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The Neopian Times Week 17 > Short Stories > The Little Pest

The Little Pest

by Frekkleface122

Hello. I'm Frekkleface122. My two pets are Coley121 and Caroline375. Both of them are adopted and Coley is about a year older. Here's my story!

"Congratulations," boomed a loudspeaker. "Frekkleface122, you are now a registered Neopian. The door on the right is the Create-A-Pet station."

Frekkleface122 didn't go to the Create-A-Pet station though. She collected her 500 Neopoints and walked outside to the fresh air.

She explored a bit and when she came out of the Toy Shop she touched the shoulder of a Jetsam swimming by.

"Could you tell me where I could find somewhere where I could adopt a pet?" she asked politely.

But this Jetsam was not a nice Jetsam.

"That door over there is the Create-A-Pet station," he said and started to swim away.

But she caught him before he could.

"But I don't want to create a pet. I want to give a home to a starving one," she said.

"Oh. You could go to the Space Station and adopt a Grundo," said the Jetsam.

"What's a Grundo?" asked Frekkleface122.

"A little starving slaves of Dr. Sloth. They are crybabies, dolt and they don't speak very well."

That did not sound very nice to her.

"Anywhere else?" she asked.

"...Yes.... You could got to the pound and adopt a pet. But they are hungry and lots of them don't look very nice."

That sounded okay to her, so she set off.

She reached the pound in about five minutes. A kindly looking Uni showed her into the pound and she started looking at NeoPets.

Mostly they were cute, but frekkleface122 didn't see any that she really liked. Until about half an hour later when she came upon a Peophin…

The Peophin was very nice looking. It was about a year and a half old, painted silver. She went to the Uni at the desk to ask about him.

"His name is Coley121. He is 495 days old and level 5. His old owner abandoned him here about 6 months ago. 450 NP.

"Why so much??!!" she asked.

"Because he's level 5, and because he's silver. Most NeoPets are around 80 NP, so you could adopt one of those instead," she said.

"I don't want to though," said frekkleface. I want him."

So she picked up Coley121, gave the Uni 450 Neopoints and boarded a ferry that would take them to her home on Mystery Island.

When they got there, she took Coley121 to his bedroom and put him on his bed. Then she went out and got him some food.

After he had some food in him, they started to talk. She told him to call her Mum, and he told her to call him Coley. He then asked if she had any other pets and she said she didn't. He nodded his head, and then asked if the bedroom was his, or if it was in a hotel or something. When frekkleface122 answered that it was his, he smiled at the fresh bamboo furniture around him. Then they decided to go out.

First they picked up a Newbie Pack, and then they went to the marketplace. She bought him roller skates, a blue bike, and a yellow scooter. Then, after some searching, she bought him a Bowla. He decided to call her Persephone.

Then they went home, had dinner and Frekkleface tucked Coley into bed. She turned off his coconut lamp, and he soon fell asleep.

Three weeks later...

"Mum, let's go, let's go!" said Coley excitedly. She had told him that they were going to see M*YNCI and he was very excited. Especially since his friends, Zaythe and Xaviar388 were coming along. Their owners were both friends of frekkleface, so they had managed to arrange it.

"Just a minute, Coley. Be patient. We aren't going to miss the concert! I just have to brush my hair, then we can go."

So in fifteen minutes, they were on their way to the Tyrannian plateau.

When they got there, they greeted the other two families and noticed that they had bought brought along all their siblings. Both of Coley's friends had three. Coley went over to his friend's and together they walked to the Concert Hall.

The concert was a success. The girls sat together and sang "Aw, Girl" along with M*YNCI and the boys talked and laughed and didn't pay much attention to it.

At the door on their way out, someone was handing out free M*YNCI cds. All three owners grabbed one and handed them to their pets.

Immediately, both families with four pets started fighting over the CDs Frekkleface happily handed him the c.d. But oddly enough, he didn't look as pleased as she'd thought. She thought about it, and decided that She would get him a sibling.

The next day…

Coley was excited about going to Neopia Central. Both of his friends had NeoHomes there, so he barely ever got to play with them. So when they arrived, Coley skipped off to play with his friends and frekkleface entered the pound.

On that particular day, the pound was crowded. At least two pets occupied every cage, and hundreds of owners were wondering around, looking at the pets in the cages. Frekkleface squeezed in with them and tried to find a pet. She looked and looked, and it took her a full hour to find a pet she wanted.

The pet she finally found was a level one, one-hour old red Usul. It was very young and didn't look very special to most people, but instantly she was frekkleface's little cherub. So she adopted the little girl, who's name turned out to be Caroline375, and took her home.

From the beginning, Coley was rebellious against Carrie. He was used to being the only pet, the pride and joy. He was used to getting lots of toys and books. He still got those, but so was Carrie, and she got more because she didn't have near as many. Then she took Carrie to the rainbow pool to paint her Christmas, and to the marketplace to get her a Snarhook. Although Coley had all this and more, he was jealous.

In his mind, things got even worse. One day when he was coming home from school to go to his NeoHome, he found a change in it. There was another room.

It belonged to Carrie. He entered it.

The room was a little paradise. There was a Regal Oak wood Bed against one wall, a purple closet, full to the brim with new clothes, a marble desk with a rolling chair, a pink rug and a reading corner that had a green seat and a lamp. And worst of all, frekkleface122, HIS mother was on the bed with Carrie, reading to her and talking. Then they both noticed him and looked up.

"Oh, Hi Coley! Did you have a good day at school?" asked frekkleface, as though nothing was wrong. Carrie just grinned at him. But he did not grin back.

"Why does she get all these nice things, when I don't? And why does she need so many outfits? She barely even goes outside!" demanded Coley.

"Carrie is going to start school on Monday! And also your friends are coming! Xaviar388, Zaythe, Kata, Winny, Emmie, Rennie and Zigeys are going to be boarding at your school! You know everyone except for Zigeys. Her owner is a friend of mine. All of them will have dinner here on Saturday and spend the night. Isn't that exciting?" she asked.

He thought so, but he wasn't going to let her know it. He stormed out of the room.

***

Saturday night came, and the doorbell started ringing. First came Coley's friends, Xaviar388 the blue Lupe, and Zaythe the blue Skeith, and then came Carrie's. A blue Uni and a white Kougra, (Emmie and Rennie) A blue Chomby and a white Aisha, (Winny and Kata) And a purple Zafara he didn't know. Was it Zigeys or something like that? Yes, that was it. They all went to dinner.

The dinner that frekkleface made tasted really nice. They had chicken, potato wedges, Sunny Delight, and a nice, big chocolate cake for dessert. Then the girls went to Carrie's room and the boys went to Coley's.

The boys had just started to get out games and food when frekkleface came in.

"It's a beautiful night! Coley, get your bike, your scooter and you skates and go out to play! The girls are already out!" she chided. So they all trooped outside.

It was a pretty nice night. Coley hopped onto his scooter, Xaviar388 clambered onto the bike, and Zaythe strapped himself into the skates. Then they all went to see the school. When they got there they went in to the playground to play on the swings.

"Howz it goin'?" asked Zaythe.

"Okay. But Caroline is such a brat! And mom is buying soooooooooo many things for her! You should see her wardrobe! It's FULL of outfits! Nice ones!" exclaimed Coley.

"Coley, that's stupid. You get just as much as you did before. Remember when your mom adopted you? You were spoiled rotten. She bought you that bowla, a bike, roller blades, a scooter… You have your own room! I have to share with all my siblings! And I don't even have a PetPet! Zaythe does, but it's just some Snowball that bites him in the ear! She loves you as much as she did before Caroline. I guarantee. She still loves you."

The End


This story is true, but I don't think Grundos are awful. I think they are quite cute.

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