Childish: Bad Cartoongirl! Bad! Bad! Bad!

Oh shut up. I've been busy. Being nominated for Most Wicked Magic Female in the black arts is an honor and very stressful! I have to do something so evil, so memorable that I'll probably win and go down in infamy!

Evil: *grins* This is my area. *pulls Emo close* And my P.I.C. will be joining me.

Emo: Whatever…

Angel: How could you be proud at that?

Uh…I'm a villain! Duh! *summons an orb* I'm not known for being nice. *turns to readers* Now my little victims…I mean readers! Hehe…readers…that's what I meant…Enjoy the story!

Chapter 4: The Abandonment Issue

"After a few months of her little… injury, I have taken the precautionary of watching over her…but that was easier said than done."

"Chey Maria Squirrel! You come out this instant!" Red called.

He sighed. Having a child as rambunctious as she was wasn't easy. He just wished that she would stay insight long enough. It was hard when she disappeared. Plus she wasn't exactly all there. Her mind wandered a lot. He placed his hands on his hips. Where could she have gone? He crossed his arms and pointed in a random direction. He walked over to the fridge and opened it, seeing his daughter chewing on a piece of ham. He sighed and frowned. She looked up.

"There you are," He scolded, picking her up, "You know better than to run off like that!"

"But I was hungwy," she whimpered, eyes getting large.

"Oh no, no, no, no. You are not putting those puppy eyes on me,"

He tried to avoid her gaze but didn't. He felt his heart melt as he looked into her eyes. His shoulder sagged and he let out a defeated sigh. He could never be mad at her when she pulled that trick on him. He carried her over to the middle of the room.

"Oh… fine, you win. Now… stay there and stay out of trouble! I swear how you get into it is beyond me! But it follows you everywhere!" He looked at her to see her head tilted. "Of course, you don't understand, you're just a little puppy…my little girl,"

"Nano! Don't call me that!" she complained.

He chuckled and pulled her into a hug. He knew that she wasn't you typical girl. He figured it was because there wasn't a female around, but was too old to mate and finding a suitable partner to raise a puppy like a squirrel would be difficult. She pushed him away and crossed her arms. He smiled and ruffled the hair on her head. She was a little tom-boy. He knew that she hated the feminine qualities that he brought up, but he thought it was adorable.

"Now, I want you to go practice your magic okay? And that means no setting anything on fire, no causing trouble, no bad stuff! Understand?"

She nodded and bounded off. He sighed and fell into chair. Taking care of a pup that spirited and seemed destined to cause trouble was hard work. He figured a small nap wouldn't hurt, but knew that she would be missing the next minute and could've gotten into trouble, hurt or worse, so he advised against it. He opened his cabinets to cook dinner to see that he was out of everything, except the ham that was in the fridge. He sighed and looked over at his daughter. She was busy chasing her tail.

"Chey sweetie, can you come here for a moment?"

She looked up and ran over to him. She tilted her head at him.

"Yes papa?"

"I have to go shopping. So you're going to stay here alone for a little while. It'll probably take me all night to get the groceries. So be good okay? "

"Okay," she replied, excited to be on her own for the first time.

Red started to rethink his offer.

"Are you sure you're going to be okay by yourself here baby girl? I don't like the idea of you being alone without someone to look out for you? Maybe I should someone to stay with you?" Red asked.

"But Red!" Cartoongirl whined. "I'm a big dog! I can look after myself!"

"I know, I know… but what if a hawk o-or a predator comes after you?"

"You're only going to be gone for the night Red. I think I can last one night by myself."

The older animal hesitated. He didn't like the idea of the young pup being all alone in the tree. What if someone or something comes in and hurts her or worse? Kill her? He didn't want that. Especially since she was so small and young. He could still the talon marks from when the hawk attacked her before she was two weeks old. She started pushing him out.

"Go, I'll be fine. I'm a big girl Red. Have fun! I swear I won't leave the tree! Bye!" she waved as he climbed out.

"Maybe I could go tomorrow morning and take you with me?" he offered.

"Red," she scowled.

"Okay, I'm gone, I'm gone," he replied.

Fear and worry tightened his stomach as he climbed down the tree and started towards his destination. He didn't like having her be there all by herself. She was too small. He scowled himself. He needed to stop this! After all, it was just one night. She would probably be in bed soon. It wasn't like she was going to throw a huge party. She didn't know that many animals anyways. Dinner he didn't have to worry about. She would probably watch a little TV too. Nothing bad. He was half way through New York when a blur of black and white knocked him over. The two animals rolled into an alleyway. Red looked to see that it was Secret Agent Nigel. The British Spy penguin. Red scowled. He had to come at the worst time for him.

"Ah… hello super-secret agent Nigel. Nice to see you again."

"What are you planning this time Red?"

Red smirked.

"Just a little something… but you have to catch me first to find out!" he replied and ran off.

Forgive me sweetie, he silently thought, I won't be home tonight or for a while.

Red scurried across a fence; Nigel was following close behind him on the sidewalk, belly-sliding. The squirrel did zigzags, running over obstacles as he looked over his shoulder to see the penguin still struggling to keep up with him. Tears poured from the crimson squirrel's eyes. He couldn't believe that he was going to leave a young pup alone for who knows how long?

"I'm so sorry baby girl, I'm so, so, so sorry,"

The next morning Cartoongirl was sitting at the entrance of the tree, waiting for her dad to come home. Several hours he still haven't come. She sighed and felt worry clutching her stomach. Where was he? He never lied to her before. She decided to wait for him for a little while longer. As time went on, days passed, then weeks, then she finally got tired of waiting.

"H-he…He don't want me…" she whimpered.

She frowned and looked at the place she called home. She felt the anger boil inside her and a powerful orb of magic shot out of her paws, destroying a section of the tree. She jumped out of the tree, running as far away as she can. Away from the place that reminded her of that place.

Present

Cartoongirl hissed and turned her back towards him. Red was trying his best to get through to her, but she wouldn't hear it. She had her paws over her ears, trying to block him out.

"Come on sweetie, I didn't do it on purpose! I was trying to protect you!"

"La, la, la, la, la, la! Is someone talking? Because I can't hear them!" she replied.

"Chey Maria, listen to me!" He exclaimed, pulling her paws away. "I had to leave you behind so secret agent Nigel wouldn't find you! I was protecting you!"

"You abandoned me! I had no food! I was left alone for weeks! I don't want to talk about it!" she growled and pushed him away. "From now on , I'm going to tell the story!"

"Okay, okay," Red replied. "Go ahead."

"Good, now after Red ABANDONED me, I had to go live on the streets…

Urg… finally. *looks irritated*

Childish: That you finally got the next chapter done?

Yes… and that Red finally ADMITTED that he ABANDONED me!

Motherly: Now Chey, he already explained to you why.

HE STILL DID IT!

Evil: *looks bored* *looks at readers* Review, or else I'll take over Chey's body and hunt you down and kill you. *evil grin* And I can't wait to do that.