WE'VE MADE IT TO THE FINAL CHAPTER

WE'VE MADE IT TO THE FINAL CHAPTER!! ENJOY!!

Mowgli and Desire slept peacefully through the night. Shanti, however, wasn't holding

up well. She could hardly walk due to exhaustion. After seeing her in this state, Kaa,

who was kept amused by Shanti after he would continuously have to pull her out of the

path of several oncoming trees, decided it was time to rest for the night. Shanti's eyes

imminently popped open. She was dreading this time would come. I mean, she was

starting to like Kaa, but she wasn't sure she could trust him while she was sleeping.

Kaa found a sizable tree for them. He slithered up the tree first, waiting for Shanti to

come on up. Shanti tried her best to clumsily climb up the tree, but fell off when she

was near the top. Kaa was able to grab her by the arm, and reel her back up the tree.

"Looksssss like you're better on the ground", he said after seeing Shanti's face glow

bright red after that embarrassing situation. Shanti now had trouble getting to sleep.

The tree was uncomfortable and she was afraid she might fall from the slim branch,

Kaa, noticing the girl's discomfort, made his coils into a hammock and told her to get on

it. "That's okay", she replied. "But I inssssist", he said, feeling rather insulted that

Shanti still didn't trust him. Shanti, not wanting to argue with Kaa, climbed onto the

make-shift hammock. She had to admit, though, that his coils felt rather nice compared

to the hard, rough branch. Kaa then coiled around her body to make a blanket, or

that's what he explained it was when he saw the temporary fear in her eyes. Shanti,

after fighting to keep awake, feel into an uneasy sleep. Kaa, after making sure she was

secure in his coils, soon feel asleep himself.

Mowgli awoke the next morning to find Desire sitting on a log staring at the picture from

the canoe. He came and sat next to her. "Hey", she said, in an attempt to strike up a

friendly conversation. "I see you found the picture", he said. "Well, you did win the

race", she replied, "and…well…I believe you". "I knew you would eventually come

through", he said. "We should get moving to the village", she insisted. Mowgli nodded

in agreement. After eating a quick breakfast comprised of mangoes, the two set off.

At nearly the exact same time, Kaa and Shanti woke up. Shanti was kind of surprised

she was still alive. Kaa, as if reading her mind, said "Do you sssstill trussssst me"?

"Well, I'm not inside of your stomach, so I guess I trust you". Kaa chuckled. Shanti

relaxed on Kaa's coils for a little bit. "Breakfasssssst?" he asked, knowing the girl had

not eating in a long time. "Please", she replied. Kaa grabbed a nearby apple and

entertained Shanti by rolling it along his coils. Shanti eat it up quickly. "We need to get

you back to the village", suggested Kaa. "Then lets go", she said. And they set off.

After spending nearly all day walking, Mowgli and Desire encountered a very familiar

temple. "I'm pretty sure I've been here before", said Mowgli. "Well, it's the only way to

the village", said Desire. Deciding they had no more options, the two reluctantly went

inside. About half-way into the temple, Mowgli was shocked to see who was walking

ahead of them. "Shanti"! "Mowgli"! The two ran up and hugged each other, before

abruptly moving away, embarrassed. "Uh…Shanti?" questioned Mowgli, "why is he with

you"? "It's a long story", replied Shanti, "but don't worry, he's with me". Mowgli, who

wanted to get out of the spooky temple, decided not to argue. As the group trekked

through the temple, Mowgli felt his feet go through a trig wire. Suddenly, pointed

spears came down from above, separating Shanti and Mowgli from Kaa and Desire.

"Uh-oh", said Mowgli, "what do we do now"? "How about you two keep going forward,

while we find another way around", suggested Kaa. The two younger kids nodded in

agreement and set off.

Mowgli and Shanti soon approached a small island made of rock surrounded by molten

lava. That's when it all started to come back to Mowgli. "Wait a sec, this is where- you

wretched little cubs trapped me", said a highly familiar voice. Shere Khan, the evil tiger

who had a bone to pick with Mowgli and Shanti, stepped out of the shadows. Without

warning, Shere Khan pounced toward them. Mowgli quickly got in front of Shanti to

protect her, unfortunately putting him in the line of fire. Shere Khan managed to scar

Mowgli down his back. The only thing Mowgli was able to do was gasp. Shanti was able

to catch Mowgli as he fell forward. She was scared to death; her best friend couldn't

die now. Just as Shere Khan was about to go for Shanti now, a blackish blur stopped

him. It was Bagheera! Shere Khan took a few hits, but he knocked aside Bagheera and

headed for Shanti! Suddenly, a coil looped around her and an unconscious Mowgli and

dragged them up to higher ground. "Kaa!" she shouted in relief. "I told you I would

return the favor", he said. Meanwhile, Bagheera was roughing up Shere Khan. The

tiger had decided he had had enough. He made his escape after Bagheera knocked him

to the other side of the island. Bagheera then jumped up to join the group. "Mowgli

doesn't look so good", he said as he inspected the injured man-cub. Desire took off her

jacket and wrapped it around Mowgli to help stop the bleeding. The others helped get

Mowgli on Bagheera's back. When that was accomplished, they started to head home.

Night had fallen when they managed to get there, but they were all smiles as they

looked at the rebuilt village…

EPILOGUE

The first thing Desire and Shanti did when they walked into the village was take Mowgli

to the hospital. The doctor said he would be okay, but the scars would probably stay

on Mowgli forever. She also recommended he get lots of rest. When Mowgli arrived

home, he explained to his parents about Desire being his sister. They luckily believed

him and adopted Desire. 2 weeks later, Mowgli and Shanti went out to the jungle as

always. Desire, however, had had enough adventures and decided she would stay in

the village. Mowgli and Shanti meet up with Bagheera and Kaa. They couldn't wait to

spend another glorious day with their jungle friends…

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