Woken-up Friend
Original Works
Written by whoohoo
Edited by snotflower
A young girl, not older than the age of seven, is running around the living room, following the cat, as her mother tries to make sure she doesn’t harm herself.
“Raelyn! Be careful!” The little girl only slows down a little bit, too excited to fully stop. “Sweetie, your father is nearly home, can you go clean your room before he gets here?” Asteria, Raelyn’s mother, turns to her youngest child.
“Yes!” With that, the girl runs out of the living room, giggling as she goes up the stairs and down the hall to her bedroom, swinging the door open happily.
However, she stops in her tracks when she notices an odd sight: her teddy bear is moving! The teddy bear does not seem to notice her, as it is focused on shaking the rabbit plush. “Bunny, wake up. It’s time to wake up.” The light-brown-colored bear is clearly confused as to why his friend hasn’t woken up yet.
“Bear?” Raelyn, being the curious child she is, lets the name of her teddy bear slip out of her mouth, confused as to how her teddy bear is alive, moving and talking to her other plushies. The bear turns around towards the girl, giving her a reassuring smile.
“Hello Raelyn, I am glad to see you.” He speaks calmly, trying not to scare the girl, which seems to work since she just excitedly walks up to him.
“You are alive!” Raelyn’s happy voice fills the room, making the bear chuckle at her.
“Yes, but do you know why I am?” At this, the girl shakes her head, now confused. “Because you have reached the age where your stuffed animals come alive! It happened to everyone in your family when they unlocked their powers. Your brother will be able to tell you more and also explain how to wake the rest of our friends.” Raelyn nods her head at the words and picks up the bear, running to her older brother’s room.
“Archer! Bear is alive!” She holds the bear up to her brother, who chuckles at the sight.
“Hello, Archer. Could you explain to Raelyn why her stuffed animals are alive?” Bear looks at the boy in front of him.
“Rae, now that your magic is strong enough, your stuffed animals are coming alive to guide you in making life choices,” Archer tells her. “It happens to everyone in our family. They will be your closest friend and will always be there to talk to you and help you, even when it comes to magic lessons.”
The words fill Raelyn’s ears, and she tries to understand them as much as she can. “Why are the others not awake?” she asks in confusion.
“We will have to wake them up, of course!” Archer smiles before picking his younger sister up, who beams brightly while holding her bear close. They reach her room, and Archer puts her down before walking over to her other stuffed animals.
“What do we do now?” Raelyn looks at her brother, filled with curiosity.
“You have to hold their hand and say you wish for them to wake up.”
Raelyn puts Bear down before walking over to Bunny, grabbing her hand slowly. “I wish for you to wake up, just like Bear.” Seconds later Bunny does. Raelyn quickly moves towards the next stuffed animal, and to the next, until they have all awoken.
Of course, the commotion alerts their mother, who comes to see what is happening. “Ah, so this is what I have been hearing?” She smiles before walking over to her daughter.
“Can I show dad when he is home?” Raelyn asks her mother, not sure if her father even knows of this.
“Of course, sweetie. I think he will be really excited to see that all your stuffed animals woke up.” With that, they hear the front door opening downstairs.
“I am home! Where are you all?” The voice of her father fills the house.
“We’re in Raelyn’s room, my love!” her mother calls back. Not even a few minutes later, her father steps inside the room. At first, he looks a bit confused about why they are all in there until he sees the stuffed animals looking at him, some even waving.
“Ah, that explains it. I am happy for you, little Raelyn. This calls for a celebration— let’s bake a cake and all dance together in the kitchen.” Her father grins, watching his daughter pick up as many stuffed animals as she can before leading them all down the stairs with Archer helping her. “She is going to do great.” The man kisses his wife’s cheek.
“She will.” His wife smiles as they watch their daughter help all her stuffed animals down the stairs.
“We should help.” The man chuckles.
“Yes, we should.” The wife lets out a laugh before moving to assist Raelyn and Archer, having fun doing so.