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Not Quite Make-Believe

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Adriaan "omegabyte" den Ouden
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Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Ness, and he was friends with a little girl named Sonya. Ness and Sonya liked to make toys for their other friends, and were working on a very special one when they got into an argument. The argument soon turned to a fight, and the pair went their separate ways. Ness went and worked on the toy with his friend Philip, while Sonya decided to keep working on her own.

But Ness didn't work hard enough, and soon Sonya's toy was the most popular, leaving poor Ness all alone. Pleased with what she had accomplished, Sonya started working even harder, and soon created a new toy that was so popular that nobody wanted to hang out with poor Ness anymore.

Ness was heart-broken. The girl that he had once worked with had taken all his friends from him. But he gritted his teeth and decided that he would do his best and try to win back his friends. So he worked and toiled, worked and toiled, for many long days, and eventually he'd made his newest and bestest toy yet.

It was small, it was fun, and it was new! Ness was so proud, so he started showing it to everyone he could find. But Sonya's toy was so popular, they just laughed at him, but he didn't give up! He kept on playing it, letting everyone see how much fun it was, and soon, little by little, people started looking his way.

"Wow, that actually looks kinda neat!" they'd say, and soon many of his old friends had rejoined him, wanting a turn with his new toy. More and more went over to his side, and Sonya just watched jealously.

"That's fine," she said. "I'll just make a new toy. It'll be bigger and better than my old one, and everyone will come back to me and leave stupid Ness!" So she worked and toiled, confident that her toy was superior. But Ness wasn't done yet either. His latest toy had given him an idea, and so he started working again, and just as Sonya began showing off her newest toy, Ness had something new as well.

Like his last toy, it was small, new, and above all, fun! Sonya's toy was big, heavy, and in the end just not as much fun as her last one. It didn't take long before everyone was cheering for little Ness, and playing with his toys. Sonya was dumbstruck. She couldn't believe it! She had everything, and now she had nothing.

Sonya may have lost the battle, but the war was far from over, and she was determined to one day beat Ness again. Their rivalry would continue. If only that stupid Billy kid would stop trying to push his way into the game.

The End!