𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑: 𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤

      The portal opened, Shadow and Tails, sitting on the shoulder of their naga friend, again went through it into another world and the portal closed behind them. There were giant plants all around. Grass, flowers and other beauties of nature, which were the most enormous. Even more than the naga himself.

The world of plants genetically modified by nature

— Where are we? — Tails asked, and Shadow was surprised. — O-oh! If there are such flowers here... Then what kind of insects are there? — This is a flowerbed! Have we shrunk? — I doubt. This is clearly a different world, which itself, compared to us, is very huge. Giants, much larger than me, could certainly live here. — Could there be such representatives of life forms here? — asked the fox, pointing his finger at the daisy, which was curiously examining our guests from another world, approaching them on its small root legs. — This is a flower... And it is alive... In the literal sense... Apparently in this world, development has taken a completely different path. As a result, instead of dinosaurs, people, Mobans and Nagas, no one appeared. The plants themselves came to life and began to move and develop. Although it seems that something similar happened on rare occasions in our world. — Is that so? Hear it for the first time! — The striped naga grinned quietly. — You should have studied botany, Shadow! Science is like that! — Tails explained. The flower itself crawled on its paws towards Shadow, starting to examine him and smell him. — What is he doing? — Shadow didn’t understand. — I think he’s studying you. After all, in his world he has never met anyone like you in his life. — Tails replied. Suddenly an earthquake began and the chamomile looked around. Then she trembled and ran away, hiding next to a huge web. At this time, a giant mantis came out from behind two pillars of giant sunflowers. Every step he took was accompanied by a slight shaking of the ground. He looked around and saw Shadow with Tails on his shoulder. He was clearly hungry and when he saw them, he wanted to eat them. — This is a praying mantis and it seems he wants to eat us. The fox suggested, to which the giant growled at them before running in pursuit. The striped hedgehog snake immediately realized that he had to crawl away and run away from here. Tails held tightly to the tip of Shadow's tail. The giant mantis ran after them on its paws and growled, just like a ferocious dinosaur. He growls, chatters his teeth and stomps loudly. It's about to catch up. The mantis had already begun to extend its long and saw-shaped leg to grab Shadow by the tail. He was about to grab it, but then from somewhere behind the huge grass a bunch of cobwebs flew out and wrapped around the mantis like a fishing net. The mantis became entangled in the web, slowed down and fell, trying to untangle itself. At that moment, the largest tarantula emerged from the grass, which was even larger compared to the praying mantis. He wrapped his web around that insect and circled it around, forming a cocoon, inside which the monster suffocated without oxygen and lost consciousness. The mummified prey stopped twitching and trying to free itself. The spider took its prey and placed it on its back. Shadow and Tails turned around and saw this same spider that saved them. The spider, by the way, also paid attention to them and slowly approached them to examine those strangers, for he had never met them before. Chamomile immediately came running and defended the naga and the fox. She looked at the spider and sniffed. Although in reality it was probably her sound, which he used to communicate directly with the spider. The tarantula listened to the flower and, looking at the two strangers for the last time, turned around and left along with its prey. Shadow and Tails began to catch their breath with relief after this chase. — I almost made bricks, and you? — asked the fox. — Me too. — answered the striped naga. The living daisy hugged Shadow with its petals, like arms, kissed him on the stomach and crawled away after that tarantula. — Hm. If there are such living flowers here, then I wonder what other species they are. And do they have their own language? — the fox thought, scratching his chin. He accidentally noticed a strange humanoid, something like a girl with rose petals instead of a head and a log instead of a body. Instead of hands there were leaves, and instead of feet there were roots. Rose had big eyes and a smile on her face. She looked at those guests with curiosity. Tails silently waved his hand at her, not knowing what to answer. — Hardly! — Shadow thought and looked around. — Tails, look! Food! — Shadow pointed to a pile of food made from apples, pears, pineapples and blueberries. All this was in a very visible place. And on one of the two circles, pink. The second one was empty. The striped naga slowly crawled towards the food to examine it. Tails, realizing what was going on, stood in front of Shadow's eyes and stopped him. — STOP-STOP!!! DO NOT TOUCH!!! — Why? — Shadow didn’t understand. — It will eat you up. — Tails replied. — Who is it? — Flycatcher! Look! — Tails explained, took out a pebble and threw it straight towards the food. At that moment, the flycatcher itself sharply closed its mouth, deciding that the victim had sat on it, pecked at the bait and closed, sticking out a few sharp spines. — Here's a treat for you! — Shadow thought. — Tails, are there really such plants in our world too, but smaller? — Of course. They are called carnivores. Plants are divided into two types. Common and carnivorous, which most often grow where it is too hot. Regular plants obtain nutrients from soil, mineral salts, light from the sun, and even water. Carnivorous plants do not have enough water and a variety of nutrients, and the soil is hard. Therefore, in order to survive, such plants feed on flies, mosquitoes and other insects. Even harmful to the plants themselves. You know what it takes for a predator to survive, right? — Well, of couse? I’m naga, shouldn’t I know? If you are a predator, you must be able to hunt your prey in order to catch it and eat it. — Shadow answered. — Here! — Tails confirmed this, raising his right index finger. — Plants, on the contrary, do not need to hunt. The prey itself flies into the trap and is caught in the mouth. After all, they can’t move from their spot. Therefore, they emit various tasty odors with which they attract insects. For example, a bee flies, smells the aroma and thinks that somewhere there is tasty honey or nectar for it. Then she sits on the flower itself and GRAB the flower!!! And the bee eventually becomes food itself. The most dangerous among carnivorous plants is the Venus flytrap. However, in nature there are many other plants that also know how to lure their victims. And not at all for pollination. — I didn’t even know that there were also such plants. — said the striped one. — HELP ME!!! — Tails and Shadow heard someone shout. — Did you hear that? — asked the striped naga. — I think it was Luz’s voice! — the fox suggested, sat on the naga’s shoulder and he crawled to the place where Luz Bucket’s cry came from. Luz Bucket himself was stuck to a large web and could not get off it, no matter how hard he tried to escape. — SAVE ME!!! HELP!!! Tails and Shadow immediately crawled up to him from behind the grass. Forgetting about his fear and attempt to escape, Luz immediately sighed heavily and rolled his eyes. — You again! When will you finally get away from me? — So! We did not understand? Do you need our help or not? — Tails asked. — I called for help, but not you. I don't want to be saved by a traitor and an enemy. — Well, you don’t want it as you want! — the fox waved his hand at him and was about to leave. At that moment, the same giant tarantula was walking from another part of the forest. Luz saw him and immediately realized that he was about to become dinner for this spider, since this was his web. — A-A-A!!! OKAY, OKAY, I ASK YOU!!! HELP ME!!! — He shouted to Shadow and Tails. — If we don’t get him out of that web in time, this giant spider will cocoon him just like that mantis, and then eat him. — said the striped snake hedgehog. — We need to help him. Cutting the web! — said Tails, taking some kind of stick from the ground and just flying when Shadow grabbed him by one of his tails. — Stop! What if you also get stuck to the web? Then the spider will dine not only on Luz, but on you too. — What should we do then? — Tails asked him, but drew attention to the same girl with a rose instead of a head. He descended to earth and decided to speak to her for the first time. — Forgive me, um, madam. I don't know if you understand me or not, but... Please help our friend who is stuck to the web before this spider eats him. We need him alive and unharmed. I ask you to! — he begged the fox, kneeling down and folding his hands as if he were praying. Rosette stood still and did nothing for now, continuing to only look at the fox. Tails immediately realized that she didn't understand him. Apparently they have their own language here and they don’t understand them. Tails was already desperate and sighed heavily, lowering his head. — Well... We was it at least worth a try, Shadow? Little rose immediately walked up to Tails and kissed him on the nose. This made the fox's eyes widen, not expecting this. The tarantula was almost close to Luz and was about to begin to weave a web around the scorpion naga. He bulged his eyes and screamed heart-rendingly. His whole life immediately flashed before his eyes in a second, from childhood to the present moment. Suddenly, the rose-headed one, as if by levitation, flew into the air and, stretching out her arms to the sides, stood in the way of the spider. Thus, she stood as a wall behind Luz. At first the tarantula stood still for a couple of seconds and looked at her, frozen. She began to make sniffing sounds and wave her arms. The spider, oddly enough, listened to her. He extended his paw and took the scorpion naga. — A-A-A-A!!! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!! — he yelled. However, the tarantula did not eat it. He just took him off the web and put him on the ground, and in one go he lightly shook him off the dust with his huge and shaggy paw. Tails, Shadow and Luz were shocked. The rosette seems to be small, but she persuaded that giant not to eat another one who was smaller than him and thereby saved him. Shadow crawled up to that rose and bent down slightly. The rose-headed one stepped back a little from the naga hedgehog. At the same time, she continued to keep a smile on her face and look at him. — Um. I don’t know how I can thank you for saving our friend. Thank you very much. We are your eternal debtors. If you understand us, of course. Rose didn't answer anything. She just came a little closer and also kissed him on the nose, which made the naga’s cheeks turn red, and the striped naga himself smiled. — That’s it, Luz, we saved your life, now you admit that we will not harm you and are not enemies at all. Now will you calm down and return home with us? — the fox scolded the large scorpion-snake. — Never. — he hissed through his teeth and opened a new portal. — Again! — the fox and the snake-hedgehog said at the same time, hitting themselves on the forehead and again ran after him in pursuit, managing to jump into the portal before it closed. The rose itself and the giant tarantula only waved goodbye with their petals and paws, like hands. They were also joined by the same chamomile, which also waved a leaf to them goodbye.

Translator from plant language — on

— I wonder who these three strange humanoids were? — asked the daisy in a male voice. — I don’t know myself, but they looked sad and clearly asked me for help so that I would not let our protector from harmful insects eat their friend. — suggested the rose-headed one.

Spider language translator — on

— I even liked them. The next time I see someone like them, I will never eat them at all. They are so cute, as it turns out. — the tarantula said to himself, smiling.