A/N: Bonjour mon amis! I..uhhh...hmmm...okay, I seriously need to think of stuff to say! Oh, wait there's one! There's a chance I might go to Canada on Friday. If I do, then I owe you one hell of a chapter! Or two! If I don't, then you don't hafta' worry about it! If I do, I'll be gone 'til Sunday.
That's all the news I have so far.
Here's chapter 10!
Chapter 10: Lost And Found!
"HOW THE HECK DID THIS HAPPEN?" Stan screamed. "I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LOST!" Crystal cried out. "You should talk! You're the one that got us lost!" Stan shot her a glare. "Me? I didn't get us lost! You and your nose did!" Crystal shot back, returning the icy look. "Did not! This is all your fault!" Stan accused. "This is all your fault, not mine!" Crystal shouted. "Pul-lease! I'm not the one who lives here! At least I have an excuse to get lost!" Stan folded his arms, wondering how Crystal would top that. "I'm not the one who dragged us out of that playground! So, keep your mouth shut!" Crystal smirked, knowing it was Stan's idea in the first place. Stan glared at her. "You dragged me out that park, remember?" he pointed out. "Yeah, but you came up with it first!" Crystal was growing furious with Stan stubbornness. "So what if I did?" Stan on the other hand(or paw in this case), was aggravated with Crystal's comebacks. "You know what? I may not live here, but at least I can get back home solo!" he stated. "Are you saying you don't need me? Cause I know I don't need you!" Crystal defended herself. "Well fine!" Stan scoffed. "Fine!" Crystal yelled. Whirling around, Crystal stormed off. Shaking his head angrily, Stan kicked a piece of aluminum gum wrapper and stomped off the other direction. And just like that, the two hamsters seperated...
(Crystal...)
"..I don't need him! I can find my own way! Who needs that big, stubborn, fat-headed, show-offy jerk and..." Crystal slowed down. "..and sweet...and funny...and..nice, understanding, and..." Tears started to form in the corners of her eyes. Maybe I shouldn't have been so mean to Stan. Besides, he's right. It is my fault! I didn't know what I was doing! she thought. Suddenly, her anger took over. Crystal rubbed her eyes. "What am I doing? I can't be such a softie!" she told herself in a whisper. The now lonely girl hamster walked down the street in silence. Just then, she walked past a television store. All of the TV screens were on. Crystal ignored them as she slumped down and moped...
(Stan...)
"..what a snobby, bratty, stubborn, big-headed, know-it-all!" Stan growled, kicking the dust on the sidewalk. Suddenly, as he kicked the ground once more, he scraped his paw slightly on the cement. "Ouchichi!" he squealed. Sulking, he sat down and leaned against a wall of a radio store. I wonder how Crystal would react to this..? Stan thought as he looked down at a small red scrape on his foot. Stan frowned just at the thought of it...
(Crystal...)
Sighing, Crystal felt the cold wind stroke her fur. Just then, she heard soft, sad music flow into her ears.
You've been such a good friend
I've known you since I don't know when
We've got lots of friends, but they
Come and go.
Even though we've never said it,
There's something that the two of us both know.
Together forever, no matter how long
From now until the end of time
We'll be together, and you can be sure
That's forever and a day
That's how long we'll stay
Together and forever more...
"Heke?" Crystal piped up. She climbed up the wall and peeked through the window. She listened closely to the next verse...
Always gone that extra mile
Depended on you all the while
Even in the good and bad times,
You will see
From now until our journey's end
You know you can always count on me.
Together forever, no matter how long
From now until the end of time
We'll be together and you can be sure
That's forever and a day
That's how long we'll stay
Together and forever more...
Crystal could feel tears sting the corners of her eyes. "It reminds me of Stan..." she sniffled. She knew that from the moment she met him, he would end up being a really good friend.
No matter where our destiny leads,
I'll be there for you, always come through
And that you can believe.
Together forever, no matter how long
From now until the end of time
We'll be together and you can be sure
That's forever and a day
That's how long we'll stay
Together and forever mooore!
Together forever, no matter how long
Now until the end of time(Now until the end of time)
We'll be together and you can be sure(Together forever)
That's forever and a day(Forever)
That's how long we'll stay(We'll stay)
Together and forever more...
The song slowly faded away. Crystal sat back down, her back leaning on the glass window. "That was weird. I mean...how is it that technology knows what we're doing? Did that TV see our fight? Is that it? Wow. I'm confused!" the little girl rubbed her temples. "Wait! Stan is right. This is entirely my fault! I gotta go apologize! Thanks TV thingy!" Crystal hopped from the glass window and began to scurry down the sidewalk. "Oh God, where is he?" Crystal looked around. She couldn't find him anywhere. Finally, she gave in. "What's the point? Street Genius is probably long gone now!" Disappointed, she crept into an alley...
(Stan...)
Meanwhile, Stan was listening to the exact same song Crystal was listening, except it was through the radio. "Is that radio talking to me about my fight with Crystal?" Stan asked under his breath. By now, it was ending. Just then, Stan realized something. "Hold on! City Girl's right! This whole mess was my fault! Umm..thanks for the advice Mr. Radio!" Stan stood up and ran off, not caring for his scrape.(A/N: sighsKids...) "Where is she?" Stan looked around as he ran through the sidewalk. He sniffed the air, hoping to get a god sniff of her. He did. Crystal wasn't too far away. In fact, she was really, reeeaaalllly close!
Just then, he heard a soft crying coming from an alley behind him. "Crystal?" Stan called as he entered the alley. The crying stopped. There was a gasp heard. "Crystal? It's me, Stan! Are you here?" the tiger-striped hamster asked once again. Nobody answered him. "Crystal! Aww, c'mon! Don't be so mad at me!" Stan sighed. Ticki-ticki! Scared, Stan whirled around. Crystal was peeking out from a garbage can. "Mad?" she whispered. "Umm..yeah. I-I kinda acted like a jerk back then." Stan said, lowering his head. "You? Uh-uh. I was the one acting jerrr...kish." Crystal struggled to find that last word. "Heke?" Stan raised an eyebrow. "The point is...it's my fault we got us lost." Crystal continued. "Wrong, City Girl! It was my fault! I was the one who dragged us out of that park. I guess...cause I wanted to impress you." Stan confessed. "Impress me? Why me?" Crystal wondered. "Cause...I thought you'd make a really cool friend." A splash of red colored Stan's cheeks. Crystal smiled, and deep down inside, she knew what she had to do now.
"Actually, there's something I wanna tell you too. I'm not a city girl! I mean, I live in this city, but I don't know anything about it!" Crystal admitted. "Huh?" Now it was Stan's turn to be confused. "Ya' see, I've had a pretty sheltered life ever since I was just a baby. I was born and raised in a pet store not too far away from the park. It was always the same! I wasn't ever ever allowed to go outside, or step foot out the door." Crystal began. "Gee, that's awful!" Stan frowned. Personally, he loved going outside. "I think the reason was because of Daddy. He left the family a while ago. I overheard my mom telling Auntie the whole story." Stan gave her a confused look. "My cousin's mom." Crystal corrected. "Ohh!" Stan nodded, understanding who "Auntie" was. "Anyways, she said Daddy didn't really like living in a pet store. Mommy and Daddy fought alot. Their yellings made me cry, cause I was scared. But he loved me alot. He even sneaked me outside! I fell in love with the outside world at once. He told me that I should go outside to find adventures. I remember when he was gonna leave, he came into my room and kissed my forehead. Then he said, 'Bye bye Crystal! Daddy has to go out and explore the outside. I'll come back, okay?' Then he left. The next day, I found Mommy crying. She was really mad! I wanted to tell her what Daddy told me, but she wouldn't listen. Instead, she hugged me and said 'Sweetie, Daddy's left for a trip.' She sounded upset. I haven't heard from him since.." Crystal voice slowly trailed off. For a moment, Stan thought she was going to cry, but she didn't.
"...I guess that makes us two of a kind!" Stan said. "Whaddaya mean?" Crystal looked at him. "Well, when I was a kid, my dad left too. Mom had to take care of us, until Hilary took me and my sis in. Then, I moved in with Noel not too long ago." he explained. "Oh...so, wanna go back to the park?" Crystal asked. "You mean as friends?" Stan smiled. "You bet!" Crystal cheered. As long as we don't ever fight like that ever again!" Stan suggested. "Deal!" Crystal held out her paw. Stan shook it. "Deal!" he stated. Suddenly, the two friends-once-again heard a MREOWWW!
"EEP!" Crystal hid behind Stan. Stan froze. "D-Did that s-s-s-sound l-li-like a c-c-cat?" he choked out. "I-I-I don't know. B-But I wish it w-w-wasn't !" Crystal whimpered. Suddenly, the shadow of a cat appeared in the darkest corners of the alley. "AAAAHHHHHH! MORE CATS? Stan and Crystal screamed at the top of their lungs. The cat stepped out of the shadows. It was black with a white belly and a white crescent-shaped spot on it's forehead. It had deep blue eyes. "Hey what's your problem, little hamsters?" she said in an innocent voice tone.
The two hamsters froze. "Stan...the cat is talking to us!" Crystal squealed in a high, frightful voice. "You know what talkin' cats do next, do you?" Stan questioned. "Yeah...they talk some more!" the cat answered before Crystal could even open her mouth. "Oh please, please don't eat us! We don't even taste that good!" Stan begged. "Yeah! We have to get home, or else everyone will think we ran away when we didn't! Ya see, I ran away from a pet store to explore the city, and I met up with Stan here, and we left the playground to have fun, but we ended up getting into a fight and went into totally different directions. But then we forgave each other cause we regretteded(A/N: It's supposed to be like that) yelling at each other so we made a deal to never ever ever fight like that ever again and trhen we heard you coming and we got scared cause you were gonna eat us and...and..." Crystal stopped her frantic speech to see the cat was staring at her strangely. "..and y-you're not eating us..." she finished.
"First of all, it's 'regretted', not 'regretteded'.(A/N: Told ya!) Secondly, I'm not gonna eat you!" the cat sighed. "You're not?" Stan blinked. "No! Eating other small animals like you is wrong! And gross! No offense." the cat told them. "Umm, what's offense?" Crystal asked stupidly. "Never mind that. I'm Luna and I'm a vegetarian." Stan and Crystal blinked. Before they could ask, Luna quickly added, "That means that I don't eat any type of meat from other animals and only eat stuff like fruits and vegetables." Crystal sighed with relief. "Whew! Now that's a cat! Somebody who doesn't eat small defenseless critters like us!" she said. Luna blushed. "Thank you! Now you said you both came from a hamster park?" she asked. "Uh-huh!" both hamsters nodded. "I know a park for hamsters! It's not too far away from here, but for hamsters your age, you sure wandered off a whole lot!" Luna pointed out. Crystal and Stan reddened. "Can you take us there?" Crystal asked. "Of course!" Luna nodded happily. "You will?" Stan perked up. "Oh, thank you!" Crystal almost hugged her--actually, she did. "Whoa! Calm down, I'll take you if you give me some of those sunflower seeds! I love sunflower seeds!" she said. "We do too. But it's a done deal!" Crystal agreed. "It is?" Stan whispered in her ear, disappointed. Crystal merely nodded.
"Okay, hop on!" Luna lowered her body, allowing the hamsters to settle themselves on her back. Crystal and Stan gladly settled into her soft warm fur. "Hold on!" Luna warned as she took off. "Whoa!" Crystal immedietaly grabbed onto Stan. They both almost froze.(A/N: If you're expecting a romantic scene where they blush and blah, blah, blah, think again!) "Can you let go of me, please?" Stan asked calmly. Crystal simply obeyed. "Well, excuse me! I slipped." Crystal defended herself as patiently as possible in order to avoid another fued. "Okay." Stan shrugged.(A/N: Hel-lo? They're four! They don't feel anything 'til they're like what? Thirteen!) The ride went on for another few minutes. The three friends talked just about everything. "Blood makes me queasy." Luna had told Crystal when she had asked why she didn't eat meat. They all wrinkled her noses.
"We're here!" Luna announced. "Heke?" the two friends looked up. Sure enough, there it was. "Home!" they squealed. Luna set them down in front of the entrance. Luckily, no one was there anymore. The sun was starting to set in the horizon. It was getting a bit chilly. Crystal gave all of their sunflower seeds to Luna. "Ya'll should be heading home now. See ya!" Stan and Crystal waved good-bye and faced their destinations. The pet shop was closing. Noel's car was parked in front of the apartment where Stan came out of. "I'm in trouble!" they both whined. They faced each other.
"I had the coolest day of my life today! Thanks!" Crystal smiled weakly. "Me too! I'm sorry that you were never allowed outside." Stan said. "I'm sorry you and your twin seperated." Crystal replied. During the ride, Crystal had asked about his twin sister. He told her everything. "You think we'll ever see each other again? After all, we're totally grounded!" Stan asked. "Maybe. If we're lucky, we can see each other right here tomorrow." Crystal said. "Or sneak out." Stan smirked. They laughed. Then they hugged. "See ya tomorrow!" they said at the exact same time. Turning around, the two hamsters seperated and prepared for the worst...
To be con't...
A/N: WHEW! That was one hell of a chapter! I had to combine two chapters to do this one. By the way, change of plans. Friday, I'm going to Splish Splash. Yay me! Friday night, we're heading off to Canada. Since I live in New York, it won't take too long. I won't be back 'til Sunday. So don't expect any new chapter in between those days. But I promise as soon as I come back, I'll let ya' know. Ooh! Also, I'm gonna try to wach Hamtaro on YTV in Canada. It won't be that easy, cause it comes on at 5, 6 and 11 AM! O.o Shocking, no?
I'll miss you guys, but hey! It's only two days!
Love ya all!
crystalgurl101