Her mother and father gasped at that, her mother stepping back in shock while her father looked ready to jump through the screen.

"Are you hurt?" Flaky's father demanded and was relieved when Flaky shook her head. She went on to explain what happened with the Mole and the cafe incident, her parents getting more worried as she went on until she finished.

"I tried asking people for help but nobody cared and uncle said not be concerned about it, I just don't know what to do."

Her parents didn't respond for a while, seemingly having a silent conversation between themselves before her mother sighed.

"Well Flaky, if you're uncle says not to be worried then I guess you shouldn't. Obviously the police will have to deal with the incidents and none of them were your fault, you were just there at the wrong time. Try to get some rest okay?"

"Okay." Maybe it was just Flaky who was over exaggerating about it, surely the police would take care of it, and maybe her uncle knew that too.

"You've had a busy day Flaky so we'll chat to you again soon, try not to cause any trouble for your uncle even though I doubt you will," her father cheerfully said before his wife and he bid her goodnight.

Wanting to put the events behind her she crawled into bed, idly wondering if she would keep doing this every time she saw people die. She hoped it wouldn't become a routine because at this point she felt safer hiding under the covers then treading around outside.

She fell into a dreamless sleep.

The following morning Flaky noticed her uncle was gone again when she came downstairs. Checking her phone she noticed multiple missed calls and texts from Giggles but didn't feel like responding and turned her phone off while having a simple bowl of cereals.

Still yesterdays horrific events played in her head. She wanted to go back upstairs and crawl under the bed for the rest of her stay but another part of her wanted to know if the incident had been taken care off.

Curiosity winning her over, Flaky left the house and went down the familiar route, practically rushing to get to the cafe.

After a few minutes of walking, Flaky passed the crossing section and finally arrived at her destination only to freeze.

The cafe and construction site were repaired as if nothing happened. There was no blood traces, no signs of broken walls or anything. It looked just the same as it had yesterday when she first came upon it.

If that wasn't shocking enough, horror filled Flaky when she saw the same customers from yesterday sitting in the cafe as if they hadn't been flattened to a pulp.

A glance at the construction site showed the handless man whistling to his own tune as he worked.

"T-this...can't...be happening," she whispered, taking a step back only to bump into something behind her. Gasping, she whirled around to apologize.

In front of her was a young woman with long light blue hair, tied in a side ponytail with a pink flower nestled on the right side of her head. She was dressed in a long sleeved blue turtle neck with a dark blue sleeveless v-neck shirt over it, around her neck was a necklace with what appeared to be one of those car fresheners shaped like a tree on it. She wore simple black jeans with blue fuzzy boots.

The woman was very pretty and was also staring intensely at Flaky with her blue eyes. Before Flaky could react, the woman reached out and gripped one of Flaky's strands of hair harshly.

Flaky flinched as the woman seemed to vibrate, her right eye twitching.

"So. Much. Dandruff! It's awful!" She scowled, trying in vain to pinch some of the dandruff out but getting more frustrated when more seemed to show up.

"Ow! P-please l-let m-me g-go!" Flaky cried, trying to swat the woman's arm away.

Sighing in frustration the woman finally stopped before taking a few deep breaths. "It's going to be hard looking at you for a while, got to find a solution for the dandruff," the woman muttered while Flaky rubbed her head.

"Sorry about that," she continued, "I'm Petunia; I run the lighting store. I just really hate things that are dirty so when I see something wrong I just have to clear it up."

'She almost ripped my hair out, any longer and she might have ripped my head off,' she thought fearfully.

Smiling a little, she nodded towards the store just a little further ahead from the cafe. "Come with me, you looked a little freaked out when I first saw you and I do owe you for practically attacking you."

Although Flaky wanted to decline she was still shocked to see people she saw die alive. She followed after Petunia as the blue haired woman led her inside the store.

Flaky gazed in wonder at the different lights ranging from lamps to chandeliers. They sparkled and glimmered with the lava lamps brightening the room in a colourful array. Petunia walked over to one of the walls in the building where a panel of switches were and flicked them all up, lightening the room up further.

"Hang on, I'll just get us some tea," she told Flaky, "feel free to look around."

With that, Petunia went through a side door leaving Flaky alone to explore the room. Some of the lights looked cute with ribbon accessories while some looked cool with unique shapes.

Perhaps Flaky would buy one; she hated the dark more than anything so it wouldn't hurt to buy some more lights for her room.

It was while she was looking around that she heard the sound of the front entrance open and gazed curiously at the newcomers before looking away shyly.

It was two men who entered or to be more specific, it was a pair of twins. Both had dark messy green hair and dark green eyes with black eye masks. Both had long white sleeved buttoned shirts and dark trousers with boots. One of the twins had a dark fedora with a light green ribbon wrapped around it, a black jacket and a dark green stripped tie. The other twin on the other hand wore black waistcoat and had a long stripped dark green scarf wrapped around his neck.

The scarf twin was drinking from a can while the other twin was holding a simple sack. Both were very attractive but something was off about them so Flaky tried not to grab their attention.

Petunia eventually came back out the backroom with a tray full of cups, a tea pot and a plate of biscuits. The biscuits were organized in a neat pile while the cups and tea pot seemed to have been scrubbed so much that they practically looked like mirrors.

Petunia placed the tray on the counter and beckoned Flaky over who eyed the biscuits hungrily causing Petunia to giggle and Flaky to blush at being caught.

"Go ahead, take as much as you want," Petunia encouraged to which Flaky immediately dug in, making sure not to disrupt the organization too much and trying to eat as cleanly as possible-she didn't want to trigger Petunia again.

"So I can tell you are new here, what's your name?" Petunia asked after pouring the tea into the cups and taking a sip.

"F-Flaky."

"Well Flaky it's a pleasure and sorry again though I can't promise I won't do it again, sometimes I just do it unconsciously," Petunia chuckled while Flaky flinched, "so what had you so freaked out?"

Thinking maybe Petunia would know what was going on after all her store was not far from the incident, Flaky told her about the cafe incident, going on to describe how nobody seemed bothered.

"T-the s-strange thing is...I-is that e-everyone I-I s-saw die...a-are a-alive! A-am I-I going c-crazy?" Flaky whimpered, clutching her hands closer to her.

Petunia stared at Flaky flabbergasted before speaking. "You mean nobody told you?"

"T-told m-me w-what?"

"About the town cur-"

The conversation was ruined at the sound of one of the lamps crashing to the ground, Flaky and Petunia whipped around only to see the twins holding a bunch of lamps, the fedora twin in the process of putting some of the lamps in the sack.

"You two!" Petunia screeched, scowling at the twins who jumped in surprise and scowled at the blue haired girl.

Petunia made a dash for them but the scarf twin ended up dropping his drink onto one of the lamps, with some of the liquid falling on the floor. They dashed towards the exit as Petunia reached for them.

However Petunia ended up slipping on the liquid and falling onto the wet lamp. Flaky screamed in horror as Petunia's hand met the lamp where she was immediately electrocuted. Petunia screamed as pain wracked through her before her brain exploded, brain mush dribbling out her ears and eyes where her eyes seemed to melt in the processes too before she collapsed in a heap, dead.

The twins had paused mid escape, with the fedora twin slapping the scarf twin on the head.

"Idiot, are you trying to give the police a trail?"

"It's not my fault it happened, it happens all the time Shifty!"

"It doesn't even matter anyway, there's a freakin witness," the fedora twin, Shifty, hissed before turning his gaze to Flaky only to balk.

"Shifty?" the other twin questioned before following his gaze and also freezing.

The trio stared at each other in mute horror before Shifty shook his head and nudged his brother.

"Lifty, we're leaving."

"But Shifty!"

"Now! I'm not losing potential sales!"

With that said the twins left, leaving Flaky confused and scared. Flaky whimpered when her gaze fell on Petunia's fried corpse before Flaky succumbed to the darkness and collapsed on the floor unconscious.

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Flaky's eyes fluttered before she slowly opened her eyes, waking to the sight of a pure white ceiling. Furring her eyebrows, Flaky turned her gaze to the front of her, trying to sit up, only to notice she wasn't alone.

Standing in front of her was a very tall man with short blue hair, the tips a light yellow colour. He had two earrings in his ears, shaped like moose antlers, and was wearing a doctor's white coat over a dark blue turtle neck shirt. The man was staring intently at Flaky with his dark eyes as he held an item up closer to Flaky's face.

It was then she took note of said item, which was a scalpel, heading towards her face.

"Hold still," the man said as Flaky screamed in horror.

A/N: So my headcanon is that Cuddles looks younger than he is lol He's so cute though 3

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