King’s Scepter Option Bb2: Help
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King’s Scepter Option Bb2: Help
There are so many pikas that they’re overrunning the poor mountain lion. You’d guess from the blazed white star in the fur on his chest, that the cat is the Law Keeper Francis mentioned earlier.
Francis!
You look around but in the confusion, you can’t locate the pea-sized marmot anymore.
But you can help the mountain lion, which may in turn help the marmot.
Pulling the rest of the ropes off your arms and legs, you scramble to your feet and grab several pikas that rush past your feet. With one in each hand, you toss them into the cage.
Their cries of surprise catch a few others attention and before you know it, the little creatures are swarming over you as much as they are the mountain lion. You’re tossing pikas into the cage as fast as you can move but it’s just not enough and pretty soon their weight starts to bear you toward the ground again.
They see you’re struggling and start using the ropes to hasten the process. A glance toward the lion confirms he’s in no better shape.
You’re almost immobile when a strange sound catches everyone’s attention. The pikas freeze in confusion.
You frown, trying to place the music.
“He’s not due back!” shouts one pika.
“But that’s his tune. He’ll shrink us to ants when he finds out.”
Several pikas squeak in fright.
“Retreat!”
As suddenly as they all appeared, the pikas disappear into the trees and are gone.
The music cuts off just as suddenly and there’s a beep. You finally realize what you were hearing, your ring tone, muffled in your pocket.
Pulling free of the ropes, you pull your phone out and see you’ve got a message from a friend.
The lion’s eyeing you, so you hold the phone up in explanation.
“Phone call,” you say.
What you’d guess is a grin breaks out across the lion’s face and then he’s roaring with laughter.
While he’s laughing, you try to listen to your message. It won’t ring. When you glance at the screen, you see you only have one bar of service.
“Release me from the ropes?” the lion asks, still hiccupping with laughter.
You get up to comply and ask as you free him. “Why’d the pika’s run?”
“Your ring tone, human. It’s the same as the King’s. They thought he was returning.”
You give a silent ‘ah’ and pull the last of the ropes from the lion’s paws.
He sighs in relief as he gets up. “You probably do want to see the King,” he says.
“Why?” All you really want is to go home.
“You’re kind of purple.”
Remembering the lead pika’s shout “not purple! Smaller!” you realize what he was talking about. Upon close inspection of your arm, you see all of your hair, even the little one’s on your arm, are purple.
“Great,” you grumble.
***
Thankfully the pikas, in their rush to leave, left the scepter that turned you purple behind. The Law Keeper introduces you to the King when he does return and he changes your purple hair back to normal, then he offers you a job as the lion’s deputy.
When everything is sorted out, it’s found out that the pikas hoped to make themselves human sized with the King’s scepter. They ransacked the cabin to find it and tried to shrink you and the marmot to keep you from saying anything.
The King punishes them, not by making them ant sized, but by banishing them to the higher altitudes. Every once in a while you hike the mountains above tree line just to keep an eye on them.
The End
Thanks for participating in the adventure this week! I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Blessings,
Jennifer
