The second chapter of my first story and I already got my first Review (Thanks Gamewizard2008). This next chapter will probably be longer. Adelante!
Plane Flight. Our New Home in America!
After giving their tickets to the flight attendant, the Fulbrights went to their designated seats on the right side of the plane. First there was Mr. and Mrs. Fulbright with the handbags and behind them where the three kids. Fanny was next to the window, Paddy in the left seat and Shaunie (who had woken up) on the middle.
The plane had started to take off and it was shaking. The red hamster is Paddy's pocket came out and looked around fearfully.
"Don't worry little buddy," said Paddy softly. "Everything will be ok." At his reassuring words, the hamster calmed down and returned to the pocket.
"Hey Paddy," said Shaunie. "What are ye going to call 'im?" When Shaunie had woken up, the two older kids had told him everything and he agreed to keep the secret.
"I am not sure. It has to be a name that fits him."
"Well, since he escaped from that horrible man, why don't you call him Houdini? Like that escape artist you told me about."
Paddy thought about it for a second. "Houdini? Sounds great! What do you think about it, buddy?" The hamster popped his head out from the pocket and nodded his head.
"Then Houdini shall be your name." said Paddy petting the newly-named Houdini in the head.
"Kids?" called Mrs. Fulbright from the front seats, making the children freeze. "What is all that talking back there?"
"We are-uh-uh?" stammered Fanny, trying to find a good excuse.
"We are thinking of names we will give to a pet if we had one!" quickly blabbed Shaunie.
"Ummm," said Mrs. Fulbright, as the kids held their breaths. She then said cheerfully. "Ok, have fun!"
The three redheads let out a sigh of relief. Fanny then turned to her brothers and whis-pered. "We should not talk about this while we're traveling, or else they'll find out."
Both boys nodded in agreement and decided to do other things. Fanny took out a Rainbow Monkey book, Shaunie started playing a racing game in his Nintendo 3DS and Paddy took out his own book titled Benders, Metahumans and other similar beings. He opened it on a bookmarked page and started to read it where he had left, the chapter about Wereanimals.
Wereanimals are shape shifters who can transform into a specific type of animal. The most common known Wereanimal is the Werewolf, but there are many others: the Weredog, the Werecat, the Wereracoon, the Werefox, Weremonkey and many others. The way of becoming a Wereanimal vary; methods include being born one, getting a curse or having one's DNA infused with an animal's. This last method is very unheard of and the results aren't predictable because the human's DNA has to be compatible with the animal's DNA.
"What's so interesting about that?" Fanny's voice interrupted his reading. Paddy lifted his gaze from his reading and looked at his sister, who had stopped her own reading and was now looking at him with an annoyed look.
"What do ye mean by that?" he asked back.
"I mean, what you find so interesting about that kind of stuff?" said Fanny. "Wereanimals, benders and Metahumans, not to mention aliens and supernatural stuff; those things are pretty weird if ye ask me."
"Well Fanny, for yer information," Paddy closed his book. "These kinds of things are interesting for the very fact that they're weird. But Eye don't think ye could understand it, because ye only read those boring and girly Rainbow Monkey stories."
At this, Fanny was so mad that steam practically came out of her ears. "WHY YE LITTLE RAT!"
Paddy flinched and trembled at her high-pitched voice, knowing that he said something that he shouldn't had said. Just as it looked like Fanny will jump at him-
"YAHOO!" exclaimed Shaunie, raising his arms in the air in triumph. "I passed to level 3! Yahoo!" Then he noticed that the angry Fanny and scared-out-of-his-wits Paddy and sunk back in his seat.
Fanny again glared at Paddy but decided that this wasn't the time or place to lose her temper. She sat back on her seat and resumed her reading, muttering something that sounded like "Stoopid brother."
Paddy sensing that Fanny will not unleash her anger now also continued his reading, being certain that his sister will get him later.
A few hours later…
Many hours had passed since the plane took off. During that time, The Fulbrights and the other passengers had fallen asleep. Fanny was leaning back on her seat, her book over her face; Shaunie was resting his head on the arm set, his 3DS on his lap; Paddy had his head over Shaunie's with his book open on a page that talked about how some experimental substances affected the genetic code.
Suddenly, a sound was heard on the speakers and all of the passengers woke up. Houdini, who had been sleeping in Paddy's pocket, pocked his head out as Paddy sat upright.
"Attention, passengers," sounded the captain's voice. "This is your captain speaking. We will be landing on Virginia's International Airport in a few minutes. Please put your trays away and place your seats in vertical position as we land. Thank you."
As all the passengers did that, the plane prepared for landing. While the plane lowered from the skies, the Fulbrights felt that tickling sensation you sometimes feel when a plane lands.
Paddy noticed that Houdini looked a bit nervous. He petted the hamster as a sign that everything will be alright.
The plane landed on the runway and rolled over it until it stopped. Again the captain's voice was heard on the speakers. "Welcome to Virginia's International Airport. We hope that you enjoyed the flight and that you fly with us again soon. Thank you."
The flight attendants then started to ask passengers to pick their stuff and get up their seats. Fanny, Paddy and Shaunie placed their stuff back in their bags and joined their parents as they exited the plane.
Once out of the airport, the Fulbrights got on a taxi that will take them to their new home. It was 10:30 p.m. when they reached their new house. While Mr. Boss paid the taxi driver and Mrs. Fulbright got the bags out, the three kids looked in awe at the house.
It was a two-story house, painted teal-blue with a darker roof and a white front door. The Fulbrights entered it and found that all of their stuff had arrived; the furnisher was covered in clothes and boxes where everywhere.
"Well kids," said Mr. Boss. "Maybe you should go to your rooms. It's very late and you're probably tired. Your stuff should be up there now."
"Yes Daddy," said the three kids in unison. They picked up their bags and headed upstairs. They separated to enter their respective rooms. Paddy went to the door with a sign that said "Patrick's Room" and entered. Just like the rest of the house, Paddy's room had boxes in it.
Paddy placed his bag on his Irish-themed bedspread, opened it and took out his green-and-orange striped PJ. Then he took Houdini out of his pants' pocket and put him on the bed before changing into his nightwear.
Just as he was finishing placing the buttons, someone knocked on his door.
"Come in," he called. The door opened and in came Fanny carrying a box under her arm.
"Hey bro," she greeted, closing the door. "Those guys put some of your things in me room."
"What? Really?"
"Yeah, they put this box filled with your projects in me room." she said as she placed the box on the floor. "Hey do you think that me First-Night-On-A-New-House Rainbow Monkey is here?"
I don't know but we can check." Paddy started to open a box but the only stuff inside were some of his paranormal books. In another one he found some stuffed animals, including a teddy bear that had "Property of Shaunie" written on the tag. "It's not here, only Shaunie's stuffed toys."
Just then, the door opened and Shaunie poked his head in. "Hey Paddy, do my stuffed animals are in yer- Oh, hey Fanny!"
"Shaunie what are ye doing here? Ye should be asleep." said Fanny.
"Well I was looking for me teddy bear but it wasn't there." He entered the room and the older kids saw that he was in his blue PJ. He then pulled a blue Rainbow Monkey from behind his back. "By the way, this is yours Fanny."
"Oh so there it was! Thanks Shaunie!" exclaimed Fanny, grabbing her Rainbow Monkey.
"And I suppose these are yours." said Paddy, motioning to the box full of stuffed animals.
"Mr. Hugs!" exclaimed Shaunie as he ran to the box, picked the bear and hugged it. "Thanks guys!" With that, Shaunie left the room with Mr. Hugs in one hand and pulling the box with the other."
"Well, I'll be going. But first." Fanny punched Paddy in the arm, hard.
"Ow! What was that for?" said the redhead boy as he rubbed his sore arm.
"For what ye said on da plane." Before exiting the room, she turned around and said. "Good night, bro."
"Good night." He then looked at Houdini, who had been sitting quietly on the bed during the whole scene. "I probably deserved that, what do ya say Houdini?"
The hamster red hamster just shrugged his shoulders.
"Well anyway, ye need a place to sleep. Now let's see here." He picked a small shoe box and placed a folded handkerchief in it. Then he took another one and placed it like a bed sheet over the other. Once finished, he placed the makeshift bed on his night table. "There! What do you think, Houdini?"
Houdini hopped onto the table and sniffed the bed. He then jumped in the box; poking from under the sheets, he gave Paddy the "thumbs up".
Paddy smiled. "Glad you liked it." He then yawned, realizing that it was very late. "Well, time ta sleep. Good night, Houdini."
Paddy hopped onto his bed and snuggled into the blankets. Quickly he felt asleep after the long day's events, ready to face what his new home might throw at him.
End of chapter two. This one was certainly longer that the first. So yeah, Fanny is very nice to her brothers but that is just because this is set before the series.
I am not sure how often I'll update because first I have to think up the story, and then write it. That really takes time. And my house's Internet is such a piece of junk.
Anyway, Read and Review!
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