Summary: It's Stan and Sandy's first day at the pet shop and Jonathon decides to take them on a tour, but Stan makes the wrong move and gets them in trouble.

Chapter 4: Snake Attack!


The next morning Jonathon woke up extra early. He paced back and forth waiting for Sandy and Stan to wake up. He decided to show them around the pet shop since Stan thought it sounded 'totally rad'.

"Hey, Jon. I'm goin' out. Gotta meet up with some 'friends' about something'." Diamond said as she ran out of her cage.

"Hmm, I wonder what she's up to so early?" Jonathon asked himself.

A few minutes passed and Sandy finally woke up and came to Jonathon's cage, from hers, "Like, morning Jonathon.," She said cheerfully.

Jonathon immediately turned around to face Sandy, "G-good m-m-orning," he stammered nervously. Sandy smiled at him, and he could've sworn that his heart skipped a beat. He walked up to the cage door and opened it for Sandy. "Hungry?" He asked her as she stepped in.

"Yeah," Sandy said, and she slowly walked up to his food tray. Jonathon went to eat too. They both took seeds and ate them. *krmp-krmp-krmp*

Sandy was about to grab another seed, but at the same time Jonathon grabbed the same one.

"You can, like, have it Jonathon. It's your food," Sandy offered him.

"No, you're the guest. You have it," Jonathon said with a smile.

"How about we, like, share," Sandy said breaking the seed in half, "Here, you take one half, and I'll take the other."

Jonathon didn't know what to say. No one had ever been this nice to him before, "Thanks Sandy," He finally said while taking the half that Sandy was offering him. *krmp-krmp-krmp* {I wish I could say that I love you, but it's too soon, and we still have to get to know each other} Jonathon thought to himself.

When they finished eating they both sat on the windowsill waiting for Stan to wake up.

"Have you ever, like, seen the sunset or sunrise?" Sandy asked.

Jonathon turned to face her, "Yeah. I always watch the sunset every evening before going to sleep. Why? Have you ever seen the sunset or sunrise?" Jonathon asked.

"Well, that's why I, like, asked you. It's because I've, like, never seen it, but I would so totally want to." Sandy said, a little embarrassed.

"Do you want to see the sunset with me, later today?" Jonathon asked shyly.

Sandy smiled brightly at Jonathon, "Totally! That would, like, be so cool. Thanks," Sandy said happily, and she hugged Jonathon, this time Jonathon knew his heart skipped a beat. He hugged back blushing.

"Yo, sis, Jonathon, where are you guys?" Stan asked from the cage door.

Sandy immediately let go of Jonathon, and turned around to face Stan, "Bro, we're, like, right here," Sandy called from the window sill.

Stan looked from where he was to Sandy and Jonathon, and got a sly smile, "Oh. Looks like little Sandy has a 'boyfriend'," He teased her.

Jonathon and Sandy both blushed furiously, "Like, he's not my boyfriend Stan, we're like just friends, besides, we barely know each other." Sandy said.

"Oh, alright. If you call sitting on a window sill 'alone' with someone else, talking about the sunset, just friends, then ok." He said, still smiling slyly.

"Bro, you're, like, getting on my last nerves!" Sandy said getting up and going over to Stan.

"Ok, ok, sis, he's not your boyfriend, I get it, just don't get all angry at me like you used to," Stan said backing away from Sandy nervously.

"Why, is there something wrong with having your 'little' sis beat you up completely?" Sandy teased.

"Alright Sandy, he's NOT your boyfriend, I mean it, just don't," Stan gulped, "you know…"

"Beat you up," Sandy finished.

Stan nodded slowly.

Jonathon walked over to them, "Hey, you guys coming on a tour of the place?"

"Yeah, sure. Let's go," Stan said relieved that Jonathon changed the subject.

"Ok, just follow me," Jonathon jumped out of his cage and Stan and Sandy followed.

"Alright guys," Jonathon cleared his throat and pointed to a table with more cages that had animals in them, "This is the part of the store that holds all mammals, namely cats, dogs, gerbils, uhh, guinea pigs, uh, um…" He said trying to think of more mammals.

Sandy giggled as Stan pointed to himself.

"Uh, let's see, what other mammals are in here," Jonathon said looking right at Stan, who continued pointing to himself.

"Oh yeah, and hamsters, the best and most nice, sweetest, cutest, loveable, and did I mention best, mammals in the whole world," Jonathon finished making Sandy laugh and Stan dropped to the floor, exhausted from pointing to himself so much.

"I'm joking," Jonathon said smiling, "Ok, let's continue."

They walked a little further then stopped in front of a table with a lot of fish tanks, "This is the section of the store where we hold all the fish. Goldfish, uh, goldfish, and um, well I guess we only have goldfish, oh well."

They walked over to a section full of more cages. Jonathon walked nervously and stopped abruptly making Stan and Sandy run right into him.

"Hey dude, if you're gonna stop, you should at least warn us," Stan said getting up.

"Sorry," Jonathon apologized, then he started talking, "Ok, here we hold all the…" He gulped "…reptiles."

"Way cool," Stan walked over to a cage with a huge snake and stuck out his tongue teasingly at the snake, "Ha, you can't get me, 'cause you're stuck in a cage and you can't come out 'cause you're too stupid to get out yourself, unlike hamsters, who know how to get out of cages," He stuck out his tongue again. The snake hissed at him.

"Um, Stan, I don't think that's a good idea," Jonathon said nervously and worried that Stan's head might get bitten off.

"Don't worry dude. Like I said, the snake's too stupid to get out," Stan said not in the least bit worried. The snake hissed louder at Stan.

"Um, Stan, bro. You should, like, listen to Jonathon," Sandy said backing away.

"Man, you're both such total worrywarts. It's not like the snake's gonna jump out and…." Stan couldn't finish cause he heard glass shatter behind him, which made him jump back startled.

Sitting there, hissing loudly was the snake.

"Oops. Um, did I mention how smart snakes are, hehe," Stan said nervously. The snake hissed again and tried to bite Stan.

"AAAAHHHH!!!!!! RUN AWAY!!!!!!!" Jonathon yelled as he grabbed Sandy's paw, who grabbed Stan's paw.

They ran as fast as they could through the pet shop.

"Man, bro this is so your fault!!!" Sandy shouted to Stan.

"Sheesh sis, you blame everything on me!!!!" Stan yelled back.

"Well maybe it's cause it's always you who gets us in trouble all the time!!!!

"Uh, guys, now is NOT the time to argue!!!" Jonathon yelled to them.

They ran through an isle with birds, making all the birds there chirp like crazy, since they were afraid of snakes. The snake jumped at some of the cages causing them to fall over, getting most of the birds in the cages injured. Jonathon saw a small hole in the wall and ran to it.

In the hole they waited for the coast to be clear to run back out. It was completely dark and the three hamsters couldn't see a thing.

"Stan, you are so dead," Sandy said in the dark of the hole.

"Me! What did I do?!" Stan asked.

"What did you do?! What do mean 'What did you do'?! You got us into this mess is what you did!!!

"Well, excuse me for trying to make a point!

"What point?!

"The point that snakes are more stupid then hamsters!

"That's a lame excuse, you know!

"Excuse me again for telling the truth!

Jonathon was getting tired of this, "Guys, shouldn't we check to see if the coast is clear?"

"Why don't we just run out to our cage? It's not like snakes eat hamsters or anything," Stan stated.

"Well actually, they do," Jonathon pointed out.

"Um guys, I think the coast is, like, clear," Sandy said.

They stuck their heads out and saw nothing, "Well, I guess we could go." Jonathon took a nervous step out of the hole and indicated for the twins to follow him. They both came out and followed Jonathon over to their cages. When they finally reached their hamster cage and were about to jump into the cage, the snake popped out!

It hissed at them and tried to bite them but they kept dodging him. The snake didn't notice Jonathon go up behind him. Jonathon rubbed his paws together and grabbed the snakes tail, then bit it. The snake immediately turned to Jonathon and hissed again.

"Stan, Sandy, hurry!! Get in the cages!!!! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine!!!" Jonathon yelled to the terrified twins. They both nodded and jumped up to their cage.

Jonathon dodged the snakes second attempt to bite him. It hissed and tried to bite Jonathon again but he kept dodging. Finally Jonathon was growing tired and the snake almost got him. Stan and Sandy were both greatly worried, so to help their friend the jumped on the snake's head. The snake turned it's attention to the twins, and tried to shake them off. They both shook on it's haed but they held on tight, "Jonathon get in the cage!" They yelled to Jonathon. He did as he was told and jumped to his cage. Stan and Sandy both tried to escape the snaked, and they jumped to the cage also, then they shut their cage door and sighed in relief.

"Finally," Jonathon sighed, sitting down. "I thought it was the end of my life."

"Yeah, me too," Sandy said sitting next to him, "But, that was so totally brave of you Jonathon. To, like, risk your life like that, for us. That's way cool." She smiled at him making him really blush.

Stan just smiled as the store owner came up to the snake, wich had passed out, and picked it up.

"Um, guys, I've got something to do, so I'm going back to my cage, ok?" Stan got up and went over to his cage humming something.

Sandy and Jonathon just shrugged at each other.

End Chapter 4