The Littlest Horse
Shop
- Welcome to my
Neighborhood -
Tyrel Boelsma
Illustrated by
Tyrel Boelsma
Edited by Angela Boelsma
©2003 CoolKat Books Inc.
Dedicated to those who were the first to read Pete’s
story.
You know who you are!
Also dedicated to you, yes
you!
Thank you for taking the time to look at my
book!
And, of course, to the great
Joan Osbourne!
I love all her music, she
rules!
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Copyright © 2003 CoolKat Books Inc.
Boelsma, Tyrel
The Littlest Horse Shop:
Welcome to my Neighborhood/ Tyrel Boelsma
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- PROLOGUE -
Welcome to his
Neighborhood
Once, a long time ago, in
“Pete and Welcome to my
Neighborhood!”
- CHAPTER ONE -
Horse Radish Season
The tale begins on a beautiful day in
“Horse
Radishes!”
"Mmmm! Mmmm! Good!" Pete exclaimed as he reached for two more, he quickly gobbled them down and licked his lips.
Suddenly, Pete didn't feel so good. A rush of warmth swept over his body, his mouth became dry, and he started seeing black dots floating around his head. Pete stood still and tried to understand all that was happening to him. Steam began to rise from Pete's pointy ears, his dry throat caused him to cough and fire actually came out! Pete's body temperature began to rise higher and higher. Then BOOM! In an instant Pete's body burst into flames, he ran around screaming in agony.
"It burns! Oh God it burns!" He screamed then remembered that, ten miles up the road, there was the ‘Nearby River'. With no time to lose he galloped down the road in its direction.
Ten minutes later Pete arrived at the river and quickly jumped in. His body made a "Sssssssss" sound and he sighed, "Ahhhh..." in relief.
“Pete
races, on fire, to the Nearby River!”
Suddenly, Pete realized that, in all the commotion, he'd gone into the deep waters of the ‘Nearby River' and forgotten that he couldn't swim. He began flailing about in the water gasping and taking in water instead of air. Pete would have died there in the river that day if it wasn't for his luck that his human friend, Fred, had been sitting playing his guitar along the river side that very day. Fred dipped his guitar into the river and Pete grabbed on. Fred dragged Pete ashore and performed CPR on him.
A month later, the mayor came to Pete's shop. Pete was given a 'Hero Award' for bravery, courage, and just having the will to keep on living. Fred was awarded nothing, not that it upset him. Six months later Fred was living in the Nebraskan Woods singing songs to underprivileged children. An evil Television Company secretly recorded these sessions and created their own hit TV show without Fred's knowledge!
“Fred sings to children and
is secretely recorded by a T.V. Company!”
- CHAPTER TWO -
Riding With Death!
Pete hung up his hero award in the shop, he was quite proud of his "bravery and will to live" plus it was great for business. Pete closed the shop for the day to go outside and fly a kite while he sang aloud from one of his favorite Disney movies:
"With Tuppins for paper and strings,
You can have your own set of wings,
With your feet on the ground you're a bird in
flight,
With your fist holding tight to the string of your kite,
OH! OH! OH!
Let's go fly a Kite,
Up to the highest height,
Let's go fly a Kite,
And send it soar-ring,
Up through the atmosphere,
Up where the air is clear,
Oh Let's go fly a Kite,
(Pete loved to impersonate Dick Van Dyke)
When you send it flying up there,
All at once you're lighter than air,
You can dawnce on the breeze
Over 'owses and trees
With your fist 'olding tight
To the sting of a koit!
(A large group mysteriously appeared to join Pete for this part!)
OH! OH! OH!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest flight
Lets go fly a kite
And send it soaring
Up in the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear,
Let's go-oh fly a kite!"
After they had finished the song they all stood still with their hands to the air, breathing deeply, before they dispersed away. Pete had been enjoying the cool wind and was having a Jolly Good time when, all of a sudden, it STOPPED! The coolness quickly turned to heat and Pete became extremely hot.
"Chim Chimney it's hot!" Pete exclaimed.
Pete had a perfect idea! He'd go for a jog in the cool 'Ifyuenter TheezWoodsyulldie Woods' which were just 5 minutes away… So, Pete galloped in their direction. He arrived at the woods 4 minutes and 52 seconds later (great timing) and trotted in. He was immediately indulged in the cool sensation of the shady woods and began to jog at a nice speed, he was having so much fun. Pete jumped over the dead stumps of trees lying along the path and pretended he was in a real live horse race. He was having so much of a Jolly Good time that he nearly crashed when a dark cloaked man came out from behind a tree. Pete skidded on the brakes of his hooves and stopped about a half a foot away from the man. Pete looked at him, he was dressed in brilliant black robe which had the letter "D" etched into their front with white fabric.
Pete, who was nearly out of breath, said, rather befuddled, "Oh dear me! I'm so sorry sir, it's just so lovely and cool in these woods and I was having ever such a good time. I just- well- nearly ran you down. Are you okay?" The man just stood there, his face couldn't be seen in the darkness of the hood on his cloak.
“A Mysterious Cloaked Man in
the Woods”
"Sir?" Pete asked. He was getting quite scared.
Then in a fast motion the man reached his hand into the robe of his cloak and brought it out with an old 80s-Style Ghetto Blaster. Pete glanced at it and was confused, he smiled at the thought of some Good Time Music. The man placed the Ghetto Blaster on the ground and pressed the play button. A familiar tune began coming out of the speakers, Pete knew it, but could not place it. The singers voice began, "All our times have come, here but now they’re gone, Seasons don't fear the Reaper..."
“Mystery Man’s Ghetto
Blaster Blastin!”
That's all Pete needed to hear, "B.O.C.! Blue Oyster Cult! Don't Fear the Reaper! Yes I am good!" he shouted in excitement, he was an avid Rock N’ Roll Jeopardy watcher.
The man just stood and stared at Pete, Pete's eyes shifted side to side uncomfortably, he rubbed his hoof in the dirt and said, "So... Umm, I like your cloak... Is it -I mean- Dry cleaning must really suck though... Uhh-"
"SILENCE!" The cloaked man shouted, he had a very deep, semi-raspy, voice, "You've already messed up my first plan! Don't mess this one up!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, is this your favorite song? Hey- What plan did I mess up? Sorry if I did- By the way, what are you doing out here in the woods by yourself?"
"Can't you tell? I'm-" The man began but was interrupted by Pete.
"Oh please, let me guess, are you someone famous? Well it would help if you lowered your hood- I mean I can hardly guess from a Black cloak with the 'D' on it and an old ghetto blaster playing BO- Oh my! I know who you are now, you're-"
"Yes... I’m Ddddddd-" The man led Pete on to the next words.
"You're the lead singer of B.O.C.! Come on man, take off the hood! I can't believe I'm actually meeting you, can I have your autograph-"
"NO!" the man shouted, he was frustrated now, "I'm DEATH!!!"
"Ohhhhhh!" Pete hit his head, "Duh, all the signs pointed to it! Geez! So, what are you doing-" The song ended and Burnin' for You started, "You know, I always thought this was Steve Miller Band, really sounds like them, don't you think? What is this? ‘B.O.C.’s Greatest Hits’?"
"No, it's a mixed tape, I only ever liked these two songs by them," Death began, "It's my ultimate oldies tape and- HEY! Don't get me off the subject! I am here because you ruined my plan a month ago and I need to go through with it otherwise I'll be known as ‘Useless’!"
"What plan of yours could I have possibly-" Then he realized, "You mean to kill me?" Death nodded his head, "But-" Pete didn't even finish his complaint, he turned on the heels of his hooves and ran in the direction he had come. Death wasn't stupid, he whistled and from behind a tree came a dark black steed with red eyes and picked him up. This steed was no ordinary breed! It was bred special for Death, it floated very fast! "Floated?" you ask? Well, it didn't have legs, it was like a cloud of black smoke beneath it, and it glided after Pete. Pete, who was also a rare breed you'll remember, wasn't going to give up. Pete galloped as fast as he could and was actually able to flee faster than Death and his steed. Pete glanced back and laughed, he was winning! But, while he glanced back, a stump was ahead that he didn't see. He felt his legs hit the stump and seconds later he was on the ground. Death caught up and reached his hand into his dark cloak, returned with a huge scythe, and brought it down near Pete who had his hooves up guarding his face. Death tapped Pete with the tip of the scythe and suddenly Pete felt warm all over. Pete uncovered his eyes and glanced around. He was in a bright room in which everything was made of clouds, even the bed which he was laying in. Where was he? Was this... Heaven???
“Death chases after Pete on
his Evil Horse!”
- CHAPTER THREE -
Devil in Heaven???
Pete got out of the cloud bed and began investigating the room he was in. There was a cloud table with a bowl of hay, Pete licked his lips, he sure was hungry, but he did not know whether this was HIS hay or not. Pete looked down at the scrumptious bowl of hay and etched into the side of the bowl was: PETE THE LIME GREEN HORSE'S DISH. Wow, they had gotten his full name right! So, Pete gladly ate the Hay! When he was done a human nurse came into the room, "How was your meal?" the nurse asked, "Was it enough? Was it perfectly fresh?"
"Yes, thank you very much! But where exactly am I?" Pete asked, for he was quite confused indeed.
"Oh, you're in the
"Really? It seemed like two seconds!" Pete exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's what sleep of any length is like in Heaven. However, if you want, you can ask God for a sleep lengthener. If that's what you prefer."
Pete smiled, "God? I get to meet him?"
"It," she corrected him, "Oh of course, It'll be here in a few minutes."
The nurse cleared the table of the empty dish and made the bed Pete had slept in. About 4 minutes later God entered the room. It was in the form of an old man dressed in beautiful grey robes. Marked on the chest area of the robes was the letter "G" in white letters, "Hello, Pete," God said, "How has your stay here, in the hospital, been?"
"Oh, it's great, thanks!" Pete said. He was so overcome with excitement at meeting THE God! Which wasn’t quite so, considering how many Gods there actually are… But it was THE God to Pete.
"Shall I show you to your Heaven Home?" God asked. He was flattered by Pete's excitement.
"Oh my! Yes, please do. I can't believe this, it's truly outrageous!" Pete exclaimed, "It's truly truly truly outrageous! And on top of it all you're here with me!"
“God is in the form of a
robed old man”
God smiled and led Pete out of the room and through the
"Thank you!" Pete said and God led him out into the streets of Heaven. Heaven’s ground was all clouds and the houses resembled a small town from a 1950s television show: white picket fences out front and blue shutters on the windows. "Wow!" Pete exclaimed. He was too excited for words.
God led Pete a few blocks up to a street, it was lined, like the others, with the 50s show styled houses. At the end of the street there was a Castle, "That's my Castle, Pete. Feel free to visit there anytime!" God led Pete to a house numbered 555 and explained, "Here is your Heaven home Pete!"
Pete ran up to the door and placed the key into the lock, it opened! Pete entered and was wowed! It looked just like his home on earth, which is right above the shop. "Thank you so much!" Pete exclaimed, "Won't you come in for a spot of tea?" he asked in a British accent.
God said yes and they each enjoyed their cup of tea. God left then, but told Pete to visit anytime. Pete began to get himself organized and ready for his stay in Heaven.
On his sixth night in Heaven, Pete was abruptly awoken to the sound of Black Sabbath's War Pigs playing very loudly. He looked out his window to see a red glowing figure heading down the street carrying a Ghetto Blaster which was blasting out Ozzy's voice! Pete squinted at the figure and noticed that marked on its chest in black was the letter "D"
"'D'?" Pete said aloud, "'D' for DEVIL!!!"
Pete realized this, and the blasting of Black Sabbath, all pointed to a stereotypical Devil! So, he rushed out of bed and out the back door. Pete hopped fences into his neighbors’ yards and galloped towards God's Castle.
“The Devil blasts Black
Sabbath in Heaven!”
The Devil walked down the middle of the street, no fear on his face at all! This was his day of revenge. He got closer and closer to God's house and smiled evilly as he kicked down the door of the palace. He walked through the halls towards God's throne room and burst through those doors too! Any angels that got in his way were quickly knocked out with a sleeping bomb that the Devil had packed in an invisible messenger bag slung over his right shoulder. The devil saw the throne, it was so near, but it faced opposite him. The Devil ran up to the chair and flung it around to reveal… PETE!!!
“FIGHT!”
Pete stood quickly and the two got into Mortal Kombat-Style stances, a voice above said "Ready…? FIGHT!" and they flew at each other. The Devil was strong, but luckily Pete had read all four volumes of "Fighting for Dummies" and the two editions of "Karate: Through the Ages." The two fought for an hour and Pete got most of the hits, but took a few hard ones from the Devil. The Devil threw his fist forward and Pete dodged. While the Devil was stumbling forward, Pete came in with the Mega Upper Cut! BAM! The Devil flew up into the air and landed 20 feet away, a voice above said "Finish Him!"
So, Pete ran over to the Devil's body. He picked it up, above his head, and threw it through the cloud floor on which they stood. The Devil plummeted to earth where he landed in the ‘Nearby River' where he cooled off, died, and went to heaven as a good guy.
“Fatality!” The voice above shouted.
Pete had a sore leg and limped toward the
“Pete dramatically faints just
inside the hospital!”
- CHAPTER FOUR -
God's Name - The First Sign?
Pete awoke two days later, but it seemed like only two seconds. He was in the same room he had been in when he first awoke in Heaven. A nurse came in and checked Pete's temperature, "You're doing great now!" she exclaimed, "You really had us worried after that fight with the Devil!"
"Oh yeah!" It all came back to Pete, the fight, and GOD! "Where's God!?!"
"God's fine... In fact It said It'd call when you awoke."
The phone on the cloud bedside table began to ring. Pete answered, "Hello?"
"Hi- Uh- Pete?" God was excited to be talking to THE Pete, much like Pete had been excited when he first met God, "Could I uh- ask you a question?"
Pete was flattered by God's excitement; he thought about the question and answered, "Ask away God my man!"
"Well it's just- I was wondering… If umm…” God stuttered out his words, then he quickly blurted out, “If I had a name what would it be and would you call it to my face?"
“The G becomes a C!”
Pete didn't even have to think about this. He knew
immediately, "Your name would be Cornelyass and of course I'd call it to
your face!"
"Cornelyass, eh? Why that name's perfect! I'm going to have it legally changed to that," God said, as he began crossing out the 'G' on his robes and changing it to a 'C'. "Thank you so much Pete, I've decided that I'm going to allow you to live again! You may leave and come here whenever you please, the Stairway to Heaven and Stairway to Earth will be visible to you from now on!"
"Oh why thank you God -er- Cornelyass! I think I'll leave now. My shop needs to be reopened! But, I shall return and visit every once in a while and I'll help you whenever you're in trouble, Good-bye then!" Pete hung up the phone and made his way for the Stairway to Earth. He arrived at the stairway, which was actually an escalator, and took it down to earth. The stairways, which are actually escalators, turned out to be only 5 minutes away from the shop. "How convenient," Pete thought aloud as he made his way to the shop. When he arrived there was a sign on the door that said "goNE FisHEng" put there by God only knows who. The clouds in the sky parted revealing Cornelyass, "Oh, uh I put that sign there," he said and the clouds closed.
“A Sign from God!”
The Mayor, who was a BIG Pete fan, was very excited to discover him back and ordered an immediate Fireworks Celebration/Concert. There were many guests and Pete had a wonderful time, the bands were all great! After the concert was over, the fireworks began and Pete decided to watch them from the roof of the Shop. He stood and watched the wonderful show. He was overwhelmed with joy that he was loved so much. Unknown to Pete was that, right behind him, from beneath his garden, a great evil shot up into the sky and very slowly was making its way to Heaven.
“Pete on the Shop, something
Evil flies behind him!”
- CHAPTER FIVE -
Horse Radish Season 2
The next day, Pete had the shop open again and business was booming. He sold out of many products! The store was now very famous along with its heroic owner, Pete. The crowds died down around 5pm (the store closed at 5:30pm) and that's when trouble occurred! Fred, Pete's human friend, came into the store; there was something different about Fred, although Pete thought nothing of it due to Fred having lived in the woods for over 3 months now. Well anyways, so Fred came into the store and, without saying a word, handed Pete a very yummy looking sandwich. Pete looked down at it and asked, "Is this for me?"
Fred nodded and Pete took the delish sandwich from Fred’s hands. He said "Thank You," and ate the sandwich in two bites.
"Mmmm, Mmmm, Good!" Pete exclaimed, "Mmmm, what is your secret Fred? This is such a yummy sandwich!"
Fred smiled, he shouted loudly: "Ha! Ha! The secret grows in your garden… it's HORSE RADISHES!!!"
Pete gasped, heat surrounded his body again, and steam rose from his ears. Knowing he had very little time, Pete ran toward the ‘Nearby River'. He set on fire just as he arrived; Pete ran into the water and was immediately cooled off. He once again remembered he couldn't swim. Luckily, Fred was by the side of the river again; but unluckily, Pete didn't trust him anymore! Pete drowned in the water and awoke in Heaven once again.
- CHAPTER SIX -
Avenging Death
When Pete awoke in Heaven, he learned from God that it hadn't been Fred who gave him the sandwich, it was DEATH IN DISGUISE!!! Pete immediately ran down the Stairway to Earth and found Death in the 'Ifyuenter TheezWoodsyulldie Woods’! Death was sleeping, so Pete grabbed his scythe and beat him to death (Pun intended). Death died and flew to Heaven as a good guy. From then on, he decided only to kill the old, who had lived long enough, and the evil. God was very impressed and awarded Pete with a Heavenly Angel Award. Pete hung this award in his shop beside his hero award. Pete then traveled to the Nebraskan Woods and found Fred. Pete explained why he hadn't trusted Fred and the two of them made up. Pete returned home and had even better business now that he was a Heavenly Angel too.
“Death killed by his own
scythe!”
- CHAPTER SEVEN -
Ponyboy
Two days later, Ponyboy, a rich Pony who had admired Pete for two years, entered the shop. Ponyboy made a proposal to buy the shop for 10 million dollars! Pete politely declined the offer, he knew that it was a great deal, but it wasn’t about the money to Pete, he loved his work. So, Ponyboy stormed out of the shop, he was so flustered that, for once, he couldn't buy something. Ponyboy was so angry that he said, "Grumble! Grumble! That damned Pete! I can't believe him! 10 million dollars for a stupid shop! I'll get my revenge!" he said this and immediately forgot how much he'd always admired Pete.
“Ponyboy, a rich pony, wants
the shop!”
Ponyboy went to a local cult leader of Witchcraft. He asked the occult leader to raise an entire cemetery of evil corpses from the dead and send them to attack Pete! He paid the cult leader with the $10,000,000 he'd offered Pete for the shop.
The next day, while Pete stood outside his shop sweeping the two steps that led into it, he heard a great trampling sound and looked up to see an army of Zombies coming toward him. Pete stood his ground and was prepared to battle to the death! Suddenly, Ponyboy jumped out from behind the shop and helped Pete fight off the Zombies! Ponyboy had realized how evil he was becoming and decided to try and make it up to Pete. Unfortunately, Ponyboy took a hard hit to the head from a zombie and was killed. Pete was able to fight off the rest of the zombies and returned them to their proper graves. Ponyboy went to Heaven where Pete visited him. Ponyboy apologized and admitted that money had corrupt his mind. He and Pete became great friends.
- CHAPTER EIGHT -
The Final Conflict
A week later, Pete was outside lying in a grassy field near
the shop. He glanced down the road that lead to the shop and saw that a Fed Ex
Van was headed his way. Pete decided to save the Fed Ex guy some gas by meeting
him halfway up the road. As Pete neared, the Fed Ex van slowed down and stopped
a foot from him. Pete went over to the driver’s side window and the Fed Ex man
rolled it down. “You Pete the Lime Green Horse, address Welcome to my
Neighborhood,
“Sure am!” Pete said with a smile. The Fed Ex man began rummaging through some parcels on the seat next to him, he retrieved the one addressed to Pete and handed it to him. Pete signed for the package and said, “Thank you!” The van turned around and went back the way it had come.
Pete looked down at the return address on the parcel,
“Cornelyass Godd,
“God’s gift of Flight!”
That night, when Pete had gotten the hang of flying, he was up in the air and looked down the road to see another Fed Ex van headed for the shop. He flew down to it and it stopped. It was a different delivery man this time; he rolled down the window and asked “You Pete?”
“Right you are sir!” Pete said; he wondered about the second parcel, what would it be? The man handed Pete an envelope from Cornelyass Godd. Pete signed for it and the Fed Ex van sped away. Pete tore open the envelope, inside was a telegram, it read:
“The Ultimate Evil???”
“Oh my, the name has been smudged!” Pete yelled to himself, “Oh bother! What’s to be done now?” Pete thought for a moment, then proclaimed, “I suppose it doesn’t matter WHO is the evil one, as long as I get rid of it! So I suppose I’ll just go to Heaven and find out!”
Pete flew up into the air immediately and began heading to the Stairway to Heaven and Stairway to Earth. He arrived at the location only to find the Stairway to Heaven in ruins. “GRUMBLE!” Pete yelled, “Now what am I to do?” The sensible thing to do would be to just go up the Stairway to Earth, but the thought never came into Pete’s head. Pete sat thinking for 5 minutes, all kinds of things came into his head, “Rebuild the stairway,” “Look for an elevator,” “Just forget about it, you’ll never make it,” “Gift that may come in handy in the future,” “Go home and sleep- WAIT what was that last one? “Gift that may come in handy in the future!” “THAT’S IT!!!” Pete shouted, he knew what he must do, “I’ll fly up!”
Pete spread his yellow wings full span and shot up into the sky. Within two minutes, he was in Heaven, or was it? Pete looked around; this place looked so strange and different than he had remembered! The sky was a ‘Secret of the Ooze’ green color, the houses weren’t their ordinary 50’s style, they now all looked like a replica of that house from the Amityville Horror, and the cloudy ground wasn’t the usual soft buoyancy, it now felt hard and slimy, not soft and fluffy! “Eww, this place is disgusting,” Pete groaned aloud.
Pete began to run toward Cornelyass’ Castle with great haste. When he reached the street on which his house, and the castle, resided, an eerie feeling came over him. He knew there’d be trouble ahead, he was right! DEAD RIGHT!
“Eerie Feelings!”
When Pete was halfway down the street, he saw something Dark coming out of the garden in a yard 10 feet away. It was Death! Pete could tell right away that the evil had returned into Death and that they’d have to fight! Death jumped over the fence of the yard which he had come from and flew at Pete. Pete jumped out of the way; Death flew into a lamp post and was knocked unconscious immediately. Pete ran over to make sure Death wasn’t hurt too badly. He wasn’t, so Pete grabbed a string of Christmas lights (IN SEPTEMBER??? I know, it’s sick…) off a tree and tied Death to the pole in which he’d run into, just to be safe.
“Death Tied to Lamp Post!”
As Pete finished the double knot on the Christmas lights, he heard, behind him, the swift footsteps of a super sneak. He whirled around to find the Devil, evil again, darting toward him with a chain wrapped around his hand. The devil flew toward Pete and attempted to flog him with the chain but, luckily, he had a very bad aim. Pete, who had ducked down to avoid a flogging, stood now quickly and glared at the Demon before him. “A chain eh?” Pete asked through gritted teeth, “So it’s a Street fight you want huh? Then that’s just what I’ll deliver!” with that, he reached into the secret pocket in his fur and pulled out two brass knuckles which were worded: “Love” and “Hate”. He flew at the Devil, who was now very scared, but still had enough courage to fight back. Pete began wailing on the foolish demon, he was raging now, and beat him 10 times before the Devil pulled his arm, with the chain on it, back and flogged Pete across the face. Blood from Pete’s head splattered onto the ground as Pete stumbled backward. Pete shook his head to make himself less dizzy; he looked down at the ground and saw the blood. Pete raised his head and the Devil saw the most insane look he’d ever seen on a face. Before the Devil knew it, Pete was on top of him wailing his fists into the Devil’s face so hard that I’m surprised it didn’t kill him. The Devil kicked Pete off of him and stood as fast as he could. He dropped the chain that he’d had on this hand and he grabbed his head in agony. Pete reached down, grabbed the chain, and wrapped it around the Devil’s neck. He tied it and, with the excess chain tight in his hooves, whirled around 20 times, swinging the Devil around him, then let go of the chain. The Devil flew off into the far distance unconscious and near death. Pete shouted, “Serenity NOW!” he had to calm himself; he had nearly killed the Devil and did not wish to do so, considering it was not Death and the Devil’s fault.
“Pete flings the devil far
away after a Street Fight with him!”
When Pete found himself calm enough to carry on, he did so. He was about 40 feet from Cornelyass’ Castle when he heard a great thumping sound. THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! Pete turned around slowly to, 30 feet away, see the Cult leader and, 60 feet behind him, the army of Zombies he and Ponyboy had fought. The Cult leader, whom Pete had never met before, had with him strong weapons, Pamphlets (for the Cult which he led) and Cunningness (to lure you into his group of evil!) Pete held his thoughts on the shop and all that he believed in, you see, it doesn’t matter the power you believe in, as long as you truly know it is right, aren’t hurting anyone, and allow others to decide for themselves. The Cult leader came forward offering the pamphlets as he spoke of the great things that would be in store for Pete. Pete focused hard on all that he loved and honored, his thoughts blocked off the darkness the Cult leader was trying to force upon him. Pete had a strong will and nothing was going to change his beliefs. So the Cult Leader just slowly melted into the cloud and remains there still.
“Pete turns to see the Cult
Leader and Zombie army behind him!”
Next, the Zombie army that had been racing toward Pete stopped suddenly. They realized that the Cult leader, who had controlled them, was now gone and they were free to return to the Cemetery in which they’d been rudely awaken from their sleep again. They apologized to Pete and left for the Stairway to Earth. It is written in the old books that the Zombies re-built the Stairway to Heaven before they returned to their resting place, but in truth it was Fred who rebuilt it, he just never told anyone… Fred is a great carpenter.
Pete watched the Zombies leave Heaven and smiled. He was glad he hadn’t had to fight them alone, phew! Then a voice spoke behind him, “HA HA HA, so very strong, you always were…” Pete recognized the voice right away and didn’t have to turn around to reveal it as Ponyboy.
“Ponyboy, you- you’re not the Ultimate Evil are you? It just can’t- No! I won’t believe it!” Pete shouted, he was angered by this whole conflict; it was as if everything he’d done in this story had been in vain.
“Well believe it you stupid WEAK FOOL!” Ponyboy shouted.
Pete shuddered, his legs gave in, and he slumped to the ground and cried. “Pete, you ARE a fool,” Pete thought to himself, he’d done it all for what? Nothing! Everyone could become evil again so quickly and he, who had thought he was all in the know, had just been a hopeful fool. “And now look at you FOOL! You lay there, unable to stand and even better, CRYING! You idiot!” His mind yelled at him, was he really a fool?
“Pete (The Fool?) Cries as
Ponyboy laughs!”
“NO! I’M NOT A FOOL!” Pete shouted and whirled around, “It hasn’t all been in vain! I’m sure that I’ve helped some… I’m SURE OF IT! And you, you’re the WEAK one, I’ve stuck by all MY morals, what have you done? I’ll tell ya, you gave up! Everyone did… I- I’m the STRONG one! And I’ll keep on being the strong one! I’ll save everyone until… Until I can save no more!” With that Pete flew at Ponyboy. Pete head-butt Ponyboy into the wall of the castle so hard that blood came from came from the side of his mouth.
Ponyboy’s sense came back to him, “Pete I’m sorry… You- You’re not weak at all.. I was the weak one and- I’m not the Ultimate Evil, I lied… I’m sorry…” With that Ponyboy gasped and died.
Pete, who did have some weakness too, shed a single tear for Ponyboy as he galloped into the Castle to face whatever this ultimate evil was. Pete entered the hallway which lead to Cornelyass’ Throne Room and all was dark. There were dimly lit torches along the walls which gave just enough light for Pete to make his was down the hall. He came to the doorway of the Throne Room, turned the handle and, using all his courage, burst into the room to find Cornelyass, unconscious in a Giant hamster cage (the annoying plastic type with the tunnels that always fog up due to the hamster’s, or in this case human’s, breath) next to the cage was a very strange thing, it looked to Pete like a giant Relish Bottle with an engine on the bottom. Pete looked at the label on it and it was indeed labeled: “Relish”. Pete looked over to the throne which was facing away from him, he gathered up the courage and began shuffling toward it, when he was halfway across the room a creak came from the giant chair. Pete stopped in his tracks and gulped.
A voice from the throne spoke, “So, you made it through all the obstacles I set for you, have you Pete?”
“Yes, of course I did!” Pete yelled smugly making sure not to falter or show weakness of any sort. The voice was a woman’s, Pete did not recognize the voice at all, but it was undoubtedly that of a woman.
“Oh, brave are we?” Asked the voice, “I can recall you whimpering like a baby only moments ago!”
This hit a nerve, although Pete did not show it, “I was under a lot of stress and am not ashamed to cry when I feel it a right time to do so or feel the need to! And how did you come across this information?” Outside rain began to come down hard and it could be heard landing on the roof of the castle.
“Oh it was quite simple actually, I was there for the whole thing, I watched from my Relish Rocket! It’s that giant jug over there with the motor on the bottom!” said she, and then continued, “So! Have you guessed my identity yet?” she waited a moment and when there was no reply she stated, “I thought you would, being ever so clever with you’re Rock N Roll Jeopardy, I think that it’s time I revealed myself,” with that the chair whirled around and the woman was revealed.
“OH MY CORNELYASS!” Pete shouted, “It’s you, Joan Osborne?”
“Oh yes it truly is, and do you know why I’m doing this all?” and, before Pete could guess, she answered for him, “Oh, forget your guesses, just tell me this, what was my biggest hit?”
“Easy,” Pete shouted, “What if God Were One of- OH MY CORNELYASS! It’s because I defied your lyrics?”
“Joan seated in Cornelyass’
Throne!”
“YES! You act as though it’s just a small thing! Believe me, it’s not! And you must die for what you’ve done to me! What if you’re greatest song became negated and forgotten all together, or worst thought of as foolish! No, you don’t get a second chance, you must DIE!!!” Joan stood from the throne, opened her mouth and let out a loud note of music. Suddenly, the roof of the throne room disappeared and rain came through onto them. Joan sang another note and lightning struck her. She laughed at this and began shooting bolts of electricity at Pete, he flew up to dodge them. Her bolts were futile because Pete flew up high and they could only be shot so far.
“Ha, I can fly too!” Joan shouted. “RELISH!” she sang very loud. The Relish Rocket shot up and over to her, she hopped onto it and shot into the sky after Pete! The electricity in her died out so she was going to have to move onto something else. Joan flew at Pete and did what is known as a “Super Kick Flip Clone” which is a part of the Karma Chameleon Karate set and involved doing several kicks and punches so fast that you would split into two. So, Joan now had a clone that could fly. It’s unfortunate for her Pete knew a lot about the Karma Chameleon Karate and had studied it for a long time. The rule with “Super Kick Flip Clone” was that your clone would have half you’re energy and each of you would be even. So Pete flew at the clone and did a “Red, Gold, and Green” Fatal Move and killed the clone in one hit. Joan was impressed and now quite scared, though she never let on. Joan flew at Pete and began using “Lover not Rival” techniques that cause the opponent to think they are in love with you. It was working; while Pete was ogling over Joan she began hitting him. Pete got very low in energy, but came to and realized what had happened. Pete hit her with her own medicine, he threw a “Lover not Rival” at her and hit her hard with a very difficult move called: “Gone Forever!” It worked and knocked Joan off her Relish Rocket, she plummeted toward earth and landed on her head, she was not dead.
“Joan rides her Relish
Rocket!”
Pete flew down into Cornelyass’ throne room and unlocked the giant hamster cage. Cornelyass got out to the giant contraption and thanked Pete. Pete, of course, said Cornelyass was quite welcome and then offered to get take the giant hamster cage to the heaven dump. Cornelyass declined and admitted that it was quite a nice and fun thing to have and decided to use it as a new bedroom. Cornelyass looked at Pete and knew something was wrong. Cornelyass read Pete’s mind and discovered what had happened with Ponyboy, and how much Pete regretted killing him. God decided to test Pete, he said, “Pete, as a token of my gratitude to you I will grant any one wish that you have; anything at all, just ask me.”
Of course, Pete didn’t even need to think about it and Ponyboy was resurrected. Since Pete had answered correctly, Ponyboy was resurrected and given another chance, not in Heaven, but on Earth! Pete thanked God and said he must get home to get some sleep after such a hard night. God understood, he watched and waved good-bye as Pete flew down through the clouds and back toward Earth. God smiled and began to repair all that had been ruined in Heaven.
- EPILOGUE -
The End or the Beginning?
First of all, I’ll tell what became of Joan. She awoke in a spare room of Fred’s house a week later; she didn’t remember a thing. Fred showed her great hospitality and, when she was back to full health, re-taught, her music. Joan and Fred got married, had children, and sang to them (with the other wood children of course) still unaware that they were videotaped and put on T.V. Joan did not get off the hook for the trouble she had caused, don’t think she did. Her punishment was that she could go on doing what she loved, which was singing and releasing CDs, but she could never reach the popularity that she had with the hit that had corrupt her. Joan didn’t mind of course, for she did not remember the fame she once had. Her and Fred still live in the Nebraskan Woods, stop by sometime.
“Joan’s new album: ‘How
Sweet it Is’ Buy it now!”
Now I shall continue where we left Pete. Pete flew down
through the clouds heading for Earth. What a crazy night he had had and was now
glad it was over and all was well. Pete landed outside the shop just as the sun
was rising; He laid down on his roof to watch it. He slowly drifted into a nice
calm sleep. Pete began to dream, in his dream he was having many more
adventures. In the future these dreams he was having would become deja vu to
him. All was well in
“Pete’s Dream, The End or
the Beginning?”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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