KittieStar: Hey all, sorry about the whole deleted chapter 5 thing. It was a total accident, I swear! So chapter 6 is now chapter 5 ok? So that makes this chapter, chapter 6. Yeah, I'm confused too. If you want to know what happened in the lost chapter 5, Stan and Sandy were taking Holly and Lily to The Clubhouse and Holly met Sparkle and called her fake and a Wanna-be and revealed that she is a famous American hamster pop icon back home and Sparkle got mad, blah, blah, blah, and then Holly out-retorted Sparkle and they went to The Clubhouse, the end!
::audience applauses::Thank you! Thank you! ::bows:: So, sorry for the wait, and herrrrrrrre's chapter 6!J
ØDisclaimer: Hey, sorry, I don't own Hamtaro, but thankfully I own Holly, Lily, Twink, Taya, and Kiri! But seriously people, if you have a hamster you want me to put in the backround, I will, just send it to me! I don't own any songs that I may or may not put in either. Oh, and please oh please read "Saving Private Sandy" before going any further!!
;-;: Me.Italics: People/Hamsters thinking.
:-: Actions.
¯: A song.
Chapter 6, Clouded Sunshine:
It had been a week since Holly and Lily were introduced to everyone and it already felt like they had been there from the very beginning. Holly was delighted that the Ham-Hams had warmed up to her so fast. They all became great friends in a matter of days.
Holly now lay on her belly in her cage waiting for her human to leave for school. She wore an exasperated expression as she watched Jade try on a million different things, not liking each one and saying something bad about all of them.
"Hmmm, these pants I guess are, like, ok, but I really don't think the shirt goes quite right." Jade said to herself as she modeled a pair of light blue, tight jeans with an equally tight khaki colored T-shirt with a bear on the front that said, "Open for Bear Hugs" in her three-sided mirror.
She then returned to her closet, fishing around again for a different shirt to ware. Holly sighed in frustration and rolled over onto her back. She closed her eyes and thought about what she might be doing back home right now.
"Heh, I'd probably be laughing and joking around with my old friends right now, since Jade's school started a whole lot earlier than, like, this one. I miss them a lot. I wonder what they're doing right now? Probably crying their eyes out missing me! Ha! Hee, hee! Or maybe they're having lots of fun without me! They better not be! Just kiddin'. I wonder if they told "him" that I like him! Oh I, like, hope not! Not like he already knew though! I hope I put a better impression on myself with the Ham-Ham guys than I did on the guy-ham that I liked back home. Because if I could get one ham to like me here, it would probably be-"
"I'm leaving now Holly-wolly! See ya later alligator! -"
Holly's thoughts were cut short by Jade declaring that she was leaving. She sighed in relief and listened for her to walk out the door, and when she heard Jade and Taylor close the front door on their way out, Holly leapt up and met Lily, who was already waiting for her, in the hallway.
They chatted happily as they walked down the suburban sidewalk, and half way there, to their surprise; they met Sandy and Stan. Both looked slightly upset, but nothing out of the ordinary. They both said their hellos merrily and walked with them the rest of the way to The Clubhouse. Holly was slightly flustered when Stan glided up behind her and walked next to her, flirting casually.
"So, like, what's up Holly-babe?" he asked flirtatiously.
Holly giggled and blushed, "Nothin', how 'bout you Stanie-boy?" she shot back.
"Hey baby, same here." he said.
Holly smiled. She liked how he was quick and clever like that. Though she didn't know it, Stan's feelings were mutual. They both blushed and kept talking, and Sandy joined them shortly after. Lily soon announced that they were walking too slow and she was going ahead and with that she scampered off to The Clubhouse by herself. They continued to walk together, until they passed a bush with beautiful, purple fragrant flowers, where they heard familiar voices cooing each other. They stopped in their tracks to listen fearfully.
"Maxwell, I feel that you have opened up my chapter of love in my life story, and I feel that you are the only one who could have done that for me." came a female poetic voice.
"Was that-?" Holly whispered, but her question was answered before she had time to finish it.
"My dear Lilac, it has been my pleasure." came a very, very familiar boy-ham's voice lovingly.
All eyes were on Sandy now. Her face had gone white-er and tears gently filled her eyes and poured over onto her cheeks. She balled up her fists and screwed up her face in anger and hurt. The golden, heart-shaped locket she wore around her neck in hope, was viscously tore off in fury and thrown into the bush by Sandy.
"Maxwell how COULD you?!" she screamed and turned on her heel and ran away sobbing uncontrollably.
Inside the Lilac Bush, a brown and white hamster was hit on the top of his head with a hard object. It bounced off of him and landed next to him on the branch and popped open. A little melody filled the air. Maxwell looked down on the little locket with Sandy's and his picture inside and felt his stomach drop to the ground below him. She had heard. Without explaining to the bewildered Lilac next to him, he grabbed the tiny heart and jumped down from the branch and to the ground, only to come face to face with Holly and Stan. He let out a very small gasp and took a step back. He had taken them by surprise by jumping out of the bush. But Stan recovered from the stupor quickly and his shocked expression turned to anger. Holly recovered just seconds later and glanced at Stan, noticing his face, and backed away slightly. Maxwell gulped heavily, preparing for the worst. The locket was still open in his paw; still playing it's loving lullaby.
¯You are my sunshine
"You dirty, rotten, cheating, filth!" Stan choked out.
Maxwell took another step back.
"How could you do that to her?!" Holly cried.
¯My only sunshine
"Where the hell do you think your going?" he growled.
"I don't have time for this!" he cried, wrenching himself free of Stan's deadly grip and sprinted off after Sandy, making Holly gasp.
¯You make me happyyy when the skies are gray.
But Maxwell didn't care what he was called; he wouldn't stop for the world right now. He had hurt someone he loved so much in pure stupidity and he to make amends. Maxwell raced of, following Sandy's scent of sadness to the ends of the Earth if he had to. He was on all fours, running as fast as he could. The stones in front of The Clubhouse went by as he ran.
"Hey Maxwell, were ya goin'?" he heard a Ham-Ham question him as he past the rocks.
He ran deeper and deeper into the woods, until he heard it. Someone was sobbing uncontrollably. Maxwell's heart sank as he approached the clearing, the sobbing getting louder as he got nearer. Sandy sat there, he back facing him. Her body shook with each shuddering breath she took. The noise of her crying echoed throughout the clearing, bouncing off the trees. Maxwell walked up behind her and swallowed hard. He drew in a breath and spoke.
¯You'll never know dear
He heard her gasp. Sandy whirled around to face him. Pain shot through Maxwell's heart and he gazed apon her face. It was tear-stained and ragged. Her face was dirty, as if she had fallen. Her eyes, which were red from crying, narrowed as she looked at him and hate filled them too. Tears stung at Maxwell's own eyes, and he began to break down.
"S-S-Sandy, I d-d-don't know w-w-what to s-s-say, I-I-I n-never m-meant to h-h-hurt you. P-P-Please you m-must forg-g-give m-me!" he sobbed.
¯How much I love you
".....S-S-Sandy....p-please....." Maxwell cried softly.
¯So please don't take,
"H-H-How dare y-you even t-t-think about t-touching m-me!" she hissed, "How d-dare you even t-think of f-f-following m-me! I-I t-t-thought you l-loved m-m-me! B-B-But now I-I s-s-see you were o-only, l-like, interested in h-her! W-W-Well g-guess w-what? W-W-We're o-o-over!! Y-Y-You here? OVER!!"
¯My Sunshine,
¯Away.
"Stan, I-I..." said Holly softly, her voice trailing away.
They had been standing there for what seemed like an eternity. Stan had stayed in the same spot, staring after Maxwell and his heartbroken sister. Holly felt useless and nervous. She wanted to make Stan feel better, but she didn't know how. She wanted so bad to make things right, to make her friends happy again, Stan feeling the same way. But they both knew it could not be done. Suddenly, they heard rusting in the bushes and voice calling out someone's name.
"Maxwell?" Came Lilac's voice.
They heard more rustling and they light purple-colored hamster appeared from inside. She brushed the two strips of fur that hung down in her face out of the way and fixed the bow by her left ear. When she noticed the two hams in front of her she blinked and gave them a small smile.
"Have you seen Maxwell? Someone called out his name and he left. Perhaps it was the winds? Do you know?" she asked poetically.
Stan's eyes narrowed slightly, "No, we haven't. Now, like, please leave." he said coldly to her.
Lilac nodded and walked gracefully away, the smell of the Lilacs from the bush trailing behind her. Stan glared after her and slowly turned, heading towards The Clubhouse. Holly quickly skittered after him, gliding up next to him. She took a deep breath and threw her paws around him cautiously. Stan was stopped dead in his tracks. He let out a very small gasp of surprise, but let himself be hugged. She rested her chin on his shoulder, giving him her ultimate sympathy. Strangely enough, Stan felt his face grow hot. But he did appreciate what she was doing for him. This simple hug of friendship made Stan feel a little better, much to his surprise.
"Stanie, I so sorry about Sandy. But things like this can't be helped. The only thing you can, like, do for her now is to just give her some space." she said.
"But-"
"Shhh. I know what I'm talking about. My heart was once broken too, and all I wanted to have was for everyone to just, like, leave me alone. Now I know I don't know Sandy as good as you do, but I do know girls, and all a girl wants in this position is to be left alone." Holly spoke to him.
Stan opened his mouth to say something but stopped and closed it. Holly let go of him and stood in front of him. She smiled kindly and took a few steps towards The Clubhouse, she then turned to him.
"Coming?" she asked.
Stan nodded and followed after her. He was next to her, trying to find the words to describe to her how thankful he was for that simple hug. He finally decided to just come out and say it.
"Look, um, Holly-babe," he started.
"Mmmm-hmm?"
"I just wanted to say thanks for the hug and, like, the support. I guess you're right, Sandy probably does, like, need some alone time or whatever. So, like, thanks." he said uncomfortably.
"Oh don't worry Stanie, it was my pleasure. Anytime you need advice, I'm your ham! Just remember that, 'kay?" Holly said cheerfully.
"Totally." Stan said, laughing.
They headed off to The Clubhouse slightly happier than they were five minutes ago. Sure, they still had heavy hearts, but they knew everything would come out in the end. Or, at least, they hoped.
Somewhere high above the ground, in the most brightest part of the Heavens, a pink fairy-ham looked sadly down on the two broken-hearted hamsters. She shook her head and clicked her tongue in sympathy. Watching all of this was hard, but she already knew the results of this, which made her sigh again.
"I'm sorry I have to do this to you mates, but it must be done. I felt it was neccessary. I only hope your love for eachother will conquer all the bad in this situation." Twink said, sighing again sadly.
In her cage, Sandy cried horrible tears of hate. She hated Maxwell for doing such horrible things to her. She hated Maxwell for cheating on her with that pathetic poet. She hated him for coming after her. She hated him for appologizing. Frankly, Sandy just hated everything about Maxwell right now. His stupid books, his dumb ears,...his dreamy eyes,......... his loving personality,.............his cute little ears.................his..........
"NO!" Sandy yelled, "I HATE him! I never wanna, like, see him again!" she yelled at herself, a fresh flow of tears streaming down her face.
But some how, in the deepths of her broken soul, she felt like this wasn't what she really wanted....
--END--
KittieStar: Yeah, I know, this was a short chapter. ¬.¬ Sorry ya'll. Heh. nn;;; I had slight writer's block. lol! I hope you liked it though, even if it was a widdle cliffhanger. Tee hee! And I'm sorry Sandy and Maxy broke up. ;p But it'll be better, I promise. Well, you know the drill, stop by and give me a review if ya liked it or not, I don't care, but I do care if you like it! Heh! If you have any questions, please review it to me or email me! See my profile for my email. See ya! -Signed, KittieStar