*Jaden *
So far this birthday is going great! I am still trying to figure out what my Loveland frogs are planning though. "Jaden why didn't you tell me today was your birthday?" Zak asked me.
"You didn't ask." I said. I ran after the baby Loveland frog, Cody.
"Zak!" I heard a girl yell. I turned around to see a girl in Arabian clothes coming towards Zak.
"Hay Fisk who's that?" I asked as I walked over to Fisk.
"Zak's girlfriend Wadi." Fisk said as we watched Zak hug her. He didn't tell me he had a girlfriend.
I walked over to them. "Oh Wadi this is Jaden." Zak said as he noticed me.
"Nice to meet you Jaden." Wadi said to me.
"Zak Saturday!" Another boy said as he came over to us. He doesn't look human so I like him already.
"Ulraj what are you doing here?" Zak asked him.
"Your mom thought that you should get to have more friends than just your girlfriend visit." Ulraj said to Zak. I morphed into a Tapire Lauara to try and get away.
"Oh I almost forgot to mention but today is Jaden's birthday." Zak said before I could get away.
"What are you going to do for her birthday? Try and bury her alive like you tried to on your birthday." Ulraj said to Zak with a grin.
"Shut up Ulraj." Zak said angrily. I heard my Loveland frogs calling me.
"Gotta go hang with my cryptids." I said as I walked towards the forest.
"You don't want to hang out with us?" Zak asked me before I could get away.
"I don't want to be buried alive." I said as I morphed back to normal. Ulraj chuckled at that.
"Haha funny. Can I talk to you really quick?" Zak asked me. Wadi and Ulraj walked away from us. "Whats wrong that you don't want to hang out with me and my friends?" Zak asked me.
"I don't like humans remember. The Kumari kid I'm fine with but your little girlfriend, not so much. Also I would rather hang out with my cryptid family." I said as I watched Ulraj showing off for Wadi. I pointed this out to Zak and he ran over to them so I snuck away to be with my cryptids. Cody and his little sister, Haley jumped me when I reached the forest.
"Finally. We were wondering when you were going to come play with us. Mom and dad are still planning for your party." Cody said to me.
I morphed into a Loveland Frog. "Then lets go play hide and seek in the lake. I know you two love to play it." I said as Cody and Haley got off of me. They ran off towards the lake and I ran after them. "Hey don't get to far ahead you two." I yelled after them.
"Come on Jaden catch us!" Haley called back to me.
"Alright I'm going to get you two then!" I yelled as I began to speed up. I caught them before they got into the lake. "Gotcha!" I said as I grabbed them.
"Okay then lets go to the lake now." Cody said as he struggled to get out of my grip. I let him go and we dove into the lake. I resurfaced and looked around for them.
"Now where are they?" I wondered as I looked around. I dove under and noticed a school of fish. Time for lunch! I swam after the fish and grabbed three. "Hey if you two want to eat come out now." I said as I swam for the surface. I got to the surface and saw Cody and Haley coming towards me. I swam for the shore and got out.
"Cool you got some big fish for us." Cody said as I gave him a fish. I gave the other to Haley.
I took mine and ate it quickly. "Where are your parents anyways?" I asked as I buried the bones next to the lake.
"Down in the tunnels getting things ready." Haley said as she buried her bones. I heard something fall behind me so I put myself in between the thing and Cody and Haley.
"And that is why I do not climb trees!" Ulraj said as he got up.
"Ulraj what are you doing spying on me?" I asked as I morphed back to normal. I watched as Zak and Wadi jumped down out of the tree.
"Way to go Ulraj." Zak said as he punched Ulraj on the arm. "We wanted to see how you were doing." Zak said as he faced me.
"By spying on me and my Loveland frogs." I said as I walked over to Zak. Cody and Haley stayed behind. I morphed an Ahuizotl tail and slowly began to move for Zak's claw.
"I wanted to see how you acted around your cryptids since you hate us humans so much. You acted like you were their mother from what we could see." Zak said as he looked over at Cody and Haley.
"Because they are innocent children who I watch over. You shouldn't be spying on me." I said as I took Zak's claw off his belt. I saw Ulraj make a move to stop me but I gave him a look to stay away and he did.
"Well I didn't trust you not to attack the village. Now I do though." Zak said as he looked at Cody and Haley again. I thrusted his claw into his stomach. Ulraj laughed at Zak's expression. He dropped to the ground almost right away.
"Zak are you alright?" Wadi asked Zak as she dropped down next to him.
"Nice technique but you should have used something more flashy." Ulraj said as he came over to me.
"Hey I'm not trying to kill him. Only teach him not to spy on me." I said as I dropped Zak's claw.
"Well you could have just told me instead of hurting me." Zak said as he stood up.
"Not as much fun though." I said with a smirk.
"Are you going to spend your birthday with us then or not?" Zak asked me as he put his claw on his belt.
"Sure I guess. Cody, Haley, you two should go back to your parents for a little while." I said as I knelt down next to them. They dove into the water.
"What do you want to do then?" Zak asked me. I grabbed a few plants.
"Lets go for a swim." I said as I handed Wadi and Zak each a Gill weed. "Put these on your necks and the second they touch water they will attach and help you breath underwater." I explained as I walked into the water.
"How will we get them off afterwards then?" Wadi asked me.
"Once they touch air they just drop off. They are pretty useful plants." I said as I morphed gills. I dove into the water and the others came in after me.
"How do you know where we are going?" Zak asked me.
"I lied to you when I said I never use the tunnels in here." I said with a smirk. Zak glared at me.
"This makes me miss my kingdom." Ulraj said as I noticed a school of fish. I swam fast to catch a fish. I caught one in my mouth so I morphed my teeth so I could bite off the meat.
"Oh that's just nasty." Zak said as he and Wadi swam over to me.
"Hey you gotta survive when you live as a cryptid." I said as I buried the bones on the bottom of the lake.
"Yes we do the same back in Kumari Kandam."Ulraj said as he grabbed a fish. "Only we use the fish to catch birds instead." Ulraj said as he held up a fish.
"Come on I'll show you guys the tunnels." I said as I swam for a tunnel. I noticed a fish hook in the water. Time for a little fun. "Hold on I have to do something really quick." I said as I swam for the fish hook.
"Jaden what are you doing?" Zak asked me. I morphed into a Brosno dragon baby and tugged on the line. I felt the fisherman tug on the line so I peeked my head above the water and saw him. I jumped out of the water and the fisherman yelled and ran.
"Teach you humans to fish at my lake!" I yelled after him. I dove back into the water. "The pest is gone." I said as I morphed back to normal. Zak was looking at me angrily. "What?" I asked him.
"You aren't supposed to mess with the locals." Zak said as he took out his claw.
"You said the town not the people who fish at my lake." I said as I swam for the tunnel again. Ulraj swam over to me with a fish.
"For the lady." Ulraj said as he handed me the fish.
"Thank you Ulraj. Glad to see at least someone is being nice to me." I said as I smirked at Zak.
"What ever. What did you want to show us now?" Zak asked me. I could tell he was getting annoyed. I grinned at him.
"Come on this will be fun." I said as I stopped next to the tunnel. "This tunnel propels you through the caverns and into the home of my Loveland frogs. You have to be a good swimmer though if you want to go in here." I said as I began for the tunnel. "You guys ready?" I asked.
"Lets go." Ulraj said as he came up next to me. I heard Wadi and Zak snickering but I just ignored them. I swam into the cave and was caught in the current.
"This is awesome!" Zak yelled. I swam for a separate cave than them.
"I'll meet you guys there then. I'm taking the dangerous way." I said as I made my way for the cave.
"Woah dangerous way." Zak said before I reached the cave. I got into it and the others were gone. I love going this way. Spikes cover the area so it makes it harder to get through and then the piranha's make it even more dangerous.
*Zak *
Oh great she took the dangerous way. If she gets hurt I'll be the one to get blamed. Wadi, Ulraj and I got to the home of the Loveland frogs like she said the caves lead to. "Hey Cody did Jaden get here yet?" I asked the little Loveland frog.
"No why? Isn't she with you guys?" Cody asked me.
"She took a dangerous cave but she didn't tell us what it was." Ulraj said to Cody.
"What is down the dangerous cave?" Wadi asked him.
"Piranha's, Spikes, a few drops, oh and a very vicious cryptid." Cody said as he went back to his parents. "That's why none of us use that cave. Not even Jaden has used it before this. Well not that we know of." Cody said to us. Oh great!
"Okay which one of these caves is the dangerous one?" I asked Cody.
"Zak you aren't thinking of going after her are you?" Wadi asked as she took my hand.
"I'm in charge of her so I have to." I said. Cody pointed to the cave and I swam towards it.
"Then we are coming with you." Ulraj said as he and Wadi came up behind me.
"You guys this is way too dangerous for you. Neither of you have anything you can use to protect yourselves." I said as I took my claw off my belt. I watched Wadi take out her Thief Yo-yo. I forgot about that.
"I can protect myself with my fighting skills and I am sure your girlfriend here can protect herself with that yo-yo." Ulraj said as he tried to get in front of me.
"Hey if you two are coming I'm in front then. I am after all the one who can control cryptids." I said as I began to swim down the cave. Right away we noticed the spikes Cody was talking about. They covered almost every inch of the tunnel. How can you even make it through here with out getting impaled by these?
I felt Wadi take my hand. "Lets start looking then." Ulraj said as he swam ahead of us. We swam for a few minutes until we came into a wide open area.
"Where are we?" I wondered as I looked around. I heard struggling coming from farther up the cave so we swam towards it. We found Jaden struggling with a large serpent cryptid and a few Piranha's. "What is that thing?" I wondered as I tried to control it.
"That is an Altamaha-ha. The ones that my people have seen were very vicious." Ulraj said as we swam towards Jaden. I got the Altamaha-ha under control.
"Jaden are you okay?" I asked as I held the Altamaha-ha back.
"I will be once you release my cryptid." Jaden said as she grabbed my claw out of my hand. Her cryptid? She swam over to the Altamaha-ha and placed her hand on its head. "Its alright little guy." Jaden said quietly to the cryptid. She just keeps surprising me. "Why did you guys come after me?" Jaden asked us.
"Cody said that there was a vicious cryptid down here." I said as I took my claw back and put it on my belt.
"Cody believes anything you tell him. I told him that as a way to keep him away from Altar." Jaden said as the Altamaha-ha rubbed against her. Altar? She named it?
"You keep him here as a pet? Altamaha-ha's are vicious creatures." Ulraj said to Jaden.
"This is a young one who is have been raising. He is in no way vicious." Jaden said. She indicated for Altar to go and we began to swim back. I let Wadi swim ahead.
"Jaden why didn't you tell us what was down here before you separated from us?" I asked Jaden as I swam next to her.
"Do I have to tell you everything I am doing?" Jaden retorted at me.
"I'm kind of in charge of you right now Jaden. If anything happens to you I get in trouble for it." I said as we reached the Loveland frogs home.
Jaden ignored me and swam over to Cody and Haley. "Jaden mom and dad have finished preparing for your party. They said that you can hang out with your friends for a little while though because it wont start till tonight." Cody said to Jaden.
"Okay Jaden how do we get out of here?" I asked Jaden as we swam down a cave.
"The way we came in. The current should have died down a little bit by now so we can get out through there." Jaden said as we swam. I felt Wadi take my hand again.
"Hey when are we going to spend some time alone with each other?" Wadi quietly asked me.
"When we get back. I'll see if Ulraj will make sure Jaden doesn't cause any trouble." I said as I saw the entrance.
"I don't think Ulraj will mind watching her. He keeps trying to show off for her." Wadi said as we swam out of the tunnel. Wadi kissed my cheek lightly and swam ahead of me.
We reached the surface and the gill weeds just dropped off like Jaden said they would. "Jaden can I talk to you?" I asked as we swam for the shore.
"What?" Jaden asked me as we got onto the shore.
"Do you mind hanging out with Ulraj for a little while so that Wadi and I can have some time alone?" I asked her.
"No he's kind of cute actually so I don't mind." Jaden said to me with out making eye contact. Heh I should have seen that coming.
I chuckled and Jaden morphed into a Blue tiger. She rubbed up against me and I fell. "What was that for?" I asked as I sat up.
"Tell Wadi any of my info and your going to be in trouble." Jaden said as she looked me in the eyes. I stood up and Wadi and Ulraj walked over to us. I took Wadi's hand.
"Lets head back to the airship." I said as we began to walk.
I watched Jaden morph into a Ahuizotl and then she jumped up into one of the trees. "What are you doing?" Ulraj called up to her.
"Climbing the trees. Its more fun than walking." Jaden said back to us. "I wouldn't expect you to know how much fun it is though since you fell out of the tree." Jaden said as she grinned at us. Wadi and I laughed at that.
"Haha very funny." Ulraj said as he looked at the ground. Wadi rested her head on my shoulder as we walked.
"Hey Jaden what are the Loveland frogs planning for you anyways?" I asked as I could see the airship in the distance.
Jaden jumped down out of the tree. "I don't know. Hopefully something destructive like last year. We raided the town last year." Jaden said with a grin.
"I told you to leave the town..." Jaden cut me off.
"Alone I know. Stop nagging me already." Jaden said as she morphed back to normal. Ulraj laughed and I shot him a glare.
"You need to respect Zak more Jaden. He is only trying to help you." Wadi said as she took her head off my shoulder.
Jaden grumbled something and ran ahead. "Thanks for trying Wadi but she is too stubborn to listen." I said as we kept walking.
"Yeah well she should be grateful that you and your parents are helping her." Wadi said as she took her hand away from mine.
"Wadi you don't understand enough to know why she acts the way she does." I said as I took her hand again.
"Your the one who can control her. Why don't you force her to behave for you." Ulraj said as I kicked a branch.
"Oh I already tried. Trust me it doesn't work. I want to tell you guys why she acts this way but she doesn't want her secrets to be known by anyone else but me." I explained as we got to the airship.
"Why not?" Ulraj asked me.
"Because my past and my secrets belong to me and Kur." Jaden said as she appeared in front of us. "I trust only Zak since he is Kur." Jaden said as she looked me in the eyes.
"Where have you all been?" Mom asked as she came off the airship.
"Down at the lake." I said as Wadi took her hand away from mine again. I noticed Ulraj was watching Jaden.
"Well Fisk told us about how it was Jaden's birthday today." Mom said as she walked over to Jaden. "Happy birthday Jaden." Mom said to Jaden. I could tell Jaden was surprised by mom wishing her a happy birthday.
"Thanks." Jaden said while she looked at the ground.
"Hey Wadi and I are going to go inside. See you guys later." I said as I put my arm around Wadi. Wadi and I walked inside and headed for my room.
"Jaden doesn't really like your mom does she?" Wadi asked me as we sat down on my bed.
"She only trusts me really. Also she hasn't talked to my parents much since we found her." I said as took Wadi's hand. I kissed her lightly on the cheek.
"How long is she going to be staying with you?" Wadi asked me.
"Whats with the questions about Jaden? You should be worrying more about us." I said as Wadi rested her head on my shoulder.
"I know but I just don't trust her not to try and hurt you." Wadi said as she played with my claw.
"Well don't worry. I can handle her easily." I said as Wadi took her head off of my shoulder.
"Your a good boyfriend Zak." Wadi said as she looked me in the eyes.
"And your a good girlfriend." I said as I pressed my forehead to hers. I kissed her lightly and then pulled away.
"You didn't answer my question about how long Jaden is staying with you." Wadi said as she looked me in the eyes.
"I don't know how long. Probably as long as it takes for me to get her to be good." I said as I leaned in to kiss Wadi again.
"Its going to be a while then I bet since she doesn't seem to want to change." Wadi said in between a kiss.
"I don't know. She doesn't seem to be all that bad. She just has problems trusting humans because of what all has happened to her." I said as Wadi pulled away from me.
"What happened to her?" Wadi asked me as I put my arm around her.
"Sorry but Jaden doesn't want me telling people about her past." I said as I looked at the clock.
"Why not?" Wadi asked as I leaned in to kiss her again.
"Wadi quit asking questions about her please. She doesn't want me to tell anyone anything about her." I said as I pulled away from her. "Maybe we should just go hang out with Jaden and Ulraj since you want to ask so many questions about Jaden." I said as I stood up.
"Alright I guess." Wadi said as she stood up. We walked out of the room and went back outside. We found Jaden and Ulraj talking with each other.
"Okay guys what do you want to do?" I asked as we walked over to them. Jaden glared at me.
"Nothing with you." Jaden said angrily to me.
"What did I do?" I asked confused as to what I did. I was with Wadi so I couldn't have done anything.
Jaden morphed into a Duah and flew off. "What is she soo mad about?" Wadi asked Ulraj.
"Jaden heard you two talking about her even when she told you not to." Ulraj said as he stood up.
"How we were in my room while you guys were out here." I said as I looked around to see if Jaden was listening in.
"She said she has sonic hearing morphs that she uses and she used it to make sure that you weren't talking about her. She is really ticked with you Zak." Ulraj said as I took my claw off my belt.
"I'm going to go and find her." I said as I headed for the forest. "I'll be right back so don't worry guys." I said to them.
*Jaden *
That traitor! I knew I couldn't trust a human! I told him not to talk about me and he went and did it anyways with his little girlfriend. I stopped beside the lake and looked at my reflection. I could see the anger rising in my eyes. I cant even trust Kur and he is a cryptid like myself. I cant trust anyone but my cryptids. I heard something coming up behind me so I spun around. "Jaden are you okay?" Cody asked me as he came over to me. I morphed back to normal.
"Y..yeah I'm fine Cody. Just some trust issues. Why are you out here alone?" I asked him.
"I had to come and get you. Its time for your party." Cody said to me with a grin.
"Is it going into town again because I could really use a little human torturing to cheer me up." I said as I morphed into a Loveland frog.
"First we have to go home for the first half of your party. Then tonight we are going to go into town." Cody said as we dove into the water.
"Good and I don't care if Zak finds out about us going into town either." I said as we swam for the cave. We got to the Loveland frogs home in a after a few minutes and they all greeted me.
"Happy birthday Jaden." Momma Loveland said to me.
"Thanks. I wish I was having a better birthday though because so far I've been having a bad day." I said as I took a fish off of the pile they had.
"Why whats wrong sweety?" Momma Loveland asked me.
"Uhh that Saturday boy that I told you about. I told him not to tell anyone anything about me and he did anyways." I said to her. I ate the fish whole and spat out the bones.
"Well you are going to have fun tonight. The humans are having a festival so we can raid the town and cause havoc to them at the same time." Papa Loveland said to me.
"I love how you all think." I said as I grinned at them.
"Do I get to help cause havoc?" Cody and Haley asked us.
"You two are too young to but you can help raid the town of supplies." Momma said to them. Papa indicated for me to come with him.
"Jaden We all have a little present that we got for you." Papa said as we went into the cave. He handed me a necklace. "We stole it from town and thought you would like it." Papa said to me.
"I love it. Its soo pretty." I said as I looked over the necklace. It had a blue jewel in the middle of a golden heart. I put it on and Papa went back inside. I heard someone swim up behind me so I spun around. I growled when I noticed it was Zak. "What do you want now?" I asked angrily.
"Jaden I'm sorry I told Wadi anything about you." Zak said as he looked at my necklace.
"You should be. I told you not to tell anyone about me and you went ahead and did it. I knew I couldn't trust a human, even Kur." I said angrily.
"We didn't talk about anything personal. Wadi just asked me a few questions about you but none of them had anything to do with your past." Zak said as he looked me in the eyes.
"Its still the point that you talked about me when I told you not to. I don't want anyone to know anything about me except you since you are Kur but I see that I cant even trust you." I said angrily. I morphed back to normal.
"Well I didn't give out anything personal about you so I still don't see the problem." Zak said to me. I could tell he was getting irritated.
"And you never will unless you see what happened the last time I trusted a human with my secrets." I said as I crossed my arms behind my back. "You have no idea what damage was done to me back then and you never will know." I said as I looked him in the eyes.
"Then help me understand. Jaden I want to help you trust humans again but I cant unless you work with me." Zak said as he moved closer to me.
"I don't need your help. You proved to me that I cant trust humans. Now it would be best if you left. Me and my cryptid family have plans for raiding the village tonight." I said as I headed back for the main cave.
"You know what, Fine. Do what ever you want. Just don't come back to the airship and I'll be happy cause I'm done trying to help you. Your on your own Jaden." Zak said angrily. He then left.
*Zak *
I'm done trying. Jaden just wont budge so if she gets in a lot of trouble tonight, I don't care. I guess some cryptids just cant be saved. I reached the surface and my gill weed fell off into the water. I swam for the shore but a second later I saw a bunch of the Loveland frogs coming out of the water. "Oh great looks like they are heading for town." I said to myself as I reached the shore. I saw Jaden reach the surface of the water and her and the Loveland frogs began to swim towards the town. Okay I am angry with her but I still cant let her cause any trouble with the town. I began to run back towards the airship.
Looks like Zak really ticked of Jaden. Is he going to be able to stop her and the Loveland frogs though? More chapters coming as soon as possible. Don't forget to review this chapter also.