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Just as Arthur and his 'family' were going to leave for the zoo, Arthur spotted something on the ground and picked it up. It was a letter, nothing new, until he took a closer look at the front of it. It was... addressed to him? Sure enough, on the front, it had his name in green ink.

Mr. Arthur Kirkland
14 Rue Charlot
75003 Paris, France
The cubbard under the stairs.

He raised his eyebrow, which people always said were really bushy, at the letter. No one ever wrote to him, not even his teachers. As they got in the car to go to the zoo, Arthur turned to the side facing the wall and turned his letter around. On the back was what looked like a wax seal. The seal had four animals: A lion, a snake, an eagle, and a badger. All of them were facing a big letter 'H'.

Just before he could open the letter, a hand reached around his flesh shield and grabbed the letter out of his hand. His eyes widened as he saw Francis waving the letter around.

"Mama! Papa! Le mouton noir a reçu une lettre!" Arthur's eyes widened as he reached for the letter. He couldn't ask for it back, but he did what he could.

Arielle took the letter, raising an eyebrow at it, before turning it around. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw the seal. She then closed her eyes and ripped the letter into pieces. Arthur could only watch in horror. The very first letter ever just for him, and he didn't even get to read it!

"C'était l'ordure." Francis nodded, smiling, and stuck out a tongue at Arthur. Arthur thought about the letter for the rest of the trip.

When they got to the zoo, Francis was running around.

"Regardez tous les animaux!" Arthur looked around, unamused. Unamused, until he saw a snake behind glass. It was a beautiful snake with nearly glowing green scales. Arthur approached the snake, feeling a bit bad it was captured. Looking around and seeing his family was in the other end of the exhibit, he said something for the first time in 7 years. His voice was incredibly hoarse from not being used.

"Sorry..." The snake opened it's eyes as it looked at Arthur. Then, to his surprise, he heard a voice.

"It'ssss okay." Arthur's eyes widened.

"Y-You can understand me?" The snake nodded. Then, before he could speak English anymore, Francis came running to the glass, pushing Arthur to the floor.

"Mama! Papa!" Francis was banging against the glass, trying to get the snakes to respond. Arthur furrowed his brows. Francis was just such a twit, he's wanted to do something for ages...

Suddenly, the glass disappeared, and Francis flipped over the railing into the water. Arthur couldn't help but laugh a bit.

Simultaneously, the snake slithered put to the barrier that wasn't there anymore, and it got out. As it made it's way across the floor, people were screaming. Arthur heard one last thing before it got out.

"Thankssss friend." Arthur smiled. Someone appreciated him...

As Francis got up and tried to get out, he found the barrier was there. Eyes wide, he kept banging against the glass, screaming. When his mom and dad found him, they screamed too.

Arthur found all the extremely hilarious, until he found Aldrich glaring at him.

Arthur was pulled into the house by his hair and shoved back in his room.

"Monstre! Restes ici! Tu ne peux pas manger pour deux semaines!" He shut the door, locked it, and left.

All this left Arthur to sulk once again. He didn't do anything... it just happened...

It also left him tot him about the letter. It couldn't have been junk, so what was it?

Translations!

Mama! Papa! Le mouton noir a reçu une lettre! = Mom! Dad! The Black Sheep got a letter!

C'était l'ordure. = It's trash.

Regardez tous les animaux = Look at all the animals.

Monstre! Restes ici! Tu ne peux pas manger pour deux semaines! = Freak! Stay here! You can not eat for two weeks!

So, second chapter. I hope I get reviews...