Sandstorm Canyon Chapter 4: What They Use to Be, a hamtaro fanfic

Ch.4

What They Use to Be

This is definitely not one of my better fics. Due to lack of hits/reviews (Though I'd like to thank Crystalgurl101 for reviewing), I've decided to shorten this fic. I was originally going to make this one of my longer fics, but now there will only be a couple chapters left. If you disagree with my decision, please tell me so in a review and I might reconsider. Please R&R!

Shelby walked up to the ham hams, high-fiving Seth and Cody. "Glad you could come."

"Nice job out there," said Seth. "So, how much did you make?"

"About 15,000 seeds, not much," she answered with a casual shrug.

"15,000 seeds?" repeated Howdy. "How is that 'not much'?"

The girl racer gave Howdy a confused stare. "Who are you?"

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Shelby, these are some of Kai and Ty's friends that came along," said Seth as he motioned towards the ham hams.

"Hiya, I'm Pepper!" greeted Pepper. "You were awesome back there showin' those guys who's boss!"

Shelby smiled at the country hamster. "Thanks, I mean, just because boyhams do this deosn't mean girlhams can't, right?"

"'coughdikecough'!" coughed Ty. "Sorry, I had a little dust in my throat."

The girl racer stomped down hard on Ty's foot paw. "Oops, my paw slipped!"

Seth chuckled as Ty hopped about on his good foot paw, holding his crushed one in his paws. "So, you wanna come back to my place and hang out?"

"No thanks," she answered as she shook her head. "I'm gonna grab a shower and we can meet at the concert, how's that?"

"Sounds good," answered Seth with a nod of approval.

Shelby got back on her MX bike. "Cool, see ya then," she said before putting her helmet on.

"There's a concert tonight?" asked Stan as Shelby rode off into the distance.

The ham hams collapsed into Seth's house, thankful to be in the air-conditioned area. The dry heat had left them with an unquenchable thirst for any liquid they could get their paws on.

"I'll be right back," said Seth before opening the front door. "I gotta make a quick stop into town."

Stan turned to Cody after hearing Seth drive off. "So, who's that Shelby chick? She's hot!"

"Is she Seth's girlham?" asked Panda.

"Was his girlham," corrected Ty after a sip of soda.

Bijou frowned. "I'm zorry to here zat. What happened?"

"I guess I should start at the beginning," explained Cody as he put his soda on the nightstand. "A little while back, Candy showed up at Sandstorm Canyon claiming to have never lost a race, so Seth challenged her and won. We all thought she was gonna be mad, but she wasn't. I think losing to him actually turned her on. They started hanging out more often until…" he paused for a moment. "Wait, how old are Penelope and Cappy?"

"Pretty young," answered Pashmina skeptically. "Why?"

"You might wanna cover their ears," answered Ty. Pashmina did as she was told, holding her paws against Penelope's ears as Boss held Cappy's ears closed.

A wide grin grew across Cody's face. "Seth and Shelby did it!"

"Seth is the ham!" exclaimed Stan.

Hamtaro, however, cocked his head in confusion. "Heke? What's 'it'?"

"You know…it!" explained Ty.

"It can mean a lot of things," replied Hamtaro.

Kai shook his head. "Um, in this case, it means 'it'."

Despite all the explaining from the other hams, Hamtaro still didn't get it, scrathing his head in confusion. "Heke?" The rest of the ham hams, excluding Penelope and Cappy because they didn't know what was going on, sweat dropped.

"And Bijou has trouble deciding between us?" thought Boss.

"Whatever, you'll get it eventually," said Cody. "Anyways, the two kept hanging out a lot and doin' it, but they suddenly realized something. They both wanted to race at their best and they knew they couldn't if they fell in love, so they called it quits."

Bijou shook her head in disbelief. "Just like zat? Zey ruin zere love over ztupid racing?"

"But racing is their lives," explained Kai. "That'd be like killing them."

The front door opened, allowing Seth to enter. "Hey guys, whatcha talkin' about?" Cody, Ty, and Kai gave the rest of the ham hams a 'don't-tell-him-what-we-were-talking-about look.

"We were, um, talking about…uh," stuttered Oxnard as he gripped his sunflower seed nervously.

"Can somebody tell me what 'it' is already?" shouted Hamtaro in frustration.

Nighttime had fallen over the canyon, but the lack of light didn't stop the hamsters from partying. All around the main community of the hamsters living in Sandstorm Canyon were gathered by a large stage, waiting for the entertainment to begin. The ham hams did their best to squeeze through the crowd in an attempt to get closer to the stage.

"Hey, I'm glad you could make it!" The ham hams turned to see Shelby walking up to them.

Stan smiled flirtatiously at the girl ham. "It's nice to see you showin' a little fur."

"Nice of you to show that bruise," replied Shelby.

"What are you talking about?" asked Stan. "I don't have a…" She kicked Stan in the shin, causing him to hop up and down in pain on his good leg.

Shelby looked at the group. "Where's Seth?" The ham hams looked around, noticing that Seth was no longer present.

"He's probably on the stage," answered Cody as he pointed to the stage. The crowd cheered loudly as a group of hamster entered the stage along with Seth, who sat behind the drums.

"Seth's a drummer in a band?" asked Maxwell.

Ty nodded. "Only on Wednesdays." Seth struck his drumsticks together three times, signaling the song to begin.

Stapled shut, inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight, bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm
Catastrophic, not again
I'm smeared across the page, and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me upon all your sordid little iserections,
I've got no time to lose, I'm just been caught up in all the cattle

Fray the strings
Throw the shapes
Hold your breath
Listen!

I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
BEFORE I FORGET THAT!

I'm ripped across the ditch, and settled in the dirt
and I wear you like a stitch, yet I'm the one who's hurt
Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win, I'm just caught up in all the battles

Locked in clutch
Pushed in place
Hold your breath
Listen!

I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
BEFORE I FORGET THAT!

My end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road and my end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
THE END OF THE ROAD!

I! am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
BEFORE I FORGET THAT!

I!! am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
BEFORE I FORGET THAT!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, OH!

The lead singer jumped into the sea of hamster, quickly being swept through the crowd as Seth played a finishing solo before slamming his drumsticks down at the cymbals, achieving loud cheers from the crowd as drumstick shrapnel flew through the air. He got up and walked to the edge of the stage, throwing his drumsticks into the crowd. The ham hams rushed over to Seth as he exited the stage.

"That was killer!" exclaimed Cody as he and Seth pounded knuckles. "The crowd was goin' wild!"

"I guess it was okay if you like third-rate drummers!" The gang turned around to see a hamster with dark fur and a large, golden fang.

"Who's that guy?" asked Panda as he pointed to the golden-fanged hamster.

Ty scowled at the advancing hamster. "Fang."

I'm so creative with names, aren't I? The song was 'Before I Forget' by Slipknot, which is one of the songs in MotorStorm. I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please R&R!