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Anne stood before the bridge leaving Wartwood, staring at the cloaked figure before her. It wasn't just another frog person, no—not a toad or a newt, or anything else of the sorts. But instead, standing in front of her, was her best friend Sasha.
"Anne?" Sasha questioned.
"SASHA!"
"ANNE!" Sasha and Anne ran towards eachother instantaneously, jumping up and down and yelling with excitement.
Though, Sasha's excitement quickly faded when she remembered what exactly she was here for. Her smile disappeared, and she asked Anne to grab her frog family—to buy her time.
As Anne walked off, Sasha sighed to herself. She looked back at her best friend. She felt a small pain in her chest, as if her throat was starting to swell up, trying not to cry. In an effort to calm down, she took a deep breath. Anne started walking towards her again.
“I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE!!” she yelled, interrupting Sasha’s grief. Her best friend looked her up and down, trying to avoid the reason she showed up.
“Anne, girl, what are you wearing?” She scoffed. “Is that—“
“hehe, yep.. still got the old saint James uniform..!”
“oh no-no.. that won’t do. C’mon, I’ll get you some new digs.” The lieutenant gestured towards her carriage, opening the door for Anne and the Plantars.
Sasha insisted Polly and HopPop sit on the floor, as, ‘there wasn’t enough room’, but Anne managed to squeeze them all in quite easily. “Let’s go, Grimesy!”she yelled behind her. “Ahem.. So, the reason I showed up so unexpectedly..”
“Oh!” Anne snapped. “Have you seen Marcy?”
“..yeah, Marcy.. That’s why I’m here.”
“Wha..”
“She’s in Newtopia, and..” sasha stopped herself. Anne wondered if she should’ve asked in the first place.
“She’s being held captive by the king.”
The carriage fell silent. The only sound was the wheels bumping on the road, and even that stopped when they came to a halt. “Ahem.. we’re here.” Grime shouted awkwardly. He stepped out, opening the door for the party of 6 inside.
Sasha grabbed Anne’s hand and led her outside, the plantars following closely behind, Anne carrying Polly in her one free arm.
Sasha clapped. “You, whatever your name is. Up to my room and prepare new armor for my friend here? Thank you!!”
“..heh- Thank you, Sash, but.. Maybe be a lil nicer to these guys?”
“Yeah, yeah, sure! Will do!” Sasha muttered. “Oh! If it isn’t.. uhm..” she looked at the toad who just arrived. The toad whispered his name. “If it isn’t Richard!”
“Richard?” The curly haired girl turned her head in confusion.
“Yeah girl!! He got you..” Her voice trailed off and she yanked something out of Richard’s hands. “Brand new armor!! Woooh!” Anne scurried off to the bathroom to change into her outfit and Sasha’s face fell solemn.
The girl grabbed her sword and stuck it into the ground as she sat down. “What do we do, Grimesy? How do we save her?”
The captain looked at Sasha with sympathy. “Please, Lieutenant. No need to worry. We’ll be able to save her just fine so long as you take everything one step at a time.”
“..I suppose.” She decided to drop it, at least until Anne was finished changing.