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The snake escaping the zoo got Metalicana his longest punishment yet. When he was allowed out of the closet again, summer vacation had started and Jose had already broken his video camera, his remote control airplane had crashed, and knocked down Ms. Heartfillia the first time on his bike.
Metalicana was happy school was over, but Jose's gang visited the house every day, and there was no escape. Aria, Drake, Hiroshi, and Rala were tough and stupid. However, Jose was the toughest and stupidest of all of them, so he was the leader.
The rest of them were happy to play Jose's favorite sport: Metalicana hunting. It's the reason why Metalicana tried to spend as much time as hi could away from the house during the summer.
When September finally comes he would be going to middle school, and he wouldn't be going with Jose. Jose was accepted to Uncle Hibiki's old private school, Phantom Lord. Aria was going there too. Metalicana would be going to the local public school, Trimens Middle.
Jose thought it was hilarious.
"They stuff people's heads into toilets on the first day of school there," he told Metalicana. "Want to practice upstairs?"
"No thanks. The poor toilet never had anything worse than your face in it, it might get sick."
Metalicana ran after replying before Jose could put it together.
In July, Aunt Jenny was taking Jose out to by his uniform for school, and left Metalicana at Ms. Heartfillia's. She wasn't as bad this time around, she wasn't too happy with her cats because her broken leg was tripping over one.
She let him watch TV and gave him a stale chocolate cake.
Later that night, Jose was proudly parading around in his new uniform. He was wearing a maroon overcoat, with a high collar, a pair of gray slacks, and a hideous orange tie. He also had a stick, which was used to hit the other students when the teachers weren't looking. It was for some sort of be good training for later in life.
Looking at Jose, Uncle Hibiki said it was the proudest moment of his life. Aunt Jenny was in tears over the fact that her little sweetie-poo looked so handsome and grown-up. Metalicana didn't trust himself to speak. It took everything he had to keep himself from laughing.
Aunt Jenny decided that instead of buying his school's uniform that she would just dye Jose's old clothes gray. Metalicana figured it was best not to argue with her over it.
Uncle Hibiki and Jose came down, wrinkling their noses at the smell of the dye. Jose was banging the Phantom Lord stick on the table (he carried it everywhere), and Uncle Hibiki was reading the newspaper. His uncle looked at the time, waiting for eight, when the mail arrives. It was eight-thirty.
"Get the mail, Jose," Uncle Hibiki said.
"Make Metalicana get it."
"Metalicana, get the mail."
"Make Jose get it."
"Poke him with your Phantom Lord stick Jose."
Metalicana dodged it and went out to get the mail. Three things were sitting in the mailbox. A postcard from his uncle's brother Ichiya, something that looked like and bill, and… a letter for Metalicana.
Metalicana grabbed it and stared at it. No one has ever written to him in his whole life. Who would? No friends, no other family, and he didn't have a library card so no letters complaining about late books. Yet in his hands, was a letter addressed to him.
Mr. M. Redfox
The closet under the stairs
7 Christina Drive
The envelope looked old, being made of parchment, the address written in a deep red ink contrasting the yellow tinted paper. There was no stamp but a wax seal on the back bearing what looked to be a coat of arms. A circle, divided into four parts, a dragon, a mermaid, a dog, and a demon with a smaller circle in the center with the letters FT.
"Hurry up brat, are you checking for bombs in the letters!" Uncle Hibiki shouted.
He laughed a little at his own joke. Metalicana walked back to the kitchen, still staring at his letter in disbelief. He gave his uncle the bill and postcard and started to open up his own letter. Uncle Hibiki was too concerned with the bill and Uncle Ichiya being sick, that he didn't notice.
"Dad, Metalicana's got something!" Jose shouted, guess he noticed.
Metalicana was already unfolding the letter, written on similar paper the envelope was made of. Then Uncle Hibiki took it out of his hands.
"Hey, give me back my letter!" he said while trying to take it back.
"Who would write to you?"
Uncle Hibiki then proceeded to open the letter. After a quick glance, his face started to turn red.
"J-J-Jenny!" Uncle Hibiki said while holding the letter out of Metalicana's reach.
Aunt Jenny looked at the letter herself, and almost fainted.
"Oh my goodness Hibiki, what should we do?"
The pair seemed to forget the two almost middle schoolers were in the room with them.
"Get out, both of you" Uncle Hibiki told them while stuffing the letter back into the envelope.
Metalicana didn't budge.
"I WANT MY LETTER!"
"OUT!"
He then grabbed the back of the two boys shirts and threw them into the hall. They then had a fight over who could listen through the door. Jose won, Metalicana was left on his stomach listening from the crack underneath.
"Hibiki, how could they possibly know exactly where he sleeps?" Aunt Jenny asked in a quivering voice.
"They could be following us."
"But what do we do now? Should we write back, tell them we don't want…"
"No, we'll just ignore it. If they don't get an answer they won't do anything. Yes, that is the best idea."
"But…"
"I'm not having one of those people in this house Jenny! We swore that we would stamp out that nonsense when we took him in."
Later that night Uncle Hibiki visited Metalicana in the closest for the first time in history.
"Where's my letter at?" Metalicana asked the moment Uncle Hibiki opened the door. "Who is writing to me all of a sudden?"
"It was a mistake, so I burned it, now you won't have to worry about it anymore."
"It wasn't a mistake, it even had my closest on the address."
"QUIET BRAT!"
Dust fell from the ceiling, and Uncle Hibiki took a deep breath to calm down.
"Um actually Metalicana, about this old closest. Me and you aunt have thought that you are getting a little big for it, and think it would be a good idea for you to move into Jose's second bedroom."
"Why?"
"What have we said about asking questions! Just take your stuff upstairs."
The house you see, has four bedrooms. The master, for his aunt and uncle, a guest room, one for Jose to sleep in, and the last was used as a storage closest for Jose.
It only took one trip to get his stuff upstairs, his new bedroom. He sat of the bed and stared at all the toys that Jose broke. The only things that looked like they haven't been used where a few books. Downstairs he could hear Jose complaining to his parents on how he needed the room and they should force Metalicana out.
Yesterday he would have done anything to be in this situation. However, now he would rather still be in the closest if it meant he could have his letter back.