Mystic Ruins: Wild Animals

[AnT]

Defiantly a long day for the two girls of Westopolis. Mina the Mongoose, the nervous snake-eater, finally met her long time hero, Sonic the Hedgehog....and caused his hair to grow like a mutated Chia-pet. And Barby the Koala, the angry country girl, almost got burned to a crisp by a robot, and to top it off, she had to chase her best friend all around town while she was in her savage mode. She finally snapped Mina out of it after she ate garbage.

Defiantly a long day.

But after a quiet train ride, the girls finally arrived at the natureous zone that is the Mystic Ruins.





"-kaff, kaff....hhoooooork-"

Barby checked her non-existant watch for the forth time as she waited for the mongoose to toss her soiled lunch in the bushes, just at the foot of the wooden train station. "You done?"

"Y-y-yeah....um..." slowly, she walked towards the girl, still looking a bit woozily. But then... "Hold on."

Zipping back to the bush... "-hooooooooork kaff, kaff-"

"Oy..." well she couldn't blame Mina. The girl ate garbage.


A few minutes later...


"God...first I made Sonic mad, and now I ate garbage...near a gas station...ugh..." Mina held her stomach, still feeling a little sick.

The koala rolled her eyes, "Gee, what 'o bad day for ya. You got to meet your dream-man while I almost got my fur burnt by a crazed ROBOT!!! I hate robots!"

"W-w-well I'm sorry that..." suddenly, her attention was averted to something high above the cliff...a yellow house with a waterwheel. "Hey....I think that's Tails' Workshop! Wow!"

"Whatever!" pushing her back, Barby shoved Mina away from the cliff, heading down the grassy hill towards the large waterfall. "Come on! You promised we can go explore the jungle!"

[Kyra]

But in the jungle, a creature lurked... she was fierce and pure evil...


With a flop, the leopard draped herself over a sturdy tree branch, arms and legs hanging off the sides and just moving in the wind. "GOD, it's so boring..." Leo whined as she started up into the treetops, as the sky was sort of hidden behind them. "I go right from a prison break to a flower shop... my adventures sure hit the breaks big time..."

She sat herself up, and swung her legs back and forth on the branch when she spotted it.... a jewel blue butterfly. Completely forgetting every ounce of dignity, Leo leaped off the branch, landed with an "oompf!" and began to chase the insect toward the front of the jungle, closer to the ruins.

[AnT]

Meanwhile, on the wall of a cliff, the two Westopolian girls ended their mine-cart ride out of the cave. The koala happily hopped off, fishing out her non-enthusiastic mongoose-friend.

"C'mon, girl! Before it gets too dark to see the galahs!"

Mina rolled her eyes, "You make it sound like it's a bad thing."

"Hey, I almost got my head burnt by 'o wacko robot and you got to meet your dream man! If I'd have to have a bad day, you do too!" hopping on a ladder, Barby slid down.

"B-But I turned him into...uh..." Groaning, Mina slowly mounted on and climbed down the ladder. "It ain't my fault you acted all sugar-high in front of Tails."

Marveling at the glorious lush seen of the jungle, Barby took a deep breath. "This is what I call heaven. Good eh?"

As Barby pulled out her camera and ran through the jungle like a kid in a carnavel, Mina fell off the ladder, hard on her back. "Ow...if you mean the pain on my spine, then yes. Uuugh."

Peeling off the floor, Mina then limped after the koala.

[Kyra]

But that poor Koala was about to be a victim of THE SPEED DEMON LEOPARD!


The butterfly fluttered on... in front of the Koala's path. Romping after it was Leo, as she darted out into the way. She heard other footsteps, turned her head and gave a "MROW!" of surprise and attempted to leap out of Barby's way...
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And she did. Just barely, but she leapt up onto the tree branch above her and breathed heavily. "That was close!"[rand=861981492067600553509635562846497788716812909087902165400390087]

[AnT]

Barby was so surprised by the sight of a anthro leopard speeding for her, she barely shielded her camera to keep it from being destroyed.

She braced herself, waiting for sudden pain, but it never came. Barby peaked and found the girl gone, but she scanned around her area until she found her on a tree.

"HEY! You little bugger; don't you know how to use your eyes?!"


"Ow...man, I sure hope I brought aspirin or something."

Suffering a backache after that fall, Mina lingered too far from Barby, who just took off. Now she was lost in the jungle.

"Aw great...."

[Kyra]

The leopard, apparently offended about that remark, replied, "Well, HEY! I didn't hit you!" Redding in the face slightly, she thought to herself, 'Great. Only a few hours in this new place and I'm hated.'

"I honestly didn't mean to startle you, there was this.. butterfly.." She stopped, realizing she sounded rediculous.

[AnT]

"Butterfly?....Oh..." she shrugged, knowing the beauty of them. Fiddling with her camera, Barby walked off. "Hmm...come to think of it, I haven't seen butterflies in a long while. Stupid cites...stupid smog...stupid..."



"Barby?" Mina called, twirling around every direction to find her friend. All she saw was trees, green, and light beams shining through the cracks of the ceiling of trees.

"Great...where did she GOOOOOOOAAAAAHHHH!!!!" she failed to watch where she stepped, and now she was falling down a very steep hill, smashing through bushes, branches, and prickle-bushes. Ouch.

Sadly her cries were unheard, even for those with good hearing. She's too far from Barby.

[Kyra]

The leopard leapt down from her perch and trotted along side Barby. "Well, butterflies seem to be here everywhere you look. For some reason, that one just caught my eye." Walking along on her toes, like a cat would, she seemed to make herself a little taller than normal. "I'm Leorina by the way, but call me Leo!" The leopard grinned Cheshire-like at Barby.

[AnT]

"Erm...Barby." she relunctently answered, not comfortible around any being a little friendly. "Yeeah...I know about where to find butterflies; it just been so long."


"Ow-ow-ow-ow!" The second she fell hard on the dirt, but only with scratches, and little thorns on her skin. "OOwww...god, that hurt!"

Slowly getting up, Mina peeled the thorns off her dirty body, yelping in pain for each one she pulled.

This rotten moment made her think why she let Barby talk her into this. She hates the outdoors, because of things like this. Also flies. She hates it when they swarm around her; it gives her the creeps.

And right now, there are some knats orbiting around her head that was so hard to swat with her gloved hands. "Bugs! Ugh, one of these days I gotta stop letting Barby walk over...."

But then, something took her breath away...something that made her forget the itching, the scratches, the thorns, and the knats...

...an ancient Mayan-like temple.

"....me."

[Kyra]

"I honestly hope you don't mind me tagging along for a bit. Seeing as you came here alone, I thought you may like some company for a little while." She meant this in a completely and honestly nice way, but she was probably getting on Barby's nerves pretty easily.

[AnT]

"Look, I just....what do you mean alone?" Barby turned around to see if Mina was with her.


She wasn't.


"What the-" she, in all her worry, snapped at every direction to find her. "Where Mina go?!"




Where was she? Why she was hesitantly entering the semi-dark temple. Yes, her heart was beating hard, and her mind kept nagging her to turn back, but her body couldn't resist checking this place out.

Just like a movie, this place was in total ruins. The deep shaded surroundings, with a bit of blue light gave the large stone room such a intimidating feat, that made Mina's eyes as wide as a deer's.

"Wow...." she whispered, now froze her feet in the middle of the giant room. The ceiling, as she now noticed, felt as tall as a skyscraper. It could make anyone feel as small as a mouse, which is what Mina is feeling. "Okay...curousity over; better get the-"

But then, something unlike this room gave notice from behind a pile of ruins. Something wonderious...some thing that shined a green light.

"What the-" she muttered, inching her way towards the light. She thought that maybe it was something that was alive and deadly, but that light was just standing there behind the pillar. Plus it was so...irresistible.

With such small steps, Mina climbed over the small pile, being ready for any surprises...but as she peaked over the top, nothing prepared her for what she saw.

"No....way!"

[Kyra]

Dumbly, the feline looked around. "There was another one? I only saw you." She stated, arching her one eyebrow. "What does your friend look like; I can keep an eye out for her..." A little nervous, the cat waited. Being lost in the jungle was BAD.

[AnT]

"A mongoose!" Barby made a dash right back through her trail, hoping to retrace her steps. "And she's practically afraid of her friggin shadow!"


Although she would be afraid, but what she saw made her skip a beat....in a good way.

A Green Chaos Emerald! (Insert Chaos Emerald melody. Da-DA-dum-da-duuummmm)

"N-n-n-no....way!" reaching, very slowly with her shaky hands, Mina then carefully grabbed it, hoping that it wouldn't bite her, or if it wasn't a mirage.

As she stood up, her frightened yet surprised eyes never peeled its sights off the emerald. For all Mina may know, she might be dreaming. Nobody, and she means, nobody that is just your average Joe ever had, or maybe seen a Chaos Emerald. If one ever even has one....oh baby, and Mina found one.

"I can't... believe it."

She couldn't believe this was happening to her. First she met Sonic, and now she has a Chaos Emerald...a green one too. Green is her favorite color, hence her green gloves and sneakers. She wanted to let out her joy with a insane laughter. But, knowing how much people wanted the Chaos Emeralds, especially evil ones...well, they can probably hear.

All she could do right now, is cherish the moment. She raised the emerald as high as she can hold it, as if she was giving it to the heavens. And on cue, a heavenly light beamed through the cracks on the wall, and shined on the mongoose and her emerald.

(Insert Zelda/Master Sword melody.)

[Kyra]

The leopard ran along side Barby. "Well, jeez, thats not too goo-" Her words were cut off by sudden silence around her in the jungle. "Thats odd; theres no noise anymore."

[AnT]

Barby skid her heels against the dirt. Being a person who rather enjoy nature, if there are no animals to be heard in a forest, or even any bug-sounds, something good is never possible. And this was freaking Barby out.

"Yeah, you're right. It's too quiet. What the friggin heck can that mean?"

[Kyra]

The cat shrugged. "I've never actually heard this happen before. Shall we keep looking for your friend...?"

[AnT]

(Timeskip)

Trailing back to Barby's traces, they started by the ladder, and found Mina's footprints. Following it to another road, they found her footprints scattered around.

"Oh yeah, that's the jittery bugger. If I guessed right, she got all willy-nilly getting lost and..."

Her finger followed another trail of footprints, leading to a patch of bushes. But there was a small narrow path, way on the very steep hill, filled with bushes. and thorns.

"...and fell down there. Ouch!" Without a word of warning, Barby clawed on a tree and climbed to a high branch. "She's gotta be 'urt."

She hopped on one tree to another, getting down the hill by going over the prickly obstacles.

[Kyra]

And the Lord said, LET THERE BE CLAWS!



Thanks to the leopard's fingerless gloves, the cat was able to take a running start at the tree, scramble up (leaving nive little claw marks here and there) and steadied herself on a branch. She kicked off that branch and followed Barby through the tree tops. "You're a pretty good climber!" She called to the Koala.

The jungle was stilll silent, and it made Leo nervous, but she concentraited more on finding Barby's friend, then worry about freaky wildlife later.

[AnT]

"Feh, climbed trees all my life."

Right after Barby landed on the ground, when she ran out of trees, she awed at the aged temple before her. "Whoa! Nice temple!"

She took out her camera and snapped some shots. But then she spotted something on top of the stoned stairs.



A young mongoose girl approaching out of the temple. "Um...hi!"


"Mina!" Barby then glared at her. "What are you doing up there?"


She glared back as she walked down the stairs. "Looking for you. Thanks for waiting for me!"

Well dispite the thorns on her body, and dirt and scratches, it was a good day. She still couldn't believe she found a Chaos Emerald, but she hid it in her bag. Mina knows Barby won't like her keeping those things around. She says they're bad luck.

Yeah right!



Barby gasped at Mina's condition before pulling out a first-aid kit. "Jeez, are you trying to pass as that dumb porcupine or something?"

[Kyra]

The leopard waited till Barby was finished speaking before saying, "So, are you Mina?" SHe eyed the mongoose carefully. "You seemed to have gotten banged up pretty bad... sure you're ok?" The leopard wagged her tail to a tune only she heard... probably because she wasnt all the upstairs.

[AnT]

"Um...yeah..." she sheepishly answered to the newcomer. "...I, umm...slipped and f-fell...embarrassing...OW!"

"So what else is new? Oi..." Barby held a roll of bandage as she picked the thorns off Mina. "Hold still, ya big baby! It doesn't 'urt."

"Wanna be-OW! Watch it!" she whined, trying to wince away, but Barby's grip was too great. "You don't know how hard it is too keep a big uni-eye from even dirt an-OUCH!"

"I'm sure..." she muttered as she dipped a brown bottle on a medical-puff-ball.

"Oh NO! Nononononononono! Not the stingy!!" Mina cried in panic as she tried to free herself.

"Too bad! You gonna get a bunch of stingys!" without looking, Barby tossed a pair of earplugs to Leo. "You gonna need this."

[Kyra]

The leopard caught them, and confused, put them in. The sounds around her were cut off completely. How odd. She cocked her head and just waited to see why she needed these.

[AnT]

Barby had some on as well. She braced herself as she gently placed the moist puff on Mina's wound.

Mina's teeth gritted hard, but.....

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

Few minutes later, Mina was patched up; her arms and legs were wrapped in bandages, and she had a small band-ade on her cheek. Though her clothes were still partly tattered. The poor girl whimpered, still feeling that stinging medicine Barby put on her.

Barby wiped her hands as she spoke to Leo. "Well, all's done. Okay, with the creepy silence around, that can't be good. We should skid-daddle."

[Kyra]

The leopard saluted. "Yah, this eerie silence doesn't bode good luck for ANYONE." Just as she finished saying that, she was a little surprised. 'Is she asking me to come along with her?' She thought to herself excitedly.

[AnT]

"C'mon, Mina, let's.....oh no."

Basically, Mina looked...lifeless. She was staring at something; something that dug out of the ground.


A snake.


This stringy creature was snarling at the mongoose, as if it held a grudge. Strange, Barby thought. She thought the jungle was going into a state of silence, but this snake looked pretty angry at Mina.

Well it doesn't matter now, because when Mina sees a snake.... "Mina, DON'T!"

"S-s-s-s-s-sna---snak----sna-s-s-s-s-s-" she kept muttering as her body vibrated.

[Kyra]

The cat was a little frightened at the site of the snake, but her attention was turned to Mina. "Mina...?" Leo asked, in a loud voice. "Are you ok? Its just a snake." She walked towards Mina, more confused than what she was about five minutes ago.

[AnT]

Her hands were twitching, as if she was having difficulty controlling them. "S-s-s-ssna-s-s-s"

"Mina, NO!" Barby cried as she dived at her.

"SNAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!" but she zipped away before Barby plowed on the floor.

The crazed mongoose circled around the snake, both now showing their vicious fangs. On her fours, Mina was on her guard like a fierce predator, prepared for the snake's strike.

After getting up, Barby dusted her legs. She didn't need to look at Leo to know that she was beyond confused.

"Oi...fiesty beaut, ain't she? Well, you heard that urban legend that there are some people who are born with a...um, aren't fully evolved? Well, it's not a legend. Certain events, or things can trigger an anthro's primitive nature. When Mina sees a snake, she reverts to her ancestral behavior, and....well...."

Mina pounced on the snake and now was mauling the snake around with her teeth.

"...nature calls."

By its tail, Mina was sucking the snake in her mouth like a spaghetti.

[Kyra]

The leopard summed up her confusion with one word, "Oh." She then turned her head from Mina devouring the snake, her golden fur turning slightly green. "Thats.. kind of disgusting... So Im huessing shes done with before?"

[AnT]

"You have no idea..." Barby bitterly muttered. Holding up her arms, the koala creped closer to the wild mongoose. "Easy there, beaut. Easy now."

After licking her lips, Mina noticed the koala advancing, and she snarled at her.

"Now, now...easy, beaut...easy...EASY!" diving at her, Barby was now at a fierce wrestling match with the mongoose. They both rolled around, kicking up dirt in the air. "Yow, she's a fiesty one! Easy now! Eas-"

POW! And Mina kicked her off by the face. Barby's head landed on the dirt hard, giving Mina the chance to dash away as fast as any speedy animal.

Clenching her teeth, Barby rubbed her agonizing head. "Owwww...she's too fast when...she's like this! Whatever you do...don't let 'er hide!"

[Kyra]

The leopard snapped to attention, saluted, then ran after Mina. "Oi! Mina!" Leo yelled after the moongoose. Speedy cat or not, this leopard has having a rough time keeping up with this little rabid thing.

Remembering what Barby said, Leo decided to try and stop this bugger from going any further. She made a wild leap at Mina, to try and stop her... [dice=6][rand=2020954882477722440122942608375173331507803527166965269897010840568]