Jenna's Tale

Chapter III: Old Relatives

January 1, 1922 08:12 a.m.

Rosy woke up from a long day yesterday, and woke Jenna up, "Jenna, come on girl, time to go visit Thomas!" Rosy tapped Jenna's side, "Huh? Wha…..what happened? How long was I asleep?" Jenna asked, still half asleep, Rosy laughed at this, "All night silly girl, it's time to go visit Thomas!" Rosy said, "O…oh yeah! I forgot about that, silly me!" Jenna said, laughing as well. Rosy quickly got dressed and ran downstairs to eat breakfast before heading out, but when she got there, she noticed a note on the table, "Rosy, me and your father are at work if you're reading this, we'll be back at 4:30, love Mommy." Rosy looked in the refrigerator and saw a few slices of pie left over from last night's dinner and some milk, "Well girl, looks like we're just going to have to see what Thomas and Uncle Alan have!" Rosy said

Rosy and Jenna both raced outside and started walking down the street and headed into town. Jenna and Rosy walked side by side before finding themselves walking up to the sled dog team that they saw yesterday. "Hey Jenna, let's stop and say hi." Rosy said with a smile as she looked down at Jenna. "Okay! That sounds fun!" Jenna said as she and Rosy walked up to the sled team. Rosy and Jenna both walked up the sled team with smiles on their face. "Hi guys!" Rosy said as she stood in front of the team. One of the dogs looked at Jenna, then at Rosy, "Oh Blimey! Look at what we 'ave here!" one of the dogs said to the others, "Oh come on Elliot leave him alone! I'm sorry about my friend here, he can be a bit obnoxious at times, how are you two doing this morning?" the dog asked, "Wait, I can hear you too?" Rosy asked, "Well I don't see why not, we can talk just as you can." The dog said, "Well this is amazing! But anyways, we were just dropping by my Uncle and Cousin's house when we saw you here, we saw you yesterday but didn't have the chance to say hi!" Rosy said, "Well that sounds like fun, I'm Joanne by the way, but you can call me Anne!" Anne said, "I'm Rosy, and I have to ask, how did you end up as a sled dog?" Rosy asked, "Well it's been our dream job," Elliot answered. "But we also started because of our parents before us started it," Anne added as she nudged Elliot on his left shoulder. "Yeah I'll say," Chance added as he laid down in the snow behind Elliot. "Don't mind Chance, he's a little cranky." Elliot said with a smile. "Oh I don't mind, he's kinda funny." Rosy said, "Aha! Finally someone who can sympathize with me! What's your name again kid?" Charlie asked, "Rosy, and yours is Charlie right?" Rosy asked, "You got it, kid! Say, how's about we take you on a sled ride eh?" Charlie asked with a smile, "*gasp* I'd love to! But, I have to visit my Uncle and Cousin first, when will you guys be back?" Rosy asked, "Tomorrow same time darling, we hope to see you again soon!" Anne said, leading her team across town, "Well they were nice dogs huh Jenna?" Rosy asked, "Yeah! I like the grumpy one!" Jenna said excitedly, "Alright girl, let's go visit Thomas and Alan!" Rosy said, leading the way to Thomas's house

Rosy and Jenna both walked up the road to Thomas's house and found themselves on the outskirts of town. "Hey, maybe one day this week we can go down to the beach! Even though it's kinda cold outside to really enjoy the beach, we can still explore and stuff!" Rosy said with a smile as she and Jenna walked. "That sounds like fun!" Jenna said happily as she walked along beside Rosy. Rosy walked up to the door and rang the bell, and Alan opened the door, "Rosy! What a surprise, I haven't seen you in ages, how've you been?" Alan asked picking Rosy up, "I've been great Uncle Alan! Where's Thomas at?" Rosy asked, "Ah, he's in his room, probably building something out of the wood and tools I bought him." Alan said, "Thanks Uncle Alan!" Rosy said, running upstairs to Thomas's room, knocking on the door. "I'm busy dad!" Thomas shouted out, "Thomas, it's me Rosy, can I come in?" Rosy asked, Rosy heard footsteps and Thomas opened the door, "Hey Rosy! Dang I haven't seen you in ages, how ya been kiddo?" Thomas asked, "I'm fine Thomas, we just moved here and dropped in to say hello, and me and Jenna have a favor to ask." Rosy said, "Who's Jenna?" Thomas asked, "Huh? Oh, come on girl, Thomas is my cousin!" Rosy said, moving Jenna from behind her feet and holding her up for Thomas to see, "Aww she's so pretty!" Thomas said, petting Jenna's head and running her belly, "What do you guys need?" Thomas asked, "Well, we were hoping you could build us a small sled to fit us both?" Rosy asked, Thomas started to laugh, "You know how much wood that'll take to build?" Thomas asked, "Umm, I don't know?" Rosy said, "It'll take a lot of trimming and balancing, plus I'll need a special kind of wood from the department store!" Thomas said, "Please Thomas? We'll pay you back!" Rosy said, "Well, to tell you the truth I may already have a sled, but there's no way a puppy can pull it, it's made of aluminum and some wood, a normal full grown dog could pull it, but no puppy can." Thomas said, "What about a smaller one?" Rosy asked, "It'll take a long time, and I don't know if I have all the metal for it." Thomas said, "Oh," Rosy said as she looked down in disappointment. This made Thomas think for a moment as he crossed his arms. "But hey. Let me see what I can do and maybe I'll come up with something," Thomas said with a smile. Rosy looked up at her cousin and smiled. "Okay that's sounds good!" Rosy said keeping her smile. Thomas smiled as he patted his cousin on the head. "Alright looks like we have a deal." Thomas said, "You mean you have all the wood and metal?!" Rosy asked excitedly, "Yup, but you need to stay far away from here so I can weld the metal together, if you don't have a mask, the heat will burn your face severely and the rest of your body, basically killing you." Thomas said, "I think i'll go inside!" Rosy said, "Come on Jenna!" Rosy said, and Jenna followed her inside the house, and Thomas got right to work building the sled

Four Hours Later….

Four hours have passed since Rosy and Jenna had visited her uncles house and now has played on the beach next to her uncles house. Rosy and Jenna didn't go very far on the beach as they both decided to explore that later on in the week. Thomas walked down the road to the beach with the sled in his arms. "Oh my!" Rosy shouted with a smile as she started running towards her cousin with Jenna right by her side. Rosy hugged her cousin in gratitude, "Thank you Thomas, I swear i'll pay you back somehow!" Rosy said, "Eh, don't worry about it, I just want you to be safe on this thing Rosy, now let's strap Jenna up and see if she can pull it before you take it out." Thomas said. Thomas and Rosy held Jenna in place and strapped her up and Rosy got on the back of the sled and ordered Jenna to "Mush!" Rosy shouted and Jenna pulled the sled fairly easily, but struggled at times, "Uh hey Rosy, I think Jenna's getting a little tired!" Thomas shouted out, Jenna slowed down and eventually stop taking deep breath before collapsing down to the group. "Wow That was a nice run!" Rosy cheered as she got off the sled. Rosy then walked over to Jenna and started petting her. "So what do you think about it?" Thomas asked as he crossed his arms. "It's perfect Thomas! Thank so much!" Rosy said before giving her cousin another hug. "Well I'm glad you like it! Now let's walk you and Jenna back home and I'm sure your parents would like to see this as well." Thomas said with a smile. Rosy knew she couldn't let her parents know, they'd be mad for sure, "Nah, they aren't interested in sleds, let's just put it in your shed for now huh?" Rosy asked, Thomas had a funny feeling about this, "I think they'd be pretty happy that I built you a sled, come on, let's go show them!" Thomas said, picking the sled up and walking in the direction of where Rosy lived, "No, we can't!" Rosy said, "Why ever not?" Thomas asked, suspicious. "I...they...*sigh* they didn't want me to have a sled in the first place, they thought it would be too dangerous for someone my age." Rosy said, tearing up. Thomas felt sorry for his young cousin. Thomas then kneeled down to Rosy's level and smiled at her. "Hey it's okay if you want I'll keep it my place. But I'll make you a deal." Thomas said looking Rosy in the eye. "Okay," Rosy said as she wipes her tears away. "You and Jenna come by the house three times a week and I'll teach you all the secrets of sledding," Thomas said with another smile. Rosy brighten up with a smile. "Deal!" Rosy said as she jumped into her cousin arms and giving him another hug. "Yeah that would be nice," Rosy said as she, Jenna and Thomas all walked into the house and leaving the sled in the shed. "Oh, my favorite, Hamburger helper!" Rosy said as she walked in the house.

To be continued….

A/N NightWolfZilvia: Hi guys, we're back with Jenna's Tale! Sorry it's been awhile since the last upload, but we haven't forgotten about old Jenna and Rosy have we? I didn't think so, so guys, let's see what good old Thomas has to say to our amazing audience at home!

A/N KodiWolf321: Kodiwolf321 A/N alright guys this was really fun to write and I hope you all enjoyed this as much as we did writing this I can't wait to see what happens next I have a feeling Rosy is gonna go on many adventures with Jenna and make new friends along the way and with that being said I hope you enjoyed this chapter and we'll see you in the next one