PIGGY BOOK 3: THE MILITARY'S PROBLEM

CHAPTER 2 (Willow)

I had been through a lot, and I mean a lot. So it was nice to have finally made  up, with Tigry. It was nice travelling just me and him. I appreciated he stuck up for himself all the times I had been rude or mean to him. I admit, I had been really evil, but at least I changed. There's a reason I was really evil though.

10 Years Ago

I used to live in an abandoned Alleyway, I was poor and my parents had been arrested by the police, why? You may ask. Well, I don't know. Then after that a nice donkey lady came along to take care of us. Her name was Daisy. She took care of us for 6 months but then she had to leave because of military duties. I have a brother, his name his William. William was 8 years old ten years ago. I'm 19 years old. I had friends 10 years ago as well. They were Pony, Billy and Rash. Pony is 18 years old, 10 years ago Billy was 10 years old, and Rash was 9, 10 years ago.

I was sitting on a bench. "William's been so upset lately, he won't even talk to me I don't know what to do." I said to Pony, Billy and Rash.
"I gots an idea, why don't we steal him somethin' nice?" Billy requested.
We ended up stealing him a beautiful, golden, crispy pie. Unfortunately, when I went to give it to William, he was nowhere to be seen, because he had ran away. I was so heartbroken, nothing could cheer me up...

I opened my eyes, I was standing in The Old Oak, staring into space. I looked down and saw Tigry, kneeling down, looking at a military poster. At the top of the poster was a mole in a military suit. Then at the bottom it read, you're, stronger than you think, join today! The poster looked old and dirty. Tigry was still starting at it.
"Woah, you look like you've seen a ghost." I said. Tigry turned around, his eyes were full of sadness and regret. I could tell this because I knew that feeling so, well.
"You could say that. " He replied, he sounded like he was fighting back tears.
"It's over now Tigry, you can't let the past get to you." I replied, trying to make him feel better.
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to turn out like you." He said. I knew he was only joking, but it still hurt my feelings. Trying to hide my sadness over what he had said to me, I said, "Real funny. Right now, it seems like I'm, doing a better job at keeping myself together than you."
"Hey Willow... You're one of the only animals to ever have reached their paw out to me. Why?" Tigry asked.
"I don't know, I guess I just felt like helping out." I answered truthfully.
"Are you sure that's why you did it?" He sounded like he didn't believe me. I decided to give him the full truth. "I just... Didn't like seeing another animal suffering alone... You know?" I said, "Whatever, sounds corny, forget it" Immediately regretting what I said after Tigry gave me a look that said, yeah right.
"I'm just going to keep asking until you give me the right answer." He said, he obviously didn't believe I could be that sympathetic, but I could be.
"Push your look, and I'll push you into that bush over there." I said jokingly.
"I'd like to see you try." He said. Then, we walked into the sunset...