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The Neopian Times Week 15 > Short Stories > Crooky and Nip's Friend

Crooky and Nip's Friend

by Baron1876

"So that's why I switched to jazz and I've never regretted it."

"Nip, you tell me that same story every few days. I get the picture!"

"That's because it's my favourite story."

Crooky24 the Christmas Chia and Nip72 the white Lupe were walking through Neopia Central. They were on their way to check out the news of the day. After a while, they reached the big board. It had all the info of the day.

"Hey Crooky, they made a new Pteri fun image," Nip pointed out. Crooky shrugged and looked at a good looking piece.

"Ooh! They came out with a new report on the Space Station thing. Let's go see," he said.

The two headed down to the story area. It turned out to be very serious. Neopet Version 2 or NPv2 had taken 4 young pets hostage as friends in an elevator. Then, something caught Nip's eye.

"Hey! It says here that the prize makes a scarab look like an orange fuzzle!" Crooky whistled in amazement.

Both of them looked at each other. They were going to try and figure that puzzle out and save the kids (getting a prize).

I won't go into detail, but let's just say that it was hard from the beginning. At the truth thingy spot, things got even worse.

"No, no! Nip, that goes THERE! AND you're doing it all wrong!" Crooky yelled.

"I'm tryin'! Stop yellin' at me!" Nip snarled.

They managed it and crammed more URLs together. The search led them off course sometimes, like when they ended up in a dimension of reversed genders without even knowing how they got in. Crooky jotted down code numbers as they got them. Finally, they got to the drunk Grundo. The Grundo sang his song and Crooky and Nip looked at each other nervously. Then they had to try and find out his favourite food.

"Fungi fruits?" Crooky asked. The Grundo shook his head.

"Dessert?" Nip guessed. The Grundo moaned.

"Bargjelly Sundae?" Crooky said in desperation. They were amazed that it was right! And now they had the directions to NPv2 himself (the two were pretty sure that NPv2 was a male).

After a long journey, Crooky and Nip stood before a giant, black computer with green writing. There were microphones for talking to NPv2. Crooky asked the first question in the clue.

"Who are you?"

They asked questions for a while but didn't have the right ones. Yet as the two asked this little creature questions, they began to like him. Soon Nip started to give up and just reason with NPv2.

"Let them go! Your friends will be next!" He snarled. The kids didn't have long.

"I love my friends. They will stay with me forever!" NPv2 would not give in. Crooky and Nip soon gave up on arguing and trying to get the computer critter to blow himself up. They took pity on him.

"I just want friends. I am misunderstood," the poor pet would say.

Then Crooky did something unexpected. "We will be your friends."

"But...everyone comes here and wants to deactivate me. Why not you?"

"Because you seem like you have a good heart but you are just a little crazy. We don't want to hurt you. You are just misunderstood. That's how I met Nip," Crooky said.

NPv2 responded warmly to this. The three became friends. They laughed and played Kau Korall. They also played Codebreakers. And even the oldest games! NPv2 had access to all the deleted games. In a round of Pokemon Match, Crooky got a bad thought. What if someone solved the puzzle? He brushed it out of his mind. He was confident that Neopets would save the kids in time, as usual. And how could anyone figure out all this?

It was a long way home, so Crooky and Nip slept on the floor of the computer room. NPv2 "played" with his hostages into the night. Poor Crooky and Nip were tired and slept until morning...unfortunately. They got a nasty surprise when they woke up.

"What are you doing?" NPv2's voice sounded scared.

Crooky and Nip woke up. They were stunned to see a blue Pteri peck in some numbers to the deactivation code panel and fly away happily, knowing it would be rich. Crooky grabbed the nearest heavy item and tried to break the panel, pretending it was the Pteri. He gave up quickly and the two looked at NPv2. He was frowning.

"I...feel...sleepy. Good...night..." NPv2 said.

The screen went dark as the little creature's eyes closed. Crooky and Nip stared in disbelief. Then Crooky bowed his head and let the tears flow. Nip raised his head and howled mournfully. It was so unfair! NPv2 was just an innocent, neglected little Neopet that had been shut off, probably forever, just because he was misunderstood! After a long time of sadness, Crooky and Nip left the room. They took one last look at NPv2 before shutting the door. And they both quietly spoke.

"We'll never forget you NPv2. Never."

They headed home to Neopia.

"You know Nip, sometimes you lose a good friend before you even know you have one," Crooky said that night. Nip nodded.

"But NPv2 really just went to sleep. Maybe someday he'll wake up again. And when that day comes, maybe people will understand him," Nip pointed out.

"Maybe. But I don't think Neopia will ever stop misunderstanding. We were just lucky everything turned out for the best."

"How did it turn out for the best?! NPv2 is shut off for who knows how long, and we didn't get a big fat prize! Not even a trophy! I think things went terribly," Nip griped.

"Yeah, you're probably right," Crooky admitted. There was a long pause. "Well, I think things are back to normal. Or as normal as they'll ever get for Neopia. What do you say we get some Belgian waffles?"

Nip smiled. Things were back to semi-normal.

The End

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