Oddball's Adventures of Snow Buddies

chapter 9

Everyone then looked to Scruffy.

Scruffy chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry..."

"I guess it's time for snacks." Dot said.

"Unfortunately the food courts are closed." Atticus said.

"Aww..." the others groaned in misfortune and hungry.

"But luckily, the change machine works and we can all get some food from the vending machines." Atticus then took out a wad of money from his wallet with a smile.

"Or we could use magic." Patch said.

"Wouldn't that be unfair to everybody else in the airport?" Estelle asked.

"Have you seen the food they have in the vending machine?" Colette asked.

"Luckily, it's not Edipan." Atticus whispered to Patch before the two shared a chuckle together over that factoid.

The two then used their magic to summon food as it was close to a meal time and they had been stuck in the airport for a while.

"Come along, dearest..." a British voice calmly said as there was another family coming into the airport.

The Fudo family looked to see that it was the Thornberry family much to their surprise.

"Hello, my name is Nigel Thornberry, we'd like tickets to a flight to Alaska, please." Nigel told the man behind the desk as he stood with Marianne.

"Eliza?!" Estelle smiled once she saw the younger Thornberry girl.

"Huh?" the red-haired girl looked around, then spotted the dark brown-haired girl. "Estelle!"

The two ran into each other and hugged each other.

"Where's your Comvee?" Estelle then asked.

"Oh, it's at the mechanic's, so we decided to fly to Alaska instead of going on the road like we usually do." Eliza explained.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, but all flights are delayed tonight because of the snow." Estelle explained.

"Oh, dang it." Eliza pouted.

"So, this is the famous Eliza Thornberry I've been hearing about." Dot smiled.

"Oh, hello there, girl," Eliza smiled and bent down to the cocker spaniel/dalmatian puppy. "What's your name?"

"I'm Dot," the puppy smiled. "Estelle's told me so much about you."

"I even told her about your special ability." Estelle whispered.

"That's fine," Eliza whispered back. "As you can see, Debbie hasn't told anyone either." she then said as she gestured to her older sister who looked bored out of her mind.

"Maybe we should keep her entertained." Estelle whispered.

"Good luck with that..." Eliza hid an eye roll.

"Debbie, why don't you go say hello to your sister's friends?" Marianne suggested after she and Nigel were told about the flight troubles.

"Great, then I can stare outside and watch the snow fall while I'm at it..." Debbie deadpanned. She then saw her phone get taken by Dot as a sign of keep away. "Hey, where's my phone?!"

Dot waved her paw as she carried Debbie's phone in her mouth and zipped away.

"GET BACK HERE!" Debbie chased after the puppy.

Dot then passed it to Scruffy who ran off forward.

"Hey!" Debbie chased after him now.

Scruffy laughed as he ran off with Debbie's cell phone. At first this was annoying to Debbie, but she soon started to finding it rather fun.