A brown haired boy was staring at a cage.
"Interesting." Joshua was looking at the cage in which his hamster WAS NOT in. A big bendy opening was in the bars, No hamster in sight.
He woke up today as usual at 6 AM, He had eaten breakfast and given "Dumpty" his food while giving scratchs to his furry butt, Left him for about 5 minutes to see him nowhere.
"...Did dumpty bend the bars?" After thinking a bit he checked to see if the bars have somehow become weaker to the point that dumpty could bend them. After checking the bended bars he was sure nothing wrong was with them, The damn thing was not cheap.
Joshua got worried so he begun looking for dumpty in the room, Nothing under the bed, Nothing under the furniture, Double checking the cage, Dumpty was a goner.
Joshua was beginning to panic because he loved the fat bastard, So he went looking around the house for him. After what felt like 30 minutes of jogging around the house to no avail.
"Dumpty..." He brought this orange white belly hamster when he was 16 by his own money, He wanted a guinea pig but the prices of buying and taking care of one were too high for him, He was working at a local restaurant for a friend of his dad which didn't pay much. He settled for a hamster but never the less loved him by all his heart, He was stressed so he decided to prepare himself another 2nd breakfast, Bought a couple of eggs from the fridge and begun boiling them while thinking of what to do. The door to the backyard is visible from the kitchen, There was a dog door attached to it but they never got to use it because his dad hated both dogs and cats. While looking at the moving door.... MOVING?!?
"DUMPTYY is that you!" He left the kitchen whilst running to the backyard door, Dumpty wasn't inside the house so he figured he must've went to the backyard. when he opened the door he saw a fresh set of greeny grass and no hamster in sight but he was sure of the movement of the dog door, He went searching for his dear until he heard a guy calling him, With the deepest voice that a rock metal fan can dream of.
"Joshua." The sound was coming form near the door of the backyard, When he turned his head he saw a hamster standing up and at the size of a penguin. "What th-" before he could register the comical scene, The hamster was bowing slightly to him. "Thank you for taking care of me, Joshua. I am forever grateful to have such a good father like you. But i must go now, I suddenly experienced a sensation like no other and here i am before you, A new existence. I no longer am content with staying in a cage, I have once again been born as a free man to wonder the earth as your kind does."
Joshua stood still as a statue, Perhaps out of fear, Confusion, He himself wasn't sure.
".....Why is your voice so deep."
"Hormones probably."
Seems Dumpty was actually paying attention while rambling to him about biology. "Could you...ahhh...sit in home so i could think this through?"
"Yes father."
Dumpty went to the backyard dog door once again, His butt needed more effort to push through though.
Joshua was still staring at nothing, Thinking about what to do. His routine went to hell with a giant walking dumpty....That sounded funny.
Anyway, He should probably make sure Dumpty is ok and try to either wake up from this dream or get some info of what made him a giant. Joshua went inside his home searching for dumpty and found him snuggling in the kitchen close to the to an open fridge, A couple of fruits and vegetables aligned Infront of him.
"May i, Father?" Joshua rested his right arm on the counter close to the fridge and leaned on it, He just woke up and is already tired from this abnormal event.
Joshua let out a smile sigh, an anxious look in his face.
"Huuh..Yes you may, And call me Joshua." He scrambled his hair with his left hand.
Dumpty was surprisingly still manners with his way of eating, Slowly with no meat meant he at least was still a hamster at his core. Joshua expression softened and he stopped scrambling his hair, He crouched close to him and did his habit of scratching dumpty butt while eating.
"So... How'd you get bigger?" Dumpty finished the carrot he was eating and said.
"At approximately 7:12 that is when you headed out of your room after feeding me, I began feeling a weird sensation in my brain and body. Much like waking from a comfortable sleep, But with the added effect of changing my size which led me to a sense of panic. It was a quick and swift change but the cage was far too small to accommodate for my fastly increasing size, But a gut feeling was telling me the possibility of esacpe via bending the bars of the cage. Perhaps it was my instinct or an exterior force at play but i felt confident in my abilities, I bended the bars easily and met my next challenge, A height like no other was below, The gut instinct still telling the same word, Possible. So i trusted it once again and leapt down without a scratch on me. I went around the house out of curiosity as i never felt such freedom before, Sorry if i worried you much father."
Joshua was dumbfounded by the words of Dumpty, He didn't know he was such a talkative hamster.
Joshua smiled.
"No need, You can do what you want as long as you keep to yourself." Joshua was still scratching dumpty butt."From what you said i think nothing unordinary happened to explain your sudden growth spurt, So either you were made in a lab or given some funny stuff to eat. Do you still want to live in our house Dumpty?" Joshua was worried at first when he seen his little friend not so little but now he settled that nothing changed beside the size and his deep voice.
"Perhaps having a home to return to will sweeten the taste of freedom, And talking to father brings happiness to this soul. I will stay here as i prepare for my journey." Dumpty said as he was finishing half the food Infront of him, Now to the next problem.
Joshua stopped scratching dumpty butt and with hands on his knees, He said with a worried expression in his face.
"As much as i like you having inspirational goals, A talking walking giant hamster is a pretty irregular thing. I fear you can't leave the house any soon." Dumpty stopped eating and stared at Joshua with eyes full of sadness."....Yes, Father."
The damn puppy eyes made Joshua almost tearful, He's also much more expressive somehow!
Joshua put his hands on dumpty head.
"Hey! No need to be sad I'll discuss this topic with you later, We can find a solution together." Dumpty eyes lightened and he turned around to continue his assault on the food Infront of him, Bits of happy noises could be heard.
Joshua got up and turned off the stove to eat his boiled eggs, He looked at the clock atop the wall close to the kitchen.
It was currently 8:20 and he needed to go to school at 8:40 which is enough time considering it's close to his home. His father returning in about 12 hours, So he can at least prepare a plan to either hide or explain the situation to his father. He eat his eggs quickly with a loaf of bread and went to dress, A simple white t-shirt with a big yellow triangle in the back and medium sized jeans. Packing everything he needed in his bag, he went to talk to Dumpty one last time before going to school.
Dumpty finished his food by the time he arrived, He brought a small a broom from a nearby cabinet to clean what little crumbles of food that had fallen from his feast.
So clean!
He once again crouched near him.
"Dumpty I'll be going to school now, Don't go outside or make any loud sounds before i return, You got it?"
The hamster stopped his cleaning briefly and said while looking at him. "Yes, Father. But may i sleep or use the machines in your room?"
Joshua wondered what exactly he meant but as long as it didn't make loud noises he'll allow it, So with a thumbs up."Yes you may, I trust you're a smart boy so i wouldn't worry much but be careful nonetheless." From everything he has seen from dumpty, Remembering biology, Understanding speech and a polite one at that, To cleaning, It was a clear sign of intelligence.
Dumpty smiled at his complaint, Bits of happy noises coming from him. From the dustpan crumbles were floating to a nearby garbage can with an orange hue around them.
....What.
"..Why didn't you just do that instead of using a broom." Dumpty stopped again and looked at him"My gut needs a couple of conditions to work." Joshua was staring deeply."Look I don't think that's just gu- You know what we'll talk later about this. See you."he weaved goodbye while moving to the front door.
At this point Joshua wasn't that much surprised by all of this, His routine was ruined so he couldn't care less about irrelevant stuff.
Or to be more honest going through an emotional rollercoaster numbs feelings a little.
Before opening the front door and without looking back he said while pointing his index. "By the way, Thanks for cleaning your crumbles i appreciate that and call me Joshua instead of father!"
Damn he felt like a father.