The Fantastic Voyage to Butterfly Creek.

 Oats and Corey in…

The Fantastic Voyage to Butterfly Creek.

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Sometimes the best kind of prize you get is a surprise and there’s no better surprise than a surprise trip, our adventure loving duo of Corey and Oats were listening to music together when Mel came in, Mel was excited to announce that they were going on an adventure, Corey was curious about what kind of adventure the two were going to go on this time. ‘So Mel..what adventure are we going on?’ ‘I bet it’s a fantasy adventure.’ ‘Oh there will be fantasy creatures alright.’ ‘Are we going to fight monsters?’ ‘I bet we’re going to a happy pony farm where we can all play and neigh and be so happy.’

“Oh Oatsie, you’re always happy.”

“I know that but wouldn’t it be great if we did go to a pony farm?”

“Maybe we will.”

‘There will be lots to see and do there, don’t worry, I won’t give away the surprise.’ Mel giggled as she instructed the duo to follow her, Oats hopped inside her special bag as Corey and Peter Weta traveled together and the two of them stepped inside a flying van, which took them all over Auckland and over to the airport. ‘Say..where are we going anyway?’ ‘Are there mythical creatures?’ ‘It’s a secret.’ ‘Ah, gotcha…it’s a secret.’ Corey winked as he whispered the secret to Oatsie, Oatsie whinnied happily as he heard the news. It took a long search but eventually once they get to the location, the covid microbe excitedly noticed something that was extra special.

“Hey…I saw a dinosaur.”

“Dinosaurs? Cool. Let’s hope it’s not a purple one.”

“Yeah…that hippy dippy I love you, you love me stuff gives me the willies.”

The group stepped out of the van with Mel and decided to look around. ‘Tada!’ ‘Hey…I know this place, this place is advertised a lot on the radio. Yeah, it’s that place with the dinos, and the mythical creatures, and the butterflies, and the cute farm animals and the train…Butterfly Creek!’ ‘Very good, you certainly know the place.’ The group explored the entrance and entered the gift store before going into the entrance.

"Fish, let’s go and see the fish."

When they arrived at the entrance they were given special bands to wear which served as part of their pass, they walked inside the very first area and were delighted when they saw all the species of fishes swimming around, the room they were in filled up with water as Oatsie found himself developing half seahorse traits an he swam around with the fishes, while Corey and Peter took on aquatic forms and swam together. Oatsie was showing off his water ballet moves and being graceful…after that the group headed into the home of the insects before returning to normal and then developing butterfly wings as they floated around into the butterfly house. Within the butterfly house, Oats’s gown changed into a flowing one with a butterfly pattern on it as his mane took on a elegant style.

A pink and blue butterfly landed on Oatsie’s nose as he whinnied happily and flyed along with the butterflies, they returned to normal for a few seconds before heading out and exiting it and entering the New Zealand animals exhibit where they got to meet Peter Weta’s extended family, and they took on special nocturnal forms as they explored the Kiwi forest area. They kept very quiet to listen out for the kiwi-bird.

A brown kiwi bird ran across the floor of her exhibit as Corey watched and all, and upon leaving the kiwi exhibit they found themselves in the realms of the otters and the alligators, luckily the crocs and alligators were nice and didn’t harm our favorite duo. Which was followed by them taking on various forms that suited the environment, and after that they entered Dinosaur Kingdom, and saw the dinosaurs. ‘It’s just like Jurassic Park.’ ‘Yeah…I can so imagine Jeff Goldblum telling us about chaos theory here.’

“Is that the same t-rex that got killed by Baldrick’s underwear?”

“No..I don’t think so.”

The duo posed near statues of dinosaurs hatching out of their eggs as they played around, after that they entered the mythical creatures area. Oats was so delighted to see the unicorns and galloped over to them, he was excited to see them. ‘Oh my Celestia, you guys are soooooooooooooooo pretty. I wish I was as beautiful as you.’ ‘You don’t need to be like them to be lovely, Oatsie, because you already ARE lovely.’

“I know but the unicorns are so elegant and pretty.”

“You like them, huh Oatsie?”

“Neigh…yes.”

‘You unicorns are soooooooooooooooo pretty. Greetings fellow pretty equines, I am Oatsie and I am also pretty.’ He whinnied as he galloped around, examining the mythical species like the dragons, the aliens, Bigfoot and even fairies and mermaids. Corey looked over at the alien and excitedly screamed…’Yessss…I KNEW aliens were real and Dan Aykroyd wasn’t making stuff up, well of course I already did know that.’ Oatsie grew fairy wings and a unicorn horn as he galloped with the unicorns and changed genders, becoming a beautiful pony princess. ‘Would you like to be part of our unicorn family, Princess Oatsie?’ ‘Oh yes…I would, but I would hate to leave my friend Corey behind.’

“I understand.”

Corey, Oatsie and Peter Weta left the mythical creatures area and went out, entering a train station. A special magical train stopped over and the group hopped on board, giving the conductor their tickets as they went on a train ride through the park, seeing everything there is to see. After the train ride finished, the group jumped off and headed to Buttermilk Farm to play with the cute farm animals. After playing with the farm animals, they all met up with Mel at the cafe and decided to have a chat. They had quite the adventure but it was only getting started for them. ‘And now for the best part, we get to pick out a new friend.’ ‘A new friend?’ ‘Yaaaay, come on.’ ‘So many cute animal friends to pick.’ ‘Can we both pick one?’

“You can both pick one each.”

Corey and Oats cheered as they along with Peter entered the gift shop, and that’s where Mel headed towards the section with the reptile plushes and that’s where she saw a Tuatara, a male tuatara named Issac who wanted to befriend her. ‘You’re perfect and will do just fine.’ ‘I must come with you, please?’ ‘Why yes, Issac, you can.’ It didn’t take long until Issac the tuatara hopped aboard as a new companion and thus with that the group had made a new friend. Oatsie picked up a Kokako bird for a friend of Mel’s and also a present for himself in the form of a cute unicorn foal which he adopted as a member of his family, and Corey picked Issac the tuatara.

Issac got into the bag with the group and exited Butterfly Creek with Mel as they went back into the van and said goodbye to all the friends they had made, and they went out for lunch, they had Mcdonalds and after lunch they all went home to have some more fun. Mel got to work on writing the newest adventure journal based on their adventure. The grand adventures were back and the duo knew they’d get up to even more.

It just goes to show you that the only thing that is better than an adventure, is a surprise one.