So...One thing I feel is an important cultural distinction between the Mizzer Humanimals and the Born and Bred Slave Humanimals of the rest of the human dominated planets is that when everyone else returned to Medieval Feudalism Mizzer sought to continue the traditions of America just under a different name, and I gave myself the Jibbilies realzing I had imagined if America became like Taiwan with an entire planet instead of an Island but still one planet among many but anyway while the other Humanimals bought into the notion of 'The Divine Right of Kings' hence their faith in Matoaka as the Hereditary Monarch of the Animals the Mizzer Humanimals have no such faith it would be like 'Don't be stupid! King Arthur can't save us, now Superman HE can save us' Someone with actual superpowers as opposed to simply being part of a bloodline, watching a review of the original Theatrical Superman Shorts it closed with the line of who Superman essentually is supposed to be 'Just a guy from Kansas doing what's right' and that's sort of what Marzipan is supposed to be as the Mage Monarch, a Mage Monarch has nothing to do with bloodlines it's simply meant to be something you just are, and Marzipan is seen by the Mizzerans as their Superman, just a Suburban 'Girl Next Door' who just happens to have to gift of immense magical power

Marzipan was hunched over staring at the floor, everyone could see it was a mix of guilt for putting this off for so long and fear, fear have finally having to do the thing she had been trying to run away from ever since the death of Duke Vortex.

Matoaka like the mother figure she was sat next to Marzipan "Marzipan..." Matoaka said gently "...I know that for you to do this, you're going to have to confront your fears, the only way you'll be able to do this thing you need to do if if you begin the process of confronting your past...I know you've given us the bits and pieces you wanted to tell...But I think now is the time for us to tell us the story of that fateful night when the Wranglers invaded...

Marzipan sighed and nodded she knew Matoaka was right, she wished she could be the Heroine the Unicorn was, always so wise and serene unlike herself...

"All right everybody..." Marzipan sighed "...Gather round...This is the My Tale of the Night the Wranglers Invaded...Every Mizzer Humanimal surely has their own tale, but this one is mine..."

FLASHBACK

It was the last straw for Marzipan...At least it seemed like the last straw to the mind of a child...Her parents deciding the Pretty Princess Pony Doll belonged to her pesky little sister Emma instead of herself as she so felt so certain that doll belonged to her by right and that her parents giving the toy to Emma was the greatest injustice ever!

Marzipan ran and ran, past the neighbor's houses, past the grove of trees where she so often had her imaginary adventures...To the rolling meadows where the Domestic Cat District bordered on the Woodland Mammal district to the Southeast, feeling she couldn't run anymore Marzipan just through herself on the grass and began pounding the ground with her fists and crying.

"It's not fair!" She wailed tears streaming down her cheeks matting her fur "It's just not fair! They always take her side! They love her more than me!"

Just then she heard the sound of footsteps, but she could tell they were not Cat footsteps, she raised her head and was alarmed to see something coming toward her that was not a Cat Humanimal!

"Don't be scared!" Said the other Humanimal Child "I heard you crying...Actually I heard you crying before...In the park...I heard you singing about how lonely you were and...I wanted to be your friend"

There was a park that was kind of a bordering the Cat District and the Woodland Mammal District.

"What are you?" Marzipan asked

"I'm a fox." The Boy said as he got closer, Marzipan could see after wiping away her tears he was indeed a Red Fox-Boy her age, he had black head-fur over his normal read fox pelt and he was wearing a white shirt and black pants

"I thought you were a Dog for a moment..." Marzipan giggled awkwardly worried she might have said something insulting

"Have you never seen a Humanimal that wasn't a Cat before?" The Fox asked earnestly

"Only on TV or on the movie screen..." Marzipan sighed "...Mom and Dad always spoke of the other Humanimals like they were going to eat us alive if they ever saw us or something like that."

"I guess since I live a district that has different species..." The Fox-Boy said "...I see nothing scary about different Humanimals...My name is Rook by the way, Rook Reynardo, what's your's?"

Marzipan had never heard that name before, she wondered if she had found a fellow Humanimal with a name as weird as her own "My name is Marzipan Cheshire, my parents named me after a candy!"

"I'm named after a chess piece." Rook said

And without needing another word, the two cubs began to play, they were both creatures of the night, they got on all fours and began to frollic through the meadow like the young animals that they were...The fireflies began to appear they began a game of trying to catch the fireflies, they were so involved with their game they didn't notice what appeared to be shooting stars streaking across the night sky, desending behind the mountains that surrounded the valley.

But then there was the BOOM, that shook the ground causing the two cubs to fall down then they heard the blare of the emergency sirens, they had been trained to know what that sound meant...When those sirens sound off get to the nearest emergency shelter!

The two of them continued running on all fours...They then heard sounds like gunfire going off! Then a firework exploded across the sky this firework took the horrific image of a red skull!

And with that they could hear the sounds of thousands of different Humanimals screaming at once, from the Bellowing of the Cattle to the Trumpetings of the Elephants!

Rook being the male animal, with Human Social Mores taught to them, felt it was his responsibility to be the brave one particurally when with a 'lady' so he brabbed her hand and together they ran toward the park.

There they came across a Tabby Cat-Man he was a bit different from the rest of the Cats of Bluebell, he liked the company of humans and different species of Humanimal, and in this moment seeing two children by themselves, having seen some of the invaders, he immediately grabbed the two Cubs and hoisted them into the twisting network of tree branches.

Rook and Marzipan ran through the 'highway' of tree branches until they came to the Woodland Mammal Neighborhood, although it was currently full of the Tropical Mammal Neighbors stampeding wildly as they desperatly tried to flee the invaders!

They saw the Skull headed invaders, shooting lassos out of cannons to ensnare the Large Mammals, Zebra-People barked and bucked and an Elephant-Man smashed a statue and multiple Wranglers began lassoing him!

As Marzipan and Rook just watched all this frozen with horror, they both felt something grab their shulders and the shrieked only to see the hands were actually the prehensile feet of a friendly Bat-Woman

"Don't worry children!" The Bat-Woman said "I'll fly you to safety, just hold on tight!"

They didn't need to be told twice! They grabbed onto the Bat-Woman's legs as she began to fly through the trees with all the other Humanimal, their echolocation helping them fly effortlessly through the branches.

None of them realized the Wranglers were already setting up a net to catch them...

END FLASHBACK

The story had to stop because of crying, but it wasn't Marzipan crying...It was Edward Green...He had been fourteen when he went with his Stepfather Lord Sean...He remembered that night all too well...What at the time was one of the Proudest Moments for his Planet, one of the biggest hauls of Humanimals...Now he was hearing of the pain, sorrow and misery they caused.

"I'm sorry..." He said through his hands covering his face "...I'm so sorry Marzipan!"

I'll explain Edward Green's family situation next chapter