A/N: Sorry about not updating lately. I have been busy with the first two weeks of school and my 'start of the school' sickness. I have even less time with the slow internet around these parts. Anyway let's get on with the story.

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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

It's been a week since all that happened. Now I have a small house on campus, which by the way they were eager to get rid of, four more friends, and getting better at the school here. I swear that the physiology is better than engineering. Now not all the perfect life out there is the best. There is at least one thing that goes wrong. But we're use to it. I'll tell you what happened.

This day started like any other at this school. Me waking up, go into the bathroom, finish that, and then wake up every one of my animals friends, give them their food first, then mine, and finally the mail boy. (This school is too cheap to get a mailman. Using a student is free; cheap basters for using manual labor like that. Sorry, babbling.) Any case, while got my mail from him I saw the truck in the parking lot. This truck actually belongs to the vet lady, who I figured out the name is Maddy. She always watches from that truck trying to figure out a way to get my friends back to the forest. She doesn't care for them at all. She just wants to separate man and animal from each other and keep it that way. Well let me tell you one thing, if we did that than we wouldn't be here now. What she doesn't know is that they always have a chance to go out to the woods on their own at anytime. This is because I left the door unlock and it's easy for them to leave.

She has tried to get them numerous times. The first was the time that she broke into my house and tried to get them while they were sleeping. If I haven't been working on the homework then I wouldn't have caught her. The second time was a more direct approach. She actually got dressed up in riot gear and broke down my door with a batting ram, then went after them. The riot gear was so heavy, that when Rigi pounced on her she fell with a big thud. She got escorted out by campus police; unfortunately they let her off with a warning. The third time she used a net and a hole in the ground. (Does anyone sense Team Rocket gimmick and ideas here? Now all she needs is a motto.) Me and my group saw it early and went the other way. (I'm not like Ash, who is a blockhead.) The rest of the plans were getting stupider and stupider and it now became a daily occurrence. This is now the tenth time and I'm getting bored of this.

"Not again."

Rick walked back to the house to get ready for school till he realized it is his weekend off. Now he can spend some time with the others. "Hey girls?" Rick walked into the living room to find everyone on the couch watching TV. "And guy?" They all looked at him to find out what he's going to say. Matt just looked at him with a look that said 'and guy?'

"Alright, first order of business is that today is the start of the weekend and I'm going to be spending some time with you." The girls gave a small cheer for that piece of news. "Second, Maddy is at it again." He said in a deadpan tone.

Everyone scowled at the mention at that name. It was true that everyone in the room, even the school, hates her. She has cause major trouble with money and the traps she is laying. They placed security better but it wasn't enough. She always finds a way to get though.

"What is she planning this time?" Rigi asked him.

Rick knew what she was saying. He learned her language and the others so he can speak normally. "Don't know, but knowing her it's probably something stupid."

"Yeah that's true, she's worse than the Team Rocket from TV." This time Lilly spoke. Did you know that people are telling him he is speaking parseltounge for speaking to a snake? He tells them that are just magic words and his way is actually speaking like a snake.

"She's actually making Team Rocket look better and we know how they work." Amy gave her own insult. The language of birds is just cries and thrills. Once he learned Amy's language, Matt's was easy.

"Enough about that, we don't need to worry about her, why don't we go to the cafe and get some lunch, I'm starving." Rigi's language was a series of growls, barks, and sometimes whimpering.

"Okay let's hit the cafe." Rick soon learned to put all of the language together and they soon followed. Now it's easy to speak to all of them without having to change the language and possibly forget.

They left the house with Lilly wrapped around him and Rigi along his side. Amy and Matt are on her back. Of course Rick wouldn't leave without his swords. Now he has one on his back for his left hand and one on his waist for his right, Lilly wasn't even fazed by this and it just felt like he wasn't wearing them. Along the way they saw a stand. It said 'Animals pictures taken here.' Now if this was Pokémon the group would have went for it, wait a minute. They still wouldn't have fallen for it. But this isn't Pokémon so it's much easier. They just looked at the stand for a moment then kept on walking. When they reach the cafe doors they can hear swearing that even a sailor doesn't know and we all know who that is.

"Hey David, can you get us the usual please." David is the manger and sole worker today. He knew this group for the whole time he has worked here.

"Sure, just give me a minute."

Rick and his new family sat down at the spot David put aside for them so everyone has a place to sit or stand. Rick placed his swords aside after Lilly gotten off. Finally something came to mind. "Lilly?"

Lilly turned to Rick with a questioning look. "Why do wrap around me when we go anywhere, instead of slithering around?"

"Well I um..." Lilly's head got a light blush at trying to figure out how to explain about why she does that. "I..."

Rick looked on with eager eyes. Course he knew why she is acting like this. He can see the blush and can tell from the stuttering. He decided to tease her some more. "Were you trying to get more comfortable with me or is it something else?"

Lilly blush an even deeper shade of red at that comment. "Well I um..."

Rigi and Amy were looking on in envy. How dare she get all the attention? She can't steal Rick away from them. Matt was just looking on in amusement. 'Maybe this kind of thing will be funny to me.'

Lilly coiled the tightest she's ever gotten and hid her head in embarrassment. Rick finally decided to give her a break. "Lilly, come on out. I was just teasing." Lilly took her head out at that sentence and the blush went away. "Who knew that cold-blooded reptiles could blush?" Lilly then figured out that was reason he teased her. "And don't think that I saw you two looking jealous." He said looking at Rigi and Amy.

They both backed off their jealous stare and then looked at each other then back at Rick. They knew they were caught. "Well..." Rigi started off. "Me, Amy, and Lilly kind of... well..." She didn't need to finish it.

"Love me." Rick finished for them.

Rigi gave a slight nod. Matt kept watching this whole thing. He felt that he was watching a drama show. David finished the food and has already carted the food over to them, when he the small scene going on, he decided to watch. The language that Rick was using can be understood by humans.

Rick gave a few moments of thinking for this. He actually did love them, but as a family and friends. Now he has three of them who are in love with him. He had to choose between rejecting and accepting their love. After the few moments were over he made his decision. He only they would feel better at this.

The girls were worried that Rick would hate them for this. They hoped they would only be friends after this.

"Alright look." Everyone at the table and David looked at Rick to hear his choice. "You actually love me and..." He took a breath to steady himself. "I also love you all too."

The girls were excited to know that Rick loved them, but now the question is who gets him. The realization soon set in and then they look at each other. They knew that only one of them will be able to have him. They all prepared to strike and go at each other's throat. Rick knew where this is leading. "Stop!"

They all stop in wonder of what their future lover might say next. Matt was perched on David's shoulder. They were watching this whole story going on before them and now they are wondering what's going to happen next.

Rick knows that he has got a dilemma on his hands. All the girls are fighting over him and there is only one of him to go around. He knows that in the animal world that relationship only has one male and one female. Sometimes more than one on one gender is hidden because there isn't of them to understand and those who are found are killed or separated and they have to choose one only. But this situation is slightly different. He has three different species that want to be his lovers and he need to keep them happy. He made the only choice.

"I choose, and I can't believe I'm saying this, all of you."

The girls gave a surprised look at him and Matt and David just looked shock that he would choose all of them. The surprise worn off the girls and they did the one thing that came to mind. Pounce on him. When Rick landed on the ground he was in a mess of limbs, wings, and tails. He also was laughing at the idea that he actually has the one he saved as his lovers. That is cliché. Matt and David were looking at the scene before them and laughing their asses off.

"Okay girls; get off me I need to eat."

They were reluctant to get off. They just wanted to be in that version of a hug forever, but they knew that they had to move soon. They got off of him, yet still longing for more, like this day, again. Everyone sat down and David handed them their food. A meat slice for Rigi, a few look-a-like dead rats for Lilly that the ranger gave for food for them when they were at the tent, a few bird food pellets for Amy and Matt, and a bowl of ramen for Rick.

"Well let's eat." Rick said just to make them forget the awkwardness.

Dinner went by slow, well slow to the girls as they couldn't stop staring at Rick for the entire time. Rick looked oblivious when he ate but in fact he kept glancing at the girls every now and then to see them staring at him. 'The first day of love will wear off. They know I hate clingy people.' This is true because of the fans that were following him when he saved his friends and lovers.

When dinner was over everyone headed home. Rick picks up his swords and went out with everyone. Lilly is once again coiled around Rick, and Rigi and Amy got closer to him than normal. Matt just followed them by flying branch to branch since he knows that they are now mates. They saw that the stand had been replaced with a new machine. They knew that was made by Maddy so they decided to leave it alone. Of course Maddy wasn't happy.

"Hey, just give me the animals and I'll take care of them better than you! After all they don't love you."

You can bet that the girls were not happy about that. They had the killer instinct in their eyes and were going to use it. Emphasis on were. They would have if not for Rick.

"Leave her along. She's not worth it." Rick said coldly.

The girls wanted to rip her apart, but Rick is right and as their mate they also have to respect him and follow his advice. Rick walked away with them and Matt followed a little higher to look for more people. He didn't want anyone to mess with them again.

Everyone got home without an incident and disturbance. Rick got Lilly into her bed and she coiled inside of it. He then set his swords down near the group's corner and went to his room to get ready for bed. The rest went and prepared them for bed too, but there was still one thing that needed to be discussed.

"Okay, how are we going to do this?" Rigi spoke of how all three were going to be his mate at the same time.

"We could share." Lilly suggested.

"That might work." Amy spoke up.

"Matt, what do you think." Rigi asked him.

"Hey, don't drag me into this, but yeah that might work." Matt agreed with it as it was the only way.

Rick finished and saw that everyone is going to sleep. "Night everyone." He called out.

"Night." Everyone said back.

Rick gave a smile and went to his bed. Thinking of what's going to happen next, but also one other thing. 'This has been one crazy day.'

Well that's that for the marathon run of this story. I just wanted to catch up with the others because of similarities. Now here is another dilemma I'm facing. I got a Prey 2 idea because of the videos and a Pokémon idea too. I want to do Prey 2, but that will have to wait. Pokémon, I don't know. I'll try to write the rest and these two, but who knows.

Anyway, Wolfdragon out.