Val is a 12 years old artic fox that lives with his family in PleasantVille. His closest friend is Yago, a white goat. They’re also classmates.
PleasantVille has 18,000 inhabitants and it’s Christmas holidays. Despite this, the town is in a region where it doesn’t snow in winter.
Val and Yago are walking together aimlessly.
“I’m tired of playing video games. I wish most of our friends were here to play soccer” says Yago with resignation wearing his usual green jacket.
“We could call, at least, Ned, to go to the movies or something” proposes Val who wears a dark tracksuit with a crow print on it.
“Ned? My boyfriend? He’s at his grandparents' house for Christmas, in the capital. This town is totally dead for Christmas” Yago kicks a rock on the sidewalk.
“What about Desmon?”
“Busy.”
The street contains low-rise commercial buildings, trees along the avenue and some Christmas lights suspended in the air between buildings.
“If it snows, we could skii” says Val while kicking the rock that Yago kicked.
“Here never snows. That just happens in movies” replies the white goat kicking the rock back.
The fox smiles “Hehehe, here just rains” kicks the rock stronger.
“Would you like to ski in the mud?” asks Yago, smiling too and returning the rock to Val.
“Not much” answers Val who kicks the rock to Yago, but misses. The rock hits a red car parked leaving a dent in its back door “Ups…” Val is scared and feels his heart beating.
“Don’t look, Val. If you don’t look, it’s not real” Yago walks faster, almost running, to get away. Crosses to the next street.
Val follows him “Y-you’re right” says the fox nervously clenching his teeth.
“Don’t put that face. You didn’t kill someone” says the goat to his friend “Relax” Yago massages Val’s shoulders in front of a chinese restaurant. The goat used to touch people so much, something typical about him.
“I’m relaxed.”
“Look, 2 Chinese menus for 11,96$” Advertises Yago shifting the massage to Val’s head.
“I’m broke” says the fox and shrugs.
“Me too.”
“The red car too” the two lads laugh and continue their walk.
Five minutes later, they arrive at a solitary park where they spend the time when they don’t know what to do. The park isn’t properly maintained so it receives no visitors. It’s an ideal place for someone who doesn’t want to be disturbed.
Both sit on their favorite bench, the only one still not shattered.
“I’m bored, I’d like to trash a dozen cars. It’d be funny” says the white goat.
“I didn't do it on purpose” replies the fox.
“I’d do it on purpose if nobody put me in a reformatory” Yago takes out two energy bars from his pocket “Take one” gives one to his friend.
“That’s bad. You’re evil, Yago. And thanks”
“It’s society’s fault” the goat bites his energy bar and chews.
“Whatever. Didn’t you have enough trashing that abandoned house 3 months ago?”
“NOPE. Next time, we should pee all over the place and make more holes on the walls”
Yago finishes the energy bar and drops the wrapper on the ground.
“Yago! Don’t destroy the nature, throw it in the bin”
“Naaah”
“Do it.”
“Force me”
“Don’t you wanna be a hero? Don’t you always say you wanna join the army when you grow up?”
“Yes, I wanna”
“Then, prove it. Start saving the park. It’s easier than going to the war or something” grins Val.
Yago takes Val’s wrapper “Okey, I’ll save the day.” The goat pushes the fox’s shoulder when he’s going to stand up “Don’t stand up, Val. I can afford this mission alone.” Uses a dramatic tone.
“Good luck, then”
Yago disappears. Val takes his smartphone from the pocket and visits Tik Tok.
One minutes later, Yago comes back jumping and laughing.
“Ned!! Look this!!” shows a bag full of money, full of 100 dollar bills “Surely there is one million dollars!!”
“IMPOSIBLE!!!!” says Val.
“POSIBLE!!” The goat hugs his arctic friend and both jump “We’re rich!!”
“Why do you share the loot with me?”
“You forced me to drop the trash in the bin” answers Yago “And I’m a legal goat”
“Yago…”
“Val…” Yago hugs his friend stronger and lifts him up in the air. Then, Val makes the same to Yago.
“YAGO!!”
“VAL!!”
“... where did you find this?” asks the fox sniffing the money.
“In the trash bin, obviously. The bag was a bit open and I saw the money” hugs the bag and sniffs the content after introducing his muzzle inside “It smells like karma.”
“Isn’t that weird?”
“No, why?”
“Who leaves thousands of dollars in the trash?” reasons Val.
“And angel?” answers Yago smiling.
“Error. Someone has lost that money, we’ve to return it.” insists Val and grabs the bag.
“But, we found it. And it was in the trash. Whoever threw it away wouldn't want it.” Yago objects grabbing the bag.
“It’s not ours.” Says Val and steals the bag.
“Then, it’s mine.” replies Yago and grabs Val’s t-shirt waist.
“Yago, be a hero.”
“I’m a hero, but not silly.”
“Let’s be heroes one more time today, we both.”
“Everyone will kill us if we let this money go. Especially my boyfriend.” says Yago.
“My dad is a lawyer. Surely he knows what to do. Maybe, if nobody claims the money, it could be ours.”
“Everyone is going to claim it.”
“Maybe, we receives a reward”
“... okey.”
Yago starts to smile again. Leaves the money under Val’s care.
“What will you do with your half if nobody claims it?” asks Yago.
“I’ll buy a Nintendo Switch.”
“What??? Buy something more expensive.” demands the goat.
“Then, a haunted mansion, a huge one… with skeletons, hundreds of skeletons. You?”
“I’ll buy an island bigger than this town.”
“Yago, you need more money for that.”
“Then, I’ll buy a castle to raise 30 childrens with Ned while I travel fighting evil in the world.”
“What? Why? Adopting? You and Ned are boys.”
“I’ll create a miniYago’s army. And I’ll have them turning Ned into a girl.”
“How?”
“Making a machine.”
“How?”
“Using money and magic.”
“Okay, but...”
“Don’t oppress me, Val. I’ll give you a jelly pool so you can relax. You think too much.”
Yago and Val reach the park limit. The street is busy.
“Val, is sure to carry so much money on the street?” asks the goat
“I think it’s not.” answers the arctic fox. Then, grabs his smartphone and takes pictures to the bag content.
“What are you doing?” asks the goat looking at Val's phone.
“I’m sending pictures to my dad…” Val chats with someone with his phone “Oh, he says he’s going to come… he says we’ve to wait for him in the park and not exit to the street.” adds the canid.
“Oh, he comes to rescue us and complete our mission.” says the goat. Then, grabs his phone and takes pictures too “I’m sending this to Ned and my parents.”
“Well done.”
Yago’s phone rings and attends the call. It 's his dad.
“My dad is coming too.” says the goat.
Five minutes later, Val’s father arrives. He’s an arctic fox too. Wears glasses and a suit. It seems he left his office in a hurry.
“Hey, Valvy, how are things?” notices Yago’s presence “Did you call friends?”
“Hi” says Yago.
“No, dad, he was the one who found the bag”
“Oh, I see…” Val’s father sounds disappointed.
“Uhmm… wrong, we both find it.” corrects the goat.
Val’s father seems happy again and makes a call “You can go play, I'll take care of everything.” The adult fox talks to someone on the phone, but interrupts the call “Sorry, don't go. You have to stay.”
Suddenly, a car stops in the middle of the street. A white goat wearing dirty overalls leaves the vehicle while his wife parks “Yagi!! Where is the money!!??”
“There! Dad.” Yago points to the bag that took Val’s father.
“Who are you?” asks the adult goat while his wife approaches too.
“Alexander, Val’s father, and lawyer. Nice to meet you.” offers a handshake.
“I’m Ezequiel, Yago’s dad” They shake their hands. Yago’s mother introduces herself too and they have a boring adult conversation. Yago and Val don't pay attention, but hear something about the police. Their parents are waiting for them.
Desmon appears, a black jackal, classmate and friend of Yago and Val.
“Howdy! Can I see the treasure?” asks the young jackal who places between his friends who were apart from adults.
“How do you know we found a bag full of money?” asks Val.
“Ned told me.”
“Fine…” replies the fox.
“Weren’t you busy this morning and you couldn't come with us?” asks the goat crossing his arms.
“Not now”.
“Liar… anyway, Val’s father has the bag and they c…” a police car arrives and parks in front of the group “they called the police.”
“Yagi, come here.” says Ezequiel to his son.
“Val, you too.” says Alexander.
They follow their parents' requests and the rest of the day was boring.
They both go to the PleasantVille police station after saying goodbye to Desmon. They had to tell the police everything about how they found the money.
Val had a better attitude thinking the lost time would be worth it.
Apparently, there was a robbery at the most important bank in the town. Faced with imminent capture, the thieves divided the loot to hide it in different places with the intention of recovering it later. The police suspect that there are 7 bags. They recovered 3 and this was the worst hidden. Unfortunately, there isn't a reward for those cases.
The amount in the bag found by Yago amounted to $ 346,100.
Val's father was furious and threatened legal action. In his opinion, they deserve 3% rewards under state law.
On the other hand, Yago’s family didn’t care.
Interestingly, Yago was just as angry as Alexander. He looked more like his son than Val.
Despite the failure, they had a victory. Both families visited the Chinese restaurant that Yago and Val saw in the morning. Yago's brother and Val's grandparents joined the eating while Alexander talked about taking legal action together. The meeting brought the families together.
DAY 2
Next day, Yago and Val told their adventure to their friends while playing Fortnite.
“Guys, didn’t you think to take the money and fuck the police?” asks Fred, the cat. He’s another friend who is outside the town for christmas.
“I thought about it, but Val’s dad messed it up.” says the goat.
“Next time, call me. Leave your parents away” replies Desmon.
“Yago, you can’t do it. How do you explain all that money? Police could send you to the jail.” worries Ned.
“Nobody would notice it if we spend it slowly.” answers Yago.
“What if the money had been for someone's surgery?” asks Val.
“Ned’s surgery.” replies the goat.
“What?” surprises Ned.
“Nothing, beloved puppy. Rawr.”
When Yago and Val get alone, the goat proposes to take a walk in the same park.
They meet in front of the chinese restaurant and start their walk with silly conversations.
“Val, what do you propose to take our money back?” asks Yago.
“I propose something you’d like: hypnosis. We could hypnotize the police and take the money back.”
“Yeah, legal action is for pussies. But I propose something better: black magic.”
“Tell me more.” Val wags his fluffy tail in expectation.
“I’ll get in my Halloween costumes and light black candles while focusing my mind on the police officers. I’d also offer a chicken head to satan from my parents farm. That should satisfy him. The money would fly to us at night.”
Val smiles liking Yago’s crazy things “Your Halloween costume? Do you mean your fur dyed black wearing usual clothes and holding a plastic knife?”
“Yeah, I’m a goat. Black goats look scary enough. I don’t need more costumes like that ridiculous vampire costume.”
“Are you serious?” Val feels alluded.
“No, hahahahaha. Your vampire costume was really cool. Just joking.” Yago pets Val’s back and they arrive at the park.
“Val, I’ve an important announcement for you. Let's go to my sanctuary.”
Val shrugs “Let’s go.”
They go to the back area of a public toilet in the park. The back wall contains graffiti with Yago’s name and a rudimentary drawing of himself in a cool pose.
“Haven’t you never thought that could incriminate you?”
“Nop, why?”
“You wrote your own name and painted yourself on the wall.”
“Someone else could have drawn me without my consent.” says Yago grinning.
“You’re right… maybe I should make my own sanctuary.”
“You should.”
Yago grabs the fox’s face to turn it towards him and looks at his eyes happiest than ever “Prepare yourself.”
Yago pushes Val’s shoulders “Sit down.”
Seated on the grass, Val looks at Yago while standing up with his graffiti behind.
“Look at this and appreciate my intelligence…” Yago looks for something in his pocket. Finally, he takes out a handful of money. “I took a handful of money before giving you the bag!!!”
“Did you hide it in your pockets?”
“Nop, in my asscrack.”
“Iuck!”
“I’m a genius. I took 1.800$ and I’m going to share a bit with you”
Val looks at something in his pocket. Shows 300$.
“Ohh… you did it too. But I took more than you… accept my butt money.”
“I’m fine. I’m not going to touch your butt-bills.”
Yago approaches Val holding the money handful “Accept my christmas present.”
Val stands up and runs away from his friend “Never!!”
The fox's speed is higher. Yago gives up “You win, but I was joking, I’d never hide the money between my ass cheeks.”
Val crosses his arms.
“C’mon, don’t you want a Nintendo Switch? You need more than 300$ to buy games, controls and everything.” offers 200$ to Val “Let me thank you for forcing me to throw the garbage in the trash bin.”
“Well… thank you, Yago” The fox takes the money and smiles.
“I saved the money in the front of my undies, under my balls”
“Traitor!!”
“I told the truth, I didn't save it between my ass cheeks.”
“I’ll take revenge.” promises Val looking with contempt at his friend.
“I promise more presents for you.” the goat winks to the fox.
Val thinks on the money “It’s not necessary, you’ve already been very good to me. Thank you very much, Yago.”
“MERRY BUTTMAS, VAL!!”
“Merry Ballsmas!” the two cubs bump their fists.
The two friends leave the park and have an awesome, but normal, christmas afternoon. No more evil rocks or treasures, for now ~.
