Firefly - DW AU: Prologue

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PROLOGUE: (Shelly) Shelly was sitting down in the kitchen, counting the beans that had been spilled on the floor by Cosmo and Sprout. Those two had just been cooking something in here, but they left to go clean up some other mess. Shelly didn’t mind though. Getting some peace and quiet for once was pretty nice. But that peace was soon interrupted by a crashing sound coming from another room. Shelly decided to stop counting the beans and go see what that was about. While she was walking through a hallway, she heard footsteps coming. She quickly moved behind a crate that was up against the wall. “I-I'm sorry, Delilah…” A crying voice muttered. Shelly was confused. Was that… Dandy? But why was he crying? Was he ok?? Shelly stayed put to try and hear more. She knew that she was snooping, and that it was wrong, but she just had to stay and hear what was going on and why Dandy was crying. “Now, now, Dandy, it isn’t good of you to go and listen in on things that you aren’t supposed to hear.” Shelly head Delilah’s voice say. “And even if you DO hear them, you shouldn’t go telling other toons. That’s called being a tattletale, and no one likes to be around one.” Shelly gulped. Maybe she shouldn’t be listening to this. She planned to tell Sprout and Tisha, but judging by what Delilah just said maybe she shouldn’t. “Yes, Delilah…” Dandy muttered. She heard footsteps again, but this time they were walking back the other way. Perfect. She looked around a few times before standing up. But when she did so, Dandy was all of a sudden right there next to her. “Shelly?” He whispered to her in shock. But there was something else on his face then shock. Almost… fear. Not for himself, but for Shelly. And then there was a bandage stained with some kind of black goop around his left eye. “Dandy, your eye!” She whisper-snapped. “Are you okay???” Dandy just crossed his arms. “That doesn’t matter right now. How much of that did you hear?” Shelly sighed. “A lot… A lot as in the whole conversation between you and Delilah about you snooping in on something that you shouldn’t have. What did you even listen on, anyways?” “Like IM telling YOU!!!” He snapped at her. Shelly flinched a bit as Dandy went on. “Delilah JUST said I shouldn’t be telling other toons! That goes for you too, you can’t tell /anyone/ about this. Not even the other main toons.” This was going to be hard for Shelly. Vee had called her a snitch before, but she had also called her an innocent fossil who shouldn’t worry about things that don’t concern her. Maybe it would be best if she didn’t even talk to Dandy about this in the future. “I mean it.” Said Dandy as he walked away. As Shelly walked back to the kitchen, she couldn’t help but wonder what this was going to mean for Gardenview and the other toons. What had Dandy listened to, and why did he get hurt? Did a toon handler hurt him? These questions followed Shelly throughout the beanless dinner, and even to bed. But once she was asleep, it was as if all the worry had left her. Maybe she had just imagined the whole thing… … Or maybe there was something much worse to come.