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Chapter Two:Welcome to Kicks

"Being mayor is never I'm sure being in charge of humans is a lot different than being in charge of Animals. with Animals, it's like taking care of children - bring them something,visit their house,play games with them,etc. it's a bit tiresome at times,but I find it worth it"

"Because the Animals don't treat me like a boss or a bother or even a mayor in treat me like a friend.."


"...And that's why I'm not allowed at to go near his house again- he even got a restraining story, huh?"

"Yes..very..cool…Katt.."

As usual, Amie was doing what usually happens in Starry Hills- complete with her somewhat strange and silly but kind and playful menagerie of neighbors.

and she cares for them all..no matter how weird they get..which happens fairly often.

"Welp, I gotta go! I'm meeting Jay for a fight ,or race,or something like that. see ya lates, Ames!" Katt, a cat Animal with an intimidating but kind aura , said, most likely ignoring the weirded out look on Amie's face, walking away without a beat.

"Yeah..see you later, Katt.." Amie muttered. 'Note to self: never ask about Katt's ,or any Uchi for that matter, "turf war adventures" again..' She thought with a shudder, before continuing to walk along the stone path.

It being another lovely sunny day in Starry Hills,meant meaning Animals- and one human- were all out and about. and of course, many were happy to see their mayor.

" Good morning,Miss Mayor~Stretch."Gladys greeted with a warm smile.

"Good morning to you too,Gladys."

"Heya,Amie! honk!" Antonio waved.

"Hello, Antonio!"

"Mornin,Mayor.."Curt gave an apathetic wave

"Did you get enough hours of sleep,Curt?"

"I stayed up a bit too late and now I'm a sleep deprived.."

"Oh my..well ,make sure you plenty of sleep tonight and get some coffee at the Roost. uh ,but not in that order. be pretty bad for you to start falling asleep out of nowhere."

"Hmm..you're ,fuzzball!"

"No problem."

"Hey,Amie! have you heard a few new stores opened?"Felicity asked

"Oh,yes,I was going to check it out later. Ya know, its kinda my job.."

"It's really interesting,huh~Mimimi?" she said with giggle

"You know it and morning to you,Eloise."

"Ugh, so not a good morning~toooot.."

"Oh,whats wrong?"

"All that noise from that construction woke me up and keeps me really irritating…"

"Oh right, you do live rather close to Main Street...although the club is still being built, it will eventually stop..it doesn't take quite as long.."

" Hmm,I guess I'll have to bare with. I do have slates for the headaches too."

Amie smiled in relief "Oh thank goodness. I'm really sorry I can't do anything to fix it but if you do need help, you know where to find me." Eloise gave her a small smile.

"Of course I do,Miss Mayor."

Amie sighed tiredly. 'I've only been walking for three minutes..' she thought."GAH!" a voice screamed."Huh?"

At the moment,a brown alligator Animal was starting to lean dangerously close down the stone pathway,in his arms a large stack of white boxes."Oh Goodness!Alfonso!"Amie gasped in horror before rushing to his side in an instant.

Once there,she immediately grabbed his sides and with a bit of a struggle, managed to pull him sighed in relief as he was once again upright."Phew..thanks,Missus!if it hadn't been for you,my pies would've gone splat."

"Yeah,that wouldn't too nice to clean wouldn't it."Amie said with a small giggle,as Alfonso managed to climb down."No it wouldn' be a big red mess~its a me ! thanks again,Miss Mayor!"

"Just be careful,Alfonso!" she called out as he walked off. "I really do wonder where he gets the money to get those everyday. it's not like we have a bakery or any restaurant around here..you'd have to order that from the city personally since the receptions horrible out here…" Amie mused to herself.

"Are you talking to yourself again,sugar?" Amie jumped high with a squeal as Chrissy came up behind her out of nowhere. she shuddered and took a deep breath before giving her an annoyed look.

"You know I hate it when you do that..I hate surprises."the pinkette muttered annoyed." It's why I did it~sparkle. so, are we going to main street or not? I'm super excited to check all the new thing out!" Chrissy said.

Amie sighed before giving her a small smile." Let's go."


Main Street is the shopping district Starry Hills and had added by the old mayor a few weeks before his retirement,and much inspiration from the city only a few hour train ride away.

Usually Main Street was mostly empty with the exception of a few window shoppers at ,today, Main Street had its first big renovation since its ,well,creation.

Not one,not two,but THREE whole new stores opened up,as well as the item shop Nookling Junction officially upgraded to T&T Mart. so not only was an old franchise becoming even better, three new ones were added to the roster.

Not bad for a small town that was on the verge dying,with such terrible reception you can barely use a phone,let alone a computer unless your lucky and can afford it, full happy go lucky residents,and a 19 year old with no college education in the seat of mayor,huh?

And since today was so important, as Animals are not known for being xenophobic or neophobic, plenty of them swarmed the streets,all full of either genuine curiosity or plain interest.

"W-wow,its really crowded today." Amie stated in shock upon their arrival."Why wouldn't it be? everyone was buzzing about it even before construction started~sparkle!"Chrissy replied,scanning the groups of Animals with wide excited eyes.

"It's just so strange to see lots of our neighbors in one place. everyone usually keeps to themselves or in a small group.."

"I know! that's what makes it exciting~sparkle!so, which one do you want to go to first? personally,I want to go to that salon.I was thinking of getting a new hair do or maybe a little trim,but it's not like my hair grow much BUT STILL! a girl is defined by her hair ya' know!or maybe we can try the gardening place. I know you like flowers and stuff,you're always out in the meadow when it warm and stuff and don't think I didn't notice that book you like so much~sparkle! I'm honestly surprised you want to be a musician when you could totally be a florist!I mean -"

They walked for a bit,Amie's absentmindedly watching the crowd as Chrissy babbled on about her career choices or something like that. it's when she caught pure white fur and dark blue shirt did she see someone she least expected.

'Whitney?!' she thought in wandering nearby was a white wolf who Chrissy and plenty of her neighbors dubbed Whitney, the Ice was due to her rather nonchalant nature and overall sugar and ice personality; she's rather nice to some and somewhat of an ice queen to others.

For Amie,it always felt like she was ice towards wasn't that she was mean or anything,but she didn't seem to care for her existence or being with always polite but her words lack the friendliness.

'Out of everyone,Whitney's the only person in Starry Hills I haven't befriended…' Amie thought downhearted. I mean,it's not like she hadn't tried. she's tried many times. none of her attempts have worked.

'Everyone says she was like this when she move a few months before the old mayor left..I wonder was she always like this?I wonder if something happened..'

" .gosh! Ames,look at that~sparkle!"Chrissy's words brought her out of her thoughts,"Huh?what?"she questioned."Like,look over there!"the rabbit pointed towards followed her gesture ..and raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Since they weren't really paying attention ,the two girls managed to wander in front of the shoes store- it was easy to tell,as the sigh was a giant shoe and the name of said store rang a quite few bells( and not the money kind).it was short,sweet,and simple:Kicks.

"Kicks?"Amie wondered why that sounded a bit yesterday's events popped in her head."OH! that skunk we helped yesterday?..he named his shop after himself?"

"Goodness,and I thought the Smugs were narcissistic..though he might count as one~sparkle."Chrissy commented,earning her a look from her human rabbit suddenly smirked.

"Let's go in."


Inside,was smaller than she was also a lot more empty with not even one Animals inside. that wasn't the least bit unexpected. most Animals don't really wear shoes outside of formal and business wear.

There were still plenty of shoeboxes places,like in the corner or ,honestly,looked like a bit of a mess.

That ,however,did not stop a certain skunk from greeting them with vigour.

"G'Morning,chum!" Kicks exclaimed with zeal. it was after a moment he recognized them."Oh,you're the two from yesterday right?"

"Uh, 's us."Amie said,giving a friendly if not awkward smile -which was returned.

"Ah,well,still thanks again for yesterday, though you really didn't need out an extra thirty to sixty minutes isn't so bad." she flushed slightly out of embarrassment but still smiled.

"Well,you need help. I'd never leave anyone in need no matter if it's not a big problem,I'll still do anything to help everyone in Starry Hills." Amie replied.

"Yep,nothing stops ol' Sugar here once she sees anyone who could us a hand."Chrissy said in a mix of admiration and annoyance.'It's one of her flaws and her strengths..'she thought to herself in annoyance.

Kicks looked at her in both curiosity and awe."Well that's a strange philosophy,but I guess everyone has something about them like ..welcome to Kicks,chums!"

"You named your store after yourself?"Chrissy asked,repeating Amie's own words."It's a type of shoe."he explained."So you're named after a shoe?that's weird~sparkle,like really weird. like, is that even your real name or did you find it on a box or something ?cause that's dumb~sparkle. "Amie looked at her in shock and horror 'Oh goodness gracious,Chrissy! y-you can't just call someone's name weird!it's just plain rude!'

Kicks gave her an unamused look."...As I saying..welcome to Kicks! here we sell shoes,but also socks and stockings. you can look around,though there's not much at the moment.."

" We'll do that.."Chrissy drifted off looking around until her eyes spotted on one of the piles."Can I look in those?" "No,I don't think I'd-and she's ignoring me.." Kicks said dryly as the rabbit went over.

Amie shook her head and looked at him."I am so sorry. she tends forgets her manners and it's really mind blowing what she can say at time...I should know.." she apologized,muttering the last part under her breath.

"Nah,it's fine,chum. I'm just glad I got customers. really, you guys are the first to come in." Kicks said."Hmm.." she simply glanced at him."I'm also glad I could finally open up after so long..I"

" You'll like it here. I mean,it's really nice here! I've only been here for a few months and everyone - well maybe not everyone,but most of the population is nice. but some can be a little...well.."

"Apprehensive?"he suggested.

"Strange. and sometimes pushy..and the people here are a little ask for the weirdest things. once,someone bought an apple from me for 1000 Bells."

"And?"

"Apples are the native fruit..you could get them free just by picking them in the orchard."

He gave a look that asked..'Why?'

"I don't know! they can be all so weird!",she giggled with a smile,"But they can be nice ,like Chrissy. you know,when she isn't raiding your things."

"IT'S NOT RAIDING!It's called observing." Chrissy yelled,looking at a pair of pink polka dot maryjanes.

"You call that observing?" Kicks muttered to himself, as Chrissy dropped the box she was holding and went to try on the maryjanes.

He turned to Amie."Would you like something?"he asked. Amie sighed,"Yeah,I'll get something.."both of them stared at the mess a certain white bunny made.

"...I'll help you clean too.."

"..Thanks,chum.."

That wraps up chapter 2. geez,Chrissy causing a mess and going through Kicks stuff..my favorite villager everyone..

Sorry I haven't updated in a while..this month was a mess with my sister having 12 hour back surgery - she's fine though,if anyone asks- and had to drive 16 hours to Texas to be. then we went to Houston for a bit and couldn't use my laptop because it wouldn't log into the hotel wifi..and then my cellphone stopped working for a while..and that was two weeks ago!

It's just been that kind of month.

But I'm back on track!

This chapter is basically to try and introduce Kicks' personality- he's sorta timid - and also opens a path for his and Amie's friendship which I will get into next chapter. there's also confirmation of Amie's age- 19 years- as well as her everyday life,because those Animals are needy! also shows she has a dislike of surprises.

I did some edits on the intro and chapter one:ex,I changed her keyboard to a violin,which fit her character, well as fixing any mistakes. the perfectionist in me just wouldn't let that happen.

To answer I'mJustAnUchiGirl: No Amie isn't married and probably won't be considering the species of her love interest. I just wanted to test if Miss or Missus sounded better and chose Miss since its grammerically correct.

I'll try updating later this month since I actually have an idea for next chapter.

Ps:Check out my profile if you're interested in Mario or Skylanders. I'll later be uploading fics about those around later this month ,august,and in the fall. but at the moment,TSOSP&WF is my main priority. till next time!

Ciao~!