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| [Introduction]
We cut ahead one month later after the last campfire, Not one of our heroes has been able to figure out how to get back to the home universe. Jonathan and Pamela have deserted so has Vuc, leaving our Heroes from the Humanimal Universe alone with the Ninja Turtles occasionally visiting. Then one day. Kitty woke up, she knew what day it was. "CHRISTMAS!" She cried springing up from the sofa she slept on (Kitty, Maddy and Andromeda all slept in the Den) "What?!" Andromeda said sleepily "Gah!" Maddy said springing up from her bed Kitty started racing around the room chanting "Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, CHRISTMAS!" "Kitty, What is wrong with you?!" Andromeda muttered "Don't you know it's Christmas?!" Kitty said hopping up and down |
 Twiga  "Christmas?!" Maddy said "What point is there in celebrating Christmas?! We're stranded here! We're refugees! We've got no tree, no presents, no decorations, no music...""You don't need CDs and Cassette Players to have Holiday Music!" Kitty said 'We can sing can't we?" "Kitty." Maddy started to say "Deck the halls with bows of holly!" Kitty sang "Fa la la la..." Meanwhile in a little house where the suburbs met the forest, a skinny 10 year old boy named Andrew Hiccup said good bye to his Mother, kissed her on the cheek and went out to the forest in hopes of collecting leaves and bark and twigs for his science experiments he did not know what he would see in the forest. Meanwhile, Kitty soon realized no one felt like celebrating Christmas except the four youngest children, Her Mother Marzipan did not bake cookies or make gingerbread houses but made scrambled eggs and toast with bacon. Kitty looked at her plain breakfast sadly "If it's all the same to you Mom, I'd rather go out and play." She said "Take your scarf and coat," Marzipan said "And don't wander too far!" Steve Ellen Andrew Hiccup had discovered a really interesting old rotted stump all full of beetles and grubs. He was looking at them with his magnifying glass when he heard when he heard footsteps in the snow... crunch, crunch, crunch. Quickly he hid behind his stump and watched while a girl about his age walked by. She looked like a snow angel, all dressed in white fuzzy stuff, even a fuzzy cap with a ball of white fuzz attached to the tip of it. "Fuzz," he said, then quickly put his hand over hios mouth. He hadn't meant to say that out loud. Kitty whirled around making the fuzzball on her cap twirl around twice. "Who said that?" Andrew raised his hand. "It was I." All Kitty could see was a skinny hand sticking up from behind an old stump. "Come out where I can see you." Twiga "You must be bundled up!" Andrew said "Even your face is covered!""My face..." Then Kitty realized she had wandered too far, beyond the boundaries of the backyard. She now knew she was standing face to face with a Human Boy who thought she was just wearing a lot of fuzzy clothes. As quick as she could, Kitty scooted up the old oak tree and placed herself on on of the highest branches. "Whoa." Andrew said "You can climb really well! You climb almost like a squirrel!" "Thanks!" Kitty called down from below "I know a couple squirrels they told me how!" "Your funny!" Andrew said "What's your name?" "Kitty." Kitty said "Kitty Crane." "Kitty Crane." Andrew said "That's a sure sophisticated sounding name, it beats the heck out of my name." "What is your name?" Kitty asked "Andrew...Hiccup..." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Um, Gazunetite," Kitty said."Actually, that's my name." Twiga "Your name is actually Hiccup!" Kitty started to giggle"Go ahead and laugh!" Andrew said sadly "Everyone else does." "Oh I won't laugh if you don't want me to." Kitty said "What are you doing out here anyways?" "Just looking for some stuff for science experiments." Andrew said At the mention of the words 'Science Experiments' Kitty felt the fur on the back of her neck go up "You don't say..." She replied mildly "Yeah, Then I found this cool old rotted stump full of beetle and grubs and...I'm not boring you am I?" "No." Kitty said "I may be fast and athletic but I'm also kind of a nerd myself, you should talk to my Dad he's pretty much the world's biggest nerd but he's also pretty cool." "He's a nerd and he's cool?" Andrew said "How does he manage to pull that off?" "Easy, when your a grown up, no one cares if your a nerd, also he's a teacher at a middle school and he doesn't approve of bullying, if he catches someone bullying someone else he whacks them with ruler." "Isn't that illegal now?" Andrew asked worriedly "I mean I don't think they allow corporeal punishment in schools anymore." "Not here but on some planets..." Kitty covered her mouth she realized what she had said "Planets?" Andrew raised his eyebrow "Who the heck are you?" "OK Andrew." Kitty said "I'll come down but you got to promise not to scream, run away or call animal control." "Why?" Andrew asked "Are you some escaped sideshow freak." "No!" Kitty yelled a little indignant Steve Ellen "Then why do I have to promise not to scream?" "Just promise, Andrew, OK?" "OK, fine, I promise not to scream." Kitty jumped down from the tree. "These aren't clothes I am wearing. This is my fur." Andrew stared. His eyes grew big. Then he screamed. "Andrew! You promised not to scream!" Andrew cut his scream short and gasped for breath. "You're an animal! A talking animal!" "No, I'm not an animal, I'm a humanimal." Twiga "A Humanimal?" Andrew asked"Yeah." Kitty said "A Humanimal is an animal that has been genetically engineered to have human like form and intelligence." "Is that like a comic book a read?" Andrew asked "Where the mad scientist gets animals to evolve into humanoids by using mysterious isotopes?" "I haven't the faintest clue what you're talking about." Kitty said "Humanimals aren't evolved by radiation but by magic!" "Magic?" Andrew thought he had misheard "Yes by magic." Kitty said "You see it all started when a meteor made of crystal crash landed on Earth, and the citizens of Earth discovered it had the abilities to accelerate evolution..." As this was going on Ichabod and Marzipan were cleaning up the kitchen, they felt a bit blue as well that it was Christmas but nobody felt like celebrating "I do feel a little bit depressed." Ichabod managed to say out loud "I do wish my parents were here I don't know where they've gone off to." "I miss them too." Marzipan said as she washed some dishes "And to tell you the truth I do feel a certain...Longing..." Ichabod said with some sadness "Longing?" Marzipan mewed not understanding "Well..." Ichabod began to say "Yes...I do feel a longing to...roll in the hay..." "Roll in the hay?!" Marzipan raised her eyebrow "My Dearest Husband you're going to have to speak in plain English because I don't follow your logic." "I...feel the need to get frisky." Ichabod said blushing a little "Ichabod..." Marzipan began to say very seriously "Are you saying you want another baby?" "What? No!" Ichabod said quickly "One rambunctious kitten is more then enough for me!" "Good!" Marzipan said "Because I only wan one kitten, It's bad enough I had to carry the weight of a watermelon on my abdomen but also have cravings for cherry flavored ice cream and..." "Listen Marzipan.." Ichabod said "I'm not asking for another child, All I'm asking for is..." Ichabod did not complete his sentence instead he turned around stuck out his rear end and patted his fanny. Marzipan instantly understood "Oh I see!" She giggled "You want a spanking!" "And maybe some foot worship." Ichabod said blushing "If that's all right with you." "Hey no sweat." Marzipan said "I love to worship your feet!" Meanwhile Kitty had finished explaining the history of Humanimals to Andrew. "Since then." She said "There have been no more Humanimals born from the machine since then it's been done strictly the natural way." "How do you know all this?" Andrew asked "My parents told me." Kitty said "My Dad was the one who healed the crystal, that's how he became legally blind, because he gazed into the crystal's radiance for to long." "Right." Andrew said sarcastically "Biggest nerd in the world single handedly crushes evil empire." "He didn't do it all by himself!" Kitty said "He had help!" "Prove it!" Andrew said "He gave me a piece of the evolution machine to wear around my neck." Kitty said pulling a piece a metal on a string out. "Well I'll be." Andrew said "Now tell me about yourself." Kitty said "Myself?" Andrew said "Yeah," Kitty said "Like what are your favorite colors foods and the like." "Um...Well..." Andrew stammered "My favorite color is green, my favorite food is peanut butter and banana sandwiches....I like collecting comic books and playing D&D." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Dungeons and Dragons? I didn't know that was still being made, let alone played," Kitty said. "I thought it was just an 1980's or 1990's thing, not a 2020's." Twiga Andrew looked at his watch, "Aw crud!" He said "I forgot I have to babysit my baby sister Sophie! Mom has to go to work!""What does your Mom do?" Kitty asked "She's a cop and a single Mom, my Dad left us when I was Nine." "Catch you later!" Andrew called as he ran down the snowy path back to his house. Kitty just stood there for a second not knowing what to do, suddenly something inside her snapped, she forgot about the danger of this universe and that she was an anthropomorphic cat, she followed the boy. "Andrew wait!" She said "I'll help you babysit!" "Really?" Andrew said "Sure! I know a lot about babysitting I do it all the time!" "OK..." Andrew said "If that's really what you want..." They got to the little house at the edge of the forest, Andrew opened the sliding door he noticed there was a note attached "It's a note from Mom!" Andrew said the Note read 'Andrew, there is an emergency in central park I had to leave as soon as I could, please give Sophie her formula and put her to bed at a reasonable hour, Love Mom.' "Whoa!" Kitty says "Your Mom sounds like one tough customer!" "Yeah, She's a regular New York Cop." Andrew said with some sadness, feeling the sorrow of the typical latchkey kid. "Come in." Andrew said "I can make you popcorn and we can watch a movie or something, I've got a ton of movies!" Steve Ellen "Most of these are cop movies," Kitty said. Andrew frowned. "Don't you like cop movies? We watch them all the time." "Sometimes I do, but mostly I like anime." "Anime? What's that?" Kitty looked up. "You know, Japanese animation. You never heard of it?" "Oh. I don't have any of that. How about Hanna Barbera?" "Nooo, not exactly the same thing. But Yogi Bear is cool." Andrew grinned. "I've got some Yogi and Boo Boo!" Kitty sighed. "Put it on then. I'll keep looking through theseDVDs for something better." Twiga Kitty sighed as they watched the animated drivel, Baby Sophie sat on the rug playing with building blocks.After watching for what felt like forever, Kitty said "This sucks." And turned off the VCR "Hey!" Andrew said "We were watching that!" "YOU were watching it maybe, Sophie fell asleep on the floor." Andrew looked at his little sister she had indeed fallen asleep on the floor. "Don't you something a bit more classy?" Kitty asked "Like The Lion King or Bambi?" "Oh." Andrew said "I've got lots and lots of Disney movies, but I keep them under lock and key." "Because..." Kitty pressed "Because...I don't want the boys who come here for D&D to know I have a soft spot for Disney, you see Kitty, I'm 10 years old but I'm in middle school because I'm so smart, the boys are all much older then me, they chose my house for role playing because...I'm the runt of the nerd club. I don't want them to think I'm...Queer." "I don't understand why being gay is such a dirty thing." Kitty said "I mean your just a boy who likes boys or a girl who likes girls." "It's a human thing." Andrew said disdainfully "You wouldn't understand." "Look Andrew." Kitty said "I'll have you know My Uncle Bob is a Gay Catfish who married a Male Fox." Andrew blinked his eyes a couple times "A...catfish...who...married a fox?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "It's complicated," Kitty said. "Although, I think I best get going. My parents are probably worried about me." Twiga Meanwhile Ichabod and Marzipan were busy in the den, Marzipan had Ichabod on her knee and was spanking him. Ichabod laughed as she caressed his bumcheeks between spanks, Then suddenly a equine snort interrupted them. Ichabod looked up, There was Soul (Soul being the daughter of his Uncle Thomas was officially Ichabod's cousin but since she was young enough to be his daughter, Ichabod quietly asked the little zebra to call him Uncle Ichabod like all the other cubs did.)"Uncle Ichabod." Soul said quietly "Soul..." Ichabod said pulling his pants back up "How long have you been standing there?" "About 20 minutes." Soul said "I can't find Kitty I've looked all over!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay, I guess we best get looking," Ichabod said."Um, what were you doing with your pants down?" Twiga "Soul..." Ichabod said very slowly "I think next time you need to say something...speak up. Don't wait 20 minutes to say something.""OK." Uncle Ichabod." Soul said meekly Back at the Hiccup House Andrew went into his room, Whenever the older boys went to his house to play D&D he never let them into his room. "Why?" Because his room was filled with picture of animals! There were pictures of dogs, cats, horses, lions, tigers, gorillas really animals have all kinds! Andrew had a dream, it was a dream he had been dreaming his whole life long. He wanted to learn how to talk to animals. He had read all the Doctor Dolittle books, as well as the Original Rex Harrison Doctor Dolittle film (Not those crappy Eddie Murphy movies Ewww...) And of course he loved The Lion King, Bambi and Charlotte's Web. He had a secret file cabinet in his room, this he called 'The Experiment File' This is where he put all his research into animal communication. "At last!" He said "I don't know how it happened but Fate or God or somebody has shown be that it is possible! That there are ways for people and animals to communicate! Think of the possibilities! Now animals can tell us exactly what they want! No animal will have to go hungry again! No animal will have to be locked up in a cage!" Steve Ellen "I'll marry Kitty and together we will do research to make the world a better place!" He sat up suddenly. "Whoa! Where did that come from? I just met her." Meanwhile Kitty was on her way home and had a similar thought to which she said out loud, "Whoa! Where did that come from? I just met him." Ichabod and Marzipan had just stepped out into the snow tolook for Kitty and were buttoning up their jackets when Kitty came skipping into the yard. "My! You sure seem happy," Marzipan said. "I am!" Kitty replied. "But I can't tell you why." Twiga The next day. Kitty ate breakfast with a bit more enthusiasm."Mom." She said after finishing breakfast "Is it OK if I go outside and play?" "OK." Marzipan said "But don't go to far!" Kitty had already grabbed her scarf and coat and was out the door. Marzipan sighed and Ichabod chuckled "Marzi..." He said "Who does she remind you of?" "Huh?" Marzipan said "She's just like you were when you were young." Ichabod chuckled "I know!" Marzipan said "The curse of the bad child! The parents always say I hope you have a child just like yourself!" "My parents said the same thing to me." Ichabod said as he sipped his tea "Only they meant it as a compliment!" Meanwhile Kitty managed to make it to Andrew's house without anyone seeing her "Come in! Come in!" Andrew said enthusiastically "My Mom's at work and won't be back for a whole hour!" "That's good." Kitty said "I wanted to show some of my magic. "You have magic?" Andrew asked "Of course!" Kitty said "All Humanimals have at least a little magic! My magic is to weave illusions and make stories for you to enjoy." "Let's see it." Andrew said With that Kitty weaved illusions together to tell the story of how her Father healed the magic crystal and lost his sight. She did it so well, That more then once Andrew thought it was really happening, then after the show was done, Kitty felt very weak, she collapsed on the floor. Andrew did not know what to do, She was still breathing and stuff, he picked her up in his arms (Despite being only two years younger then him Kitty was very easy to pick up) And took her to his room. He laid her on his bed, and folded her hands---err paws---At that points Kitty sprang to live and said "For Pete's sake I'm not dead, I'm just tired and hungry!" "Oh right!" Andrew said "Magic is hard work you know!" Kitty said "it burns calories!" "Right hang on, I'll be back with water and buttered popcorn!" Andrew said he was out in a jiffy! Kitty looked around she saw the pictures and posters of animals all over. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Uh oh," she said. "I hope he's not one of those nutballs like mom and dad talk about." Twiga "Here's your snack!" Andrew said as he brought in a tall glass of water and a bowl of buttered popcorn."Thanks." Kitty said as she absentmindedly caressed a picture of a turtle "Why do you have so many pictures of animals?" Andrew gave her a glass of water and she drank deep "Can I tell you a secret?" Andrew asked "Yes." Kitty said "You promise not to tell?" "Of course." Kitty said "I have this dream..." Andrew said "I want to one day talk to animals, to decode animal language so humans and animals can talk to one another." "I'm not saying that a bad dream Andrew." Kitty said "But Andrew...do you eat meat?" "Of course!" Andrew said "Who do you think... "Animals are made of meat." Kitty said, Andrew's mouth went into an O position "I hadn't thought of that..." He murmured "I mean..." Kitty said "If you're willing to give up meat to help your cause I'm sure the cows and pigs and chickens would thank you...But most people can't give up eating meat, myself included because I'm a cat! We're born and bred to eat meat!" Andrew started waling around the room "If animals and humans could talk to each other..." He said "No more meat, no more milk, no more eggs..." "No more wool sweaters or leather jackets." Kitty added "No more trips to the zoo or aquarium..." "No more pets." Andrew said sadly "I wouldn't be too sure about that." Kitty said "From what we know in our home universe pets like getting free food and shelter out of humans." "How do know?" Andrew asked "Do you talk to ordinary cats?" "No." Kitty said "But My Aunt Samantha -She's a human- can talk to all animals and..." Kitty realized she had said too much "Really?!" Andrew said as he grabbed his shoulder and shook her "How did she learn I need to know!" "She got the power when she fell off her Uncle's boat into the sea!" Kitty said "The dolphins rescued her and gave her the ability to talk to animals with their brainwaves! Stop shaking me!" Andrew took his hands off her shoulder "So...To get the ability to talk to animals...I just fall into the sea and get rescued by dolphins... "No it doesn't work like that!" Kitty said "Aunt Samantha was specifically chosen by the dolphins!" Steve Ellen "So I need to get the dolphins to like me," Andrew said. "How do I do that?" "I don't know," Kitty said. "I think dolphins just naturally like people." "Everybody?" "I suppose they like some people more than others. They probably like people who play with them." "How do you play with a dolphin?" "Gee whiz, Andrew. I'm not a dolphin expert. Don't they like to jump out of the water and jump through a hoop?" "Do you think they really like that?" "Once again..." "I know. You're not a dolphin expert. But the dolphins liked your aunt, didn't they?" "They rescued her. She fell in the sea. They probably didn't know her before that." "Maybe they had been secretly watching her for years just waiting for their chance." "Andrew, sometimes your ideas go over the edge." Freewind "The whole idea was enchanting" Andrew thought to himself. "Talking with and understanding what animals say. After all, Kitty talked to me and she is sort of an animal, though she really was a humanimal."It was tough to be a nerd in the world but to be a soft-hearted and magic-loving nerd was even harder. He loved the fantasy and the wonder of magic, not just the aggressiveness of the D&D game world. He really wanted to live in a gentler world and one where wonderful things could happen. In a perfect world, his mom could stay home and take care of him and his sister and his dad would have never left but this was not a perfect world but the existence of Kitty and others like her made the world not seem so harsh. He really wanted to believe that what others said that miracles could happen at Christmas time. He thought about the miracles he wanted, to talk to animals and to have a less dangerous job for his mom. He knew that second part was a selfish wish because his mom loved being a cop and it made her feel like she really was doing something to change the world. "Yep, I guess you are right but they are only ideas and there is no limits on ideas or dreams, is there?" Andrew ask of Kitty. "No, I guess not." Kitty answered, a slight humming purr tone in her voice. "Do you think maybe some animal is looking for me so he can like me like the dolphins liked your aunt?" Andrew questioned. "I don't know but anything is possible." Kitty answered, with a sweet smile. Then suddenly glancing around her in alarm, she realized that she heard a car pull up and she knew that Andrew's mom was home. She could not let Mrs.Hiccup see her. Kitty hugged Andrew, which brought a deep blush to him and then dashing out the door "I will see you later, okay?" Twiga Kitty ran all the way through the snowy forest...Her Mom and Dad were waiting for her."Kitty." Ichabod said "That was a rather long walk! You've been gone for almost an hour!" "Sorry Dad." Kitty said "I just love walking in the woods at wintertime!" She looked at her human Father, his ruddy red hair, his green eyes, so different from Andrew blond hair and blue eyes. Ichabod had a large nose and half moon glasses...Andrew had small petite almost girlish features, and did not need glasses. "Dad." Kitty said as they walked into the house "You know a lot about psychology right?" "I know a little..." Ichabod said "Though not as much your grandfather." "Demetri told me something." Kitty said "That Humanimals who have a human parent that is the opposite gender as they are then they will be attracted to Humans throughout there whole life..." Ichabod looked shocked. Edward looked at his little Mink Son. "Demetri..." Edward said firmly "have you been spreading rumors?" "I just read it in a book!" Demetri said his little mink tail wagging with agitation, "It was the big psychology book Uncle Ichabod keeps on his coffee table!" Ichabod blushed "Kitty." He said gently "Anyone can say anything, doesn't necessarily make it so." "Oh." Kitty said After Supper later that night, Kitty was being tucked into bed (Because so many families had to squeeze into one house, everyone had to improvise finding beds for themselves, the majority of children slept in the attic. While Kitty Andromeda and Maddy slept in the Den. Kitty slept on the plush white sofa, Andromeda, the daughter of Belladonna Starchild the Japanese Dragon and Ninja Turtle Donatello slept on on a plush white chair with an afghan covering her. Maddy the daughter of Tiamat the famous Dragon General and Ninja Turtle Raphael, slept on the floor in a sleeping bag (Despite Maddy's protests that she didn't need a sleeping bag because she had a bad habit of snoring little bit of flame that ignited her blankets -this was not a problem for Andromeda because Asian dragons do not breathe fire, Garuda who was the daughter of a Dragon named Rose and a Bird like alien Falco insisted that she never had problems with fire snoring because she would drink a tall glass of water before bed that dampened the fire producing ability in a dragon's throat...Maddy didn't like drinking a glass of water before bed because it meant she would have to wake up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night) Anyway as Ichabod tucked Kitty into bed and gave her a good night kiss Kitty yawned sleepily and whispered "Dad, Why do children who are a hybrid between to species always resemble the mother's species unless it is a human/humanimal hybrid? And why do human/humanimal hybrids always resemble the humanimal parent without exception?" "That is life." Ichabod said "The magic of the crystal has never been fully understood, perhaps we will never understand it." "Dad." Kitty whispered "I made a friend today." "A friend?" Ichabod was curious "He's a human, from this universe...His name is Andrew Hiccup..." Ichabod paused for one minute before shouting "WHAT?!" Marzipan, Bill Brandy the Bull Man and Jim the Squirrel Man came running "What? What is it Ichabod?" Marzipan asked "Our security has been compromised!" Ichabod wailed "Kitty has made contact with a human from this universe!" "Oh no." Bill said "Oh my crap!" Jim exclaimed Twiga "Dad!" Kitty cried "Calm down!"But Ichabod was sobbing "Oh it's ruined for us now! We'll probably be carted off the the laboratory!" "Dad! Listen!" Kitty said "I know Andrew! He's not dangerous, if you come with me and talk to him I'm sure you'll understand!" Ichabod looked at his wife and two best friends and then back to Kitty "All right." He said "I'm willing to meet him." Meanwhile at the Hiccup house. Andrew was reading his Doctor Dolittle books. he leaned back and thought about the school assembly they had at his school where some Zookeeper's brought some exotic animals. There were some exotic bugs like Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and a beautiful golden Boa Constrictor from South America Andrew was impressed with the massive snake, he tried to converse with it...The head nerd Albert saw him and chided him "Are snakes really worth talking to?" Albert asked "Our scientists taught a gorilla sign language and you know what we learned 'Banana is pretty! Banana make Gorilla happy!'" Andrew lay down on his bed "Maybe Albert just wanted me to realize what talking to animals would force humanity to give up." He sighed Twiga The next day, Kitty took Ichabod out into the snowy woods to meet Andrew"I'm sure You'll like him Dad!" Kitty said "He's a big nerd like you!" "Yeah...well I'll believe it when I see it!" Ichabod said Meanwhile Andrew was taking his Mom Yolanda Hiccup to meet Kitty "You're going to like Kitty!" Andrew said "She likes the same movies we do! She likes to collect comic books!" "Andrew slow down!" Kitty saw Andrew making his way through the snow "Hello!" She said "Hello!" Andrew said "I brought my Mom to meet you!" "Kitty." Ichabod said "I think we should go home...We came to meet one boy! Not a boy and his Mother!" "That's OK!" Kitty said "I brought my Dad!" Steve Ellen The humans shook hands with each other, each one thinking the other looked normal enough. Andrew's mom spoke first. "I was surprised when Andrew told me his new friend was a cat, a talking cat." "Mmmm, yes," Ichabod said. "Um... we were surprised when our cat started talking." "Dad!" Kitty said. "Look," Ichabod said. "I'm sure you've put two and two together and realize what Kitty is. I beg you to keep it a secret. We would be in great danger if anyone finds out." "I know that, sir. I intended to keep it a secret. Besides, I would never betray one of Andrew's friends." Ichabod breathed a sigh of relief. "Whew! That's good to hear you say that. I'm glad you are so tolerant and undesrtanding." "I have good reason to be," she said. "Would you like to hear a little story?" Twiga Kitty looked at Andrew and he smiled. The two of them ran back into the snowy woods."Kitty!" Ichabod called he then sighed "Kids." He said "What are you going to do?" Unfortunately for them, A Big Game Hunter named Reynolds was watching them, he had been watching for several days now...He recorded the actions of Kitty, Amalthia, Garuda and the rest with his digital camcorder. As he recorded Kitty and Andrew going off into the woods with nobody seeing him, he trudged through the snow to a log cabin deeply nestled in the woods. There, in the cabin were three men playing cards, the air was heavy with cigar smoke Reynolds made his way up to the table. "You'll never believe what I caught on camera!" Reynolds said enthusiastically "What?" Asked a Man with a big red mustache "I've found the next big thing in big game hunting!" Reynolds exclaimed "Animal People!" A young man with very short black looked up "What?" He asked "Animal People!" Reynolds said barely able to contain his excitement "If you'll permit me I'll show you... " Thinking it was no more then a joke they agreed to watch his video recording, imagine their amazement when they saw the 'Animal People' o the screen! They were also amazed by the sheer variety of animals...while most were not 'big game' species the fact that they were all as big as Human Beings and all had workable hands, meant all were dangerous enough to make a challenging hunt. There were Cat People (Marzipan and Kitty) Mink People (Minsk and Demetri) Bull People (Bill, Jeffery and Frito) Squirrel People (Jim, Jordan, Rasco and Lily) A Zebra Girl (Soul) A Catfish Man (Bob) a Fox Man (Rook) and a Zebra Girl (Soul) and Three Dragon Girls (Andromeda, Maddy and Garuda and even wonder among wonders a UNICORN two Unicorns in fact! One Normal...One Winged (Matoaka and Amalthia respectfully) BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I don't know," one of the hunters said. "Someone somewhere might complain.""What are you talking about?" Reynolds asked. "Well, if they are rare creatures, those animal rights groups would get involved," the hunter said. "Also, if they were sentient, human rights groups would get involved. If they are top secret weapons, the government might get involved. And if they were aliens, who knows who would show up. I'd be alright with observing them, but hunting them might not be in our best interests." "Are you scared Stephen?" Reynolds asked. "No, but some of them look like children, and I don't want to be labelled a child-killer if I got arrested for killing them." Freewind Unbeknown to Kitty and Andrew about the hunter Reynolds, they were happy with each other. In Andrew's mind how could anyone not be happy to have a friend like Kitty. She was beautiful, different and smart. Andrew was sure if there was a school for humanimals that Kitty would never be considered a nerd. He was even happier that she had promised to take him to meet the rest of her family and he really liked her dad. Though his mom had seemed a bit taken back at first by the sight of Kitty, she had soon relaxed into it.Kitty began to show Andrew some of the wonderful things she had found in the snowy woods. The den of the big black bear that Kitty called Marigold. "How do you know her name?" Andrew asked. "She told me last fall just before she went in her den to hibernate but the neatest thing is that when the spring comes and she wakes up, there will two of them. Her and her little boy cub which she says she will name Wildwood. Some bears give birth while they sleep through the winter, you know that, right?" Kitty informed Andrew. "Yeah, I remember seeing something like that on the Animal Planet channel but how does Marigold know it will be a boy?" Andrew quizzed Kitty further. "She just does. Animals have senses that human don't. Human mothers have to use a machine to find out the sex of their unborn child but not animals.' Kitty went on to explain. "H'mm" Andrew muttered as he puzzeled over that information. "Aww, come on, don't be so serious, Andrew. Follow me as there is a lot more to show you." Kitty informed him. They held hands or hand and paw and skipped off, neither aware of the heavy footsteps following behind them. They were being stalked and they did not know it. Twiga "I want to show you some of my Humanimal friends." Kitty said "They can tell you what it is like to be another species! Like the red squirrel children Rasco and Lily, they're the ones who taught me how to climb.""I thought cats could already climb." Andrew said "They can but not as well as they would like, remember all those sitcoms with the kitty stuck up in the tree? Well Rasco and Lily taught me how to climb without getting stuck." Steve Ellen "Do you think they could teach me?" Andrew asked. "Maybe," Kitty said, but inside she was thinking probably not and realizing that her human friend had limitations that might prove embarrassing to him. What if Rasco and Lily wanted to play a game of tree tag? Andrew would just have to accept the fact that there were some things he wasn't going to be able to do. "I guess it would help if I had claws," Andrew said. Was he still dreaming about climbing trees? "We play tag on the ground too," Kitty said. "Huh? I didn't say anything about tag." "You didn't? Oh." Andrew thought humanimals had limitations. They couldn't think as clearly as humans. But that was understandable since humanimals were part animal. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Just then, Kitty began sniffing the air. "I smell a wolf," she said."A wolf?" Andrew asked nervously. "Relax," Kitty said with a grin. "He's friendly. Hey James, I know you're there." "Yeah, and so do the deer I've been trying to stalk for the last three hours," said a voice that was familiar to Kitty. "Remind me to break my father's jaw the next time I see him." "Oh come on James," Kitty said with a chuckle. "All you got was the scent, you could have been left with the claws, teeth, and fur to. Now come on out. I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine." At this, a man, wearing a hunter's outfit, came out of some bushes. "I could still break his jaw," the man said, as he removed an orange ski mask, revealing a full beard and mustache. "Thanks to him I now have to shave twice a day, or I'll end up looking like the guy in the red suit." Kitty giggled. "It's not funny," James said with a growl. "Between clippers and razors, I go through thirty dollars a week, easily." Twiga Reynolds saw the old solider talking to the kids and knew he had to back off."Oh Crap..." He muttered to himself "Maybe Stephen is right! Maybe the government is involved in this! I'll just bide my time until I know what the scoop is..." And with that he slinked back to the cabin. Kitty took Andrew by the hand "You've got to meet my best friend Garuda! She's a dragon!" "A dragon?!" Andrew could not believe his ears "Yeah...She's a dragon with feathered wings! And my cousin is a Zebra!" "Hold on one second." Andrew said "I need to sit down and think, You said your Uncle is a Catfish...Now you're cousin is a zebra? Explain how that works..." "Well it is...complicated..."Kitty said "Uncle Bob and Uncle Rook aren't really blood relatives we just call them that because they might as well be, they are like brothers to my Dad...But Soul, she really is my cousin." "Explain how." Andrew said "My Human Dad's Uncle Thomas fell in love with a zebra woman and..." Steve Ellen "Stop," Andrew said. "It's already too complicated. So really what you are saying is all the humanimals are related and no one knows who his daddy is.""That's not true!" Kitty said. "I know who my dad is!" "OK, but your Uncle Catfish doesn't." "He know's who his Dad is...His dad is a Texas Longhorn!" Andrew's jaw dropped "His Dad is a Cow?!" "Bull." Kitty said "A male bovine is a bull." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "At least he didn't get possessed by him and get dragged off on some crazy thing involving aliens and mythical creatures," James muttered."Surly it hasn't been all bad Uncle James," Kitty said with a grin. "You try getting dragged from a good dinner, and thrown into a situation that is beyond your understanding," James said. "I was kidnapped," Kitty said with a grin. "I believe that tops that. Besides, if what my father says is true, you helped out a little over ten years ago, when you helped him get away from those Zookeeper people." "Why would someone want your father?" Andrew asked, as he looked at Kitty. "I thought that he was human." "He just looks human," James muttered. "I may have been possessed, but I saw everything, including the moments he was an elf or whatever. Besides, the first time was just because I was hunting in the area." Twiga (This new bit of Trivia the 'Boro Mark' is unique to the Space Beasts...there are no Boro Marks in the stories in the Manimal saga or Jocks VS Nerds saga it is strictly to the space faring stories in my main portfolio or Space Beasts...If you ask me why...It came to me in a dream this morning)"Come on let's go back to the house." Kitty said "Maybe my Mom can make us some cookies or something!" As they neared the old house they saw a large figure standing near a rotted tree...It was a Bull Man but that wasn't the most shocking thing about him...His pants were down...and he was urinating!" "Holy..." Andrew began to say "Uncle Bill!" Kitty screamed That shocked Bill, he let out a bellow and quickly pulled up his pants "What were you doing that for?!" Kitty yelled "We've got four working toilets and an outhouse! Why do you need to pee in the snow?!" "Sorry..." Bill said blushing "Got an urge to mark my territory I don't know what came over me! Sorry Kitty..." With that he walked away "Instinct..." Kitty said shaking her head "What a love/hate relationship" "I noticed there was something on his left...um...butt cheek..." Andrew said "It looked like a cattle skull...Was that a tattoo?" "A tattoo?" Kitty said "That was his Boro Mark!" "Boro Mark?" Andrew asked "Is that like a tattoo?" "A Boro Mark is a genetic fluke programmed by J. Thaddeus Boro a scientist who helped create to Humanimals." Kitty said "When a Humanimal discovers who he or she was born to be, a Boro Mark appears on their rear end to symbolize that...Bill's cattle skull represents his physical strength and prowess in battle." "Do you have one?" Andrew asked "No." Kitty said "I'm not grown up enough to know and don't ask me to prove it!" "I won't" Andrew said meekly "My Mom has a big red heart Boro Mark." Kitty said "That means her talent is unconditional love. Uncle Jim...The Red Squirrel has a sword, his talent is swordsmanship...Uncle Rook the Fox has a Dagger that symbolizes cunning ...Uncle Bob has a crescent moon to show he is a Psychic....Aunt Matoaka the Unicorn and Aunt Minsk the Mink both have weapons to show they are warriors! Matoaka has a bow and arrow, Minsk has a Bo staff...Aunt Jordan, Uncle Jim's wife has three diamonds as her Boro Mark to show she is refined." "I see..." Andrew said "So you Humanimals are like my little ponies..." He covered his mouth "Oops I shouldn't have said that." "It's OK." Kitty said laughing "What would you like for a Boro Mark?" Andrew asked "I'm not sure..." Kitty said "Humanimals rarely have the exact same Boro Mark...I would like a sword like Uncle Jim...though realistically speaking I'll probably get something mundane like a tree or a flower..." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Makes me glad I rarely have to deal with this craziness," James said. "Finding out that your father, whom you've been told died in a training accident, is alive and leading an underground war throws things for a huge curve-ball. And then when he does die, he decides to possess you for some crazy thing involving some guy from another world. Makes you want to kill him.""Your father's dead, so how can you kill him?" Kitty said. "That's besides the point." Twiga "Why do I get the feeling this James person is an attention hog?" Andrew asked "I mean we ditched him back in the snowy forest and he shows up again to complain about something he already complained about 15 minutes ago!""That's the way of all the James clan." Kitty said with a sigh "They always think they are the star of the story and don't like to share the spotlight with anyone else." (Author Note: Yes I'm breaking the forth wall just to address the problem of James taking over every story he's in...Nudge Nudge) "So...What were we talking about again?" Andrew asked "Boro Marks." "Oh yeah...My Little Pony Marks...So when do you say is the average age for a Humanimal to get their Boro Mark?" "Hard to say..." Kitty said as she opened the front door "Puberty seems the most common time, but some don't get a Boro Mark until they are almost out of there teens! Bob probably sets the world record for youngest humanimal to receive his Mark at age SIX!" "I wonder what my Boro Mark would be if I was a Humanimal..." Andrew said "Maybe it would be something cool like a moon or a sun!" "Knowing you." Kitty said "It would probably be some animal like a lizard or a toad!" Steve Ellen "It would be a hornet," said a new voice. "A green hornet because he likes the color green and comic books." They all turned to look at the stranger who had joined them. It was a talking crow, a rather large one, big as a poodle, or maybe I should say Thanksgiving Turkey to stay in the same species. Andrew twitched a bit. "You guys are so weird." "Tell me about it," James said. "OK," Andrew said. "Uh, I didn't mean tell me about it that way. I meant I already knew about it so don't tell me about it." "Huh?" Andrew said. "Forget it." The crow had watched the exchange between Andrew and James, flicking its head left and right like it was a tennis match. "Don't you want to know my name?" it asked. Twiga "My name is Baron Burr." The Crow said "I am the messenger for the Gryphon clan.""Oh boy..." Ichabod said as he exited the kitchen "Here we go again..." "Prince Vuc...Or should I say the FORMER Prince Vuc is demanding your services in releasing the captive Fox Woman Vixy." "Why demand?" Ichabod said as he folded his long arms BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Because the last time he came to you for help, and asked politely, he didn't get it," Baron Burr said, glaring at Ichabod. "Now he's making it official." Twiga Ichabod stamped his foot "Vuc!" He growled "That arrogant pinheaded gryphon! Pretends to be our friend just so we can help him get back his vixen!"He calmed down smoothed his hair and turned to Baron Burr "Where does Vuc want us to meet?" Steve Ellen "He's out in the yard," Baron Burr said. Ichabod's jaw dropped. "What! He came here! He's got a lot of nerve." "Indeed he has," the crow said. "I didn't mean it as a compliment. Let me see if youare telling the truth." Ichabod went over to peek through the curtains. "Crows don't lie," Baron Burr said. "Cheat and steal maybe, but never lie." Ichabod let the curtains fall back into place. "He's out there, alright, and I think he saw me peeking out the window. I might as well go outside and talk to him." "Want me to come with you?" James asked. "No, stay here and play with Kitty and Andrew. I'm sure Vuc doesn't want to see you again." Ichabod walked out the door with Baron Burr while James turned to Kitty and Andrew and said, "Uh... Chinese Checkers?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "How do you play that?" Kitty asked."Well, the objective of the game is to capture the most territory, with the fewest pieces," James said with a smile. "I learned how to play from my step-father." "Do you have to speak Chinese when you play it?" Andrew asked. "Because I don't know Chinese." "Chinese is not needed," James said, with a chuckle. "Of course, I best see if I can find the game first." Twiga Ichabod stomped out into the snow, the small meek black gryphon looked quite intimidated."All right Vuc." Ichabod said "What is the meaning of..." "Ichabod! Ichabod! Please listen!" Vuc said "I know Baron Burr said I want my Vixy back and that is part of the reason but not the only reason!" "Why?" Ichabod asked "Have you another girlfriend you want rescued?!" Vuc stared for a minute "NO!" He shouted "Have you forgotten Gryphons mate for life?! I was referring to the other children who have been kidnapped!" "Other children?" Ichabod suddenly felt very cold. "Yes, Do you think for one second Ichabod that the children of your little herd were the only ones my wicked relatives were interested in? Of course not they plan to destroy all hybrid children and not just the ones who are human/humanimal hybrids...Did you know why they sent Kitty, Amalthia, Demetri and all of your Herd's little ones to this blasted universe? Because they knew they were children of great heroes! The very heroes who brought down their evil empire! They have other hybrid children...Some of whom belong to good friends of yours like Jake Marrows the Wolf Man police officer." "Jake Marrows has a hybrid child?" Ichabod asked "Yes." Vuc said "Jake always had a 'thing' for human women. He married and old sweetheart who had sole custody a fully human child from a failed marriage they had had another child, a Boy I believe he was named Little Jakey Junior...Or something like that...A sweet little cub no older then two." "And...The cub was kidnapped?" Ichabod said his throat getting dry "Yes. He and thousands of other hybrid children are held captive in a...pocket dimension a world between worlds...The reason they sent Kitty and the rest to Bishop for experimentation was they want to cover their tracks...they knew the heroes of the revolution would stop at nothing to get their children back and they hoped Bishop would be the scapegoat." "What are the going to do with the rest of the children?" Ichabod asked fearfully "My..my...my old man Kraa himself believes Hybrids have a unique magical power that cannot be found anywhere else in the universe, he intends to invoke an old ritual involving blood sacrifice he believes when he has gathered a thousand and one hybrid children he will use a spell that will drain their life force into him and will give him the power to make him emperor of all the universe." Ichabod felt like he might vomit "Right now his child collection is 883... Last time I counted..." Vuc said "There is not much time to liberate them." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I'm going to have to talk to the others," Ichabod said. "Though I'm starting to think that a certain wolf might have been on the right track about nuking the place." Twiga Vuc shivered and wrapped his wings around himself "Can I come in with you?" He asked "It's awful cold out here and all I've got is a lion cloth!""Oh...Very well." Ichabod sighed despite his gruffness Ichabod was beginning to feel sympathy for the runty gryphon. Once inside Marzipan made hot drinks and snacks for everyone. Matoaka the Leader of the Herd said "Thank you for telling us Vuc." The Unicorn Woman said "I think we all know what we have to do the question is how do we get there?" "How do we get to this pocket dimension?" Bill asked "What's a pocket dimension?" Andrew asked Bill took it upon himself to tell "Well Andrew..." The Bull Man said "A pocket dimension is a tiny little universe that exists between the big universes, they are created by wishes, dreams and fears...They are essentially odd job universes, one is a room filled with nothing but toilets-probably dreamed up by people with overactive bladders then there is one that consists of nothing but an improv comedy theater, dreamed up by those who love to laugh, Ichabod, Jim, Bob and myself have been there once or twice and performed there...and of course there is the infamous....room with a moose...But to get to a pocket dimension you must find a deep forest at sunrise or sunset and get hopelessly lost and then you be where you want to be." Steve Ellen Bob snorted. "Where did you hear all that rubbish, Bill?""What are you talking about?" Bill said. "That's what a pocket universe is." "I mean the part about how to get there - sunrise in the forest with the butterflies and fairies." "I didn't say anything about butterflies and fairies!" "Actually," Matoaka said. "Some fairies would probably be helpful. And Bill is absolutely right about sunrise or sunset being the best time." "And I suppose you have to manage to become hopelessly lost?" Bob said. "I think he meant you have to lose your awareness of yourself. It's a special state of mind. It requires meditation." Ichabod clapped his hands together. "Well if we're going to do it, let's do it. Somebody needs to show me how to meditate. Should we stay up all night? It's still quite a few hours until sunrise." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Sounds like some crazy Pirates of the Caribbean movie," James said. "Of course, given the fact that father will hear about what's going on, and probably possess me, count me in.""Actually, you ought to stay here, and keep an eye on the children," Bill said. "They'd get into trouble." "Probably," James said. "Of course, they'd best be careful here; I've been running into some tracks in those woods, and they aren't mine." Twiga Ichabod looked at Bill, Jim, and Bob"You, You and You are my wing men." Ichabod said "You'll assist me in the siege of the fortress!" "Hey!" Bill said "Why do you get to be the leader?!" "I was the leader of the assault on Crystal Mountain wasn't I?" Ichabod asked "Yeah..." Bob sneered "Look how you botched that up! You nearly got yourself killed when you tried to take on the torture device all by yourself!" "Please!" Falco said coming between Ichabod and Bob "No more fighting!" "Falco's right!" Zander said "We're wasting valuable time! I'm the oldest one present so I'll be the leader!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I don't care who leads, but I wish you luck regardless," James said."Thank," said Bill. "We'll need it." "And if for some reason I show up, you'll have to blame my old man," James said. "I don't like dealing with all of this alien, mutant and extra dimension stuff, but I get the feeling he'll do something." "We'll kick his ass for you," Bill said, with a grin. Twiga Right now we're going to need a break...Since Freewind isn't updating I don't think I have the will to continueThe End! Twiga The Grown Ups headed out into the woods at Sunrise...All were worried and anxious.Zander, who had been doing a little thinking, looked at Vuc, specifically at his horse like ears which seemed very familiar to him for some reason. "I've been thinking..." Zander said "What?" Vuc said turning around "They say a Gryphon is a cross between a lion and an eagle...But you don't look very much like either, for instance your beak is too big to be that of an ordinary Earth eagle!" "What are you getting at?" Vuc asked nervously "And these ears!" Zander said tugging at Vuc's ears "These look like horse's ears but longer...If you were really a lion/eagle hybrid you'd have lion's ears! Instead you resemble a bird of prey from my home planet!" "Zander's right!" Bill said "Planet Ava is the only place in the known universe where birds have external ears!" "I did some research into the race that created the xenomorphs,the space jockeys, rumor was said that they created another creature for a Bio-Weapon they gathered DNA from two fierce creatures, one creature came from a planet of birds, the other came from a planet of felines..." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Which planet was that one?" Twiga "The planet of one of Ava's allies the Magis." Zander said"So what are you saying?" Jim asked "That Gryphons are half Ave half Magi?" "They can't be half Ave." Zander said "Because Aves our Herons and these guys are obviously birds of prey, and I don't believe they are based on Magis because Magis don't have that Lion like tuft at the end of their tales." Vuc was silent "However..." Zander said "An ancestor of the Magis DID have a tuft on their tails..." "What are you saying?" Vuc said beginning to back away slowly Steve Ellen 'I'm saying," Zander said, pausing for maximum effect, "that you might be descended from the Magora!"Everyone gasped. Vuc put up his paws. "No! It's not true! The Magora were one of the most evil races of beings the galaxy ever spawned. Everyone knows they were totally wiped out in the Great Cleansing." Jim's eyes narrowed. "But there have always been rumors that some of the pups were saved and hidden away on a lonely planet. "That's preposterous!" Vuc said. "Who would take care of them? Magora pups couldn't survive on their own. Especially not on some strange planet that was not even their home world." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Perhaps that planet already had sentient inhabitants, who took care of the children, and they grew up without knowing of their ancestry." Twiga Vuc burst into tears"So it is true!" He wept "The rumor was right! We Gryphons are not natural creatures but products of horrific gene splicing and cloning!" He then fell to the ground and sobbed Ichabod took pity and caressed Vuc's feathered head. "Vuc! Vuc! Why are you crying?" Ichabod asked "There is nothing to be ashamed of in your Race's... unnatural creation! I'm among that group as well, I'm a clone!" Vuc stopped sniffling "Really?" Steve Ellen "Yes," Ichabod said. "Most of us are unnatural creations. I'm surrounded by friends with unnatural birth stories and even the ones who were born normally were often captured later and subjected to scientific experimentation." Vuc wiped a tear away. "It's a strange and wonderful galaxy we live in. It makes you wonder if all the scientific progress was worth it. All this unnaturalness." "It's just a question of attitude," Ichabod said. "Who said being natural had to be the best thing there was to be? Probably somebody natrural said it. It's about time us unnaturals recaptured our self-respect and dignity." "I've always had mine," Jim said. "Not me," Vuc said. "All my life I've been searching for something. Maybe that's what it was." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Everyone is searching for something," Bill said. "Sometimes it's hard to know just what it is though." Twiga As they group came to this realization the sun shone on them, and they were whisked away to the pocket dimension the the other Gryphon's were using as a secret base."Good we're here!" Matoaka said "Now let's get down to brass tacks, free all the prisoners, give the Gryphons a good swift kick in the tweet." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I think kicking their asses sounds better," Bill said."What do you mean?" Matoaka asked. "I don't believe these guys use Twitter, and I don't want to kick a computer." "What is it with males and anatomy?" Twiga "I meant they're half birds!" Matoaka said "Never mind unusual euphemisms are wasted on you.""I'm going to find Vixy!" Vuc said grabbing a ring of keys from a hook, "You guys work on finding the children!" Vuc disappeared, Jim's ears flickered "Why was there a ring of keys just hanging there with no one guarding it?" He asked "And how did Vuc know those were the right keys to take?" Bill asked "He's a member of the Gryphon Clan!" Matoaka said exasperated "He probably knows this dungeon inside and out! Come on! Let's go find the children!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "The question is: Where are they? The birdbrain forgot to mention that.""Now that's insulting," Zander said. Twiga "Err..." Bill said "Sorry Zander." Bill blushed Steve Ellen "No prob," Zander said, "but I long for the day when calling someone a birdbrain means they are a genius." "Maybe that day will come soon." "Not in my lifetime." "If it's any conciliation to you," Bill said, "calling somebody bull-headed is not a compliment either." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Sometimes it fits you," Zander said. "You can be quite stubborn." Twiga Meanwhile at the house, Kitty and the other kids were playing games under the watchful eye of James the Forth."I'm bored." Said Frito Bandito "I want to go on an adventure!" "How about no?" Amalthia said "We've already had more then enough adventure with the testing laboratory! That was a nightmare! They put probes in places I don't like to talk about!" "I know!" Kitty said "I'll read everyone a story!" "Please No!" Demetri said "You have an annoying monotone voice just like Your Mom!" "I don't have a monotone voice." Kitty meowed "I'm not a Siamese" Steve Ellen (Making edit because I believe to respectable cat would be named after feces"Once upon a time..." began Kitty. 'We said no!" Demetri interrupted. "You didn't really mean it. Just be quiet and listen. If you don't like the story then I promise to stop..." Once upon a time there were three cats named Jumbles, Pepe, and Bartholomew. They all lived together in a little cottage in the woods. They were almost kittens but older than that. One day Jumbles, who was the chubbiest of the three, came running out of the forest yelling, "I thought I saw a wombat! I thought I saw a wombat!" "What the heck is a wombat?" Pepe asked. Bartholomew laughed. "Pepe! Don't you know anything?" "I know some things," Pepe said. "But I don't know EVERY thing! Do you?" Demetri raised his hand. "OK, I don't like it. Are you going to stop?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Oh come on," Kitty said. "I haven't even got to the good part.""There's a good part?" "Yeah, they go and battle aliens and save the world." "Doesn't dad do that for real?" "Spoil sport." Twiga Meanwhile in the Gryphon's secret fortress, Matoaka's sharp unicorn ears caught the sound of what sounded like children crying, many, many children crying.Matoaka found a silver door marked TOP SECRET! KEEP OUT! "I would hazard a guess that this is the door I'm looking for." She said The door however was locked and there was a computerized lock, if it was just an old fashioned padlock she could have used her horn to open it. "Madame!" Bill said with exaggerated gallantry "Allow me!" With that he rammed the door with his head causing it to be knocked off its hinges. "Thank you Bill." Matoaka said "Your Welcome." Bill said BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 However, an alarm went off."Well, if they didn't know that we were here, they do now," Ichabod said. "Thanks Bill," Jim said. "Shut up." Twiga Meanwhile Vuc had no knowledge of what the others were doing, he came across a door labeled 'Private Sectors' he used the ring of keys to open the door.There were some Rebels from Paradise 5 the Gryphons had captured, some were male but most were female. Vuc called "Vixy! Vixy, where are you?" "I'm over here." Whispered a weak voice. Vuc rushed over to a cage, Vixy reached out a paw to him "Oh your paws are like ice!" Vuc said as he rubbed the Vixen's paw "Let's get you out of there." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "You better hurry," Vixy said. "There's a gas of some sort in here. It's killing us." Twiga Vuc didn't know what to do, how could he get all these prisoners out of here in such a short time?He used the keys to open Vixy's cage, she weakly crawled out and Vuc had to pick her up bridal style. 'But how do I release all the others?' He thought himself Then he saw a metal barrel so acting on a hunch he picked the barrel and threw it at the wall! Since this prison was mostly made of brick and iron bars, the barrel left an enormous hole in the wall, several Humanimals crawled out. "You mean I'm...free?" Asked a Male Otter Man "Free as a bluebird in springtime!" Vixy said weakly The Otter Man took Vuc's keys and released the remaining prisoners. Steve Ellen Vuc carried Vixy out into the fresh air but she was sinking fast. "I'm glad you came before I died," she whispered. "Vixy!" Vuc cried, but the Vixen's eyes had closed and her head hung limply. Vuc began to cry. Twiga Matoaka was running away from the fierce dogs that the Gryphons had guarding their fortress. Finally Matoaka got on all fours and kicked the dogs with her powerful back hooves.Matoaka found Vuc holding Vixy and crying. "Oh my god!" Matoaka said "Is she dead?" "I don't know..." Vuc said sadly Matoaka felt for a pulse "She's alive." The Unicorn said "But she's falling fast. Thankfully a Unicorn's horn can cure any poison." Matoaka pricked the Vixen with her horn, at first it seemed as if nothing had been done at all but then the young Fox Woman opened her eyes. "I'm...Alive?" She whispered. "All right Vuc." Matoaka said firmly "I saved your girlfriend now you help us rescue the children!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Meanwhile, James was getting bored watching the kids. All of them had tried to start a story by now, only for it to get shot down by the others."Oh come on," said one of the kids. "There's no way that a rabbit and a wolf would just marry." "Yes it can," said the one who was telling the story. "I saw it on this comic on the computer, Kevin and Kell." "Then you're stealing." "Nu uh!" "Yeah Hu!" "I'm going to make myself a sandwich," James muttered as he went to the kitchen. However, just as he was spreading some Mayo on a slice of bread for a turkey sandwich, he heard a scream. Turning his head, he saw some sort of vortex in the living room, with a set of claws holding it open. "Oh shit," he said, as he grabbed a steak knife and ran into the living room. "Kids, get behind me." Twiga The Vortex was being opened by a Gryphon, Lord Kraa himself, he knew full well who it was who had broken into his fortress and he wanted revenge!"Kitty tried to slowly back away from the vortex, but Kraa grabbed her arm and started to pull her in... James brought the knife and chopped of the Gryphon's arm! It went through it like butter! "That was easier then expected. James mused to himself Nursing his bloody stump of an arm Kraa disappeared into the Vortex the vortex closed behind him, the only proof he was there was a arm and a trail of blood BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Well that's a surprise," James said as he looked at the knife. "I know these things cut through meat, but being able to cut through bone? Must be a Ginsu or something."He then looked down and saw Kitty holding onto his waist. "I was scared," she said. "So was I," James said, as he scratched her ears. "I just hope that no more surprises show up." Twiga Meanwhile Jim, Bill and Bob were busy fighting off Dogs in the Gryphons' lair"Where do all these dogs come from?" Jim asked "Do they pull them out of hammerspace or something?" Steve Ellen "Dogs appear everywhere whether you want them or not," Bob said. Bill knocked Bob's head with his knuckles. "I told you to stop reading Chinese Wikipedia. All the info in there is either one-sided, biased, or out-of-date." "But that's where I get some of my juiciest facts!" Bob complained. "They aren't facts if they aren't true!" Just then a German Shepherd made a flying leap at Bob and he kicked it neatly in the throat sending it spinning backwards, hacking and coughing as it spun. "Nice move!" Jim said. "Where did you learn that?" "Chinese Wikipedia," Bob said. "They've got a martial arts section 200 pages long." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay, maybe not all of that Wikipedia is crap, but you do have to admit that anyone could add, including vandals.""True, but so do knowledgeable people, and people who delete Spam items." Twiga Bob smirked knowing full well he had proven his brother wrong.Meanwhile Lord Kraa was nursing his bloody arm stump back to health Steve Ellen "Ew!" said Lord Shrill, who was Lord Kraa's longtime roommate. "Bloody arm stump! That's disgusting!" "And it hurts too," said Lord Kraa. "Can you find me another bottle of rubbing alcohol and some more cotton balls?" "You ought to let a doctor look at that." "I don't trust them. You get a blister and they want to amputate your foot. Of course, they wouldn't be able to saw off my arm because it's already gone." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "How did it happen?" Shrill asked."A human got lucky," Kraa said. "Extremely lucky. Of course, I've got my own plan to deal with him." "And how is that?" Shrill asked. "There's a few mercenaries who owe me a favor," Kraa said. "I'll use them to go and kill him, and get the Intruders' offspring." Twiga "Um..." Lord Shill said "You better hurry up and make that order as quick as you can because the intruders are right at our door!""WHAT?!" Lord Kraa screeched. A strong hoof kicked down the door, Matoaka, Minsk, Zander and Edward rushed in and overpowered the injured Gryphon! "Your reign of terror is over Kraa!" Matoaka said firmly "You've been practicing Mattie?" Zander said "You like it?" Matoaka smirked BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 However, Kraa managed to pull out a remote detonator."Don't even think about it," he said. "Insurance policy- the prisoners have bombs embedded into their skulls. You'd best let me go, or I'll press the trigger." "You'll kill yourself," Zander said. "No, just them," Kraa said, with an evil grin. "Let me go, or their deaths will be on your hands." Twiga Matoaka froze with fear...she didn't know what to do..."Suddenly from the window without warning Vuc flew in screeching "Eulia!" He screeched (Yes. It is a badger's war cry and a Gryphon's) "What? Vuc?!?" Kraa exclaimed Vuc snatched the remote from his Old Man's hand and put his feline paw on Kraa's head. "I never did like you Dad." Vuc said "Always telling be to toughen up, be a man, don't be so sensitive! How do you like being kicked around Dad?!" Spittle was flying out of the young Gryphon's beak with hatred and anger Steve Ellen Kraa made a last appeal. "Vuc! Vuc! My baby! You know I love you! Please think about what you are doing! "Vuc was insane with rage. "Go to the window, father! Go!" Kraa backed slowly to the window where there was a wonderful view because they were 30 stories up. "Now step out that window, father," Vuc said, his voice seemingly calmer now. "But it's a long way down!" Kraa complained. "I SAID DO IT!" screamed Vuc and flew at the old man smashing them both through the window, but only one of them was uninjured and could fly. Matoaka shuddered as the old man screamed all the way to the ground where they could just barely hear the distant splat of his body's impact with the ground. Vuc flew back through the window. "Yes, it's patricide. Arrest me. I am guilty." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Actually, that looked like Self-Defense to me," Matoaka said. "Don't you agree Zander?""Well, technically it was Defense of the Third, but still, it looks like it to me," Zander said, nodding his head. "What does that mean?" Vuc asked, confused. "Simple, we ain't arresting you." Twiga "Now let's go rescue those kids!" Matoaka saidThey went into the dungeon and opened up all the cages containing the hybrid children (There was no poison gas in this prison because Kraa wanted the hybrids to be healthy for the sacrifice) BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay," Bill said. "Let's get out of here, locate their families, and drop them off." Twiga Meanwhile at the House Kitty was still reeling from her experience with Kraa.She felt a hand touch her own, Andrew was looking at her. "That was scary!" Andrew said BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I hope that no more show up," Kitty said. "Still, it's hard to believe," Andrew said. "I mean, aliens from other worlds." Twiga "It's not so hard if you think about how many planets there are in the universe and that there are more then one universe.""Yeah." Andrew said "It's like all my wishes come true." Steve Ellen "You're a deep person, Andrew," Kitty said. Andrew blushed. "Yeah, well, not all that deep. Uh... you're pretty deep yourself." Their eyes met and both of them felt their hearts do a little flipflop in their chest. Andrew took Kitty's hand in his. She smiled and squeezed his hand. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Ah, young love," James said, with a chuckle. "Been a while since I've seen that." Twiga Amalthia flickered her ears "Do you have a comment for absolutely everything?" She asked"Pretty much." James said with a chuckle Steve Ellen Andrew felt his heart beat faster and faster. Should I kiss her? I've never kissed a girl before. What if I do it wrong? BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Let's get something to eat," Kitty said. "I'm hungry." Twiga "Phew!" Andrew said "Saved by the hungry stomach!"Kitty got out the tuna fish cans and some whole wheat bread "Crud." Kitty said "We're out of celery! What good is a tuna fish sandwich without celery!" "Yuck!" Andrew said "Tuna fish! I'd much rather have peanut butter and banana!" Steve Ellen "No problem, sweetie," Kitty said. "I'll fix it for you." "Did you just call me sweetie?" Andrew asked. "Did I? Oh gee, why did I do that? Do you want some apricot jelly on your peanut butter and banana sandwich?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Um, sure, I'll have some," Andrew said. "Jelly or jam makes it nice and sweet." Twiga Kitty spread the jelly and peanut butter on the slices of whole wheat bread then she sliced a whole banana."I'm a very good cook." Kitty said Steve Ellen "You are," Andrew said. He thought it was like they were playing house. He was the daddy, she was the mommy. Now who could be baby? "What's going on in here?" Demetri asked. "What are you guys eating?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Andrew grinned. "Hey Kitty.""What?" Kitty asked "Do you want to play a game of pretend?" "What kind?" "I think it's called family. I'll be the daddy, you be the mommy and Demetri can be the baby." "That sounds like fun." "No way," Demetri said. "I'm not doing it, especially if I'm the baby." Twiga "Aw come on Demetri!" Kitty said "It'll be fun!""No!" Demetri said "I'm 10 years old I'm your senior by two years!" "I'm 10!" Andrew said "So we're even!" "Yeah but you're human." Demetri said "I'm a mink! My body is made of pure muscle!" "Come on Demetri!" Kitty said "I'll make your favorite comfort food! Some homemade chicken soup!" Demetri looked nervous for a second he ran off "Never mind." Kitty said "We can catch him later. Come on! Let's have our snack!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "That sounds like a good idea," Andrew said with a chuckle. "I just wonder how your father and his friends are doing." Twiga Vuc helped Matoaka remove the bombs from the children's skulls without hurting them, then using his Father's computer he sorted out where all the children belonged Steve Ellen "Now we just have to deliver them," Vuc said. "Right," Bill said. "Or... why don't we send messages to all the parents? Surely, some of them will make the effort to meet us halfway?" "Good idea," Matoaka said. "I'll get right on it. Also, we need hot drinks and soup for the kids." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Well, I am getting kind of hungry," Jim said. "Anyone got any nuts?" Twiga Meanwhile Kitty and Andrew were playing outside, Kitty had found an old beach ball in the attic, re-inflated it and started playing with Andrew in the backyard.The two of them had no idea they were being watched, by Andrew's long lost father, who was none too happy about seeing his son play with freaks. Steve Ellen Kitty said, "Andrew, have you ever kissed a girl before?"Andrew through the beachball at her. "No! Of course not!" Kitty through the ball back. "Why do you say it that way?" "What way?" "Like it's something yucky?" Andrew through the ball at her. "Have you ever kissed a boy?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I don't know, do father's count?" Twiga Andrew's dad went back into the secluded woods, The reason Andrew's father had left Andrew's Mom Yolanda was because he was a poacher, he always wanted to find some big game to hunt weather it was legal or not, Because she was a dedicated cop, Yolanda would not stand to have a criminal in the family, even if his only crime was shooting endangered species.As much as Andrew loved his Dad, he didn't understand why his Dad liked killing animals so much when animals were much more interesting alive, likewise Mr. Bruce Hiccup didn't understand why his son wanted to talk to animals, in Bruce's opinion the only good animal was one mounted on his wall. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "So, you've met my mom and my dad," Kitty said. "And I've met your mom but not your dad. Does he live with you?""No, he doesn't," Andrew said with a sigh. "Mom and him got into an argument over his obsession with hunting." "What do you mean?" "According to mom, dad liked to hunt out of season, whatever that means," Andrew said. "She said that she wouldn't be married to a criminal and separated from him." "How obsessed about hunting was your father?" James asked, as he stepped out of the door, with some mugs of hot chocolate. "Well, part of the reason that my parents separated was due to the fact that he put five deer heads from deer he had killed that month in my bedroom over my bed," Andrew said, as he took one of the mugs. "I didn't like them, it felt weird seeing them look at me." "Okay, that's too obsessed," James said, as he took a sip of his hot chocolate. "Sounds like he enjoys killing more than the other aspects, such as enjoying seeing how the sun hits the trees, and the snow. The sound of birds chirping, the scent of pine wafting into your nose, the feeling of the breeze on your face; nothing quite like it." "But, you can just take a nature hike to do that," Andrew said. "There's no need to go out to kill something to enjoy nature." "True, you don't need to hunt to enjoy nature," James said. "However, every true hunter hunts for a single reason- to get food that they, or someone else, otherwise couldn't get. Many times, the meat that the homeless at soup kitchens get comes from deer that hunters donate to the Salvation Army. I have neighbors that are on welfare that I give venison to. And of course, I myself enjoy venison steak, and that isn't available in most restaurants." Twiga "Cocoa?" James asked"No thank you." Kitty said "Cats are one of the few Humanimals who can't eat chocolate." Steve Ellen "How about tea then?" James asked. "That would be fine," Kitty said, "as long as it isn't catnip. I don't want to get too frisky. Tee hee!" Andrew laughed too, although he didn't know why. It was just fun being there with Kitty and drinking cocoa. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I guess I'll go get some tea for you," James said with a chuckle, as he started to head back in the house. However, just before he crossed the threshold, James looked towards the woods. "Get inside you two.""Why?" Kitty asked. "Because someone, or something, is over there," James said, pointing. "How do you know that?" Andrew asked, looking. "I've read [i}The Art of War{/i} by Sun Tzu, that how," James said. "Basically, the presence or absence of certain animals will tell you if someone is nearby. Normally the birds are always chirping over there; but now they're silent. That tells me that someone is there." "I don't think they'd mean any harm," Andrew said. "Hunters are always around." "Yeah, but Kitty isn't exactly human," James said. "A hunter might shoot her. Conversely, if he's just scouting and has a camera filming the deer he sees so he can show them to some buddies for a group hunt, he might get some frames that have Kitty or the others without any sort of covering." "How would that be bad if she was caught on camera?" Andrew asked. "If the film was found to be the real deal, and not a hoax, the best would be some Chryptozoologists who just want to study the 'Wild Catmen of Upper New York'," James said. "On the worst end, you'd get people who want to kill/capture her, like hunters, Zoologists, and of course, the Military, if they find out she's an alien, or a mutant, or some such thing." Twiga Kitty and Andrew quickly got inside."I hope you enjoyed playing with your new boyfriend!" Garuda the Dragon Girl said coldly "He's not my boyfriend!" Kitty said "Well what is he then?" Garuda asked "He's a...he's a..." "While your making up your mind I'm going to take a nap." Then Kitty understood, while she had been playing and spending time with Andrew, she had been ignoring Garuda. Kitty remembered Garuda telling her that her life had been very lonely, she lived in the Mountain community of Sapphire Peak on Planet Black Beauty, right above the town of Bellflower where her lived. Garuda had never had many friends because her Dad was an alien who would not talk much about his past and also kids thought her feathery wings were freakish and made fun of her for it "Hang on Andrew!" Kitty said "I got to go apologize to Garuda!" Steve Ellen "I'm sorry, Garuda," Kitty said. But Garuda didn't like being reminded that she was shy and lonely and didn't have any friends so she said, "Go away! I don't need your stupid apology." "It's not a stupid apology. I really mean it. I like you, Garuda. But Andrew is a BOY! You understand how my attention got attracted to him." "No, I don't. I hate boys. Always have and always will. Just leave me alone, Kitty. I thought you would be my friend but you aren't." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Garuda, are you alright?""That's a stupid question to ask!" Twiga "Garuda..." Kitty said "I would NEVER let a boy come between our friendship!" Garuda lifted one feathery wing, she whispered "Do you really mean that?" "I do!" Kitty said "Implicitly!" Kitty then rushed up to the blue dragon girl and started tickling her "You're my best friend in the whole world!" Kitty said "We are connected by a similar thread we are connected by our parents!" "OK! OK! I get it!" Garuda said "Stop tickling me!" The two of them laughed and Garuda wiped her eyes. Meanwhile Bruce Hiccup, Andrew's father marched over to the hunting lodge "Who's the hunter who caught those Human/Animal freaks on camera?" He roared "I did Sir." Said a scrawny hunter BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Where did you say you took pictures of them?" Bruce asked, walking up the the man, Reynolds."I took the footage in the area around where your wife lives and the old Jones property," Reynolds said nervously. "Well I want you to take me to the place," Bruce said, grabbing a hold of Reynolds' collar. "Bruce, get your hands off of Reynolds," Stephen said. "You know very well you're not welcome here." "And why's that?" Bruce asked with a growl as he turned to face the other hunter. "Because you were convicted of poaching," Stephen said. "And the club rules state that if you were convicted of poaching, you're banned from the lodge." "Well I know where those things are at," Bruce said. "Anyone interested in hunting them down?" "You're on your own on that one," Stephen said. "We took a vote and agreed that, unless they were a direct threat to the area, we wouldn't go after them. Besides, Reynolds saw a soldier with the creatures, so that means that hunting them is a certain no." "Why's that?" "Because I'm not in the mood for interfering in something that's government sanctioned- you get sent to Guantanamo Base for that and labeled a terrorist." Twiga "I have reasons to believe they may interbreed with humans." Bruce said"Um..." Reynolds said "Why's that?" "I've been watching this Cat Girl with my son, they seem to be getting all smoochy." "Dude!" Stephen said "You're not seriously saying you're worried about your son losing his virginity?! He's ten years old! He hasn't even gotten his first zits!" Steve Ellen 'Males in my family mature early," Bruce said. "We've got lots of testosterone." "Oh you do, do you?" Stephen said. "Then why don't you do your own hunting instead of trying to get someone else to do it for you." "If you don't want to help me just say so." "If I say it again that will make three times. You think this time you can hear me?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Of course, more importantly, I'd back away if I were you, for your safety," Stephen said."What are you talking about?" Bruce asked. "If a soldier is guarding those creatures, odds are he's Black Ops or some such thing, meaning he'd kill you and leave no trace of it," Stephen said, taking a sip of his coffee. "Of course, you'd best be more worried about what your ex would do to you if she found out that you were stalking your own son- what she'd do to your grave wouldn't pass for roses." "What are you talking about?" Bruce asked. "She filled a Restraining Order, or did you skip that appointment, much like you did all of those other ones? If you come within 100 yard of your son, she'll blow your head off, or someone else will." "Is she still sore about me putting a few deer heads in my son's room?" "Bruce, I think you scared him into becoming a vegetarian. The only hot dogs I've seen that boy eat were those soy things, and that was at the town picnic two weeks ago." Twiga Bruce had a flicker of emotion for second but he quickly let it pass."Animals are not supposed to talk and wear clothes." He said firmly "Abominations like those should not exist!" With that he slammed the door. Meanwhile Andrew was getting acquainted with the Boy Cubs while Kitty was talking to Garuda "So...Uh...What do you guys like to do in your spare time?" Andrew asked trying to break the ice "Play sports." Demetri said "I like swimming." "I like swimming to." Andrew said "I just don't do it for competition." He took another sip of cocoa "Actually when it comes to sports the most I ever do is Chess and I'm not even that good at it. Nine time out of ten I lose." Steve Ellen 'Oh really?" Demetri. "Uh... do you want to play a game?""Of Chess?" Andrew said. "But I just told you that... Oh. I get it. You like to win." Demetri grinned. "Yes. I do." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Well it won't be that easy," Andrew said with a grin. "The guys I play with win tournaments. That's the reason I lose. Of course, I'm a quick learner, and when I ask for a rematch, the person does something different." Twiga Finally at long last everything had been sorted out, All the children had been returned to the right parents."That just leaves one question." Bill said "How do WE get back to our home universe?" Steve Ellen "That's a very good question," Matoaka said. There was a long moment of silence. "Well?" Bill asked. "Well what?" "Well how do we get back to our home universe? ... Oh, my God! You have no idea, do you?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "How about Bishop?" Jim suggested. "Admittedly the guy's a bastard, but he ought to have something, or know of someone who has something, that can take us home." Twiga Vuc's long pointy ears drooped"Bishop does not know anything." He said "We Gryphons have the key to inter dimensional travel unfortunately we can't do it right now." "Why not?" Bill asked "You ever read His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman?" Vuc asked "When you open portals to other universes you have to wait a while before opening another one, too much fooling around with the folding of space time and the universe might collapse on itself!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "So, how long?" Twiga "That depends." Vuc said "In sending all the children home we put a lot strain of the universe and I mean a LOT! We may have to wait from two weeks to two months till it is safe to another portal.""Oh Geez!" Bill moaned Steve Ellen "It's not so bad here," Jim said. "It's awful here," Bill said. "But if we have to wait then we have to wait. Why don't we make a basketball hoop, set it up in the yard, and spend the time shooting hoops?" "Sure," Jim said. "And now I can finally read all the books I didn't have time for." "And I can learn to knit," Matoaka said. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Well, what about money for food and such?""I think a few of our friends can take care of that." Twiga Meanwhile at the House Amalthia had gone outside to eat some snow (Unicorns are very fond of eating snow!) She had to make sure none of it was yellow, brown or green and she started her grazing.Meanwhile Bruce Hiccup had been waiting outside the house BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I wonder what the best way to capture this creature," he said quietly. "Maybe I can build a net trap and lure her into it.""How about you just leave," said a voice. Bruce turned around and found himself looking down the barrels of two large handguns, a .50 Desert Eagle and a .44 Smith and Wesson. He then looked at the man holding them, a man with stone-cold eyes. "I don't like it when I spy someone who's threatening those in my care," the man said. "Their parents trust me to make sure that nothing bad happens, so when I notice someone taking an interest in them, I make sure that the person gets the message in plain terms, 'Leave or I'll kill you.' So if I were you, I'd leave now." "My son's down there," Bruce said. "Let me see him. It's my right." "If you want to see him, you'll have to leave your weapons here," the man said. "All of them. And know this, try anything foolish and I'll blow a hole in you." Twiga Bruce left his weapons in the snow, there was a disgusted look on his face.Amalthia heard something rustling in the bushes, she picked her head up and saw... Steve Ellen .. a little white bunny hopping around. "Aw, that's so cute!" she said. "A snow bunny!" But when she reached for the bunny it growled at her and showed it's teeth so she quickly pulled her hand back. Bruce Hiccup strode into the yard and yelled, "Andrew! Where are you? This is your father! Come out immediately!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Inside, Andrew heard the voice. Nervously, he looked out the window. "Oh no," he said."What is it?" Kitty asked. "It's my father. I wonder what he's here for." "Do you want me to come with you?" Twiga "Um...Kitty." Andrew said "I think...I think you should stay here."Bruce was all smiles and sunshine when he entered "Hello Andrew!" He said "Where's my little man?" "Dad." Andrew said quietly "You how much I hate it when you call me that." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay then," Bruce said. "How about Andy, or Drew, or even Birthday Present?""Dad, I don't like it when you call me Birthday Present." "What's wrong with that? You were born on my birthday. How many fathers do you know can claim that the best birthday present they ever got was their son?" "It's still embarrassing." Twiga Bruce could tell his son was not happy to see himBruce cleared his throat and said "I've heard an ugly rumor that Your Mother filed a restraining order against me." "You didn't go to that meeting?" Andrew was confused now "I would think at the very least you would go to that meeting!" Bruce very quickly decided to change the subject "So...You're talking to animals project...How's that going for you?" "I've made some interesting progress...Though I'm not sure you'd understand." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I've seen you made some interesting friends," Bruce said, as he looked into the living room. "Do you know where they are from?""Have you been watching me?" "It's my right to make sure that you are safe. Now, where are they from?" "I don't really know," Andrew said, shrugging his shoulders. "They've said that they came from another world." "So, they're basically aliens." Twiga "But does that really matter?" Andrew said with tears in his eyes "Weather we're men or beasts, birds or bugs, Earthlings or Aliens we're all made of the same stuff aren't we? We all have the same feeling and thoughts don't we?" Steve Ellen "No we don't," his father said. "Do you think I like the idea of my son associating with a bunch of dirty communist aliens?" "Dad! They are not dirty and I don't think they are communists." "How could you know? You're just a little boy." "You're always putting me down, Dad. At least my new friends respect me." Bruce Hiccup folded his arms. "Ha! What do aliens know about respect?" Matoaka heard the commotion and came in. "Excuse me?" she said. "Have we met?" She was too polite to say what the hell are you doing in my house. "Ugh!" Bruce said. "A unicorn. This just gets more and more disgusting." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Suddenly, Bruce felt something cold, and sharp, on the back of his neck."I think you just wore out your welcome," came James's voice. "When I tell you, you are to walk backwards, and once you are outside, you are to get off this property." "And if I were to refuse?" "I'll stab you, piercing your jugular and carotid veins and arteries, which will cause all of the blood in your body to come out of your neck," James said, with a growl. "I don't think you want your son to see that." "Fine," Bruce said with a huff. The two men walked outside, where James pushed Bruce towards the woods. Bruce turned around and saw James sucking on an icicle. "You tricked me," he said. James snapped off the portion of the icicle that was outside of his mouth. "Just be glad I wasn't my father; he'd of slit your throat. Now, leave, or I will kill you." James then turned around, and walked towards the house. Twiga "I come back and two seconds into my arrival there are nasty hunters in the living room." Matoaka gave a fierce shudder "I hate hunters!""I guess I can't begrudge you for that statement as you are an herbivore." James said "Mom! Dad!" Kitty went over and hugged her parents "What just happened?" Marzipan asked "Who was that man?" "That was my Dad." Andrew said sadly "Sorry." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "That guy's forgotten the real meaning of hunting," James said."And just what is that?" Matoaka asked, crossing her arms. "To get food that you, or someone else, otherwise couldn't get," James said, with a chuckle. "Richard, my stepfather, was the one who taught me how to hunt, and the reasons for it." Twiga Ichabod looked at Kitty in his arms and felt a twinge of fear for his daughter and all the other children."What will happen to Kitty and the others?" Ichabod asked "I hope he has the good sense not to tell anyone what transpired here." James said Steve Ellen Matoaka looked at him. "Maybe you should keep an eye on him, James?" "My pleasure," James said. "Tracking the tracker. I'll make sure he keeps his mouth shut." "Don't kill him," Andrew wailed. "Hey, little man, nobody is going to get killed. I'll just tell some of my woods friends to keep an eye on your pop when I'm not watching him myself. When you get home you tell him to keep us a secret, OK?" "OK," Andrew said. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 (Remember, this James is the younger human one. Wolf-James died.)"But, he doesn't live with me and mom." "Then where does he live?" "I don't know," Andrew said. "My mom might know though, or know someone who does." Twiga (Don't worry, if Younger James is native to this universe he's probably got a network of friends and well wishers in the neighborhood)"Don't worry." James said "I know a lot of hunters in this area, I've got my own network of honorable hunters to help me." "OK." Andrew said he felt a glimmer of hope. Ichabod picked up Kitty "Did your Mother and I ever tell me the story when my soul got separated from my body and we had to take a trip to the afterlife to get everything sorted out?" "No." Kitty said "You never told that one." "You went to heaven?" Andrew asked "Well...It wasn't the heaven you see in Disney movies and hallmark greeting cards." Ichabod said "You ever see Tim Burton's Corpse Bride?" "No..." Andrew said "I don't really like Tim Burton...too scary." "Well," Ichabod said "What you call Heaven doesn't look like a bunch of fluffy clouds, it looks like a city made of stone and brick surrounded by dense forest, It looks like a city that belongs to the Victorian Era...At least the part of it that I saw." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Was it wonderful?" Kitty asked."Not in my opinion," Ichabod said with a smile. "You and your mother are the most wonderful things that have entered my life." "I hope you didn't have to possess someone," James said. "I hate being possessed, especially by my father." "You was only possessed once," Bill said. "And it was only for the day." "Say that when you have a dream that has you kissing you mother," James said. "Among other things." "Eww! Okay, now that's an image I don't want to think about." "Then stop telling me to stop complaining." Twiga Ichabod took Kitty on his knee."We visited a place called the reincarnation station." He said "Reincarnation exist but only for slightly bad people who don't reach the criteria for hell." "Do they get reincarnated as animals?" Kitty asked "Oh Yes." Ichabod said "Humans only get reincarnated as animals because they need to learn humility in order to stay in heaven, during our visit we saw Kim Jong IL get reincarnated as a tapeworm!" Steve Ellen Kitty laughed. "What else did you see?" "At the reincarnation station? Not much because we wanted to get over to the museum of saints before it closed. They were doing a special show about Joan of Arc." Marzipan interrupted. "You're making heaven sound like a theme park." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Well, we want her to be on the path of good," Ichabod said. "We have to make it seem like an enjoyable place.""Then just hope she doesn't get stuck in accounting," came a familiar voice. The group turned around and saw the Wolf-James's image on the window. "What are you up to now?" Bill asked. "Didn't you get into trouble for contacting us last time?" "I filled out the appropriate paperwork this time," wolf-James said. "In any case, I found a way to send you guys back home." "What are you talking about?" Matoaka asked. "I thought that the worlds would become unstable if a rift were to open right now." "That's true," wolf-James said. "However, if you were sent back in time, just after the children were kidnapped, a rift could be opened, and you could go to your home dimension safely." "But wouldn't that disrupt the time-space continuum?" Andrew asked. "Not at all," wolf-James said. "However, there is a bit of a price to pay." "And what's that?" Marzipan asked. "Your memories of your time here would be altered, as would anyone who had contact with you, or was told about you," wolf-James said. "Basically, Kitty would remember meeting a nice boy, but nothing else. Andrew would remember meeting a nice girl, but nothing else. My son, you'll just remember helping out some people who needed it. As for the others, it will be similar things- they'd remember feelings, but nothing else." "That's a steep price," Ichabod said. "It's just an idea," wolf-James said. "In case you can't find any other way in time." With that, his image faded. Twiga Everyone was frozen."I'm not sure about this." Matoaka said "Space hates being messed with but time REALLY hates being messed with!" "I don't want to forget about Andrew!" Kitty said "If I can't stay in this world forever I just want my memories to be intact!" "And I'm just getting to know my Dad!" Andromeda complained "I don't want to leave just yet it will take at least a year and a half before we start getting sick!" "A year and a half is quite a bit of time." Edward said wisely "I mean if we have the patience to wait for three, four ,five months the multiverse should be in stable condition." Ichabod looked at Marzipan "Let's risk it." She said "We have a long while before we get sick and I myself am having a bit of fun in this universe." Steve Ellen [getting sick?  ]Ichabod looked puzzled. "What's this about getting sick? I don't remember anybody saying anything about getting sick." Twiga (It was mentioned in the previous campfire New Generation, just a reminder)"You know!" Maddy said "If you stay away from the universe you were born in too long you get really REALLY sick and can die!" "It happened to both our Dads." Andromeda said hugging Maddy "That's why they couldn't stay with our Moms!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Was that what killed my old man?" James asked. "This cross-dimension sickness thing?""Actually, that was cancer," Matoaka said with a sigh. "That plus his lifestyle aged him." Twiga Andrew was amazed by what he heard "I had no idea!" He said "I had no idea you could get sick and die if stayed away from your home universe!""Andrew." Kitty said "I can't be your friend forever but still it is a long ways off before any of us start getting sick! Let's think about today!" Steve Ellen "But I don't want to die!" Andrew wailed. "Andrew!" Kitty said. "I'm the one who is away from her home universe, not you." "Oh. Well I don't want you to die either." Matoaka patted Andrew's shoulder. "Kitty is right. Just think about today. Don't worry about tomorrow or you will not enjoy what you have today." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "What about communication between the different world?" James suggested."Such as?" "Email and snail-mail." Twiga "Um..." Kitty said "I'm pretty sure the internet is restricted to it's home universe. And snail mail, you would have to open a rift between worlds and send letters, that puts a strain on the universe.""I think what Kitty is saying." Andromeda says "That you will have to keep memories in your heart and that is all, Our Dragon Moms could never keep contact with our Turtle Dads, but the memory lives on you know like that song from Titanic." Steve Ellen Andrew started crying. "I don't want to sink!" "You won't sink," Kitty said. "You aren't a ship." "My love boat will sink." "Ew," Andromeda said. "Are you two like, a couple or something?" Kitty blushed. "Not exactly. I mean... kind of." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I'll be glad when this is all over," James muttered. "Things are just plain confusing." Twiga Andrew and Kitty went outside, instantly forgetting the danger of Bruce.Kitty found an old wooden swing hanging from an old willow tree she sat down on it "Hey Andrew." Kitty said "Want to push me like it's the old Antebellum South?" "Um...I don't know what that means." Andrew said Steve Ellen "It means I ride and you push," Kitty said. "Uh... OK." Kitty fanned herself. "Oh my oh my, it is just so hot today. I sure wish I had a nice tall glass of iced tea." "What are you talking about?" Andrew said. "It's freezing out here." "I'm being in the Old South. Geez, Andrew, don't you know how to pretend? Don't you ever play?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Um, I don't exactly play with others my age normally," Andrew said. Twiga "Oh..." Kitty said "Sorry to hear that."Amalthia came out her hooves crunching on the snow "I wouldn't play out here if I were you." She said "That hunter could still be hiding out here!" "The Hunter isn't here Ama." Kitty said "Smell the air there is no one here but us." "Smelling isn't everything." Amalthia said "You might want to use your eyes and ears as well." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Well what's the worst that could happen?" Kitty asked. "I mean, our parents would get us out of trouble." Twiga Bruce meanwhile was forming a plan on how to get those Humanimals"Now if I just lay the trap here, and they fall in there..." He muttered to himself Meanwhile Vuc and Vixy were also on Earth but far away in Sweden to be exact. "Darling I know we needed to separate from the Fellowship crew but did you have to choose such a faraway location?" Vixy asked "I just always wanted to go to Sweden." Vuc said "I've head so much about it I just wanted to see it, even if it wasn't our own universe's Sweden." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "But, is it like the Sweden in our universe?" Vixy asked."It ought to be," Vuc said. "I mean, they should make Hot Chocolate the same way." "I think you're confusing them for the Swiss." Twiga Andrew finally had to say goodbye to Kitty as the time was getting late and they had no time for long good byesAndrew went over to his house and went to his room He spied a little stuffed toy on his bed, a stuffed gorilla he called Bananas, Bananas was his very FIRST stuffed animal having revieved the stuffed ape when he was a baby. Andrew would sometimes talk to Bananas and once and a while thought he was being answered back Steve Ellen Andrew picked up Bananas and hugged him. "I think I have a girlfriend now, Bananas!"The eyes of the little stuffed gorilla began glowing and a weird voice came from it, "Beware the girl with the Kitty Kat eyes..." "What's that?" Andrew said. He stared at his beloved toy. But Bananas just repeated in that odd voice, "Beware the girl with the Kitty Kat eyes..." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay," Andrew said. "This is getting very strange." Twiga Andrew was not quite sure what to think then he turn Bananas around and saw something on his back"Oh." Andrew said "A tape recorder, My Dad must have sneaked in here and taped that to my Stuffed Ape's back." Andrew pulled the tape recorder off Bananas back and decided to take a nap BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay," Bruce said, as he watched the scene from behind a nearby tree. "He's obviously not that gullible.""And obviously, you don't hear too good," a familiar voice said behind him. Bruce turned around and saw James leaning against another tree. "How did you get here?" "Like I said," James said as he walked towards him. "You don't hear too good. I told you to leave, and now you got until sunup to either leave the state or the country, or I'll hunt you down and kill you." "You don't have the guts to kill," Bruce said with a sneer. "You had plenty of time to kill me, yet you didn't kill me, not at your place, where you and those freaks live, and certainly not here where my ex and son live." "That's because my friends were at the other place, and if I were to kill you here, your wife might get blamed for the murder and your son would be put into foster care," James said, with a chuckle of his own. "But, I could quite easily make your death look like a hunting accident, or make it look like I was defending myself, or your ex and son, or make it look like suicide, and slip a rope around your neck and the branch of a tree, or make it look like a bear, or a wolf, killed and ate you. More importantly, the whole town would probably buy it. I'm sure everyone has heard of your temper, or the fact that you are a poacher, and there are plenty of accidents during hunting season." "You think that you're just going to move in with my ex?" "Now that sounds like a good idea," James said. "The boy needs a father figure, and I'm experienced in that area. Also, I do get lonely, and I'm sure your ex does to. It would be nice have someone to snuggle up with, not to mention kiss, on cold nights." Twiga Bruce was furious but he didn't know quite what to do, this guy obviously meant businessMeanwhile Kitty was in the House's library reading a book to herself, when Amalthia came in "Can I come in?" Amalthia asked "Go away." Kitty said "I'm reading." "I heard some funny stuff from your Mom and Dad's room last night." Ama said "Funny stuff?" Kitty asked "Were they like telling jokes and stuff?" "Actually your Mom was spanking your Dad." Ama said "What?!" Kitty exclaimed "Yeah." Ama said "Your Dad said something along the lines of 'I won't be able to sleep tonight unless you give a good spanking.'" "And...Did my Mom do it?" Kitty asked Steve Ellen "I'm pretty sure she did," Amalthia said. "I didn't look, but I have good ears." Kitty put her finger to her mouth. "Hmmm... very interesting. If you hear anything else be sure to tell me." "Can I be your spy?" Amathia asked. "Yes, you are officially my spy." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Meanwhile, Andrew was having trouble trying to sleep. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw his father looking at him, seething in anger. Twiga Finally Andrew could bare it no longer he sat up in his bed walked over to his computer and turned it on.He went to his online journal and started typing "Dear Journal." He said reading aloud "I'm considering shutting down my Animal Communication project at least for the time being...I'm not sure if this is accurate or not but my Dad seems to have an animosity towards animals! He seems to hate them simply for being alive!" He paused, he couldn't go back to sleep but he couldn't think of anything else to put in his journal "Well...Later." He said "Yours Andrew." He decided if he had to stay up, he might as well do some creative writing, however if his Dad was breaking into his house and looking at his stuff, he better not make a story as a thinly veiled version of his own life. "I know!" he said "I'll make a totally off-the-wall nonsense story! That will really throw him off the trail!" So Andrew mad a story about Andy Panda who goes off on a quest with a bunch of equally cuddly animal friends to find the ultimate dessert to satisfy Princess Lioness's sweet tooth. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Let's see here," he said. "What should the dessert that Andy Panda has to for be?" Twiga "Ooh! I know!" Andrew said "A mountain of Angel food cake! That will really knock em dead!"So Andrew began typing much more quickly, Steve Ellen ...and when Andy Panda, Billy Bunny, and Ronnie Rat reached the River of Rocks, Andy said, "Oh no, a river. What shall we do?" "I know how to build a boat," Billy said. "Let's just steal one," Ronnie said. "No, that would be wrong," Andy said. "But maybe we could just borrow a boat for a few hours." Andrew stopped typing. "I'm hungry again. Maybe I shouldn't write about food..." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Let's see here, what do I want for a snack?" Twiga Meanwhile Kitty had fallen asleep in the library, she woke up to the early morning sunbeams gently caressing her fur."Oh...Morning already?" She yawned sleepily Then she noticed that it was only just dawn "Oh!" She said "Probably no one's up yet." She rubbed her chin thoughtfully "I wonder..." She said "If I could sneak into the kitchen and have a couple snacks before anyone wakes up." She tiptoed as quietly as she could, but as she became closer to her parents room, she heard strange sounds, a sound that sounded like a smack and a moan, an oddly peaceful moan though That moan certainly came from her Dad. Kitty put her ear to the door and listened "Do it." Ichabod muttered "Do it! Spank my naughty bottom a deep shade of crimson!" Marzipan giggled "A deep shade of crimson? Even your talking dirty is elegant!" They both laughed Kitty felt weird 'So that's why they never spank me!' she thought 'They use spanking for...playing grown up games...' She had to censor her own thoughts because several people in this house were psychic. She decided to not wait by the door any longer and head for the kitchen, she tiptoed down the stairs and found...Soul BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Morning," she said."Wasn't yesterday a little crazy," Soul said. Twiga "Yeah..." Kitty said now that Soul was up she couldn't sneak in a few snacks, she would have to wait for breakfast.Then she noticed Soul had some pink frosting on her lips. "Um...Soul." Kitty said "I don't mean to sound rude but have you been...Snacking?" Soul sighed and licked the frosting off her lips "Cousin." She said solemnly "I have a terrible secret, I need help can you promise to only tell your parents and no one else? Your Dad knows psychology right?" "Actually..." Kitty said "My Grandpa is more the psychology expert but my Dad knows a little, what's the problem?" "I'm a sleep eater." Soul said "What?" Kitty said "It's true!" Soul said "I'm a sleep eater! I get up in the middle of the night and eat all the sweets in the house!" Steve Ellen "But what makes you think you are asleep?" Kitty asked. "Because when I am awake I don't eat with my fingers and smear food all over my face and pajamas." "Oh. I did think you seemed unusually messy. But how can I help?" "You have to keep watch on me," Sou lsaid. "What? All night long? That's impossible. When would I sleep?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "You could tie our feet together or something." Twiga Ichabod and Marzipan had finished their erotic play, Marzipan whispered "Did you hear something in the middle of the night?""I'm not sure." Ichabod said "You're ears are better then mine." "I heard the sounds of a young zebra eating an entire frosted cake." Marzi said Steve Ellen Kitty tried to sleep with her foot tied to Soul's foot, but Soul's foot kept twitching and waking her up. Finally she punched Soul awake. "This isn't working. Your foot keeps twitching." "That's because I am dreaming that I am running." "Well, dream that you are lying down sleeping." Soul shook her head. "I can't do that. Then the bear would get me." "You dream about bears?" "All the time. Usually they are chasing me, three of them, and yelling, 'You broke our chairs!'" Kitty stared at Soul. "You are one weird little zebra." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay then, try tying your feet together." Twiga Marzipan and Ichabod came downstairs"OK..." Ichabod said "Why have you two tied your feet together?" "I'm a sleep eater Uncle Ichabod." Soul said "I need your help!" "Why are you a sleep eater?" Ichabod asked "I don't know!" Soul exclaimed "I'm always dreaming I'm a wild zebra on the Serengeti plains and it's the dry season and my heard is searching for food only instead of searching for grass we're searching for cakes, pies and ice cream!" Steve Ellen Ichabod turned to Marzipan. "I told you you shouldn't feed sweet stuffs to a zebra. Now she is so addicted to sugar she is even dreaming about it." "And walking in my sleep," Soul said. "You addicted me, Aunt Marzipan." "I didn't addict anybody," Marzipan said. "Your Uncle Ichabod likes to say foolish things that then he has to take back in a hurry before he faces the consequences of opening his big mouth. Right, Uncle Ichabod?" "Uh... right," Ichabod said. "Forget I said that, Soul. I was wrong." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Okay, what are we going to do?""We could try Hot sauce." Twiga Meanwhile Bruce had fled to his private cabin deep in the forest, even though he was afraid of the thought of James killing him, he was stilldetermened to make one last attempt to get those Humanimals once and for all! Steve Ellen But obviously it was too dangerous to make a direct approach. The thing to do, Bruce thought, was to set off a bomb. Of course, he would have to make sure Andrew wasn't there, but a bomb should do the trick. Get rid of all of the beasts in one big blast. BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Alright," he said. "I'm going to need some things first. I need a timing piece, some explosives, and a detonator. Trick will be getting them."Meanwhile, James was busy knocking on the door of Andrew's home- he felt that he had a need to speak to Andrew's mother. Twiga Yolanda Hiccup opened the door "Yes?" She said"Hello Mrs. Hiccup." James said "Is your Son home?" "He's napping on the sofa." Yolanda said "He was up all night typing on his computer, I don't know what got into him." Meanwhile Ichabod was reading all he could about sleep walking and other strange sleep behaviors in order to find a cure for Soul's problem Kitty couldn't get that sounds she heard that morning out of her head, absentmindedly she said "Dad, do you really liked being spanked?" Ichabod (Who had been drinking a hot cup of tea at the time) did a humongous spit take and spat hot tea in Bill's face "Argh! My eyes!" Bill said running off "Kitty!" Ichabod spluttered "Where did you get that notion?!" "Amalthia told me." Kitty said "Amalthia!" Matoaka scolded "What have I told you aboiut eavesdropping on people?!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I can't help it," Amalthia said. "I got big ears. I hear most everything." Twiga Ichabod realized how hard it was too keep secrets when everyone is living in the same house So Ichabod called his daughter over"Kitty, come here." He said Kitty very meekly came over to him Ichabod put her down on his knee and starts bouncing her on his knee to soothe her. "Kitty." Ichabod said "I'm not mad I just want to let you know that sometimes grown-ups do things to each other that they don't want their kids to know about." "Is that why you don't spank me?" Kitty asked "Well...Yes." Ichabod said "For one thing, your mother and I don't believe in it and also it's dangerous for a child's mental health!" Ichabod sighed now came the difficult part "Kitty," He said "You are aware how close the...bottom is to the ...private parts right?" "Right." Kitty said "Well." Ichabod said "The reason we don't spank you is often spanking sends wrong messages to a child's brain. I get spanked because I'm a grown up and I like the sensation, but as a way of disciplining a child, unacceptable." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Um, okay," Kitty said, in an embarrassed manner. Twiga Ichabod realized Kitty's embarrassment so he tried to sooth her by stroking her carroty hair"I'm sorry." He said "I didn't mean to embarrass you. Really I shouldn't have been asking for those kinds of things when we're all living in the same house." Kitty didn't respond she just looked at her feet "Kitty, I just want you to know that parents have wants and needs as well, Sometimes they may not make a whole lot of sense but parents are strange creature Roald Dahl said so himself." "OK." Kitty said Marzipan decided to try and make things better "Kitty." Marzipan said "Why don't we go into the kitchen and you can help me make supper, that always cheers you up right?" "What are we making?" Kitty asked "Burgers." Marzipan said Kitty licked her lips "Oh that'll cheer me up right away!" Steve Ellen James sat down in a chair and watched Andrew napping on the sofa. After a while Andrew's eyes fluttered open and he sat up. "I could feel you looking at me." "Could you?" James said. "Did you know it was me?" "I didn't know it was you but I knew somebody was in the room looking at me." "That's good. You have life force awareness. I have it too. It means it's very difficult for anybody to sneak up on you. You sense they are there." "Yeah!" Andrew said. "When we play hide and seek I always know right where everybody is hiding." Twiga James looked at Andrew "You must be wary." He said "Change is coming, not all of it good."The End! © Copyright 2011 Twiga, Steve Ellen, BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3, Freewind, (known as GROUP). All rights reserved. GROUP has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work. |
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