ok everyone its me again, Excentricaluli. I am here with chapter 1 of my new series. I hope you all like it and please let me know about your opinion, so please fave, follow and comment :D
(three years later)
"Do you get lonely when you return home?, is your house too small for someone else to live in? wouldn't you like to have a companion that didn't require so much space? Mochies the ideal house friend from Pet~Life, we give pets a good life so you can give them a good home.
Introducing Mochi. Mochies the tiny lovable creature that will wait for you by the door. Mochies do not need to be groomed or walked, they just need your love and will give you love in return.
They are perfectly cuddly and adaptable, you can take them anywhere and they are perfectly clean so don't waist your time looking for a bigger home.
Get a mochie.
"Hurry up Michelle!" Amelia said dragging the poor Seychellois woman down the street as she dropped the flayer and kept trying to follow her "I am coming I am coming, what's the hurry?" she asked and Amelia pouted "come on Mich I want to arrive before they run out!" she said and Michelle blinked "mind explaining me again where are we going and what's with the flayers you gave me?" Amelia rolled her eyes.
"I told you I found the perfect place and I am going to get us three something especial!" she said and Michelle blinked "don't tell they are finally selling them!" Amelia nodded, in a minute time both went running.
Ever since moving into an apartment Michelle started to share a home with Amelia Jones an american young girl and Madeline Williams a young Canadian girl. Amelia seemed to be nice at the begging, she was tall blond young woman with white skin and blond hair with blue eyes. Since she was excited about having a third person to share the apartment with, she wasted no time in trying to show Michele a good time, she was loud, very loud and hyper, with the continuous excitement of a child in a christmas morning and always using it to to have fun and try to make everyone happy...sometimes too much. She was overwhelming at times but despite her bluntness and constant minding didn't bother Michelle so much. she was kind hearted and was always trying to have a good time and for her that was all that mattered. Madeline however was different, she looked a lot like a Amelia with her white skin and blond hair, however hers was longer and she had violet eyes instead of blue. She was as quiet as mouse like Amelia was loud as a bird, her shyness often made things harder for Michelle who had to overcome her own shyness to be able to talk to her. Madeline was very soft mannered and quiet, however Michelle could se she was very open towards making new friends, what made Michelle want to spend time with her. Michelle on her part was happy with them, its been a year since she came from Seychelles to study and moved in with the girls, she was very petite with tanned skin and green eyes, she had long brown hair that she would usually tie into pig tails like Madeline. She was nervous about moving with strangers and scared about her future social life, she was pretty much scared of spoiling things up but the girls made it so easy for her, she was as comfortable as a goldfish in a fishbowl. The three of them seemed to have a good time these past months, living together in the apartment as roommates however it all changed a few days ago when the TV commercials and flayers started to come out. It was pretty much impossible to have any pets in the building at least not big pets like dogs much to Amelia's distress and Maddie was allergic to cats so those weren't an option either and Michelle was fond of fishes which they had but of course those didn't allowed themselves to be petted or kept much company according to her two roommates, so when all the advertisements came, their problem about having a little companion to care for seemed solved. Over the past years they heard about a new pet called Mochi, apparently they were some white round balls with eyes, mouths and tiny nostrils that could barely be seen, they had limbs but almost never showed up and apparently they were a pretty intelligent beings. However living living in a very small town like the girls did, it was hard to find a place that sold them cheap yet, lately mochies were becoming more and more common among pets, so smaller towns shops, were staring to get shipments and selling them in more accessible prices and fortunately Amelia seemed to have found one of those shops in their small little town.
"hello girls welcome to Pet~Life what can I help you with?" asked a cashier from the counter, she was a chubby blond woman with green eyes and dressed up in some pants and a shirt with a red apron from the store.
"hi dudette we are here to get a pet we heard you are finally selling the mochies around here!" said Amelia excited and the woman nodded. "oh you are in good luck ever sinse the shelter politic started we are able to sell more mochies, yet since we arrived at town shortly they seem to have run out bye the locals but I think I have some left" the woman said and took them to the back of the store. passing by Michelle saw some glass tanks all full of mochies. The little white and round things were laying down or drinking water or even playing with small balls, all of them adorable with their chubby faces and tiny eyes scrutinizing every person who came in, it was adorable.
"awwwww look at the cute petit Mochies!" she said and went to their tanks cooing along with Amelia, she tapped the glass causing the little guys to cringe and frown with their little faces even curling up in a corner to get away from the noise.
"please don't tap the glass miss, it hurts their ears" said the woman and Amelia stopped "oops sorry little guys" she said and Michelle smiled "so...eh which ones are males and which ones are females?" she asked and the woman smiled "those three are males and those two are females but these are already taken, the sells have been so high around the neighborhood, that we had to start to make reservations for mochies so people won't crowd here at the shop" she said
"does that mean none of these are available for sell?"
"awww no man I wanted a mochie!" whined Amelia
"yes but don't worry we have more in the back of the store" she said and they both followed, the back of the store was a small hallway with lots of cages, inside of them there was dogs, cats and also mochies of all kind. Michelle could tell some of them were hurt since they were bandaged or bruised.
"this is our shelter area where we keep the pets that need a good home or are hurt or sick" she said and Amelia frowned "what happened to the animals here?" she asked
"well what usually happens with popular pets after they become common, they come and buy them and is all fun but times passes and everyone is already impressed and take care of their pets becomes boring and the accessory you have is yesterday news so they either return them because of the high maintenance or drop them off on the streets, most of these little guys come form another state" she said and Michelle sighed
"poor little guys" Michelle said going over a cage where some of them were resting "who could ever leave such a cute little thing like that" she said and got closer to the cage, inside there were two mochies. One of them had violet eyes and was wearing a tiny light pink scarf while other had blue eyes and a small blond cowlick, strange she didn't know mochies could grow hair much less wear tiny clothing accessories.
"aww look at these ones" she said and Amelia came to check them as well "aww dude! they are super cute! I just want to cuddle them and eat them up!" she squealed and both mochies curled up in the cage, both of them frowning and staying close to each other, the violet eyed one even gave her a death glare as he curled up in front of the blue eyed mochi.
"these two come from different homes, the one in the left is Hero he was returned to the previous shop because apparently caring for him was too much trouble and the other one is Ivan, we just found him on the road a few miles from here so we guessed he run off but no one came to claim him, when we posted advertisements about finding him, they have been here for a while and are kind of difficult when it comes to meeting new people" she said and Amelia pointed at Hero, more precisely to a huge black bruise in his right side
"what happened to the little guy?" she asked and the woman sighed "he hates been encaged so he tried to come out and hurt himself but he also had a few scratches when we found him and Ivan as well" she said and Amelia pouted and opened the door of their cage "I am sure he just needs to get out and play" she said and reached to scope Hero up but of course both mochies growled and she got her finger bitten by Ivan.
"awww guys I just wanted to pet you" she whined and offered her hand slowly towards Hero, He sniffed it while Ivan gave a cold stare, a few seconds later Amelia was able to give Hero some gentle strokes on his head.
"you are so adorable! you would make the best little sidekick!" she said and Hero squeaked a little and blushed but eventually he seemed to have relaxed a little with Amelia's affections, he was holding completely still and looking at her while Ivan kept on his cold watching position.
"how about you little one? do you want to come home with me?" Michelle asked and picked Ivan up, he squirmed and bit her finger as well. "owwww please don't bite me, I mean well"ยท she said "you and I could have fun" she said and placed him on the palm of her hand while petting his head softly. A big scratch on his cheek came to view and like Hero he seemed to be bruised. "aww you poor thing" Michelle said but Ivan kept starring at her without showing much emotion.
"so do you like them?" asked the cashier and Amelia nodded "I think I could use a little buddy at home besides he looks so cute with his little chubby face and little glasses" she said and the woman then turned to Michelle
"what about you miss? do you like Ivan?" she said and Michelle thought for a moment watching Ivan who was still starring coldly at her.
"I don't know he seems cold but I don't want to judge maybe he just needs time to warm up besides he looks like he could use a nice home" she said and the cashier nodded "of course, he is always like this towards strangers but let me assure you he is very friendly after some days of interaction, you will like him" she said and Michelle thought for a moment
"well I guess he would feel lonely without his friend and he does look cute with his chubby face and little scarf" she said and tried to touch the little scarf which earned another bite form Ivan who didn't seem to like the idea and gave her a dark look "oww ok ok no scarf touching" she said rubbing her finger and he kept glaring.
"dude this little guy is so cool!" said Amelia now with the mochie on her head "I just HAVE to take him home!" she said and Michelle looked at her "wait two mochies? are you sure we can care for two of them?" she asked and Ivan looked at her for a moment before turning at Hero and glued his eyes on him, Amelia nodded "sure why not?, they can be friends and play while we are not around besides that way they won't get lonely" she said and Michelle sighed "well if you are sure" Michele said and both headed to the front of the door with the mochies, both of them looking at each other nervously while they were taken away.
"is there anything in particular we should know about them?" asked Michelle and the cashier nodded "yes you see since they are not so easy to care as cats or dogs we are offering a little guide book" she said giving the girls a small flayer for their mochies. "these little creatures should stay in doors when they are not supervised, don't let them alone outdoors because they can be sneaky, try to bath them regularly if you see they tent to get dirty and remember to give them their shots at time and most importantly, Mochies have their special Mochi food so try not to give them human food because you don't know how it may affect them" she said and Amelia nodded
"alright miss we will have that in mind now how much is it?" she asked and the woman took out a ticket "100$ for the two little guys plus another 35$ if you are interested in a bag of Mochi food we are selling" she said and Amelia handed over the money.
"sure bring up the food and we will take it" she said. The woman placed both Mochies in the small carrier Amelia had and handed over a package of Mochi food in a bag. "alright girls enjoy your new pets" she said
"Merci madam!,we will" said Michelle skipping back home happily with Amelia.
(time skip)
"welcome home Ivan" Michelle said letting him out of the carrier "now this is your new house, do you like it? its not too big but it sure is cozy" she said and Ivan slowly came out of the carrier. He took a glance around his surroundings and then looked at her expectantly, not knowing what to do the girl decided to talk with him "we don't have a garden here but there is one downstairs so we can take you on walks if you want besides we have a small balcony with some plants and been so small you will have a lot of space here" she said and he kept quiet, Michele gulped he didn't much show emotion ever sinse she got him from the store besides of bitting and sometimes glaring, maybe he was nervous because of moving.
"DUDE YOU ARE SO CUUUTE" she heard Amelia squeal while she snuggled Hero again "man I am going to dress him up as my little sidekick and take him on walks and watch baseball games with him! and we will eat and bath and sleep and play together and we are going to be best friends!" she said excited and Hero blinked, for one moment a small smile came to his lips when he heard all those words coming form Amelia's mouth however it was gone as soon as it came as Ivan starred at him and Hero just starred down again.
"what's wrong little guy?" asked Amelia and Hero looked away
"maybe they are nervous about their new home"
out of nowhere the door opened, both mochies perked up when they saw a long haired blond woman with violet eyes entering, she was dressed up in a red shirt with black pants and some brown shoes and her long blond hair in two pigtails with a small beret "hi girls" she said quietly and looked at the two small round creatures in the living room
"hey who are these?" she said smiling and bended down to look at Ivan " hello Maddie, these are Ivan and Hero, Amelia convinced me about adopting pets today" Michelle declared and Maddie pouted "you didn't tell me about it" she said and Amelia rubbed the back of her head "sorry sis..we kind of forgot" she said and Maddie sighed "you could have asked me about a pet" she said
"but we thought about you we knew we couldn't get a cat because of your allergies and you both don't much like my fishes so we brought a pet that we can all enjoy and take care off in the department" Michelle replied and she smiled at the two mochies "well I guess they are cute..but why did you bring both?" she asked
"we couldn't pick on one so we brought the two of them besides this way they won't get lonely while we are gone besides maybe if you want you can get another one" Michelle said and Madeline noticed the bruises and scratches "but what happened to them?" she asked and Amelia huffed "they found them with some wounds probably a moron out there did it if I only knew who I would just grab my bat and-"
"Amie we don't know if someone did this to them it could have been an animal or something" Michele interfered and both mochies rolled down their eyes at that. "still people shouldn't just leave mochies like that they are so cool and soft and cuddly!" Amelia said snuggling Hero. For her a pet was not something to give away or jus thrown out, been so small and helpless they could easily get hit by a car or another stronger animal not to mention shelters are no good for Mochies, especially if these didn't get adopted soon.
"Mochies place is in houses with lots of cushions and food and toys" she said firmly while petting Hero who glared at her for a moment as well as Ivan both of them frowning at her deeply. "what?...what?" she asked
"they don't look very cheery" said Maddie
"maybe they are hungry I will make some food" Michelle said and both girls stood up "don't bother Mich I got it!" said Madeline and went off to the kitchen. "why don't you girls ever want me to cook?" asked Michelle and Amelia rubbed the back of her head "eh...I think I will show Hero my room" she said and rushed out with Hero.
Michelle sighed and looked at Ivan "what do you say little one? how do we spend the time now?" she asked and reached to pet him, he held still while she petted him but didn't seem to react too much about it.
"seems like you need some time to settle down huh? how about I present you to the rest of the house?" she asked and took him off to a corner of the living room, where there was a small fishbowl with a small blue fish swimming in it "look this is Petey, he is my tropical fish now he has a new friend" she said happily and Ivan just starred at the blue little guy swimming in his home almost in awe.
"I guess you like him huh?" she said and Ivan tapped the glass with his head, Petey didn't seem to like his visitor since he immediately went behind the fake plants of his habitat and stayed there while Ivan looked at him curiously. "don't worry he will come around" she said and sat on the couch while taking something from her purse, Ivan starred at the brown square in her hands. Michelle munched happily on the candy bar while Ivan starred at it and licked his lips, he slowly approached Michelle and she looked down at the little blob "do you like chocolate?" she asked and Ivan nodded.
"did someone say chocolate?" Amelia asked as she poked her head out of the hall with Hero in her shoulders
"yes I was asking Ivan if he likes chocolate" said Michelle and Amelia smiled "of course he does everyone likes chocolate!" she said and starred at the candy bar as well, Michelle teared up a piece and gave it to Amelia "here" she said and Amelia munched happily while Hero gave puppy eyes
"aww don't worry Hero I didn't forget about you" she said and was about to give him a piece "wait Amie no!" Michelle said and Amelia looked up "huh why not?" she asked and Michelle took out the flayer "remember the woman said no human food, we don't know if they can eat chocolate" she said and Hero gave them both puppy eyes.
"aww but his face!" said Amelia and Michelle gulped "I know but what if they get sick?" she asked and Amelia ate a piece "I don't know" she said and both mochies started to jump up trying to reach the candy bar.
"guys no its not for you" said Michelle and grabbed them, both of them huffed and kept trying to reach up the bar.
"girls food is done" said Madeline coming into the room and Amelia smiled "perfect let me just serve the little guys some food" she said and took out the bag of mochi food. It was a brown bag that showed the picture of some green lettuce leafs in the front with a pair of mochies, munching happily on them. She opened and dropped a few leafs in two small food bowls.
"eat up guys we will be having lunch" she said before going with the girls to the kitchen.
(time skip)
"that was good" said Amelia as she laid backwards at the table, holding the two mochies, they ate the lettuce and then wondered to the ktichen where she picked them up.
"ok I will wash the plates today" Michelle said and went to wash the plates, meanwhile in the living room Amelia was sitting on the couch while turning the TV on. Hero was currently curled up next to her as he starred at the TV, a man dressed up in red and blue appeared. The man in question was lifting a plane with his bare hands and stopping it from falling, people was screaming and praising grateful and Hero couldn't help but stare in awe a the strange miracle with a familiar smile on his face, he hoped off of the couch and went closer. Amelia giggled at his reaction, watching him stare in pure happiness at the scene in front of him like a child that gets a piece of candy.
"Do you like superman?" she asked giggling and Hero nodded but kept on his trance on the TV
"maybe he watched it in his old home before getting returned" Maddie said and Amelia gasped for a moment "dude you are right!, he was returned! man how long has it been since he saw superhero movie?! poor guy no TV, no comics of video games no owner to play with him!" she said and Madeline face palmed
"Amie mochies don't need those things" she said and Amelia ignored her and hugged Hero "poor Hero, doesn't matter this heroine will give you the most awesome time of your life!" she said and Hero blushed and gave a small smile.
"ok ok seems like we are not needed here" Madeline said at Michelle who came out of the kitchen just in time and picked up Ivan.
Ivan starred at Michelle from his spot in the end of the bed. the bedroom was bright pale blue color with a light green bed with a flower pattern and white furnitures like a closet, a desk and a night stand. Ivan seemed curious for this new environment as he climbed down the bed and looked around her things. Been so busy with her book, she didn't realize he was gone until Michelle felt the warm rays of the sun hit her face, it felt warm and nice but it hurt her eyes at the same time. Turning around to find the source where this sun rays were coming from, she saw Ivan sitting on her desk while starring outside her window.
"do you like the view?" she asked as she picked him up, he gave a small nod and kept starring "maybe later I can take you to the building's garden to play for a while, it is a nice sunny day after all "
he looked up at her for a long moment, Michelle could see his eyes were wide opened and for the first time, a big smile came to his face and he kept starring at her as if she promised him heaven.
"seems like you would like that" Michelle chuckled and petted his head while laying down again in bed. Ivan kept his distance from Michelle for a moment while looking at her, he reluctantly went closer to her until she placed him on her chest and started to pet him. He squeaked at first but soon there was something on those touches that seemed to relax him as he curled up under her chin and looked at her. The respiration causing her throat and chest to swollen and then contract with each breath she took, it made him stare at her face as her heart beat was beating slowing in a calm rhythm synchronizing with her peaceful respiration. The mochi emitted a small yawn, blinking a little before he was taken by surprise, a gentle hand stroking his head and back when a soft voice spoke.
"you can take a nap with me until we go outside..we have time" Michelle yawned and he looked at her with a face she couldn't quite describe, it seemed like a smile but his eyes had a little look, she couldn't quite point it out, it wasn't sadness but neither it was complete joy.Maybe he was still nervous yea that must be it, he will feel better later she thought.
Hours later the sun rays stopped hurting the skin and the room started to chill out, the apartment was in complete peace, the wind was blowing gently making the plants in the garden give a gentle shake of their leafs as if they were cheering for the welcomed breeze , the faint sound of the TV been on was almost inaudible as the fans were blowing strongly in most of the rooms. Madeline sighed as she used a magazine to chill a little. How different was the heat from the summer compared to warm sun rays of Canada. Tired of feeling hot Madeline went to the kitchen and took out a cold soda from the fridge and went to sit on the couch of the living room. In there she couldn't help but smile at the balcony of their flat, Ivan was curled up in the middle of two plan pots, with his back down and trying as much as he could to stir with his little body to expose it to the sunlight.
"is someone enjoying his sunbath?" she asked and kneeled down and Ivan just nodded. "well I am glad just be careful not to lay over the flowers we worked hard for them" she said and gently traced her finger on his belly, causing the mochi to giggle.
"Madeline?" Michelle voice called as she came into the livingroom "have you seen Ivan? he was in the room with me but I can't find him anywhere" she said "yes he is taking a sunbath at the balcony" Madeline said while going for another soda to the kitchen "oh thanks I was worried" Michelle said and followed her "mind passing a soda?" she asked and both girls started to drink, however the peace lasted very little as they heard the sounds water dropping near and splashing. Michelle and Amelia immediately went to the source and gasped.
Ivan was inside of the fishbowl trying to reach for Petey who was swimming to the opposite direction to avoid the white mass trying to contact with him
"IVAN NON!" Michelle said and picked him up form there "fish tanks are for fishes not mochies! you will hurt Petey!" she said and Ivan looked down as Michelle placed him on the couch and checked on the poor fish.
"pouvre Petey looks scared" she said and Madeline went in search of towels to the closet and then started to dry Ivan off.
"you have to be more careful Ivan you could really hurt him" Michelle said and Ivan blinked confused for a moment before curling up in the couch.
"at least nothing bad happened" said Madeline.
Out of nowhere Amelia came holding Hero and her laptop, she practically rushed on the couch gasping "GIRLS LOOK AT THIS!" she said and shown the computer screen, right in the middle of a wasteland, surrounded by long grass and wild herbs a huge hole was was shown in the ground.
"Amelia why do you show us the picture of an excavation?" asked Michelle confused
"dude its not an excavation red the description" she said and Madeline adjusted her glasses.
the waive of missing reports increase
according to the authorities of the east district of Silverie, the amount of reports about missing pets increased
a 50 percent in the area over the following two months. Reports go as far as Mochies, dogs and cats belonging to
the homes around the district. According the reports most reports come from properties located closer to
green spaces like community parks or wastelands near the area while homes located closer to the city or highways don't have an increase of missing pets reports.
there are, on related topic reports of missing people, however the reports go as far as four people missing in the area. According to the police the reports about the disappearance of the first
person, named Joseph Walker a 34 resident of the zone, was almost a month ago, three days after the first six missing pet reports and then a young married couple of 30 years disappeared two weeks ago after seven more missing pet reports were given and the last person to disappear was a 40 year old woman, called Judith smith who disappeared a week ago after tree more missing pets reports were given.
some people theorize some kind of traffic involving the missing people with the cases of missing pets but so far there is no evidence to confirm it, other theorize is just people gone to find their pets but most of their possessions were left at home and no friend or close relative of the victims have acknowledged them telling them about a trip or an escapade out of the district, which leads to the authorities thinking of a kidnapping case.
"Amelia what is this?" Madeline asked as she cleaned her glasses "have you been watching the X-files again?" she asked and Amelia huffed "its real look at the pictures and the article" she said and Michelle looked at it
"it looks pretty real to me" she said and Madeline rolled her eyes "it can be a fake story or something, it would have been on the news" she said
"but is a small district just some miles away from here, its not the big deal for everyone, maybe people here doesn't consider it a big story" said Michelle and Madeline shook her head "still it sounds too weird" she said and out of nowhere Ivan and Hero started to tug at the girls legs, Hero started to tug from Amelia's skirt as Ivan bit on Michelle's dress.
"I think they want something" said Madeline and Ivan looked at the door and gave Michelle puppy eyes. "awww I think he wants that walk I promised him" said Michelle said and took out his leash from the bags
"ok we can go now" she said placing it on him, Ivan huffed and glared for a moment but nothing more, Amelia did the same with Hero smiling "I will go too, Hero might like it" she said and Madeline stood up "mind if I go?" she asked and they both smiled "sure we can even get ice cream afterwards" said Michelle and Hero started to jump up and down.
"heheh likes the idea" said Amelia licking her lips.
Soon the three girls were out with the mochies and descended to the building's garden, both mochies going with their leashes...just in case.