Renee and Charlie

      "Oh, Charlie!" Renee echoed throughout the Neohome they shared.

      "What is it now, Renee? I'm busy reading The Mystery of the Kougra Paw!"

      "It's time for dinner!"

      "I thought we were going to the Faerie Food Store!"

      Something's fishy here, I know it! Renee never cooks! Charlie was suspicious.

      "Uh… I forgot! Anyway, I cooked your favorite!"

      "Carrot and Pea Omelette…? Oh, boy!"

      Charlie ran right over to the dining room. Carrot and Pea Omelette was his second favorite, almost tied with White Chocolate Gelerts.

      "Mm, mm, mm! Good!" Charlie shook his head back and forth, with his eyes closed, so he never saw his food, and dug right into his plate. Sure enough, it was a White Chocolate Gelert.

      "Chocolate… chocolate… chocolate… CHOCOLATE!!" Charlie yelled and ran around the Neohome. "CHOCOLATE!"

      "Oh, Charlie! I've got some more here! Just come with me, out of our house to Terror Mountain and…" Charlie zipped out the door and waited for Renee halfway across the garden.

      "CHOCOLATE, Renee! CHOCOLATE!"

      Maybe I should have only given him half of one… Renee thought to herself.

      "RENEE!"

      "All right, all right, I'm coming!" She ran out of the house.

      Charlie was all the way down the hall. He was jumping up and down, non-stop. He ran down the stairs so fast, no one could go as fast, even if they fell.

      "Charlie! You don't even know where we're going!" Renee yelled from the top of the stairs.

      "Where, where, WHERE?!"

      Renee sighed. "Terror Mountain, of course! Where else?"

      "Let's…" Charlie ran so fast, Renee couldn't hear anymore. She ran off after him.

      Charlie and Renee ran right through Neopia, disturbing every resident they passed. They nearly wrecked the Book Shop and the Soup Kitchen.

      Charlie made it up to Terror Mountain a few minutes before Renee. When she got up, the White Chocolate Gelert started to wear out, so she bought another at the Igloo Garage Sale.

      The chocolate wore out so much, Charlie was able to sit still through what Renee had to say. "Well, Charlie. We've made it this far, and I bet you're pretty tired right about now. So, let's agree that we'll go to the top, okay? Are we in agreement?"

      "Yep, yep, yep!"

      "Okay, I'll give you a White Chocolate Gelert, and we'll go! Okay? You ready?"

      "Yeah, yeah, yeah! I'm ready! Let's go!"

      Renee threw the chocolate at Charlie, who caught it with his mouth and ate it. He stood there for a second and then jumped up with a yelp.

      "Let's go, Renee! We don't have all day!" Charlie ran to right under the peak.

      Renee eventually caught up, but it took her a while. She started to think that this little trip wasn't such a good idea. Terror Mountain always frightened Charlie, and he wouldn't go up for anything, except a White Chocolate Gelert, like he just had. Although he had the chocolate, the extremes of the mountain made it wear off.

      "Hmmm.... What… What? Where am I? What happened? Renee? Renee, did you use a… White Chocolate Gelert on me again? Tell me the truth."

      "Well, yes. But, we're already here, so there isn't much we can do."

      "Can't we just… Wait… Where exactly did you make me go again? Wait, don't tell me. This looks familiar…" Charlie gasped. "We're… we're… We're on Terror Mountain, aren't we?"

      "…Yeah. Sorry." Renee got a bit nervous. Charlie seemed calm at first, but she was one of the few who knew exactly what he would do.

      Charlie stood up on his hind legs and covered his front legs with his paws to keep warm. "Renee! You know how much I despise this place! I can't stand the cold! I…"

      "Uh… Charlie you might want to be a quieter… I mean…"

      "Why should I? You dragged me here when you know, quite well, that I hate Terror Mountain! We're best friends! Why would Neopets as close as us…"

      "Charlie, you might start an avalanche."

      "AN AVALANCHE!? IT'LL BE YOUR FAULT IF THERE IS ONE!" Charlie echoed through out Terror Mountain. They heard a roaring sound out near the very top of the mountain.

      "Yes, an avalanche," Renee snapped. "We better get out of here!"

      "Well, we can't just stand here, now can we?"

      "Arguing is not going to help, believe it or not! Now, just be quiet and come on!" Renee was very annoyed. She knew this was her fault, but Charlie didn't have to act this way.

      They ran down the mountain as fast as they could. Occasionally, they would trip over a rock, but quickly recovered. The roaring snow picked up speed, and kept traveling. It wouldn't stop. Renee and Charlie had run as much as they could and they were too tired to continue.

      "Any ideas?" Renee just hoped Charlie wouldn't snap back at her.

      "Well, we can either build a tunnel, but that would take too long. We could get a sled but…" Charlie seemed to have calmed down.

      Renee though for a minute. "Hmm…" She saw a small log nearby. "Charlie! The sled idea might just work! C'mon!" She hopped over onto the log and Charlie followed. They sat down on it, but had some trouble starting it. They grunted as they made their attempts on the log.

      "C'mon, Charlie! Both at once! As hard as you can! Now!!" Renee and Charlie were both straining themselves to get the log going. The avalanche's snow wasn't far behind. They could hear it roaring down the mountainside.

      "MOVE!" Renee yelled and started another smaller avalanche, adding to the snow about to crush them. They both pushed as hard as their legs would allow, and the log moved. They pushed more and more and they were going just as fast as the avalanche itself. They picked up more speed.

      "This is kind of… fun! Wahoo!" Charlie was actually having a good time.

      Renee was surprised. Charlie was the kind of Gelert that would stay at home and read a book on a perfect day to go out, and now he was having fun going log sledding. "I guess this is pretty fun! Except for the fact that we're sledding from an avalanche! Duck for less air resistance!" They both ducked, and picked up more speed. "ROCK!" Renee spotted a rock, and they both jerked to the left and avoided it.

      Charlie's eyes lit up. "Renee! Let's go to the right, so the rock will be behind us! It's big, and probably strong enough to stop it! A little bit of snow will escape to the side, going even faster. The escaped snow won't be dangerous, only unpleasant to hit."

      "I'm pretty happy you're well-read!" Renee was happy. They jerked to the right; now the boulder was behind them. They turned around to watch what would happen. The boulder stopped some of the snow, and some went to the side, and escaped. The escaped snow whizzed right by them. They could hardly see it.

      "We're safe," Renee said with a big smile. "We're safe."

      They made it down the mountain safely, and all the locals wondered why they were sitting on a log when they crashed into one of the igloos.

      "Why did you come rocketing down the mountain on a log?" a young, curious Yurble queried.

      Renee and Charlie smiled and replied, "It's a long story!" They laughed as they got off the log and headed home.

The End