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Arturo laid comfortably in the tall green prairie grass, enjoying the sun's rays that helped warm his cold blooded body up. He lightly flicked his red forked tongue out to taste the air, seeing if there were any of the Miltank's there roaming the fields. Arturo couldn't taste or sense any of them nearby, so they must be eating some berries or something of the like. He yawned and rose up from the grass, his purple body and hood with the intimidating features clearly showing his dominating presence in the wide green field. He was the pure definition of an Arbok. Strong, tall, majestic. He was what every trainer wanted that loved his species and evolutionary line. Of course, he wasn't meant for a trainer. He served as the guardian of 17 Miltanks the farm owners had on their ranch. His lightning quick reflexes, his huge muscular body that can constrict so tight, not even a Sligloo could escape, and his powerful poison that could stop a heart in less than two minutes were all enough to deter away any predators that tried to prey on the pink cows. Of course, the occasional curios Mightyena and Luxray would come close to the farm to see if they could snatch one of them. But Arturo always had eyes on the whole place. Normally his intimidating feature of his hood pattern frightened off most of the ones who came, but some were more stubborn. Some need a good hiss, something a close bite. Only two had to be in the coils, and one almost died from suffocation. But most of the time they just needed something big and fast to startle them away. He yawned again, stretching out his jaws and smacked them together lazily. “Better see where they are...” Arturo said slowly as he slithered towards the farm buildings that consisted of the house where the farmer and the farmer's wife lived, as well as the two workers that lived in different rooms. Sometimes, when the winter days were too much, the Miltanks and Arturo would stay in the family room to help heat themselves and the house. There was the grain bin, full of wheat seeds for the cows, and a corn bin as well. There were the stables, where they slept and hide from the harsh elements, and also raise their young when it's time. And there was also the milking station right next to it. Arturo thought it would be a good idea to start there at the stables, and moved silently through the grass toward it, the grass parting in numerous S patterns in his wake.

After a few minutes of moving around, he finally came to the stables, but saw none of the pink plump cows there at all. He looked toward the grain bins, and moved towards them, trying to figure out where they were. He stopped when he heard footsteps in the milking station, and pumps and engines being turned on. He sighed, thankful that they were in the next room. He went over there, and used his tail to wrap around the door knob wrapping around it twice and turned it, pushing it open. He went in to see all 17 of the Miltanks happily on all fours, and eating a wheat and grass mixture as the pumps sucked the milk out of their teats. He slithered by, counting off how many there were and their names. '1..2..3...6...10...15...17. All accounted for.' He smiled happily and kept moving behind them, the pumps working perfectly as they drained the milk from them. “Good afternoon Arturo.” Said Saline, the 12th Miltank. “Good afternoon to you Saline.” Arturo said happily with a big smile. He never got tired from talking to the girls. They were all entertaining, each and everyone had something different to say, and Arturo listened everytime. “Hello there Arturo, enjoyed the nap?” Said Ferosh, the 5th Miltank. “Yes I did in fact. It was enjoyable, but I had to cut it short today, because you girls gave me a scare.” Ferosh giggled quietly as she started to eat again. “We are not that much trouble, right?” Arturo turned to the right, “ya, I would hate if we were a nuisance to ya.” He smiled at the twins Maddie and Paddie. The 16th and 17th Miltanks. He chuckled, and wrapped his tail around their waists and hugged them tightly. “Of course not,” he closed his eyes and smiled while he hugged, “nothing any of you can do will make me hate you.” He let go as all of their tails moved in union from the compliment. Some of them blushed, while others kept eating. “Arturo!” Said someone from the other end of the milking station. He cocked his head immediately, a natural reaction taught by his owners and instincts. Speaking of owners, the misses of the two was on the other end, waving for him to come over. He smiled and slithered over to her, curios as to what she needed. “Hello Arturo, you tired?” She asked, not knowing that he had taken a nap from earlier. He shook his head, “I took a nap earlier.” He said, but it just came out to be: “Arbok arbok arbok bok.” She noticed how energetic he was and figured out. “Oh, I see. You already took a nap.” Arturo looked away sheepishly, not liking when he took naps when they found out. “Oh, you were sleeping on the job?” He looked away in disappointment and shame. He whimpered slightly, but stopped when her hand presses against his cheek. “It's alright. I know nothing will come close to this farm as long as you're here.” She showed him a nice and round Oran berry for him. He swung his tail around, and quickly took the berry with his mouth, swallowing her hand and arm in the process. She simply laughed at the action and feeling, never getting old of how childish he was when it came to his favorite berry. She let go of the berry, and pulled her arm out slowly, and wiped it onto her pants to get the excess spit off of her. Arturo leaned back, and simply swallowed it down, a tiny lump going down. She patted his hood and went over to the collecting tank, which showed it would need to still be filled for a few minutes. “Here, go out to the stables. The girls will be done in a bit, and you guys can relax. I'll have Martin get some fresh water and some berries.” Arturo nodded happily as he went back to the stables. He laid down on the spread out straw bedding in a pile, and closed his eyes as he waited. He heard water being poured into the special water containment spot, and berries being poured into the food tray. He smiled with that noise as he somehow took a nap once again.

Sometime later, he heard numerous footsteps coming toward the stable. He rose his head without opening his eyes, and yawned deeply. 'How long was I out?' He asked himself as he opened his eyes, and flicked his tongue out. He 'smelt' most of the girls coming in. 'Good. They are here.' He said happily to himself as he saw the girls walk in on all of their hooves toward the stables. They all slowly trotted in, a bit tired from all the pumping. “Hey girls. Tired?” Most of them nodded as they plopped down all around the stables. Arturo chuckled as he wrapped around three of them, and brought them over to him, hugging them deeply into him. One of them let out a happy moo, the other two let out quivering moos that sounded like they weren't really in the mood for this. He rolled his eyes as he let them go, which resulted in them plopping down anywhere. He silently counted all of them again, a tendency he slowly grew fond of. All 17 were accounted for and asleep. Arturo loved these moments, when he would just watch them all sleep peacefully, where they could be anything in their own realms of sleep. He loved when it was winter, because all of them would be in the stables, and they would share their warmth. Five would stay outside of the pile to keep the wind from blowing, but then they would switch out with five others over and over again so they all evenly got warm. And Arturo always got to be in the middle, absorbing their natural heat as his own. The girls thankfully didn't mind it as they enjoyed his smooth coils against them. Plus, he gave heat back if you warmed him enough. Arturo kept an eye out on the horizon, slowly moving from the real world into his as he thought deeply about things, that is, until the smell of an. Oran berry disturbed his peace. He looked down to see Dolline, the 10th Miltank, holding a berry between her two hooves. He smiled as he licked his lips, and engulfed her arms up to her shoulders. Arturo knew it was over doing it, but everyone he did it to loved it. She giggled as she wriggled the berry around, pushing it against his tongue and back of his throat. Arturo let out a big coo of joy as he tasted it. “Oh? Does my friendly snake enjoy it?” He nodded as he engulfed her a little more, getting the berry further in. She jumped foward a little, balancing herself on one of her feet as she pushed the berry past his throat, and down it. He closed his eyes and just murred happily with it. Dolline brought her hand out, and then got a lick on the cheek by him. She rubbed the saliva off of her, and rested herself on his coils, putting her whole back on his coils. He groaned slightly at the sudden weight, but shifted and now everything was fine. “Oh Arturo...you sure are funny with your berries.” He blushed slightly and buried his head into her udder deeply to hide his embarrassment. She laughed full heartily at that and rubbed his head slowly. “Oh Arturo...”

~Few days later~

Arturo was laying around, looking at the clouds that rolled by softly, making and changing different shapes slowly. He looked to the left and saw the herd of girls grazing quietly on the grass around them. He rolled over onto his stomach, watching them, eyeing them carefully. He slowly slithered, trying to sneak up on them, testing out his new method of sneaking. He grew a smile the closer and closer her got, until he was right behind one of them. He rose silently, but stopped when her tail swung straight down at his nose, causing him to whimper and fall backwards. “You could have just asked me and I would have let you tackle me.” Mary said, the 8th Miltank. “Sorry...but it seemed better if you didn't know...” She stood up, and crossed her arms on her chest. “Tut tut Arturo...tut tut...” He chuckled sheepishly, but stopped. He heard a rumble, that sounded like a truck. 'Strange.' Thought Arturo, standing up tall and seeing a grey truck pulling a big closed wagon with wholes on the top behind it. “I don't remember Mr. Gerson leaving with a trailer.” Mary said, going by Arturo. “I don't remember him leaving at all.” All of the girls took notice and looked up to see what was happening. The truck soon stopped in front of the house, and a man in his 45's came out, and went into the house. “Come on girls, let's move and see what's going on.” They all agreed in their heads as they walked over to the fence that ran across the road with Arturo following behind them. “Stay.” He said, and they complied as he slid through the wooden fence easily by compressing his body, and went over to the door. He coiled up to the door, and heard talking of some money and a Miltank. “Odd...” He hissed through his mouth by curling his lips to make a gap in his mouth, causing a high pitched whistle to be made instead. The door opened for Arturo to see the man that had come in, and Mr. Gerson. Mr. Gerson smiled and pet Arturo's snout happily as the other man walked to his truck, started it up, and backed the trailer into the stable. The girls were talking amongst themselves as they were trying to figure out what was happening. “Maybe it's a Tauros?” Lindsey, the 3rd Miltank, said to Ferosh. “Oh! Maybe it's a Bouffalant!” Otoño, the 14th Miltank, explained happily to everyone. “I heard that they are just so amazing with their Afros!” Arturo rolled his eyes as his thoughts slowly deceived him, 'we don't need another guardian here right? I'm good enough here, unless, I'm not good enough for the girls...' His thoughts stopped when he heard clicking from the trailer, the clicking of hooves hitting metal. The girl's heads move up to see, but they were too short to see. Arturo was another story though, he stood up, and was taller than 7 feet as he looked over, and saw something he wasn't expecting. He saw something standing and walking into the stables. The color of the creature was the same pink color the other girls had, and the familiar tail as well. Arturo was not expecting to see another Miltank here. He had overheard the head farmers here and there, talking about how the money to have these girls fed happily and treated happily was almost too much to afford. But, Mrs. Gerson had always managed to have the milk sold to cover the expenses. They hadn't considered having another Miltank out on the farm. The new person went behind the wall of the stable and was unseen for Arturo and the other girls. The farmers shook hands firmly with each other, a trait that only humans do when they meet a new person, or make a deal. They closed the trailer doors with a loud noise that jolted the Miltanks. The other farmer got into his truck, and then drove away down the driveway. Mr. Gerson went into the stable, but stopped as he turned around and looked at Arturo. “Hey buddy. I want no one else but me and the misses going in. And yes, even you can't go in.” Arturo nodded sadly as he couldn't see who was in it. But, he was his Pokémon, so he had to obey his every word. “Alright girls, you heard the man. I want none of you going in there until he says so, and even me. If I have to, I will coil here for days. But, I would rather not, so let's move away from the stable.” They complied with heavy nods, and walked away on all fours away from the stable. “Thanks Arturo.” Mr. Her son said as he patted the back hood of him. “Now go on now, I'm going to make sure our guest is happy here.” He nodded slowly, and went away as well from the stable. He kept slithering away as he followed the girls towards the prairie, and looked back to see Mr. Gerson go into the stables. Arturo's curiosity only grew more and more as the days went on as they couldn't go in to the stables.

Arturo slept peacefully on top of Isabelle, the 15th Miltank. His head and hood was on her udder, and his tail was wrapped once loosely around her neck and shoulders. She mooed every once and a while with the affection Arturo was giving. Another girl nudged her way softly into the coils of Arturo, and then another and another. He laughed as he was in a half dream and half awake state of mind. He rolled his head a bit, but Rose it up as he heard boots coming towards the group. “Alright, I'm going to need one of the girls to come with me for a while.” Mr. Gerson said as Arturo opened his eyes and looked at his owner. Saline rose her hand up as she stood up. “I'll go with you Mr. Gerson.” She said with a smile as she got up, walking over with her tail swinging around. He nodded and the two were off as Arturo rested his head on Maddie's stomach deeply. She rubbed his head and mooed with what he did. 'What does Mr. Gerson need with Saline.' Arturo thought as he watched the two walk off into the distance.

A few hours later, Saline came back with her smile still on her face. All of the girls, including Arturo rushed over to her, and asked numerous questions about what had happened with Mr. Gerson and Saline. “Woah, easy there. Mr. Gerson said that I couldn't say anything about what happened, but that tomorrow he is going to choose me and another random girl to do the same thing.” They were all curios together, all sharing the same emotions. “Now go get some food he said. He doesn't want anyone to ask me what happened.” Most of the girls pouted at how there was a secret being held from the group. They always told their secrets to one another, that is what made their group strong. But, now that their was one, and soon would be spread to others slowly was aggravating to them. Arturo wasn't affected by this, as he had always simply just heard, but never told any of his secrets. Saline laid down on the ground. 'Im going to figure out what this secret will be tonight,' he thought as he coiled up, 'I will get it.' And so he waited patiently as the other girls asked question after question, but received no answer. Finally, after many hours, it was dusk. A horde of Murkrow flapped in union after their leader, a Honchkrow in the light of the moon. They cried their familiar noise as they scanned the countryside, looking for any food but the food trots by the farm. They knew a certain snake could just easily snatch them away, and could be its next meal. A similar figure of the dark roamed around the fence, a Mighyena ran across the fence, trying to find an easy entrance into the ranch. However, that was not the real trouble. It was that dang snake that always was watching. The Mightyena knew better, and decided that he wouldn't try and take one of the nice, plump, well fed cows tonight. But, maybe another night he'll try and get one. Arturo silently rose from the tall-ish grass around him, and flicked his tongue out to "taste" where Saline was. You see, even though all of them were the same in shape and size, (a few a little cutely chubbier than others ^.^ ), each one had their own special smell to them that was easy to find for Arturo. He enjoyed their smells as he slithered through the grass, parting it away under his weight as he went to Saline. He tapped her shoulder cautiously, not wanting to wake up any of the other girls but her. Saline rolled over onto her side, ignoring Arturo as she stayed in her dream. "Pstt. Saline, hey. Wake up.” He said as he nudged her arm. She mooed quietly as she turned away more, clearly tired from earlier. Arturo got an idea. He ever rarely did this to any of the girls, because he thought it was low class and disrespectful to do, but this was the only way he was going to wake her up. He opened his mouth so that his tongue could easily come out. He then puckered his lips, and wrapped them around one of her teats completely. He received a happy moo, but that was not what he was wanting. He firmly grasped it with his powerful mouth muscles, and closed his eyes. 'Forgive me...' He prayed in his mind as he yanked slowly upwards, trying to get her to experience annoyed pain. And she did, for it felt like a prick of a pin to her as he yanked. She then groaned as he yanked more, and she finally awoke from her slumber. “Hey. Why are you doing that?” Asked Saline as she pushed. Arturo's head away from her pink teat. “I needed to wake you up, but I couldn't when I rocked you. So, I sort of had to...pull and yank.” She snorted out with an angry blow of air. “Alright, well, what did you want that couldn't wait for me to naturally wake up?” Arturo lowered his head a bit in shame, “I'm sorry, but I want to know why Mr. Gerson called you out.” She sighed loudly, and pinched her brow. “Listen Arturo, I want to tell you. I really want do, but I can't. Mr. Gerson strictly told me to not tell anyone about what happened, but that he will slowly let everyone in on it. Just, have some trust and patience boy.” She rubbed her hoof under his chin reassuringly. “Alright. I will be patient, for you Saline.” He flicked his tongue out and pushed his head into the rubbing. “Now go to sleep Arturo. Soon you'll see.” He nodded as he laid his head down beside her on the ground, and closed his eyes. He soon fell to sleep, and so did Saline. The next day, Lindsey went with. Saline, and the next day after that Maria, the 2nd Miltank, went with those two. And so it went on, one girl being added on each day until all of the girls went one day. Arturo sighed as he coiled up into a heap, and looked down at a small blade of grass. A Spinarak slowly crawled in his vision as he stared down. Arturo followed it, and soon the Spinarak saw him, turned and gave the meanest look to Arturo. It turned around, and heard Arturo laugh. The Spinarak rolled its eyes, and kept moving on when Arturo just kept following it. He decided to be bold, and poked the abdomen, but it kept moving. He did it again and again until he felt the movement of a certain amount of girls come along. He rose his head out of the grass, and smiled when he saw all of the girls walking along. He quickly slithered to them, “how did it go!? What happened? Tell me!” He asked, looking back and forth between the girls. He was interrupted by Brianna, the 1st Miltank, came over in front of him. “Relax Arturo. Mr. Gerson will tell what will happen, so relax.” She rubbed his head, and he nodded. “Alright...I'll wait...just for tonight though.” Brianna nodded, and the girls rested around each other for the night. For tonight, a meteor shower was going to happen, and no one was going to miss that.

The next morning, Arturo awoke extra early, and was able to get the rest of the gang awake. They were mad, but he had to see what was being hidden from him, and now. The group moved towards the house, and Arturo coiled up, waiting for Mr. Gerson to come. The other girls thought it would wait, and fell right back to sleep. At about 11, the screen door creaked open, and revealed Mr. Gerson. He smiled and went over to Arturo. “Ah, just the snake I was looking for. I want to tell you something. Today, you will be able to see what has been in the stables, but only you.” Arturo gave a concerned look as he looked at the sleeping Miltanks, “I know I know. I will make sure they stay here until you come back, I will make sure of that, and besides, you need the break. ” Arturo nodded, acknowledging him as Mr. Gerson guided Arturo to the stables. “Oh, also, can you knock before you enter? Just so the guest isn't scared.” Arturo nodded again, and headed towards the stables. He made it halfway, and stopped as he looked back, and saw the Miltanks sleeping together, and watched over by Mr. Gerson, his word staying true. Arturo sighed, knowing he had to go, and made it to the wooden structure, straw around the entrance and inside of it as well. Arturo curled the end of his tail to make a fist, and knocked just like Mr. Gerson said. There was no reply to the knock, so Arturo made another one a bit more forcefully. It knocked some dust off from the rafters and walls. This time, a small timid voice came from within the stables, “c-come in...” It said as shuffling of feet was heard. Arturo uncoiled his tail, and slithered to the entrance of it, and stopped when the voice spoke up again: “s-slow please. Please?” He nodded with acknowledgement, even though she didn't see it. Arturo knew it was female because of the same kind of pitch the other girls have. “Of course.” He said reassuring as he slowed to a snail's crawl as he put his head through the opening of the stables. He widened his eyes as he saw a Miltank standing by the corner a bit, legs crossed a little out of timidity. She was looking down, her arms to her side, scared she might do something stupid with them. Arturo's eyes went over to her hands, and saw that instead of hooves on her hands, they were just palms. It was hard to describe in his mind. There weren't fingers, but there were no hooves on it either. It looked like she could hold things without them slipping, but he hadn't seen her hold anything because this was the first time he had seen her. “I-I hope you don't mind how my hands are...” The Miltank stuttered as she spoke, her head looking down more, “they have always been like this since birth.” Arturo stared a little longer, then shook his head vigorously and slithered forward so little of a distance to her, not wanting to scare her. “No no, of course not. I would never insult a woman, even if she would be funny looking.” The Miltank blushed a little, and turned to her side a bit as he complimented her. “I bet you say that to all the girls.” Arturo chuckled, “Only to the girls that I like.” This intensified her blush as she looked away. “Oh stop it you!” Arturo sighed and chuckled at the same time as he coiled up in the doorway. She slowly settled down as she took a cautious step forward. Arturo moved himself closer to the ground so he would be less intimidating. Now it was her turn to make him blush. “The girls have been telling me about you.” Arturo's head perked up at the comment. “Yes? And what have they been saying?” She twisted her body towards the purple snake. “They say that you are strong, and wise. Comforting, and being a father figure to some of these girls. They say you love each and every one of them like they were your own mate...” Arturo had a blush that could be seen from outer space. "R-really now? T-they've been saying that about me?” He was stuttering from trying to comprehend the idea. 'I-is she telling the truth? Did they lie? The girls wouldn't liee, would they? Oh man...now this girl is getting these impressions that I'm this such strong serpent.' While Arturo was busy in his own mind, debating on what was going on, the Miltank moved forward, and waved a hand in front of him. “Um? Hello?” Arturo snapped out of it, shaking his head and looking down. “It's nice to meet you, mister...?” Arturo gasped a little, and showed his tail to shake her hand. “Arturo, and you might be?” The Miltank took it, and shook it gingerly as she was still timid by his size. “April. April Lezoline.” He smiled and shook it. She was surprised with how much strength he had with that little bit of him, how much strength did he have with his own body...? “Lezoline? Why is that part on you?” She took her hand away, “oh. That was my owner's last name, so I thought you had to keep it to make people know where you are from.” She looked away as if she was a child that had done wrong. He chuckled, and smiled at her, “hey, most of these girls aren't native to here. They are from other places, and chose not to keep their last names. Heck, they would want to adopt Mr. Gerson's name, that's how much they love it. So don't think you must have it on you. It's your name, and your choice.” She nodded as she thought about it. “ I'll have to think on it. If, that's alright?” Arturo nodded, and brought his head closer to her. “Of course it is. It was nice to meet you finally. I was left out in the dark of all of this.” April laughed and looked to the side of the stables. “I didn't mean to be that much of a trouble for you.” He chuckled, and sat back up straight. “It was no problem at all. Just that when everyone keeps a secret, it is bad for the group. We all tell our secrets, never lies nor rumors. We are all one herd, even though the alpha is a snake, and the rest of the group are cows.” He chuckled sheepishly as April nodded. “Alright. I'll keep that in mind Arturo.” She hugged him slightly, making Arturo blush greatly. He rarely was hugged, rather he hugged than them hugging him. Something was...special about this hug. Something different, something Arturo couldn't describe, but was so good to him. He melted a little with the touch, and rubbed back.

Everything to Arturo had been messed up the day he met April. She had built up the courage and was now walking with the herd, and grazing with them. Every time Arturo saw April, his heart would beat at a much faster pace, his scales grew on edge in a good way. He would stutter and not think straight when thinking about her, and speaking of thinking about her, he couldn't stop thinking about her. How she looked, act, and talk. She was even in his dreams, causing many sleepless nights, but he didn't mind. Just, something about April made him loopy on the inside. As he was daydreaming about her, he didn't notice a naive Mightyena came through the fence by a little hole it made naturally. He sneaked through the tall grass, and was looking for its pick of meal for the day. And, it knew which one as his hunting instincts took over. Naturally, the predators go for the animal that is the weakest, or sick so it will be easy to take down. The Mightyena had its eyes on April, as he noticed she stayed a bit farther away from the group, and didn't look like normal ones. 'Perfect' he thought and growled with the enticement of the hunt. He got low on all fours, rump high in the air as he slowly stalked the one away from the group. He went slowly, parting the grass a little, it looked like no one was in it. April on the other hand, was standing on her hind legs, and plucked some big mounds of tall grass, and started to chew on them, using her powerful molars to grind them to a paste, and swallow it. Mightyena had gotten so close to her, he had to stop moving, otherwise she would have smelt him and it would be all over. He took one step forward, and accidentally stepped onto a branch, and snapped it. The Mightyena froze, and so did April. The Mightyena took his chance, and pounced onto her. She gasped and tried to move, but he was too fast. He slammed her down with his weight, and opened his mouth, and chomped onto her leg. She yelled out in pain, signaling everyone else of his presence. The Mightyena then started to drag April away from the group rather quickly. “Arturo!” She yelled, snapping the serpent out of his trance and made him look to the girl who said that. His eyes went wide as he saw April being pulled away by a Mightyena. He hissed loudly, and slithered with incredible speed, frightening the hound and dropping April down. He turns around, and goes to run away, but couldn't as he was quickly wrapped up in the purple coils. It growled, and went to use Crunch on the coils, but Arturo was too fast as he had fully wrapped around him, and started squeezing, suffocating him. He whimpered and whined, trying to get out of Arturo's coils, but didn't prevail as he tightened more and more. The girls looked in fright as this was a new side to Arturo. He was always calm and quiet, but he was angry and vicious. The girls backed off, but April step forward as Arturo angled his head to look into Mightyena's eyes, and all the dog saw was anger, and something else in those black eyes. Arturo opened his jaws, and oped them out of place as he revealed even more of his red mouth. Arturo engulfed his head, which caused the hound to struggle more. Arturo quickly worked on the mutt, getting halfway done with it when a soft hand was on the side of his neck. Arturo looked down at the right to see April standing there, a small bleeding bite mark on her leg. “Arturo...let him go..” Arturo stopped eating, but kept the hound in his mouth as he kept looking at her. “Arturo..please, let him go. Please, I beg of you...” She leaned against him, closing her eyes to not cry at this horrible sight. Arturo sat there, half of a whining Mightyena in his mouth and throat, and thought. After half a minute of thinking, he sighs deeply and brings the dog out of his mouth. He looked at the half slime covered hound, and constricted tightly again, and then fully let him go. The Mightyena howled and retreated, tail tuck in behind his legs as he jumped over the fence, getting away from Arturo. He hissed loudly at the running dog, and then looked down at April angrily. “Why did you want me to let him go?” Arturo asked, keeping an eye on the surroundings. “W-well...I did not think he deserved to die for just biting me." Arturo was outraged, “he could have killed you April! Doesn't that worry you in the slightest!?“ Arturo hissed angrily at her, causing April to quiver and shake. Before Arturo could continue with scolding her, Mr. And Mrs. Gerson came running to them, and went by Arturo. He backed up as the two saw April with blood running down her leg. Mrs. Gerson had started to take April as Mr. Gerson looked to see what happened. The girls were behind each other infront of the two. He sighed, thankful that the others weren't harmed, and patted Arturo's hood. He left as Arturo looked at the other girls, who only looked away when he saw them. His heart changed form anger, to that of sorrow, fear that he did something wrong. "Oh no..." Arturo said to himself, and looked to find April, but saw the two farm keepers walking away with her. Dasia, the 4th Miltank came up to Arturo's side and looked up at him. “Looks like you messed up there.” She said with a sort of evil grin as she detected his sorrow for yelling at April. “Yes...I did...” She only chuckled as she walked off with the rest of her herd. “Have fun.” She said evilly as Arturo looked down, angry at himself.

Mr and Mrs. Gerson kept Arturo from seeing April due to his angry outburst. Terra, the 6th Miltank, and Meolody, the 7th Miltank were helping to take care of April in the spare bedroom on the second floor. Arturo made a big coil with his giant eleven foot tall body, waiting to see if he could talk to April at any point. Arturo flicked his tongue out to "smell" one of the cows coming forward to him. He brings his heavy head out to see Dolline on her hind legs walking to him. “Dolline, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the rest of the herd?" She only got a smile as she presented a bundle of Nanab berries to him. The Cobra Pokémon was stunned as this was the least thing he was expecting. Of course, Dolline or Mrs. Gerson would give him the berries. ”For me?” He asked, making Dolline roll her eyes. “No, it's for the grass. Yes, for you." Arturo smiled now and slithered over to her. He opens his mouth and swallows the berry whole, making Dolline giggle from what he did. ”You're just weird.” Arturo nods as Colleen, the 9th Miltank came along and stood by Dolline. ”April wants to see you Arturo.” She said as his stomach tightened like his coils do, “it's best you see her now.” Arturo nods as he "stands" up and slithers to the house with the two girls following behind closely. Mr. Gerson opened up the front door, standing in front of the doorframe. “Go around back and go to the second floor Arturo. You're too big to fit in here.” Arturo cooperates and slithers on back. He then "stands" on his hind tail, resting his head on the open windowsill. There he saw that April was all alone in the blue room with the door closed. It was as silent as midnight between the giant serpent and small cow. Arturo, being the bold one now, spoke first, "hey...feeling better?" He asks, watching her sit down where the pillows would be. "Yes, better than before. Thank you." She said as she had her hands on her udder. "Oh, it was nothing. Just finally d-" he was stopped as Emerald, the 13th Miltank, and Lucy, the 11th Miltank, came in with food for both Arturo and April. They quietly set the trays down and left, letting them have a bit of private time amongst the two. Arturo eyed the food, seeing it was salad for April, and a simple sandwhich for him. He licks his lips as she grabs the salad and sets it on the counter. Arturo Whisoes a bit, and April notices his plea. ”What is it?" She asks him, seeing he was eyeing the food. ”My head is too big to fit...can you, please get me it?” He said with a blush streaked across his cheeks. She giggles and gets up, going over to the plate and sets it by him. Arturo eyes it hungrily as he hadn't had breakfast yet. He was going to chow down on it when April spoke up. ”What were you going to say before they came out?" April asked, looking to him as he took his eyes off the sandwhich, and look into her blue eyes. "Oh, Uh, that? Heh, I was just saying that I was just doing my job to protect the herd.” He said, chuckling as she looks down and simply nods. “Seems reasonable enough.” He nods as he opens his mouth, and engulfs the food with one go. April suddenly asks a question out of the blue' catching even herself off guard at how she said it, sort of desperate but wanting to know: ”A-Arturo...do you love me?” It struck him, causing him to choke on the food and quickly swallow it down. He coughs out bits of bread and clenched his eyes. He opens them to look at her, April looking down and acting liked she asked a horrible question. "Can you repeat that question please?" Arturo asked the pink cow in front of him. “D-do you love me?" She asks again, looking up and at him. It was hard for Arturo to answer her because he didn't want to hurt her feelings if he confessed or not, but he did love her. It was however the reason why she was attacked because he wasn't paying attention. She was the only thing that was on his mind, and in his dreams. He had been attracted to her as the days went by, unlike the other serpents that the farm owners had tried to swoo with him. It was true, Arturo did love her. He wasn't too sure of how to explain to her without it being too akward or too hard feeling. “Well...April, this is a bit of a thought question you threw at me. I mean, to tell you with my whole heart's truth..I do love you. I love you with my whole being April. No other girl that could be a possible girl for me has made me feel like I do. April, I do love you." He confessed to her, but saw her having a sort of solid expression of doubt on her face. Arturo, feeling like an idiot just blushed and looked down at the bottom of the bed. She got off the bed, and slowly walked over to him. “Y-you really feel like that towards me?” He nods as he feels warm soft hands hold onto each of his cheeks, thumbs rubbing in circles. She blushes hard, leaning in very closely to his mouth. ”I love you as well as.” She said as Arturo felt April's lips touch his. He opens wide to see April having her eyes closed, and pushing forward with the kiss, her hands holding onto his cheeks. His eyes roll to the back of his head as he falls backwards, leaving April leaning against the windowsill. When their lips weren't touching for some reason, April's eyes opened, and then widened as Arturo fell straight to the ground with a loud slam, kicking dust everywhere with his size and weight. “ARTURO!!” She yelled, his eyes still in the back of his head and eye lids almost closed, mouth open slightly. She rushes outside, going through the back door and running the best she could besides her injury to the guardian snake on the ground. Arturo felt like he had died and gone to snake heaven, because all he could see was the yellow glare of the sun, then April's face, distraught looking down. ”Arturo! Are you alright?!” She asked, putting her hands on his cheeks again, looking him over. ”C-come closer...” He whispers, acting like something was wrong. She obliges, putting her ear closer to his mouth. He quickly and suddenly wraps her up with his coils, pressing his mouth against hers to make a kiss. She blushes a bright beat red as that happened, but relaxed her weight onto him and closed her eyes. Arturo was making a sort of cooing noise as he lets go, looking at her. He sets his forehead against hers, looking into her eyes. ”I'm glad you think that way.” Arturo said, chuckling as she hugs his neck. Some of the girls came out of the house and stable. They giggle and laugh at the sight, but April didn't care. Arturo did a little, looking a little sheepishly. ”Hey...you're not afraid to be with me, are you...?” She asked, making him look at her. ”No no! I would want everyone to see us together. It's just, I've never been in a relationship before.” He blushed with his reply, making her laugh. ”Don't worry, I've never been in a relationship either.” She chuckles and so does he. Arturo gives her cheek a big kiss as he looks at his girl, happy that he finally moved out of the friend zone and into a relationship.

Description
Arturo laid comfortably in the tall green prairie grass, enjoying the sun's rays that helped warm his cold blooded body up. He lightly flicked his red forked tongue out to taste the air, seeing if there were any of the Miltank's there roaming the fields. Arturo couldn't taste or sense any of them nearby, so they must be eating some berries or something of the like. He yawned and rose up from the grass, his purple body and hood with the intimidating features clearly showing his dominating presence in the wide green field. He was the pure definition of an Arbok. Strong, tall, majestic. He was what every trainer wanted that loved his species and evolutionary line. Of course, he wasn't meant for a trainer. He served as the guardian of 17 Miltanks the farm owners had on their ranch. His lightning quick reflexes, his huge muscular body that can constrict so tight, not even a Sligloo could escape, and his powerful poison that could stop a heart in less than two minutes were all enough to deter away any predators that tried to prey on the pink cows. Of course, the occasional curios Mightyena and Luxray would come close to the farm to see if they could snatch one of them. But Arturo always had eyes on the whole place. Normally his intimidating feature of his hood pattern frightened off most of the ones who came, but some were more stubborn. Some need a good hiss, something a close bite. Only two had to be in the coils, and one almost died from suffocation. But most of the time they just needed something big and fast to startle them away. He yawned again, stretching out his jaws and smacked them together lazily. “Better see where they are...” Arturo said slowly as he slithered towards the farm buildings that consisted of the house where the farmer and the farmer's wife lived, as well as the two workers that lived in different rooms. Sometimes, when the winter days were too much, the Miltanks and Arturo would stay in the family room to help heat themselves and the house. There was the grain bin, full of wheat seeds for the cows, and a corn bin as well. There were the stables, where they slept and hide from the harsh elements, and also raise their young when it's time. And there was also the milking station right next to it. Arturo thought it would be a good idea to start there at the stables, and moved silently through the grass toward it, the grass parting in numerous S patterns in his wake.

After a few minutes of moving around, he finally came to the stables, but saw none of the pink plump cows there at all. He looked toward the grain bins, and moved towards them, trying to figure out where they were. He stopped when he heard footsteps in the milking station, and pumps and engines being turned on. He sighed, thankful that they were in the next room. He went over there, and used his tail to wrap around the door knob wrapping around it twice and turned it, pushing it open. He went in to see all 17 of the Miltanks happily on all fours, and eating a wheat and grass mixture as the pumps sucked the milk out of their teats. He slithered by, counting off how many there were and their names. '1..2..3...6...10...15...17. All accounted for.' He smiled happily and kept moving behind them, the pumps working perfectly as they drained the milk from them. “Good afternoon Arturo.” Said Saline, the 12th Miltank. “Good afternoon to you Saline.” Arturo said happily with a big smile. He never got tired from talking to the girls. They were all entertaining, each and everyone had something different to say, and Arturo listened everytime. “Hello there Arturo, enjoyed the nap?” Said Ferosh, the 5th Miltank. “Yes I did in fact. It was enjoyable, but I had to cut it short today, because you girls gave me a scare.” Ferosh giggled quietly as she started to eat again. “We are not that much trouble, right?” Arturo turned to the right, “ya, I would hate if we were a nuisance to ya.” He smiled at the twins Maddie and Paddie. The 16th and 17th Miltanks. He chuckled, and wrapped his tail around their waists and hugged them tightly. “Of course not,” he closed his eyes and smiled while he hugged, “nothing any of you can do will make me hate you.” He let go as all of their tails moved in union from the compliment. Some of them blushed, while others kept eating. “Arturo!” Said someone from the other end of the milking station. He cocked his head immediately, a natural reaction taught by his owners and instincts. Speaking of owners, the misses of the two was on the other end, waving for him to come over. He smiled and slithered over to her, curios as to what she needed. “Hello Arturo, you tired?” She asked, not knowing that he had taken a nap from earlier. He shook his head, “I took a nap earlier.” He said, but it just came out to be: “Arbok arbok arbok bok.” She noticed how energetic he was and figured out. “Oh, I see. You already took a nap.” Arturo looked away sheepishly, not liking when he took naps when they found out. “Oh, you were sleeping on the job?” He looked away in disappointment and shame. He whimpered slightly, but stopped when her hand presses against his cheek. “It's alright. I know nothing will come close to this farm as long as you're here.” She showed him a nice and round Oran berry for him. He swung his tail around, and quickly took the berry with his mouth, swallowing her hand and arm in the process. She simply laughed at the action and feeling, never getting old of how childish he was when it came to his favorite berry. She let go of the berry, and pulled her arm out slowly, and wiped it onto her pants to get the excess spit off of her. Arturo leaned back, and simply swallowed it down, a tiny lump going down. She patted his hood and went over to the collecting tank, which showed it would need to still be filled for a few minutes. “Here, go out to the stables. The girls will be done in a bit, and you guys can relax. I'll have Martin get some fresh water and some berries.” Arturo nodded happily as he went back to the stables. He laid down on the spread out straw bedding in a pile, and closed his eyes as he waited. He heard water being poured into the special water containment spot, and berries being poured into the food tray. He smiled with that noise as he somehow took a nap once again.

Sometime later, he heard numerous footsteps coming toward the stable. He rose his head without opening his eyes, and yawned deeply. 'How long was I out?' He asked himself as he opened his eyes, and flicked his tongue out. He 'smelt' most of the girls coming in. 'Good. They are here.' He said happily to himself as he saw the girls walk in on all of their hooves toward the stables. They all slowly trotted in, a bit tired from all the pumping. “Hey girls. Tired?” Most of them nodded as they plopped down all around the stables. Arturo chuckled as he wrapped around three of them, and brought them over to him, hugging them deeply into him. One of them let out a happy moo, the other two let out quivering moos that sounded like they weren't really in the mood for this. He rolled his eyes as he let them go, which resulted in them plopping down anywhere. He silently counted all of them again, a tendency he slowly grew fond of. All 17 were accounted for and asleep. Arturo loved these moments, when he would just watch them all sleep peacefully, where they could be anything in their own realms of sleep. He loved when it was winter, because all of them would be in the stables, and they would share their warmth. Five would stay outside of the pile to keep the wind from blowing, but then they would switch out with five others over and over again so they all evenly got warm. And Arturo always got to be in the middle, absorbing their natural heat as his own. The girls thankfully didn't mind it as they enjoyed his smooth coils against them. Plus, he gave heat back if you warmed him enough. Arturo kept an eye out on the horizon, slowly moving from the real world into his as he thought deeply about things, that is, until the smell of an. Oran berry disturbed his peace. He looked down to see Dolline, the 10th Miltank, holding a berry between her two hooves. He smiled as he licked his lips, and engulfed her arms up to her shoulders. Arturo knew it was over doing it, but everyone he did it to loved it. She giggled as she wriggled the berry around, pushing it against his tongue and back of his throat. Arturo let out a big coo of joy as he tasted it. “Oh? Does my friendly snake enjoy it?” He nodded as he engulfed her a little more, getting the berry further in. She jumped foward a little, balancing herself on one of her feet as she pushed the berry past his throat, and down it. He closed his eyes and just murred happily with it. Dolline brought her hand out, and then got a lick on the cheek by him. She rubbed the saliva off of her, and rested herself on his coils, putting her whole back on his coils. He groaned slightly at the sudden weight, but shifted and now everything was fine. “Oh Arturo...you sure are funny with your berries.” He blushed slightly and buried his head into her udder deeply to hide his embarrassment. She laughed full heartily at that and rubbed his head slowly. “Oh Arturo...”

~Few days later~

Arturo was laying around, looking at the clouds that rolled by softly, making and changing different shapes slowly. He looked to the left and saw the herd of girls grazing quietly on the grass around them. He rolled over onto his stomach, watching them, eyeing them carefully. He slowly slithered, trying to sneak up on them, testing out his new method of sneaking. He grew a smile the closer and closer her got, until he was right behind one of them. He rose silently, but stopped when her tail swung straight down at his nose, causing him to whimper and fall backwards. “You could have just asked me and I would have let you tackle me.” Mary said, the 8th Miltank. “Sorry...but it seemed better if you didn't know...” She stood up, and crossed her arms on her chest. “Tut tut Arturo...tut tut...” He chuckled sheepishly, but stopped. He heard a rumble, that sounded like a truck. 'Strange.' Thought Arturo, standing up tall and seeing a grey truck pulling a big closed wagon with wholes on the top behind it. “I don't remember Mr. Gerson leaving with a trailer.” Mary said, going by Arturo. “I don't remember him leaving at all.” All of the girls took notice and looked up to see what was happening. The truck soon stopped in front of the house, and a man in his 45's came out, and went into the house. “Come on girls, let's move and see what's going on.” They all agreed in their heads as they walked over to the fence that ran across the road with Arturo following behind them. “Stay.” He said, and they complied as he slid through the wooden fence easily by compressing his body, and went over to the door. He coiled up to the door, and heard talking of some money and a Miltank. “Odd...” He hissed through his mouth by curling his lips to make a gap in his mouth, causing a high pitched whistle to be made instead. The door opened for Arturo to see the man that had come in, and Mr. Gerson. Mr. Gerson smiled and pet Arturo's snout happily as the other man walked to his truck, started it up, and backed the trailer into the stable. The girls were talking amongst themselves as they were trying to figure out what was happening. “Maybe it's a Tauros?” Lindsey, the 3rd Miltank, said to Ferosh. “Oh! Maybe it's a Bouffalant!” Otoño, the 14th Miltank, explained happily to everyone. “I heard that they are just so amazing with their Afros!” Arturo rolled his eyes as his thoughts slowly deceived him, 'we don't need another guardian here right? I'm good enough here, unless, I'm not good enough for the girls...' His thoughts stopped when he heard clicking from the trailer, the clicking of hooves hitting metal. The girl's heads move up to see, but they were too short to see. Arturo was another story though, he stood up, and was taller than 7 feet as he looked over, and saw something he wasn't expecting. He saw something standing and walking into the stables. The color of the creature was the same pink color the other girls had, and the familiar tail as well. Arturo was not expecting to see another Miltank here. He had overheard the head farmers here and there, talking about how the money to have these girls fed happily and treated happily was almost too much to afford. But, Mrs. Gerson had always managed to have the milk sold to cover the expenses. They hadn't considered having another Miltank out on the farm. The new person went behind the wall of the stable and was unseen for Arturo and the other girls. The farmers shook hands firmly with each other, a trait that only humans do when they meet a new person, or make a deal. They closed the trailer doors with a loud noise that jolted the Miltanks. The other farmer got into his truck, and then drove away down the driveway. Mr. Gerson went into the stable, but stopped as he turned around and looked at Arturo. “Hey buddy. I want no one else but me and the misses going in. And yes, even you can't go in.” Arturo nodded sadly as he couldn't see who was in it. But, he was his Pokémon, so he had to obey his every word. “Alright girls, you heard the man. I want none of you going in there until he says so, and even me. If I have to, I will coil here for days. But, I would rather not, so let's move away from the stable.” They complied with heavy nods, and walked away on all fours away from the stable. “Thanks Arturo.” Mr. Her son said as he patted the back hood of him. “Now go on now, I'm going to make sure our guest is happy here.” He nodded slowly, and went away as well from the stable. He kept slithering away as he followed the girls towards the prairie, and looked back to see Mr. Gerson go into the stables. Arturo's curiosity only grew more and more as the days went on as they couldn't go in to the stables.

Arturo slept peacefully on top of Isabelle, the 15th Miltank. His head and hood was on her udder, and his tail was wrapped once loosely around her neck and shoulders. She mooed every once and a while with the affection Arturo was giving. Another girl nudged her way softly into the coils of Arturo, and then another and another. He laughed as he was in a half dream and half awake state of mind. He rolled his head a bit, but Rose it up as he heard boots coming towards the group. “Alright, I'm going to need one of the girls to come with me for a while.” Mr. Gerson said as Arturo opened his eyes and looked at his owner. Saline rose her hand up as she stood up. “I'll go with you Mr. Gerson.” She said with a smile as she got up, walking over with her tail swinging around. He nodded and the two were off as Arturo rested his head on Maddie's stomach deeply. She rubbed his head and mooed with what he did. 'What does Mr. Gerson need with Saline.' Arturo thought as he watched the two walk off into the distance.

A few hours later, Saline came back with her smile still on her face. All of the girls, including Arturo rushed over to her, and asked numerous questions about what had happened with Mr. Gerson and Saline. “Woah, easy there. Mr. Gerson said that I couldn't say anything about what happened, but that tomorrow he is going to choose me and another random girl to do the same thing.” They were all curios together, all sharing the same emotions. “Now go get some food he said. He doesn't want anyone to ask me what happened.” Most of the girls pouted at how there was a secret being held from the group. They always told their secrets to one another, that is what made their group strong. But, now that their was one, and soon would be spread to others slowly was aggravating to them. Arturo wasn't affected by this, as he had always simply just heard, but never told any of his secrets. Saline laid down on the ground. 'Im going to figure out what this secret will be tonight,' he thought as he coiled up, 'I will get it.' And so he waited patiently as the other girls asked question after question, but received no answer. Finally, after many hours, it was dusk. A horde of Murkrow flapped in union after their leader, a Honchkrow in the light of the moon. They cried their familiar noise as they scanned the countryside, looking for any food but the food trots by the farm. They knew a certain snake could just easily snatch them away, and could be its next meal. A similar figure of the dark roamed around the fence, a Mighyena ran across the fence, trying to find an easy entrance into the ranch. However, that was not the real trouble. It was that dang snake that always was watching. The Mightyena knew better, and decided that he wouldn't try and take one of the nice, plump, well fed cows tonight. But, maybe another night he'll try and get one. Arturo silently rose from the tall-ish grass around him, and flicked his tongue out to "taste" where Saline was. You see, even though all of them were the same in shape and size, (a few a little cutely chubbier than others ^.^ ), each one had their own special smell to them that was easy to find for Arturo. He enjoyed their smells as he slithered through the grass, parting it away under his weight as he went to Saline. He tapped her shoulder cautiously, not wanting to wake up any of the other girls but her. Saline rolled over onto her side, ignoring Arturo as she stayed in her dream. "Pstt. Saline, hey. Wake up.” He said as he nudged her arm. She mooed quietly as she turned away more, clearly tired from earlier. Arturo got an idea. He ever rarely did this to any of the girls, because he thought it was low class and disrespectful to do, but this was the only way he was going to wake her up. He opened his mouth so that his tongue could easily come out. He then puckered his lips, and wrapped them around one of her teats completely. He received a happy moo, but that was not what he was wanting. He firmly grasped it with his powerful mouth muscles, and closed his eyes. 'Forgive me...' He prayed in his mind as he yanked slowly upwards, trying to get her to experience annoyed pain. And she did, for it felt like a prick of a pin to her as he yanked. She then groaned as he yanked more, and she finally awoke from her slumber. “Hey. Why are you doing that?” Asked Saline as she pushed. Arturo's head away from her pink teat. “I needed to wake you up, but I couldn't when I rocked you. So, I sort of had to...pull and yank.” She snorted out with an angry blow of air. “Alright, well, what did you want that couldn't wait for me to naturally wake up?” Arturo lowered his head a bit in shame, “I'm sorry, but I want to know why Mr. Gerson called you out.” She sighed loudly, and pinched her brow. “Listen Arturo, I want to tell you. I really want do, but I can't. Mr. Gerson strictly told me to not tell anyone about what happened, but that he will slowly let everyone in on it. Just, have some trust and patience boy.” She rubbed her hoof under his chin reassuringly. “Alright. I will be patient, for you Saline.” He flicked his tongue out and pushed his head into the rubbing. “Now go to sleep Arturo. Soon you'll see.” He nodded as he laid his head down beside her on the ground, and closed his eyes. He soon fell to sleep, and so did Saline. The next day, Lindsey went with. Saline, and the next day after that Maria, the 2nd Miltank, went with those two. And so it went on, one girl being added on each day until all of the girls went one day. Arturo sighed as he coiled up into a heap, and looked down at a small blade of grass. A Spinarak slowly crawled in his vision as he stared down. Arturo followed it, and soon the Spinarak saw him, turned and gave the meanest look to Arturo. It turned around, and heard Arturo laugh. The Spinarak rolled its eyes, and kept moving on when Arturo just kept following it. He decided to be bold, and poked the abdomen, but it kept moving. He did it again and again until he felt the movement of a certain amount of girls come along. He rose his head out of the grass, and smiled when he saw all of the girls walking along. He quickly slithered to them, “how did it go!? What happened? Tell me!” He asked, looking back and forth between the girls. He was interrupted by Brianna, the 1st Miltank, came over in front of him. “Relax Arturo. Mr. Gerson will tell what will happen, so relax.” She rubbed his head, and he nodded. “Alright...I'll wait...just for tonight though.” Brianna nodded, and the girls rested around each other for the night. For tonight, a meteor shower was going to happen, and no one was going to miss that.

The next morning, Arturo awoke extra early, and was able to get the rest of the gang awake. They were mad, but he had to see what was being hidden from him, and now. The group moved towards the house, and Arturo coiled up, waiting for Mr. Gerson to come. The other girls thought it would wait, and fell right back to sleep. At about 11, the screen door creaked open, and revealed Mr. Gerson. He smiled and went over to Arturo. “Ah, just the snake I was looking for. I want to tell you something. Today, you will be able to see what has been in the stables, but only you.” Arturo gave a concerned look as he looked at the sleeping Miltanks, “I know I know. I will make sure they stay here until you come back, I will make sure of that, and besides, you need the break. ” Arturo nodded, acknowledging him as Mr. Gerson guided Arturo to the stables. “Oh, also, can you knock before you enter? Just so the guest isn't scared.” Arturo nodded again, and headed towards the stables. He made it halfway, and stopped as he looked back, and saw the Miltanks sleeping together, and watched over by Mr. Gerson, his word staying true. Arturo sighed, knowing he had to go, and made it to the wooden structure, straw around the entrance and inside of it as well. Arturo curled the end of his tail to make a fist, and knocked just like Mr. Gerson said. There was no reply to the knock, so Arturo made another one a bit more forcefully. It knocked some dust off from the rafters and walls. This time, a small timid voice came from within the stables, “c-come in...” It said as shuffling of feet was heard. Arturo uncoiled his tail, and slithered to the entrance of it, and stopped when the voice spoke up again: “s-slow please. Please?” He nodded with acknowledgement, even though she didn't see it. Arturo knew it was female because of the same kind of pitch the other girls have. “Of course.” He said reassuring as he slowed to a snail's crawl as he put his head through the opening of the stables. He widened his eyes as he saw a Miltank standing by the corner a bit, legs crossed a little out of timidity. She was looking down, her arms to her side, scared she might do something stupid with them. Arturo's eyes went over to her hands, and saw that instead of hooves on her hands, they were just palms. It was hard to describe in his mind. There weren't fingers, but there were no hooves on it either. It looked like she could hold things without them slipping, but he hadn't seen her hold anything because this was the first time he had seen her. “I-I hope you don't mind how my hands are...” The Miltank stuttered as she spoke, her head looking down more, “they have always been like this since birth.” Arturo stared a little longer, then shook his head vigorously and slithered forward so little of a distance to her, not wanting to scare her. “No no, of course not. I would never insult a woman, even if she would be funny looking.” The Miltank blushed a little, and turned to her side a bit as he complimented her. “I bet you say that to all the girls.” Arturo chuckled, “Only to the girls that I like.” This intensified her blush as she looked away. “Oh stop it you!” Arturo sighed and chuckled at the same time as he coiled up in the doorway. She slowly settled down as she took a cautious step forward. Arturo moved himself closer to the ground so he would be less intimidating. Now it was her turn to make him blush. “The girls have been telling me about you.” Arturo's head perked up at the comment. “Yes? And what have they been saying?” She twisted her body towards the purple snake. “They say that you are strong, and wise. Comforting, and being a father figure to some of these girls. They say you love each and every one of them like they were your own mate...” Arturo had a blush that could be seen from outer space. "R-really now? T-they've been saying that about me?” He was stuttering from trying to comprehend the idea. 'I-is she telling the truth? Did they lie? The girls wouldn't liee, would they? Oh man...now this girl is getting these impressions that I'm this such strong serpent.' While Arturo was busy in his own mind, debating on what was going on, the Miltank moved forward, and waved a hand in front of him. “Um? Hello?” Arturo snapped out of it, shaking his head and looking down. “It's nice to meet you, mister...?” Arturo gasped a little, and showed his tail to shake her hand. “Arturo, and you might be?” The Miltank took it, and shook it gingerly as she was still timid by his size. “April. April Lezoline.” He smiled and shook it. She was surprised with how much strength he had with that little bit of him, how much strength did he have with his own body...? “Lezoline? Why is that part on you?” She took her hand away, “oh. That was my owner's last name, so I thought you had to keep it to make people know where you are from.” She looked away as if she was a child that had done wrong. He chuckled, and smiled at her, “hey, most of these girls aren't native to here. They are from other places, and chose not to keep their last names. Heck, they would want to adopt Mr. Gerson's name, that's how much they love it. So don't think you must have it on you. It's your name, and your choice.” She nodded as she thought about it. “ I'll have to think on it. If, that's alright?” Arturo nodded, and brought his head closer to her. “Of course it is. It was nice to meet you finally. I was left out in the dark of all of this.” April laughed and looked to the side of the stables. “I didn't mean to be that much of a trouble for you.” He chuckled, and sat back up straight. “It was no problem at all. Just that when everyone keeps a secret, it is bad for the group. We all tell our secrets, never lies nor rumors. We are all one herd, even though the alpha is a snake, and the rest of the group are cows.” He chuckled sheepishly as April nodded. “Alright. I'll keep that in mind Arturo.” She hugged him slightly, making Arturo blush greatly. He rarely was hugged, rather he hugged than them hugging him. Something was...special about this hug. Something different, something Arturo couldn't describe, but was so good to him. He melted a little with the touch, and rubbed back.

Everything to Arturo had been messed up the day he met April. She had built up the courage and was now walking with the herd, and grazing with them. Every time Arturo saw April, his heart would beat at a much faster pace, his scales grew on edge in a good way. He would stutter and not think straight when thinking about her, and speaking of thinking about her, he couldn't stop thinking about her. How she looked, act, and talk. She was even in his dreams, causing many sleepless nights, but he didn't mind. Just, something about April made him loopy on the inside. As he was daydreaming about her, he didn't notice a naive Mightyena came through the fence by a little hole it made naturally. He sneaked through the tall grass, and was looking for its pick of meal for the day. And, it knew which one as his hunting instincts took over. Naturally, the predators go for the animal that is the weakest, or sick so it will be easy to take down. The Mightyena had its eyes on April, as he noticed she stayed a bit farther away from the group, and didn't look like normal ones. 'Perfect' he thought and growled with the enticement of the hunt. He got low on all fours, rump high in the air as he slowly stalked the one away from the group. He went slowly, parting the grass a little, it looked like no one was in it. April on the other hand, was standing on her hind legs, and plucked some big mounds of tall grass, and started to chew on them, using her powerful molars to grind them to a paste, and swallow it. Mightyena had gotten so close to her, he had to stop moving, otherwise she would have smelt him and it would be all over. He took one step forward, and accidentally stepped onto a branch, and snapped it. The Mightyena froze, and so did April. The Mightyena took his chance, and pounced onto her. She gasped and tried to move, but he was too fast. He slammed her down with his weight, and opened his mouth, and chomped onto her leg. She yelled out in pain, signaling everyone else of his presence. The Mightyena then started to drag April away from the group rather quickly. “Arturo!” She yelled, snapping the serpent out of his trance and made him look to the girl who said that. His eyes went wide as he saw April being pulled away by a Mightyena. He hissed loudly, and slithered with incredible speed, frightening the hound and dropping April down. He turns around, and goes to run away, but couldn't as he was quickly wrapped up in the purple coils. It growled, and went to use Crunch on the coils, but Arturo was too fast as he had fully wrapped around him, and started squeezing, suffocating him. He whimpered and whined, trying to get out of Arturo's coils, but didn't prevail as he tightened more and more. The girls looked in fright as this was a new side to Arturo. He was always calm and quiet, but he was angry and vicious. The girls backed off, but April step forward as Arturo angled his head to look into Mightyena's eyes, and all the dog saw was anger, and something else in those black eyes. Arturo opened his jaws, and oped them out of place as he revealed even more of his red mouth. Arturo engulfed his head, which caused the hound to struggle more. Arturo quickly worked on the mutt, getting halfway done with it when a soft hand was on the side of his neck. Arturo looked down at the right to see April standing there, a small bleeding bite mark on her leg. “Arturo...let him go..” Arturo stopped eating, but kept the hound in his mouth as he kept looking at her. “Arturo..please, let him go. Please, I beg of you...” She leaned against him, closing her eyes to not cry at this horrible sight. Arturo sat there, half of a whining Mightyena in his mouth and throat, and thought. After half a minute of thinking, he sighs deeply and brings the dog out of his mouth. He looked at the half slime covered hound, and constricted tightly again, and then fully let him go. The Mightyena howled and retreated, tail tuck in behind his legs as he jumped over the fence, getting away from Arturo. He hissed loudly at the running dog, and then looked down at April angrily. “Why did you want me to let him go?” Arturo asked, keeping an eye on the surroundings. “W-well...I did not think he deserved to die for just biting me." Arturo was outraged, “he could have killed you April! Doesn't that worry you in the slightest!?“ Arturo hissed angrily at her, causing April to quiver and shake. Before Arturo could continue with scolding her, Mr. And Mrs. Gerson came running to them, and went by Arturo. He backed up as the two saw April with blood running down her leg. Mrs. Gerson had started to take April as Mr. Gerson looked to see what happened. The girls were behind each other infront of the two. He sighed, thankful that the others weren't harmed, and patted Arturo's hood. He left as Arturo looked at the other girls, who only looked away when he saw them. His heart changed form anger, to that of sorrow, fear that he did something wrong. "Oh no..." Arturo said to himself, and looked to find April, but saw the two farm keepers walking away with her. Dasia, the 4th Miltank came up to Arturo's side and looked up at him. “Looks like you messed up there.” She said with a sort of evil grin as she detected his sorrow for yelling at April. “Yes...I did...” She only chuckled as she walked off with the rest of her herd. “Have fun.” She said evilly as Arturo looked down, angry at himself.

Mr and Mrs. Gerson kept Arturo from seeing April due to his angry outburst. Terra, the 6th Miltank, and Meolody, the 7th Miltank were helping to take care of April in the spare bedroom on the second floor. Arturo made a big coil with his giant eleven foot tall body, waiting to see if he could talk to April at any point. Arturo flicked his tongue out to "smell" one of the cows coming forward to him. He brings his heavy head out to see Dolline on her hind legs walking to him. “Dolline, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the rest of the herd?" She only got a smile as she presented a bundle of Nanab berries to him. The Cobra Pokémon was stunned as this was the least thing he was expecting. Of course, Dolline or Mrs. Gerson would give him the berries. ”For me?” He asked, making Dolline roll her eyes. “No, it's for the grass. Yes, for you." Arturo smiled now and slithered over to her. He opens his mouth and swallows the berry whole, making Dolline giggle from what he did. ”You're just weird.” Arturo nods as Colleen, the 9th Miltank came along and stood by Dolline. ”April wants to see you Arturo.” She said as his stomach tightened like his coils do, “it's best you see her now.” Arturo nods as he "stands" up and slithers to the house with the two girls following behind closely. Mr. Gerson opened up the front door, standing in front of the doorframe. “Go around back and go to the second floor Arturo. You're too big to fit in here.” Arturo cooperates and slithers on back. He then "stands" on his hind tail, resting his head on the open windowsill. There he saw that April was all alone in the blue room with the door closed. It was as silent as midnight between the giant serpent and small cow. Arturo, being the bold one now, spoke first, "hey...feeling better?" He asks, watching her sit down where the pillows would be. "Yes, better than before. Thank you." She said as she had her hands on her udder. "Oh, it was nothing. Just finally d-" he was stopped as Emerald, the 13th Miltank, and Lucy, the 11th Miltank, came in with food for both Arturo and April. They quietly set the trays down and left, letting them have a bit of private time amongst the two. Arturo eyed the food, seeing it was salad for April, and a simple sandwhich for him. He licks his lips as she grabs the salad and sets it on the counter. Arturo Whisoes a bit, and April notices his plea. ”What is it?" She asks him, seeing he was eyeing the food. ”My head is too big to fit...can you, please get me it?” He said with a blush streaked across his cheeks. She giggles and gets up, going over to the plate and sets it by him. Arturo eyes it hungrily as he hadn't had breakfast yet. He was going to chow down on it when April spoke up. ”What were you going to say before they came out?" April asked, looking to him as he took his eyes off the sandwhich, and look into her blue eyes. "Oh, Uh, that? Heh, I was just saying that I was just doing my job to protect the herd.” He said, chuckling as she looks down and simply nods. “Seems reasonable enough.” He nods as he opens his mouth, and engulfs the food with one go. April suddenly asks a question out of the blue' catching even herself off guard at how she said it, sort of desperate but wanting to know: ”A-Arturo...do you love me?” It struck him, causing him to choke on the food and quickly swallow it down. He coughs out bits of bread and clenched his eyes. He opens them to look at her, April looking down and acting liked she asked a horrible question. "Can you repeat that question please?" Arturo asked the pink cow in front of him. “D-do you love me?" She asks again, looking up and at him. It was hard for Arturo to answer her because he didn't want to hurt her feelings if he confessed or not, but he did love her. It was however the reason why she was attacked because he wasn't paying attention. She was the only thing that was on his mind, and in his dreams. He had been attracted to her as the days went by, unlike the other serpents that the farm owners had tried to swoo with him. It was true, Arturo did love her. He wasn't too sure of how to explain to her without it being too akward or too hard feeling. “Well...April, this is a bit of a thought question you threw at me. I mean, to tell you with my whole heart's truth..I do love you. I love you with my whole being April. No other girl that could be a possible girl for me has made me feel like I do. April, I do love you." He confessed to her, but saw her having a sort of solid expression of doubt on her face. Arturo, feeling like an idiot just blushed and looked down at the bottom of the bed. She got off the bed, and slowly walked over to him. “Y-you really feel like that towards me?” He nods as he feels warm soft hands hold onto each of his cheeks, thumbs rubbing in circles. She blushes hard, leaning in very closely to his mouth. ”I love you as well as.” She said as Arturo felt April's lips touch his. He opens wide to see April having her eyes closed, and pushing forward with the kiss, her hands holding onto his cheeks. His eyes roll to the back of his head as he falls backwards, leaving April leaning against the windowsill. When their lips weren't touching for some reason, April's eyes opened, and then widened as Arturo fell straight to the ground with a loud slam, kicking dust everywhere with his size and weight. “ARTURO!!” She yelled, his eyes still in the back of his head and eye lids almost closed, mouth open slightly. She rushes outside, going through the back door and running the best she could besides her injury to the guardian snake on the ground. Arturo felt like he had died and gone to snake heaven, because all he could see was the yellow glare of the sun, then April's face, distraught looking down. ”Arturo! Are you alright?!” She asked, putting her hands on his cheeks again, looking him over. ”C-come closer...” He whispers, acting like something was wrong. She obliges, putting her ear closer to his mouth. He quickly and suddenly wraps her up with his coils, pressing his mouth against hers to make a kiss. She blushes a bright beat red as that happened, but relaxed her weight onto him and closed her eyes. Arturo was making a sort of cooing noise as he lets go, looking at her. He sets his forehead against hers, looking into her eyes. ”I'm glad you think that way.” Arturo said, chuckling as she hugs his neck. Some of the girls came out of the house and stable. They giggle and laugh at the sight, but April didn't care. Arturo did a little, looking a little sheepishly. ”Hey...you're not afraid to be with me, are you...?” She asked, making him look at her. ”No no! I would want everyone to see us together. It's just, I've never been in a relationship before.” He blushed with his reply, making her laugh. ”Don't worry, I've never been in a relationship either.” She chuckles and so does he. Arturo gives her cheek a big kiss as he looks at his girl, happy that he finally moved out of the friend zone and into a relationship.