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The next day, Moon invited Maylas, Schnauzzi, and me
to go shopping with her and Khell. She didn’t tell me about Khell’s incident.
But as we went to the Neopian Supermarket, I saw a new shop had been moved right
beside it. It looked like a magic shop.
“Moon! Moon! Can I go to the Magic shop?” Khell
jumped in front of Moon and wagged his tail happily hoping for a yes.
“I guess Khell. Colbolt, can you watch him?”
she asked me.
“Me? Why me?” I asked offended. Khell was already
bounding for the shop.
“Well, I don’t trust Khell in a magic shop on
his own. Last time he was there, he came home with poke-a-dotted fur. Apparently,
he poked the shop keeper in the eye when he asked for how much a potion was
and couldn’t afford it. So the keeper cursed him. You know how long it took
to get him to normal?” she said.
“Okay, okay,” I grumbled.
“Anyway, Colbolt, maybe you’ll find something
on WereLupes there,” Schnauzzi whispered. I shrugged and ran after Khell.
Unfortunately, Khell was in there before me
already snooping around. He was still thinking about that gang.
“Calling me a pup. If I was bigger, they would
be sorry,” he muttered to himself. He began to look at the shelves which were
filled with books. There were many titles, Curses Made Simple, How to Get Back
at your Opponent, Need Fangs?, and Bubble Bubble Chia Soup. But the one that
caught Khell’s attention was a particular book.
“Make your own growing potions,” Khell said
picking it out of the shelf. He flipped through the pages and smiled to himself.
He went up to the counter where a cloaked figure waited. Khell paid him with
his monthly allowance. The figure smiled and took it. I was just about to go
inside when Khell thrust the door open and whacked me right in the nose.
“Ow! Khell!” I yelled. I rubbed my nose with
my paw making sure it wasn’t broken.
“Colbolt? What are you doing on the ground?”
he asked.
“Nothing Khell. What’s that you got there?”
I asked seeing the book.
“Oh nothing. I paid for it at its fair price.
Honest!” he said clutching it.
“Okay Khell, Come on. Moon is probably almost
done her shopping by now. We’ll just head home awhile,” I told him.
“Okay Colbolt,”
As Khell and I walked home, the group of gangster
Neopets popped out on our path. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t the chicken pup
again. Ready for some more?” a bad looking Kacheek said.
“Khell? You know these creeps?” I asked keeping
my eyes on them.
“They beat me up yesterday,” Khell answered
clutching onto his book. The gang snickered.
“Lets see what kind of a book you have there?”
the Kacheek said reaching for it. But Khell pulled back.
“Back off,” I growled stepping in front of him.
“We don’t have anything for you Lupe, we just
want the pup,” he snickered.
“You’ll have to go through me first,” I growled
angrily.
“If you insist,” the gang pounced on top of
me. I fought off as many as I could, but they threw me into some bushes.
“Leave me alone!” Khell shouted. I heard someone
from the gang cry out in pain. They must’ve gotten poked in the eye.
“That’s it,” I growled feeling the change into
the WereLupe. I jumped out of the bushes and howled. Khell was fighting away
the gang as best as he could. When they turned around and saw me, the color
ran out of their faces.
“WereLupe!” they shouted and ran down the street.
I gave a little chase until they were out of sight. Once they were, I shifted
back to my normal form.
“Thanks Colbolt,” Khell said.
“No prob Khell,” I replied with a smile.
To be continued...
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