Disclaimer - First thing's first, I don't own Hamtaro or any of it's characters. The only characters that are mine, (in this chapter anyway,) are Snap and Charity.
Also, I use the song 'Think Of Me' in this chap, WHICH BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE AT BIG IDEA ANIMATION STUDIOS, and is sung by Lisa Vischer (sp?) So as long as you know it is there's and not mine, you're good to go.
I thought this up all at once and wrote it all within a couple of hours, so it may be kinda weak for the first chapter. The next chapters SHOULD be better...
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It was time once again for spring cleaning at the Ham-Ham Clubhouse.
"Uh, hey, Boss!" called Panda. "You want me to make you a new desk chair? This one's legs are a little wobbly!"
"Sure," Boss said, "but be sure clean the wood shavings up this time!!"
Pashmina hummed as she brushed a feather duster on the top of the bookshelf. Snoozer slept up in the basket on the clothesline where he wouldn't be in the way of the cleaning.
Looking over from where he was sweeping the floor, Hamtaro saw his pal Oxnard with that worried expression on his face while he was looking left and right in panic. "Oxy?" He walked over to him. "What's wrong?"
Oxnard looked at him with tears in his eyes. "I-I can't find my sunflower seed! It's gone!"
"Aw, you lost it again?"
"Yes!" Oxnard covered his eyes with his paws. "I can't find it anywhere!!"
Hamtaro thought and looked around. He sniffed the air and ran over to the closet. Reaching up, he turned the knob and opened the door. "Hah! Here it is!" He pointed at where the seed stuck out from under a pile of old books and boxes.
"Oops." Oxnard blushed. "I must've dropped in when I was organizing the closet."
"I'll get it out." Hamtaro reached out his paws and grabbed onto the seed. He began pulling. "Nnh! Nnnnnh!!!" He finally yanked it out. He turned around and held it out to Oxnard. "Here ya go!"
But as soon as Oxnard took it back and rubbed it against his cheek lovingly, they both heard a strange noise. Hamtaro looked back just in time to see the pile of boxes and books and balls topple down on him. After the avalanche ceased, Hamtaro emerged out of the mass and one single ball bounced off his head. "Ouchichi!! Kushi-Kushi…" he rubbed his head.
"Ditzy Boy!!" Stan teased with a laugh.
Hamtaro opened one eye and glanced back into the closet. "Well, so much for…huh?" His ears perked up at the sight of something in the back of the closet. "Hey, what's this?" He climbed over the pile and reached in, pulling out the mysterious object. It was an old book of some sort, with a dusty, gold-lined, brown leather cover. He blew some of the dust off and slowly lifted up the cover. After looking at the first page for a moment, he walked over to the center of the room. "Hey, guys! Check this out!"
The others glanced over. Curious, they ran over to him. "Hey," said Dexter. "What is that?"
"Lemme see!" Cappy called. They all gathered around Hamtaro.
"Hmm?" Boss looked over at them.
"It is a photo album!" exclaimed Bijou.
"Who are those hamsters?" asked Pashmina, pointing to three hamsters on the first page. Two of them were adults, one a male and the other a female. The male was an odd but almost exact resemblance to Boss, except the spot that covered Boss's snout only covered this hamster's nose. Also, he had no nick in his ear, but he did where the helmet that Boss wore today. The female was a solid light gray, with a large white star print on her forehead with two small white dots beside it. In between them was a feisty-looking youngster, looking almost exactly like the adult male. He looked about 6 in human years, and his large ears were perked up in a curious manner.
A flash of realization came over Boss's face. "Hey!" He began running over to the gang. "Careful with that!"
Howdy laughed and pointed at the young hamster. "Hey, who's that little feller?"
Snatching the album away, Boss shot him a glare. "Me! That's who!" He stared at the album. "Holy cow, I haven't seen this thing in ages!" He ran over and sat in his Lay-Z-Ham. The others came and gathered around him as he stared at the picture.
Laughing again, Howdy tapped his finger on young Boss. "Heehee, look at ya, Boss! Ya look like you're ears stayed at the dry cleaner too long!"
Boss pushed his paw away. "Would ya get your finger off my face?" He flipped the page to see eight more pictures laid out in a standard way, four on both of the two pages.
"Are these your parents, Boss?" Maxwell asked, pointing to a picture of the adult male and female together.
"Yeah…" Boss said. "Snap and Charity."
Looking at another picture, they saw what they supposed was Boss as a toddler, wearing the yellow helmet they all knew too well. But, it practically sat on top of his ears, looking like it was about to slip over them and cover his eyes at any time.
Hamtaro laughed. "Who knew that thing would ever be too big for you, huh, Boss?" For a long moment, he heard no reply. "Boss?" he looked up at the field hamster.
Boss stared at the pictures with a twinge of sadness in his eyes. "…These pictures bring back so many memories…" he said softly. "…So many explanations to things I've wondered all these years…I forgot this photo album even existed anymore."
Bijou looked at the picture of Snap and Charity. "Boss, where are your parents living now?"
Not wanting her to see the tears that rose up in his eyes, he turned his face from her. He slowly got off of his chair, lay the album down on it, and sulked into his room.
"…Um, I don't think he wanted to talk about it." Stan whispered to Sandy after a while.
Worried, Bijou picked up the album and sat it the chair. She opened the book to the very back, and saw a little kid's old crayon drawing of Boss and his parents standing on the green grass, which was scribbled in with a green crayon, with a yellow sun and a rainbow. Above the picture of a gray hamster with eyelashes was written 'Mommy'. Above the picture of a strong looking brown and tan hamster was written 'Daddy'. Finally, above the picture of a little boy Ham was written 'Me'. At the bottom was the place where Boss had signed his name with a red crayon.
Boss glanced back a little. "That was the last picture I ever drew before…before the storm." He sighed and lay down on the bed. "…I can still remember the song my mom sang to me just the night before."
All of the Ham-Hams looked over at him. After a couple of minutes, Boss began to sing softly.
Think of me every day
Hold tight to what I say
And I'll be close to you
Even from far away
Know that wherever you are
It is never too far
If you think of me
I'll be with you
The Ham-Hams looked at each other. Hamtaro finally walked slowly up to the doorway. "…Boss? Can you tell us what happened?"
"…Nah." Boss muttered. "You're too young. You wouldn't understand."
"Pleeeease?" begged Hamtaro. "We wanna know!"
All of the others voiced their agreement. "Yeah! C'mon, Boss!"
"We wanna hear!"
"C'mon!"
"Tell us!"
Boss stared at them. After a minute, he sighed. "Well, okay. If you really MUST know…"
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Ooh, it begins... ^^
R & R pretty please!!
Also, I use the song 'Think Of Me' in this chap, WHICH BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE AT BIG IDEA ANIMATION STUDIOS, and is sung by Lisa Vischer (sp?) So as long as you know it is there's and not mine, you're good to go.
I thought this up all at once and wrote it all within a couple of hours, so it may be kinda weak for the first chapter. The next chapters SHOULD be better...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It was time once again for spring cleaning at the Ham-Ham Clubhouse.
"Uh, hey, Boss!" called Panda. "You want me to make you a new desk chair? This one's legs are a little wobbly!"
"Sure," Boss said, "but be sure clean the wood shavings up this time!!"
Pashmina hummed as she brushed a feather duster on the top of the bookshelf. Snoozer slept up in the basket on the clothesline where he wouldn't be in the way of the cleaning.
Looking over from where he was sweeping the floor, Hamtaro saw his pal Oxnard with that worried expression on his face while he was looking left and right in panic. "Oxy?" He walked over to him. "What's wrong?"
Oxnard looked at him with tears in his eyes. "I-I can't find my sunflower seed! It's gone!"
"Aw, you lost it again?"
"Yes!" Oxnard covered his eyes with his paws. "I can't find it anywhere!!"
Hamtaro thought and looked around. He sniffed the air and ran over to the closet. Reaching up, he turned the knob and opened the door. "Hah! Here it is!" He pointed at where the seed stuck out from under a pile of old books and boxes.
"Oops." Oxnard blushed. "I must've dropped in when I was organizing the closet."
"I'll get it out." Hamtaro reached out his paws and grabbed onto the seed. He began pulling. "Nnh! Nnnnnh!!!" He finally yanked it out. He turned around and held it out to Oxnard. "Here ya go!"
But as soon as Oxnard took it back and rubbed it against his cheek lovingly, they both heard a strange noise. Hamtaro looked back just in time to see the pile of boxes and books and balls topple down on him. After the avalanche ceased, Hamtaro emerged out of the mass and one single ball bounced off his head. "Ouchichi!! Kushi-Kushi…" he rubbed his head.
"Ditzy Boy!!" Stan teased with a laugh.
Hamtaro opened one eye and glanced back into the closet. "Well, so much for…huh?" His ears perked up at the sight of something in the back of the closet. "Hey, what's this?" He climbed over the pile and reached in, pulling out the mysterious object. It was an old book of some sort, with a dusty, gold-lined, brown leather cover. He blew some of the dust off and slowly lifted up the cover. After looking at the first page for a moment, he walked over to the center of the room. "Hey, guys! Check this out!"
The others glanced over. Curious, they ran over to him. "Hey," said Dexter. "What is that?"
"Lemme see!" Cappy called. They all gathered around Hamtaro.
"Hmm?" Boss looked over at them.
"It is a photo album!" exclaimed Bijou.
"Who are those hamsters?" asked Pashmina, pointing to three hamsters on the first page. Two of them were adults, one a male and the other a female. The male was an odd but almost exact resemblance to Boss, except the spot that covered Boss's snout only covered this hamster's nose. Also, he had no nick in his ear, but he did where the helmet that Boss wore today. The female was a solid light gray, with a large white star print on her forehead with two small white dots beside it. In between them was a feisty-looking youngster, looking almost exactly like the adult male. He looked about 6 in human years, and his large ears were perked up in a curious manner.
A flash of realization came over Boss's face. "Hey!" He began running over to the gang. "Careful with that!"
Howdy laughed and pointed at the young hamster. "Hey, who's that little feller?"
Snatching the album away, Boss shot him a glare. "Me! That's who!" He stared at the album. "Holy cow, I haven't seen this thing in ages!" He ran over and sat in his Lay-Z-Ham. The others came and gathered around him as he stared at the picture.
Laughing again, Howdy tapped his finger on young Boss. "Heehee, look at ya, Boss! Ya look like you're ears stayed at the dry cleaner too long!"
Boss pushed his paw away. "Would ya get your finger off my face?" He flipped the page to see eight more pictures laid out in a standard way, four on both of the two pages.
"Are these your parents, Boss?" Maxwell asked, pointing to a picture of the adult male and female together.
"Yeah…" Boss said. "Snap and Charity."
Looking at another picture, they saw what they supposed was Boss as a toddler, wearing the yellow helmet they all knew too well. But, it practically sat on top of his ears, looking like it was about to slip over them and cover his eyes at any time.
Hamtaro laughed. "Who knew that thing would ever be too big for you, huh, Boss?" For a long moment, he heard no reply. "Boss?" he looked up at the field hamster.
Boss stared at the pictures with a twinge of sadness in his eyes. "…These pictures bring back so many memories…" he said softly. "…So many explanations to things I've wondered all these years…I forgot this photo album even existed anymore."
Bijou looked at the picture of Snap and Charity. "Boss, where are your parents living now?"
Not wanting her to see the tears that rose up in his eyes, he turned his face from her. He slowly got off of his chair, lay the album down on it, and sulked into his room.
"…Um, I don't think he wanted to talk about it." Stan whispered to Sandy after a while.
Worried, Bijou picked up the album and sat it the chair. She opened the book to the very back, and saw a little kid's old crayon drawing of Boss and his parents standing on the green grass, which was scribbled in with a green crayon, with a yellow sun and a rainbow. Above the picture of a gray hamster with eyelashes was written 'Mommy'. Above the picture of a strong looking brown and tan hamster was written 'Daddy'. Finally, above the picture of a little boy Ham was written 'Me'. At the bottom was the place where Boss had signed his name with a red crayon.
Boss glanced back a little. "That was the last picture I ever drew before…before the storm." He sighed and lay down on the bed. "…I can still remember the song my mom sang to me just the night before."
All of the Ham-Hams looked over at him. After a couple of minutes, Boss began to sing softly.
Think of me every day
Hold tight to what I say
And I'll be close to you
Even from far away
Know that wherever you are
It is never too far
If you think of me
I'll be with you
The Ham-Hams looked at each other. Hamtaro finally walked slowly up to the doorway. "…Boss? Can you tell us what happened?"
"…Nah." Boss muttered. "You're too young. You wouldn't understand."
"Pleeeease?" begged Hamtaro. "We wanna know!"
All of the others voiced their agreement. "Yeah! C'mon, Boss!"
"We wanna hear!"
"C'mon!"
"Tell us!"
Boss stared at them. After a minute, he sighed. "Well, okay. If you really MUST know…"
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Ooh, it begins... ^^
R & R pretty please!!