Chapter 7 - Frog's Leap

With the new armaments, Tereza and Vampiresca decided to make saddles for their horses, Preta, Head Hunter and Brown Dash. The saddles were ready and they immediately went to test them on their horses. Head Hunter and Brown Dash reacted well to the armor, but Preta was lying down and didn't want to get up. The two girls were worried about the mare, Vampiresca said:

- I never noticed before how fat that mare is.

Tereza soon connects the dots and says:

- She's pregnant!

- Pregnant? - asks Vampiresca in a tone of uncertainty

- Belly-full, won't get up, can't make much effort... Of course she's pregnant!

Preta began to move in a strange way and soon stood up, they soon saw that the mare was giving birth. It didn't take long for the foal's head to appear and they were super excited. The foal fell and the mother already started to take care of the baby. The male horse was black just like the mother, so they decided to call him Black.

Horses would not be very useful in the swamp, especially in a place full of dangers and poisonous animals. Vampiresca looks around and is delighted by a blue beelzebuf. They needed a giant toad for their swamp adventure. Vampiresca tells Tereza her idea and Tereza is interested, but how would they tame a wild animal? Tereza reaches into the bag Monica had given her and pulls it out to see if she can find anything, she finds an electronic device created by TekCorp and then identifies the object. It was a Tekdex, a kind of tablet that could identify any creature with just a photo.

Vampiresca gets excited about the new device and asks Tereza to test it. Tereza points to the little filly and takes a picture, soon after which all the animal's information will appear. They got their equipment and weapons and perfect, they were ready. The two of them walked to a sparse area of the swamp with Tekdex in hand, took aim at a beelzebufo and took the picture. The animal could only be tamed if it was knocked out, Tereza took her bolas in hand and attacked the frog, which was immobilized.

- Let's go! This is our chance! - says Tereza

The two run to the immobilized toad and throw several punches, but the animal did not faint, he was just resisting. Vampiresca soon took a branch from the fragile trees in the swamp and used it as a club. The animal had fainted, but was very weakened.

- What a bad idea... - says a disappointed Vampiresca.

- We will take care of him, he will be fine. - Tereza replies

Tereza drags the unconscious frog to the house in the swamp, while Vampiresca goes after meat for both of them and the carnivorous animal.

In the middle of the jungle Vampiresca improvises a slingshot, picks up some stones and throws them at a passing bird. It was little meat, but enough for one day.

Vampiresca returns and hands the bird's body to Tereza, who removes the animal's skin and feathers, then washes the meat and puts it on the fire. The two sit around the ember and begin to talk

- Tereza, do you think we have time to get the keys? I'm not trying to rush you but look at the moon, it's getting closer and closer to the sun.

Tereza looks up and sees the moon.

- We really need to speed up, but after all we don't even know if the key holders are real...

The smell of roasting meat was getting better by the minute, the meat was ready, and before the two could start eating, Vampiresca gets up and gives a piece to the beelzebuf. She returns and the two eat the meat, which was appetizing.

The toad stood up and the two quickly turned away in fear, for the animal was unpredictable. The frog did not attack them and was loyal. Tereza soon made a saddle for the new tame animal, but the frog could only take the weight of one. Tereza said:

- Vampiresca, I'm going out for a bit with him okay?

- All right, bring some food.

Tereza went off with the new animal into the woods, while she explored the place. Suddenly a swarm of meganeuras attacked Tereza. Tereza fell off the animal and into the mud, she put her hands in front of her eyes and heard loud noises, she then opened her eyes and saw the beelzebuf eating the meganeuras. Tereza thought that this was the end of her new friend, but he proved to be much more useful than she had expected. Tereza soon mounted the animal, bringing only a few fruits from Vampiresca's request. She went home with her back still bruised from the impact.

Arriving there Vampiresca speaks up:

- Hi, how did it go there?

- Well, I got hurt. But I found out that the frog eats incest!

- Incredible, what name should we give it?

Tereza thinks for a while, but can't decide, soon interrupted by Vampiresca

- I know! Kaeru!

Kaeru puts himself in the fecal position leaving an awkward and funny mood between Vampiresca and Tereza. The animal finishes its basic needs, Tereza takes a closer look at the supposed feces making Vampiresca laugh intensely, Tereza then puts her finger in the gray substance and smells it.

- It's not poop. - says Tereza puzzled

- No?! How?

- I don't know either.

Tereza washes her hands and feels them dry, the substance was like cement. She tells her friend about her new discovery and Vampiresca thinks it's great, the two then take the remains of the substance and pass it around the house to coat the walls. Kearu was a natural cement factory.