Isabella's Gold Necklace

      I'll never forget Isabella. She was always there when I needed her. But my greedy owner disowned her not long ago. But I'll still never forget here. Not in a million years. I loved that Cybunny so much...

      Isabella was my sister.

      Sometimes I sit and wonder what's going on with her life right now... If she's okay and has a wonderful owner... I also wish she's thinking the same things about me.

      Every night before I go to sleep on the bare grass in the Uni Meadows, I wish on a star that she'll be safe and that I'll always be in her heart no matter where she goes... I wish I could still talk to her whenever I needed to. I wish that I would be loved again by a better owner then our old one, Jasmine. I wish someone cared about me.

      Sometimes I wonder if Isabella even has a home. I wish she does. Sometimes I wonder if Isabella even has a caring owner. I wish she does. All these thoughts and wishes are constantly flowing inside of my head. I would do anything to have her back.

      I remember times when we would laugh together and play together, enjoying each other's company. We were so happy as I family, and I wish we still were. I wish Jasmine was a nice person. We would be a happy family forever.

      I thought Jasmine loved us. We were about to go to the park one day when she used to be nice. Instead, she betrayed us. She threw us out onto the porch with a loaf of bread and two bags with some of our ragged clothes.

      Isabella was wearing her gold necklace I had given her that year. I had no jewelry to wear at all.

      Isabella and I knew that we could live without Jasmine. This was true. We had already lasted a year on our own until something very terrible happened... Something I had always dreaded...

      The Dark Faerie came and made me terribly sick... It may sound hard to believe, but it's true... I came down with every sickness in Neopia.

      We couldn't afford to get so much medicine... Not on our own... So she took me to the free hospital for abandoned Neopets with no owners. We agreed we would meet back two days later by the Soup Kitchen to get something to eat, but Isabella never showed up.

      I waited for over 8 hours in case she was just showing up late, but she wasn't there. Soon the Soup Faerie asked me to leave if I wasn't going to have any food. So I just got some food and sat down in a corner by myself. Then it had started to rain. I stared out the window and something shiny caught my eye near the mud.

      I spilled my soup all over my fur and it was burning hot but I ran out into the rain anyways, down to the spot where I had seen something shimmer.

      I had never been so scared in my entire life.

      There, hidden in the dirt, was Isabella's gold necklace with the heart that said, "I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER."

      I cried and banged on the ground with my paws. Soon I stopped, knowing that nothing would ever bring my loving sister back.

      Since the beginning, I've always loved my sister. And every day I wonder... Is she okay? And I always hope she is. I would do anything just to make sure that she was okay... I would do anything just to make sure that she doesn't need me any more. I would do anything just to make sure that she is being cared for. I would do anything just to make sure that she still loves me the way that I love her. I would do anything just to make sure that she will never forget me no matter what hardships she encounters. But then again, I would do anything just to make sure that she doesn't face any hardships at all.

           I stretched out on the grass the following morning and looked around my red paws. Other Neopets, other rejects, were scattered all around me, beginning to wake up one by one.

      The sun shone on my face and I sat there, feeling the warmth against my fur as it started to rise higher into the sky. This reminded me of how I felt whenever Isabella was around. Happy feelings that were too good to be true.

      I quickly stopped daydreaming to find some pets heading off into town to get food for the others. It was my species turn.

      We all gathered together and rushed down to the Soup Kitchen. Every time we passed I would cry at the spot where Isabella's necklace was found.

      I would cry for a long time and sit there until my friends came out and helped me get back to what we called our 'home'.

      But this time was different. All the other Kougras stared at me worriedly, waiting for me to break down and basically just cry my tears dry. I giggled at their surprised faces as I hurried to the front of the long line to a mud puddle that seemed to have been there forever.

      I could feel everyone watching. Some people were even whispering to each other. They were all probably predicting what I was about to do. Some people predicted happy outcomes. Others, however, made my ears twitch just at the though. But that certainly wasn't going to work. Not today, it wasn't They couldn't intimidate me anymore. Not now, anyways. Because I knew what I had to do.

      At first my legs were weak, but then they became strong like how they were when Isabella was with me. I could feel her somewhere... She was giving me the strength, courage and determination I needed to survive without her. I walked up and bent down slowly and carefully, a smile spreading across my face and soon a little tear on the corner of my eye.

      Next I reached into my pocket and took out a gold necklace. After looking at it for some time, I placed it in the center of I pile and whispered softly to not only my self, but also to the little Cybunny I felt was watching my every move...

      "I will love you forever, Isabella... No matter what, you'll always be my sister. I'll keep you in my heart for as long as I live... I love you, I love you, I love you..."

      I would do anything to make sure that Isabella hasn't forgotten about me yet. I would do anything to make sure that Isabella still cares about me the way I do about her.

      I would also do anything to make sure that Isabella was there with me that day.

The End