Hello! Here's the second chapter. Sorry to anyone who was waiting for it – I have been very lazy.
Please remember about the whole "I did this in year five so it's probably very corny and some parts might not make much sense" thing as well. I do write better nowadays --
The third (and last) chapter will be uploaded later when I get around to it. For now, enjoy!
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"Yes! We're free!!" Mike shouted as peta left for the boat to Mystery Island. Even Carly couldn't deny that she was as happy as ever, and that a celebration was needed. All day they played games and went shopping, with Regal and Larka happily tagging along.
By the end of the day the duo were exhausted, and retired to Peta's huge sofa to show each other what they bought and watch some movies that they had rented.
As Carly flicked the huge wide-screen TV on a red lupe with a marble-white toothed smile bounded up and on to the edge of a cliff as theme music played. 'MIKE THE MARVELOUS!' was printed in large red letters outlined thickly in black.
"I'm guessing this is why red lupes are popular." Carly said, looking at the smiling T. V. lupe.
"Yup. And I'm named after him too." Mike added, opening a large packet of chips and pouring them into a bowl.
"My owner, Tina, really liked this show. She was really nice, only seven years old, but she was still a great owner. We were going to move into her sister's neohome because Tina couldn't look after ours properly. She was busy packing, so I offered to go and buy some medicine for her. The doctor said that she needed to have a bit to completely get rid of her cough, even though she hardly ever does anymore. Well apparently all pets must be home by sunset because there have been robberies around that time and on. But we had stopped getting the neopian times because the old deliveryman had retired and they hadn't found a new one. I was out there, minding my own business when a tonu police officer grabs me, gags me, and takes me to the pound. I overheard him talking to Doctor Death, and guess what? He thinks I was the one robbing neopets and owners after dark! By the time Tina discovered what happened and had reached the pound, I was in Peta's car, driving away. That was the last time I saw her, through the window of the car."
Carly listened in dismay, thinking of all the times she had wished for an older sibling on shooting stars and birthday cakes drawn in the dust. Now her wish had come true, but not in the way she had expected.
"I-I'm so sorry Mike, I didn't know…" Carly began.
"Don't worry, I have you, and that's just as good. Now lets put on that great action movie we rented and have some fun!" Mike said, putting the videotape into the VCR and pressing 'play'.
That night Carly and Mike slept in the guest room. It had four beds, two desks and a heater. In the early morning Carly woke up to the smell of something delicious, but she wasn't sure what. When she got downstairs Mike was busily cooking pancakes, which the little cybunny had only seen in pictures on the labels of the mixture packets that she had passed by countless times, heading for the petpet care isle of the huge shop. It was owned by a man that Peta called 'Mr. Bronson' and complained under her breath about 'those lousy science classes…' and '…. and now he's on Neopets too! There's no escape!' Carly sat down at the table. She closed her eyes and breathed in the wonderful smell as Mike placed a plate piled with warm pancakes on it in the middle of the table, along with sugar, maple syrup, butter and lemon juice in a bright yellow squeeze bottle. The red lupe smiled broadly as he placed a plate in front of Carly and at his place.
"I used to always make pancakes with Tina. It was the best. We would make them together, but I would do the tricky parts and the cooking – she wasn't allowed." Mike said as he put two steaming pancakes on his plate and sprinkled sugar over the top of them. Carly did the same as she listened to Mike, her mouth watering at the sight of the pancakes.
After a week of the luxurious life Mike and Carly had been living it was the day. The day that Peta came back. The two pets hade been rushing around all morning, cleaning up, making the petpets look spiffy and, of course, putting up the large banner that said 'welcome home Peta!!!' About an hour after Peta was supposed to come back the doorbell rang, and Carly got up to open the door. She was thoroughly startled when a pretty girl with golden-orange curly hair and a welcoming smile yelled out "Welcome home Peta!"
"Erm…. Who are you?" Carly said, rather startled, as Mike walked up behind her, curious to see who it was.
"Oh, I'm sorry, this must be the wrong house!" The girl said, her cheeks turning a bright pink. "…But I was so sure it was Peta's place…" She mumbled, frowning.
"This is Peta's place." Mike said, raising an eyebrow.
"But, Peta didn't have any pets! Did she get you guys just then or something?" The girl said, her frown deepening in confusion.
"Noooo." Carly said, one eyebrow joining Mike's as it slowly rose.
"Oh, that's odd, Peta has always told me she never had any pets – I wondered how she had petpets out of her inventory and running around! I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself, I'm Naki, Peta's best frie-"
"Naki?!?! The Naki?!?!" Mike interrupted.
"Y-yes, I'm Naki, why all the excitement?"
"D-do you have a sister?"
"Yes, her name is Tina, why?"
"She used to be my owner! Thank goodness Peta adopted me before any of those other Mike the marvellous fans did!" Mike bounded out of the front door and hugged Naki in a crushing grip.
"Thank you Naki! You are FABULOUS!" Mike yelled, unable to control his enormous excitement any longer.
"I'm guessing you'll be wanting to see her now, am I right?" Naki said, smiling at this amazing discovery.
"You're absolutely Right, Naki."
Carly was so stunned that she couldn't believe herself. 'This is really happening!' She thought as an ecstatic Naki led Mike and herself down the street.
"Tina will be so happy to see you again, Mike!" Naki said as they reached the front door. Naki pulled out a key and unlocked it, ushering the two pets inside.
"Tina! There are two visitors here to see you!" Naki called up the stairs.
"Coming!" A young voice called back.
All of a sudden Mike gasped. He had been looking through a window, and obviously seen something bad.
"Peta's back!" He said, closing the sea green curtains quickly. "What will we do? Peta will find us here! Doesn't that mean that- " Mike was cut off by Carly,
"I'll go, you stay here and meet Tina, don't worry, I'll make a up cover story for you" Carly wasn't sure if that made sense, but her brain was rushing all over the place and she couldn't think strait.
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Ooooh, a cliffie! Stay tuned, because I'll make sure there isn't such a huge gap between this chapter being uploaded and the next. If you've read all the way here, then thankyou! Thankyou thankyou thankyou! Please review if you have read so that I know what you think of it.
Xx Katsuneko
