I'll Remember You
Disclaimer: I don't own Hamtaro…and I have to say it at some point, but I don't even own the title, lol. 'I'll Remember You' belongs to No Secrets.
Man, I'm SO sorry that it's SO late! xX Really, guys I am, but like, school started and I had volleyball 'til 5 every single day, and I keep getting a TON of homework. Geez, if I had known that honors was such hard work I woulda never taken the opportunity to be in it! No, I'm kidding about that. lol. But really, Volleyball 'til 5, homework 'til 10. TWO hurricanes hitting in less one month (and there's a chance that another's one gonna hit us) and with the impact that the first hurricane had on us, I went DAYS without electricity which meant days without being able to get on the computer and work on the fic. I got lucky on the second hurricane, whoo. I'm lucky right now actually. That big 'ole monster of winds is pounding us right now and it has been for the past 24 hours (it's SO big and SO slow...5, not kidding, 5 MPH!) and it surprises me that we haven't lost electricity yet. I mean, the other one hit us hard, and fast and we had no power for four days. This one's BEEN pounding us and we're all still alive! AND it's covering the entire state of Florida ('cept the Panhandle), but we're all alive and well. God Bless Us All! lol, So yeah...sorry for the delay. Anyways, I have to give out thanks to these people before starting (in no particular order):
Numbuh 7 (Yay! You've returned! Thought you'd left this place for sure! I just have one question: do you get on AIM anymore?)
Cindy-Ruby
burnfist23 (OMiGosh, sorry about the comment on New York, really. I didn't mean to offend you...or any other New Yorkers...but, MEH, I'm SO sorry. I didn't mean it in a bad way, honestly, I think New York's awesome..hehe...)
flamingfiresenshi
Ragnarok Destroyer
Rogue Player
Hamgirl
Obsidian Dancer
Pichu Bros. Fan
WannaKnownLee
Thanks to you guys SO SO much. i know it seems that reviews aren't that big of a deal to me, but they are. I just don't like forcing anyone into giving me reviews. Heehee. Anyways, I've rambled enough, I'm sure you guys just want to read the fic. So, on with show!...er chapter! : )
Song: I'll Remember You
Artist: No Secrets
It has been so long since we have talked, I hope that things are still the same (Hoping they will never change)
'Cause what we had can't be replaced, don't let our memeories fade away (Keep me in your heart for always)
You made me believe
That I can do almost anything
You stood right by me
Through the tears, through everything
Chorus: I'll remember you, and baby that's forever true, you're the one that I'll always miss, never thoguht it woud feel like this. I'll be there for you, no matter what you're going through, in my heart you'll always be, forever baby I'll remember you.
--Chapter 7--
Sandy stared out the window from her cage. Nature seemed to surround the lawn of Hillary's lawn. Sandy was only starting to realize how truly beautiful it all was. They say that you never really miss something until it's gone. And Sandy was going to miss this house a lot. She went to go eat some sunflower seeds and get some water. Hillary's room was empty. There was nothing left, just some pieces of paper lying around. Sandy's cage was placed on the ground, soon to be moved into the living room, where everything was being taken out. Sandy opened the cage and made her way across the room towards the door. This room was full of memories, that Sandy was willing to never forget.
Flashback
The human girl led the twins into her house. "Ok, first of all, my name's Hillary and welcome to my house." She ran up stairs and into a large bedroom then put the cage on a table next the window.
{What a nice house} The twins thought to themselves. Hillary filled their food tray with sunflower seeds and gave them fresh water.
"Uh, I have to go out but I'll be back. Bye guys," she then ran out the door.
"She's a pretty cool human," Stan said.
"Yeah. She's way awesome," Sandy answered. {I think I'm gonna totally like living here.}
End Flashback
Sandy could just remember the happiness she had felt when she had first arrived at Hillary's house with Stan. It was just such a wonderful experience for her and her brother. Sandy could never forget it. She walked out the room and jumped in surprise when she heard a crash downstairs and some laughing afterwards. She peeked down passed the stairs and sighed with relief when she saw Hillary helping Noel stand up. They were laughing. He just dropped the box that held some of Hillary's gymnastic tools. It didn't matter that much because she was planning on buying new ones at America.
After the coast was clear Sandy hopped down the stairs. She knew that Hillary wasn't going to pack her cage until everything else was packed, so she didn't worry since there was a LOT of junk to be packed downstairs. Sandy made her way passed all the boxes and furniture. She was almost stepped on when one of Hillary's other friends came by to help. She ran passed the kitchen, and stopped when she smelled something familiar. She followed the scent and found a brand new box of Hamster Bites. 'Heke? Why does Hillary have some?' she though. She shrugged it off, opened the box, and packed some into her bag and ran towards the door. She heaved a sigh of relief when she was finally outside. She breathed in the fresh and started towards the clubhouse. She couldn't help but laugh a bit as the movers struggled to get the sofa into the truck. She 'badda-baddaed' passed it. 'this is like, the most gorgeous day of the year.' she thought to herself.
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In the clubhouse the hams were all racing back and forth getting ready for the hiking trip later. Boss had to leave seeds in his room for Snoozer to eat whenever he got hungry. Even though Boss didn't believe Snoozer would get up and eat any, since he never even opens his eyes, he just left the seeds because Snoozer had asked him to. "Alright Snoozer, your seeds are in my room, if you want any just get up and go get them…" snoozer didn't move or say anything. "Or, you can make them come to you with your psychic powers." Boss said, a bit sarcastically. He sighed when Snoozer turned to face the other direction.
"Good morning hams," Dexter said smiling as he walked into the clubhouse, right on time like he had promised. Everyone was already there of course, except for Sandy.
Stan was upstairs with Panda talking to him about getting his goodbye present for Sandy. Bijou, Pashmina, and Penelope were sitting at the table talking and making cards for Sandy. Cappy, Howdy and Dexter were all in different parts of clubhouse working on their presents for Sandy and getting ready for the trip. Everyone was basically getting ready for the trip and making goodbye gifts for Sandy. Maxwell walked inside, a cherry blossom in his paw, and sat down next to Snoozer, where he had left his book, and opened it to read a bit. Hamtaro and Oxnard were helping Boss get his present ready and helping him pack up the sunflower seeds for the trip.
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'Baddabaddabadda," Sandy scurried to the clubhouse as fast as she can. She was hoping to get there before they all leave on their trip. Of course, at the worst of times, whenever you're in a hurry, any possible thing could happen. So, Sandy being in the hurry that she was in, didn't notice the rock in front of her, so naturally her foot got in front of it, she tripped, she fell, and all the Hamster Bites in her bag spilled onto the sidewalk. "Oh man, like, this way uncool." she told herself as she hurriedly got up and started picking up the seed. Her ears perked up when she heard a familiar guitar strum. "Jingle?" She turned to where the source was coming from and saw Jingle coming up to her with his pig, Herbert.
"Hello there Andy, fancy running into you on such a lovely day," He strummed.
Sandy sweat dropped, "It's Sandy, and I'm in like a hurry, so could you please please please help me?" She didn't mean to sound so desperate, but she really wanted to get to the clubhouse on time.
"Why sure, anything for a fellow friend of mine," He jumped off Herbert and helped Sandy pack up her seeds again. Before he put away the last one he sniffed. "Like, what is it?"
"Why these are Hamster Bites, my favorite American treats," He strummed on his guitar, "The treats that are full of flavor, and ones that I can only savor-"
"Jingle, I'm like, in a hurry, I'm leaving soon to America." Sandy didn't mean to interrupt him, she loved his poetry, it's just that she really needed to hurry.
"Oh, going on a road trip? Well why didn't you say so," He hopped on Herbert, helping Sandy up, and they both rode quickly to the clubhouse. When they finally got there, they both hoped of Herbert. They ran down the tunnel and Sandy opened the clubhouse door.
"Sandy!" Everyone yelled in unison. Did they practice that or something? Sandy closed the door behind her, glad to see that they hadn't left yet. Everyone had come down from wherever they were and piled up to meet with Sandy. It was nice to know they all cared so much.
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"Hey Laura, hey Kana. What's up?" Hillary said, greeting Laura and Kana as they walked into her almost empty house.
"Hey Hillary, we just came by to say goodbye." Laura said smiling.
"My mom wanted me to give you this." Kana said, passing Hillary a wrapped up box.
"Oh thank you," Hillary said. "Hey, you guys want to help us out or something?" She asked placing the box down. Kana and Laura looked at each other and smiled.
"Sure," they both said together.
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The hams were all in their own little groups at the clubhouse, just chit chatting and getting ready for the trip. Most of the had already given Sandy her present. Maxwell was the only one who didn't give it to her. Sandy sat at the table with Pashmina, Bijou, and Penelope talking.
"Are you like sure that you can talk to him on your own? Because it's been a long time Bijou. I can talk to him now for you if you like," Sandy suggested, motioning towards Hamtaro.
"No, Sandy. It iz okay, zis is your last day here. I do not want you to spend it talking to Hamtaro for me," Bijou told her. For a while she had been crushing majorly on Hamtaro, and she had told Sandy and Pashmina about it, but had wanted them to keep it a secret. Sandy had offered to talk to Hamtaro about it when Bijou was ready. Looks like she'd never get a chance to do it. Pashmina was the same about Panda, only she had never told Sandy or Bijou about it. Just Penelope.
"Well…alright. So…Pashmina, do you like, have a crush on anoyne? I don't mean to sound nosey, but I just want to know before I go," Sandy said. Pashmina froze a bit.
"Um…well…" She fumbled with her fingers, looking down at them. "I kind of sort of have a crush on…" She looked around, "Panda." She immediately regretted saying it. Bijou and Sandy shrieked loudly, making the guys stare. "Shh! Guys!" Pashmina whispered loudly. "Keep it down, I don't want the whole rest of the clubhouse to know." The two girls giggled, and they continued talking.
Of course, sooner or later, the time would come for Sandy to leave. "Well guys…I gotta go, and I know that like Boss really wants to get started on the trip." She stood up and made her announcement. All the hams gathered 'round and gave her goodbye hugs.
"Bye Sandy!"
"We'll miss you."
"Never forget us."
"We'll think of you through out the whole trip!"
Sandy hugged everyone. "Oh, you guys are like the best friends a girl could have. I so want to thank you." She turned around and grabbed her bag, opening it and dumping out all the Hamster Bites onto the table. "I hope that you guys will enjoy these, I know that whenever I eat sunflower seeds or Veggie-Os I'll definitely be thinking of every single one of you." She sniffled, trying to hold back her tears. She hugged them all. Boss, Hamatrao, Bijou, Oxnard, Panda, Pashmina, Dexter, Howdy, Cappy, Penelope, Stan, even Snoozer, and of course Maxwell.
"Ahem…um, Sandy, could I speak to you privately? It wont take long," Maxwell said as they separated from their hug.
"Um, well I guess a few minutes. Let's go outside," She and him walked towards the door paw-in-paw. They shut it once they were out in the tunnels.
"Well, this isn't easy for me. I mean, I know it's hard for you too, but you're going somewhere far away. I know we'll cross paths again, but, just to be sure we're always thinking of each other, you can have this." Maxwell slowly took out a small box from behind him, a small cherry blossom attached to it. Sandy beamed.
"Oh, wow. Maxy, you like, didn't have to…" She slowly took it. Maxwell began to blush but she didn't notice. She opened it slowly and couldn't resist the joy that came within her. Inside was the most beautiful little locket shaped like a heart. Sandy opened it slowly, a small 'click' sound being made, and inside were two words that broke that barrier between Sandy and her tears. "Together Forever" Sandy covered her eyes, doing her best to keep more tears from coming. It was hard, the locket was so beautiful and lovely, and it was a memorable treasure from the only person she'll ever love and was moving far away from him.
Maxwell hugged Sandy lovingly. "There there Sandy, it's alright." He kissed the top of her head, doing his best to keep his tears from coming. "We'll always be together, just like the locket says." Sandy hugged back tightly, wishing she never had to let go. After a while they eventually parted and Sandy sniffled, looking at Maxwell in the eyes.
"Thanks so much Maxy, I love it so much, like, with all my heart." Maxwell smiled, and was about to say something when Sandy kissed him. It was short, but it was sweet and loving. Maxwell kissed back. They shared a longer one after it, knowing that this was their last time together and they wouldn't have this moment again for a long time. No words could truly describe what they had and how they felt about each other, and again no words could describe the pain they felt knowing that they'd be apart from each other. It was just the way things were. They cried together, and held each other close. There was nothing they could do.
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Sandy sat in her cage, luggage and bags surrounded her. It sucked going to America and having to sit alone in the part of the plane where all the luggage was kept, as well as animals. But it didn't really make a difference. Sandy was feeling lonely way before she got there. But as she thought of Maxwell and Stan and her friends, she realized that she couldn't change anything and needed to make the best out of a bad situation. Not that it was really a bad situation, just a sad one. She looked down at her locket that Maxwell gave her, then at the unwrapped presents that the other hams had given her. Pictures, cards, poems, a skateboard. She then thought differently about it all.
It's like, not so bad really. They'd all want you to be happy Sandy, right? Right. Let's call it an adventure shall we. A new experience that I just want to open my eyes to and explore. Yeah…I'll make new friends, see new places, and learn a lot of new things.
It wasn't so bad. She just then remember that it would be hard, knowing that she left and felt that something was not only wrong, but forgotten.
…Maxy…If I like didn't make it clear before, I hope you know that I loved you…a lot. I know I said it, but not completely. We missed out on something, and now that I like noticed we did, I feel majorly sad and I hope to God that we meet up again…because, I think there was something I forgot to tell you…and it's that you're what makes me happy, and what keeps me feeling strong and alive. I don't think I told you fully that I love you with every piece of my heart. Hopefully, someday, I will.
Sandy climbed out of her and looked out a small window. There was the blue ocean, and then came land. Just like that. Almost like her, there was her old life, the close-to-perfect one, and then came a change, just like that. Sandy smiled a bit. She was sure that she'd see the light of all this soon, and that happiness could be found here as well as it was found back home. She just had to think of her friends and feel that she'd see them again soon, real soon…just like that.
(song continued)…I promise you I wont forget, the time we shared, the tears we cried, (you'll always be the sun in my sky) it may be faith that bring us back, to meet again someday, even though we go separate ways
You made me believe,
That I can do almost anything
Stood right by me
Through the tears, through everything
Chorus
If the day should come when you need someone, you know that I'll follow (I will be there). Don't ever let there be a doubt in your mind, cause I'll remember you (you)
Chorus
Whew! My longest chappie, 6 pages long! Oh yeah. : ) You know, I read that last line and think that I should change the title to "Just Like That"…hm, nah. Anyways! I hope that you guys all enjoyed that ficcy very very much. Again, I apologize that it came so freaking late, but it's here, it's done. So yeah. Heh. Anyways, be sure to watch for a sequel. Well, actually, just keep an eye out, I'm still not sure if I can write the sequel yet. But oh well. If it comes, you'll see it, if not then…yeah. The story ends here. Anyways, I'll be out and on my way. Thanks again to all who reviewed, see ya! : )
Note: The locket scene…yeah, for anyone who read "Memories In A Locket" I DID take the locket from that fic. Heh, sorry, the locket idea is just like, a fave little idea of mine. It's cool, I don't even have to make a disclaimer saying that I took the locket thing from another fic 'cause it was frmo one of my old fics and no one elses, heeheehahahoho….NO! I'm NOT psycho, why does everyone keep--…EPP! It's the men in the white suits! AHH! ::makes a dash for life::