You come to the edge of the meadow, you can tell so because you could see the forest a little over the horizon, and stopped, staring. All around were colorfull banners and streamers. Balloons in each and every size and color floated around, playing with the wind. On the ground you could see multi-colored confetti, brilliant in the sunlight. The whole meadow looked as if it had a festival and hasn't cleaned up anything.
You walked on, until the path ended, and the decorations were at its fullest. You see a sign at the end of the path, and read it.
SIZ (Star Island Zone) Festival Meadow. Beware of large balloons in strong winds and low lying streamers.
You blinked. It was apparent about the balloons and strong winds...one could be large and heavy enough to knock you down. But the low lying streamers? You did not know.
You took a step, and tripped, falling on the ground. You looked at your foot. Tangled around it was a colorful streamer.
Well, atleast I know what it means now, you thought, annoyed.
As you got up a strange, equine-like creature galloped up. She had spines on her back, her legs, and face, and was the color of French Vanilla, with green mane and mohawk. She stopped infront of you and nickered.
"Greetings traveler! I'm Xanne, a Xenoba!"
She looked at your foot and giggled, then came up and bit the streamer off. You looked at her, feeling rather stupid.
"Err...thanks.." you said.
"No problem! Everyone gets tangled with one of those at one point of their lives."
With that she winked and galloped off, leavin you, well, confused. You looked back, but Xenna was already gone, so you walked some more, watching you step. Unfortunantly, you didn't watch where you were going and slammed right into a heavy-decorated tree. You fell back, rubbing your head. Suddenly something fell on your lap. It was a small lizard, kinda resembling a chameleon. He looked up at you, annoyed.
"Why did you do that for!?"
You blinked. "Do what?"
"Do what?! Knock the tree!! I was asleep until you came along and knocked my tree, and I fell!!"
With that the chameleon got off and climbed back up the tree, not climbing back down.
More confused than ever you walk to a small pond so you could treat the bump on your head. All around the pond was confettii in replacement of sand, so you took off your jacket and sat down on it. You wetted a small hankerchief and placed it on your head, rubbing the bump, wincing from time to time.
When you were done, you placed the hankerchief on your pocket and started to get up until you saw a blue streak in the water. You blinked, and saw it again. Then the blue streak stopped infront of you and a blue fox appeared, swimming. She got out and shook her fur dry, leaving you wet. She giggled, and grinned at you.
"Greetings hume! I'm Aquana, a water fox!"
She beamed, then saw your head.
"Eeek! What happened there!?"
You explained to her the misshap with the chameleon, and she frowned.
"He's not a chameleon, he's Chameck. He's a talek, a small lizard. He can be very grumpy sometimes, especially when he's woken up or disturbed. But he can be nice, sometimes...."
She gives you a wry grin.
"Well, if you'd like to see our stats, go back to Chameck's tree; they're over there."
With that she dived back into the pond, leaving you alone again. Without much to do, you head back to the tree, quietly, and found three brightly colored plaques. They read:
