Hello! I was looking through everyone's amazing stories, and I thought that since I like writing, maybe I should try.... And so, that's how this happened. (I know it's really short...)
Chapter 1
Ow! I was thrown back into my tank for what was probably the hundredth time. Rejected again. I hobbled over to my food bowl, even though I didn’t feel like eating. Stuffed my cheek pouches. Crawled back into my cramped hide. Emptied my pouches, and curled up, hoping to snatch a few minutes of rest before the next person to reject me came along. I waited, sure the hide would be yanked away any second. Finally, I relaxed, and drifted away into sleep. When I woke again, I was thirsty and hungry. Very hungry. Why hadn’t I eaten anything the day before? I dug into my stash. Hay pellets, more hay pellets, and yet more hay pellets. Yuck. But it was the only food, so I stuffed myself anyways, and walked over to my water bottle, deciding to take the risk of someone noticing the noise, and clawing me out of my tank. Click, click, click, click. No one yet. Click click. A face appeared at the glass. It had approached silently, and I hadn’t heard it over my water bottle. I dashed back into my hide. I heard the voice of one of the staff, filling the face’s head up with nonsense. “These guys are happiest in groups. Here’s a nice cage, so pretty! A princess castle!” Total junk. I like to be alone, thank you, and that cage is the size of my paw! “No, no.” said a new voice, probably belonging to the face that had popped up at the glass. “I’ve done my research. I have a cage, and everything I need. Could I see this guy?” A gentle tap on the glass. “Sure.” said the employee. I heard the click of the key in the lock to my cage, and the tank slid out from the shelf. Now I was interested. I peeked out of my hide, just in time to see the employee reach for my hide. I dodged back inside. “No!” It was the new voice again. I peered out to see the new person reach inside a bag. And then, then there was the most beautiful smell on Earth. I’d smelled it once before, taken a single bite, only to have it snatched away. Now, could I taste it again? A hand reached into my tank, slowly and gently, offering something, the source of the wonderful smell. Next, a tiny cage came in. I jumped back. There was no way was I going in there! But, if it meant getting chosen, like all my siblings before me, and getting the wonderful smell… I took a tentative step forward. The hand, still moving slowly, placed the smell just inside the tiny cage. A treat. Now I remembered. That smell was called ‘treat’. I ran forwards, up the ramp and into the cage. If I was going, I didn’t want to be clawed out impatiently. The cage was lifted out of the tank. The new face, and hopefully my new owner, peered in at me. I looked down at myself. I wish I’d had time for a bath before this. The face’s mouth curved up in a smile. “She’s beautiful.” Said the new face.
