User blog:Khirman/Beyond the Shallows (part 1)

Intro
This is a fanmade story of the life of Soglyadatay (Russian pronunciation for Peeper), nicknamed Hero by his friends.

Opening
As Hero was swimming around the shallows, he decided that he wanted to explore. So he went to the Kelp Forest to explore. He noticed that there were no Stalkers in the area. Strange, he thought. I should have seen at least one stalker by now. Suddenly, a stalker ambushed him from behind! He heard the stalker just in time to avoid getting his tail bitten off. He whirled around to face the stalker. "Well, you're deserving of that name," Hero yelled. "You're just coward trying to get an easy meal. All you do is hide." Then Hero noticed that the stalker's attention wasn't on him. Hero decided to turn 90° to check if it was a Mesmer or if the stalker was just faking. He noticed that it was a mesmer. Hero decided that he would be like his nickname for carnivores and herbivores alike. He yelled, "Watch out!" just in time to keep the stalkers face from being bitten off. The mesmer closed its hood and complained to Hero. "I'm exploring new areas," Hero explained, "you can both join me if you like. It would help keep me safe." They both agreed. They said that their names were Hunter(stalker) and Distraction(mesmer). They continued through the kelp forest and eventually came upon the Grassy Plateaus.

The Grassy Plateaus
As they were exploring the plateaus, they found a Biter who introduced himself as Bitey. He wanted to join their group and Hero readily agreed. They found a cave and decided to go in. They noticed several purple and pink mushrooms. They went close and suddenly a Crabsnake came out and attacked Hunter before realizing it was a stalker. He quickly apologized and asked what he was doing so far from the kelp forest. Hunter said that he was exploring with Hero. When the crabsnake heard the name, he introduced himself as chrome and wanted to join. Hero was a little annoyed that he attacked hunter, and said he'd think about it. He asked if they could find somewhere safe to sleep. Chrome said that Hero, Bitey, and Distraction could probably fit in a Jellyshroom. Since Chrome was the king of Crabsnakes, he said that he would make sure that the other Crabsnakes didn't attack Hunter and stayed well away from the jellyshroom that everyone else would be sleeping in. Because of his kindness, Hero let Chrome join. In the middle of the night, Hero woke up. He decided that since he was awake, he would check on Hunter. Hunter wasn't near the jellyshroom that Hero was sleeping in, so it took a little bit of looking before he found him. Hero quickly swam over to Hunter, who was exploring the cave because he couldn't fall asleep. "Hey," Hero said. "What's wrong?" Hunter said, "I feel guilty. So many times I've eaten Peepers, and you probably watched your family get eaten." Hero said, "I was an orphan long before. My dad got too close to a Gasopod's tail right as a stalker was approaching from the front. My mom died 2 days after I hatched because of the same circumstances." "Really? I never knew. I've never approached a gasopod at all. So I wasn't the stalker that killed your parents.

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