Konnichwa minna-san! Well, here's my first story! Yippy! This might be a little weird but oh well. *sigh* Hai. Can't do a thing about. Please review. I'd really like it if you did. And if you have any idea for this story, good for you! Cause I don't!

Disclaimer: Hamtaro doesn't belong to me. (but he's so cuuutte!)

Chapter: 1

Found

      "Hmm…? Hey Conna, look at this!" Laura squatted down and peered at a strip of paper that was lying on the ground, in the middle of the sidewalk. It was kinda of yellowish-gray and the edges were tattered. Basically, it was old. Laura picked it up and held it to her face. 'Weird. I've never seen these types of symbols before. They sorta resemble the Kanji you see at the shrines around here. Hmm…"

      Conna looked at it too and gently took it out of Laura's hands. After a moment, she flipped it over. She gasped. "Laura, Laura! Look! Isn't it cute?" Laura also looked at the back and squealed. There, drawn in black ink, was the most realistic drawing of a hamster they had ever seen. It was like a photo, but 3-D, without the glasses. It was beautiful. "Whoa! I wonder who drew this. Maybe someone dropped it?"

      Both girl's looked at each other, and then behind them. The streets were empty, save for a tall woman who was walking away in the opposite direction. "Hey? Do you think she dropped it?" Conna shrugged and stood up. She waved her hand.

"Either way, come on!" She grabbed Laura's hand and they both took after the woman, calling out.

      "Wait! Ma'am! Wait up!" The woman was walking at a brisk, even pace and quickly turned the corner. She had an air of mystery. She wore a forest green trench coat, a large red hat, and high heels. Suddenly, she turned a corner into an ally way. Conna and Laura glanced at each other, thinking the same thing. 'What?'

      Slowly, both girls followed and peeked around the corner. No one was there! Laura gave Conna a look. "Creepy," she breathed. Conna nodded and was about to inch back around to the main road when she spotted something in the middle of the alleyway. Quickly, she caught Laura's sleeve and pulled her back. Without making a sound, she pointed to the object. Laura nodded, and both holding onto each other, made their way into the ally. There, lying in the middle of the ally was a small book.

      The book was a small, blue, leather bound book. It could have been a diary. Laura cautiously picked it up and moved it from one hand to the other. "Do ya think we should open it?" Her voice came out as a whisper. Everything was quiet for a drawn out time. Finally, Conna took it and slowly opened it. Both girls' gasped in wonder when they saw what was inside. That book had to have had been 300 pages thick at least, and on every page were 20 symbols with their meaning accompanied with it. 

      Conna instantly became excited. "Hey! I think this is like a key! Or… or a dictionary guide to the symbols on that scrap on paper we found. Now we can find out what that paper says!" Conna waved the book around, smiling. "Isn't this cool! Like being spies and decoding a secret message!"

      Laura shifted feet uneasily. She frowned. "I don't know. Maybe it's private, or important. Maybe we shouldn't. We should just turn the book and the paper into the Police. That lady could be looking for it!"

      Conna gave her a dumbfounded look. "Laura… the Police? Isn't that a bit much. We can do it after I decode this message. After all, it's got a picture of a hamster on it. It's got to be interesting! Don't you want to find out what it says? We have all weekend." Laura smiled sheepishly and nodded.

"Alright, alright. I want to know what it says too, but we have to turn it in by Sunday. Okay?"

Conna nodded, brightly smiling. "Okay"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Conna's house~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Laura was sprawled on the floor, chewing on her thumbnail as she flipped the pages on the blue book, comparing the symbols on the strip of paper. Suddenly, the bedroom door swung open with a bang and Conna came in; balancing two plates of pizza and chips, stacked on top of each other, on one hand and two cups and a jug of orange juice in the other. "Ugh!" She placed her things on her desk with a thump and sat in her chair. "So, what'd you find?"

      As Conna passed her a glass of juice and her plate of food, Laura passed Conna her sheet of note book paper that she was write her translations on. She had copied the symbols from the strip of paper to her own and put each of the symbols in a vertical line. Then she put = signs next to the symbols. For the symbols that she had found, she had written the word next.

      Conna blinked and took a sip of her juice. "Hm… Something, something, dreams, something, form, something, unsure, something, something, something, something, Transform? Weird. I like it! Let's find the rest! Shove over and let me help."

      And so both girls stayed until 6:00pm, when Laura had to go home. They had accomplished a lot and were almost finished. It said, "Beyond, something, dreams, something, form, something, unsure, anything close and loved. Transform." It didn't make sense, but oh well. Conna walked her to the door. "Alright. I promise. I won't even touch it until you come over in the morning."

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Ja ne!

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