New Friend - The Way It Was AU fic
who said you can’t have too many aus. enjoyyy :D
…That was weird. She never starts.
She gets up from her bed. No trouble, like she’s been having lately.
…Why is she thinking about yesterday? Today is a NEW day. New day, new adventure!
…She feels different. She feels refreshed. She feels new.
…Has this happened before?
Don’t think about that. Think about ADVENTURES! What adventure will she embark on today?
…No. Better to think about breakfast first. An apple a day brings the doctor to play!
She switches from her PJs to her usual outfit. She’s used to it. It makes her happy. She heads downstairs right away. Whatever she needs for her adventure, she can get it later. She’s hungry!
She gets to the kitchen and approaches the counter, but before she reaches it she notices… something. Something is there. Something familiar.
She can hear noises. Weird noises. Coming from the familiar thing. It’s almost… melodic? But at the same time complete and utter gibberish. She steps closer, softening her step on instinct.
It’s… someone. Someone is making noises, and sort of bouncing. Or swaying. One of the two. She can make out the head. But they’re covered in… stuff. She can only see the back of them. It’s like they’re made of a giant cloud. She’s seen it before. Where has she seen that before?
The person lets out a shrill shriek and leaps to the side in classic cartoon fashion, nearly reaching the ceiling. They grab the counter to steady themself and slowly turn to look at her, eyes wide open. They immediately straighten up and flash her a little smile, staring dead into her eyes.
A boy’s voice. At least it sounds like. Amanda doesn’t often hear other voices coming from… her house. He sounds like those little boys within the audience. He must be one. It feels a little different hearing her name come from someone else, someone that doesn’t seem to be from the audience. It’s almost relieving.
Amanda can sort of see all of him now. He has a round face, with a little snout. He’s got these long outward ears too. He’s still covered in that fluffy cloud stuff. He looks like… a sheep. A sheep!!! Duhhh. How could she forget what a sheep looks like? She’s been to the farm all the time. She thinks. But this isn’t a regular sheep. He’s standing on two legs… hooves? And he’s got hands. Claws? It’s weird. Wait, no it’s not. He’s normal. Just like her.
Why did she say that? She knows him… she thinks. He looks familiar. His voice sounds familiar. So why can’t she put his name to mind?
The sheep boy pauses and his smile falters a little. His expression distorts a little, clenching, trying to hold the smile in place. Then he coughs. And again. Quite quickly those little coughs turn into small cackles and wheezes, like he’s trying to force himself to laugh. A few giggles slip through this weird combination of sounds. It would seem near painful if Amanda didn’t know any better. He feels at his chest, covered in wool, to catch his breath.
“Ugh… h- HAH. Good one, Amanda! G- good… heh. I- it’s me? Wooly?”
Wooly…? Amanda does nothing but stare at him curiosly.
His eye twitches ever so slightly as his smile hardens. He speaks again, in a slightly tougher change of tone. “…Your best friend?”
…Wooly. Right. Of course! Of COURSE. How could she forget WOOLY? Her best friend! She definitely knew him now. She knew she remembered that sweet smile of his, his bright eyes, how his ears perked up when she approached him. He was so silly, jumping like that. Typical Wooly.
“You’re up bright and early.”
“Yeah… uh. Is that wrong?”
“N- no! Nooo. It’s fine! Great. Perfect, actually.”
“Now you can help me… uh. Make breakfast!”
Amanda looks past him. Nothing is out. He’s done nothing. He was up before her, wasn’t he? Maybe he’s still tired.
“Sounds fun! Why don’t w-”
Amanda and Wooly finish their breakfast.
“That was sooo yummy! Thanks for helping me make it!”
Wooly stares into her eyes again, taking in how she looks. Pleased. Happy. Good. He likes that.
She stares back at him and now it’s just fucking awkward man. Wooly clasps his hands together to break the silence.
“NOW it’s time for an adventure!!!” Amanda responds almost instantaneously, way too eager. She’s going to have an adventure with her friend- her BEST friend! That’s so much better than doing it herself. Way better.
“Cmon, cmon!!!” Amanda leads Wooly by the hand to their neighbourhood, so they can start the day. He’s walking way too slow. She attempts to pull him further, but he just trips and falls on his face. He immediately gets up and dusts off his wool with little success, darting his eyes back at her, checking if she noticed.
“Sure.” Amanda chuckles. Her new best friend is so silly! It’s nice having someone different from her around. It’s… fun.
They finally reach their spot where the adventure will begin. There are lots of spots, and Amanda knows where to go each time. She knows this because she’s somehow always at the right place when she needs to be. She guesses she knows her way around pretty well! This IS her neighbourhood after all. And Wooly’s, of course.
Amanda stands in her place and tells Wooly to stand across from her… but he’s already doing that. Of course he’s doing that! It’s not like he’s NEW here!!! Cmon, you silly brain!
As if by command, they both take notice of the audience. Far away from them, in their own happy place. It was nice, seeing so many happy places existing as one. Occasionally she wondered what were to happen if those two places bonded, and became even happier and full of life. But that’s a silly thought. She has an adventure to begin! With her best friend, of course.
And the audience too. Hands, eyes, mouths. A variety of indescribable noises that quickly die down. Tons of eyes. Eyes watching them. Eyes watching her. Much bigger this time. Amanda supposes Wooly hasn’t involved himself in as many adventures as her, as she suspects the cause of this to be his sudden presence after who knows how long. Interesting. Whatever. It only means more fun for all of them!
The familiar jingle signifying the start of their fun starts to play. Not out loud, of course, only in their heads. But loud enough for the audience to hear. Wooly’s ears shoot up at the sound of this, and he shuffles his hooves and looks around, trying to locate where the sound is coming from. Amanda notices him and giggles again. He’s so funny.
Wooly darts his eyes back towards her and straightens his smile, just in case it was drooping.
His smile softens at those words, and he tilts his head at her as if to say “Thank you.”
But no words to be exchanged now! They’re about to greet all of their friends!
“Hi! I’m Amanda!” Amanda waves excitedly.
“And I’m Wooly!” Wooly raises his arms flauntingly.
“Wooly is my best friend.” Amanda takes Wooly’s hand in hers, eyes still focused on their friends. “So today, he’s going to help us with our adventure!”
“That’s right, Amanda!” He glances at their hands, clasped together. It feels nice to hold her. It feels right.
He could get used to this.
MANNN I MISSED MAKING FLUFFY FICS WITH A HINT OF “THIS IS GOING TO GO SO HORRIBLY WRONG.” so yeah. new au. I’ve always been interested in woolymandas friendship before and my favourite previous fics were OF THAT. so here ya go
this au is just a fun premise for fics. a quick rewrite in fic form start to finish so yes this will contain EVERYONE. starting with wooly being sent into the tapes cuz i think its better to explain amanda through her messed up memory. also this was specifically from amandas perspective as to hide what’s going through woolys head until the end mostly. also pls notice how amanda didn’t like refer to herself in her head until WOOLY said her name out loud
i will make a masterpost on this but some quick notes are - wooly is still raised by H*meln in the way i predicted before. he’s my specific version of marcus from rbh cuz he’s my son and i find him interesting and it’s literally the one I’ve been writing for ages so i got this FAHHH. both him and amanda have no memories as of entering the show. rebecca and marcus have not met each other. as hinted at in this fic amanda has been struggling to stay in character so they sent wooly there to regulate her. he doesn’t know anything as of now but he just knows that manda happy - good and manda sad - bad
my favourite part of this was wooly laughing hysterically btw. like he doesn’t know how to answer that cuz what does she MEAN she doesn’t know him. just him wheezing and coughing like a mad person i fucking love characters like that
just a fun side project for no reason other than exploring the potential of their relationship with each other and everyone else. mmmyeahhh that’s it sayonara boi
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