-Freddy woke up again. This time, he did feel the pain on his back and his neck from when he tumbled on the "ceiling" somehow. And his entire lower face throbbed from when he had tripped.
Freddy: Here again?
-He wasn't sure where he was. If he felt no pain in that weird staircase room, then it had to be a dream, right? He picked himself up and looked around. He could hear chatter and ruckus not too far away, and he didn't recognize the area around him. There was more glowing rock on the "ceiling" and more embers on the ground.
Freddy: Hmmmm...
-Freddy wasn't sure where to go. As if on queue, Angel Freddy and Devil Freddy popped up on his shoulders.
Devil Freddy: Ooo!! I like THIS place! Nyehheheehe...
-Devil Freddy dramatically rubbed his hands together. Angel Freddy rolled his eyes.
Angel Freddy: So, about the conflict, you should definitely get away from the noise! It could be dangerous! You saw those jellyfish cubes and those... green pig people!
Devil Freddy: Well, you SHOULD go to the sounds! It's a place called Daisy Gorge, right? I WANNA BURN ME SOME FLOWERS!!! NYHAHAHAHAA!!!
Freddy: Shhh!!
-Although Devil Freddy's voice echoed through the hollows, no one could hear him but Freddy. He was Freddy's shoulder devil and Freddy's shoulder devil only.
Angel Freddy: There's obviously no flowers in a place like this. Or soil, for that matter. It's all just netherrack and soul sand.
Freddy: That's what the ground is called?
Angel Freddy: Probably, yeah.
-Probably? Really?
Freddy: I still want to go there. This opportunity is at the expense of Puppet's life.
-He just remembered that he had traded Puppet's life just for a dumb teleport to this "Daisy Gorge." Freddy felt guilty and awkward thinking about it. If Bonbon asked, what would he say? And Funtime Foxy, for that matter.
Devil Freddy: What am I For again? Oh yeah! Heheheh... Goooo...
-Devil Freddy poofed away. Angel Freddy sighed and did the same.
Freddy: I guess it's time to check this thing out.
-Freddy stumbled towards the direction of the sound. He eventually found the source, which was a giant ravine with tons of awkwardly-built houses built around it. The houses were made of the netherrack material and had a red lumpy substance for the roofs that Freddy didn't recognize. There was a large dark-brick sign that read:
Freddy: "Daisy Gorge." Why is it called Daisy Gorge?! I don't see any daisies!
-A figure popped into Freddy's right peripheral vision.
Figure: It's called Daisy Gorge because there is one daisy here! In the center of the ravine! Look, can you see it?
-The figure pointed down at the ravine and Freddy took a closer look. He saw a giant glass dome with a small white flower inside the dome inside a pot. It looked odd in such a fiery area. Freddy looked at the figure to his right. They looked kind of like Umbrella, but less stupid and ugly. He had a rust-colored metal suit on (minus a helmet) and a paper boat on his head.Freddy: Who... are you?
Figure: My name is Fireplace! I come from Daisy Gorge! (This place.) Who are youuuu?
-Freddy felt strangely comfortable. He liked this guy's attitude. He seemed not as dumb as Umbrella— like he actually had brain cells! And sinceall stupidity demons wore paper stuff, (Fireplace wore a paper boat and Umbrella wore a paper plate), Freddy figured that all stupidity demons looked the same, but he was wrong. Fireplace had less acne than Umbrella. Umbrella had fuller lips than Fireplace. Fireplace had sharper teeth than Umbrella. Umbrella had smaller eyes than Fireplace. Fireplace had a metal suit whereas Umbrella only wore underwear. The list went on and on.
Freddy: I'm Freddy. I'm from... not here.
Fireplace: Where?
Freddy: Earth. Earth's crust, I mean.
Fireplace: Oooo! What are you doin' here then, friend? You're a robot. You shouldn't BE in the Nether.
-Fireplace put his hand under his mouth which made him look like the thinking-face emoji. Freddy sighed.
Freddy: It's a long story...
Fireplace: I have time! Let's go to my place!
-Fireplace snapped and teleported himself and Freddy to a blue and green-striped living room. It was filled with antique furniture and loveseats that had patterns of fruit on them. Freddy stumbled backwards, landing in one of the fruit-patterned loveseats while Fireplace sat across from him with a teacup that contained a red Smokey liquid. Not steamy— Smokey.
Freddy: Wow. How'd you do that? And what's in that cup?
Fireplace: Hm? Oh! I have magic, y'see? It's very easy to use! I can do all kinds of stuff; fire, teleportation, telekinesis, prisoning, light bending, freeze framing, and way more! Isn't it exciting?! And this here is TreeLiquid!
Freddy: Riiiight. TreeLiquid. But— wait— What is freeze framing?
Fireplace: Freeze framing is a common power and medium-level skill! It's where youuu... let me show you!
-Fireplace grabbed a MLP Fluttershy plushy and threw it. Its legs and hair flew behind it. While it was still going, Fireplace used a bright blue beam of what seemed to be light and practically threw it at the plushy. It stopped abruptly, but not in a normal way. The hair and legs were still trailing behind it as if was flying in place. Then it fell, still in the same position as it was when it was in the air. He threw a white beam at the plushy, causing its legs and hair to go into their proper plushy-laying-on-the-floor positions. Freddy was surprised.
Fireplace: You know, I see in your memories that you know someone named Taylor Swift! She comes here every two to three months, I'd say. She cast a freeze frame on a giant purple thing that looked like you, but it was temporary. Oh well. Fun! Hehehe..!
-Fireplace took a sip from his Tree-whatever. How was Fireplace able to dig into Freddy's mind like that? It was probably in his 50-page power list.
Fireplace: Can you tell me EVERYTHING?
Freddy: No, Fireplace. Not everything. I don't have much time. But I can tell you the end of it. Umbrella told me that you gave two soul contracts to someone named Lamppost.
Fireplace: Oh yeah! I gave those to her a few hours ago! She's my sister and today's her birthday! She loved them! Why do you want 'em?
Freddy: One of them is mine.
Fireplace: Oh. Whom does the other contract belong to?
-Who says "whom" anymore? Fireplace, apparently.
Freddy: The big purple thing you talked about earlier.
Fireplace: Name?
Freddy: What?
Fireplace: What's their name?
Freddy: Bonnie.
Fireplace: And they're a male?
Freddy: Yep.
Fireplace: What kind of name is Bonnie for a guy?! That's like naming a baby boy "Sally!"
Freddy: I dunno. He didn't choose it. Someone else did.
Fireplace: Who?
-Freddy thought. Who DID name them? Probably the one who built them in the factory. Fireplace sure did ask a lot of questions.
Freddy: I have no idea.
Fireplace: Okay then. Speaking of which,
-He took a sip from his cup.
Fireplace: you have to go down to the docks to find her! She went canoeing with her son, Sally!
-Son. Sally. WHO NAMED THESE PEOPLE?!?!
Freddy: Oookaaayyy. Where's the docks.
Fireplace: Once you walk out of my cozy little cottage, you will see a giant red-and-yellow pole if you look straight ahead past a few houses. Go to it, then go directly left from it. You will go down a very steep slope that leads to the docks!
Freddy: Uhhh... Okay. Thanks... I guess?
Fireplace: Yeah, yeah! I'll see you soon! But it's 4:59 and my favorite show comes on at 5:00 and I can't miss this so BYE!
-And, just like that, Freddy was teleported out onto Fireplace's front door mat, and Freddy could barely see a large multi-colored pole somewhere ahead. He stood up and began his journey towards it. He eventually came to a point where he was cornered between houses and he had to climb around an extremely steep edge over the ravine, but he did it! As he continued, he saw more stupidity demons floating around doing their own things. He saw one with purple high heels and a newspaper hat and another one with green high heels and a paper plate hat, which made him think of Umbrella. As he got closer to the pole, he heard shouting and excitement getting closer to him. When he reached the pole, he saw a whole crowd of stupidity demons around the pole cheering. He stood up on an elevated piece of netherrack to see Funtime Foxy and Bonbon tied to the pole. They were both unconscious. Freddy gasped then ran over to the crowd.
Freddy: Hey! What's going on here?
-The crowd looked towards Freddy. One spoke out:
Stupidity Demon: We're playing Kick!
Freddy: What's Kick?
-The name was pretty self-explanatory, but you never know.
Stupidity Demon: We kick and gang beat things! It's really fun! Wanna join?
Freddy: N-no! Those are my friends!
-The cheering came to a silence. Freddy stared at each of them and they stared at him. Another stupidity demon spoke out:
Stupidity Demon: What you gonna do 'bout it?
-This caused some of the other stupidity demons to laugh. Freddy scowled.
Freddy: What can I do to make you stop beating them up..?
-The stupidity demon thought for a moment.
Stupidity Demon: Hmmmm...
-An idea popped in his head. Or so it looked like.
Stupidity Demon: Give us candy! Tons of candy!
-The other stupidity demons jumped up and down and cheered excitedly.
Stupidity Demons: Candy, candy, candy!!!
-Where was Freddy going to find enough candy to feed 20 or more stupidity demons?! He glanced around swiftly, desperate for an answer. He then saw a candy shop on the other side of the ravine.
Freddy: Err... Fine. What do you all like?
Stupidity Demon: Stupidity demons only like one thing, obviously! Twizzlers!!
-Okay. Twizzlers were doable. He pulled out his wallet and checked how much money he had. He saw a 20 dollar bill and a few coins.
Freddy: Be right back.
-Freddy circled around the ravine to get to the Twizzler shop. He went in to see bright pink walls and red floors and a giant shelf with heaps of Twizzlers. He looked at the cashier behind the desk.
Cashier: Hiii. Welcome to Twizzler Store.
-The cashier yawned.
Cashier: How can I help you.
-They said that like it wasn't a question. The cashier sounded extremely depressed and monotone, which was kind of downing.
Freddy: I need some Twizzlers?
Cashier: Why else would you come to a Twizzler shop?
-The cashier rose an eyebrow. Another stupidity demon came in through the door. The wind chime at the top of the door chimed.
Cashier: Hiiii. Welcome to Twizzler Store. How can I help you?
-He heard a familiar voice respond. He looked at the stupidity demon to see:
Umbrella: 1 POUND PLEZZ!!!!
-Umbrella? Plezz? 1 pound? Freddy was confused. The cashier sighed again.
Cashier: Ughh. Fine. Go get 40 Twizzlers and come over here.
-Umbrella pranced over to Freddy and reached for a few Twizzlers and stuffed them into a bag.
Umbrella: HI FREDDY HOW IS GOING?!??!
Freddy: Good... I guess.
Umbrella: DID YOU FIND FIREPLACE?!
Freddy: Yeah.
Umbrella: BUY CANDY WHY?!?!
Freddy: There's a bunch of kids beating up my friends that are currently unconscious and tied to a pole.
-He said that so smoothly and casually.
Umbrella: OH. JUST TAKE THIS!!!
-Umbrella grabbed a bucket of Twizzlers out of nowhere and gave it to Freddy.
Umbrella: THEY ARE ALREADY PAID FOR!!! NOW GO!!!
-Freddy shrugged and walked out with the bucket. He dragged it over to the gang of stupidity demons.
Stupidity Demons: OOOO!!! CANDYYY!!
-They all jumped for it at once, making a giant pile over the bucket. All of them. Freddy ran over to the rope and quickly used his teeth to break it. Bonbon and Funtime Foxy settled forwards, still black-eyed and unconscious. Freddy carried Bonbon in his hand, but Funtime Foxy wasn't so easy to carry. He took him by the foot and dragged him across the ground. It looked like he was dragging a dead body. He gave up and decided to do what he had seen in movies: the ol' shoulder body trick. He slumped Funtime Foxy over his shoulder, which he was heavier than he expected, but it was manageable. He had what he needed and he was headed off for the docks.