Maya was your typical 4 year old

...

Except for the fact, She had a huge secret she couldn't even tell her friends about!

When her parents passed out, she would get up to hang out with the horse for an hour, which means she only got 7 hours asleep when she needed 8.

It was a bad habit she had, but She knew she had to, just to make her horse, hopper, happy.

She one day found the horse while playing hopscotch in the town. There were a few witnesses, and if they found her home, or her friends told them her address, she would be grounded, and hopper would be taken away.

Before Maya even stepped foot outside, she made sure to look around, and did not even DARE on wearing the same clothing, luckily she was in a bun and not her formal hairstyle, so she was practically in the clear as long as she didn't wear those clothes and put her hair in a bun. "Maya, why do you never wear those clothes anymore?" Her mom asked her. "Aren't they your favorite clothing?" Maya got nervous as she asked the first question, and even more when she asked the second one.

"Yeah, just... They are dirty!" Maya responded.

"Honey, that's all you had to say! I'll wash them for you, and you can wear them tomorrow for school!"

After her mom said that, there was no going back. 

If she argued, her mom would catch on.

If the townsfolk's saw her, they would catch on and tell my mom, making my mom catch on.

She chose not to argue, cause at least she had a chance with that. "Sorry, I forgot!" Maya said. "It has been a week though, so yeah." Maya knew it was clean, but she couldn't just say 'Oh yeah, they are clean, April fools!' Plus, it isn't even April! not even the first day of the month.

So the next night, Maya did the usual thing she did.

Sneak out the window to where she kept hopper.

She went over to him, he was excited to see her again!

"hey boy!" She gave him an apple, and played with him. 

She played tag, hide and seek, and even charades! She found a way. But soon, all of that passed by. quickly.

"Almost an hour passed by, gotta get back in!" 

Hopper looked sad as she left. she saw that, and she felt sad. 

"Aw- Fine hopper, How about one more game of tag! Does that sound good?" Maya asked hopper. Hopper started... Hopping! Exactly why his name is hopper.

After the game, Maya gave him a pet on his side, since she was too short to pet him on the head. 

"See you tomorrow hopper! Looking forward to it."

But out of nowhere, a girl comes up... her name was...

OBSIDIOUS PURPLE! She started cartwheeling towards Maya, Maya was kinda impressed. "Who are YOU?!" Maya asks. "You're amazing!" Obsidious laughed, even though she was extremely grateful cause nobody really acknowledges her often, even with her cool stunts that anybody is capable of doing.

"I'm obsidious." She said. Maya gasped. "Obsidious?" Maya yelled.

"Obsidious purple, to be exact! So, young girl, what are you doing alone, past midnight! And Is that a horse?"

Maya shh'ed her, and nodded

But it was too late. Obsidious yelling 'OBSIDIOUS PURPLE!' already woke up her dad. Her dad went to check on her, and she was gone.

She saw her dad from the open window, and she knew it was too late,

"Well thanks a lot, obsidious purple! Now i'm gonna get grounded when I come in, cause my dad is now searching for me." Maya said to Obsidious.

Obsidious felt bad, and made a plan.

"here's some paper!" Obsidious said. Obsidious pulled it out from thin air, and Maya was still in shock.

"how'd you-" Maya tried to finish, until Obsidious started talking and writing about the plan.