Mira's Dairy: The Return Of The Heartstones

## The Chosen Bunny

Hello again. It's me, Mira. It has been two days since we freed the enslaved jammers. A quarter of them have already healed and were safely returned to their homes. I'm very glad that they are happy.

Greely and the Alphas had found a way to keep the jammers safe. The borders of Jamaa are guarded with armies and armies of tough jammers. The phantoms will not get slaves with those armies on duty.

Jamaa was just the same after, I guess. Jammers bustling about, role playing, trading, chatting. I sighed happily. Opening my wings, I soared into the sky, and halfway, I teleported myself into the Alpha's Headquarters.

Jammers stared at me in shock or awe. I felt a small tug on my feathers, and craned my elegant neck down to look at a small white bunny and brown splotches.

"Mira, can you please sign this?" the bunny asked, holding out her paws to reveal a picture of my statue in Jamaa Township. I smiled and, gently taking the pen that the bunny had into my talons, gracefully wrote my name in cursive onto the picture.

✎"𝓜𝓲𝓻𝓪"

The bunny's eyes shined as I returned the pen. "Thanks!" she said happily, smiling shyly at me. She then hopped away. I later learned the small bunny's name. April. Her name was April.

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after my monthly meeting with the Alphas, I flew off, the sun dappling my wings. *the weather is so great today...maybe I could go visit a few jammers...*I thought. I landed on my cloud home, flapping my wings and then tucking them in.

turning to the Heartstone Shelf where me and Zios kept all the heartstones, I looked through each one of them. I gasped. the Bunny Heartstone, the Wolf Heartstone, and the Tiger Heartstone were..."Missing?" I gasped, my eyes wide.

there was a note on the rest heartstones. I read it, despite it's sloppy handwriting. "dUeR mIrAz, WeZ tAkEs uOr HaRtStUnEz FuR nOwS. wEz WiLls ZoOns HaS jAmMa." the note read.

Mira cringed. this note was written by phantoms. *but how did they get up here? I live in the skies.* I thought. shaking myself, I immediately teleported to the Alpha Headquarters again, telling them about the three stolen heartstones. I showed them the letter.

"Mira, bring three jammers with you: a bunny, a wolf, and a tiger. take them to retrieve the Heartstones. we will take care of Jamaa along with Zios while your gone." Sir Gilbert nodded humbly to me.

I already knew which bunny I wanted to take with me: April. it was only that she would have to accept. I nodded and said "thanks" to the Alphas before teleporting myself to April's spring cottage.

April was baking cookies with her mother. "Mira!!" the young bunny cried with joy, putting down her pan of cookies to hug me. "Mira? y-you...h-how..." April's mother stammered.

I smiled. "April wanted me to sign her picture of my statue in Jamaa Township earlier today." I explained with April still hugging me. I wrapped my wings protectively around her small furry body.

then my smile faded into a serious face. "your daughter, April, was chosen to retrieve the stolen Heartstones with me." I said to April's mother.

"April, will you come to the Phantom Badlands with me and the others to retrieve the Bunny Heartstone, the Wolf Heartstone, and the Tiger Heartstone?" I asked.

April looked up at me, half excited and half terrified. "ok Mira. are the wolf and tiger going to come with us to retrieve their heartstone as well?" April asked. "you're clever, April." I smiled. "yes."

## The Chosen Wolf

Mira and April waved bye to April's mother after April packed her things and the two set off to find the wolf. Mira teleported both of them to a Winter Palace. "it's cold!" April said, puffing up her white and brown fur.

"Who are you? Stay still! claws, teeth, and talons where I can see them!" A fierce feminine voice snarled. a she-wolf leaped out, her hackles high and her muzzle curled.

The wolf was dark brown and creamy-tan, with black lightning streaks as a pattern. She wore a black jamaaliday scarf, a black pirate sword, and a RIM heart locket. Her eyes immediately widened and her hostility faded.

"I'm so sorry Mira! I will take any punishment I deserve." the wolf said, loyalty shining in her eyes. the moment the wolf said that, I knew this was the wolf we were looking for. "There is no need for punishment. You were being well alert, and that is a good thing." I told her.

"What is your name?" I then asked. "My name is Ivory." the wolf replied nobly, tipping her chin. "Ivory, the bunny heartstone, tiger heartstone, and wolf heartstone has been stolen by the phantoms. I need a kind bunny, a loyal wolf, and a brave tiger. you are that loyal wolf."

Ivory looked happy and surprised by my praise, but her lit eyes went away as they slowly turned into fury. "how **dare** the phantoms take the heartstones! I'll show them!" she growled, rage filling her eyes.

"There is still a tiger to be found, and a long journey to run. Stay calm, Ivory." I told her sternly but softly. The she-wolf seemed to understand. "Come, April. Ivory won't do any harm to you." I nudged the small bunny forward.

I will say more later. Sincerely, -𝓜𝓘𝓡𝓐