Ice: Alright. Back again with a new chapter. Yay! Hope you like this one too.

The day after the incident in the yard, Alister was brushing his magenta hair while taunting Valon to come near him. Thanks to Valon, his hair had been dyed twice already and he wasn't about to let him do it again. This time, he wasn't letting him near it.

Valon really had no intention of going for his hair this time. Yes, he was rather attached to it, but it was losing it's fun and fast. This time Valon's thoughts turned to a certain coat. Wondering what he could do to it, he tried to walk out of the den, but Alister called him back.

"And just where do you think you're going?", he asked.
"Out and about", Valon responded.
"Stay away from my room."
"Wasn't going near it."
"Good."

Valon walked off. Raphael chimed in from enjoying his book.

"Do you always think he's out to get you?"
"Yes!", screeched Alister.
"Hmm..."
"I'm not paranoid."
"Sure..."
"I'm not!"
"I believe you... Not..."
"What was that?"
"Nothing at all."

Valon walked around the house and couldn't find anything amusing until he walked into his room. He recently had found a little harmless grass snake in the yard and was keeping it as a pet. Sure Raphael and Alister had protested, but he was taking good care of it. No one had any reason to complain so he continued to keep it.

Looking at the snake and remembering the coat, his evil grin started to show. He knew Alister was a bit squemish with snakes and this was almost too good to be true. He began to plot when the best time would be. He knew Alister would probably go out to get dinner tonight and he always took his coat with him no matter what. He didn't have long before he would leave so he grabbed the snake and ran out to the hall.

He could hear Alister asking Raphael what he wanted tonight and knew he would start yelling for him in a bit. The last thing he wanted was for him to walk out and catch him. He immediately stuffed the poor snake in the sleeve of the coat. A second later, Alister called for him.

"Come here you little brat! What do you want for dinner?"
"Umm... Just a hamburger and some fries. Nothing special", he called back.
"Good. I wasn't getting you anything special anyway."
"Ok."

He ran from the hall and hid in the nearest closet. He could hear Alister walking out to grab his coat. Valon could barely hold in his laughter.

Alister tried to reach for the door, but felt a tingling around his arm. He thought it was nothing and reached for the door again. This time he felt something moving across his bare stomach. He looked down.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Raphael heard the scream and ran to see what was wrong. Alister was on top of the coat rack trying to beat the snake with a broom. Raphael couldn't hold back his laughter. He knew it was Valon's harmless grass snake, but with Alister, every snake has malicious intent.

"What are you standing there for! Help me! Get that thing out of here!", Alister screeched from the coat rack.
"Ok, alright, give me a minute," said Raphael as he walked over to the snake and picked him up.
"I can't believe you're picking it up with your hands! That thing could attack you at any time! Look at that evil glare in its eyes!"
"Calm down or I'll throw him on you."
"...Ok..."

Raphael went to the door and set it outside. The poor frightened thing slithered off into the night. Alister climbed down.

"You know, that did look an awful lot like Valon's pet...", stated Raphael.
"I'LL KILL THAT BRAT!"
"No, you won't. You'll get him back, I know. Just go get dinner and then worry about him."
"Heh. Alright," agreed Alister as he walked out the door.

Valon, still in the closet, knew he better not come out for awhile. His only problem was food. He knew Alister had it and he wanted it. How long could he last this time?

Ice: Ok. Please review and tell me how you like it. I'm trying to think of more stuff to cause trouble and I think I have some fairly decent ideas now for later chapters.