Tanya was walking home from a friends house, and she passed a little alleyway she usually passed. It was almost empty but there was a mutant Lupe in there. He had chased away the scavenger Lennys that were attempting to grab the big chunk of meat in the garbage. Tanya saw the Lupe and stopped dead in her tracks. The mutant Lupe noticed her and growled.

"Are you a, a, Lupe?" Tanya whispered timidly.

"Yeah, so? Are you now gonna call your little Faerie friends and ask them to kill me too?" he growled threateningly.

"No, I don't think you're evil." she stammered. The mutant Lupe kept growling but didn't snap at her as she reached out her hand to pet him. She closed her eyes as she slowly lowered her hand to pet him, ready for him to bite her hand. Her hand touched soft fur. She petted the Lupe and scratched him behind his ears. He growled.

"You don't like that?" she jumped back, scared that he would bite her.

"No, I was growling out of pleasure. I love being scratched behind the ears." he reassured in a calming voice.

Tanya returned to her scratching and the Lupe kept on growling. "Lupes aren't evil, right?"

"No neopet is pure evil. It's just the other Neopians think that we're more evil than them." the Lupe explained.

"I'm Tanya, what's your name?"

"Prince, I'm the son of the two leaders of my pack, they were killed by a Wocky hired by the Faeries. Now, the only thing I have left to do is to find the Ice Lupe goddess and attempt to return Lupe's rightful name."

"You mean, people didn't use to hate Lupes?"

"Yeah, my grandpa told me, before he died."

"Where is this Ice Lupe Goddess?"

"She's said to stay hidden on Terror Mountain, hiding from the rest of Neopia, so that no one will attack or harm her."

"If she's a goddess, isn't she immortal?"

"No, she's just extremely strong and tough. She gets her power off how many Lupes have experienced love in any way. Family or romantic, it all powers her. Any Lupe that is loved or loves someone powers her and gives her strength. Back when Lupes were like normal Neopets, she was one of the strongest creatures in Neopia. She was supposed to be more powerful than Fyora back then. But she always was quiet and usually avoided the remainder of Neopia."

"Wow, hey, can I come with you?"

"I, guess." he trailed off.

"Really! I'll be right back." she rushed off. A few minutes later she was back with Prince.

"Won't your family and friends miss you?"

"I just told my mom that I'm going out with a friend on a trip."

"Whatever. On to Terror Mountain." he sighed.

Rex the Christmas Lupe had been traveling for a few months. He still had yet to see another Lupe. He was starting to miss his dark Faerie owner. How they had used to rake leaves in the fall and how he's jump on her pile and make a mess so she had to do it all again. She'd yell at him and threaten to put a curse on him but he knew better than to think that she would actually carry it out. She was Neopia's nicest and kindest Dark Faerie. She knew that Lupes weren't evil like most dark Faeries. She lived with Rex and the two of them had made an excellent family. Rex was shunned from the rest of the world because he was a Lupe and she was shunned by all the other dark Faeries because she was nice, and the other Faeries because she was a dark Faerie. The two of them were a perfect pair. But no more. Rex had to find other Lupes and she had to keep the house from being broken into or something like that. Rex sighed. "Those were the days."

The Ghost Lupe now had been traveling day and night, looking for other creatures who wouldn't just run away from him as he asked them why Neopia hated Lupes suddenly. He eventually came across the Shadow Usul. "Do you know why Neopia suddenly hates Lupes?"

"No, but I ran into a Lupe a few weeks back. I almost had her but a stupid Shoyru got in my way and I lost track of her."

"Where was that?"

"A few miles south of here. And the Shoyru flew east from there."

"Thanks." he smiled as he headed off that way.

"What was that!" a red Kacheek yelped as a starry creature flew behind her. "There it is again!" she yelled. Suddenly a starry Lupe jumped out of the shadows and lunged at the Kacheek. She ran and scratched a nice kick on the Lupe's nose who was sent yelping in pain.

"What are you?" she asked, cautiously approaching the Lupe.

"I'm a Lupe of course." Tala growled, rubbing her nose in pain.

"But if you're a Lupe, you must be evil!" the Kacheek yelled.

"I don't think I'm evil," Tala trailed off.

"You mean you weren't just attempting to murder me for no good reason?"

"No, I'm hungry, so I was going to eat you."

"I'm Ruby."

"Tala, nice to meet you. Not many pets just shake my paw after I try to eat them." Tala said as she shook Ruby's paw politely.

"So, wanna go get some Neocolas?"

"Sure!" and the two became the best friends the world had ever seen.

Every time Santa tried to run away from Judorah, somehow Judorah was able to find her. Santa could never figure it out. She never left any clues as to where she was going and she always went to a new place so Judorah didn't just go to the same place every time she ran away. Eventually Santa figured it out.

"It's this stupid collar! She must be using it to see what I see. That's how she can always find me!" Santa yelled as she ripped off the collar and threw it into the ocean. She then ran in the opposite direction that she'd thrown it. If Judorah was gonna track her down again, she was determined to make it a challenge. Thankfully, because of her resistance to fire, she could just run through the Lost Desert, completely un-bothered by the heat.

"Hey Heart, how are we supposed to get up there?" Kbai asked his friend. The two of them, on their quest to Fyora's Library, had swum across the ocean and were directly under Faerie land. Heart was on Kbai's back, considering that he was a better swimmer.

"Uh, I have no clue. I wasn't ready for this part." Heart sounded confused.

"Well we can't just go ask someone to fly us up there. If it's a regular pet they'll attack me, and if it's a dark Faerie, they'll probably ask for something in return."

"Do we have anything to give them, considering they're our only option?"

"I lost everything when my pack was killed."

"I don't have anything either. My old owner never left me anything, just the neohome and some furniture that was too big to take across the ocean."

"Well, we could stop a dark Faerie and ask if we have anything she'd want."

The two waited until they could stop a passing dark Faerie.

"Well, if you want a lift you'll have to give me something you have in return."

"We don't have anything except ourselves." Heart explained.

"Um, I do need a Lupe fang for a potion." she thought. Heart gave a stern look at Kbai.

"Don't do it Kbai, even if we need to get up there, we'll need your fangs to fend off any Gelerts or other pets." Heart whined.

"What choice do we have?" Kbai snapped. "Fine, but only one."

The Dark Faerie used her magic to fly them up to the city and painlessly remove Kbai's left fang. "Thanks!"

Kbai wasn't too thrilled with losing his tooth but he just sighed. After the dark Faerie flew away, Kbai and Heart entered the Faerie city.

Kaisa had been living with Sam and Stars for a few months and they had become a close family. Kaisa had been painted Silver and was one of the most beautiful Lupes ever. One day, Sam and Stars were out shopping and naturally Kaisa had to stay home. Sam and Stars came across the Shadow Usul, who still remembered Stars.

After a few hours, when Sam and Stars were supposed to be home, Kaisa went out looking for them. Somehow, the Shadow Usul had turned Stars into a gold charm, and Sam was no where to be seen. Kaisa, finding her sister turned into a charm and her owner probably dead, grabbed the string attached to the charm and headed out. The only way to heal Stars and find what happened to Sam was to go to Illusen and convince her to help. This would be a challenge considering that Lupes were supposed to be dark Faerie's pets, and with her rivalry with Judorah, she'd rather kill Kaisa than help her. She headed out to Meridell.