"So this is Falltree Forest. Swear it's got a bit of an ominous feel to it…"

Kyle and Blaze were walking in Falltree Forest, searching for the Usul's lost Puppyblew, Muggykins.

"Yeah. Now listen to me, Kyle: take extreme caution," Blaze said with a very serious tone of voice. "Natural disasters have been happening left and right across Neopia since the past few months, and the Neopets, petpets and petpetpets that live in these far-off places that have been hit with these natural disasters seem to have become very aggressive due to the stress it's caus-"

"GYAAAAHHH! MY LIVING SPACE! STAY OUT!"

Suddenly, a Skeith popped out of the bushes and attacked them. "NOW YOU'LL PAY, TRESPASSERS! INFERNO… RUSH!"

The Skeith channeled its magic and charged at them, its body wreathed in flames.

"I guess we'll have to fight," Blaze said. "Thunder Guard!" Blaze used his own magic to put up a wall of electricity, giving the Skeith a very shocking surprise when it tried to ram into Blaze and Kyle.

"The Skeith's down," Blaze said. "Now's the time to finish him off, Kyle!"

"Are you sure? You were both using magic back there, and I don't know a lick of it," Kyle replied.

"Not everything has to be magic in a battle. You can also go for melee attacks! Take those fangs. Now why don't you finish this weirdo off?"

Kyle obliged, and delivered a painful bite to the Skeith's rear end.

"OWIE-YOWIE!" The Skeith shot up in pain before finally collapsing.

"Good job, Kyle!" Blaze said. "Once we finish this mission, I promise I'll teach you how to use your magic."

"Okay!"

Our two heroes had gone a bit deeper into Falltree Forest by now, but still no Puppyblew in sight.

Suddenly, a Meepit appeared out of some shrubbery, and stared into Kyle's eyes in what is possibly the cutest way possible.

Naturally, Kyle was entranced.

"Ooh, you're so cute! Can I pet you?"

Blaze immediately freaked out. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! THAT'S NO ORDINARY PETPET! THAT'S THE FOULEST, CRUELEST AND MOST BAD-TEMPERED BEAST YOU EVER SET YOUR EYES UPON!" He pointed at a skull and some ribs next to the Meepit. "LOOK AT THE BONES!"
Kyle was not convinced. "Heh, you think this little guy could be a threat? Just watch me. I'll prove he's not dangerous." Kyle outstretched his paw to pet the Meepit… and it immediately leaped up and attached itself to Kyle's neck with its fangs. "GAH! I TAKE THAT BACK! YOU WERE RIGHT! NOW HELP ME GET IT OFF!"

"I WARNED YOU!" Blaze shouted. "EMBER STORM!"
Blaze channeled his magic and made a rain of embers fall and home in on the Meepit, which was set on fire and quickly ran off.

"That was a close one, huh?" said a relieved Kyle.

"Yeah. But you're not to blame for the Meepit attacking you. You're just new to Neopia, right?" said Blaze.

"Yeah," Kyle chuckled. "But pretty soon I'll know this place like the back of my hand-er, paw."

Kyle and Blaze were quite deep into Falltree Forest by now.

"C'mon, that Puppyblew's gotta be around here somewhere! How far could it have run?" Blaze said, growing impatient.

Suddenly, he tripped over a tree root and smashed into a tree, causing a Springabee nest to fall on him.

"That can't be good," Kyle said.

And it clearly wasn't good, as Blaze ended up being pursued by a swarm of Springabees, not having the slightest clue where he was going, due to having their nest on his head.

After a while of Blaze running around helplessly, Kyle decided to help his new friend out by taking off the nest from Blaze's head and kicking it at the Springabees, scaring them off.

After some more strolling through Falltree Forest, our heroes heard something that sounded like a puppy whining.

"The Puppyblew!" Blaze shouted with delight. He and Kyle ran towards the sound, but when they finally found the Puppyblew and tried to pick it up, they heard a "Stop, meanies!" coming from some shrubbery.

"Man it seems like everything hiding in the bushes just wants us dead," Kyle observed.

"Yeah, it seems that way." Blaze replied.

The voice finally revealed itself to be coming from a little pink Poogle with unkempt fur that had various twigs entangled in it and was wearing a torn tutu and a rusted tiara.

"Why do you want my petpet?" she intoned.

"Your petpet?" Kyle said, confused.

"Yes. I found him here, and he's gonna be my bestest friend ever! I'm gonna hug him, and cuddle him, and play with him, and invite him to my tea parties! He's not yours, meanies!"

"He's not ours, but he belongs to someone else," Blaze said.

"Yeah. He ran off and his owner asked us to get him back," Kyle added.

"I'm part of a rescue team, Team NeoStars, and that's what we do: rescue Neopets and sometimes their petpets." Blaze said.

"I don't care, he's mine, meanies!" The Poogle was getting frustrated. "You aren't gonna steal him!" She bared her teeth.

"If you're gonna keep up with that attitude, you've got a fight coming your way!" Blaze warned as he and Kyle got into a fighting stance. "Thunder Lance!"

Blaze channeled his magic and formed a lance made of pure electricity, and threw it at the Poogle, giving her several nasty shocks.

"You hurt me! Meanies!" She leaped at Kyle and Blaze and bit Blaze's shin. Kyle jumped in to protect Blaze and our two heroes got into a full-on wrestling match with the Poogle. In the end, they proved that one little Poogle was no match for a Zafara adequately trained in magic and combat and his Lupe friend.

"I believe this belongs to not you," Blaze said as he picked up the Puppyblew.

The unconscious Poogle let it slide as Kyle and Blaze left with the runaway petpet.

"You got Muggykins back! Thanks, from the bottom of my heart!"

The Usul was finally reunited with her Puppyblew, thanks to the combined efforts of Kyle and Blaze.

"You wouldn't believe what we had to go through just to get him back," Blaze said. "This psycho pink Poogle was hellbent on having him as her own petpet, and we had to fight her just to get your Puppyblew back!"

"Really?" The Usul gave Blaze and Kyle 300 Neopoints and some food for their troubles. Blaze looked on happily as he was given his portion of snacks, and licked his lips. "Thanks! Team NeoStars will always be there whenever there's a pet or petpet that needs rescuing!" He left towards Thicketstump Village with Kyle.

"My rescue team base is here. You'll be excited to meet my friends. They're right there now."

"I sure am!" Kyle replied as our two heroes headed off towards their destination.