"Good morrrrning new best friend! Are you going to play with me today?"

Sally bounced excitedly while she followed (Y/N) as she slowly descended down the steps, her eyes heavy with sleep. "Sure Sally, sure....." (Y/N) mumbled, her energy too low to cope with the child's hyper mood.

Of course, she had just woken up, and last night she had been gone for a long time with Kagekao and the others on their 'scavenger hunt', resulting in the loss of some sleep.

"Why do you look so grumpy and tired?" Sally asked, "aren't you excited to see me?"

"...How could you be so attached to me already when I've only lived here for one day so far...?"

Sally looked a bit taken aback by this and lowered her head, looking down at her socks, "I'm...I'm sorry, I just thought you were really nice..."

(Y/N) quietly scolded herself for saying what she said to Sally and gently rested a hand on the young girl's shoulder. "You don't have to apologize for that Sally. I'm actually really glad you seem to like me because I was afraid I'd end up alone here."

"You'll never be alone here! There's so many of us!"

"There are many of you, but not a lot of them like the idea of me being here."

"I do...and I bet my other best friend, Splendorman does too! Splendy is really nice, you should meet him!"

"Oh. Yeah, I've met him already."

"Wasn't he so nice? Maybe me, you, and Splendy can have a tea party together sometime!"

(Y/N) smiles and chuckles, giving Sally a light hug. "You're adorable. But uh, I might have 'proxy' things to do for Slenderman today, so tea party might have to wait till later."

Sally nods in understanding, keeping on her bright grin. "oh okay then. Well, at least you'll eat breakfast with me, right?"

"Sure, why not."

The two head off together to the dining room, chatting as if they had known each other for ages. A few of the other killers who were already in there greeted them as they came. "Good morning Sal, and to you too, newbie!" Clockwork greeted, waving from the table, "You guys can come sit by me!"

They both returned the greeting and they took seats next to each other beside Clockwork. "Well, I'll just say I'm shocked the girls' still here. I could've sworn she wouldn't 've survived a single day here," Jeff The Killer mused; he was on the opposite side of them at the table. "Well you were wrong. She's still here, so quit being rude, you devil," Judge Angels who was next to him snapped, narrowing her eyes.

(Y/N) took notice of the tall black and white clown as he slowly approached her and Sally. "Would'ye like some candy for breakfast today~?" Laughing Jack snickered, holding out his hand and dropping a handful of candy on the table in front of them. "Uh...aren't these poisoned or something?" (Y/N) muttered, hesitantly reaching for a lollipop.

"Don't, they're poisonous! Laughing Jacks' a meanie!" Sally hissed, shaking her head frantically at (Y/N) and giving Laughing Jack a dark stare. The clown laughed and shook his head, "I'm not mean, I'm being nice, offering ye my best candy! Take it!" He said dumping the candy in (Y/N)'s hand.

"...Maybe I'll save it for later..." (Y/N) muttered, looking at the candies in hand. "Yer welcome kiddo. And call me LJ, if ye don't mind."

With that, he stalks off beside one of the other killers and sits down. It was the tri-colored one, the jester, Candy Pop. He glared disgustedly at Laughing Jack. "Why'd you have to come and sit by me? I don't want your stupid candy?" He scoffed, crossing his arms.

"I'm not giving ye any, ass!"

Candy Pop gave an offended gasp and quickly turned his back to Laughing Jack, his arms folded.

"LJ and Candy are always fighting..." Sally muttered, giving a tiny grin, "it's always annoying hearing them go at each other, but sometimes it's really funny. One time, Candy got so mad he pulled off LJ's cone nose!"

(Y/N) almost bent over the table in laughter, imagining the situation. "Why would they fight though? They look like they would be good friends?"

"They're...Frenemies! They're always trying to be better than the other and it's rare to see them acting like buddies."

(Y/N) smirked as she looked back to Laughing Jack and Candy Pop. Now, Candy was throwing LJ's candy around the table while LJ screamed in horror.

"Haha, what else do I need to know about the killers in this place? I now know you're friends with Splendorman and LJ & Candy are Frenemies...what else should I know?"

"I'll explain everything!" Sally began, "after all, it's important you know how they all are so you know how to talk to them. Anyways, I enjoy everyone's company here; I get along with everyone, pretty much."

Sally then leans to the side and taps Clockwork's shoulder, "Clocky is really nice too, but she's mean to the killers she doesn't like, like Kagekao."

Clockwork scoffs and raises an eyebrow, "You mean Kage-crap?"

Sally giggles and nods, "yeah, she calls him that all the time. She and Kagekao fight a lot, but sometimes Toby gets involved and knocks Kagekao out. He hates it when anyone messes with Clockwork."

Clockwork blushes and shrugs, "What do you expect? He's my boyfriend."

"Right," Sally added with a giggle, "and they always act all lovey-dovey with each other too! It's so cute!"

"Sally!"

"Oh really now~?" (Y/N) chuckled, grinning at Clockwork's red face. "It's true though!" Sally exclaimed right before Clockwork placed her hand over her mouth. "Yeha Sal, that's great that you know so much about me but how about we tell (Y/N) about someone else now?" She said, her teeth gritted.

"Oh, okay!" Sally replied, but in a muffled voice. Clockwork removed her hand and Sally continued, "so besides Clockwork, another nice pasta is J.A.; I mean, at least, she's nice to me. I've seen her not get along with a lot of the pastas though, she can be really scary."

(Y/N) looked over to Judge Angels who was currently eating some cereal. Judge Angels caught her looking and smiled, giving a small wave before going back to her food. "She's been nice to me so far," (Y/N) said and Sally nodded, "yeah, probably because she saw you weren't a jerk when you first came here. She keeps a lot of pastas in line with that sword of hers, so no one tries to mess with her."

"I'll be sure to never mess with her," (Y/N) said, giving light laugh. "Next is Jeffy. Jeffy is like a big brother to me, but sometimes he's a big, annoying meanie. He always starts fights with someone and likes stabbing even us with his knife....he curses a lot and gets in trouble with Slendy almost every day...but he really is a nice guy sometimes, even though it may never seem like it, he really is, for real!"

(Y/N) looked over to Jeff across the table; he was swinging his knife around in his hands with a bored expression on his face and his legs propped up on the table. "Nice? Sally, he tried to kill me," (Y/N) scoffed.

"Look (Y/N). Jeff's a bastard. That's all there is to it," Clockwork stated, smirking lightly. "The day he's nice to someone like you is the day Slender smiles; it's not gonna happen."

"You never know!" Sally screeched, "what if Jeffy becomes nice to (Y/N)? What if it happens?"

"I don't expect him to be nice to me. Nor do I care," (y/n) scoffed, "there are many other people here besides him.

"Okay, how about Eyeless Jack?"

"...I think he hates me."

"But Jack is really nice..."

"Eh, we wouldn't get along."

"Aw," Sally sighed, "I think Jack is a really nice pasta and you should talk to him. He usually keeps to himself but if you can think of something he's interested in, he'll definitely talk with you...?"

"Me and EJ get on alright," Clockwork said, giving a shrug, "but he needs more 'friends'"

"I have a question, " (Y/N) asked, wanting to forget about Eyeless Jack and Jeff, "how's Zero?"

Both Sally and Clockwork looked at each other before looking back at (Y/N). "Zero? What about her? She's the coolest gal!" Clock exclaimed with a smile, "she's a really fun person to be around and really lights things up in the mansion. She can be a bit bossy and arrogant at times, but she's one pasta you gotta get along with."

"Fantastic..." (Y/N) sighed, looking down at the table. "What's wrong (Y/N)? Don't you like Zero?"

"The morning I came, me an' her were fighting after I tried to get away from her and Puppeteer; they thought they had to kill me. I think she hates me now."

"Is it just me, or do you think everyone hates you?" Clockwork furrowed her brows, "You can't assume we're all gonna hate you hon, just because you're new here doesn't mean you don't belong. You're one of us now-it's not like your some random outsider."

'That's kinda exactly what I am...' (Y/N) thought, but she slowly nodded her head and tried to smile a bit. She felt a bit alone and left out, despite all the mansion's inhabitants, and she really hoped that one day they would all at least accept her in some way.

"(Y/N)!" A voice that belonged to neither Clockwork or Sally called out, and (Y/N) quickly turned to where the voice came from; under the table. Suddenly a scrap of reddish black fur tumbled into (Y/N)'s hands and she jumped when the figure pressed itself against her body; it was a shaking Grinny Cat.

"That drooling hound Smile-Dog won't leave me alone! He'll only go away if you tell him to!" Grinny hissed, his fur standing on end. "Why me?" (Y/N) asked in confusion. Just then, another figure came out from under the table panting, this time it was Smile Dog.

"Stay back, Smile-Dung!" Grinny Cat yowled, and Smile looked up to see Grinny huddled in (Y/N)'s arm. Smile whined and lowered his head to the ground, then looked up with puppy eyes to (Y/N). "See! He'll only leave me alone if he sees me with you because you're new!" Grinny sighed, "so please watch out for me a bit."

"Fine," (Y/N) sighed, resting a hand on Grinny's back, "leave him alone, Smile."

Smile Dog whined again and backed away from them to disappear underneath the table again. Sally laughed and reached over to pet Grinny, a small grin on her face, "Smile Dog and Grinny Cat are another thing in the mansion, Smiles' always chasing Grinny and Grinny likes getting Smile in trouble. Somewhat like how LJ and Candy are."

"Don't compare me to those insidious clowns," Grinny hissed, his ears twitching, "id prefer to have my own reasons for disliking Smile-bag."

"It's because you're a cat and he's a dog, isn't it?" (Y/N) laughed.

"No! Not at all-! Well, at least that's not the main reason..."

"Sure cat...sure..."

"Tch! I don't have to deal with the likes of you! Away I go!" Grinny meowed, hopping off of (Y/N)'s lap and stalking off with his tail in the air. Before Grinny could even get a yard away from the table, Smile Dog came barking around the corner and the chase was on again.

"I don't get it...he just asked for my help and then all of a sudden he's too 'good' to 'deal' with me?" (Y/N) muttered, "He's a bit of a prick. Sometimes, we even call him Grumpy Cat when he's really ill-tempered," Clockwork snickers.

"Grumpy Cat," (Y/N) scoffed, nodding her head, "he sounds like one."

Just then, (Y/N) noticed in the corner of her eye a tall shadow crossing the floor and she turned to see Slenderman walking into dining room, his hands behind his back as usual. "Sir." (Y/N) exclaimed, getting up from her chair and standing straight as she faced him, just like she saw the other proxies do. To make things worse, the dumbass saluted.

The other pastas at the table glared at her sudden reaction to Slenderman's appearance and some began bursting out laughing. Slenderman faced her for a moment and tilted his head, "Is there something wrong, my proxy?"

"Uhhh...I was sitting here and not working. I don't know if you wanted me to train right away or not but I-"

The slender entity raised his palm, quickly cutting her off. "Quiet proxy, you were enjoying your time here getting to know the killers , weren't you? There's nothing wrong with that, there is always time for training later. Your job as a proxy may be important, but this is your home now as well, so it's vital you get to know your 'family'."

(Y/N) couldn't help being confused at Slendeman's reply. "I didn't think that's how you'd see things but ok. Cool. Sorry for overreacting..." She sighed, feeling embarrassed now. Slenderman only gave a slight laugh sound and turned away to head to his desired location.

"You acted like the queen of England just walked into the room...sit down and chill out, it was just Slendaddy," Clockwork said, pulling (Y/N) back down into her chair. "Did you really just call him that. He's the BOSS, Clockwork."

"He's your boss. But he's like a dad to the rest of us, even Toby. I bet you think he's only strict and all scary just because he acted intimidating when you first came and you're his proxy, but he can be real fun...especially when we mess with him."

"Geez I didn't know. I just guessed we all had to respect him or whatever or else we'd get killed or something."

"Slender would never do that to us! Although, some of his punishments are pretty severe when someone makes him really mad..."

"Welp..."

"You have a lot to learn, (Y/N)," Sally giggled, hugging (Y/N)'s arm. "But don't worry, I'll teach you everything!"

"I appreciate it Sal. I know I probably sound really stupid and all, being this clueless."

Sally's eyes suddenly widened and she grasped (Y/N)'s arm tightly, "You called me Sal! You didn't say my full name, you called me Sal! That means you're getting used to me!"

"Oh...?"

Sally wrapped her arms around (Y/N) in a tight hug and smiled. "I'm really happy you're here with us (Y/N). We're going to be best friends..." she murmured, her voice soft and sweet.

(Y/N) smiled and hugged Sally back, her heart feeling warmed. "Thanks Sally...I really would like to be friends with you. You seem like an amazing kid."

"Thank you (Y/N)...and you know what that also means...?"

"What does it mean Sal?" (Y/N) grinned.

"It means, one day, me and you can go out and kill outsiders together! Wouldn't that be fun? Wouldn't it, (Y/N)? Wouldn't it???"

A/N
Alright all you fangirls getting your pitchforks and maces and other forms of assault just because Toby and ClockWork are a thing in this story. I need you to take a deep breath....

And kindly calm the fuck down. In the nicest way possible. I wrote this when I was younger and stupid and I mostly piled in every fanon stereotype in existence into this story. If it hurts you too much, I recommend dropping the book here. Otherwise, please continue if you wish and remember that this book is rather old, overly fandomized, and not really written in my style anymore. Thanks.