Lily:…um…thanks for the review……I have nothing to say…
Ch2:Really Stupid Chao
"Tessa! Go wake your brother up; he's going to be late for his Saturday tutor again!"
"Mom! Why do I have to go into his room? It smells like sweaty gym socks in there!"
"Don't question me, now go wake up Alex."
"Why don't you?"
"Because I asked you to." Tessa huffed as she walked leisurely into to Alex's room. Her messy brown hair fell over one of her green eyes as the 7 year old girl opened the door, only to find the room empty.
"Alex, where are you?" The power went off last night and the clock read 10PM. "He's not in his room, Mom!"
"He must have gone out, oh well, come out here and watch TV." Tessa came out and flicked on the news channel.
"Our top story, in the province of Newfoundland…" She changed the channel.
"Why's Newfoundland always on the news? It's been the top story since January!"
NEUTRAL GARDEN
After Alex had swam back to shore, he kept asking the same question. "How do I change back?"
"Change back into what?" Sunrise asked.
"A human! I used to be a human, then I had this weird dream and…do any of you know a chao named Kiyuly?" Tiger gasped and bowed.
"You have met the Goddess of Heroes, you are very speciay, she hardy ever speaks with infants."
"Tiger," Yin shot dirty looks at Alex, "do you honestly think that Blue here actually met and spoke with a God? On top of all that, he claims to be a human boy from a place called Alberta. If you trust someone like that, you are way too naïve for your own good."
"Yin why are you always in a bad mood?"
"…whatever, if you excuse me, I'm going to train." Yin hopped on the rocks leading to the door behind the waterfall.
"Why does that guy hate me?"
"He hates everyone; don't let it bug you, Blue." Alex didn't take too kindly of his new name, but he got used to it.
"Thanks Sunrise, but I gotta ask you something, why are there only three chao in here?"
"Normally there's at least seven here, but they're all visiting other gardens. Personally, I enjoy the peace and quiet." Suddenly, shouts came from the entrance to the garden.
"I told you to stop hitting me!"
"I wasn't hitting you, you were hitting yourself!"
"No I wasn't!"
"Yes you were!"
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Was…"
"Never mind, Cody and Bones are back." Two chao emerged from the door. They were both dark chao. One was dark red and short. The other was a dark green swim type with penguin eyebrows and feet and he was twice the size of the shorter chao.
"How's it going?" The tall chao asked.
"Hey, who's the new guy?" The short chao questioned.
"He's Blue; he just hatched a few hours ago." The two chao approached Alex and shook his hands.
"Heya, my name's Cody," The short chao beamed, "and my friend's name's Bones."
"That's nice and all but YOU'RE KILLING MY ARMS!" They dropped Alex and apologized.
"Sorry about them," Sunrise chuckled, "they're not the sharpest tools in the shed."
"You didn't have to tell me that."
"Anyway, where's Yin? He owes me a rematch." Cody flexed his muscles and Bones just shook his head.
"Don't bother, he'll just beat you…again…and again…and again…and…"
"I GET IT ALREADY!" Cody roared. "He won't beat me this time cuz I've had more power crystals in one day then he was in his entire life."
"Power crystals?"
"Yah, whenever the big furies come to the gardens, they bring crystals and little furies."
"You mean chaos drives and small animals?"
"You really are stupid aren't ya?" Bones smirked. "Any who, before we forget, since you're new, we need to perform the initiation process."
"Initiation to what?"
"THE CHAO BROTHERHOOD!" Both yelled. Alex and Sunrise sweat dropped at the two numskulls.
"What exactly is the chao brotherhood?" Bones looked at him like he was the idiot.
"You mean you don't know? Well it's only the best club in the whole gardens, but first you have to pass three tests of speed, power, and the final test…"
"…which we always leave as a surprise." Alex was more confused then ever. First he gets set into this psychopathic place, gets turned into a chao and now he has to pass some test to join some club that he has no intentions of wanting to join.
"What if I don't want to join your club?"
"You get thrown into the lake." That was an experience that Alex did not want to repeat.
"…fine, what do I gotta do?" Cody and Bones looked at each other and nodded.
"First, the speed test. All you have to do is get down the hill in less then 5 seconds or less. If you do that, you pass the speed test!"
"No problem, I could run down that in half the time!" Alex climbed to the top of the hill and waited for the signal from Cody.
"Ready? GO!" Alex went to run down the hill, but tripped up in his own two feet and went rolling down the hill as Cody timed him. "1…2…10…7…what comes after seven again?"
"201 then 5."
"Thanks…201…" Before Cody could finish, Alex was at the bottom. "Great! And with only eleventy two seconds to spare! You pass the speed test!"
"Great," Alex muttered, "what do I win? Hopefully a trip to the hospital."
"No…you win the chance to take the power test!"
"Whoopee."
A FEW MOMENTS LATER
"What exactly is the power test anyway, guys?"
"It's very simple, all you have to do, is break this with your bare hands." Cody laid an item in front of Alex.
"Um guys, this is a fruit."
"I know that, so break it in half."
"…" Alex just looked at the fruit, waited, and then… "HIYA!" He sliced the fruit open faster then you could say 'Cody and Bones are morons'.
"Woha, not even Cody could do that."
"Shut up Bones."
"You shut up!"
"No you shut up!"
"No you shut up!"
"No you shut up!"
"No you…"
"BOTH OF YOU, SHUT UP!" Sunrise hollered. "Now let's get on with the last test so you two can leave and I can get rid of this migraine!"
A FEW MOMENTS LATER
"Um, guys, it's not like I don't trust you or anything, but WHY'D YOU HAVE TO BLINDFOLD ME?"
"Because, the last test is a surprise. Ok, take of the blindfold." Alex removed the blindfold. He saw that he was on top of the mountain of rocks on the other side of the lake. "Welcome to the final test…THE FLYING TEST! All you have to do is fly back down to the tree right by the door…and…what does he win again, Bones?"
"Membership to the Chao Brotherhood," Bones said, sounding like a gameshow host, "and a new car!"
"Cool, where's the car?"
"What car? I don't even know what a car is." The human-turned-chao was really starting to get ticked.
"No offence, but, HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO FLY WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY WINGS?"
"You do have wings." Cody pointed to Alex's back where two small pink wings were placed.
"Ya, but they're way too small to lift me all the way over there…wait a minute…why don't you demonstrate for me so I know what to do?"
"Are you crazy? We can't fly that far!"
"Then why are you making me?"
"Only new members have to do it."
"How many members are in you club anyways?"
"Two, me and Bones." Alex muttered many profanities under his breath as he slowly approached the ledge of the cliff.
"Three…two…one…BON ZIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Alex yelled as he bounded into the air. He struggled to try and flap his new wings. It was hard work just to make them move, to him it was impossible to make them move enough to fly. He could hardly breathe by the time he landed…in the lake. "HELP ME…I CAN'T SWIM!" Bones sighed, dove into the water and pulled him on to shore.
"Congrats, Blue, you are now a member of the Chao Brotherhood!"
"Thanks…I think…"
"Well we best be heading out."
"WHAT? I had to go through all that and now you're just gonna leave?"
"Ya, the club only meets once a year." Alex thought of many horrible things he could do to Cody and Bones right now, but his train of thought was cut off by Bones turning to Sunrise and muttering.
"Sorry 'bout what happened…you can come to the dark garden and…"
"No thank you Bones, I might join her if I go." Bones simply nodded, gathered up Cody, waved good bye and walked out the large door. Now Alex was curious. What was Bones talking about? He walked over to Sunrise, who now hung her head in sadness.
"What's wrong, Sunrise?"
"Nothing Blue, it's just…well…my mom died a few hours before you hatched. She was killed by the black furrie."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What was her name?"
"Sabith."
Lily: That was really stupid, but with school and my main fic and all it's not easy. See ya.