I had totally drifted off... I wasn't paying attention, and I took a different turn than Audrey. I had no choice but to go back. I walked in the direction I hoped was out of a bug's life towards grizzly peak. I realized I was going in circles , and decided just to crawl though the bushes and walk in a straight line. Just as I had exited the thin dry bushes onto a familiar path, I heard a rustling, and sniffing noise from behind me I turned around to find an enourmous black and white spotted cat.

It almost didn't look real. It flickered, like an old film, and was totally 2D. "Hello kitty. Nice kitty?" I asked hopefully. The enourmous cat snarled, and crouched , ready to pounce. I winced. I didn't want to hurt anyone. Even if they attacked me first... I guessed I had to.

It was self defence. I brandished my axe in front of me, swipeing at the cat as it flew through the air straight at my face. My axe chopped right through the center of the cat, but with no effect. The immage became malformed, but only for a second. The failed attack put me off balance, and I tripped over my own feet, falling to the ground.

My axe skidded away from me, just out of reach, but I had no time to grab it, because the cat- image of a cat, was upon me. I scooted back, narrowly dodging the cat's swipes. The cat jumped up onto the hedge behing me, and I ran foreward before it could scratch me from behind. I grabbed my axe, and contineued running as fast as I could, sadly in the opposite direction of where I wanted to go.

I kept running until I encountered another image. Tripped over one actually. It was a dog. A dalmation. I picked up my axe and pretended I could hurt the dog with it. Dogs were dumb. I hated dog's. They wasted money you could be using to buy yourself food. And they make messes. Cats however catch their own food, and definately don't poop in the house. Not that I was particularly loving cats at the moment either.

The dog just looked up at me with it's big brown eyes, an expression in them that said I was the idiot. I hated dogs. The cat stalked around the corner, and the dog jumped up growling. The cat hissed, but didn't move any closer. I began to walk back. The dog and cat could fight, but I was getting back to the cave.

I was just out of a bugs life, when I heard a loud yowling sound. The dog came bounding up behind me I walked faster, and the dog kept my pace. I came to an abrupt halt, the dog stopped too. I walked again. "Shoo! Shoo you annoying thing! Go away". The dog looked at me with big sad brown eyes, and I stopped again. I reached down and patted him on the head. "Thanks for saving me from the cat. Now shoo! Leave me alone!" I began to walk, but the dog wasn't following me. I turned around, wondering where it would go, but it was just sitting there. Sad. Lonely. Looking at me...

"Come on." I said, already annoyed at myself for letting it's puppy dog eyes get to me. I began to walk again, the dog panting happily beside me. "So... Are you a girl or a boy?" I asked. The dog snorted. "What! I need to know if I'm gonna name you!" The dog snorted again and shook its head. Then I had an idea.

I patted the dog, and to my surprise I could touch it! I sat down, and rubbed it till it roles over for a belly rub. "Gotcha! You're a boy!" He let out a good natured growl, slightly impressed at my tricking him. I resumed walking. "How about... Spot?" He growled. "That's dumb huh... How about Teddy?" He growled again. "Mouse?" I asked giggling. He growled. "What about wolf?" I asked, already knowing I wouldn't pick it." Dog nodded in approval. "No. What about..." I gasped. "Yes! I'll call you Snarky!" The dog growled loudly. So loudly that I almost thought there was an earthquake.

I laughed happily, loving the annoyance Snarky's new name caused. I skipped the rest of the way to the mountain, then realized I had gone the wrong way again... I was facing the bushes near Triton's carousel. I began to turn around when I noticed something shiny poking out from under the bushes. A shoe? The foot twitched, and a shrieked, rushing into the bushes.

I managed to stop my axe when I realized it was another of Pearl's victims, a bullet wound in his leg. I'm going to try and get you to a safe place." I whispered, trying to somehow pick him up. Snarky nudged him onto his back, and helped me get him to the water attraction at a bug's life. There, I did my best to clean his wound, and the bandaged it.

Then with Snarky's help, I managed to make it to Grizzly peak. I shouldered through the tiny secret door. Snarky and I climbed all the way to the top of Grizzly peak, where Snarky lowered to the ground, an I gently moved the brunette to the ground next to the redhead boy we'd saved who was laying, still unconsious.

Snarky whimpered, licking the brunette's face. I checked his pulse. He was fine. I knelt next to the other boy, the redhead, and lifted his shirt, replaceing his bandanges. Then I placed two fingers on his neck, slightly worried that he was still asleep. He had lost a lot of blood from the bullet wound on his side, and there's always the possibility that he was no longer just asleep. I sighed in relief, then stopped as usual, to wonder why I cared so much.

I looked down at him, and my mind immediately branded him as cute. "Every time! I thought, annoyed at myself. I then proceeded to look for faults, my usual approach for ridding myself of the awful hinderance known as a crush. I didn't find any. I slowly inched closer, sure I'd find a fault at such close proxemity. "I'm not Snow White, but you can kiss me if you want." The blonde said, opening his big blue eyes.

I gasped and scrambeled away from him, backing straight into Audrey's legs. "Good. You're awake." She said. "Did you already change his bandages?" I nodded, mortified. "Who's this?" She asked gesturing both at the dog and the brunette. I sighed, then glancing at Peter told her what had happened.