And thus we have all the characters having to stop for sleep before continuing...Meaning Don and Belladonna's ordeal will be at least 48 Hours at least!
The Sun was just beginning to rise and Leo was hearing the Tribe's Normal Non-Anthropomorphic Roosters begin to crow as he slumped down into a red velvet chair.
"Leonardo..." Came Matoaka's smooth-as-honey voice. She clip-clopped into the Library...The Unicorn-Mare was looking pretty haggard herself at the moment, hey eyelids dark from lack of sleep.
"I know how you feel." She said "Your Brother, my Herd-Sister trapped on a Wrangler Planet...But at the moment we can't do anything...But rest...We have Earth's Top Astronomers working round the clock trying to find a way we can breach Planet Des Moneisa but for now we really need to sleep."
Leo gazed up at the lights above him, he knew Matoaka was right but still...He was terrified of what Don and Belladonna might be experiencing...If what all the Humanimals said were true...The Wranglers would be far worse than the Triceratons! They were experts at breaking Humanimal Spirits to get them ready for a life of slavery.
Meanwhile, in the Boreal Forest. The Animal Goddess Fauna was just beginning to wake up after her first night of Sleep as a Pomeranian Humanimal. She was hungry...She found more brown nuts and red berries to eat...But the Voracious Goddess was dreaming of better things...Cooked things.
After breakfast she took a moment to groom her long luxurious orange fur...While no Animal Parasites would harm the Goddess of Animals...Mindless burrs and thorns and other plant material would certainly get into her coat. (Of course their was also a Goddess of Plants...Flora...She...Currently was not on speaking terms with Fauna)
So after pulling out the last burr, Fauna decided to start walking in hopes she may find something more substantial to eat...For whatever form she took, she took that Animal's Dietary Habits...While Humanimal Dogs are more omnivorous then their Natural Kin...She was still craving meat...So she started strolling through the forest in hopes she may find some carrion...Maybe a Rabbit or better yet...An entire Deer! Fauna's mouth watered at the mere thought!
But she hadn't strolled long when all of a sudden...Everything...Went...Black…
And by that I don't mean she was knocked out...I mean in an instant blackness surrounded her! For a moment she was completely confused and looked around wildly...She didn't have to move far before she felt metal walls on all sides of her...And that was when she realized, she was in a trap.
'Frick...' Fauna thought to herself '...This will really mess up the game.'
The Game as it was supposed to be played was that Fauna would hide somewhere on Earth...The Planet of the Animals she was the Patron of...The Entire Planet was to be the stage on which this grand game of Hide 'n' Seek was played with the current Unicorn Monarch...Anywhere OFF that the Earth's Surface was strictly OUT OF BOUNDS!
However, she couldn't simply bust out of this trap, which she now felt was moving through space...And fly back to Earth, the other aspect of her role in the Game, is that she is supposed to take the role of an ordinary animal and act just as that animal should, which means she couldn't do Anything supernatural other than her initial 'jump' away from the Monarch once the Unicorn saw her in her current form.
'No worries' Fauna thought to herself as she lay down on her side as she felt the Trap flying past Jupiter. 'When I reach my destination I shall simply inform the Trappers of who I truly am and that I must return to Earth immediately...'
Fauna was about to learn that Modern Humans, particularly Wranglers are more vicious and more stupid than Humans of the ancient past and seem to have lost the ability to recognize Deities when they see them.
Meanwhile in the Lava Planet, Donatello and Belladonna returned exhausted to the Downdeep-Downdeep as they had no other place to turn to.
Harrison Brown was waiting for them there.
"I found your egg." He said simply as he bowed handing the egg over to them, Belladonna gratefully took it.
"Oh!" She cooed as she cradled the egg "My Darling! My Darling!"
"I hope you didn't have any trouble finding her..." Don said as he yawned...He felt like he was about to collapse.
"It was no trouble at all." Harrison said "But right now, all three of you need a safe place to rest...And we have the perfect place for you ready right now!"
He led them to where a Green Fire Dragon-Man was moving a large piece of volcanic rock to reveal a dark cavern.
"This is a secret hiding place no Human knows about!" Harrison said "Many a Condemned Humanimal has safely hidden in here while we arranged a way to get them off this planet. While it does feel like a sauna that is slightly cooler than most of the Downdeep-Downdeep...Fresh air siphons in from a hole in the ceiling...The three of you can rest in here while the rest of us take care of things."
"Thanks." Don said as he and Belladonna trudged in he wanted to say more but he felt like he was about to drop at any moment.
As the Fire Dragon-Man pushed the rock back to seal them in, Belladonna flopped down onto the floor, clutching the Egg in her arms. Don knelt down beside her, placed his head on her furry back, and quickly fell asleep.
Man...The chapter to cure insomnia! I felt tired just writing this!