Chomp's POV

I finally got back to the lab. Connie started wandering around the lab. I sat on the couch and quickly fell asleep. It was nice until I felt someone move on the couch. I opened one of my eyes to see Aria sit on the other side of the couch.

"Oh, I woke you up… Sorry." She smiled at me, "Actually I wanted to ask you something"

"If I answer it will you leave me alone?" I muttered

"I might… But only for today."

"Fine, what do you want?"

"What do you like?"

"What?"

"Err, you know… your favorite things?"

"I'm leaving." I stood up and walked away.

"Hey, come on Akkie!"

I put on my ring and changed into a black-tentacled Inking. I stormed out of the lab. I was so inking annoyed. Out of every other Octopi why me? I looked over at my reflection, and saw someone who was nothing special. I just growled as I shoved my hands into my shark hoodie's pockets. I just started wandering around the city. I made sure Aria wasn't following me. Walking around and looking at things usually calms me down. I must have been walking for several hours, since my stomach growled at me. I looked around and found a bakery. I walked on in and a yellow inkling greeted me.

"Oh hello! Welcome to Starry Night's!" She smiled and bowed

"Oh, hi." I answered

"I never seen you around here… Did you just moved in?"

"I guess you can say that."

"OH! In that case, anything you want will be on me today!"

"Eh?"

"No need to be modest! I'm Harvest Mune! Please be my guest." She showed me the different desserts behind the glass.

"Um, whatever you say…" I looked at the cute little pastries.

To be completely honest, I couldn't help but to smile at how pretty or cute everything was. I honestly haven't a clue what I wanted. It wasn't long until a bright blue Inkling ran into me.

"Owwie! Oh hiya!" he smiled at me

"Ari! I told you you can't just…" an identical kid with pink eyes quickly bowed, "Oh! I am so sorry! He can be hyper sometimes... Ari apologize!"

"Hey, don't worry about it… Just be careful next time." I pet Ari on his head.

"Yay! I like her!" Ari's black eyes sparkled, "Corol, she's a nice lady!"

"Ugh, I'm sorry about that…" Corol sighed, "Oh is there anything we can help you with?"

"Actually, this is my first time here…" I scratched the back of my hoodie, "I haven't ever had anything like this before…"

"What?! No way!" Ari looked shocked, "Geez, where did you live? Under a rock?"

"Well, in a cave… But close enough…" I scratched my cheek.

"ARI! That's so rude!" Corol bonked Ari on his head, "Well how's about this? Why don't you choose a couple of them? That way you can try different ones."

"Err that maybe too much…" I replied.

"It's okay everything will be on me!" Harvest grinned, "Go ahead! I'm sure Stella won't mind."

"Yay, let give her one of everything!" Ari started running around the room collecting each treat.

"Ari! How many times do I have to tell you? No running!" Corol helped out.

I started looking at a pretty slice of cake. It was bright blue going to a warm purple pink. with little white stars on it. Harvest noticed me staring at it. She smiled and put in on a plate.

"Here, give it a try" She handed it to me with a fork.

"Oh, um thanks." I reluctantly took it and sat down.

She sat down across from me. Ari brought a bunch of boxes and set them on the table.

"Wow! That's a great choice!" Ari smiled, " That's Mommy's Starry night cake. It's made with whipped cream icing and had white chocolate chips. The cake is chocolate, I think."

"I made that from Mom's recipe... Yeah, it's chocolate" Corol replied, "It even has white chocolate chips in the cake itself. It probably isn't that great..."

"That sounds… very interesting?" I answered.

To be honest I haven't have cake since I was a hatchling. I can't remember what sweets taste like since. Our cafe only had plain breads and different drinks. So something like this seems unreal. I took a bit of it and ate it. It was actually very good. It wasn't overly sweet or too dry.

"Wow, this is delicious!" I smiled as I took another spoonful

"Really?! You really think so?!" Corol's eyes sparkled as I pet his head

"Yeah, good job!"

"I wanna be pet!" Ari jumped up and down

"All right you too." I pet him and his ears twitched

"Say you know you are good with kids huh?" Harvest rested her head on her hand,

"Oh well, I pretty much raised my sister"

"Hey you know you have pretty green eyes..."

"Huh?" I flashed pink, "Oh thanks…"

"If you don't mind… could you visit us often? I wouldn't mind getting to know you...um..."

"Chomp, my name's Chomp Akkie Haptogaloes"

"Chomp, I look forward to seeing you again"

I finished up my cake and took all my boxes. I waved bye to everyone before I left. I headed back to the lab. I was in a pretty good mood now. Everyone stared at me when I entered the room. I looked on the floor a dying black kitten as Mary sobbed beside it. Connie was trying her best to keep her alive.

"What?" I dropped my boxes, "Cauldern!"

"Chomp… she's been poison…" Connie started crying, "She's dying too fast."

"Cubi got her didn't she?" Erazor asked.

"It's all my fault…" Mary gently petted Cauldern

Cauldern weakly mewed. Erazor walked over and knelt down. He grabbed one of Cauldern's tentacles wrapped around her neck and unwrapped them. He pinched her below her jaw. She changed into a reddish- orange Inkling with black strips.

"She's an Inkling?!" Connie fell back on her butt.

He ran off somewhere and poured ethanol on Cauldern.

"Hey if you wanna live kitty catch on fire, one last time!" he put a hissing air tank next to her her, "And everyone else run for your lives unless you wanna become extra crispy!"

Everyone ran out of the room and the room burst into a fiery explosion. I grabbed all my boxes and ran. The flames quickly retreated back into the room. Cauldern stumbled out to peek out of the door. Her tentacles were bubbling and steaming as she looked for us.

"Cauldern!" Mary ran to her

Cauldern fell when she tried to run to her. Mary knelt down and hugged her. Cauldern reverted into a small black kitten with ember stripes. I walked up to Cauldern and tried to pet her.

"You burn yourself without protection" Mary replied, "I have a high heat resistant lab coat.

"I see… Well glad to see you are better." I replied

"Erazor, I don't know how to even thank you." Mary looked at him, "How did you know?"

"Well the thing is that jellyfish venom are just cells leaking chemicals. So burn theming them to oblivion would normally kill us or Inklings, but it would be just what the doctor ordered for things like her"

"Merrow!" Cauldern meowed as she shook ember from her body.

She loudly purred in Mary's arms. She jumped down and catch on fire. She happily scampered around us.

"Um isn't this a fire hazard?" I asked "Like isn't everything going to catch on fire?"

"No, she can control her flames." Mary replied

Cauldern pounced on Garden. Garden looked annoyed as he nipped at her tail. She yelped and jumped. He put her down and she tried to pounce on him again. His vines wrapped around her and put her down. Wind came out and flew around the two.

"Wait so Cauldern is an inkling… Wind is a tapeworm… and Garden is a turtle?" I asked

"Well to be honest… Wind is part tapeworm, she's actually an inkling too…" Maggie admitted.

"What?!"

"She's an Inkling hatchling… Here I'll show you. Wind, come here sweetie!"

Wind happily nuzzled her head against Maggie's belly. Maggie press on Wind's temples and she shrunk into a tiny clear hatchling. She happily wrapped her tiny tentacles around Maggie's fingers. I walked up to her and poked Wind's mantle. Wind cooed and wrapped her tentacles around my fingers. I felt her beak as she nibbled on my fingers. I gently scratched her fin and happily cooed.

"You know she had a deformed beak when she was born." Mary smiled, "She couldn't open it since it was fused together. We had to surgically separate them, but now she can eat and drink in this form. You know she really loves jello."

"She does?" I asked, "That's pretty cute…"

"I have some jello mix wanna feed her?"

"I can?"

"Here you go all you need is hot water" She handed me three different packets

I put Wind down and the packets down. Wind whined and waved her tentacles at me.

"Choose one Wind. Which jello would you like?" I asked.

Wind looked at the packets and swam to the purple one. She started nibbling on it. I took it and she waved her tentacles at me again. Just as soon as I stood up she started to cry. She swam up to my leg and flopped up and down. I knelt back down and she waved her tentacles at me again. I picked her up and she nuzzled against me.

"Aww, she likes you…" Maggie smiled

I just smiled and walked to get a kettle going. Wind cuddled in my arm and fell asleep. Aria walked in and she smiled widely. I felt annoyed already.

"You would be such a good mother…" She praised me, "So um you never answered my question..."

"Back off… I don't understand you at all." I sighed, "Why do you keep chasing after someone like me?"

"Huh?"

"You are a splatting princess… I'm just a peasant and a plain one at best. You can do so much better."

"Oh? I could do better? Are you actually concerned about me?"

"No, don't misunderstand me. I don't like you…"

"But you are concerned about me. That means you care."

"Your highness don't, just don't. I can only hurt you, okay? I don't wanna break your heart."

The kettle whistled and I turned off the fire. Wind cooed as I place her down on the table. She swam up and held on to my finger as I poured the mix into the bowl and then the hot water. I looked at my and Aria's reflection in the bowl. I just sighed as I stirred it.

"Try me…" she put her hand on mine

"What?" I flashed pink

"Try me"

"No." I pulled my hand away

Wind swam after my hand. She happily flopped up and down when she reached my hand. I picked Wind up and placed the bowl in the freezer. I left the room and Aria followed me. I put Wind back on Garden's shell. She began whining and crying as I ran from the room. Aria chased after me. I dove into the floor and swam away. I swam pretty far. I jumped up and changed back my armor to my hoodie.

I was catching my breath. I put on my ring just in case Inklings spotted me and leaned back against the wall behind me. I just sighed and ran my hand through my tentacles.

"She just doesn't get it. This is insanity, she should just give it up. She should know that royalty and peasants can't mix. I don't even like her, at least that way. I haven't a clue what she sees in me anyways. I am just a tomboy. I am nothing special. I'm not cute or attractive. The ink is wrong with her."

I glanced over at a puddle and looked at my reflection. I tried to understand what she saw in me. It just annoyed me even more. I kicked the puddle and walked away. I heard a faint sound and dove back into the floor and swam away again. I swam as fast as I could as Aria chased me through the streets. I made a sharp turn and splashed ink at her. She became stuck to the floor and I got away. I swam farther away and stopped in a forest beyond Inkopolis. I was exhausted from getting chased all around the city. I was too tired to move. I just fell onto my butt and leaned against a tree.

"Hehehe… you aren't the princess…" A voice came from behind a tree, "But you will have to do…"

I stood up again only to be grabbed by my neck and slammed against a tree. My neck started painfully burning. I started struggled and clawed at my attackers hand. My chest started hurting and I couldn't breathe. My attacker dropped me and a letter onto the floor. She then left me there. I was in so much pain as I gripped my chest and writhe around.

"Akkie!" Aria ran and lifted me up, "No… NO! Akkie hold on!"

I looked up at her. Her eyes were filled with tears and she held on to me tightly. Aria's cries became muffled. I closed my eyes and everything faded to black.

-Author's Notes-

Hey everyone E3 was interesting. There will be great games out this year and next. So I believe most schools are out now. Happy Summer to all! Sorry if you guys wanted two chapters on both chapters I was kinda busy. Actually the second chapter for this story is done, but the other story's isn't so... yeah. I just posted one of them for each.

So same as always and thanks for reading.

( I got lazy so I copied and pasted the author's note. lol)