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Mari smiled, "Well, looks like you guys had fun!!"
"Heh, you could say that." Kel practically fell down onto the picnic blanket.
"Kel, you're so overdramatic, we just explored a forest." Sunny sat down next to Kel, seemingly not exhausted, "Hey, Vlami!!"
Vlami tilted her head, making direct eye contact with Sunny.
"Come sit next to me!!" Sunny pat the place he wanted Vlami to sit.
Vlami nodded, sitting down next to Sunny. Basil and Hero sat down next to Mari.
"Huh, what should we do now?" Hero let the question sink in for a second, "Maybe visit Kels basketball court?"
"YES." Kel immediately stopped faking exhaustion and stood up immediately.
"Haha! Okay." Hero stood up, "What do you think, Vlami? Should we go?"
Vlami nodded, standing up.
"Hehe, well, before you guys go, Kel." Mari turned her attention to Kel, "You left your scrapbook at my picnic!"
"Oh no!!" Kel dug through the picnic basket, pulling out a scrapbook that held all of the insect and bug pictures Kel took.
"Ugh, you're so slow." Sunny rolled his eyes, his annoyance evident, "Can we go now?"
"Sure, Sunny!" Basil nodded, letting Vlami to lead.
"Hey!! Wait up!!" Kel chased after them.
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After about 3 hours of walking, Vlami and her friends reached their destination.
The court was obviously drenched with purple, orange, blue, pink, and green. It was headspaces colorsceme after all.
Sunnys eyes sparkled, "Woah..."
"See, I told you that you would like this!" Kel bragged.
"Oh shut up!!" Sunny elbowed Kel.
"H-hey! Stop fighting." Basil separated the two, "How about we look through Kels scrapbook?"
"Sure!" Sunny sat down, Vlami sat down next to him.
Kels eyes lightened up, sitting down infront of everyone, and set down his open scrapbook.
There was a few pictures that caught Vlami's interest.
'Picture of a butterfly!!'
'I found this cool looking butterfly by Mari's picnic today! (9/14). I love it!'
'Picture of a spider.'
'Not the biggest fan of spiders, but it's pretty!! I found it today (9/15) at like 9 PM at the park.'
'Picture of a moth!'
'Moths are like... My favorite insect. I even have one as a pet! I hope Hector doesn't eat it... Anyways I found this beautiful being today (9/16) at 3AM in Neighbors Room!! Don't tell Hero I was up that late, hehe.'
'Picture of a fly.'
'Ew, gross. Found this on Basil's leg today (9/17) when we were at the park.'
Kel closed his scrapbook, "Say.. I actually have some things for you guys!!"
"Oh? What is it, Kel?" Basil's interest was glimmering.
"Well, let's start with Hero's gift!" Kel handed Hero a Spider Hair Clip.
"E-eh?!" Hero took the gift, but was startled.
"I know it's ironic, but spiders actually represent creativity! So, they remind me of you!!" Kel smiled innocently.
"Heh." Hero hesitantly put the hair clip in his hair.
"Ok, Sunny." Kel handed Sunny a Dragonfly Hair Clip.
Sunnys eyes lit up.
"I'm giving you that one because even though you're mean to me, you're really mature, and dragonflies are the symbol of maturity. Or... Something like that." Kel explained, shrugging.
"Sick!!" Sunny excitedly put the hair clip in his hair.
"Basil!" Kel handed Basil a Butterfly Hair Clip, "Butterflies represent hope and faith!"
"That's cool." Basil smiled, gently putting the hair clip in his hair.
"And... Vlami." Kel smiled, grabbing a monochrome Ladybug Hair Clip, "Ladybugs symbolize healing, I think."
Vlami took the hair clip, graciously putting the clip in her hair.
"Oh, and I have one to give to Mari!" Kel got up, running away.
A picture fell out of his scrapbook, he stopped, and turned around, "Whoops- Wait..." Kel looked at the picture hesitantly, "I... don't remember taking this photo..." His face was one of pure fear, "Mari... She-"
...
Aubrey woke up, breathing heavily.
The sunlight crept through her curtains, illuminating the room in an eerie light. The covers on her bed seemed to barely glimmer and glow.
Aubrey got up, getting out of bed, and heading out of her bedroom.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"Hm..?" Aubrey tilted her head, heading down the stairs curiously. She walked into the living room and placed her ear against the door.
"Hello? Aubrey? Hellooo? Uh.. It's me, Basil. I uh.. Your mom told me you're going to be moving in a few days... So I uh, wanted to see if you could hangout today."
Aubrey thought hesitantly, 'Basil... Basil?... Basil!! Yeah! I can trust Basil, he's my friend!!'
She grabbed the doorknob, and twisted it open, stepping into the early-morning day.
"Oh!" Basil seemed slightly shocked, "I wasn't expecting you to come outside."
Aubrey looked away.
"N-Not that it's a bad thing uh... I just don't really have a plan." Basil sighed, "Uhm... Do you uh... Want to walk around the park for a few hours... or minutes?"
Aubrey nodded.
"Great!" Basil smiled, standing behind Aubrey, "Lead the way!!"
Aubrey accepted the command, walking through Faraway Town. Her path was slightly off, but she kind of remembered where the park was.
"Huh? Hey is that..." Basil leaned on the railing, looking inside, "That's Kel!!"
Kel was by the playground, trying to negotiate with an unknown person, "Please just talk to him..."
"Nope." The person spat, "If you want to speak to him, you gotta do it yourself.
"H...he won't listen to me.." Kel sniffled, "Please just-"
"That's KEL!!! Hey, Kim!! Leave him alone you bully!!" Basil ran into the park, Aubrey trailing close behind.
"What the h- Basil." Kim scowled, "Leave us alone! This is none of your business."
"IT IS! You're obviously bullying my friend!" Basil argued angrily.
"What's going on over there?"
A gang of people on scooters revealed themselves, and one person with pink hair was riding a motorcycle.
"Ugh, Basil just came in here and accused me of bullying Kel!" Kim yelled angrily.
"Basil." The pink haired boys face remained neutral, holding onto his barbed-wire bat.
"Sunny." Basil frowned, "Can't you just leave Kel alone for once?"
"This is none of your concern." Sunny maintained his neutral face, but the malice in his voice was evident.
"What the hell happened to you? We used to be friends! We ALL used to be friends!" Basil became angry!
'This... Isn't Sunny. No. Sunny wouldn't bully Kel. This isn't like him. This isn't him.' Aubrey thought, '...Do I still have that knife? I... could use it if me and this Sunny impersonator got into a fight!'
Sunny rolled his eyes, pointing his barbed-wire bat at Basil, "Who cares? That clearly isn't the case now."
Basil became enraged, "Just leave Kel alone!"
"No." Sunny smirked, "If you want to fight, then fight me, bitch."
"Fine!" Basil grabbed a nearby soccer ball.
Basil attacked first, hitting Sunny in the stomach with the soccer ball.
Sunny headbutt Basil, not wanting to use his bat.
Aubrey sighed, taking out her knife.
SLASH!!!
"GAH!! W-WHAT THE FUCK?!" Sunny held his bleeding arm.
"Huh?" Basil was oblivious.
"Holy shit! Sunny, are you okay?" Kim asked worriedly.
"I-I'm fine- Ugh..." Sunny winced, getting onto hid motorcycle, "Let's just... get out of here..."
"Right..." The rest of Sunnys gang got on their scooters and left, following his motorcycle.
"Phew, thank God you had your- Hey wait!" Basil snatched Aubreys knife, "That's dangerous, Aubrey!"
Basil looked around, "Oh, looks like Kel already left. Wanna go to his house?"
Aubrey nodded.
"Okay!" Basil grabbed Aubreys hand and ran over to Kels house.
He knocked on the door, a few times. Maybe 30 times. Kel opened the door hesitantly, "H..hell- Oh! Basil!"
"Hey Kel! Also... Aubrey is here!!" Basil said enthusiastically.
Aubrey waved.
"O-oh. Hi, Aubrey! Hehe..." Kel smiled, chuckling softly.
"Aanyways, I was wondering if we could look at your scrapbook!" Basil put his hands on his hips.
"Oh... Sure...!" Kel smiled, leading Basil and Aubrey to his bedroom.
"Hey... Something is missing." Basil said as he picked up Kels scrapbook.
"...What is it?" Kel tilted his head.
"Your prized basketball that you kept some of our photos on!" Basil brought up.
"...U-uhm... About that uh... S..Sunny kind of stole it..." Kel muttered, looking away.
"He WHAT?!" Basil was in shock.
"L-lets just look at my scrapbook." Kel sat down by Basil, Aubrey following close behind.
'Picture of a butterfly!!'
'I found this cool looking butterfly by Mari's picnic today! (9/14). I love it!'
'Picture of a spider.'
'Not the biggest fan of spiders, but it's pretty!! I found it today (9/15) at like 9 PM at the park.'
'Picture of a moth!'
'Moths are like... My favorite insect. I even have one as a pet! I hope Hector doesn't eat it... Anyways I found this beautiful being today (9/16) at 3AM in Aubrey and Mari's backyard!! Don't tell Hero I was up that late, hehe.'
'Picture of a fly.'
'Ew, gross. Found this on Basil's leg today (9/17) when we were at the park.'
'Picture of a dragonfly!'
'Sunny and I found this today (9/20)! He seemed to really like it!'
'Picture of a ???'
'I'm not really sure on what this is, but it's pretty! Found it today (9/20) at 7AM!'
'Picture of an ant.'
'It's dead. (10/17)'
"You're really good at taking pictures, but we need to get your basketball back!" Basil gave Kel the scrapbook back.
"Y...you'll do that for me?" Kel looked shocked.
"Ofcourse I would! Now come on, Aubrey!!" Basil grabbed Aubreys hand and dragged her out of the house.