Happy To Know You, Grumpy

Tension

Mr. Airall yawned loudly, and glanced around at his cheese shop. He held a broom, and silently swept all the cheese crumbs from under the bright red tables in his shop. He paused to look at his watch, and his tired eyes sprung out of his sockets in surprise. It was 11:55!- the latest Mr. Airall has stayed up in his shop. He quickly finished sweeping the floors and smiled up at his shop, all clean and sparkly. Suddenly, Dopey burst through the door, he howled in the air, crawling on his knees like a dog. Mr Airall jumped up two times his small dwarf size, and grumbled in distress at the sight he saw. Dopey brought in dirty snow, making his once-clean floors grimy all over again.

"Dopey!" Mr. Airall screeched, irritated and tired. "What did you do?"

Dopey stopped howling, and looked down at his mess. He smiled innocently at Mr. Airall; hoping he wouldn't get in trouble.

Suddenly, Doc rushed in, crunching the snow from under his shoes. "MR. AIRALL!" Doc yelped. "Have you seen Grumpy or Happy at all?"

Mr. Airall barley opened his eyes. "No..." He muttered, falling asleep on the spot, making Doc angry.

"THIS IS SERIOUS!" Doc spat, making Mr. Airall jump. "They've been out in the cold forever. They could be frozen! And it's all my fault..." Doc sighed, feeling immensely guilty. He stared at the ground for a while. Dopey whistled, standing up, and hugged Doc's side, trying to reassure him. Doc smiled up at Dopey. "Thanks Dopey."

Mr. Airall merely repeated himself. "Sorry, I haven't seen Grumpy nor Happy since this morning when Grumpy bought his daily cheeses. He hasn't been here since!"

Doc nodded slowly, knowing Mr. Airall was telling the truth. "Well, if you see any sight of them, please let us know."

Dopey and Doc left.

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The snow crunched underneath Sneezy's black boots. "GRUMPY!" He screamed into the air, looking up everywhere. "HAPPY? Are either of you here?" He sneezed some snow out of the way, thinking that maybe Happy or Grumpy would be hiding under the snow.

Instead, Bashful was hiding under the snow. He peered up at Sneezy with big eyes. "I can't find em." Bashful sadly told him. Sneezy sighed.

"I can't either."

"Fellas, we looked all over Jollywood park..." Sleepy walked up behind them. "Let's go to the Queen's castle. Doc said if we couldn't find them here, we'd meet him up there."

Bashful and Sneezy both nodded, and ran towards Queen Delightful's castle where Doc and Dopey waited for the rest of them.

"Any luck?" Doc asked to Sneezy once they arrived.

"No," Sneezy responded.

Bashful walked up the Queen's tall, and very royal, golden castle door. "We have to warn her." Bashful said, trying to feel confident. He knocked on the door, waiting impatiently.

The door opened up gradually, setting sight of Lord Starchbottom, holding a very disapproving facial expression at the sight of Bashful. Bashful tried to enter the castle, but every time he'd try to get past Lord Starchbottom, Lord Starchy would get in front of Bashful, with the same annoyed expression.

Bashful narrowed his eyes, getting extremely grumpy. "Move it Bub! I-uh, WE- need to talk to Queen Delightful."

Lord Starchbottom didn't respond. He lifted one eyebrow, still glaring at Bashful, burning holes into Bashful's raw and bittery-pink face.

Bashful began to walk again, and Lord Starchbottom stood in front of Bashful again. Bashful grunted. "Starchy, we desperately NEED to let the Queen know about this, it's important...-"