Alright, just like I promised. Here is Chapter Two of "Ferret Love". Just a bit of an update, I'm only going to update this story once each week. Why? Because I want to try and expand more on the amount of words that I write for each chapter. My main goal for each chapter is 2,000 to 4,000 words. So, yeah. If you like this story, make sure to let me know what you guys think of it by posting a review and giving this story a favorite!
Chapter Two: White, Fluffy, and Weird
"You've got to be kidding me!" Duke said in anguish "Another one of those things?"
Duke proceeded to slam his head into the wood of the barn for the next ten seconds or so. He didn't think that something like this would happen, but surprise surprise, it did. Duke wasn't the only one who felt uneasy at another ferret on the barnyard. Otis, Pig, Peck, and Pip all had a bit of worry, plus suspicion, at how (and why) there was another ferret on the barnyard. Now this wasn't because of any kind of prejudice against ferrets in general, at least for Otis and his friends that is. Heck, one of their best friends was a ferret. No, it was more along the lines of Freddy's safety, as well as the safety of all the other animals as well, that they were all suspicious. Ever since that incident with Inga trying to devour Freddy's head a year or so back, they had all made a promise to try and be more careful about introducing new creatures to Freddy, despite his constant objections.
Otis parted the shrub that they all were hiding it a bit more to try and get a better view of the albino ferret. From what he could made out, the ferret looked to be about Freddy's height. About three foot six to say the least. It's body looked looked like the typical pear-like shape that most ferrets (at least the one's he had seen) seemed to have. However, the torso, arms, neck, and legs of the ferret looked to be a bit bulkier than usual. The head shared most of the same features as Freddy's, but the muzzle looked to be more smoothed out, the snow white hair on it's head (while not very long) reached half way towards the back of its neck. Also there where streaks of blue, purple, and violet running along some parts of the hair, which gave it a bit of a galaxy kind of look to it, minus the white that is. The eyes where an chrystal clear blue that shined and sparkled whenever the sun's rays beamed down on them. The eyes looked so blue, that it looked more like something that would be made for an Angel rather than a ferret.
After a few more minutes of gazing, Otis slowly reeled his head back into the bush and gave his fiends a surprised look. The animals all looked at Otis for some kind of response, and Otis (seeing the looks on their faces) spoke up.
"Well guys, I think this ferret's safe."
"Wait, what?" Duke gave Otis a look of shock " Are you serious?"
"Yes Duke, I am. Honestly, I think he, or she, seems to be harmless enough."
"But Otis" Abby replied "How do you know that for sure?"
"Yeah, it could be some kind of psycho killer for all we know!" Peck said trembling
"Or worse, it could be a monster, or an alien in disguise!" Pig rebutled
Otis looked at everyone in disgust at what he was hearing.
"Guys look." Otis said sternly "Just because this ferret's different doesn't mean that we should automatically assume that it's something bad. Now, I know that we all have some suspicions, and that's fine and reasonable. However, we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. Heck, how do we know that this Ferret couldn't be the one of the nicer ferrets. Or, then again, it could be a crazy person, who knows? But let's go and give him, or her, a nice Barnyard welcome, and just see how things go."
The others all looked down a the grass in shame. Otis was right, it wasn't right of them to judge so harshly like that.
"I'm going to go and introduce myself."Otis said walking in the direction towards the ferret "You guys can come if you want."
With that, Otis made his way closer and closer towards the new arrival of the Barnyard. After getting about a foot away, and making sure that the Farmer wasn't around, he called out
"Hello there!"
The Albino ferret jumped slightly at the call, but it soon got back to it's senses and cocked it's head towards the direction the call was coming from. Upon turning around, the ferret saw Otis standing there with a smile on his face and waving. Grinning from ear to ear, the ferret made it's way towards the cow with speed that would made a Cheeta look like a turtle. Otis's grin faded as he saw the ferret booking towards him.
"Uh oh."
These were the only words that Otis could muster before the ferret jumped on top of him, sending him crumpling to the ground.
"Ow.." Otis said in pain
"Oh..Sorry." The ferret responded with a childlike giggle "I get a little excited when I see new animals. I hope you can forgive me."
The ferret got off of Otis, and helped him get up from where he was lying at. Otis rubbed his head a bit, as he had bumped it when he fell to the ground.
"It's not a problem." Otis said getting up "I've had worse things land on me in the past."
"So!" Otis began "Welcome to the Barnyard! It's nice to get a new animal here. So, what's your name?"
"My name is March." the ferret replied
"Well March, my name is Otis, and I'm the leader of the Barnyard."
"Ooohhh!" March said with excitement "You're a leader? That's awesome!"
"Ahh, it's nothing really. Honestly, I can't even keep half this place from bursting in flames at times. Heck, I had to have my friend Pip take over a few times after things got really bad."
"Who's Pip?" March asked
"Oh, he's my best friend, he's also a rat as well."
"HEY! I'M NOT A RAT OTIS, I'M A MOUSE!" Pip yelled from behind the bushes.
"Oh yeah, Sorry!" Otis exclaimed to his friend
"Uh...Why was he hiding in the bushes?" March asked confused
Otis chuckled at the question
"It's not just him, there are about five more of my friends hiding there as well."
Otis looked towards the bush that Pip had yelled from, and said;
"Come on out you guys, there's nothing to worry about."
One by one, the animals all emerged from their hiding place.
"Well, this is interesting." March said with a smirk
"March, i'd like you to meet my friends; Abby, Pig, Peck, and Duke."
March took a good look at all of them, and gave a loud.
"HEY!"
Abby, Duke, Pig, and Peck all, with hesitance that is, made there way towards March in a single file line. Once they had arrived, Abby was the first to introduce herself.
"Well Howdy there uh..."
"March." Otis whispered in his lover's ear
"March! Welcome to the barnyard! I hope you don't mind me, I'm just a root tootin, shy, country gal that's all about..."
"Can you just get on with it Abby!?" Duke said, rudely interrupting her introduction.
Abby turned to Duke with an annoyed face, and then turned to March.
"Could you excuse me for a sec?" Abby asked
"Sure, no problem." March replied
Abby, within a few seconds, tackled Duke to the ground and then proceeded to do things to him that weren't physically possible for the average bone structure. Moans of pain and agony where all that could be heard from Duke, as Abby continued to attack the sheepdog. After a few minutes of pain and suffering, Abby made her way back towards March.
"Sorry about that" Abby said "I just don't like being interrupted by no one."
She then glared at Duke, who had now been twisted and shaped like a pretzel. There was even salt and cheese sauce smothering the top part of where the "pretzel" shape began. March looked at Abby with surprise and said.
"Well, I guess I can't blame you for that." March said looking at Duke the Pretzel.
"And honestly, I think he'd be better covered in Marinara sauce instead." March said giving Duke an evil grin
Duke's eyes widened with that response, and he quickly rolled himself away from everyone to try and escape any more possible wrath from Abby.
Abby rolled her eyes, and then said
"That was Duke by the way."
"He sure seems like a bucket of sunshine and rainbows." March said sarcastically
Abby laughed.
"Yeah, he's a lot of work."
Abby then rustled March's hair with her hoof, and backed away to let the others introduce themselves. Pig, Peck, and Pip were all still in shock at what Abby had done to Duke, so they didn't respond to anyone at first. However, after a grunt from Otis, they all snapped back to reality as quickly as they had left it.
"Oh, sorry." Pig said
Walking up towards the albino ferret, Pip, Pig, and Peck all stood around March in a semi-circle.
"I'm Pig." Pig started up " I'm what you would call the "cook" of the barnyard. Anything that you want to eat, I'll make for you. Provided that I don't eat it first."
"Interesting." March said "What do you cook?"
"Anything." Pig responded
"That's good."
"Oh, and I also have a pet skunk named Skunky." Pig said pulling out his pet
March's mouth gaped open in awe at the cute little skunk.
"Oh my goodness, he's so freaking adorable!" March said eyes widening with joy
"Yeah, he sure is cute, but he does have a bit of an odor problem."
"That's not a problem at all." March said enthusiastically "I've smelled things that no animal would ever dream of getting themselves into. So I think a skunk's scent really won't bother me at all."
"Well that's good. You want to pet him?" Pig asked
"Do I !" March said
Carefully, March started petting the skunk, who in return, started to pur.
" I love this skunk so much!" March said whimsically
Pig gave a nod in approval, before stepping back as well. Peck, who was really nervous at this point, walked up towards March and offered his wing as a 'hello'. March, seeing the amount of sweat and fear that came off of the muscular rooster, chuckled slightly before wrapping Peck into a big hug.
"Hello to you as well." March said squeezing the Rooster tighter
Thankfully, Peck had been working out all those years back. Otherwise he would have snapped into two like a pencil at the ferret's grip. Peck hugged back and after a few seconds, the hug broke.
"So." March said "Who might you be?"
"My name is Peck." Peck began " I'm the teacher of the barnyard."
"That's pretty cool." March said enthusiastically " What exactly do you teach?"
"Pretty much any kind of subject; Math, Language, History, Science, and so on and so forth. I teach three kids, who are now teenagers at this point, a sheep by the name of Macy, a calf named Joey, and a chick, now a young chicken, named Boil."
"Well, that's a very nice profession you've got there. I respect that."
"Well thanks, honesty it took some time to get myself where I am today. Heck I used to be a wimpy, accident prone rooster who would choke on his own tongue at even the sight of a hen. Now all that's in the past and..."
Just as Peck was speaking, a meteor was making it's way towards the rooster. The fire and brimstone that issued out from it was like the fires of Hades, but stronger. As the meteor was just about to hit Peck, Peck balled his wing and pointed it towards the meteor. In less than a fraction of a second, the meteor was shattered on impact. Small chunks of rock and fire landed in small heaps at random parts of the barnyard. March looked at the rooster with a surprised and shocked look. There wasn't even a scratch on him, heck not even a singe mark on any of his feathers. Peck blew at his crumpled fist and lied it back down at his side.
"Like I said, it's all in the past." Peck said putting on sunglasses, which made him look pretty badass.
"Dang." March said, mouth still agape
"Well, I guess that's everyone." Otis proclaimed
"Hey, what about me?" Pip said
"Well, you kinda already introduced yourself to March anyway."
"How did I do that?" Pip asked confused
"Well, your yell from behind the bush kinda gave you away. Also, I took the time to introduce you to March.
"Oh." Pip said flatly
"Well, like I said March, welcome to the Barnyard. Anyway, I do have one more friend that I'd like for you too meet."
"Who is it?" March asked
"Another Ferret, like you." Otis responded
"Really? Thank goodness, I thought I'd be the only one here." March said relieved
"Yeah, his name's Freddy. He's an orange ferret, but he has some problems..."
"Like what?" March asked
"Well...You'll see it when you meet him." Otis said
"Well, okay I guess."
With that Otis and the others all made their way towards the barnyard, but not before giving a tour of the barnyard and giving the rules as well. After all that, they made their way towards the barnyard. As they did, Otis decided to ask a few questions to March.
"Hey March." Otis began
"Yeah Otis?" March replied
"Forgive me if this sounds a bit too personal, but I never got the opportunity to ask you this. Are you a boy or a girl?"
March froze slightly at the question given, but quickly snapped back into reality.
"Girl... I'm a girl."
"Really? Well that's nice. Hey, maybe you and Freddy might end up together."
"Yeah...yeah that sound nice." March said nervously
Upon entering the barnyard, March was met with a large amount of decor that smothered the main area of the building. It didn't take long for her to finally guess what all of it was for. A Valentine's Day party.
"Hey Otis, can I ask you a question?" March asked
"Sure March, what's up?"
"Why do you have all of your decorations up so early? I mean, we still have about three weeks, at least, until Valentine's Day. So why all of this now?"
"Well, I kinda made a promise to a very special she-cow that I would do all of this for her. Also, we don't need to worry. This barn is wired so that, if need be, we can just switch on a, well... switch, and all of this will be placed in special areas in the barn." Otis explained
"Oh. Okay." March responded
"Alright, now let's introduce you to Freddy. I think he might still be in the shower though."
Almost immediately as Otis said those words, A door opened up, a large cloud of steam filled the barn, and a silhouette of Freddy made itself visible for everyone to see.
"Aw man that was a great shower!" Freddy exclaimed
Freddy wrapped two towels on his head and around his waist, and looked around. He soon caught sight of the others, who had been staring at him the whole time.
"Ahhh!" Freddy screamed " Guys I told you not to be out here when I got out of the..."
Freddy soon stopped his ranting when he saw the albino ferret standing next to Otis.
"Freddy, I'd like you too meet March. She's new here, so say hello." Otis said
Freddy sheepishly walked towards where March was standing.
"Hi." Freddy said before realizing that he was in nothing but a bath towel. He blushed in embarrassment.
"S...Sorry that I'm uh..not dressed." Freddy said blushing all the harder
March giggled at how timid Freddy was.
"It's fine Freddy, it's not like we wear clothes all of the time anyway. I mean, we're pretty much naked 24/7."
"Well, you do have a point. Let me get "dressed" and I'll uh...do something."
Freddy than rushed towards his stall, and made a mental note to never do something like that again.