So much for my happy ending.

[talkyourwayout]

He'd thought coming here would help. Home sure wasn't doing him any favors, with most people trying to get him and Huey to make up. So he'd come to the Other Duckburg, but he'd been venting to Unca Scrooge and he'd revealed that he'd punched Huey first. He hadn't even known that Unca Scrooge didn't know that... And while he hadn't gone right to the other end of things and sided with Huey, Louie definitely felt like Unca Scrooge wasn't on his side anymore.

He'd excused himself, some excuse about getting some soda or something, he couldn't really remember, and he'd just... Left. He couldn't be with anyone else who didn't understand. It wasn't fair. Nobody ever understood - for a while, he thought... Well. Back home, things had been getting better, but now with the whole Huey blow-up...

He just felt so alone. And Louie was really sick of feeling alone. He wanted someone to be there for him, to hug him, to care and get it... But he could hardly even admit that to himself, much less anyone else. Instead, he'd been thinking about how he just wanted to be somewhere safe where no one who was mad at him - or at least, he thought was mad at him - would find him.

He was in the park when he noticed the large hole in a rock. Sure. It wasn't like anyone would see him in there, he figured, so he crawled in and curled up on himself. After a moment of silence passing, he took in a hitched breath, which lead to a sniffle, and the next thing he knew, he was breaking down, bawling into his arms folded over his knees.

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[talkyourwayout]

As Mokey giggled, Louie hesitated. How was he going on an adventure? That had not been the plan. But, after a moment, he had to smile. The Fraggles' positivity was just infectious.

Soon, as he and Mokey followed alongside Gobo, he was humming the tune of his own song.

[gobetween]

Gobo smiled across at Louie once he heard that. Good, he's carrying his song with him, that'll be important someday.

As they walked, the pathways steadily went up, and up. Soon, fresh air wafted down past them, and the sound of a nighttime yard hit their ears. The light shifted in its own way, gaining the sort of richness that only the stars and moon can give it, and it wasn't much longer before they arrived at a wide opening. Here Gobo paused, looking outside.

"All quiet out there. Let's go." And out he went.

[talkyourwayout]

"Hold on, why does it have to be all quiet, I thought he said they were your friends!" Louie hissed to Mokey, who just smiled in response, but he followed her and Gobo out all the same.

Rulers of the universe, huh? This was going to be... Weird, if nothing else.

[gobetween]

"They are! But you never know what else is out here."

And what an 'out here' it was! It dwarfed the three of them, who barely seemed taller than the blades of grass. A low stone wall went out from Fraggle Rock for a few feet- feet by the new larger scale, not theirs -and then tapered off, with a garden beyond. And on the other side of that was what would be a quaint pastoral cottage, if it wasn't seemingly the size of a MOUNTAIN.

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[talkyourwayout]

As Louie took in the massive surroundings, he could see Gobo's point. Meeting anything that could fit in this place was bound to be intimidating. Especially if that "anything" was a ruler of the universe. Formerly. Whatever.

"Wow..." Louie breathed, taking a few steps back toward the way they'd came.

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[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey was either clueless to Louie's nerves, or was thinking the best way through his fears were to face them - or, most likely, a bit of both. She lay a hand on his shoulder, steering him forward gently.

"The gardens are this way."