Al Returns by Al_the_chia |  |
Read: "Al
the Lupologist"
"There was once a peaceful village located in Neopia, a tiny
town where Chias made up the surplus population. It was called Furgleton. In
Furgleton, you would find many Chias bustling about the streets. Chias are industrial
pets when put together. Nearby Furgleton, a forest existed. It was called Lupe
Forest because it was inhabited by Lupes. Lupe packs dwelled in the forest,
and most loved to pick on the Chias of Furgleton whenever they wandered into
the forest.
There was one Chia who managed to get picked on a lot, an eccentric
little blue Chia, with owlish glasses and a high IQ. His name was Alexander
T. Chia, or Al, as he preferred. Al had an unusual interest in Lupes. No one
knew why. Maybe it was that he loved the danger of working with them. Maybe
it was a childhood trauma that warped his mind. Maybe he had nothing better
to do. Whatever it was, he spent most of his time reading up on Lupes. He was
a famous Lupologist, and you could ask him almost anything about Lupes, and
he knew it. He still yearned for knowledge that the books couldn't provide,
so he constantly wandered into the forest, trying to observe some of the Lupe
packs that went by. Of course, those expeditions never ended well. He kept on
trying though, and went to extremes to just watch the Lupes for a good five
minutes."
Al peered through his glasses at a bottled concoction, a concentrated look
on his face. He carefully picked it up, and taking a spoon, stirred it carefully.
"Lets see..." Al began. "The chemical compound of a NeoPet is N=eO2, so I need
to add a little bit of..." Al threw in a pinch of a funny green powder. The
potion coughed and emitted a small green cloud, and soon started frothing and
bubbling. Al laughed in triumph, holding the translucent liquid up to the light.
"Aha! Now all I need is a strand of NeoDNA, and I'll be able to finish!" Al
picked up something. It was a long, blue Lupe hair. He nervously held the hair
over the concoction. "This is it!" Al dropped it. It swirled in the air, falling
slowly and daintily, into the weird potion. Suddenly, the whole room started
to shake. The potion went into tiny explosions, emitting puffs of brilliant
blue smoke. Al gasped and ducked under a table, covering his face. The potion
let out a shrill whistle, and emitting a few final sparks, settling down from
its tremors as suddenly as they had started. Al blinked, wiping blue mildew
off his glasses. He adjusted his askew frames and climbed out from under the
table, shaken. "Whew. That was weird." He coughed. He carefully inspected his
new experiment. A flashy blue potion with glittery containments sat on the table,
slightly glowing. Al inspected it carefully, before letting out a bright Chia
smile and a laugh. "I've created Lupe Essence!" Al carefully picked up the precious
potion and placed it onto a shelf. It gurgled and groaned, but didn't explode
like Al's other attempts. "It's marvelous! It's stupendous!... but what do I
do with it?" Al pondered as he stared at the bright, colourful potion. "I'll
save it till tomorrow, then I'll decide what I'll do with it!" Al switched the
light off and left. The potion glowed eerily in the dark, and soon it began
to mutate...
***
Al smiles in his seat at the Neobel prize awards. Lupologists were gathered
around the potion, chattering excitedly. A tall Lenny with a mustache and glasses
smiled and shook Al's hand. "As president of the Society of Lupologists, I present
you with this Neobel prize for your scientific discoveries!" The crowd cheered
as Al waved his trophy in the air. Confetti poured all over him as he wiped
a tear from his eye...
Then he woke up. He rubbed sleep out of his eyes as he sighed. "It was so real
too." He climbed out of bed, Fluffy still snoring on the floor. "Oh well. After
my next experiment, I'm bound to get the Neobel!"
Al picked up his potion and put a sample into a Pteri dish. He mixed it slowly,
and set it under a microscope. He took notes, studying the strange potion carefully.
Then he weighed it, tested the gooification and ran other bizarre tests until
he was satisfied. "Now I can go spread the word to the community!" He left the
potion on the lab table, grabbed a hat, and ran outside. Unfortunately for Al,
there was a rash of Burglarising Aishas around. And unfortunately for Al, his
house fell victim to one of the most famous ones. A strange Aisha called Creeper,
who was dressed all in black, crept into Al's Lab. Dodging Al's attack Cobrall
named Fluffy, who was taking a nap, he crept up to the lab table.
"What have we here?" he whispered in a hoarse voice. "It appears to be a potion
of some sort... hm..." Creeper climbed onto the table (he was pretty short),
picked up the bottle with gloved paws, uncorked it, and sniffed it cautiously.
"Weird. It smells like Sludge.
Oh well. It must be worth something." Creeper carefully placed it into a black
suitcase, and prepared to leave. Just then, Fluffy woke up. Hissing angrily,
he spit Negg juice into Creeper's eyes. "OW!" Creeper screamed and stumbled
blindly, knocking over a rack of potions in progress. He fell off the table,
landing with a thud. The suitcase fell with him, and crashed to the ground,
opening and throwing the potion out, smashing onto the floor. A huge blue cloud
immediately flew out, enveloping the blinded Aisha. "What's going on?!?" Creeper
cried, feeling his skin crawl. Fluffy's eyes widened as he stared at the burglar.
He was growing!! Fluffy yelped and scrambled away as Creeper let out an ear
splitting howl...
Al threw his hat back on the rack, a Green and Purple Chia following behind
him. "You see, all I needed was a little Bactorium Flossite with a pinch of
Paprika..." He continued, opening the laboratory door. "OH PIFFLE!!" A ten foot
monstrosity stared down at him. It had bushy blue Lupe fur, two Lupe ears, and
a Lupe tail, but it had the Aisha secondary ears and eyes at the same time.
It stared down at the three Chias, snarling. Al's lab was in shambles, and Fluffy
was hiding under a table, trembling. The Purple Chia, Mark, passed out, and
the green Chia, Milford, screamed and fled the room. Al simply stared at the
hideous mutation, in shock, horror, and amazement. "Uh..." Al smiled politely.
"Excuse me, but I was just wondering what you are..." The Mutant let out a Grarrl-like
roar, shattering the windows. Al blinked, and rubbed his ears. "...Um... okay...
I suppose my potion mutated over night... should have expected that..." Al slowly
backed away out the door. "I'm sorry, but I have to go..." Al turned and ran,
a blast of fire from the Aisha licking at his feet...
All of Furgleton ran screaming from the terrible monster. It roared and snarled,
tearing down houses, ripping up trees, and breathing fire all over the residents.
After leaving Furgleton in shreds, it headed for Lupe forest. The Lupes were
caught in total surprise, and fled with their tails between their legs as their
home was burned to the ground. It growled and roared, shredding everything to
bits. Soon it was traveling even farther...
Al sat in Neopia Central, stunned and furious. "That's it!! I can't take it
anymore!! I created that thing, and I have to destroy it!!" Al grabbed his trusty
striped hammer and headed straight for Kiko Lake, where the monster was terrorizing
the resident Kikos. He kicked them like footballs, and they were bouncing all
over the place, getting caught in trees. Al dodged behind a tree as a red Kiko
bounced by him. The poor Kiko was screaming as it plummeted into a dumpster.
"Oh piffle, this isn't gonna be easy..." Al muttered, staring at the gigantic
monster. He breathed in deeply, shut his eyes, screamed, and charged forward,
waving the hammer. The giant monster paused and stared at the pathetic little
Chia hammering away at his toe. He breathed in deeply, and was about to let
out a blast of fire to fry the annoying little Chia, when suddenly, he began
to shrink. Al paused his hammering and watched in amazement as the form of the
strange little Aisha once again emerged. The Aisha paused, shook himself, and
stared at Al, who was now threateningly big.
"Erm... sorry?"
"SO!! I WAS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POTION!!" Al snarled angrily. The
Aisha yelped and fled, as Al pursued, whacking him over the head continuously
with the hammer. BONK!!
"That took YEARS OF RESEARCH!!" WHACK!! "YOU OWE ME BIG TIME!!"
THUD!! "YOU LOST ME THE NEOBEL!!" WHAM!
He chased the poor, bewildered Aisha throughout the entire day, screaming like
a mad Chia
And that was the end of Creeper's burglarising days. He's now a jewelry store
owner. Al is still studying Lupes. He's dedicated to what he does, and he won't
stop till he knows everything. On the other hand, his NeoHome was burnt to a
crisp. He's currently rebuilding.
The End |
