Chapter 2: Crave Cave
The Smiling Critters and Nightmare Critters enter a cave with blue and pink crystals hanging from the ceiling and walls, and it continues to pour.
The cave amazed the Critters for DogDay to say, "Great. We can set camp here."
"And there are pretty crystals! Let's collect to get mola," said Simon Smoke, beginning to try to pull off a blue crystal.
"I call dibs on the pink one," said Rabie Baby, trying to pull a pink crystal.
Baba Chops touched another pink crystal and said, "What kind of crystals are these? Elephant, you got any idea?"
"Hmm, they are blue and pink. Perhaps sapphires or amethysts?" said Bubba Bubbaphant, taking a book and reading it.
"Come on, everyone. We need to get some food, our bellies," said PickyPiggy.
"And some sleep," said CatNap.
"Simon, can you get the fire started?" CraftyCorn said, placing firewood with stones around it.
"Anything for my princess," said Simon, blowing fire to the pit.
"We're fortunate to find this cave. And it's close to our next location, Missy Meadows," said KickinChicken, setting up his sleeping bag.
"Missy Meadows? Is that what the map is saying?" Icky Licky questioned.
DogDay showed the map and said, "Yep. The second place will go through the plains region."
"We could just go there right now," Poe annoyed.
But after lightning strikes the ground outside, Touille said, "Non, Poe. I'd rather not be the next thing the storm stuck into ashes like Simon."
"Yeah, raven bird! I don't want to be struck again unless Crafty wants to have me struck down," Simon wagged his tail while still trying to pull the blue crystal out.
"Wake me up when dinner is ready," Allister Gator said, laying on his sleeping bag.
"We still got fish left over. How about salted grilled fish?" KickinChicken suggested.
"Sounds ironic coming from you," said Hoppy Hopscotch.
"What does that mean?"
"Yeah, okay. I'll get the marshmallows roasting while you get those fish salted and grilled. Hey, Piggy. You need help?" said Maggie Mako, setting marshmallows on sticks close to the fire.
"Why, thanks for offering, Maggie. You can crush the rock salt to make it easy to put on the fish," said PickyPiggy.
"With my bare hands?! Yes!"
Rabie Baby started to fly slowly while looking flush from trying too hard to remove the pink crystal.
CatNap walked over to say, "You like you need to nap, Rabie."
"How weird…Did the rain make me sick? Ewww," said Rabie, sitting down.
"Picky, I think we need to make some soup."
But then Baba and Simon begin to feel flushed and tired, and they fall on their bums.
"Make it three for Baba, Rabie, and Simon," said Crafty, putting a cold towel on Simon's forehead.
"I feel like I'm dying," Baba complained.
DogDay took Baba by the hand and said, "That rain made you three very sick. Allow me to escort you to my sleeping bag, Baba, so that you can rest."
But when Baba gets a look at DogDay, she can only see an emo yet charming version of him.
Enchanted, her face reddened, and she shouted, "Let me bite you, Doggy treat."
"What?" DogDay was in shock before screaming when Baba pounced on him.
Everyone looked at them and saw DogDay holding Baba back, who was trying to bite him.
"Gah, I knew this day would come! Somebody help!" DogDay yelped.
"DogDay," CatNap shouted, trying to go help him.
But Rabie wrapped him with her wings and began to lick his face.
"You taste like lavender. My fav," said Rabie, while trying to lick his mouth.
"Ewwwww! Get her off! Get her off!" CatNap said, using his paws to hold Rabie's face back.
"Are they that sick?!" CraftyCorn was freaking out.
Suddenly, Simon wraps Crafty with his tails before blowing smoke hearts at her.
"Simon, not you too!" she screamed.
"I want kids…Let's make some," he said before touching her shoulders.
Scared, Crafty high-kicked Simon in the face, knocking him out.
"Babs, stop! You're not like this!" Maggie and Poe said while trying to pull Baba off from DogDay.
"We've never seen both act like this. Catnip put them to sleep," said Icky and Touille, pulling Rabie away from CatNap.
Quickly, CatNap breathed his Red Gas on Rabie and then Baba, knocking them out to sleep.
"That's it. No more dancing in the rain without raincoats for the three of them," said Maggie.
"They do that?" PickyPiggy asks.
"Only when we got out in the rain for mischief."
DogDay, CatNap, and Crafty pulled the unconscious Baba, Rabie, and Simon to their sleeping bags.
"Should we wake them up for dinner?" Touille asked while eating a burnt fish.
"And be at the risk of them doing what they did to us again? Forget it!" CatNap yelled.
"I'm with CatNap on this one. That was traumatic," DogDay said.
"I knew Simon could be affectionate in his way, but that was beyond his standards," said CraftyCorn.
But then CatNap hears his father's voice in his head, who says, "CatNap…danger…in Missy Meadows…"
CatNap's medal glows in his colors while his father tries to get through to his mind.
CatNap grips his head while saying, "Father?"
"Cuteness…disguise…fragrance…trouble…," his father said.
"CatNap?! You too?!" DogDay holds CatNap's shoulder in comfort.
"I think father is trying to warn us that an enemy is waiting for us at Missy Meadows," said CatNap.
"Another one?" Bobby is in shock.
"From our experience from Dino Plateau, I don't think we should be surprised," said Poe.
"Either way, we need to be prepared once we enter the little town," said Kickin.
"You suggesting it? What a twist," said Hoppy.
"I do have a brain, Hoppy."
"Hard to tell because you don't use it often."
The other Nightmare Critters giggled before PickyPiggy said, "Dinner time."
"Yeah, eats," Maggie cheered.
CatNap looked out of the cave to ensure no one was around.
"CatNip, I call dibs on your fish," Touille called out.
"WHAT?! Keep your vermin mitts off it," said CatNap, returning to the cave.
In the rainy knight, a pair of grey eyes.
The owner of the eyes had a very cutesy voice when they said, "Smiley Days will forever come for both you, Little Smilers and Nightmares."