Author's Notes: Hey guys! I'm back! I just hafta say it one more time, thanks for all the support and reviews for Porcelain Cowgirl! I appreciate it so much! Anyway, I've been working on this one since I finished Porcelain, and I'm super excited. I decided to write the entire thing first before posting anything so you won't be stuck waiting for the next chapter to be posted for months. I'll be posting every Wednesday (hopefully if I don't forget!). It's not terribly long, but whateves. So let's get down to it!

Summary: Over the years, Sid Phillips has changed, a lot. He turned his life around by going steady, and eventually getting married to the most innocent girl in the world. And it worked out that they were the only two people on Earth that knew the secret of toys. They both work together to fix and rescue old toys and find them new homes. And although he's been able to let go of all of his previous mistakes, there is one thing that still haunts Sid's thoughts: The cowboy.

Meanwhile, it's been a year and a half since the incident with Sunnyside and Lotso. Jessie's hat falls out the window, and she is bound and determined to get it back before morning, when Bonnie is supposed to take her to the dentist, even if it means dragging Buzz Lightyear with her. Woody has overall thoughts of nervousness due to a story that a wild dog is roaming the streets who attacked one of the neighbors. Going out at night turns out to be a huge mistake...

Chapter 1

Emma

"Do you think I'm doing the right thing?"

"What?"

"I mean, in life. Did I make a good choice?"

"To marry me? I hope you'd think that was a good choice…"

"Not that. I mean fixing up toys, instead of being a nurse. Was quitting medical school a good decision?"

Sid Phillips sighed and turned over in bed. He reached his arm over to the lamp and turned it on. His brunette beauty Emma was sitting up her head resting on her hands.

"You quit medical school over a year ago Emma. Why think about it now?" he asked groggily.

"I'm just having some… regrets I suppose," she replied.

"Do you enjoy what you do more than being in medical school?"

"Well, yes. Much more."

"Then why are you regretting your decision?"

Emma averted her eyes. "My parents called about our financial situation again today. I just can't help thinking I should be supporting you more."

Sid rubbed his hand against his face. "Just a few more years and I'll be done with school. Did you tell them I was still looking for another job?"

"Yes. But you love your job. And I love your job too. You're a hero."

Sid scoffed. "Oh yeah, sure. I'm a hero to the secret population of this town."

"You're making a difference! People like my parents just don't understand."

"Collecting scraps isn't going to put bread on the table for the rest of our lives. I mean… if we ever want to be parents…"

"We'll figure something out. I'll get a job at a Wendy's if I have to. Maybe I can start charging more for fixing up toys?" Emma said.

"More than half of your patients walk here themselves. I don't think that'll work out too well."

Emma frowned. "Maybe if I just told my parents… y'know, about toys…"

"You know you can't do that," Sid said solemnly.

"They're my parents Sid! I can't keep it a secret for the rest of my life! And yeah, if we ever want to have children, are we going to keep it a secret from them too? How well is that going to work out?"

"Some people just… don't react well to surprising things like that. You know very well I was in therapy for several years. My family thought I was genuinely crazy."

"Suppose my parents did believe me, and I showed them the truth."

"I think they'd panic. The whole world would panic if they knew. They'd have obscure government agencies cutting up toys trying to figure out how they work. We have the responsibility of protecting that secret."

Emma lowered her head. "You'd better get some sleep. You'll be at work in a few hours…"

"Thanks for reminding me." Sid smiled, but he saw that his wife wasn't cheering up. He lifted up her chin. "Come on Emma, we're in a recession. Everyone is having financial problems. We might have to sacrifice some things, but we'll always have each other, right?" He kissed her on the forehead.

Sid remembered when he met his wife. He was a wreck, struggling with depression. The one thing that kept him going was his old job as a garbage man. And that was exactly what led him to Emma.

He picked up the garbage in front of her house every week, not thinking much of it, until one day when he saw a dirty little stuffed bunny sitting at the garbage can next to hers. And ever since he was a teenager, Sid knew the truth about toys.

There was this wonderful, colorful world hidden beneath everyone's noses, and Sid had to have the pants scared off him to see it. He got over it, with vigorous counseling, but there was that one unsettling image that plagued his mind every so often: The cowboy doll. And it was that very image, the very phrase the demonic doll had said to him ran through his mind as he saw that sad little unloved stuffed bunny on the street.

Sid figured not all toys were as terrifying as the cowboy. He had his old mutant toys he'd disheveled fixed up as best as he could possibly manage. There wasn't much he could do, but for some reason they emanated a happier feeling. Maybe he was too naive, but Sid had guessed that they never hated him, but were only disappointed. And despite his attempts, his toys never spoke to him again.

But his collection started to grow as he found more abandoned toys without homes. He took them in, tried to fix them up, sometimes gave them away, and those who were simply impossible to repair he kept special.

The dirty stuffed bunny on corner appealed to him, and so he picked it up gently, and started to head to his truck. He got teased on several occasions for keeping toys, so he tried not to let anyone see him, until a voice called out behind him.

"Wait! I'm sorry, we have one more bag!" shouted a young woman running out of the house. She was dragging a large garbage bag.

Sid suddenly felt very uncomfortable with the raggedy bunny still in his arms. He turned around to see her. She was very pretty, wearing a neat yellow cardigan and blue jeans, brown hair pinned up in a ponytail. Her eyes took less than a second to notice the stuffed bunny.

She stood a few feet away, awkwardly holding her bag of trash and staring at the bunny intently. Sid started to go red as he followed her eyes.

"You're not going to throw that away, are you?" she asked eyes still fixed.

"… Do you want it? I mean… not that I care, but I'm sure it would be very happy not to be thrown out…" he mumbled back.

Her eyebrows furrowed, and her big eyes focused on his face. "Happy?"

Sid's face flushed. "I don't know, what would it feel like if you were a toy?!" he said suddenly, and then shoved the bunny in her arms.

He took the trash and left her on the street in a daze.

And after that, every week without fail she would be waiting him on the street corner. He learned her name was Emma Walton. Her parents had pushed her into going into the medical field at the local college, but she really had this magical talent of fixing up old toys. One week she showed Sid the newly repaired raggedy bunny that had almost been thrown out.

This girl was changing him.

Suddenly he stopped wearing skulls all the time, and felt like there was something he looked forward to every week.

Sid went back to school to start a career as a civil engineer. He picked up a few odd jobs here and there, including one going through scraps and junk to fix up and use again. He especially enjoyed it, because more than ever he was finding old toys and saving them.

Repairing worn out toys came easier to him now. He'd never be as good as Emma, but the toys he fixed didn't look half as bad as they used to.

And when Emma went on her first date with him, despite her parents looming disapproval, she knew her life would never be the same. Somehow fate pulled the only two people on the Earth who knew the truth about toys together. But from the moment they first met, they kind of subconsciously knew that all along.

So although his wife laid back down with a concerned expression, Sid smiled and sighed, wondering how one girl could turn his world completely upside down.