Finding Happiness

A Happy Ending for Dave

The next morning, Ms. Hara and Ariel moved to their new house down on Avenue L in Brooklyn. Of course, Dave loved the luxury of the house where he could have at least one bedroom all to himself.

Nobody cared if Ariel had Dave as a pet. Ariel and Ms. Hara often disguised the room as an 'indoor swimming pool', but not in a lying way.

One day after six weeks from moving into their new home...

"I'm happy!" shouted Dave as he splashed around in his new tank.

Ariel laughed and placed her hand into the large, 200 gallon tank to touch him while her mom fed him raw fish and shrimp.

"Silly cute old octopus" Ariel giggled.

"Who are you calling silly?" joked Dave. "You're the one who's cute!"

The two laughed.

Ms. Hara chuckled to herself, thinking the interaction between her daughter and her friend was cute.

But at that moment, the window opened and the North Wind have arrived.

"David the Octopus" said Classified sternly.

Ariel and Dave gasped in shock as Eva flew over the tank.

Ms. Hara was shocked, but she knew that this meant Ariel would have to talk with these animals, so she backed off and walked away into another room.

"We have an authority for your arrest" continued the wolf. "Reformed or not, you are coming with us. Eva!"

The owl swooped down and snatched Dave from his tank.

"But... But you can't take him away!" Ariel protested.

"We can't change the warranty unless someone has proof" Classified replied.

Upset, Ariel turned away and crossed her arms.

"I'm sorry, child" Eva said in a sad voice.

Eva placed Dave into a plastic bag held by Short Fuse.

"But I don't want to leave!" Dave whined. "I love this life! I love this house! Ariel, please don't let them take me away."

Dave, however, was turned by deaf ears as Short Fuse handed the bag to Classified.

The North Wind knew that humans should not know about an animal criminal and they were determined to finish their mission.

"I want to stay with Ariel!" cried Dave.

"Ariel doesn't want you" scoffed Classified. "Just listen to reason--"

They were suddenly interrupted by an angry voice.

"No! You listen!"

It was Ariel, who grew angry and stood up to Classified.

"Dave may have done horrible, evil things before, but he's not like that anymore! He said that he wants to stay with me because I helped him. He loves me as much as I love him. If you take him, you're stealing. So, LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

The North Wind were stunned by Ariel's courage and bravery despite being an innocent, sweet child.

"What can we do to make it right for both sides, sir?" asked Corporal finally.

"I don't know" answered Classified.

But then, an idea hit Dave.

"She can adopt me!" he said.

"Adopt you?" frowned Short Fuse.

"Well, the immeasurable cuteness is permanent" said Eva.

Classified thought this over, but he wasn't sure how to explain it.