A/N; Hey-oh! How are things? Well, crazy on this side. BELLYKID HAS ME FLIPPING OUT! I'm sorry, it's just, from my knowledge, this is the longest she's had her messaging off. She's scaring me to death!

Lilly Aldean, those were only lies I came up with. None of that was true.

Anyway, I realized I didn't put the disclaimer down last chapter for some reason. Either that, or it didn't show. Not sure what happened there.

Disclaimer; I don't own CP. I don't own any mascots or penguins besides Hunter since they belong to their original owners. Therefore, not everyone will be in character with their words and actions.

For some reason, the beast attacks stopped. There hadn't been a single attack since the night it snuck up on me at my igloo. I found that peculiar. It was now Halloween. I wondered where that thing had gone. So, wanting to find it and get rid of it before going Trick-or-Treating, (And find a costume) I ventured out into the woods by the Mine Shack. I knew the beast was out there somewhere, and the sheathe at my side showed how serious I was in wanting to get rid of the thing.

This is where the beginning of the end begins.

I had been wandering around when I heard that voice from behind me. That horrible voice. The one that caused most of the problems on the island. "So, agent. I see you've come out here alone. Risky move with that beast around."

I smirked, eyes closed, back still to him. "Funny. I thought you were the beast of the island. You still are in my book."

"And the one that attacked you is in my book at the moment."

I was about to retort back with something when I stopped and opened my eyes, raising my head up. What he said got me thinking. "How did you know it attacked me? In fact, how did you even know about the monster?"

"It was in the paper. Both events. What, you think I'm not up to date on the news around here? Just because I hate it here doesn't mean I'm oblivious to what's going on."

"Well, guess what? I'm ready to kill whoever put in the article about the thing attacking me. I hate it when penguins do that."

I could practically see the poler bear's grin as he said, "Not the first time it's happened."

I growled and spun around, glaring as I marched up to him. "That was a fluke! An accident. Whatever you read in there is false! There is no romance between me and Jet-Pack Guy. That was just some rumour someone decided to spread! Can't you just forget that whole thing?!" I hadn't realized it, but I had been shoving Herbert away, then waddling up and shoving him once again. My voice had also changed. It started out quiet and menacing, but I ended up yelling at him by the end. I also surprised myself there. That was the first time in years I had called him Jet-Pack Guy instead of simply Jet.

What was happening to me?

Herbert's paws were up in defence, trying to make sure I didn't hurt him anymore than I might have already. "Alright! I'm sorry!"

I calmed down a bit and backed away. "I'm sorry too. It's just, things have been going wonky since the beast first attacked the island. Rookie was injured by the monster, I was attacked, who knows what else might happen!" I plunked myself in the snow bank beside me. "I just want the island to be safe, and I worry about failing. Failing the EPF, my family, friends. against you, and even against this monster that's on the isle now. I've just been super on edge. I wouldn't expect you to understand."

He sat down beside me. "Actually, I do. In the Arctic Circle, my father was kinda the leader of our 'pack'. It wasn't so much a pack as it was a group of us who stayed together. He looked after everyone, and I was supposed to take over. My younger sister wanted it so badly though. I really didn't want to. I would have rather been suntanning on a warm beach. He started training me to take over. It's just, I didn't want to fail at being a leader. That's just one more reason I left."

"Then why do you try to take over Club Penguin?"

There was silence between us for a moment. I must have hit somthing sensitive for him to talk about. However, he did speak. "I guess I regret leaving and want to see if I would have been a good leader. I see now I made the right choice by leaving. I'd suck at being a leader."

"Not true." I told him. "The only reason you can't take over here is because we prevent you from taking over our home. Back there, they wuld have wanted you to be their leader. I'm sure you would have been amazing."

"As if." He stood, and I fallowed. "If anything, you seem to be a good leader."

"No, no. I never could. I... I freeze up when put on the spot like like that. I never could. If anything, I'm sure you could."

"I couldn't."

"You could."

"You could."

"I can't."

"You could."

"How'd we even get to this?"

"How should I know?"

I cracked a smile. "Ya know, you're a sweet guy once penguins get to know ya. You could be a good friend if you didn't continuously try to take over."

"Maybe. Even so-"

That's when it happened. At first, it was a small rumble, then it got louder and louder.

Before we knew it, we were stairing into the eyes of the monster.

A/N; Now you go back to the prologue and you'll understand a bit better. Or, at least, you should.