The Pet Purge

The Pet Purge was a tragic event that took place on March 11th, 2021. This occurrence included the disappearance of Butter II, Peanut, Tyrone, Bonquisha, and most of Sydney's cats. The culprit of the animal genocide remains a mystery to this day, but many suspect Hayden, a former member of the SMP, to have committed the crime.

Realization
The Pet Purge began when Sydney logged onto the realm on March 11th at 5:50 PM EST. She went down to her and Lee's basement storage room to see that all the chests had been destroyed. Immediately, she began moving the remaining items to chests in their other storage room. She then contacted the Lovelee SMP members about the strange occurrence. While thinking she had seen the worst of it, Sydney began to notice a lack of cats around the town (there had previously been dozens scattered about). It was then that her heart began to sink, noticing that Peanut and Butter were both gone. Speechless, all she could say to the group chat was "oh. my. god.". Soon after the realization that all the pets were dead, Sydney and several other members began searching the town, ensuring that their valuables and pets were still there. Tyrone and all of his relatives were pronounced dead, however Boba's chests, as well as those in Sydney's Secret Base and the external storage room were untouched.

Investigation
Furiously, Lee, Sydney, and Boba began searching for evidence against their friends on the server. The only other members of the SMP at the time were Hayden and Luka. It was highly doubted that Luka would commit such a crime, as he lived in a desert temple thousands of blocks away from the town. Having trusted Lee and knowing that Boba wouldn't kill Tyrone, Sydney was only left suspicious of Hayden. Previously, Hayden was confirmed to have killed Luka's pets, so it made sense that he would do such a thing again. While nothing has yet to be confirmed, this theory is widely believed to be true. Soon after these events, both Hayden and Luka left the SMP.

Retrieval Of Lovelee
While devastated, the inhabitants of Lovelee were not going to put up with something like this. After some thinking, the idea of retrieving an old save file of the world was introduced. Fortunately, Lee was able to execute this action, and Lovelee was back to how it was before the heart-wrenching event of the Pet Purge.