My Pet

Chapter 7- A miracle of life

Since Seze and I won, Wendy now avoided us ashamed. Seze was becoming closer to Lice. He would always see her at lunch, and sometimes before going to sleep. Also, our bond was stronger than ever. When I called him, he would answer. When I went to sleep, he would lick me in the face. The only thing that made me sad was that he now was too big to sleep in my bed, so he slept next to it. One day, Seze and Lice disappeared. When morning came, I woke up and put on my shell. I noticed Seze wasn't in my room, so I thought he might be outside or in the kitchen. However, after breakfast, I realized he wasn't. I called for him and, oddly, he didn't answer. I kept calling him as I walked through the corridors of the castle, but without success. After a while, I was distracted when Wendy bumped right into me

"Ow! What's wrong with you?!" I asked her angry

"Me?! You were just standing here!" she replied angrily also

"But you could have avoided me!"

"Why didn't YOU get you get out of the way?!"

"I didn't- ARGH! I don't have time for this nonsense, I'm looking for Seze!"

"Well, I'm looking for Lice!"

"She's disappeared too?"

"Yes, and I don't find her."

We both stood up

"Well, I…" I whispered

"Just help me find Lice, would you?" Wendy asked me

"…okay."

Though we were still at odds with each other, we put it away to find our Chain Chomps. We looked in our rooms and the living rooms, where Ludwig and Roy were resting in the couch.

"What are you looking for?" Roy asked us

"We're looking for Seze and Lice." I answered "they disappeared."

"You don't find them? Have you looked for them in the garden?" Ludwig asked us

"No… we are looking inside the castle." Wendy answered

"Well, let us help you."

"Okay, we will keep looking in here and you look outside." I told them

"Roger." Roy replied as he and Ludwig wend out

--night—

We had searched everywhere in the castle, even in the dungeons, but we hadn't found them. We could not look in Larry's room because it was locked up. Lemmy and Morton had joined the search, but didn't have any look neither. Finally, we were back in the living room. I was worried-sick, and so was Wendy.

"Don't worry, sis. I'm sure they will appear soon of late." I said trying to cheer her up, concern notable in my voice.

Suddenly, to everyone's shock, mine included, Wendy hugged me tightly tears streaming down her face.

"I'm so sorry, Ignatius! Sorry for wanting to compete with your pet!" she cried

Thought I didn't like when she called me by my full name, I decided to ignore it and hugged her back. I also had wanted to apologize to her for presuming, but I hadn't the courage to admit I was wrong. Tears also streamed down my face.

"I'm sorry too… I was presumed, it was my fault also…" I apologized

"Iggy…"

The oppression I had felt in my chest disappeared, at the same time Wendy was nuzzling against my chest. She was the little and consented girl. Suddenly, Larry and Junior came

"Hey, guys. Where do babies sleep?" Larry asked

"In a crib." Ludwig answered

"And where do Chain Chomp babies sleep?" Junior asked

"In a towel." Morton answered

"What do they eat?"

"They eat milk!" Roy answered, starting to get steamed

"Okay, we are going, but only if you give us milk and a towel." Larry said

Our eyes went open wide.

"What do you mean?!"

"Lice had babies and Seze is with her in my room." Larry answered

"That's what it was locked?" Lemmy asked

"yep." Junior answered

We rushed to Larry's room and were delighted about what we saw…

Lice was resting in a towel, eight baby Chain Chomps huddled next to her, Seze was next to her looking at his pups.