HEY SHADOW NINJA HERE AND SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT FOR AN UPDATE THINGS HAVE BEEN HARD FOR ME LATELY. A FEW WEEKS AGO MY DOG TOBY HAD TO BE PUT TO SLEEP. SHE WAS 15 WHICH IS VERY OLD FOR A DOG AND SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM KIDNEY FAILURE SO WE KEPT HER WITH US FOR AS LONG AS WE COULD BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF SHE WAS PUT TO SLEEP. IT'S BEEN VERY HARD ON ME AND MY FAMILY TOBY HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE I WAS 5 AND WE ALL MISS HER SO MUCH. THIS CHAPTER WAS MADE IN MEMORY OF HER SO I WORKED ON IT FOR A WHILE TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS CHAPTER AND I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING BUT MY OCS PLEASE REVIEW AND ENJOY THE STORY.

Shanti was running for her life through the jungle it was pitch black out. Tabaqui and his pack

were right behind her. "Help Kaa, Louie Somebody!" Shanti suddenly tripped on a tree root, she

started crawling through the bushes and plants trying to get away from the jackals. Shanti then

stopped she didn't hear the jackals snarls or Tabaqui's snapping teeth. Standing up Shanti took a

moment to catch her breath and figure out where she was. She heard a river nearby. suddenly a

Snake's tail wrapped around Shanti and pulled her into the trees. Shanti was then face to face

with Salazar! Salazar hissed and said "Hello my Dear." Salazar then wrapped his coils around

Shanti in a tight squeeze, Shanti groaned in pain as Salazar's coils began to crush her. Salazar

chuckled darkly before opening his mouth wide to swallow her. tears were streaming down

Shanti's face suddenly she heard a voice she never thought she'd hear again. "Salazar!" Salazar

turned to see Sanjay Karan standing in front of him. Sanjay glared at the snake and yelled

"Get away from my daughter!" Salazar laughed and dropped Shanti to the ground before lunging

at Sanjay.

Sanjay pulled out a knife and led the anaconda towards the river. Salazar lunged for the hunter

again but Sanjay jumped out of the way Salazar hissed in rage and wrapped around Sanjay only

to get stabbed by Sanjay's knife, Salazar screamed and fell over dead. Shanti ran to her

father and hugged him crying "D..Dad how are you here now you were..." Sanjay held Shanti close

and said "Shh Shh it's okay it's okay." Sanjay then looked at Shanti and said "Shanti run!" Sanjay

then pushed Shanti away from him as Shere Khan lunged at Sanjay. Shanti looked in horror at

Shere Khan, the tiger looked up at Shanti blood dripped from his chin. Shere Khan then charged

at Shanti. "AHHHH!" Shanti woke up she wasn't being attacked by Shere Khan she was in a

hammock inside Louie's palace. Just outside Kaa was sleeping in a tree when he was woken up

by a scream, Kaa was so startled he started to fall out of the tree "Ahhflimflameeeah..oof Kaa

blinked for a second before rushing to Shanti "Hold on SSShanti I'm coming!" Kaa started to

slither to Louie's palace but was stopped suddenly by a knot in his tail. "Oh come on not thisss

again!" Kaa then pulled his tail out of the branches and slowly slithered to Shanti. When he got

there Shanti was white as a ghost and shaking. Shanti looked at Kaa and muttered something that

sounded like "Bad dream okay." Kaa looked at Shanti sadly and went closer to her. "Do you want

to talk about it?" Shanti shook her head unable to speak, King Louie then came over. "Hey now

what's goin on over here?" Kaa looked at Louie and replied "SShanti had a nightmare." Louie

nodded his head and said "I get it, I had a horrifying dream last week Donald Trump and Hilary

Clinton we're running for president and no one else was running against them!" Kaa gave Louie a

confused look and said "Okay? Don't know what a pressident isss but anyway.." SSShanti are you

ssure you don't want to talk it'll help." Louie walked up next to Kaa and said "Kaa's right I

remember when we were cubs we always talked when one of us had a bad dream." "Hey Kaa

remember that time you dreamed you were being chased by a mongoose in a nightgown?"

Kaa glared at Louie and replied "No but now I do thanksss for that!" Shanti sighed knowing there

wasn't a chance of her being able to sleep for a while and said "Alright I'll tell you." Kaa and Louie

both settled down near Shanti and waited for her to speak, Shanti took a second and then began.

"I was being chased by the jackals I couldn't find you or anyone I was running when I tripped and

fell. When I got back up again they were gone but then I felt myself being pulled up a tree, next

thing I know Salazar is infront of me he...he wrapped around me he was suffocating me and

t..then I saw Dad." Kaa and Louie's eyes widened, they looked at eachother and then turned back

to Shanti who then continued. "He yelled at Salazar to leave me alone, then Salazar dropped me

and attacked Dad. Dad had a knife and he managed to kill Salazar I then ran to him, he hugged

me and said everything was going to be okay." Shanti was tearing up now but she continued.

"Then out of no where S..Shere Khan appeared he..he killed Dad and then he came after me."

Shanti couldn't speak anymore only able to silently sob. Kaa and Louie were both disturbed by the

graphic dream, Louie looked at Kaa and said "I'll be back." before leaving for something. Shanti

didn't notice Louie leave she didn't notice Kaa setting her in his coils all she could do was cry, it

wasn't from fear it was sorrow pure sorrow. "I..sniff I miss him so much." Kaa used the tip of his tail

to brush Shanti's hair Shanti then said "I try so hard to feel better I try to move on but I can't I can

barely keep myself together." Kaa was very worried now Shanti was suffering from the worst part of

grief. Grief like that can lead to disasterous consequences. Kaa then had an idea. Kaa began

to sing a song for Shanti "Your beautiful eyesss sso full of wonder your contagiousss ssmile as

I watch you ssstart to grow up All I can do iss hold you tight knowing cloudsss will rage and

stormss will race in but you will be safe in my coils, rainss will pour down waves will crash around

but you will be safe, in my coils. Shanti blinked and listened to Kaa's song she had a funny feeling

but she wasn't sure what it was. "ssstory books are full of many tales of kingss and queensss and

the bluesst sskies. My heart is torn jussst in knowing you'll one day sssee the truth from liess when

the cloudss rage in and the ssstorms race in, rainss will pour down wavess will crash

around. but you are never all alone because I will alwaysss alwaysss love yoooou." Shanti had tears

running down her face but it wasn't from sadness anymore Shanti was feeling better than she had in

a long time. "When the cloudss will rage in and ssstorms will race in but you will be sssafe in my

coils, in my coils." After Kaa finished singing Shanti threw her arms around him in a hug. "Thank

you Kaa Thank you." Kaa smiled and replied "your welcome SSShanti I meant every word." King

Louie then returned with a coconut? Louie broke the coconut in half and handed half to Shanti

before saying "Coconut milk is good for cheering people up, plus it helps you sleep at night."

Shanti drank the milk it was sweet tasting after she finished Louie looked at her and said "Well?"

Shanti replied "Thank you this is pretty good." Kaa smirked and said "I don't think that's what he

meant SSShanti." Shanti tilted her head in confusion when Louie said "How about a smile?" Shanti

gave a small smile to which Louie said with a smirk "Come on give us a big smile!" Kaa smirked

as well and began to use his hypnosis. "Thisss will get a great big sssmile going." Shanti rolled her

eyes away from Kaa's spirals and said "Your not hypnotizing me again Kaa!" Kaa laughed and

replied "You know you enjoy it." Kaa then turned to Louie and said "She'ss ticklissh." Shanti glared

at Kaa and snapped "Kaa!" King louie chuckled and said "Well then how ticklish?" "Go for

the ssstomach near the belly button." "Kaa shut up!" Shanti's laughter soon filled Louie's palace.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF TOBY

2002-2016

THE SONG KAA SINGS IS A PARODY OF THE PLUM SONG IN MY ARMS DUE TO KAA NOT HAVING ARMS I CHANGED ARMS TO COILS SO IT WOULD FIT HIM.