We return now to the story of Eeay. Trust us when we say you don't want to know more about the Ricarday-Kaavatron goings on. You may be scarred for life.
Eeay and dragon yoshi flew through the land of the Zimmerites, stopping every once in awhile to swoop down and retrieve food. Eeay fed off the land, consuming little red BeyerBerries, but dragon yoshi was hungry and unsatisfied by such meager human fare. She roared her desire for more. Eeay was afraid, for though the dragon was temporarily tame, she had a terrible habit of breaking into a chorus of "Valentine's Eve" when she grew hungry. Men and women and children had withered at the first repetition of "no you can't." But Eeay had to press on toward Punjanshu. She was all too aware of the Zimmerite robots' limited battery power, and so she simply hoped she would find dragon yoshi some food along the way.
Punjanshu's village lay on the outskirts of the Land of the Mole People, where Lord Hite reigned. Eeay knew she would have to pass through the Land of the Mole People, a dangerous and perilous route, but the fastest way to Punjanshu nonetheless.
After three days of tireless travel, Eeay and dragon yoshi reached the Mole Gates. As Eeay pondered how to gain entry into this forbidden land of Macbooks and Diet Coke, she saw two enormous creatures approaching the gates from the inside.
"Who are you?" bellowed a deep but strangely jolly voice.
Eeay shuddered in fear. "I am a Zimmerite elder, Eeay. I seek entry into your great land. I will cut as many cards as you desire in order to get through. I must save my people!"
The voice chuckled menacingly. "I can let you through, old one. But you must find your own way through after that."
"Who are you?" Eeay whispered, dreading the answer.
"It is not who I am, but what I am," the voice barked. "I am a Herndawg. And I am your worst nightmare."
With that, the disembodied voice whipped open the gates, roaring with laughter. "Fight your way through this, Eeay!" the Herndawg yelped. He was enormous, a mix of a cougar and a falcon. His blue-gold eyes blazed and his huge black and red wings flapped as he laughed.
Eeay's eyes filled with petrified terror as she took in the scene before her. The Hoochalicious River that cut through the Land of the Mole People had flooded, and it was brimming with horrendous monsters. Mutant smurfs danced across the turbulent waters, their eyes piercing and their raucous laughs ringing against the river. The Herndawg was practically bawling with laughter as he chanted in a strange tongue, "Wata-aff-wata-aff-wata-aff."
Suddenly, Eeay felt a shudder beside her. Dragon yoshi was roaring in a combination of hunger and anger at the situation. She pounced into the river, devouring smurf after smurf until the only one remaining was the Papa Smurf, a gigantic blue leviathan with a very 70s style 'fro going on. As dragon yoshi approached Papa Smurf, the Herndawg, who had been previously mute in shocked silence, spoke.
"He's the last of their kind, O great yoshi. Please leave him be!"
The dragon pondered this, blowing great rings of smoke into the air as she breathed. "I am no longer starving, so I will mercy you, Papa Smurf. What is your name?"
He coughed nervously. "M'Lacy, m'lady. I will serve your every need as I am grateful you have spared me."
Eeay was still shocked by the dragon's demolition of the smurfs, but she knew they had to press on. M'Lacy, Eeay and the dragon dog-paddled across the now calm Hoochalicious, leaving behind the subdued Herndawg. The three adventurers moved forward in companiable silence until they reached a forest the outskirts of the Land of the Mole People.
"The Forbidden Forest of Functional Competition," M'Lacy breathed.
"What is it, Papa Smurf?" Eeay asked.
"This is the evilest, foulest blot on the map of the Land of the Mole People. Here is where Lord Hite banishes those who fail his Gap-test. This is where he sends the lowest of the low."
"But who lives here?" Eeay spat, imagining the horrors they might encounter.
"The Face harpies, for one. They escape at times to take part in Craig's weird chapters, but they generally reside here. Spotty C, Grike Meanstein…but in the innermost circle of the forest resides the most evil in the eyes of Lord Hite. There is a cove called the cove of G-Bean. The people here live a spartan lifestyle, coming out of their land only occaisonally to visit Flynncock. But they are ruled by three great ones—three who are so great and terrible that one of them threatens the greatness of Rajega."
Eeay gasped, for she had heard of this land. And she knew the three great ones: Victorious, DeebOHrious, and the one most frightening of them all. His only goal was to overthrow the fame and wonder of Rajega—and this goal had consumed him so much that no one knew his true name. He had taken on the name Vinaynay, and it struck fear in the hearts of all Zimmerites.
"We will have to pass through the Cove of G-Bean, Eeay," M'Lacy said, confirming Eeay's worst fears.
"And so we will," Eeay responded. She had to press on.
Punjanshu then magically turned into a squirrel