As the car sped away Hobbes said "Well now I've been speaking to Miss Fate and Miss Hayate so I guess that would make you Mrs. Nanoha" Nanoha nodded and said "You certainly are friendly for a...stuffed tiger" She rubbed her temples for a sec and then her eyes opened wide, as if her brain had just been hit with a 1000 electrical shocks. She looked at Hobbes and said "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! YOU'RE A..." yet for some reason she could not finish the sentence. Hobbes nodded, his mood different than it was before. He seemed...smoother, more in control. Like a man who knew where he was and what he was and what he was doing in all aspects of things.
"Yes I am what you think but I would prefer to not talk about it. I'm sure you have you're secrets, Cadets of the TSAB" he said with a slight smirk. Almost immediately a slight blush appeared on the cheeks of Fate and Hayate. Nanoha, oblivious to this replied. "That is true. For now you are simply Hobbes. I must say you are quite perceptive for a stuffed toy. "Only to the boy am I that" he replied. "this is the shape I take, and hide in the other when others see. I must do this for him".
Hayate finally spoke up after clearing the red from her face "You mean Calvin?" "Indeed" replied Hobbes "I came to this place not of my own choice. When I came here I was in this shape. I feel for a trap the boy had set using a bait of tuna fish sandwiches" When he said this it was almost with fondness, recalling the past. "I felt for sure I would be forever along in this place. Then I met him and I have never felt more alive. The boy is not a saint for sure, he can be...rude, dismissive, unhelpful at times and he lacks a certain...technique when it comes to dealing with the fairer sex. Yet he is kind to his friends, has potential to be a great leader, and has a good heart, hidden behind the follies of youth. I have chosen to stay with him when I could have left because I want to see the kind of man he grows to be. I wonder if he will need me then."
His voice trailed off at the end there as if he was going into a deep thought. Realizing that the girls were watching he quickly snapped himself out of it and said "That is not what you care about though. From what I learned from talking with Fate and Hayate it seems you three were investigating some sort of portal storm activity on a Un-Administered world that threatened to destroy one of the cities as part of your cadet training. The storms overtook your camp on a and then you ended up here. Does that sum it up" Nanoha nodded" Very tough work for cadets" Hobbes said. Nanoha said "Only the strong may be allowed to serve in the TSAB. The danger never ends, we learn that from the beginning. We have been dealing with that for a very long time" All three girls nodded together, their minds as one. Hobbes started to laugh a little bit when they said this but he held his hand up in a gesture that showed he meant no insult " Ah what marvels have fate brought me, pardon the pun" he said looking over at the blond girl "Your tale makes me remember my own days of youth, It is almost a shame you must leave, it has been a great joy talking with you.. I don't suppose I could convince you to stay?"
Nanoha shook her head no and said "We have important people waiting for us. I don't wish to be a burden but we need to figure out a way to get back to our own reality. May we count on your support Hobbes?" Hobbes nodded yes. "I hate to see you go but I suppose it is for the best. You have your world and even thought adults don't see you the kind of power the children of this world who can see you might get would throw this planet off balance. We need to find a way to get you home before more kids have a chance to see you." As he finished the sentence he stooped and his ears perked up. "I hear the Derkins girl coming. Classmate of Calvin. We should find a spot for you to hide" The 4 of them snuck off to the tree house in the backyard. The girls ran up into the wooden box Calvin and Hobbes used for G.R.O.S.S meetings as Hobbes returned to his stuffed animal form. Just then Susie Derkins came around the side of the house yelling Calvin's name " I guess he must be gone out. I guess he wouldn't want to play with a smelly stupid girl anyway" she said with a rejected sigh. She looked over at the tree house tree and saw Hobbes there. She walked over and picked him up saying "I guess he's not to far he wouldn't just leave Hobbes outside." She looked around to make sure no one was watching, not thinking to look into the tree house. She looked at Hobbes and said "Hey Hobbes, can I tell you a secret?"
A/N: The story about how Hobbes was "caught" by Calvin is actually the very first strip of the comic. I thought it seemed in character with this new version of Hobbes I'm coming up with. I imagined him similar to the Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man In The World" if he were a tiger. It's one of those things where the dialogue probably sounds better in your head than it does on paper. I hope i did a good job giving Hobbes a different personality. I also wanted to avoid the question of his reality. He simply is i suppose We don't know his race or reason for being here. He is simply here for Calvin. Also there will not be any Shonen-AI or Yaoi pairings, not because i'm against it but because i don't think i could write it very well. Hobbes might have feelings for Calvin or it mght simply be a deep bond, deep but plutonic. I hope you enjoy this chapter and all i ask is for some reviewers so i know how i am doing. Thanks.