Chapter Two

"Come one, come all, to the Ham-Ham Games! Now presiding, Princess Bijou Ribbon and King Hamtaro!"

Bamy wandered to the Hamu-Ribbon Kingdom's tent. There he found King Hamtaro, Sir Oxnard, Captain Boss and 4 other hamsters from other towns.

"Ham-Ha Hams!" he greeted everyone

"Ham-Ha!" They responded.

"Everyone, this is Bamy. He is here because of his latest feat against 18. As you all hopefully remember, he beat 18 in a battle last winter while the rest of us were hibernating."

"Hai, Hai, Hai!"

"Bamy, the events start tomorrow, so you can enjoy the snack bar and beds for now."

"will do!"

"Welcome everyone, to the Ham-Ham Games! And now, the teams! First, we have the Team Rainbow, and their leader, Bo, the flying hamster! Next, we have the Dorihams, and their emperor, Slayt! Thirdly we have the Nujaians from the homeland of hamsters, the Hamu-Ja Desert! And here comes their prince, the oracle of Ha himself, Prince Ashem! And lastly we have our benevolent hosts, the team of the Hamu-Ribbon Kingdom! I the next 2 Weeks, these teams will compete for the gold, and though, many will win, only one team will leave with the Golden Tane, the beautiful, giant, golden, sunflower seed! Please join us tomorrow for our first three events! By-Q!"

YES! BACK AT LAST! IN FULL POWER WITHOUT CONSTRAINT! 18, FETCH MY BODY! I WILL TAKE THE HAMSTER THIS TIME. THE CAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

"Yes master Subakunya."

GOLDEN ONE! SLAYT! FATCH THE SHADOW SPHERE. WE WILL DWELL IN THAT UNTILL WE SECURE THE STONES!

"Yes master Subakunya."

AFTER ANOTHER 8686 YEARS, I WILL FINALY DESTROY BALANCE! THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFERENT! THIS TIME WE HAVE MUCH MORE POWER! MWAA HA HA HA HA HA HA !

This was it. The time had come to show the world what kind of hamster he was. He looked at his opponents. There was prince Ashem, Bo, and a mouse tail hamster. His jersey read "Slyt." The pistol fired. Bada Bada Bada Bada Bada Bada. The race was not only a race. It was an obstacle course too! He climbed, dodged, and ran for all he was worth. But then he came to the maze. He ran only to meet dead end after dead end. And then, he had an idea. He whipped out his thick katana and slashed through the maze to find that Ashem had already made it to gold. He glanced to the side to see that Bo was running out the end of the maze. Bamy dashed to the podium and nabbed the silver medal. Bo got to bronze followed soon be Slyt, who walked away with a look of terror in his eyes mixed with sadness.

"Love, love, love, love, I love you! Ai, ai, ai, ai, Mini Hamuzu!"

Oh the mini-hams were the best, thought Bamy as he and Rosa watched that night's concert.

"Pst. Pst. Bamy."

"Heke?"

"It's me, Prince Ashem."

"Oh, Hel-"

"Please come with me at once. It is extremely Important."

"Um, Okay?'

Prince Ashem took Bamy to the pool house. He flipped on the lights.

"Okay, so what's this all about?"

"Have you have heard of the children's tale "The Stones of Essence?""

"Of course."

"well, where I come from, that tale is real. We have a prophecy concerning it." He cleared his throat and began to recite. "And there shall cometh a time when the land shall be threatened yet again by SBKN. He shall seek to rule it by the destruction balance but ye, there beith hope. For there comith three descendants of Ham and Star who be pledged in a deep connection with Essence. These hamsters will be the hope of the land. But ye, there will be darkness on the quest. And though apart they fail, united they prevail."

"How can you fit all that into one head?"

"Bamy Kazuma, this time has come. Hamterra needs you to stand and fight. You are the hamster of the blue soul stone. And I am the hamster of the yellow Mind stone. And I am sure the hamster of the red heart stone is here too.

"Whoa, that's a lot to take in."

"Subakunya is an evil Oni. 8686 years ago, he attacked our kingdom. 8686 years before that be did it too. So if the pattern stays the same, he will do it again this year. But we must hurry to find this last ham-ham. I fear he will use one of his minions to destroy me here. Until we are united, we are not safe.

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