The Light for the Stars - VEE X ASTRO FIC

Prologue

3rd Person POV :

Astro lazily awoke, rubbing his eyes as he glanced around his room. Same as always...

He stretched softly, keeping his blanket wrapped around him in comfort as his four arms remained wrapped around him. He moved his gaze towards the big, glass area with a glowing ball inside, showing a vivid dream currently.

He smiled softly, moving to the glass as he watched Shelly's dream play out. He hoped she liked this one...

He squeezed his eyes shut for a moment, summoning his small, blue stars to guide other dreams towards him as he organized them, making sure they were all 'good' dreams, or what he considered was good atleast.

The small boy shuffled through them, recognizing each figure in each of the dreams, chuckling softly as he saw Teagan throwing another tea party in her dream. He never knew what kind of dream to give her, but she always seemed quite pleased, no matter what happened in the dream.

Astro finally sorted all of them, smiling softly to himself as he looked over to see one that fell to the ground. "A new dream...? No... probably a nightmare..." he whispered to himself, picking it up with his lower set of arms, holding it close to see who's it was, and what happened.

The dream was pitch black, unallowing him access at all, as he realized it wasn't a dream; it was a memory.

(Vee's POV)

I slammed my hands on the counter of Dandy's shop, throwing his own items at him, rage flooding my system.

"What the F!*¡." I shouted, cursing as I suddenly remembered I couldn't say anything 'hurtful' since children who used to come here weren't allowed to hear that. I shook my head, feeling my programming glitch as I felt the rainbow flower's eyes burn into me, his smirk pissing me off more.

"You cannot be serious." I laughed dryly, my voice glitching at the thought of him starting an infection. How could he even be capable of that shit? I grabbed his bandana, pulling him closer as my microphone wire slammed against the floor, leaving a loud, unpleasant dropping sound for both of us.

"I honestly thought you'd be more supportive..." Dandy rolled his eyes, his voice laced in sarcasm and mockery. He was clearly using my anger for his own gain. I knew what he was planning.

"Supportive? How do you think Astro will feel when he figures out you're trying to kill us all?!" I spat, shoving him out of my grasp as I felt dirty being relatively close to him. The plan was insane, all he was getting at was shutting this place down.

"The plan is to change this place completely into a secure manufacturing company. You toons are just the start of it." Dandy's toon handler stared down at me as I shook my head, disgusted as I felt my program overheating. I was going to pass out soon, but I couldn't in this environment. Not with the risk of dying, especially because of these maniacs.

The elevator finally opened, as I ran out, not caring what floor it was or if I got lost. My antenna twitched, hearing my microphone drag behind me as it would disturb anyone else on this floor.

Hopefully no one else was here...

(3rd Person, Astros Room)

Astro winced, hearing the loud microphone drag against his tile floors as he hid in his closet, the dim, blue light saving him from even more fear.

He knew Vee was here, but she was never this careless, and after seeing the memory, he couldn't help but feel torn between Dandy and Vee. He knew them both for awhile, but Dandy had always been his best friend...

He shook his head, not letting himself cry over Dandy's plotting. He should probably talk to Teagan... he knew he couldn't handle this on his own.

He carefully peaked out of the closet, making sure he was still holding onto the memory as he placed it on his shelf, positive no one else could tell the difference from his other stuff.