I pulled my bed's thick comforter over my head as the sun began to rise. It's bright, warm rays were beckoning me to get up, and resistance was futile.

After a slow morning routine, I stepped outside where several neighbors were milling about.

"Well, good morning to you, snoot."

I turned a complete 180 to see a particular green elephant holding a rather trendy parasol. She occasionally spun it, causing the dew on it to shine in a star-like fashion.

"G'morning to you too, Opal." I yawned.

"New parasol, yes or no?" Opal continued, an expressionlessness present that could easily fade.

"Yes!" I said, faking sincerity.

Opal clapped her green hands together joyfully in excitement, "Yay! I mean, um, thank you, Cheese. I see that your manners have improved since first moving here, snoot."

I smiled at Opal and we began walking into the dense foliage.

"So, are you eager to attend the slumber party tonight?" Opal asked casually.

"I'm very excited for tonight, in fact I-"

Rustle Rustle...

Bzz!

"Bees! Everyone for themselves!" Opal screeched, dropping her parasol as she ran away.

I was about to run away towards my house when I felt the first sting against my face, and then another, and then another. The stings speeding up until I found myself cowering on the ground, face covered. I shook until the bees flew away and I found my jeans soaked.

Trying desperately to ignore the pain I felt from head to toe, I picked up Opal's umbrella before some petty thief had a chance of snagging it for themselves.

Slowly, I began walking in the direction Opal had run off in when the bees attacked.

Splish splash splish splash

I began pocketing Opal's parasol and was pulling out my own busted up umbrella when I felt fur rubbing against my arm.

"What the-" I suddenly found myself on my butt, behind dragged away with my hands behind my back.

"What is going on here?!" I demanded.

"Oh, I really hate to do this, but I have to, Cheese." A familiar male voice replied.

I sat there silently, trying to place the voice.

The voice was familiar, but the memory it belonged to was far away.

Well, it clearly want Punchy, and it certainly wasn't Tom-

Whoosh! Whomp!

I awoke to see a darkness that rivaled the black of Punchy's coat. Wait... Awoke?

My head throbbed painfully in reply.

I groaned and moved my hand to rub the sore spot, only to find that my hands were bound together with a slick, mesh-like material that reminded me of a butterfly chrysalis.

"Looks like she's awake." An unfamiliar, female voice called out.

I heard slow, almost hesitant footsteps approach and felt a furry paw gently prod my swollen eyelid.

"Pretty bad bee stings." The female reported.

"I know, that's why I brought her here, Coco. You just have to help me out." The voice from earlier replied.

Coco - the female voice - sighed, "I guess I'm the only one who's capable of helping her."

"That's why I came here right away, you're the only medic who could possibly help."

The female sighed and I felt myself slipping back into a deep sleep as a cool gel came in contact with my eyelid.

"I just hope I made the right decision..." The male voice said sadly as my consciousness fled.

After the strange incident, I woke up in my bed, head throbbing painfully.

Punchy had come by to make sure I was still attending the sleepover. I had no choice but to refuse and get bed rest instead. Not one to question things, Punchy shrugged, told me to get some sleep, and went on his way.

I laid down as soon as Punchy had left and attempted to put together what had happened several hours ago, making a mental list of possibilities.

After mulling it over for a while, I came to one logical explanation.

I had clearly passed out from the bee stings. I crumpled up, hitting my head on a tree trunk, and had a vivid dream. I civilian that wanted to remain anonymous had moved me inside my home and gave me medicine to get better.

Yes, that had to be it. It was the only logical explanation.

Logical.

Erm, sorry for not updating in so long. I got really distracted, AND I had to rewrite the entire chapter as I had lost my notebook. But I'm glad I rewrote it because the original version wasn't anything special.

Chapter Questions!

1) Do you think Cheese's explanation is the real explanation?

2) Who do you think the mysterious male that pulled Cheese away was?

3) What is up with those Animal Crossing bees? What's up with them and stinging the same eye EVERY. SINGLE. TIME?