Chappie 8: an Unlikely Couple
"What's the next task?" This was around the fifth time that Stan had asked this to Princess Spoiled. The ham hams had emerged onto a large track, big enough for four hams to run on.
"The next task is…the task of speed and teamwork!" Spoiled smirked. "Who's gonna do it? We need a tag team of two!"
"I'll go" Stan raised his paw.
"Me too" Sandy joined him.
"Alright then. Let's meet your opponents!" Spoiled waved her paw and a puff of smoke erupted. When the smoke cleared, the hams could see it was Harmony and Spat. But this was not what surprised them. What alarmed them was that Spat and Harmony were holding paws!
"Well tinkle my bells! Hamtaro and Bijou! Still getting along like peaches and cream!" Harmony sang.
"And you're still goody two shoed, love bringing chumps, pfpht! Spat called.
"Wha!" Hamtaro and Bijou yelled. "Harmony, Spat? What the heck is going on here!"
"Well, after I went back to my home, I was watching over the good little hams and hammies, when I saw ol Spat here, he had his wing stuck on a tree you see. And it's against the code to not save a hamster, so I toodled on down and saved him!" Harmony explained.
"And, after that moment, I realized what love truly was, pfpht!"
"So you'll stop trying to take the love away from others?" asked Hamtaro
"No way, pfpht! Only I, the great Spat deserve love, pfpht!"
"I just love cleaning up after his messes!" Harmony giggled. She rested her head on Spat's shoulder. Spat turned red.
"Well, moving on…" Stan said. "Can we just start the race?"
"Okay. Set the obstacles!" Spoiled yelled. Large rocks and stuff erupted from the ground. "First one to the end…WINS! GO! GO! GO!
Sandy and Stan set off, along with Harmony and Spat. They came up to the first boulder. Harmony and Spat simply flew over it.
"No fair!" Sandy yelled. She tripped over a tiny pebble and her ribbon fell out.
"Sandy! Use the ribbon!" Stan yelled. Sandy lassoed the ribbon on the top and they easily climbed the rock. Spat and Harmony had taken a long time to fly so the hams were pretty much tied. They approached a pond. Sandy's ribbon wasn't long enough. Stan used hamlift (piggy back) and they swung over on a tree branch. Sandy and Stan were in the lead, only because Spat had been attacked by that pesky alligator.
The twins came upon a sleeping cat, upon which an adorable girl-ham sat, asleep as well. Sandy tiptoed across, but Stan let out a whistle at the girl, at which, the cat awoke. The cat chased them until they managed to hide up in a tree. Harmony and Spat passed them. Then Stan had an idea!
"Sandy, jump!" Stan pushed Himself and Sandy off the tree. Sandy screamed, but soon they landed right on…
"Your skate board!" Sandy hollered. They were speeding towards the end! Oh no! A rock! But, the skateboard rolled up the rock, and soon they were flying in the air! They actually crashed into Harmony and Spat, bouncing off of them in mid-flight and crossing the finish line!
"What a great race!" Harmony congratulated them.
"Whatever, pfpht."
"GRRR!" Spoiled screamed. "Fine! You can pass. Go to the door with the three key holes, we'll be waiting for you."
"What do ya think she meant?" Asked Cappy. But his question was answered as the hams came upon the door. There, Princesses Sweet, Sour and Spoiled were waiting. Each held a key.
"To open the door, we must first sing the song of three, because there were only supposed to be three tasks." Sour said. Princess Spoiled grinned, sheepishly.
"Let's get started!" The ham hams called.
The princesses began to chant.
Bronze, silver and golden key
Each in the palm of princesses three
Three tasks, all of which you foiled
From princesses Sweet, Sour and Spoiled
Collected, these keys, at your own afford
Now is the time to reap your reward!
The keys were inserted and the door glowed faintly. Then it swung open, revealing a new mysterious place of wonder, horror and…something else.
Well, whatcha think? Review now! Sorry to all those Spat fans. But they make such a cute couple don't they?