The Quest for the Magic Bean
Once Upon A Time, in a place I can’t remember where it is, a man went on a quest for a magic bean. His name is Mark sometimes Fred and on occasion Bert. For this story we are going to call him Pete. Pete was walking down the road when he tripped over a rock. Pete said “Ow! Why didn’t you move when you saw me?” “I am an inanimate object so therefore I can not move.” said the rock. “So what’s your name and where are you going?” “My name is Mark sometimes Fred and on occasion Bert now I’m Pete.” “Ok” said the rock. “I’m on a quest for a magic bean” said Pete. “Do you want to come with me?” “Ok” said the rock. So Pete picked up the rock. “What’s your name?” The rock said “My name is Flatfoot.” So Pete and Flatfoot were walking for two days (resting here and there) when they found a donkey in the road.

The donkey walked up to them and said “I’m supposed to be looking for a man that’s on a quest for a magic bean.” “That’s me.” said Pete. The donkey was very happy and he danced around. “So why are you looking for me?” “I’m Gene and I’m supposed to help you along in your quest.” “My name’s Pete and this is Flatfoot.” “Hi” said Flatfoot. So Pete, Flatfoot, and Gene were walking along when they met a monkey. “Are you Pete?” he said. “Yes” said Pete. “I’m here to stop you from getting the bean.” So Pete, Flatfoot, and Gene fought the monkey. “The monkey picked up some ninja thingies.” said Flatfoot. Pete picked up a stick. Gene went to a fighting position. The monkey attacked. Pete and Gene attacked. Flatfoot sat there (Remember he can’t move).
Pete and Gene hit him. CRASH,SMACK,POW! The monkey ran away. “That was easy. ”They said. “Why didn’t you help Flatfoot?” said Gene. “I’m an inanimate object so I can’t move.” he said. ”Oh” said Gene. Two weeks later they made it to the Big Shoe Mountain.

“How are we going to get up there and back down again” said Gene and Flatfoot. “There is supposed to be a button somewhere.” said Pete. “Well let’s find it.” said Gene. So they searched for a minute when Gene stepped on a button. Nothing happened. Pete was searching away from the foot and he stepped on a button. A giant foot came out of the ground in front of Pete. Then legs came out of the feet. Then hips. Chest. Arms. Then the head. “Ah” said Pete and Flatfoot flew out of his hands. He fell on the statue’s big toe. The statue’s mouth fell to the ground. “Wow” said Flatfoot. “That mouth looks like it’s one hundred feet high.” said Gene who came from the original foot. “Look there’re steps inside the mouth.” said Pete. So they went into the mouth.

The stairs seemed to continue forever (nine minutes actually). “I’m tired” said Flatfoot. “But you're not doing anything.” said Gene. “Oh yeah.” said Flatfoot “That’s right.” After the stairs they were in the legs. There were two tunnels. “Which one?” said Flatfoot. “Well, we should just go down a tunnel and see if there’s a way out or not.” said Gene. “Well, if this is a body then both tunnels should lead to the next part.” said Flatfoot. “How do you know?” said Pete. “It’s a rock thing.” said Flatfoot “What?” said Gene. “I’m a rock and this statue’s a rock so it’s sort of like I know where to go.” said Flatfoot. Flatfoot was right they split up and went down separate tunnels and met up at the chest. “Hey! We skipped the hips.” said Flatfoot. “So” Said Pete and Gene. “I was just saying that we skipped them.” said Flatfoot. There were three tunnels. “Well, we’re in the chest so we need to go through the middle tunnel.” said Flatfoot “The others go to the arms .” “Okay” said Pete. They climbed the stairs to the head. When they got there they went through the opening. “Oh man” said Gene. “What?” said Pete who came out after Gene. “There’s no way down for things without wings.” said a voice above them.

They looked up and saw a enormous eagle. I’m looking for a man on a quest for a magic bean.” he said. “So what’s your name?” said Pete. “I’m Wingfoot.” he said. “I’m called that because I can fly and walk both very fast.”
“I have an idea.” said Pete. “Could you fly us to the ground?” “Sure, I’ll come with you after that.” said Wingfoot. So Gene and Pete got on Wingfoot. Pete held on to Flatfoot as they soared down the mountain. “Where do we go now?” said Pete. “We have to go through the Rainbow Forest.” said Wingfoot. “If we’re lucky we might find a rainbow horse.” “Really!” the others said together in amazement. “They aren’t really rainbow.” said Wingfoot “They just change colors.” “Just black, brown, and white.” he added when he saw there faces. So they continued into the Rainbow Forest.

Once they were in Rainbow Forest they met the monkey again. “Give up.” he said. “Who are you?” said Pete. “Why are you here Monkeyman?” said Wingfoot.
“Wingfoot you know him?” said Pete. “We’re old friends” said Monkeyman. Then Wingfoot flew up to Monkeyman and picked him up. He dropped him into a tree and his pants got stuck. “Get me down.” said Monkeyman. “Nice job.” said Gene. They set off again and continued till they met a horse.

“Who are you?” said the horse. “I’m Mark sometimes Fred and on occasion Bert. Now I’m Pete.” “And this is Flatfoot, Gene, and Wingfoot.” “Hi” they said. “I’m Dash” he said. “Well, Dash do you want to come on my quest?” said Pete. “Sure.” he said “but there’s something I must tell you that would be much help.” “At night I turn into a unicorn.” “How would that help.” said Flatfoot. “Unicorns can fly you know.” said Gene. “I didn’t know that, but what do you expect I’m a rock and I’ve never moved before.” said Flatfoot. So they continued on and came to a fork in the road. The fork had four points and when Pete picked it up it spoke. “It’s about time someone came I’ve been here for three days.” it said. “I was dropped by Sir Eatsalot and he needs me to eat.” “Well should we help him or not?” said Gene. “Well, which way do we have to go?” said Pete. (They were at a real fork in the road, you know one way or another.) “Well we need to go left.” said Dash. “That’s where I need to go.” said the fork. “Ok, we’ll take you then.” said Pete. They continued and came to a castle with a man outside of it looking in a bush.

“Sir” said the fork. The large man in the bush came running toward them. “Fork” he said. “That’s original.” said Gene. “Please give me Fork.” he said “I’m late for a luncheon.” “I guess he’s Sir Eatsalot.” said Wingfoot. Pete gave him Fork and he dashed inside. “That was weird.” said Dash. When they started down the path Sir Eatsalot came running toward them. “Please accept this as a token of my gratitude.” He then held out a big box (twelve pounds) and placed it on the ground. He opened it and there were food packets, two pickles (in a jar) and a banana. “Uh, Thanks.” said Pete. He carried it over to Dash and tide it to his back. They set off. “Well, the banana could be helpful with Monkeyman.” said Wingfoot. “He loves them.” “Yeah, but what are the pickles for.” said Flatfoot. “Maybe it says on the jar what they’re for.” said Pete. He look on the jar and it said :

WARNING!
EXPLODING PICKLES.
DON’T THROW AT PEOPLE.
THROW ONLY AT BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR WAY.
$1.00
Prices may vary on size.

“Looks like they’re only for demolition.” said Pete. “A dollar for two!” said Flatfoot. “He probably used some.” said Pete. “I guess so” said Flatfoot. They continued on to the Flying Fountain.

“I heard things at the Flying Fountain attack strangers with special attacks.” said Dash. “We need to watch out then.” said Gene. “But how are we going to get up there?” said Gene. “We could wait until it’s dark and ride me up there.” said Dash. “Excuse me but I’m still here, you know.” said Wingfoot. “Oh yeah, but how long will it take to get up there?” said Pete. “Probably till nightfall.” said Dash. “So I’ll meet you up there.” “Ok” said Pete. So Pete, Flatfoot, and Gene climbed on Wingfoots' back and they started off. Dash was right. They got there at nightfall and met with Dash ten minuets later. “Lets go.” said Gene. A little while later they met a strange creature. “FLYING FLAPJACKS” it said. It fired a giant pancake at them. They ducked and it hit a cow. The cow charged at them. The cow hit into an invisible pizza truck. The trucks' wheel fell off and hit the thing. “OW” “Who are you?” said Pete. “My name’s Mr. Spinky.” he said. “I’m a guide for travelers I think I can trust.” “So where ya going’?” “Uh...” Pete started, looking to see if anyone else knew. “Dragonkingdom” said Gene and Wingfoot.
Pete stared at them. “How did they know?” he thought. “Why do we need to go there?” said Flatfoot. “Well we need to go to the Ice Land so we would probably need a dragon to get past.” said Pete. “That’s right, it’s impossible to get past flying.” said Wingfoot “Except if you're a dragon or have a friend that's a dragon.” said Gene. “Well, I’ll get you there.” said Mr. Spinky. “Thanks” they all said together.

With Mr. Spinky as their guide they made it to the island of Water-Air-Rock. “How do we get there?” said Flatfoot. “Well, I can help.” said a voice from the water. Suddenly, a giant dragon came from the water. “Wow” said Flatfoot. “Hey if you're a dragon why are you in the water.” said Gene. “I’m a water dragon so I live in the water but I can’t fly.” “Can you carry us across to Water-Air-Rock” said Pete. “I’m Slippy but you can call me Slip.” he said. Everyone climbed on Slips’ back. Once they got to Water-Air-Rock they decided to rest.

That night a giant rumble woke them up. “What’s happening?” said Pete “Something’s coming out of the sea and encircling the island” said Slip. The island was completely surrounded by gigantic steps. “The stairs are in eight different paths.” “That’s correct” said Mr. Spinky. “Since you want to go to Dragonkingdom we need to go up that set.” He pointed at a set of stairs. “Where does that lead?” said Dash. “That leads to the part of Dragon kingdom that has dragons with thunder specialties.” said Mr. Spinky. “There are three parts of Dragon kingdom.” “The sea we were just in was the water dragons homes, the Sky is the thunder dragons homes, and finally the other piece of land over there is the fire dragons homes.” explained Slip. So they started to climb the stairs. When they reached the top they met a dragon.

“No visitors are allowed in.” said the dragon when he pushed them away. Everyone left after that. “Well I guess we’ll go this way then.” said Mr. Spinky. “Why didn’t we go this way before?” asked Flatfoot. “Well, there is only something that can help get us there , not a direct route.” explained Mr. Spinky. So they went up another flight of steps. “The thing that will help us is a magic shovel that can dig through anything.” “Why are you looking for me?” asked someone behind them. They turned around and saw a shovel. “ Hi Shove. We need you to dig underground to get to the thunder dragons homes.” said Mr. Spinky. “Okay Mr. Spinky” said Shove. With Shove along they went to the steps and dug to the inside of one of the thunder dragons homes.

“Who are you?” said a dragon. “I’m Pete and this is Flatfoot, Gene, Wingfoot, Dash, Mr. Spinky, Slip, and Shove.” “Hi” they all said together. “I’m Sparks and I’ve been waiting for an adventure to go on.” he said. “You can come with us.” said Pete. “Really!” Sparks said in a excited tone. “That’s great!” They left the house and exited the homes of the thunder dragons. They continued down the stairs at the other end. “Now we’re in the fire dragons territory.” said Mr. Spinky. “There’s no way past these walls.” said Gene. It was night so they decided that Mr. Spinky would ride on Wingfoot, Gene and Slip(He can shrink at night.)would ride on Sparks, and Pete(Shove is on his back) and Flatfoot would ride on Dash(Remember he turns into a unicorn at night.). Once they were over they met a dragon. “Why are you here at this time of night?” the dragon said. “Well...” started Pete. “You need to rest right now and I’ll help you tomorrow” he said. “Oh! My name’s Hotfoot but my friends call me Flare.” They went to his house and rested the rest of the night and woke the next day.

“Well I’m glad you're up we need to get going.” said Flare (or Hotfoot whatever you want to call him.). “That is if you’ll let me.” “What are you talking about?” Pete said. “Well, you’re Pete are you not.” Flare said “The one on the quest for the magic bean.” “Yeah I am.” he said “How did you know?” “I heard that from the water dragons.” he said. “Must be my friends.” said Slip. “Well can I come along?” Flare asked. “Ok” said Pete. “Yeah!” Flare shouted. BOOM! “Ah! What’s happening?” said Flatfoot. “It’s a water volcano!” shouted someone outside. “We can’t get out the walls are closed in like a dome.” said another “And we can’t break the walls!” “We’re doomed!” said another dragon.

“That’s horrible!” said Flare. “How are we going to get out?” said Gene and everyone else. “We have the pickles!” said Flatfoot. “Good idea.” said Pete and he threw a pickle (He’s the only one with opposable thumbs.). It blew up the wall. The dragons and everyone else got out. “You saved us!” said a dragon. “Thank you.”
“No problem.” said Pete. So with Flare along they continued to a forest. “Stop!” something under them said.
“Who said that?” said Dash. “I’m an earth dragon.” he said as he suddenly appeared. “I can move through the earth.” “Do you want to come with us?” asked Pete. “Sure, my name’s Rocky” said the dragon. “And you are?” I’m Pete and they’re Flatfoot, Gene, Wingfoot, Dash, Mr. Spinky, Shove, Slip, Sparks, and Flare.” They continued on to the Ice Land. “It’s cold” said Flatfoot “Well we are near Ice Land, you know.” said Gene. “Oh yeah.” said Flatfoot. “We’re almost to the Ice Land.” said Mr. Spinky. “Then we have to fly the rest of the way.” “Are we flying you over?” asked the flying dragons. “Yeah if you don’t mind.” said Pete. “Ok” said the flying dragons.

“I’ll not be beaten so easily this time.” said a voice from above. “Monkeyman!” said Wingfoot. “We’ll handle this.” said Dash, Sparks, Flare, Rocky, Shove, and Slip. “Ok” said Monkeyman. Monkeyman dug underground. “We’ll put all our attacks together.” said the dragons. “He’s over there.” said Dash. He ran over to where Monkeyman just appeared and headbutted him. He flew and hit the ground. “Argh.” said Monkeyman. “You’ll pay for that!” At that moment Pete ran over to the dragons and picked up Shove. “Hey!” said Shove. “Don’t worry Shove.” said Pete “This wont hurt.” He then swung Shove like a bat and hit the dragons’ ball of attacks at Monkeyman. “Yikes!” he screamed and he ran away. “Nice Job.” everyone that didn’t fight said.

“Now we need to fly across.” said Mr. Spinky. Mr. Spinky and Slip rode on Sparks (He’s the biggest dragon.) Gene rode on Flare, Pete (He carried Flatfoot and Shove was tied to his back.) rode on Wingfoot and Dash rode on Rocky. It took them a few days but they got to the center of Ice Land.” “Now what do we do?” asked Wingfoot. “We can’t fly any farther.” “Now we have to go through that mountain.” said Mr. Spinky. They continued to Mount Winter-Spring. “In this mountain there is a special switch that controls the half of Ice Land we haven't been on.” said Mr. Spinky. They climbed to the top of the mountain where they found a switch. “This must be it.” said Pete.
He pulled the switch and the mountain started to shake.
Suddenly the half they weren’t on turned into spring. “So that’s why it’s called Mount Winter-Spring.” said Sparks. “It turns half of Ice land to Winter the other to Spring.” said Flare. “Ice Land is really called Ice Valley-Spring Valley because it is all Ice and when you pull the switch it turns half ice and half flowers, rivers, and grass.” said Mr. Spinky. “Wow! That’s amazing.” said Flatfoot.

“It’ll be easy to get across now.” said Pete. Pete (Who is still carrying Flatfoot and Shove.) rode on Dash, Mr. Spinky rode on Gene, Slip swam through the stream, and the other dragons (Flare, Sparks, and Rocky) flew.
In a couple of hours they made it to the other side. “Where do you need to go now?” asked Mr. Spinky. “We need to go to Hair Land.” said Wingfoot. “What?!” exclaimed everyone except Gene and Mr. Spinky. “Hair Land is where we will find the Sckiser people.” said Gene. "We need one to get us through Tree Park.” “Don’t you mean the Scissor people?” asked Dash. “No, it’s Sckiser not Scissor.” explained Gene. “Whatever.” said Dash. “Well, let’s go.” said Mr. Spinky. So they continued on to Hair Land.

“This place is weird.” said Flatfoot. “Stop!” a weird bug thing in front of them said. “Scizor!?” said Flatfoot. “Flatfoot!?” said Scizor. “I didn’t think I’d ever see you again!” said Flatfoot. “Me neither.” said Scizor. “So why are you here?” “I’m on a quest.” said Flatfoot. “This is Pete and he’ll introduce everyone else.” “Hi” said Pete. “That’s Gene, Wingfoot, Dash, Mr. Spinky, Flare, Sparks, Slip and Shove(He said this while turning around and pointing over his shoulder.). We’re on a quest for a magic bean.” “Well can I come with you?” Scizor asked. “Yeah!” shouted Flatfoot. “Please Pete.” “Sure.” said Pete. So with Scizor along they went to Tree Park.
“So how are we supposed to get in there?” said Pete looking toward Gene. “Don’t look at me.” he said when he caught his look. “I don’t know. It’s supposed to be impossible to get in.” “So you want to get in?” asked a tree. “Well, you’ll need this seed and one of the Sckiser people.” It gave them a seed. “Plant that after you have the Sckiser person cut a tree down.” it explained. “That’s your job Scizor.” said Pete. “Ok” he replied. He cut down one of the trees and they planted the seed like they said.
“What will planting that seed do?” asked Flare. “It will instantly grow another tree whenever someone is in the premises.” explained the tree. “That way people can get through and save the forest too.” They continued through the forest.

“Now where?” said Dash. “Water Land.” said Gene. “That should be easy to cross with us.” said the dragons. “Not really.” said Mr. Spinky. “It would take 5 years to fly over it.” “Wow” said Flatfoot. “So how do we get across?” asked Spike. “There is a race that can transform to a sub and a whale.” said Mr. Spinky. “We need their help.” “Isn’t there an easier way.” asked Pete. “Well, if we found the Time Crest we could lessen the time it takes to go over it.” said Mr. Spinky. “How much less?” asked Sparks. “It’ll take about three hours tops.” aid Mr. Spinky.
“Wow, that’s great it would help a lot.” said Flatfoot. “How do we get it?” “Well, we need a time master because they are able to control time with the crest.” said Mr. Spinky. “There’s one on the way there.” “Let’s look for it.” said Pete. “And find a time master.”

With this plan in mind they continued to the Mountain Of Time. They continued till they met a man. “Pete?!” he said. “How are ya?” “Fine” said Pete. “Nice to see ya again Brett.” “So where ya goin’.” asked Brett. “I’m on a quest for the magic bean.” said Pete. “So what are you doing?” “Well I just became a time master!” answered Brett. “Isn’t that great!” “Hey would you like to come on our quest?” asked Pete. “We need a time master.” “Sure” Pete then introduced everyone. “Wow, you know lots of people.” said Brett. He led them to the village.

“There they are.” he said. Brett walked over to a group of people and then came back with them. “These are my friends.” he said. “This is Ray. He’s a raytrid.” Brett explained that a raytrid is an animal that looks and acts like a dog but can shrink or grow. “This is Shredder.” Shredder can fight good and change from a land creature to a water creature.” “Nice to meet you.” they said.
So let me run over the characters. The characters so far are: Pete, Flatfoot, Gene, Dash, Wingfoot, Flare, Sparks, Shove, Rocky, Slip, Mr. Spinky, Scizor, Brett, Ray, and Shredder. So back to the story. “You won’t win this time.” said Monkeyman. “You again!” said Pete. Monkeyman attacked. “We’ll take care of this.” said Scizor, Brett, Ray, and Shredder. Shredder attacked but missed Monkeyman. “He’s to fast!” shouted Shredder. “No problem” said Brett. He pulled a clock out of his pocket and held his hand over it. “Time freeze!!” he shouted. Monkeyman froze where he was. “I got him.” said Scizor. He ran up and slashed him. “My turn” said Ray. He grew to a massive size. “See ya.” he said. He hit Monkeyman with his tail. “Wah!” he screamed as he flew away. “All right!” said everyone. So they started to the Mountain of Time with three new friends.

We’re on a quest for a magic bean.” said Pete. “We know that.” they said. “Yeah, but it went back in time.” “We’re almost there.” said Brett. “You may go no further.” said something ahead of them. “Who said that?” asked Flatfoot. “Me” said ... “A Cardboard Box?!” said everyone. Hey don’t interrupt the narrator. “Sorry” everyone said. That’s all right but yes a cardboard box. “State your business at the mountain.” it said. “We’re on a quest for a magic bean.” Pete said. “And it’s ....?” “In the Past.” Pete said “Where’s your time master?” “That’s me.” said Brett. “Ok” it said. “You may pass.” So they went into the mountain. “What’s that triangle for?” asked Flatfoot. “That controls the time you want to go to.” said Brett. He put his hand on it and the other hand to Pete and his with everyone else’s hand. There was a flash and they were off to the past.
(End Of Book 1)