Bashful sat by the door for who knows how long, waiting for the door to open, his only chance of escape. 

 The cat yawned, getting tired of just sitting there. 

 Then, he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. 

 Bashful smiled, his chance of escape was almost here! 

 He heard the person stop by the door. Bashful was almost bursting with excitement! 

 And when the door opened, Bashful made a run for it! 

 "Woohoo! I'm freeeeeee!" Bashful thought, running towards the front door......wait.....the front door... 

 Bashful skidded into a halt, and stared at the door, the Glooms right behind him. 

 "And you thought escaping would be easy!" Hildy laughed, "Grim, pick up the cat." 

 "Sure thing Hildy wildy." Grim said, and grabbed Bashful. 

 Bashful squirmed in Grims arms, and scratched him too. 

 "YOUCH!" Grim screamed in pain, and in the process, dropped the shy cat. 

 "GRIMWOLD!!! UGH! Ill do it myself!" Hildy yelled in frustration. She grabbed her wand, and used it to freeze Bashful in place. 

 She then took out a collar, and cast a spell on it... 

 "Apparently for a cat, he's was to smart. So give this cat boundaries, so he cant depart! And those who try to take the collar off him, will get a painful zap, that will feel so grim!" 

 And with that, the spell had settled onto the collar, and it glowed a faint green. 

 "There you go you dumb dwarf, you have free roaming space now...too bad you cant leave my house though, oh boo hoo!" Hildy laughed evilly. 

 Bashfuls ears drooped. "Well! Ill still find a way out! You'll see!" 

 "Oh, but if you do..." Hildy twirled her wand, and set a purple spark of lightning onto Bashful. 

 The cat yowled in pain, screaming for mercy. 

 "Okay, okay, I wont try to escape, but please! Stop zapping me!" Bashful cried. 

 The purple haired witch sighed. "Aw, you're no fun, but fine!" 

 Again, she flicked her wand, and the lightning zapping Bashful was gone. 

 "Well, ta-ta, me and my husband have to go out for dinner now, buh-bye!" 

 And with that, Hildy and Grim had left the building, leaving Bashful in their cottage, curled up on their couch, crying himself to sleep. 

***at the 7d's cottage*** 

 Doc was up almost all night working on his machine. A few bolts there, and few nails there, some glue here, and a touch of coffee for him. 

 He worked, and worked, and worked. 

 Finally, by the next morning, after breakfast, Doc lead the fellow 6d into his workshop. 

 "And now my friends, my 'The Dwarf Snatcher Saver' ...is complete." And with that, Doc pulled a curtain, revealing the contraption that would save there friend. 

 "WOW Doc, this look whooptie dooptie schmoodily great! I might just sing about song about it!" Happy said, pulling out his guitar... 

 "NO!" Grumpy rolled his eyes, taking the guitar away from the smiling dwarf. "Now's to time to get serious..." 

 "yeah! We have a friend to save!" Whistled Dopey. 

 "And we wont stop until the Glooms are defeated and give us our friend back!" Sleepy determinedly said. 

 "Yeah! We wont stop until we see da-feet on them!" Sneezy said. Him and Sleepy high-foured, while Grumpy face palmed. 

 "Well c'mon 7...er...6d! we have a friend to save, just listen to me...."

(I apologize if these chapters are short, I didn't realize how short they were until just now XP)