Chapter 104 - Hidden Treasure Part 1

Ariana thought it was weird that Ms. Hadley's have her washroom instructions. 'Master.... opposite.' Vasu whispered and Ariana quickly chased after her homeroom teacher. The moment she walked into the building she looked around and saw the signs for the washroom. She walked cautiously towards the washroom door. She pushed the door open and peeked inside. It was a well lit room with a long stretch of stalls on the left hand side and on the right was a large mirror with a beige counter top, sinks and faucets were evenly spaced for use. Ariana walked down the stalls and noticed the last stall.

An out of order sign was on the door, Ariana tried pushing the door but found it was locked. She decided to walk into the the stall next to it. She locked the stall and looked down. There was no way to go under or over to get to the next stall. She started to feel around the wall and felt an almost invisible seam where the wall and stall met. She tried to wedge her nails into the seam but failed to get anywhere. She looked around the stall and saw the toilet paper dispenser. She squatted down and looked at a black tinted dispenser that had two giant rolls of toilet paper. Ariana tilted her head and saw a rather dark spot in between the two rolls.

She brought her hand up to grab the release latch for the dispenser. She pulled the cover down and saw that the dark spot was actually a black circle, she poked at it and it moved slightly. She jerked her hand back and stared at the black circle. Nothing happened, she poked it again and suddenly a pair of black eyes opened. Ariana held in her gasp as she held out her hand for the little black circle to crawl onto. The black circle stretched out its body and turned into a black, fluffy caterpillar.

The caterpillar stretched up its body into the air. It looked around and a small red mouth appeared. It looked happy as it moved. "Sorry to ask but can you please help me?" Ariana asked politely and the caterpillar turned to her with an absolutely happy face. "Only if I know your name." He replied in a ridiculously deep voice. It caught Ariana by surprise that she was momentarily speechless. "Name?" He asked again. "Ariana Drake, nice to meet you. Mister?" Ariana replied in awe.

"You are the one I am waiting for." He said as he rolled up his body into a ball. "Wait, you were waiting for me?" She said but the caterpillar ignored her. His body started to glow a warm yellow colour then he changed into a thin black blade. Ariana turned him around in her hand and wondered what the hell she found but an idea hit her. She brought the blade to the seem and pried the wall. Then moment she made contact a gush of wind pushed upwards from the floor. She looked down and saw a black slit beside the wall. Suddenly the floor swallowed up the wall whole.

The black blade started to glow a grey and then the caterpillar was back. "You only have two minutes." He said with his open smile. Ariana placed the black caterpillar onto her shoulder and the looked. The black slit and wind were gone but she still felt the need to jump over the area. She was now in the last stall, she had no idea what she needed to look for but she searched desperately. "60 seconds." The black caterpillar said. "What am I even looking for?" She asked but the black caterpillar ignored her and looked around.

She groaned as she raised her head. Her eyes grew wide as she spotted a tiny purple box stuck to the ceiling. "30 seconds." The black caterpillar said as he brought his body back down. "Vasu!" Ariana shouted and the pink chibi deer shot forward and rushed towards the box. He knocked the box from its secured spot and watched as Ariana caught it mid air. "10 seconds." The black caterpillar said. "Damn it!" She shouted as she rushed to the next stall, slamming her body into the dispenser. Her eyes glued to the spot she was standing as she started to sweat. "Oops... 60 seconds left." The caterpillar said. "I'm not very good with timing."

Ariana facepalmed herself. "Your not very helpful you know." The caterpillar ignored her and looked at the box. Ariana sighed and sat on the toilet. She looked at the box in her hands. It was a very simple, purple, velvet box so she wasn't overly suspicious. She opened the box and saw that there were stud earrings that looked exactly like her earrings. Red, blue, green, purple and yellow. "Where is the pink?" She asked the caterpillar but he yawned. "They know he is your pink earring." He replied lazily. Ariana broke out into a cold sweat then touched her earrings. "I have to switch them out?" She said out loud more for herself then her companions.

'Master... do it now.' Vasu said as he looked at the earrings. "But my ears are not actually pierced!" She complained as her face turned pale. Vasu looked at the caterpillar then her. "Fuzz Fuzz can help.' The caterpillar shot upwards, his open smiling face was gone and little white eyebrows appeared. He furrowed them and looked at the earrings. "Awful name to come up with." Ariana touched her left ear. "Can I ask for your help Fuzz Fuzz?" The caterpillar's fur brushed outwards. "I can help but my name is not Fuzz Fuzz!"

'No time.' Vasu said as he looked at the black caterpillar. "Vasu's right lets get this done.' Ariana said as her Lumas left her ears. 'Master what should we do?' Aroha asked as the others stared. "Hide. You all have seen the ceremony... I trust you know what to do." She said as the caterpillar reluctantly moved to her right ear. She felt a stinging sensation and flinched. The caterpillar combined his fur into puncture needles and pierced her ears. Whe he was done he went around the back of her head and moved to her left. 'We understand. We will wait here until you leave.' Aroha said as Ariana moved to fasten her earrings in. "Thank you."