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Ever since the Rock Fraggle had been held prisoner, what felt like quite some time ago now, Cave Fraggles had started branching off, curious about the world as Mokey had explained it; had seen it. Punzie was one of those Cave Fraggles. Just over a week ago, she'd set off with just some radishes and the coat on her back - the hat had been forgotten, her short hair now free to bounce as she moved - and since then, she had seen precious few other Fraggles, but had discovered many, many other things!

One of those things was that music was everywhere. It went far beyond a song sung or words chanted. And oh, did music - free and natural music - move her. Because of this, she often sang as she continued her journey through the underground, further and further from Fraggle Cave.

"♫I wanna break every rule and cross every line
I wanna show all the stars how stars oughta shine
I wanna do as I please, and knock the world to its knees
And go wherever the breeze is going!♪"

She turned a tunnel's corner as she sang, head held high. It felt so good to be out here, like it was where she should have been all this time.

"♫Next stop: anywhere
Got a whole wide world to see, nothing's stopping me
Next stop: anywhere
'Cause there's so much waiting, I know it's waiting
I feel it waiting out there
Everywhere...♪"

Fraggle Cave was all Punzie had ever known until the war. She'd heard about those other Fraggles, from Granny, but always vague things. Always bad things... It certainly hadn't been the sort of thing that would make you want to visit them. Honestly, Punzie hadn't even been sure what Granny was saying was true, the way she sometimes let her mind get away from her.

But everything had changed when the Fraggles from Fraggle Rock came. For many at the Cave, the change was fleeting, or little, or both, but for Punzie... Suddenly, what had always been the whole world felt very small. There was something about the Rock Fraggles that was compelling. They were different, they were... More. And very different from what Granny had described, that had eventually become clear. A while passed where Punzie tried to return to the life she'd known, but she just couldn't. There was something calling her away now.

And a quarter-cycle after the war, she made up her mind in the way she'd already made up her heart. She was going to Fraggle Rock. Granny didn't like it, but even Cave Fraggles were still Fraggles. They had rules, but within those rules, they were still the only ones in charge of themselves. As she set off, Punzie had started to feel excited. This would be a new life, a good life.

But now? She'd been at Fraggle Rock for barely a day, and she was overwhelmed; confused. Nothing made sense here, not to her. And there was so much of all the nonsense... Maybe this hadn't been a good idea, after all. She wanted to sink into a little hidey-hole and just- Take a moment, at least, to regroup. Think about this. But she couldn't get anywhere in these crowds, and she didn't know where any hidey-holes were here, anyway.

A splash, followed by cheers, had Punzie instinctively looking to the source of the noise. And the Fraggle whose head bobbed up in the water... She knew that Fraggle! She'd stopped the war, hadn't she?

"E-Excuse me..." she mumbled as she made her way through the masses and to the edge of the lake.

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