Cherry and the Friendship Games

chapter 7

Meanwhile, Cherry's emotions led Cherry and Teller to a building that looked like the Grand Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

"Welcome to the Dream Theater where every film you're in is a starring role!" Joy smiled brightly as always to Cherry.

"Hooray..." Sadness, Disgust, Fear, and Anger dully cheered.

"Come on, you gotta see this!" Joy took Cherry's hands and pulled her into the theater. "Guys, help me find which one is the dream where the shadows came in her mind!"

"Shadows?" Cherry looked at her cheerful emotion.

"Not the good kind of Shadows." Joy said.

"How bad are they?" Cherry asked.

"Cherry, do you remember someone known as the Shadow Man?" Teller asked.

Cherry's eyes widened briefly, but she then tried to look casual. "Y-Yeah, Atticus and I had to go back in time because he was jeopardizing the LaBouff family which is Darla's biological mother's family... Why?"

"Well, because this one dream involves him in it." Fear told her.

"Pardon...?" Cherry asked.

"It's true!" Fear cried out, having a panic attack.

"Fear, calm down!" Disgust told the purple emotion.

"Your nightmares are gonna come to life!" Fear ran around in a circle. "Run, Cherry, they're going to eat everything you care about!"

"Anger, can you calm Fear down?" Joy asked.

Anger punched Fear firmly in the stomach. And where that instantly stopped Fear from continuing his panic attack.

"Thank you." Joy said.

"Was that really necessary?" Cherry asked her red emotion.

"What would you do?" Anger glared at her.

Cherry shrugged. "Meh... So, um... What's this about my dreams?"

"Oh, come with me!" Joy pulled on her hand and pulled her into the theater which was currently empty since it was not night time.

There were many colorful creatures that came in all colors, shapes, and sizes, proving how creative Cherry was in her imagination, whether awake or asleep. Joy then rushed to a box and pulled out other film reels, trying to find the one she was looking for.

"Is this gonna take a while?" Cherry asked.

"It might, you're very passionate about your dreams." Teller said to her.

"It's true." Joy said while looking through the rolls of film.

"All right..." Cherry sighed and sat in an actor's chair. "Might as well get comfy..."

"Oh, this would be easier if it was a daydream..." Sadness sighed, flopping on her back and staring at the ceiling. "At least they can fit into your pockets and you can't lose them, unless you forget about them like a pathetic excuse for a core memory..."

"Now, Sadness, you know as much all of us do that the core memories are important." Joy said while looking for the right film.

Cherry looked curious but said nothing.

"AHA!" Joy smiled once she found it. "Got it!" she then went to the film projector and put the film in.

The film projector then whirred and showed a countdown from three to one, all anyone could see so far was blackness. Soon, the blackness faded and there came colorful images. The camera followed Cherry on what looked like a normal day at school, but there were strange things happening that wouldn't happen on a normal, regular day, then again, this was a dream. There then came images of Atticus, but he was running away from her.