Isa was a pretty little thing that had no skill at all when it came to taming beasts. But she did excel at other things like cooking and sewing. Which every man seemed to find an excuse to get one of her fresh baked pies or cookies. While the women seemed to find a way for her to join in one of the many parties for sewing.

Right now her blue eyes were concentrating on a stitch that was for her wedding gown. So she didn't notice that Elma had arrived late. The other women were helping with covers and table cloths, drapes and other odds and ends for her new home. Many of the items had been almost completed so it was a simple task for the other ladies to finish them.

"I know right." One said.

"To think that Pico would allow Runt to dig there." Another said.

"At least Pica is doing much better with Sunny."

"Oh she is a darling chipmunk and so sweet tempered as well."

They continued to talk as they work. Though else where two very frustrated males were dealing with dinner and a baby.

Pix had been stirring something for his father while watching Nix who was in the living room. He sighed as he stopped to go get Nix who had a thing for crawling towards the front door.

"Da Nix keeps trying to crawl to the door." He said sounding irritated.

Yew thought for a long moment and got out the high chair. After securing her into her seat they went back to work. Nix didn't like this treatment at all and got fussy as she tried to get out. When nothing worked she began to cry and not the sniveling kind either. A full blown lung ear piercing screams that had both of them covering their ears.

"How do we stop her?" Pix asked picking her back up out of the chair.

"Try taking her outside." Yew said having never dealt with anything like this before.

The moment Nix was outside she started to giggle. When Pix thought it was safe to take her back in she started to get red in the face.

"Da she is calm but doesn't want to come in." He called not liking that he was going to be babysitting.

"Well keep an eye on her while I finish up dinner."

When Elma finally arrived home she was met with, a tired Pix who was holding a squirming Nix. And smoke coming out of the windows as Yew yelled out in pain. She walked into the house and found Yew sucking on his finger that must have been burnt. Sighing she moved over to the sink were a burnt mess laid still steaming.

"Well I brought home some treats." She said holding out the bag she had with her.

It was filled with pie and cookies meant for Pix. Who seemed to have helped out Isa a while back; though Isa never told her what it was. That night they had pie and cookies for dinner. Pix had no complaints since it was Isa's cooking.

When dinner was done Pix made his way up to his room to get ready for bed. Dressed with a clean face and teeth he sat in bed waiting for his Da. Who was changing Nix's nappy so she would be fresh for bedtime.

Yew walked in with Nix sitting in the rocking chair and beginning Pix's bedtime story.

"Many generations ago there had been a threat so great to the forest that the Leaf men called upon there Beast taming brothers. The threat was that of tribesmen that had been changed by spores. Causing their skin to grow grey as a shell formed over their backs. While their nails grew long like the other animals of the forest. But it was their eyes that scared even the Leaf men from fighting them."

"What did their eyes look like?" Pix piped in.

"Like a feral beasts crazed and without a purpose. But the tamers of that time were not unused to seeing such fierce eyes. Taking up arms the three tribes of Aviary, Tree walker, and Underground joined together.

Those of the sky drove the Spores down as the Tree walkers pushed them to the hole that the Underground tribe had been working on for such a time as this. The moment they had the Spores all cornered at the edge of the hole they fell into it. But they didn't stop falling as they broke through a thin layer and soon they were lost to the darkness.

And so to this day both we and the animals work side by side." He finished as he carefully got up to tuck the covers in. Elma came in just at that moment to take Nix and put the girl to bed in her crib.