Beaver Fever

Scylla, the smooth talker that she was, convinced her father to let her and Cerberus explore the dam together without an adult. Cerberus was old enough and he had his dog with him. Scylla had her viper. Everything would be okay. She was very convincing with her argument and eventually Chimera had relented. Together, the siblings made their way to the mainland and Scylla was intent on murdering some beavers. "Dad says that when there are too many, they change the landscape and ruin the grass, which keeps the elk away, which we eat." She explained, all knowingly.

As the pair explored the various branches of water that the stream broke off into, Scylla noticed a big pool of water that had once been part of the little river. As she peered over, she noticed movement within. Picking up a stick from the bank, the girl tossed it into the water and gasped as a huge crocodile erupted from the water, its jaws snapping at the stick. The reptile then hauled itself from the water, coming quickly towards the girl who turned tail and ran back towards her much larger sibling. The crocodile was now fully on land. Facing it in the water would have been a death sentence, but facing it on land would be much easier. This thing wasn't even supposed to be here!

"Scylla Klein"