Ch04
After the girls had made their little alliance, and kept it secret from Austria, They did everything together. Austria was a little startled, But figured it was better Leanne then himself, So he let it be. One day when playing by a lake, the 2 sisters found a turtle. Leanne picked it up. "Hoffy! Look what I found! A turtle!"
Hoffnungen walked up to her and rubbed the tip of her pointer finger gently across the top of its head. "What a cutie! But look at his leg..."
Leanne took a closer look at the leg of the slimy green turtle in front of her. "What happened to its leg! Its all bruised!"
The other sister took a hold of the frog and look at the scene. "I dont know, but lets try to be quiet so that we dont startle it..."
The blonde looked at the cute, webbed toed creature in her sisters hands. "You like animals? You dont seem like the nature kind of girl!"
The brunette continued to gently pet the turtle. "Don't judge a book by its cover."
The girls brought the creature into the house. Hoffnungen walked up to Austria, carefully making sure to not hurt the thing. "Austria! Were keeping this poor hurt turtle!"
Austria took one look at it and cringed. "No! You cannot keep it"
Hoffnungen shook her head. "I wasn't asking."
Austria grabbed the turtle from her hands. "We aren't keeping this disaster in the house." Hoffnungen tried to get it back, but he was so much taller.
"Stop! You're hurting him!" Screamed little Hoffnungen, still attempting to reach the poor thing, who Austria was holding by the leg
Leanne hears this and runs into the room. Austria was holding it out the window and was about to drop it when he heard her scream. "Mr. Austria! Don't! Please!"
Austria brought the turtle back inside and sighed. "Leanne? Why are you here?"
Leanne ran over to him and snatched the turtle from his grasp, Since she was almost as tall as Austria. This was the first time either of them had seen her at all angry. "What do you think you were doing to this poor thing! He needs help and whether you like it or not, we ARE going to help him!"
Hoffnungen pulls on her layered skirt. "What are we going to name him?"
Leanne puts her usual smile back on. "Well, I kinda wanted to name him Shojen, But what about you?"
Hoffnungen thought for a minute before she agreed. "Shojen sounds very nice."
Austria put his bottom back in the chair he was sitting inn before the whole thing even started. "Who knew she could be that scary..."
Leanne and Hoffnungen found an ice cream box to put him. "We need to go to the store to buy him food!"
Hoffnungen agreed. "And a better box..."
Hungary took the girls to the closest pet store and bought what the new family pet needed. Terrain, a rock, a pet box, crickets, and some fake seaweed. Hungary helped set it up. The water was nice and high, but not too high, the rock covered about ¾ of the box, the bowl they got was a nice blue with yellow spots. They filled the bowl with some crickets and watched as Shojen ate some. He took small bites and ate them very slowly, but the 3 that were there watched him. "How I would love to watch this little guy some more, I have work to do. I'm sorry girls."
Hoffnungen smiled at the turtle and sighed. She whispered into the top of his container. "I love you, Shojen..."
Leanne jumped up, eyes widened. "What did you say?"
Hoffnungen blushed and shook her head. "Nothing!"
I know that this doesn't have to do much with the story yet, and I know that its very short...I'm sorry! Just sit tight and keep reading. REMEMBER: You can review. Just tell me what you think or if you have ideas of what to add or even just advice! Have you had a nice day, Da?