It Could Only Happen to a Cybunny

     Wallie the Petoot burst through the front door at that minute carrying the latest copy of the Neopian Times, hot off the press, bursting into her room and thrusting it into Erioniza's paws, for which she quickly reached into her nearby pack pulling out a piece of omelette and tossing it to him. Erioniza's owner, Robbie_roxburgh, came in moments later. Robbie had a large sack on her arm as she sat down. It rustled as she rested, rubbing her forehead. "Busy day in Neopia Central today." Her dark green eyes looked around. "Ohhh," she groaned. "Come on, you guys, can't I even make a simple trip to the Bazaar without you making a mess?"

     She withdrew from the bag and showed to them a new red Blumaroo Plushie, a couple of books, and an Obsidian Dagger, as well as two Salt Motes and a Water Mote. As Erioniza came out of her room to see what the shouting was about, her eyes widened. "Oh my Sloth!" she cried, seeing Green Apples and Omelette pieces scattered around, several cans of Neocola turned on the floor, spilling their sticky contents on the floor. A can of mud and mayo dip lay on the counter dripping all over.

     Erioniza knew exactly who to blame, or at least who was usually to blame. "Sakura!!!!!!!!!" she bellowed at the top of her lungs, making the petpets that stood around licking the food mess off the floor jump from the volume.

     The Christmas Cybunny came out of her room, looking confused, flipping her striped scarf over one shoulder, brow furrowed. "What?" she asked sleepily with a very big yawn exposing her shiny Cybunny teeth, looking suddenly wide eyed at the mess. She looked to Erioniza. "I did not do that!"

     "Oh really? Let's see your paws then," Erioniza snapped.

     Robbie intervened. "Come on now, quit fighting. I have some great stuff for you guys, but no one's getting anything til I find out who made this mess and it gets cleaned up!" With that she showed also four ornate boxes, lifting the lids showing four variously colored paintbrushes "No one is getting painted til I know the truth!" She put all the new items in her bag, storming up the stairs and slamming the door to her room.

     The two Cybunnies eyed each other. "Well," said Erioniza, "I know it was not me, and if it was not you either, who was it?"

     "No idea, I was asleep, but there is one way to find out," Sakura replied. "Scguddler! DrakeWyattLouis! Get your tails down here!"

     Rustling was heard from upstairs as the Poogle and Draik appeared, Scguddler grumbling "I don't even HAVE a tail!"

     The pair of them came in and spied the mess, eyes widening. "Geez, Sakura, what'd you try to cook now?" DrakeWyattLouis asked, used to the little Cybunny making messes trying to make "delicious treats" as she called them.

     "It wasn't me, I was asleep, Erioniza was in her room, so it had to be one of you two," she replied waspishly.

     DrakeWyattLouis shook his head. "Was not me. I have not been out of my room."

     Scguddler shook his head as well "Not me either. Come on, guys, I'm painted white for Fyora's sake. If I'd made that mess, I'd have some in my fur."

     Erioniza facepawed with a groan, looking at them in exasperation. "Alright, you all say you did not do this... so I suppose the Ghost Lupe came in here and made this mess then left again!" Her tone dripped with sarcasm.

     The others looked amused at the idea and shrugged. "I don't know, Erioniza, I only know it wasn't me." Sakura shook her head.

     Just then they heard a noise. It sounded like squeaking, Sakura went to open the cupboard door to see hat it was, suddenly out of the cupboard leaped a horde of evil meepits!

     "Meepits!!!!!" she screamed, sending the other pets fleeing into Erioniza's room which was closest. Barricading the door against them and panting heavily, they dropped to the floor.

     Several bangs on the door were followed by a high squeaky voice that demanded, "We come for your asparagus to use in our plans for Neopia domination!" Erioniza and the others looked at one another in terror. Everyone knew meepits were evil creatures bent on dominating the whole of Neopia.

     Sakura quickly hatched a plan, shooting off an urgent Neomail to the Defenders of Neopia for help.

     Within minutes, they heard a deafening riot in the kitchen. Sakura peeked out a crack in the door, watching the ensuing battle as the Defenders of Neopia defeated the evil meepits and put them in cages borrowed from the Kadoatery, locking them in and taking them away.

     The four Neopets filed out of the bedroom with a sigh of relief and set to cleaning up the mess in the kitchen, having found out what had done it.

     As they finished with the cleanup, Robbie came down the stairs with the shopping bag still in her hand. "So, anyone ready to tell me what happened here yet?"

     They all looked at one another and Sakura quickly piped up, "It was not any of us! We are all innocent! A horde of evil meepits was hiding under the sink! They made the mess, so we Neomailed the Defenders of Neopia really fast, they came and put them in Kadoatery cages after they beat them up and knocked them out and took them away, then we cleaned up the mess!"

     Erioniza looked to Robbie. "You really did not hear all the commotion?"

     Robbie eyed Sakura, then looked to the other three. "I'm sorry, you three, I should have known. You guys are off the hook."

     The three sighed in deepest relief, as did Sakura until Robbie whirled around angrily on her. "Sakura, that is the worst excuse you've ever made! And I suppose Chiazilla was here with them too? Young lady, you're gonna scrub the floor where the neocola is still sticky while the rest of us go to the Rainbow Pool. A horde of evil meepits indeed!" Robbie shook her head. "You and your imagination." With that, she took the other three and left out the door, leaving Sakura at home with a bucket and a brush, scrubbing the floor.

     "I should have known she would never believe the truth..." she sighed and looked out the window, only to see a purple meepit staring in at her with narrowed eyes. "Yeep!" she cried aloud, the small creature gave a menacing laugh, as she groaned. "Oh no, not again... Robbie will never believe this..."

The End