Creatures Caves

It was early evening and Liz the Purple Mountain Norn was preparing for a night of fun and laughter. She looked in the mirror, brushed and pony-tailed her long silver hair, applied her make-up (why else do you think PMN females wear lipstick and eye-shadow?) and then headed out of the kitchen and into the garden. Her parents shouted to her "Be back before morning dear!". Liz understood their intentions, but nothing could prepare her for the wild night ahead.

When Liz arrived at the temple the party was in full swing: music was blasting out of the music box, various multi-coloured balloons floated by and even a few Grendels had decided to join in. Liz approached the party and was greeted by her friends Rita and Heidi. "Nice party, huh?" said Rita, looking at Liz. "I suppose so." replied Liz "but it's a bit boring." "A bit boring? Wait till you try some of this Liz!" shouted Heidi.

Heidi and Rita lead Liz to a large Hootch still. Rita picked up a cup and poured some of the green, fragrant liquid into it. "Drink this Liz!" Said Rita. "I'm not sure... okay then!" said Liz, grabbing the cup from Rita. Liz found the drink quite sweet with a bitter tang to it. "This is great, can I have another?" she asked Heidi.

About ten minutes had passed, and the three Norn friends had become quite drunk. They played with the Flibbertygibbet for a while and bawled with laughter whenever it sprung up into the air. After a while they decided to go up into the party.

The three Norns danced like there was no tomorrow until Heidi suggested they should hang out in the treehouse "Yeah! Lets do it!" Rita and Liz shouted together. Once the trio had taken the elevator up into the treehouse, all hell broke loose: they tore down the flags that were hung from a piece of rope and made them into hats, broke the jack-in-the box by pulling off the handle, poured honey over each other and snapped off one of the wooden poles supporting the handrail. After a while they decided to move on. "Lets go to the garden!" exclaimed Rita.

Unfortunately in the garden the Norns were all shooed out by an angry mother Norn after they decided to play football with her egg. It was then that Heidi had an idea. "Liz, I dare you to kiss that Grendel over there!" "Yuck! No way! I'm not Peaches you know!" she snapped. "If you do, we?ll get you as many carrots as you can eat! We promise!" answered the two Norns. "Oh, okay then!" said Liz.

It didn't go well; the Grendel punched Liz, knocking her flying backwards into the greenhouse, causing a wide variety of potted plants to fall on her. When she got up, her face was all bruised and her purple fur was full of soil. Heidi and Rita couldn't stop laughing.

Liz walked slowly back home. By the time she got there, it was already early morning, and her mother was stood furiously by the door. "What the heck happened to you?" she screamed. "I, I, I..." stuttered liz "You're grounded young lady!" shouted her mother.

Liz spent the rest of the week indoors. When she was let out, she vowed to never drink again, until her birthday that is, and informed all of the young Norns about the dangers of alcohol and why kissing Grendels is dangerous.