Thirsty
Chapter 1: Noon's Meetings
Loud clanging noises zipped by as Transis dug through the tall, lustrous silver canister of garbage. His friend Nestit looked around anxiously as he watched Transis search the garbage. Transis was a large white rat, about the size of a rabbit. Nestit was a brown mole, who is kind of jumpy.
It was about noon, mid October and the air smelled of honey and maple. Nestit started tugging at the rainbow striped bandanna tied around his neck. "You know Transis, I could just dig for worms. The humans don't like it when we mess with their junk. They'll try to kill us if they see us!"
"Yes you could. But why get your paws dirty? Also that kind of take's the fun out of it. These are the most wasteful humans on the street. Besides! That's the thrill of adventure!"
"Getting killed? Is that what you want? For our hides to be hung on display?"
"Danger! Adrenalin! It gets the heart pumping!"
"So does digging. But NOO! You won't try that!"
"Only pure suspense can do that. And that isn't what my claws are made for. Jackpot!"
With some difficulty, Transis pulled out a box of pizza(extra large meat lover's with extra cheese, extra meat and stuffed crust) with one piece missing, a biscuit, and a wheel of cheese. "Alright! You win," Nestit said, annoyed. Transis rolled his eyes. Why was he such a cry baby? "Where's Andrends? He should be back by now."
"Mmph, I don't know," Transis said through a mouthful of pizza.
"Hey! No see-food!" Nestit scolded.
"Whatever. Lets go to where he said to meet him."

Kagla chewed her food with relish. She was a black rabbit, and the black lamb in her family. She was always collecting human junk(they just leave their stuff everywhere!). Also, she was the only one of her siblings without birth defects(her parents are twins and both pure bred in all of their physical traits). She was quite lucky. She had four sisters and one brother. One of her sisters had three ears, another hat twelve legs, another had five heads, the final sister had fangs, horns, and spikes all over. Her brother had wings(he was pretty good with them). She munched the wild strawberries thoughtfully. She looked over at her friend Nudstok. He was a tortoise. He was chomping away on his maple leaves, slowly but surely. He was always tantalizingly slow at everything, but Kagla didn't mind. She wasn't cocky like the rabbit in The Tortoise and the Hare. She could always carry Nudstok when they needed to go somewhere. Nudstok finished his leaves. "I'm tired. Let's get some sleep," Nudstok yawned.
"In a bit. It's still bright out.
" okay. Let's try to find a water source."
"That's a good idea," Kagla agreed. They stopped by Kagla's den to gather her belongings. They started walking due east. Kagla had all of her stuff inside of a hanker chief (she had four others).

"Man I hate my owner!" Joe said as he and his friend, Ranzor walked through the town. Joe was a jack-russel, and Ranzor was a blue-jay.
"Okay, what did he do this time?" Ranzor asked.
"He was throwing rotten eggs at me! Who does that? No one in the right mind throws eggs at their dog! He also has a pretty suckish aim. Not one of them hit me!" Needless to say that Joe had a very abusive owner.
"You should run away. Think! You'll be free to do as you please!"
"Hey, that's actually a great idea! But where do I start?"
"Just don't go back to the house. You're already outside," Ranzor suggested.
"Oh! Okay, sure! Let's find a lake or something so we won't have to use the birdbath.
"Sure. I know a possible place a few hours away. Just follow me."
"Let's get something to eat first. I'm starving. Let's go trash picking!"
"Sure! I'm pretty hungry too. Oh, wait. Let's get rid of that collar first. " Ranzor started pecking at Joe's collar. After a few seconds, the leather belt fell from Joe's neck. "That's better," Ranzor chirped. Joe stretched his neck.
"That does feel better. Thanks. "
"You're welcome. "
They traveled for two minutes before finding the trash pile.

As Nestit burrowed through the dirt and clay, Transis was waiting for Andrends. Transis could be a little care free sometimes, but Nestit still considered him best-friend material. Nestit felt entirely at home when he was digging. Nothing else seemed to appeal to him as much. He could dig a mile and a half in just an hour.
Transis was mumbling to himself. Something about Andrends not being back yet. Nestit was digging for about three hours when something hard and dry brushed against his claws. He stopped dead in his tracks. He dug around it and pulled it into the tunnel. Nestit thought his mind was going to explode when he realized that he had just discovered the cranium of a velociraptor.
The stone skull slid perfectly onto Nestit's head. He could also see out of the eye sockets. It was the perfect helmet, and it fit like a glove. Even the mandible fit on his lower jaw. He clawed around some more and found the rest of that skeleton, then most of the bones of the whole pack of four, two baby pterodactyls and a baby triceratops. Eureka! The claws and limbs can be used for weapons. The rib cages could be breast plates. The fingers and toes would make the perfect handles for small tools. He untied his bandanna and scooped up the bones. He decided to keep the helmet on and retied the hankie like a backpack(all those bones shouldn't have fit in there).
Nestit really expected Transis' jaw to hit the ground, and it did. At first he didn't know what was coming out of the hole. Transis loved the idea of body armor and weapons. Once they had all of their armor pieces on, Transis went to go find some rocks and vines to tie to the fossils for the weapons. "I'll wait here in case Andrends comes back," Nestit suggested.
"Um, okay, if you say so."
Transis was always trying to get everyone to do something other than standing around doing nothing.

Nudstok dozed lazily on his log. He dreamed he was at the edge of a pond. There was a muskrat beside him, tan coat and skinny. "Where are we?" Nudstok asked. The rodent made no acknowledgement the it heard Nudstok. Instead, it took a leaf and scooped up some of the pond water(glowing green, Nudstok observed), and took it over to a young sapling. The muskrat poured the water over the young tree. Both the muskrat and Nudstok yelled in surprise as the shrub burst into bloom. In seconds the sapling broke into numerous branches. Each twig sprouted a blossom which quickly shed their golden petals, then melted into ripe peaches. The peaches gave off a warm, golden glow.
Suddenly the seen changed. Nudstok started moving backwards. He turned, and faster and faster, he zoomed forward, winding around and between trees, and skipping over rocks and roots. His face felt like it was peeling off. His eyes widened as he came to a familiar clearing. He went to where he was sleeping, and he slowly fused with his body. Everything went black, and an image appeared. A glowing map with a red pathway imbedded itself into his brain.
Nudstok bolted up with a yell. Kagla woke up and walked over to him. Nudstok, still remembering the map, told her about the vision.
"This sounds serious. Do you still remember the way?"
" three miles 95 degrees Northeast from this location," Nudstok said, as if in a trans. How did he know that?
"Let's go then. " she sounded pretty enthusiastic. Nudstok guessed she really needed some water. It made sense. He was pretty thirsty himself.
"Okay then. Let's go."

Ok there's my first chapter. Be sure to reveiw I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK! :