Memories In A Locket: Chapter 5

"Hey guys, sorry I'm late," Maxwell said as he came in through the door, panting. You could the other hams shouting out their greetings. He smiled noticing Sandy was in a good mood. She was on the second floor of the clubhouse, talking with Pashmina. From what Maxwell saw, everything looked normal.

Dexter and Howdy were in their own little corner, working out a plan to beat Stan and Cappy in the next game. They both hi fived each other and ran out the door. Everyone was silent for a while. "Is it just me? Or is basketball all those two think about?" Boss asked, breaking the silence.

"I told you it was a bad idea to like, let Stan introduce them to basketball," Sandy told everyone. She grinned when she saw Maxwell, "Oh, hey Maxy! I like, didn't see you come."

"I just got here right now," he informed her. She smiled at him and he smiled back. "Oh yeah, Stan says he's sorry for whatever happened earlier."

"Oh um…okay," Sandy responded. She spotted Cappy coming in to get something, then he was on his was back out. "Cappy! Could you like do me a favor and tell Stan that I like, forgive him?"

"Sure," Cappy said.

"Thanks Cappy!" Sandy yelled as he went back out.

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"Hm…she's pregnant alright," said the doctor. "Has she been around any hamsters of the opposite sex lately?"

"What?! No! Sandy doesn't leave her cage unless I take her out! How could this've happened?" Hillary exclaimed, shocked by the news of Sandy being pregnant. Sandy was a little freaked out at all the commotion Hillary was causing.

The doctor stared at her, "You know Hillary, most people would be happy…I know you too well, you should be happy too."

'Yeah, what he said' Sandy though, sweat dropping.

"Who said I wasn't happy?! Of course I'm happy!" Hillary said happily. The doctor and Sandy both jumped back in surprise.

'She's lost it…' Sandy thought.

The doctor smiled nervously, "Well…hehe, I guess you could go home now, hehe…" he just sweat dropped as Hillary danced with joy.

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Sandy stared at the starry sky, angrily. "Why me?" she asked. "Every night, I like, go through the same thing!" She grabbed hold of her cage bars, still glaring at the sky, "I like, have a reason to be angry with you!" She yelled. "I try so hard like, every day to be a good little ham, and this is what I get! No one even understands what's wrong with me! Doctors could never get a cure for it cause they don't even know I have it!" Her middle stripe began to glow again. "Uh oh…" Sandy whispered. She backed away from her cage bars and fell to the ground, staring at the sky, which in her eyes, began glowing.

Sandy immediately got to her knees, in a praying position, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I so didn't mean what I said! Please don't do this to me again!" She looked up and screamed, "AH!" In front of her stood what looked like her spirit, eyes lifelessly white, and an all pale face. Sandy trembled with fear, watching herself. Even though it was the same thing every time, it would always haunt Sandy.

Her look-a-like grabbed a piece of sharp glass, and then a Maxwell look-a-like ghost showed up. Sandy could see the horror and fear in Maxwell face as her spirit drove the sharp glass straight through his heart. Sandy covered her eyes, she couldn't bare to watch the one she loved most die. What made it worse was that it was her fault he died. Sandy's eyes began to water, "Why do you this to me? It's so cruel and unfair." She started to get another headache, but it didn't matter to her anymore. By now, her look-a-like should have disappeared, but she was still there. Sandy knew there was more to see. She noticed how her look-alike's eyes were now full of pain, and sadness. Sandy watched as she grabbed another sharp piece of glass and, with tearful eyes, she killed herself. "What the…?" Sandy whispered. She then saw her look-alike's dead body vanish. Sandy had only seen her kill herself once, and that was weeks ago. She even remembered telling Maxwell about it…

~Flashback~

"Saw what?" Maxwell asked again, getting more concerned. He ran his paw through Sandy's soft fur gently.

Sandy sniffled, "It was like….I don't know, I thought I was about to die right here, right now but…Maxy…I saw myself die." More tears flowed down her cheeks.

Maxwell wiped away her tears trying to hold back his own tears, "Oh Sandy…" He hugged her tightly. A couple of tears escaped from his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because…because…because I didn't want to hurt you. I didn't want to make you worry more then you already did," Sandy said, as her eyes began to water again.

Maxwell held her close, "What makes you think you'd ever hurt me?" Sandy shrugged. "You could never hurt me Sandy, no matter what. But what you saw…do you think it means something?"

"I KNOW it means something. Just not sure what…" Sandy sat close to Maxwell. He gave her a kiss on the forehead.

~End Flashback~

Sandy sniffled as her headache began to get better, and everything was going back to normal. She looked once more at the sky, and saw a shooting star. She sniffled again, and closed her eyes, making a wish on the star. She opened her eyes again, and turned her head from the sky. She slowly walked back to her little ham house.

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Sandy blushed, "W-W-Well…I'm pregnant Maxy," she blushed even more, after telling him.

"Sandy…" was all Maxwell could say. His eyes were wide, and he was shocked after hearing the news. After a few seconds a smile spread on his face, and he embraced Sandy in a warm hug, "Oh Sandy, that's such great news." He gave her a kiss on the cheek, making her blush more. After he let go of her he took her paw, and they both made their way to the clubhouse.

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"WHAT?!" Stan exclaimed. He grabbed Maxwell by the neck, and strangled him, "What did you do to my sis?!" He was then pulled away by a string tied to his tail.

"Stop being such a total jerk Stan!" Sandy yelled at him. He just plotted himself on the ground and pouted.

Pashmina hugged Sandy, "Oh, that's such wonderful news Sandy. I'm so happy for you! I wish Bijou were here."

"Yeah," Sandy said, smiling brightly. Everyone else around her was congratulating her also.

~End Chapter~