It was so obvious. The sideways glances, the blushing, the staring at the ground whenever the other one's name was mentioned… the signs all pointed to love. How the other pets didn't noticed was beyond Fly. The fact was that Penny and Russell were in love, but both were too shy to say it.
But what could a little black spider do about it? Especially one named Fly?
In the past…
A tiny black spider smiled to herself as she crawled under a petal. Finally, a home! The petals not only allowed a bit of warm sun in while providing enough shade to be comfortable, they provided a good place to place a temporary web. Eventually the petals would fall off, but by then the little spider would have built a web stretching from the plant to the ground.
Soon she was busy spinning her web. The near invisible threads formed a complex pattern that nature had inexplicitly asked her to make. Letting instinct take over, the little spider cheerfully crossed string after string, enjoying the simple fact that she was a spider doing what nature intended her to do. String after string after…. hairy brown leg?
The little black spider looked up at the large wolf spider. "Excuse me." The black spider said with a respect that bordered on fear. The other spider that had interrupted her work was a very large Wolf Spider, and (while the black spider had some frightful tales of cannibalism about Wolf Spiders) the little spider thought that as long as she didn't sound afraid or disrespectful that he would leave her alone.
"What are doing here?" He asked bluntly. "Making a web." The spider answered. She was starting to get a bit nervous. It was obvious what she was doing. Why did he have to ask?
Because he was stalling, she realized.
Using a trick her brother taught her, she moved one of her eyes around until she spotted two other spiders creeping up on her. Suddenly, she folded her legs in and slipped though the web. The Wolf Spider looked stunned, and then tore through the web in and started to chase her.
Running was never something that the little black spider was good at, but the Wolf Spiders were made for it. The little black spider wasn't the only prey that they had to chase down. Soon she was caught in a triangle of very angry looking spiders.
"Look, I'm not going to eat you. You have something that I need, and in exchange, I'm giving you life. You have webs, and they provide food. Unless you give us the food, you'll be the food. Got that, Fly?"
At first the little spider thought that he was calling one of the spiders "Fly", but then she realized he was calling her "Fly". Anger surged though the spider. "Fly" was one of the worst things you could call a spider. "My name's not Fly. It's-" She stopped talking. The Wolf Spider was smiling in an unsettling way.
"My name's Fang. And I think that your name is Fly. As long as I have these fangs, I have might. And might is right. So I'm always right. Remember that." The newly named Fly nodded her head. "Good. Several of our, well, earlier web weaving friends," The other two snickered at this point while Fly paled. "prepared a little place for you. Every day we'll get you out to build the webs. We'll always watch. Then we'll bring you back home." The other two snickered stupidly again.
"Oh look! It's nighttime. Time sure flies when you're having fun. What do you say we escort this lovely lady to her new home?" Laughing like idiots, the three pushed Fly until they reached a hole in the ground. They then shoved her into it. They shut a very thick and cleverly designed web door. But before Fang fully shut it, as Fly fell, he saw something that scared him very much.
Inside the dark and slightly slimy hole, Fly was also scared. She could see absolutely no way out. Very softly, she began to cry.
Back in the present…
Watching Penny and Russell now, Fly tried to think of a plan. They needed to know that they both were in love, but she couldn't rush things too much.
Fly had lived in Littlest Pet Shop before any of the pets even came. Often she would sneak some of the pet food to eat. It was actually pretty good. She had never, ever talked to any of the other pets. In fact, none of them knew about her. But now Fly thought she need a little "outside help" to get them to realize that they were meant to each other.
But who to ask? Minka, Digby, Zoe or Buttercream? Or what about Vinnie, Sunil, Pepper or Shivers? There were even more pets that came to LPS then Fly could count!
So who should she ask?
Author's note: So who should Fly ask? Vote in the reviews! I'll count the reviews on November 8th. You can vote for pets that Fly didn't list as well. Just no OCs please!