Hey, guys!!! So sorry it took so long! It's been super busy!!

On first note, I decided to take the song out just because it was a little too much. So, pretend it's not there.

Oh, yeah, this chapter kinda wrote itself in that it ended up seeming "And American Tail" inspired...

Anyway, read on!! ^^

Disclaimer: I don't own Hamtaro or any of its characters except Snap and Charity which I would like to be credited for if you plan to use them in a fic or such.

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Chapter Two: A Day with Dad

Little Boss called from inside the deep and dark tunnel he had found. "Dad, Dad, you gotta see this tunnel! It goes on forever!!"

Snap lifted his ear, trying to figure out where his son had wandered off to. "Hiff-hiff-hiff…" He sniffed, and then called out. "Boss, where are you?"

"In here!"

Spotting a tunnel entrance not far away, Snap walked up to it. The small, frisky form of 6-year old Boss poked out from the entrance. The young hamster's fur was patched and ruffled with dirt.

"What are you doing in there?"

"I found it! And it's really, really long!"

Snap shook his head and smiled. "All right, son. I brought you out here to show you the forest, not to nose around the other creatures' tunnels. You don't know what's I there."

"Aw, c'mon, Dad! What good is exploring tunnels if you don't know what's in them?" Boss turned around and crawled back into the depths of the tunnel.

Snap poked his head in and shouted. "Boss! Didn't you listen to me? Get outta there!" Suddenly, he stopped when he heard something else scuttling around in the tunnel. It was silent for a moment.

"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Boss yelled and suddenly shot out of the tunnel, leaped into Snap's arms, and clutched his dad's neck, all in one leap. Luckily, Snap was quick to catch him.

After a few seconds, a skunk emerged out of the tunnel. It looked at Boss and Snap tiredly, yawned, and slinked off into the bushes.

Boss finally loosened his grip of Snap as he saw the black-and-white tail disappear into the foliage. He sighed with relief. "That was close."

"I told you," said Snap, "you don't know what in there."

Jumping onto the ground, Boss looked at him with those innocent little eyes. "That was kinda fun, actually."

Later on, the two of them walked together paw-in-paw through the forest.

"You know, son," Snap started, "I've been meaning to give you something for a couple of days now."

Boss looked up at him, his face lighting up. "You mean, like, an early birthday present?"

Snap took off his yellow helmet. "Yeah, sort of. I think you're old enough now for it. This helmet is one that's practically been in the family for four generations. It belonged to your great-great-grandfather and it was passed down with each generation until my father gave it to me. And now, it belongs to you." He dropped the helmet on his son's head.

Smiling proudly, Boss lifted up the rim of the helmet to his forehead.

Snap smiled. He looked up at the sky as a soft breeze blew in. "Well, it's getting late. We should probably head home. You can show your hat to your mom."

Jumping up high in the air, Boss let out an energetic shout of 'Yeah!' and took off with his father following behind him.

They soon arrived to their home; a deep tunnel burrowed into the base of a giant oak tree. At the end of the tunnel was a door. Boss, who was just tall enough to touch his fingers on the doorknob, stood on the very tips of his toes and turned the knob, opening the door. He ran inside. "We're home, Mom!!" he shouted.

Charity lifted her head and saw Boss scamper in, followed by Snap.

"Look what Dad gave me!" the youngster said quickly.

Snap smiled. "He finally got the family helmet."

"Oh!" Charity smiled at Boss. "I guess that makes you the man of the house."

"Yep!!" exclaimed Boss.

"So, did you both have a good time?"

"Great time!" shouted Boss, jumping onto an armchair in a waterfall of excited words. "The best!! We played some soccer, and then I found this really long tunnel!! Dad thought it was empty, but it actually belonged to this BIG skunk!"

Charity looked at his dirt-caked fur. "Is that why you're so dirty?"

"Umm…no…" Boss fibbed.

Snap shook his head and smirked. "Riiiiiight."

Much later, after he had a bath by his parents instructions, Boss sat on his bed with his paper and crayons. He looked at his picture he had just drawn of he and his parents standing on the grass. Still, he looked at it. He felt something was missing. Then, with a look of realization, he picked up his yellow crayon and scribbled in his new helmet on his head. Finally, he signed his name at the bottom with a red crayon. "Done!" he told himself.

"Boss?"

Hearing his mom, Boss quickly flopped back on the bed and dropped his head on the pillow.

Charity came in. "What are you doing still up? You were supposed to be in bed half an hour ago."

"Just drawing." Boss took his picture and put it under his pillow.

"C'mon," Charity said, "get under the covers."

Boss bounced on his bed once and burrowed under the covers like it was a tunnel. He turned and poked his head back out. "Think maybe there'll be good dirt to dig in tomorrow when we go to the fields?"

Charity rolled her eyes and smiled. "Yes, Boss, I'm sure there will be plenty of dirt."

"Cool!!" he bounced.

"And the sooner you go to sleep, the sooner it'll be morning and we can go."

Boss lay down and pulled the covers over his self. Charity took off his helmet and put it on one of the posts of his headboard. Then, as she leaned her head towards him, Boss reached out and hugged his mom as she nuzzled him softly. Then, she pulled the covers back over him.

Charity walked towards the doorway. She switched the light off. "I love you." she said.

"Love you too, Mom." Boss echoed.

Charity closed the door.

Up above in the sky, storm clouds slowly began to float in from the east, causing a quiet, ominous wind to blow in.

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