Serenay Moon
Part 41: Small problem
©2001 Rocket Stevo
 

It was nighttime when Zach, Kitt, Derak, Moka, and Mika arrived in another forest. They all decided to take a rest before continuing on their journey. “Man that was some workout from that guy, Tempus!” Moka said as he lay down on the floor.

“Yeah! So true! Even powerful with those attacks he had.” Mika agreed and lay next to Zach and Moka.

“Yeah! Lots of thunder attacks so he can open up a power plant!” Derak replied as he wraps his jacket around him. 

“Let’s hope he doesn’t attack us again!” Zach said as he turned to his side to sleep.

“Yeah! Who knows what attacks he might use on us.” Kitt agreed as she closed her eyes.

“But think you guys! We can use his attacks to run all our electricity stuff. Then we don’t have to pay our electric bills.” Moka said smiling. Everyone pelt him with rocks. “Just kidding!” Moka whimper as the rocks hit him.

“Well! See you guys in the morning!” Zach said. Everyone starts to fall asleep thinking about tomorrow morning.

 

Tempus sat on his throne picking up an hourglass. “Heh! All the kids are now sleeping now! Now is my chance to use a spell on them. What spell should I use now?” Tempus thought a minute and then got an idea. “I got the perfect thing!” Tempus picked up an hourglass and turn it upside down. “Heh! Let’s see if they’ll survive this!”

 

The next morning, the sun rose up in the sky and everyone started to wake up. “Yawn! That was a nice nap!” Zach sighed as he scratched his hair. Suddenly he noticed he has no hand. Aaaaaaaaa! My hand is gone!” He cried, but he found it was just his shirt that was big. “Huh? What’s wrong with my clothes?” Zach wondered, but suddenly he realised he was small. “What the…” Everyone was small as little child.

“Hat’s funny!” Mika said, “Fe are so small!”

“Fe even talks unny too!” Moka gasped.

“Ow did this happen?” Derak said he pull the black jacket on himself. 

“I’m not sure, but I don’t like the ooks of this!” Kitt said as her clothes start to fall off. “Eek!  Don’t ook you guys!”

“Our clothes are too big!” Mika cried trying to hold her clothes up from falling off.

“That’s strange! First we went to sleep and then we wake up being small!” Zach said, “How do you suppose this happened?” As he was scratching his hair.

 Suddenly from high above, a shadow appeared over the kids laughing very loudly. “I knew this would work! You guys won’t defeat me in your small side. Now who is the big person now?” Tempus laughed.

“Tempus! I should haf known!” Zach growled and then yelled to his friends, “We’ll show him! Let’s go!” Zach charged at Tempus, “Zako y Chosen!” Zach fired a fireball at Tempus, but suddenly the fireball burst into smoke and Tempus wasn’t hurt.

“What?” Mika and Moka cried. “It should have defeated him by now!”

Tempus laughed, “You fools! When you are small, your powers are not great enough to defeat to me. Now I’ll show you!” Tempus started sending attacks at the helpless kids.

“Quick run!” Zach shouted as they dodge the attacks.

“You can’t run, worthless ants!” Tempus laughed, “Thunder Slam!” Electric attacks thundered onto the kids shocking them. “Ha! You are all mine now!”

Tempus cried as he hurled an electric cage to catch the kids. A blinding light flashed and a bunch of tiny shattered gems shot at him. “What the…?” Tempus cried, as he was blind by the tiny gems. When the flash was cleared up, the kids had disappeared into thin air.  “I’ll get you kids! You haven’t seen the last of me.” Tempus growled as he vanished into thin air.

 

Far away in a forest, Zach and his friends took a breath to rest. “Thanks Mika!” Kitt said, “At least this attack helped us get away!”

“This is just great!” Zach said as he kicked a stone, “We are so small and powerless too. How can we go to NightWing’s castle, when we aren’t powerful?”

“Tempus must have done something to us that changed us into our children forms.” Mika said. “That’s right! The Chibi’s said that Time is on Tempus’ side.” Moka said, “He must be harder than we thought!”

Suddenly a wild tiger jumped from behind a bush and ran towards the group of kids. “Oh great!” Kitt cried as the tiger headed towards them.

“RUN!” Moka and Mika cried.

“I handle this!” Zach said charging towards the tiger, “Zako y Chosen!” A small fireball headed towards the tiger, but the tiger was bigger than Zach that the fireball didn’t harm the tiger.

“It didn’t work!” Zach gasped as the tiger grabbed him in its mouth.

“Zach!” Kitt cried and rushed towards the tiger trying to let it release Zach. “You give him back!” Kitt cried as she kicked the tiger. The tiger growled at her and swiped its claws at her, sending her into a bunch of bushes. Then Mika, Moka, and Derak rushed off to look for Kitt, while the tiger ran away with Zach in its mouth. “Zach!” Kitt cried watching the tiger ran off.

 

Zach opened his eyes as a drip of water hit him. He opened his eyes to see a bunch of little tigers looking at him. Zach quickly woke up and jumped to his feet. He realised he was in the tiger’s cave. The little tigers looked hungry at Zach. “I must be their dinner!” Zach thought to himself, as the cubs got closer. “I have to do something, so they won’t eat me, but what?”
Zach looked all around the cave and saw a piece of bone on the floor. Quickly he grabbed the bone and threw it to the opposite direction. The tigers watched as the bone flew down and landed onto the ground. Zach ran out of the cave, but the mother tiger found him. “Oh no!” Zach thought as the tiger charged at Zach. 

“Rumbling Voice!” A voice cried and chunks of rock smashed the tiger to the ground.

“Zach!” A voice cried, “You’re okay!” Zach turned to see Kitt, Derak, Moka, and Mika running towards him.

“Hey! I am glad to see you guys!” Zach said as they ran up towards him. The group saw the tiger lying on the floor.

“Oh my god! Are you okay?” Mika cried hugging Zach.

“Um, I’m okay Mika!” Zach said, “But I feel sorry for the tiger. It was trying to find food for its cubs and now it’s dead!” Zach sighed as he pat the tiger.

“Let me try to heal it!” Mika said.

“But what if it attacks Zach again?” Kitt asked worried about Zach.

“I’ll make sure it that doesn’t happen!” Mika said as she held her hands at the tiger and began gathering her energy. “Healing Heart!” She cried as a pink light appeared at the tiger. The tiger got up as its wounds were healed. It saw Zach and growled at him, but Mika hold the tiger back. She muttered to the tiger as she stroke its fur. Within minutes, the tiger smiled and went up to lick Zach’s hand. “She’s sorry that she attacked you.” Mika said smiling. Zach smiled at the tiger and stroke its fur.

“Where did you learn to do that?” Kitt asked.

“I had a pet kitten when I was little. I always whispered to her that I love her and that I would always be with her.” Mika said.

“Thanks Mika!” Zach said.

 Suddenly, an electric cage caught Zach and started floating into the air. The group turned around to see Tempus floating in the air. “I told you I’d get you!” Tempus smiled.

“Run!” Mika yelled to the tiger, but the tiger stood beside her.

“Electric Cage!” Tempus shouted and four cages head toward the kids. Mika pushed the tiger away as she, Moka, Derak, and Kitt got capture and shocked. They all lay knock out as Tempus used his power to lift them into the air. “Ha Ha Ha! Finally I have got you all! You’re mine! Now to destroy you!” Tempus cried as he gathered all his powers.

 As Tempus was about to launch an attack at them, the tiger leaped at Tempus slashing him with its claws. Tempus lost his concentration and the electric cages crashed to the ground. “Get off me you wild thing!”

Tempus growled and tried to get the tiger off him, but the tiger held tight onto him. As Tempus tried to pray the tiger off him, the hourglass fell out of his pocket and crashed to the ground. A magic dust blew at the unconscious kids and changed them back to their normal sizes. Zach woke up and found his clothes fit again. “Hey my clothes!” Zach cried, “They fit! I’m back to my normal sizes!” The others woke up and were happy to be back to their old sizes.

In the air, Tempus finally got the tiger off and threw it to the ground. “Now I got that animal off, I better get rid of those kids.” Tempus looked everywhere, but he didn’t see them. From down below, Tempus heard a scream. Mika cried, as the tiger was hurt from the fall. “How dare you hurt a cute animal like that!” Mika said and burst into a burning energy. “Splendour Sparks!” A glitter of lights blinded Tempus eyes.

“Argghhh!” Tempus cried as the attack hit him.

“Alright go!” Mika cried to the teams.

“Zako Y Chosen!” Zach cried as his attack crashed Tempus.

“Typhoon Rage!” Moka said as his attack smashed Tempus.

“Wave Crasher!” Kitt added.

“Rumbling Voice!” Derak finished.

Tempus tried to block the attacks, but knew he couldn’t survive. He growled and took out an hourglass. “You may have won this time, but I’ll be back!” He cried and disappeared.

 

Zach pat the tiger and watched it go back into the cave. “I’m glad that’s over!” He sighed, “I’m going to miss that tiger though. She wasn’t so bad at all.”

“Yeah!” Kitt agreed, “Well let’s get on our way now!” As the group walked away, Zach suddenly got knocked to the ground.

“Aack! Something is on my back!” Zach cried. Derak looked behind him and saw a little tiger on Zach’s back. Soon a bunch of tiger cubs came running over to Zach.

Kitt laughed, “I think they are thanking you for saving their mom.” The tiger cubs lick Zach’s face and rub their face against him.

“I think so!” Zach laughed.


End of episode 41

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