[Fred]

It was the our for the Steefs family to take their meal of the day after the hard training of the young Steef. But sooner the father Steef have said to his wife to don't prepare food for him. When the son have saw that his father wasn't there, he went to meet him and he had ask him;

''Dad, why didn't you eat with us?''

''I got some work to do tonight junior.''

''What? Wich work you got to do?''

''I got to make your first crossbow.''

''What? My first crossbow? That's an honor.'' He said with happiness but with moderation just like his father had teach to him.

''If I were you, I would not be happy like you.''

''But...why?''

''Tomorrow you'll have to do your initiation to the crossbow.''

''Initiation?''

''Now junior, go back home. Your food is gonna be cold if you arrive too late.''

''Huh, okay dad. Thanks again!'' He said before he run away from his father.

But the guardian Steef was searching some wood for his son's crossbow as he said in his head;

''He don't know how much this iniation is hard.''

***

The day after, the father Steef explain the rules of the initiation to his son;

''You see my son, us, the Steefs, we are the kings of the forest. The animals respect us and help us when we need their help. That's the secret of the crossow. Why do you think that the fuzzles could stay on my crossbow and not attack me?''

''Huh... I don't know.''

''That's becose they respect me. I've pass this iniatiation and after, I've reach to a state of mind that make the animals respect me. You'll have to enter the forest with your Steef armor, your crossbow and you'll have to come back safe.''

''Bah! That's easy!''

''But, you'll can't come back before you've got a zappfly as a live ammo. That will be the proof that you've got the respect of the animals.''

''But... how am I supposed to do that?''

''Just enter in the forest, found a zappfly and try to convice him to become your... ''friend''.''

''But...''

''I've said to you all you're supposed to know for this test. Now... go!''

And the angry young Steef entered in the forest without said any word just to don't make his father angry. After a long travel across the forest, the young Steef was more and more thinking about the fact that he was lost. Just at the moment that he was walking backward, he've touch accidently someone with his back. Effraid, the Steef have run behind a tree, and the other too. When the stranger said too the Steef;

''Who...who are you?''

''I'm the son of the guardian Steef. The keeper of the Mongo river, And you, who are you?''

''My name is D. Caste Raider. I'm a future Outlaw.''

''Are... are you a friend?''

''It depends, are you one?''

''I'm the friend of all the peoples who don't want to do any bad things to the Mongo river and all those who lives in.''

''So, consider me as a friend.'' And the two new friends has meet each one at the center of a clearing. D. Caste Raider was a strange creature with big ears, the top of his head was like a point, he had some strange big jaw and he was some kind of fatty guy.

''So, what are you doing here?'' The young Steef said.

''My dad sent me here to pass my initiation to become an apprentice Outlaw. I had to kill a Steef.''

''But... I'm one.''

''I know. But now that I know that you're intelligents and not some wild beasts. I'll won't kill you. And you, what are you doing here?''

''My dad sent me to...''

''Look out!'' D. Caste Raider said before he push the Steef on the ground before he receive on of those strange green balls who were coming from nowhere. But it was too late for him. As he was tide by some green bonds he said;''What was that?''

''I've seen this before. It's...'' And then, the Gloktigi was getting out of the woods, ready to stab D. Caste Raider. The Steef wouldn't want to let his new friend die like this. With no ammos in his crossbow, the Steef had takes a rock and throw the them on the enemy.''Come here you bastard!'' After a few hesitation, the Gloktigi had decided to kill the Steef first. After send some green balls to immobilize them,(succesfully of course.) he was coming closer very dangerously before D. Caste Raider hit them with his big wood hammer and said;

''I think this bastard could be a good trophy for my first hunt too.''

At the same time the Steef had finished to freed himself and said; ''This training for my strenght wasn't so useless after all.'' But the Gloktigi was behind him, and hit them very strongly before he hit a tree and lose consciousness. A few seconds later, the Steef was laying on the ground watching D. Caste Raider trying to fight the monster alone but, the creature had caught them in his deadly webs. The Steef was angry but he could'nt did anything becose he was injured. So he was calling for some help from the forest;

''Please forest! Help me! If I didn't do anything he'll die and it's gonna be my fault!'' At the moment he started to cry with despair, a miracle happened; some armies of fuzzles and stingbees comes from nowhere and tried to slow down the monster as a zappfly has come on the Steef's crossbow. The test was completed. Now, the animals and the nature was respected him. Fastest as he can he used his new zappfly to capture some fuzzles and thudslugs. He shooted some fuzzles on D. Caste Raider as they were gnawed his bonds to freed him. The Steef shoot a thudslug on the Gloktigi to take them down.

''Go! Finish him off! Use your hammer!'' The Steef said as D. Caste Raider takes his hammer as fastest as he can to smash the Gloktigi's head. He was definitively death.

''That was a really tuff one.'' Said D. Caste Raider. ''Can I keep his corpse body? I know you've done most of the job but if I didn't get anything when I'll get back, it will be my dad who's gonna kill me.''

''You can keep him if you want. It doesn't matter for me. I've found what I was looking for in this forest.'' The Steef said by taking a look on his first zappfly.

''Ok, thanks. Oh, and tanks you to have saved my life too. I hope I'll meet you again to pay my debt to you.''

''I hope too.'' Steef said before they shake their hands and go to their own ways.

Many hours later the Steef had finally found his way trough the forest to go back to the Grubbs village where his father was waiting for him.

''Did you get your zappfly?''

''Yes father.'' He said by showing them proudly to his father.

''That's it. now, you're officially a warrior Steef.'' His father said as the entire village bow down back at him. It was the best day of his entire life.

***

D. Caste Raider was back at his father's gang HQ with his ''trophy''. When he saw his father saw him he said;

''So my son did you get a dead Steef for us?''

''Huh... not exactly.''

''Come on boy, make me proud of my you.''

''I got something much better!'' He said as he show his ''prey'' to his father's entire gang.

''Wh...what have you done?!'' His father said with a lot of fear in his voice.

''I've killed this demon dad.''

''Go boys! Hide his body where we'll never see him again!''

''But, dad why are you so effraid? He is death!''

''You don't understand son! If the boss ever learn about that, he'll kill us all!''