Mordegan the green Lupe was in a state or terror. His
Petpet, C.C. the green Warf, was missing... and presumed scared! Mordegan gnawed
his lower lip fearfully. Suppose poor C.C. was hungry? Or lost? Or in danger?
Mordegan sniffled as he wiped a tear from his face with his paw. If anything
ever happened to that poor little Warf...
He would never forgive himself. Mordegan sat
dejectedly in a corner of his room, howling and wailing piteously. All of this
noise attracted the attention of Mordegan's sister, a golden Gelert named Shelleylou,
or Shelly for short. Shelly stomped crossly over towards Mordegan, who was sobbing
with his head in his paws. Shelly hauled him up brusquely.
"Aw, stop your moaning, Morty! What do you have
to miserable about?"
Mordegan looked up at her with large, innocent
eyes, and began hiccuping through his tears. "C.C.... he's *hic* gone! *hic*"
Shelly snorted. "You mean that good for nothing
Warf? The one who does nothing but lie around all day? He flew the coop?"
Mordegan cocked a brow. "Uh, Shelly? Warfs can't
fly."
"It's an expression, you loony Lupe!" Shelly
roared, fire in her eyes.
"Oh, sorry."
Shelly sharpened her claws expressively on the
woodwork. "Anyway, the answer is no. I'm not wasting my time looking for your
lousy Warf" Shelly paused, furrowing her brow. "Wait a second... Isn't your
Warf really lazy? He hardly even moves! Why is suddenly all active?"
Mordegan gulped, and began sheepishly etching
doodles in the dust with his claw. "Well, um... you see, he wouldn't eat his
food so I sort of um... spruced it up a bit..."
Shelly growled, and pulled Mordegan in so close
that their noses were almost touching. Shelly grounded out each syllable, digging
her claws tighter and tighter into Mordegan's neck fur with each word. "What
did you feed C.C.?"
Mordegan gulped, and squeaked out a single word.
"Borovan."
"ARRG!" Shelly flung her brother away, cracking
her tail in the air. "You ignorant, daft little Chia eater! Do you realise what
you did? Your stinking pet is probably running loose around the city by now!
He's probably terrorising stray gathows, eating the food shop out of stock and
digging up every plant!"
Mordegan whimpered, trying to rub some circulation
back into his neck with his paws. "Look, I'm sorry OK! It was only a bit...
and it did help him to eat." Mordegan stared pleadingly at Shelly. "Please help
me catch him? Someone might take him away!"
Shelly smirked. She had Mordegan right where
she wanted him. "Why should I?"
Mordegan sighed. Shelly had him right where she
wanted. In a flat monotone Mordegan began reciting exactly what Shelly wanted
to hear. "Because I am terribly inferior to your supreme wit, brain, grace and
talents and I could not possibly complete said task without your help."
Shelly crossed her arms. "And what do I get?"
"I'll let you read my diary."
Shelly's long tail snaked out and caressed Mordegan
fondly. "There's a good Lupe all right, I'll help you look for your Warf Now
here's what we do..."
Shelly began to outline her plan to Mordegan,
who watched intently as Shelly rambled on about leg traps and pits. Suddenly,
something caught Mordegan's eye. He glanced outside, and saw C.C., standing
in the centre of the yard, staring straight at Mordegan. Mordegan gave a yelp
of surprise and began tearing out after C.C., who dodged Mordegan nimbly.
Shelly threw her paws up in frustration. "NOOOO!
Now look what you've done! You were supposed to wait for the signal! The SIGNAL!"
She was too late, Mordegan was running a wild
goose chase with C.C., vainly chasing after him with a leash in his paws. At
last Mordegan managed to corner C.C. He tugged on the leash threateningly.
"Well, well C.C. You've had a nice run but now
it's time to put the leash back on and..."
Suddenly, C.C. dashed out in between Mordegan's
legs, chasing after an Angelpuss. Mordegan's paws dropped limply to his sides.
Outwitted by a Warf! Shelly was right... He was an ignoramus! Shelly came jogging
up to his side, her face the perfect picture of contempt. She began to belabour
Mordegan for his mess up.
"I had everything planned out, simple as pie!
It all would've worked out perfectly but noooo you had to go an be the hero!
I hope you're ashamed of yourself."
Mordegan sniffled. "I am, what's the new plan?"
Shelly retrieved a small map that she had been
carrying under her arm. Gently she rolled it out on the grass, displaying all
of the new plans' functions. Mordegan and Shelly huddled over the paper, examining
it carefully.
"OK, here's the scoop. As you know, chasing C.C.
is pointless, the Warf's super powered, thanks to that borovan you gave him.
Anyway, I figure that the only way we can retrieve C.C. is by trapping him!"
Shelly's eyes sparkled mischievously. She absolutely loved leg traps. "Heehee...
So here's what you do. Right now, go and grab me some spine vine, I'll get some
Petpet treats. We'll rendezvous here and et up the trap."
Mordegan saluted and sped off to complete his
task. Shelly set her jaw grimly and trotted up to the house to retrieve the
Petpet treats. If it was a war C.C. wanted, it was a war C.C. would get! Shelly,
with her long, agile Gelert legs, was able to pick up the treats and make it
back to the rendezvous point in record time. She sat, thumping her golden tail
impatiently against sidewalk, awaiting Mordegan's return.
Mordegan was having trouble finding the vine.
First of all, he had no knowledge of plants whatsoever, so he didn't no that
Spine Vines were only found in dungeons. (Or, in battlesunn's case, the NeoHome
cellar) --Secondly, Mordegan had no idea what spine vines looked like. Finally,
he clapped eyes on a strange plant. He didn't know why, but something told him
that the plant was the one! Happily, he grabbed it, thinking how pleased Shelly
would be. He loped up to her, and presented the plant to her with a great flourish.
"I found the spine vine, Shelly!"
Shelly gaped at the flower that Mordegan had
dropped at her paws. "This is a DANDELION! You incompetent fool! I told you
to get a spine vine, and you brought me back a tiny little yellow Dandelion!"
Shelly ground the dandelion into the sidewalk with her paw angrily.
Mordegan whimpered and stared at Shelly pleadingly.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't know what they looked like and--"
"Oh forget it! Look, you stand guard here and
I'll get the spine vine!"
Shelly bounded off, leaving Mordegan with the
bag of treats. Shelly had no sympathy for the Lupe Fancy not being able to tell
a spine vine from a dandelion! Did the word "Vine" mean nothing to him? Filled
with contempt for her brother, Shelly snatched up a long length of Spine Vine,
and galloped back to Mordegan. However, when she got there, Mordegan was no
where to be seen. Shelly looked around, the bag of treats were still there,
but the Lupe was gone! Shelly placed her paws around her muzzle and shouted
out loud.
"MOOORRRDEEGAAAN!"
"Over here Shelly!"
Shelly turned in the direction of the voice,
and saw a small green head pop up from behind a bush. It was Mordegan! He waved
energetically at Shelly, and held up C.C., who seemed to be fast asleep, again.
Shelly narrowed her eyes and an over to Mordegan and C.C. Mordegan smiled at
her.
"Look Shelly! I caught C.C.!"
Shelly was puzzled. "How? You didn't have the
vine to make the leg trap."
Mordegan chuckled. "I just pounced on him, I
used my fabulous camouflage ability and caught him! He didn't no what hit him!"
Shelly's face darkened. So, the buffoon Lupe
had managed to catch his Warf without her superior plan? She couldn't have that...
It might ruin her reputation. She decided to turn the tables against him, using
a clever psychology tactic.
"Humph! You wouldn't have done it without me!
I saved your Warf, you should be thanking me on bended knee!"
Mordegan scratched his head. He was confused.
"What do you mean, Shelly? I did everything!"
"No you didn't! In fact you started the whole
mess, and um... look over there!"
Mordegan turned his head, and Shelly quickly
used her flash ability. Mordegan was temporarily stunned. When he awoke, he
wouldn't remember anything of the days events. Shelly smiled, and daintily stepped
over Mordegan's unconscious figure. No one would ever know that Shellylou, the
smart, intelligent Gelert, had been outwitted by a Warf and a Lupe except you.
The End | 
