NOTE: All right, here's a new Littlest Pet Shop fic I'm working on. It's about Blythe entrusting Sunil to guard a book and well...let's just say things don't go as planned. It will probably have a couple more chapters. Feel free to read and review!

Blythe had made a mad dash into the pet shop with a book in her hands. She zoomed past Mrs Twombly who was too busy checking inventory to even notice.

The brunette teenager dashed into the main play area where she noticed Sunil was relaxing, "Oh, hey Sunil. Where are all the other pets?"

Sunil shrugged, "There was quite the traffic jam on the road this morning when we got on the highway. You're just as early as I am."

Blythe instantly handed Sunil the book, "Can you please do me a favor and guard this? It's from the library and I'll be reading it to sick children at the hospital. I'll be back to pick it up this afternoon."

Sunil blinked his gold eyes in confusion, "Me? Guard it? Can't you wait for Russell to arrive? I mean, he could do a better job-"

"I'm in a hurry." Blythe interrupted, "And I'd trust you with a book more than my dad. Last time, he accidentally dropped one of my checked out library books from his helicopter and it somehow wound up in the sewer."

Sunil cringed, "Did...the librarian know?"

Blythe nodded, "My father had to pay a fine. Anyway, I'm off to school."

Sunil blinked, "So...you won't be with us much today?"

Blythe sighed, "I made a promise to Youngmee, her little brother is in the hospital and all. I'll try to spend as much time as I can with you guys tomorrow. The only other time you'll see me again today is when I pick up my book."

Sunil smiled, "Okay, Blythe. I will guard this book as if my life depended on it!"

Blythe gave Sunil a quick hug and a kiss on the head, "Thank you, Sunil! I knew I could count on you!"

Blythe quickly grabbed her things and dashed out of the pet shop. Sunil looked at the book which had a boy facing a tall tree. The title of the book read "The Generous Tree." Sunil raised an eyebrow in interest and opened up the book. His golden eyes scanned across the pages as he read it. In the book, the boy often played on the tree and even picked the tree's apples to sell for money. However, the next part of the book brought tears to Sunil's eyes, the boy chopped down the tree and turned it into a house. The blue mongoose's heart broke and he let out a gentle whimper, "But...why? The tree did so much for him...it sacrificed itself for him...why? How is the tree happy? HOW?"

Sunil hung his head as a single tear trickled down his muzzle. The tear dripped off his little pink nose and hit the last page of the book. The mongoose's eyes snapped open in panic and he peered down at the book. A single, wet, salty stain was on the book from where his tear had landed. Sunil gulped and shivered, "I...ruined it! I could not contain my emotions and I ruined it. The...the librarian will have my head! I will be HEADLESS!"

Suddenly, Vinnie approached Sunil's back and tapped him on the shoulder, causing the mongoose to jump so high in the air that he hit the ceiling.

The mongoose fell off the ceiling and spun around, glaring at the gecko, "Vinnie! How many times have I told you not to sneak up on me like that!?"

Vinnie shrugged, "I lost count at about 531 times. I heard you worrying about ruining something. What were you talking about?"

Sunil sighed and shook his head, "Blythe entrusted me with keeping this book safe. I opened it up and read it. It was so sad that I shed a tear on a page and now the book is damaged because I am a big crybaby! And now...the librarian will have my head!"

Vinnie's eyes widened and he opened up the book, "Show me the page you cried on."

Sunil flipped the book to the very last page and Vinnie noticed the tear stain, "Wait right here, I think I can fix it."

Sunil raised an eyebrow, "Are you SURE about this?"

Vinnie smirked as he pulled out a jar of glue, "I got this whiteout."

Sunil eyed the jar and crossed him arms, "Vinnie, that says glue."

Vinnie shrugged, "That's another fancy word for whiteout. Trust me, the book will be as good as new and not tainted with salty mongoose tears."

Before Sunil could react, Vinnie spread the glue over the tear stain and closed the book, "There, good as new!"

Sunil cautious opened the book again and noticed that the last two pages were stuck together with the glue, "Nice going, Vinnie. I think you made it worse."

Suddenly, Minka entered the room, hopping with energy, "Hey, Sunil! Hey, Vinnie! Crazy traffic jam this morning, huh? What's that? A book?"

Sunil sighed, "This is a library book Blythe told me to guard. She'll be reading it to children at the hospital."

Vinnie pointed at Sunil, "Yeah, but Crybaby McSaltytears over here had to go and ruin it."

Sunil crossed his arms and glared at Vinnie when suddenly, Minka spoke up, "I think I can fix it!"

Suddenly, Minka snatched the book from Sunil's paw and flipped through the pages rapidly when she came across the damaged pages. Without a second thought, Minka ripped the pages clean out of the book while Sunil watched in complete horror, "MINKA! Are you insane!? What on Earth are you doing?!"

Minka grinned, "I'm rewriting the ending, silly! Children's books shouldn't make people cry."

"Yeah, that's a great idea, Minka. I'm sure the book will be as good as new with you fixing it." Sunil replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Minka turned to Vinnie, "Got any paper, Vinnie?"

Vinnie pulled some flypaper that was full of dead flies out of his hammerspace pocket, "I got some flypaper that I use to catch my lunch."

Minka rubbed her chin a little and shrugged, "Oh well, I guess beggars can't be choosers."

Sunil watched it complete disgust as Minka took the flypaper and pulled out a crayon and started slowly writing on the sticky paper full of dead flies, "Ewww, so gross..."

Minka groaned in annoyance, "Looks like the crayon is pretty much stuck. Might as well break out the brushes and paint."

And so, Minka got to fetch her art supplies and she dipped a brush on dark blue paint. She slowly painted the words "THE END" on the flypaper covered with dead flies. Sunil bit his lip, watching helplessly as the book was desecrated ever furthur because when Minka closed the book, the dark blue paint seemed to bleed through a couple of the pages. Minka grinned, "There! Good as new!"

Sunil slapped his forehead and ran his paw down his face, "We are so dead..."

Pepper was the next pet to arrive at the pet shop and she looked over and saw the book, "The Generous Tree, huh? You know, I've always thought that book was kind of depressing. What's it doing here?"

Sunil sighed, "It's a library book. Blythe asked me to guard it for her and well...I've been doing a not so good job at it. She's reading it to kids at a hospital."

Pepper blinked, "Sick kids at a hospital reading THIS sappy garbage? It'll only make them sicker. I know a way to make the kids laugh. After all, laughter IS the best medicine."

The skunk pulled a pen out of her tail and took the cap off. The blue mongoose watched in shock as Pepper pushed him aside and started drawing on the book, "PEPPER! Are you insane?!"

"As an artist myself, I'm very curious to see what Pepper will come up with." Minka commented. Sunil only stared at the ground and whimpered and sulked.

Vinnie chuckled, "It's gonna be pretty cool to see how Pepper can liven up this sad book." Sunil shivered a bit and swallowed a lump in his throat as he helplessly watched the skunk further graffiti the book.

When she was done, Pepper grinned to herself. The boy was dressed in clown outfits with bunny ears now and she even drew a face with a unibrow and buckteeth on the tree in every panel. Minka and Vinnie had a good chuckle over the graffitied illustrations while Sunil felt tears of fear fill up in his eyes. He quickly sniffed and blinked the tears away, rubbing his eyes with his paws. He hated the idea of him and his friends being guillotined by the librarian.

Suddenly, Zoe entered the room to see Sunil, Minka, Vinnie and Pepper gathered around a book. The purple dog blinked, "The Generous Tree? What kind of a book is that?"

Pepper turned to Zoe, "It's a sad children's book about a tree getting chopped down. Blythe's reading it to sick kids at the hospital so I drew funny faces on the boy and tree to liven things up."

Zoe blinked, "Does it have any pictures of good fashion in it?"

Pepper rolled her eyes, "It's a children's book, Zoe. Not a fashion magazine. Not every book has pictures of models and dresses."

Zoe crossed her arms, "Well then, I guess it's time to make this book more fashionable."

"Please don't, Zoe. This book has been ruined enough." Sunil replied, his little heart racing inside his chest.

Zoe rolled her ice blue eyes at the mongoose, "Ruined? Darling, I'm only trying to make it better. Such a drab, dull book needs a little something to catch the eye and lure the reader in!"

Sunil nervously watched as Zoe took out a fashion magazine from her hat and she turned to Pepper, "Got any scissors?"

Pepper nodded and pulled some scissors out of her tail and Sunil stared in shock, "You keep SCISSORS in your tail, Pepper?! But that's so dangerous! What if you trip and fall and get cut and BLEED to DEATH?"

Pepper rolled her eyes as she handed Zoe the scissors, "You know, Sunil, I'm gonna have a nice, long talk with Russell because he's filling your head with all those paranoid thoughts on safety and stuff."

Sunil whimpered and watched Zoe cut a picture of Lady Gaga out of the fashion magazine. The dog turned to Vinnie, "Got any glue?"

"Sure do!" Vinnie nodded as he handed Zoe a tube of glue.

Zoe grinned as she squeezed the glue on the back of the cut out Lady Gaga and opened The Generous Tree. Flipping to a page with the boy's girlfriend on it, she carefully pasted the Lady Gaga over the girl and gave a thumbs up, "There!"

Sunil gasped in horror as Zoe closed the book. At this point, it was damaged well beyond repair and Sunil wished so hard he could curl up into a ball and shrink to the size of an ant. All the blood drained from the mongoose's face, he began to feel light-headed and he passed out.