A/N: I have to get a few things out here. This is meant to be like the show, meaning there will be weird out of no where stuff and scenes whre random music suddenly kicks up in the background. Also, I really hate to do this, but you might have to look up L-zard's Crew on LittlestPetShop The Show Wiki, since I'm not gonna go and describe all of them in detail every time. You're just gonna have to know what each of them look like.
One last thing. I want to dedicate this story to Miss Storyholic, who wrote the amazing story "The Performer." She also helped me to give Keldeo an occasional break, and start petting the Littlest Pets.
And so, without further ado. . .
HASBRO STUDIOS PRESENTS
Written by Matthais Unidostres
Directed by Meghan McCarthy
Long ago, in the mystical land of India, when mankind was not obsessed with building cities and lived simply, animals of all kinds ran carefree and lived well throughout the subcontinent. The animals lived in harmony and balance throughout this land. There were carnivores and herbivores. Predators and prey. Animals lived and died in the way nature intended them to. No life was wasted. Every life served its purpose. It was the epiphany of the Circle of Life.
However, it was not to last forever.
For there rose from the west an evil Bis-cobra. The female had been called by many names: Bengal monitor, Indian monitor, Guishaap, Goshaap, Goh, and Ghorpad. Some of the names were more inventive, such as "The Devourer," "The Green Demon," and even "The Devil's Bride."
The emerald scaled lizard called herself Delilah, and she loathed the harmony of the Circle of Life. She desired to destroy the delicate cycle and recreate Nature in her own image. For she felt that she was superior to all other animals, and felt that their purpose was only to feed her, or amuse her before they fed her. And so, she sought to put all of India under her claw. She planned to do so by using a relic of immense power; The Bell of Obedience, which was looped around her neck by a pink ribbon.
Delilah would stride into the dens and settlements of animals, and ring the bell loudly for all to hear. The power of this bell caused all to hear it to submit to Delilah's commands. Before long, Delilah had a multitude of slaves, which before long became her meals. The only creatures Delilah spared were the Cobras, who she felt kinship with due to the lizard connection. And so, Delilah was protected by an army of vicious Cobras, who were actually loyal to her without the Bell's influence, for Delilah's rule allowed for the Cobras to slaughter as many Mongoose as they wanted to.
However, the news of this travesty soon reached the ears of other creatures, mostly other Mongoose, further away from Delilah's sphere of influence. With mankind not understanding or wanting to get involved in the affairs of animals, it was up to the Mongoose to stop this madness. Luckily, the Mongoose had magic of their own.
One Mongoose, a turquoise one named Pantantra possessed an artifact that had been carved from a star that fell to Earth from the Heavens. It was a mass that burned white hot in the sand, and became a blue crystal when cooled, and was made into a pentagram that hung from a cord of silver. This object represented the value of all life, the right for all creatures to live their own lives, and the fact that all animals should be able to play their own role in the Circle of Life. It was called, the Star of Dharma.
And so, with the power of the Star, Pantantra led an army of Mongoose against Delilah's army of Cobras. He faced Delilah on his own.
Delilah used the power of the Bell of Obedience, while Pantantra fought back with the Star of Dharma. The Bis-cobra and Mongoose fought with their strongest magic. Delilah fought with evil, dark magic that came from the selfishness in her heart. However, Pantantra fought back with good, light magic that came from the respect and care that he had for all living creatures. The battle was vicious, long, and arduous. But in the end, the Cobra army was knocked down, and Pantantra emerged victorious. At the conclusion of his battle, Delilah was vanquished in a flash of light, and the bell was apparently lost forever. However, from the heat and strain of battle, the Star of Dharma was shattered into pieces and apparently scattered to the ends of the Earth, leaving Pantantra with only the center piece of it.
Nevertheless, Pantantra was heralded as a hero, and it was said that the center piece of the Star of Dharma still possessed a considerable amount of power. Over the years, Delilah, Pantantra, and the Star of Dharma faded into legend and folk-lore. However, it is still whispered that the shards of the Star of Dharma still exist, and that they all posses unbelievable magic power. For it is still believed by some of the Mongoose, and many of the evil Cobras who have not forgotten their ancestors' losses from Pantantra's army, that whoever collects all the shards of the Star of Dharma and restores it to its original state, will have the power to rule over all of India. . .perhaps even all the world.
And yet. . .
Others still say that it posses the power. . .
To restore the Bis-cobra Queen herself. . .
LITTLEST PET SHOP:
*. . .The Shadow of Delilah. . .*
"Kick it!" L-zard yelled.
Skink hit play on the pink boom-box as a song from Phoenix In Ashes' newest album played loud through the little Hollywood alley the reptilian crew called "The Docks." The electronic, almost video game-like music was perfect for dancing.
Clearly no one human ever was lucky enough to show up during one of these nights. Otherwise, they would be completely shocked at the choreography the reptiles were performing. In center was the master himself. The green gecko, sporting his yellow hooded sweatshirt, his yellow tinted sunglasses, and pair of plastic pearl necklaces, was a blur as he spun round and round. He could become a perfect yellow and green sphere as he break-danced, thanks to his yellow skull cap.
The other 4 boys of the crew of 9 joined L-zard as they danced as one, kicking their leg and swinging their arms in perfect sync to the beat and to each other. The energy the music gave them fit perfect with the track's title, "Sugar Rush."
The lizards took heavy steps as electronic dub-steps where thrown in the mix. L-zard led his crew with carefully played out nods of the head combined with backward steps and sideways slides.
The music suddenly went quiet with the sound of a symbol. The other 4 females then jumped onto the makeshift stage. They each paired up with one of the other guys, and then the dub-step started again as they stomped and slid to the beat. It was as if L-zard was connected to the music and through him his entire crew connected into the beat and rhythm. As he danced in the center of his crew, he felt complete harmony throughout his entire being-
CLICK!
The music stopped.
L-zard stood still for a second, still in the middle of a dance pose, and then turned to look along with the rest of his crew.
On the stop button of the boom-box was a tail. A long, olive green tail with three pairs of black bands on it. Connected to the tail, was the evil looking head of a cobra.
The cobra's pink eyes were fixed right on L-zard.
"Yo, guy and gals! There's a snake in the grass, yo!" Lemonface said.
3DGB blinked and shook his head, "Uh, there ain't any grass here."
Skink threw his lollipop at 3D's head, which bounced right off and came right back to his hand.
"Ow," 3D moaned.
L-zard tapped his foot as he addressed the cobra, "Yo, snake guy. Rule number one around here. You no mess with our music. Cause if you mess with our music . . ."
Lazy Susan made a show of snapping her fingers in a circle and said threateningly, "We mess up your face, yo!"
The cobra hissed thoughtfully, and then curled his lips into a blood chilling smile. And then, he raised his body high so everyone could see what was looped around his neck. It was a leather collar, with a triangular piece of blue crystal. The crystal pulsated in a slow rhythm with blue light, as if it contained a small LED.
After letting it shine in the moonlight for a while, the cobra went back down his belly and hissed, "Ssssssso. What do you have to sssssay, my friend."
L-zard merely stroked his black goatee. L-zard was always remarkably calm under pressure, but then again, rarely did he face any pressure, at least to the knowledge of his crew, anyway.
"Nice rock?" L-zard said with a shrug of the shoulders.
The cobra hissed threateningly, spraying spit at L-zard. "Do not try to deccccccieve to Krissssssshna!" he hissed, his eye blazing with fury.
"Yo! Grab him, crew!" L-zard shouted as he pointed and jumped backwards.
Ted Dancin' and 3DGB both charged at Krishna at once. Fish Sauce, however, charged the snake head on and recklessly, his only remaining eye filled with the fire of battle.
A cobra can strike at speeds that boggle the imagination. The lizards didn't have a change to catch Krishna as he shot forwards. Bearded Lady soon found herself in the serpents evil embrace.
L-zard's crew stood still as stone as they gawked at how Krishna's olive green tail was wrapped tightly around Bearded Lady's purple neck.
"I didn't want to do thissssss," Krishna hissed sadly, making sure his tail allowed Bearded Lady to breath while not letting her escape at the same time, "Aren't we all reptilessssssss? All I want issssss the truth, and then we can do buissssnesssssss."
Krishna looked eyes with L-zard.
"Well?" the cobra said.
L-zard closed his eyes and drummed his fingers against his forearm. Bearded Lady's sounds of desperate struggling quickened his thought process. Wordlessly, and to everyone's complete shock , L-zard pulled off his yellow skull cap. But what shocked them even more was what he pulled out of it.
It was a crystalline shard, identical to the one around Krishna's neck.
L-zard tossed it over to Krishna, and watched it bounce and slide across the asphalt to the waiting cobra. As it slid to a halt, L-zard remembered. . .
"Stop, thieves!"
A younger L-zard looked out from the newspaper tent he was taking shelter in as a pair of rough looking men wearing panty-hose over their faces ran by, with a cop in hot pursuit. One of the men was holding a burlap sack filled to the point of bursting. It jingled with ever step.
They didn't notice the small slit in the sack.
Just as they passed L-zard, something small and shiny fell out through the slit and landed on the sidewalk in front of him.
When the people had ran off, L-zard crept out towards the small blue crystal shard. He couldn't help but admire it.
"Hmm, nice rock, cool piece of ice, lucky charm I'd bet," he said. Then, almost without thinking, L-zard took off his skull cap, put it inside of it the shard wouldn't cut his head, and put the cap back on. He patted his head three times, and then walked on-wards.
Later that night he discovered the abandoned boom-box at The Docks.
L-zard looked up at Krishna and said, "There, buddy! You got your ice! Now make like MJ and Beat It, yo!"
Krishna looked at the triangular shard and hissed. He moved his coils and released the girl lizard, who quickly scampered on all fours and got behind L-zard.
"You do not underssssssstand," Krishna said, "I got angry becausssssssse you hid ssssssssomething from me. I grabbed your friend becaussssse you attacked me. I don't want to ssssssteal thisssss treasssure. I want to sssssssshare the power you are ssssssso closssssse to tassssting."
"Whoa, hey, looky here. We're dancers. Not riddlers," L-zard said while tapping his foot impatiently.
Krishna chuckled and said, "Well, let me sssssshow you what I mean." Krishan pointed to the shard on the ground with his tail. "Pick it up. Go on."
L-zard eyed the snake suspiciously, as did everyone else. No longer sesning any anger in Krishna, L-zard decided to go ahead. When L-zard had the glowing crystal in his hand, Krishna spoke up, "Now, touch yoursssss to mine."
Krishna held his neck out to L-zard. Not sure where he was going with this, L-zard stretched out his hand to Krishna's collar.
The moment the two crystals touched, L-zard's mind was literally blown. Hundreds of images shot through his mind at sonic speeds. First he saw what looked like the past. Cobras, mongoose, and battles. But then, he saw the future. His future. He saw everything he ever wanted, although most of the stuff weren't things he even considered, but now that he saw them, he wanted them. A lot.
L-zard found himself sprawled out face up on the ground with eyes full of spots. When his vision cleared, he saw that he was being shaken awake by nearly his entire crew. He pushed through the small crowd around him and shouted, "WHOA MAN! That was trippy, yo! That ice is, like, magic! And I don't mean magic like, wishing on a star or a jerk genie who messes everything up, but magic as in, HOLY FLIES! THE WORLD'S FULL O' BURIED TREASURE AND I JUST GOT THE MAP! YO!"
Krishna gave a hissing laugh and said, "Ssssssee. Thesssssse crysssssstalsssss can grant you your heartssssss desssssiressssss. Familiesssssss of your own, people to take care of you, your own danccccccce ssssssstudio. . ."
Krishna slithered closer to Fish Sauce and looked at his eye patch. "I believe I know what you want mosssssst of all," Krishna hissed.
Fish Sauce narrowed his eye, "You don't know the half of it."
"Hmm," Krishna said, then he looked around at the entire crew, "I could sensssssse that the sssssshard wasssss around here, but I couldn't ssssssteal from my fellow reptilesssssss. Sssssso, you all will partake in the good fortune I have dissssssscovered."
"Whoa, hold on a beat or two," Ted Dancin' said, "What, is there some kinda hocus-pocus magic going on here?"
"You bet your life, y'all!" L-zard shouted, "This stuff is legit! Kris here may not be the friendly type, but he's got the goods, and he's sharing it with his lizard homeboys! I'd be a fool not to want a piece o' that!"
"Umm," Bearded Lady half whispered.
"Ah, yesssss," Krishna said as he fixed his eyes on the purple lizard, "Asssss I sssssaid, I only ressssstrained you for my own sssssaftey. I cccccccertainly couldn't bite any of you for obvioussss reassssonssss. I needed cooperation. But now, that issss behind ussssss, and you now have sssssuch incredible richesssss at your fingertipssss. All I assssk," Krishna then bowed down low, his hood appearing to droop, and said sincerely, "Isssssss that you forgive me."
Bearded Lady blinked, "Well," she then smiled and adjusted her magenta baseball cap bashfully and said, "Fine. Let's skip to the next dance track, bro."
Krishna gave a hissing laugh and stood tall, "Ah, I undersssstand your, how you say? 'lingo' perfectly." As he stood, it was shown that L-zard's shard had fused together with Krishna's shard, like two pieces of a puzzle. "Oncccccce we posssssesss all 6 sssssshardss, the magic will truly begin."
"Oh yeah!" L-zard shouted as he spun in a circle, and came down to break dance in a ball. He slid to a halt and said, "Well, crew, what do you think? I'm sold on this magic, you guys in or out?"
"I'm in all the way," Bearded Lady said with a smile.
"Eeyup," Fish Sauce said.
"Cool breeze," Forky said.
"Heck, yeah!" Lazy Susan said with a snap of her fingers.
"I'm with L-zard," Ted said as he held his white and blue jacket.
"Cool and a mule," 3DGB said while giving a double thumbs up.
"Sounds so exciting!" Lemonface squealed.
"Fine, let's get this show on the road," Skink said as he tossed his lollipop up and down.
L-zard turned to Krishna and said, "Alright, Kris my man! So where do we get the rest of that ice?"
Krishna tasted the air with his tongue and hissed softly, "I feel it within me, my lizard friendsssssss. Our next dessssssstination issss crysssssstal clear to me."
A/N: Sugar Rush is a real song created by Phoenix In Ashes and Gaugen. You can find it on Phoenix Ashes Youtube channel. It's a very good song and fit the opening scene perfectly. Favorite, thumbs up, and subscribe to Phoenix Ashes' channel. Thank you for writing such a good song, Phoenix Ashes. Keep on rocking!
(Phoenix Ashes also made an awesome remix of the Littlest Pet Shop theme song, which happens to be the theme/credits music for this entire movie. Like I said, favorite, thumbs up, subscribe)
