The next morning had arrived. Seiko was already awake, tending to her pinata's before Sprinkling and the Diggerling twins could even arrive. Peanut was up as well, splashing around in the water. Every now and then he would roar, splashing even more water. The Sweetooth's eventually got annoyed and got out, leaving the Dragonache to play with himself. Of course, Peanut didn't seem to notice. Seiko just dug holes in the ground, her seed bag in hand, ready to plant some new flowers. She wasn't too upset about yesterday anymore- after all, it was just an accident.
And he's just a baby. He probably just doesn't know any better. She thought positively. She looked over at Peanut, who was roaring softly, almost in a purring way as he scratched his belly with his tail. Little did she know, someone was watching her, and no, it wasn't Dastardos this time.
Dustin was hiding behind some trees, just a few yards away from the garden. His blue eyes gazed sadly at the gardener. He met up with Sprinkling after she was on her way home. He had heard how bad Seiko felt about Peanut scaring everyone, and felt worse about being afraid.
I can't help it! It was shooting fire at me! He thought to himself. Then he growled a little to himself when he started remembered the last thing Sprinkling said to him.
"OH! And she's, like, super upset because of some guy named Freddie fainted, and she like, really liked him. Do you know who Freddie is? His dad owns the D-Parlor and he has pink hair!"
Of course, she wasn't too accurate in the description, but he knew who she was talking about.
Stupid Eddie... Getting Seiko's attention... Dustin took a deep breath, Come on Dustin, just walk in there and tell her your sorry for running away... He thought to himself, peeking over at Peanut, who was now napping in the water. He was snoring loudly, and looked like he could fall over any minute.
Then again... He shook his head No! I have to do this! Come on, one foot in front of the other-
"Good Morning Seedos!" he heard Seiko say out loud. He ducked down again, wanting to be in the garden with her alone.
"Good Morning Seiko," Seedos said, walking into the garden happily, eyeing the plants around, "Say, did you know the coconut is a seed?"
"Um, yeah, you told me that last time you were here..."
"Oh yeah..." Then came the awkward silence.
"... Anyway, how have you been?" Seiko asked, breaking the silence. Seedos smiled.
"Never better! I even found a new kind of seed!"
"Oh really? Can I see it?"
"Hang on, let me find it!" Seedos said, taking off his pack as he dug through it. 5 minutes had passed as he rummaged through. Seiko looked around, her eyes looking over to Peanut, who was sleeping soundly in the water. He was snoring quite loudly, and he started to tip over to his side a little.
"Okay, I know I put it in here! Maybe I accidentally put it in the weed bag... Oh wait, it WAS a weed I believe-"
"That's nice Seedos, but let me ask you something."
"Sure! Go ahead!" Seedos replied, throwing his pack back over his shoulders. Seiko pointed over to Peanut.
"Have you met my Dragonache yet?" She asked. Seedos leaned over to get a good look at it, his eyes widening.
Wasn't that the same Pinata dad wanted to find when he left? He thought to himself, looking at it with awe. One of Peanut's four eyes opened slightly before closing. Seedos shivered a bit.
It's hard to believe it exist! I can't believe it! He thought.
"Seedos?"
"Huh? Oh I'm sorry. No I haven't."
"No problem! Come on, you can introduce yourself!"
"I'm not so sure...
"Oh, he's not too bad! Just one little pet won't hurt you!" Seiko said reassuringly, smiling widely. Seedos gave her a look as if she had asked him to go up to Pester's lair in a dress.
"I-I think I have to go-"
"Oh come on! He's really sweet! He won't hurt you." Seiko said, beckoning Seedos to come over. Peanut's eyes had opened, and he looked sleepily at the swamp boy. His head tilted to the side and he let out a small sound of curiosity. Seedos let out a yelp.
"Are you sure he won't hurt me?"
"Yeah I'm sure. He doesn't like to eat seeds either, so they are safe too." Seiko giggled, giving Seedos a slight shove towards Peanut. The pinata kept looking at Seedos with curiosity. Seedos raised one of his hands, shaking violently in the process. He wasn't sure what this thing would do- it was intimidating enough from far away. Peanut leaned forward a little, almost putting his head to Seedos's hand himself, when-
"TALLY HO MS. VANFLOSS!" Doug called out, throwing his mining tools onto the ground with a very loud thud. Seedos jumped back from the pond, and Peanut, out of shock, slipped and fell over. Seiko's head jerked around to the diggerling.
"DOUG!" She screamed.
"Yeah?" Doug responded, completely oblivious to what had happened/
"What the hell?"
"What?"
"Do you really need to throw all of that? You scared Peanut!"
"And me!" Seedos called from behind.
"And Seedos!" Seiko added. Doug shrugged.
"Sorry..."
"You better be! Where's Danny?"
"Oh, he will be here soon! He kinda got into another fight with Sprinkling during breakfast!" Doug answered, picking his equipment. Seiko pursed her lips together in aggravation.
"Might I asked about what this time?"
"I wasn't sure. Something about maple syrup or something... Hey what's wrong with Beastie over there?" Doug asked, pointing over to Peanut. Seiko turned around, looking at Peanut, who was still getting up from the water. Seedos looked at him nervously as the pinata was whimpering, it's eyes looking all watery. Seiko's face fell as Peanut looked around sadly, before the sobbing happened.
"No don't cry!" Seiko almost shouted, stepping into the pond to the sobbing pinata. Peanut was crying out loudly, stomping around in circles in the water like a little 3-year old. Seiko kept spitting out water that fell into her mouth when she tried to call the pinata's name. Doug started whistling loudly, ignoring the scene as he started to walk inside the mine. Seedos twiddled his thumbs, watching as Seiko struggled to get the pinata to calm down.
"Um... I have to kinda go..." he said awkwardly, slowly backing away. Seiko was going to tell him to wait when Peanut's tail accidentally smacked into the back of her head. Her face planted straight down into the pond, which finally got Peanut to calm down. Seiko's head came back up, spitting out a bunch of water, her chin throbbing a little. She looked up, and saw Peanut looking down at her, still whimpering a bit. She sighed.
"It's okay Peanut. I'm okay." She muttered.
Dustin was still looking from far away, watching what had happened.
God, what a baby... I can't believe that's the same thing that was spewing a bunch of fire around in town yesterday! He thought to himself, not even realizing a certain seed merchant was standing behind him.
"Dustin, might I ask what your doing?" Seedos asked loudly. Dustin almost screamed, turning to glare at him.
"SHHHHH! Keep quiet!" He hissed, looking to see if Seiko had heard, but she was still trying to get the mud off of her face.
"But what are you doing? Spying on Seiko again?" Seedos asked, crouching beside the blonde boy. Dustin turned red.
"No... I'm waiting for her to be alone so I can apologize!"
"About what? Did you smash her flowers again?"
"NO! I want to say I'm sorry for running away from Peanut!"
"Oh... You were scared?"
"Shut it Seedamor."
"Why does everyone call me that?"
"... I'm going to go talk to Seiko now." Dustin muttered, ready to walk out of the bushes, when he saw his arch nemesis walk into the garden.
Eddie Lizard.
"Morning Seiko!" Eddie said happily. Seiko snapped up hearing his voice.
"O-Oh, M-morning!" She said shyly, frowning at the bandages that were wrapped around his head.
"Oh my God... Eddie I am really sorry..."
"These? Don't worry about it!" Eddie said, pointing to his bandaged as he said it. Seiko smiled, feeling herself turn a bit red. She took a deep breath.
"So... How are you doing?" She asked awkwardly. Eddie shrugged.
"You know, slight concussion. Just finished helping my dad clean up the stage for the next P-Factor."
"Oh really? I hope it wasn't too bad."
"Not really," Eddie said, looking over at Peanut, who was playing with the bullrush flowers, "Actually, our next show is going to be in a few hours and we are short one pinata, and I thought that maybe you want to bring in Peanut." Seiko's heart nearly stopped.
"I mean, he won't be crowded or anything. He will be on a pretty open stage with some smaller pinata's, so he should be okay."
"I-I don't know... I mean, what about the camera flashes? They might scare him..." Seiko said in an unsure tone. Eddie looked at her a moment before giving a small laugh.
"We banned cameras remember? When Pester brought that Sour Smelba and the camera flashes made it go crazy? You were there I believe..." Eddie said, placing his fingers on his chin in thought. Seiko about fainted. She was there when that happened. She was competing with one of her Lemmonings, and practically stood next to Pester on the stage.
Well, that didn't make me look stupid...
"Other then that, you shouldn't worry about him." Eddie said reassuringly. Seiko gave him a questioning look.
"Wait, why are you asking me? Not to be rude or anything, but ... why?" She asked, looking down a little. Eddie looked surprised.
"Well, you enjoy the P-Factor a lot, and your always there, and my dad kinda wants to see what a Dragonache really looks like."
"Oh... Then okay..." Seiko said, nodding. Eddie smiled.
"Great! So I'll see you there!" That was the very moment when Peanut had walked over, a bundle of Bullrushes in his mouth. He bent over, dropping them on by Eddie's feet. Peanut looked up at Eddie, looking as if he was trying to smile. Seiko giggled.
"I think Peanut can't wait to go either." She said, covering her mouth slightly. Eddie nodded awkwardly, picking them up.
"Thank you I'm flattered," He said in a joking tone, waving to Seiko as he turned around to go back, "See you in two hours!" Seiko waved back slightly, watching him leave. She turned to Peanut, softly poking his side.
"Just remember I saw him first!" She said teasingly. Dustin's jaw dropped after watching Eddie leave.
Aw man... Now she will just want to talk about him for the next hour!
"Hey, Eddie left. You can say sorry for running away from her Dragonache now!" Seedos said hopefully. Dustin's face lit up.
"Oh yeah now I can- Wait..." He said, squinting over at the other side of the garden. While Seiko had gone inside to change, Jardniniero and Leafos were standing on the other side of the garden. Leafos was pointing at Peanut, saying something to her father about it. Jardniniero stared at Peanut, but there was no expression on his face.
He just turned his wheel chair and left.
