ShiloTao and I sat quietly picking ticks off of poor Weeble as he squirmed, discussing the disappearances of the last few days of the Survivor Challenge.  "Everyone's been saying it's that thieving Mynci, but I'm not so sure" said ShiloTao.  "I'm with you, things started missing long before the first sighting"  I replied.  We discussed a plan to try and catch the true thief. "Let's pile up some berries and leave them out as bait for the thief!" I suggested.  "Good idea!  Weeble, come!  We've got work to do!"  The three of us went off in search of the elusive fruit.  Several hours later we had a decent pile and set them out at the edge of the camp clearing and sat in the bushes to await the capture.  The heat was intolerable and we soon dozed off.  When we woke up it was to the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder; a thunderstorm!  We wiped the rain from our faces and looked around to see the pile was gone!!  We jumped to our feet to look for clues and found a single berry on the ground.  Looking further we saw that there was a berry every 10 or 15 feet and we set off in hot pursuit. 

We crashed through the jungle as the thunder and lightning crashed overhead.  We must have run half way across the island when suddenly the jungle thinned out and we found ourselves at the mouth of a cave, poorly hidden by some palm fronds.  I motioned for ShiloTao and Weeble to be quiet and move slowly as we entered the cave.  Through the din of the storm we could hear terrible, frightening gnashing and snorting sounds.  We froze in horror.  In a flash of lightning we saw a pile of items that had been stolen from our camp and the shadow of a hulking beast against the other cave wall, feeding on what we didn't know and were starting to reconsider our plan.  We started to sneak out of the cave when in another flash the beast stood up with it's face covered in blood!  We screamed!  The monster screamed!  Weeble lunged for ShiloTao's head and wrapped himself right around his head.  Wait a minute...the monster screamed??  I reached into the darkness and grabbed what felt like clothing.  I pulled it towards myself and found that I was holding Acamous by his collar!  His face was covered in berry juice, not blood!  "Why you little jerk!"  I yelled, "You're the thief, not the mynci!"  Acamous started to cry, blubbering that he was used to eating 3 meals a day and that he didn't have as much, ahem, extra reserve as some of us ladies.(excuse me!?)

Weeble wrapped himself around Acamous's wrists like living handcuffs and we marched back to camp.  Upon arriving we filled our fellow Survivor members in on what had transpired.  We tied Acamous to a tree while we discussed his fate.  After much debate it was decided.  He was taken to the beach and placed on a makeshift bamboo raft.  We pushed him out as far as we could when big wave came along and he was pulled out further into the ocean with the tide.  Acamous hung his head in shame as he drifted back to Neopia Central.  We danced and chanted around our bonfire, delighted that the mystery had been solved and that our camp had been cleansed of his evil ways.  On a lighter note, we caught that bloody mynci the next day and had a feast that night, not caring that it was innocent because when you're hungry you'll eat anything!

 

 

 

 

  Excited to be together again Kitkat and Buddy ran down to the beach.  Kitkat says" Isn't it Wonderful that Survivor challenge got npbates to take you out of her shop and give you back to me."  Buddy replied " I had a great time in the shop made friends with some other petpets of course I missed you terribly."  Then Kitkat exclaimed" you could have been sold and I would never see you again." Nah" said Buddy I was priced too high"  Hey lets pick some of these lovely berries they will go great with the lunch Kat made.
   Kitkat and Buddy put their lunch in a safe spot and ran to see the many caves that were on the Island.  After thet explored the caves they ran out in the bright sunshine and played in the big waves getting very wet and hungry. Going back to their hiding place they find their lunch and all those wonderful berries gone.  Oh dear! no lunch!  Remember Kat told us that there was a theiving Mynci in the area he must have taken it. So they both headed up to the house where they feasted on roast Gargapple and cherries jubalee loving made by Kat

   After their stomachs were filled Kitkat decided to read a book out in the yard. Suddenly a huge clam of Thunder scared her right out of her stone chair. Oh dear a thunder stom we will have to read this in front of the fireplace in stead. And so they did

 

 

 

 

Grammy: Welcome, Booklovers Survivors, to this weeks Immunity Challenge! First things first, Ladycatlover, may I have the Immunity Owl Necklace back please?

Grammy: Thank you. (Looks over the rag-tag bunch.) This is your 24th day on the island! How have the last few days been? Any more encounters with that thieving Mynci?

Wolfiesask: We set up a 24 hour watch on the cave after we had to replace ALL of our supplies last time.

Ciaracat: Somebody on the night watch must have fallen asleep. We got raided again last night.

Silverflutterbye: We woke up this morning ... ALL of the berries were gone, and that was all we had left to eat.

Wowlong: Our fire was out again, too.

Hugmeister: You know, maybe it happened during that awful thunderstorm.  With all the noise and lightning, maybe the ones on watch didnt see the Mynci.

Jessie: What thunderstorm?

Ciaracat (laughing): I slept through it too!

Ladycatlover: I know! Your Rhuanna and Tikl Schnak woke us up when they came to sleep with my Shelana71 and Jumping Jack Flash!

Npbates: We spent all morning gathering more food and getting our fire started again with all that damp wood.
Acamous: Well, at least we have food and clean water again now. Maybe we can set traps for that Mynci.

Grammy: Well, glad to hear you have it under control. Its time now for your next Immunity Challenge. As you know, this is important. The winner of tonights challenge will be guaranteed another week on the island and will be that much closer to that Ultimate Survivor spot.

Grammy: Tonight, youre going to need to put on your thinking caps once again and fire up your imaginations...
(Disclaimer: All bad grammar in this story is the fault of the author, and is not meant to reflect the grammar skills or the 'speakers' in the story. :))

 

 

 It was a night where everyone just wanted to stay inside. There was a huge thunderstorm brewing and everyone just wanted to stay inside and watch Survivor on TV.  Kristy had invited Silverflutterbye over to watch it with him. Moofie was kind enough to provide snacks and drinks throughout the evening.

 During the latest episode of Survivor, a thieving little mynci had made its way into the groups camp. While everyone had gone out looking for berries, a little mynci rushed into their cave and took all the food he could find. When the team returned from scouring the island they were not please. So, the next morning, two members went out to look for the horrible little mynci who had taken all their food. It was a long walk, but it was easy to track the little mynci down since he had dropped a few items along the way, leaving a trail behind him. The trail led down into his home, where there were some little baby myncis. It turned out that they were from another island, the Mystery Island and got washed onto the Survivor island by a big wave. The Survivors were so shocked to find these creatures that they went back to camp and looked for new food. They didnt even bother trying to tell the others what happened. No one would believe them.

 

 

Shelbylynn21 stands at the front of the boat, staring into the distance, as SilverFlutterBye and Hugmeister row and row with all their might.  The rain is pouring down, seemingly from all directions, soaking everyone in the boat.
 It started out as a simple boat ride.  An uncomplicated trip around the island, a small vacation from the rigor of Survivor Neopia.   As a big wave approaches Shelbylynn wonders Why does this always happen to me?  Not fifteen minutes after they left the shore this violent thunderstorm hit.  It was thundering and lightning, and raining torrents of water into their boat, and their faces.  But, one thing was good.  They were finally nearing the shore, after rowing in the storm for what seemed like forever. 

As they reached land, Bugga-Bugga jumped from the boat to investigate.  As no one knew which side of the island they were on, they started searching for some sort of shelter.  Bugga-Bugga excitedly starting yipping and running around a bush.  Shelbylynn went over to see what was going on.  He hurriedly told the others what Bugga-Bugga had found.  A cave, you guys, there is a cave behind that bush!  Everyone went inside and tried to dry off and get warm.  Over in the corner there was a huge pile of berries, going almost to the ceiling of the cave.  Wow!  Hugmeister breathed, That is the most berries I have seen in a long time  I wonder if we could eat some?  SilverFlutterBye noticed something else in the corner.  It looked like a small purple heap of fur.  She walked over and touched it, backing away quickly when it jumped.  A small mynci stood up, barely awake, and looked around.  She said Hey!  Who are you?   What are you doing here?  How did you find me?  This rush of question caused a light to go on in Shelbylynns head.  Ah-haa!  I know who you are.  You are the one who has been stealing all of our berries! 

As he spoke the words, the rest of the group figured out what was going on.  SilverFlutterBye and Hugmeister started putting all the berries into bags, while Shelbylynn and Bugga-Bugga kept the small mynci trapped in the corner.
As soon as the sun came out, everyone, including the mynci, loaded into the boat. They quickly found their home camp and rushed to tell the others of their adventure.  Look, they all shouted, We found the thieving mynci!!  Shelbylynn showed everyone the bag of berries, and there was a feast to celebrate.