Ch.1

Strange Noises

Welcome to my latest fic! I don't expect this fic to be very long, but it's the quality that counts, right? Please R&R!

Maxwell watched from his cage as the owner of the bookstore shut and locked the door. It wasn't uncommon for him to stay the night in the bookstore and most of the he never minded much. Robbers wouldn't exactly choose books on their list of things to steal and most nights were quite peaceful. For the past week, however, that wasn't the case.

"Maybe tonight will be more peaceful" he said to himself before drifting off to slumber.

A loud thud rang out, causing Maxwell's eyes to snap open. "There it is again!" thought Maxwell. He held his breath as he what seemed to be something dragging across the floor. "I don't think that's the machinery in here," said Maxwell as he opened his cage door and hopped out. "I gotta find out what that is!"

The tall hamster tip-pawed towards the sound of what seemed to be pages flipping. "Sounds like it's coming from the sci-fi section." Maxwell hid behind a nearby desk as he snuck a peek inside the sci-fi section. He wasn't alone.

Inside the Sci-fi section was a girl hamster with golden fur with a white underbelly and black around both eyes. She also wore a pair of glasses, which she had to push up quite often. She lay on her stomach as she read the open book on the ground.

"Is she the one whose been making the noise this past week?" Maxwell thought to himself. "I know it's wrong to break into somewhere, but I don't think she's causing any trouble. Maybe I should say hi or would that scare her off?" As he took a step forward, the girl hamster looked up. Upon seeing Maxwell, she hopped to her paws and began to run out of the section.

"H-Hey, wait a second!" shouted Maxwell as he rushed after her. As Maxwell made it out of the sci-fi section, he saw her climbing the shelves of the romance section.

"Hold on a minute!" said Maxwell as he began his ascent. "I'm not gonna hurt you or anything! The girl hamster made her way to the top of the shelf, where she quickly began to run away once again, only to trip over her own paws. As Maxwell made it to the top of the shelf, he saw the hamster girl groping about blindly for he glasses, which had fallen off when she fell.

"Darn it!" she muttered to herself. "Where are they?" Maxwell walked over to where the glasses were, which were right in front of her.

"Here you go," said Maxwell as he handed the glasses back to her. "Are you okay?"

The girl hamster wiped the lenses of her glasses with the side of her arm and quickly put them back on before nodding. "I'm okay. Sorry about breaking into the store. I wasn't going to take anything!"

"It's okay, I forgive you," answered Maxwell. "I'm Maxwell, what's your name?"

"My name's Suzy," answered the girl hamster.

"What were you doing here anyways?" asked Maxwell.

"Reading of course!" answered Suzy as she pushed her glasses back up. "Escape from Galaxy X29 just came out!"

"I heard it's great!" exclaimed Maxwell.

Suzy nodded in agreement. "It is! I would have waited for my owner to buy it, but she's been really busy with work lately. She's a crime scene investigator!"

"I know it sounds crazy," said Maxwell." But I've always wanted to solve a crime, just like Sherlock Holmes!"

"I don't think that sounds crazy at all!" said Suzy. "I think it's nice to have dreams and fantasies!"

Maxwell stifled a yawn. "Sorry about that. I'm not used to staying up this late."

"That's okay," said Suzy. "Maybe I can stop by another time!"

Maxwell smiled. "I'd like that! I'll see you later!"

Suzy watched Maxwell as he began walking back to his cage, blushing slightly as she did. "Wow, I didn't know boy hams like him existed! He's nice, smart, and cute!"

Sorry about the short and kinda boring chapter! I promise they'll be longer and more eventful in the future! I hope that despite this, you enjoyed the chapter! Please R&R and Happy New Years!