Meanwhile all mythical creatures had recently been decreed nuisances and trouble makers that didn't belong with the humans. So they were all either banished or in prisoned. A huge reward was offered to any humans who could bring any creature in for eviction or in prisonment. Today several guards were holding a round up for all the mythical creatures.
"Next!" The captain of the guards said. "What have we got?"
"A dirty witch!" A farmer said throwing down a young witch name Rosa down.
"Dirty? I beg your pardon! I'll have you know I'm very clean." She protested with her broom.
"Give me that!" One guard said braking her broom. "Flying days are over!"
"That's twenty pieces of sliver for the witch, take her away." The captain said.
Rosa wept as she was put in chains and led away. In the line there was a nasty old woman named Lady Gobbler who was going to give them a very talkative but friendly Zebra Donkey.
"Please don't turn me in! I'll never be stubborn again!" He begged her. "I can change! Please give me another chance."
"Oh shut up!" She snapped.
"Next!" The captain said. "What do we got?"
"This little wooden pupper." An old man named Chakal said putting a rather dorky looking boy made out of wood on the table. His name was Davi and his own father was selling him.
"I'm not a puppet! I'm a real boy!" Davi said. But his nose grew long and it only did that when he lied.
"Five shillings for the possessed toy. Take him away." The captain said.
"Father! Please! Don't let them do this! Help me!" Davi begged as they took him.
"Sorry son, it's nothing personal it's just business." Chakal said taking the money and leaving.
"Next!" The captain called.
A blacksmith came over with a large hairy man.
"This is El Oso. A bear man." The blacksmith said.
"Okay, that's forty pieces of sliver for him."
"You can't do this to me man! I'll sue! You'll hear from my lawyer!" He said as he was locked in a cage.
"Next! What do we got?"
"Well I've got a talking zebra donkey." Lady Gobbler said.
"Right? Well that's good for ten shillings, if you can prove it." He said suspiciously.
"Oh, go head little fella." She said.
But he didn't say anything, he just stood there and kept silent.
"Well?" The captian said.
"Oh he's just nervous, talk you boneheaded dolt!"
"That's it! I've heard enough! Guards!"
"No! He's talks! He does!" She grabbed Zebra Donkey's jaw, shook him, and tried to a ventriloquist act with him. "I can talk! I love to talk! I'm the most talkative damn thing you ever saw!"
"Get her out of my sight!" The captain ordered.
"No! No! I swear! He's alive!" She said as the guards dragged her away.
Zebra Donkey burst out laughing.
"Ha! Ha! See you around grandma!"
But the guards had heard him.
"He can talk?" One said.
"Size him!" The captian said.
The guards chased Zebra Donkey into the woods. The poor little fella was so desperate to get away that in his haste he accidentally bumped into Manny. He hid behind him when the guards arrived.
"You there! El tigre!" The head guard said.
"Aye." Manny said.
"By the order of Lord Sergio. I am authorized to arrest you both." His courage started slipping when Manny walked closer and he noticed how big he was.
"Oh really? You and what army?" Manny said.
The Captian turned around to find his men gone.
"I..I..I'm warning you!" He stuttered as he pulled out his sword. "You..Two will come with me or I'll have to use force."
But Manny didn't look scared or intimadated in the least.
"Did you know that human flesh is low in calories and full of iron and other minerals?" Manny asked. "How lucky for me since I'm on a diet."
"What?!" The captain gasped dropping his sword.
"Tell me would you prefer to be baked or boiled? Frankly I think boiled flesh is healthier but it takes a very long time to cook."
The captain screamed and ran away.
"Man! That was incredible." Zebra Donkey said amazed by his bravery.
"Yeah, whatever."
"You scared the snot out of those guys." He said. "Hey thanks for saving me, you're a real pal you know that?"
"Not really."
"Man it's good to be free."
"Now why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own friends?" Manny said walking away.
"But I don't have any friends and I'm not going back there by myself. Hey I'll stick with you." He said following him.
Manny turned around and roared into his face.
"Wow! That was scary! But you need some tic tacs or something because your breath stinks."
"Wait a minute you're not scared?"
"Nope." He said smiling.
"Why?"
"I don't knowm"
"You're half donkey right?"
"Yeah."
"Figures."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh nothing."
"Well uh hey where are you going? Can I come? Is it far? Is there food?"
"Why are you following me?"
"Because I'm all alone and you seem to be a nice guy."
"Nice guy?! Are you blind?!"
"No."
"Then take a good long look at me!" Manny said. "What am I?"
"Um...Really furry?"
"No! I'm a tiger hybrid You know? Terrifying cat monster? Doesn't that bother you?"
"No."
"Really?"
"Really, really. I like you. What's your name?"
"Manny."
"Nice to meet you."
"The feelings isn't mutal." He said walking away.
"Where are you going?"
"Home. Before the villagers ran sack it."
"Ransack? Why?"
"Because they're afraid of me."
"Why? You're just a regular guy with fur and a tail?"
He followed him all the way back to his house.
"Get away from me!" Manny demanded.
"I'm sorry for bothering you but listen, I don't have anywhere else to go and-"
"And?"
"Can I stay with you?"
"What?"
"Can I stay with you please?"
"Of course."
"Really?"
"No."
"Please! I don't wanna go back there! You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak."
Manny looked at him skeptically.
"Well maybe you do. But you gotta let me stay! Please! Please!"
"Okay! Okay! But one night only!"
"Oh thank you!" He cried happily running into his house. "So, where do I sleep?"
"Outside!"
"Oh...Oh I see...Um I guess it's appropriate since we don't really know each other huh?"
"Yes now get out or you're dinner tonight!"
Zebra Donkey sadly hung his head in shame and went outside. That night Manny heard strange scratching nosies in his house. He crept around the floor and quietly followed the noise until he found the source. The source of it was a little chubacabra which appeared blind.
"What the?"
Then a coffin with a girl inside was shoved on the table by a bunch of little dwarves.
"Oh no! Dead broad off the table!"
"Where are we supposed to put her? The bed's taken." A dwarf said.
"Huh?"
He went into his bedroom and found El Oso in his bed.
"What man?"
"I live in a swamp! I put up signs! I'm a terrifying monster! What do I have to do to get a little privacy?"
He grabbed El Oso and threw him out of the house but was shocked to see that his home was inhabited by hundreds of people and creatures.
"Don't look at me! I didn't invite them." Zebra Donkey said.
"Well, gosh no one invited us." Davi said.
"What?" Manny said.
"We were forced to come here."
"By who?"
"Lord Sergio." Said a kid who was made out cactuses. "He huffed and he puffed and he...sighed an eviction notice."
"Don't care! Get out and go back to wherever you came from!"
"We can't go back! We're forbidden!" Davi blubbered.
"Sorry not my problem."
"Look tiger kid." Rosa said. "We don't wanna be here anymore than you do but if we go back it's curtains for us, understand? In other words we die."
"Alright! Fine." Manny sighed. "Who knows where this Sergio guy is?"
"Oh I do! I know where he is!" Zebra Donkey said.
"Does anybody else know? Anyone? Please?"
But no one answered.
"Okay fine. Attention all mythical things! I'm going to talk to this guy and get you all off my land."
Everyone cheered. Manny just walked off with Zebra Donkey following behind him.