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"Almond, what are those?"

"I think they're called Jelly Frogs? I've heard they're really rare..."

Almond and Roguefort were in the forest, stumbling across two Jelly Frogs near a lake. Almond had his knife and a bag, while Roguefort had a big bucket that he found abandoned in the bushes and a Swiss army knife.

"Are we supposed to kill them?"

"I think so? My mother told me they were edible.."

"Let's just pick them up and put them in your bucket."

"Sure."

The two Cookies tiptoed over to the Jelly Frogs, making as little noise as possible.

When the Frogs were within arm's reach, the tree behind them suddenly shook, and a rumbling noise came from the tree.

"Watch out!"

Hundreds of Apple Bear jellies came falling to the ground, Almond and Roguefort Cookie shielding themselves with their arms.

When there were finally no more falling jellies, the two Cookies opened their eyes to find a mountain of Apple Bear jellies in front of them, which had luckily missed them completely.

Almond stared, wide-eyed, while Roguefort immediately sprinted towards the jellies and filling up his bucket.

"Come on! We have to pick these up before anyone else does!"

Snapping out of his trance, Almond began filling his bag with Apple Jellies.

The two were just halfway through the Jellies when a voice commanded, "Stop right there!"

A Cookie emerged from the bushes in a blue cloak.

"My partner, Cream Cookie, shook the tree. You do not have permission from her to take her rewards away."

"And who are you?" Almond Cookie questioned.

"Blueberry Pie Cookie from the Cranberry team. Please return the jellies to their original place and leave."

"We stumbled upon it, and nearly got hurt from the rain of Apple Bear Jellies Cream Cookie made!"

Without notice, a Cookie fell from the tree, smoothly landing on the ground in front of Almond and Roguefort.

"Now, now, no need to fight."

"Cream, the jellies are yours after you did all the work, and they're taking it."

"They were in the same area as us, and almost got hurt, Blueberry Pie; we should have been more careful and cleared the area first."

Cream Cookie, with blue and fluffy hair, turned to the Blackberry team members in front of her.

"How about you take what you have now, and give us the rest? Is that a deal?"

Almond was about to object the idea,  but Roguefort spoke first.

"Give us 10 seconds to take a bit more, then we'll leave."

"Fine. But 10 seconds are all you will get."

Blueberry Pie watched in disgust as Roguefort and Almond began taking more jellies.

"10 seconds are over, please leave now."

"Sure."

Almond, once again, tried to talk back, but Roguefort grabbed him by the arm and sprinted away.

When the two female Cookies were out of sight, Almond asked, "Why didn't you force them to leave?"

"There's no reason to, they shook the tree anyways, and I'm fairly sure that wasn't a murder attempt. Plus, we have something a lot more valuable."

"What?"

"Remember those Jelly Frogs? They were killed by the falling Apple Bear jellies. During the last 10 seconds I found them and sneaked them into my bucket."

 A smile broke out of Almond's angry face.

"You really are a genius, Roguefort."

~♤~

"There's a fish to the north."

Salt Cookie and Prophet Cookie were swimming in the Ocean after they accidentally found out it was enchanted and wouldn't make them soggy, with Prophet using his crystal ball to locate the fish while Salt throwing his spear to actually catch and kill the fish.

"It's close enough, throw your spear now."

Salt threw his spear, the spear swishing through the water. As the two Cookies swam closer to the fish, they realised that there wasn't just Salt Cookie's spear; in the fish's mouth was a hook.

Salt retrieved his spear and the fish before signaling to Prophet, "Someone's fishing nearby."

With a nod of his head, the two Cookies swam upwards, finally catching a breath of fresh air.

"Woah, did you just steal my fish?"

Two female Cookies were sitting in a wooden boat, both of them fishing.

"It was your fish? We both caught it at the same time. So it belongs to both of us."

"You know what?" Prophet Cookie asked, "I'll let you get the fish, but can we get on your boat for a bit? I'm exhausted from swimming."

"You know what? Fine, but in exchange, give me the fish that we both caught."

Salt Cookie, though not tired, glanced at Prophet Cookie, Prophet giving a tired look in return. With a sigh, he told the Cookie, "Deal."

"Welcome onboard, then. I'm Cloud Cookie from the Raspberry team. The Cookie over there is Dr. Wasabi Cookie. Here, climb up this rope so you can get on."

The two Cookies climbed up the rope, Prophet Cookie immediately collapsing on the wooden seat after he got on. Salt Cookie, didn't seem tired, but took a seat anyways.

"Alright, hand over that fish."

"Sure."

Salt Cookie gave the fish to Cloud Cookie, while Dr. Wasabi Cookie kept reeling up more and  more fish.

"Woah, how does she get that much fish? That's insane."

"Oh, yea, that. Uh..."

"I use a special formula to put on the hook so that the fish will be attracted like magnets!" Dr. Wasabi Cookie shouted from the opposite side of the boat.

"That's insane. Where'd you even get this boat anyways?"

"It was on the shore when we came, as well as two fishing rods."

"Well, that's a lucky starter pack. On our side, we had nothing but my spear and his crystal ball."

"You guys did get quite some fish as well..."

"Those in the bag? They're just big fish. We actually didn't get that much."

Suddenly, the red button on their wristbands shone brightly. The instructor appeared in a hologram on Cloud Cookie's wristband.

"You're going too far out, Cloud Cookie. Return closer to the shore."

"Dr. Wasabi Cookie, you mind paddling back? And...wait, what are your names?"

"I'm Salt Cookie and he's Prophet Cookie. Let me check how much time there is left...5 minutes?!"

"Oh no. Let's all paddle back together, that will make us faster. We don't want to be late, do we?"

"Alright!"

The four Cookies paddled back, trying not to lose balance and get back to camp in time.

~♤~

"Buttercream Choco, are you sure this is allowed?"

"I'll take my chances."

The two Cookies had found an abandoned jeep, Pilot Cookie fixing it up and Buttercream Choco picking all the bean jellies he could find from the ground.

Right now, they had two bags full of bean jellies, all of different sorts.

"How much time is there?"

"Let me check...2 minutes."

"What?!" Pilot Cookie exclaimed, "We have to get back, now."

"It'll take just 1 minute by jeep, it's fine."

"We're going back, now."

Pilot Cookie turned the Jeep backwards, and sped towards the camp.

The two Cookies were speeding, but they didn't care; Buttercream Choco was making sure their bean jellies didn't fall to the ground, while Pilot Cookie sped up the vehicle.

"We're almost at camp, let's run! We have 1 minute, and we have to carry the bean jellies."

The two Cookies climbed out of the vehicle, taking the jellies, and scrambled to teh ahll as fast as they could.

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

The bracelet suddenly glowed a bright yellow as the two Cookies approached the hall.

"3, 2, 1."

The Cookies ran into the hall just in time, attracting the attention of all the Cookies.

"Very well done, I see all of you have arrived on time, and none of you are late."

Pilot Cookie exhaustedly set down his bag of bean jellies as he sat down next to Roguefort Cookie.

Buttercream Choco did the same, nearly spilling his bean jellies.

"Now, let us begin; each team, please head to the stage with the food that you have gathered."

~♤~

[Originally published Mar 2020]

Which team will win the hunt for food? What is the advantage for the winner? Find out more in the next chapter, which will be published soon!

I hope you enjoyed the chaotic hunt for food! In case you didn't know, Jelly Frogs are a unit in Cookie Wars, if you've ever played that dead game before it died.

Drop a vote if you liked this chapter and I'll see you in the next one!

Next chapter:

"You're not supposed to dice them all into cubes?! Have you ever handled these before?"

~♤~

"Woah, you're really skilled..."

~♤~

"We didn't tell you, but there are multiple advantages you can gain from this activity."

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