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Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:19 pm
by ReCreate
Heh. Awesome. :D
edit: I AM THE PAGE KING! :o

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:41 am
by FlintTheSquirrel
*Sits at edge of seat while biting my lips, awaiting the next update*

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:24 pm
by Neko
**********

"Do you want something to drink?" Sabrina asked.

"I'd love some water!" Sasha said.

"I'm fine" I replied.

Sabrina gave Sasha her water, then Fido walked in.

"Sasha did you want to see Bino? He's watching TV in the living room" Fido said.

"Oh yea, Shadow hasn't met him yet." Sasha said. "Come on Sabrina"

Sasha walked out of the kitchen, and Sabrina came over and picked me up off the table. When we entered the living room, I saw who I assumed was Bino, watching TV.

"Hi Bino!" Sasha said taking a seat next to Bino.

"Hey" Bino said without glancing away from the TV.

"Bino I want you to meet someone" Sasha said trying to get Bino's attention.

"Oh yea, wh-" Bino looked over at me and Sabrina. "Sabrina, You got a kitten?!"

"What, No!" Sabrina said.

"No Bino, King's owner got a kitten and I'm showing him around the neighborhood! Bino this is Shadow."

"Hey..." I said, already not liking this guy.

"Uh, hi" was all he said before putting his attention back to the TV.

"Ok, well we should get going now. We still have a lot of places to go!" Sasha got up and got me from Sabrina, putting me back in the dreaded harness.

*********

"Aww, It's time for me to take you back now. But I think you met just about everybody and seen everything!" Sasha said happily walking down the sidewalk.

I think she was right too, we went to every house and I was introduced to anyone that opened their door. We shortly arrived at Fox's house, where Sasha rang the doorbell.

"Hey" Fox said opening the door. Fox turned to face inside his house,"King, Sasha and Shadow are back!"

King came up to the door, "Thanks for watching him Sasha."

"It was my pleasure, we had fun! Right Shadow?"

"Tons" I sarcastically said.

"See?" Sasha took off the harness and handed it to King, who promptly put it on; only this time he didn't wear me like a backpack!

"Alright, we'll go home, eat lunch and come back." King said.

"OK, I'll see you then" Fox said.

"I should probably go home and eat too, Bye!" Sasha said before running off.

King waved while starting the walk home. "So, did you meet everyone?"

"I guess" I replied. "There sure is a lot of weird pets here."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well, there is that one dog named Tiger and apparently having a cat-like name for a dog is bad. And then there was that one dog....Rex, I still can't believe what I saw him doing. It seemed so weird for a dog like him."

"What? What did you see?" King questioned.

"Why should I tell you?" I smirked.

"You are quite the little kitten aren't you?"

***************

Going to update again tonight when I have some free time :)

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:00 pm
by ReCreate
"See?" Sasha took off the harness and handed it to King, who promptly put it on; only this time he didn't where me like a backpack!
Did you mean wear?

Other than that awesome! :D Can't wait for more!

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:37 pm
by Neko
ReCreate wrote:
"See?" Sasha took off the harness and handed it to King, who promptly put it on; only this time he didn't where me like a backpack!
Did you mean wear?

Other than that awesome! :D Can't wait for more!
Fixed, thanks.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:43 pm
by The Game
Nice!!!!!
(wait one words post....)
....work!!!!

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:49 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
Two in one day :0! It is like Christmas over here :D!

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 5:43 pm
by ReCreate
Neko wrote:
ReCreate wrote:
"See?" Sasha took off the harness and handed it to King, who promptly put it on; only this time he didn't where me like a backpack!
Did you mean wear?

Other than that awesome! :D Can't wait for more!
Fixed, thanks.
You're welcome. :)

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:22 pm
by Neko
**********

"I bought some different flavored cat food" Pete said, pouring the said food into my bowl.

Another lovely lunch... King was already at work with his food, I ate a piece of mine. Fishy flavor... not bad. Maybe It's cause I'm a cat now...but I didn't really like fish as a human. I started eating my food.

When I finished eating I noticed King was already done and just watching me. "What?" I asked.

"Just waiting for you to finish so we can go back to Fox's" King said getting off his chair.

I'd come to the conclusion that there was no arguing with King, and he'd concluded that I was just a little trouble maker who had to be constantly watched. I got down and walked to the front door, King followed and opened the coat closet pulling out the harness.

"Not that again" I moaned.

"If you promise to be good I won't put you in it"

"I'll be good..." I said annoyed.

"Good, let's go"

*************

Ding-Dong

The door opened and Fox appeared, "Hey welcome back guys."

"Hi Fox!" I said happily while running in between his legs and into his house. I wasn't sure what it was, but I always felt Comfortable around Fox. He just seemed so nice and good hearted. After running in, I climbed up onto Fox's couch and watched the two dog's follow me in.

"Your certainly energetic" Fox laughed.

"So, rematch?" King asked, picking up the Tug-Of-War rope.

"You bet!" Fox's said, his tail wagging with excitement.

Guess I'm just suppose to watch... I slumped against the couch. I looked over and saw Fox looking at me, his tail no longer wagging.

"Maybe we should do something we can all play" Fox proposed. "Shadow, do you have any ideas?"

Hmm, what was there to do? There probably isn't much to do inside besides watch TV, and that's rather boring...and outside is filled with snow...

"Let's go build snowmen!" I said, jumping off the couch and going to the front door.

******* Backyard Of Fox's House *******

I finally finished my snowman, taking a step back to admire my work but it still needed a face. I looked over and saw King and Fox working on their own snowmen. Fox's was just about as tall as himself, and the same could be said for King's. My snowman looked really small compared to theirs. I gathered a bunch of rocks and pebbles and dropped them in front of my snowman. Using two larger rocks for eyes, then pebbles to form a mouth; my snowman was complete!

I shared my rocks with King and Fox so they could make faces as well. When we were all finished we took a look at each others work. "I like the ears on yours King, and Fox's is super tall" I commented.

"Thanks, yours is pretty good too" King replied.

"So, what now?" Fox asked turning to me.

"We could build igloo's, I've always wanted to build one before." I said.

Both dogs agreed and we all went to work on a igloo. Fox and King were on different sides while I packed the snow and handed it to them. After just a short while we had finished a small igloo, too small for either dog to fit in.

"Maybe we should have mad it bigger" Fox said.

"It's big enough for me" I crawled inside, it was pretty decently sized on the inside.

"Fox lets go build one large enough for us" King said.

I peered outside my igloo and saw the two dogs working on a new igloo. I know, I'll make some snow balls and start a snow ball fight! I always had fun when me and my brother had snowball fights... I pulled some snow into my igloo and started stock piling snowballs. After making 10 snowballs I decided it was time, I grabbed a snowball and looked outside my igloo. I chucked it right at King, it hit dead on. I dashed back inside but slid and bumped into the back wall, causing some of the roof to fall. Looking up I could see a crack form along the ceiling, that can't be good.

************

Fox and King were hard at work on their own igloo, since the first one was obviously to small. King was adding another section of a wall when a small snowball hit him in the back.

"Hey!" king said, turning to face the small igloo. "I guess Shadow wants a snowball fight!" King and Fox made their own snowballs. King threw his at the small igloo, causing the roof to collapse. King stood still.

"King we have to get him out!" Fox raced over and started digging. King snapped out of his daze, and ran over to help. Both dogs frantically dug until they saw the little kitten emerge from the snow. Fox picked him up, brushing the snow off his body. "Are you OK?" Fox asked.

Shadow opened his eyes and shivered. "I don't like igloo's anymore."

King and Fox sighed with relief. "Let's go inside and warm you up" Fox said, taking Shadow into the house.

Once inside, Fox grabbed a blanket and wrapped Shadow in it before taking a seat on the couch. King took a seat next to Fox, his ears drooping down. "I'm sorry Shadow, I didn't mean to make your igloo collapse on you. I didn't know it would and-" King was cut off.

"It's OK, I know you didn't mean to" Shadow said.

King's eared perked back up at the response.

"Can we watch TV?" Shadow asked.

"Sure" Fox replied, using the remote to turn the TV on; the news team came on screen.

"Good evening viewers, today on January the 23rd a local business man..."

Fox changed the channel, "What did you want to watch?" Fox looked down at Shadow, and could see sadness in the kitten's eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Oh it's... it's nothing..." Shadow said quietly.

"You can tell us, what's the matter?" King said, leaning over to the kitten.

"Well.... my birthday is in two days... and It just reminds me how much I miss my family..." Shadow said, his eyes tearing up.

****************

I hope this double update helps make up for my lack of updates, sorry everyone :p
Next update should be tomorrow :D

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:06 pm
by lightwolf21
I am loving this story more and more with each update. I can't wait read about what happens next. I noticed you switched grammatical persons from first-person perspective to third-person with the latest installment (referring to Shadow by name instead of "I"). Keep up the good work. :D

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:40 pm
by Neko
lightwolf21 wrote:I am loving this story more and more with each update. I can't wait read about what happens next. I noticed you switched grammatical persons from first-person perspective to third-person with the latest installment (referring to Shadow by name instead of "I"). Keep up the good work. :D
Yea, I use 3rd person to better portray the story sometimes :)

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:39 am
by ReCreate
heh, my birthday is on january 23rd :P
Anyways, awesome! :D Can't wait for more! :D :D

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:35 am
by FlintTheSquirrel
Go Shadow for taking responsibility for his actions instead of blaming others. :)

I hope that what the end of that section of the story said, does not mean the story will be finishing up any time soon. But that is what it sounded to me, since from the books I have read, things get resolved on some important day quite often.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:33 am
by Neko
FlintTheSquirrel wrote:Go Shadow for taking responsibility for his actions instead of blaming others. :)

I hope that what the end of that section of the story said, does not mean the story will be finishing up any time soon. But that is what it sounded to me, since from the books I have read, things get resolved on some important day quite often.
The story is no where near the end, this is just a small arc in the story :P
I'd elaborate but I don't want to give anything away :)

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:36 am
by FlintTheSquirrel
Neko wrote:The story is no where near the end, this is just a small arc in the story :P
I'd elaborate but I don't want to give anything away :)
This is very great news :P, and leaving us in the dark on the plot is good, gives us more of a surprise once you get there.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:43 pm
by Neko
Sorry everyone, I said I was going to update today because I thought I was going to have some free time but I ended up having to babysit my siblings(Long story). I just want too apologize about not having an update, and hopefully I can write it up and post it tomorrow. For now I'm going to bed, had a rough day, and I wish everyone a good night's sleep.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:20 am
by ReCreate
BUT YOU SAID- It's fine I can wait. :P And take your time too.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:53 pm
by Neko
********
"Well.... my birthday is in two days... and It just reminds me how much I miss my family..." I said, my eyes tearing up. Everything seemed to suddenly weigh heavily on my heart, and I was no good at hiding it. This was going to be my first birthday away from my home, and the thought of never returning was always nagging in the back if my mind.What if Pete couldn't find a way to get me home? What if I had to be a cat for the rest of my life... what if... My tears flowed freely now, letting all my fear and sadness out.

"It can't be all that bad..." King said.

"Yea, you have us" Fox said smiling.

I couldn't help but smile as I wiped my tears away. Even though Fox barely knew me he was so caring, and King was starting to become somewhat nice as well.

"I suppose I do" I smiled back.

***************

When me and King entered the house I had started feeling better from earlier. We entered the living room and saw Pete watching TV.

"That's the news for January 23rd, this has been your evening report. We'll see you tomorrow when..."

I hate the news,I walked over to my bed and lazily fell onto it.

Pete switched the TV off and stood up, "Ready for dinner?"

"You mean that same old food you serve us every night?" King said walking to the kitchen."Yea I'm ready"

Pete started to leave the room but stopped, "Coming Shadow?" he asked.

"I'm not hungry" I replied.

"Something the matter?"

"Besides the fact that I'm here and not at my home, nope everything is just perfect." I said sarcastically.

"I see... If you change your mind just tell me" he said before leaving.

I curled up in my bed trying to get comfortable, though it was difficult with all my worries banging around in my head. What if I never see home again? Could I be happy living the life of a pet the rest of my life? I closed my eyes, trying to quiet my thoughts...

*********

I opened my eyes and yawned, looking towards the window I could see that it was early morning. Guess I fell asleep... I got up and went to the kitchen, climbing onto the table I could see King's bowl empty, and mine was almost over flowing with food. Looks like King already ate, but why do I have so much food? I moved my bowl closer to myself, and saw a small piece of paper emerge from underneath it. I picked it up and unfolded it.

Dear Shadow,
I will be gone most of the day, I'm trying to recover the location of an old associate who might know something to help you. I gave you a few extra helpings of food for later.

P.S. This note will disappear after you read it.

After I read the last part, the note turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated. At least I know he is trying to help me. I felt a lot better about my situation now, maybe there was hope. I ate some of my food and got down off the table and came to a realization. I hadn't seen King since getting up! I can go see peanut and grape now that he isn't breathing down my neck! I excitingly ran back to my bed and retrieved my scarf before dashing out the doggy door.

***********

I knocked on the door and stood back, Peanut answered it. "Hi Peanut, I was wondering if I could hang out with you and Grape."

"Uh, sure come in."

I walked in and went to the living room, where I saw Grape and King talking. "King? What are you doing here?" I asked.

King turned around and faced me "Oh uh..."
********

I'm leaving you all sitting on a cliff hangar! *Let's true evil self emerge, ensue evil laughter*

>;]

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:07 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
You ended it with and oh uh...... That sure as heck can't be good. I can think of no reason why King would be oh uh-ing about Shadow seeing him at Grape and Peanuts house, whatever is going on, I hope it ain't going to go to overboard.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:23 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
*face-palm* It just struck me about what it meant, no idea how it took me this long to notice, though I will not say anything in case anyone else has not understood. I am not saying I am right about it, but it is a high possibility.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:39 pm
by ReCreate
Cliff hanger? D: die
JK :P anyways, awesome! :D cant wait for more! :D :D

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:04 pm
by The Game
NOOOOOOOO! Cliffies are my one weakness!!
IIIIIIIIIiiiiii'mmmmm melllllllttttttttiiiinnnngggg...

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:23 pm
by ctcmjh
Not a cliffhanger! NO :o What is King doing there!?

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 11:41 pm
by ReCreate
Perhaps sorting things out with grape and peanut so that shadow can come over more often? Thus leaving king alone?

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:58 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
To bad this only updates when I am asleep, no idea what your schedule is, but I hope it updates soon.

I do hope my theory comes true, it would only make sense I mean.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:37 pm
by Neko
**********
"King? What are you doing here?" I asked.

King turned around and faced me "Oh uh...I just came over to ask Peanut and Grape to watch you. I have a club meeting I need to go to and a few other things I need to do, so-"

"So we're going to watch you to help out King" Grape chimed in.

"Oh...OK" YES!

"I'll be back to get you later" King said before leaving.

The room got silent with Peanut and Grape looking at each other then me. "Sooo..."

"Continue where we left off?" Peanut asked, pointing to the wii.

"You know it" I said happily.

Peanut turned on the wii, loaded our save point and grabbed 2 controllers.

******* Several Levels Later *******

We were nearing the end of the game, all three of us taking turns playing. If someone died you had to pass the controller to whoever didn't have one. Peanut had already died like 5 times, where me and Grape only had a few deaths. At the moment it was me and Grape playing, until I was killed from a falling enemy.

"Aw man. OK, your turn Peanut" I said handing him my controller.

"Finally" he said.

"If you didn't die so much you'd be able to play more" Grape commented.

Peanut turned to Grape, "If those ninja goomba's would just have left me alone I would have been fine!" Peanut lost a life from his lack of attention to the game, his eye twitching. He slowly handed me the controller back.

"Why don't we have a lunch break?" Grape suggested.

"Sounds good to me!" Peanut said jumping up and off the couch.

"Oh, I guess I'll go home and eat too" I slide down off the couch.

"Don't be silly, you can eat here. I'm sure Mom and Dad won't mind" Grape said leaving the room. "Mom! We have a quest over, can he eat lunch with us?" I heard Grape say.

"Sure honey, why don't you introduce me first."

"Alright."

Grape reentered the living room with a woman, which I assumed was her owner. I didn't think pets would call their owners Mom and Dad... (A/N I'd give details about their Mom but the pet's owners faces are never shown in the comic :s)

"Mom this is Shadow, he's new to the neighborhood." Grape said walking over to me.

Mrs. Sandwich walked over and leaned down to me ( I read their last name off the mailbox). "You are just the cutest little thing" she smiled.

"Uh, thanks" I said nervously. Still trying to get used to this cute thing...

"Let's go to the kitchen and get you all something to eat!" Mrs.Sandwich said walking to the kitchen.

************

"Thank you for lunch" I said to Mrs.Sandwich.

"Oh your welcome" she smiled. "I have to get back to work now, so you guys play nicely now" she said before leaving the room.

"Let's go back and finish the game" Peanut said.

"You mean, let me and Shadow finish the game. Your just died and lost your turn" Grape said.

"Peanut can have my turn, I don't mind."

"Thank you Shadow" Peanut said sticking his tongue out at Grape.

We all headed back to the living room.

"He's just going to die again, Peanut has never been to good at Mario." Grape remarked.

"I'll show you!" Peanut said grabbing the controller and unpausing the game.

**********

I wonder if Rick reads any of the FanFics?

Sorry about the late updates, I usually update anywhere between 9-12pm eastern. I'm busy most of the time during the day so I have to update late. :[

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 12:48 am
by ReCreate
Awesome! :D
and perhaps? though he appears to be relativley busy...

and my theory was correct! :) :P

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 5:41 pm
by The Game
nice!

note to self: don't drink water and read:
"If those ninja goomba's would just have left me alone I would have been fine!" Peanut lost a life from his lack of attention to the game, his eye twitching."
That usually makes you have a spit take...

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:39 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
I would have to say, only dying 5 times in that game, especially nearing the end, must mean he is great at it. That game has one way to die, everywhere you turn. :)

Also, my theory was wrong......today, but now it may play in the next day. *coughing with a possible hint in what I mean*

Edit: You know, I may as well up and say it, Shadow's birthday is tomorrow according to the comic, King being at Grape's and Peanut's house and going Uh-Oh may be linked to that, this is just my analogy in this so far.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:45 pm
by Icharus
Still loving this story! It has the potential to go a lot of places, and I have a feeling that this whole thing with King at P&G's is only one of several issues we'll get to explore.
Keep it up Neko!

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 9:26 pm
by Neko
********
The credits began rolling.

"That's it?" I asked. "The boss wasn't even that hard."

"It's disappointing when the boss doesn't live up to the game" Grape said.

"If there were ninja goombas the boss would've been a lot harder" Peanut added.

"What is it with you and-"

Knock Knock

"I'll get it" Grape walked to the front door, and opened it.

Don't tell me he's back already....

"Shadow, King's here to take you home" Grape said from the front door.

I slid off the couch, "See ya Peanut."

"Bye Shadow" he replied.

I went to the front door and saw King waiting for me.

"Cmon we're going to be late for dinner" he started walking down to the sidewalk.

I started following him, turning my head to say 'bye' to Grape.

"Bye Shadow" she waved.

"So, did you have fun?" King asked as we walked home.

"Yea, we played and beat a Mario game" I smiled thinking back to the fun we had. "What about you, was your club stuff fun?"

"It was OK."

"Oh.."

The rest of the walk home was filled with silence, thankfully it was a short walk home. We entered the house, and I noticed Pete was still gone.

"Oh, I forgot to mention that Pete left a note saying he'd be gone most of the day. I suppose he won't be back till late tonight."

"Oh.." So I guess that's the story Pete told King. We continued on to the kitchen, where King pulled out the dog food bag and poured himself some.

"Good thing he left it out" he said.

I got up on the table, and saw my bowl the same way it was when I left it. Me and King went to work on our dinner, when finished we retired to the living room. King flipped through the TV's channels before choosing one to watch, I simply layed on the couch next to him trying to enjoy the show but with no results. I yawned, my eyes slowly closing.

I woke up to the sound of the front door being opened, and the snoring of King in his bed. Pete walked into the room, taking a seat on the couch next to me. I sat up and looked at him, "Well?"

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't find anything."

I looked down, my hopes being crushed. I guess that's it then, I'm going to be like this forever... Pete picked me up, taking me to my bed and lying me down in it.

"Don't give up hope just yet" he said, before walking out of the room.

I'll try not to...

**********

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 9:56 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
That is other nonsense, the boss in that game was half impossible when I did it. :x
On another note, it seems that my idea is not going to happen, oh well. Nice to see King is lightening up for a change.

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:23 pm
by Neko
**********

I slowly opened my eyes, and stretched. Another day of being a kitten...Oh right, today's January 25th...my Birthday. No party, no gifts, no cake, no family....oh wait! I reached under my bed and pulled out my lollipop that I had gotten from the vet. I nearly forgotten about this, it's not the same as a cake, but it'll do. I peeled off the wrapper, and enjoyed it. I layed back down, and looked over at King who was still sleeping. I wonder if he'd leave me alone today, I'm not in the mood to go anywhere.

I pulled the stick out of my mouth, wishing it had lasted longer. And to think this was probably the highlight of my day, the rest of the day- My thoughts were interrupted with King yawning and sitting up. "Morning sleeping head" I said, not moving to look at him from my laying position. "You need to work on your snoring problem." King mumbled something and left the room, guess I'm not the only grumpy one this morning.

********

I quickly finished breakfast and went to the living room, leaving King to finish his. I grabbed the remote and flipped through the channels, trying to find something of interest. After checking every channel at least twice I gave up and turned the TV off. I slumped back against the couch, scanning the living room. I never noticed before but this house is so... plain. A couch, TV, lamp, 2 pet beds, and a bookcase with books. There was hardly any furnishing at all, but I suppose it doesn't really matter. Wow, why am I even thinking about furnishing at all! I must be really bored...

"So, what do you want to do?" King asked walking into the room.

"Sitting here being depressed is working just fine, thanks."

King took a seat next to me, "Whats the matter? It's your birthday, your suppose to be happy."

"A birthday without my family, away from my home. Yea, I'm just filled with joy." I said sarcastically.

"I don't understand....pets are allowed to pick their owners. Did your family pass away or something?" King asked.

"It's a long story..."

"Either way, you won't feel better just lying around the house. Let's go build snowmen or something."

I guess he has a point, sitting around wouldn't make me feel any less depressed... "All right, if it'll get you off my back" I said getting off the couch.

King got up and got our scarfs, handing mine to me. I put it on and we made our way out the doggy door to the backyard, where my small army of snowmen still stood. King started on a snowman, and I took my time on starting. But when I finally started getting into it I started feeling better, my birthday troubles slipping to the back of my mind.

I finished my snowman's face, adding eyes and a mouth, before steeping back and admiring it. I looked at King's, but he was still hard at work on a small snowman. I thought about making another snowman, but lost all interest. I went and sat on the concrete slab by the doggy door, just running my paws through the snow not really trying to do anything.

"Finished!" King proclaimed.

I went over to his snowman, only to see that it was a snowcat. It had the head of a cat, ears, and nose, but body of a snowman. "A snowcat, not bad."

"It's suppose to be you, but I've never been artistic..." king trailed off.

"Now that you mention it, I guess can see the resemblance." Maybe it's just because it's my birthday, but King seems to be getting a lot more friendlier.

"Anyways we have to get going, don't want to be late" King said, heading to the sidewalk.

I followed him, "Your having a meeting or something?"

"Yea, something like that."

"So you're going to drop me off at Grape's and Peanut's?" I asked, getting excited.

"No, they're busy today." King stopped walking when he noticed I had stopping following him.

"I'll just stay home then, I don't want to go to some stupid dog meeting." I turned around about to return back home, but King grabbed me throwing me over his shoulder before continuing on.

"Just because it's your birthday doesn't mean I'm going to let you run around unsupervised."

Here he is again, the overprotective parent. I think I liked it better when he hated me.

*************

King set me down when we arrived at the club house. "Don't claw me like last time okay?" he said.

"No promises."

King knocked on the door, and a voice came from the other side. "Who is it?" the voice asked.

"It's King."

Nothing happened for a few seconds, then the door slowly creaked open revealing a pitch black interior. I don't remember it being this creepy last time. King walked in, pushing me inside with him. The door closed behind us, and all light was lost. Okay this is really weird now! Suddenly the lights flicked on to reveal dogs and cats everywhere with party decorations hanging from wall to wall.

"Surprise! Happy Birthday Shadow!" everyone said in unison.
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Yay for parties!
Anyone else love my avatar? :D

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:19 am
by ReCreate
heh, I knew that was going to happen. And yep, i do. :P I may later add it to the list of random avatars to chose from for my dynamic avatar. :)

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:42 pm
by Neko
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"Surprise! Happy Birthday Shadow!" everyone said in unison.

A surprise party? It looked like everyone in the neighborhood was here, Fox, Sabrina, Fido, Rex, Peanut, Grape, Bino, everyone I met so far was here(and maybe a few new faces).

"Happy Birthday Shadow!" Fox said emerging from the crowd.

"You, You guys did this for me?" I asked.

"Of course we did, but it was all King's idea" Fox said, pulling King next too him.

"Yea well-" King started to say, but I jump-hugged him stopping him mid sentence.

"Thanks" I said, letting go of the embrace. When I stepped back I noticed the room had gotten dead silent. I turned around and saw Rex holding a plate, a cupcake with a lit candle sat upon it. He winked at me, and then everyone started singing the Happy Birthday song. I looked down at the small flame burning on top of the cupcake, and tried my best not to tear up. I barely know most of these pets, yet they've all come together to be here for my birthday. The song ended, I closed my eyes and made my wish, then quickly blew out the candle. Everyone cheered as streamers flew into the air and party horns were blown. Maybe it won't be so bad here as I first thought.

I was about to dig into the appetizing cupcake, when I realized everyone else staring at it. "I feel bad eating this and not being able to share..."

"Oh! My uh, owner, made a few Baker's dozens for everyone else" Rex said.

"Tell your owner I said thanks" I winked to Rex.

"I will" he said before going off to hand out the rest of the cupcakes.

The rest of the party was just as fun as the start. There was all kinds of snacks to munch on (they were weird pet snacks but strangely good) along with all sorts of party games. I hung out with Peanut and Grape a good bit, and we even played pin the tail on the cat. I was having a really good time, completely forgetting about all my troubles and worries. It was really nice to feel true happiness when I had first expected the day to be depressing. My joy was slowly fading when I noticed the party was slowly dying. It went from a roaring crowd to a small group of people. I tried my best to ignore the fact the the party was nearing its end, but good times have to come to an end at some point.

Everyone said their goodbyes as they left, and it was soon just me, Fox and King.

"That was an amazing party King" Fox complimented.

"Yea thanks, it meant a lot to me" I added.

"It was nothing" King said sincerely.

We walked outside the clubhouse, where the sun was setting. "We need to get home before it gets to late" King said.

"I need to go home as well, I'll see you guys later" Fox said, heading off towards his house.

"Bye Fox" I waved.


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I didn't eat much for dinner that night as I was quite stuffed from all the party food. After staring at my food for awhile I decided to just forget about eating and joined King on the couch for some TV. I wasn't even paying attention to the show that was on, but remembering the fun I had that day. I yawned, noticing how tired I was.

"Party tire you out?" King said.

"I guess..." I mumbled, getting down off the couch and lying down onto my bed. I tried getting comfortable but felt a painful lump. I reached under my bed and pulled out a small box, I looked up at King but he was still focused on the TV. I opened the small note attached and read it.

Remember the good times.
-Pete

Curious, I opened the box and pulled out a necklace. It was made of small black rope with a blue sphere attached. I pulled the sphere closer to my eyes and saw small swirls moving within it. Remember the good times? The swirls in the small orb picked up in speed, and images of today's party came to view within the small object. So, this can bring up images of memories. I wonder if... I pictured my family in my mind, I looked into the blue sphere and saw images of them appear.

I fell asleep that night to images of my family hanging by my heart.

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After a long persuasive argument, I finally convinced King to let me go to Peanut's and Grape's house on my own. I was out the door in a flash, heading off to their house. I arrived a few minutes later and was about to knock but the door was pulled open before my knuckles even connected. A female Pomeranian was standing there, glaring down at me.

"So, are you one of his minions?" She asked.

"Minion? What are you talking about?" I asked, wondering who the heck this was.

"You know what I'm talking about!" her eyes glowed green.

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3 days of consecutive updates :D Hopefully I can make it 4, though I have AP tests the rest of the week so I might not have enough free time :\

Anyways I hope you all are enjoying the story so far, because I keep coming up with new ideas. In a previous update I said I came up with the main plot, but now I have come up the the real main plot. The previous plot was a big story in my mind, guaranteed to be nice and lengthy. But I have come up with an even bigger plot, where the ending to the story is off in the horizon. There are so many ideas floating around in my mind that I've had to start writing them all down so I don't forget. I brought this up to let you all know that I have tons of ideas for this little story of mine, and I don't see it coming to an end any time soon.

I hope you all sleep well tonight, cause I'm off to bed! (stayed up late to finished this X3)

Edit: I'd also like to say that I always look forward to everyone's feedback, it really means a lot when I hear how much you like the story, and how it's progressing :)

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:00 am
by ReCreate
Awesome! This is probably my favorite fic now! :D Keep up the good work!

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 11:28 am
by 44R0NM10
Wow, really enjoying this...especially the amount of cliffhangers!

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:07 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
It just keeps getting better. :) And like Aaron said, you sure do love making cliffhangers, though this one is not all that predictable since it leads to the question.....
What is Tarot about to do? Hope she ain't about to plot something mean or anything along those lines. I understand the minion part means Pete though, because he is a Jerk and all.
Sorry I missed out on posting on the Birthday part, also, I wish you good luck with your AP Tests, your brain may be fried by the time you finish them so feel free to take a break from your fanfic if you want.

Edit: Hmm..... I just realized.... if Tarot is a seer, what would happen if she met King (previous Human)?

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 6:25 am
by Neko
Thanks Flint :)

I have a question for all my readers, would you prefer a small update every 1-2 days or a large update once or twice a week? I ask because it usually takes me an hour or so to make a small update so I could do an update at least every 2 days unless I get busy. But I'm not sure if you all would prefer a large update once or twice a week compared to what I do now, which is a small updates every few days. I don't know, just let me know via a comment. For now I got to go, AP test today :s

Re: A Whole New World

Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:55 am
by Barkeron
This fic is enjoyable to read. The plot and everything is great. And darn, those cliffhangers.