The Fourth Friend (An Amphibia Story)

Part 17: Quarreler's Pass

Skylar's P.O.V

'STOP PUSHING ME!'

'NO YOU STOP PUSHING ME!'

'BOTH OF YOU STOP PUSHING EACH OTHER!' I yell at the Plantar siblings, holding them away from each other.

'GET YOUR STUPID HAND OUT OF MY FACE!' Polly yelled, trying to get free.

'YEAH LET US GO! I WAS JUST SHOWING POLLY ALL THIS COOL MOSS I FOUND!' Sprig says, shoving said moss in my face.

'EWW SPRIG NO!' I complain, letting go of the two to wipe my face clean.

'OWW!' Sprig whines. 'WHAT WAS THAT FOR!'

'I SAW A PUNCH BUG! PUNCH BUG!' She yells, punching him again.

'FOR THE LAST TIME IM NOT PLAYING PUNCH BUG-OWW!'

'I don't get paid enough for this' I grumble, climbing out of the Fwagon and taking a seat next to Anne and Hop Pop. 'Save meeeeee' I whine, resting my head on Anne's shoulder.

'You alright there girl?' Anne asks.

'Nope'

Polly then bursts out of the Fwagon wearing Sprig's hat.

'Look everyone! I'm Sprig. Look at all this dumb moss I found' Polly mimics, throwing moss in Hop Pop's face. 'Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!'

'Oh yeah?' Sprig appears at my side. 'Well I'm Polly and I decide we're all playing Punch Bug, PUNCH BUG! He says, punching my shoulder along with each word.

'Wow, wow'

'PUNCH BUG! PUNCH BUG!'

'Ok this is incredibly annoying but I have to say, their impressions of each other are spot on' Anne says.

'Yup, always had a knack for that' Hop Pop explains.

'I don't think I can take two more weeks of this' I groan, sinking in my seat.

'If only there was some way to get them to stop fighting' Anne thinks, pulling me back into a seated position.

Hop Pop suddenly pulls Bessie's reins, causing her to stop and the Plantar siblings to fall forward.

'What the heck dude!? I almost bit my tongue!' Anne complains before Hop Pop cut her off.

'Shh look' Hop Pop says, pointing to a sign in front of us.

'Quarrellers pass, a road to reconciliation for weary travel-mates' Polly reads out. 'Ok so what?'

'Wait Polly you don't think they're gonna-' he didn't even finish his sentence before we'd dumped the two on the other path.

'You're seriously leaving us here?!' Polly complained.

'Aww quit your bellyaching. It says right here that the paths meet up eventually' Hop Pop explains, examining the map.

'Your fighting is driving us nuts! Anne complains.

'You've brought this upon yourselves' I add on.

'This is all Sprig's fault!' Polly whines. 'For being all zippy and obnoxious all the time' she finishes, punching Sprig with every word.

'Me!? You're the one who's punching everyone!'

'No you are!'

'No you are!'

'No you!'

'And I rest my case' I sigh.

'Mhm, see you kids on the other side, good luck!'

'Here if you get in trouble just call us' Anne says, tossing Sprig her phone.

Hop Pop then took off along the other path. The three of us laughing at the relief of finally having a silent drive.

'Wait call us? There isn't signal in Amphibia!' I realise.

'Ugh dammit!' Anne groans.

'I don't get it' Hop Pop shrugs.

We'd hardly been driving for five minutes till the silence started to get to Hop Pop.

'Finally, peace and quiet... almost a little too quiet..... hehe almost a little awkward, isn't it?'

Anne and I look at each other before turning to the older frog.

'So do you two have a boyfriend back home?-'

And out of the Fwagon you go Hop Pop. Of course we had to stop for him to get back on. Unfortunately for us Hop Pop somehow took that as an invitation to give us relationship advise. This was going to be a looooooong drive.

'-so as I was saying. A relationship is like a farm, you plant a seed of trust and it grows and it grows into a better relationship'

'Girls over here!' A small voice cuts through the endless rant.

I've never been happier to hear Sprig's voice.

'YOUT TWO! THANK FROG!' Anne yells, sitting up.

'You'll be glad to know we've decided to stop-'

'WE DON'T CARE!' I cut them off, pulling them up.

'We need you to fill the silences! Hop Pop can't deal with them. HE CAN'T DEAL WITH THEM!'

'Oh hey kids didn't see you there, how'd the trials go?'

'It was fine. Except for the bloodthirsty monsters' Polly explains.

'And you'll be glad to know we've decided to stop arguing-'

'That's great Sprig, anyway we're just getting into the nitty-gritty. Now that you guys are back we can talk about the girl's boyfriends again-'

And again, off the Fwagon you go.

'NEWS FLASH HOP POP! WE'RE GAY!' I yell down at him.

'WHAT NO I'M NOT!' Anne yells in defence.

'Anne honey, don't lie to yourself' I say.

'I-' she goes to protest. '...shut up' she grumbled in defeat shortly after.

'Mhm, that's what I thought'

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Sorry that this chapter is shorter than most and super sorry that I've taken so long to update.

As usual I hope that you're all drinking enough water, getting enough sleep and staying positive!

That's all from me so cya later mates 😁