Sausage was in bed.

    He knew perfectly well that it was already almost noon, and that he had things to do, but the bed was so comfy. He was in the perfect comfortable laying position, and he had the perfect amount of pillows and blankets, and he was pretty sure Bubbles was sleeping on one of his legs, which was even more reason to not get up.

    It had nothing to do with the fact that he was supposed to have a meeting with Goblin FWhip today.

    Fine, maybe it did. But in his defense, Sausage didn't know how to act around the goblin. He was cute and cool and awesome and full of good ideas, and Sausage was, well, Sausage.

    How does one act around the person they have a massive crush on? Sausage didn't know, and he wasn't about to confess anytime soon. The best way to deal with a problem is to not deal with it at all, right?

    Bubbles shifted around, and Sausage felt her get up and walk over to his face. He opened his eyes and blinked up at her.

"We've got stuff to do, Sausage. You can't stay in bed all day."  Bubbles said. 

   Sausage buried his face in his pillow and mumbled, "You mean I have stuff to do today. You're just going to nap in the corner while I do all the hard work." 

    Sausage could talk to animals. It was his magical gift. It may have almost gotten him killed before, but that wasn't important. That was in the past, and Sausage intended to leave it there.

   Bubbled nudged him with her nose, and barked again. "The meeting with the green man is going to happen whether you like it or not, and if you stay in bed, I'll just bring him to have the meeting here. I'm sure you'd like that, right?"

    Sausage scrambled up from the bed so fast, he overbalanced and fell on the floor. "I'm up, I'm up! Don't do that!" It would be just like Bubbles to get FWhip into Sausage's bedroom, and probably convince him to get into the bed too, all while pretending to be an innocent dog who had absolutely no idea what she was insinuating.

    Sausage got off the floor and walked to his closet, ignoring Bubble's snicker from behind him. "You just want drama, don't you?" He asked as he began to dig through his closet for a clean shirt and maybe a jacket.

"And you don't?" Bubbles replied as she hopped off the bed and trotted over to sit by the door.

"Not when the drama is happening to me!" Sausage protested. He pulled a teal shirt out and pulled it on, adding his pauldron and bits of armor on top. 

    Now fully dressed, Sausage walked out of the door and went downstairs, Bubbles following by his heel. Stopping to grab two cups of coffee from the kitchen, he walked out into the sunshine and started going towards the marketplace.

    "You told the goblin you'd meet him at the wood factory. You're walking the wrong way."

    "I'm just going to give Eddie this coffee first, and maybe chat a bit, and then I'll go meet up with FWhip." Sausage said. Bubbles growled and gently bit his ankle, obviously annoyed.

    "Just confess to him already!" Bubbles barked. Sausage shook his head, and said, "He probably doesn't even like me that way. I'd rather keep him as a friend, and never say anything, than confess and never see him again."

    Bubbles growled again but didn't reply. Sausage turned onto a side street and walked up the road to his adoptive father's house. Pushing the door open with his foot, he walked in and looked around.

Eddie's house was very cozy. It was colorfully painted in greens and blues, but in a way that made it look calming instead of garish or overly bright. Chairs and couches were scattered around for sitting, and little tables dotted the area for leaving a empty coffee cup or a good book. Sausage set the coffee cups down on one of those, and walked forward to hug the harengon. 

    Harengons made up most of the population of Sanctuary. They were humanoid rabbits with fur and tall ears, and they came in various colors, such as brown, white, black, and the occasional mix of colors. Eddie was a brown and white furred Harengon, the most common fur type.

    Hugging Eddie, Sausage pulled back and gave him a quick kiss on each cheek, the Sanctuary way of saying hello. "Buenos dias, Papi! Como estas tu y Maria?"

    Maria was Eddie's sister, Sausage's adoptive aunt. Eddie and Maria weren't Sausage biological family, seeing as Sausage was human and not a harengon, but they were the only family he had. His real mother had died when he was young, and he had never met his dad. Eddie had raised him practically his whole life. 

    Eddie smiled and flicked his fingers back and forth, speaking in sign language. "Thank you, son. Maria isn't feeling too well, I'm sure this will lift her spirits." 

    Sausage smiled back, and was about to reply, but Bubbles grabbed his pant leg and began to pull him towards the doorway, very animatedly. "I'd love to chat more, but I've got a meeting with another ruler, and Bubbles is determined to make sure I get there on time." Sausage said with a laugh. Eddie nodded and waved goodbye before taking the coffees and walking upstairs, presumably to drink it with Maria.

    Bubbles stopped pulling on his pant leg and began to follow him once more as he turned and walked out, closing the door behind him. This time, he walked in the right direction, towards the wood factory, although his steps slowed considerably.

    Eddie had always been mute, since he was born, and Sausage grew up speaking -well- signing to communicate with his adoptive dad. It was a handy thing to know, since it let him speak to anyone, regardless of any disabilities, and if there was anything Sausage loved to do, it was to talk.

    Turning onto a less used side street, Sausage bumped into someone, and barely ducked in time as something swooshed towards his head. He staggered back a few steps, and stood up straight to regard the man who had swung his sword towards Sausage and nearly decapitated him.

    The man was about 5'8, the same height as Sausage was, and he had curly brown hair cut close to the head, as well as pale blue eyes the color of the sky right before sunrise. He had a streak of red in his hair, and a short beard cut close to the skin.

    It was slightly alarming since that was almost exactly what Sausage looked like.

    Sausage had the same hair and eyes as this stranger, except his hair was longer and pulled into a short knot at the base of his neck. His eyes were faintly lined with gold, because sparkles, and their beards were identical.

    The man blinked at Sausage in surprise, and Sausage blinked back. They stared at each other for a few seconds more before Bubbles interrupted by barking furiously and attacking the look-alike. 

    "BUBBLES, NO!" Sausage yelled, and lunged forward, barely scooping her up in time to keep her from biting the other man. The man staggered back a few steps, and Sausages stood up straight with Bubbles in his arms. Bubbles continued barking, cursing the man to the moon and back.

    "Bubbles, calm down, it's fine; how do you even know those words anyways?" Sausage said, with a hint of awe in his voice. Bubbles may be a dog, but she was really good at cursing, somehow.

    "Bubbles?" The look-alike asked, staring in confusion. "What the- How?" 

    "You know it's rude to try to decapitate people who bump into you, right? Very rude!" Sausage said indignantly. This made the man look down at the sword in his hand in surprise, as if he had just noticed it.

    "I- sorry! I was holding it, and you startled me, and-" The man spread his arms, nearly decapitating Sausage, again. He frowned at the sword. "Maybe I should put this away."

    Sausage said, "Yes, please do that. I've got a kingdom to protect, I can't be getting my head cut off in random alleyways by weird identical copies of myself!"

    "Identical copy of yourself? What do you-" The man cut himself off as he took a closer look at Sausage. "Ohhhh. Whaaat?" His face descended into extreme confusion, and he asked Sausage, "Who the hell are you?"

    "I'm Sausage of Sanctuary. Who are you?" Sausage replied. Now the man was frowning, and he slowly said, "I'm... Sausage of Mythland. King Sausage of Mythland."

   Now Sausage was the one frowning in confusion. "Your name is Sausage," he said, "like me, and you're a king too?"

"I'm the king of Sanctuary," he added as the other Sausage looked at him in surprise. "But I don't like being called king, since I'm more of a protector than a ruler. Still counts, though."

The two Sausage's stood in silence for a few moments, but then a buzz came from Sausage's pocket. He put Bubbles down, who growled at the other Sausage before sitting down, and the other Sausage carefully came over to look at the communicator, while keeping an eye on Bubble's reaction.

    Together they looked at the messages appearing onscreen.

~~~

Sheriff Jimmy-

Guys there's a fish guy in my empire

Sheriff Jimmy-

He looks like me, but fishy

Sheriff Jimmy-

And he says his name is Jimmy too!?!?!

God Joel-

There's a puny short guy here

God Joel-

Says he's the king of somewhere called Mezeala

Mayor Lizzie-

There's a really tall blue fish lady in Critter City who says her name is Lizzie too

Mayor Lizzie-

She says the Mezeala guy is her husband

Scott Major-

I've got some moody dude who says his name is Scott

Scott Major-

Dramatically declared himself king of somewhere called Rivendell

Oli the Great Bard-

How come all of you have copies of yourself and I don't?

Archeologist Pix-

You don't have a copy of yourself, Oli?

Oli the Great Bard-

No >:(

Archeologist Pix-

We should all head to the Treaty Point.

Archeologist Pix-

Bring your copies. It may help us figure out what's going on.

Great Witch Shelby-

I'm on my way!

Warrior Princess Katherine-

Coming!

Sun Princess Gem-

See you there!

Sausage of Sanctuary-

ahi vamos! :D

Goblin FWhip-

I'll be there!

~~~

    Sausage closed the communicator and slid it back in his pocket. "Well, to Treaty Point we go, then!" He said cheerfully. He turned and began walking to a more open area.

    "What's Treaty Point?" The other Sausage asked. Sausage replied, "It's a central meeting area for all the rulers to meet up and talk about stuff. It's pretty cool."

    Reaching an open and mostly empty courtyard, Sausage glanced around to make sure he had enough space before spreading his wings, which had been folded tightly against his back. Turning to face the Mythland Sausage, he realized that the other man was gaping at Sausage's wings.

    So he doesn't have wings? Weird. 

    "You don't have any wings?" Sausage asked, and Mythland Sausage shook his head, still looking at the wings with something akin to awe on his face. "Guess we're taking a boat, then." Sausage said.

    "I'm not going on a boat. I'll wait for you here." Bubbles said. Sausage nodded, and Bubbles got up and trotted away. The other Sausage watched her leave, but didn't say anything.

    Sausage folded his wings away again, and both he and Mythland Sausage headed to the docks, where they caught a ride with Joey, who was sailing by on his way to Treaty Point.

A/N: So I finally got this chapter done. I don't know why, but this chapter just wouldn't flow at all. It came out pretty well, though. The title may not fit very well, but it's funny and I feel like it fits Sausage's overall personality (think avoiding the meeting because of a crush) and so it stays.

 Also, a few things to explain, Eddie being mute is a headcannon of mine to explain why we never heard his voice in any of Sausage's videos, and the red streak in Mythland Sausage's hair is just a cool little thing I added to make them different from each other.

Vote and comment telling me how I did! :D