The Ant Bully

When Stan Beals the Exterminator arrives and tried to convince Lucas to sign the contract...

Me: Lucas, no! I don't like that guy. I don't think Dad called him.

Lucas: Shut up, Kathy. I don't need you and Mom to treated me like a baby! *signing the contract*

Me: *groans* Luuuucccaaaasss.

Getting shrink....

Me: *waking up to Lucas screaming* Huh? What's a matter?

*I realizing that i'm shrunk* Oh my god.

*backing away and looking around. Seeing a kind curved pathways down the blankets, I slide down and drop the floor. I'll get up cautiously and looking around slowly.*

Zoc: *appearing in my reading glasses* Human! Come with us!

Me: *wide eyes, fainted*

Getting kidnapped....

*I join Lucas as the swarm of ants grabs us*

Lucas: Wh-why are you screaming?

Me:*turning towards Lucas with a deathly pale and wide eyes* I don't screaming when I'm fainted.

During the trials...

Lucas: Wait! Time out! How was I supposed to ants had families or feelings or trials??? They're just a bunch of stupid ants!

Me: *aghast* Lucas! Not now!

Head of Council: (Lucas' trials, crushed the food storage chambers, flooded all lowing the hatching chambers and doused the colony with a dreaded yellow rain) And Kathy for squishing scout ants during mission their food.

Me: But I was just--!

(Queen sentences us to becoming an ant and choosing for Hova)

In the morning....

Hova: You know, there's a million of things I want to ask you. When were you hatched? Are you male or female? And how do you tell the difference? Is it--? Oh, they're brother and sister now?

Me: Um... yes. What's your name?

Hova: I'm Hova. And what's yours?

Me: My name is Kathy and this is my brother Lucas.

Lucas: Um... Cross your heart you don't eat me.

Hova: What? All right... cross my heart I will not eat you. *no one what happens*

Lucas: I said cross your heart, not your butt! *I hit him on the arm*

Me: Lucas! That's her butt-- I-I mean heart. *giggling sheepishly at Hova*

During the day....

Hova: We need to find you two places in the colony. So, what can you do?

Lucas: Well, I can make milk out my sister's nose.

Me: His other sister.

Hova: Okay. *turns to me* How about you, Kathy?

Me: *thinking for a few seconds* Well, I am pretty good with the babies.

Hova: *clapping hands* Okay! So Lucas, you can do the foraging and I take Kathy can do the nursing. *squeals excitedly* Ooh! That's what I do too! *turns back to Lucas* I'II introduce you to the instructor. She's a personal friend of mine. Then I'II show Kathy the nursery homes. *holds my hand and walk back to the Hatching Chambers.*

{After Lucas joins Foraging}

Hova: Okay, Kathy. Let's start! Now nurturing pupas is a gentle and delicate job. You have to be patient, calm, collected and kind to be good at it. Are you all of these things?

Me: *scratches ear* I don't know. I babysit sometimes. That's like nurturing other human babies... er, pupas when their parent's aren't home.

Hova: Oh, good! Experience is very good. Now, how about you hold this young pupa *hands me a larvae ant* and we'll see how well you can do?

Me: Okay, I'm sorry I ask... *ends uncertainly*

Pupa: *wakes up and look at me*

Me: Um... hi?

Pupa: *starts howling loudly*

Me: *loudly yelling over the babies screaming* Er.... what I gonna do now?!

Hova: *clapping hands over ears* You have to rock it to sleep!

Me: *starts rocking the pupa gently* Hush, little pupa don't say a word. *pupa continues to bawl even louder*

*all the other pupas wakes up and also screaming. All the nurses look at me and Hova*

Hova: *yelling over the loud screams* I think we should go somewhere else!!!

*Hova takes the pupa, who instantly stops screaming and goes to sleep*

Me: *groans frustratingly*

Later when Lucas' race finishes....

Hova: Woo-hoo! Go, Lucas! You can do it!

Me: He's not going to make it. He can't climb that wall.

Kreela: Oh, hush, Giggles. Any ant can climb a... *trails away as she sees Lucas struggling and failing to climb the wall*

Lucas: Uuhhh! Forget it. This game is rigged. *frustrated, he kicks the jellybean (sweet rock) and eats it.*

Blue Team: Ladder, hoo-yah!

*Lucas ignores the ladder of his teammates and continues to eat the jellybean with a lazy and bored expressions. The Red Team wins*

Kreela: Red Team wins!

Blue Teammate #2: Thanks for trying. *walks out with the Blue Team*

*Me and Hova walking at the top and all worried for Lucas*

Lucas: *crosses his arms and humphs stubbornly*

During the battle with the wasps.....

*Hova gets captured by a wasp*

Zoc: Hova!

General Ant: Hurry! Everyone, into the grass!

Zoc: *yelling at Lucas* Don't just stand there. Help her!

Hova: Lucas, Kathy, run!!!

Zoc: What are you doing?

Lucas: *wide eyed, looking from the struggling Hova to Zoc* Uhhhh.... *runs off the grass*

Zoc: *gasps*

Me: *taking a few steps after Lucas, then turning around to look at Zoc* I'm going to regret this....

*I run to the wasp, got an injured on my arm from the wasp's sting and I tripped down*

Me: Hey, you big wasp sake! Leave my friend alone! *grabs a large stick and starts beating the wasp*

Wasp: Mmmm........ delicious human child...

*tries to sting me. I rolling sideways. The wasps flies into the air, gaining momentum*

Me: No! Hova! *jumps into the air and just grabs the leg of the wasp*

Wasp: Hey! Let go of me! *tries to sting me, but misses as I clumsily dodge the stinger*

*suddenly a firecracker explosion comes from the ground*

Wasp: What was that?

Another Wasp: It's bath time.

Wasp: Retreat!!!

*wasp lets go of Hova. I let go of the leg and fall after her and I carried her*

(The wasps flew away and the other ants cheers for Lucas is the hero)

Ants in chorus: All hail the Destroyer!

Zoc: *comes out of the crater, coughing* *saying sarcastically* Oh yay! Yay! He saved us. Oh, it's so obvious, I was so... dumb. Praise the Destroyer! *angrily* Wake up! He saved himself. The rest of us... just got in the way. *sighs*

Hova: Zoc! Oh, are you all right?

Zoc: No, I'm-- *coughs*

Hova: Let me see. What happened to you?

Zoc: I'm fine. I'm fine.

Hova: *turns to Lucas* You're hurt!

Zoc: No. No, it's nothing, really, I just--*notices Hova runs to Lucas*

Hova: Zoc, do you have any yucca sap? Lucas has a burn. *mumbles to Lucas* Oh, poor baby.

Zoc: *angrily marches towards Lucas* This is our enemy! *ignores me* They do not save ants, they kill ants! He very nearly killed me! *sighs* Or does that not matter to you?

Me: *catches up to Zoc* Zoc, I-

Zoc: Just go. Go!

Me: *stumbles back, runs to Hova and the others and starts to cry*

{Hova, Kreela and Fugax comforts me scene}

*I running away from Zoc, hides in the grass, sat down on the ground and starts to sobbing for myself. Lucas, Hova, Kreela and Fugax runs out to find it and they're find me*

Kreela: *holds on my shoulder* What a matter, Giggles?

Me: *sniffles* You can't yell a kid like that.  *cries*

Kreela: *smiles* It's okay, Giggles. You will gonna be okay and we're not yell at you.

Fugax: *also smiles* Yeah, we should happy for you to see.

Hova: *runs to find me and sits down* What happen to you? Tell me, sweetie.

Me: Zoc yelled at me and Lucas because I don't think Lucas is such a good hero and I wasn't keeps you in danger to confront of him.

Hova: *quietly, hugs me and comforted* Ohh, come here. Shh, shh, shh. It's okay. It's gonna be okay and I love you. I promised I will not mad at you.

Kreela: *whisperers and holds my shoulder* Giggles, I love you.

*I continues crying and Hova keeps hugging me. Kreela pats on my back for support and also Fugax holds Lucas' shoulders to feel bad for me*

During dinner......

Fugax: *humming* I do, you do we all like the honeydew! Dinner is served. *turns to Kreela* And I'm the dessert. *winks and snaps his fingers to Kreela*

Kreela: And I'm on the low-fathead diet.

Fugax: And you know, it looks good on you.

Hova: So, Lucas what are you working on?

Lucas: *with fly exo-skeleton glasses* Glasses.

Hova: *turns to me* How about you, Kathy?

Me: *with my crystal necklace* Necklace.

Kreela: *eating the honeydew* Mmm! This is some good honeydew! 

*Hova, Kreela and Fugax start eating the honeydew*

Hova: Oh, Lucas, Kathy, you have to try some! It's so good!

Lucas: *sniffles the honeydew and seriously*

Hova: *chuckles* Go ahead.

Lucas: *hesitantly eats some honeydew and grins* This is awesome! Taste like green apple bubblegum!

Hova: What about you, Kathy?

Me: Erm.... I'm kind of picky about foods so.. *clears throat* I only try that stuff... I've had before.

Fugax: What?! Where's the fun in that? You, my lady, will not becoming a scout!

Kreela: Fugax!

Fugax: *gulps*

Hova: Just try some. Look at Lucas! He loves them. *all watch Lucas eating messily for a few seconds*

Lucas: *looking up* What?

Me: *extremely hesitantly* Okay... one piece.

*I take a honeydew, look at it very carefully, then swallow it slowly*

Me: Mm! It tastes like the honeysuckles back home! *takes the last piece and just as carefully eats it*

Fugax: That went away quick! Another 'round for ya?

Lucas: *enthusiastically* Oh yeah! Keep it coming!

*all see Fugax getting more honeydew and realizing it's caterpillar food*

Fugax: Mm-mm! Get it while it's hot. *holds out with honeydew on the bowl*

Lucas: *turning green* Ooohhhhhh...

Me: Ewwwwwww! *turning slightly paler shade of green and getting throw up*

Fugax: Whoa. I didn't know humans could change their colors. Trippy!

Kreela: Perhaps our young pupas ate too much honeydew.

Me: *groaning* In the human world, eating poop is disgusting.

Kreela: *skeptical* Mhhhmmmm. Have any of you ever tried it?

Me: *hesitates* No. We could get sick. *glances at Lucas, who was groaning loudly and clutching his stomach* Very sick. *I groaning again*

Hova: Mm. Here. Eat this. *holds out a funny shaped stick* It'll make a feel better.

Lucas: *groaning loudly* What did that come out of?

Hova: *chuckles* It's an alkaroot. Zoc discovered it's powers to expel evil and... *snaps the alkaroot in half and puts it into two water spheres* create well-being. He is a great wizard.

Lucas: Yeah, he hates me. *I nod*

Fugax: Whoa, he really does, doesn't he? I mean, he hates your guts! It's amazing how much he hates your guts! *stops suddenly, seeing Hova's stern gaze* Okay, I'm sorry.

Hova: Yes, Zoc has anger issues, especially towards humans, but he is a true ant. Hard on the outside... *offers alkaroot bubbles to us* but soft on the inside. Just give him a time, Lucas.

*I uncertainly drink the alkaroot bubble and Lucas follow suit*

Lucas: *widens his eyes and burps loudly* OOOBLLLAAARRRPPPP!!!

Me: *also burps loudly*

Fugax: Ho-ho! Praise the Mother!

Lucas: *pats his belly* Thanks. Who is this mother you keep talking about, anyway?

Me: Is it the queen?

Hova: No, Kathy. The Ant Mother. The queen of queens.

Kreela: *waves hand over the colony* She gave birth to the first colony. To all ants.

Me: *impressed* Wow!

Hova: *chuckles again* Come on, you two. It's time for you to see.

Me: *stops walking and hesitates* Hova..... about finding my place in the colony.... *trails off*

Hova: Yes?

Me: Um, I was just thinking... *blurts off* Could Zoc teach how to be a wizard ant?

Hova: *surprised* I'm sure he could. There's only one wizard ant in the colony.

Me: Unfortunately, I won't be here forever, will I? I'll have to go home.

Hova: *doubtfully* But wizard ants need to be patient--

Me: *gets excited* But you said Zoc has anger issues!

Hova: *thoughtfully* Well, yes, I did, but.... *smiles at me* Well, why not? Go ask Zoc to mentor you.

Me: *laughs delighted and hugs Hova* Thank you, Hova!

Hova: You're welcome, Kathy.

Me: *runs off to see Zoc*

At Zoc's laboratory....

*Zoc is shifting thought the potions and mutters angrily to himself when he hears a quiet knock the door*

Zoc: Come in!

*door opens and I come uncertainly. Zoc is shifting through the potions*

Zoc: Hova, why are you here? I thought you were mentoring that human.

Me: *very quietly* That because... I'm not Hova.

Zoc: *stops suddenly and stands up straight, then slowly turns around. Seeing me, he startled and leaps onto the table* Away, human! Or I will use my powers to destroy you!

Me: *unmoving, but looking scared* Zoc, I just.. er... *we stare at each other in a tense silence*

Me: *blurts out loudly* Could you teach me how to be a mentor ant?

Zoc: *extremely confused, then angrily* What? Impossible!

Me: I tried to nursing with Hova today.... I failed. There's not many things I'm good at here. And then, I just really like the fact that you're a wizard *Zoc remains unmoved, glaring at me* and there's just no chance for me to be one the in the human world. And after I ate your alkaroot after eating the honeydew, *Zoc raises eyebrow* I just wanted to get a chance to try out making potions... and yeah. *finishes lamely and shrugs*

Zoc: *expression hardens again* You are a human. I will not teach more secrets, add more knifes to you. Knifes that could hurt us more.

Me: But-but the queen said if I can't become an ant.

Zoc: *angrily* Then you will never go home! You will never become an ant because you are a human!

*he glares at me for a minutes*

Me: *quietly* I saved Hova. An ant will sacrifice themselves for their friends. And.... I didn't do it for Hova.

Zoc: *realizes what I mean and glaring. Then looks at me suspiciously* What about the scouts ants? The ones you crushed on their mission for food?

Me: *scandalized* Because they were in my territory! My room! You get an image from humans only from Lucas. Most humans.... it's leave me alone and I'll leave you alone type of deal.

Zoc: They didn't touch you!

Me: *angrily* They were stealing our food! We eat our food! If ants were bigger, I would just put it outside! But you guys are tiny! And they just coming back! How do you think I felt about that? Huh?

Zoc: *hesitates* I......

Me: *calms down* I didn't even realize you were intelligent creatures who could talk and thrive and playing games and love.... if I had know... I would've just talked to you.

*Zoc looked down, deep in thought. The silence goes for a few minutes*

Me: *defeated* I understand you don't trust me. I'll just go find Hova and go to bed.

*I slowly walk towards the door*

Zoc: Wait.

Me: *turns me hopefully*

Zoc: *smiles* Let me show you how to make an Alkaroot potion, since you seen so fond of them.

Me: *whoops happily and joins Zoc at the table*

Zoc: Now, the Alkaroot......

*we work for a long time until...*

Zoc: You have to finish the touches at the exact-- *stops abruptly*

Me: *glances up, confused* Zoc? Zoc??? *sees Zoc frozen in place, pupils dilated and antennas wiggling rapidly* Zoc, what--?

Zoc: *snaps out of trance* Hova!

Me: What? Zoc! *Zoc races to the door and slams it open*

Zoc: *impatiently* Are you coming or I will have to wait all day?

Me: I'm coming, Zoc! *runs after Zoc*

*we run to the top anthill and look around. Then we wait for a while*

Zoc: *after calming down* Hova, where are you?

*the twig snaps on the ground and Spindle squeaks to see them*

Zoc: *overjoyed* Hova? Hova! Are you alright?

Hova: *distractedly* Alright? Of course we're alright? Why wouldn't we be? We're fine. We're all right. Silly. *kisses the confused Zoc on the cheek and walks away*

(Fugax tells Zoc about Hawaii, pyramids and hang gilders and they're inside the human's nest)

Kreela: We were inside the human's nest.

Zoc: Human's nest? That's forbidden!

Fugax: Right, right. But the nest was filled with sweet rocks, okay. Lots of them. But then Queen Tiffany started swatting, some massive flying teeth attacked us and well, *chuckles* here we are. What a day. Good night.

Zoc: *suspiciously* And who told you about these sweet rocks?

Fugax: Oh, Lucas of course! Heya, Kathy. *winks were I was standing silently by the ant hole. I wave hand half-heartingly*

Zoc: *cunningly* Really?

Lucas: *playing with Spindle and laughing until he was cut off by Zoc*

Zoc: *smiling* Hi there! How are you?

Lucas: Uh.... okay?

Zoc: Okay? That's good! It's good to be okay! *circling Lucas* Listen, I just wanted to show you if that's okay.

*Zoc pulls out a small blue potion in the bottle*

Zoc: You know what this is? This is a potion that will make you big again. I just want you to take a good long look at it. Because this is the last time you're ever see it.

Me: *whisperers* What?

Lucas: Wh-what do you mean?

Zoc: *still smiling* I mean, there is no way I am ever going to make you big again. *laughs* Ever! *seriously* You are a threat to every ant in this colony. Especially to Hova.

Lucas: *aghast* But I will never do anything to hurt Hova! I just-- *Zoc walks away* I-- I just want to go home.

Zoc: *turns back to Lucas* Well, then if I were you, I'd go find help somewhere else. Because there's nothing for you here. *Zoc's staff goes bright green* Nothing.

Lucas: *stumbles back and runs down the ant hill, with Zoc watching him maliciously*

Me: *coming out of my hiding spot and bumping past the startled Zoc* No!! Lucas!!!! What did you do that for? He was harmless! He was becoming an ant! He didn't lead anyone into a trap!

Zoc: *furiously* How do you know? How can you know?

Me: *coldly* Because I know Lucas. And I thought I knew you.

Zoc: That human *he spat out the word* is a danger to everyone!

Me: *poking Zoc in the chest with every angry word* That human *poke* is my brother *poke*! And brothers and sisters stick together! *another poke* Just like you ants sacrifice yourselves for each other!

Zoc: *speechless*

Me: *continues fiercely* Lucas will never become an ant if he is always left behind! You! The council! The other stupid ants who live and work here! So much for working like a team! And I really want to be a co-lead forever! Because of you!

Me: *breathing heavily, staring at the shocked Zoc* If you banished Lucas, then you banished me too. See you around, Zoc. Or not.

Frog chase scene.....

*I run after Lucas, calling out his name*

Me: Lucas! Lucas! Come on! Where are you? What's was I thinking? *starts to moaning and laying down on the ground* Ohh... What I gonna do now? But then... I lost my brother and then I'm living alone from here-- *stops suddenly and sees Lucas' footprints. I smiled to find Lucas and runs away*

Lucas: *looks around the pond*

Me: Lucas! There you are!

Lucas: *turns around* Kathy? What are you doing in here?

Me: *hugs Lucas tightly* To get you back to the colony, silly!

Lucas: *dejected* You go. Zoc said--

Me: *suddenly sterns* I don't care what Zoc said. I heard it all and gave him a piece of my mind. If you're not going back, then I'm not going back.

Lucas: But--!

*he stops and his eyes move around wildly. I recognized that's sort of what Zoc did before he thought Hova was in danger*

Me: Lucas, what's wrong? Lucas?

Lucas: RUN!!!!!

*a giant frog leaps out and tries to snap me up with tongue, but Lucas pulled me away*

Me: Oh, my god! Is that...?

Lucas: Come on, Kathy! You can fascinate about giant frogs later. Don't get eaten!

*we run for a while, past Hova, Kreela and Fugax*

Fugax: Hey, Lucas! Kathy!

Lucas and me: WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Fugax: Hey, anyone know what WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! means?

*frog jumps behind Fugax. He slowly turns and sees it*

Fugax: *gulp* I think I just figured it out. WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! *runs after me and Lucas*

Kreela: Croaker!

*Hova, Kreela and Fugax join us and we run for a while*

Kreela: This way!

Hova: Don't ever leave me again.

Lucas: *panting* But Zoc told me--

Hova: You are my pupa; not Zoc's.

*everyone runs towards a coca cola can*

*Hova, Kreela and Fugax all climb the can easily*

Hova: Lucas, Kathy, come on!

*Me and Lucas struggles to keep up*

Hova: Climb! You can do it. Just concentrate!

Me: I'm an ant... I'm an ant... I'm six legged, foraging, wizard ant. Yah! *jumps onto the can and realizes I'm not falling* Hey, I'm doing it! Okay, okay... *I visualize what I would do if I were an ant. I would be a wizard pupa, helping Zoc making Alkaroot potion, making my magic necklace from Zoc, playing with my friends and eating honeydew poop* I'm doing it!

Lucas: *also climbing up* I'm an ant. Okay, I'm ant.

Kreela: They've got it. They've got it!

Lucas: Look, I'm an ant!

Kreela: He-- *Lucas starts sliding down while I still up* hasn't got it.

*I pass Hova as I climb to the top and next to Kreela*

Hova: Grab hold! *give Lucas a hand*

*they both stretch their fingers, almost reaching each other by centimetre....*

Me: C'mon, Lucas.....

*snap!*

Lucas: Hova?

*The frog swallows Lucas whole*

Hova and me: LUCAS!!!

Me: Come on! Don't let that frog out of sight!

Everyone: *drops to the ground and runs after the frog*

*we come to a clearing near a pond and Zoc is already there*

Zoc: Croaker! Over here! This way!

Fugax: Zoc!

Hova: Zoc!

Zoc: *ignoring others* I am delicious! Eat me!

Kreela: Zoc, are you crazy?!

Zoc: Yoo-hoo!

Kreela: He's crazy.

Zoc: Hey, froggy!

*frog swells up*

Zoc: *mutters* No relationship is worth is.

Me: *recognizing the Alkaroot potion I made* Wait.... Is that..?

*frog swallows Zoc*

Me: *happily* I know what he's going to do!

Hova: What?

Me: I could recognize that Alkaroot anywhere!

*sure enough, Lucas, Zoc, beetle, a glowworm and a fly get burped out a few minutes later*

*Zoc and Lucas join us and we jog into toward the colony anthill*

Lucas: *exhausted* I just can't prove anything to him!

Me: *smiling at Lucas* Just give him time. He'll come around eventually.

Nighttime scene...

*Hova and Zoc are jogging and I'm quietly behind them*

Zoc: *sighs* All right, well, we should camp here for a night.

Kreela: Come on, Fugax. Let's forage some food.

Fugax: Excuse me? I don't forage. I'll scout for food. *stills full of himself to scout for food*

Zoc: Uh, right. Let's go. *Hova holds his shoulder*

Hova: Zoc, stay with Lucas. They've been through a lot today.

Zoc: Hova, please don't ask to--

Hova: He's not what you think. There's goodness in him. There're an ant in him.

*we watch Lucas attempting to climb a toadstool*

Hova: *laughs* See? He really is trying.

Fugax: *in the background* C'mon! You can do it! Concentrate!

Lucas: One, two, three! *jumps onto the toadstool and attempted to climb it*

Fugax: Think ant! Ant! Ant!

Lucas: *grunting* Yeah! All right! *stumbles and fall back* Ow! Craznocks!

Zoc: *laughs loudly*

Me: *also laughs loudly*

{Me and Zoc helps Lucas}

Me: I'll give you a lift. 

Lucas: *seriously* What? Ohh.... Okay. *stands up*

Me: Okay, Lucas. Hop on my back. *Lucas jumps on my back and hangs on tight with his hand*

Lucas: Okay. You ready?

Me: I'm ready. One, two, three. Climb! *jumps onto the toadstool and climbs up to attempted it*

*I climb up for a while*

Zoc: *shouts at me* Hey! How'd much farther, Kathy?

Me: *grunting* Halfway there! Yes! I got it! *stumbles and fall back* Oww! Craznocks!

Zoc: *laughs loudly again*

Me: *chuckling* Zoc! Can you help him and I hold your magic staff?

Zoc: *hesitates* Yes. Okay. Lucas, hop on my back. *Lucas jumps on his back* And Kathy, hold my staff.  *takes me with his staff*

Me: Okay! Good luck! *jumps onto the toadstool and climbs up and Zoc also climbs up with Lucas on his back*

On the toadstool...

Lucas: *talks to me* It's funny. The sky looks exactly the same. Everything else is so different... but it's the same sky, the same stars. *yawning loudly*

Zoc: Why must you keep doing that? Are you ill?

Lucas: What? Oh, you mean yawning. I'm just tired.

Zoc: *wrinkles nose* Please stop. It's disgusting.

Lucas: *sits up* Ants don't yawn?

Zoc: Um... definitely not.

Me: *also sits up and regards Zoc* Everyone yawns.... some are just embarrassed to admit it.

*slience for a while as everyone looks at the lighted city*

Zoc: So.. this city of yours. It's like a nest?

Lucas: Well.... yeah. Kind of.

Zoc: And the humans that live there are all brothers and sisters working together for the greatness of their colony? *looks doubtful*

Lucas: Well... not exactly. It's little more like... you know... every man for himself.

Zoc: But that's so.... primitive. How does anything get done?

Lucas: Some people work together.

(Zoc and Lucas have a chat about differences to makes that colony strong)

Lucas: *falls asleep*

Me: I think that's our problem *Zoc turns at me*. It's the human's nature to live divided. For ants, it's like an instinct. But we have a choice.

Zoc: But most humans don't take that choice.

Me: *nods sadly* I think we could if-if someone took the first step.

Zoc: Why couldn't it be you?

Me: *thinks for a moment, then sighs* It sounds so simple when you say it, but it's not.

Zoc: And why not?

Me: Where I go, I've got friends and enemies. Everyone judges you. And, if you don't do what everyone else does, then you're like an outcast.

Zoc: But how do you know what? Have you ever trued standing up for yourself? *I hesitate* If you take that chance, show everyone that you're not afraid to speak, then you could change much more than you think.

Me: *rubs eye* Even when I was big, I'm actually tiny compared to everyone else. Everyone towers above you and... and it kind of makes you feel insignificant.

Zoc: Nothing is insignificant. From the towering tree to the tinniest ant, everyone matters. Size doesn't really matter. What matters is how you act.

Me: *smiles* Yeah... yeah. You're right, Zoc! Size can't stop me! When I'm big again, I'll go and show everyone what I'm made of!

Zoc: *chuckles*

Me: *yawning heavily and stretching* I think that becoming tiny and living with ants is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Zoc: I'm glad you enjoyed it. *yawns* Goodnight, Kathy.

Me: Goodnight, Zoc.

*we both fall asleep*

Battle scene...

*everything was calm and peaceful until....*

Fugax: AAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYY!!!!!

Hova: *still half asleep* What's a matter?

Zoc: *also still half asleep* What is it? What's wrong?

Fugax: *triumphant* I see her!

Me: Who her?

Fugax: The Ant Mother! She's come! She's here! *continues to whoop and cheer*

Lucas: *squints, then runs up a nearby leaf as Fugax continues cheering*

*there's a large ant with wings and an angel ring around her head. She looked regal*

Me: Wow. She's huge!

Lucas: *puts on glasses* What you do you know? It really is an--

*he stops as he sees what we see. A red truck with the Ant Mother statue parked in front of the Nickle's lawn. Out stepped the exterminator. My ears felt hot.*

Lucas: *I punch him on the arm* Ow! What was that for?!

Me: *pissed off* I told you not to sign that stupid contract! I told you!

*The exterminator, Stan Beals, puff on his cigarette*

Zoc: *widens eyes* Cloud Breather.

Lucas: But I cancelled the contract!

Stan Beals: *chuckles darkly to no one in particular*

Me: *urgently to others* We have to warn the colony!

At the colony.....

*all the ants come out and are cheering. Then Zoc's bright green light attracts their attention*

Zoc: Listen to me! It is not the Ant Mother! It is a Cloud Breather!

*a sudden hush fell over the crowd. Then everyone started whispering among themselves. I didn't know what a Cloud Breather was, but I could tell that it was not good news*

Lucas: It's true! He's come to wipe out the entire colony! His magic is strong. Sprayers... foggers... zappers... sulfur bombs!

*a slam of a door echoed through the fearful crowd*

Head of Council: *skeptical* And how do you know about this creature?

Lucas: *hesitant* Because..... because I brought him here.

*the crowd of ants all gasp, then start muttering darkly*

Me: *pushing Lucas behind me* But that was before he ever became an ant! He's warning you to escape before it's too late!

Head of Council: And have you also brought the Cloud Breather?

Me: No, I didn't. I was against it. But Lucas is a liar.

Lucas: Kathy, how could you?

Me: I'm sorry, bro. It's over.

Head of Council: *grims* Guards, remove this.... human.

Lucas: Hova!

Hova: Lucas!

Lucas: *eyes light up* Wait, the potion! That's it! Zoc, you shrunk me; you could shrink the Cloud Breather!

Lucas: *dodges the guards and grabs the bottles of sticky glue* We could load these up and then.... pow! Right in the ear! *accidentally fires the glue at one of the Council's female ants*

Zoc: *thinking quickly* Yes. Yes, perhaps! But the Cloud Breather towers above us like a tree. How could we get close enough?

Lucas: I've got an idea.

Head of Council: *surprised* Zoc, you would trust this human?

Me: *angrily* Yes, he would! There's a Cloud Breather on the loose, for craznock's sake! We've got bigger problems. *I look at the grinning Zoc*

Wasp scene....

Lucas: *cautiously, waving a leaf* Hello? we need to talk to you!

Zoc: Show yourself!

Lucas: *continues waving the peace leaf* Down here! Hello!

Me: They're not here.

Lucas: They have to be. This is--

Zoc: *cuts Lucas off by raising a few fingers in warning. A second later, the fast beating of wings was heard and three wasps landed around us*

Wasp #1: Well, well, well! Just in time for lunch!

Wasp #2: Hello.

Lucas: Wait! Listen to me! We come in peace! The exterminator's here! He brings death clouds that will destroy us all! Unless we can work together to stop him!

Me: *mumbles* Yeah, what he said.

Wasp #2: Death clouds, huh? Okay; let's eat.

*suddenly, a spiralling wasp shoots through the group and falls a few feet away*

Wasp #4: *gives a weak cough* Sir, the East Nest; totally destroyed . The cloud's coming! THE CLOUD!!! *coughs horribly, then dies*

Wasp #2: *glances up and sees a running screaming crowd of bugs*

Wasp #2: *lands in front of us* What do you have in mind?

Actual battle scene......

*all the wasp's were lined up and the ants were riding them*

Zoc:*shouts to everyone* Remember; you only get one shot at it, don't fire until you see wax of his ears!

Kreela: Understood!

Me: Ready!

Hova: Ready! Lucas?

Lucas: Good to go!

Fugax: *struggling to stay on his buckling wasp* Hey! Hey! Stop it! Stop it! Zoc, can I switch? Mine's broken!

Wasp #2: *ignoring Fugax* All right, boys. Heat them up. *all the wasps start to beat their wings* Let's fly!

*all the wasps rise up into the air and head toward Stan Beals. The battle of the bugs has begun*

General Ant: First wave, attack! *a wave of wasp and ants fly toward Stan Beals and dodge his blasts on anti-bug spray*

Stan Beals: So you wanna rumble, eh? Come on! Come on! Come on!

Kreela: *to others* I'm going in! *rides behind Stan Beals' neck and shoots the potion at his ear, but it's blocked*

Kreela: *surprised* I can't get through! He's got some kind of shield!

Lucas: Aw, craznocks! Headphones!

Me: *half-jokingly* I wonder what kind of songs exterminator's listen to.

Lucas: No time for jokes, Kathy. We've got to help!

Kreela: *gets hit by Stan Beals and flies into a bird fountain*

Fugax: *flying toward for Stan Beals* For queen and colony! AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEEE! *misses and then gets caught by the exterminator* Why are you stopped?

Stan Beals: *as Fugax's wasp stings him multiple times* *sarcastically*Oh, geez. Ow. Boy, that hurts. Please stop.  Bye-bye! *flicks Fugax and his wasp into some wind chimes*

Zoc: We have to land on him! Find a way in!

Stan Beals: *grumbles as he realizes he's out of spray*

Lucas: He's reloading! Now's our chance!

Me: This way! *leads Hova and Zoc behind his neck*

Zoc: *gets hit by Stan Beals' sprayers and crashes into the ground below*

Hova: Zoc!

Me: I got Zoc, you help Lucas! *flies toward the falling Zoc and catches him with the wasp* Need some help?

Zoc: *looking relieved* Thanks. Thank you for saving my life.

Me: *holds on Zoc's shoulder towards him* And thank you for saving my life too, Zoc. *kisses on Zoc's cheek*

Zoc: *smiling glaze*

Me:  You steer. I'm not good at this. *hangs on tight with Zoc*

*then a sudden thwack! Sound comes from above and we look up to see Hova and Lucas spiraling down to the grass*

Me and Zoc: Hova!

Stan Beals: *sprays a dark anti bug-killer at the ground* Nighty-night!

Me: Oh, my god! The-they're not make it! I can't see them! We have to go lower!

Zoc: Wait, there they are!

*we see Lucas carrying his wasp over his head, running away form the dark cloud with Hova*

Zoc: *mesmerized, in a hushed tone* He's become a true ant now.

Me: *cheering* Yeah, go Lucas! Hey, I wonder if I can do that?

*we fly toward them and watch Hova climb a mailbox with Lucas close behind, the cloud right behind him. Then he disappears into it*

Zoc and me: Lucas!!!!

*Suddenly, Lucas comes out, climbing the mailbox with ease and a determined expression on his face*

Hova: *hugs Lucas fiercely* You did it! You did it!

Zoc: *excited* Ha, ha, ha! Now that's an ant! *hits the wasp on the head and it protests* Oh, sorry.

*the wasp gets carried away to safety and we land near the mailbox. Lucas and Hova climb on*

Zoc: *pats Lucas on the shoulder proudly*

Stan Beals: *cackling* HA HA HA HA HA!! Oh, yeah!

Zoc: *groans frustratingly* Our weapons are useless!

Lucas: *urgently* We just need a clear shot!

*Me and Lucas widen our eyes and look at each other and we'll see had the exact same idea*

Stan Beals: *towering over the anthill, preparing his sprayer* Enjoy a world that's entirely bug free. Call Beals-A-Bug and leave the bug-killing to me!

Me: Why don't they just run away?!

*no ones answers*

Stan Beals: *laughs, then abruptly stops with a curious pained expression on his face* Oh. AGGGGGGGHHHHHRRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! *clutches his testicles. I see a beetle and a glowworm come out and understood what happened*

Me: *laughing uncontrollably*

Zoc: *holding an empty potion bottle* Let's give this human a good-bye kiss.

*I glance down and see the stinger was yellow, the colour of the shrinking potion*

Lucas: Pucker up, Mr. Beals!

*we head straight for the gap between his pants and shirt... getting closer....*

Stan Beals: *widens eyes* AAAAAARRRRRHHHAAAAHGGGGHHH! Oh.

Stan Beals: *starting shrinking violently* *jumps on a tricycle and starts to pedal away* You can't exterminate me! Oh yeah! I'm Stan Beals! *a swarm of wasps attack him* No, no, no, no, no!

Everyone: *cheers*

Lucas: Praise the Mother!

Me and Zoc: *laugh*

Afterwards.......

*all the ants cheer as me, Lucas, Zoc, Hova, Kreela and Fugax walk down the court room. The council claps their hands. Then the Queen emerges*

Queen Ant: This day I no longer see a human among ants, but instead a single colony. No more Lucas and Kathy the Destroyers, but Rokai and Sara the Ants.

Head of Council: *spreads out arms* Welcome to the colony!

Lucas: *confused* Rokai?

Me: *also confused* Sara?

Hova: It's an ant names.

Zoc: *smiling mischievously* A wizard names.

Queen Ant: Rokai and Sara have earned their freedom. And we have earned friends. Remember us.

Lucas and me: *proudly bow*

Fugax: *walking with Kreela* Hey Lucas-- I mean, Rokai. Listen, once you get back if you get the chance, *cover hands* how about dropping a few sweet rocks now and then?

You know, red ones, preferably.

Lucas: *laughs* Red ones? I thought you hated the red ones!

Fugax: Well, I do! But.... I'm starting to like them.

Kreela: Ruff! *giggles and places Fugax's arm round* We're gonna to miss you, Two-Legs.

Me: *to Fugax* Hey, have you ever tried sugar?

Fugax: *turns to me, interested* No, Sara, why?

Me: *laughs* Because they're what makes sweet rocks so sweet! I'll also drop some for you to try.

Fugax: *rubs my head playfully* Thanks Kat--er, I mean Sara! I knew I could count on you!

Zoc: *to me* You gave me the jumpstart to trust. In that way, thank you. I also got the idea of the Alkaroot potion from you.

Me: *grins* You gave me the jumpstart to becoming an ant. Thanks for that too. I'll miss you guys.

Zoc: We'll all miss you too.

Me: *thoughtful* Y'know, being friends with a human has more advantages than you think. *grins mischievously at Zoc's confused expression* Let's say you need an ingredient for a potion, like more alkaroot or fire crystal.. well, I'll travel the world if I have to.

Zoc: *looks as if he can't believe this news* You really mean it? *I nod and he whoops* Thank you, Sara! *put his staff on the ground and embrace hugs me*

Hova: *looks close to happy tears* You're like my own little pupas now. I can't believe you have to move on.

Me: Thank you for believing in me. *starts to cry and hugs Hova*

Me: *cries* I'm gonna miss you, Hova.

Hova: I'm going to miss you too, Sara.

*I quietly crying for bids goodbye from back home and Hova keeps smiled and close her eyes from hugs. But now, Lucas, Zoc, Kreela, Fugax and the rest of the colony starts the water works for look at me and Hova. I wipe the tears away on my face and starts to happily face to Hova*

Lucas: *holding the growing potion* But you'll still be here.

Hova: Cross our hearts.

Everyone: Cross our hearts!

Lucas and me: *laugh*

Outside the anthill.....

Me: I can't believe it's over. We're really going home.

Lucas: *grinning* And to think that home was a few feet away the whole time.

Me: *wistfully* It's like everything was just a dream...

Lucas: *holding my shoulder* Well, they're not going anywhere. We can still talk to them. *holds out potion* Come on, let's drink this thing.

*We drink the potion and grow. We both suddenly realize we're naked and instantly hide our privates. (By the way, I was in a pink monarch butterfly dress with lime green leaf singlet top, tiny flower belt on it, handmade, held up together with a grass; that's my favourite dress)

Me: *mortified* Oh, my god!

Mommo: *from above the window* Happy Birthday, Lucas and Kathy!

*We quickly get inside and change into our normal clothes. Mom and Dad come home and Lucas was the first to reach them. Then, while Lucas was outside doing something and I was studied for homeschooling.

Me: *mutters to myself and write my diary* I think Zoc gave me the dream of exactly what to be. It may not to be a wizard, but it's close enough. I'll become a geochemistry and make it for rare minerals and crystals. I'll give them to Zoc. He deserves it. Hova too. *I smile at the thought of now my tiny ant friends and Zoc finally become a partner*

Me: I can't wait till I grow up!

Outside a bit later......

Lucas: Ready?

Me: *grinning* Ready!

*We both tip over our boxes, Lucas' was jellybeans and mine was sugar cubes, over the anthill. Swarms of ants come out and start nibbling on the goodies*

Me: Hope you like the sugar, Fugax! *I know I can't hear him. I know he can. And maybe that little enthusiastic one might be him*

The End.