Chapter 2 - Home

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Tubbo awoke to hearing soft sniffs from the front of his house. He reluctantly stood and went to check on Stars who made home right above his. He climbed the stairs in the back of the house to find that Stars wasn't there. Tubbo, worried, went to check the front of his house and found Starszy with their knees of to his chest.

"Stars?" Tubbo sat down next to the blue eyes rat. "Is there something wrong?"

Starszy quickly wiped its tears and shook their head. "No. No, nothing's wrong...

"Are you sure?"

Starszy breathed in deeply. "I...I just miss my family..."

"Your family?"

"Yea...I don't know where they are. I...I really miss them."

"What happened to them?"

"I- We left each other for our own safety. We used to live outside, just barely escaping death everyday."

"I- Oh." Tubbo, unsure of what to say, wrapped his arms around his friend. Starszy leaned into the hug. "Why don't we get you some sugar coated strawberries?"

Stars's eyes lit up. He stood up eagerly. "Yea!"

Tubbo laughed and chased after a giggling Starszy.

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Fae was a mess. There was flour in sie fur and sie hair. Lizzie was teaching sie how to make those pies that she loved so much. It was nearly night. The humans were most likely getting ready for bed. Lizzie laughed.

"Fae, I think you're getting more messy than the kitchen itself." And the kitchen was an absolute mess. She handed Fae the rolling pin. "Here, why don't you make the crust? I'll work on the strawberries.

By the time they were done and cleaned up the kitchen, it was late into the night. It was a pumpkin pie with light strawberry jelly added. Sitting on top were pumpkin seeds and fresh strawberries lightly dusted with sugar.

"Maybe it was a bad idea to do it so late," Lizzie hummed.

"More for us," Fae said, grinning.

The two were discovered by two giggling rats who scurried up to the table.

"Hi Lizzie!" Tubbo said, beaming.

Fae looked up to meet the stare of an oddly familiar rat with light grey fur, brown hair, and light blue eyes who shared a look of shock with sie.

"Who's your friend?" Lizzie peered curiously at the unfamiliar rat.

"This is Starszy!"