"Hey, wow, we sure got a lot!!" I laughed, turning to my pets. I'd spent over a thousand Neopoints for food for them. That might not seem like too much, but for me, I wouldn't usually spend over a hundred.
"Yup!!" Scrufz wagged his tail excitedly. "Can we eat it?"
"Hey, let's go to our Neohome to eat it! I wanna go there..." I told them.
"It's our home, we've been there quite a few times before!" Saphiritey laughed. "And we sleep there every night."
"But...I haven't bought beds..." Oh no, here comes the guilt again. I'd probab;y have to spend another fortune buying furniture now...
"I know. But we're Neopets, it's perfectly fine to sleep on the floor," Flufzneo told me. "Let's head home, then..."
"Yep. Lead me there, guys?" My pets laughed.
"What's wrong with you today, kiz3000?" Tiskle54 giggled.
"Please, call me Kiz! Nicknames are fine too, you know."
"Sure thing," Saphiritey noted. "Ok, our house is THAT way," she pointed to a side-street leading from Neopia Central. So we proceeded to walk.
I felt even guiltier as we neared the house. I saw fantastic looking ones all around, ones which must have cost thousands of NP. Then, in the middle, was ours.
"I'm so sorry..." I looked at the tatty house.
"What for?" Flufzneo looked pretty happy as she sat on the doorstep and waited for me to open it. I obliged, and turned the cheap, plastic door handle..
"Um, Kiz, it might help if you got your key out?"
"Key?" I fumbled in my pockets. What was I wearing, anyway? I didn't remember putting these combat trousers on. Hey, I don't think I even owned them. But anyway, I found a key, labelled: 155125 Guild Street, Neopia Central. (My address!) I smiled sheepishly and opened the door.
I entered, my four furry friends following. ((Hey, what alliteration!!)) "Wow," I breathed as I looked around. The house was quite big. But empty.
"Come on, let's go eat in the living room! I'm sitting on the chair today!!" Flufzneo exclaimed and I felt a twang of guilt. I only had one chair. My pets didn't even realise how evil I was being not treating them, but they seemed happy enough with what they had already. I thought about all the other Neopians who I might well meet, who are totally rich and have huge Neohomes with plenty of rooms and feed their pets gourmet food every day...
But I wasn't like that. Wasn't that a good thing? After all, I don't want to spoil my pets. As long as I care for them enough they'll be OK.
"Kiz?" Tiskle54 interrupted my thoughts. "Are we going to eat now?"
"Wha? Oh yeah!" I carried my carrier bag that said 'Neopian Food' and walked into the living room.
What can I say about the living room...it has a chair and a Christmas tree. The chair I bought when I'd just got my Neohome and the tree...it was free in the Advent Calender.
But my pets were OK. Saphiritey rushed over to the tree and sat under it, Flufzneo ran to the chair. Tiskle54 and Scrufz sat on the floor. Sometimes I think of the boys as the least fortunate of my pets...I don't know why I don't have such a strong bond with them. Especially Tiskle, but again, he was adopted.
"Alright, grub's up!" I decided to be nice today. Now I knew my pets were real. So I sat on the floor, and emptied the bag. Everyone got up from their places and looked at the food, excitedly.
"A milk chocolate Aisha!!" Flufzneo cried.
"Yes, but share it!! That cost a lot," I warned. Oh no, I was beginning to sound like their mother...
"Pizza, mmmm...."
"And lots of jelly!"
"Tropical Smoothies!!"
"Berries!"
The list was endless. My Neopets exclaimed each food item as they came across it. It was almost as if they had never seen food before. And before you say anything, I HAVE fed them before, just not for a while!!!!
Then Tiskle54, Saphiritey, Flufzneo and Scrufz tucked in, and ate every last crumb of the food! Well, almost...
"Kiz, this is for you," Scrufz quickly gobbled up a last piece of apple then handed me the head of the chocolate Aisha.
"Are you sure?" I asked, taking it.
"Of course. You bought it!" Laughed Saphiritey and I grinned back, and thanked them. And those milk chocolate Aishas sure taste gooood!!
Afterwards we just chilled out in the house. It was quite a nice house, really. And Neopia was a good place to live. Maybe this was me. Maybe this was where I belonged.
Again my thoughts were interrupted but by a knock on the door this time.
"Who the..." I looked at my pets for advice but they just shrugged.
"Maybe it's CuteBabe," I said as I headed towards the door. But I got a shock when I saw who it was.
Well not so much of a shock. But as I was in Neopia...
"Ruby? Z?" I gasped as I saw my cousins at the door, not to mention their pets.
"Yeah, we were allowed to come over and visit you! Didn't know if you'd be in, though," Z said. Or zgtamaster as his username was.
"We brought our pets. Hope you don't mind," Ruby smiled. Rubeshi.
"Wow...are you used to this place?" I eyed them suspiciously. I didn't know if they'd always been here like CuteBabe400 had, or just got here like me.
"No, to be honest," Z said, scratching his head. "I'm much more used to the Mystery Island surroundings."
"Me too," Ruby replied. "Me and Z's house is great, you know!!"
"No, I meant Neopia in general..."
They looked confused.
"Forget it," I shrugged it away. I'd tell them later. "Come on in! Let's have a good time!" So we walked back in.
"Elishagreat!!" Saphiritey greeted Rubeshi's red Acara. Elishagreat smiled back. Her other Neopet, and Z's two, also went to join the pets.
"Sorry...we ate all the food already!" I apologised.
"That's Ok, we just ate!" Z laughed.
Me and my cousins had so much to catch up on...hey, maybe afterwards we could go and play a game...wow, there was so much to do in Neopia, how could we fit it all in?!
Second chappie!! Hope you liked it!! Please R&R. And stay tuned for Chap. 3! What will happen next? Wait and see!
"Yup!!" Scrufz wagged his tail excitedly. "Can we eat it?"
"Hey, let's go to our Neohome to eat it! I wanna go there..." I told them.
"It's our home, we've been there quite a few times before!" Saphiritey laughed. "And we sleep there every night."
"But...I haven't bought beds..." Oh no, here comes the guilt again. I'd probab;y have to spend another fortune buying furniture now...
"I know. But we're Neopets, it's perfectly fine to sleep on the floor," Flufzneo told me. "Let's head home, then..."
"Yep. Lead me there, guys?" My pets laughed.
"What's wrong with you today, kiz3000?" Tiskle54 giggled.
"Please, call me Kiz! Nicknames are fine too, you know."
"Sure thing," Saphiritey noted. "Ok, our house is THAT way," she pointed to a side-street leading from Neopia Central. So we proceeded to walk.
I felt even guiltier as we neared the house. I saw fantastic looking ones all around, ones which must have cost thousands of NP. Then, in the middle, was ours.
"I'm so sorry..." I looked at the tatty house.
"What for?" Flufzneo looked pretty happy as she sat on the doorstep and waited for me to open it. I obliged, and turned the cheap, plastic door handle..
"Um, Kiz, it might help if you got your key out?"
"Key?" I fumbled in my pockets. What was I wearing, anyway? I didn't remember putting these combat trousers on. Hey, I don't think I even owned them. But anyway, I found a key, labelled: 155125 Guild Street, Neopia Central. (My address!) I smiled sheepishly and opened the door.
I entered, my four furry friends following. ((Hey, what alliteration!!)) "Wow," I breathed as I looked around. The house was quite big. But empty.
"Come on, let's go eat in the living room! I'm sitting on the chair today!!" Flufzneo exclaimed and I felt a twang of guilt. I only had one chair. My pets didn't even realise how evil I was being not treating them, but they seemed happy enough with what they had already. I thought about all the other Neopians who I might well meet, who are totally rich and have huge Neohomes with plenty of rooms and feed their pets gourmet food every day...
But I wasn't like that. Wasn't that a good thing? After all, I don't want to spoil my pets. As long as I care for them enough they'll be OK.
"Kiz?" Tiskle54 interrupted my thoughts. "Are we going to eat now?"
"Wha? Oh yeah!" I carried my carrier bag that said 'Neopian Food' and walked into the living room.
What can I say about the living room...it has a chair and a Christmas tree. The chair I bought when I'd just got my Neohome and the tree...it was free in the Advent Calender.
But my pets were OK. Saphiritey rushed over to the tree and sat under it, Flufzneo ran to the chair. Tiskle54 and Scrufz sat on the floor. Sometimes I think of the boys as the least fortunate of my pets...I don't know why I don't have such a strong bond with them. Especially Tiskle, but again, he was adopted.
"Alright, grub's up!" I decided to be nice today. Now I knew my pets were real. So I sat on the floor, and emptied the bag. Everyone got up from their places and looked at the food, excitedly.
"A milk chocolate Aisha!!" Flufzneo cried.
"Yes, but share it!! That cost a lot," I warned. Oh no, I was beginning to sound like their mother...
"Pizza, mmmm...."
"And lots of jelly!"
"Tropical Smoothies!!"
"Berries!"
The list was endless. My Neopets exclaimed each food item as they came across it. It was almost as if they had never seen food before. And before you say anything, I HAVE fed them before, just not for a while!!!!
Then Tiskle54, Saphiritey, Flufzneo and Scrufz tucked in, and ate every last crumb of the food! Well, almost...
"Kiz, this is for you," Scrufz quickly gobbled up a last piece of apple then handed me the head of the chocolate Aisha.
"Are you sure?" I asked, taking it.
"Of course. You bought it!" Laughed Saphiritey and I grinned back, and thanked them. And those milk chocolate Aishas sure taste gooood!!
Afterwards we just chilled out in the house. It was quite a nice house, really. And Neopia was a good place to live. Maybe this was me. Maybe this was where I belonged.
Again my thoughts were interrupted but by a knock on the door this time.
"Who the..." I looked at my pets for advice but they just shrugged.
"Maybe it's CuteBabe," I said as I headed towards the door. But I got a shock when I saw who it was.
Well not so much of a shock. But as I was in Neopia...
"Ruby? Z?" I gasped as I saw my cousins at the door, not to mention their pets.
"Yeah, we were allowed to come over and visit you! Didn't know if you'd be in, though," Z said. Or zgtamaster as his username was.
"We brought our pets. Hope you don't mind," Ruby smiled. Rubeshi.
"Wow...are you used to this place?" I eyed them suspiciously. I didn't know if they'd always been here like CuteBabe400 had, or just got here like me.
"No, to be honest," Z said, scratching his head. "I'm much more used to the Mystery Island surroundings."
"Me too," Ruby replied. "Me and Z's house is great, you know!!"
"No, I meant Neopia in general..."
They looked confused.
"Forget it," I shrugged it away. I'd tell them later. "Come on in! Let's have a good time!" So we walked back in.
"Elishagreat!!" Saphiritey greeted Rubeshi's red Acara. Elishagreat smiled back. Her other Neopet, and Z's two, also went to join the pets.
"Sorry...we ate all the food already!" I apologised.
"That's Ok, we just ate!" Z laughed.
Me and my cousins had so much to catch up on...hey, maybe afterwards we could go and play a game...wow, there was so much to do in Neopia, how could we fit it all in?!
Second chappie!! Hope you liked it!! Please R&R. And stay tuned for Chap. 3! What will happen next? Wait and see!