Right below Tyrannia and to the left and down to what was Maraqua on the map
of Neopia, you can see a big island not far from land. Between this big island
and the mainland there are three minor islands. On these islands PetPets evolved.
As you all know, the early Neopia was nothing but a bunch of poisonous dung
puddles. The first life forms were monsters and mutants created by Dr. Frank
Sloth who had made the planet his home. One day a bright light broke through
the heavy skies of Neopia, and everything that was hit by it was transformed.
At this point, most of the life forms Dr. Sloth had created melted and became
mud. Sloth himself fled the planet. Read more about that in the story 'The Life
and Times of Frank Sloth'.
But Neopia now came to life. Real life. Plants were growing and animals were
evolving. In most areas they became big and strong. These were the ancestors
of today's NeoPets. But on these three islands, who were separated from other
parts of Neopia by the strong, underwater currents, smaller beings evolved.
They were animals of a different type than the NeoPets. More peaceful. They
ate grass and plants and berries and fruits. They evolved into many different
types, and lived in water and air as ell as on the ground.
This happened long before the NeoPets were fully evolved, and centuries before
the owners arrived, and since no NeoPets came to the three islands the PetPets
lived in peace for a long time.
But the new Neopia was still young, and earthquakes, tidal waves and tornadoes
were a usual sight. One night, the biggest storm that has ever swept over the
planet came to the PetPet islands. The storm destroyed forests, smashed the
fruit trees, and blew so much water up on land that the grass was ruined. And
it swept up hundreds of PetPets from the land and the water and took them along
as it continued over Neopia, dropping them off everywhere, thus spreading them
throughout the world. The few that remained on the PetPet islands starved because
the storm had taken most of their food with it and ruined what was left.
The PetPets now found themselves in a completely new environment. They explored
deserts, forests and the clouds. And they became aware of the new threat; they
were now prey for the NeoPets. This changed their evolution. They had to evolve
defence mechanisms, and adapt their stomachs to the new types of food. They
also slowly changed appearance to glide into the environment and hide themselves.
There were major differences between the different types of PetPets now.
The decades passed by little by little for a long, long time. The PetPets managed
to survive in most of the areas. They also became good in defence. But then
one day something new announced itself to Neopia. The owners. They came many
of them, few at first, but then more and more and more. At first they didn't
know half of the world they had arrived in. They took the NeoPets as their pets
and trained them and guided them. And as time passed they learned more about
the world discovering new places and new NeoPets all the time. And finally,
they became aware of PetPets.
The PetPets themselves wasn't sure they liked this. They were afraid a new
predator had come to hunt them. And when the owners started to capture them,
they wasn't happy about it. The owners gave the PetPets to their NeoPets. The
PetPets was sure they would be eaten. But the owners had trained their pets
well. Old instincts were forgotten and the NeoPets immediately fell in love
with the little creatures. The PetPets became popular. Breeding farms were built
and for every new world they discovered, they found new PetPets there. Some
of the PetPets were set in cages and collected, but most of them were given
to NeoPets as company. Many PetPets now became more "petlike". Fluffy
and soft and cute.
Still, new PetPets are discovered. And many NeoPets finds joy in the small
creatures. I believe that this is the best that could happen. Most of today's
PetPets come from breeding farms. There they also experiment with getting new
types. Some types became unable to reproduce and are very rare. They are not
sold in the official PetPet shops anymore. Wild PetPets are still prey for wild
NeoPets. I believe that ending up as pets for the NeoPets is the best thing
that could have happened to the PetPets. At least they won't be hunted anymore. |