Wahhh No reviews except for Tara who is required to review because I force her ;; And I gave you egg toys last time.. Well now you are gonna get just a short chapter so there. P Well not really. It will be as long as feel like making it. So there. Well get on to reading!

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Chapter 4 -- A Present and Wonder Duck!

Tohru arrived at her house holding onto the present to keep it from floating away again. She walked inside and turned on the lights and began to open the present. First untieing the balloon and letting it float to the ceiling. She then ripped off the paper and examined the present. It was a Lilly Pad table. Tohru thought to herself, 'Why am I not surprised? She does seem to like frogs alot.

She moved the table over to the corner of the room. "Well now at least it doesn't look QUITE so empty... Now I have to meet the others in town. Maybe I will go look down by the Wishing Well. Hopefully a couple of people will be hanging around down there.

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"Must... remember... to... get... map..." Tohru panted finally stumbling into the Wishing Well acre. There were three people there... and a duck. The two males were skateboarding and there was a girl with white blond hair and the ends a pale cornflower blue sitting on the edge of the actual well watching the guys skateboarding and playing with the little duck. One of the guys skateboarding she instantly recognized as Bob, and the other was a guy wearing a green T-Shirt with a 3 on it, faded jeans with holes in the knees and a white crash helmet. She couldn't see much of his hair under the helmet but it looked green.

She stood on the edge of the stones and watched them for a few minutes. They were doing pretty well though the helmet guy fell alot trying to Tic Tac. 'Bob may look like a cross-dresser but he sure can skateboard.' She giggled at the cross-dresser part and the helmet guy turned to look at her. He skated over to her and was about to say something when he fell face first into the stone.

"Oww... Thank you mom for sending me a crash helmet..." he muttered to himself while standing up. Brushing off some dirt that clung to him. Bob turned around to laugh at him, hearing him fall and noticed Tohru. "Hey Tohru how' re you doing?" He yelled. The girl that was sitting turned around as well and slowly stood up.

After getting up, he walked over to her and held up his hand, waiting for a high-five. It took her a few seconds but Tohru realized what he wanted and returned the high-five. He then preceded to introduce himself, "Hey I'm Scoot. Would you be the Tohru that Bob told me he met?" Tohru nodded. "Ok well yea... Like I said I'm Scoot and I skateboard as you can see, and that" he said pointing to the duck waddling around near the girl, "Is Wonder Duck." Tohru looked a little confused, "Wonder Duck is his name?" Scoot nodded and grinned, "Yea it is a long story from when I was little. Don't ask." Tohru laughed, "Ok I won't then." She then looked over to Bob, "I didn't know you skateboarded Bob!" He nodded. "Yea a few of us here do. So does she, but she has no clean jeans or shorts and refuses to skateboard in a dress." He said gesturing to the girl.

The girl walked over and glared at Bob, "With good reason I might add. I can just imagine what you guys would say if I fell." The guys grinned and she rolled her eyes then turned around to Tohru. "By the way I am Mitzi. I am much more normal than those too. Do you know how to skateboard?" Tohru nodded, "I do but I don't have a board anymore. It got busted up on a bad trick." Mitzi shook her head, "Thats too bad. We are trying to get together a skate team and we need another member still... Hey wait I know!" She turned to Scoot, "Don't you know someone in your hometown that works on custom boards? Maybe you can ask him to get one for her!" Scoot thought about it for a moment. "Yea I could but it would be pricey we may have to ask the other team members to pitch in. Judging by what I have heard Tohru, you aren't exactly rich are you?"

Tohru shook her head. She wasn't. "It will have to wait until I can start actually getting the money I earn or at least sell things for a profit. Which means I need to accept a job instead of just getting off after I finish paying for my house! Arg.. Well at least it will be worth it..." Mitzi turned to her with a smile on her face, "So you'll join then?" Tohru nodded, "Difinately."

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Nook ran off the train and into town. "Gotta get home... gotta find my wife..." He was repeating over and over under his breath as he ran. "Please let her be alright..." He skidded in front of his house and rummaged for his keys in his jacket pocket. "Ah HAH" He said pulling them out and opening the door. Accidently slamming it back in his hurry. He walked into the kitchen and found his sons Timmy and Tommy sitting at the table looking very sad and worried.

"Timmy! Tommy! Are you alright!" The two little boys looked up and ran over to him. He picked them up and brought them over to his oversized armchair. They were shaking uncontrollably by this point. "Calm down, calm down." Nook said to them. "Now tell me what happened. Where did your mom go after she took you to school.

"S-Sh-She went to the s-s-store... To b-buy stuff for d-d-dinner!" Tommy said stuttering the whole time. Timmy nodded. "T-Thats all we know." Nook nodded. I will phone the police then. They will put out a search for her. Don't worry she will turn up. Until then I will stay here with you too and help out the officers however I can. But someone needs to tend to the shop in the meantime... I know, I will call Rover. He owes me a few favors anyway. How about this, after I phone the police I will tell you two a quick story. Then it is off to bed." The two boys nodded and climbed off there Dad to go and get ready.

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You see it was short after all. Two word pad pages. If people review this time then maybe just maybe I will post another chapter this week of on the weekend before I go on vacation ;) Better review.

-- Rosey 8/8/05