A/N: Here's chapter 6, hope you like it. It's pretty long!
Chapter 6: Crashing Into Destiny
(4-yr-old Stan's POV...)
"Okay...now what?" I said. Hmm...how 'bout a little tour of this place? So, I slipped right out of my cage and began to explore the place. I found some pretty cool stuff all over the floor, but I was still bored out of my mind. Just then, I heard a couple of voices from the doorway. "Heke?" I mumbled. I crawled through the space and followed the voices. They belonged to two girl-hams. "Oooohh, suh-moke!" I said smoothly as I followed them. Now, I wasn't like the other guys I knew at home. The truth was, I kinda liked hanging with girls, while other guys thought they had cooties and stuff. I guess cause I was used to being with Sandy. But since she wasn't here...well...wait! Since she wasn't here, she couldn't scold me in front of the ladies. I was free to flirt!
I began to walk up to them, until I heard one say, "So, where are you taking me?" The other one smirked. "For the last time, to the new ham-playground at the park! It's opening today!" she squealed. "Ohhh, now I remember! That place is supposed to be the bomb!" the first one cried happily. A ham-playground? Now, THERE'S something! So, I hid and followed them until I ended up outside. "The playground is right across the street." the first dudette pointed to the other side of a busy traffic street. "Uh-oh..." I whispered to myself. That's when I realized I had lost the two ham-chicks so, now I was on my own. As I walked up to the street, I noticed a flashing red light on a big pole thingy. "Whoops, red light!" I told myself as I stopped. If Noel stopped on red lights, then so should I!
I waited patiently and casually stood at the edge of the sidewalk. Some humans stood behind me, waiting for the light to change to I-don't-know-what-color-it-was-yet. A little girl looked down and spotted me. I stared back and winked at her. What's up, cutie? The girl gasped(I don't know why though) and giggled. A few seconds later, the light changed to green. Just like the car lights! Cool! I began to ticki-ticki my way across the street, but broke into a run, realizing that the humans' big ugly feet could squash me any second! "Hey, take it easy up there, will ya!" I complained. Obviously, those rude people couldn't hear me. Maybe if I had a deep, manlyish kind of voice then I'd show em...!
After crossing the street, it wasn't long until I reached a park fit for a hamster. I made it! "Woo-hoo! Oh yeah! Who rocks? Who's the ham? Uh-huh!" I cried, hopping up and down, celebrating. Just then, I spotted a couple of girls about my age at the sandbox. "Helloooo sweeties!" I cooed. "Who? You mean those 'giiirrrrls?'" a ham-dude came up from behind me, scrunching up his nose as he said "girls". I rolled my eyes. "Yes, those girls! Listen, little ham-dude, someday, you'll be just as cool about girls as I am!" I patted his shoulder and stalked off...
(Meanwhile, on the other side of the park...)
"Hahahahaha! That was some getaway!" Crystal continued to skip freely into the park, laughing about the "accident" that she had caused at the pet store...
(Flashback...)
"HEY! Where do you think you're going?" a teenage boy's voice called out. Everybody turned to see a small, brown hamster free from her cage. "Uh-oh. Busted..." Crystal muttered under her breath. "Crystal? What are you doing out there?" cried Angie, horrified that her young daughter was outside of the only home she ever knew. I can't let her go outside. If she does, she'll want to run away, just like her father! I am NOT gonna let that happen again; not to Crystal! Angie thought fearfully. However, little fiesty Crystal wasn't going to give up so easy! I got this far. There's no turning back now! she told herself.
As the cashier headed towards her, Crystal bounced off the shelf and began to scurry around the floor. People immedietaly reacted. Women and little girls screamed. Babies laughed. Dogs barked. Cats hissed. Birds swawked and furiously flapped their feathers. "Grab that hamster! She's from a rare breed and is worth almost fifty dollars!" the manager shouted. At the sound of Crystal's price, men and boys began to chase her. "Fifty dollars? Is that alot?" Crystal questioned. But she didn't have time for an answer. A boy had almost stepped her! Crystal ran off just in time.
"I said grab her, not KILL her!" the manager yelled angrily. Crystal ran all over the place. The animals would jump back in shock. A goldfish even passed out from a heart attack. "My fault, Mr. Floating Goldfish!" Crystal called over her shoulder, not knowing that the poor thing was already dead! She continued to unknowingly cause chaos all over the place. Meanwhile, her family was freaking out! "CRYSTAL, GET BACK HERE!" Angie cried at the top of her lungs. "ARE YOU INSANE? WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING!" even young Nikki was stunnedat Crystal's action. "Poor Crystal must be scared to death out there!" Rose exclaimed. On the contrary, Crystal felt slightly different...
"THIS IS SO COOOOOL!" Crystal squealed out, having the time of her life! (A/N: Wow! ----) "WEEEEEE! COME AND GET ME, BOYS!" Crystal eagerly climbed a huge pile of kitty litter(actually, it was just four feet high. Lol!)in the middle of the room. The guys--the cashier included--paused. "Okay, on three, we grab her!" he whispered to the others. They quickly nodded in agreement. "One..." Slowly, they crept up from behind Crystal. "...two..." they raised their hands, ready to grab her. "Heke?" Crystal stole a glance behind her. "...THREE!" the guys attacked. "Uh-oh! Incoming!" Crystal gasped and jumped. A milli-second later, the guys landed on each other, causing the cat litter to...
POP!
Suddenly, half the store was covered in kitty litter from head to toe! Angie, Nikki, and the others shrieked in horror. "MY FUR IS DIRTYYYY!" Haylie screamed. "FORGET YOU! LOOK AT ME!" Nikki cried in agony. "CRYSTAAAL! YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE, YOUNG LADY!" Angie screeched. Meanwhile, little Crystal was escaping into the outside world, while everybody began to scream out at each other for apperantly no reason...
(End flashback...)
"...I am gonna be so grounded when I come back, but it'll be worth it!" Crystal sighed. She looked around. "Wow! The outside world looks alot better than I remembered!" Crystal gasped, admiring the dandelions nearby. Birds sang above her. The sun glowed. The sky seemed to stretch on forever. The clouds hung to the air. "Man, I should've escaped that pet store a LOOONG time ago!" she said.
(Meanwhile, a few yards away...)
"Hmmm...I wonder if there are any cute chicks I can be with! Those babes back there didn't seem to catch my vibes." Stan sighed. "Why can't I just meet this one girl who isn't afraid to hang out with a guy? Somebody who likes to do whatever a guy does. Somebody who's fiesty, outgoing, fun to be with, energetic! Why is it so hard to find a girl like that?"
(Meanwhile. You probably already knew I was gonna say that...)
"You know, this 'being free in the world' thing is amazing and all, but...now, all I really wanna do is just play! But since I'm technically new here, I don't know who to hang out with." Crystal admitted sadly. Suddenly, she felt small and alone...and she rarely felt like that! Not when she was home that is, with her mom and cousin, and friends...
(Do I have to say it...?)
"...ugh! I sure wish I could find some ham-kid out there. I mean, the guys here just like to play Sword-Fight and stuff! I've played all those games billions of times! Besides, the girls here are cute...!" Stan looked up at the sky.
(Sigh. I'm not gonna bother...)
"...girls here can act like such princess-wannabe-snobs! Ugh, I hate that! I sure wish there was a kid who liked to play normal stuff. The girls can worry about their hair and makeup when they're teenage hamsters. I know I am...!" Crystal scoffed, thinking about Nikki, Rose and Haylie. Her eyes were planted on the floor...
(Oh God...)
Stan looked on as a couple of boys were playing Guns. He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Sheesh! Isn't there one kid out there who--"
(Blah, blah, blah...)
"--thinks Guns are totally lame?" Crystal sighed, unaware that she was watching the same boys Stan was looking at. They were just looking at them from a different point-of-view. "I wonder if anybody here is bored of the classics. A kid who instead likes to explore--"
(Ya-da ya-da ya-da...)
"--the outside world around them! Do they have any idea how--"
(Beep...)
"--totally amazing and fascinating Mother Nature can be? I mean, why don't they--"
(Wait! Who's turn is it to finish the sentence?)
"--open their eyes, wake up and smell the coffee stuff humans drink! Take a look around, ya know? Just--"
(I'm lost...)
"--relax and leave the grooming to the future, and enjoy childhood! Just to--"
(Ooh! Here it comes...!)
"--loosen up and not be afraid! Somebody who--"
(Steady...steady...aaaannnnd...!)
"--Somebody who--"
(NOW!)
CRASH!
Owww!
To be con't...
A/N: HA! HA! THE STUPID EVIL CLIFFHANGERS!in low voiceI HATE 'EM!
For the benefit of the slow people, if you didn't get what was going on back then, Stan and Crystal were finishing each other's sentences--unknowingly. Anyways, click the review button--NOW! And then, I'll continue the cliffhanger. Okay? Good enough deal?
Okay! See ya' all in a bit!
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