(Thanks so much, RE2!
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Shade's eyes widened as a new smell reached her nostrils.
"Do I smell... A Snicky?" Shade gasped, whirling around. She blinked, her eyes adjusting to the shadowy alley the scent trailed from. In the gloom, she saw a Snicky slowly making it's way up the wall.
"Hey, guys! Come look!" she called, keeping her eyes on the snail. It looked to be what was called a Jungle Snicky; Zap's favorite kind.
"Hey, little guy!" Shade cooed, picking up the little Snicky very gently with her jaws.
"Would you like to come home with me?" She set it on her back where it stuck.
"I'll call someone to come pick it up." Raising her head to the sky, Shade let out a single puff of black fire, which rocketed up high into the air.
In mere minutes, a golden flash of light appeared in the sky and a huge, legless, golden dragon swooped down next to Shade.
"You found one!" it said happily, looking at the Jungle Snicky.
"It wasn't easy, either, Zap," Shade chuckled.
"And I had quite a bit of help!" Shade looked behind the dragon at her companions, giving each a wink.
"If you don't mind, could you take this Snicky home? I might like to play around a bit more here," she said to Zap, smiling a toothy smile.
Zap thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Very well. Why don't you introduce me to your new friends?" it said, carefully lifting the Snicky with its jaws and setting it on the space between its wings.
"Or maybe you should introduce yourselves?"Shade: (5/5) Level up!