2. Everyday Life

Boomers POV

A light blue hedgehog stretched on the hammock. Careful not to get his quills stuck, and relaxed.

'Today is Saturday,' He thought, 'My day to hang loose and do what I want …I better get going or I might be late-'

"Boomer T. Hedgehog! Come here and clean your room or you'll get no supper tonight!" His mother called from the house, sounding agitated. "Were having chilly-dogs tonight so hurry up!"

'Oh, chilly-dogs … I'd better double time it.' He thought to himself as he carefully got up from the hammock and sped toward the house, making sure not to go to fast or he'd nock the door of its hinges again. 'Mom would kill me if I did that again, hehe…'

"Hey Boomer, mom looks really mad this time. What did you do, spin-dash of the walls again?" His 16-year-old sister, Thorn, asked as he quickly walked by.

"No," he quickly replied, "I tried to do the wind-thing."

As he rounded to corner to his room he heard his sister say, "Man Boomer, your dead meat!"

He walked the last steps into his room slowly, knowing his mom was waiting for an explanation. He was right, Serena (His mom) glared and said, "Boomer, how many times do I have to tell you. No playing in the house!"

She then pointed to the piles of clothes, dirty dishes, and junk that littered his room floor in a chaotic manner that suggested a tornado ran through it. As well as the scratches and dents in the walls were he worked on his 'moves.'

Boomer loved to make up tricks so he could try them out. The problem was he always tries them out in his room first, instead of going outside. But that was mostly do to the fact that he was grounded a lot.

"Boomer this is your last warning. You know you're supposed to clean your room before you loaf around."

"But mom-."

"No buts, now clean it up now." She said as she walked out of his room and into the living room.

"Yes mom." Boomer started cleaning his room immediately at light speed. Or at least as close as he could get to it in the enclosed space. Boomer was going to meet Jag at the NCC (National Chao Corporation.) today. He didn't want to be late.

"OkmomI'mdonenowbye!" Boomer said, running out of his room, down the hall, and out the door.

"'Sigh', what am I going to do with you Boomer." His mother said as she heard him run out the door.

"You could always put him up for adoption. Then I'd finally be an only child." Thorn said as she put some things in her backpack. "Bye mom, I'm going over to Rena's house."

"Rena, you mean the bat?"

"Yes mom."

"Ok, but be home in time for dinner."

"Ok, bye mom."

"Bye Thorn."

At the NCC

Jag walked back and forth in front of the giant business looking building. His white shoes making no sound as he stepped. He heard a boom in the distance and smiled. Boomer was coming, and breaking the sound barrier on his way.

After a few seconds Boomer arrived with out so much as a sweat.

"Am I too late?" Boomer asked anxiously. "Are they still there?"

"Yeah Boomer, don't worry. You and I are the first here."

"Really!" Boomer said looking around. "I thought more people would come. All the eggs are only a 100 rings each today."

"Yo hedgehog-dog. Whaz-up?" A green chameleon said walking up. He had a belt with an i-pod strapped into it and a guitar strung over his shoulder along with his trademark black glasses.

"Slider! What are you doing here?" Boomer said, familiar with the chameleon.

"Well B dude I heard they were giving those little blue dudes at cut price so I decided to get one of um."

Jag looked confused. Then said, "What?"

Boomer smiled and translated. "He wants a chao to."

"Oh."

"Let's go inside now I'm dieing to get one!" Boomer said.

"Me too man." Slider said.

"Then let's go in already!"

The three friends then entered the NCC. The fist room they went into looked more like an office then a chao store. There was a desk in the middle of the room where a ferret was seated.

The ferret had librarian glasses and a red business uniform over her orange fur; she seemed to be typing on a computer when the trio entered. She looked up and said, "Hello welcome to the NCC. How may I help you?"

"Well," Boomer said. "Were here to buy some chao eggs—"

"Oh yes, there on the third floor, just take the elevator."

"Thanks." Boomer said as they walked to the elevators.

"You welcome sirs and have a nice day." The ferret said as she resumed typing on her computer.

When they were all in the elevator Slider said, "Dudes that was the most secretaryist secretary I've ever seen."

Again Jag failed to interpret what Slider said.

Boomer saw this and said, "He means she acted a lot like a secretary."

"Oh"

'Ding'

"Looks like this is are floor." Boomer said.

As they stepped out of the elevator all of them were shocked. There were rows and rows of chao eggs. Most were the regular egg color while many were different.

They all immediately walked the colored eggs that interested them the most. Jag was looking at the blue eggs while boomer zoomed over the the eggs that had metallic colors. Slider simply walked over to the normal chao eggs, slowly gazing at each one in turn. Trying to decide.

After a few minutes they each found the egg that suited them. Jag chose a sky blue egg, Boomer a bronze, and Slider a normal egg.

They walked up to the front counter and, to there surprise, Ray was at the desk. The brown fox was just as surprised to see them.

"What are you guys doing here?" He asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Boomer said with a grin, showing of his egg. "What are you doing here?"

"Well …" He started, slightly embarrassed. "I'm getting a chao egg too; once my shift is over I'll have enough money to buy one."

"Cool, which color are you getting?" Boomer said, not at all put of by his friend's embarrassment.

"Well … I'm thinking about getting a yellow one…"

"Cool, well I'd better pay for my egg now." Boomer put the gently down on the counter and took out two golden rings.

(Black rings are worth one dollar, white five, gray ten, silver twenty, bronze fifty, and golden one-hundred.)

"Wow." Ray said in admiration. "Where'd you get those?"

Boomer's grin grew wider. "Me and Jag pooled are money together to get just enough for two chao eggs."

(You can add rings together, like if you put five black rings together they turn into one solid white ring.)

Slider then pulled out a golden ring of his own. Once they all had there chao eggs paid for Ray gave them each instruction manuals on how to raise the chao and the emergency number of the chao doctor.

"See you guys at school Monday! And try not to kill your chao!" Ray called as they left through the elevator.

"Don't worry about us, and good-luck with your chao!" Boomer called as the door closed.

Each of them admired there own chao egg in silence. Slider then opened his instruction manual and started reading. "Wow, dogs take a gander at page one."

Jag was able to understand the chameleon for once and opened his book along with Boomer. They both read with growing interest as they stepped out of the elevator and slowly made there way to the exit. They said there good-byes as Slider said that he was heading toward warmer weather.

"Why? It's only fall." Jag asked.

"We reptilians are down with cold dude. Besides, The Flying Island rocks this time of season."

"You mean the Floating Island? But it's crawling with echidnas. I've heard they hate tourists." Boomer stated.

"I know the guard of the glowing green source. He's cool with it."

"Who?" Both Jag and Boomer said, neither understanding what Slider said. But Slider had already walked of and was listening to his i-pod. And disappeared around a corner.

They shook there heads in dismay.

They had tried to follow him the first time he did that but found that he had disappeared on the spot. They knew that they wouldn't be able to find him even if the stepped on him.

"Hey Jag?"

"Yeah Boomer?"

"Do you think Slider just disappears or … something else?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well you know how my shoes don't make any noise when I move around."

"Yeah, so?"

"Well Slider is pretty loud when you listen, and I don't here anything when he disappears. Not even breathing."

"Aw, your just being paranoid."

"Maybe I am …" Jag said glancing at the corner Slider disappeared in. 'Or maybe I'm not.'

Floating Island, Mountainside, Same Time

A rusty brown echidna walked along the mountainside. The metal sides of his shoes gleaming in the sunshine. There was a belt around his waist and his jade colored eyes gleamed.

He knew a bunch of gang members were around the next corner waiting to jump him from the brush. But what they didn't know was Jade had a special weapon none of them had that was better that there mere guns.

His mouth widened into a mischievous grin. He looked at his gloves and the long, sharpened spikes. His gloves wern't built like a boxers, in fact there were more like normal gloves only for the spikes.

He then rounded the corner. The three man gang consisted of a bunch of ruff and muscular echidnas.

Each held a weapon of some sort. One held a knife, it was the new electronic type by the way it glowed. The other two held an older model of plasma blasters.

The one with the knife spoke, he was probably the leader by the looks of it. "You think your so tuff, being guardian and all. I bet you couldn't lift a pebble."

"Yeah, I bet he can't even put two and two together!"

"He's probably a chicken!"

Jade took the insults, then slowly removed his gloves. His grin returning. Jade then said, "I bet your mothers wish they never lade your eggs you bunch of 'bleeper bleepers'."

(That last part was edited out do to the fact that I don't need tell you what he said. You probably know anyway.)

The three stood stupefied for a moment. Then flew at Jade in a rage.

That's exactly what he wanted.

He first punched the leader in the face, braking his nose and his spiked fist leaving a gashing wound that wound probably leave a scar.

He used his other fist to grab a head of one of the other two and threw him at the other. Both collapsed in a heap. And the leader ran away whimpering while the other two scrambled up after him.

'Humph, amateurs.'

"Cool moves J."

Jade looked around. He knew that voice. Then he saw him. "Slider! What are you doing here man?"

"Well," Slider said, rubbing the back of his head. "I wanted to give you something for getting me out of that pickle last year …"

Jade almost chuckled, during Slider first trip to the island he managed to get cornered in a alleyway with ten echidnas wanting to claw his brains out.

Jade had helped him out of trouble and they became fast friends. Sometimes Jade could barely understand Slider and other times he spoke as clear as day. Slider visited the lonely guardian from time to time to keep him company.

"I know you probably get lonely so," Slider pulled a chao egg out from behind his back and Jade almost fell over in surprise. "I got you one of those little blue things people get to keep themselves company."

"A-a chao egg?"

"Yep! And here's the instruction manual." Slider said, handing both to the echidna. "Ok, see ya later J!" He said walking away into the near forest before Jade could react.

The shocked echidna looked at the egg, instruction manual, and then at the spot Slider disappeared into.

Jade sighed and said, "I'll never understand that chameleon …" And started back home, a cave in the side of the mountain. Along the way he absentmindedly stroked the egg as he began to read the instruction manual. Glad to have it there … glad to finally have a permanent friend.

Jags House

"Hi, I'm home."

"Hi honey, how was your day?"

"Good, I'm going to my room."

"Try not to bother your brother, he's working on one of his inventions."

"Ok"

Jag walked up into his room, being silent as he past his older brother's room, and quickly locked the door. He didn't want to tell his parents about the chao he just got.

If he told them they would just make a fuss about it and make him keep it outside. It wasn't healthy for a chao to stay outside until it had a least evolved once. Whatever that meant.

Jag put the egg in a heated blanket and made sure it didn't get cold. He then flopped down on his unmade bed and read more of the chao manual. He learned that the environment the egg was kept in affected its growth and some of its likes and dislikes.

Jag soaked up every piece of information, wanting more. When he reached the end of the book he looked at the electronic clock by his bed. It read 11:00p.m. Jag smiled at that. The last time he stayed up that late was to do last minute studying for his science test on minerals.

'Yawn' it was late so he flicked his light white shoes of his feet and curled up in his bed. Making sure to turn off his alarm clock. As he drifted of to sleep his last thoughts were, 'I hope Boomers mom didn't go ballistic when he brought home the chao egg…'

Earlier, Boomers house

"BOOMER! WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING! THAT'S THE WORST WAY THE SPEND A HUNDRED RINGS! WASTING THEM ON AN EGG!"

Boomer flinched. His mom had been going on about how he wasted his money and how worthless a chao is. He was hoping Dad and Uncle Shadow would get home before she found out but it seems mothers know everything.

Thorn was probably at a friend's house or something because she doesn't like Uncle Shadow. Even though he only visits once and a while Boomer still likes him. And even though Shadow practically throttles him for calling him 'Uncle' Boomer still does it anyway.

"Come on mom-"

"No, not this time Boomer. Go to you room and stay there for the rest of the night while I deicide what to do with you."

"Yes mom …"

Boomer walked to his room, feet dragging.

'At least I still have the egg.' He thought. 'But I still wish I could have had dinner, oh chilly-dogs…'

He got into his bed and put the chao egg next to him. He then opened up the instruction manual and began to read. He read through the rest of the night, determined to take good care of his chao.

Earlier, Ray, At the NCC

Ray got off his shift when a hare came in to take over.

"Pretty quiet day, eh Ray?"

"Yeah, very."

"Go get your egg. You've earned it. All one-hundred rings worth." Ray was only happy to oblige, and the hare gave him the instruction manual with the emergency number.

The hare winked, "Good-luck, I hope you continue working here. You have great potential."

Ray thought about it, a hundred rings a week wasn't bad. He could do it around school, and he already liked working here, so what's the harm?

"Sure," He replied. "But I still want Sundays off."

"You got it. See ya Monday."

"Bye."

Ray walked back home with a look of satisfaction on his face. Holding the yellow egg in his arms with great care. He knew exactly how to get it past his foster mother…


I hope you all like the first chapter. I'm not done with my other story but I just couldn't stop typing this chapter. And before I knew it, this was done. I might do the second one soon, I have no homework this week because I have … Fcats. NOOOOOOOO!