Travelling to new lands

Episode 3: Cane crazy

Pika's POV:

Sprig and I sat on the floor looking though the stuff in my bag which is now scattered on the ground, "Wow, Pika, look at all your cool stuff!" Sprig says amazed "What's this? Ah, I get it. Torture device" he assumed as he held a toenail clipper 

"That's a toenail clipper, i dont know why i have it in my bag" I explained 

"Oh, okay, okay, sure. Oh! How about this?" He asks as he grabs a bike pump "What does this do?" He continues to ask as he tries to figure out its purpose, he pumps air into his mouth "It's painful" he said muffled, he released the air from his mouth which sent him flying, "Oh, and this" he says as he grabs a pen and clicks it a lot "Oh, I love this. This is amazing" he continues to click it 

"Yea, its addicting and a good fidget and you know what? You can keep it, i have a bunch of pens" I say, 

a bell started to ring "Kids! Chow time!" Hop-pop yelled, 

Sprig, Polly and I all sat at the table chanting "Time to eat! Time to eat!" 

"Hold on, you kids. Hold on" Hop-pop says as the three of us still chanted 'time to eat', when hop-pop served me a bowl of the food i stared at it and said 

"you know what? I think I'm gonna pass" 

"Why? Is my food not good enough for the princess?" Hop-pop asked sarcastically, 

i got annoyed at the comment "first, fuck you, second, i don't use she/her/herself. Asshole, Third, if I'm the royal, then you're the king of bad cooking" I say emphasising on royal, 

Sprig and Polly stared at me in shock before yelling "Ohhh!" or "Oh oh oh!" 

Hop-pop was taken back "Oh, yeah? Well, you... I..." he stuttered trying to roast me back 

"What's the matter, Hop Pop? Frog in your throat?" I asked

"Ohhh!" Polly yelled "Oh, she got you again!" Sprig yelled alongside his sister 

"Oh, dang it! You know what? I'm gonna take a nap. I don't believe this. I feed you, I house you, and this is how you repay me? If you don't shape up soon, Pika, I'm throwin' you out!" Hop-pop yelled, the rest of us stared at where Hop-pop left 

"Yeesh. What the fuck is his problem?" I ask, i then pretend to be Hop-pop "I'm Hop Pop, and I cook bad and have a temper problem!" 

Sprig and Polly laughed "That's so Hop Pop!" Sprig commented, 

i then grab a cane and continued acting like hop-pop "Eat your aphids, don't play with them. Elbows off the table!" Sprig and Polly laughed even more, "Sometimes I wonder why I even bother putting up with you at all!" I say as i whack the cane onto the table, it breaks, Sprig and Polly gasps "oh... shit. Guess I don't know my own strength, right, guys?" I say slightly embarrassed, Sprig and Polly both had their mouths WIDE open "You guys okay? What's the big deal? It's just one cane" I ask downplaying the whole incident, 

Sprig and Polly walk up to me and Sprig explains "That wasn't just any cane. It was Hop Pop's special cane, passed down from his father, Hop Poppity Pop, all the way from his father, Hop-and-Lock-Drop Soppity Pop." 

"that's a lot of op pop's... wait- OH SHIT! You guys gotta help me. He's gonna kick me out the second he finds out about this. I cannot go back to living in a fucking cave" I panicked

flashback

thunderstruck as I curled up into a ball, a lot of bugs surround me, one of them biting my foot, water then splashes my face

flashback ends

"The nights were the hardest part" I say as I shuddered 

"Don't worry, Pika. We'll do whatever it takes to help you" Sprig said assuredly