Disclaimer: "I don't own Sailor Moon. With the exception of Rini, Angel
Raye owns the Chibi Scouts. The Snibbits are mine."
--Quoth the Ravyn
Snibbits To the Left, Snibbits To The Right -- By Ravyn Knyght
It had been several days since Snibbit's cloning and Madelyn was waiting to get Maggie alone to give her hers. One day Madelyn went to the Pluto quarters to talk to Maggie. As usual Daisy was there with her when Maggie's father announced Madelyn's arrival. "Maggie could we talk in private?" Madelyn asked, Daisy got a little suspicious. "What ever it is you can tell the both of us." Daisy simply stated. Madelyn thought for a moment then agreed. "You can't tell our parents about what I'm going to show you, okay?" Madelyn started. "Sure." Daisy agreed, Maggie had an uneasy feeling about the request but agreed anyway. Madelyn pulled out the green Snibbit from her pocket and presented it to Maggie. "It's one of the babies mine had!" Madelyn explained to the older girls. "It's so cute!" Daisy remarked. Maggie thought so too. "What is it?" Maggie asked. "It's a Snibbit." Madelyn answered. "Snibbit! Snibbit!" it happily cried as it bounced up and down on the floor. "Why can't we tell anyone?" Daisy asked. "Because they came from the space ship the guards found a few days ago." she informed. "Then we should tell the king and queen about this." Maggie said. Madelyn snatched the green Snibbit up. "No! If you do, they'll take them away and do all kinds of scary tests on them!" Madelyn protested.
Daisy joined in, "Oh come on! Stop being such a goodie-goodie! This way you get your own pet! Isn't that what you always wanted?" Daisy reminded her. Maggie thought for a moment, she was having a bad feeling about this creature. "Well I don't know. I don't know if I can keep it a secret from mom." she wondered if her mother already knew. Daisy rolled her eyes. "Oh how hard can it be to keep a little animal like that a secret?". "It is kind of cute." Maggie admitted as she watched the contented little animal snuggle into Madelyn's hands. "All right then. It's in the vault." Maggie said. "All right!" cheered Daisy. "In the vault?" Madelyn asked. "That means I won't tell anyone." Maggie promised. Upon hearing that Madelyn handed the Snibbit over to Maggie. "This is going to be sooo cool!" Daisy remarked. "Snibbit!" added Maggie's pet.
Several days later Gary was informed by the king and queen that he was to go as an ambassador to Russia. While he would be gone Maggie would be staying with Ken and Lita. "This is going to be great!" Daisy said excited that Maggie would be staying over at her quarters for a few days. There was some fighting taking place on Russia's border and Serenity and Endymion asked Gary to mediate between the two governments. Maggie worried daily about her father. Setsuna prayed for her husband's safe return. Snibbit helped ease Maggie's fears. "Aw! open up!" cried Crescent as he pawed at Daisy's closed door wanting to be let in. His cries were wearing Ken's patience thin so he decided to see what was going on.
"Girls what are you doing in there?" he said knocking on the door. Daisy opened the door after a few seconds. "Uh...nothing!" she said with a broad smile, while Maggie played it cool. "Why won't you let Crescent in?" her father asked, Daisy was stuck for an answer. Her stammering made her father suspicious. "We're trying to make a surprise birthday present for Crescent. If he saw it then it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?" Maggie calmly lied. Crescent's ears perked up as his eyes actively searched the room for any signs of his present. He left his position by Ken and entered the room only to be scooped up by Daisy. "Ah! Ah! Ah! No peeking until it's your birthday!" Daisy quipped while tapping Crescent on the nose as she put him back outside the door. "Oh so that's it." Ken commented as Daisy closed the door. "Oh you're good!" Daisy laughed as Maggie took Snibbit out from under the pillow. "Yeah, I know. I'm good, I'm great, I'm the queen!" she sighed conceitedly as she stroked the purring green bundle.
Elsewhere Ariel was having a hard go at spending some quality time with her Snibbit. Not only did she have to hide it from her parents and everyone else, but Moonbeam was always wanting to play with her. Ariel stacked some books on her bookshelf in a way so that her Snibbit would have a place to stay and no one would see him. Behind the wall of books she had a small soft doll's bed set up and a little bowl with food and another with water. Fortunately no one found Snibbit yet so Ariel was feeling a little more confident about keeping him. This is fun! she thought and giggled as she moved one of the books and Snibbit came out. "Snibbit!" it happily purred as Ariel snuggled it and groomed it's coat. "Oh you are so soft!" she whispered to it as she got an idea of how she could openly play with Snibbit.
"What's that?" Greg asked as Ariel sat on the couch combing her Snibbit's coat. "It's a new toy I bought at the store the other day. They had them in a bin outside and I couldn't resist!" she said snuggling the animal. "Snibbit!" it chirped, loving the attention it was receiving. "Did that thing just talk?!" Greg asked. Ariel momentarily panicked then recovered. "Yeah it has a computer chip inside." she explained. Moonbeam jumped up to investigate Ariel's new purchase. "Hmmm? Looks and smells kinda strange to me." he commented. "No it doesn't!" Ariel shot back holding the Snibbit closer to her. "You're just jealous!" she crowed. "Of that!? Oh pu- lease!" Moonbeam scoffed waving a paw at Ariel's new toy. "It can do all kinds of things! Watch, daddy!" Ariel decided to lay it on thick to make sure there would be no doubt to the validity of her story. "It can talk..." she gave Snibbit a gentle squeeze and it spoke, "Snibbit!", "Blink...." Snibbit blinked it's eyes. "And follow me around with this!" Ariel held up a strap with a small box on it. She attached the strap to her ankle and Snibbit bounced after her. "Amazing!" Greg commented. "Big harry deal! I'd like to see it place an internet order!" Moonbeam huffed, while giving Snibbit a dirty look. "Is that an admission to the credit card bill this month?" Greg brought up the recent mysterious charges on his credit card. "Heh, heh! I think I should be on patrol now! That escaped animal is still loose!" Moonbeam quickly said and ran out the door. Now no one would question Snibbit's presence. I'll tell Madelyn and Maggie to do the same! Ariel giggled.
Madelyn was doing her homework with the help of Snibbit, although she played more with Snibbit then she did doing her homework. "I love you soo much!" she said and Snibbit returned her affection by humming a little tune. Madelyn continued her homework while Snibbit sang to her. "I'm so glad I have you Snibbit!" she said petting the little ball of fur.
"I convinced my parents that Snibbit is a toy so I can play with mine whenever I want and they won't get suspicious! Maybe you two should do the same?" Ariel reported to Maggie and Madelyn. "What's a Snibbit?" Hope asked and the three clamed up. "What are you guys talking about?" Annika followed up. "Something about a Snibbit." Hope told her. "Whatever it is Ariel has one along with Maggie and Madelyn." Faith finished. The trio were now getting nervous. "That's enough talking. How about a little more walking instead?" Daisy said trying to change the subject.
After the girls went to school, Crescent decided to search Daisy's room for the surprise both her and Maggie were making for him. Lita came in with some laundry and noticed the cat searching around her daughter's room. "And what would you be doing?" she questioned the snooping cat. "Daisy said she was making a surprise birthday present for me and I was trying to find it." Crescent shamefully admitted. "Well I think you should stop now before you find it." Lita warned. Upset that he was caught, Crescent started playing with a rolled up pair of socks. Unfortunately, Crescent's toy wasn't a pair of rolled up green socks but Snibbit. Crescent gave it a swat and his claws nicked the little animal making it cry out in pain. "SNIBBIT!". Did you say something Crescent?" Lita asked and noticed Crescent was staring at a pair of Daisy's socks. "Those socks, talked?!" Crescent said astonished. "What!?" Lita said. He raised his paw again to swat the ball and it bounced away. "A mouse?" Lita wondered as Crescent chased after it.
Out of the bedroom and down the hallway Crescent chased Snibbit until he entered the bathroom. Desperate for a place to hide, Snibbit jumped into the toilet. The door closed, "I've got you now!" Crescent chuckled as he started searching the bathroom. A flash of light from the toilet caught his eye. HA! Gotcha! he snickered and hopped up onto the toilet seat only to be blinded by several more flashes of light knocking him to the floor. When his sight cleared he was surrounded by Snibbits. "YYYAAAAHHHH!" Crescent screeched as he fled the bathroom. Lita came to investigate his progress in catching the mouse. She saw Crescent trying to hold the bathroom door shut as flashes of light emanated from around the door and there was a whole lot of chattering coming from the bathroom. Lita moved closer to the door but Crescent ordered her to stay back. "Don't open the door!" he pleaded as Lita put her hand on the door knob. Just then, the weight of the multiplying Snibbits caused the door to burst open and the furry mass poured out towards Lita and Crescent. Lita gave an ear piercing shriek as she snatched up Crescent and bolted out of the quarters trying to stay ahead of the multicolored, chattering mass that chased them.
At the same time in the Saturn quarters, Madelyn's Snibbit was getting bored and went exploring again. This time it quietly followed Hotaru around as she tidied up around the quarters. Feeling a little lonely and wanting some attention, Snibbit decided to introduce himself to Hotaru. Hotaru was watering some plants when Snibbit bounced up onto the window sill in front of her. "Snibbit!" he sang cheerfully, only to get a terrified scream as a reply. Anthony came from the kitchen to find his wife standing on a chair screaming bloody blue murder as Snibbit bounced past him. "What was that?!?" he wondered as a small yellow creature bounced its way back to the bedrooms. "DO SOMETHING!" Hotaru shrieked and Anthony quickly ran to the bedrooms after what ever that thing was. He quickly grabbed a box out of the hallway closet and started searching for the intruder. Could that be the escaped animal? Anthony wondered.
Michiru was on her way back from the library when a frantic Lita clutching Crescent tore past her. "What's the----" Michiru tried to find out what Lita and Crescent were running from but got interrupted as a wall of bouncing, chattering Snibbits engulfed her. After they had passed, Michiru slumped to the floor in a state of shock at what just happened. As she watched the mass move down the hallway, a lagging pink Snibbit bounded of her head and into her lap. "Snibbit?" it called looking around to see where the others went. Michiru raised a trembling hand and pointed in the direction the other Snibbits went. "Snibbit!" it happily chirped and bounced down the hallway after its brothers and sisters. Michiru sat there for a few more seconds before giving a loud scream that brought several servants to her.
"I'm going to have to teach Ariel to put her toys away when she's finished playing with them." Amy sighed as she picked up her daughter's Snibbit, interrupting the Snibbit's exploration of it's new territory. "A place for everything and everything in it's place." Amy commented as she put Snibbit up on Ariel's desk. "Snibbit." the blue powder puff grumbled as it watched Amy close the door. Now it was stuck in the room until someone opened the door. It didn't take very long for Snibbit to get bored as it decided to wake up Moonbeam to see if he wanted to play. "Snibbit?" it called as it nudged the sleeping cat. Moonbeam stirred a little but drifted off again. Snibbit reasoned it would take more drastic measures to rouse the sleeping cat so it made its way back up to the desk and with a loud "SNIBBIT!" he jumped off of the desk and landed squarely on Moonbeam's head. "ROWR! Who? What?" Moonbeam said, wide awake and his eyes darting about to see what had hit him. "Snibbit!" called a bouncing blue ball of fur in front of him. "HAUNTED HAIRBALL!" Moonbeam cried as he raced around the room trying to escape his chaser.
Hearing the loud commotion from Ariel's bedroom, Greg investigated. "What's with all this caterwauling!?" he shouted then saw the mess of the room. "Whoa!" he cried grabbing a racing Moonbeam. "It's after me!" the cat cried. "What is?" Greg questioned. "That haunted hairball!" he pointed to Snibbit. "...haunted hairball..." Greg grumbled. "Here's the problem. When you were tearing around that ankle strap got hooked onto your collar and Ariel's toy started following you." Greg explained to the traumatized cat. "Now into the living room and behave while I clean this mess up." Greg ordered the cat.
Lita managed to alert security to the investigation and soon the cleanup was under way. But not before a large number of Snibbits found their way into the royal court where Serenity and Endymion were holding an audience with a prospective new public relations officer. "Well it looks as if you are more than qualified for the job, Mr. Crenshaw." Endymion stated. "And I assume you don't have a problem with children?" Serenity questioned remembering the ordeal with Ms. Ito. "No ma'am. I come from a family of eight where I was the oldest. I'm well used to be surrounded by children." Mr. Crenshaw assured her. "Well we look forward to having you work here, Mr. Crenshaw." Endymion said shaking the young man's hand. "Thank you your majesties." he said while bowing respectfully to them. Just as he started to come up, a coal black Snibbit perched itself on top of his head, "Snibbit?". "What?" the man said as he removed the animal. "Is it a mouse?" Endymion asked. The very thought of the word put the queen into a panic. Just then the three were surrounded by a sea of bouncing Snibbits. Serenity gave a glass shattering scream as jumped into Endymion's arms to escape the swarm.
Elsewhere in the palace, Mina and Haruka were interrogating a recently captured Negaverse commander. "Do your worst! I'll die before I talk!" Vallis sneered at his two jailers. "We'll see about that." Haruka dryly stated. Just then the grate of the air vent fell onto the table and several Snibbits plummeted onto the reluctant commander. He knew what they were. Instantly he was up on the table screaming and ranting like a mad man. "Anything you want, I'll tell you! Just keep those critters away from me!" he begged. "You're afraid of mice?" Mina said as she just glanced at the scurrying creatures. "They're not mice you dope! They're something far more terrifying then mice! THEY'RE SNIBBITS!" he screamed and the Snibbits responded to their name. "Snibbit! Snibbit!". "Make'em stop!" he pleaded as the chattering got louder. "What are these things anyway?" Haruka said picking one up. "A nightmare!" answered the captive commander trying to escape from his hand restraints. "We got rid of those things months ago. Now they're here. Do yourself a BIG favor and kill them now!" he ordered. Mina was outraged at the thought of hurting such a tiny creature. "If you don't then there will be billions of them in no time." Vallis warned, remembering the planetary state of emergency back on Drahkos. "The invasion fleet!" he blurted out, If just one of these things get aboard our ships we're in trouble! he thought. "Invasion fleet?" Haruka questioned, jamming a Snibbit into his face. "I think we should inform the king and queen about this." Mina said, instructing to guards to return Vallis to his cell. They didn't notice Vallis had loosened his restraints.
After an all day round up the Scouts and Knights, sat around the conference table discussing the current situation. "So where are these things from?" Serenity asked staring at the original Snibbit through a cage. "Snibbit." it woefully cried, pleading to be released. "I don't know but that commander, Vallis, we captured knows all about them. We should ask him about these animals." Haruka pointed out. A guard came into the room. "I have urgent news to report, your majesties!" he started off. "Continue." Endymion ordered. "The prisoner, Vallis, has escaped and barricaded himself in the communications room, sir!" the guard reported. "He said something about an invasion fleet. He must be trying to contact them!" Mina concluded. "Then we have to stop him!" Endymion stated as they all left and headed for the communications room.
"Yeah that's right you heard me! Snibbits! Order all ships to avoid this planet at all costs! There are other planets that have what we need." Vallis gave a quick report on the developing situation on Earth. Just as he was about to set up an extraction for himself, the door of the communications room was broken down. "What do you think you're doing!?" ordered Serenity as Jupiter Knight and Venus knight tackled and restrained him. "Saving my home world!" he answered back. "Take him to the conference room. I think we have a lot to talk about." Endymion ordered. Just then the children were arriving home from school.
"Guess what Kara told me!" Madelyn whispered excitedly to Ariel. "What?" she asked. "If you get Snibbit wet, it will multiply! She was giving hers a bath and as she was drying him it started multiplying. She's got fifteen!" she exclaimed. "That explains what happened at her house the other day then." Ariel said. "So then we shouldn't get our Snibbits wet then?" Maggie asked. "Guess not." Madelyn replied. "Oh, no!" Ariel groaned. What?" Maggie asked. "I left a small Dixie cup of water for Snibbit to drink!" she said while holding her head. "Uh-oh. Let's hurry home then!" Daisy suggested and the four girls ran off ahead of the rest. "HEY! Wait for us!" Faith shouted as she, Hope, Gloria and Annika ran after them.
When they arrived at the palace, Several guards escorted them in and closed the gates. "I think some of you girls have some explaining to do." Amy said giving Ariel a stern look. Ariel, Madelyn and Maggie gave each other worried looks as they followed their parents inside and into the conference room where the king and queen were waiting for them. Ariel was the first up. "It has come to our attention that you were responsible for today's incident." Serenity started and Ariel could feel the tears build up in her eyes. "Your father told us you had one of these creatures the other day. You said it was a toy correct?" Serenity pointed to the cage. Both Madelyn and Ariel gulped hard, Madelyn's heart sank as she looked at her depressed Snibbit in confinement. Not wanting Ariel to get in trouble for something that wasn't her fault, Madelyn spoke up. "It wasn't her fault your majesty. She got hers from me." Madelyn squeaked out. Madelyn came closer to the cage. Snibbit saw her and started crying out for her to let him out. Serenity could see that the animal was in distress so she released it from the cage and it quickly bounded up onto Madelyn's shoulder, seeking comfort.
"This is a serious problem..." Serenity started again when Pluto entered the room. "Ah, excuse me. Where do you want these?" she asked as she lead a small band of green Snibbits into the room. "They must think you are their leader!" Raye laughed. "They will be kept with the others in the palace ball room." Amy instructed. "Okay, let's go!" Pluto ordered as she walked out with the Snibbits in tow. "Madelyn, did you know that this was the animal we were looking for?" Anthony asked. She lowered her head and shamefully admitted, "Yes.". "Then why didn't you tell us?" Hotaru asked raising her daughter's head up to see she was now crying. "Aunt Amy said she wanted to do all kinds of tests on him and I didn't want him to be hurt!" she stated while wiping away her tears.
Serenity knelt down to the small girl, "I know you only had the Snibbit's well being in mind but because you kept him hidden, the ball room is jam packed with Snibbits. It's fortunate that none of them got off the palace grounds or serious consequences would have resulted." Serenity stated, Madelyn cried harder. "I...I gave one to Kara and...and now she has fifteen." Madelyn choked out. "I'll inform some guards to go to her house and collect them." Endymion said. "She will have to be punished for this." Serenity informed Hotaru and Anthony. "But Serenity! She's just a child! Plus she didn't know what would happen!" Hotaru pleaded fearing what would happen to Madelyn. "The King and I will take that into consideration." she told the worried parents. "Please bring the prisoner, Vallis, in now and take the Snibbit to the ball room with the others." Serenity ordered. "If you don't mind you majesty. I would like to run some tests on it." Amy proposed. "NO!" screamed Madelyn trying to keep the guard from taking Snibbit from her. "You are in enough trouble, young lady! Now hand it over." Anthony warned. Madelyn ran out of the conference room crying after the guard took possession of Snibbit. "Madelyn!" her mother called. "I'm sorry." Serenity apologized to Hotaru. "I'll try to talk to her." Hotaru promised as she and Anthony left to find their daughter.
After the girls left the conference room, they helped in the round up of any remaining Snibbits. Faith helped Haruka search their quarters while Hope stayed with a still frightened Michiru. "Hey, cool! I found one!" Faith shouted as she pulled one out of a cook pot in a kitchen cabinet. "I found five hiding in Michiru's closet." Haruka said coming into the living room with an arm full. "Just keep them away from me!" Michiru said as she clutched Hope to her. "I can't breathe, Michiru-mama." she cried out letting her adopted mother know she was squeezing too hard. "Just keep the door closed until we get back." Haruka told her. Michiru promptly locked it behind them and went back to the couch, pulling her legs up under her while keeping a watchful eye out for more Snibbits.
"Double check your stuffed animals, Annika." Raye called as Annika and Stardust searched her bedroom. Stardust chased three out from under the bed. "Got 'em!" Annika said dropping a laundry basket on top of them. "That's great Miss Annika, but could you do me a favor?" the cat asked. "Sure." Annika replied, "What?". "LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Stardust screeched from under the laundry basket. "Sorry." Annika giggled as she let Stardust out. "They're soo cute!" Annika commented as she looked over the group her family had rounded up. "Now don't get any ideas about them young lady!" Raye warned knowing Annika had a huge soft spot for things that were cute and cuddly. Chad came in with a brown one riding on his head. "Maybe we should keep this one. It will come in handy when I start to go bald." he joked as Raye, Annika and Stardust laughed with him.
Setsuna and Maggie checked out their quarters together. Setsuna still had a green Snibbit with her. It bit down on her hair and refused to let go so for the time being Setsuna kept it with her. It rode around contentedly on her shoulder as she searched the kitchen for any stowaways. Maggie came back from the bedrooms with a tiger striped one. "Is that the only one you've found?" she questioned her daughter. "Yes ma'am." she reported. "I'm sorry I didn't say anything earlier." Maggie apologized. "That's all right. No real harm was done, besides these things do get attached to you don't they?" Setsuna giggled as the Snibbit nuzzled her neck.
Rini just finished attaching a large wire cage up over an open air vent and waited. Artemis, Crescent and Moonbeam were searching the air ducts for any Snibbits. Once found they were herded towards the open vent where Rini was waiting with the cage. As she waited for the next batch she looked over the previously captured Snibbits. All of them were chattering and bouncing around in the cages trying to free themselves. "Knock it off! You're giving me a headache!" Rini shouted over the noise. They settled momentarily then started up again so Rini went to get her CD player so she could listen to something other than multiple cries of the word "Snibbit!".
The Venus family went about their quarters looking in every possible spot they thought a Snibbit would hide. "Who'd have thought little Madelyn could cause such a big mess." Mina muttered as she tried to grab an evasive Snibbit that was hiding under the couch. "I'm just glad that for once it was someone else other that Gloria that put the palace in an uproar." Asai said. "For once I can't be blamed for this." Gloria smirked as she snatched a Snibbit off of the book shelf. "I wonder what will be done with these little critters?" Asai said as he packed the last one into a pet carrier. "That will be up to the king and queen to decide." Mina commented.
Lita and Ken were assisting in the round up in the servant's wing of the palace when they heard a scream. "That sounded like Palla?" Lita said as she and Ken went to investigate. Apparently a naughty Snibbit got into the shower with Palla. Ken and Lita stopped running and changed directions as they tried to escape the on coming rush of Snibbits. Just ahead of the massive wall were Ves and a soaking wet, towel clad Palla. Both women screaming at the top of their lungs as they were swallowed by the rampaging Snibbits. Lita and Ken worked quickly to trap the Snibbits in a dead end corridor. "That was twice today I was almost run over by these things." Lita said gasping for breath as she and Ken locked the hallway doors. "Let's check on Palla and Ves. Michiru was a bundle of nerves when she was caught up in the swarm." Lita said as they headed back to the two women. Palla and Ves were sitting on the floor recovering from the shock when Palla felt something move under her towel. She shrieked in terror as a giggling, lavender Snibbit peeked out from under the top of her wrap as it snuggled into her. She ripped the towel from herself and started shaking it to rid it of anymore Snibbits. Upon getting back to the two women, Ken blushed then looked away as Ves and a completely naked Palla were running around trying to get away from a Snibbit.
"That was very clever of you to think up that story to keep Snibbit a secret, but you were still lying to us and you will be punished for it." Greg told Ariel as they searched their quarters. Ariel's Snibbit sticking close to her as she investigated her bedroom. After a lengthy search and no other Snibbits were found Greg prepared to dole out Ariel's punishment. "How about you ground me for a couple weeks?" Ariel tried to negotiate as Greg put her over his lap. "How about a grounding AND a spanking?" he said as gave three hard swats that made Ariel cry. "And you'll lose television, computer and video game privileges for a week. You'll also have to hand over your Snibbit." Greg hammered out Ariel's sentence. It could be worse. Ariel reasoned.
"Well would you care to enlighten us on what these Snibbits are?" Endymion asked Vallis. "Like I said before. They're a nightmare and if you had any sense you'd kill them all like we did on Drahkos." he stated coldly. "We are not about to exterminate a harmless, defenseless creature because you say so!" Serenity retorted. "Well then within a few months this planet will be a dust bowl like Drahkos." Vallis told her. "How so?" Endymion asked. "They're herbivores. They'll graze until there's nothing but dirt left, just like my world." he informed them. Just then a guard came in. "Your majesties! We have received a transmission from Drahkos. Their government is sending one of their top scientists to help deal with our problem." both the king and queen looked at each other. "Now what is this about? First they try to take us over now they're willing to help save us?" Serenity wondered aloud. "We shall see when he gets here, then." Endymion said.
"I've tried everything but she just won't unlock her door." Hotaru sighed in frustration. "Maybe we should just let her be for now and let her come out when she's ready." Anthony insisted but Hotaru was not about to give up. "Madelyn! Unlock this door right now!" she demanded. "NO! I'm not coming out! I hate the both of you!" Madelyn shouted through the door. She hadn't stopped crying since she watched Amy put Snibbit into the cage and take him away. She cried even more when she thought about what Amy might be doing to the poor terrified thing. Anthony lead his upset wife away from the door. "Now she doesn't mean that! She's just upset about what has just happened." Anthony calmly explained. "But she's never said anything like that before! What if she means it? You saw how much it hurt her when that Snibbit was taken from her." Hotaru said. "She'll calm down. You'll see." he assured her. Hotaru looked back to the bedroom and hoped that he was right.
--End of Part 2: Snibbits To The Left, Snibbits To The Right--
Next --Finale: Bon Voyage Snibbits!--
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Snibbits To the Left, Snibbits To The Right -- By Ravyn Knyght
It had been several days since Snibbit's cloning and Madelyn was waiting to get Maggie alone to give her hers. One day Madelyn went to the Pluto quarters to talk to Maggie. As usual Daisy was there with her when Maggie's father announced Madelyn's arrival. "Maggie could we talk in private?" Madelyn asked, Daisy got a little suspicious. "What ever it is you can tell the both of us." Daisy simply stated. Madelyn thought for a moment then agreed. "You can't tell our parents about what I'm going to show you, okay?" Madelyn started. "Sure." Daisy agreed, Maggie had an uneasy feeling about the request but agreed anyway. Madelyn pulled out the green Snibbit from her pocket and presented it to Maggie. "It's one of the babies mine had!" Madelyn explained to the older girls. "It's so cute!" Daisy remarked. Maggie thought so too. "What is it?" Maggie asked. "It's a Snibbit." Madelyn answered. "Snibbit! Snibbit!" it happily cried as it bounced up and down on the floor. "Why can't we tell anyone?" Daisy asked. "Because they came from the space ship the guards found a few days ago." she informed. "Then we should tell the king and queen about this." Maggie said. Madelyn snatched the green Snibbit up. "No! If you do, they'll take them away and do all kinds of scary tests on them!" Madelyn protested.
Daisy joined in, "Oh come on! Stop being such a goodie-goodie! This way you get your own pet! Isn't that what you always wanted?" Daisy reminded her. Maggie thought for a moment, she was having a bad feeling about this creature. "Well I don't know. I don't know if I can keep it a secret from mom." she wondered if her mother already knew. Daisy rolled her eyes. "Oh how hard can it be to keep a little animal like that a secret?". "It is kind of cute." Maggie admitted as she watched the contented little animal snuggle into Madelyn's hands. "All right then. It's in the vault." Maggie said. "All right!" cheered Daisy. "In the vault?" Madelyn asked. "That means I won't tell anyone." Maggie promised. Upon hearing that Madelyn handed the Snibbit over to Maggie. "This is going to be sooo cool!" Daisy remarked. "Snibbit!" added Maggie's pet.
Several days later Gary was informed by the king and queen that he was to go as an ambassador to Russia. While he would be gone Maggie would be staying with Ken and Lita. "This is going to be great!" Daisy said excited that Maggie would be staying over at her quarters for a few days. There was some fighting taking place on Russia's border and Serenity and Endymion asked Gary to mediate between the two governments. Maggie worried daily about her father. Setsuna prayed for her husband's safe return. Snibbit helped ease Maggie's fears. "Aw! open up!" cried Crescent as he pawed at Daisy's closed door wanting to be let in. His cries were wearing Ken's patience thin so he decided to see what was going on.
"Girls what are you doing in there?" he said knocking on the door. Daisy opened the door after a few seconds. "Uh...nothing!" she said with a broad smile, while Maggie played it cool. "Why won't you let Crescent in?" her father asked, Daisy was stuck for an answer. Her stammering made her father suspicious. "We're trying to make a surprise birthday present for Crescent. If he saw it then it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?" Maggie calmly lied. Crescent's ears perked up as his eyes actively searched the room for any signs of his present. He left his position by Ken and entered the room only to be scooped up by Daisy. "Ah! Ah! Ah! No peeking until it's your birthday!" Daisy quipped while tapping Crescent on the nose as she put him back outside the door. "Oh so that's it." Ken commented as Daisy closed the door. "Oh you're good!" Daisy laughed as Maggie took Snibbit out from under the pillow. "Yeah, I know. I'm good, I'm great, I'm the queen!" she sighed conceitedly as she stroked the purring green bundle.
Elsewhere Ariel was having a hard go at spending some quality time with her Snibbit. Not only did she have to hide it from her parents and everyone else, but Moonbeam was always wanting to play with her. Ariel stacked some books on her bookshelf in a way so that her Snibbit would have a place to stay and no one would see him. Behind the wall of books she had a small soft doll's bed set up and a little bowl with food and another with water. Fortunately no one found Snibbit yet so Ariel was feeling a little more confident about keeping him. This is fun! she thought and giggled as she moved one of the books and Snibbit came out. "Snibbit!" it happily purred as Ariel snuggled it and groomed it's coat. "Oh you are so soft!" she whispered to it as she got an idea of how she could openly play with Snibbit.
"What's that?" Greg asked as Ariel sat on the couch combing her Snibbit's coat. "It's a new toy I bought at the store the other day. They had them in a bin outside and I couldn't resist!" she said snuggling the animal. "Snibbit!" it chirped, loving the attention it was receiving. "Did that thing just talk?!" Greg asked. Ariel momentarily panicked then recovered. "Yeah it has a computer chip inside." she explained. Moonbeam jumped up to investigate Ariel's new purchase. "Hmmm? Looks and smells kinda strange to me." he commented. "No it doesn't!" Ariel shot back holding the Snibbit closer to her. "You're just jealous!" she crowed. "Of that!? Oh pu- lease!" Moonbeam scoffed waving a paw at Ariel's new toy. "It can do all kinds of things! Watch, daddy!" Ariel decided to lay it on thick to make sure there would be no doubt to the validity of her story. "It can talk..." she gave Snibbit a gentle squeeze and it spoke, "Snibbit!", "Blink...." Snibbit blinked it's eyes. "And follow me around with this!" Ariel held up a strap with a small box on it. She attached the strap to her ankle and Snibbit bounced after her. "Amazing!" Greg commented. "Big harry deal! I'd like to see it place an internet order!" Moonbeam huffed, while giving Snibbit a dirty look. "Is that an admission to the credit card bill this month?" Greg brought up the recent mysterious charges on his credit card. "Heh, heh! I think I should be on patrol now! That escaped animal is still loose!" Moonbeam quickly said and ran out the door. Now no one would question Snibbit's presence. I'll tell Madelyn and Maggie to do the same! Ariel giggled.
Madelyn was doing her homework with the help of Snibbit, although she played more with Snibbit then she did doing her homework. "I love you soo much!" she said and Snibbit returned her affection by humming a little tune. Madelyn continued her homework while Snibbit sang to her. "I'm so glad I have you Snibbit!" she said petting the little ball of fur.
"I convinced my parents that Snibbit is a toy so I can play with mine whenever I want and they won't get suspicious! Maybe you two should do the same?" Ariel reported to Maggie and Madelyn. "What's a Snibbit?" Hope asked and the three clamed up. "What are you guys talking about?" Annika followed up. "Something about a Snibbit." Hope told her. "Whatever it is Ariel has one along with Maggie and Madelyn." Faith finished. The trio were now getting nervous. "That's enough talking. How about a little more walking instead?" Daisy said trying to change the subject.
After the girls went to school, Crescent decided to search Daisy's room for the surprise both her and Maggie were making for him. Lita came in with some laundry and noticed the cat searching around her daughter's room. "And what would you be doing?" she questioned the snooping cat. "Daisy said she was making a surprise birthday present for me and I was trying to find it." Crescent shamefully admitted. "Well I think you should stop now before you find it." Lita warned. Upset that he was caught, Crescent started playing with a rolled up pair of socks. Unfortunately, Crescent's toy wasn't a pair of rolled up green socks but Snibbit. Crescent gave it a swat and his claws nicked the little animal making it cry out in pain. "SNIBBIT!". Did you say something Crescent?" Lita asked and noticed Crescent was staring at a pair of Daisy's socks. "Those socks, talked?!" Crescent said astonished. "What!?" Lita said. He raised his paw again to swat the ball and it bounced away. "A mouse?" Lita wondered as Crescent chased after it.
Out of the bedroom and down the hallway Crescent chased Snibbit until he entered the bathroom. Desperate for a place to hide, Snibbit jumped into the toilet. The door closed, "I've got you now!" Crescent chuckled as he started searching the bathroom. A flash of light from the toilet caught his eye. HA! Gotcha! he snickered and hopped up onto the toilet seat only to be blinded by several more flashes of light knocking him to the floor. When his sight cleared he was surrounded by Snibbits. "YYYAAAAHHHH!" Crescent screeched as he fled the bathroom. Lita came to investigate his progress in catching the mouse. She saw Crescent trying to hold the bathroom door shut as flashes of light emanated from around the door and there was a whole lot of chattering coming from the bathroom. Lita moved closer to the door but Crescent ordered her to stay back. "Don't open the door!" he pleaded as Lita put her hand on the door knob. Just then, the weight of the multiplying Snibbits caused the door to burst open and the furry mass poured out towards Lita and Crescent. Lita gave an ear piercing shriek as she snatched up Crescent and bolted out of the quarters trying to stay ahead of the multicolored, chattering mass that chased them.
At the same time in the Saturn quarters, Madelyn's Snibbit was getting bored and went exploring again. This time it quietly followed Hotaru around as she tidied up around the quarters. Feeling a little lonely and wanting some attention, Snibbit decided to introduce himself to Hotaru. Hotaru was watering some plants when Snibbit bounced up onto the window sill in front of her. "Snibbit!" he sang cheerfully, only to get a terrified scream as a reply. Anthony came from the kitchen to find his wife standing on a chair screaming bloody blue murder as Snibbit bounced past him. "What was that?!?" he wondered as a small yellow creature bounced its way back to the bedrooms. "DO SOMETHING!" Hotaru shrieked and Anthony quickly ran to the bedrooms after what ever that thing was. He quickly grabbed a box out of the hallway closet and started searching for the intruder. Could that be the escaped animal? Anthony wondered.
Michiru was on her way back from the library when a frantic Lita clutching Crescent tore past her. "What's the----" Michiru tried to find out what Lita and Crescent were running from but got interrupted as a wall of bouncing, chattering Snibbits engulfed her. After they had passed, Michiru slumped to the floor in a state of shock at what just happened. As she watched the mass move down the hallway, a lagging pink Snibbit bounded of her head and into her lap. "Snibbit?" it called looking around to see where the others went. Michiru raised a trembling hand and pointed in the direction the other Snibbits went. "Snibbit!" it happily chirped and bounced down the hallway after its brothers and sisters. Michiru sat there for a few more seconds before giving a loud scream that brought several servants to her.
"I'm going to have to teach Ariel to put her toys away when she's finished playing with them." Amy sighed as she picked up her daughter's Snibbit, interrupting the Snibbit's exploration of it's new territory. "A place for everything and everything in it's place." Amy commented as she put Snibbit up on Ariel's desk. "Snibbit." the blue powder puff grumbled as it watched Amy close the door. Now it was stuck in the room until someone opened the door. It didn't take very long for Snibbit to get bored as it decided to wake up Moonbeam to see if he wanted to play. "Snibbit?" it called as it nudged the sleeping cat. Moonbeam stirred a little but drifted off again. Snibbit reasoned it would take more drastic measures to rouse the sleeping cat so it made its way back up to the desk and with a loud "SNIBBIT!" he jumped off of the desk and landed squarely on Moonbeam's head. "ROWR! Who? What?" Moonbeam said, wide awake and his eyes darting about to see what had hit him. "Snibbit!" called a bouncing blue ball of fur in front of him. "HAUNTED HAIRBALL!" Moonbeam cried as he raced around the room trying to escape his chaser.
Hearing the loud commotion from Ariel's bedroom, Greg investigated. "What's with all this caterwauling!?" he shouted then saw the mess of the room. "Whoa!" he cried grabbing a racing Moonbeam. "It's after me!" the cat cried. "What is?" Greg questioned. "That haunted hairball!" he pointed to Snibbit. "...haunted hairball..." Greg grumbled. "Here's the problem. When you were tearing around that ankle strap got hooked onto your collar and Ariel's toy started following you." Greg explained to the traumatized cat. "Now into the living room and behave while I clean this mess up." Greg ordered the cat.
Lita managed to alert security to the investigation and soon the cleanup was under way. But not before a large number of Snibbits found their way into the royal court where Serenity and Endymion were holding an audience with a prospective new public relations officer. "Well it looks as if you are more than qualified for the job, Mr. Crenshaw." Endymion stated. "And I assume you don't have a problem with children?" Serenity questioned remembering the ordeal with Ms. Ito. "No ma'am. I come from a family of eight where I was the oldest. I'm well used to be surrounded by children." Mr. Crenshaw assured her. "Well we look forward to having you work here, Mr. Crenshaw." Endymion said shaking the young man's hand. "Thank you your majesties." he said while bowing respectfully to them. Just as he started to come up, a coal black Snibbit perched itself on top of his head, "Snibbit?". "What?" the man said as he removed the animal. "Is it a mouse?" Endymion asked. The very thought of the word put the queen into a panic. Just then the three were surrounded by a sea of bouncing Snibbits. Serenity gave a glass shattering scream as jumped into Endymion's arms to escape the swarm.
Elsewhere in the palace, Mina and Haruka were interrogating a recently captured Negaverse commander. "Do your worst! I'll die before I talk!" Vallis sneered at his two jailers. "We'll see about that." Haruka dryly stated. Just then the grate of the air vent fell onto the table and several Snibbits plummeted onto the reluctant commander. He knew what they were. Instantly he was up on the table screaming and ranting like a mad man. "Anything you want, I'll tell you! Just keep those critters away from me!" he begged. "You're afraid of mice?" Mina said as she just glanced at the scurrying creatures. "They're not mice you dope! They're something far more terrifying then mice! THEY'RE SNIBBITS!" he screamed and the Snibbits responded to their name. "Snibbit! Snibbit!". "Make'em stop!" he pleaded as the chattering got louder. "What are these things anyway?" Haruka said picking one up. "A nightmare!" answered the captive commander trying to escape from his hand restraints. "We got rid of those things months ago. Now they're here. Do yourself a BIG favor and kill them now!" he ordered. Mina was outraged at the thought of hurting such a tiny creature. "If you don't then there will be billions of them in no time." Vallis warned, remembering the planetary state of emergency back on Drahkos. "The invasion fleet!" he blurted out, If just one of these things get aboard our ships we're in trouble! he thought. "Invasion fleet?" Haruka questioned, jamming a Snibbit into his face. "I think we should inform the king and queen about this." Mina said, instructing to guards to return Vallis to his cell. They didn't notice Vallis had loosened his restraints.
After an all day round up the Scouts and Knights, sat around the conference table discussing the current situation. "So where are these things from?" Serenity asked staring at the original Snibbit through a cage. "Snibbit." it woefully cried, pleading to be released. "I don't know but that commander, Vallis, we captured knows all about them. We should ask him about these animals." Haruka pointed out. A guard came into the room. "I have urgent news to report, your majesties!" he started off. "Continue." Endymion ordered. "The prisoner, Vallis, has escaped and barricaded himself in the communications room, sir!" the guard reported. "He said something about an invasion fleet. He must be trying to contact them!" Mina concluded. "Then we have to stop him!" Endymion stated as they all left and headed for the communications room.
"Yeah that's right you heard me! Snibbits! Order all ships to avoid this planet at all costs! There are other planets that have what we need." Vallis gave a quick report on the developing situation on Earth. Just as he was about to set up an extraction for himself, the door of the communications room was broken down. "What do you think you're doing!?" ordered Serenity as Jupiter Knight and Venus knight tackled and restrained him. "Saving my home world!" he answered back. "Take him to the conference room. I think we have a lot to talk about." Endymion ordered. Just then the children were arriving home from school.
"Guess what Kara told me!" Madelyn whispered excitedly to Ariel. "What?" she asked. "If you get Snibbit wet, it will multiply! She was giving hers a bath and as she was drying him it started multiplying. She's got fifteen!" she exclaimed. "That explains what happened at her house the other day then." Ariel said. "So then we shouldn't get our Snibbits wet then?" Maggie asked. "Guess not." Madelyn replied. "Oh, no!" Ariel groaned. What?" Maggie asked. "I left a small Dixie cup of water for Snibbit to drink!" she said while holding her head. "Uh-oh. Let's hurry home then!" Daisy suggested and the four girls ran off ahead of the rest. "HEY! Wait for us!" Faith shouted as she, Hope, Gloria and Annika ran after them.
When they arrived at the palace, Several guards escorted them in and closed the gates. "I think some of you girls have some explaining to do." Amy said giving Ariel a stern look. Ariel, Madelyn and Maggie gave each other worried looks as they followed their parents inside and into the conference room where the king and queen were waiting for them. Ariel was the first up. "It has come to our attention that you were responsible for today's incident." Serenity started and Ariel could feel the tears build up in her eyes. "Your father told us you had one of these creatures the other day. You said it was a toy correct?" Serenity pointed to the cage. Both Madelyn and Ariel gulped hard, Madelyn's heart sank as she looked at her depressed Snibbit in confinement. Not wanting Ariel to get in trouble for something that wasn't her fault, Madelyn spoke up. "It wasn't her fault your majesty. She got hers from me." Madelyn squeaked out. Madelyn came closer to the cage. Snibbit saw her and started crying out for her to let him out. Serenity could see that the animal was in distress so she released it from the cage and it quickly bounded up onto Madelyn's shoulder, seeking comfort.
"This is a serious problem..." Serenity started again when Pluto entered the room. "Ah, excuse me. Where do you want these?" she asked as she lead a small band of green Snibbits into the room. "They must think you are their leader!" Raye laughed. "They will be kept with the others in the palace ball room." Amy instructed. "Okay, let's go!" Pluto ordered as she walked out with the Snibbits in tow. "Madelyn, did you know that this was the animal we were looking for?" Anthony asked. She lowered her head and shamefully admitted, "Yes.". "Then why didn't you tell us?" Hotaru asked raising her daughter's head up to see she was now crying. "Aunt Amy said she wanted to do all kinds of tests on him and I didn't want him to be hurt!" she stated while wiping away her tears.
Serenity knelt down to the small girl, "I know you only had the Snibbit's well being in mind but because you kept him hidden, the ball room is jam packed with Snibbits. It's fortunate that none of them got off the palace grounds or serious consequences would have resulted." Serenity stated, Madelyn cried harder. "I...I gave one to Kara and...and now she has fifteen." Madelyn choked out. "I'll inform some guards to go to her house and collect them." Endymion said. "She will have to be punished for this." Serenity informed Hotaru and Anthony. "But Serenity! She's just a child! Plus she didn't know what would happen!" Hotaru pleaded fearing what would happen to Madelyn. "The King and I will take that into consideration." she told the worried parents. "Please bring the prisoner, Vallis, in now and take the Snibbit to the ball room with the others." Serenity ordered. "If you don't mind you majesty. I would like to run some tests on it." Amy proposed. "NO!" screamed Madelyn trying to keep the guard from taking Snibbit from her. "You are in enough trouble, young lady! Now hand it over." Anthony warned. Madelyn ran out of the conference room crying after the guard took possession of Snibbit. "Madelyn!" her mother called. "I'm sorry." Serenity apologized to Hotaru. "I'll try to talk to her." Hotaru promised as she and Anthony left to find their daughter.
After the girls left the conference room, they helped in the round up of any remaining Snibbits. Faith helped Haruka search their quarters while Hope stayed with a still frightened Michiru. "Hey, cool! I found one!" Faith shouted as she pulled one out of a cook pot in a kitchen cabinet. "I found five hiding in Michiru's closet." Haruka said coming into the living room with an arm full. "Just keep them away from me!" Michiru said as she clutched Hope to her. "I can't breathe, Michiru-mama." she cried out letting her adopted mother know she was squeezing too hard. "Just keep the door closed until we get back." Haruka told her. Michiru promptly locked it behind them and went back to the couch, pulling her legs up under her while keeping a watchful eye out for more Snibbits.
"Double check your stuffed animals, Annika." Raye called as Annika and Stardust searched her bedroom. Stardust chased three out from under the bed. "Got 'em!" Annika said dropping a laundry basket on top of them. "That's great Miss Annika, but could you do me a favor?" the cat asked. "Sure." Annika replied, "What?". "LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Stardust screeched from under the laundry basket. "Sorry." Annika giggled as she let Stardust out. "They're soo cute!" Annika commented as she looked over the group her family had rounded up. "Now don't get any ideas about them young lady!" Raye warned knowing Annika had a huge soft spot for things that were cute and cuddly. Chad came in with a brown one riding on his head. "Maybe we should keep this one. It will come in handy when I start to go bald." he joked as Raye, Annika and Stardust laughed with him.
Setsuna and Maggie checked out their quarters together. Setsuna still had a green Snibbit with her. It bit down on her hair and refused to let go so for the time being Setsuna kept it with her. It rode around contentedly on her shoulder as she searched the kitchen for any stowaways. Maggie came back from the bedrooms with a tiger striped one. "Is that the only one you've found?" she questioned her daughter. "Yes ma'am." she reported. "I'm sorry I didn't say anything earlier." Maggie apologized. "That's all right. No real harm was done, besides these things do get attached to you don't they?" Setsuna giggled as the Snibbit nuzzled her neck.
Rini just finished attaching a large wire cage up over an open air vent and waited. Artemis, Crescent and Moonbeam were searching the air ducts for any Snibbits. Once found they were herded towards the open vent where Rini was waiting with the cage. As she waited for the next batch she looked over the previously captured Snibbits. All of them were chattering and bouncing around in the cages trying to free themselves. "Knock it off! You're giving me a headache!" Rini shouted over the noise. They settled momentarily then started up again so Rini went to get her CD player so she could listen to something other than multiple cries of the word "Snibbit!".
The Venus family went about their quarters looking in every possible spot they thought a Snibbit would hide. "Who'd have thought little Madelyn could cause such a big mess." Mina muttered as she tried to grab an evasive Snibbit that was hiding under the couch. "I'm just glad that for once it was someone else other that Gloria that put the palace in an uproar." Asai said. "For once I can't be blamed for this." Gloria smirked as she snatched a Snibbit off of the book shelf. "I wonder what will be done with these little critters?" Asai said as he packed the last one into a pet carrier. "That will be up to the king and queen to decide." Mina commented.
Lita and Ken were assisting in the round up in the servant's wing of the palace when they heard a scream. "That sounded like Palla?" Lita said as she and Ken went to investigate. Apparently a naughty Snibbit got into the shower with Palla. Ken and Lita stopped running and changed directions as they tried to escape the on coming rush of Snibbits. Just ahead of the massive wall were Ves and a soaking wet, towel clad Palla. Both women screaming at the top of their lungs as they were swallowed by the rampaging Snibbits. Lita and Ken worked quickly to trap the Snibbits in a dead end corridor. "That was twice today I was almost run over by these things." Lita said gasping for breath as she and Ken locked the hallway doors. "Let's check on Palla and Ves. Michiru was a bundle of nerves when she was caught up in the swarm." Lita said as they headed back to the two women. Palla and Ves were sitting on the floor recovering from the shock when Palla felt something move under her towel. She shrieked in terror as a giggling, lavender Snibbit peeked out from under the top of her wrap as it snuggled into her. She ripped the towel from herself and started shaking it to rid it of anymore Snibbits. Upon getting back to the two women, Ken blushed then looked away as Ves and a completely naked Palla were running around trying to get away from a Snibbit.
"That was very clever of you to think up that story to keep Snibbit a secret, but you were still lying to us and you will be punished for it." Greg told Ariel as they searched their quarters. Ariel's Snibbit sticking close to her as she investigated her bedroom. After a lengthy search and no other Snibbits were found Greg prepared to dole out Ariel's punishment. "How about you ground me for a couple weeks?" Ariel tried to negotiate as Greg put her over his lap. "How about a grounding AND a spanking?" he said as gave three hard swats that made Ariel cry. "And you'll lose television, computer and video game privileges for a week. You'll also have to hand over your Snibbit." Greg hammered out Ariel's sentence. It could be worse. Ariel reasoned.
"Well would you care to enlighten us on what these Snibbits are?" Endymion asked Vallis. "Like I said before. They're a nightmare and if you had any sense you'd kill them all like we did on Drahkos." he stated coldly. "We are not about to exterminate a harmless, defenseless creature because you say so!" Serenity retorted. "Well then within a few months this planet will be a dust bowl like Drahkos." Vallis told her. "How so?" Endymion asked. "They're herbivores. They'll graze until there's nothing but dirt left, just like my world." he informed them. Just then a guard came in. "Your majesties! We have received a transmission from Drahkos. Their government is sending one of their top scientists to help deal with our problem." both the king and queen looked at each other. "Now what is this about? First they try to take us over now they're willing to help save us?" Serenity wondered aloud. "We shall see when he gets here, then." Endymion said.
"I've tried everything but she just won't unlock her door." Hotaru sighed in frustration. "Maybe we should just let her be for now and let her come out when she's ready." Anthony insisted but Hotaru was not about to give up. "Madelyn! Unlock this door right now!" she demanded. "NO! I'm not coming out! I hate the both of you!" Madelyn shouted through the door. She hadn't stopped crying since she watched Amy put Snibbit into the cage and take him away. She cried even more when she thought about what Amy might be doing to the poor terrified thing. Anthony lead his upset wife away from the door. "Now she doesn't mean that! She's just upset about what has just happened." Anthony calmly explained. "But she's never said anything like that before! What if she means it? You saw how much it hurt her when that Snibbit was taken from her." Hotaru said. "She'll calm down. You'll see." he assured her. Hotaru looked back to the bedroom and hoped that he was right.
--End of Part 2: Snibbits To The Left, Snibbits To The Right--
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