Chapter 1

In the quiet Mudokon Village, the sun was slowly setting over the hidden village, while Abe sat at the edge of the lake where his best Friend Munch, a one legged Gabbit had been in the lake bathing in the refreshing cold water on this warm evening.

It had been a few months since Munch returned with the fertilised eggs, he told the story of his journey to Ma'Spa where he had to swim most of the way, a reason why Abe didn't come in the first place. Within a few days, they hatched and gabbiwogs were in the lake, the mudokons gathered near the edge of the lake to view and watch them swimming in awe and happiness.

Abe had stroked the Three gabbiwogs sitting in his lap as they purred like kitten with affection loving the touch of Abe's warm hand on their cold skin, another one was at his feet, playing with them and moving his foot, even licking it making the Mudokon crack into a giggle. One more sat on his head, sleeping on his feathers like a pillow, it had placed itself up there, peacefully snoozing and making cute snoring and sneezing noises.

Abe had admitted they were very cute, but it pleased Munch that they were alive and it meant his species was saved and protected by the mudokons. Since he arrived at the village after he returned, he was greeted by a few mudokons who had plans to undo damages that the Glukkons had did, a few were hoping to find a Meech, which were presumed extinct since they were hunted to make the snack Meech Munchies and they stopped making them after no more could be found. A great stir while Munch was gone was caused by a mudokon who sighted a wild Meech, it had sparked hope again that they were alive. That kept them all busy until Munch returned.

The mudokon village was perfectly placed in nature with a great food and water source, Abe told Munch it worried a lot of mudokons after they were free from Rupture farms where they would go since they had always known that place as their home. Some even got angry at Abe. The village was untouched by industries and it would seem to stay that way for sometime. If they ever where found, they had no fear anymore, so they were willing to fight back now; it seriously ticked off the glukkons, they all blamed Abe for the uprising.

The lake was not far from the village and it was a great size, because Munch had thought about being close by to the mudokons and the water reminded him of his previous home, he explained Abe how it felt very much like the home he knew with all his previous friends. Abe felt bad for making Munch mention his gabbit friends who would have had their lungs harvested for a huge sum of money and the eggs would have been eaten a expensive dish for the ones who could afford it. However it ended on a positive note as Munch reminded him he had new friends, which included him, the fuzzles, and the mudokons.

"They are a little cold. But that's to be excepted Munch. They stay in the water most of the day."

"Yea we have to. We overheat easily. That's why we cool off in the water Abe." Munch explained having a gabbiwog in his grasp, cuddling him as it fell asleep. He knew young gabbiwogs slept for at lease 18 hours a day, especially the younger ones who slept more.

"Do they have names yet?"

"Not yet. I can't think of 150 names." Munch told him.

"Well Can I suggest a few?" Abe asked.

"Sure. Tell me."

"I was thinking one of them could be called Yin, meaning water. Maybe another one Lorne... And well if this is alright with you... Sam."

"Why wouldn't it be alright?"

"Sam is our queen. No one has been able to find her." Abe stroked one Gabbiwog that looked up at his curiously. He then looked off, wondering if the legend was true; in that a mudokon queen named Sam did exist, if that was true, it would mean Sam was his mother. His stitches were rumoured to be done by Sam but Abe gave confused looks, because he had always just remembered having them and never remembered not having them. People talked about Sam, but no one remembered what she looked like, as the majority of the village were born into slave labor like Abe himself.

"Maybe that one can be called Sam." Munch told him gesturing to the one looking at him.

"Huh?" He looked down, then was taken by surprise when the Gabbiwog bounced up, grabbing his cheeks to climb up, licking his nose then climbing up to his head.

"Okay that's a little gross." Abe nodded wiping his nose.

"That's to be excepted."

"Okay then." Abe nodded grabbing the Gabbiwogs from his head and placing them back into the water, letting them swim back down to their cave, the another three in his lap eagerly jumped back into the water with a splash, leaving the one licking his feet left.

"What is on your foot?" Munch asked as Abe laughed from his feet being very sensitive to touch.

"I don't know!" He kept on laughing heavily as the wet tongue kept on tickling his bare feet.

"Come here. Leave Uncle Abe alone." Munch reached his hands out and grabbed the Gabbiwog before placing it gently back into the water.

"I gonna go now Munch." Abe told him realising by now dinner would be ready in the village and everyone would be eating. He got up and walked the path back to his village, managing to get a Apple from the basket of food on the ground where the Mudokons grabbed their food. Abe slowly munched on it enjoying eating now, compared to having to dig in the dumpsters of Rupture Farms for meals. Sometimes others fought him for food, usually he'd give up, he was lucky muds like Bob were around, or as he was known then number 271, he'd usually dig deeper than other mudokons then find an untouched edible and he'd share with no ever got nothing, he did stink worse and sligs would often poke him and exclaim "you stink ya piece of trash!", he often ignored them. Bob had in fact opened his heart to adopting one of the rescued "Sam's labor eggs", he named it Fern and took great care of him.

Abe's eating was irrupted by a loud screech. It made everyone haul their activities and look around in stunned silences.

"What was that?"—One of Abe's friends known as Sky asked. Sky was the most light of heart and sensitive; that fooled everyone into thinking he was weak, Abe had watched Sky take the weapons of the tomahawker then crack people's skulls open.

"That came from the lake." Big Face nodded.

"I'll check it out." Abe told them all, getting up and dashing towards the lake hearing the screeching getting closer.

To his shock, he saw sligs. He quickly ducked down into the bush and witnessed Munch being shot at by sligs while he was protecting his children from harm. They shot a net at him, laughing as he screeched in pain, being forcefully dragged from the water, tangled in the roped net, struggling trying to get back to the Gabbiwogs. The Sligs seized him, just as Abe heard more footsteps come along. He saw Big Face running towards the scene with Muarchers and some other brave villagers.

"Leave the Gabbit alone! You foul beasts!" Big Face yelled.

"We got what we wanted let's go!" The sligs nodded lifting up the trapped Gabbit and throwing him into a metal cage making him whimper and look around in fear as they lifted up the metal cage, laughing as they achieved their objective. Abe was in shock but also surprise they didn't search for the mudokon village or even see anything of it from here.

"Put him back!" Big Face screamed as the muarchers began to shot their weapons seeing the sligs run back into a ship before it took off, with Abe seeing Munch being put near the Window, he was crying out for help. How did this happen so quickly, he was only with him a few minutes ago, maybe if he stayed longer he would have been able to fight back.

"Stop!" Abe screamed running towards the ship, only to have it take off and the force of the quick take off making him tumble backwards onto the ground.

"Abe!" Big Face helped him up.

"They got Munch!" Abe cried on the brink of tears, he felt horrible; he had allowed this, and now the gabbiwogs were left unprotected and were almost certain to be attacked by animals.

"We can't chase them. It's too dangerous." Big face shook his head, being the voice of reason which Abe hated.

"We need him back! He's the only one who knows how to care for the Gabbiwogs!"

"Alright. But be careful. The Shaman will guide you. Remember if you get lost. Use the directions of your moon to find your way back." Big Face pointed upwards to the Mudokon Moon.

"Okay!" Abe nodded running off into the night following the direction the ship went in.

Late night writing is fun. I've finally come up with the story for Stranger to meet Abe and Munch.

Sorry if you think this was weird. I might fix this eventually but I wanted to get this out here especially while I'm still away from school.