Disclaimer: "I don't own Sailor Moon. With the exception of Rini, Angel Raye owns the Chibi Scouts. The Snibbits are mine." --Quoth the Ravyn

Bon Voyage, Snibbits! -- By Ravyn Knyght

While the king and queen waited for the arrival of the Drahkos envoy, Amy decided to do some tests on Snibbit to learn more about them. She walked into the lab where Snibbit was kept in confinement. It hadn't touched any of the food that was left for it and was starting to look a little sickly. "Okay little guy let's see what you are about." Amy said as she opened the cage and reached in with a gloved hand. The sight of Amy's research lab brought back a multitude of scary flashbacks for Snibbit. Memories of painful tests came flooding back as it struggled to get free of Amy's grip. "Now if you ate something you wouldn't be so weak." Amy said as she offered some lettuce to the ailing Snibbit. Snibbit refused. Worried that the creature would starve to death she decided to try something to make Snibbit a little more responsive. "Let's take a little walk." she stated as she left the lab with Snibbit.

Outside on the palace grounds, several pens were constructed to house the Snibbits. Amy placed him in a smaller, empty pen by himself. Her idea sort of brightened the little thing up but it was still a little moppish. He slowly moved about and picked at some of the lettuce Amy gave him but he was still very depressed. "You stay here for a little while and enjoy the fresh air. I'll be back in a bit." she told the sluggish Snibbit. Amy went back into the palace lab to retrieve some syringes to take blood samples from several healthy Snibbits as well as the sick one. She returned with them and started collecting the samples. The samples she took from the healthy Snibbits went well with only a few momentary cries of discomfort which were forgotten as quickly as they came. But it was different when Amy tried to withdraw from Madelyn's Snibbit. As soon as Amy brought the syringe into sight, Snibbit started giving sickly cries. "It's okay. Just one little pinch and it will be over with." Amy assured as she prepared the syringe. Desperate to escape, Snibbit bit Amy. "Yeowch!" Amy yelped as she released Snibbit. He bounced to a far corner of the pen and started snarling as it threw itself against the metal fencing trying to break it down.

As Amy came closer, Snibbit got more aggressive as it charged at Amy. "Take it easy!" she said grabbing the rabid Snibbit trying to calm it down. The physical exertion of its defense drained almost all the energy he had left and Snibbit fell unconscious. Amy quickly rushed the animal back inside to the lab to try to revive it. Hotaru was already there looking for her. "Oh my God! What happened!" Hotaru exclaimed as Amy placed the lifeless Snibbit onto the table. "I don't know but it stopped breathing! Quick! Get me the smallest airway you can find!" Amy demanded and Hotaru rushed off to find one. Not having one, Hotaru improvised and prepared a nasal tube. "Hook it up to an oxygen tank!" Amy ordered once it was in place. As the oxygen flowed in and Amy facilitated it's breathing function by gently squeezing Snibbit, they were able to get Snibbit to breathe on it's own, but he was still unconscious. "Keep a close eye on him while I run these blood samples. Maybe I'll know what's happening to him." Amy said as she left Snibbit in Hotaru's care.

Unknowing what was happening to Snibbit, Madelyn couldn't concentrate on her schoolwork. All day all she did was draw pictures of Snibbit in her scribbler. Her teacher noticed Madelyn's lack of interest in school work over the last few days and at recess she kept Madelyn it to talk to her about what ever was bothering her. "Would you like to tell me why you haven't been paying attention in class the last few days?" Ms. Brown asked. "Just don't feel like it." Madelyn grumbled. "I've never known you to behave like this before. Surely there must be something that is bothering you?" she tried to draw it out. Madelyn gave a sigh, "My parents made me give up my pet, because they think it's dangerous. I hate them." Madelyn's comment shocked her teacher. "I'm sure you don't really mean that. Your parents love you very much and don't want to see anything happen to you. If your parents took the pet away then I'm sure they had a good reason." Ms. Brown explained. Madelyn couldn't help but wonder and worry about how Snibbit was doing.

While Amy analyzed the blood samples to determine what was happening, Hotaru kept a close eye on the sick creature. Hotaru knew that if animals were frightened or stressed they could make themselves sick to the point of dying. Maybe that's what's causing his poor health. she thought. Snibbit slowly regained consciousness and Hotaru decided to move him to somewhere where the animal would feel more secure. Within a few minutes Hotaru arrived back at her quarters after telling Amy of her idea. Hotaru carefully set Snibbit down on the bed so he could rest. As he started to recover from his earlier exhaustion, he realized where he was. "Snibbit?" it murmured as he looked around the room and slowly made its way around Madelyn's bed. Hotaru thought that it was a huge improvement form his earlier condition. After an hour or so, Snibbit started to act more like its old self and was exploring more and more of the bedroom. "Amazing!" Amy said coming into the room seeing Snibbit bouncing around. As soon as Snibbit saw her, he started growling and bolted under the bed. "I don't think it likes you." Hotaru commented as she got down on the floor and tried to coax the animal out. Snibbit refused.

Hotaru whispered something to Amy. "Well I guess I'll leave then!" Amy called in a loud voice and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her, then carefully opening it just a crack to see in. "There, see? She's gone." Hotaru told the little animal as it cautiously made it's way out, looking around ensuring Hotaru told the truth. "Snibbit?" it chirped as it moved out to the middle of the room still looking around. It's cautiousness made Hotaru laugh as Snibbit searched high and low for Amy. Satisfied she was gone, Snibbit bounced up onto Hotaru's lap. "Snibbit!" he sang as he devoured a carrot Hotaru offered. He seems all right now. Amy gave a sigh of relief. She knew Madelyn would never forgive her or Hotaru if Snibbit died. Hotaru gently petted Snibbit, causing the little powder puff to purr affectionately. Sweet! Hotaru thought as she smiled at the contented creature nestled in her lap. Amy decided to leave to check the test results.

As school let out and the girls walked home, a large ship descended to the planet. "Man that's huge!" Faith exclaimed as she and the other girls watched the massive ship hover near the palace. "It's heading for the palace!" Daisy said. "They're going to attack it!" Annika said worried about her mother. "Let's go!" Gloria shouted as they ran to the palace.

They arrived in transformed state ready to fight whatever was going to come out of that ship. "Let's bust it up!" shouted Chibi Jupiter. "Jupiter Deadly Lightening Bolt!" she called as her attack did little to damage the massive ship. A flash of light appeared on the ground and as it faded there were a group of people standing before them. Sailor Venus and Sailor Uranus escorted them into the palace to meet with the king and queen. "I guess they're the scientists that are here to help with the Snibbit problem." Cosmic Moon concluded. "Let's head on in to find out what's going on." she ordered but the group was stopped by a flash of light. Before them stood an angry sub commander. "Who punctured the hull of MY ship!?!" he growled out at the young girls. They nervously laughed and left Chibi Jupiter alone to deal with the situation as they went in.

Rini transformed back and headed for the royal court to meet with the special envoy. "Would you care to tell us why these creatures should be such a threat to us?" Endymion started off. A young man stepped forward to field the question. "The Snibbits are the reason that our people have attacked your world and others." he stated. "How so?" Serenity questioned back. The young man thought for a few moments getting everything straight in his head. "Well, you see, it's like this. When we first encountered the Snibbits, we didn't know where they came from. One day a small ship was found in a field and a pale yellow animal was found inside it. The people that found it thought nothing of it at first and their children kept the animal as a pet. Before long the children discovered the secret of creating more Snibbits and soon every child on the planet had to have one." he started. "And then?" Endymion insisted that he proceed.

"Well as the Snibbit population started to increase, our planet's vegetation started to be devoured by the growing swarms. Within a few months a planetary crisis formed as our live stock started to starve to death. As did we. With no vegetation for ourselves and our livestock dying off, we were forced to take drastic measures in order to preserve ourselves.". "Attacking other planets for their resources." Serenity stated. "Exactly." the young man commented. "So why not go through proper channels and ask the other worlds for relief supplies?" Sailor Mars asked. "We tried that but it would have taken too long and please understand we were desperate. Millions were starving to death. Men women, children and babies. We could not have existed on relief supplies that would trickle through. If we did that then massive fights would have broken out as to who received the most of the incoming supplies. So our government decided to attack and take over other planets to acquire their resources. Please understand that we are not a destructive people. All we were trying to do was survive." he finished.

"We've read reports from worlds that your people have taken over and it seems what you say is true as large colonies of your people have been established on the planets." Sailor Venus stated reading some reports. "That was one of our contingency plans. We thought it would be faster to relocate our people to where the resources were instead of taking them back to our planet." he followed up. "So once conditions on your planet return to normal then you will relinquish these planets?" Sailor Neptune inquired. "Yes. But it will take months, even with our technology to recover our planet. So now we our faced with the task of transporting three-point-two billion people to suitable planets." he said. "Why not just ask the planet's ruling governments to provide you with accommodations for your people?" Sailor Mercury asked. "We tried that. Most of them refused to accept such a large influx of refugees so we did what we had to do to save our people. If we had it to do all over again we would do the same thing." he stated.

"You still committed crimes by forcefully taking over these planets." Endymion warned. "If you would continue reading our reports, no major harm came to these planets and in some cases, some of the occupied worlds benefited from our technology during our occupations." the young man quickly countered. "But I'm not here to debate the morality of what we've done. I am here to offer you assistance so that what happened to us does not happen to your planet." he bluntly stated. "Very well then. How did you deal with the over population on your planet?" Serenity asked focusing on the major problem right now, the Snibbits and what to do with them. "We had no other alternative but to begin a massive extermination of the Snibbits." his explanation sounded barbaric to the king and queen as well as the Scouts. "How could you do such a thing?!" Sailor Saturn spoke out, angered that they would do such a thing to a generally harmless animal. "We decided it was the most humane way to deal with them. With most of the vegetation depleted, the Snibbits slowly started dying." he told her. "What about relocation of the Snibbits?" Sailor Uranus suggested. "To have them do to other worlds what they did to ours? In the end they would have suffered the same fate of starving themselves to death. Like I already stated, our solution was much more humane." he finished.

Sailor Mercury took center stage in questioning the young man. "So if you killed all of them then how did one manage to land here on Earth?" she started her investigation. "Was it a pale yellow one?" he asked and Mercury nodded. "Despite all attempts, we could not come up with a way to execute him. So it was decide to remove him from the planet and leave it floating through deep space." he answered. "And you call that humane?" she said sternly through gritted teeth. He ordered the others to return to the ship. After they left he told the royal court the truth of the last Snibbit's survival.

"I designed the small life pod to sustain him as well as search for uninhabited planets. In the event of a ship system failure, I included a program that would direct the ship to the nearest suitable planet regardless of existing inhabitation." he admitted. "Why would you do such a thing?" Mercury asked. "I felt sorry for the poor creature and for what was done to its offspring. What I said before about not being able to exterminate it was a lie. I thought it was wrong to destroy all of the Snibbits. 'What if it was the last of its kind?' I reasoned, so I lied about trying to kill it and made up the excuse of it being immortal. I have to admit, I grew very fond of the little guy and couldn't bring myself to hurt it anymore with experimental procedures." he confessed. "So do we have to do the same as your world did with the ones we now have?" Serenity asked, seeing how they might be able to convince him to allow the creatures to live. "Well that's why I'm here." he started, "With all the research I've conducted, I believe I have found a way to inhibit Snibbit's cloning abilities. But I haven't been able to test them so I still am uncertain if it will work or not. With your permission I would like to conduct more research on some of the Snibbits in your possession." he made a request of the royal court. "We will discuss your request and give you an answer shortly." Serenity told the young man as he bowed respectfully and left the royal court to return to his ship.

Upon returning home Madelyn's eyes lit up when Snibbit greeted her at the door of her bedroom. "Snibbit! Snibbit!" it cheered as Madelyn squealed in excitement over the fact that Snibbit was back with her. "We thought you would be glad to see him again!" Anthony said coming in. "I can keep him afterall?" Madelyn asked wide-eyed. "For the time being. It seems he got very sick when he was in the lab and your mother thought he would recover faster if he was in familiar surroundings." he explained as Madelyn snuggled Snibbit. "Thank you!" Madelyn said hugging her father as Hotaru came in. "I'm sorry for what I said before. I didn't mean it. I don't hate the both of you." Madelyn apologized almost in tears as she thought of the things she said. "We know you didn't mean it, sweetie." Hotaru said as she returned her daughters hug. "Snibbit!" added the little fur ball as it made its way onto Madelyn's shoulder. "Well it seems everyone is happy again." Hotaru stated seeing the happy expression on Snibbit's little face matching Madelyn's.

Upon releasing Vallis, the Drahkos ship left Earth, leaving behind the lone scientist. He decided to pay a visit to the original Snibbit owned by Madelyn before he began researching alternatives. Upon entering the Saturn quarters, Snibbit initially hid from the man as he remembered who he was. "Aw now come on! It's me! Sakai!" the man introduced himself. Since the long ago departure, Snibbit was uneasy about seeing him again. Sakai got down on the floor and peeked under the couch. "No testing today, I promise." he said and Snibbit came out slowly and took up position on Madelyn's shoulder. "I brought you a little present." Sakai stated as he produced a beautiful, pale blue orchid. The sight of the flower made Snibbit drool and stomach growl as he hungrily devoured the flower. "It's been awhile since you had an Ice Dragon I'll bet." he smiled as Snibbit enjoyed his gift. "He seemed to enjoy that." Anthony noted. "That was the most beautiful flower on our planet and, as the Snibbits found out, the tastiest." he said as he petted Snibbit.

After the visit, he headed to the out door pens where Amy was waiting for him. She was going to make sure that he followed every one of the guidelines the king and queen put forth regarding his research. The two walked over to one of the larger pens. "Hmmm...Not the best place to house them." he criticized the housing of the Snibbits. "Why's that?" Amy asked. Sakai led her to corner where a large number of Snibbits were clustered. "GET OUT OF THERE!" he shouted loudly and the Snibbits scattered from their secret task. As they cleared away, Amy saw a large hole was being dug out in the corner of the pen. "How did you know!?" she said amazed that they were capable of such an act. "Snibbits are very evolved and intelligent creatures. What you think is just noisy chattering is an actual language being spoken. I managed to translate it in order to speak with them. Just now as we came up a group of them warned the ones digging of our approach." he explained. Amy was astounded. He truly was an expert on the Snibbits.

After giving some suggestions as how to better contain the Snibbits, Sakai selected a few for research and brought them back to the lab. "I have to admit, I didn't think you were that qualified because you are so young and don't conduct yourself like a normal scientist." Amy confessed. "Well we all have our opinions but enough about that let's get to work." he said and started explaining the basic physiology of the Snibbit to Amy. He explained that instead of bone structure the Snibbits have a sturdy yet flexible cartilage system that protects and separates its internal organs. "They use the flexible cartilage and several muscle groups to propel themselves, or, bounce." he explained a holographic imaging of the inner workings of a Snibbit. "How was such a detailed hologram constructed? Were many Snibbits dissected to create this database?" Amy asked wondering what types of cruel and inhumane experimental procedures were performed on the helpless animals. "No. We use an advanced bio scanner that can scan a subject and project a 3-D image of what is inside." he took a crystal out of a container and demonstrated by bio scanning Amy. "This technology is very impressive. Is this the type of technology the other worlds are given access to?" she said completely in awe of the detail of the crystal's scan of her as it revealed her entire physiology. "Yes. So tell me how many of you did I butcher to create that hologram?" Sakai bitterly snapped. Amy gave a cool look at the young man and was about to counter but decided to let it go and continue with the research.

Elsewhere, Serenity checked around her quarters to see if she was alone. When satisfied there was no one around she proceeded to the study and opened a desk drawer. "Snibbit!" sang a snow white Snibbit. Serenity cupped the powder puff in her hands and snuggled the little creature. "Mom!" Rini cried coming in and catching her mother by surprise. "I couldn't help it! It was so scared and I couldn't bare to see it cooped up in those outside cages. Besides it's only one!" she defended herself against her daughter's disapproving looks. "You know you can't keep it. You're breaking your own rule about keeping them in confinement." Rini pointed out, holding out her hand, demanding the Snibbit be turned over. "Well it is in confinement. When I'm not here it is locked in this room where it can't get out. So there!" she stated. Endymion came in with Luna. "So what is the fight about now?" he said investigating the noises from the study. "Mom has a Snibbit and refuses to hand it over." Rini stated. "Serenity." Endymion said sternly, holding his hand out and Serenity relinquished the Snibbit. "Trust Serenity to go gaga over something cute and fuzzy. Some things never change!" Luna quipped as she remembered Serenity when she was Sailor Moon, always buying little stuffed animals.

In the evening, dinner was held in the palace dining hall and Sakai was a guest of honor. Madelyn brought Snibbit along as well despite her parents telling her not to. "But the cats eat in the main dining room!" Madelyn pointed out. "She has a point there." Anthony noted as Hotaru groaned. "Very well, but keep him away from any and all liquids!" Hotaru warned and Madelyn agreed. "Snibbit!" cheered the tiny animal as it bounced down the hallways with the Saturn family.

Madelyn prepared a salad plate for Snibbit at the table and giggled as he plowed into it. Snibbit's ravenous style of eating amused everyone else at the table as well. "So what is your main research about?" Endymion asked. "For the last while I've been developing ways to either lower the number of offspring produced or eliminate it all together. I believe the former would be more probable then the latter." Sakai said. "And this will be accomplished how?" Amy asked wondering what his plans were. "I'm not sure yet. My research was cut short so I couldn't study how the Snibbits reproduced in great detail. That is what I'll be working on here. I assume you wouldn't object too greatly to a few more Snibbits running about?" he questioned. "Just as long as you adhere to the guidelines we agreed upon regarding the safety of the Snibbits involved in your research." Endymion reminded him. "Of course." Sakai replied.

The next day, Sakai began his research. Amy felt completely outclassed in her own field as Sakai quickly explained to her, everything he was doing. "And right over here is the Snibbit's G-spot." he pointed out. "G-spot?" Amy said giving him a strange look. "Gee for giggle." he said and proceeded to tickle an orange Snibbit, rendering the animal useless with giggles. "Now on to what goes on during reproduction." he said setting up several crystals to record different scans as he soaked the Snibbit. "Interesting." he mumbled as he muttered a few things to himself as he reviewed the scans. "Well?" Amy snapped him out of his daze. "It seems there is a chemical reaction between the skin of the Snibbit and the water molecules." he told her. "Well that is something we already know." Amy pointed out. "Yes but why does it happen? Why does this not occur whenever the animal breathes? Why is it when oxygen and hydrogen are combined in this way does it induce reproduction?" Sakai muttered mindlessly. "Perhaps if we ran some tests on the Snibbit's cellular structure?" Amy said thinking they would find the answer there.

After extracting a blood and tissue sample with a biopsy needle the two went to work on breaking down the Snibbits cell structure. "Well we're still no closer to understanding what goes on to cause a new Snibbit to form. Each attempt with the same amount of water produces different numbers." a tired Sakai grumbled. "I think the number produced has something to do with the Snibbit's emotional state at the time. Let me show you." Amy said and demonstrated. First Amy excited a Snibbit by tickling him then doused the Snibbit with water. The number produced was seven new Snibbits. With the same Snibbit, Amy screamed at it causing it to be frightened. After another dousing, only two Snibbits were produced. "See?" Amy finished her demonstration. "That's all well and good but we can't go around terrorizing every Snibbit every time one gets wet. We need to find out how it reproduces and use that as our point of attack." he commented back placing the new batch of Snibbits into an empty cage. "I mean, being a living creature, part of its mass is water based like us all but yet that doesn't cause a reaction. Neither does one occur just by a Snibbit drinking water. There's something else going on that we aren't seeing yet." Sakai said reviewing all the data he and Amy produced that day.

"...nice joke..." Sakai muttered as he threw himself into some of his previous findings. "Huh?" his comment puzzled Amy. "Oh it's just one of my theories as to how the Snibbits came about. You know, like a practical joke. Flood a planet with a trillion little furballs might have been someone's idea of an interstellar joke." he sighed as he grew tired of his work. "What are your other theories?" Amy was very interested to hear them. "Another theory I have is that somewhere, a scientist was trying to get some work done but his/her family or ruler kept pestering them. So in an attempt to be left alone, the person created the Snibbits as a way of distracting everyone around them so they could work. I doubt anyone could create such a complex life form but anything is possible I guess.". Amy wondered.

As the days turned into weeks Sakai and Amy pooled their intellectual resources to figure out how to prevent the Snibbits from multiplying. One night at about three in the morning they reached a break through. "Check this out!" a no longer exhausted but excited Sakai exclaimed calling Amy's attention to the microscope. "I think I've found it! Every time a Snibbit gets wet it generates a small amount of electrical discharge!" he pointed out. "And?" Amy urged him to continue. "I think that the Snibbit itself is like a giant incubator. Each cell is an individual Snibbit that hasn't been born yet. Every time a Snibbit gets wet and this electro-static charge is created, a random number of cells are energized, causing the birth cycle to activate!" he remarked completely overjoyed by his finding. "So it's like Frankenstein's Monster then?" Amy's reference wasn't understood so she elaborated.

"It's the premise of reanimation. In the nineteenth century a literary writer wrote a story about a scientist that created a human being and used lightening to bring it to life." Amy said then provided more examples. "Several scientists in the twentieth century did experiment by exposing regions of recently dead animals to electricity and the result caused the appendage to jump. The electrical current provided a stimulus to the dead muscles tricking them into thinking they were still alive." Amy explained. "Now that we know what causes it we can develop a way to prevent it!" he said as he rushed around the lab searching for various materials. "I think we should turn in for the night and continue tomorrow." Amy suggested with a yawn. "Can't! Too much to do! Need to do more research!" Sakai uttered as he flew around in circles ranting to himself as he worked out several ideas in his head. And Greg thinks I obsess! I should bring him here to watch this guy! Amy thought as she looked back at the rejuvenated scientist who was showing now signs of sleep deprivation.

The next morning Amy informed the king and queen about the discovery they made in the lab early this morning and were on their way to check up on Sakai's progress. They found him asleep on a table with several Snibbits. Amy gently woke him, he was slightly embarrassed for being caught so off guard. "Have you made any progress?" Serenity giggled as the young man tried to make himself more presentable. "Yes-indeedy-do!" he sang as he prepared his demonstration. "About five this morning I completed a device that suppressed the electrical discharge that caused the birth cycle or re- animation as you call it, so that despite the amount of water or emotional state of the Snibbit, the electrical discharge would only be strong enough to allow one Snibbit to be formed at a time." he said as he doused some excited Snibbits and only one Snibbit was produced from each. Amy surveyed the Snibbits. "Where is the device?" she asked. "Implanted internally." he stated. "But if it still produces a Snibbit, then the new Snibbit will be able to reproduce multiple counterparts." Amy pointed out. "Nope!" Sakai snickered and explained.

In each cell of the Snibbit is a nanobot programmed to absorb the electrical charge, which it uses to power itself. I also programmed the nanobot to be self replicating and only bond itself to a cell containing Snibbit DNA. As the Snibbit reproduces so do the nanobots, keeping the population in check." he babbled on with the other details of his findings, but all that mattered to Serenity was that there was now a way to prevent the current Snibbit population from being exterminated. "So does this mean that the existing Snibbits can be treated and do not have to be destroyed?" Serenity asked. "Exactly!" Sakai said pointing a finger at her. "That is what I intend to do today. Once I am finished treating all of them the only question is what to do with them. Eventually they're population will greatly increase despite the nanobot solution." he brought up a new problem to be solved.

Over the next few days Serenity, Endymion, Scouts and Knights reviewed suitable, uninhabited planets that were included in they're planetary alliance. Most of them were staked by other worlds to be used in the future and refused to relinquish them so the Snibbits could have a home. Everyone wondered if it would be possible to find one at all as many governments and rulers refused to accept the Snibbit after hearing of their potential. Madelyn was glad that her parents and the others were unable to find a place for the Snibbits. She desperately wanted to keep hers, and Snibbit wanted to stay with her. "Now you know that if we are successful in finding a planet, that you will have to let him go with the others, don't you?" Anthony asked his pouting daughter. "Please can't I keep him? With the multiplying problem solved, it's perfectly safe for me to keep him. Isn't it?" Madelyn pointed out, Anthony and Hotaru were stuck for an answer. Madelyn and Snibbit stared at them hopefully as Anthony and Hotaru struggled for a counter. "Whether or not he stays is up to King Endymion and Queen Serenity." Hotaru said knowing that the king and queen would order all of them off the planet and end the debate, not to mention take all the heat for taking Snibbit away from Madelyn.

A few more days passed when Sakai had an idea of what to do with the Snibbits. "Your majesties, while you've been searching the cosmos, you've overlooked your own back yard." he told the king and queen. "Please explain yourself." Endymion said, wanting him to clarify his statement. "Our world has far more advanced technology than yours. I propose initiating an terraforming project on the planet Mars." the idea had the full interest of the two. "Mars has similar characteristics of Earth and with our technology I'm sure that a suitable environment can be created. And with the planet so close to your own you could easily ensure the safety of the Snibbits." he reported. "How long would such a project take to complete?" Serenity asked. "Starting from scratch I'd estimate about a year, twice the time of Drahkos' recovery. If you take measures here on Earth to prevent the Snibbit population from expanding then I foresee no real problems." he finished. The king and queen looked at each other for a moment, "We will need time to discuss such a plan. But I believe that such a project will be allowed in order to allow the Snibbits to have a home of their own." Serenity replied.

One year later.....

After approval and completion of the Mars terraforming project, the Snibbits were placed on a cargo ship provided by Drahkos. "So it seems that your government remained true to its word about releasing all the other planets." Endymion stated. "As I told you before, we are not bent on conquest and enslavement as some of our other counter parts are." Sakai said, who was in charge of the relocation. "Well at least the Snibbits will have a better life on Mars then being subjected to extermination. Both you and your people have our gratitude in making this outcome possible. For that we thank you and hope that other Negaverse worlds and their people will one day be as peaceful as yours are." Serenity thanked the young scientist for everything he did for the Snibbits. "Oh and thank you for not mentioning to my government about my little secret." he mentioned. The king and queen left as they had a royal matter to attend to.

Madelyn requested an audience with the king and queen to persuade them to allow her Snibbit to stay on Earth. "So why do you wish to speak to us about?" Serenity started off, inviting Madelyn to approach them. "It's about my Snibbit, your majesty. I was wondering if it would be all right if he stayed here on Earth, you know to act as an ambassador or representative of its kind." Madelyn tried to made it sound as official as possible. Endymion and Serenity smiled at the little girl. "Well if he was to be given the title of ambassador then there would be no chance of him becoming your pet now would there?" Endymion stated. "You mean?" Madelyn started, "As long as you adhere to the guidelines of preventing a mass population of Snibbits, promise to love and care for him for the full extent of its natural life, then you may keep him as your pet." Serenity informed both Madelyn and Snibbit. "Thank you, your majesties!" Madelyn beamed and curtsied to her king and queen while an estatic Snibbit bounded up onto Serenity's lap, "Snibbit! Snibbit!" he happily cried as Serenity petted the little animal.

--The End--

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