Summary: Hillary introduces Stan and Sandy to one of her friends, and then Stan disappears from Sandy's life…

Chapter 9: Separation



"No. It's twirling high and twirling low," Stan corrected Sandy. Sandy made a face.

"Oh. You know what, I'm so not in the mood to practice right now," Sandy said, "Could we like do something a little more fun right now."

"Sure. Whatever," Stan sighed.

"Hey guys!" Hillary said as she walked in. Stan and Sandy ran up to their cage bars as Hillary stuck one of her fingers in, "Guess what? My friend Noel's coming over and I want him to meet you two."

{That's so cool Hillary!} Sandy thought as Hillary rubbed her head.

{Sure. Any friend of Hillary, is a friend of me} Stan thought. Hillary opened the cage door and let Stan and Sandy crawl onto her hand.

Suddenly the door bell rang and someone started to knock on the door, "That's probably Noel." Hillary said happily as she put the twins back in their cage, then she ran out of her room to get the door. "Hi Noel," the twins heard her say, then she came back to her room with Noel. He was bigger then Hillary, had black eyes, and black hair, "These are my hamsters, Stan and Sandy," Hillary told him.

"Hi little guys," Noel said smiling at the twins, "They're twins right?"

{Thanks for pointing that out, Captain Obvious} Stan thought sarcastically.

"Yeah, they're twins," Hillary grinned.

Noel smiled and then him and Hillary made their way back to the kitchen, "Hey, he's pretty cool." Stan said.

"Yeah," Sandy agreed.

*****

A few hours later after Noel left, Sandy decided to work on the Twirling Whirling song, "Twirling Whirling 'round we go; twirling low and-no, no. That's not right!" she said stomping her feet over to Stan.

"Chill sis. It takes practice but I'm sure you'll get it," Stan soothed, "It took me a while to get it too, but look how it turned out when I finished."

"You're right bro. Thanks, you always like, know what to say to make me feel better," Sandy hugged Stan then went to practice some more.

*****

{Just be careful Hillary. Don't wake them up} Hillary told herself as she slowly opened the cage door. Sandy was sleeping soundly next to Stan. It was early in the morning. Hillary slowly grabbed Stan and pulled him out as quiet as possible, then put him in a brand new cage. {There. Now off to Noel's house}

Hillary walked outside and heard the birds singing in the early morning light. She walked down the quiet street with the cage in her hands, Stan inside. Sound asleep and unaware that he and his sister might never see each other again. Hillary came to a house that looked like the other houses and knocked on the door. She heard noises coming from inside and then Noel opened the door. "Hillary? What are you doing here?" he asked surprised.

"I called you yesterday, remember?" Hilary said holding up the cage, "You told me that it would be no problem taking care of Stan."

"Oh yeah. I guess I sort of forgot, hehe," Noel said laughing nervously.

"It's ok. Now, let me explain how to take care of him…" Noel let Hillary into his house and she explained to him how to take care of a hamster.

*****

Sandy opened her large eyes slowly, and rubbed them, unaware of the fact that her brother was missing. She walked over to the tray of sunflower seeds and started to eat, *krmp-krmp-krmp-krmp* She looked around and realized that Stan wasn't there. "Stan? Bro, where are you?" she looked up and down, left and right, under and over things, but Stan wasn't anywhere to be found. "Ok Stan, if you're like, hiding or trying to play some joke on me, then it's not funny!" Sandy looked around again and couldn't find him. {I wonder where he could like, be}

Hillary walked in and sat down, then looked at the only hamster she had left now, "Sandy, maybe you don't understand me and if you do then this might not be easy for you, but…" Hillary looked at Sandy who was confused.

Sandy held on to the cage bars, "Heke? What is it Hillary? Please like, tell me. Is it something about my brother?"

Hillary sighed and looked back at Sandy, "It's about your brother and I know this might not be easy but…Stan now belongs to Noel," Hillary said hesitantly.

Sandy's eyes widened and she froze right where she was, {What?!}. Hillary got up and rubbed Sandy with her finger softly.

"I'm sorry Sandy," she said then went out the door.

Sandy stayed where she was frozen and staring blankly ahead, "Bro," she whispered, as tears began to run down her cheek, and a memory flashed through her mind:

~Flashback~

Sandy hugged Stan, surprising him completely, "I'm, like, so happy bro!!!" She cried, "Mom, was so totally right. The real world is so much more better then the animal shelter."

"Yep," Stan said taking her paw, "and, like, we're gonna totally explore it together."

"Together forever, bro?" Sandy said looking at Stan in the eye.

"Yep, together forever." Stan said as they walked down the dirt road together.

~End flashback~

"You said we'd be together forever, but we're not, and now I'll probably never see you again. I love you bro, why did I like, have to loose you?" Sandy said, tears flowing freely down her cheeks.

*****

That night Sandy couldn't get any sleep. Hillary had given her a new ham-sized ribbon wand that day. Sandy sat there holding it in her paw, thinking of Stan, "You were always there for me, through good times and bad," Sandy smiled a bit, "But whatever happens bro, I know you're out there somewhere and maybe, just maybe, we'll see each other again," Sandy got up and started to sing and twirl her ribbon:

(A/N: This is the point in the story where credits start to roll up on the tv screen)

Twirling whirling 'round we go

Twirling high and twirling low

See the colors skip and flow

Twirling 'round we go

Twirling whirling 'round we go

Twirling high and twirling low

See the ribbons as they blow

Twirling 'round we go

Twirling whirling 'round we go

Twirling fast and twirling slow

Twirling 'round we go

Twirling whirling 'round we go

(ticky-ticky-krmp-krmp)

Twirling high and twirling low

See the ribbons as they blow

Twirling 'round we go

(A/N: Now the credits end)

~The end (I've still got the epilogue to do, so stay tuned)