Just then, Mike and Stella both heard someone shout, "One the TWELFTH day of Christmas, the Bad Hams sent to me TWELVE bossy tyrants-"
"Shut up!!!" another voice shouted irritably. "I'm sick of hearing your twelve days of Christmas song!"
Mike and Stella turned around and walked to the trail that went around the park. And once they reached it, they saw Boss and Caitlin standing there. Boss looked like he was ready to pounce while Caitlin whistled idly.
"I am going back to the clubhouse WITHOUT your song!" Boss retorted and walked away. Caitlin stopped whistling and glared after him. She turned around and walked in the other direction. She got off the trail and walked along the river. Mike nor Stella dared to follow her as they continued conversing and fussing over decorations.
Caitlin walked a minute until she finally stopped. She saw the two new Bad Hams, Roger, the Bad Ham that resembled a white tiger with a blue bow tie, and Becky, the second girl Bad Ham that resembled Pashmina except with brown fur and had navy glasses, sitting by the river talking. Caitlin remembered something she heard about them, that Roger had a crush on Stella and Becky liked Mike. She giggled as she thought about that fact.
Roger and Becky turned around toward her. "What are you doing here?" Roger questioned in his French accent.
"Shut up, Roger," Becky retorted. "Heyaz!"
"Hi, y'all...," Caitlin murmured as she turned around.
"Wait, Caitlin," Becky remarked. "I think my sister's around here somewhere."
Caitlin turned around. "Natsu?"
"Yeah," Becky responded.
Caitlin smiled and remembered the last time she had talked to her best friend. She thanked Becky and walked a little down the river until she heard some commotion in the tree above her. Caitlin looked around and saw Howdy looking up the tree.
"Howdy?" Caitlin questioned and smiled.
"Sorry, Caitlin, can't talk," he replied and turned around toward her. Suddenly, something from above fell atop of Howdy. Caitlin looked at it and knew immediately who it was. Natsu, a white hamster with blond hair and purple glasses, and Howdy must've been playing hide-and-go-seek together, and Natsu had fallen out of the tree. Caitlin walked over and helped her up.
"Natsu!" Caitlin greeted.
"Caitlin!" Natsu rejoined.
"I never knew I'd see you here!" she remarked. "I thought you had gone back to Hamster City."
"Not for a while," Natsu answered. "I'll be back up there soon, though."