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"Ugh..." a green Shoyru said. "What happened?" the Shoyru
rubbed his head with his paw. He then opened his eyes to see his paw. "Uh...
huh?"
The Shoyru had Bluey's voice.
A tall dragon next to the Shoyru sat up and
talked with a voice that had a quietness and gentleness about it. The dragon
shook his head, and said, "Ow... what happened to my head?"
The dragon had Dragoon's voice.
"Um... Dragoon?" the Shoyru asked.
"Er... Bluey?" the dragon asked.
"I'M YOU!!!" they screamed.
"Oh no... what other tricks does this castle
have in store for us?" Bluey wondered.
Dragoon started to cry. It looked funny because
it was Bluey's body doing the crying. "I wish we were at home!"
Bluey looked down at his new Shoyru body. "Ugh...
this is really going to take some getting used to..."
"Well... I guess we should leave at get this
Orb back to Jhudora. We can't really do anything about the body switch..." Dragoon
mused.
Bluey agreed, and the two set off again.
The two came to a large door. Bluey investigated
the door and after making sure it wasn't trapped, he pushed the door open. Dragoon
and Bluey walked inside.
"What is this, a closet?" Bluey asked.
Suddenly, the floor of the "closet" started
to slide away. Bluey and Dragoon were startled by this, and tried to escape
but the door had closed behind them. There wasn't anything the two could do
but wait for the hole to open up so they could drop.
***
Bluey awoke in a soft bed. He rubbed his Shoyru eyes. "W-Where am I?"
"Do not fear, little Shoyru, I am here."
"Huh? Who's that?"
A blue Fairy wearing a white lab coat appeared
into Bluey's vision. "I'm the Tech Fairy. I live here in the Fairy Castle, experimenting
with Neopian science."
"Whoa, really? I've never heard of you," Bluey
said.
The Tech Faerie chuckled. "Not many people have.
Is this your owner in this bed here?" The Fairy motioned toward the sleeping
dragon in the bed opposite Bluey.
"Oh, yeah. That's actually my Neopet."
The Tech Faerie laughed. "Oh, I think you're
a little confused, little Shoyru."
"No, it's very true. See, Dragoon -- the dragon
there -- and I found this Draik. He was really mad, and he fed us these potions
that changed us into each other."
"Really?" The Tech Faerie was surprised. "I've
never encountered something like that in my research. Perhaps I have a solution
to your dilemma. Please, wake your... pet... and come with me." The Faerie departed.
Bluey hopped off the bed and went over and woke
up Dragoon. "Huh...? Wh... what's going on?"
"Dragoon, you gotta come with me. This Tech
Faerie is going to help us out."
Dragoon got off the bed and noticed that Bluey's
leather boots were lying near the bed. He slipped them on and followed Bluey
into a chamber.
***
The Tech Faerie was charging up a large machine. The machine consisted of
two chambers, one infused with a green light and one with a blue light. "Here,
the machine is ready. I built this a long time ago, back when Dr. Sloth first
came to Neopia. It was designed to give Neopets who had become mutants a new
body. Sadly... I never fully completed the project."
"Wait, what's this about not completing the
project?" Bluey asked.
"Well... there were some bugs I never worked
out. (Bluey and Dragoon got a look of concern on their faces) But you can help
me test it! If I can successfully transfer your minds into each other's bodies,
then I can finally bring my invention to Neopia!"
At long last, Bluey and Dragoon nodded their
heads. "All right, we accept." Dragoon said.
The two mismatched mates took their place in
the chambers. The Tech Faerie gave them a thumbs-up and pressed a button on
the control console. The chamber doors slammed shut. There was the sound of
the machine drawing energy from the bright blue crystal in the power core. Electrical
crackling occurred around the wires and the chambers' lights flashed with brilliance.
Then... it stopped.
The machine powered down. The crystal went back
to its normal luminosity. The chamber doors opened with a cloud of science dust.
Bluey looked down at his claws. "Hey... it worked!"
His mind was now properly in his own dragon body.
Dragoon examined his body, even his tail. "I'm
a Shoyru again!"
The Tech Faerie exclaimed, "The operation was
a success! I cannot thank you enough for testing my invention. I cannot wait
to go to Neopia Central and tell the scientists there!"
"And now we can finally get to Jhudora with
her stupid Orb..." Bluey stated.
"Jhudora? Why would you be looking for her?"
the Tech Faerie asked.
"Oh, she sent us on a quest for this Fairy's
Orb here," Dragoon pulled out the Fairy's Orb. "She turned my siblings into
plushies."
"Well, I'm not sure what this Orb is, but I
can tell you that Jhudora's in the dungeon. There's a passageway just through
that door there that should take you to the dungeon."
"Oh, really? Thanks!" Bluey said.
"Yes. Well, I must be going now. The NeoTrack
is leaving for Neopia Central soon. And I want to be there to meet my colleagues."
The Tech Faerie walked out.
The two adventurers took the aforementioned
passageway to the dungeon...
***
Bluey and Dragoon ran down the dungeon stairs. "Jhudora!" Dragoon said.
"Ah, my little friends. And I see you have the
Faerie's Orb I asked for. I cannot thank you enough," Jhudora replied. Dragoon
put the Faerie's Orb into her hand. "Thank you, young Shoyru, and you too, my
dear dragon."
"So will you be able to turn our family members
back into themselves?" Bluey asked.
"Yes, I certainly will." Jhudora channeled all
her power into her Orb. Her body glowed white for a few seconds and then faded.
"There, it is done. Your pets are plushies no more."
Bluey and Dragoon gave each other a high-five.
"With my duty done, I must depart," Jhudora
said, the melancholy over her lifting.
"Huh? But I thought you were imprisoned here,"
Dragoon said.
Jhudora chuckled. "Oh ho, my little friend,
by giving me the Faerie's Orb you have given me back all my powers. This will
enable me to escape. Although you might not want to hear it, I think Fyora will
not be very happy with you two."
Bluey and Dragoon suddenly became very frightened,
and the expressions on their faces showed it.
"Farewell!" Jhudora's body glowed bright white,
and then disappeared.
Dragoon gulped. "F-Fyora's not gonna be h-happy..."
Bluey became very uncomfortable. "I hope she
doesn't turn us into piles of dung like she does in all those stories..."
"Here they are! Down in the dungeon!" a voice
sounded.
Bluey and Dragoon braced themselves for their
fate. "Uh oh..." they both said.
Two Light Faeries with golden pikes ran down
the stairs, with Fyora close behind. "These are the ones who stole the Fairy's
Orb, your majesty," one of the Light Faeries said.
"So! Bluey and Dragoon are your names, aren't
they?" Fyora asked.
"Your majesty, we can explain..." Bluey started.
"Silence! Not in my entire reign have I seen
such insolence. I will see to it that you two are extremely punished!" Fyora
proclaimed.
"But we had to do it! My siblings were..." Dragoon
tried to explain.
"I don't care if Jhudora turned your siblings
into plushies!" Fyora read Dragoon's mind. "I could have cured anything Jhudora
could have done!"
"Oh, right..." Bluey and Dragoon looked down
at their feet.
"Argh!!" Electricity crackled from Fyora's hands.
"Here is your punishment!" Fyora pointed her hands at Bluey and Dragoon. Bolts
of pink lightning flew at the duo, engulfing their bodies in white light. When
the light subsided, a very obvious change was seen.
"I... I'm a Faerie Shoyru!" Dragoon exclaimed.
"My scales... they've turned pink!" Bluey (now
Pinky) shouted.
"Um... not to sound insolent or anything, but...
this isn't much of a punishment," Dragoon stated.
"That's because I'm not FINISHED!!" Fyora screeched.
She threw her hands toward Bluey and Dragoon again, which caused the two to
recoil in horror. Lightning appeared once again, but this time it was green.
Bluey and Dragoon felt something strange about their newly-transformed bodies.
The world around them was growing larger.
"No... no, I can't believe this is happening!"
Dragoon said, his voice quickly getting higher.
When Fyora finished with the light show, Bluey
and Dragoon were much, much smaller than they were before. They were about the
size of baby Miamice. Fyora stated, "This is what we fairies call the Balthazar
treatment. Telia, Furalia, jar them, please."
The two Light Faeries put down their pikes and
Telia pulled out a jar. Furalia scooped up the two newly-conscripted fairies
and dropped them into the jar.
"And lo, the punishment is complete."
***
Bluey's NeoHome...
Darkmoon and Spirit were laughing uncontrollably. "I... I can't believe my
eyes!" Spirit said in between giggles.
"Guys? You want to tell us how exactly this
happened?" Sykes asked, puzzled at the miniaturized and Faerie-ized Bluey and
Dragoon inside the jar.
"Believe me, it's a long story..." Bluey
said. He couldn't really fathom the ten of his pets looking at him like he was
some exhibit in a side-show.
"Oh... this is the worst punishment ever!" Dragoon
whined.
"And yet, strangely politically correct..."
The End
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed my very first series! Anyway, please
send me a Neomail if you enjoyed it so much you actually read all of it. But
no hatemail... or... well, there's a lot of things I could do this time! Thanks
for reading!
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