Growing Up

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On the Battlefield

Buddi, who looked about as Sunni led him to the waiting area were they would pounce on the unsuspecting Lady Bane, looked a little scared. Buddi had seen her wrath on him, Sunni, and Ursa. Sunni was still feeling the effects of the last attack she had from Lady Bane, when she and Buddi were only moments from being destroyed themselves by her power. Sunni gulped quietly so not to alarm Buddi. As they made their way toward where they were to be, to pounce Lady Bane, Sunni had a flashback to the day when she had to go into battle with Lady Bane to recover her youth; at the moment she remembered how she looked when her youth had been taken from her, she started to breath heavily to where Buddi noticed. "Sunni are you okay?" Sunni nodded knowing if she could care for herself at this moment; it would mean less for him to worry about.

Blastus fought bravely, just as he was turning to see how the twins were doing, seeing just Ecri; another enemy started to go at him. Carni Gummi, who when last the Gummies had seen the sights of him was only an elf, was now a hybrid elf and gummi bear. Blastus was able to fend off the attack in time before he was injured. Carni's evil grin and sinister eyes told the knight that he was no friend but a threat. "So, I meet more of you gummies, on the field of battle! Don't think my form will not enable me to battle; your friends escaped my grips and I was put in a dungeon after I was caught and I stayed there for years, planning my revenge! "

Blastus looked and swung again "I've never seen you before in my life!"

Carni swung again, "OH I had your friends in my grasp and was going to make a fortune on their display, but thanks to that old lady gummi; my plan was ruined, and now you will pay for that!" Just as he was about to thrust again; this time into the side of Blastus were no armor was Carni felt a sharp pain in his back.

Ecri had, in one plunge, mortally wounded Carni. "You're all to blame! All of you…thanks to your blasted 'friends,' my twin's dead and his blood is on ALL your hands and that is only partial payment for his death!"

The wounded Carni turned to swipe at Ecri's neck to hit a major blood supply so his death would be a tortured death as compared to his twin, but Ecri delivered the final blow thrust to Carni's heart, as Blastus struck again in the phony gummi's back. Ecri's blow to Carni's heart had sealed his fate. Carni, in his last words as he fell, made Ecri glad he had made SOMEONE pay for his brother's death…he would find the true murderer soon enough. "I may have lost the battle but I at least took out three of you bears before my…my d..death...." Carni's last words were gurgled in blood as he died a tortured death when he fell. Carni was now gone, but the battle continued as his right hand man came and picked up where his boss fell.

Inside Gummadoon

Cubbi looked up at Plucki, who smiled down at him; he too was in tears, but tears of joy that Cubbi was alive, and back. Cubbi felt one of Plucki's tears fall on his nose and as he took a breath to sob more but managed answer to Plucki's question. "P…P…P…lucki, I…I…I am so scared, Zorlock's overpowered me so much I…I…I don't know if I've got enough bravery left to battle.."

Plucki looked into the cub's eyes, now those of a newborn cub, "Cubbi, I know your bravery well; I have heard the stories from the others on how you were able to save their lives, the stories from Gritti, Gruffi, Buddi and the others; most would have not been here if it wasn't for your quick thinking and bravery to get them out of trouble. Gritti told me, if it wasn't for you giving him one of your bottles of gummiberry juice, he would have been a flatten by that ogre that was about to stomp him."

Cubbi slowly started to come to as Plucki told him that story and another story of how he was willing to give his life to save that of Grammi's. Cubbi sobs grew quieter but he still was scared. Plucki looked at Cubbi, "Cubbi I know you're still scared and the battle will only increase that, but you have to know Cubbi, I will be there for you on that field of battle." Cubbi looked at Plucki, almost in awe, then he knew with Plucki there and the other knights, he would be able to handle the feelings he was having and the flashbacks that Zorlock gave him.

Plucki carried Cubbi to his room, where Cubbi had stayed while he was recovering, to ready him for battle. Plucki sat the cub down on his bed and turned to reach for the chest and back plate of Cubbi's armor from a chair where they sat, but he first grabbed Cubbi's helmet and placed it on his head. Seeing he was able to do this again brought more tears of joy that Cubbi was healing.

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