The Nut Job: A Very Nutty Family
Prologue
It all began one seemingly regular sunny morning, a few moments before the sun was fully up in the sky and in the beautiful park called Liberty Park, a squirrel named Tony was waking up from his slumber before he stretched and yawned before he rubbed the sand out of his eyes to get a better look at his son, his only son, a purple squirrel kit named Surly. Tony reached out and stroked his son's back lovingly before he whispered to his son "Wake up my boy, wake up."
The little ball of purple fluff began to stir and sat up yawning and blinked his eyes open before he yawned and said "Good Morning Papa, is momma back? I wished really hard last night."
When Tony heard that the older squirrel sighed and said "I'm so sorry son, I tried wishing so many times... but momma won't come back."
It has been a few days since his wife, Alexia, whom Surly got his purple fur from, was reported dead at the hands of those monsters that roamed the streets, those vile and horrible creatures that were called cats. Their leader was a grey tabby named Miguel, who took over his father's gang when he turned nine years old and has been their leader ever since... and a real pain in the neck for everyone at the park.
"Why did Momma leave the park Poppa?" Surly asked his father.
"Oh Surly." Tony sighed "You see, your mother believed that we were meant to live a better life then just hunting for nuts and often talked about this special placed she called 'Paradise'. In Paradise, we'd never have to look for food, we'd never worry about being caught in the rain or snow or harsh winds, there'd be no worries, no problems, and nobody would suffer. She left to find such a place for you son, I thought she'd find it before summer started... but... that time we bid each other good bye... was the last time I ever saw her."
Surly crawled over to his father and curled up by his feet as he said "I miss Momma."
Tony picked up his son and hugged him tight. Then he left their knothole home and stood on a tree branch before he placed his son down and together, they stared out at the rising sun together while a smile slowly grew on Surly's furry face. After a moment of silence Surly turned to his dad and said "So am I old enough to get nuts on my own? Well, with you at least?"
"Well... I suppose... yes." Tony said with a grin.
Surly couldn't help but smile as he hugged his father before the pair took off to find some food together as father and son. Surly thought that his life was perfect and nothing would ever change that... but fate had other plans for him.
That night in the middle of July was cold and the city was ablaze with light and people and hiding in an alley was a scared little purple squirrel nobody was paying attention to. He shivered as he tried to hang on to the rag he was using for a blanket but it wasn't working. Not long ago he watched with tears as his eyes as his father, his only parent in the whole world, die suddenly due to a virus that had been going around and now he was all alone.
Suddenly a shadow loomed over him as the poor baby closed his eyes and braced himself for the worst... instead a pair of gentle and soft hands scooped him up and held him high in the air and Baby Surly dared himself to take a peek and look at what was holding him.
It was a beautiful 21 year old woman with short brown hair, bright brown eyes and wore a beautiful pink blouse with a blue skirt and brown shoes. The way she held Surly in her hands made Surly remember of the warmth and comfort he felt when he was in his father's arms. He found himself smiling as the woman smiled at him and said "Hello my little friend. My name is Addison. Addison Cumberbatch. I support all kinds of animals at work and at home... and I have a little friend like you who'd love to have a friend like you."
Addison took the little baby squirrel kit back to her home where Baby Surly saw the inside of her house, decorated in all kinds of things that the little squirrel kit could only describe as creative and crazy with things he had no idea were called or what they were suppose to do. Addison walked over to a table where a nicely decorated cage was placed and placed baby Surly inside, and there, waking up from her nap was a beautiful red squirrel kit that made Surly blush like crazy.
"You two go and get acquainted and I'll make you a nice meal to share." Addison said before she walked away to the kitchen.
Surly went over to the little squirrel girl and he said "H-Hi... I'm Surly."
"You don't look surly to me." the other kit said.
"No, I mean that's my name. My name is Surly." Surly said "And you are?"
"Andie... I... I lost my parents." Andie said "That's why i'm here... I don't remember where I used to live or what my parents looked like."
"I lost mine too." Surly said "But I remember where I live, Liberty Park! Maybe if we're lucky the lady will take us back."
"Maybe... but I love her." Andie said "She's like... like my mommy."
Surly thought about the love, tenderness and kindness Addison gave him and smiled before saying "You know... now that you mention it... it feels just like paradise... why leave it?"
Andie smiled and so did Surly before Addison arrived to feed them delicious nuts and soon the kits decided to stay and call Addison their 'Human Mommy' and life was perfect... until April 3rd, when Addison had to let them go due to being unable to care for them anymore. They were released in Liberty Park by Addison's 17 year old cousin AJ, who dropped them off and bid them good bye before riding off in his bike and out of sight and out of their lives.
Surly was reunited with his old friends and introduced them to Andie, but when he told them about Addison, they made fun of the pair for being pets, and according to the new leader Raccoon a park animal being a pet to a human is a disgrace and an embarrassment. Andie managed to win Raccoon's trust and approval but Surly barely managed to pass and was humiliated even more. Finally Surly had had enough.
In a fit of anger and heartbreak, he pushed everyone, even a squirrel family willing to adopt him, away, so far away that nobody wanted anything to do with him. Andie kept trying to get him to change but Surly had become an outcast, a rouge who was only out for himself. Andie thought it was hopeless... until the day he started to hang out with a kind and friendly blue rat named Buddy that he found on the streets, that was when Andie knew that not all of the goodness wasn't gone, it was still there... just hiding and she knew that one day the goodness inside Surly would return, even if she'd have to wait until they were adults to do so.
And that was just what she did when Surly preformed the first nut job, saved the park and when Raccoon tried to stop him, he went over a waterfall and had never returned. Now it was a whole year since the first nut job... and things have never been better... except for one thing; would they ever see their 'human mommy' Addison ever again?
Well, there was only one way to find out.
