Chapter 1

I uhhh…I uh…I was falling to say the least. Rocks are the last thing you want to see on the water. Especially the sea of all places. At least I wasn't alone in falling. However I fell faster than my two friends. I sped toward the ground. I can almost guarantee the fall definitely wasn't fatal. Curse me, it surely seemed it. However injuries on an unknown island wasn't outside the realm of common sense. I believe the worst I could get was a scrape or graze my skin at worst. The other two. I can only hope they find a way to land properly. I curled myself into a ball of fear. I heard a crash. I landed on something I probably shouldn't have.

Not these guys again. They're similar to the ones that tried to pillage us. We fought on our raft to attempt protecting our food and water supply. Now we're on the beach. The friend to the right of me woozy from the manoeuvre they partially succeeded in. The left landed head first into a wooden crate that we managed to keep intact and for ourselves. I've landed into another possible conflict. Not the greatest plan of action in hindsight. I'll give these creatures the benefit of the doubt. I can only hope they understand that this is an unfortunate accident.

I quickly walked off the creature. The trio seemed rather annoyed. I can't blame them. They were odd to say the least. They were made up of a red, blue and purple figure. Their height was consistent with all of them being taller than my shins, with the same round body shape with stubby legs and even the same underbite. The red one had one curved orange horn on it's head, it had a yellow belly and a pointed yellow mane down it's back with one visible tooth. The blue one had an brow that caused it to seem perpetually angry it's symmetrical visible teeth didn't help either, it had one dark blue spot on it's head and three smaller spots on it's left leg. The purple one had a light purple belly and head, while the rest of it's body was a darker purple as if it had been tanned? It had three lime green skyward strands of hair.

I raised my hands defensively, attempting to show my weakness as a sign of forgiveness and kindness. Alas they saw it as a vulnerability to attack me. I went to shield myself. The once dizzy friend pounced to my aid. He brandished his claws which scraped the trio. It seemed to have startled a retaliation attempt. Which was a strong charge. He spun blocked the attack with his tail, in the same action he kicked the three of them with his clawed feet into the air. I took this time to launch myself off the ground with my two arms oversized arms and launch into the purple one head first. It seemed our other friend decided to join the fray and smack the blue one into the sand with her broad tail. The last blow was delivered by a stomp caused by our clear combat expert.

I pointed toward the crate of food. We were all taller than the crate. That wouldn't stop it from being heavy or obnoxious to carry.

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The fight was fun and tiring. I guess we now have the time to view the scenery. The sand was clearly local. It was a beautiful pale beige. As lovely as it was and sanded. It got stuck between my claws and digits. It's going to be really distracting if we have to get into another scuffle. The crabs that lived here looked rather ordinary and were well camouflaged if they were walking on the sand. The coastal rocks were rather plain and maroon with no distinguishing features other than the seaweed that managed to crawl up the rocks. The food is important and all. We've still lost our water. Wait are those coins. These might come in useful. Speaking of which I saw a palm tree. Maybe we have something here. I clicked my fingers to gather the attention of the other two. So far being a team is the best idea.

The other two looked my way rather quickly. I pointed toward the towering palm tree. They seemed intrigued about my idea. I placed my hand upon my shoulder and pointed my hand up to my hand to the leaves. I quickly held up my hand to warn her to wait. I tried to place my hands knuckle down, onto the sand and thrust my head forward to imitate his earlier attack. He seemed to get the idea as he repeatedly head butted the tree with the occasional dual handed clobber. The coconuts fell, as I could tell they were heavy to say the least. I curved my claw toward myself to indicate that it was time to climb the tree. We both scaled the tree with a little effort. At least it didn't take much effort from me. I used my teeth and claws to break apart the gargantuan leaves from the branches. So did my ally. We trusted gravity to bring our materials to the ground.

Thank goodness the coins are recognisable and large enough to be found with ease. They were thin disks with an empty star in them. Well one had a filled in blue star. Guess this might have some value. I collected them immediately. I sat down with the other tree climber dextrously folded three bags out of the leaves with a major sleight of hand. I hope I was right in trusting our powerhouse in collecting the seaweed. The greetings and manners were portrayed through the universal symbol of a thumbs up. We had the straps of the three backpacks made of seaweed with a palm leaf exterior, wrapped around for reliable portability. We had a hook system made from stones to secure what enters the backpack stays.

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Today has been rather full of events. We get plundered and we land on the island. We get into a second fight, that we won this time round. We created out own bags to carry our coins and food along with anything else we find. I'd really like to collect some shells or stones. Then the group probably not like that. However I'm sure I can get away with one, or maybe two and possibly several. We journeyed onward we saw mainly the tiny wildlife we fought earlier. We preferred to avoid conflict at this point. So did the shy squids, more like nautili.

They were over half our heights. It wore a white spiral shell with regular purple stripes following the shell, it had what was the equivalent of a sun cap. They bounced on two tentacles that were sky blue, they also had light cyan heads that were covered in short tentacles of the same colour along with pink eyes as the finishing touch.

Our time to sight see was over. We found a crate. One with that odd object, a green circle with a white spiral from the centre to the edge. The spiral was straight and jagged. They called it C.A.N.D.Y. I don't know the purpose. However I am highly curious to what it is and made of along with various other questions I want answers to. Here we go eyes peeled. Out of the corner of my vision I saw an ambush of a trio of the 'shorters' as I'll now refer to them. My jump must have caught the attention of the other two as I heard them turn.

I felt stronger this time round. I went to slam the flat side of my tail onto the enemy. I overleapt this time. The shorters charged at me. I'm warning they are mini and mighty. My sturdier ally went for his signature head butt which was blocked by two of the shorters who used the blue one as a shield. They weren't ready for the tail smack from behind, then the claws from above scratched the hidden shorters. Finally a massive fist plummeted into the last one of them.

We were being ambushed by the shy "squid". It sprung toward us. We were off guard. I could only turn in the time it travelled. It targeted my clawed partner, he instictually raised his arms and hunched his body. I felt a thin sharp gust of wind pass by my cheek. Boom. My ears rapidly rung. The squid was unconscious and my lean ally was blown away. I turned and saw a caterpillar, fish-esque animal.

It wasn't even the height of my ankle, it's body was around the length of a 'shorter'. It had large magenta and purple eyes which were on opposite sides of the head. The majority of it's body was a pale green, which got darker nearer the tail and two dark green circles around the eyes with a purple spot on the top of the head. It had two flat purple arms halfway down the body, there were three purple tails similar to the arms.

It gave us a glare. Prepared to fight us. No matter the cost. I tensed ready for the incoming fight.

Then a roar caught us all of guard. Fear paused us. Time slowed. What approached was a large light grey bear. It seemed to have a white beard and bushy eyebrows? A dark rocky mane that had appeared to have been weathered away. Atrophy had filled it's features. Three white squares on each side of it's face grey paws, nose and a dark spot on the forehead.

"What is going on here!" It can talk english?

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Great my student ran off and got into trouble with these three. On the other hand they do seem familiar. Their proportions and height were very abnormal. Almost like the 'humans' Cralos told me about. No is it Calros or Carlos. No it can't be that last one. That's just ridiculous. His name doesn't matter.

The friendly stranger had a wide and strong build with a rocky appearance. His legs were slightly short. While his hands and arms were far too large that caused his hunched appearence. He had a rocky appearence with an underbite with prominent teeth made of the same stony material as the skin. His skin was grey with a hint of blue. Rock green rings around his eyes, cylinders of the same colour on the arms and legs and a core that matched.

The clearly aggressive intruder gave a suspicious glare toward me especially, even toward his own team. He was elongated as if he was a weasel. His fur at the back of the head curved away from his body. He had a long and incredibly bushy brown tail. His fur was vibrant yellow, however the centre of his upper body and face was amber which matched his bright dark orange eyes. His claws, ears and nose were a similar colour to his tail. He had wide feet with three claws on each foot. His hands had four fingers and a thumb

The inquisitive foreigner wasn't afraid or eager to move. She was crocodilian. The front of her body was a light purple. Most of her scales were purple, she had dark purple tear drops on her elbows and knees. She had a magenta stripe from her bright pink eyes that led to two pairs of protruding scutes at the top of her head. She had a dorsal fin of the same colour. She had rose pink five claws on each hand and four claws on each foot. Along with a broad pink tail that was shaped similar to waves with three purple ovals along the thin tail.

"I was journeying and I saved the candy crate. From these thieves." My student told the story of these unknowns.

"Before we make accusations. Who exactly are you?" I asked. I could only hope to solve this diplomatically. So far only one of them seems incredibly irritable.

"I'm Grunt" He spoke kindly, ready to reason and converse with his soft tone.

"I'm Blazel" He answered. At least he succeeded in reducing his aggression. His voice still pierced the air with annoyance.

"I'm Crocoling" She replied full of surprise and curiosity.

All of this is sounding familiar. Maybe they are trustworthy. All as well because we need to get somewhere.

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"Go ahead I'll be back in a second." I warned the group in advance. I need a collection of my own.

I slammed my tail through the crate. I collected the coins and pick up this opaque green crystal with a gradient that got lighter. The sun caused a few sparkles that annoyed my eyes if I rotated it slightly. I found this odd fruit that was oval. It was purple with different shades that curved around the shape. It was connected to a stem which had round leaves that cupped the fruit. I hope it tastes okay.