I suppose I should start from the begining, I will never forget it! I had run away from home, tired of the constant bickering between my siblings. But soon I was lost. I came across a person. A girl with blue hair to be exact. So I came up to her, shivering like mad! "Hello, little guy" She said. little GUY? I was very confused. That is until I found out she was talking to a snail that she had nearly stepped on. She looked up and saw me. She gasped then smiled. "Wow...Another lupe" She said. "Another lupe?" I thought. I Wagged my tail and tried to look as nice and friendly as possible. She patted my head and entered the house. She then came back out with some stuff. Our familiy had been poor so I was accustiomed to eating 'dung soup' at the soup kitchen (ugh!). But this stuff was amazing! "Cool! I could never eat that much pork pot pie!" She Giggled, sounding truly amused "Okay, now I got to go. Bye!" I followed her into the house, exploring the rooms with her. Her house was far superior to my cardboard box! Thats when I smelled it. Few people know this but all lupes young and old can smell evil. The smell came from a little door. I streaked out of the house. I came back later, even though the evil smell was getting stronger. I was hungry. My stomach roared like an angry Kougra. I followed the girl's scent through the house and into the little door. I came to a tunnel. My mind said "Don't Go!!!" But my stomach said even louder "Go! Are you a lupe or a chia?" I went through the tunnel and aparently walked back into the house. That's when I saw him. Koump. He stared at me. "Your eyes! They're Buttons!" I yelped. "Why, hello little Sorrel" Said a voice. It belonged to a lady who smelled rankly of evil. But she looked so nice. I supressed my instincts and relaxed. "Oh, your name is Sorrel, do you know her?" Asked the Girl. I shook my head. "No" I said almost nervously. "I am the other mother, so you know Coraline don't you?" I looked at the girl. "Coraline...nice name!" I said "And yes I met her today" "Well. Enjoy this world" said the lupe. He sounded nice, and did not smell like evil, so I trusted the lupe. "What's your name?" I asked him. "Koumpounophobia or Koump for short!" He said. Coraline looked around and I frolicked with Koump. I noticed that a couple of his paws were made of felt or something. When I asked him, he shuddered and changed the subject. Soon Coraline went to bed and thats when things got FREAKY! The wallpaper turned into a giant spiderweb and ensnared my hind left paw. "What's going on?!?" I asked. "Oh, Nothing. But you're not part of the plans" Said the other mother cooly. "What plans?" I whimpered. The other mother said nothing. In front of me she began to sew together a lupe, one with salt and pepper colored fur, and a black spot over it's left eye. In other words, one that looked just like me. "What are you doing?" I said. "Making Coraline a new Friend..." Said the other mother "A better friend..." I struggled, but the web held tight. "Help!" I howled. Then, Like a black blur, Koump raced into the living room. He severed the web. I then jumped on the other mother and bit her arm. Tar oozed out of the cuts. The 'other' Sorrel then came to life and defended her. I zoomed out of the other world like a rocket yelling "I'll come back for you Koump! I promise!!

It was a few days later when I gathered my courage. I took a deep breath in and walked into the house. I followed my nose to the evil smelling door. I'm comming Koump! I thought. I nosed the door open and was sucked in. "Sorrel! Help ME!" Cried Koump. He was tangled in a web that was hanging from the celing. I raced towards him. but then his fur turned grey, With black spots. My heart hammered in my chest as the Other Sorrel slid out of the web. "Hello, Sister" she laughed. her voice sounded like a rusty hinge. "Where is he?!" I snarled, Baring my teeth. "He's playing with Coraline, so you can play with me!" she flew at me and tackled me to the floor. I howled angrily and kicked her off. She leapt again but this time I jumped onto her back. I bit her ear and it ripped off! sand began to pour out and she retreated. "I'll get you sister dear!" She threatened.

Koump!" I yelled, running to the garden. "Sorrel?" Said Coraline. "We gotta get out of here! Come on Koump!" I Said "You too Coraline!" "Why?" asked Coraline "This place is awesome!" That's when I noticed Koump's limbs. They were just stitched on, and they were all diferent colors. "What happened?" I asked. "I happened!" Said Coraline. She morphed into the other mother. "Gotcha!" She cackled. Thousands of mice (or should I say RATS?) Grabbed us and carried us to the kitchen. "So you thought you could get away that easily?" Asked the other mother. "GRRR!" I growled at her. She ran her long nail across my chin. I Growled louder. "Get away from us!" I snarled. The other mother Took out a pair of scissors. "Wait Mother!" said a voice. It was the other Sorrel. "May I do the honors?" She asked. The other mother nodded. "Is anyone there?" Said a voice. "CORALINE!" I yelped. The Other Mother left. "Hey, Before you destoy us, can we play the why game?" I asked. "Fine" Said my copy "But Then I will destroy you!" "Why?" I asked. "Because the other mother wishes me to" "Why?" "Because I am her favorite" "Why?" "Because!" "How do you know you are her favorite?" "Because!" She yelled. she ran into the room were the little door was. She came back in as a monster with huge spikes sprouting out of her back. Her teeth stuck out of from her lower jaw. "Sister...you're dog food!" She Roared. The rats scattered in fear. Free to run around, I Ran to the opposite corner, as far away from the other Sorrel. I took a flying leap. I landed on her back. She tried to pull me off and succeded. but not before I grabbed her newly patched ear. As she slammed me into the ground, her ear ripped off. Koump dug at the tear, making it bigger. Her sand poured out and she fell to the ground. Koump looked at the fallen creature. The beast seemed to dissolve. I grabbed Koump's tail. "Come on!" I yelled. But something strange happened. I felt like someone hit me in the head with a frying pan, and everything went black. When I awoke I noticed a few things. The evil smell had vanished and I wasn't in the other house. I found a note tied around my hind leg. GeT ToXiTreN! It read, in skrawled writing. I Wondered how I would find this Toxitren, but like a faint note in music I smelled somthing. It smelled of forests and pollution. But It mostly smelled of hope. Hope that I could save Koump! I Howled and followed the smell.

I walked for many miles, until I found a thick forest. The strange scent was getting stronger. I could almost picture the lupe in my mind. "Toxitren! Toxitren!" I called "I need to talk to you!" But the only sound was my own footsteps. I took in a deep breath through my nose. The smell was almost undetectable because of the overpowering scent of pine. I heard a sound and jumped to the left. A glowing lupe appeared on my right. "Toxitren!" I cheered. "How on earth do you know my name?" He said. I told Him what happened. "I don't believe you, if you blacked out, how did you escape?" He challanged. "I...I...don't know" I admitted "But it dosesn't matter!" I grabbed his tail and...My fur broke off at at point, making it shorter."Great! Now I look like a stupid gelert!" I said to myself. "Fine! I'll go with you..." Said Toxitren "if you can stop the humans from wrecking the forest!" "Wha?" I said. "They're dumping their sludge into the lakes and streams" He said. I Let go of his tail and followed him to a small stream that was green in color. "Okay, so where are these humans?" I asked. "They leave everyday at about this time" Said Toxitren. "Great Beasts, wilist one of thou be my Noble steed?" asked a voice. I looked down and saw an uggatrip. "Did you say that?" I asked it. "Egad! It talks!" It said. Toxitren backed off. The uggatrip sighed. "My name is Sir Dasher. I will ask thou once more: wilist thou be my noble steed?" "Sure, I guess" I said. The Uggatrip jumped on my back. "Sir Dasher? I can't be your steed if you're on my back" "Quite the contrary. You are my steed. Now onward_ " said Sir Dasher. He kicked my sides and pulled something over my snout, like a bridle mixed with a muzzle. "MIMPH!" I said. "What was she saying, oh glowing beast?" "Oh, nothing" Said Toxitren "Where are you going, Sir Dasher?" "To defeat those who did this to me!" He said as he kicked my sides again. "I was not always like this, mind thou, for I was but a simple uggatrip. I was transformed when a green wave hit me. I must stop thou who did this to me and thou's breathren who dare harm the world with their vile potion of evil!" I walked forward and Sir Dasher laughed. "Now the beast understands!" I reared up and tried to shake him off. He fell and then froze. "Of course! I have forgoten the sadle" And with that, he sadled me up and got back on. I growled loudly. We walked up to an old factory that was leaking green slime. "The foul potion! We must go post haste! our enemy grows close!" Said Sir Dasher. He brandished a stick. "Cool down little buddy. There's no one there" Said Toxitren. "Giddy up!" Said Sir Dasher, kicking my sides. I trotted forward to sniff the building. Then something happened that I should have expected. A creature, two stories high came roaring through the wall. A third of it seemed to be made of metal, another third seemed to be the green slime, and the last part seemed to be organic. It didn't smell of evil though. It smelled like fear. "Wait! Don't hurt me! PLEASE!" It wailed. "Foul beast! I will smite thee where you stand!" "MMPH!" I yelled. Sir Dasher removed the bridle. "Listen!" I said. "Thank you. My name is AL. That stands for artificial lifeform. I was created for good and used for evil..." Said the monster "I was born to be able to suvive in the vaccum of space. But sadly, I cannot...So they tested on another. One with blue fur. When the experiment went haywire, I was nearly destroyed. My cells fused with some of the technology that my creators were proud of. I was left here alone" "Join us then!" Said Toxitren."Exuse me but MMMF!" I said as Sir Dasher but the bridle over my head.

Hey Mac! We got more garbage to get rid of! hurry up!" Yelled a Voice. It was a fat, unshaven, man. Another man, thinner than the other ran up rolling a barrel. "Don't Roll it! Are you crazy?!" Yelled the first man. "I have an Idea!" I said. Well it was more like: My maff an idwea! I whispered it to the others. The two men walked towards the stream. "WHO DARES ENTER MY FINAL RESTING AREA!" said AL. "Wh-Wh-who said that?" Said Mac. AL jumped in front of them. "I DID. THE SPIRIT OF THE ONCE MIGHTY GRIZZLY! YOU DID THIS TO ME AND YOU WIL SUFFER FOR IT!" He roared at them. They ran, shrieking like little babies. "I can't Believe thou's plan worked!" Said Sir Dasher. "Wow!" Said Toxitren. Sir Dasher laughed. "Okay, now for your end of the deal. I'll help you. But we'll need help to save Koumpounphobia. We need...Trickeryy!" Said Toxitren after telling Sir Dasher about Koump. "While you are gone, I will find my place in the world" Said AL. He stomped off. "Where doth this friend of thou's live?" Asked Sir Dasher. "New York!" Said Toxitren. Dasher kicked my sides and pulled the reins. I sniffed the air and found the scent of pollution and hotdogs and many many diferent people. I pointed in that direction and ran off that way. Toxitren followed.

We crossed many terains. Finaly we had made it to New York. It was night, but under the streetlights I could see a red figure run into an alley. I raced after it. I twisted and turned through the streets and soon was lost. How I wish I remembered where the I had left. "Looking for me?" said a voice. It belonged to the red figure. "Are you Trickeryy?" I asked (I had gotten good at speaking with the bridle on). "Who wants to know?" The figure asked. "I, Sir Dasher, The most handsome and noble-" I shook myself to quiet him. "I do. My name is Sorrel, and my friend is in terrible danger, Man!" I called out. "A great quantity of smoke apeared and a monsterous beast's shadow showed up on the wall behind me. "I will help you! You must do me a favor though" Said the shadow. Sir Dasher walked behind me and found a red lupe hiding behind a crate. "Pay no attention to the lupe behind the crate...Please?" Said the lupe. "Who art Thou?" Demanded Sir Dasher. "Trickeryy" said the lupe. He walked out from behind the crate. "You see, there's this other world and My friend Koumpounphobia is trapped in there! There's also this little girl Coraline and she could have buttons sewn in her eyes!" I said franticly. "That's crazy, how do I know you're right?" said Trickeryy. Thats when Sir Dasher jumped on him. "Thou must come with us!" "Fine! Fine! Just help me with a final trick" "Okay...Whadda ya mean?" I asked. He filled me in on the details. "Yeah, there's a appartment going up near the home of a few of our members and they're scaring our members away" Said Trickeryy. He told me what I was to do. "Your job is to look like a rabid animal" Said Trickeryy. "How?" I asked. He filled my mouth with whipped cream. Oh I thought. Sir Dasher was loaded up into a makeshift slingshot. Toxitren showed up and was told to hide in a bush. It was time to pull off this trick. As the workers showed up, it was Toxitrens cue. He howled as loud as he could and charged around. "What?" "Look out Frank" Toxitren began to make flying leaps into the air. He then vanished into the bush. I Growled and tackled one of the workers, shaking my head to look more savage. Then Sir Dasher was launched into another. Then, somehow, Trickeryy set fire to the unfinished building. We ran out of there as fast as we could.

I ran on and on, for what seemed like an eternity. I had made new friends (and one big pain in the back!) and now I was going to save some old ones. We soon aproached the house. I noticed young Coraline was chasing after Wybie with a shoe. "Arrroooo!" I howled, trying to get her attention. She saw me and ran up to us. "Sorrel! You got to help me! My parents are in grave danger!" She said panicking. I nodded and ran into the house. I rammed my head against the door. Sir Dasher opened the door and I walked into the other world. "Koumpounphobia? Where art thou?" Called Sir Dasher. "Hey? Koump? Where are you?" Called Toxitren. Trickeryy created a glowing orb to help us see farther, for it was very, very dark in there. "SUPRISE!" Cackled a voice. I whipped around. Sir Dasher gasped. "Foul witch! I shall...slay...thee?" He whimpered. The Other Mother was standing there. But something was wrong. She was tall and skinny. Her mice swarmed us. We tried to fight back, but it wasn't enough. "Looks like I've found some vermin in this house!" said the other mother. My blood began to boil. "You horrible disgusting..." "QUIET VERMIN!" She screeched. "No!" I yelled. I Charged into the vile witch, My head hitting her like a bullet. "AAAAUGH!" She shrieked. I reared up on my hind legs and pawed at the air. "You want a fight?! Do ya? Huh? Well I'll give you a war!" I challanged. "Find Koump, We'll hold her off!" Yelled Sir Dasher. "But what about you?" asked Trickeryy. "JUST GO!" I yelled. The two dashed off. "That was a poor choice, Sorrel" Said The other mother in an almost soothing voice. "Charge Noble steed!" Cried Sir Dasher. I charged at the Other Mother. Instead of hitting her, I ran straight through her, right into the garden. She was waiting for me. Except she had brought backup. An army of rats, giant insects and bat-dogs were standing behind her. She was standing on a famillar looking monster. The other Sorrel. Except now she was the size of a grown elephant! "We meet again Sister!" The Other Sorrel said in her Rusty voice. I noticed that she had big lumps all over her. I had an idea. "Hey, pokey, come and get me!" I yelled. The Other Sorrel charged towards me. I ran between her legs, with an army of creatures after me. The creatures swarmed my copy, who now couldn't move. I used that chance to use the lumps on her body as steps and climbed up to her head. "Dasher, the ear!" Sir Dasher grabbed onto The other Sorrel's Ear and tugged. And like all the previous times, it ripped off. My copy shrunk to the size of a draft horse and I jumped off, catching Sir Dasher. The other Mothe grabbed a needle that was bigger than my foreleg and raced towards me. Sir Dasher grabbed the closest thing, a digging claw. He sharpend the ends and kicked my sides. I bounded forward. There was a smack and two thuds. The first being due to Sir Dasher Falling off, the second due to the Other Mother doing likewise, since Dasher had caused my duplicate to fall. "Sir Dasher!" I grabbed his tail and ran into the house. "We found Koump!" Said Toxitren. "Let's GO!" yelled Trickeryy. "I can't" Said Koump "I need to stay, to make sure the Other Mother dosen't hurt anyone ever again" "Art thou sure?" asked Sir Dasher. Koump nodded. With tears in my eyes, I ran through the door, calling "I'll never forget you Koump!" "I won't either" I heard him say softly, almost sadly. There was a screech and a slam. Toxitren Trickeryy and I were out. Coraline came out later and seemed fine, but she did not mention Koump. I haven't seen Koumpounphobia since.

Look! It's ME!