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[grisifu]

A-a-a MURDER?!?! On MY Owl Express?!?!

I missed drawing A Hat in Time characters so much.

[janemations]

Hat Kid Bust

Did a Hat Kid Bust for something. This is my first time drawing Hat Kid and I've learned something from drawing her to improve upon later if I ever draw her again. She's a little cutie tho lol.

Hat in time and Hat Kid (C) of Gears for Breakfast

Drawing (C) of me

[abloomntime]

That Bloomin' Curse Ch4 Operation Get Lost

(Hey everyone. I just wanted to thank everyone who read this far and liked my story enough to read it to it's end. I had a lot of fun writing it and it makes me happy knowing some people loved it enough to read it fully. If you liked this consider checking out my other works. Thanks to everyone for reading this, faving it, or leaving a nice comment. And thank you to GearsForBreakfast for creating such wonderful characters and giving me the opportunity to make this wonderful story. )

The moon was still high in the sky as the three made their way back towards the mansion but stopped when they came in contact with the doors. 

"You have what we need don't you?"

Hazelle happily smiled and held up the bag of holding in her hands. "Yep! This baby should be able to hold up at least a thousand crowns so it'll definitely be useful with this."

Snatcher nodded. "Right. And you know the other part of the plan right?"

"You'll get Vanessa to chase you back through the tunnel to the summer house." Moonjumper held up as t least three exploding apples in his hands. "Once you both are deep enough we'll seal off the tunnel using these for good. That'll keep Vanessa from ever coming back again."

"But first we have to get those pecking crowns." Snatcher grumbled before motioning the two of them to follow him back to the window that they crept into the first time. "C'mon. The sooner we get this done the better."

Hazelle nodded but stopped feeling a hand grab onto her forearm and Moonjumper looked at her. "Hazelle..This is going to be very dangerous. A-And you've already been hurt so much. I-..." His look became more worried. "I don't want you to get hurt again. If you want to stay behind then I think that'll be best-"

"Moony, I'm fine." She assured him and pulled away . "I'll be careful now and I want to get back at Vanessa too for what she did to me."

"If you two lovebirds are finished wooing one another, then we should get going." Snatcher frowned at them Waiting impatiently.

Moonjumper stuttered but Hazelle only smiled and followed him with Moonjumper behind her. Together they rose up to the broken window again (with Hazelle getting a hand from Snatcher) and peered inside. It was dead silent. Snatcher slunk in first popping his head through a few walls and the open doorways in this particular hallway before looking back and motioning that it was safe for them to come in. They did and together they made their way into the old bedroom that held all the glittering crowns.

"Alright. Let's start grabbing them already!," Snatcher hissed already reaching for the ones on the chandelier and plucking them off. "The faster we get these the sooner Poppy's safe."

Good thing the florist hadn't insisted on coming with them. It was safer for her to remain back and keep an eye on the kids with Shapeshifter so nothing bad happened to them. Crown after crown the three grabbed from the various places lying around before throwing them into the open bag Hazelle held with Snatcher poking his head out to make sure the coast was clear every so often. They left no stone or piece of furniture unturned and soon the last crown was thrown inside and the bag tied shut.

"There. That should do it," Hazelle said handing the bag over to Snatcher. "You remember where the passage leading back to the summer house is?"

He nodded. "Of course I do! It's behind the giant statue in the courtyard. It's still wide open too so it should be easy for me to get the ice hag to follow me back. Just make sure you stay a good distance away from me when I do!"

"Then how will we know when you get her back into the tunnel?"

"There's an office in the room just next to this one." Moonjumper nodded to the left. "I remember Vanessa's mother used to spend hours there working on things. We can watch and wait there."

"Fine! Just be ready when you do."

With that he turned and floated out of the room bag in hand. Moonjumper nodded after him and Hazelle followed. Snatcher left. Moonjumper lead Hazelle one room over opening the creaking door and ushering her in quickly. Inside was the remains of a once nice study. The shelves held rotting books, the fireplace was crumbling away, a giant desk was cracked and half broken, and a giant half broken window was directly behind the desk. They approached it and looked out at the once nice courtyard. Now all they had to do was wait which wasn't long at all. 

"HEYOOO!! IM HERE TO PARTY! WHERE'S ALL THE FOOD AND MUSIC!?", Snatcher's voice wailed out causing both to whirl back around as it echoed through the halls. 

Both looked at one another. We'll that was one way to get attention.

"My Prince? Have you finally returned?"

"Prince. Nah. Never heard of him. Did you try checking the basement?"

There was a loud screech from a certain someone and there they stood in wait as the screeching got louder and louder and then softer and softer at the same time. Until Moonjumper nudged her and they both looked outside as the screeches continued to screech out. In the courtyard was the obvious form of Snatcher flying around before stopping in front of a giant statue and holding up a bag with a Sinister grin shaking a bag in the air. A screeching shadow figure was running after him leaving a trail of white ice in her wake. Snatcher suddenly dove head first disappearing behind the statue and a moment later she followed suit as fast as she could also soon disappearing from sight. This was it. Now was their chance. They made haste through the mostly destroyed manor and Hazelle followed Moonjumper through the back and into the courtyard. A trail of ice helping lead them right to the statue. Both hurried over and peered behind the giant headless statue and blinked shocked. A giant hole was right behind it and stairs lead down into the ground. 

"This is our chance! Quick! The apples!"

Moonjumper was quick to get the few apples that they brought with them and held them up. They'd get this over with as soon as possible. Not wasting any time, Moonjumper infused some of his spectral energy into the apples and like bombs they started blinking orange. Fumbling Moonjumper was quick to throw them all down into the tunnel entrance and a few rolled further inside. Hazelle yelped as Moonjumper practically tackled her form. She barely grabbed her hat as it fell off her head. Moonjumper continued to sore through the air and into the mansion-

B O O M!!!

The courtyard. EXPLODED!! The statue broke to pieces and scattered about. Dirt flew high into the air and scattered everywhere covering everything with mud and old moss. The entire middle of the courtyard collapsed in on in self sealing the tunnel off and cutting it off the rest of the world. Both watched from a safe distance with Hazelle safely sat in Moonjumper's arms. Eventually the ground stopped shaking, all that was left was a dust cloud slowly settling down. The two stared at each other for a long moment before Hazelle plopped her hat back onto her head.

"Well... That's one thing taken cared of."

The two were able to make it back to the others and were relieved when they saw everyone was alright. Everyone was safe and Vanessa was now back where she belongs. A while later Snatcher even joined them and he still had Hazelle's bag of holding with him which he just plopped at their feet and allowed the children to go ham on it digging their hands in and pulling out as many crowns as they wanted. 

"You didn't let her have the crowns?"

"Of course not. Did you really expect me to give her the satisfaction of keeping them?," he said with a sadistic grin on his face, "That's just one more way I can really torment her! AHAHAHA!!"

"But is she really back in the mansion?"

"That trick worked like a moth to a flame. She was foolish enough to actually fall for it."

That was it then. It was all over and solved. Vanessa wouldn't be bothering anyone else again for a long, long while. Which left one last thing to do- Moonjumper was slightly surprised when Hazelle pulled him aside while Snatcher was busy boasting to Poppy and the children were all too busy digging through the bag and the gold crowns to notice. Once he was able to look at her Hazelle blinked.

"So...I heard from a few little children that you were worried about me and just maybe a little bit more than that." Her brow rose. "Your darling little Hazelnut huh?"

His face jolted a red. "Uh!.....I-I didn't -..W-Well I mean...*ahem* Well naturally I was worried about you and your safety and...Iiii...Uh-"

He trailed off as she pulled his closer and he froze as a small peck was placed on his cheek. Before lighting up a full red.

"Oh...good heavens."

[echantedtoon]

That Bloomin' Curse Ch4 Operation Get Lost

(Hey everyone. I just wanted to thank everyone who read this far and liked my story enough to read it to it's end. I had a lot of fun writing it and it makes me happy knowing some people loved it enough to read it fully. If you liked this consider checking out my other works. Thanks to everyone for reading this, faving it, or leaving a nice comment. And thank you to GearsForBreakfast for creating such wonderful characters and giving me the opportunity to make this wonderful story. )

The moon was still high in the sky as the three made their way back towards the mansion but stopped when they came in contact with the doors. 

"You have what we need don't you?"

Hazelle happily smiled and held up the bag of holding in her hands. "Yep! This baby should be able to hold up at least a thousand crowns so it'll definitely be useful with this."

Snatcher nodded. "Right. And you know the other part of the plan right?"

"You'll get Vanessa to chase you back through the tunnel to the summer house." Moonjumper held up as t least three exploding apples in his hands. "Once you both are deep enough we'll seal off the tunnel using these for good. That'll keep Vanessa from ever coming back again."

"But first we have to get those pecking crowns." Snatcher grumbled before motioning the two of them to follow him back to the window that they crept into the first time. "C'mon. The sooner we get this done the better."

Hazelle nodded but stopped feeling a hand grab onto her forearm and Moonjumper looked at her. "Hazelle..This is going to be very dangerous. A-And you've already been hurt so much. I-..." His look became more worried. "I don't want you to get hurt again. If you want to stay behind then I think that'll be best-"

"Moony, I'm fine." She assured him and pulled away . "I'll be careful now and I want to get back at Vanessa too for what she did to me."

"If you two lovebirds are finished wooing one another, then we should get going." Snatcher frowned at them Waiting impatiently.

Moonjumper stuttered but Hazelle only smiled and followed him with Moonjumper behind her. Together they rose up to the broken window again (with Hazelle getting a hand from Snatcher) and peered inside. It was dead silent. Snatcher slunk in first popping his head through a few walls and the open doorways in this particular hallway before looking back and motioning that it was safe for them to come in. They did and together they made their way into the old bedroom that held all the glittering crowns.

"Alright. Let's start grabbing them already!," Snatcher hissed already reaching for the ones on the chandelier and plucking them off. "The faster we get these the sooner Poppy's safe."

Good thing the florist hadn't insisted on coming with them. It was safer for her to remain back and keep an eye on the kids with Shapeshifter so nothing bad happened to them. Crown after crown the three grabbed from the various places lying around before throwing them into the open bag Hazelle held with Snatcher poking his head out to make sure the coast was clear every so often. They left no stone or piece of furniture unturned and soon the last crown was thrown inside and the bag tied shut.

"There. That should do it," Hazelle said handing the bag over to Snatcher. "You remember where the passage leading back to the summer house is?"

He nodded. "Of course I do! It's behind the giant statue in the courtyard. It's still wide open too so it should be easy for me to get the ice hag to follow me back. Just make sure you stay a good distance away from me when I do!"

"Then how will we know when you get her back into the tunnel?"

"There's an office in the room just next to this one." Moonjumper nodded to the left. "I remember Vanessa's mother used to spend hours there working on things. We can watch and wait there."

"Fine! Just be ready when you do."

With that he turned and floated out of the room bag in hand. Moonjumper nodded after him and Hazelle followed. Snatcher left. Moonjumper lead Hazelle one room over opening the creaking door and ushering her in quickly. Inside was the remains of a once nice study. The shelves held rotting books, the fireplace was crumbling away, a giant desk was cracked and half broken, and a giant half broken window was directly behind the desk. They approached it and looked out at the once nice courtyard. Now all they had to do was wait which wasn't long at all. 

"HEYOOO!! IM HERE TO PARTY! WHERE'S ALL THE FOOD AND MUSIC!?", Snatcher's voice wailed out causing both to whirl back around as it echoed through the halls. 

Both looked at one another. We'll that was one way to get attention.

"My Prince? Have you finally returned?"

"Prince. Nah. Never heard of him. Did you try checking the basement?"

There was a loud screech from a certain someone and there they stood in wait as the screeching got louder and louder and then softer and softer at the same time. Until Moonjumper nudged her and they both looked outside as the screeches continued to screech out. In the courtyard was the obvious form of Snatcher flying around before stopping in front of a giant statue and holding up a bag with a Sinister grin shaking a bag in the air. A screeching shadow figure was running after him leaving a trail of white ice in her wake. Snatcher suddenly dove head first disappearing behind the statue and a moment later she followed suit as fast as she could also soon disappearing from sight. This was it. Now was their chance. They made haste through the mostly destroyed manor and Hazelle followed Moonjumper through the back and into the courtyard. A trail of ice helping lead them right to the statue. Both hurried over and peered behind the giant headless statue and blinked shocked. A giant hole was right behind it and stairs lead down into the ground. 

"This is our chance! Quick! The apples!"

Moonjumper was quick to get the few apples that they brought with them and held them up. They'd get this over with as soon as possible. Not wasting any time, Moonjumper infused some of his spectral energy into the apples and like bombs they started blinking orange. Fumbling Moonjumper was quick to throw them all down into the tunnel entrance and a few rolled further inside. Hazelle yelped as Moonjumper practically tackled her form. She barely grabbed her hat as it fell off her head. Moonjumper continued to sore through the air and into the mansion-

B O O M!!!

The courtyard. EXPLODED!! The statue broke to pieces and scattered about. Dirt flew high into the air and scattered everywhere covering everything with mud and old moss. The entire middle of the courtyard collapsed in on in self sealing the tunnel off and cutting it off the rest of the world. Both watched from a safe distance with Hazelle safely sat in Moonjumper's arms. Eventually the ground stopped shaking, all that was left was a dust cloud slowly settling down. The two stared at each other for a long moment before Hazelle plopped her hat back onto her head.

"Well... That's one thing taken cared of."

The two were able to make it back to the others and were relieved when they saw everyone was alright. Everyone was safe and Vanessa was now back where she belongs. A while later Snatcher even joined them and he still had Hazelle's bag of holding with him which he just plopped at their feet and allowed the children to go ham on it digging their hands in and pulling out as many crowns as they wanted. 

"You didn't let her have the crowns?"

"Of course not. Did you really expect me to give her the satisfaction of keeping them?," he said with a sadistic grin on his face, "That's just one more way I can really torment her! AHAHAHA!!"

"But is she really back in the mansion?"

"That trick worked like a moth to a flame. She was foolish enough to actually fall for it."

That was it then. It was all over and solved. Vanessa wouldn't be bothering anyone else again for a long, long while. Which left one last thing to do- Moonjumper was slightly surprised when Hazelle pulled him aside while Snatcher was busy boasting to Poppy and the children were all too busy digging through the bag and the gold crowns to notice. Once he was able to look at her Hazelle blinked.

"So...I heard from a few little children that you were worried about me and just maybe a little bit more than that." Her brow rose. "Your darling little Hazelnut huh?"

His face jolted a red. "Uh!.....I-I didn't -..W-Well I mean...*ahem* Well naturally I was worried about you and your safety and...Iiii...Uh-"

He trailed off as she pulled his closer and he froze as a small peck was placed on his cheek. Before lighting up a full red.

"Oh...good heavens."

[undeadbutstillhasahead]

Yall seeing this right now!!!

[haunternova]

Whoop de doo! That's not the time to post since it's not Friday anymore!

[a-smug-ghost]

Halloween posting part 1/? Snatcher repost 🎃 Love that ghost noodle, you'll see more of him later today 👀 #halloween #snatcher #ahit #ahatintime #gearsforbreakfast #videogame #videogamecharacter #game #ghost #spookyghost #spooky #autumn #october #spooktober #spooks #spookyseason #art #artist #traditionalart #promarkers #markers https://www.instagram.com/p/CHAwqUyptAU/?igshid=hj6nzk61otdm

[djstormageddon]

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[rixeramis]

KID WITH THE HAT

[frankjs]

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[averagetrapinch]

“Don’t tell me you forgot about me?”

[grisifu]

Timelapse of the A Hat In Time drawing I posted a few days ago.

Song: Train Rush - A Hat In Time OST by Pascal Michael Stiefel.

[adrian-nation]

#AHatInTime #GearsForBreakfast #NintendoSwitch https://www.instagram.com/p/B7hOE8bhmKj/?igshid=1sugu5256pht7

[abloomntime]

That Bloomin' Curse Ch1 Escape To Another Trap

He finally had everything he wanted. A family, a loving spouse, and a whole kingdom to himself. However he seemed to forever be cursed by his ex. It doesn't help that Hazelle seemed to be captured by the crazy ice hag and Moonjumper seems to be going through emotions he never knew he had. Why does there seem to be a blooming curse in his life?!

(Final installment of the Bloomverse series. This story will be based around and heavily reference Vanessa's Curse DLC. I own nothing. All characters belongs to Gearsforbreakfast. I head cannon Mustache Girl's name as Muriel.)

The world was dark and cold.Trapped within her own frost bitten underworld she made for herself. Forever trapped in a frozen, harsh wasteland as cold and harsh as her heart. There she would never get any happy endings. So knight in shining armor to save her. No hero to break her free of the curse. No Prince to come give her the romantic fairytale ending she so much desired. That she CRAVED. She'll never once again see anything happy. It was her eternal punishment for her crimes against everyone innocent and everything she once held dear but betrayed for her own greed. Her own selfishness. Her own jealousy.

Queen Vanessa was now the sole ruler of nothing but despair and misery that was her own doing.

Her curse was not done yet being the terror it was yet. As a figure was wallowing away screaming away her anguish and agony no one in their right mind would pity. The darkness of the manor only mocked her in silence. In her anger she often scratched at the walls. Leaving holes and deep scratches in their decaying wood. And it was on such a day that the cursed witch took her forever anger out on a random wall, digging her way through the wall. Splinters and strips of wallpaper scattered at her feet the more she clawed in frustration.

Until the wall gave away.

The red eyed woman paused at the sudden collapse of the wall startled to see the hole on the other side. More so the cold stone stairs that lead right down into the dark abyss.

 "My Prince? Are you in there?"

Nothing but the empty echoed of her own voice answered her. With a hiss the darkened figure walked into the cold cavern to the new trap leading to the new trap for her.

[echantedtoon]

A Bloom In Time Ch35 Epilogue

(Hey everyone. I just wanted to thank everyone who read this far and liked my story enough to read it to it's end. I had a lot of fun writing it and it makes me happy knowing some people loved it enough to read it fully. Thanks to everyone for reading this, faving it, or leaving a nice comment. If you liked this consider checking out my other works. And thank you to GearsForBreakfast for creating such wonderful characters and giving me the opportunity to make this wonderful story. )

Ah. Cupid's Day.  The day everyone expressed their love to one another whether it be platonic love among friends and family, or for lovers to have a nice relaxing day out on a date with their spouses. Usually Snatcher would absolutely despise this day because of the implications of love to him was even more exhausting than usual. Yes, he'd tolerate the kiddos giving him small trinkets or pictures he'd hang on the fridge or on the walls of his tree home, but very evilly and totally not because he actually liked them ok! It was on this day he had a very special surprise planned out for a certain red haired fireball of a woman. All he had to do was wait for the right time to show her is all.....

Which was easier said than done.

The first thing that happened when the day started was him getting bombarded by Hattie and Bow rushing in and shoving cutesy pictures and hearts in his face with big smiles on their faces. Of course being the most evil of evil rulers he was, made a big groaning scene about it before taking them, reluctantly of course, and very VERY menacingly hanging them onto the wall above them to show everyone how evil he was by keeping something so mushy around him and showing he didn't care. Of course he hadn't spent all month hurrying his minions into working faster to put the last finishing touches on his very evil surprise for Poppy just to have it spoiled by these two, so to distract them all he gave them some of that mail Poppy had insisted he'd take to give to all the minions and dwellers running around. That should keep the two of them busy and running around for a good while before they went back to that ship! Good thing they didn't bring Poppy with them into the forest. He wasn't sure how'd he be able to get her distracted enough to finish his work....That didn't apply to a certain witch though when he paused when he saw Hazelle pop up.

Snatcher frowned. "What are YOU doing here?"

Hazelle smiled having a cute home made card in her hand. "Can't a friend visit a friend, Snatchy? And truth be told I came here to see how you were doing after the whole incident was over."

He huffed and turned away. "I'm fine. Just....working on something before the end of the day's over."

Hazelle nodded looking over the cards in her hands. "That makes sense. If that's all then I'll be hopping over to Moonjumper now."

Snatcher snapped his head back around to her. "WHAT?!"

"Calm down. I promised the girls I'd give him the Cupid's Day card they made for him and drop off Timmy for their sleep over."

"WHAT?!," he demanded again narrowing his eyes at her and she rolled her eyes at him.

"Snatcher, he was grounded for a long time and he's just a kid. He didn't know any better. One sleep over with his friends isn't going to hurt Poppy or you. Get over it."

Snatcher grumbled under his breath but didn't comment anything else when she tucked the cards away. "Well I'm off. But if you want to see me again, I'll be dropping Timmy off later at the ship."

Snatcher didn't say anything as Hazelle teleported away and he turned back towards his destination. He had work to get done and a limited time to do it in. The day went by realtively normally and fast, the girls came back a little while later with enough leftover mail to give the minions for Winter Solstice gifts. So he dissmissed them and off they ran. He guessed to go back to the ship and telescope jump around the planet to deliver more of those home made scribbled cards to those birds and cat. Whatever. It'd keep them out of his hair at least for a long while. It certainly took a lot longer than he suspected to get done, but when the last mushroom was replanted, and the last minion patted the dirt in the right place he nodded. It was ready. Of course living in a dark forest, he couldn't tell how late or early it was in the day, nor could he from space, so when he teleported himself to the kid's ship he was a little surprised to find not only Timmy there but the weird blonde girl that once upon a time made an alternate reality to get rid of all bad guys.....So naturally he frowned seeing the two of them huddled in the living room watching TV on top of a bunch of pillows with Bow and Hattie. Mustache Girl...Was that her name gave him a frown back and Timmy looked slightly nervous seeing the spook there. He also guessed he just must've missed Hazelle dropping him off because he was standing in front of Poppy holding a pretty shining flower in a small pot in one hand and a red scarf in another. Poppy was already holding a small cactus like the one you'd find in gift shops and a basket that smelled of delicious food. She smiled upon seeing Snatcher.

"Ah was wonderin' when you'd show up!," she greeted.

"Uh yeah. What do you have there?," he asked gesturing to her the objects in her hands.

"Oh these?" She held them up. "Cookie stopped by and asked if Mu could join the lil get together for the night. Somethin' bout her n' that loud mouth bird havin' dinner ah think. So I said I'd watcher her too! She was nice enough to give us some more food and this cute lil guy!" She smiled at the small cactus. "Ah never tried growin' a cactus before so it'll be a real fun experience." She called Bow to come over to take the basket of food from her and intrusted her to put it away then turned back to Timmy. "Watchin' him too! Now ya'll said ya wanted ta tell me somethin'?"

Timmy gulped and nodded. "Y-Yes, ma'am. I uh-...W-Wanted to apologize for what happened. I'm r-really, really sorry." He held up the shining Twilight Flower. "I got you this straight from the Alpine Alps. Hazelle helped me pick it out, yeah."

Poppy regarded him for a moment, before smiling and shifting her cactus into her other hand, reached down to pick up the decent sized bright flower from him. "Now ain't that sweet? Now ah got two plants I never had before! ....Apology accepted." 

Ah. She always did like kids. So of course she would forgive Timmy easily. She blinked again when he also held up the neatly knitted red scarf. "Moonjumper asked me to tell you that's he's sorry too, and that he hopes you'll forgive him so you all can maybe be friends. He made this for you."

Poppy blinked at the scarf, but before she could even respond a dark arm shot out and snatched the red scarf right out of the boy's hand and up to the scowling face of Snatcher as the yellow orbs laserfocused on it. "I'll be the judge of that.." For the next few minutes Snatcher spent looking throughly at the red scarf, as if sensing every fiber. Scanning it long ways and up and down, back and front, and tugged a few strands here and there. After a bit he looked back to Timmy with a supicious face.....and slowly held it out to Poppy. "I don't sense any magical hiddden energy in it. It's safe if you're going to accept it."

To his surprise Poppy did take it from him and looked at it for a moment, then to Timmy with a serious face. "When you go back ya tell him I accept his apolody and gift, but it's gonna take a while before I decide if I really forgive 'em." Timmy nodded and she nodded back. "Good now go play and behave with the others. I have something to talk with the purple onion for a minute." 

As Timmy ran back over to the other children Snatcher raised a brow. "You have something to tell me?"

She nodded. "Yep. Hold these for a minute." She shoved the small plants into his hands and turned to walk off towards the door to the kitchen. She had a certain something to give Snatcher on this day. As a thank you for everything he's done for her, as you all might remember a certain gold skull that was found along with the other gold that Poppy and the girls found hidden in the attic. Well Poppy remembered Snatcher getting the girls those skulls in the attic as gifts and since this is Philip now, what better gift to get him than a golden skull? She wasn't sure if the skull was a real skull before that R.King turned it to gold with the gold potion but she didn't have enough time to think of any better gift when the girls suddenly left to go around handing out those home made cards they made to everyone without telling her. She should really stop sleeping in so late, but as she entered the kitchen she caught sight of it real quick. It was decided the golden skull would be the thing to be left behind and was hidden under Hattie's bed for safe keeping when they had left for Express Town a while ago, so she spent a good amount of time polishing it and cleaning it up until the golden skull gleamed at her, catching the reflection of the adorable picture the girls gave to her on the fridge. It was a messily but cute drawn picture of her and Snatcher holding hands, with the two of them holding either of their hands as well. Smiling, she held it behind her back and exited. Snatcher's face looked to the door as Poppy came back out smiling from ear to ear, one hand behind her back as she walked up to him. "Ah got somethin' for ya."

"Oh really?," he asked surprised, "You didn't have to. I had enough of this mushy love to last me for eternity."

She chuckled. "Well Cupid's Day is 'bout celebratin' the people ya care about right? That means good friends too." She finally brought it out and Snatcher's eyes instantly widened at seeing the shiny golden skull she held up to him. "So here's ta good friends. Happy Cupid's Day, Snatcher!"

Snatcher stopped and just stared at the shiny thing showing his relflection in it for a solid moment...before he took it into his free hand and stared at the beautiful gold skull with wide eyes. "It's......." He looked at her. "T-This is incredible. Where'd you get this?"

She bashfully shrugged. "I-It was in the attic when we found all the other gold. I was savin' it for an emergency but I thought I could use it for your gift instead. A-As a thanks fer everythin' ya did for me."

He still stared at her for a moment before a small yellow flush dusted his face and he cleared his throat. "W-Well it's very .....nice. Thank you I guess."

Poppy giggled. "Your welcome. It was the least ah could do."

Snatcher rubbed his thumb over the shiny gold for a moment, before looking back at her with a small smile. "Well....I happened to get you something too."

Poppy blinked in surprise at his words. "Wait. Really?"

He nodded. "Yep. But I can't show you here. You'll have to come back with me to my forest.''

Poppy looked a little skeptical at that and rose a brow. "Back to the forest? Ain't it too dangerous?"

"Not with the contract, and my minions know to not cause trouble." He smiled that usually smirk. "As long as Im in the forest you'll be fine. Besides you'll love it."

".....What 'bout them?," she asked nodding to the kids watching the tv.

"They'll be fine being along for a little while. Won't you?" The children either hummed or nodded not looking up from the funny penguin cartoon they were watching. "See? Sides. It's not like they weren't left alone before you came along for a while. C'mon. I swear you won't regret it."

Poppy still didn't look too convinced but in the end she agreed and so the children were made to PROMISE to stay there and behave while they were gone and they were teleported just as Poppy grabbed onto Snatcher's arm. The familiar purple came over here along with the weird feeling that came with it, before she looked up as the purple disappeared and soon found herself back in the familiar scene of the nightmarish forest. Poppy shivered at the sight of it all and all the minions or dwellers than happened to stand around stop and stare at her. Snather cleared his throat to catch her attention and he gestured for her to follow him up the pathway towards his tree home. Poppy rose a brow noticing he still had her plants in hand, but followed none the less. Snatcher flew right into his home, Rough Patch giving a lazy meow from the chair he laid on before yawning and turning the other way to sleep again. The golden skull was placed right on top of his shelf next to the sewing kit. He gave one last look over and smile before exiting the home and going outside and staying towards the left side of the home. Poppy was slowly walking her way forward blinking at him as he just floated there seemingly waiting for her to get closer. When she did, he smiled and silently pointed to the ground. Poppy blinked and looked to where he was pointing, eyes widening as she saw a small pathway of small bushes leading off somewhere into the woods. And soon enough Snatcher started floating down that way, giving one look back to her as her signal to follow before he disappeared between the trees. And of course, Poppy followed. Into the woods following along the bushes as she slowly took her time walking and walking......And walking. Slowly but surely, a few glowing mushrooms popped up here and there starting with the smaller mushrooms Hattie and Bow would use to bounce on before they became bigger. And bigger. And BIGGER until the bushes disappeared and there was nothing but lots and lots of beautiful glowing mushrooms everywhere. In all shapes and sizes and colors. She gaped at the beautiful glowing blues, greens, and reds of all the polka dotted fungi everywhere glowing in the moonlight and lighting up the place. There was a clear path between all of them replacing the one the plain bushes made and she continued down it still no sign of Snatcher anywhere either, not that she noticed. She was too busy admiring all the beautiful sights around her. Before the path took a corner and of course she followed it. And she stopped DEAD. A soft wind blew through the trees as multi colored petals blew towards her and to her feet a few purple, yellow, and red ones floating by her head. Her blue eyes widened and her jaw dropped as the sight of what she was seeing hit her with the force of a meteor from space crashlanding into the dirt. 

Snatcher finally popped up as he floated next to her gaping frozen self with a proud grin. "So. Do you like it?"

IT. WAS. ROSES!! RAINBOW ROSES!! All the colors of the rainbow sitting right there and multiple of them blooming beautifully in the moonlight. Some of the petals on the ground in a beautiful arrangement of color. Shimmering in the moonlight like a rainbow on stems. She still gaped at all of them and Snatcher only smiled prouder. Yes. After making that owl cough up the location of these wild roses (an oasis not surprisingly in a desert) and taking the ones in her shop for good measure too, Snatcher had a peck of a long time just gathering them and digging(having his minions carefully dig) them up by the roots and teleporting every single one of them back to his forest. But the extra work was worth the look on Poppy's face just now. Poppy still stood there stunned for a long moment. Before pointing and looking at him....then back at the roses gesturing with both arms then back to him again still totally amazed and shocked.

"HUH?!"

"What? I promised a garden and I delivered a pecking good garden! You got your regular bushes, mushrooms, a couple exploding apples, and even a nice flower section all of your own. Your welcome.~"

"HOW?!" She looked back at the beautiful batch of roses. "W-WHERE THE PECK DID YA EVEN GET THESE?!"

He shrugged. "Some small corner in the desert. Nothing too hard to find really. Do you like it?" 

"YES!!" Her shocked face was replaced by a wide smile and sparkling eyes. "PECKIN' YES!! T-THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! I-......Ya never cease to out do yerself ya purple onion."

He shrugged again. "Well...you did give me a gold skull. I say we're pretty much even." He handed back the two small plants he'd been holding on since she asked him to hold them back on the ship. "Here. What's a garden for if you don't plant anything in it?"

She blinked at him for a bit before taking the twilight alpine flower and cactus. "Will these even grow here?"

"Anything will grow here if I want it too. Sides, with your skills you could get anything to grow here regardless."

Poppy smiled at him before turning around and starting forward. The two then took a moment, Snatcher helping her dig two holes a little a ways from the roses so Poppy could carefully put her two new additions into her new garden and carefully pat them in. Smiling as a mother would smile at her children when she was done, even if the bottom half of her dress and hands were all dirty afterwards. She took a moment just....staring and smiling at her new beautiful garden and Snatcher stared at her with a bright smile on his face seeing her smile so genuinely after so long....before frowning and looking down.

".....Listen, Poppy." She looked back up to him and he felt worry pool in his gut. "I know I....made mistakes when we first met again and if you....really want to live somewhere else or even break from the contract I'll respect your choice fully."

"....That's so sweet of ya but.....I'm not planning on going anywhere for a while."

he snapped to her blinking. "Wait. Really?"

She nodded smiling before looking back to the roses. "Ah really don't where I'd go if I did. Never did have any interest in travelin' 'round. And...A-And I think I enjoy havin' the safety of a purple onion." She shrugged. "Maybe things will change in the future but right now....I'm happy and content at this moment." She looked at him, moonlight making her blue eyes shine. "Thank you."

He felt yellow flush through his face again and he quickly turned away. "Y-Yeah. Well you know where to find me if you ever change your mind! I-It's not like Im super attatched or anything you know! You're your own person after all! You can make up your mind any way you want!"

Soft hands grabbed his neck fluff and yanked him down to eyes level with those blue eyes suddenly and Snatcher didn't have any moment to react before a pair of soft lips gave him a quick peck on his fanged mouth. And he froze! Poppy pulled back and stared at him for a moment....before snickering. His mouth had dropped wide open, eyes small as a dime, and his entire face a bright yellow. The fluff around his neck fluffing up to new heights as he just sat there. OH PECK!! OH PECK!! OH PECK- POPPY KISSED HIM!! LIKE REALLY R E A L L Y KISSED HIM!! LIKE-....A REAL ROMANTIC KISS!! Her snickering brought him out of his stuper as he sqawked like a bird and immediately pulled away. And Poppy opened the flood gates to laughter as she snorted and laughed at his flustered state.

"Y-Your- AHAHAHAHAHA! *snort* F-FACE!! I-IT LOOKS LIKE A JACK O LANTURN!!"

"WELL!! I THINK ITS TIME TO GO!! AFTER ALL YOU'RE BABYSITTER ALL NIGHT!! AND IM NOT HELPING!!,'' he yelled out as he began floating away.

Poppy reached out for him before stubbling to her feet still laughing and chasing after him. "W-WAIT!! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!! AHAHAHA!!"

"YES YOU DID!! BACK TO SPACE WITH YOU!!"

"HAHAHA!! NO I DIDNT!!

"YES!! YOU!! DID!!"

The red head chased the flustered ghosts back towards the tree home. A gently wind blowing more petals to the ground.

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