Read The animal 3 :: Preparations (Anilec)

"Now it's my turn to tell stories again! I think I'll just pick up where Jael left off." Shortly after Jael had told me everything, Ophelia came to us and told us that Arika was now in her brother's private zoo. She was a bit surprised that we already knew this, but was still able to help us, as she had all sorts of information about this "zoo". She told us that this was one of the safest rooms in the whole castle. When Ophelia had to leave in the morning, the first birds (especially falcons) came back with messages from our old friends. Physicus, Kevin and Elon Musk wrote that they were just in Redwood City, California, but would come back as soon as possible to help us. Aquila and Noctis wrote that they were just in Happy Jack, Arizona. They would wait for Physicus, Elon and Kevin at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport and then come here with them. Alice, Foxy, Aninna and Mario, who live in Jinete, the small village nearby, wrote that they would come in the afternoon and try to find some sleeping bags, as not everyone here had a bed and not everyone could sleep on the sofa and the armchairs. After Jael and I came back from the hunt in the morning, we chose a wall in the main room, behind which we later wanted to prepare two large rooms for our guests. When that was done, Jael went shopping for some bread, fruits and vegetables while I went hunting to replenish our meat supply a bit. When I just came back with two deer and three wild boars, Alice and Jael also just came. Alice had a large basket with her, from which the smell of fresh pastries came. She also had a large sleeping bag under her left arm and behind her Loyola came with two more sleeping bags and two baskets full of pastries.

Jael carried three large bags full of vegetables and fruits. After we had stowed the food in the pantry and Alice had set up a box for Loyola and Hurricane in our "stable", Mario came with four more sleeping bags. By the way, hurricane is He said that Emil would follow later. Unlike our other friends, Mario is not a "shapeshifter". But he can control the earth element. With his skills, he created the two large rooms. Alice, who not only had the ability to transform into horses of all kinds, but also to grow roses and shape all sorts of things with them, grew woody peonies in both rooms and formed frames for four-poster beds. In the "boys' room" the flowers of the roses were white, in the "girls' room" they were wine red. Jael and I each weaved a curtain out of water and air, which we hung as a door in front of the rooms. I wove the blue curtain of water for the boys' room, Jael the white for the girl's room. When we hung up the curtains, we stacked the sleeping bags between the two entrances of the rooms. Mario and Alice have each chosen a four-poster bed and put their own sleeping bags on it. Jael and I woven curtains for the four-poster beds and Alice woke black and white roses into the fabric while Mario attached the finished curtains to the beds. When we were just finishing, Aninna and Foxy arrived at our place. Nico and Brownie trotted after them. I stroked brownie and said, "Hey Aninna, hey Foxy! How are you doing? Thank you for coming." Foxy and Aninna had also brought another six sleeping bags, which they now stacked on the others. When they had done that, they turned to us and Foxy said, "Hello everyone! I think we're doing well. Of course, we are always happy to help you." She smiled and looked at Aninna. She returned her smile and said, "Yes, you can always count on us." They picked up the top two sleeping bags and we showed them the room where they could sleep while they were here. Mario still formed stone bedside tables next to each bed and we distributed a candle and a box of matches everywhere. At dusk, Jael and I went hunting again, while the others ate bread and dried meat. When Jael and I came back from the hunt, the others were arguing about what they wanted to watch on the TV hanging on the wall to the left of the new rooms. Jael turned into a small eagle owl and flew silently over the fighters and grabbed the remote control. She flew in a nosedive towards the last remaining chair and turned back into a human being in flight. The others looked at you in amazement when she landed so elegantly in the armchair and turned on a documentary about purple herons. After the documentary, everyone got ready for bed and then went to sleep.