"What's the problem?" I ask Renee.

"Well, with Tipper gone, I feel like this Katt figure is replacing her..."

I pause as she starts to get teary. I hand her a tissue.

"It's okay. I understand!" I say, "You two have history, don't dwell on what you've lost, have faith in what you got! I'm sure everything will be fine Renee."

Her tears stop as they run down her rough skinned cheeks and settles inside the wrinkled part of it's skin.

"Thanks Billy," she looks up, "I knew I could rely on you!"

She walks away.

"How does that bloody work? We've only just met!"

Later that day.

"Ah, finally, starting my new life here in Nestene!" the new arrival said.

She unpacked the truck and walked over to the townhall. I could see her in the background talking to this, tortouise. I walked up to him and asked who he was. He said his name was Tortimer.

"Hello you scally wagg!" he said.

"You walked out on this town!" I shouted.

He paused, he looked puzzled. He thought, he knew. He looked.

"On mayor bussiness!" he screams back.

Katt butted in. "Um, guys. Don't argue! If not i'll bash ye heads in! You understand?"

Who was she to tell me what to do? She has only just arrived and already has a pretty big gob on her! I can tell we won't get on! She turned to Tortimer.

"Well then, whos going to show me to the post office?"

"I will!" Tortimer said smiled that smile, that grin you hate to see...

There is something up about that Tortimer, but what could it be...

"Julian!" I knock on the door.

"Come in, i'm in the kitchen!"

I enter his surprisingly clean house, and not surprising a load of... Topless men on the walls... Hm... We sat down, he got me a can of beer, he drinks cocktails though... And it was bottoms up! ... Actually, no, he'd like that...

"The reason why i'm here is I have a few questions about mayor Tortimer..."

"And theres me thinking he was dead..." He pauses. "I mean, not head. Not head of the town!"

"Huh?" I ask. I sigh, "Do you know anything about him?"

"Nope, haven't the foggest!"

"May I borrow your laptop?" I ask, "I want to check out his Pawbook account!"

"Oh, wait, I can't someones visiting the blue bar with end the conversation is at the top."

Five minutes later.

"Hm... Interesting..." I log off his laptop.

"Find anything?"

"Indeed I did, and by the way... Delete your history! You dirty boy!"

I walk outside to go to the train station.

"I'm glad you could make it." I say to my "Aquintance".

"Me too..."

We walk to my house, which got bigger in my sleep as I payed my loan!

"So, what's new? Have you found the key to this case?"

"No... Have you found anything?"

"Yes, Poppy." i say to her, "Tortimer has been in power for 143 years... But that doesn't explain why he left..."

"Have you noticed the trees? They all seem to be dead, well, nearly..." Poppy looks out the window.

"I only done the garning yesterday! I sorted out the whole town!"

"How did I not notice this..."

"Is everything alright Billy?"

"Yes, just shocked!"

At Ankha's house Julian and Katt seems to be there...

"So, I get to the toilet and I say, who needs a New Leaf!"

Everybody is silent...

"I don't get it..." Julian and Katt say in sync.

"It's comedy gold!" Ankha points out the poster with it on.

They all sit down on a throne and sit at a pyramid.

"How do you eat like this, it's bloody ridiculas!" Katt askes.

"I sleep on top of the other one... That's probably why I have back pain... I'll ask Billy if he'd get me some funiture, hopefully he'll give me a bed!"

"Right..." Katt says.

"Anyway... Moving on!" Julian slowly says.

Julian takes a sip of his cocktail (cheeky) and carries on with the neibough watch meeting.

Meanwhile back at Renee's house there is a "Fat Tigers" meeting, where fat animals go to loose weight.

"Hello fatty's!"

They all nod and keep there head down.

"Um, Rowan! Could you come up here please."

"No."

"I SAID COME UP HERE" Renee shouts.

"Okay i'm coming!"

Back at Billy's place they decide to go for a walk.

"Have you got any suns cream?" I ask Poppy.

"Yes." She smiles.

They both exit the house to see Isabelle and Tortimer standing at the door.

"Oh here it is, old beadie eyes and wrinkly ass!"

"We thought we'd come here just to talk to you about something..." Said Isabelle.

"I hope it's not incoviniant."

"They say that everytime yet you can't answer them and they carry on! The struggle!"

We walk back inside and sit backdown.

"The trees are dead." Isabelle said.

"Well nah?" Poppy sarcastically sassed.

"Ladies!" Tortimer said, "This is important."

"If the trees are dead, that means we have ran out of our ony food supply." Isabelle moans, "We could be dead!"

"I wouldn't be, I eat like Pizza's and stuff because i'm a human and your not."

"What's a pisar?" asked Tortimer.

Back at Renee's "Fat Tigers" club, stuff really are going down.

"You're well outta ordar!" said Cherve.

"Oh, I guess that means 18,5."

At Ankha's things seem to be getting hairy...

"I guess I could strip for you... I mean I don't where trouses anyway."

"Ew, no thanks, i'd rather be eaten than that!" Katt said.

Meanwhile, Poppy and Billy go back out for there walk...

"Why would the trees be dying...?" asked Poppy

"It makes no sence, unless it was perfect."

"But none of them are..."

We both looked puzzled for a while.

"Something to do with the soil! Has to be!" I said.

"Um, no." Poppy argued, "Hey look! A roped off area!"

"Why are more people moving into this town?"

"Wow! Again!" I say.

Suddenly something appears out of nowhere! It's Blanka!

"Hello child."

"I'm 37."

"You look 5." Blanka says, "I am Blanka, the best magician and prankster in the world."

"Have you been pulling a prank on this town?!" Poppy screams.

"Oh no, this isn't the work of me." Blanka sniggers.

"What?!" Poppy shouts.

"But I know who it is..." Blanka sniggers again...

Blanka then dissapers...

"Blanka has just revealed more information than I think he should've..."

"He revelaed nothing!" Poppy screeched, "We will never find the colprit now!"

"Oh Poppy, don't you see?"

"Hang on... He sniggered twice..."

"This isn't what I was thinking, actually, he hasn't revealved anything at all..."

I look round the corner to see Tortimer banging on Julians door.

"Poor Julian, he has to live with that..."

"Poppy, you must leave now..."

"Sure thing Billy! I'll visit soon! An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"

"Wait... An apple? The apple was... Was the fruit I picked up yesterday... It had oozing green slime or something coming out of it... There must be a link, but, I need evidence..."

What is going on with Julian? Why is Tortimer back? How come there is suddenly a narrator?! Stay tuned to the next chapter...