Disclaimer: Sorry again about the wait!

"I'm telling you Fyora I saw him!" Carolyn cried into the phone. She was in the kitchen of her neohome baking Christmas cookies. She had called Fyora the Faerie Queen immediately after getting home. After the first battle with Sloth Fyora and Carolyn had become very good friends.
"Are you sure it was him?" Fyora asked. Her voice had a tone of urgency.
"I'm positive!" Carolyn cried. "He was making threats!"
"Like what?"
"He said that he'd make my loved ones suffer if I didn't join him!"
Fyora sighed. "Carolyn, you know I can't lose you to the dark side. That could be disastrous! Your powers have only begun to develop!"
"So I've heard." Carolyn grumbled recalling what Sloth had told her. "If Sloth was here right now I'd throttle him!"
"Well he's not there so you can't." Fyora said sounding a bit disappointed, "I'll keep my eyes open. Bye."
Carolyn sighed deeply. Fyora couldn't do much right now. "Bye."
She hung up and turned around. There was a carton of eggs on the kitchen counter. She raised her hand. One egg flew from the carton and into her open hand. She looked down at the egg in her hand and smiled.
"It pays to have these powers...sometimes."

As she put the cookies in the oven she felt something grab her leg. She jumped and for a moment she was filled with terror, but then she heard a sweet little voice say:
"Are the cookies done yet?"
She laughed. It was just her Usul Pachi. "No Pachi they aren't."
Pachi released her leg and stuck a paw on the counter and reached for the bowl of cookie dough. Carolyn playfully swatted the paw away.
"No fair!" She moaned.
"You'll spoil your appetite." Carolyn said firmly. She sighed. "Geez I sound like my mother. Go nuts."
Pachi grabbed the bowl and stuck her face in it eagerly. When she was done the bowl was completely clean, but Pachi's face definitely wasn't.
"Pachi! Look at yourself!" Carolyn cried. She pulled out a washcloth and wiped her face clean. Just then the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Pachi said skipping to the front hall.
A few seconds later Carolyn heard a loud scream and a thud. She dashed into the front hall and nearly dropped dead with shock.
Dr. Sloth was standing in the doorway. In his arms he held an unconscious Pachi.
"YOU! PUT HER DOWN NOW!" Carolyn ordered.
Sloth chuckled. "You want her? Come take her!" He hadn't expected her to take him seriously because the next thing he knew Carolyn had tackled him. As they struggled Pachi fell to the floor and woke up.
"PACHI!" Carolyn screamed as she fought with Sloth, "GO! GET OUT QUICK! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF!" Pachi ran out of the house screaming and waving her little arms.
Carolyn punched Sloth across the face and scrambled to her feet. She grabbed her other pet Aqua's sword off the wall and faced Sloth.
"A sword is longer than your arm!" She yelled, "You'll never-" But she was cut off when Sloth swung his fist and broke the sword in half.

"STUPID CHEAP LEAD!" Carolyn yelled throwing it aside. "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
Sloth chuckled. "My dear girl I have no intention of being inside your...um did you call this a house?" He sneered looking around at her small wooden home. Carolyn's face flushed red with anger.
"So I'm not the richest person in Neopia! Big whoop!"
"Now, are you willing to come over to my side now? Or do I have to hurt your OTHER neopets?"
"NO!"
"No?"
"Yeah Sloth, what are you deaf AND stupid? I said no!"
"Well then, if you won't join me I'll make sure you don't help anyone else!" Sloth struck her across the head knocking her down. He grabbed her by the throat and started strangling her. The lack of air caused her to pass out.
"What a punk." Sloth laughed, "Well it'll all be over soon..."
Suddenly he felt something grab him and slam him against the wall.
"Put her down now..." A girl with long reddish-brown hair said angrily.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Katie! And I happen to be one of Carolyn's best friends! Now put her down!"
Sloth still had a death grip on Carolyn's throat.
"And what if I don't?" He snapped.
"I hurt you...badly!"
"Ok, ok!" Sloth cried. He dropped Carolyn. Katie released him.
"You may have won this round!" Sloth yelled. He threw a smoke bomb on the ground laughing manically. But when the smoke cleared he was still there laughing.
"Oh yeah, run away." He said quickly. He ran out the front door.

Carolyn regained consciousness at that moment. She saw Katie and smiled. "I should have known."
Katie pulled her to her feet.
"How'd you know I was in troubled?" Carolyn asked rubbing her sore neck.
"Pachi ran next door and got me. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, just fine." Carolyn said smiling. Suddenly there was a ding from the kitchen.
"You want some cookies?" Carolyn asked.
Katie grinned. "Sure!"