-With Starlight and Huggy Wuggy-

Starlight and her new friend Huggy Wuggy were making their down the stairs to the first game Mommy and prepared, the one called "Musical Memory". Starlight didn't know exactly what exactly to expect from this game, but it had to be important.

As they walked towards the room where the game was to take place, Starlight noticed something on the floor. It was a green hand for her GrabPack.

"Well, isn't this our lucky day!" Starlight said, picking up the green hand.

She then attached the green hand to her right cannon and they continued their way down the hallway. Huggy seemed visibly nervous about what was to come, so Starlight placed a reassuring hand on his leg.

"Hey, it'll be okay, Huggy. We're going to get our friends back," Starlight said with a smile.

Huggy nuzzled the top of her head lovingly. The two finally came upon a door that led into the room where the game was supposed to take place. Before they could enter together, Starlight turned to Huggy Wuggy and gestured for him to stay. where he was.

"I'm sorry, Huggy, but you have to wait outside for me," Starlight said, earning a whimper from Huggy. "Look, if something happens while I'm in there, I'm going to need you to come in and save the day."

Huggy Wuggy brightened at the thought and struck a pose like a superhero. Starlight took a breath and walked in once the door rose for her to enter. She took a deep breath and entered the dark room.

Starlight found herself in a dark room with a single raised platform connected to the door. She looked around just as the lights in the room came on.

The Musical Memory room had large collections of screens position at three points around the room as well as an observation room above the platform. The weird part of it was that very observation room, as if someone was supposed to be watching the kids play the game before. Suddenly, the screens around her flashed to life and a voice spoke to her.

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Welcome to Musical Memory! This advance cognitive and recognition test is designed to stimulate several segments of the brain, allowing us to see how quickly and efficiently your brain works. A sequence of colors will be shown, and you must recreate the exact sequence using the buttons around you. Bunzo will slowly lower towards you. When you input a pattern correctly, Bunzo will rise back up."

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"Wait, what? Bunzo?" Starlight asked.

Starlight looked up and saw a large, living Bunzo Bunny dangling above her with a large pair of cymbals in his paws. She then looked back to the screen as it continued with its explanation.

"What happens if I fail at the patterns?" Starlight asked.

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"When you input a pattern incorrectly, Bunzo will lower towards you faster. If Bunzo reaches you, your test is over."

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"HUH?!" Starlight called incredulously.

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"The test will become more difficult as it continues, with longer patterns in quicker succession. That's all. Good luck!"

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"Oh, this is just going to be a barrel of laughs, isn't it?" Starlight asked sarcastically.

A bang on the observation room's glass alerted Starlight to Mommy Long Legs' presence. She was staring down at Starlight with the same creepy grin she always has. She spoke to Starlight with a sickly sweet voice.

"Oh, isn't it amazing?! Mommy hasn't seen the place up and running in years!" Mommy said. "Mommy can only imagine how excited how Bunzo must be. It's been such a long time since he's been able to play. To cheer. To eat."

Bunzo clanged his cymbals together in excitement. Starlight glared at Mommy with determination.

"Can we just get your game started? I want to get my friends and answers as soon as possible," Starlight said.

"Such an eager playmate, you are! Don't worry, we'll all be having fun soon enough," Mommy said. "You're right! Let's get things started!"

Starlight saw some large buttons rise up from the bottom of the platform. The screens around her flashed different colors and words for them. The game had officially started.

BLUE

She hit the blue button with her GrabPack. The voice spoke again to tell her the pattern.

BLUE-RED

Done easily.

BLUE-RED-GREEN

Done.

BLUE-RED-GREEN-GREEN

Easy.

A dinging sound came from the speakers and the voice spoke to Starlight again. "Round 2".

"OK, pretty easy so far," Starlight said. "Better stay on my toes, though."

RED

Easy start.

BLUE-RED

Still pretty easy for Starlight to do.

BLUE-RED-VIOLET

"Wait, what?! Violet?!" Starlight yelled. "Where the hell is violet?!"

Starlight looked up and saw Bunzo Bunny lowering towards her on the rope. She spun around and saw the violet button behind her.

"Violet!" she called, hitting the violet button.

BLUE-RED-VIOLET-VIOLET.

Repeating the pattern in her mind, Starlight completed the pattern.

BLUE RED-VIOLET-VIOLET-YELLOW

Still pretty easy for Starlight to do. Next one.

BLUE-RED-VIOLET-VIOLET-YELLOW-GREEN

Starlight hit most of them, but accidentally hit the blue button instead of the green one on accident. Now she was slightly panicked. And Bunzo was indeed lowering towards her faster eagerly clanging his cymbals.

"Damn!" she cursed.

Now she had to do that same sequence all over again and managed to hit the green button before Bunzo reached her. The dinging sound sounded off again and Bunzo rose back up much to Starlight's relief. "Round 3"

BLUE

Blue

BLUE-J

"Hold up! 'J'?!" Starlight yelled. "Why is there a 'J'?! I thought this was about colors!"

A new button popped up around Starlight's right with the letter "J" on it. Starlight hit it to move the game along despite her confusion.

BLUE-J-HEART

Another new non-color button appeared and Starlight hit it keeping with the pattern.

BLUE-J-HEART-PI

"Uh... blue, jay, heart, and... pi!" Starlight said, finishing the pattern.

BLUE-J-HEART-PI-PI

"So we've got two pi's now. Great!" Starlight grumbled.

BLUE-J-HEART-PI-PI-QUESTION MARK

Starlight hit the buttons with some minor difficulty. But to her relief, the dinging sound sounded off again.

"Yeah! I did it!" Starlight called happily. "I made it!"

"Round 4"

And just like that, Starlight's joy was dead. Adding salt to the wound was the appearance of even more buttons both of the platform's floor and from the ceiling with random colors and symbols.

"Are you kidding me right now?!" Starlight yelled.

The voice was listing off random colors and symbols too fast for Starlight to comprehend. But amidst the buttons was one that was moving around her. It had the triangular symbol of a stop button. With careful aim, Starlight fired her green hand and hit the stop button. The buttons and screens were glitching out until the all died. Mommy Long Legs finally spoke again.

"Oh... it broke. That's no fun," Mommy said with apparent disappointment. "For doing such a splendid job, Mommy has decided to give you part of the code for the train. Look up."

She did just that. Mommy's long arm stretched from the ceiling and handed a small slip of paper in her hand. Starlight grabbed the paper with her GrabPack and it did have a code of colors for the train. It was a small step in the right direction at least.

"There. I won the first game!" Starlight told Mommy.

"It's OK, though. Mommy knows other ways to play with you," Mommy said somewhat seductively. "You still have two more games left, so you better get moving. I'm sure my old friend Huggy Wuggy is getting lonely out there."

There was no need for Starlight to be told that twice. She eagerly made her way back to the door and was greeted by a very happy Huggy Wuggy who scooped her into his arms and squeezed her like a python.

"Uh, Huggy, you're kind of... crushing me," Starlight said with a strained voice. Huggy set her down and nuzzled her instead.

"I missed you too, big guy," Starlight said. "Now then. Let's get ready for Mommy's next game. I hope our friends are OK in the meantime, though."

Author's Note

Next Time: Whack-A-Wuggy