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Nyx's Inside Out chapter 1

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Chapter 1: Dumpy New Home

Nyx glances at the bridge that the family's crossing, covering her eyes to keep them safe from the glare of the sun. Looks good so far.
"Amazing! Wow!" Bridgette exclaims impressed as she tries to make a point of things, pointing at the bridge. "Look! It's the infamous Equestrian Bridge! Cool, huh? Well, not anything to do with ponies which is a disappointment, but still!"
The car continues driving through the city. The emotions tries their best to be brave with DJ smiling a bit...though Duncan just reads the paper which is marked "Future is SHAKY!"
"Well, yeah, I'm sure glad you told me that earthquakes aren't real, Bridgette." DJ said in relief as he smiles to his friend. "I would've been scared right now otherwise."
"Right, yeah." Bridgette said uneasily as the others look over at DJ. The girl didn't have the heart to tell him the truth otherwise.
A bit later, the cars are stuck in traffic, honking like mad while lined up at one stop sign. So far, the stay in Canterlot Heights is one pain in the rear.
"Move it or lose it, jerk!" A random driver snaps angrily at someone.
"Yeah, who taught ya to drive? Your grandma?" Another random driver snaps angrily at another.
Duncan couldn't help but smirks at this. He remarks, "Well, so far, these people are my kind! Perhaps we oughta like it here after all!"
It didn't take long for the family to finally get out of that mess and heading through town on a now clear path, going to the buildings. Their home should be here somewhere.
"All right, just a few more blocks." Ben said as the family passed by some parked cars. "We should be at our new home soon."
"Oh, will you step on it already, you dork?!" Duncan snaps impatiently from inside Nyx's head. The family has been inside the car for a while now and the Anger emotion is losing his cool more so than usual!
"Uh, he can't hear ya in here you know." Bridgette points out to Duncan that Nyx's parents cannot hear her voices.
"Well, excuse me, Miss Joyful! I had to be stuck in here for hours with the rest of you and Nyx!"
"What if there's burglars or worst?" DJ ask, getting nervous as he looks through Nyx's POV. "We could be dead!"
"Ugh, you're getting more worst than when we watched that scary movie one time." Duncan said to DJ, recalling one time when his pal has been this terrified.

Flashback

It was one night long before the family moved. Nyx was up in the family room watching a horror movie while Ben and Twilight were sleeping. She watches as shoes are seen in a black and white film.
"Where did you get those shoes?! Those are...Shoes of Doom!" A voice on the TV exclaims in horror, causing Nyx to gasp a bit in shock.
Inside Nyx's head, Duncan, Bridgette, Beth and Heather were on the soda, watching the movie as well. So far, so good here. Nyx hasn't been caught or anything.
"Whoa, yeah." Duncan said with a smirk. He loved this kind of scary stuff!
"Scary, it's going to be good!" Bridgette exclaims with a smile of excitement.
"Wow, I love this part." Beth said with a little smile. Despite being the Sadness emotion, the girl can be a bit happy.
"Ugh! If that guy knows better, he would take those shoes back." Heather remarks with a frown as she shakes her head at the shoes that the actor is wearing in the movie.
"I know, they are soooooo lame." Bridgette said in agreement with the Disgust emotion.
Just then, DJ came up to the group, smiling as he spoke, "Hey guys! What are we watching?"
"Oh, uh, DJ? Listen, you may not wanna watch this. It's a scary film and you may not handle this."
"Oh, come on, Bridgette. I may be in the Fear occupation here, but I will have you know that I am not scared of everything 24/7. I can handle this."
DJ turns to watch the film as he saw a scene where a woman is heard shouting in horror, "Dear goodness! It's those feet! They're possessed!"
Needless to say, DJ looks shocked, gasping a man is heard speaking fear, "Take them off, Marsha! Hurry!" DJ whispers in a bit as the shoes on TV kept on walking. Those aren't normal shoes...they are evil!
"We are no longer Marsha." A woman's voice said, sounding possessed much to Nyx's shock as she kept on watching. "We are now the Shoes of Doom! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!"
DJ shivers then screams in fear as he rushes to the console. The boy panics and screams as he presses buttons and pulled a few levers, causing Nyx in the real world to gasp and wince while each scream is heard. This is getting scary for her!
"Marsha, no!" The man's voice exclaims in terror to the woman now under control of those evil shoes.
The gang watches as DJ flips some few switches. They decided to step in before this gets way out of hand!
As Bridgette and the others quickly came up to him, the girl exclaims, "Whoa, okay, hey! I got an idea! How about we watch a nature show instead?"
"Sure, right. Ruin it for everyone else, why don't ya?" Duncan remarks sarcastically. He looks annoyed that DJ has to go and ruin everything for everyone!
Bridgette presses a button, causing Nyx to gasp as she gasps the remote and changes the channel to a nature show, something else...scary.
"A young deer graze quietly in the meadow." An announcer said on the show. DJ sighs a bit in relief. This doesn't look scary, right? "Sadly, he doesn't have a chance against the vicious evil jaws of the grizzly bear."
DJ's relief is gone as he gasps in fear. The boy watches the charge charging on TV. The Fear occupation winces...then faints, much to the others who saw this.
"Well, at least he's unconscious." Duncan said with a smirk. It takes one grizzly bear to knock DJ out."
"Sooo...Shoes of Doom?" Bridgette ask her friends with a smile.
"You got it. Fear Dork won't be waking up anytime soon!"
"Right, of course!" Heather exclaims with a giggle. With DJ out of commission, the others can go back to what they were watching without the killjoy.
"That would be good." Beth said in agreement.
Bridgette pushes the button so that Nyx could change the channel back in the real world to the movie she was watching. Everyone watch as the female's warped voice exclaims, "We are the shoes! We are the shoes!!"

End Flashback

"Hey, we could actually be lucky that we aren't there yet. That way, it will give us plenty of time to think about what our new home is going to look like." Bridgette suggests as she brings up a tray with slides from the consoles. At least the gang can think up what Nyx's new home is going to be. "What? Now let's review the top 5 daydreams, shall we?"
Bridgette put the first slide in, the monitor shows a very colorful house with items that looks like something from Dr. Seuss. It also has a slide with Nyx sliding down it happily.
"Well, that looks safe." DJ said with a sigh of relief.
"Looks nice." Beth said in agreement. Bridgette then switches another slide which shows Nyx waving at a treehouse.
"Oh, wow, this will be great for Nyx! Oh, wait, no, no, no, this one!" Bridgette gasps as she switches slide to some sort of Candyland like area.
"Ugh! Come on, Bridgette, we told you before!" Heather exclaims in annoyance. "She can't live in a cookie!"
Bridgetee now changes the slides to a castle that has a Dragon flying around, Nyx is riding on it.
"Oh that's the one. Cool!" Duncan exclaims, pointing at the slide with a smirk. "Come with one cool Dragon."
"Last one!" Bridgette announces as she put in the final slide. It shows some sort of dog house with Nyx lying on top of it.
"Wow, I really like the architect on that house." Beth said, impressed with the dog house.
"Oh good grief! We aren't sleeping like a dog!" Duncan snaps, a bit annoyed at the last slide. "What kind of blockhead would sleep in one?!"
It didn't take long for the car to come to a stop. This made Nyx smiled eagerly, they are here at last, to their new home!
"Oh, are we getting close? I can feel it." Bridgette said as Nyx begins to step out of the car. "Eeeeek! Here it is, our new house! And..."
Nyx looks up...but stops smiling as she finally glances at her new home...which looks like an old building that is dirty and filthy. Not much of a home, is it?
Even Bridgette and her friends look on in concern or annoyance. They left Humanville for this?
"Well...maybe it's nice on the inside." Bridgette suggests hopefully. Maybe the new home would be better on the inside, right?
"Yeah, if you like living in a stinky cabin on an island." Heather remarks dryly to Bridgette. Already she hates her home!
Even Nyx was hoping that the new home would be better. The girl opens the door, unlocking it as she came inside with her hockey. Nyx walks around the place, looking concerned.
"Ugh. We are supposed to live here?" Duncan ask in irritation at the place. The new house is even worst on the inside than it is on the outside!
"Awww, do we have to?" Beth ask in sadness making Bridgette sighs.
"Ugh! If you ask me, it smells like something has died in here!" Heather exclaims in disgust and sure enough, a green core shows up, showing how disgusted Nyx is from the place.
"Yikes! Can you die from moving?!" DJ ask getting scared and worried. What if one of the family were to die from moving?!
"Relax, you guys are overacting." Bridgette said, trying her best to calm her friends down. "No one is dying..."
"AHHH!!!" Heather suddenly screams in a panic as she saw something in Nyx's POV that causes her to point in alarm. "A DEAD RAT!!!"
Nyx is alarmed as she saw something dead on the floor, causing DJ to scream at the sight. The gang has to live in here?!
"Oh great, just terrific." Duncan remarks dryly. Already, this house stinks to him.
"Ugh, I'm going to get sick." Heather groans in disgust, wanting to puke. Nyx, backing up a bit, feels like doing the same thing. Why must Twilight and Ben chose to live here?
"House of the dead, guys! What will we do?!" DJ screams as he clings to Duncan, much to her annoyance. "WE'RE GOING TO GET RABIES AND..."
"Get off me now!!!" Duncan snaps angrily as he flames up, causing DJ to yelp and is send flying before hitting the ground. The Fear worker got up and screams as his shorts are on fire.
Bridgette quickly grabs a fire extinguisher from the console cabinet and sprays the fire to put DJ out. Whenever Duncan gets really mad, he tends to blow up, sending fire onto those unfortunate to be near him.
"Hey, guys, look. Remember how throughout the drive, dad talked about how cool our new room is?" Bridgette ask, reminding her friends of what Ben said on the way over here.
"Oh, well, phew." DJ said with a sigh of relief. Maybe Nyx's room won't be so bad.
"Come on, how about we check it out?"
Bridgette touches the console and presses the button. Nyx, remembering what her own father said earlier, begins to head upstairs. Who knows? Maybe her new room will be better than this.
"Oh, it's going to be great." Duncan said with a smirk, he is anxious to see the new room.
"Yes, yes, yes..." DJ said eagerly. However, his mood change when Nyx arrives in her new bedroom...which is bare and even worst at the place. This made her looks stunned with a bit fear. "No, no, no, no!"
"Oh, I'm starting to envy that dead mouse right about now." Heather groans, shaking her head. Perhaps being dead is more better than seeing this dump!
"I thought you said it was a rat." Beth said, reminding Heather as to what she said earlier.
"All rodents look the same to me!"
"Well, get out the rubber ball, we're now in solitary confinement." Duncan remarks sarcastically as Nyx sighs a bit in the real world.
"Nyx can't live here." Beth said in concern, fearing that Nyx will not want to live here. It's not...edible or livable!
The girl touched the console as did the others, much to Bridgette's concern. Her fellow emotions is now hating this move and would rather go back to the original home right now.
"Yeah, she's right." Duncan said with a sigh, shaking his head a bit.
"Really bad and awful." DJ remarks with a shiver, perhaps Nyx is better off back home.
"Worst home ever." Heather remarks in disgust as she roll her eyes.
"House stinks for losers, even they wouldn't wanna stay here." Duncan remarks bitterly as he crosses his arm.
Bridgette gasps as she saw the new color coded cores starting to arrive with the others. Their conversation is getting to Nyx, the Joy emotion needs to do something and fast!
"Yeah, it's the worst place that I've ever been to in my whole life." Heather said with a frown, making more negative comments here.
"Right, I agree." DJ said with a nod, agreeing with Heather.
Bridgette quickly moves the others aside. She decided to fix this situation and improve Nyx's mood and fast, like I said before!
"Come on, it's nothing our butterfly curtains cannot fix." Bridgette said as she goes over to the drawers to get something out for this matter. "I read somewhere that an empty room is actually an opportunity."
Duncan gave a skeptic look as Bridgette pulls out a vision chip. She actually read something? Since when?
"Where did you even read that?" Duncan ask Bridgette with a frown.
"Look, does it matter where? I read it and it's great." Bridgette chuckles as she put the chip right into the console. Objects appears so that Nyx can imagine and/or decide where each of our stuff will be at. The Joy emotion points as she spoke, "Now, we will put the bed there. The desk right over there."
"Oh, and the hockey lamp can go there!" DJ exclaims as he points, getting into this.
"Put the chair right there." Duncan said with a nod as he points to where the chair will be at. The boy is actually liking this idea.
"As well as the trophy collection." Heather remarks as she points to where the trophy collection can go to.
"There..." Beth said as she points to where something can be at.
"There, there..." Most of the gang exclaims quickly. Soon, the idea of moving here being a terrible idea is gone as the gang is thinking on how Nyx's new room will be like once the moving stuff arrives.
"Stars!" DJ exclaims with a smile, making Nyx grin a bit at the same time. "I like that."
"Oh, we're talking now." Bridgette said with a giggle of delight. The disaster has been averted! Things are going to turn out fine after all. "Come on, guys! Time we get our stuff from the moving van! It should be here by now!"
And thus, Nyx leaves her room to head downstairs. The girl cannot wait to get her stuff and move into her new home. Of course, she saw Ben talking on the phone, speaking with someone...and from the look of his face, he doesn't look happy by what he himself is hearing.
"Right, bye." Ben said, sighing in frustration as he hangs up. As Twilight came in with the cleaning supplies, the husband sighs, "Well, bad news, Twiley. The moving van will not be here until next Thursday."
"What? Are you kidding me?" Twilight ask her husband in disbelief. The family just got here. And now, they gotta wait for their stuff until next Thursday?
Nyx, upon hearing that, lost her smile as she looks worried. The girl got to wait for her stuff to get here. Even her emotions go near the controls with each, minus Bridgette, becoming more stunned. They were getting all so excited over nothing.
"Our van is gone?!" DJ asks in shock and worry, shaking his head at this.
"Yeah, you got it." Heather said with a groan. The Disgust emotion should've known that it was too good to last.
"Oh yeah, worst day ever."
Soon more memory comes with different colors are shown arriving as the gang begins speaking rapidly. Bridgette looks concerned, how will she fix this mess now?
"Honestly? You said it would be here yesterday." Twilight said as she crosses her arm in disappointment.
"Yeah, I know what I said, that's what they told me." Ben said with a groan as he slaps his own forehead. "But I guess they got lost or something."
Nyx is worrying more, Dj begins to remarks in concern, "Yep. Mom and dad? Stress out."
"They are stress out, dummy!" Duncan snaps to DJ in annoyance. Bridgette watches on in worry, trying to think up another solution to this and fast. But what can she do now?
"Arguing, very typical." Heather remarks dryly, knowing an argument when she sees one.
"Well, that's sad." Beth said with a sigh, shaking her head. "Can I drive?"
"Not a chance, Sad-A-Rella!" Duncan exclaims in annoyance. He isn't about to up and let Beth drive here!
"What are we going to do?!" DJ gasps frantically. The house is terrible, the home is terrible, all of Nyx's things aren't here yet, the parents are fighting...it's like the emotions has gone to Heck here inside a body!
Bridgette then got an idea that may help brighten the problem. She quickly rushes over to where a lot of the light bulbs are, snatching one up.
"What is their problem?" Heather remarks bitterly, unaware of what her colleague is doing at first.
"Everyone, I've got a great idea." Bridgette said as she darts over and put the light bulb onto the console, causing it to be attached before brightening up.
These light bulbs are ideas that the emotions can put into to help Nyx out in the real world.
And sure enough, as Nyx gets an idea on how to help this matter, Twilight scowls to Ben in an upset matter, "Did you even read the contact before we came here?!"
"Well I..." Ben was about to speak...but he was interrupted when the parents saw some crunched up paper landing onto the floor, followed by Nyx who arrived and preparing to use her hockey stick for the idea that she just got.
"Sparkle is about to make her move!" Nyx laughs as she moves the paper as in a pretend game of hockey to help brighten up the matter. "Folks, she is closing in!"
"Hey." Ben said with a smirk, he is liking this idea. The father took a mop, chuckling as he joins in on the game. "Oh no you're not."
The father does his best to block the hockey player as Twilight watches on with a smile. This is one way to each up the tension.
"She's running for the shot." Nyx declares as she slides under Ben and grabs the fake puck.
"Coming right at ya, better watch out! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Ben laughs in his attempt to take the paper. But Nyx was too fast for him as she shots the "puck" right over to an empty fireplace nearby.
"And she scores!" Nyx cheers on, jumping in joy making Twilight and Ben smiles happily. "YEAH! YAHOO!!!"
The five emotions cheers on wildly as Bridgette, Heather and DJ each cheers out, "Woo-hoo/Yo-ho/Wa-ho!" That game was enough to help brighten up the situation at hand each and made this house very fun.
Bridgette saw that Family Island is glowing brightly. That memory that happened is enough to make it making even better now!
"Hey, Grandma, come on." Nyx said, mimicking Twilight as if making fun of her mom, wanting her to play.
"Oh, grandma?" Twilight laughs as if pretending to be insulted. The woman fixes her hair up while saying, "Oh, it is on!"
"Uh oh, she put her hair up." Bridgette gasps but laughs with glee. This is going to be fun! "Ooooh, dude, we are so in for it now!"
"Not sure if I should be scare of this or not." DJ said with a smirk as he doesn't find this scary to be the least.
Nyx grins as she shots the fake puck towards Twilight who uses a pillow to block it. This is fun and made up for the bad things that happened today so far!
"Yahoo!" Ben laughs as he growls playfully, picking his wife up by the waist.
"Hey, hee hee hee, put me down!" Twilight giggles as she smiles by what Ben is doing here.
Ben then scoops Nyx up as she scores, making her laugh delightfully. The whole family is having fun big time. Despite the bad house at the beginning and the lack of stuff, things are turning out fine.
Even the emotions laughs as Bridgette spots a Happy core arriving. It looks like everything is going to turn out fine.
Of course, as the family laugh at the activity that Nyx has come up with, they are interrupted by Ben's cell phone which begins to ring.
"Oh, hey. Sorry, hang on." Ben said as he puts his ladies down. Bridgette stops smiling as she looks confused, what's with the interruption? Ben sighs as he answers his cell phone, "Hello?"
"Wait, what?" Bridgette ask confused as she looks at Ben who listens in to his caller...and looks concerned at the response.
"Wait, you're kidding, right? Seriously?" Ben ask in concern, making Bridgette stunned and Nyx to look concerned as she lost her smile. That doesn't sound good. Ben groans, "Ugh. All right, just stall for me. I will be right there."
Ben sighs as he hangs up, why must this happen now just when things are starting to get good?
As Twilight approaches Ben, he turns to her, saying, "Twiley, listen. You know those investors who were supposed to show up on Thursday? Unfortunately, they decided to show up today." This made Bridgette groan a bit in disbelief. That means Ben has to leave to see the investors at his new place. "Listen, I got to go. I'm sorry, I didn't want to but..."
"It's okay, we get it." Twilight said as she pat her husband on the back. The woman knows how important his new job is.
"You're the best, thanks, hon." Ben said as the couple kissed a bit. After they're done, Ben waves to his daughter, speaking, "See ya, sweetie. We can play more later okay?"
Ben grabs his cell phone as he took his departure. Nyx is concerned once more. Just when things are really starting to get fun, this happened. What now?
"Dad just left us." DJ spoke out, stunned by this happening.
"Awww, he doesn't love us anymore. How sad." Beth sobs as she prepares to go near the console. "Perhaps I should drive."
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Most of the group exclaims in worry. They are concerned that Beth may make this matter worse than it already is.
"Beth, just stay there, don't touch anything, please." Bridgette insists as she pushed Beth away from the console. The Joy emotion doesn't want to be a jerk but she wants to help Nyx right now.
"Bridgette, what are ya doing?" Beth ask in concern as her friend backs away in hope to figure out what to do next. So far her attempts backfire a bit.
"Okay...just give me 1 second...uh...oh yeah!" Bridgette exclaims as she realizes something that may help hopefully. The girl goes over to the fresh happy cores and takes one as she smiles. "I just remember that Nyx didn't had lunch yet. And luckily, I think I know the right place to get some."
Bridgette slid to the middle of the room as a projector appears, the girl put the core inside it, causing a vision of a pizza place that Nyx spots on the way over here to appear in her mind.
Nyx gave a thought then shrugs as she spoke, "Hey, mom? I remembered that we didn't have lunch yet. And I saw a pizza place down the street on the way over here. Maybe we can try that."
"Pizza sounds delicious right now." Twilight said with a smile. Perhaps some lunch can get her and Nyx's mind their problems right now.
"Oh yeah! Pizza!" DJ exclaims with a smile, now that's more like it."
"Right, pizza." Heather said with a smirk, approving this idea though Beth looks concerned for some reason. Maybe this day isn't all bad, right?
"Pizza, great idea." Duncan said, nodding in approval. As he rubs his hand, the boy laughs, "Let's get it!"
"See, everyone? Problem is solved. At least Canterlot Heights got one thing that redeems itself." Bridgette said with a proud smile. Finally, an idea that won't backfire!

Of course, Bridgette thought it won't, until Twilight and Nyx arrives at the pizza and approach the counter. To the girl's shock and disgust, the bored worker known as Toast shows some pizza...with broccoli on it!
"AHH! What is that?!" DJ yells out in shock and alarm upon seeing the one thing that Nyx really hates.
"Who in the world put broccoli on pizza?" Heather ask in shock and disgust, making a look. The emotions look stunned as Bridgette wince a bit. Heather shakes her head and leaves, "You know what? Forget this, I'm done! Let me know when something good happens."
"Well, good work, Canterlot Heights! You've ruined pizza!" Duncan scowls angrily as he points at the screen. "First those nerds from Hawaii, now you!"
Bridgette sighs as she shakes her head. Nyx and the emotions just can't win today, can they?

Author's note
Poor Nyx and their emotions. Their luck is running out today. More to come so read, review and suggest.

One scene in this chapter is a reference to an exclusive clip of "Inside Out" which wasn't used for the movie apparently.
The family arrives at their new home which isn't much to look at. Nyx's emotions tried to make the best for their girl but each time ends up backfiring in awkward and sad results.
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Detective88's avatar
Awesome, but there is one mistake. After the pizza guy shows the pizza and Fear reacts, it was Joy who says "Who puts broccoli on pizza?!" Before Disgust exits.

Still, great work