Mookie

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Reunited

A 13-year old raccoon named Mookie; a little taller, brown eyes and with a necklace that says 'M', walked across the suburbs in the middle of the night after his mom died. He sat down on a rock and looked at the sky. He thought to himself, 'Why did she leave me? I'm almost 13 and already she left me." He sighed to himself and thought that he needed somewhere to go. He climbed up the tree and went to sleep. 2 hours later, another raccoon climbed up the top of the tree and brought him to the log. The next morning, he woke up at 6:00 in the morning. He was surprised to see that he's in a log and with another group of animals. He exhaled deeply just to calm himself down.

"Okay." he whispered. "Let's just calm down and see where I am."

He got up and walked around the forest, just looking around. "Whoa. This seems ginormously awesome."

He climbed the tree and saw the sunrise up from the sky. Another voice came out saying, "Hey, kid. Sleep well?"

Mookie nervously looked down and said, "I guess." He got down and saw another raccoon about his size, only different. He looked at the raccoon and leaned down on the side. He looked in his eyes and recognized him. He gasped silently and said, "RJ? Is that you?"

RJ stared at Mookie and said, "Mookster?"

"Yeah, it's me."

They both screamed hysterically and gave each other a hug. Mookie exclaimed "Dude, I can't believe it's you, man!"

"Neither do I!" cried RJ.

"Man, how long has it been, 7 years?"

"I don't know. I completely lost track of time."

They both laughed hysterically and Mookie said, "How did you find me? I was sleeping in that tree over there."

"Well, I heard a noise last night and I wanted to check it out. When I saw you, I felt that you needed to sleep with a family. So, I thought that was you. I guess I didn't realize it until just now." said RJ.

Mookie chuckles and said, "I wish I could say the same. My mom died yesterday."

RJ put his hand on his shoulder and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"Me neither. I'm almost 13 and I'm afraid to celebrate my 13th birthday with no one around. It's gonna be really lonely when it's just me." said Mookie.

RJ thought about it and then thought, "I'm not gonna let you spend it alone. We're gonna make you a part of our family."

"We?" asked Mookie.