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Once upon a time a mouse knight named Squeaky wanted to play outside, but his mom would not allow playing, "Playing is overrated." she always said to him, "B-But Mom!!" Squeaky knew he went to far this time. "Squeaky, you’re a knight not some little mouse that plays outside!" "Yes Mom, bu-" "No Buts! Go to your room!" His mom had defeated Squeaky, again. Squeaky went to his room and looked outside his little cardboard window and thought about running away from home, but then he would be in even more trouble. "Oh Mom, It's just not fare!" he thought as he started
packing his suitcase. After he packed his bag he climbed out the window and ran to the bakery in their town. "Hello Sir, What can I get ya?!" The bakery mouse asked Squeaky. "Um...Just a loaf of cheese for now." he said. "Here you are, Sir."
said the bakery mouse. Then Squeaky set off to the Barber, "Hello Sir, What style would you like?" "What styles do you have?" "Lets see...We have punk, straight, curl, long, or short." The Barber mouse told him."Uh...Short." Squeaky said.
Then after a few snips he was done. "Here you are, Sir." "Thanks." Squeaky said to the Barber and left. "One more stop." Squeaky thought, The Book Store! Squeaky arrived at the bookstore and saw tons and tons of books, a pure building of
words! "Excuse Me?" Squeaky Whispered. "Yes, Yes what do you need Sir." "Um...do you have any Fantasy books?" "Yes we do, here try this one." The bookkeeper mouse handed him a small book called "Thy Journal" but when he opened
it there wasn't any words!! "Um...There's no words." "Of course there is! You just need to write them, silly!" She said and handed him a feather. "Not to be rude, but this is a feather." "It's a pen....A feather pen." The Bookkeeper told him. "Oh...Thanks."
Squeaky said and left the store. "Squeaky, you can come down now." Squeak’s mom called. "Squeaky?" She called, but there was no answer. "Squeaky?!" His mom called as she climbed the little cardboard stairs. When she looked in his room nothing was there...nothing but the open window. It was getting dark when Squeaky decited to stop for the night. "This looks like a good place to camp for the night!" Squeaky said laying on his suitcase. The next morning Squeaky woke up to a
Parade! "What's going on? "Squeaky said wiping the sleep from his eyes. "We are doing a Parade today in Town Square so we’re practicing, here have a piece of candy." One of the saxophone players told Squeaky. "Cool, I totally forgot about the
parade today, mom's going to freak!" Squeaky squeaked. "Well, see you at noon!" "Yep, you bet! "Squeaky said and gathered his stuff then he was on his way. "I'm all out of stops!" Squeaky thought as he unfolded his map. "What's that?" He thought
as he saw a big gray dot right in the middle of the map. Squeaky looked around and saw a Blacksmith mouse. "Excuse me... can you tell me what this is?" Squeaky asked him. "Yes, that is the Castle of Hilton Valley." He answered. "Oh, okay thanks!"
"Hey do you need anything from the Blacksmith?" "Uh...Sure, how 'bout one of those!" "Here you are Sir, those are the finest
beetle shoes ever made! "He said to Squeaky and a few other costumers also. Wow, a real Castle. Squeaky thought. Then all of a sudden the clock chimed 12:00! "Oh no, I'm going to be late!" Squeaky cried as he ran to Town Square. Mean while his mom
Was crying, "We were suppose to see the Parade!" She sobbed as she blew her nose. "Why don't you go, have fun and I'll look for him. "Their Mouseler said. "Well, okay. "She sniffed, and then left. "Yes, I made it just in time!" Squeaky squeaked.
"Oooh look mom! "A little mouse said to her mom. "Wow! look it that!" Her mom said back. "Look Mo-" Squeaky started to say as he saw a giant cheese wheel, then tears ran down his little furry face. "Oh Mom I wish you were here." He said and sat
on the sidewalk. "Hey, don't I know you? "It was the Saxophone player from earlier! "Yeah! It's me. The mouse you gave the candy
to!" Squeaky said excitedly. "Where's your folks?" "Um...I'm not sure..." Squeaky's voice trailed off a bit. "Why don't you go?
get them?" "Well. Because I… I ran away." Squeaky said, trying to avoid tears. "Oh, come here a minute." He said and picked
Squeaky up, "Play this note." He said and then Squeaky played a low note. "That's how I feel." Squeaky said. "Now play this
note." Then Squeaky played a high note. "Now that's how I feel!" The Saxophone player said. "What I mean to say is go back
home, you'll feel like that if you do." "Thanks, but I can't." Squeaky said and hugged the Saxophone player and went into the
crowd. After he left the Saxophone Player caught up with the group and started playing along with the rest of the band.
Squeaky's mom watched the Parade as she thought about Squeaky. "Look Squea-" His mom started to say then stopped and
wiped a tear from her eye. After the Parade Squeaky set off to the Never Ending Forest of Magic. "It should be around
here somewhere." He thought to himself as he looked around. "There it is!" He said and ran into the Forest. "Wow!" He heard
himself echo. "This place is huge!" He thought, "I could live here!" "Who dares to come into the Never Ending Forest of Magic?"
"Um...I'm Squeaky." He said to the big Vulture. "Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in, A MOUSE! Delicious!"
He said looking at Squeaky. "Uh...really I don't taste all that good!" He cried as he began to run away. "Yes, I just love fast
food!" The Vulture said chasing after him."HELP!" Squeaky cried. "Nice try but no one's there to hear you!" He Croaked.
Squeaky had no where to go but then he found a place under a leaf to hide "Hey where did he go?" The Vulture hissed and flew off
Into the darkness of the Forest. "I'll sleep here tonight. Squeaky thought and closed his eyes and fell asleep. That morning when
he woke up he smelt something so good! "Humdeedummdeehumhumdeedummdeehumm...."He passed by a humming bird.
"There all done!" he heard her say. "Hello little mouse." "Um...Hi." "Whatcha need?" "That smell is so good!" He squeaked.
"Well, here have some!" "Gee thanks!" he said and stuffed his face in a huge pile of nectar. "Mmmmm." "Glad you like it! Well I really must get going. Bye!" The humming Bird say and was on her way. After Squeaky ate the rest of his nectar he
was off too. "It's hot out today." He thought as he stop to take a brake in the middle of the woods. Squeaky took out his loaf of cheese and started eating, then a little lady bug saw him knawing on the cheese. "Excuse me but may I have a piece of
that please I've been looking for food for days!" he said, "Sure, Here you go!" Squeaky said and gave him a little piece of the
cheese and then he left." Meow...Meow." Squeaky jumped when he heard THE CAT!! "I better pack up." He thought and packed
up his things and was on his way. "Let's see where I'm going...I went there...Over that...I'm right here!" He thought and
looked around ."I'm looking for a Huge rock!" He squeaked. When he looked at his map he found the rock it was called "The Rock
Of Success!" "There it is!" Squeaky said and ran to touch it. "Stop!" "Why?" "Stop!" An old mouse yelled to Squeaky.
Then Squeaky stopped in his tracks and looked at the old mouse confused. "Don't touch it!" The old mouse called to him.
"Well, why can't I?" Squeaky called back. "It has evil powers!" "What kind?" Squeaky said unsure to touch the rock now.
"Hidden ones!" The old mouse sounded scarier to Squeaky. "Wow! Hidden Powers." Squeaky whispered. "Not wow, dangerous!"
The old mouse said with wide open eyes. "How can they be dangerous?" "Their evil, Evil!" He cried and took a step towards
Squeaky. "Creepy!" Squeaky thought as he looked at the glowing stone. "Leave now!" The old mouse whispered and disappeared into the
darkness of the forest just like the Vulture did. "Wait!" Squeaky called but it only echoed. "Oh Squeaky where are you?"
"Ma'am They found your son." "They did? Where is he?!" "They heard him in the Forest!" "Oh is he alright?" "....."The mouseler paused. "What?"
"All that's left of him is his feather..." "What? What do you mean left of him?" "A Vulture got him first..."The Mouseler's
trailed off a little. "My baby is GONE!?" Squeaky’s mom yelled and began to cry. "So sorry Ma'am." The Mouseler said and
wiped a tear from his eye and went back to work. "Extra, Extra read all about it...Boy mouse eaten by Vulture!"
the paper mouse said as he handed the newspaper out. "I'm lonely here, I wanna go home!" Sqeaky said to himself. "But I can't yet,
I have to find the Castel!" He agued to himself. After the argument weather to go home or not Squeaky’s whiskers started
tingling which meant a big storm was coming! "Oh boy." Squeaky said and then found shelter under a huge mushroom. "I'll stay pretty
dry here for a while at least." he said as he saw a family of ducks waddling towards the Pond Of Augusta. "Hello." One of the little
ducklings to him when they passed by. Then a huge burst of wind came out of no wear and brought the storm with it. BOOM, CRASH!!
The storm was violent and wet very wet. Squeaky was scared, now he wished he hadn't left home. "Oh...Squeaky." Squeaky's mom said
as she laid her head on her pillow, then turned off the lights. "Mom...mommy!" Squeaky sobbed, then cuddled to the stem of the mushroom
and then a huge funnel came from the sky and tore threw the woods making it's way closer to Squeaky. Squeaky just stared at the huge
thing and then somebody grabbed him and took him inside a tree. "Are you alright?" the voice asked. "J-just f-fine. "Squeaky shivered.
"That's good, 'cause you almost got your self killed!" It was another mouse! "Wh -what was th -that thing?" "Oh it's a spinner, it destroys everything it touches and nothing I mean nothing can survive it. "The mouse squeaked. "Wow!"Squeaky said now worried about his mom.
"Oops, by the way I'm Shelly. "The mouse said to him. "Um...I'm Squeak-"Squeaky was cut off by a huge BOOM that shook everything!
"Hold on to my hand!" Shelly yelled to Squeaky, then Squeaky took her hand and then another BOOM hit and then everything was still.
Then Squeaky saw the spinner coming closer and closer and then swallowed Shelly and Squeaky whole. "Sqeak!"Shelly called to him but Squeaky
was already to weak and scared to answer. "Squeak?!" Shelly called and then saw Squeaky’s unmoving body. "Oh, Squeak!" She said and grabbed
his paws. "Shelly?" He called to her and saw fear in her eyes. "Your alive!" They both yelled to each other and then Squeaky’s paws started to slipping
out of Shelly's grip. "I'm slipping, I'm slipping!" Squeaky shouted and tears fell from his eyes then he let go and sipped away in the spinner's
darkness. "Sqeak!" Shelly said faintly and let the spinner take her away. After the storm Squeaky found himself on a beach.
"Where am I?" He thought as he looked around and found a sign saying "Hilton Beach." "Shelly?" Squeaky got up and found Shelly by the water.
"Shelly! Shelly are you okay?" He asked and grabbed her paws and dragged her to the warm sand. "Sqeak?" Shelly said as she opened she eyes.
"Your okay!" Squeaky yelled happily. "You are too!" Shelly squeaked with joy. "Did you see the size of the spinner?" "How did we survive?"
"I was so scared!" "Me too!" They shouted and started laughing. "By the way it's Squeaky!" "Nice to meet you Squeaky!"
"Nice to meet you too Shelly." Squeaky said and grabbed his map and saw that the Castle was 20 miles away. "Yes! I'm almost there!"
"Almost where?" Shelly asked. "To the Castle!" Squeaky said. "Oh." Shelly said and looked down at the sand. "What? Wanna come?"
"That's where I came from." She said. "What do you mean?" "I ran away from the Castle, 'cause that's where I live." "Wow! Really?"
Squeaky said shocked, "Yeah." "I RAN AWAY TOO! BUT I'M FROM THE SHIRE VILLAGE!!" "Really? That's where I was headed."
They both had big eyes and then they started laughing again. "So you’re from the Castle, tell me what it's like!" "It's fun, way to fun,
so fun your father forgets who you are!" Shelly said and a tear ran down her face. "Well, My life is boring so boring your mom won't let you
have any fun!" Squeaky said looking aerated. "Well, I need to go. I still wanna see the castle." "I'll take you there, if you take me to see your
life." Deal!" So after, Shelly took Squeaky to the Castle and found her dad writing a letter of some sort. "Hey, dad." Shelly said.
"And who are you?" "It's me. Your daughter Shelly!" "I don't have a daughter named Shelly. Only a perfect daughter named Tessa."
"TESSA?!" Shelly yelled and ran out of the Castle and back to the forest. "Shelly, Wait!" Squeaky called after her.
Finely they stopped right in front of the tree they talked in. "Shelly, who's Tessa?" "Tessa is my older step sister." Shelly sobbed.
"Oh, come on let's go to my life now." Squeaky said nervously and lead the way. "Here we are Shelly." "Um...Aren't you going in?"
"Uh...I-I guess." Squeaky said and slowly opened the door. Then the tears come rolling down his cheeks when he saw his mom sitting in the
kitchen. "MOM!" Squeaky yelled and ran up to hug her. "Squeaky, My baby! Your alive!" Squeaky’s mom shouted and hugged him tightly. "What do you
mean?" "They told me you got eaten by Vulture!" "No, silly!" Squeaky said and got down then grabbed Shelly's paw. "Mom, this is Shelly, Shelly
this is my mom." "Hello, Ma'am." Shelly said and bowed to her. "Why, hello Shelly." His mom said. "Shelly help me get away from the
spinner." "Oh, bless you. Bless your sole. Thanks for saving me baby." "Uh it was nothing really, well I must go now, Bye Squeaky see you tomorrow!"
"Bye." Squeaky said as she walked out the door. "She's nice." Squeaky's mom said and sat down for some tea. "Yeah." Squeaky said softly.
"Where is she going to go?" Squeaky wondered. "Where am I going to go?" Shelly wondered, too as she found a place under a leaf for the night.
"Squeaky it's time for bed!" Squeaky’s mom called to him. "Yes, mom. "He called back and then closed his eyes and slept in a warm bed.
That morning Shelly woke up to a big bird cowing at her. "Hey, watch it! That's my tail!" Shelly yelled. "Well, well, well looked what the cat
dragged in." "Vulture!" Shelly cried and backed up into a tree. Shelly looked back and saw a small hole in the tree then she
crawled into it fastly. "Hey, come back out here!" "Never!" Shelly called out to the Vulture. "Now , now don't get hasty."
Vulture called as he tried to stuff his beak into the hole. "Awwww!!" Shelly screamed as she saw his beak in the hole.
"Squeaky look! Isn't that Shelly?" Squeaky's mom asked him. "Yes, yes it is. Mom I need to go!" Squeaky shouted and ran out the door.
"Shelly! Shelly hold on, I'm coming!" Squeaky yelled to Shelly and then the Vulture looked at Squeaky and licked his chops and dove to eat Squeaky, but missed!
"Hey, you Vulture!" Squeaky said as he climbed up the tree. "Come and get me!" "Squeaky what are you doing?!" Shelly whispered to him.
"You'll see!" Squeaky said as he grabbed Shelly's paws and ran to the nearest bush. "Okay, I have a plan!" Squeaky whispered and told Shelly his plan. "But I don't
wanna go home, not yet!" Shelly said as she fluffed her dress. "Well do you wanna get eaten?" "No....Fine, I'll do it!" Shelly said and ran into the open. "Hey fat head!"
Shelly Called to Vulture. "Wrong move, Cupcake!" Vulture called back as he dove to eat Shelly. "NOW SQUEAKY!" Shelly yelled and then Squeaky pulled a rope and pulled Shelly back
into the bush. "Great! Now go.....go!" "Okay....Thank you. You really helped me." Shelly said and kissed Squeaky on the cheek. Squeaky blushed. "Okay go!" Squeaky said hoping Shelly wouldn't give him a mushy good bye. Then Shelly was off to the Castle. "Sqeaky .... I know your in there! Come out, Come out, where ever you are!" Vulture called circling the bush.
"Well come and get me Butthead!" Squeaky called. Then all of a sudden the branch started breaking. CRACK...... CRACK. "Awwwww!" Squeaky screamed as he fell on the floor of the woods.
"Squeaky! Oh no, Sqeaky , Squeaky. Are you alright?" Shelly ran back to Squeaky. "Squeaky?" Shelly whispered and a tear ran down her face. "It's starting to rain.....Your not worth my
time!" Vulture said and left. "Squeaky, he left we're safe now. You can get up." Shelly said and cradled Squeaky in her arms. "I'm....Sorry." Squeaky said as he tried to get up.
"No, It's my fault. I should have never left." Shelly said as she saw Squeaky fall while trying to get off the ground. "Go....Go back home. Your father is looking for you." Squeaky said to her.
"SHELLY?! SHELLY?" The King called. Then their eyes met. "Shelly! You alright!" The King cried as he hugged his daughter. "Father! I missed you so much." Shelly said. "Why did you run
away?" "Because daddy. I want friends. I want to have fun." Shelly told him. "Well you have friends...." Kings voice trailed off a little. "No daddy. Those are....are servants and animals. I mean
real friends! Like...Like him!" Shelly said and helped Squeaky up. "Who is he?" "This is Squeaky, he helped me escape from Vulture!" "He did? Did he? Well why does he limp then?" "Because
he fell from a branch up from the tree." Shelly said and pointed to the tree. "Is he alright?" "Yes, he's okay. I hope." "Y....Yeah I'm fine." Squeaky said weakly. "Come to the Castle and stay with us until you heal." King said and helped Squeaky limp to the Castle. "Okay. Here we are! Mrs. Henderi please take Squeaky and rest him." "Yes, Sir." Mrs. Henderi said and helped Squeaky to his new room. “Here you are.” “Thank you ma’am.” Squeaky said and fell on the green, soft bed. “Please call me Mrs. Henderi.” “Okay, sorry. Mrs. Henderi.” Then she left. “Please rest easy. Pull this for service.” “Yes, Mrs. Henderi.” Squeaky said and limped to the bathroom. “Please let me get the door.” “No, I got it.” Squeaky said. “Okay. Have a great night.” “You too.” Squeaky called to her from the bathroom. “Father, do you think he can stay?” Shelly asked. “He has his own family.”
King said. “Oh, yeah.” Shelly said and slumped in the couch. “Do you like him?” “Uh, well, he’s nice, Cute, and he saved me.” Shelly said, but thought of totally different. Yes, I like him, he’s so nice and sweet and he’s so adorable!! “Well if you really like him. You may be a princess someday and when you do he will be you prince.” King said. “Maybe.” Shelly said and blushed. I would love that! Shelly thought. “Goodnight Shelly.” King said and went to bed. “Goodnight daddy.” Shelly said and went to her room. Shelly heard footsteps down the hall. Then a knock at the door. “Come in!” Shelly said. “Hi Shelly.” Squeaky said as he walked in. “Hey Squeaky, What do you need?” Shelly asked. “I just wanted to say thank you and Goodnight.” “Yeah, goodnight to you too.” Shelly said. Then Squeaky shut the door and left to his room. “Wow! He said goodnight to me!” Shelly said as she grabbed her diary and began writing in it. Dear Diary, today I got saved by the cutest mouse ever! His name Is Squeaky. He is staying at the Castle tonight because when he tried to save me he fell out of a tree. Well I’ll write a little later bye.
“Lights out Shelly!” “Yes, Mrs. Henderi.” Shelly said and turned the lights off. “Lights-“
Mrs. Henderi stopped as she saw Squeaky fast asleep. Then attended her chores. “King I think your daughter has great taste in men!” Mrs. Henderi teased. “Yes, she does. Squeaky is an intelligent young man. And I think he is perfect for her.” King said. Shelly overheard them talking and agreed. Squeaky heard them too. He just blushed. Well Shelly is very pretty, nice, and I like her a lot….yeah I agree too!
The next morning Squeaky woke up to a groaning sound coming from Shelly’s bedroom.
“Shelly are you alright in th-“ The King has already beat him to her. Servants, maids, and even mouselers. “Whow!” Sqeaky whispered. “Sqeaky? Is that you?” “Yeah, It’s me! What happened?” “I’m fine just a little weak is all.” Shelly said. “She is very ill.” King said as he walked out of the room to get some gingerale. “I’m fine now that you’re here.” Shelly made Squeaky blush a little. Squeaky took Shelly’s paw and stood by her until she fell asleep. “Squeaky you have a visitor.” Mrs. Henderi said. “Thank you, Mrs. Henderi.” And Sqeaky ran when he saw his mom’s face! “MOM!” Squeaky shouted and hugged his mom. “My baby!! How did you end up here?” “Well-“ “He risked his life for my daughter! That’s how he ended up here. He is a very gifted mouse to still be living after that fall he made.” King said and patted Squeaky on the head. “What fall?” “Your son fell 50ft. from a tree to save my daughter. I am greatful he was there, or Shelly would not be here.” “Oh Squeaky, I am so proud of you.” His mom said. “Thanks. But I just tried to help a friend.” Squeaky said. “Come here. Mom you know how I get sick and you take care of me….Well Shelly is really sick and needs your help.” “I’ll do the best I can.” Shelly was so weak she couldn’t even talk anymore. “Shelly, don’t worry my mom will help you!” Squeaky said as he sat by the bed to comfort her. “O….” “Shhhh. Try not to use your voice.” Squeaky’s mom said. “By the way I’m Kayla.” Shelly nodded as if she understood. “Here drink this. It’s home made Soup cures just about everything!” Kayla said and handed the bowl to Shelly. Shelly sipped the soup little by little. “Come on. Let’s let her rest for a while.” Mrs. Henderi said as she shooed everyone out the door. “Hey mom do you think she’ll be alright?” Squeaky asked concerned. “I’m sure she’ll be okay!” Kayla said as she laid on the couch of the King’s Living room. “Good ‘cause when she’s all better, she is going on another adventure with me!” Squeaky squeaked. “OH NO! Not again.” King said as he looked out the window. “What, What’s wrong?!” “Well, you see a long time ago a big Cat was unleashed in the forbidden cave! And now’s she’s been unleashed all over Again!” King said as he saw a white monster terrorizing the town. “That’s terrible! Shouldn’t we evacuate?” Squeaky asked the King a little worried. “Yes, we should, But me daughter is sick and I can’t go without her.” King said with a frown. “Well we can carry her.” Kayla said. “We can try, but if it hurts her I am staying!” King said. “Okay lets go then!” Squeaky said already have way up the staircase. “Uh…. Shelly we kind of need to go.” Squeaky said as he saw her in the bed crying. “I heard, Squeaky I’m really scared. What if the cat catches us? What if someone gets eaten? What if-“ “Well do you wanna get eaten?” Squeaky said as he sat along beside her. “No, but I’m just…just, Okay I’ll get ready.” Shelly said as she tried to get up, but just fell back down. “No don’t move we are going to carry you!” Squeaky cried as he helped her off the bed. Shelly coughed even harder as he carried her down the stairs. “Okay we are ready!” Squeaky said. Then they where off to the emergency Castle in Hollibor City. “MEOW! MEOW!” “Oh no the cat spotted us!” King said. “Here take Shelly I’ll catch up!” Squeaky said as he handed Shelly to the King. “Squeaky no!” His mother said as she hugged him. “Mom please just go! Please!” Squeaky looked at Kayla with sad eyes. “Ok…” Kayla said and ran with King. “Okay, Come and get me Cat!” Squeaky yelled as the cat came right by him licking his chops and looked at Squeaky. “That’s right kitty, kitty come get a juicy morsel!” “Squeaky! My baby.” Kayla said and started to cry as she ran by the King. “He will be remembered in our hearts…” King said. “If he dies, he will be recognized as a true hero.” King said proudly. “Y…yeah, but Sqeaky …Won’t die.” Shelly said weakly. “I think the sickness is getting worse!” King said as he laid Shelly on a rock. “Hold on Shelly everything is going to be okay, trust me!” Kayla said as she put a piece of cold rag on Shelly’s forehead. “Father, if I die… I want Kayla and you to look after Squeaky.” Shelly said as she put her head on her father’s shoulder. “Shelly, your not going to die!” King said as he handed her daughter a silver necklace. “Here, Have this to keep you safe.” “Thank you…father.” Shelly said as King handed it to her. “What happened to Tessa?” “Tessa is with her friends in Mini Kansas.” King said. “Okay…at least she’s safe.” Shelly said as King put the necklace around her neck. “Kayla she’s getting weaker by the second. What should we do?” King said as they continued their journey to Hollibor City. “MEOW!” The cat said as it tried to catch Squeaky. “Whoa!” Squeaky shouted as he fell on the ground. “Ouch!” Then out of nowhere the paw of the cat swiped Squeaky off the ground and threw him against the wall. “Oof!” Squeaky shouted as he hit the wall then the wet ground. “MEOW!” The cat shouted. Squeaky limped trying to get of the ground, again the paw threw him against the wall. Squeaky was weak now. Nowhere to run, Nowhere to hide. I need to get out of here. Squeaky thought as he looked around with his good eye. Squeaky was getting really shaky now. As he tried to fight the cat, he just got weaker. “MEOW!” “I need….to get up. I need to…for mother, for King…For Shelly.” Squeaky said as he saw an image of Shelly in his head. Then he gathered all his strength and courage and got up. Then Squeaky stood right there in front of the four legged freak and squealed when he saw three more cats. “Squeaky!” Kayla shouted and looked back. “We can’t go back now!” King told her. “Shelly! I’ll protect you!” Squeaky said as he grabbed the first thing that came to mind, the feather pen! Squeaky looked at his left side and saw a pen, quickly he picked it up and aimed at the cats nose. That’s their weak spot! He thought and threw the pen with all his might and fell over from dizziness. Bullz eye! It hit the target and the cat retreated. Well one anyway. There was still three more out there, eating mice. “Hey…KITTY!” Squeaky said to the other three cats. I’m all out of energy, I have no ammo, and worst of all I can’t move! I’m going to get killed! Squeaky thought as he saw the cats coming towards him. Closer, Closer. The closer they got to Squeaky, the more Squeaky felt he was going to pass out. “Shelly hold on! We are almost there.” Kayla said as she saw Shelly almost unconsious “Daddy…I love you.” Shelly said as she became weaker and weaker. Just like Squeaky. “I wonder how Squeaky is.” Kayla said. I hope he’s okay. Kayla thought as she saw the cats looking at something. Squeaky, they are looking at Squeaky. “Come on….Get up!” Squeaky told himself, but no part of his little body moved. I feel so weak. I need to get up, not just for mom or King, but also for Shelly and the village. I have no energy left to fight. I must do what I have to do, die. Squeaky thought as he tried to get up, but just fell over. I have to get up. I have to get up. Squeaky kept telling himself, but it didn’t work. “MEOW!” “MEW!” The cats looked over to see a baby kitten sitting right there. “Mew. Mew Mew. Mew!” The cat said as she looked over at Squeaky. “Mew!” “Meow….Merrow.” Then the cats and the kitten left to the forbidden cave. The kitten must have told them a storm was coming. The clouds where getting dark and the rain started again. “It feels so good.” Squeaky whispered to himself. “Mom…mom” Squeaky tried to yell, but instead it made him pass out. As he passed out he saw a dark figure in front of him and pick him up. “M…mom?” Squeaky mumbled. But he knew it wasn’t his mother. His mother was on her way to Hollibor City, somewhere. Squeaky felt something pick him up was to weak to say or do anything. “Shelly! King, Shelly passed out!” Kayla shouted and then King looked down to see his daughter’s little lifeless body in his arms. “Shelly will be fine.” King said and looked around the woods but didn’t see anywhere to hide. “Help seek shelter.” Kings said trying to cover Shelly up, so she wouldn’t get that wet. “Over here!” Kayla said and pointed to a mushroom. They went under the mushroom where they slept threw the night. “Good Morning Shelly.” King and Kayla said at the same time. “W…Where am I?” Shelly asked as she tried to sit up. “We made it.” King said smiling. “We did?!” Shelly asked happily. “Yes, Shelly Welcome to Hollibor City!” Kayla said. “Wow!” Shelly looked around and her heart sank. Not Squeaky. Shelly looked at King. King said nothing. Then she looked at Kayla, her eyes said she didn’t know where Squeaky was. “Shouldn’t we go find him?” “The cats probobly got him first.” King said as Kayla started to cry. “Squeaky.” Shelly whispered. Her eyes watered so much a tear ran down her face. “W…Where am I?” Squeaky looked around and saw a male mouse. “Finely you wake up. I thought you were dead!” “What?” Squeaky was confused. “The way you scared those cats off like that, wow. Your considered a hero now kid. By the way, I’m Ben.” “Hello I’m Squeaky. How did you find me? Where are we?” Squeaky didn’t wait for an answer he leaned over and hugged Ben tight and cried. “Squeaky, are you okay? I know it’s scary.” Ben tried to comfort him. “I found you when the cats left. You looked dead from what I could see. It was raining so hard. And we are at my house, in Hollibor City.” Ben said. “We are in Hollibor?! WE MADE IT!” Squeaky shouted. “Shhh. Please don’t yell.” Ben said. “How come?” “Because I’m wanted. For…for letting the cats out.” “Why? Why did you let the cats out? I almost died because of you.” “I know, but it was an accident. You see I was out on a walk when a car came up and hit me. I fell over and backed up into the cave. The cats saw me and hissed. They tried to eat me, until they saw I bumped into the lock so much it was open. They ran out and tossed me aside.” Ben said. “Wow.” Squeaky said as he looked at Ben’s shirt. It was red in a few spots. “I need to find my folks, can you help me?” Squeaky asked as he got up. “No, I’m sorry.” Ben said and showed Squeaky to the door. “Thank you, so much.” Squeaky said and ran outside. “This is the emergency Castle? It looks like the other one but with more furniture.” “Because it’s the almost exact repucla of ours.” King said as he looked around. The emergency Castle! “Can you let me in please?” Squeaky asked the big guards. “Ok.” The guard said and opened the gates. “Mommy!” Squeaky yelled and broke into tears. “Squeaky!” Kayla shouted and felt so relived. “ Your okay!” Shelly said and hugged Squeaky. “Your okay too!!” They both laughed. “We are here together.” King said. “When are we going to go back?” “Soon. Very soon.” Kayla said and looked outside. “You’re a hero, Squeaky you saved the village.” Shelly said as she looked at her dad and smiled. “Yes, you are the Hero of our Village.” King said very proudly. “Well it was mostly the little kitten that told the other cats that there was a storm coming.” Squeaky said looking at king. “You distracted the cats though and that was very brave of you.” Shelly said as she coughed. “Well, I couldn’t have survived without Ben. He took me to his house to let me rest.” “Ben? Isn’t he the one the one who is wanted for letting the cats out in the first place?” “Yeah, but it wasn’t his fault. He said that a car hit him and he fell and unlatched the hook by accident!” Squeaky said and saw his mother’s eyes grow big. “Oh poor dear!” Kayla said as she looked out window and saw the clouds clear up and the sun come out. “We can leave now.” Kayla said and pointed at the sun. “Okay come on Shelly.” “Yes, daddy.” Shelly said as she got out of the bed.
At the regular Castle, “Well I guess this is good bye.” Shelly said as her father went inside with Squeaky’s mom. “Yeah I guess so.” Squeaky said as he felt as if he was going to cry. “I’ll miss you. Please visit every day!” Shelly said. “I WILL EVERY SINGLE DAY!!” Squeaky yelled as he started to cry. “Squeaky please don’t cry, we can still visit them.” Kayla said as she walked out the door. “Bye Squeaky.” “Bye Shelly.” Then Squeaky left for home with his mother. “Squeaky you have a choice: you can live at the Castle, or stay here with me.” Squeaky looked into his mother’s eyes. “Really? What about you? Why can’t you come with?!” Squeaky said as he stopped in the middle of the mouse roads. “Honey, get out of the road. I can’t go because I need to watch over the house. Don’t worry though I’ll be fine. And if you move in the Castle, you will be addressed as Squeaky the Knight, until you marry of course!” Kayla said as she saw excitement in Squeaky’s eyes. “Okay mom. I’ll be the best Knight I can be!!” Squeaky shouted and gave his mother a hug. “You can go tomorrow.” Kayla said. “Okay….I love you mom. Remember that.” Squeaky said as he saw happiness and sadness in his mother’s eyes. “I love you too.”
“Shelly, what would you think if Squeaky moved in with us?” “Seriously?!” Shelly said. “I’d like it very much.” Shelly said and gave her father a hug. “ Thank you.” “It wasn’t my idea it was Kayla’s.” King said as he tucked his daughter in bed. “ Good Night.” “Good Night.”
“Good Night mom!” Squeaky said as he closed his eyes. “Good Night my little Knight.” Kayla said and shut the door.
That morning, “Okay, I’ll see you when ever I can.” Squeaky said and gave his mother a hug and a kiss. “Me too.” Kayla said and patted Squeaky on the head. “BYE MOM. I LOVE YOU!” “Bye.”
When Squeaky arrived at the Castle everyone was quite. “Excuse me, can you tell me what’s going on?” Squeaky asked. “Well you see Shelly was very sick and well…she died.” The Knight said as he let Squeaky entered the Castle. “SHE WHAT?!” Squeaky shouted and ran into the Castle, but no one was there. “Hello? Hello?!” Squeaky said as he looked around the room then all of a sudden…. “SURPRISE!” Everyone in the whole Castle yelled and laughed. “We had you going didn’t we?” Shelly asked and laughed. Squeaky laughed to as he saw smiles on everyone’s face. “Yeah, you did!” Squeaky said as he enjoyed the surprise. “Wow… Is this party for me?” “Yeah Squeaky for you!” “Thank you guys!” Squeaky said to everybody in the room and looked at Shelly then gave her a great big smile. Shelly gave him a smile back as she blushed. Then Squeaky and Shelly lived happy in the Castle. A couple weeks after Squeaky moved into the Castle the King got very sick and could not move. “Father, are you alright?” Shelly asked as she put a cold piece of a rag on his forehead. “Yeah, I’m… Fine.” He said weakly and laid back down on the green fluffy bed. “Oh father I told you to stay inside when the storm hit and now look at you. You’re in bed sneezing and coughing like no tomorrow!!” Shelly said as she grabbed some hot milk for her father. “Shelly…I’ll be fine. Just a little…rest and I’ll be fine…in the morning.” King said and kissed Shelly on the cheek. “Yes father. Good night.” Shelly said then turned the light off and shut the door. “ Sorry about your father.” Squeaky said and gave Shelly a hug. “Squeaky I… I don’t know what to do anymore. Everyday he gets weaker and weaker and soon he’s going to-“ Shelly stopped and a tear ran down her face. “Shelly he is a strong man and I don’t think he is going to…soon. He is going to live a long life and stay with us, until then we will think more of him and hope for the best.” Squeaky said. “ Thanks. That means a lot to me.” Shelly said and wiped another tear from her cheek. “Now lets get some rest.” Then Squeaky and Shelly went off to bed. The next morning Squeaky woke up to an empty bed and saw Shelly. “Oh no!” Squeaky said and ran to King’s room and it was empty. “ Squeaky, he’s gone.” Shelly said and closed her eyes. Oh father! Why did you have to go!? Shelly cried and cried, she didn’t stop. She couldn’t stop. “I’m so sorry.” Was all Squeaky said, it was all he could say. Squeaky even cried. Everyone in the whole village cried, because King had died. DING DONG! “I’ll get it.” Squeaky said and opened the door. “Squeaky?! Is that you? You look different.” Kayla said and gave Squeaky a hug. “Hey mom. How are you?” Squeaky only used little words. “I’m fine. And you?” “Okay…why don’t you come in for a little bit?” Squeaky said and helped Kayla get in the Castle. “Thank you. My bones are not as good as they used to be!” Kayla said as she grabbed the stick on the floor. “Well at least I can still walk!” Kayla said looking on the bright side and then laughed a little. “Wow, the Castle is never this quite.” “Yeah, it’s always been so busy, but today it’s not even as busy as yesterday!” Squeaky Squeaked as he showed his mom Shelly. “Oh, poor dear!” Kayla said and put her hand Shelly’s shoulder. Shelly looked up at Kayla and hugged her. Then Kayla gave her a soft smile. No one spoke a word. It was all smiles or hugs, nothing loud or annoying like usual. It was ten o’ clock when Kayla finely left. “I’ll see you next week.” Kayla said and gave Squeaky a hug and then walked out the door. “Bye mom.” Squeaky said back and closed the door. “Shelly it’s time for bed.” The Mousler said in a sad voice as he saw tears run down Shelly’s face. “Yes sir.” Was all Shelly said to him, as she got ready for bed. “Good Night Shelly.” Squeaky said as he opened the door to her room. “Good Night Squeaky…” Shelly said as her voice trailed off. “Are you okay? Or –“ “I’m fine. Just a little tired.” Shelly said and hugged Squeaky. Squeaky tried to fight back tears but it didn’t work. All the tears came running down his face. “The question is are you okay?” Shelly sniffed and laughed. “Y … Yeah I’m fine.” Squeaky sniffed and giggled with Shelly. The Mouseler opened the door. “ I’m sorry, am I interrupting something?” “No, not all. What’s wrong?” Shelly asked. “Well your mother just called to see how your doing and well when she found out king died, and now she is coming here.” “What’s wrong with that?” Shelly asked. “Well she is coming to pick you up and your going to move to her house.” Shelly was so shocked she nearly fell out of her bed. “What about Squeaky, and Kayla, and … and you?!” Shelly yelled. “Don’t worry we will stay here.” The Mouseler said. “Squeaky.” Shelly whispered and a tear ran down her face. “Please I want to be left alone.” Shelly said and then grabbed Squeaky’s paw. “Huh?” Squeaky said quickly. “I … I’m going to miss you.” Shelly said and whipped her tears. “Don’t worry I … we will be fine.” Squeaky said as he shut the door. In the morning, “Shelly, Shelly, wake up! Honey Wake up.” It was her mother. “Mom? Is that you?” Shelly asked as she tried to make out the dark figure that stood in front of her. “Yeah, I’m here now. Your okay now. Did they hurt you? Did they brain wash you?!” Her mother asked. “What are you talking about? No, they didn’t do anything like that. I’m fine don’t worry.” Shelly said a little confused. “Those mice that where in the Castle.” “Mom, those mice are the Mouseler and Squeaky.” “Who is Squeaky?” Her mother asked curiously. “Squeaky is my best friend.” Shelly said. “Oh okay. Do you like him?” “Um …. Well as a friend.” Shelly said and turned red. “Okay.” Her mother said and picked Shelly up and hugged her. “Are you ready to go?” “Well no … why can’t you move here?” Shelly asked. “Well because I hate this town! This Castle and of course I always hated …” “Always hated what, mama?” “Always hated … the showers.” She said. Shelly knew she was lying threw her teeth. “Oh okay.” Shelly said and pretended like she understood. “Now get ready to leave.” Shelly got so mad. “NO, I don’t want to go with you! I want to stay here! And live with the Mouseler and, and Squeaky too! I don’t want to leave.” “Shelly, I … I’m shocked. I always thought you hated this town like me.” “No, mom I love this town! I love the showers!” Shelly couldn’t even believe what she just said. I love the showers? How stupid! Shelly thought. “You love the showers? Okay, you really need a break from being a Princess.” Her mother said and took her suitcase, then started packing her clothes. “No mom! I’m going to stay here!” Shelly shouted and grabbed her suitcase from her mother’s paw. “Shelly, knock it off, your coming with me.” “No’ I’m not, I’m staying here!” “Fine! You stay here and live with those morons!” “Fine, I will!” Shelly said and watched her mother storm off to her mini station wagon. Shelly heard her mother swear. “Is she gone?” Squeaky whispered for under the bed. “Squeaky! Yeah she’s gone.” Shelly said and helped Squeaky from under the bed. “You did it! You did it!” Squeaky shouted and hugged Shelly as they both jumped up and down. “You’re not leaving after all.” “No, I’m not!” Shelly said proudly. “Is she gone?” It was the Mouseler! “Yeah, she is gone.” Squeaky said. Then they all laughed. “Wow, I can’t believe it’s already twelve o’ clock! And I didn’t do anything today!” Shelly said and got out of bed. “Okay, Everyone out of my room!” Shelly said and shooed Squeaky and the Mouseler out of her room. After that Shelly changed into a gorgeous, light pink, dress, that almost dragged on the floor. Then Shelly took her hair and put it into a small ponytail, like usual. Shelly grabbed her light pink shoes and put them on. Next, she put on her tiara; it sparkled like the sun’s reflection off the water. The tiara was pure gold and had a gem in the middle of it. “There all done!” Shelly said and looked in the mirror. “Wow, you look beautiful!” Squeaky said threw the closed door. “How do you know? You can’t even see me!” Shelly said and then saw Squeaky’s eye in the keyhole. “AHHH! WERE YOU LOOKING THE WHOLE TIME?!” Shelly Shrieked. “No, I peeked when you said you were done.” Squeaky said and his face turned red from embarrassment. “Okay, good.” Shelly said and opened the door. “Wowy, Wow, Wow!” Squeaky said as he looked out side. “Do I look that good?” Shelly said as she twirled. “Oh uh yeah.” Squeaky said glancing from the window to Shelly then back to the window. “Look out side. It’s like a wild ride.” Then Squeaky caught Shelly’s attention. “Wow, It’s really windy. Look a –“ “Duck!” Squeaky said and pushed Shelly out of the way. “AHHH!” Squeaky cried and BAM!! The room was covered in smoke and rain. “Squeaky?!” Shelly coughed. “Are you still alive?” Shelly yelled as she coughed again. “Shelly, Squeaky is everything okay in there?” The Mouseler shouted, as his eyes grew huge. “What …what happened?” The Mouseler Chocked. “Shelly?!” The Mouseler Coughed. Shelly was already passed out from all the smoke. “Shelly?! Shelly!” The Mouseler cried again. No one answered, no one even moved. Then something blew up. Flames everywhere! Smoke everywhere the flames where. “Shelly!” The Mouseler cried. Then almost fifteen minutes later The Mouseler almost passed out himself. “Oh!” The Mouseler said as he fell to his knees. “Shelly! Squeaky!” Then The Mouseler fainted. Then another explosion happened! BOOM!! Then finally someone saw the flames from the top of the castle. “What?! Someone call the fire station!” The mouse yelled. After another twenty minutes the fire department came to the rescue. “Is anyone in the Castle?” The fire mouse asked a little mouse. “Yes, Sir. Twee mouses are in dare!” The little mouse said. “Thank you.” The fire mouse said and went into the Castle doors. “Hello?! Is anyone in here?” He yelled. “If anyone is conouis yell please!” He yelled again. No one answered, no one moved. “Okay I guess we will have to do this the hard way.” He held up the walkie-talkie. “Bob, I need back up!” The mouse on the other line said back, “Okay Jack, I’ll send two more in for ya.” Bob said. “Okay hurry the flames are getting higher and it’s hard to breath.” Jack said and took a deep breath. “Okay you heard the mouse. Get in there and help!” Bob said and pushed Mike and Hue into the doors. “Yes Sir.” They said and ran into the flames. “Holy Crud!” Hue said trying to breath. “You got that right.” Mike said. “Hey Jack where are ya?!” Mike shouted. “Up…. Up here.” Jack shouted back as he saw The Mouseler on the floor. “Hey I found one!” Jack said and carried The Mouseler to Hue. “Get him out of here!” Jack said and pointed to the door. “Okay.” “Mike, come here!” Jack said as they went to the room where the Mouseler was laying. Jack opened the door and smoke came rushing out. “Whew, you okay?” Jack asked his partner. “I’m good. Come on!” Mike said and followed Jack into the room. Jack saw a big, green rocket, and laying on the floor was Shelly. “You take her and get out of here!” Jack said and gave Shelly to Mike. “Okay.” Jack looked around the room wildly and saw a small tail sticking out from the head of the rocket. “Bingo.” Jack said and just as he was grabbing the rocket, it exploded! BOOSH!! “AHHH!” Jack said in pain. Jack whipped his face and saw a little bit of blood. Jack fell to the floor and spoke into the walkie-talkie. “Bob …. I need b … back up. Quickly.” Jack said and felt his head fly back towards the wall. “Uh.” He said, as the pain got worse. “Don’t worry Jack, We will get Hue back in there.” Bob said. “Ok …. Okay.” Jack coughed and saw Squeaky. Squeaky was laying on the floor right next to him. “Hey Bob, I found the last one.” Jack said weakly and scooted toward Squeaky. He picked him up and waited for back up to come. It seemed like forever sense the back up came. “Hey Jack, The back up is here.” Mike said and grabbed Squeaky. “Hue, take Jack.” Mike said. Then the last explosion hit. BOOM!! “AHH!” “UH!” Hue and Mike said as they hit the wall. “Hey Guys, get out of there now! Any minute now the Castle is going to cave in!” Bob Cried into the walkie-talkie. “We are …. On our way.” Hue said weakly. Then they ran to the Castle’s front doors, but once they turned the handle they heard a loud noise. CREEK! “Come on!” Mike said and pushed Hue out the doors. But it was to late, he pushed Hue out of the door and the ceiling was caving in. Hue ran outside and looked back. Mike was half way out the door when the roof collapsed. “Mike!” Hue yelled as he saw his fellow friend fall to the ground. Hue ran up to Mike and grabbed his paw. “Hue don’t worry ‘bout me. Take the kid.” Mike said and handed Hue Squeaky. “Mike!” Hue said and pulled Squeaky and Mike out of the way of the falling roof. “Hue you… you saved us! You’re a real hero.” Mike said and limped to the ambulance. “Well, I couldn’t let you die like that.” Hue admitted. “Thanks buddy.” Mike said and tried to hug Hue, but was too weak to. “No, lay down. You deserve it.” Hue said and gently pushed Mike on the white bed. “I just hope Jack is alright.” Hue said and looked at the bed in the next ambulance. Jack was hurt badly you could tell from all scars and blood spots. “Mike, Hue, Jack, I thank you for your help to save these three mice in their time of need.” Bob said as he saw five mice trying to put out the huge fire. “A job well done men.” Bob said and patted Hue and Mike on the shoulder. “I just hope Jack will make it.” Bob said and turned around. Jack looked so helpless and weak at the same time. It seemed like Jack was dead, but he was only unconouis from all the smoke. “Hey Doc, is the kid alright?” Bob asked the doctor. “Well, I’m not completely sure. He is a big mess.” Doc said. “How ‘bout the other two?” Bob pointed to Shelly and The Mouseler. “Yes of course, they are just fine. They just have to rest for a bit.” The Doc said smiling. “Jack and the Kid might not make it….” Bob told Hue and Mike as his voice trailed off. “You mean our Jack? He might not make it?” Mike asked weakly. “Yes, our Jack. I’m sorry Mike, but he has been through a lot. And I mean a lot! But his journey might end here. He has been through two big explosions.” Bob said and gave Mike a hug. “No, I’m sure he’ll be just fine. He has been through a lot and this is just the beginning for his journey.” Mike said smiling. “I hope your right.” Bob said and walked over to Squeaky. “I don’t know you, but I know you must have had to be strong to survive in that fire. I hope you’ll be okay.” Bob said and patted Squeaky’s head. “Bob, you don’t know this kid? This is the same kid who saved the village from those cats, and the same kid who saved the princess from the woods.” Doc said and looked at Bob’s face. “Really? You mean that was all him?!” “Yes Bob, you don’t watch the news a lot do you?” Doc said and smiled. “No I don’t. Wow, this kid is amazing!” Bob said and a single tear ran down his face. “Amazing.” Bob repeated in a whisper. “Bob the fire is not getting any smaller, but bigger.” Celia, a fire mouse, said. “Celia try to get more back up! Tim get more waterpower! Nick keep that hose pointed at the flames!” Bob yelled at several mice. “Yes Sir!” They all said and did what he ordered. “Hey we need another fire team, three of our men are down and the fire is getting bigger!” Celia said into the walkie-talkie. “Yes ma’am they are on their way!” “Bob they’re on their way!” Celia said and saluted Bob and went back to the flames. “B ….Bob.” Jack said weakly. “Jack? Jack! Oh Jack, I thought you were gone! But you’re not your alive!” Bob shouted and streams of happy tears ran down his face. “It ….it’s nice to see you t …too.” Jack said and gave him a weak handshake. “You are the most bravest fire mouse I’ve ever worked with!” Bob said smiling. “Hey Jack!” “Whew Jack!” Mike and Hue said and looked over at him. Jack waved. By the time the other fire team get there, the fire had gone out. “Well looky here. The fire’s gone!” Bob said and smiled a little. “Oh boy, the news crew is here.” Mike said and pretended to be sleeping. “Everyone get ready for the cameras!” Bob said and smiled. The news crew arrived at the scene and Mrs. Kimberley was the reporter. “Hello and we are live at the scene where a huge explosion happened, here last night. Hey Bob what’s the scoop?” Mrs. Kim said. “Well, we are not sure what caused this fire, but we do know that it endangered six mice in the making of it! Three of our best fire mice and three mice that lived here at the time.” Bob announced. “Yes of course and one of those mice is in critical condition.” Mrs. Kim said and pointed the camera at Squeaky. Kayla stared at the Television showed her son. “Squeaky!” Kayla said and cried. “Do you know who’s son this is? Can you get any word out of him?” Mrs. Kim asked. “No, I don’t know who his mother is and he hasn’t even moved sense the fire.” Bob said and shrugged. Kayla ran out of the house and to the Castle. “That is my Baby!” Kayla yelled and went over to Squeaky. “He is my child.” Kayla repeated. “Then why was he at the Castle?” Mrs. Kim asked. “Because he lives here now. He wanted to live here with his best friend and the king.” “But the King pasted away two days ago.” “He’s lived here for about three weeks now!” Kayla argued. “Wow!” Mrs. Kim said and finished the story. “And this is Live! Well see you next time on Java5 news!” Mrs. Kim said and smiled to the camera. “And CUT!” The camera mouse said and shut off the camera. “Thank you Bob.” Mrs. Kim said and shook his paw. “Yep anytime.” Then they left. “Is Squeaky going to be alright?” Kayla asked. “Well, we don’t know yet.” Doc said and tried to calm Kayla down. “Squeaky! My baby is going to –“ “M …..Mom?” Squeaky said so weakly that Kayla thought she was daydreaming. “Squeaky?!” “Yeah ….I … I’m okay.” Squeaky said as he whipped a spec blood from his nose. “Oh, My baby!” Kayla said and gave him an air hug. “I thought you were dead!” Kayla said and whipped away tears from her eyes. “I ….Is Shelly alright?” Squeaky asked and looked for her. “Shelly is going to be fine.” The Doctor said. “Where is she?” Squeaky asked. “She is over by the blue ambiance.” The Doctor said. “O …Okay, and the M …Mouseler?” Squeaky asked. “Right next to her.” The Doctor said. “In the green ambience.” He added. “O….Okay.” Squeaky said and fainted. His heart stopped. “Squeaky? Squeaky! Squeaky are you okay?” Squeaky heard his mother ask. “Ma’am, we have to ask you to move.” Doc said and gently pushed her out of the way. They did everything they could. “Kayla, your son is Okay for now….” Doc’s voice trailed off. “For Now?! What do you mean?” Kayla said furiously. “Well the rocket was jammed into his chest pretty hard. And the explosions didn’t help either.” Doc said and looked at Kayla’s eyes. The tears ran down her face, like a fish swimming down a stream. Kayla looked away from his gaze. “Squeaky if you can hear me, I love you.” Kayla said and played with one of his whiskers. Squeaky didn’t move. Squeaky was still alive, but somehow dead. Squeaky’s mind was somewhere else. Squeaky pictured the whole thing over again. In Squeaky’s mind he saw the whole fire. “ Squeaky? Squeaky!” It was Shelly. “Squeaky? Are you alright?” “W …..What?” Squeaky was really confused. “Where am I?” “You are at the hospital.” Shelly said and smiled sweetly. “Why?” Squeaky asked trying to straighten out his thoughts. “You don’t remember, the fire?” Shelly asked. “Oh, The fire!” “Shhhhh! No one knows I’m in here.” Shelly said. “Oh, wait how long have I been out?” “I think like three days.” Shelly said. “Three days?!” Squeaky squeaked. “Yeah, Uh oh. Shhhhh! I wasn’t here!” Shelly said and ran out the back door of Squeaky’s room. “Good Morning Squeaky, how are you today?” Doc asked and looked around. “I’m fine. Um, is there a problem?” Squeaky asked as he saw the doctor look around. “Yeah, everything is fine.” He said. “Well have a nice day!” He said and walked out the door. “Shelly your lucky!” Squeaky called. “Sorry! I didn’t mean to get anyone suspicious.” Shelly said and got out of her hiding spot. “Phew! That was close.” Squeaky said. “Well I have to go, before anyone figures out I’m gone!” Shelly said and waved to Squeaky. “Tootles!” “Bye!” They said, and then Shelly left. After Shelly left Squeaky thought about the Mouseler and his mother. I wonder how they are doing. Squeaky thought as he looked out the window. Outside was a sunny, spring day with flowers and butterflies. “Wow!” Squeaky whispered to himself. “What a beautiful day. I wish I could go outside.” He said and then saw Shelly outside smiling, and spinning. Squeaky jumped out of bed and opened the door. Once he was outside Shelly saw him. “Squeaky! What are you doing?” Shelly seemed shocked. “I saw you and thought I could come out and –“ “Squeaky your not aloud to come outside!” Shelly said scooting Squeaky back into his room. “Well your outside!” “Well I didn’t have an operation today!” Shelly said getting mad. “Okay, Okay!” Squeaky said. After that Squeaky thought about Shelly had said, ‘Well I didn’t have an operation today!’ I had an operation? Squeaky thought to himself. Wow I must have been knocked out! Maybe She is lying. Squeaky’s thoughts where interrupted by the doctor coming. “Hey Squeaky, how are you feeling?” Doc asked. “I’m feeling okay.” Squeaky answered. “Did I have an operation?” Squeaky asked. “Yes you did.” Doc said. “Um … For what?” “For your chest, it had collapsed when the rocket hit you.” Doc said. “Is it easier to breath?” “Yes, A lot!” Squeaky said and rubbed his chest. “Don’t play with your chest until we can totally fix it.” “When can I go home?” Squeaky asked. “In a week or two.” Doc said, while giving Squeaky a water glass. “Thank you.” “Yep, now get some rest you’ll need it for tomorrow.” “Why what’s tomorrow?” “That’s enough questions for today.” Doc said and walked out of the room. “Rest up, he says!” Squeaky mocked. “Rest up, rest up.” Squeaky repeated until he fell asleep. The next morning, “Good Morning!” “Wha? What’s going on?” Squeaky asked tiredly. “Come on sleepy head we’re going to be late!” Shelly said excitedly. “Late for what?” Squeaky asked rubbing his eyes. “You’ll see!” Shelly said and dragged Squeaky to the bathroom. “Get ready! Come on hurry!” Shelly said again throwing nice clothes at him. “Whew!” Squeaky said catching clothes from this way and that! Shelly closed the door and waited. “Okay Shelly I’m ready.” Squeaky said opening the door. “Wow! You look amazing!” Shelly said and dusted off his shoulder. “Thanks, I thought I had an operation today.” Squeaky said and looked for Doc. “Well have fun first!” “Okay?” Squeaky said cautiously. “Where are we going?!” Squeaky asked. “We are going to the Holibor’s Ball!” Shelly said and twirled. “Wow, a real ball?!” Squeaky asked excitedly. Shelly looked at Squeaky with big, wide eyes. “You’ve never been to a ball before?” “Um ….Nope.” Squeaky said kind of embarrassed. Then Squeaky and Shelly walked cautiously out of the room. “Where do you think you two are going?” Doc asked from behind them. “Um, to…. To a, the bathroom!” Shelly said and smiled sweetly. “Then why is Squeaky with you?” “I was scared to go by myself!” Shelly said quickly. “Okay, You look nice today, Squeaky!” The doctor complemented. “Thanks Sir! I was wearing these clothes to go to the Holibor Ball!” Squeaky said and then added, “Oops!” He looked at Shelly. “That’s what you’re up to aye?” Doc asked. “Yes Sir.” Shelly said and looked at the doctor. “Shelly, this was your idea wasn’t it?” Doc asked and raised his little, fury eyebrow. “Yes Sir.” Shelly answered. “Okay, well you guys can go. Just come back to the hospital by 3 O’ clock for your operation.” Doc said and gave them a smile. “So we’re not in trouble?” Shelly asked. “Nope. I’m going too!” Doc said and lifted his little keys. “Weird!” Squeaky and Shelly yelled and ran out the front doors of the hospital. Once they got there, Shelly took Squeaky’s paw and told him, “Don’t be shy!” Squeaky and Shelly walked into the doors of the ballroom. “Shelly!” “Whow, I thought you were dead!” “Yeah! Shelly’s here!” Mice started shouting. “Hello, where did you here I was dead?” Shelly asked Alfred, her friend. “Well, The Vulture said that you were dead.” “Yeah he did!” Penny said and hugged Shelly. “Vulture? Were is he?” Squeaky asked. “He is going to Hilton for some mouse named Kayla or something.” Penny said. “KAYLA?!” Squeaky shouted and ran out of the building. “Sorry, he’s my friend. His name is Squeaky.” Shelly said and ran after him. “Squeaky?!” Shelly shouted and finely caught up to him. “Squeaky, what’s wrong?” “Kayla is my mom! I have to save her!” Squeaky Squeaked. When they got to Squeaky’s house they looked around. “Oh my gosh!” Squeaky mumbled. “Squeaky, I’m so sorry.” Shelly said. As they looked around they saw everything broken and no sing of Kayla. “Mother?!” Squeaky yelled and trembled. Every step he took he almost fell over. “Kayla?!” Shelly joined the search. Shelly gasped. “What, What is it?!” Squeaky asked then he looked at the figure and tears filled his eyes. “Oh mother.” Squeaky whispered and went down to help his mother off the floor. “Mother what happened?” Squeaky asked softly. “S …..Squeaky, it w …was Vulture.” Kayla said weakly and hugged her son. “Kayla, don’t worry! We will get you to a hospital soon!” Shelly said and grabbed Kayla’s paw. “Shelly …..l …leave me here. I’ll be f ….fine.” Kayla said and fell to the ground with a loud THUD! “Mom, you need help! And what did Vulture do to you?” Squeaky asked and held his mother in his lap. Then he saw a huge gash in Kayla’s stomach. “MOM! Come with us please!” Squeaky cried. “S ….Squeaky, I ….love you.” Was all Kayla said and fainted. “Mom? Mom!” Squeaky said and rocked back and fourth. “Mommy!” Squeaky cried again. “Squeaky we have to get her to a hospital!” Shelly said and helped pick Kayla up. When they reached Doc’s office, they were relieved to see Kayla still breathing. “W ….Will she be okay?” Squeaky asked. “I’m not sure sonny.” One of the doctors said and saw the tears in Squeaky’s eyes. “I’m so sorry.” Shelly said and hugged Squeaky. “It’s not your fault.” Squeaky choked out. “JAMES WE NEED YOU OVER HERE!” The doctors called and Squeaky saw Kayla’s chest stop. “MOM!” Squeaky said and a doctor rushed out of the room. “No that’s my mother in there! Stop! No!” Squeaky yelled. “Squeaky stop!” Shelly yelled. Squeaky stopped kicking and screaming. “Uh oh, Squeaky what time is it?” Shelly asked. “4 o’ clo –“ Squeaky started to say but then started gasping for breath. “Squeaky are you okay? Squeaky!” Shelly yelled and helped him get to Doc. “Doc, Doc!” Shelly yelled. “What’s wrong with Squeaky?” “He wasn’t here in time for his surgery! Hurry put him on the bed.” Doc said and called some doctors into the room. Squeaky was still trying to breath, but couldn’t get even a breath. “Squeaky, now I want you to lay down, and relax.” Doc said. Squeaky couldn’t hear over his gasps. “Squeaky I need you to relax!” Doc said getting worried. Squeaky heard him that time and tried to calm down. “Good, now Shelly go to the waiting room.” Doc said pointing to the door.” “Yes Sir.” Shelly said and ran to the waiting room. Squeaky was really scared now. “Squeaky I need you to put this over your mouth and try to breath.” Doc said and gave him a mask. Squeaky nodded and put it on. Squeaky breathed in a breath and passed out. When Squeaky woke up, he realized his chest was wrapped in a cloth. “Huh? What’s going on?” “Squeaky!” “Mom?” Squeaky said and tried to get up. “No, stay down.” Kayla said and pushed him back onto the bed. “Squeaky, you had surgery on your chest.” Kayla said and tears filled her eyes. “Okay?” Squeaky said confused. “Because your chest collapsed, and your heart is, is failing too.” Shelly finished. “What do you mean?” “Sense they did the surgery, something went wrong and they tried to fix it and made it worse.” Shelly said. “Worse? How?” Squeaky asked and breathed hard. “Well, they did something to your heart so it wouldn’t get hurt, but the protection worked for a little bit then when they tried to get it off they couldn’t, and now it’s stuck on your heart.” Kayla paused. “You may have trouble breathing.” “You may have trouble breathing?! He may DIE!” Shelly shouted and scampered out of the room with tears in her eyes. “Mama, I don’t want to die!” Squeaky said, sounding scared. Kayla looked away. “Mom?” Squeaky said and tried to look into her eyes, but Kayla walked out of the room. Squeaky was all by himself. He cried. After an hour, Doc went in the room. “How are you feeling?” “Not so good.” Squeaky answered. “What’s wrong?” “I’m scared to die.” Squeaky whispered. “Oh.” Doc said and gazed into Squeaky’s eyes. “I can’t say your not, and I can’t say you are. It’s like a fifty, fifty shot.” Doc explained. Squeaky didn’t answer. “Get some rest.” Doc said and Covered him up in the blanket. “Okay.” “R
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