I swore that I would continue this story; I have not failed you guys. I hope you still have interest in this story, I just want to contribute to this already dead section, but, this story is like flowers on a tombstone to me, a goodbye gift. You will probably notice a couple of Star Wars vocabulary. I'm going to mix a couple of major events, like Schnitzel quits before Chowder even met Panini. Oh and one thing, I've decided to make the character seem more, intelligent. Even though the couple was decent, I didn't really like the idea of them being together, but, I'll do my best. I actually continued this on my birthday.
3/16/11
The choice was evident in his brain, yet he didn't want to accept it. The road leading to death was his choice, the one that would change his life forever.
He ran as fast as he could, he didn't make it far before he started to pant heavily. He ignored the pain that shot up his legs, then he heard a voice he'd never want to hear, "There he is, get him!" they must of pried the information out of Mung.
However they were too far to catch up to him. "Should I run back and stay with them, or should I risk it here?" millions of thoughts raced through his head, one dominated, he'd run all the way to hell, he remembered that time with Schnitzel, how they tortured him, or was it a lie?
No they were too far away for him to get to them again; it would be a practical waste of energy. Conflict was too immense in his brain to go unnoticed, go back or not? In an instant, he ran back to the 2 tiny dots, not caring, he was too young to die.
"Panini! That was our only chance at getting another apprentice, do you know how rare they are these days!" Ms. Endive said, with her constant bickering annoying Panini.
Looks like we have to fight over him, you use him for the labor; I use my charms to get him closer to me.
The figure of Chowder got bigger as he approached them.
"There he is! I knew that fool would come here." Ms. Endive said with hint of triumph.
As soon as Chowder reached the two figures, enveloped in the darkness, as scary as they looked, he didn't show any signs of fear.
"Now boy, I own you, Mung handed over the papers to me proving that you are my new apprentice, so, let's be civilized and go back to my home without any more pursuits."
Chowder merely nodded, and they were off, something disturbed him, "That girl, why does she keep staring at me?" then he remembered, "She shows affection, I better watch myself."
The whole time that they were walking to Ms. Endive's house, Panini deliberately started at Chowder, "Soon Chowder we will be together and you'll like it."
The gang of 3 stopped at the doorway, and Ms. Endive turned to speak.
"We're here, boy, now, I do have ground rules, be a civilized person, and I could only imagine what that cook of Mung does to you, sorry, but, you and my old apprentice will have to be sharing a room, your own room will be prepared in 3 days, now we have a long day tomorrow, so get as much as rest as you can." She said without any emotion in her voice.
He nodded, fear was clearly evident in his visage, but, he knows that girl wouldn't get near his personal space, he'd only hope so. It's hell either way, 3 days with that sithspawn or suffer in the cold night. They weight each other out.
It was already late, and everyone prepared for bed, both apprentices shuffled to their room, which belongs to the old one.
"Don't show any hint of fear, Chowder, she'll notice." He thought.
As soon as she turned on the light, he nodded, clearly this room was designed for a girls liking, but, he moved the thought to the back of his head and said, "What is this? I don't even."
"You'll soon come to like it" she said, turning around a smirk on her face.
He set up his own bed on the floor as far away from her as possible. As soon as he closed his eyes he was fast asleep. A long day for Chowder it was, he needed the extra energy.
The light was extinguished and everything was silent and dark, for a moment only.
"Why did you run back to us." She asked.
He opened one eye and frowned.
"Oh god, a conversation with her, perfect"
"Because- do you even know what was actually happening, or were you too focused on me?"
She blushed slightly.
Chowder sighed, "So much happened in one day, my old master was forced to hand over the transfer papers making me your masters' apprentice, I wanted to run away, but, I knew that nobody would shelter me, so I guess coming back was the better alternative, instead of freezing to death, it's almost like a miniature depression, nobody can afford anything, and I would be another mouth to feed and another body to shelter."
"I see, tomorrow's going to be a big day for you as it was for me, don't ask, you'll see." She said.
Either of the apprentices didn't talk the whole night…
"I raised the boy when he was a child, and she comes into my own kitchen and steals him!" Mung said with fury.
"We'll have to liberate him out of there!" He continued.
"Rada, rada?" Schnitzel questioned.
"I know, the last time we broke you out of there was extremely hard, and you refused, until you were forced to marry her."
"Rada rada…" Schnitzel said not wanting to remember the awful day.
"I know, but, good thing you're with us, now, we have to do this all over again, this time, with Chowder, and we know her apprentice loves him, I've been watching her for a while, this isn't going to be easy, as she's going to be with him the entire day, maybe when she isn't looking we'll take him and run off." He said.
"Give me back my precious Chowder!" Mung mocked in a voice shocking similar to Panini's.
They both laughed, thinking they will prevail, and however, they didn't know the dangerous threat Panini had when angry.
Chowder slowly open his eyes, his vision still blurred, as soon as it cleared and he gained some self-conscience, and idea wormed into his head. Escape!
"She probably is watching me right now."
He slowly cranked his head to the bed, fuzzy and pink, like her. Camouflaged, so the game is now cat and mouse!
Slowly, he crawled to the door, and at the same time was glancing at the sleeping body of Panini.
"Don't wake up demon!" He thought
As soon as he was at the door, on the floor crouching, he uttered a silent prayer and put his hand on the knob, slowly, he turned it and pushed, no squeaks, as soon as he was content with the large hole in front of him; he crawled through the door, and glanced back at the room, at Panini. He stuck a tongue at her.
As soon as the door was fully closed, the dashed on his tiptoes to the back door, and smirked. His heart stopped when he heard footsteps in Panini's room, "How did she notice!" Instantly, he opened the door and dashed out of it.
He was outside, he looked both way and down at him, a manhole, he could spot the barely visible circle as it was camouflaged by grass, "My best way is to hide in this hole."
So as quiet and quick as a mouse, he opened the lid of the manhole, jumped in and closed the lid, praying every second that Panini didn't see him.
As soon as he heard the grass crunch he crouched even lower in the hole and put his hands of his head.
"Chowder, where are you? You want to play hard to get? You got it!" She exclaimed.
She slowly paced around the manhole, though it had grass around it to camouflage it, she, however, was unaware of the manhole.
As soon as she was right on the manhole, she glanced down, her head not moving, only her eyes. She then looking down fully with her head, she stomped on the patch and closely listened, again she stomped, a wide smile appeared on her face.
"I have you now, Chowder!" she whispered to the hole, however she was more intelligent than she looked and walked about a meter from the manhole and sat down, waiting for him to emerge.
"So, she's trying to trick me." He thought.
He got up, pushed the manhole cover open, jumped up in light speed, and looked straight at Panini.
She only looked into his eyes, and simply smirked, stood up and remained motionless.
It was like an epic Wild West duel, either they both run or one run or the other chases.
"I should probably try seducing him before even wasting my energy." She thought.
"Chowder, do you know who I am?" she said loudly enough for only him to hear.
He only stood there, focused on what she would do next.
"We've seen each other a couple of times. I'm Panini" She said stepping forward with her hand extended.
When she stepped forward he stepped backwards, like a mirror game.
She stopped, and so did him, "I'll have to find another way to seduce him."
She was desperate for him, she smirked as a very nasty idea wormed into her head, a huge lie.
"Chowder, do you notice something, all the days that you were living in Marzipan, no other species looked like you, ever noticed?"
She only prayed that he wouldn't put two and two together, but, he said nothing and she continued.
"Chowder, only through me, we can save our species, we are the only two remaining types in this world. One male, one female", it's for the sake of –"
"LIAR! LIAR! LIAR! THIS IS SOME FOOLISH MOVE ISN'T IT... I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT, YOU ARE A LIAR!" He yelled.
She laughed, "I once believed that, I was obsessed with finding a look alike to me, days I have spent, and I have found no one, until you showed up, you were the one Chowder. You're the last male careabit, but you're refusing the truth, we will die soon enough if you're going to be so narrow minded like that. It will be a humiliation, and people will simply laugh!"
He shook his head violently; he was too shocked to find the loophole in her nasty lie. (They're only teens)
"Come Chowder, it is the only way" She said calmly, extending her arm further.
He looked at her arm, and back at her, he did it three times.
"Come with me, after all, it is the only way" She said again.
"NO!" He said and he dashed away from her, running to Mung Daals cooking emporium.
"He'll be back, and he'll regret that he ever ran away from me. I was so close! He's too narrow minded… for now! Patience Panini you'll get him soon enough."
She turned away from the open manhole and back into Ms. Endive's house; slowly she made her way into her room into her bed, flipped the covers over her and closed her eyes. A smile of satisfaction covered her face as she dozed off.
Chowder was running as fast as his body would able him, "I need to get back to Mung!" He whispered to himself.
Even though he was running faster than he ever could, those particular words echoed through him mind, "After all, it's the only way."
"No! It's not, I will find another one of us and you'll be wrong!"
He made his way to the familiar emporium, he noticed that the secret latter leading to his room was still in good condition; he crawled up the latter and fell into his room.
He didn't care, all he wanted was to be in his own bed, he'd explain to them tomorrow.
He then jumped right onto his bed and dozed off without hassle, shivering with fear.
"I somehow believe her, this can't be possible, shake it off Chowder, you're better than this!"
That was actually pretty fun to write, though I'm too lazy to check for spelling errors.
I have newfound confidence in this story, so I will work on Chapter three tomorrow.
-Zepla