The Great Adventure

Things were not going well for the gang. The Bear King was going crazy and would not listen to reason. Worst of all, anyone who tried to reason with The Bear King, king of all bears on the planet of Bear Stone Planet, would be sentenced to death.

Anyways, ten minutes later, the gang found themselves in the Bear Fortress’s execution chamber. There was a Buillotine (Bear Guillotine) in the corner and a bunch of chairs where people could sit to watch.

As Qaeron was being led to the Buillotine by The Bear King, king of all bears on the planet of Bear Stone Planet, he grabbed for his locket around his neck, but the Beardyguards for The Bear King, king of all bears on the planet of Bear Stone Planet, slapped it out of his hands and it fell through a grate in the floor.

Then there was a loud noise that sounded like either a bark or two metal plates squashing a plate filled with rice, and before anyone knew what was happening, Gumpton had slammed into The Bear King and his Beardyguards.

“Let’s get outta here, quick!” yelled Hoofa.

Qaeron got up and ran behind Mushpuff and Plagiarize and Snorter and Klumpkrump and Bird, who were running behind Hoofa, who was riding Gumpton, who was running out of the execution chamber.

“Get them!” shouted The Bear King, king of all bears on the planet of Bear Stone Planet. His Beardyguards pulled out swords and ran out the door after the gang.

“Stop in the name of the law!” shouted the replacement Bear Judge, standing in front of the Beardyguards. “The jury has concluded that The Bear King is guilty of murdering the Bear Queen, and Qaeron is innocent! And the rest of them are heroes for killing enemies of the state! As well as Qaeron! Because he killed Grazer, the Bear Queen’s identical sister! We must capture The Bear King!”

“Fair enough,” said all four Beardyguards.

And so that is how it came to be that The Bear King, king of all bears on the planet of Bear Stone Planet, was guilty of murder AND identity fraud.

Hoofa and Gumpton had to go back to Bourt for a third time because they were still in trouble for killing that one bear, but they were eventually proven NOT GUILTY because it was in order to supply fuel for the Heroes of the State, which is what the gang was now. I didn’t feel like writing yet another Bourt scene, and you probably don’t feel like reading another. I’m sure we all want to get past this confusing bear situation and continue with the more exciting stuff this story has to offer. But I am sorry to say that there is one more scene involving bears in this section.

In the Meeting Room of the Bears™, all seven members of the gang as well as Gumpton were gathered for a Meeting With the Bears. The topic? An alliance! Because all of them were now Heroes of the State. Also, the Bearmy saw how powerful they were. They, in fact, were the ones who suggested an alliance.

“So,” said D. Bear D. Stroy Er, leader of the entire Bearmy. The previous leader, Ham, was executed for betrayal of the Bear State. Don’t ask what happened, it’s a very long and complicated story which requires an entire book of its own in order to be fully understood. “You wish to have an alliance with us, the Bearmy, as well as the Bear State?”

“Well actually it was kinda you who suggested that,” said Mushpuff.

“Oh, so right!” said DeBear (his nickname). “We want an alliance with you. So anyways I need to explain the terms and conditions. First and foremost, whenever someone attacks you, we’ll help you kill them. Second and soremost, whenever someone attacks us, you must help us kill them. Third and thoremost… oh, that’s it. So anyways, you all need to sign here, and then you need to make a name for yourselves. By which I mean literally.”

DeBear passed a piece of paper across the table to where the gang was sitting. There were eight lines for signatures, and each member of the gang signed on one of them. Obviously. There was also a place where they had to write their group’s name.

“Oh no, we don’t have a name!” said Mushpuff. “What are we gonna call ourselves?”

“Plagiarize and So Forth,” suggested Plagiarize.

“That’s the dumbest name I’ve ever heard,” said Snorter.

“What about Klumpkrump and the Cool Cats?” said Klumpkrump.

“Nevermind, that’s worse,” said Snorter.

“Gumpton’s Army!” said Hoofa.

“Bird’s Revenge!!!!” shouted Bird.

“What if we, like, combine all of them?” said Hoofa.

And so that is how the gang came to be known as The Revenge of The Cool Cats Army And So Forth, or TROTCCAASF for short. They put that title onto the Alliance Form and handed it back to DeBear.