Wild Spectrum

Tsapa

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*Helmer's Point of View*

"Seriously. Now we have to go to the swimming pool? Is this a freakin joke or something? I thought we were tortured! " I asked Spectrum.

She was standing by the edge of the pool, staring intently into its magical depths, hoping to learn its ultimate secrets. Well maybe. I had no idea what she was doing.

Suddenly I felt something pressing against my head. Then it disappeared. Shrugging it off, I glanced around.

We had entered a room with dolphins painted on the blue walls, and the floor was mosaic , and in the middle was a crystal clear pool. The pool was like a traingle, and stopped us from going to the door. It was arranged something like this :

___exit__
| \~~~~ / |
|--\~~~/<=== Pool.
|---\__/---|
|___ ___ |
Entrance

Except the only entrance into the pool was the tip of the triangle.

I glanced at my cake. It seemed soggier than usual. I took a bite. Now it looked happier. But smaller.

"So? " I asked Spectrum when she stood up . "What ultimate magical secrets have you learned, using your Arena powers, from the pool? "

" Aretna. The water is safe. " She looked completely confused. "What are you?"

"Me ? I'm a human . Or as you like to call us , Humani." She still frowned at me suspiciously . "Fine. " She finally said and turned back to the pool.

I came up to the edge of the pool and tested the water temperature. It was perfect. And that's when I got doused by lots of water. And got my fabulous cake destroyed.

A gigantic thing erupted from the water, and it stood up on its toes , hissing at us. It looked like an oversized Labrador.

I screamed at it. It slowly turned its big greenish yellow eyes on us. I threw the cake at it, and it snapped its paw up, trapping the cake between its claws. I realised it was more like a Cat, not a Labrador.

Then it put its claws down to its fangs , and the cake was gone. "Tsa tsa tsa." It hissed . " Look what I have here..." It crouched down on all fours and circled me and Spectrum. " A deliciousss sssserving. Isn't it? " It put its paw up and licked those claws, smugly grinning at us.

" Tsa, tell me your," it paused " Name. Come on. Don't be shy. After all, it's bad sssport to eat before being introduced. Tsa. I was taught mannerssss. Unlike you guysss."

I kept silent. But Spectrum the crazy put out her hand and said " Hello. My name is Spectrum. It's nice to meet you. How long have you lived here? "

The thing looked surprised . " Tsa. You are the first to talk to me. My name is Tsapa . I have lived here after abandoning my pack. So the Voice cursed me to stay in this particular room, and I'm very hungry indeed. I ssay. Are you sure you're not food ?"

" Of course we're not food Tasa something ! Now please, excuse us, we need to go." I shouted at the thing, grabbing Spectrum's hand and pulling her around it.

"Helmer! What is wrong with you! Are you crazy? Poor Tsapa has been stuck here for a long time! She needs my help! " Spectrum shook her hand away from me , and walked up to the Tsapa thing. "There, I'm sorry about him, he's just a bit mentally disabled . "

I seethed . I was trying to save us, and she was hugging that thing, and stroking its tortoiseshell fur. Now it rubbed against her, purring.

"See? It's nice! " Spectrum smiled at me . " It says it will never eat me for dinner. "

Oh so now they're best friends.Girls can become best friends with an oversized Cat thing that talks in a second. Okay, great. Better remember that.

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*Spectrum's Point of View*

Tsapa patted me on the head with her black paw. "Tsa.You're kind. Unlike that thing. " She pointed at Helmer.

"Hey!" Helmer was jealous. So jealous.

I turned back to Tsapa and asked her "What's this pack that you abandoned? "

She turned gloomy. " Tsa,the Voice has an army of Evils that he feeds human flesh and bone, and if they happen to still have emotions, he turns them into something like me and does not let us eat fruits at all. Because, tsa, you see, if we happen to eat a fruit, we start thinking more like humans, and less like him. And because I refused to eat humans, he forced me to stay here. And starve."

"So, if you eat fruits, you'll think more like a human? " I asked .

"Tsa. You are correct. And rarely we will even turn back to humans, but for now we're stuck as these creatures."

"Wait. You keep in saying 'we'. Are there more of you? Well like , creatures like you? "

"Tsa. Forgive me, I, tsa, sometimes forget that I am the last. Sorry. " Tsapa hung her head and sat down. "Can you take me with you?"

At this, Helmer couldn't take it any longer. " NA UH. No way. We are not taking that thing with us , I don't care, I'll go alone, as long as that thing is away from me. "

"First of all, it's not a thing. It's a cat called Tsapa , who looks a bit... strange. " I corrected him.

"No. Still no. Why would anyone even talk to something that looks like a monster, acts like an idiot and keeps on saying that stupid Tsa?"

Tsapa gasped. Then she growled. Gingerly she out one paw in front of the other until she was face to face with Helmer. " How dare you make fun of me, tsa?" Her whisper was silky and lethal. "Are you asking for trouble?"

I saw her claws slowly inching around his throat. Blood started to appear. Helmer tried to pull away. But she dug deeper.

"Tsapa ! Stop! Please release him ." I shouted suddenly.

Tsapa hesitated for a moment, but then dropped Helmer onto the floor. "There. Tsa, next time he won't be so sssstupid. " She hissed and went to stand by me.

Helmer stood up slowly and turned to look in disgust and horror at Tsapa. He opened his mouth to say something but, then shut it and turned away. I heard him muttering to himself. I caught a few phrases that weren't so nice.

He was so close to being killed . If I wasn't here, he would probably be dead. Do not upset Tsapa. Ever.