Archive of Our Own ^beta

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So! To start things off, all the stories that'll be posted here will

1. Not be related to the Aftermath story, all of these are requests I've gotten on my tumblr account.

2. Will feature Ocs

3. Will also be just random scenarios that pop into my head.

So I hope you guys enjoy reading these stories!

Chapter Text

"I've just about had it!"

Buster's ears perked up slightly at the sound of Mike yelling. He, along with Ms. Crawly, sat at the two front row seats listening and watching as Ash practiced her guitar when they heard the mouse yell. Buster got out of his chair and made his way to the back of the stage.

"This is the fifth time this week! I swear, when I get my hands on whoever-"

"Woah, Mike!" Buster quickly said before the mouse would say another word. He approached the group of animals in front of him; consisting of Johnny, Meena, Rosita, Nooshy, and Gunter. Mike was facing away from the koala, staring down at his phone at his own reflection and preventing him from seeing the mouse's face.

"What's going on back here?" He asked the animals in front of him.

"I'll tell ya what's going on! This!" It was then that the mouse turned around. Revealing to Buster why he was so angry.

All over Mike's face were small doodles, as well as a fake mustache, drawn on his white fur in black marker.

While Johnny and Meena had nervous expressions on their faces, Nooshy was laughing so hard that she seemed close to tears. Rosita gave a stern glare at the lynx for laughing at the mouse's misfortune. Gunter was also smiling and giggling at the the sight of the mouse. Though he kept covering his mouth to prevent anyone from seeing that he was laughing as well.

Buster fought back a giggle as he stared at Mike. It seemed wrong to laugh at something as childish as this, especially seeing how angry Mike was. But at the same time, it was hard to resist a small smile. Mike seemed to notice Buster's struggle to hold back a laugh, glaring up at the koala.

"You think this is funny?! Do you know how hard it is to wash marker off? Especially with white fur?!" He snapped.

"It's your own fault!" Nooshy gasped between breaths, trying to compose herself together. She wiped an invisible tear from her eye, "That's what you get for sleepin' back here. It was bound to happen. Kinda disappointed i didn't think of it first."

Mike rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Buster. "Crap like this has been happening to me all week! First, I found my saxophone case filled with shaving cream and then someone taped a sign that said 'Kick me!' to my back, then..."

As Mike continued to name down the numerous instances where he was pranked, Buster focused his attention on the four animals behind the mouse. He cleared his throat, a serious expression on his face.

"Mike isn't the only one getting tricked by this prankster. I've had a few pranks played on myself recently." He told them, remembering how earlier in the week he sat on a thumbtack that had been placed on his chair in his office. He had felt the tip of the needle as he sat down and quickly got up before anything could happen.

Johnny took a step forward. "I guess I should mention that the same thing has been happening to me as well." He admitted. The previous day, the gorilla had been pranked sometime during rehearsal. He wasn't sure how, but he ended up tripping on stage due to his shoelaces being tied together. He was left confused for the entire day, not sure how someone was able to pull off the stunt without getting noticed by him.

Buster looked at the others. "Anyone else getting pranked?" He asked. To his surprise, the four remaining animals shook their heads.

"Wait. Really? Nothing at all?"

"Nope, Nothing yet." Rosita responded, uncertainty in her voice as she spoke.

"Hey moon! Is everything ok-" Ash walked backstage, guitar in paw as she approached the group. The moment she saw Mike's face, she almost dropped her guitar and started to laugh.

Mike threw both his hands up in exasperation. "That's it! I'm headin' home early!"

"Wait! Hehehe! Mike, don't go!" Ash tried saying without laughing, which proved to be difficult.

"No! I'm gonna go wash this muck off!"

Buster watched as Mike stormed out of the theater. "Okay then.." he turned to the others. "So, about these pranks. Does anyone have any idea who could be causing them?" He asked.

Immediately, all eyes fell onto Nooshy. The lynx noticed their gazes fixed on her and let out a dramatic gasp. "I am hurt! You actually think I'd do somethin' like this?"

"You did just say you were disappointed you didn't get to Mike first." Johnny pointed out.

"That doesn't mean I did it!" She argued. "Wha' about yesterday, huh? I got here late, There's no way I could've done the shoe thing!"

"She has a point." Meena said.

"Look, let's just get back to rehearsals." Buster finally said before turning around to go back to the front row seats. Ash went back on stage, along with the others.

"Is everything alright, Mr. Moon?" Ms. Crawly asked.

"Yes, yes Ms. Crawly." He said reassuringly as he climbed onto the seat. "Just a harmless trick someone played on Mike. Now then. From the top, Ash!" He called out to the porcupine as he took a seat.

Little did he know, a small thumbtack that went unnoticed by the koala layed on the seat. And it wasn't until he sat down that he suddenly leapt up from the chair.

"AH! SON OF A BI-"

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After that day, Buster was expecting things to calm down. But they didn't. For the remainder of the week, he found himself falling victim to several different pranks. The pranks weren't as extreme as the thumbtack in the seat, but they were enough to annoy the koala as well as Mike and Johnny, who were also victims to these pranks.

But the strangest part about it was that they were the only ones getting pranked.

Buster had practically locked himself within his office at this point. The blinds were closed and the door was locked. He sat at his desk, trying to get some paperwork done but his mind was too focused on the prankster that made things a bit difficult during the week. That and the fact that it was dark in the room didn't help.

A sudden knock at the door snapped the koala out of his thoughts. He got up from his chair and opened the door to see Johnny and Mike. But the gorilla's face was covered in what seemed to be shaving cream, a look of annoyance in his eyes as Mike tried to hold back a laugh.

"Mr. Moon, This is getting out of hand." Johnny said bluntly.

"Let me guess. The old 'shaving cream in the hand while you're sleeping trick?'" Buster asked as he grabbed a cloth for the gorilla to wipe his face.

"You should've seen it, Moon!" Mike laughed. "I walked in right as he woke up! The look on his face was hilarious!" As the two walked into the room, Mike's attention then focused on the dark room.

"What's with the lights?"

"Sorry about that, guys." Buster said as he went to open the blinds.

Johnny finished cleaning his face and turned to the koala. "Mr. Moon, we have got to figure how who's been pulling these pranks."

"I couldn't agree more, Johnny." Buster said with a nod. "These pranks have gotten out of hand."

Mike climbed up onto the desk. "I bet you anything that it's the porcupine who's pulling these tricks." He said, an accusing tone to his voice.

Johnny shook his head. "Can't be. Ash was on stage the day you had your face drawn on."

"She could've done it before she went to rehearsal!" Mike argued.

"Still. She's been busy this entire week. When would she have the time to pull off those pranks?"

Mike opened his mouth to speak, his eyebrows furrowed as he tried to think of a explanation. "Well....i...damn it! You're right!"

Buster sat back down on his chair, quickly checking to make sure no thumbtack layed on his seat. He listened as the two went back and forth on potential suspects, lost at the thought of finding out who the prankster was.

That's when he suddenly got an idea. He sat up in his face and looked over at the two. "Guys,"

Johnny and Mike both looked at the Buster.

"I got an idea."

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"I don't like this, Moon." Mike said as he shook his head at the sight in front of him. His precious saxophone was carefully removed from its case by Buster and placed onto a amp that was in the center of the stage.

"I promise you, Mike. Nothing bad will happen to your saxophone." Buster said as he walked back to the two animals. "It's just to lure them out."

"And what makes you think they'll fall for it?" Mike asked with a brow raised.

"Because out of all three of us, the pranks started and have mainly been focused on you," Buster pointed out, much to Mike's displeasure.

"So we just wait here until they show up?" Johnny asked while keeping his eyes on the stage where the saxophone layed.

Buster nodded just as the backstage doors opened. Buster quickly ushered the two to hide and soon joined them after making sure the two wouldn't be seen from where they hid. As the three peeked their heads out from the back, they saw a figure of a animal walk onto the stage. The animal looked to be as tall as Johnny. It wasn't long before a second smaller animal joined them.

"We already got Mike yesterday. Why not go for someone else? Like Johnny?" The smaller animal asked.

Johnny's eyes went wide when he recognized the familiar British accent that came from the animal.

The taller animal giggled. "Aw, come on! Mike never leaves his saxophone out! This is the perfect once in a lifetime opportunity!"

"True, but-" the smaller animal suddenly stopped. "Wait. Something doesn't feel right."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about what you just said. Mike never leaves his saxophone out. And suddenly it's just here?"

"Get your grubby paws off my sax!" Mike suddenly shouted, coming out from the hiding spot and catching the attention of the two animals.

Nooshy and Porsha crystal.

"Damn it! The jig is up!" Nooshy sighed in defeat.

Johnny stepped out from the hiding spot. "Nooshy? But I thought you said you didn't do it!"

"I never said that," Nooshy stated. "I said I didn't do the marker or shoe prank. That was all Porsha."

Porsha let out a nervous chuckle as Buster gave her an unamused look.

Johnny looked baffled for a moment before looking back on that day. He remembered talking to Rosita and Buster about an upcoming show when Porsha walked in. They talked for a while and just as she got ready to leave, she had "accidentally" dropped her phone. Johnny realized she must've taken that opportunity to pull the prank. Though he was upset she did it, he couldn't help but be slightly impressed. He didn't even notice until he had tripped.

Buster sighed and looked up at Porsha and Nooshy. "You two got us good, I'll admit. But there will be consequences considering these pranks interfered with rehearsals this week." He said.

"Yeah, I know.." Porsha sighed, her ears flattened against her head.

"By the way, why did you guys only target us?" Buster asked.

"Well, at first it was just gonna be Mike." Nooshy smirked.

Mike glared up at the lynx. "Hey!"

"You had it comin'," Nooshy looked back at Johnny. "Anyways, after I got Mike the first time, Porsha found out and wanted to do a prank too. Only she suggested we prank Buster next."

"It didn't work at first cause you saw the thumbtack." Porsha chimed in.

"Which, by the way, seemed like a bit much in my opinion." Nooshy added. "And then after that, I just felt like messing with Johnny as well." She smirked.

Johnny gave her a deadpan stare for a moment before a small smile appeared on his face. "I'm gonna get ya back, you know." He said with a slight chuckle.

"I'd like to see you try." Nooshy sneered.

"So that's it then?" Mike questioned. "No one else was involved in any of this?"

"Well..." Nooshy started. "Ash did have a part to play in the pranks involving Mike-"

"I knew it!!" Mike yelled, throwing his arms up in triumph.