When I took a walk in the forest one day with my friends, Freesia and Dragoon, my life changed forever. A boy about my age had come there too with a small gold creature called a Gelert, and he was killed by some gross evil creature that spewed flame knives. It killed Freesia, Dragoon and the boy, but not the Gelert and I. I took the Gelert and we went to Neopia together. She took me to the castle of Zafania, and becuase she couldn't yet talk, I explained everything. It turned out that the boy from the forest was the protector of the Zafania royal family and all other Zafaras. He was sent to give a special Gelert found by the princess, Discy Zafania, to a girl in the Evil Woods of Neopia. It turned out that the gril was me, I was the one destined to own the Gelert. I talked to the princess and thanked her for the Gelert. She wasn't nice to me at all, and seemed very down on herself. She apologized to me and explained that she was just angry because her parents never spent any time with her. The Gelert had been her only friend, and she didn't admit it but I could tell she was sorry to see it go. I named the Gelert _Tikal_, after an Aisha who sacrificed herself to stop a war a long time ago. I also tried to look for my family, the one I had before I went to the forest. But there was no sign of them anywhere. I went to Maraqua with _Tikal_ to look for them, but when I got on the train from Zafania Castle, she was lef behind. Owners were cold to me because I had no Pets, and only Owners with Pets were respected. I was about to give up on myself, and I couldn't get a pet for twelve more years. But one sunset when I was sitting on the top of a building and staring into the sky, I saw a Shoyru, a Gelert, a Scorchio and a Zafara chasing after a dark figure. I recognized the Gelert from somewhere and yelled loudly, "Is that you, _Tikal_?" Everyone, even the dark figure, turned to look at me. "How did you know my name?" the Gelert asked. The figure jumped off the side of the building, but nobody noticed except me, and I said nothing of the sort. "It's me....Aeris11." I replied calmly. I explained everything to them, and it had turned out that princess Discy had joined Raibolt, the leader of a small group called the Darkness Shadows, as well as _Tikal_ and a Scorchio called Fisagon. They let me join them, and we went to their Treehouse, which was actually huge. It's great here; every night we watch Tenchi Muyo and Outlaw Star, we throw parties, have contests, and we catch baddies of all sorts. Raibolt, _Tikal_, Discy and Fisagon are my closest friends now and we always have a lot of fun.