Trip to the Archives (Unedited)

" Now remember kids,the mountain pass will clear up in one week.Meaning,it's almost time to leave this valley and Find Anne and Y/n a way home," Hop pop stated as they drove far from Wartwood.

" Whoo! "Anne cheered but Y/n stayed silent.

" And you know the best way to start a quest? "

" Teach them? "" Weapons? "" Nope! Research! "

Hop pop stated as everyone,even Y/n seemed to groan.

" Oh come on gang, we'll never get to get these two home if we get bit by a venomous snake fly," Hop pop tried to reason as he listed off possible dangers that they could encounter on there trip." Ok,ok,ok enough death already,shesh,I'm beginning to think you guys are obsessed," Anne admitted as she crossed her arms and leaned on Y/n who didn't seem to mind.

" Ugh,the town's archives,this place is dustier than Dusties work bin," Sprig commented.

" Who? "" Come on,you know Dusty,local merchant,friendly,always smiling,sells dust," Sprig explained.

" Oh ya ya,right "" I get this place,it's like a library from our world.Zoobook zoomunga,here I come! " Anne said as Y/n seemed confused." Time to hit the books," Hop pop stated opening the door to the Archives,Y/n jumped off Bessie first as Anne grabbed Polly ready to head inside." Wait wait! Wouldn't it be better if we dive in head first into deadly situations? " Sprig questions," huh,Sprig's right Hop pop, research is overrated," Anne spoke up." Overrated huh?How's diving in been working out so far? " Hop pop questioned as Anne recalled various events on the journey and even in wartwood where they nearly got killed diving in head first.

" I'm sold into the Archives," Y/n said not even bothering to wait for them.

" Ya fair enough, research it is," Anne said as she and Polly left.

" What your siding with Hop pop? "

" This journey is going to take us beyond the Valley Sprig,who knows what we'll run into out there!Ow! " Anne said as she bumped her head on some rocks before entering the Archives.

" Ugh," Sprig said as they walked down the stairs.Once at the bottom Anne whistled," the Archives," Sprig's said with a grimace.

" This place seems really cool to me," Anne commented.

" Sure,it seemed cool until you realize your reading other people's adventures," Sprig said.

" I'm fine with that," Y/n commented.

" Ok enough prattle, we've got to get a move on before we get locked in here," Hop pop stated." I'm sorry what? " Y/n questioned.

" The door to this place is set on a sunlight timer,it opens when the sun rises and deadlocks when it sets," Hop pop explains casually." That is some steam punky no sense right there," Anne said as she,Polly,Hop pop and Y/n walked further.Sprig groaned as he mumbled insults about the archives,Anne stopped and started to read about the Archives founder/owner while they group listened.

" Microf Newtback (I'm not getting that right lol), Archives founder.This  structure,which was originally Newtback's home,was turned into an Archive after he died violently attempting to cross the valley," the labels seemed to cause everyone to have a change in mind as they separated to look for books to read.

" I'm gonna go read those book "" No sir,time to hit them books "" Uhh reading time "" Better get to it "" Gotta get my hands on them books "

Polly and Hop pop seemed to get distracted with certain books as Anne settled for a plant book and Y/n read about natural remedies.

Sprig started to bother Anne and Y/n but they didn't seem interested.

" Wouldn't it be better if we found some plants to fight? " Sprig questioned trying to presuade the two.

" Absolutely not "" Nope,see if you can find a way to survive a tiger viper attack," Anne said as Y/n handed Anne a book,to which she passed it to Sprig.He groan leaving with the book," stupid book,stupid learning.Dont they want a real adventure? " He questioned to himself as he looked around until he spotted the glass on the door that kept it open,he soon got an idea.

After a while of reading lots of books,Hop pop spoke up," alright kids time for a lunch break."

" I'm actually glad you suggest this Hop pop, we're learning a ton about your world! "

" I want one," Y/n said awestruck at the terrifying baby snake creature that looked similar to a banana ball python.

" Absolutely not," Hop pop said.

" Did you know that there are sixty weapons in the morning star family? " Polly questioned as they headed to the door only to find it shut and locked.

" The doors shut,that's not right," Hop pop said trying to pull it open but to no avail,he thought for a minute before looking up and gasping," the lense is missing! " He pointed." What?Who would trap us in here? " Anne questioned just as Sprig clearing his throat was heard,everyone turned around to face him.

" Maybe somebody is trying to prepare us,by forcing us to dive in....me I did it," Sprig said as he hopped down from the mushroom he was on and walked towards the group.

" Have you lost your frog marbles!Put that piece back! " Anne said pointing to where the lense needed to be.

" Guys,reading these moldy old books ain't gonna prepare us for squat.What we need is a daring escape from an old underground library," Sprig announced as if it was epic." What we need is to put that piece back," Hop pop said walking up to Sprig.

" Ya,hand it over," Polly said as Sprig groaned.

" Ugh,fine," he said reaching into his pocket but couldn't seem to find it," uh,I know I have it, somewhere," he said just as he stepped on something causing it to shatter.

" Well that's not good "" What have you done "" Sprig! "

" Uh,maybe I can fix it! " Sprig says trying to put the lense back together,he carefully picked it up as a whole before accidentally sneezing a sending the pieces flying everyone.

" Dude! "" Come on! "" No! "" Seriously "

" All of you stop!Yelling at each other ain't going to fix any of this! "

" So what do we do? " Anne asks." Well we wait for someone to visit the Archives," Hop Pop replied.

" And how long has someone visited? " Y/n questioned.

" Well,I checked the log and it says three years ago," Hop pop answered as Y/n's face grew pale.

They started banging on the door,screaming for anyone to here but no one was around but Bessie who seemed to be distracted by small butterflies.

" Enough of this negativity! " Sprig said hopping on a chair,almost falling.

" Come on guys,this is our call to frogventure right here!Did you forget who we are,this gang has been through a lot and we're going to make it through this too! I mean we'd better,cause if we don't we'll be trapped here for weeks!No food,no water!Until they find our dehydrated mummified bodies clawing at the door," Sprig said as his encouraging speech turned dark in a matter of seconds.

" Ya,I could of probably ended that speech earlier."

" Let's just find a way out "" That's the spirit "