Chapter 6- Searching

Beastfire: Here's chapter 6. ENJOY!

Larry walked through the rainforest that was his home, Otto, Frus, and Aria close behind him. Ivy was lagging way behind with the kids. Of course, the fact that she'd been smacked by various branches didn't help at all. She'd gotten herself and her sons lost.

"Mommy, where are we?" asked Dylan.

"I really have no clue," she replied.

She sat down and set them by her so she could think. Before she could get an idea in her head, though, a big cat stalked toward them, thought Dylan was lunch, and pounced at him. He saw the cat and screamed. Ivy heard her boy scream, noticed the cat, and defended her children, setting the cat's tail alight. The cat ran over to a river to put it out. However, it accidentally dragged Seamus with it into the water.

Seamus hadn't learned how to walk yet, let alone swim. Ivy looked over to see him nearly drowning and ran over to the water. She pulled him out and held him close to warm him up. Just as she got back to the other two, a storm started. A bolt of lightning hit a tree and brought down a limb...right by Tyr. It would have landed on him if not for his mother grabbing him out of the way and holding him with the other two. She ran to a cave with them...only to come face-to-scaly-face with a snake. Ivy backed away and into a wall. With nowhere to run, she fired off a piercing scream.

In another part of the rainforest, Larry, Otto, Frus, and Aria paused. They'd heard something that sounded like a scream. Frus recognized who it was from. He looked around and noticed someone missing.

"Anyone seen Ivy or the kids?" he asked hesitantly.

"I THOUGHT it was rather quiet!" exclaimed Larry. "That girlfriend of yours has some mouth on her!"

The mongoose searched all over until Ivy screamed again. This time, he sped toward the source and found Ivy cornered by a snake. The others followed and Otto hit his head on a rock, becoming dazed. He saw the snake and gasped.

"Grandma? Is that you?" he asked in astonishment.

"Huh?" the snake asked. Then it got an idea. It changed it's voice. "Sure am, sonny boy!"

"YAY!" cheered Otto, running over and hugging the snake. "I missed you so much, grandma!"

Frus attacked the snake, killing it within moments. He walked over to Ivy, who was still holding the boys and picked her up. Otto was near hysteria as Frus walked past.

"YOU KILLED MY GRANDMA!" he shouted.

"She'll live," muttered Frus.

"Uh, Frus?" asked Ivy. "Think about that for a second."

Frus thought for a second and realized what he'd just said. He began to blush and Ivy and Aria both laughed. Otto just watched as Larry noticed something strange. He'd stepped in a substance foreign to him. He looked at the bottom of his foot.

"What did I just step in?" he asked.

Ivy, Frus, Otto, and the triplets all saw and recognized the substance. Aria felt it was vaguely familiar, but it wasn't ringing any bells.

"I know I've seen this stuff somewhere before, but I can't quite place it," she said.

"That stuff's Minion Mix...it's what Skeleton King's followers are made of," explained Frus.

Beastfire: That's it for this one! Next time, they get closer to SK...in fact, they meet up with him. Do they win this fight, or end up losing? And how will Ivy react to Frus tucking Otto in at night? How will he explain it? And what will they plan to spy on SK?

Ivy: We'll probably lose.

Frus: I have a bad feeling about next chapter...please review!