Again and again..

by PrettyBlueJay

Summary:

Dandy trembled as he watched Pebble shake and shudder, softly muttering curses under his breath. “Please work, please work…” Pebble’s feral eyes blinked, glittering with newfound life before he barked happily, nudging Dandy… and bringing a genuine smile to the flowers face for the first time in years.

Or

Dandy’s World Rehabilitation au thing where Dandy is the last toon and decides to make up for his actions by making a cure for all his Twisted toon friends. Based off some half asleep thought I had. First chapter is just the AU setup and my headcanons.

Notes:

• Inspired by Rodger's Recovery Plan by Crimprov

Another fic… my schedule is growing crowded.. but I wanted to write this out before I forgot the idea so-

I just thought this would be a fun little angst thing I could make for fun..

Chapter 1: Waiting room

So to start, designs. Of course everyone is still the same and while I’d draw out my deigns, I’m not the best artist and don’t know how to pin drawings so bear with me.

 

— Dandy Dancifer (He/they)

Dandy is the same, if not a bit over exhausted due to his lack of sleep over the years since GardenView shut down, along with everyone turning into Twisteds. Dandy has permanent fangs die to the effects of his own Twisted form. His petals are also wilted heavily and dull, same with his eyes.

Dandy wears his usual little getup but imagine as more of a dulled out color with patches here and there, as well as belt pouches for the cures he carries around and a map. He also had a thigh holster as well as a wrist crossbow(I forgot what they’re called). He also has a tail that resembles the stem of a flower, the end being almost like a closed flower(the ‘petals’ match the ones on his head).

— Pebble Dancifer Jr. (He/him)

While Pebble is still the smallest toon, he’s slightly bigger considering his corrupted form. He’s not as big as his Twisted form, but now even in his cured form he’s twice his size and nearly as big as Coal.

Pebble drools ichor on a regular, either as a method to get the extra corrupted ichor out of his system or as a permanent fix.

While Pebble is still a gentle pup, he occasionally shifts into his Twisted attitude, mindlessly attacking when threatened or if told too. The signs of this are usually small warning growls and lower toned barked, before he shifts at warning nips to full on attack barks and biting. It’s recommended to let Dandy relax Pebble or avoid him completely in this state.

 

— Vee Version 1 (She/they)

Vee is currently second tallest (redeemed) toon. While not as tall as they were while twisted, it’s a close comparison. Her paint is heavily scratched and scuffed in several places. They also have a crack on her screen, right under her eye(think of it as a scar).

Vee still definitely dislikes Dandy, but she knows to save their friends she’ll need to get used to it. This will lead her to growing more fond of Dandy and even think of him as a friend, being more protective to him. Vee’s microphone is also a tail of sorts, which can be ‘stored’ or hidden in a compartment on her back.

— Bobette Carolynne (She/Her)

Bobette is the tallest of the group as of current, standing about two feet over Vee. The ichor star that was originally bursting out her head is now a simple black star marking on the same side, possibly made out of dried ichor. She is also one of the few toons to not have sharp teeth or fangs during her twisted stage and after being cured.

Bobette is the one who tends to offer comfort to everyone when they need it, being able to read everyone well. She usually stays at the base to offer moral support as well as cook/bake when necessary.

 

— Astro Novalite(He/They)

Astro is the third shortest, right after Shelly and Pebble. While Astro does have fangs, they’re a bit smaller than Dandy’s and Pebble’s, thought still sharp. He makes up for this with the claws on his four hands.

On his hands: he usually keeps his lower pair hidden on habit. He also has fur(only located on his elbows, nest his neck, down his back, chest and stomach), the tips now a dark gray almost black due to his sudden curing. He had a deer like tail, the top covered in black spots with the same color as his fur. He usually goes for wearing a black skinsuit of sorts as well as fingerless gloves, otherwise leaving his precious blanket at home or keeping it with Dandy.

 

— Shelly Fossilian(She/Her)

Shelly is the shortest of the mains(excluding Pebble) and is more or less shy and easily nervous. She tends to shift back into her Twisted form when angry enough(Reference chapter 7). Shelly has the sharpest teeth of the mains and tends to accidentally chew on things(or toons) when she’s nervous or excited.

She still has her tail, now mostly stained black with ichor. She also has a large scar across her torso from when he first turned twisted(She’s highly self conscious about it). She also has claws on both her hands and feet, and while she’s the shortest, she’s the third fastest of the group, first going to Pebble and second to Astro.

 

— Sprout Seedly(He/They)

Sprout is the third tallest, just a few inches shorter than Vee. He’s also the most protective of the group and tends to go on every trip. He’s slightly non-verbal due to the fact he couldn’t talk or really make noise as a twisted. He also as a tail, the ends closer to the leaves of a strawberry compared to Dandy’s.

Sprout is the second cook with the group, the first being Bobette(Sprout tends to take over more). Sprout had paws on his feet and hands, with his left-used to be claw- being covered in constant ichor and claws. He’s also half/partially blind because of the ichor that used to cover his eye.

No current info on the other toons as their state is still unknown. This will be updated with each chapter and with each toon found.

 

edit: realized I forgot to add AU information.

Basically, like the fic this is inspired by, it’s a universe where everyone turned Twisted shortly after GardenView shut down, almost like an apocalypse world. Dandy is the last ‘survivor’ but despite that is the least sane of most. Dandy is heavily depressed, but tends to hide it behind his sassy face or shutting down completely.

One thing in common between most of the soon the be cured Twisteds is that they keep some attributes from their Twisted forms, one prime example for Dandy(and now Pebble) being things like fangs/sharp teeth, claws, size growth and even some skills only their Twisted forms have (such as Vee’s screen pops or Sprout’s tentacles).

Headcanons I have for Dandy’s World in general is that everyone(Except Toodles cause she’s a child and Pebble and Coal) is polyamory. Mainly due to all the ships in Dandy’s World, so I decided, why not just ship everyone with everyone. Normal shippers and multishippers( like me) are happy!

Basically how it works is uh. Like. Yknow the fruitcake ship?(Sprout/Cosmo). Yeah, yeah they’re dating but then Sprout gets with Astro or sum, and while Cosmo may or may not be comfortable with actually being with Astro, he’s happy to let Sprout do this. So happy relationships for all.

Also almost all the toons have some variant of they/them or it pronouns(mostly the mains). Though the usual toons, like Boxten or Poppy choose their own pronouns and even change them. So it would be like:

Dandy: he/they

Vee: She/they/It

Glisten: He/him/They

Brusha: She/he

Boxten: he/him.

Blot: he/it

(This is random and the pronouns may change)

Just added this for funsies, no judge.

More info to be added…

Chapter 2: Entry #1

Summary:

Dandy starts his journey to find his first toon and first ever friend: Pebble.

It’s not as easy as it seems.

Notes:

Double update cause I want this story to get good views..

it was quiet in GardenView. No surprise. On a desk, in a single room, sat a faded rainbow dairy. The first chapters were small, innocent and happy doodles and incoherent words. The latest page though…

Day.. the number was heavily scribbled over with pen.

It’s been so long. Days. Weeks. Months.. probably years. Years since this the first ichor drop. Years since Delilah and Author left, years since.. since I killed them. I killed everyone.

No matter. Today is the day. After months of sleepless and nightmare ridden nights, I’ve finally did it. I made a cure. Enough for everyone in GardenView and then some.

I’ll fix everything. I promise that.

— Signed, Dandicus Dancifer

 

Dandy slammed the book close with a heavy sigh, easy latching it closed before preparing himself. He sighed again, turning to stare into a cracked mirror and glaring. Not just at his reflection.. but the monster before it. “Fuck…” Dandy groaned before sighing and grabbing a map of the floor he was going to, his crossbow and two vials of a dark blue, almost black liquid.

It’s fine.. he can do this.. now what does he know.

The Twisted- Pebble. Pebble was fast, overly so. It was risky, but there if was a chance Pebble might recognize him.. he’d take it. Dandy sighed, stumbling tiredly to the elevator and pressing the button.

 

10 damned floors and nothing. Dandy only had a blackout or two, but otherwise, the floors had no visible Twisteds. He groaned, starting to give up before hearing it- growling. He knew that growl, even if it was darker and more distorted. Pebble. Dandy sighed in relief, arming himself before raising the airhorn he brought along, wincing at the loud blare from the item before flinching at the loud barking.

Almost immediately, Pebble ran from around the corner, wide, red eyes narrowing as he snarled, ichor dripping down his mouth and making Dandy grimace, raising a hand. “Pebs..? Hey boy.. you remember me..?-“ Dnady sharply yelped when Pebble snapped at him, snarling and raising up to bite down again, whining loudly ad smacking into a machine when Dandy rolled out the way. “Pebs- come on, it’s me! J-Just calm down, bud-“

Pebble growled, running towards Dandy faster than his tired body could process and screaming when Pebble grabbed onto his arm, not legging go while loudly growling. Relax Dandy. Panicking turns you into that. Just relax. Dandy fought back a scream of pain, shakily grabbing one of the needles he brought and mentally apologized to Pebble before stabbing the Needle right into Pebble’s neck, gasping in pain when the Twisted loudly roared in pain, shaking its head with mixed growls and whimpers. “Pebs..?”

Pebble loudly whimpered, stumbling and falling over while shuddering making Dandy freeze. He never tested the vials. Shit. SHIT. Dandy darted over, his still bleeding, trembling hands holding onto Pebble with panic and tears pricking his eyes. “No no no.. please be ok-“ Dandy froze, noticing how Pebble seemed to shrink slightly before shrinking close to his normal size if not a bit bigger.

And opened his eyes.

Pebble slowly blinked at first, clearly processing the world around him not covered in a red tint and ichor before glancing at Dandy and immediately lighting up, giving a small, weak yip before a quick growl had him barking like normal, jumping on Dandy and happily licking his face. Dandy froze before absolutely beaming, tightly hugging Pebble with a choked laugh. “PEBBLE! Oh, I’m so glad your ok-“

Pebble happily yipped, blinking seeing the large bite on Dandy’s arm and whining, giving an apology nudge and carefully licking the sound making Dandy choke out a sobbing chuckle. “I-It’s ok, Pebs. I know you didn’t mean it.. now.. come on, let’s go home.” Pebble barked, tail wagging and happily hopping behind Dandy as they walked back to the elevator.

Dandy let himself get lost in thought, mindlessly wrapping his arm up with a sigh. He knew who he had to cure next, but it wasn’t going to be easy considering his history with her.. But..

Vee was just as important as he was. And he needed her and the hell more than he thought he did. Dandy sighed, gently petting Pebble who was asleep on the floor beside him, still drooling ichor. Being awake so long mindlessly chasing nothing in that Twisted form of his. Dandy smiled, simply happy he had his best friend back.

Now he had to focus on his other friends.

Chapter 3: Entry #2

Summary:

Dandy decides to go for the next and hardest toon to convince

Notes:

Time for more angst! Heh, I already have 5-6 chapters worth of plot planned out.. my mind is genius.

Day… whatever. it’s been two weeks since I’ve gotten Pebble back and while I’m happy.. I still have to cure the others. And Pebble is getting lonely. This one is gonna be a bit harder considering my.. relationship with them. I hope she doesn’t immediately try to kill me.

 

Dandy stretched, petting Pebble between his ears while the rock barked happily, bounding in place excitedly. “Be careful..” Dandy muttered as the elevator opened, stepping out with a sigh as Pebble ran off, loudly barking to attract attention. Dandy shifted the two cure vials in his hand, making sure his bow was properly loaded before walking.

Where does he start- Dandy yelped, slipping on a puddle of ichor and groaning, glaring at the bubbling black substance. “Gross… Tisha would not be happy-“ Wait. Footsteps. Loud ones. Dandy glanced around before there was a loud buzz of static in his brain, hissing in pain before a tail slamming into him, knocking him over. “Wha-“

There she was. Vee stood there, eyes dilated red as she snarled, their microphone like tail flicking in anger as she stalked towards Dandy with hatred and the intention to kill. “V-Vee! WAITWAITWAIT- let’s talk about this?” Vee stopped, stared with the most deadpanned look she could muster in her current state before slamming her tail down way to close to Dandy’s head. “Ok, reasonable.. B-BUT! I can cure you! I-I came to help you, I swear-“

Vee snarled, raising a clawed hand before freezing hearing barking, turning to see Pebble staring with clear happiness. Dandy figured Vee would attack and immediately panicked, stumbling up. “S-See? I cured Pebble! I swear, I wanna make things better.. make up for everything.” Candy blinked, noticing Vee didn’t seem like she wanted to hurt Pebble.. more so.. mourning? Upset? But at the same time happy.

Vee blinked slowly before leaning down, tilting her head in clear curiosity and a reluctant trust that made Dandy smile. “You can hit me all you want after this, ok? Cause uh.. this may hurt.” Vee immediately bristled, not having enough time to growl before Dandy stabbed a needle in her neck and quickly jumping back at how fast they sparked up with a pained.. scream? It sounded more like TV static but still. Pebble loudly whined and Dandy covered his ears with a wince of his own. Yeah, that was loud.

He blinked slowly once the static died down, glancing over only to get a microphone in the face, hissing in pain before groaning. “I deserve that…” Dandy glanced up at the.. much taller figure of Vee, who was struggling to talk as her words were coming out as garbled static before she shook her head a bit, words finally processing. “Yeah. You did.”

The two stared at each other and without thinking, Dandy stood and ran to run Vee making them sharply Yelp, bristling before sighing and patting Dandy on the back. “You have a lot of explaining to do.” Dandy chuckled softly, nodding and rubbing his eyes. “Yeah I know.. I’ll explain later.

 

”So.. you’re trying to cure everyone with.. this?” Vee tilted her head, watching Dandy scribble in a notebook and frowned before purposely letting her tail loudly drop on the floor, making Dandy jump with a Yelp, glaring at Vee. “Yeah. Made it myself. Took a few months- almost a year to make this much.”

”How much do you have exactly.” Vee drawled, claws tapping at her cheek-or the equivalent of a cheek- as she watched Dandy shrug. “Enough to cure all of GardenView and some extra.”

Now the silence was deafening. Vee frowned, tail twitching before she spoke again. As much as she disliked Dandy, she.. supposed she owed him for saving them. “So. Gonna explain?” Dandy winced a bit, tail twitching slightly before he sighed. “Not.. not now, ok?” Vee growled before sighing, dragging a hand down her slightly cracked screen before huffing. “Fine. Then who are you going for next?”

Dandy glance dup, humming and pacing a bit. “Well, I was going for who I assumed would be easiest to handle- well, I only went for you second cause I may need the help with this one. But other wise it should be really easy and-“

”You sound like Rodger.” Vee cut Dandy’s rant off with a deadpanned tone, making the flower blink before bursting into a small chuckle. “I guess I do…” He rubbed his neck, steam like tail dragging across the floor before sighing. “Anyways.. I was thinking of going for the easiest Main to handle- I’ll uh.. probably deal with Sprout last.”

Vee raised a digital eyebrow in question, making Dandy look away. “He’s violent.. and unpredictable. It scares me..” Vee snorted at the response, leaning back when Pebble hopped on her lap, happily petting the dog. “So.. you’re going for who again?” Dandy rolled his eye, flicking one of his drooping petals with an annoyed huff.

”Fine. I’m going for…”

Notes:

Guess who Dandy decided to go for next! Oh yeah, and the Sprout mention was foreshadowing, heh.. yeah, Dandy has a tail. I don’t think I mentioned that…

Chapter 4: Entry #3

Summary:

Dandy thought going for the easiest to convince toon would be simple. He didn’t expect it to end up like this..

Notes:

I swear I don’t remember updating this at all yesterday but erm.

Mild TW for implied neglect, mentioned drug/substance abuse and very subtly implied self harm

It’s been a month since I successfully cured Vee! She seems happy to be back and even started sleeping in the shared room me and the other mains had… I miss them so fucking much. I decided the best was for her to stay comfortable was to distance myself. But no matter, today It’s time to bring back one of my personal favorite Holiday toons!

Dandy sighed, stretching out as the elevator opened to the kitchen. Vee stepped up beside him, glancing down at Dandy and Pebble before sharply nudging the former with her tail. “Come on. What’s your plan? Bobette isn’t just going to come to us.” Dandy smirked knowingly, looking around and spotting the few candies on the floor, with a gleaming red Christmas ornament buried under the pile. “Actually, she will.”

”What?” Vee blinked in confusion before Dandy reached down to pick the ornament up, the little red bobble jingling before footsteps made themselves know and Dandy pushed the vial into Vee’s hands. Thankfully, he had enough sense to teach her to use his Wristbow. And right on time as Bobette popped her head from around the corner, the ichor star in her head dripping as her wide eyes pinpointed the ornament and growled. “Mine…”

Dandy blinked, not expecting Bobbette to be able to talk and eyed the ornament, holding it out while lowering his voice as if talking to a scared cat. “This, honey? Here, take it.” Bobbette practically lit up, taking the ornament gently with a happy glint in her eyes before eyeing Dandy and tilting her head. “Does your head hurt? I can make it feel better.” Dandy comfortingly cooed, tail peeking up and glancing over at Vee who watched cautiously.

Bobbette excitedly nodded, grinning sharply with a surprising lack of fangs. “Told you this would be easy, Vee-“ Dandy started.. before the exhaustion of not sleeping for 5 days kicked in and he somehow tripped over his tail and stepped on the ornament Bobbette had sat down, freezing up.

The room seemed to go silent before a loud snarl revved up from Bobbette, her eyes dilating immediately and right as she went to launch at Dandy, Pebble loudly barked with Vee quickly reloading the wristbow. Dandy silently cursed, slowly stabs int before he could progress it, Bobbette had him pinned by the neck and squeezing with a snarl before she yelped and stumbled. Dandy blinked, shakily gasping for breath before turning back to Vee. “Thanks-“

Dandy let out a sharp Yelp again, eyeing Bobbette over while she glared, the ichor star having melted with what seemed like a star ichor pebble over where her head was originally broken. “Why.”

”..What-?” Dandy blinked, confused before Bobbette sharply hissed, narrowing her eyes. “Why did you do it.” Vee turned to eye Dandy, leaning on the counter while fidgeting with her tail. “Yeah, I’ve been with you for a month and I still don’t know.” Dandy huffed, shifting to back up with a glare at his hands. “It’s a long story. You wouldn’t understand-“

”Then make us understand.”

Dandy went silent, freezing up. Seriously..? He sighed, rubbing one of his petals with a stare at nowhere in particular before talking. “Fine..”

”Basically.. when I was younger-if I can even word it that way- I was.. it was just me, Alone. Delilah and Arthur were always.. busy. Never had time for me. It got.. lonely after a while. So the most I could do was watch the show made for me-made so I know how to act. I never knew why. But like I said, it did get lonely after a bit..

”So I said so.”

“Lonely, huh?” Delilah raised an eyebrow, dull eyes watching Dandy’s smaller figure sharply nod before she sighed and loudly called out. “AUTHUR.” Dandy blinked, watching Arthur before beaming at the figure in his arms, with the man grinning and holding the Little Rock up. “You know who this is?”

”YEAH YEAH! THATS PEBBLE!” Dandy happily gasped, bouncing in place with Pebble’s eyes snapping to him, excitedly wiggling before jumping out out Arthur’s hands to happily jump into Dandy’s arms, with the flower giggling happily.

“That was the best day of my life.. Pebble was my best friend from then! It was amazing having someone to play with all day while Delilah and Arthur worked. But… it got boring. Even Pebble got bored. But then it got better when the other mains and eventually the rest of the toons came along. It was just as I dreamed!

”But even then.. things dint go as wanted. GardenView shut down and me? I was ignored. Shunned. I wasn’t the main character anymore. And it’s like something almost.. snapped in me. I just wanted some tapes here and there to watch my show again! But…”

”Saving your tapes huh? Smart!”

”Your.. saving your tapes for me, right?”

 

“As time went on.. over and over..”

 

”Don’t make me angry.”

”. . .”

”Those tapes were never yours.”

“I got angry. I don’t know why. I can’t even remember. All I know is that I black out after some time if I get.. upset. And I wake up to the.. disgusting smell of ichor and bodies scattered around.”

”Oh no. Oh no… what have I done…?”

“So I went for other methods to stay happy. Medicine I could fine that helped… other harmful things. It helped, but not for long. And soon.. after so much time.. years and years on end, it got.. empty. First it was just a few toons like Shrimpo, Boxten, even Poppy. Strange but no cause for worry. Then toons like Yatta, Cosmo, and even Pebble.. that wasn’t normal. And after I found out so many toons going “missing” were dead..?

”It hurt.”

”FUCK.” Dandy growled, ignoring the several shredded papers, books and blankets scattered around the large, once lively room before he collapsed, curling up with silent sobs while curling into one of Astro’s spare blankets. One he almost never left behind.

“I just…” Dandy shakily sighed, flowers wilted as he curled up on himself, absently petting Pebble’s head with a dulled look in his eyes. “Just.. I just wanted people to be around again- people who would understand me, stay with me when asked… people who would actually love me… I-.. I never meant for things to go the way they did. I’m sorry.”

Dandy glance dup, startled to see Bobette literally sobbing with Vee clearly trying to hold back tears and Pebble loudly whining while nudging Dandy’s hand. Dandy blinked in confusion before flinching, realizing at some point he started crying too, sniffling and roughly rubbing his eyes. “Sorry. I-“ Dandy yelped at being tugged into a tight hug, choking and roughly patting Bobette’s shoulder. “Can’t breath-“

”DANDYYYY IM SORRY, I WAS ANGRY AND-“ Bobette sobbed, tightly hugging Dandy while the flower sighed, dropping his head on Bobette’s shoulder with a tired smile. “It’s ok..”

Yeah. It’d be fine.

 

 

Hours, long hours later led to Bobette being sleep, curled up on the comically large bed while snoring, Pebble curled up right beside her. Dandy sat on the side, just watching before yawning and moved to leave until he heard Vee speak up. “Where you going?” Vee muttered, having just laid down not long ago, but surprisingly close to sleep.

”Oh. Uh. Didn’t.. want you to be uncomfortable or-“ Dandy started to ramble before Vee loudly sighed and patted the space beside her, looking away. “Come on. Don’t think nothing of it, but you need the sleep.” Dandy blinked before laughing softly and moving to drop on the bed, yawning and curling up. This felt nice. It reminded him a lot of…

Oh. He misses Astro a lot. Dandy made a quick mental note before dozing off to the familiar atmosphere to find a new blanket for Astro the following few weeks.

Notes:

Angst with a hint of fluff and some nice, domestic cuddling! Anyways, Astro is next! That experience isn’t gonna be as cute and forgiving as you think..

Chapter 5: Entry #4

Summary:

Dandy decided going for his next best friend along was a better idea. It was in fact not

Notes:

Astro’s turn! I’m sure people have been waiting for this..

Uh. Warning for nightmares I guess?

Dandy slipped around a corner, eyeing the large space. He didn’t bother writing in his book today as it’ll give away his plans for later. And plus, he’s sure Astro won’t be that mad…

They sighed, shaking his hands out before walking forward. The ichor footsteps on the ground made it clear Astro was on this floor.. just had to find him. Dandy never worked well in blackouts, compared to Astro who had almost cat like vision in the dark. It scared him sometimes. Dandy turned another corner, keeping his hand to the wall and freezing up stumbling over.. rope? Wait. The only toons- Twisteds he knew with rope.. Razzle and Dazzle were on this floor too?

Dandy stumbled before grabbing the flashlight he brought. The theater twins were in fact there, with Razzle seeming to be sleeping comfortably while Dazzle almost seemed to be in pain. It made Dandy frown, muttering an apology while slowly walking pass.

It took a bit, but Dandy found a machine. Astro seemed to like checking up on them while draining the ichor. So while Dandy did the machine, he purposely messed up. Loud footsteps, so Dandy hid. And immediately caught sight of familiar blue-gray fur. Astro stumbled forward, his lower pair of arms almost dragging across the floor at his sides while the top pair twitched sharply, claws grabbing the machine and looking around with a low growling hiss.

Dandy sighed, shakily raising his wrist bow, aiming… and missing, only grazing him in the thigh. The twisted let out a loud roar, clawing at the slight cut and stumbling before his enraged eyes darted to Dandy and quickly launched at him. His top pair of arms pinned Dandy’s arms down with his second pair strangling the flower with a snarl. “Sh- A-Astro, come on- I-I’m sorry-“

The weak apology only made Astro squeeze tighter, letting out a low growl before yelping like an injured deer, dropping down on Dandy’s chest. Dandy slowly blinked, glancing up and freezing seeing Vee glaring him down with clear anger. “Dandy…”

”Ah- Vee! Hi! I was uh..” Dandy quickly shut up at the glare from Vee before they both glanced at Astro, who was.. sleep? Huh. Cute. Wait what. Dandy grunted, struggling to push Astro off and glancing at Vee for help. “Can you-“

”Yeah yeah, come on. I’ll explain once he wakes up. You better go back to sleep.” Vee growled, their tail flicking as she glared with Dandy simply nodding. “Yeah, ok.”

 

 

Where..? Astro peeled his eyes open, whining in pain before shakily making himself sit up.. wait. He knew this room. Those stars. These walls… Astro blinked slowly, feeling that old pull of a dream-no, a nightmare forming and instinctively sat up, eyeing himself down. The old, long ruined blanket he had was gone as well as his old ichor covered skin suit, replaced with a new one. Wait, who changed him?

Astro yawned, stumbling up as his tail lightly twitched, trudging forward towards where he sensed the forming nightmare. The.. living room? Dandy? Astro blinked in confusion seeing Dandy, curled up whimpering and shuddering. Cold. He’s cold.. Astro frowned, gently placing a hand on Dandy’s shoulder to scan the dream-

Oh.

It was Dandy- standing before several bodies of familiar toons while trembling as he started at his ichor covered hands, whimpering and softly mumbling repeating words. “I didn’t mean to. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to-“

”Dandy.. darling..?” Dandy tensed up, eyes darting back and lighting up.. before that lightly quickly faded, panic rising in his eyes. Why- “No no no-“ Astro tilted his head before looking behind him and freezing seeing the large, cat like form of Twisted Dandy, the large lethal creature grinning dangerously and stalking forward- towards Dandy.

Dandy mumbled sharp pleased and begs, clawing at his arms. “I deserve this. I killed them all. I’m a bad person. I don’t deserve to live” Damnit, Astro couldn’t get through to Dandy like this. He frowned before moving forward and sharply grabbing Dandy why the shoulders. “Shh. Listen to my voice- there we go. Breath. This isn’t real. You need to wake. Up.”

”..W-Wake up..?” Dandy blinked slowly, fear encapsulating his eyes before he nodded. Astro took that as his sign to leave.

Dandy woke up with a sharp gasp, eyes daring over to Astro who simply stared tiredly, taking over before Dandy could talk. “You haven’t been sleeping. And why aren’t you in bed?” Dandy tensed up before relaxing, messing with a wilting petal while curing up. “I uh.. didn’t want to disturb you-“

”Bullshit.” Astro cut Dandy off with a growl before heavily sighing and holding a hand out to Dandy, silently dragging him back to the shared bedroom. “You better explain everything tomorrow.”

”I uh.. yeah, I will.” Dandy muttered, clearly dazed. Astro huffed softly before going for picking Dandy up, with the flower clearly not bother and simply leaning against Astro tiredly. Dandy as long asleep by time Astro made it in the room, blinking seeing Vee sitting up and titling her head, “Was wondering where he went. Did you sleep well?”

”Mhm.” Astro nodded, not bothering to let go of Dandy and simply laying down with a yawn before talking. “How long has he been going without sleep?” Vee blinked before sighing, dragging a hand down their screen. “I wish I knew, Astro. He’s been having these issues long before curing us-“

”Cure? He made a cure?” Astro blinked, arms curling around Dandy tightly while Vee chuckled tiredly. “I’ll explain tomorrow. We all need the sleep.. I’m glad you’re back.” Astro gave a soft laugh, leaning against Vee with a small sigh and nodding. “It’s.. good to be back.”

Notes:

Fluff and cuddling moment, yay! Got the starry baby back, But little warning for the next few chapters, Dandy is going to get hurt… a lot. Why? Because the next two toons are the most violent ones. If you think you know, take your guesses!

Chapter 6: Entry #5

Summary:

Dandy does a stupid thing(again). Good thing Vee and Astro are there to sort him out.

Notes:

Time for the one main I desperately need cause I have 82 research on her.. and the fact I got all of the mains in one run less than 20 minutes ago.

Dandy sighed tiredly, slowly creeping through the darkness. Shelly’s favorite floor. She had to be here… he doesn’t quite remember or know the floors everyone died on, but Shelly has to be here. “You guys didn’t have to come.” They muttered, glancing back to the pair behind him.

Astro was messing and tugging at his leggings, glancing up with a twitch of his lower claws before humming. “After last week? You clearly need someone with you.” Vee nodded in agreement, her antennae’s twitching as she looked around. The loud growling almost seemed to echo. It made a shiver run through him. Not quite fear but close enough.

Dandy turned a corner, peeking up at the sight of an ichor soaked tail and held his hand up with a huff. He could convince her.. he had to apologize to Shelly anyways. He slowly crept closer, ignoring Astro’s warning hiss. “Shellyyyyy”

The now, large dinosaur like twisted’s head swiveled around, growling before a large grin rose on her face. Oh shit. Shelly let out a deafening roar, making Dandy instinctively cover his ears with a sharp whine- “DANDY, MOVE!” They sharply flinched before ducking down, right on time when Shelly’s teeth snapped down on empty space. She snarled, tail lashing angrily. But Dandy saw it. The fear and relief in her eyes..

”Shells? I-It’s me- come on.. I know it hurts, but I can help.”

 

 

It was so blurry. All she saw was red. It was a daily routine- walk around the reddened area, turn, watch the machines, run. She was tired. So tired. She never wanted this.. she knows they didn’t either. Dandy would never want to hurt her. She didn’t understand why Vee was always so mad at him.

But now, staring down at Dandy, silently panicking through the red fog. She could’ve killed him. She’s glad he moved. But her body wasn’t in control and she hated it. She just wanted to lean down and tightly hug Dandy and never let go. He looked so tired.. Shelly growled, running at Dandy again.

Why wasn’t he moving.

He needed to run.

She didn’t want to hurt him-

 

CRUNCH

 

The sound was almost deafening in the space. Dandy sharply but down a scream, whimpering in pain feeling Shelly’s teeth dig into his arm. She grinned almost manically, growling and biting down hard, drawing a pained hiss from Dandy. “Shit shit shit-“ Vee mumbled, darting over to try and grab Dandy’s arm, immediately backing up when that drew a sharp noise of pain. “Shelly. Let go.”

 

I want too, Vee. I can’t. Shelly growled, panic swirling in her eyes as she bit down, hating the crunch on bones and skin in her teeth mixed with the taste of ichor. She didn’t see Astro climbing up in the Dinosaur fossil behind her. Didn’t see how he crouched, hyper focused on her neck. But she felt the sting of pain, pupils dilating before releasing Dandy to let out a loud roar of pain.

She clawed at her neck, whimpers breaking through as she fell over with a pained shudder. The ichor on her legs seemed to melt away to show her actual legs, her ichor slicked tail shrinking and twitching painfully.

When she finally opened her eyes, she felt… dizzy. Her eyes hurt. But she checked. She was in control of her body again. She was her. Shelly darted up, legs still trembling with Astro hopping down to help her. She ignored it in favor of running to him-

Dandy heavily panted, pain sparking through his bleeding arm. God, he was losing a lot.. he wouldn’t die, not by a long shot.. but the lightheartedness was making him think otherwise- a flinch ran through him feeling arms still slick with ichor wrap around him. Dandy slowly blinked, glancing down at Shelly and only making out half of her soft, muffled sobs. “Shells.. it’s ok-“

”I could’ve killed you! It’s not-!” Shelly sniffled, claws digging into Dandy’s shirt and making him wince, wrapping his good arm around her. “H-Hey., Shells.. I missed you too but uh.. can we go before I bleed out..?”

Shelly flinched, immediately backing up with a nod before shudder ran through her randomly, making Astro pause. “Shelly-?” Shelly loudly growled before.. throwing up ichor, gagging loudly afterwards. The three all went silent, save for Dandy who was close to passed out. Astro blinked, patting Shelly’s back. “That’s.. new. Dandy-? Oh.” Dandy whimpered in pain, blood soaking his sleeve as he.. slept?

”..I’m sorry..” Shelly rasped out, whimpering with another shudder making Astro gently rub her back. “Shh, it’s ok. Come on, let’s go home.”

 

Dandy whined softly, curling up before cracking his eyes open. It was.. blurry. Dark. Late? He shifted, hissing in pain and glancing at his arm. Fresh bandages. He glanced around, recognizing the room and glancing around. Sleep. All of them. Shelly and Pebble were curled up into Dandy’s sides, Vee being on one side with Bobette wrapped around her. Astro was closer in the middle, softly snoring while wrapped up in his blanket..

It made Dandy smile softly. He had to fix this. Not for himself, but for them. He slowly stood, slipping out the bed and heading to the elevator, taking his wrist bow and two cures. He had to fix this.

No matter the cost to him..

He was going ti make sure they were happy. And that started with finding Him.

Notes:

Oh Dandy, you poor attention deprived sweetheart.. you don’t have to do everything alone..

Someone may or may not die next chapter.. Mwehehehe. I’m not sorry.

Also yay! We got Shelly’s POV. My headcanon is that yes, while it’s clear that the smiling twisteds are the ones without control and have fully given up to the ichor, I feel they still have some of their subconscious locked up in their minds. Like uh. Sleep paralysis? Like you’re there, but you’re not.
(that was a terrible example)

Chapter 7: Oh no.

Summary:

“I’m gonna live.
I’m gonna fly!” - Dandy, day one.

 

“Im gonna fail..
Im gonna die.” - . . .

(Song is “Oh No!” By Marina and the Diamonds)

Notes:

Something bad happens.

DOUBLE UPDATE AS PROMISED. Be prepared for double the angst, heh.

This was a bad idea. This was a very bad idea. But he had to do it. Dandy slowly limped out the elevator, ears slightly ringing. Too loud.. wait. He knew this floor. Sprout’s floor. He grunted, stumbling forward, drops of ichor staining his bandages and the floor behind him. Tisha would hate that. Why was he thinking about that?

ugh, he was delirious.. he should’ve stayed in bed.. no. No, just.. find Sprout, and it’ll all be ok. Dandy hissed, vision swimming with every slow movement. He didn’t hear the second ding of the elevator behind him- not with how his ears were ringing.

He slowly limped forward, only half aware of the loud footsteps. Dandy limped forward, stumbling and gripping the side of a door, heavily panting. Fuck.. why did he think this was smart. He was gonna die down here either from stress or blood loss. He was gonna die.. and not even save them. His breathing picked up, collapsing to the floor with a shudder. It’s cold. Not again. Not here. Dandy’s pupils shrunk, eyes dilating red as his leafy tail twitched-

“Dandy. Breath.”

..Sprout? He slowly blinked, looking up. Sprout was.. alive? Wait, no. This was a memory. That tended to happen. “Deep breaths. In and out. It’s ok.” The voice was warping from Sprout’s to.. Astro’s? But.. Dandy blinked slowly feeling arms wrap around him, his shaky breaths calming down. The ringing stopped, the slight pain.. “There we go.. good.. relax.”

Dandy glanced over his shoulder, cracking a smile seeing Astro, Vee, Shelly and Pebble. “Wha..?” Vee huffed, tail flicking with a glare. “You’re not exactly quiet when you’re limping and bleeding out.”

Oh. Dandy huffed out a chuckle, gently petting Pebble who was insistently nudging his leg. “Sorry…” Astro sighed softly, tail twitching before he helped Dandy up. “Tried to get Shelly to stay-“

”No! I-It’s my fault he’s hurt, I had to help!” Shelly growled out, covering her mouth for a moment. Dandy chuckled, sighing and limping forward, the group following him carefully. No blackout, but it was still dark. Still dangerous-

A loud shrill cry before a tentacle of ichor rose up, writhing and darting towards Dandy.

 

Sprout wasn’t easily angered. Mostly. But since… this. Since Cosmo died. Since he left him.. since.. everything. He’s felt angrier than usual. He slowly walked, his feet sticking to the ground as the grass like fur across his legs made a noise of grass withering. He walked slowly. Unable to talk, only muffled growls breaking through.

He paused, scarf—Now more like a tail than his actual, Now withered tail— twitching as he looked around. Someone was here… Sprout slowly walked forward, memorizing the way through his kitchen. He missed them at times like this.. Cosmo and Ginger helping with dinner, Toodles always begging to try out a recipe he made. Hell, even Dandy. The flower always found the ingredients he needed and loved to ask what he was doing.

His curiosity was always cute. But that was in the past. Dandy did this. Sprout deserved to be angry. He stood before said flower—He was hurt, he distantly noticed and something said not to hurt him, but he couldn’t control himself. Sprout snarled, marching forward, claw swiping down as a tentacle lashed out.

Astro, Vee and Shelly were there too.. didn’t they die? He remembers. They died. Pebble did too.. he was one of the first. They left Shelly by accident. Heard her cries and roars of pain, anger and sorrow. Vee was killed-by who again..? Was it Goob or Scraps? Maybe Flutter- and Astro.. he forgot. That one hurt so he blocked it out. Hurt as much as the time he left Cosmo. He shouldn’t have left Cosmo.

It was Dandy’s fault Cosmo was dead. Sprout’s singular eye narrowed, snarling and raising another tentacle, swiping at the group with a hiss. He didn’t want to hurt them. But his body wouldn’t listen.

”S-Sprout! Please- I’m sorry, ok?” Dandy hissed, stumbling back with heavy breaths while Sprout stalked towards him. “Sprout.. please..” The soft words made Sprout almost freeze, eye blinking. A memory.

 

“Here ya go, Sprout!” Dandy giggled, holding out a tray of eggs while holding bags of flour and sugar with his tail. “Hm? Oh, thanks Orchid.” Sprout mumbled, stirring the bowl and moving aside so Dandy could crack an egg into the batter. “Whats this for?” Sprout glanced over with a soft chuckle, his own leafy tail coiling around Dandy’s.

”Goob! His birthdays tomorrow and Scraps wanted it to be extra special. Decided to work on it early.. mostly so Yatta won’t steal the cake again.” Dandy burst out in soft giggles, making Sprout huff in amusement. He was so cute. “You should smile more.” Dandy blinked, tilting his head before blushing. “Ppft- I smile all the time!-“

”A genuine one, Orchid.” Sprout chuckled, nudging Dandy who sighed, leaning against Sprout. “Fine, fine! The chef knows best I suppose~” Dandy cooed, pressing a playful kiss to Sprout’s cheek, making him laugh softly. “Quit it, I’m baking! Gonna make me burn something you keep being cute!”

”Wha- I’m not cute!” Dandy whined, but his tail squeezed tighter around Sprout’s. “You are, my little dandelion.”

 

That memory.. he almost forgot. Sprout let out a rumble before snarling. Dandy froze up sudden, eyes glancing down. A writhing tentacle he didn’t notice, pierced through his chest before sinking back into a puddle, making Dandy stumble forward with a gasp of pain before chuckling. “I-I deserved that.. I-I’m Sorry…”

 

”DANDY!” Shelly sobbed while Astro absolutely froze up, pupils dilating in fear. Vee Immediately darted to Dandy’s side, cursing sharply before freezing feeling Pebble nudge him with a loud whine. “He’s- he’s not-?” Astro mumbled, stumbling forward. “He’s breathing. Barely-“ a loud, shrill roar mixed with a sharp snarl made them both glance over.

”Shit- SHELLY!” Shelly snarled, in her twisted form. She looked angry, but.. it was directed towards Sprout. She snarled, launching at him while snapping near his face. Sprout hissed, raising his claw before screeching loudly when Shelly snapped down on his arm, pulling him up just to throw him into a wall. “Shelly, enough!” Astro snarled, pupils lighting up red before forcing out a breath.

Shelly froze before her ichor legs melted, heavily gasping. “Wha- I-“ She blinked slowly, dazed while Vee scooped her up, silently calming her down.

 

Why was.. Shelly mad? He understood those growls. “YOU KILLED HIM.” Killed.. but.. he didn’t..? Sprout glanced over, the foggy glaze on his mind lifting a bit. What.. oh. Oh god. Oh god, what did he- Sprout let out something identical to a whimper, staring at Dandy’s still body. Did.. did he do that? He didn’t mean to-

Oh no. Oh no no no no- Sprout slowly crept forward, freezing at the loud warning hiss from Astro before Pebble whined loudly, nudging Sprout while holding a vial in his mouth. “Sprout. Can you.. help him? If we cure you?” Sprout glanced up at Shelly, who had her head on Dandy’s legs like a sad puppy, glancing up at Sprout sadly. “Please..?”

Help him..? Heal him. That’s what he’s good at.

Well. Didn’t have to ask him twice.

 

 

Bobette tiredly laid near the kitchen, silently dozing off while waiting, immediately jolting up hearing the elevator before freezing. “What- Sprout?” Sprout stumbled alongside the group. He growled softly, trying to clear the ichor out his throat and quickly doing so by heavily throwing up said ichor with a shudder. “Sprout? Are you-“

”N..No time.. need..” Sprout loudly rasped, stumbling pass the mess and silently grabbing the first aid where he usually left it, heading back over to Dandy. Despite being sluggish, his hands worked expertly quick, pulling out a needle before pausing. Astro quickly got the jist, mumbling a soft apology before moving to tear Dandy’s already ichor soaked top off with a huff. “He’s losing a lot, Sprout. Can you-“

”Shh.” Sprout rumbled lowly, grimacing and immediately using the torn fabric to press down on the injury, silently shooing everyone out. He worked better in privacy after all- especially since the last time he had to use stitches was when Gigi almost broke something fucking around with Connie.

Shelly whined, watching in concern as her tail twitched immediately, glancing back at Astro gently coaxing and leading her back to the bedroom. “He’ll be ok, Shelly. Don’t worry.”

 

 

Well fuck. Sprout softly groaned, rinsing his ichor covered hands off, silently grieving at the mild stains from his past twisted state, glancing over at Dandy. He was ok, he was alive. Sprout sighed, moving to gently rub Dandy’s head, a small smile rising at the small hum from the latter. “Mng.. Sprout..?”

Sprout’s eyes darted down, pupils widening as he sighed in relief, simply picking Dandy up to carry him, being careful of his wounds. He knew the entire layout of this place. He had to. It was near daylight now, but he still quietly slipped into the room.

Pebble was near the door, reason this head with s small yip before flopping back down to sleep. Vee had their arms coiled tight around Shelly, who clearly had been crying. Shelly was squeezed between Vee and Bobette, the holiday main softly snoring and nuzzling into the shorter. Astro had his back pressed against Vee’s, softly humming before tiredly slipping his eyes open. “He’s ok..?”

Sprout slowly nodded, still struggling to make words as his tail twitched, gently laying Dandy down next to Astro. He smiled at Astro immediately wrapping Dandy up in his blanket, tugging them closer and patting the space next to them. Sprout was more than happy to finally get some actual rest after what felt like years. “Thank you, Sprout.” Astro softly mumbled, pressing his naturally chill hand against Sprout’s cheek, chuckling at the soft rumbling purr that drew from him.

”Mhm…” Sprout simply hummed, dropping his head on top of Dandy’s shoulder with a heavy sigh, quickly dozing off. Astro stayed awake a bit longer, scanning everyone’s dreams. Happy. All of them.. except for Dandy. His head was quiet.. it was concerning, but Astro was just happy Dandy wasn’t having nightmares again. They went for carefully wrapping his four arms around Dandy, sighing softly and letting himself doze.

Dandy shifted quietly, cracking an eye open in exhaustion before smiling. He did it. Finally. He had them in his arms again.. Dandy softly sighed, pressing his cheek against Astro’s chest with a tired mumble, smiling tiredly feeling a slightly clawed but still familiar hand run over his petals. Sprout. He was always good at comfort..

This felt nice… it felt.. like home again.

Dandy finally felt like he could rest peacefully, glancing down seeing Pebble tiredly hop on the bed to curl up near his legs. It wouldn’t hurt to sleep in. It’s ok.

Everything will be ok.

Notes:

NOT FOR LONG, MWEHEHEHE.

Hope you enjoyed the angst. Now I just need an idea how to drag Bassie and Coal into the mix, which.. I didn’t really plan. But I’ll improvise, per usual.

This was fun to write, I love me a good dose of angst. Reallyyyy hope those stitches don’t come loose. I’m joking. Or am I?

Mwehehe.

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 3 of Roblox related stories