MY FIRST CRYPTID

"Dammit! Where did he go?" A 15 year old Drew said while crawling underneath her desk. "Nicky, Nicky were are you boy?" She said. "Come on this isn't funny if someone sees you I'm dead." Drew said looking all over the place. Then there was a scream and a 13 year old Ash crashed through the door.

"Drew!" He yelled. She shot up and smacked her head on the desk.

"Ow!" She yelled shaking her head. "What!"

"I think I think Frig found Nicky." He said with a look of panic on his face. Drew pushed past Ash and ran down stairs. Frig was on the counter with a knife. "Frig what the hell do you think your doing?" She asked.

"That thing tried to attack me!" He yelled. Drew looked on the ground to see a little almost like a field mouse looking at Frig. It was white with big pink eyes with a little bushy bunny tail. "Ash did you let Nicky out of the cage?" Drew asked looking at her brother. He looked down.

"Yes, sorry Drew I know how much Nicky hates Frig so I thought it would be funny." He said. Drew shook her head.

"Ya very hilarious. Come here Nicky." She said getting down on one knee and making clicking noises. The little creature ran over and climbed into Drew's hand. She petted it with the other. Frig got down cautiously.

"Drew are you sure you should be touching it?" Frig asked. She looked at him.

"Sure it's safe wanna try?" She said holding out Nicky. Frig shook his head no.

"That's ok I don't want rabies. What is it anyway?" He asked.

"It's a diabo silencioso." Drew said. Ash walked over and picked up Nicky.

"Ya it means silent devil in Portugese. Drew says he's a Portugese cryptid." Ash said playing with Nicky.

"Oh how pleasant. So there has to be a reason they call it the silent devil." Frig said.

"Well they say it attacks people it doesn't like so mabey that's why." Drew said. "Oh and you can only talk to it by using Portugese.

"Your turning out to be a real freak you no that right." The 19 year old said. Drew narrowed her eyes.

"Ataque!" Drew ordered and Nicky hissed and showed its teeth. The hair on its back went up. It jumped from Ash on to Frig and started to attack. Frig fell back.

"O god Help make it stop ahhhhhh!" Frig yelled.

"Drew stop him." Ash said.

"I taught you a little bit can't you?" Drew asked. Ash shook his head.

"Nicky! Parar!" Ash yelled. Nicky stopped and turned back to his cute little mouse from. He ran over and jumped on Drew. Ash looked at her. "That was cruel Drew even for you." He said.

"Had to be done Ash, had to be done." She said walking upstairs.

"Hey Frig. You alive?" Ash asked. Frig groaned. Ash looked over and saw wiped cream. He grabbed it and shook it. "Well seeing how your asleep on my kitchen floor I guess you wont mind if I did something artistic. Drew is always telling me to try something new." He said with a smile and began to work. Drew put Nicky in his cage. She pulled up a chair and sat next to the cage and opened her cryptid book.

"Let's see what can I feed you Nicky." Drew said. It had only been 3 days since Drew had discovered him. She had snuck into her dads office to find something on Japanese symbols. When she gave up she heard a little squeak. Nicky had ran over to her almost instantly. Drew brought him outside but he wouldn't leave. So Ash and Drew snuck him in the house. "Ok, It says you can go with out eating for a week but I wont do that to you ok?" She asked the little creature it cocked its head and looked at her confused. "Oh ya I forgot. You hungry? são você com fome?" (Are you hungry?) Drew asked the little rodent. Nicky jumped up and down in excitement and nodded. Drew smiled. "K Let's see it says here you eat snakes. Ew." Drew showed the picture of a snake to Nicky. "Queria a cobra?" (Want snake) Drew asked. Nicky took the picture from her hands and tried to eat it then spit it out in discuss. Drew laughed.

" bobo o seu papel. Esteja de volta a estadia fora da preocupação." (Silly its paper. Be back stay out of trouble.) Drew said. She grabbed her coat and ran down stairs. "Ash I'm going out behave." She said then looking at him covering Frig in wiped cream.

"Um to late Drew." He said holding an empty bottle of wiped cream.

"Well just don't let Nicky out of the cage ok?" Drew asked. The teen nodded. Drew grabbed her sword and walked out the door. She walked into the woods and looked around. "Let's see if I was a green tree snake were would I be." Drew asked herself. She looked at a tree. "Wow I'm retarded." She said. She jumped up and started to climb the tree. She grabbed a branch and climbed up on it. She looked around. On the end of the branch, there was a green snake. She crawled carefully to the snake and reached for it. "Come on. Almost there." She said reaching for the snake. Her hand inches from it's head. The snake flicked it's tongue. It moved its head in little circles. "Uh oh it looks pissed." Before she could take her hand away it lunged and bit her. It locked down on her hand and wouldn't let go. She yelped. And lost balance. "Woa ahhh." She yelled as she fell of the tree and landed on her back. "Ugh." She groaned sitting up and rubbing the back of her head. "That really hurt I hope I don't have a concussion." Then she looked at her left hand and saw the snake that refused to let go. She lifted her hand to see the snack dangling and blood streaming down her hand. "Your really pissing me off little guy." She said removing it and throwing it to the ground. It tried to slither away but she took out her sword and fried it. "I really hate hurting animals but Nicky has to eat to." She said looking at her hand. "Dammit Drew! Why do you always have to do things without thinking." She said pressing her hand in her shirt. She put her sword away and grabbed the snake. She came home and looked in the window. Ash was cracking up while Kyle tried to get Frig awake. She went around back and climbed a vine that was growing on the side of the house. She snuck in the window and closed it.

"I know you knocked the door down but you can use it now." A voice said from behind. Drew turned around to see Mathew with his arms crossed.

"Dad!" She said hiding her hand and dropping the snake. She then kicked it under her bed. "What's up?" She said. Mathew walked over and took her hand.

"Drew don't act dumb your shirt is covered in blood obviously your hurt." He said examining her hand. "What happened? Your arm is bruised to." He said Drew sighed.

"I got bit by a snake and fell out of a tree." She said trying not to make eye contact with Mathew. He shook his head.

"I'll be right back." he said walking out of her room. When he left Drew ran over to Nicky's cage that was covered and put him in the closet. She grabbed the snake and put it in the cage. "Shh Nicky esteja silencioso e comer." (Be silent and eat.) Drew said she ran back and sat on the bed. Mathew came back in with disinfectant and bandages.

"Drew your 15 why are you out chasing snakes like a kid. What kind of snake was it anyway?" He asked spraying disinfectant on her had she winced.

"I wasn't chasing snakes dad. And it was just a green tree snake." She said.

"Fine." He said bandaging her hand. "So why did you have your sword?" He asked. Drew sat up and walked to her dresser. She took off her shirt and threw it to the ground. She had a bra on so she didn't care about changing in front of Mathew. She pulled out a red tank top and put it on. She was wearing her tank top with jeans that had a rip in the right knee with black sneakers.

"I was training." Drew said bluntly.

"Really. On top of a tree against a snake." Mathew said. Drew laughed.

"Yes dad exactly." She said sarcastically. Mathew laughed. Drew sat down beside him again.

"Looks like that snake won." He said. Drew smiled and playfully punched him in the arm. "Really Drew what were you doing?" He asked. Drew sighed and looked down at her feet.

"You'll get mad and think I'm a freak." She said. Mathew wiped her long hair out of her face.

"I won't I promise." He said Drew took a deep breath and walked over to the closet. She took out the cage and placed it on the bed. Nicky had already eaten the snake. She opened the cage and put her good hand in.

"Vir Nicky." (Come Nicky) She said. The little rodent climbed on her arm and onto her shoulder. "Dad this is Nicky. He's a diabo silencioso. Silent Devil. It's a cryptid." She said. She put him on the bed. "estadia." (Stay) Drew said. He did. Mathew looked at the creature.

"So this is a cryptid. Kyle mentioned that you were interested in them." He said. Drew nodded.

"I'm sorry I kept it a secret." She said.

"It's ok Drew don't be afraid to tell me what's up ok?" He asked. She nodded. "And I don't think you're a freak. You just know a lot that's all. You are a very smart women." He said.

"You really think so?" She asked. He nodded.

"I have a question. What do you want to do when you grow up?" He asked.

"Well I'm thinking about being a Crypt zoologist." She said. " A person that studies cryptids." Mathew nodded.

"Well how about when your 19 and Ash is17 I'll send you off to college and Ash can try out a highschool? You can take care of him for a little while." Mathew said.

"Wait how? we've never been to school we can't just start." Drew pointed out.

"You have the smarts and I know you don't realize it but Ash wants to be just like you." He said.

"Really?" Drew asked.

"Cant you tell? He never met his mother. She died 1 year after he was born and he finds you as a sister and a mother figure." Mathew told her. She smiled. "So take care of him k?" He asked she nodded and hugged him. He hugged her back.

"So does this mean I get to keep Nicky?" She said with puppy dog eyes.

"Of course, just don't kill frig." He said.

"Oh so you know about that." She said. Mathew nodded.

"Oh I got you this from the Deminican. This necklace is supposed to bring good luck." He said handing her the Tiki.

"Thanks!" She said putting it around her neck.

"Let's go down stairs and hang with the boys ok?" Mathew asked.

"Alright." Drew said making some clicking noises. Nicky ran and jumped on Drew's head.

They walked downstairs were the three boys where starting a movie. Mathew sat in a chair. Drew Jumped over the couch and landed on their laughs the all started laughing. Her head was on Ash's lap and her feet were on Frig's. Kyle was on the middle. Nicky laid on Drew's stomach.

"Hey! Why do I get tour feet?" He asked.

"Because. Hey Frig can you get some popcorn?" Drew asked.

"Why me?" Frig asked.

"Fine. em cima de Nicky." Drew said. Nicky got up and sat on Frig's lap. He stiffened. Drew walked into the kitchen. After 10 minutes she came back with popcorn and gave it to Kyle. She picked up Nicky and sat on Frig's lap.

"Drew your in an uncomfortable spot." Drew looked at him.

"Deal with it." She said he did. When the movie ended Ash and Drew had fallen a sleep. And Nicky had fallen asleep on Drew's lap.

"Time for bed I guess." Mathew said. Frig and Kyle nodded. Kyle picked up Ash and Frig picked up Drew and Nicky. They walked upstairs. Frig walked into Drew's room and took off her sneakers then placed her into bed. He took Nicky and place him in the cage and covered the it. He walked over to Drew and covered her. He then kissed her on the forehead and whispered goodnight. Frig closed the door behind him and saw Kyle doing the same to Ash's door. They walked downstairs.

"By Mathew." Frig said waving goodby Mathew did the same.

"See you at the summer festival tomorrow?" Kyle asked. Frig nodded.

"Wouldn't miss it." He said and walked off. Everyone went to bed. Ash woke up and walked over to Drew's room. He opened it and laid on her bed next to her. The sudden movement woke her.

"Ash what are you doing?" She said sleepily.

"I had a bad dream." He said curling up next to her. Drew remembered what Mathew said. She lifted the covers and let him under. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him on the forehead.

"Don't worry it was just a dream." She said. He nodded and they both fell asleep.