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Heyyo, guys! I'm Paige Whisper, and finally giving in to Wizard101 fansites and blogs, I decided to make my own.

As a small into, I'll say that I am a beta tester, so I've been around for quite a while. If you don't know, a beta tester is literally someone who tested the game before it was advertised and such. So, I remember when Prospector Zeke was put into the game and given the responsibility of not only giving a quest, but giving out brand new crown items to players that paid. I even remember when Moo Shu came out! Boy, it was a big hit. In the first week of the game, beta testers were given crowns to purchase a Pioneer Dragon from Zeke if they wished. Players that joined in that week were not given the free crowns. Don't worry, it wasn't a lot! By the way, the Pioneer Dragon looks like this (on the left).
<---------- Pioneer Dragon This just happens to be a picture of my pet, Charlie. What's special about the Pioneer Dragon is it's a bit bigger than a normal dragon and instead of stripes or nothing, it has stars and moons on it. Cool, eh? It gives a dragon blade, +30% to any attack, much like the balance blade.

INTRO OVER

Okay, so yay, Pet Derby! Which is actually just part of the huge new pet craze, all happening in the Pet Pavillion. This can be found in Wizard City, just by Prospector Zeke and the Library. It's sort of unfriendly looking, in my opinion. But hey, whatever. In order to enter you must accept the related quest from Headmaster Merle Ambrose. By following the steps of the quest, you'll be guided through the Pet Pavillion briefly. Now, I for one, did not understand the Pet Pavillion after this quest.

In order for your pet to help you, they need to have good stats and cards and such. In order to have that, they must play minigames and age. Your pet right now, if you already had it, should be a Teen. (It will have the word TEEN above it's head.) I wouldn't have gotten Charlie to Ancient had it not been for my great friend (Mycin StarGem) gifting me a few Mega Snack Packs. Those things really help, but they cost 2,500 crowns. Anyway, you need to start off playing minigames, and have good snacks. There are four minigames you can play: The Maze Game, The Dance Game, The Dropping Game, and The Cannon Game. I personally find the Drop Game the easiest, but sometimes I play the Dance Game. So, let's take the Drop Game.

When you go over to the sigil in front of the Gobbler Director and press "x", this box will pop up.

Please note that these are Charlie's stats (on the right) and your pet won't have these. Below are the food options you can catch for the drop game. Instructions and controls are on the left. To view controls, you simply click an arrow. Above the Objectives is your energy and how much playing this minigame will cost. To restore energy, either buy an elixir from the store for crowns, from Milos for crowns, or wait (a long time) for it to restore on it's own. Okay, as for choosing foods, I always choose apples, since they give +4 Strength. To see what food gives what stat, simply click it and it will show in red numbers what it will give you. When you're ready, just click Play and you'll use the arrow keys to control your pet, trying to catch the food you selected. Bombs, anvils, stuff like that, avoid those; they slow you down for a while. Your time will be in the upper right corner, how well you're doing so far shown in a bar on the left. To get more time, catch falling clocks. Hourglasses will temporarily pause time, so you're not losing it.

That's how you play minigames. And oh Bartelby, the Pet Derby was confusing! When you go to a practice match, it's just like the pvp screen, if you've ever done that. Select your difficulty level above and choose a game you wish to participate in. Once chosen, you'll get a very confusing screen (to me) that looks like this:
In the upper left corner is your place in the race (1st-4th), your time, and what lap you're on. In the upper right corner is the map of the track, and when flags appear, those will show where everyone is. The biggest flag will be you. On the bottom in yellow text is a tip, different each time you enter a race. That's where I learned a lot about derbies. On the top you see "COBBLESTONE", which is the terrain you're currently on, and "COST". To speed your pet up, you need morale. See the tip? Press the up arrow key to cheer and make your pet go faster? Right, well, on different terrains, it will cost more morale in order to speed your pet up. The number of morale points it will cost to cheer will show up once the race starts. You can usually tell what terrain is coming up. By the way, Cobblestone is the cheapest. Mud is the worst; it slows you down and prevents you from cheering at all. Grass is the most expensive. To get more morale, press the spacebar whenever you're over a big exclamation point in a circle on the ground in front of an obstacle. A tip, on turns, stay on the inside lane if possible, they're just a bit quicker. Another tip; if you see a big shiny star, get it first; they'll speed you up! Those numbers under the morale and terrain bar are your pets' abilities. To use those either click them with your mouse or press the designated number (1-4). Note, in practice nearly everyone is a teen, in ranked nearly everyone is ancient if not epic (which I've never seen).

So that's it for the Pet Pavillion. If you have any other questions, e-mail me at jjaye1million2@gmail.com and I'll get back as soon as possible and answer somewhere on this blog. Haven't figured that out yet. :\

Well, so overall, the Pet Pavillion is pretty cool. I haven't hatched anything yet, but I hope to do so soon! Whenever I go in there, someone always compliments my dragon and asks where I got it. Feed yourselves with knowledge, guys. IT'S A BETA TEST ITEM. Good? Good. Moving on.

The place is rather crazy looking. It looks like something out of a mad scientist movie or whatever. That cat also looks like a Scratcher, mind you. Not exactly the place I want to trust my baby pets and eggs with. Ah well, I'm sure it's safe, right?

'Kay, that's it for now; I'll post again as soon as possible! Don't let the Rotting Fodders bite!