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Po's POV
It was one of the few days when it was nice out. There is no overheating weather and a nice lake to enjoy looking at. It felt emptier than usual. Noo Noo wasn't here to greet me this time. He's been gone for a few days, and everyone else has been worried sick. I didn't want to freak out like the rest, but it's been getting to me. It's like a cold chill crawling down my back. I've been so paranoid that something happened to him that I've had less time to think about my siblings. They haven't been taking it well, especially Laa Laa. The lake didn't feel nice to look at anymore, so I had to go home. "Everyone probably misses me," I sighed to myself. Turning away from the beautiful view back to the one place I call home.
"Hey, Po!" Tinky Winky cheerfully ran over to me, nearly trampling me. "Hey, Tinky! I got bored of the lake." "Ohh, well, I've been starving. I was wondering if you could make us some custard." I nodded in response, but he stopped me before I could go to the dome. "Check in on Laa Laa first before we go inside." I guess she's upset again. The three of us noticed she's been more inactive after Noo Noo disappeared. It's gotten to her more than the rest of us. I think I deserve to check in on her. I walked over to Laa Laa, who seemed anxious; she appeared to be shaking a bit. She's not being her happy self right now. "Hey Laa Laa, are you doing okay?" I asked; she nervously looked up at me. "I'm doing alright; I just had a bad nightmare last night. Strangely enough, it was about us and bad things happening, but you weren't there." Huh, that's odd. It must've been a really bad dream, but I'd have to be thankful I wasn't in it.
"It was just a bad dream; you shouldn't let it get to you. You wanna play?" she shook her head and stared back down at the ground. I guess not. Tinky and I headed inside, where Dipsy was casually sitting on the slide, kicking his feet around. "Hey Dipsy, have you found your hat yet?" he shrugged, "Nope, still missing. I might just give up on finding it." "Oh well, hope you find it soon. I'm gonna go make the custard for the four of us!" I trotted over to the button and turned it on. Then, back to the machine, the thing seemed to have blown a fuse in an attempt to make some custard. "Go get the toolbox, I'm starving!" Tinky whined as he said. I went over to grab the toolbox and brought it back to the custard machine. Fixing the thing back up, new and improved. The rest cheered while I proceeded to get each of their custards.
Before I could get my own, I felt a sense of danger. Making me feel nauseous. I don't think I'll have a bowl today; my stomach is upset again. It's been like this for a few days, annoying the hell out of me. Tinky Winky looked at me, "Aren't you gonna have a bowl, Po?" "Don't worry, I ate earlier. You guys just enjoy your custard." they'd all gone back to slurping down their custard. The feeling had gone away a bit, but it'd be back soon enough. I should enjoy the rest of my day and not worry about anything.
Nighttime had arrived faster than I thought; I couldn't sleep and felt more restless than yesterday. As I was about to close my eyes, someone had gotten up from their bed. Gosh, who's awake this late?? It turned out to be Tinky Winky; he was hovering over the custard machine, not moving an inch. "Tinky- get back to bed. What are you doing?" I groaned, rubbing my eyes and tiredly staring at him. He didn't move, and as I was about to say something again, a loud noise infested my ears. Tinky had broken the machine. I quickly arose from my bed; he seemed to be going somewhere. I rushed for a flashlight, and in a state of panic, I took off without waking the two. "Tinky! Where are you going?!" he didn't stop, I soon lost sight of him. Oh no, no, where could he have gone?! I have to find him. I was stopped by two paths; I might as well just trust my instinct and go left. It felt like I was walking on forever until I stumbled upon a custard. "How did a custard get all the way out here?" I observed the abandoned treat, only to hear a noise that came from the beach. Maybe that's where Tinky Winky is! I ran towards the beach, and he stood ominously still there.
"C'mon it's late, why are you out here? Are you okay?" I reached out to comfort him but was now faced with a soulless creature. His eyes were all blacked out, a wide, crooked smile took form on his face, and he'd lost his tan color only to be replaced with a shocking silver. My ears began to burn as he released the loudest scream I've ever heard. With not even a word, I started running, and it didn't feel like I had even told myself to run. It was just instinct to get the fuck out of here. I bolted all the way back to the house, expecting to see Dipsy and Laa Laa awake. I reached the house to see Dipsy dead on the floor, his body oozing blood while his head was now far from his body. Something or someone had decapitated him.
I turned to be faced with Tinky Winky, who'd now been fueled with rage from my sudden flee. He's gonna kill me! I gotta get out of here! He lunged towards me, but I sprinted away before he could grab me. I was getting so dizzy from all this running, but I had to get out of there. I glanced back to see him still chasing after me, my ears only filled with pained screams from Tinky. If it couldn't get much worse, a tree had fallen in my path, fuck! I ran around it and got back on the path; my body was aching. I was numb from running, but I couldn't give up. I was told never to go to the mountains, but it's my only option. The mountains were in my sight, I reached out to it but steered too much attention on it. Only causing me to collapse to the ground. I tried getting back to my feet, but to no avail; Tinky Winky caught up. To only be greeted with him pouncing on me.