A/N: I just got back from a three day long camping trip and I came up with this idea for a story while I was there. This is a werewolf story for 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman', and this does mean that I will be discontinuing 'Sherman Snaps' to do this story. This is an AU and a prequel to MPAS. Enjoy!
A U-haul truck parked itself in front of a two story brown house. Out of the truck came a white beagle with black circular glasses and a red bow tie, his name was Mr. Peabody, one of the world's most intelligent and most accomplished canines ever to walk the Earth.
"Come on out, Sherman. We're here, Wolf Creek Colorado" said Mr. Peabody. Out of the other side of the moving truck came out Mr. Peabody's four-year-old adopted human son, Sherman. He had auburn hair, and pale white skin, he also wore black circular glasses along with white sneakers, a white t-shirt and black shorts.
"Why did we have to move, Mr. Peabody?" asked Sherman.
"Because, well... New York isn't a nice place to live for a child. It's filled with crime, and so much negative energy. That's why we moved here, so you could have a better childhood" Mr. Peabody explained. Sherman looked down to the ground sadly. Mr. Peabody couldn't stand to see his son like that so he got on one knee and put a paw on his left cheek.
"Tell you what, when you're older, we can move back to New York. Sound good?" asked Mr. Peabody. Sherman looked up with wide eyes and a smile, and he just nodded. Mr. Peabody then began to open up the back of the truck and then someone approached him. It was a couple and they had a child about Sherman's age behind the mother's legs.
"Hello there" said the mother.
"Greetings, neighbor" Peabody said as he took a big box out of the truck that had 'Books' written on the side with black sharpie.
"I'm Julia McClaine, this is my husband, Marcus. We live right next door to you, it's the little white house on the right" Julia said. Marcus had a stone jaw, messy brown hair that was all frizzled up, he also had a brown mustache. He wore a green t-shirt and camouflage pants, and black hiking boots. Julia on the other hand wore a light gray long sleeved shirt with a widened neck hole that showed her shoulders and black bra straps, she also wore black skinny jeans with some back High top sneakers. Her appearance was pale white, she wore black eye-liner, had auburn hair that went down to her shoulder blades, she also very skinny.
"And who might this be?" Mr. Peabody asked referring to the child behind Julia's legs. The child was male, he stepped in front of Julia's legs to reveal a pale white skinned boy with brown hair like Marcus' hair, only it was grown out more and it covered up his ears, and forehead. His clothes were a long sleeved black shirt with Captain America's shield on the front, he wore gray skinny jeans, and he had on some small Adidas on that were white with black stripes.
"This is our four-year-old son, Hayden" Julia said.
"What a coincidence, my adopted son is four years old as well" Mr. Peabody said. Sherman walked up from behind Mr. Peabody to see the McClaine family.
"Sherman, this is Mr. and Mrs. McClaine. And they have a son, he's four just like you" Peabody said. Sherman and Hayden approached each other and just stared at each other with no emotion on their faces.
"Go on, go play" Julia encouraged. Sherman looked back to Mr. Peabody and he spoke.
"Go ahead, have some fun" the beagle said.
"I'll take you to the park" Hayden said. Sherman followed Hayden across the street and ran to the public playground and sat down in the sand box.
"What's wrong?" asked Hayden.
"I didn't wanna move away from New York" Sherman said. Hayden's eyes went wide.
"You said you were from New York?" Hayden asked. Sherman nodded and then the other boy smiled.
"I was born there" he said. Sherman began to smile and they just talked about New York together.
After a while, the sun was going down and the street-lights turned on.
"Hayden! Sherman!" shouted Marcus.
"Coming!" the both of them shouted. They ran across the street and went to their homes.
"Wait" Hayden said. Sherman looked to Hayden.
"What is it?" asked Sherman.
"We need a pact" Hayden said holding up his hand. Sherman put his hand up too and pressed it against Hayden's own. They closed their fingers and then Hayden began to speak.
"From this day forward to the end of time, Hayden and Sherman remain best friends forever. Without the one there can't be the other. When we come of age we will go to New York together. Out of Wolf Creek at eighteen or dead in the scene but together forever" Hayden said. Sherman took a deep breath and spoke.
"Together forever" Sherman said. The two smiled at one another and broke their grip.
"See you tomorrow!" shouted Hayden as he ran inside his house. Sherman went inside and had dinner with his father.
Three Years Later
Sherman was now seven years old as well as Hayden who are now attending first grade together. The red-headed boy was asleep in his bed and the time was six o' clock in the morning. He heard a knock at his window, he got out of bed, put his glasses on, and opened up the window to see Hayden now wearing a black and gray striped long sleeve sweater, black skinny jeans, and Doc Marten combat boots. In Hayden's hand was a red velvet muffin with a lit candle in the middle.
"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear, Sherman. Happy birthday to you" Hayden said in a sing-song voice as he got into Sherman's room through the window.
"I thought we agreed no cake" Sherman said.
"Muffin's are breakfast food, so it doesn't count" Hayden said.
"How did you even get up to my roof?" Sherman asked. Hayden smiled and rolled his eyes.
"Isn't it obvious?" he asked.
"Tree?" Sherman guessed. Hayden nodded and spoke back.
"Tree" Hayden said. There was a very large tree in the middle of a large space that separated Hayden's house from Sherman and Peabody's house. Hayden and Sherman would sometimes go out their windows and walk on the large branches of the tree to get to one another's rooms.
"After ten years that tree has been there and they still haven't cut it down?" Sherman asked.
"I know, it surprises me too" Hayden said, handing the muffin to Sherman.
"Make a wish. But don't say it so loud or it won't come true" Hayden said with his hands behind his back. Sherman smiled, closed his eyes and blew the candle out. He then opened his eyes and Hayden patted him on the shoulder.
"Get dressed, we've got school today" Hayden said walking out of Sherman's room and into the kitchen.
"Good morning, Mr. Peabody" Hayden said as he sat down at the dining room table.
"Ah, Hayden. Nice to see you. Did you wish Sherman a happy seventh birthday yet?" asked the beagle.
"I did, I gave him a little red velvet muffin with a lit candle in it" Hayden told him.
"And you got into Sherman's room by using the large tree in the middle of our houses?" asked Mr. Peabody as he put a plate of pancakes on the table for Sherman.
"Guilty as charged, sir" Hayden said with a smile and shrugging his shoulders. Sherman then came down a few seconds later wearing his signature white t-shirt, black shorts, and white sneakers.
"Good morning Sherman, and happy birthday" said Mr. Peabody as he placed syrup on the pancakes.
"Pancakes, Hayden?" asked Mr. Peabody.
"No thanks, I already had breakfast before I came here" said Hayden as he fiddled around with something in his pocket.
"What's in there?" asked Sherman.
"Birthday present" Hayden said taking out a necklace. It was a Horcrux locket replica from 'Harry Potter', a film and book series both Sherman and Hayden enjoyed a lot.
"Happy big seven, Sherman" Hayden said placing the locket at Sherman's hand.
"It's like yours" Sherman said as he picked it up. Hayden took his own Horcrux locket out of hiding from underneath his shirt and showed it to him.
"I know, I wanted us to be matching. It's like a little friendship necklace sort of thing" Hayden explained. Sherman put the necklace on and looked at how he looked with it on.
"Thank you" Sherman said simply.
"You're welcome" Hayden said. As soon as Sherman finished up the last of his pancakes, the two of them ran out the door. Mr. Peabody called out to the boys.
"You can go out tonight if you want, Hayden's parents and I already talked it over. But don't stay out too late, the news says there's still some wild animal on the loose and none of us are safe until that thing is caught" Peabody called out.
"Okay" the two of them said in unison as they walked to school together. Peabody teared up a little bit.
"My little boy is growing up" he said with his voice cracking a bit as he watched the two friends walk to school together and wiped a few tears away from his face.
A/N: There you have it, chapter one! Hayden and Sherman became best friends after Sherman moved to Wolf Creek and they found out that the two of them had one out of many things in common, they were both born and used to live in New York. They also made a pact to be best friends forever. Also, it's Sherman's seventh birthday and Hayden and Sherman have friendship 'Harry Potter' lockets to display their friendship. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!