"Mommy, what's a Lupe?" a young light faerie as she noticed a wanted poster. The sign was offering a reward for Lupe skins.
"Lupes are like Gelerts, only evil. They're the pets of evil Dark Faeries, and they'll attack any normal Neopian. They say that they won't hurt Dark Faeries, but will charge at anything else. Don't get near them if you see one, just walk away." her mother said as she pulled her daughter along.
"They can't be that evil, can they? I thought there were no evil neopets."
"Lupes aren't neopets, they're vicious monsters. Now stop talking about them Tanya or you'll attract attention to yourself."
"They can't be that bad…"
"Run! He's coming!" a green Lupe yelled. He was quickly grabbed by a giant machine run by a red Wocky.
"Prince! Prince where are you?" a blue Lupe yelled, looking around in panic. "Prince! If you can hear me, run away!"
"He's gone, don't worry about him!" a red Lupe yelled. A spotlight came out of the machine, and the blue Lupe was caught in it. The red one was right in front of it. They were both quickly grabbed up by the machine.
"Rex, if you want to find other Lupes, you'll have to leave the area, you're the only one!" a little Dark Faerie yelled to a Christmas Lupe.
"I guess you're right. I wonder if I'll ever find another Lupe." he sighed.
"You can't be the only one! Even if most Faeries and humans have hunted them almost to extinction, there has to be a few more somewhere in Neopia!"
"I think it's time to head out on my own. Thanks for everything." the Lupe hugged the Dark Faerie. "Bye."
"Why have the Faeries and humans suddenly started hunting Lupes? I mean, we haven't done anything different recently." the Ghost Lupe thought on the beach of Mystery Island. He had turned himself invisible and was watching an Air Faerie put a curse on a green Lupe. He turned into a Mootix and the Faerie flicked him into the water. "That's it, there has to be a way we can stop this, I feel bad for the other Lupes!"
"I wonder if there's another Lupe out there, all I've seen are Kacheeks for the past week! Maybe I'm in a town with all Kacheek owners." Tala the Starry Lupe thought one night under the stars. She was a lone Lupe and she'd never seen another Lupe.
"Santa(pronounced san-ta, like San in Princess Mononoke)! Get me a book about Dark Faeries from Fayora's library!" Judorah yelled to her Lupe. Only Dark Faeries still kept Lupes as a pet, the rest of Neopia thought they were evil, but only Dark Faeries knew the truth. They'd never forgotten that Lupes used to stand alongside humans and other pets, but now since Lupes were outcasts, they accepted them as pets. And most Lupes, knowing nothing better to do, were their pets. If they went into a town or around pets and humans and they'd be attacked. Either thrown out or killed. Only a few Lupes knew that they used to live in peace with other pets and humans.
"But, Fyora's Library? That's like impossible to get anything from there!" Santa the red Lupe whined.
"I don't care! Just get it to me!"
"Fine." Santa ran out and stole the book. "There." she panted. She half cried from pain. Her back paw was burned badly.
"Oh you wimp! If you need fire resistance all you need to do is ask!" she yelled to her Lupe and put a spell on her. Santa was suddenly a fire Lupe and felt strangely stronger. Her back paw wasn't hurting anymore. She also had on one of Judorah's necklaces.
"Uh, thanks." she said awkwardly.
"Now don't whine whenever I send you out into fire anymore."
Kbai sat on his favorite rock, looking down to his packs' territory. He was a beautiful white Lupe who used to be the beta to a huge pack. Now, a group of Humans and Gelerts had hunted their pack entirely to extinction and they had just killed the alpha male, so now Kbai was the last surviving member of his pack. He sighed, and left the rock, never to return. He kept heading on until he entered a town where he was viciously attacked by the same group of Gelerts and Humans that had killed the rest of his pack. He fought them off but in the process, he was badly hurt. He had deep cuts all over his backside and he couldn't touch his back paw to the ground without limping. He walked on, still searching for anymore Lupe packs that had survived human attack. He kept on going, not sure exactly what was driving him, until he was attacked again. This time by a little Uni baby. All she had to do was stab at him with her horn and he fell to the ground, half dead with all of his blood loss.
"Hey, are you alright?" a little pink Kacheek was standing over Kbai when he woke up.
"Where am I? Who are you? And why on Neopia are you not attacking me like the rest of your murderous people?" he stammered, noticing he was in a neohome.
"You're in my room, I'm Heart, and it's a long story why I'm not attacking you."
"I've got all the time in the world to hear it."
"When I was little, my mom took me out to a bookstore and bought me a book on the History of Neopia. I read it and in the section about Lupes, it said that Lupes aren't actually dangerous or evil, just most of Neopia didn't know that. It said that Lupes used to live with the rest of Neopia without a care. But then, for some reason, people and faeries and Neopets started to lose their trust in Lupes, and it didn't say why. I never could figure out why, and it never said, so I'm trying to find out why people started to think that Lupes were evil. I was hoping a Lupe like yourself would know."
"Sorry, I don't have a clue. I didn't even know that Lupes used to live peacefully with humans."
"Oh, maybe I can find out in Faerie Land. I heard that Fyora's library has every book ever made. It's also said to have a complete history of Neopia. I might find what I'm looking for there. Make yourself at home. It's all yours when I leave, I don't have any friends or family left."
"Wait, you're just a little Kacheek, what's to keep hungry Gelerts from eating you?"
"My wits."
"Don't you want a guardian Lupe with you?"
"I'd love it!" Heart laughed as she hugged Kbai.
"I'd like to know that too. Also, I'm not one to say no to an adventure. My name's Kbai by the way."
Heart smiled and after Kbai healed, they set out on their journey.
Kaisa was weak. Not in strength, for she'd been the most powerful Lupe in the world for a time, but in everything else. She hadn't eaten in days, hadn't had clean water to drink in almost a week and had been attacked by a pack of Gelerts. She had no idea what kept going onward. She had no friends. All her family was killed by Wockys. She didn't know a single soul. She was barely able to walk, yet she kept on going. She was a beautiful Yellow Lupess.
With terrible timing, the Shadow Usul lunged out at her. There was nothing she could do to help herself, she didn't have strength enough to run away or attack, so she just ignored her to the best of her ability and kept on walking. The Usul, sensing her weakness, started her attacks. After just one successful slash of her sword, Kaisa was lying on the ground, nothing left to do but to be another victim of the Shadow Usul.
"Hey! Leave her alone you big bully!" a Starry Shoyru yelled at the Usul, jumping between her and Kaisa. She fought with the Usul, careful to keep her away from Kaisa. Just at the right moment, she grabbed Kaisa and flew away.
"Mom! That stupid Shadow Usul was after this Neopet! She doesn't look too good, can you come here and help her?" the Shoyru yelled to her owner as she brought Kaisa into the neohome.
"Sure, what neopet is it?"
"Don't know. I don't think I've ever seen one of this species before." as the Shoyru shrugged, her owner entered and let out a small gasp.
"That's a Lupe." she said surprised with much stammering.
"But I thought they were evil minions bent on destroying all Neopia?"
"No, I never thought I'd see another one, we'd better work fast. They're almost extinct, she's probably one of the last ones!" The Shoyru and her owner quickly healed Kaisa and gave her food, water and a soft bed to rest on.
"Where am I? What's going on?" Kaisa asked half awake.
"You're in our neohome. I found you being attacked by the Shadow Usul and stopped her. I'm Stars and this is my owner Sam."
"A human who doesn't fear Lupes. I can see it in your eyes. Why do you not follow your friends and fear me too?"
"I'm not one for following crowds. Also, I, unlike many of the other humans, remember the day when Lupes were no different from other Neopets." Sam smiled.
Stars and Kaisa quickly became best friends and Sam adopted Kaisa, though she had to hide her if anyone came to visit. For a time, Kaisa had a peaceful life. But it was never to last.
