A gust of cold wind blew the small cardboard box away a few feet from Juay,
and once again he was freezing. The ratty blanket provided little warmth or
none at all. Ogyjuay7slsl was a small yellow Buzz that was barely an hour old.
His owner, a boy named Midas_2000 or Midas, was shopping for some food to fill
Juay's little stomach with, and poor Juay had to stay back in an alleyway while
he waited.
Juay sighed and wished he could be inside a nice, warm, NeoHome with a crackling
fire and a hot cup of borovan then staying out in the cold. Suddenly, a trashcan
toppled over spilling out dried prune cans, Tombola keychains, and other miscellaneous
trash onto the cold pavement. Juay gasped as a large blue ghost floated over
him.
"You…you…you're the Pant Devil!" he wailed as he huddled in the corner.
"Yes, you little bratty Buzz! I HATE BUZZ! Ooooh, but I LOVE that blanket!
I want it!" With a sudden jerk, the Pant Devil yanked the blanket off of Juay
and cackled as he disappeared into thin air. Juay salvaged a scrap of cloth
from the garbage and slept in fits of fear and snored in the icy wind.
The next day, Juay looked for Midas but he was nowhere in sight. He half-walked,
half-dragged himself out onto the street. He nearly got run over by a purple
Shoyru and several humans! The pangs in his belly could not seize, and he collapsed
by a small shop. The next thing he knew, he was staring into the face of a very
old Techo!
"Yess….yeesss…." the Techo mumbled to the shop owner. He scooped Juay up and
walked away to a small, white building with peeling paint and broken glass for
windows. The Techo entered and put him in a small cage in the back of the room.
"No! What are you doing!?" Juay hollered as loud as he could to the Techo
"Oh be quiet! They're trying to sleep here! It is best not to wake Ulec and
Cubby up! They'd cream you for sure!" the Chia next to him whispered. The Chia's
name was Ollie99, and the other pets in the cage were a Skeith named Cubby_baby
and a Lupe named Ulec_X. Ollie quickly explained (because he saw all the action
outside the window) that Juay had fainted outside a shop and the owner called
the Pound's owner, Dr_Death, to get him away from their shop.
"But this can't happen, I have an owner," Juay said as tears swelled in his
bright blue eyes, "his name is Midas!"
Ollie just shook his head and sighed. "It happened to me too," he told shaking
Juay, "my owner didn't want me, left me in the street, and called the Pound."
"NO! I refuse to believe that!" Juay pressed his face against the bars of
the cage.
Ollie just gently tapped Juay on the shoulder and whispered, "They wouldn't
put a pet in the Pound without their owner's permission or if they're a stray."
For the next hour, Juay came quite acquainted with Ollie and Ollie shared stories
of going to Faerieland and Mystery Island and playing games. He told Juay everything.
Juay thought Ollie was humorous and they settled down for a quick nap. Juay
didn't notice a girl by the name of Jupiter2770 walk in. She quickly passed
all the cages and looked at every single Neopet, even the ones who were sick
and weak, and she looked at the ones that had stupid or silly names. Jupiter
paused at Juay's cage and slowly started to look at him.
Juay, at that time, was dreaming of a nice home with other pets and more toys
then he could imagine. He slightly stirred as the cage opened and Jupiter picked
him up. He rubbed his eyes with his small hands and tried to focus as Jupiter
handed over 81 Neopoints over to Dr_Death.
"…Ollie?" Juay mumbled.
"Hi there little one," Jupiter said with a large smile, "I'm your Foster Owner."
Jupiter sat on a bench outside the Pound and cradled Juay in her arms.
"What's a Foster Owner?" Juay said. He was totally awake by now and staring
into the warm eyes of Jupiter.
"A Foster Owner is someone who takes in pets in the Pound and raises their
stats and or paints them." Jupiter said with a smile. "I have been doing this
for a long time. You'll be staying in my NeoHome for quite some time and you'll
meet my other pets and have fun!"
With that, Jupiter and Juay walked Jupiter's home. It was a large bamboo house
on Chia Close. "December! Froger! Avalon!" Jupiter hollered as they walked in.
A starry Uni, a spotted Kau, and a checkered Quiggle walked into the room. Jupiter
introduced December777 as that Uni, Froger2134 as that Quiggle, and Avalon789
as that Kau. Juay walked into the enormous Kitchen and Jupiter laid dozens of
omelettes, drinks, snacks, Tombola foods, and more onto the table for Breakfast.
Juay quickly devoured half the table in no time, he had never eaten such food
before!
Then the pets and the owner sat in the Family Room. Along the shelves, there
were dozens of plushies, Usukis, toys, games, and all the delights Juay dreamed
about. For a good hour or so, they played and laughed with each other while
controlling the vivacious geisha girl Usuki, the stupid orange fuzzle, the mysterious
red Buzz, the Battledome plushie, and dozens of other characters in their world.
Finally, DC (December777) Froger and Avie (Avalon) had to leave for Neoschool
and Juay and Jupiter were all alone. Juay walked into the bathroom and Jupiter
gave him a nice hot bath. She poured in the bubbles as Juay giggled. Finally
after scrubbing Juay's body of the filth he had, he put him to bed. Juay was
as happy as a Kacheek as he snuggled under the sheets. Sleep washed over him
in no time.
The next morning, Jupiter drove him to a large building. They hurried inside
and met a yellow Scorchio with crazy eyes and a lab coat on. Juay was ushered
to the giant ray at the center of the room and was zapped.
He was hit in the middle of the stomach. A creepy feeling racketed his spine
and his stinger slightly grew longer. He had gained 2 strength points.
Juay loved his stay at Jupiter's-but he didn't like the Lab Ray. He dreaded
the day when Jupiter would bring him back to that drab Pound, and lived happily
while relaxing in her house. Everyday, without fail, Jupiter would come back
and feed him and they would go to the Lab Ray. Juay and his Foster siblings
grew very, very close and he began to feel more at home.
One day, the Lab Ray did something that would change the course of his life.
He went from being a happy yellow Buzz to a shocked red jetsam. He missed being
able to fly and sting those who had called him a bad name. He hated having fins
and looking so mean-like. Jupiter knew he was a Limited Edition pet, and he
could be easily adopted. She loved him very much, and didn't want Pat to leave.
Jupiter never call him "Ogyjuay7slsl" because she thought it was too long to
pronounce. She recently read a fabulous article about "renaming" your pet in
The Neopian Times called "Bad
Pet Name? No Problem!"
One day, that dreaded morning came when Jupiter and Pat went to the Pound.
There was a tearful goodbye. Pat was finally brought back into the cage he was
in before, with Cubby and Ulec but no sign of Ollie. He must have been adopted,
Pat thought happily, my friend is having a better life!
Later that day, Jupiter went back to the Pound. There was no sign of Pat anywhere!
"Is Ogyjuay7slsl still here?" she asked the red Uni. The red Uni smiled and
nodded her head no. Jupiter rejoiced! After a long time searching, she finally
found another pet named Fanupi504560 in a cage. Fan (as he was called) was like
Pat… but different. As the sun started to set that day, Jupiter looked back
at the Pound. She missed Pat but would run into him again… someday.
The End
Author's Note: This story (or most of it!) is true. I am a Foster Owner to
pets. I like to paint them or change them who are from the Pound so when they
go to the Pound, they can get an owner. I did have a pet called Ogyjuay7slsl and
a pet Fanupi504560. Pat (as I called him in the story) was his nickname. I grew
close to him, and he was one of my favourite Foster Pets. I finally had to let
him go. Now he has a new owner, and I'm sure he's happy. My other pets, DC, Froger,
and Avalon are all with me. I don't know Pat's old owner, but I'm sure they're
nice. I still adopt pets and foster them. Thanks for reading my story! | 
