Disclaimer: I do not own anything in Hamtaro.

AN: A friend of mine has been having trouble of late. So, I have decided to dedicate my story to her! This is for DollieMay 18.

Christy gazed at all of the surprised hamsters. She wasn't sure what she should have said, but she knew that there was no turning back now. She took in a deep breath, hoping to calm her nerves a bit.

"I'm Christy," she repeated. "I am… or rather was, a human girl!" As she looked among the group, she realized that all of them were giving her a look of disbelief. She didn't know if it would work, but decided she had to explain herself a little more. Maybe doing so would prove something.

"I moved into town half a year ago, and befriended Laura and Kana. Both of them have hamsters. Laura has Hamtaro and Kana has Oxnard." As she spoke, she pointed to the two in question. "I was also going to go to Laura's house today to study with my friends for next week's math test."

Hamtaro couldn't help a small gasp. "I do remember hearing about that! Maybe she really is Christy!"

Boss crossed his paws over his chest again as he stepped closer to Christy. "I don't know," he murmured. "If she really is her, then why is some of her fur brown?"

Christy guessed as to why the other hamster would question something like that, so she nodded her head. "Well, it might have to do with the fact that my original hair color is brown. See, I dyed my hair…"

"You died your hair!" the other Ham-Hams questioned in unison, looking even more shocked than they did before. In fact, they had horrified looks on their faces.

"Not like that!" Christy cried holding up her paws. "I didn't 'die' my hair, like I killed it. I used hair dye to change the color of my hair from brown to blonde."

"Is it permanent?" Oxnard asked.

The new hamster shook her head. "No, you have to keep using the dye as your hair grows out. Though, I was getting tired of having to do it."

Hamtaro looked to his fellow hamsters. "Can you believe this?" he questioned.

Bijou shook her head in reply. "I've never heard anything like it," the snow white hamster remarked.

"Maybe it wasn't such a coincidence at all, huh Penelope?" Pashmina asked the younger ham beside her.

"Ookwee?" Penelope added in a confused tone.

Christy listened to the others talking around her. She didn't know if they believed her, but she figured that it was a good thing to get off of her chest anyway. She took in another deep breath. "Anyway, I didn't run away. I just woke up this morning like this. My mom didn't recognizing me, and took me outside! I knew she wouldn't let me back in so I left. Then at one point, when I realized how worried everyone would be, I panicked and started to run."

"And that was when we found you," Pashmina remarked. "I was with Penelope and we saw you trip and fall."

The brown and white hamster nodded. "Yeah, then as we talked, you mentioned Hamtaro. I recognized the name as Laura's hamster, so I figured maybe I could talk to him about this whole thing."

"And that is why you are here?" Oxnard asked her.

Christy nodded her head as she said, "Yes, that's right, Oxnard."

"Well, I've never heard of this before," Boss replied. "And you say you didn't run away. I was sure you did, like Laura."

Now it was Christy's turn to cross her paws, as she looked deep in thought. "Laura ran away? Hm… I do remember her telling me there was one time she ran out of the house mad, just because she didn't get some CD player she asked for. I know she had gotten a bad grade, and that was why she didn't get it. But she didn't really plan on running away."

Hamtaro turned his gaze toward her. "So, you mean she didn't leave to join the circus?"

"Join the circus?" the brown and white hamster repeated with a tilt of her head. "No, of course not, what gave you that idea?" Christy watched as the other Ham-Hams turned their gaze on Boss. She also looked in his direction and shook her head. "You were the one to say she ran away to join the circus?"

"Well, yeah," the older hamster said without missing a beat.

At this point, Christy wondered what Boss truly knew about humans, as well as the world as a whole. Not that she couldn't say it was impossible for a kid to want to run away and join the circus, she just didn't find that whole idea to be rather likely.

"What do you know anyway?" Boss suddenly questioned.

Christy found herself saying, "Probably more than you." She didn't intend it to sound mean or anything, but it was clear to see, from the beige hamster narrowing his eyes, didn't take it the right way.

"Oh yeah?" At this point, the conversation ended up switching from whether Christy was really a human, or whether her story was good enough. Boss started to question Christy on some the things he thought were facts, but the girl found herself correcting what he was saying.

"What about an orange? Don't you think the sun gets stuck in the tree and becomes an orange?"

The brown and white hamster shook her head. "No I don't. The sun is too far away. Oranges grow on orange trees. That's all there is to it. The sun does not get stuck in the trees. If it did, well, we wouldn't have a sun after it is eaten."

This went back and forth for a little while, and it was easy to see that Boss was becoming annoyed. Hamtaro rushed forward to get in between the two. "Come on, you guys! We don't need to argue!"

Realizing what had happened, Christy nodded her head. "Yeah, sorry about that," she said apologetically.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry too," Boss agreed, but he still didn't look happy.

Pashmina walked over to the nearby table, and noticed some sunflower seeds on top. She picked up a few and walked over to Christy, offering them to the brown and white hamster. "Are you hungry?"

Christy nodded and accepted one of the seeds. But she found herself looking at it rather funny, as though she didn't know what she was supposed to do. "How do you eat these things?" she questioned suddenly. She felt a little silly asking a question like that, but since she didn't know how, that didn't help her.

The other hamsters, seeing Christy's confusion, showed her how to eat the seed by using her teeth to break open the shell, and then eating the inside. For the newly turned Ham-Ham, this was difficult at first, but once she got it down, it wasn't too hard and she was able to eat the delicious seeds.

A sigh escaped Christy's lips, as she looked down. "If only I knew what was going on…"

"A human girl… turning into a Ham-Ham…" murmured a sleepy sounding voice.

Christy gasped when she heard that and looked for the source of the voice. "Who said that?" she questioned.

"That's Snoozer," Boss introduced as he and the other Ham-Hams walked up to him, sleeping on the floor in his sock.

Christy found herself walking over to Snoozer. "Do you know what happened?"

"Old legends say… of a girl turning into a Ham-Ham… zuzuzu," Snoozer replied sleepily.

"So you do know something!" Christy found herself kneeling down beside him. "Please, if you can tell me anything more…"

Unfortunately, the only thing to hit her ears after that was a light 'zuzuzu' sound. The brown and white hamster sighed softly. She had hoped to find a lead to her condition, and perhaps how to reverse the process. But, she didn't get much. All she got was that there was an old legend that spoke of a human girl turning into a Ham-Ham.

"Now what?" She pushed herself to her paws and looked at the others. "I really don't have a place that I can go to, right now."

Bijou gave the new hamster a reassuring smile. "Maybe you could stay in the Clubhouse. That would be okay, wouldn't it Boss?" she asked as she looked toward the beige hamster.

Christy watched as Boss' cheeks turned red. "B… B… Bijou… Of course she can stay!"

"Even after I annoyed him… maybe it has to do with the fact he likes Bijou? He is blushing after all," the brown and white hamster thought.

"But," he suddenly added, looking in Christy's direction. "You sleep on the other side of the Clubhouse."

Christy made a face, but she didn't make a comment. She didn't want to annoy him any further than she already had. She figured she may as well agree without a fuss.

Pashmina smiled as she walked back home with Penelope. Everyone else had left the Clubhouse already, except for Boss, Snoozer and Christy. After all the panic had subsided, everyone believed Christy's story. Mostly because of Snoozer, since he mentioned some legend, which backed up her earlier words. After that, they played a little, to try to make Christy feel a little better. Still, she and Boss did get off on the wrong paw, so to speak.

The blonde and white hamster looked up to the sky. It was much clearer than it was the day before, and the sun was only just beginning to set, making pretty colors of orange and pink. She figured that she could easily get back home before June noticed, just like Penelope would get back before Kylie knew she was gone. It was a basic routine that they went through. Well, except one thing wasn't exactly so routine.

"Wow, it's hard to believe, huh Penelope, that a human could be turned into a Ham-Ham!"

"Ookwee! Ookwee, ookyoo!" Penelope responded.

"I'm sure Laura and the others are worried about Christy," Pashmina added as her smile wilted to a frown. "Hm… I wonder if there is a way we can let everyone know she is okay."

Penelope looked confused for a moment, before she shook her head and said in a sad tone, "Ookwee."

The blonde hamster sighed. "Yeah, I can't think of anything either. Maybe we can talk about it with everyone else tomorrow. We all promised to come back, after all."

"Ookwee!" Penelope agreed, jumping into the air.

Pashmina smiled at the younger hamster and decided it was time to get back home. But little did they know that someone was watching them. And this figure had heard the whole thing.

Finally, the time had come.