Dragons Rescue Riders: Ylva's Super Sniffer!
One morning, outside the Roost, Ylva woke up, excited by lots of scents that went up her nose at once. While her dragon friends were still sleeping, she ran around the Roost, singing a song about how special was for her to have such a useful nose and how much she loved all the scents found in her home. But her song ended when she bumped facelong against a barrel. She found Leyla preparing breakfast, and Dak next to her.
"Oh, good morning, Ylva!" Leyla said to her.
"Good morning, Leyla! Good morning, Dak!" Ylva said to them. "What are you doing?"
"Preparing a special breakfast for everyone!" Leyla said. "Fish omelettes!"
"Wow! Where did you get the eggs?"
"Some chickens got loose on the village yesterday." Dak said. "We helped to gather them and got eggs as a reward."
Winger, Summer, Burple, Cutter and Aggro arrived to the kitchen.
"Yawn… Morning, Dak. Morning, Leyla." Winger said.
"Good morning, everyone!" Dak said.
"I was awakened by a delicious scent and wasted no time in coming!" Burple said.
"Why am I not surprised?" Aggro said.
"Hey, Ylva." Leyla said. "I heard you singing. What were you singing about?"
"Oh! I was singing about how much I love my nose and all the familiar scents it can pick up."
"Really?" Winger said.
"Well, wolves' sense of smell is about 100 times greater than humans. Even us!" Summer said.
"Wow, I'm sure that even if you buried sweaty socks somewhere, Ylva would still find them." Cutter said. "Heh. Have you ever sniffed them? They stink like cheese!"
"Cheese?" Ylva said. "Can my omelette have cheese?"
"Yes, Ylva." Leyla answered. "Your favorite one! Huttsgalorian sheep cheese!"
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" Ylva said, wagging her tail and running in circles. "I love cheese! It's tasty, and has one of my favorite scents."
"Interesting, Ylva!" Winger said.
"Well, breakfast is ready. Let's eat!" Leyla said.
Everyone began enjoying their omelettes. When they finished, a foul smell entered through a window of the Roost.
"Um, Leyla, how old was the cheese?" Burple asked.
"Fresh, Burple. Why?" Leyla asked.
"What's that horrible odor?"
"Looks like it's coming from outside." Dak said, running to close the window.
Suddenly, someone knocked the door.
"Who is it?" Leyla said.
She headed to the door and opened it. It was Whiffy the Stinkwing!
"Hi, Rescue Riders."
"Ew! Hi, Whiffy!" Leyla said, covering her nose.
The rest of the team were repulsed by Whiffy's stench.
"What brings you here, Whiffy?" Dak asked, covering his nose.
"It's my fish reserves!" Whiffy answered. "They're gone! And without fish, I won't be able to scare off predators with my odor."
"It's weird." Summer said. "Maybe some wolves found them and ate them."
"Hey, I think we should go fishing!" Winger said.
"Good idea!" Dak said, hopping on Winger.
Everyone went out the Roost and prepared to take flight. Having hopped on Summer, Leyla asked:
"Ylva, aren't you coming?"
"Um... I think I'll stay here."
"What? Why?" Burple asked.
Ylva looked at Leyla and moved her paw for her and Summer to approach her. Then, she whispered at her ear that she feared not being able to handle Whiffy's stench. After all, a wolf's nose is very sensitive.
"It's okay, Ylva." Summer said. "You don't have to come if you don't want to."
Leyla turned to the others and said.
"Sorry, guys. Ylva is not coming."
"Take care of The Roost while we're away, okay?" Aggro said to Ylva.
"Will do, Agg!" Ylva said.
"We'll bring you some fish when we return!" Burple said. "I'll keep your portion in one of my stomachs!"
"I'll keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't forget!" Cutter said.
Once her teammates left, Ylva decided to do something different and go take a stroll through the town. Soon, she found Elbone, who had opened a new shoe shop. But there was one tiny problem. Among so many shoes, he had lost one of his! Ylva wanted to help, and she did it in a peculiar way. She sniffed Elbone's six toed foot and memorized its scent. This way, she'd be able to follow the scent of Elbone's shoe and find it. She searched through lots of shoes, until she finally found it!
"Hey, you found my shoe!" Elbone said. "Thank you, little doggie!"
"I'm not a dog. I'm a wolf!" Ylva muttered, but Elbone didn't understand her.
Then, Ylva went on her way.
"Wow, that felt nice! I wonder who else could need my help."
Soon, she heard Hannahr saying:
"Oh, my goodness! This is terrible!"
"Terrible?" Ylva said. "Nothing is too terrible for Ylva the Wolf Rescue Rider!"
She headed to find out what made Hannahr upset.
"Oh, little wolf!" Hannahr said. "It's terrible! My hammer has disappeared! I was busy forging a metal helmet, and then my hammer was nowhere to be seen!"
"Don't worry, Hannahr! I'll get your hammer back. I know you can't understand me, but here I go!"
Ylva sniffed around and tried to pick up the scent of Hannahr's hammer. Suddenly, she sniffed something sweaty.
"This sweaty scent… it looks like it comes from… Hannah's hand! But I sniff something else… Sheep saliva? Ugh, I think I know who it is."
Ylva followed the scent of Hannah's hammer onto the back of a house and found Haggis the sheep chewing it.
"Haggis!" Ylva said. "That's not food! It belongs to Hannahr! Now give it back!"
Haggis looked at her, and upon getting scolded by the little wolf pup, he spat it out and bleated.
"Thank you, Haggis!"
Ylva took the Hammer back to Hannahr.
"Oh, my hammer!" Hannahr said. "Thank you for finding it, little wolf! It's a bit slobbery, but nothing a good wiping cannot fix!"
Ylva's tail wagged. She was happy to help another person. While she was walking, she stumbled upon Magnus Finke, who was looking for something.
"Why, if it isn't the little wolf pup who acquired my mechanical wings!" Magnus said.
"Yes, and thank you for that, Mr. Magnus!" Ylva said, but Magnus only heard barking.
"Say, have you seen my wrench around here?" Magnus asked. "Last time I checked, I left it on my workbench. Then I went to tweak my latest invention, and when I turned my back, it had disappeared!"
"Looks like this is a job for… Ylva's Super Sniffer!"
Ylva began sniffing around to try and find Magnus's wrench. Suddenly, she caught a very disgusting smell!
"Blegh! What is that smell? It smells like something rotten from the trash!"
She had no other option than to follow the horrid scent. Suddenly, she spotted a rat! And it was holding the wrench!
"Hey, you!" Ylva said. "Get your filthy paws off that wrench! Just because it's shiny, doesn't mean you can have it!"
The rat got scared and ran away, dropping the wrench. Ylva took it to a creek and washe it good. Then, she returned it to Magnus.
"My wrench!" Magnus said. "I wonder where it was hidden."
"Ugh, you don't wanna know." Ylva said.
As Magnus resumed the work on his latest invention, Ylva headed to help somebody else. Then, Chief Duggard showed up in front of her. But there was something different about him.
"Oh, hello there, Ylva!" Duggard said. "Have you seen my helmet? I couldn't find it this morning, and I feel a bit embarrassed about going out without it."
"No problem, Chief!" Ylva said. "I and my Super Sniffer will find your helmet in no time!"
Ylva sniffed around again to find Chief Duggard's helmet. Suddenly, she caught the scent of Duggard's favorite fig bars. His beard always got crummy when eating them, and he never washed his hands afterward. It was most likely that he had eaten some fig bars before he took off his helmet.
"There's no doubt that's the helmet!" Ylva said. "Where could it be?"
He followed the scent into the woods, and after a while, she discovered Axel Finke wearing Duggard's helmet! Ylva barked at him in surprise.
"Ah! Uh… hi, puppy!" Axel said. "What? You're looking for this? I was just… trying it! And… it doesn't fit me. All yours!"
Axel dropped the helmet and ran back to Magnus's workshop.
"Okay, time to bring the helmet to its legitimate owner." Ylva said.
When Chief Duggard saw Ylva carrying his helmet in her mouth, he said.
"Ah, there's my helmet! Thank you for finding it for me, Ylva."
"You should have seen her earlier, Chief!" Elbone said. "She helped me find my shoes!"
"And my hammer!" Hannahr said.
"And surprisingly enough, she found my missing wrench." Magnus said.
"Is that so?" Duggard asked. "You helped all of these townspeople in a single day?"
Ylva barked with a smile.
"I'm taking that as a yes." Duggard said. "In that case…"
He turned to look at the townspeople.
"People of Huttsgalor! For her good actions toward us all, I, Duggard the Decisive, declare Ylva our first and only wolf heroine!"
The crowd cheered and clapped. Ylva couldn't believe it. Doing good deeds for her friends felt good, but she didn't expect it make her a heroine! Her tail wagged frantically.
"I think we better start working on a Ylva monument!" Duggard said.
Ylva was really happy. She skipped and danced among the crowd.
"And it was all thanks to my Super Sniffer! Praise our Creator for blessing me with such a useful gift!"
At that moment, the Rescue Riders showed up.
"Hey, Ylva! What's going on here?" Winger asked.
"Winger, Ley, Dak, guys! Guess what? I'm the wolf heroine of Huttsgalor!"
"Really?" Leyla asked. "How come?"
"I helped my friends find their missing stuff using my Super Sniffer!"
"That's amazing!" Summer said.
"Well, coming from our member with the finest sense of smell, this should come as "nose" surprise." Cutter said.
Aggro giggled at Cutter's pun.
"We're proud of you, Ylva." Dak said.
"And what about you?" Ylva asked. "How was your day?"
"Pretty nice!" Summer said. "We spent all morning fishing, but it was worth the while."
"The good thing is that Whiffy got his fish reserves back." Aggro said. "Now he will be able to continue using his stench blast against intruders."
"But we made sure to leave his cave immediately before it got all stinky!" Cutter said.
"Oh, and I saved some fish for you, Ylva." Burple said.
He spat out fish for Ylva to eat.
"Thank you, Burple" Ylva said. "You know what? I think I should have gone fishing with you. It feels great to help others in need!"
"You sure?" Dak asked. "You said Whiffy's odor was too much for your nose to handle."
"You kidding?" Ylva said. "I smelled a rat today, and it was the worst smell I've ever sniffed!"
The Rescue Riders laughed together. And everyone in Huttsgalor lived happily ever after.
THE END