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Chapter 2: Timmy's Information
"Come on!" Cube beckoned to Skylar, already across the bridge and almost into acre B-5. But Skylar still strolled along behind him, even pausing to breath in the fresh fragrance of the red tulips that grew by the river.
"Oh, will you hurry up, d-d-dude!" Cube snapped. "What's your problem?" Skylar grinned. "Can't a girl take her time? You know what they say; slow and steady wins the race." She crossed the wooden bridge, her feet thumping against the wood. After crossing, she paused to pick a purple pansy. She held it up to her nose, and inhaled deeply. A ladybug flew off of one of the flower's petals, brushing against Skylar's face and flying away. Skylar didn't seem surprised. A wind blew, blowing her hair to the side, and Cube had to admit, she looked, well, compassionate.
"Grr!" Cube growled, and he approached her, grabbing her arm, and dragging her after him. "Geez, Cube, what's your hurry?" she asked, annoyed. "Well, if we get there, I can tell you!" Cube proceeded to drag Skylar across the rest of the acre. There, in the northwest corner of acre B-5, was him home. He pushed her through the door, and shut it. He than proceeded to go through a huge pile of papers on the white-and-black checkered floor, surrounded by stationary, pens, pencils, and markers.
"I see you're finally getting around to checking your mail," Skylar mused. Cube didn't reply. He kept on searching through his papers. Even through all that mess, it only took him a few seconds to find what he was looking for. He then shoved a piece of simple paper in her face. She grabbed it. Searching the pocket on her red grid shirt, she took out her reading glasses and read the letter.
Cube, I have information you may find very exciting. Meet me behind Nook 'N' Go at midnight. Bring only one other person with you. Timmy Nook
Skylar reread the paper. She felt adrenaline begin to take over, and started jumping up and down. Then, closing her eyes, she counted backwards from twenty. When she felt she was sufficiently calmed down, she looked up at Cube.
"So, ah, who are you taking?" Skylar asked, very well knowing the answer. "You, of course!" Cube replied. "I wonder what 'exciting information' Timmy has," Skylar said out loud. "He never writes letters. Never." "I know," Cube nodded solemnly. The two were silent for the next few moments.
"Well, I guess I'll meet you here at 11:30 tonight. Don't fall asleep!" Skylar reminded him with a grin. Her friend had a habit of falling asleep, even outside. Only last month had Skylar gone for an evening jog and found Cube, who had fallen asleep standing up outside his front door. She had shaken him awake, as she always did.
"If I do, wake me up, d-d-dude!!" Cube begged. Skylar laughed. "Don't I always?" Then she was quiet. Cube's house was silent for a moment, then- "Do you remember that time you fell asleep with that fish dangling half out of your mouth?" They both cracked up. "And- and Monique came by and thought for some reason I was a zombie!" This made them both laugh harder. "And then-" Skylar paused, taking in a quick breath, "And then she ran screaming about zombies and woke up half the town!" Cube fell over laughing. "And- and then Officer Cooper-" he began, but he was laughing so hard, he couldn't finish. "Had to arrest both you and her for disturbing the peace!" Skylar laughed. Cube stopped laughing. He sat up. "And then we had to pay a fine," he said. "Oh, but it was a SMALL fine." Skylar reassured him. "It was 400 bells, d-d-dude!!" Cube protested. "Anyway, I've got to go meet Mathilda and go fishing," Cube told her. "See ya!" Cube grabbed his fishing pole and left, just like that.
Skylar left, closing the front door behind her, and, not feeling quite ready to go home, strolled over to Dora's house. She spent the rest of the day afternoon talking to Dora, and in the evening went home and played Tennis on her NES.
It was much later when she looked at her clock. 10:30. It was time to get ready. She changed into black jeans and a black spaghetti-strap shirt, and got out her flashlight. She was ready. She glanced at her glow clock. 11:00. She set out, and figuring she had at least fifteen more minutes before she had to head over there, so she found an apple tree a few acres away and shook it. As the apples fell off the tree, she sat down against the tree and ate two in the dark. Afterwards, she glanced at her glow-in- the-dark watch. She could turn the glow on or off as she pleased. It was 11:15. It was time.
She tiptoed across the wooden bridge, trying to make as little noise as possible. When she reached Cube's house, she knocked quietly on the door. Cube answered it. "Glad to see you didn't fall asleep," Skylar grinned. "I set my alarm clock and took a nap after I got back from fishing," Cube told her. She almost laughed, but then remembered it would wake up the neighbors, so she kept quiet.
They approached Nook 'N' Go. They saw a lamp hidden within the grass at the side of the store. They headed towards it. Behind the store, in the shade of a tree, stood Timmy Nook. Although Timmy didn't actually work at his father's shop, he helped move the boxes and shipping and stuff.
Timmy beckoned for them to come. They scrambled towards him. "What's up?" he said softly, half-grinning in the lamplight. "Rien de spécial," Skylar replied. "Nothing much here, either d-d-dude," Cube agreed. "Nothing except for the fact we got a letter from you and we're meeting here secretly at night, because you said you have some exciting news for us to hear." Cube grinned. "Nothing out of the ordinary, huh?" Timmy replied with a wink. "Well, anyway, listen to this, this is so cool!" "What?" Skylar asked. "Shut up and listen!" "Yes sir, Captain Nook, sir!"
"Anyway, like I was trying to say, Tortimer told Porter a story, who told it to my Dad, who told it to me. Apparently, there's an old silver mine somewhere in this town! But, it's in the uncharted areas. Like, around acre B-14, E-17. Way far away!" Timmy was obviously excited. "Anyway, the reason they closed down the mine is. it was haunted."
"Haunted?" Cube said. Skylark saw him visibly start to shake. "Yeah, haunted," Timmy said, unfazed. "So, anyway, there was a landslide, and a boulder sealed up the entrance, and they thought, heck, just leave it there, after all, the mine is haunted! But there was still lots of silver in there!" Timmy was jumping up and down now. "So, we can go and camp there, and-"
"Hold on!" Skylark interrupted. "You are saying that there is a lost silver mine many acres away, and you want us to go with you to search for it?"
"Yes!" Timmy squeaked happily. "But why don't you bring Tommy?" Skylar asked. Timmy stopped bouncing up and down. "He's got the flu," he told her. "Everyone in the village knows that, Skylar. There were flyers passed out. Everyone wrote him a thank you card," Cube told her. "Maybe I didn't get the memo," Skylar murmured. She turned back to Timmy. "Listen, if we are going to do this, we are going to need to get a lot of questions answered. Cube and I are going to make a list of questions, and you will answer them. Kapeesh?" "'Kay" Timmy agreed happily.
After a good ten minutes thinking up questions, Cube and Skylar were satisfied with their list. "Alright, Timmy. First of all, we want the whole story on this silver mine."
"Oh, well, I don't really know. But my dad knows all about it," Timmy answered cheerily. "He can tell us everything we need to know."
"Okay, then." Skylar checked the list again. "How long will we be camping and how will we get there and get back?" She asked, looking up to see Timmy's face as he answered. "We'll camp as long as we need to, I guess," he said doubtfully. As for the transportation to and from the campsite, my dad will take care of that.
Skylar and Cube exchanged glances. This wasn't helping. "Okay, next question," Skylar continued. "Do you sleep with a. teddy. bear.? CUBE!!!" Cube laughed, and Skylar socked him. Then Cube turned to Timmy. "Well, do you?" he asked with a grin. Timmy shook his head. They laughed. Skylar punched Timmy good-naturedly.
"Alright, I'm sold," Cube said. "We don't know where we're going, when we're going, how long we're going, or even what to do when we get there. Great conditions, don't you think?" "Perfect," Skylar laughed. "We're in. On one condition." Cube looked at her quizzically. "What?" Asked the ever- excited Timmy Nook. "We bring Tommy too. Can't we wait until he's over his flu? Anyway, four people have a better chance of finding a lost silver mine than three."
"Alright." Timmy Nook agreed. Meet me at my dad's shop at noon. Deal?" Cube and Skylar looked at each other. "Deal," they said.
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Well, that chapter was a lot longer than chapter one. I hope you enjoyed it! : )
Chapter 2: Timmy's Information
"Come on!" Cube beckoned to Skylar, already across the bridge and almost into acre B-5. But Skylar still strolled along behind him, even pausing to breath in the fresh fragrance of the red tulips that grew by the river.
"Oh, will you hurry up, d-d-dude!" Cube snapped. "What's your problem?" Skylar grinned. "Can't a girl take her time? You know what they say; slow and steady wins the race." She crossed the wooden bridge, her feet thumping against the wood. After crossing, she paused to pick a purple pansy. She held it up to her nose, and inhaled deeply. A ladybug flew off of one of the flower's petals, brushing against Skylar's face and flying away. Skylar didn't seem surprised. A wind blew, blowing her hair to the side, and Cube had to admit, she looked, well, compassionate.
"Grr!" Cube growled, and he approached her, grabbing her arm, and dragging her after him. "Geez, Cube, what's your hurry?" she asked, annoyed. "Well, if we get there, I can tell you!" Cube proceeded to drag Skylar across the rest of the acre. There, in the northwest corner of acre B-5, was him home. He pushed her through the door, and shut it. He than proceeded to go through a huge pile of papers on the white-and-black checkered floor, surrounded by stationary, pens, pencils, and markers.
"I see you're finally getting around to checking your mail," Skylar mused. Cube didn't reply. He kept on searching through his papers. Even through all that mess, it only took him a few seconds to find what he was looking for. He then shoved a piece of simple paper in her face. She grabbed it. Searching the pocket on her red grid shirt, she took out her reading glasses and read the letter.
Cube, I have information you may find very exciting. Meet me behind Nook 'N' Go at midnight. Bring only one other person with you. Timmy Nook
Skylar reread the paper. She felt adrenaline begin to take over, and started jumping up and down. Then, closing her eyes, she counted backwards from twenty. When she felt she was sufficiently calmed down, she looked up at Cube.
"So, ah, who are you taking?" Skylar asked, very well knowing the answer. "You, of course!" Cube replied. "I wonder what 'exciting information' Timmy has," Skylar said out loud. "He never writes letters. Never." "I know," Cube nodded solemnly. The two were silent for the next few moments.
"Well, I guess I'll meet you here at 11:30 tonight. Don't fall asleep!" Skylar reminded him with a grin. Her friend had a habit of falling asleep, even outside. Only last month had Skylar gone for an evening jog and found Cube, who had fallen asleep standing up outside his front door. She had shaken him awake, as she always did.
"If I do, wake me up, d-d-dude!!" Cube begged. Skylar laughed. "Don't I always?" Then she was quiet. Cube's house was silent for a moment, then- "Do you remember that time you fell asleep with that fish dangling half out of your mouth?" They both cracked up. "And- and Monique came by and thought for some reason I was a zombie!" This made them both laugh harder. "And then-" Skylar paused, taking in a quick breath, "And then she ran screaming about zombies and woke up half the town!" Cube fell over laughing. "And- and then Officer Cooper-" he began, but he was laughing so hard, he couldn't finish. "Had to arrest both you and her for disturbing the peace!" Skylar laughed. Cube stopped laughing. He sat up. "And then we had to pay a fine," he said. "Oh, but it was a SMALL fine." Skylar reassured him. "It was 400 bells, d-d-dude!!" Cube protested. "Anyway, I've got to go meet Mathilda and go fishing," Cube told her. "See ya!" Cube grabbed his fishing pole and left, just like that.
Skylar left, closing the front door behind her, and, not feeling quite ready to go home, strolled over to Dora's house. She spent the rest of the day afternoon talking to Dora, and in the evening went home and played Tennis on her NES.
It was much later when she looked at her clock. 10:30. It was time to get ready. She changed into black jeans and a black spaghetti-strap shirt, and got out her flashlight. She was ready. She glanced at her glow clock. 11:00. She set out, and figuring she had at least fifteen more minutes before she had to head over there, so she found an apple tree a few acres away and shook it. As the apples fell off the tree, she sat down against the tree and ate two in the dark. Afterwards, she glanced at her glow-in- the-dark watch. She could turn the glow on or off as she pleased. It was 11:15. It was time.
She tiptoed across the wooden bridge, trying to make as little noise as possible. When she reached Cube's house, she knocked quietly on the door. Cube answered it. "Glad to see you didn't fall asleep," Skylar grinned. "I set my alarm clock and took a nap after I got back from fishing," Cube told her. She almost laughed, but then remembered it would wake up the neighbors, so she kept quiet.
They approached Nook 'N' Go. They saw a lamp hidden within the grass at the side of the store. They headed towards it. Behind the store, in the shade of a tree, stood Timmy Nook. Although Timmy didn't actually work at his father's shop, he helped move the boxes and shipping and stuff.
Timmy beckoned for them to come. They scrambled towards him. "What's up?" he said softly, half-grinning in the lamplight. "Rien de spécial," Skylar replied. "Nothing much here, either d-d-dude," Cube agreed. "Nothing except for the fact we got a letter from you and we're meeting here secretly at night, because you said you have some exciting news for us to hear." Cube grinned. "Nothing out of the ordinary, huh?" Timmy replied with a wink. "Well, anyway, listen to this, this is so cool!" "What?" Skylar asked. "Shut up and listen!" "Yes sir, Captain Nook, sir!"
"Anyway, like I was trying to say, Tortimer told Porter a story, who told it to my Dad, who told it to me. Apparently, there's an old silver mine somewhere in this town! But, it's in the uncharted areas. Like, around acre B-14, E-17. Way far away!" Timmy was obviously excited. "Anyway, the reason they closed down the mine is. it was haunted."
"Haunted?" Cube said. Skylark saw him visibly start to shake. "Yeah, haunted," Timmy said, unfazed. "So, anyway, there was a landslide, and a boulder sealed up the entrance, and they thought, heck, just leave it there, after all, the mine is haunted! But there was still lots of silver in there!" Timmy was jumping up and down now. "So, we can go and camp there, and-"
"Hold on!" Skylark interrupted. "You are saying that there is a lost silver mine many acres away, and you want us to go with you to search for it?"
"Yes!" Timmy squeaked happily. "But why don't you bring Tommy?" Skylar asked. Timmy stopped bouncing up and down. "He's got the flu," he told her. "Everyone in the village knows that, Skylar. There were flyers passed out. Everyone wrote him a thank you card," Cube told her. "Maybe I didn't get the memo," Skylar murmured. She turned back to Timmy. "Listen, if we are going to do this, we are going to need to get a lot of questions answered. Cube and I are going to make a list of questions, and you will answer them. Kapeesh?" "'Kay" Timmy agreed happily.
After a good ten minutes thinking up questions, Cube and Skylar were satisfied with their list. "Alright, Timmy. First of all, we want the whole story on this silver mine."
"Oh, well, I don't really know. But my dad knows all about it," Timmy answered cheerily. "He can tell us everything we need to know."
"Okay, then." Skylar checked the list again. "How long will we be camping and how will we get there and get back?" She asked, looking up to see Timmy's face as he answered. "We'll camp as long as we need to, I guess," he said doubtfully. As for the transportation to and from the campsite, my dad will take care of that.
Skylar and Cube exchanged glances. This wasn't helping. "Okay, next question," Skylar continued. "Do you sleep with a. teddy. bear.? CUBE!!!" Cube laughed, and Skylar socked him. Then Cube turned to Timmy. "Well, do you?" he asked with a grin. Timmy shook his head. They laughed. Skylar punched Timmy good-naturedly.
"Alright, I'm sold," Cube said. "We don't know where we're going, when we're going, how long we're going, or even what to do when we get there. Great conditions, don't you think?" "Perfect," Skylar laughed. "We're in. On one condition." Cube looked at her quizzically. "What?" Asked the ever- excited Timmy Nook. "We bring Tommy too. Can't we wait until he's over his flu? Anyway, four people have a better chance of finding a lost silver mine than three."
"Alright." Timmy Nook agreed. Meet me at my dad's shop at noon. Deal?" Cube and Skylar looked at each other. "Deal," they said.
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Well, that chapter was a lot longer than chapter one. I hope you enjoyed it! : )