Chapter 3 'The first contact':

The person that Nick saw horrified him. It wasn't human at all. The female that faced him was taller than him slightly, she was covered in a light purple fur, long bushy green hair, a green cloak with sleeves and a tail but the distinguishing factor was the big haunting eyes. The same that plagued his dreams, she too was looking at Nick with disbelief and shock. It seemed like an eternity when the second occupant of the room came over.

"Hey Mokey whatcha' staring at?" it was the excited one and in some ways seemed more freakish than the tall one. It saw Nick and too looked in shock; Nick was looking at her the same way. The smaller one was covered in yellow fur, the biggest red hair with pigtails and a red sweater but she too had the same haunting eyes as the tall one. The room's occupants both muttered silently at the same time.

"A silly creature!"

Nick had seen these creatures before they were the ones laughing at him in the dream. Without much thought he turned and ran for his life, he headed back the way he came down the corridor into the main hall again, he could hear behind him the same voices from the bedroom behind him.

"WAIT come back!"

"Not on your nelly" Nick muttered to himself. He finally reached the main hall but to his horror he saw all the same creatures in the hall, they all seemed to be up and awake now. Nick stopped in his tracks and gasped. Everyone possible in the hall turned and then gasped and stared. They were all the same creatures, different colored fur and hair and different clothes but not all of them were wearing clothes. Nick then turned back to the way he came out but the big and small females were now blocking his path they pointed at him and shouted;

"SILLY CREATURE!"

Everyone in the hall screamed and panicked in a sudden uproar. They were all shouting the same thing 'silly creature' Nick didn't know what they meant but they all seemed to refer to him when they shout it. These creatures were everywhere blocking all possible escape routes except one. The pool in the middle of the hall, Nick made a beeline for it and dived in, this seemed rather foolish to do because Nick didn't know what was in the pool, how deep it was or if it had an escape route or not.

Luckily there was. A hole at the bottom of the pool and he swam for it as fast as he could. Nick kept swimming but he was running out of air he was almost blacking out. He saw that the hole went upwards and he started kicking just his legs to get the best possible speed. He done it he finally reached the surface. The watery cavern lead to another chamber in the cave system. Nick got out and tried to catch his breath, soaked and tired he ran for another cave entrance.

In the meantime back in the great hall the creatures were all still running amok in panic. Eventually all the creatures in the Rock were woken up to the commotion. One elderly creature walked into the hall. He had a long white beard and grey fur and carried a sort of wizard like staff around with him.

"QUIET" he shouted and the others turn to him "What's all this commotion about?"

The creatures who reside in this cavern system are called 'Fraggles' they are kind caring and nice in so many ways. These creatures are small compared to humans. There are five main Fraggles who you should know about in this story they are all friends and have different personalities.

Mokey is the tall female Fraggle Nick first encountered, she was the kindest of all Fraggles and her views on life are very much like 'every cloud has a silver lining', her hobbies are arts and craft and poetry. Red Fraggle the small excited one Nick also encountered was the most outgoing one and in very good physical shape, her hobbies are sports and games. Gobo Fraggle is the reason why those postcards are sent to Nick's house (which will be explained later on) he is the leader of the Five Fraggles and his hobbies is exploration and adventure, he has orange fur, purple hair and wears a Yellow sweater (with a single red stripe across it) and a brown sleeveless jacket on top. Wembley Fraggle is somewhat clumsy and a panic monger, he has yellow hair, light green fur and a white Hawaiian shirt with palm trees, his hobbies are safety and acting as the Fraggle fire dept.'s official siren (due to his loud voice) and finally Boober Fraggle is the least sociable of the Fraggles he has turquoise like fur with long red hair (that cover his eyes) and the only pieces of clothing he has are a red scarf and red hat. His hobbies are peace and quiet, and chores (an unusual hobby I must admit)

The old Fraggle that stopped the madness is known as the 'world's oldest Fraggle (we'll refer to his as WOF from now on). He was the wisest Fraggle and could be considered the leader of the Fraggle race. When he finally got everyone's attention he queried to what the commotion was all about.

"Ok Fraggles! What is the meaning of this loud noise this early in the morning? I was trying to sleep when you young screaming hoodlums woke me up!" Mokey and Red went forward to speak to the old Fraggle face to face. Mokey started first.

"Oh I'm terribly sorry we all woke you WOF, but Err I'm afraid we have some bad news."

Mokey whispered the news into the WOF's ear. He then shouted out the news.

"A Silly Creature in Fraggle Rock?" after that was said and done the Fraggle population erupted into screaming again. The WOF stamped his staff on the ground to get everyone to quit down again.

"Silence! Even a Gorg would be able to hear you the rate you lot are going on" the WOF continued.

"This is most dreadful news, I have been informed by Mokey Fraggle here that there is a silly creature loose here in Fraggle Rock, how he was able to discover our location is unknown."

There were questions from the crowd, one Fraggle shouted "What do we do?" another shouted "He could be carrying germs" and more and more until no other questions could be made out through all the commotion. The WOF again slammed his staff down.

"QUIET! I have a headache! Alright now that I have your attention, this loose Silly Creature could prove to be a nuisance. Our world is a secret one and it is that reason why Fraggle Rock is so peaceful. If this silly creature escapes us and reveals to every other silly creature about Fraggle Rock, our peaceful lives could be in jeopardy" the Fraggles gasp. If Silly Creatures were to invade this magical land the Fraggles could all be turned into prisoners in zoos and other animal captivity locations.

Mokey butted in trying to look at the positive side of this incident.

"But wait don't jump to conclusions about the silly creature. We were actually talking to him he seemed to be nice enough and besides he seems very scared by us, he's obviously lost and frightened in a place that's new and mysterious to him things he hasn't seen before"

All the other Fraggles seemed to nod at Mokey's theory muttering "she has a point there" Mokey continued.

"I say we try talking to him and give him a chance, let him explain his reasons why he's here" but the WOF suddenly butted in.

"But did you know he was a silly creature when you talked to him Mokey?" Mokey stopped and tried to think of a valid explanation but couldn't. She swung her head side to side.

"No" she replied.

"Then we can't be sure of his real intentions here in Fraggle Rock for the time being we have to consider this silly creature dangerous." The WOF said, the other Fraggles shouted what they should do. The WOF couldn't think of a plan.

"This has never happened ever in the history of Fraggle Rock before so unfortunately I don't know what to do." The WOF said when a sinister voice came from a tunnel.

"I suggest we capture the Silly Creature" said the sinister voice.