Disclaimer: I don't own Hamtaro, but I find that the Ham-Hams very cute and
interesting. I do however own Lunette and Snuff.
A/N: this is the first time I have tried these two categories. At the moment I haven't decided on what parings I want, so I am somewhat open with suggestions in the reviews. I do know that this will be Travis/Laura.
Innocent Kiss Chapter one: On why there should be Good Samaritan laws for helping mages.
It was a quiet peaceful evening and the young boy was on his way home. Soccer practice was over a bit late, but he didn't mind. Travis hummed to himself as he tossed the black and white ball up into the air, only to catch again. He was happy that he managed to score several times earlier. His peaceful walk was interrupted by a piercing screech. He flinched and the soccer ball bounced off his head. Grumbling he chased it. He caught it as it stopped in front of an alley. He looked up from picking up his ball and saw a white cat with grey fur around its paws. The cat had cornered something. Being the champion of the little guy, and somewhat annoyed at being bopped on the head, he decided to intervene. He took the ball in his hands, measured the angle, and then drop kicked it. The ball bounced off the far wall, hit in front of the cat startling it, then bounced over it and rolled back in front of the boy.
"Shoo!" He shouted as he did so. The creature the cat cornered darted toward him. It ran over and hid behind his foot. The cat was scared and confused, but quickly caught on to what had happened. Travis glanced down at the field hamster that was cowering behind his right sneaker. It was a sliver-grey hamster with a brown poncho and fedora on. Doing something he shouldn't have, he picked up the small wild critter as he bent down and retrieved his ball. The cat glared at him with gold eyes. He had time to notice the cat had grey on its ears too. He turned and walked out of the alley, still holding the small rodent. Just as he stepped out of the alley, he felt a sharp pain on his lower left calf. He saw the cat dart ahead of him. Turning his head and looking down, he noticed a small scratch on his leg. He turned and glared at the cat that was looking at him with a smug expression. He took a step forward then suddenly the whole world started to spin as his vision blurred. Just as he started to collapse, he felt warmth coming from his hand.
The next thing Travis noticed was the ceiling of his room. Apparently he somehow got home and into bed. Sitting up, he felt that something was amiss. His whole room was huge.
"I must be dreaming," he said in disbelief.
"No, but you may wish you were" said a female voice from behind and to the right of him. He turned and found himself face to face with the hamster he saved earlier. She was sliver-grey all over except for a white crescent moon over her left eye, and on her cheeks. As before she was wearing a brown fedora and matching poncho. She had rosy pink eyes.
"WA!" He shouted jumping back. "What? How?"
"Well, I can answer those questions. But first I have to thank you. You saved my life back there. So let me explain what happened to you. Let me show you something, it will make explaining things easier," said the hamster. She pulled out a small piece of reflective foil. What met Travis's stunned gaze was his reflection, but to him it was wrong. He was a small black hamster, with his same brown eyes. He moved his arm and the reflection did the same. He hit himself on the side of the head, and he felt the sharp pain.
"I'm a hamster... ," he said in shock.
"Yes, but don't worry it can be temporary," the other hamster said.
"But how?" he said sitting down.
"Well, that cat was a sorcerer, a very dark and powerful one. He and I are enemies. I'm a mage and I've stopped some of his plans before. Because he holds grudges he wants to eat me. You distracted him and allowed me to get away. So he cursed you, turning you into a hamster. He was planning to eat you, but I, using your natural magic, interfered. I managed to weaken the curse, and to get us to your home," she said.
"Let me get this straight, you're a mage," he stated. The hamster nodded. "And that cat is a sorcerer. You both have this rivalry going on, and I just happened to caught in it?" She nodded again. "So turn me back."
"I can't," she said embarrassed. "See I was exhausted when I did all of the interference, so the curse and counter-curse got mixed up with your natural magic. You're going to have to cure yourself."
"WHAT!" the boy shouted. "I'M NOT A MAGE!"
"Its not that bad. One, The counter curse will activate soon. However, the curse will reactivate at set time. I don't when it will, or what might trigger it. Two, you are a mage, or a least a potential one. So you could learn how. I just have to teach you," she said in a rush and waving her paws in front of her. Suddenly she collapsed. Worried Travis ran forward.
"Hey what's wrong?" he asked almost panicking.
"Just tired. Plus I have a nasty scratch on my back. I guess I was a bit slow to dodge," she said. "I guess your going to have to get used to this on your own. Just so you will know, my name is Lunette." She said as she blacked out.
(Great, now what?) Travis thought. Sighing he gently pulled her poncho up and notice the three large red scratches over a large white spot on her back. They weren't deep, but they must have hurt. He noticed the clock and realized she must have waited for hours for him to wake up so she could talk to him. Smiling sympathetically, He let her rest. He spotted his cloths at the foot of the bed and scampered over to them. -Badda-badda- He stood over his own shirt and wondered at the size of it. (I must be about eight centimeters tall,) he guessed by comparing himself to his cloths. -Hif-hif- He sniffed the air, and then listened. (Well, my sense of smell and my hearing are better. But still this is such a drag...) He sat down and sighed.
Morning came after the long night, as it always does. Travis yawned then stretched. He noticed his room was the same size as always was. (Maybe, it was a dream,) he thought as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Then he noticed three things; he wasn't wearing any cloths, the hamster he saved was sleeping on his pillow, and his shirt was still at the foot of his bed.
(It could still be a dream right? I mean I could have been very tired last night...) He rationalized. He got up and got dressed for the day. Luckily it wasn't a school day. He gently picked Lunette up and carried her downstairs. Confronting his parents he managed to convince them to let him keep her, at least until she got better. They said they would wait and see if he took good care of her. They would base their decision if he could keep her longer on that. But first they told him to take her to the vet, while they got some pet supplies.
"Well, let's get you fixed up," he whispered to the still sleeping hamster. His trip to the nearest vet was uneventful. But when he walked in to the waiting room, he happened to see someone from his class.
"Hi Travis, what are you doing here?" Kana asked. The raven-haired boy paused when she addressed him.
"I found this injured hamster, and I wanted to help," Travis said, uncharacteristically embarrassed. He showed the girl in glasses Lunette who just woke up.
"Oh she's adorable," Kana gushed. "But don't you have a carrier like I have for Oxnard here?" she said showing Travis her pet. The grey and white hamster looked out at the duo with some curiosity.
"No, at least not yet," Travis said shaking his head. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, Oxnard is needs to get his yearly check up. But don't let me keep you, Go to the desk and get her some help," she said pushing the soccer player to the receptionist.
The receptionist told the boy to go to the back and a veterinarian was shortly with him. The vet easily patched Lunette up, and after Travis explained that he found her, he offered to give her all of her shots. But she would have to stay overnight. Travis wasn't happy, but he agreed.
(I wish he asked me if I would mind staying. But then again he can't understand me anymore. I guess these shots must be important, whatever they are. I wonder if I can eat them,) Lunette thought as she was taken to another room. (Oh well, at least my back isn't bothering me anymore!)
When Travis left the veterinarian's office he went for a walk in the park to sort out his thoughts. He sat down on bench and looked at the people passing by. (Do I really have magic? Or am I just touched in the head? I guess there is one way to test it out...) He stood and glanced around. He found that was looking at him, so he ducked into some bushes. Sitting on the ground Indian style, he concentrated on changing and...
Nothing happened.
"Just as I thought, I must have imagined the whole thing," he said to himself.
"Imagined what?" a girl's voice asked. Travis looked up and met Laura's cheerful, but shy gaze.
"Oh nothing," he said quickly standing up. "Well, I've got to go," he said trying to walk off cool-like.
"Oh. Well can I ask you why you were sitting in some bushes?" Laura asked, some what disappointed at his abrupt departure.
"I...I... I thought I saw a rare bird," he stammered blushing as he walked quickly away. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his left leg, then a sensation of warmth that was slowly spreading up from it. He stopped waved goodbye to Laura, and then jogged away. Laura hesitantly waved back as she quickly lost sight of him.
(I wonder why he was in such a hurry. Did I scare him off or something?) She thought. Travis, on the other hand, had problems, namely the world was getting a heck of a lot larger. The warmth had just about flowed over his whole body. He was quickly getting too small for his cloths as the warmth completely engulfed him. He ducked behind a tree just as his vision flashed white. The next thing he knew the world was black, and something thick and heavy was covering him. He looked around and spotted a circle of light ahead of him. He moved over to it and crawled out of his shirt. As he turned and stared at his cloths, he felt a breeze ruffle his fur.
(Ok, there goes the last of my doubts, now what in the world triggered this? And more importantly how do I get back to myself,) he thought. He pondered his situation for sometime. He was startled out of his continplations by a voice hailing him.
"Hamha! I haven't seen you around her before," some one called out to him. Shocked he jumped up and looked around. "Over here," the voice said. He turned toward the voice and spotted the speaker. It was a large, cream and black furred hamster. He was wearing a yellow hard hat with a green strip around the middle and a red crescent moon on it, and was carrying a shovel.
"Who are you?" Travis asked.
"I'm Boss, and you?" The hamster said walking over to his side.
"Um, I'm...Avis," he said, impulsively giving a different name for himself. (Weird, I've never been spontaneous before...)
"Well Avis, are you new around here?" Boss asked.
"Sort of. I'm here temporally," he answered.
"Well come with me. We shouldn't be here when the human comes back," the other said, pointing toward Travis's cloths. "I live around here."
"I guess," Travis said reluctantly.
"That's the sprit!" The larger hamster exclaimed pulling Travis along. "The others will be glad to meet you!" After being dragged through an entry arch made up of three stones, he was rushed down some underground tunnels. As he was on his way, his guide explained that he build all of them.
"I knew hamsters like to dig, but I didn't know how much!" He said in awe of his environs. "I'm impressed."
"Well you haven't seen anything yet," Boss said stopping in front of a wooden door. "Here we are." He opened the door and Travis saw his first sight of the clubhouse.
A/N: this is the first time I have tried these two categories. At the moment I haven't decided on what parings I want, so I am somewhat open with suggestions in the reviews. I do know that this will be Travis/Laura.
Innocent Kiss Chapter one: On why there should be Good Samaritan laws for helping mages.
It was a quiet peaceful evening and the young boy was on his way home. Soccer practice was over a bit late, but he didn't mind. Travis hummed to himself as he tossed the black and white ball up into the air, only to catch again. He was happy that he managed to score several times earlier. His peaceful walk was interrupted by a piercing screech. He flinched and the soccer ball bounced off his head. Grumbling he chased it. He caught it as it stopped in front of an alley. He looked up from picking up his ball and saw a white cat with grey fur around its paws. The cat had cornered something. Being the champion of the little guy, and somewhat annoyed at being bopped on the head, he decided to intervene. He took the ball in his hands, measured the angle, and then drop kicked it. The ball bounced off the far wall, hit in front of the cat startling it, then bounced over it and rolled back in front of the boy.
"Shoo!" He shouted as he did so. The creature the cat cornered darted toward him. It ran over and hid behind his foot. The cat was scared and confused, but quickly caught on to what had happened. Travis glanced down at the field hamster that was cowering behind his right sneaker. It was a sliver-grey hamster with a brown poncho and fedora on. Doing something he shouldn't have, he picked up the small wild critter as he bent down and retrieved his ball. The cat glared at him with gold eyes. He had time to notice the cat had grey on its ears too. He turned and walked out of the alley, still holding the small rodent. Just as he stepped out of the alley, he felt a sharp pain on his lower left calf. He saw the cat dart ahead of him. Turning his head and looking down, he noticed a small scratch on his leg. He turned and glared at the cat that was looking at him with a smug expression. He took a step forward then suddenly the whole world started to spin as his vision blurred. Just as he started to collapse, he felt warmth coming from his hand.
The next thing Travis noticed was the ceiling of his room. Apparently he somehow got home and into bed. Sitting up, he felt that something was amiss. His whole room was huge.
"I must be dreaming," he said in disbelief.
"No, but you may wish you were" said a female voice from behind and to the right of him. He turned and found himself face to face with the hamster he saved earlier. She was sliver-grey all over except for a white crescent moon over her left eye, and on her cheeks. As before she was wearing a brown fedora and matching poncho. She had rosy pink eyes.
"WA!" He shouted jumping back. "What? How?"
"Well, I can answer those questions. But first I have to thank you. You saved my life back there. So let me explain what happened to you. Let me show you something, it will make explaining things easier," said the hamster. She pulled out a small piece of reflective foil. What met Travis's stunned gaze was his reflection, but to him it was wrong. He was a small black hamster, with his same brown eyes. He moved his arm and the reflection did the same. He hit himself on the side of the head, and he felt the sharp pain.
"I'm a hamster... ," he said in shock.
"Yes, but don't worry it can be temporary," the other hamster said.
"But how?" he said sitting down.
"Well, that cat was a sorcerer, a very dark and powerful one. He and I are enemies. I'm a mage and I've stopped some of his plans before. Because he holds grudges he wants to eat me. You distracted him and allowed me to get away. So he cursed you, turning you into a hamster. He was planning to eat you, but I, using your natural magic, interfered. I managed to weaken the curse, and to get us to your home," she said.
"Let me get this straight, you're a mage," he stated. The hamster nodded. "And that cat is a sorcerer. You both have this rivalry going on, and I just happened to caught in it?" She nodded again. "So turn me back."
"I can't," she said embarrassed. "See I was exhausted when I did all of the interference, so the curse and counter-curse got mixed up with your natural magic. You're going to have to cure yourself."
"WHAT!" the boy shouted. "I'M NOT A MAGE!"
"Its not that bad. One, The counter curse will activate soon. However, the curse will reactivate at set time. I don't when it will, or what might trigger it. Two, you are a mage, or a least a potential one. So you could learn how. I just have to teach you," she said in a rush and waving her paws in front of her. Suddenly she collapsed. Worried Travis ran forward.
"Hey what's wrong?" he asked almost panicking.
"Just tired. Plus I have a nasty scratch on my back. I guess I was a bit slow to dodge," she said. "I guess your going to have to get used to this on your own. Just so you will know, my name is Lunette." She said as she blacked out.
(Great, now what?) Travis thought. Sighing he gently pulled her poncho up and notice the three large red scratches over a large white spot on her back. They weren't deep, but they must have hurt. He noticed the clock and realized she must have waited for hours for him to wake up so she could talk to him. Smiling sympathetically, He let her rest. He spotted his cloths at the foot of the bed and scampered over to them. -Badda-badda- He stood over his own shirt and wondered at the size of it. (I must be about eight centimeters tall,) he guessed by comparing himself to his cloths. -Hif-hif- He sniffed the air, and then listened. (Well, my sense of smell and my hearing are better. But still this is such a drag...) He sat down and sighed.
Morning came after the long night, as it always does. Travis yawned then stretched. He noticed his room was the same size as always was. (Maybe, it was a dream,) he thought as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Then he noticed three things; he wasn't wearing any cloths, the hamster he saved was sleeping on his pillow, and his shirt was still at the foot of his bed.
(It could still be a dream right? I mean I could have been very tired last night...) He rationalized. He got up and got dressed for the day. Luckily it wasn't a school day. He gently picked Lunette up and carried her downstairs. Confronting his parents he managed to convince them to let him keep her, at least until she got better. They said they would wait and see if he took good care of her. They would base their decision if he could keep her longer on that. But first they told him to take her to the vet, while they got some pet supplies.
"Well, let's get you fixed up," he whispered to the still sleeping hamster. His trip to the nearest vet was uneventful. But when he walked in to the waiting room, he happened to see someone from his class.
"Hi Travis, what are you doing here?" Kana asked. The raven-haired boy paused when she addressed him.
"I found this injured hamster, and I wanted to help," Travis said, uncharacteristically embarrassed. He showed the girl in glasses Lunette who just woke up.
"Oh she's adorable," Kana gushed. "But don't you have a carrier like I have for Oxnard here?" she said showing Travis her pet. The grey and white hamster looked out at the duo with some curiosity.
"No, at least not yet," Travis said shaking his head. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, Oxnard is needs to get his yearly check up. But don't let me keep you, Go to the desk and get her some help," she said pushing the soccer player to the receptionist.
The receptionist told the boy to go to the back and a veterinarian was shortly with him. The vet easily patched Lunette up, and after Travis explained that he found her, he offered to give her all of her shots. But she would have to stay overnight. Travis wasn't happy, but he agreed.
(I wish he asked me if I would mind staying. But then again he can't understand me anymore. I guess these shots must be important, whatever they are. I wonder if I can eat them,) Lunette thought as she was taken to another room. (Oh well, at least my back isn't bothering me anymore!)
When Travis left the veterinarian's office he went for a walk in the park to sort out his thoughts. He sat down on bench and looked at the people passing by. (Do I really have magic? Or am I just touched in the head? I guess there is one way to test it out...) He stood and glanced around. He found that was looking at him, so he ducked into some bushes. Sitting on the ground Indian style, he concentrated on changing and...
Nothing happened.
"Just as I thought, I must have imagined the whole thing," he said to himself.
"Imagined what?" a girl's voice asked. Travis looked up and met Laura's cheerful, but shy gaze.
"Oh nothing," he said quickly standing up. "Well, I've got to go," he said trying to walk off cool-like.
"Oh. Well can I ask you why you were sitting in some bushes?" Laura asked, some what disappointed at his abrupt departure.
"I...I... I thought I saw a rare bird," he stammered blushing as he walked quickly away. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his left leg, then a sensation of warmth that was slowly spreading up from it. He stopped waved goodbye to Laura, and then jogged away. Laura hesitantly waved back as she quickly lost sight of him.
(I wonder why he was in such a hurry. Did I scare him off or something?) She thought. Travis, on the other hand, had problems, namely the world was getting a heck of a lot larger. The warmth had just about flowed over his whole body. He was quickly getting too small for his cloths as the warmth completely engulfed him. He ducked behind a tree just as his vision flashed white. The next thing he knew the world was black, and something thick and heavy was covering him. He looked around and spotted a circle of light ahead of him. He moved over to it and crawled out of his shirt. As he turned and stared at his cloths, he felt a breeze ruffle his fur.
(Ok, there goes the last of my doubts, now what in the world triggered this? And more importantly how do I get back to myself,) he thought. He pondered his situation for sometime. He was startled out of his continplations by a voice hailing him.
"Hamha! I haven't seen you around her before," some one called out to him. Shocked he jumped up and looked around. "Over here," the voice said. He turned toward the voice and spotted the speaker. It was a large, cream and black furred hamster. He was wearing a yellow hard hat with a green strip around the middle and a red crescent moon on it, and was carrying a shovel.
"Who are you?" Travis asked.
"I'm Boss, and you?" The hamster said walking over to his side.
"Um, I'm...Avis," he said, impulsively giving a different name for himself. (Weird, I've never been spontaneous before...)
"Well Avis, are you new around here?" Boss asked.
"Sort of. I'm here temporally," he answered.
"Well come with me. We shouldn't be here when the human comes back," the other said, pointing toward Travis's cloths. "I live around here."
"I guess," Travis said reluctantly.
"That's the sprit!" The larger hamster exclaimed pulling Travis along. "The others will be glad to meet you!" After being dragged through an entry arch made up of three stones, he was rushed down some underground tunnels. As he was on his way, his guide explained that he build all of them.
"I knew hamsters like to dig, but I didn't know how much!" He said in awe of his environs. "I'm impressed."
"Well you haven't seen anything yet," Boss said stopping in front of a wooden door. "Here we are." He opened the door and Travis saw his first sight of the clubhouse.