Okay. It's a short story, I know. Possibly one of the reasons it's short is because I'm going to enter this story in the Pet Spotlight and the newspaper there. Anyway, for neopets players, you can find me as Zafaracrazy15. Drop me a line, please.Byw, Sloan is my pet, Spino is his petpet and ScorchioThornberry is my friend, Anil's, Neopet. And now, for the story...

Values of Friendship

by Mini Marianne

Sloan was excited. It was Bring your Petpet to Neoschool day. His Wadjet, Spino, was just as excited. Sloan picked up his Red Notebook, his Water Faerie Pencil, and his Lunch Box. Spino slithered up and curled around his neck, loose enough where it didn't choke it's owner. Saying good-bye to his owner, brother and two sisters, he flew to school. He was about an hour early, so he found a few of his school frineds and chatted with them. "You know, I feel sorry for Scorchio over there." said a Red Korbat.

The Christmas Pteri blinked. "Why?" "Oh, Sweet simple Sloan, that Scorchio not only has no friends, but he doesn't have a petpet either. Imagine what it's going to be like going up on stage with nothing." Sloan looked over at the Scorchio, then at Spino. It just looked at him pathetically. He shrugged and walked up to the lonely blue Scorchio. "Hi. I'm Sloan. Who are you?" The Scorchio looked up and smiled shyly. "I'm Scorchio Thornberry." "What's up, Scorchio?" "Nervous, 'cause I...don't have a petpet..." Sloan looked at school clock. They still had a half hour. That was plently of time. "Scorchio, come with me."

"Why?" The confused Scorchio asked. "Just come with me." THe two flew back to Sloan's house as fast as their wings could carry them. Once they landed, Sloan turned to Scorchio. "Wait here. I'll be right back." With that, he disappeared into the house. A few minutes later, he returned with a box. "Here. Come on, open it." Scorchio took the parcel in his outstreched paws and opened it. He gasped in surprise. Inside sat a Greeble. It blinked and looked up at him. "It's yours. It's the only spare petpet we have." "Thank you, Sloan...You're really a true friend. And I'll take good care of it..." Sloan just smiled, and the two new friends flew back towards school...

The crowd cheered as as Sloan's sister, a blue Zafara named Buckthorn, walked offstage with her Snowbunny, Bree, in her arms. She sat down next to Sloan as they waited for the principal to call for the next Neopet. "Scorchio Thornberry is next!" decleared the white Ixi. Some of the crowd smiled nastily as Scorchio walked up on stage. He looked nervously out at the crowd, all eyes glued onto him. With shaking paws, he placed the open box on the table...and out hopped the Greeble.

"This is my Greeble..." Scorchio stammered nervously. "His name is Friendship. Now some of you may wonder why I call him Friendship. Well, if it weren't for a very special Pteri, I wouldn't even have a petpet to show off. So I want my new friend to come on up..." Scorchio's gaze drifted toward Sloan. The Christmas Pteri's cheeks went an even deeper shade of red as he flew up on stage...

The end.

How'd you like it? Also, a minor note. I'm probably gonna rewrite that other Neopets story I have up currently, since the other people besides me have rather lost their liking to Neopets, or I never found out something or other about them or their neopets. I'm suppose it's gonna be a lone adventure with just me and my neopets.

Anybody wanting to be in the story, just give me a buzz and make Neopets the subject line, otherwise, I'll be likely to delete it, thinking it's somebody wanting me to buy something from them or something.

I'm Eliza Thornberry's mother, just shorter...with messy brown hair and dark green eyes.

Mini Marianne