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The day was getting hotter and hotter with every passing minute. The heat was slowly warming up the air and even the floor, as the hard surface of the balcony felt warmer, the plants however were at the verge of agonizing by the strong heat they were receiving however their salvation came in shortly, after a certain Seychellois girl came in with a watering can and started to water them. Unknown to her certain Mochi was taking a peck from the corner of the living room and was slowly coming towards her, Michelle kept watering until she felt something rubbing against her leg.

"uhmm?" she asked looking down at Hero was smiling. "aww bonjour there Hero" she said as she ketp watering some flowers in a pot only for Hero to hope in and start enjoying a free shower.

"hey! that's for the plants" she giggled and Hero wriggled happily under the water squirt. "oh ok ok" she said and picked him up and placed him on the floor while watering him a bit more, he kept wriggling in delight at the touch of the fresh water against his skin.

"awww you like that" Michelle giggled and kept on watering the mochi who nodded in agreement. In the living room Madeline was resting on the couch and Amelia was making something to eat in the kitchen.

"aww look at Hero!, hehe, he is having a good time" she said and Madeline nodded "he looks so happy" she added and both girls smiled and Ivan, who was tapping the fish tank and terrorizing Petey, starred at the scene in the balcony. He blinked and watched the two of them, Michelle was holding Hero against her cheek while he blushed and smiled, she kept sprinkling him and then turned at Ivan.

"Ivan! stop traumatizing Petey" she said and picked him up "look if it will stop you from bothering him how about you take a little shower with Hero and me?" she asked and Ivan looked at her for a moment and nodded. "good come here" she said and took him to the balcony. She started to sprinkle him and Hero for a little while they both stayed under the squirt of water enjoying some of the warm weather with some fresh water, Hero was bouncing up and down happily yet Ivan just conformed himself with a small child like smile.

"hey shouldn't you like take the scarf off?" asked Amelia and Michelle looked up "oh no believe me I tried once, I almost lost a finger" she said and Amelia nodded. Meanwhile Ivan kept enjoying the sun while Hero looked at his scarf and giggled, Ivan looked at him and frowned.

"Anyway should we have a picnic today? we could go near the lake or something" suggested Madeline "sounds good to me what do you say Amie?" asked Michelle "yea sure I will make some sandwiches" she said and Michelle nodded "its settled then today at midday to the lake, should we take the mochies?" she asked and Madeline nodded

"yea they will like some fresh air and green" she said and the three of them started to get everything ready however their preparation were interrupted as the sound of crashing was heard. Everyone looked up to see Ivan and Hero fighting over a plant pot with Ivan sitting on top of Hero and and nibbling at his head while Hero tried to bite him as well.

"GUYS NO!" said Amelia and went to rescue her Mochi while Michelle picked up Ivan. "Ivan no! stop fighting you will hurt him!" she said and Ivan just kept starring at Hero. "ok guys seriously no more fighting" said Michelle and took Ivan to her bedroom. He huffed and curled up, glaring at his scarf, right there in the middle there was a tiny rip that threatened to divide the scarf in two, he gasped and looked alarmed for the first time Michelle got him.

"Ivan you need to be more careful around other creatures or you could really hurt them and...what's wrong Ivan?" she asked as she saw the rip on his scarf "aww your petite scarf ripped, well don't worry I can fix it if you want" she said and reached for it but Ivan curled up away from her. "Ivan its ok we can fix it" she said and Ivan huffed and glared at his scarf. Michelle could see the anger in his eyes as well as something else, he looked sad and frustrated, maybe he is very attached to that scarf, maybe he got it from a previous owner or something, she thought

"Its ok mon petit...maybe we can sew it back together so it doesn't fall off" said Michelle and reached to gently take the scarf off. Ivan squirmed a little but Michelle petted him soothingly "Ivan its ok I promise we will fix it and you will have it back back good as new" she said and he sighed and reluctantly allowed her to take the scarf from him. "I will bring it back in a minute" she said before looking for items to fix it, in the drawler. In the meantime Ivan looked down anxiously as he bounced up and down, trying to see what she was doing.

"Give a me a minute S'il vous plaît is harder then it looks" she said and he went closer not taking his eyes off from his beloved item of clothing. " Just one minute and... there all done" she said giving him back his scarf and putting it on him. Ivan smiled and nuzzled into the scarf as Michelle petted him "there all better now be good and try not to get in trouble so it doesn't rip again" she said rubbing under his chin. Ivan for the first time nuzzled her hand and hoped on it, then without a warming he nested himself under her chin. Michelle froze for a moment, the contact of small soft lips against her cheek was felt and after a moment of realization she turned back at Ivan.

" you are welcome mon petit ami, it was no trouble at all" she said and pecked his head softly with her lips, returning the gesture, Ivan smiled warmly and stayed under her chin resting, he still had time to enjoy this before leaving the house.

(time skip)

The sunshine blinded her sight as she dived between the plants, they were warm and felt nice to the couch and the grass was hot as well. A few drops of sweet run down her forehead while she kept going and searching through the plants. Some bugs could be heard in the distance and the birds were chirping, a classical summer day.

"Come on, come out" Madeline called out while she searched for the little one between the plants "where are you?" she called and out of nowhere a white mass jumped to her face smiling "hey!" she whimpered and fell backwards, looking up at her attacker. "you scared me" she said and petted Ivan while he giggled. As the hours passed Ivan and Hero wanted more and more space to play, which was really ok with the girls sense they loved taking them out but their venturing away became worrying with time, been so small and fragile, so Madeline decided to go and find them.

"Ok no more hide and seek especially if I don't know we are playing it" said Madeline and walked towards and old oak tree, where Amelia and Michelle were resting. "I found Ivan!" she said and both girls cheered.

"Merci Maddie" said Michelle petting Ivan happily.

"Mich be more careful or you will loose him..." said Maddie and Michelle sighed "oui I know I am sorry I got sloppy for a moment here watching birds" she said and Madeline smiled "its ok" she said

"And sorry to you too Ivan I will watch over you better I promise" she said and petting him and Ivan nodded.

"Ok ok lets get some sandwiches" said Amelia taking out a burger while Madeline stood up "shouldn't we find Hero first?" she asked looking around

"He was right here with me, taking a- guys where is Hero?!" she asked and both rolled their eyes "that's what we were saying!" Amelia looked around for Hero "little buddy where are you?!, come out its time to eat!" she said worried and both girls went to look around the tree.

"Why did you take the leash off of him?!" asked Madeline and Amelia bit her lip "I don't know! he wanted to play with his ball and I took the leash off and then I got distracted but I saw him here just a few minutes ago how far can he go?" she asked and nervously took a bite form the burger, the burger squeaked.

"The hell my burger is possessed!" she said and grabbed her baseball bat from her bag "hold it steady!" she said and Madeline approached slowly and took off one of the buns.

"HERO!" they all said at Hero who was munching on the meat looked up at them. "that's where he went! you little thief stealing my food!" said Amelia taking Hero out of the burger.

"And you were abut to beat up the living hell out of him" said Madeline and Amelia face palmed and looked at him "right I am sorry but still he shouldn't hope on people's food" she said "guess he likes meat a lot huh?" she added offering him the rest of the meat.

"Wait we don't know if its safe for them to eat that!" said Madeline and Hero gave her puppy eyes. "Hero is for your own good..." she said and Amelia bit her lip "I..don't think it can hurt that much right?" she asked as Hero started to pout at them. "He has his mochi food that would be better" said Michelle and Hero shook his head and kept on begging them.

"OH GOD I CAN'T FREAKING TAKE IT HE IS SO CUTE" squealed Amelia and gave him the rest of the burger and he started to munch happily, she took another burger form the basket and started to eat as well. Madeline took out a sandwich and started to eat while Michelle did the same. "Now these are good!" said Michelle while munching and Amelia nodded "perfect day for a picnic" she said and everyone kept eating in peace or at least almost everyone. Before Michelle could guess it, part of her sandwich was gone and Ivan had a piece of her tuna lunch in his mouth.

"Hey!" she said

"Michelle you should put his leash back" said Amelia and Ivan turned at her giving an ear to ear creepy smile. "And he is...creeping me out a little" she said and Michelle sighed "maybe he is just jealous or hungry" she said and handed him over a piece of her sandwich "here Ivan but no more food stealing" she asked and he nodded at her smiling before munching happily. While the hours passed everyone seemed to relax under the sun, Madeline was reading a book and Amelia was playing tug war with Hero, Michelle was watching the ducks at the pond and Ivan went near some flowers.

"This is nice" Michelle thought as she offered bread pieces to the ducks who flapped their wings happily and accepted them. "So calm and peaceful". The ducks kept eating their bread in the water, little ducklings came wobbling bye, causing Michelle to squeal of cuteness when she saw them. The weather was starting to cool down a bit, the sun heat was slowly fading.

"Hey Mich, can you watch Hero for a moment while I change into my bikini?" asked Amelia "sure" said Michelle while keeping her gaze on the ducks. "Good don't let him get away from his leash" she said and went off.

Michelle kept her duck feeding for a little while, it was such a pleasure for her to feed the little wobbling duckings that went after their mother in a perfect little line. "Aww I wish we had a pond at home to have duckings in it" she thought smiling and turned around "what do you think guys would you like to have ducklings at home?" she asked playfully to the pair of mochies, however she got no answer sense none of them was in sight. "Mon dieu no!" she said and ejected herself from the bench and started to look out for them. They were't near the pond or in the water with the ducks and neither in the place where they parked the car besides of having no response from them while calling out. " Oh non non non non" said Michelle while looking near the oak tree, where Madeline looked up from her book "hey what's wrong?" she asked and Michelle kept on her searching around their items like their towels and bags "Amelia is going to kill me" she mumbled.

"What did you do this time?" asked Madeline and Michelle gulped "I kind of lost the mochies" she said and Madeline face palmed "what happened?" she asked and Michelle rubbed the back of her head "I was feeding ducks and Amie dropped Hero on me while she went to change and I kept feeding the ducklings and well...they are gone" she said and Madeline stood up and helped her look.

"You are seriously telling me that you went into trance watching ducklings, that you couldn't remember to watch out for the mochies?" she asked and Michelle face palmed "I know! I am so useless!" she said worried and kept on looking out for them. Madeline bended down and looked through the plants, the mochies didn't seem to be there however her foot did something interesting, it felt slippery yet heavy gooey and very very wet.

"Urrgg merde what did I step on?" asked Madeline and looked at ground taking out her foot. A sort of liquid, it looked transparent yet with the sunlight it had a yellowing shade with faded red strands, it was resting on the ground along with a faint trail of said liquid going on to an unknown direction. A strong acid smell was emanating from it, like entering a butchery where the meat was rotting under the sun.

"What the hell is that?!" asked Madeline covering her nose and Michelle did the same "I think an animal either died or gave birth in there!" she said and stood up along with Michelle and immediately went out from there. Both girls went to the bathroom to wash the substance from her foot, sadly before any of them could do anything, the door of the bathroom slammed open.

"HEY I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU!" said Amelia.

"Oh we were washing Maddie's foot she stepped on...whatever an animal did in the forest" Michelle said and Amelia nodded "its ok bye the way thanks for watching after Hero Mich, I found them both munching on the picnic basket's leftovers" she said and Michelle looked down

"Je suis désolé Amie, I got distracted and Maddie was helping me look out for them and then she stepped on crap and we ended up here trying to wash it " she said but Amelia didn't seem to be paying much attention to her as she cringed her nose.

"Ewwww what's that smell? its like rotten eggs under the sun" she said and Madeline sighed "its my foot" she said and Amelia sniffed "oh god that's gross! you weren't lying!" she said and Madeline huffed while she washed her foot in the sink with soap and water.

"Lets just go" said Amelia and Madeline took out her foot form the sink before going off.

"Hey girls I am taking Hero on a walk bye the lake are you coming?" Amelia asked and Madeline looked up "I am staying to read another chapter" she said and Michelle looked up "I will stay here for a little while but I will join you in a bit" she said and Amelia nodded going off.

"Lets go my little sidekick" she said and Hero huffed been called that "what? I am the heroine and you are my little sidekick" she said entering the water while picking him up and Hero shook his head "hey we can't both be heroes" she said and Hero nodded at her sticking out his chest proudly. "Aww ok we will be a Hero team" she said and Hero nodded. Amelia went inside to the lake, to the point where she had the water up to her midriff. Hero was on her hands, he was splashing happily and jumping up with a cheer every time a waive would come to them. "Hehehe Hero you are the best!" said Amelia and he nuzzled her happily before both continued with their game.

meanwhile

"Uhmm Maddie?" called Michelle as Madeline looked at her for a moment "oui Mich?" she asked "Can you watch Ivan for a moment while I go to one of the bathrooms from here?" she asked and Madeline nodded

"Sure" she said and Michelle smiled and handed her over Ivan before going off.

"Hello again little one" said Madeline smiling and Ivan starred at her a little. Madeline petted him happily while Michelle was out of sight and kept reading her book,a tiny nose pecked form under it. "Oh do you want to read as well?" she asked and Ivan looked at Amelia and Hero playing in the water. "Ah you want to go play, ok as soon as Michelle comes we will go ok?" she said and patted his head. "I heard my name, were you calling?" Michelle said and Madeline shook her head. "Non I didn't but Ivan wants to go play at the shore" she said and Michelle smiled "sure lets go, are you coming?" she asked and Madeline smiled "sure thing lets go" said Madeline marked the page and the three of them went to the water.

After an afternoon of playing in the water, taking sunbaths, laughing and giggling, the sun was setting so it was time to go back home. "Ok time to go home now" said Madeline and Michelle nodded "sure thing" she said while packing everything while Amelia came holding the leashes.

"Should we make sure they do their business here so we don't have to stop?" she asked and Michelle nodded "good idea" "I will take them while we pack up" Madeline said and Amelia handed her the leashes and the leashes and took the two mochies.

"Be back in five minutes" she said and went off. Both mochies followed her to the forest near the lake, Madeline walked admiring the nature around her, the forest had a tall grove that barely allowed the sunlight to enter while at the ground, thousands of plants and bushes of different kinds turned the floor into a deep green, fluffy seeming blanket that embraced the trees trunks. "Ok little ones you just tell me what spot you like" Madeline said while both Mochies sniffed the fresh and warm country air however they sniffing caught on something else. Both Hero and Ivan looked at each other before tugging on their leashes to go to another direction, dragging Madeline with them as they went.

"Hey! easy guys slowly!" she said as she followed the two hyper mochies who didn't stop until they were at least 300 meters far from their original path and sniffed around, again a strong smell of decay invaded the air. Madeline cringed her nose surprised and starred at the two mochies, who stopped right in front of the same puddle from earlier and were gazing at it.

"Guys its just a puddle with crap nothing else, you will get messy and smell gross" she said and tried to reach for them. Then it happened, so fast that not even them could understand how, before she could even touch them, both mochies ejected themselves forward and rushed away from her and went deeper into
the forest.

"GUYS NO! COME BACK!" Madeline yelled and run after them. Been so small the mochies practically were engulfed by the vast green mantle of the forest. "IVAN HERO COME BACK!" Madeline yelled and kept trying to look for them. The sin was not on her side that day as it was getting darker and the Canadian woman had no other choice but to run with dodging obstacles with her feet.

"IVAN HERO! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?" she called while looking for them however ever her screams were silenced as something else was heard and she fell to the ground.

"HIIIISSSSSSSS", That was all it was, just a loud short hiss, the yell of dozens of birds flying away and then everything went quiet, no more birds chirping or insects buzzing just silence. Madeline looked around for a moment, not a single soul was on sight not a single noise was heard.

"what was all that abut" she said in a whisper and stood up while looking around, the Mochies weren't there but at the distance she could finally see two figures running towards her.

"Maddie!" the american girl yelled while catching up with her sister rather quickly "where were you?! you took ages and we lost sight of you!" she demanded and Madeline nodded quietly. "I... I fell to the ground" she sad shortly and soon Michelle was there as well

"Maddie where are Ivan and Hero?" asked Michelle noticing the canadian girl's empty hands. Madeline shook her head for a moment and cleared her throat "they run off out of the nowhere and I was chasing them and I can't find them"

"Damn it! now we have to look for them!" said Amelia and Michelle nodded "before it gets too dark" she added and Madeline turned at the path she was following in the forest one time.

"Hey girls just for curiosity did you hear it?" she asked and both starred at her "hear what?" they asked and Madeline bit her lip "a hiss, it came out of nowhere when I was looking for them and it was very very loud and all the birds went flying" she said and both girls looked at each other

"Maddie we saw the birds flying but we didn't hear anything...maybe it was just an animal" Michelle said

"Yea like a snake or a badger or something" Amelia added and Madeline nodded, "well whatever it was it sounded close and the mochies are out there, we need to be careful" she said and the girls nodded and went straight to the path to look out for them.

"Where could they be?, they can't go this far with their legs" said Amelia

"What if an animal got them?" asked Michelle scared and Madeline shook her head "lets not assume the worst yet" she said "well! I am not saying here while some animal eats eats my little friend!" declared Amelia and rushed out to walk faster and faster, both Michelle and Madeline had to run to catch up with her.

"Amie wait! we don't know where they can be don't go so fast!" Michelle said and soon Amelia went through some bushes and like the mochies seemed to get engulfed at fast speed and out of sight.

"Oh great we lost her" Madleine said and before Michelle could reply something rustled. Both girls starred forward only to see the bushes shaking and loosing some of their leafs. "Amelia? is that you?" asked Madeline
but got no response. Michelle gulped and grabbed a stick from the ground, she slowly approached and gulped before giving a quick poke to the vegetation, as as she did two round balls came out.

"GUYS!" said Michelle hugging them, the two mochies didn't make a sound as they starred at the two girls "GUYS NEVER RUN OFF LIKE THAT WE WERE SCARED LIKE HELL!" scolded Michelle and Madleine nodded "see? this is why we don't want to take you on walks!" she added and both mochies kept their gaze down as if they were ashamed of meeting their masters eyes.

"Anyway lets call Amelia" said Madeline and kept going while Michelle held the mochies "AMIE WE FOUND THEM!" she called out loud

"Girls...I think you should see this" said the american female voice with a calm yet confused tune. Both girls followed it through the bushes and stood bewildered at the scene. It was a clear in the middle of the forest surrounded by bushes, trees and other plants from the zone, the ground was leaf covered and dusty and right in the middle a huge, round black spot could be seen. It looked 2 meters wide and at least 3 meters tall.

"Amie you found a lagoon?" asked Michelle

"Io its not a lagoon" said Amelia as she starred at the empty black depth. "its a hole" she said and both mochies starred at it before turning back at the girls.