November, 2011

  It was early Saturday morning as Collin ate pancakes with syrup, scrambled eggs, bacon, and orange juice. He had on overalls, a long-sleeve shirt with World Record written in the middle and colorful stripes on the sleeves, a gold pendant Helena gave him as a gift, and striped socks. The Tv was on and he just got done helping his parents fix up his siblings rooms.

  Since it was "stress" the doctors said Ezra and Inaya should rex for awhile. Collin was happy because they'll be coming home tomorrow and he'll get to spend more time with them. They couldn't talk freely because Rafhael was there, but Inaya and Ezra wanted to know more about his training in Xenovia. Right now, his parents were busy doing their own thing as he watched cartoons.

  An hour ter, Collin stood in the castle's garden with King Casper and 2 other guards. Princess Helena and Bethany were nearby with Otto. The kingdom was huge, but he never ventured outside the castle. Sometimes the guards would let the townsfolk visit the training grounds to watch their matches, even little kids would show up.

  "Here," Casper handed Collin the mission scroll. "I need you to capture a mythical creature that's responsible for the increase of roadkill in the mortal community."

  Collin read the scroll. "What's a Caider?"

  "A caider is a domesticated pet," Helena's older brother expined. "It's half cat and half spider, most humans would just see a cat. Once you capture the creature bring it to a local shelter in Xenovia."

  30 minutes ter, Collin and the guards pulled up to a shop. It was a magical pop-up shop as the sign rearranged itself into a different name: Wild Hunt Emporium. One of the guards named Risa suggested coming here. If they wanna catch a Caider they're gonna need to lure it out. When Collin walked inside it was crammed with a ton of stuff as they gazed around.

  "Can I help you find anything?" said a voice. A man appeared out of nowhere dressed in a gangster suit, he looked very skinny and short. But that changed as the man grew taller and muscur. He had brown skin, green Jheri-curl hair, brown kaleidoscope eyes, gauge earrings, a neck tattoo, pointy ears, fangs, and a lisp.

  "Hello sir," Collin greeted. "My name's Collin and I'm a Maverick of the Xenovia Kingdom."

  "I see," the man smiled. "Nice to finally meet you. I'm Vinceon Beckham, thee proud owner of this little shop."

  He looked at the man and spoke. "I'm curious, what are you?"

  Mr. Beckham ughed. "I'm half Kapre and half Sea nymph. Most humans think I'm Bsain."

  "Sir," replied the other guard known as Hugo. "We need to obtain bait to capture a Caider."

  "I might have a few things," Mr. Beckham answered and checked his wristwatch.

  A few minutes ter, they left the shop and drove to the location on the mission scroll. Mr. Beckham gave them several things as Collin gnced at the book in his hand: Tamer's Codex.

  "We're here," Risa announced. They pulled into a residential neighborhood and cruised through the streets. Immediately, they noticed the dead animals scattered in the road and quickly parked the car.

  Collin hopped outta the car as Hugo carried a small cage with mice and a bottle of goats milk. Behind him, Risa had a net slung over her shoulder as she scanned the area. How were they gonna find this thing? It could be anywhere.

  "Over here," Risa spoke and walked to a tree. "Webs. This Caider could be in the woods or in a crawlspace somewhere."

  "If we can find bones or cocoons then were getting closer," Collin expined.

  Hugo grunted and took out a mouse.

  They trudged through the woods, but nothing caught their eye. After 15 minutes, they heard a loud meow and a scuffle nearby. Collin and the guards ran in a different direction. That's when they saw small cocoons hanging from branches as blood dripped from the animal bodies. Suddenly, a pop-up window appeared.

  [ Objective: Make the Caider your new pet to earn 10 training points ]

  He was stunned by this quest as they noticed a white and bck cat with 8 legs. Dirt was in its fur as it turned it's head, it's mouth was split and it's fangs were bloody. Another mouse was released as the Caider chased it through the woodnds. While running Collin used his telekinesis to catch the Caider, the creature struggled in mid-air and growled as it sprayed webs at them.

  "Make way," Risa said as she spun the net in her hand.

  "Wait!" Collin shouted as he pulled the Caider towards him. The creature scratched and bit his hand as drops of blood fell onto the ground. He winced in pain as the scars healed. "Please, give me the goat's milk."

  Hugo handed Collin the bottle of goat's milk as he showed the Caider he meant no harm. When he held the bottle towards the Caider it cmped down with it's cws and wouldn't let go. Slowly, the creature retracted it's cws and gazed at him with trusting eyes.

  Ding. [ Reward: 10 training points ]

  Later that night, Collin and his friends went to Six Fgs. Music was pying as they did the go-karts, zer tag, tea cups, alien invasion ride, drop tower, and carnival games. He was holding hands with his boyfriend Rafhael when he saw Helena and Hero kiss. 10 minutes ter, they were on a rollercoaster as the ride slowly stopped at the top and then dropped. Everybody screamed.