We asked a passing Light Faerie if she knew where Legacy was, but she just
laughed and kept on walking. Same with the fourteen other Faeries we asked.
I was beginning to think all Faeries had a laughing problem, when suddenly,
a tiny baby Air Faerie flew up to us and said in a voice like a bell, "I know
where Legacy is!"
"Really? Where?" I asked.
"Follow me!" she said. On the way, she explained her name was Puffleste, and
that she was one of Legacy's personal groomers. I explained our story, and she
was very sympathetic.
Legacy was lodged in a stall that was cleaner than my room. Smelt better,
too. The straw on the floor was very fresh, the air was light and pure, and
not a speck of dirt was to be seen.
Puff showed us Legacy's stall. It had her (Or his) name on a plaque made of
marble, and inside it smelt like lavender. Weird.
Anyway, Legacy poked his (or her) head out to talk to us. She/he was white,
with purple hair and a green saddle from what I could see. Her-his eyes looked
very intelligent, and sparkled as we came near.
"Legacy, I present to you KiwiBonk and Fluzzyface, who have been sent by your
mistress, the Battle Faerie," Puff announced.
"Hello KiwiBonk. Hello Fluzzyface."
I was completely taken back. I didn't know the horse could talk. (And she
was a girl.)
"The Battle Faerie needs you. She's fighting a bunch of Buzzes over at Terror
Mountain," I said.
"Drat," said Legacy, and opened the door to her stall with her mouth. "Prepare
my battle gear."
A bunch of Faeries appeared out of nowhere and decked Legacy out in more armour
than the entire military uses. It was all a sickening shade of green, but of
course I didn't say that.
The whole process took about five minutes. But before Legacy left, she turned
to us and said, "I thank you" and blew hot air in our faces. I didn't know if
I was supposed to feel blessed or something, but I nodded at her. Then, she
turned and flew away. I'm not kidding.
"Now that that's taken care of, let's go find a Crystal Boomerang," I proclaimed.
We said goodbye to Puff, and went to the front of the palace again.
We studied it for several minutes, hoping to find a tower that looked mysterious
and therefore might be the Hidden Tower, where there were many Crystal Boomerangs.
Then I remembered that Alison, my owner, knew where it was. I quickly stole
a cell phone from a Faerie's pocket and dialed our NeoHome's number.
"Hello?" Alison's slightly muffled voice said.
"Hi, Alison. This is KiwiBonk. I'm in Faerie Land," I said.
"I thought you went outside to do your homework," she said.
"I did, except... it's a long story."
"I see. So, what do you want? No, Chino, put that down!" There was a crashing
noise in the background as my little brother undoubtedly destroyed something.
"I need to know where the Hidden Tower is."
"What for? Oh never mind. Just go into the palace, and right in front of you
should be a giant picture of an Aisha. Punch the bottom right corner, and it
will swing open. Follow the tunnel for a little bit until you get to a really
big round room."
"Oh, thanks." Alison had solved a robbery a few weeks ago, and knew where
it was.
We did as she said. Although we had a little trouble with the guards, we soon
got in and entered the secret tunnel behind the picture of a Faerie Aisha. The
walls were glittering, the floor was damp and mucky, and for some reason the
ceiling was dripping little crawly things. I was quite disgusted. You'd think
the Faerie Queen would have better janitorial services than this.
Fluzzy pointed out the foot prints leading in. I could hear someone up ahead,
because their coat was rustling against the stone wall.
"There's someone up there," I said, stopping suddenly.
"Who?"
"Someone wearing a coat made of nylon, long bell bottom jeans, and plastic
and rubber flip-flops," I told her. "Don't worry. Definitely not a Faerie."
"I smell burnt rubber," Fluzzy said, sniffing the air. Suddenly, I smelt it
too.
We poked our heads around the bend in the tunnel. The room was dark, but a
very big, bright glowing sphere was slowly floating towards us.
Then I realised that the glowing orange sphere was a Fire Faerie. "Don't worry,
it's a Fire Faerie," I whispered. A little too loudly.
"Who's there?" she said.
"Uh... us," I said, pulling Fluzzy out into plain sight with me.
"Who are you? Who let you in here?"
"I'm KiwiBonk. And this is Fluzzyface. We let ourselves in."
"Did you know that this place is off-limits to pets?"
"We- we're sorry... we didn't know..." Fluzzy began.
"Uh, lady, I think your shoes are burning," I said, for the Fire Faerie's
fire was burning her rubber sandals.
"Oh, well, I'll just get some pet to go on another quest for me."
As she was speaking, the floor started to shake, and someone pushed us down
from behind.
"The palace is under attack!" someone cried. I recognised that voice!
"Battle Faerie?" I said, picking myself up.
"Hey, it's you!" she said breathlessly. I noticed her hair was a mess, and
she was covered in dirt. "Thanks for getting Legacy for me." Then she turned
to the Fire Faerie, and they started talking very fast about artifacts, whatever
they were.
Suddenly, the room was full of Faeries. I guess they came the way we did.
Fluzzy and I got out of the way, and slunk into a corner as we watched with
big eyes all different kinds of Faeries equipping themselves with the oddest
assortment of weapons I ever saw.
One Light Faerie tucked about twenty bent forks into her belt. A dozen or so
Earth Faeries armed themselves with twigs shooting blue sparks. The Dark Faeries
took dark weapons, the Water Faerie took water weapons, etc. I could probably
scam a Crystal Boomerang without anyone noticing, there was such a flurry of
activity.
I was about to grab a nearby boomerang, but Fluzzy grabbed my arm. "This a
war!" she hissed. "They're gonna need every weapon they have."
As soon as they had come, the Faeries were gone. We crept out of our hiding
place, thinking the room was empty. But it wasn't.
A tall figure wearing a black cloak stood by the entrance. "Uh oh," Fluzzy
said.
"You idiot!"
"Oops!" Fluzzy said, clapping a paw over her mouth.
The figure whirled around. It was a person wearing a cloak pulled low over
their face, so I couldn't see their face. Much to my surprise, they seemed as
scared as I felt.
"Uh... hi," I said.
"Who are you?" the person gasped. A girl, unless it was a guy with a really
high voice.
"I'm KiwiBonk and this is Fluzzyface. Who are you?"
"My name is... Butter," the person said.
Fluzzy must've noticed she was looking at a Golden Butter Knife when she said
that. "No, it's not."
"Fine, it's... Betty."
"All right, Betty. What are you doing in the Faerie Queen's Hidden Tower?"
I asked.
"Uh... watching the weapons," she answered.
"In case they get up and run away?" Fluzzy said.
The girl screamed and crumpled into a ball. Fluzzy and I looked at each other.
A split second later, a giant hairy insect burst through the wall.
"EWW!!!!!!!!" Fluzzy and I screamed together. Fluzzy grabbed a weird half
flame-half ice sword, and looked ferocious. I grabbed the nearest artifact,
and swung it as hard as I could at the monster. It was a Baby paint brush.
With a squeak, the monster turned into a tiny purple thing with a blue mane
and a tiny flipper.
"A Peophin? That was a Peophin?" said Fluzzy, who was so surprised she dropped
the ice/flame blade on her foot.
"Something weird's going on," I said.
"They're mutant Peophins," said the weird girl. "Some evil thing created by
Dr Sloth, no doubt. They're not like other mutants, because they have the ability
to change their form to look just like a normal Peophin. That makes them very
hard to find. They also seem to have a strange hatred for Aishas."
"How do you know?" I asked.
"Oh, I've been around," Betty said casually.
Since the Hidden Tower now had a gaping hole in it, Fluzzy, Betty and I each
took an armful of weapons and carried them into the tunnel, which was full of
armoured Lupes.
We then distributed the weapons to the Lupes. I asked Betty if I could keep
a Crystal Boomerang.
"But they belong to the Faerie Queen!" Fluzzy protested.
"I'm sure she won't mind," Betty assured us.
So I finally got my boomerang! Now I could get Snuffs! If he wasn't already
taken......
"Betty, I need to leave right away!" I cried.
"You can't. There's a war outside!"
At that moment, a little Kiko entered the tunnel and squeaked, "The Faerie
Queen is missing! The Faerie Queen is missing!" The Lupes went insane, and started
arranging themselves in rows so they could search for her. I was about to yell,
'Shut up and calm down, you morons!', but Betty grabbed my shoulder, and said,
"Let them go. They'll never find her."
Just then Krista, Fluzzy's owner walked in. "Woah, that was weird," she said,
looking around her. "I was just playing Meerca Chase."
"Speak of the devil," I said.
"But we weren't talking about her," Betty said.
"Mommy! Now I'm not lost anymore!" Fluzzy
I quickly explained to Betty that I had to save Snuffs before the insane man
at the Tombola machine gave him to someone as a prize. Fluzzy was too scared
to leave the palace, but I persuaded Betty that, war or not, I had to save my
pet. Also, I had to use the bathroom, and I wasn't sure if there were any toilets
in a sacred place like the Faerie Queen's palace.
Betty led me to the door. It was nuts out there! Faeries and the mutant Peophins
were flying everywhere, so it looked like someone had put them all in a blender
and turned it on. It was pretty gruesome, so I won't get into the details. Everyone
was too busy bashing someone else's head in, so I managed to leave Faerie City
without being noticed. Outside Faerie City, life was going on as normal, except
not very many Faeries were around. I thought that was extremely naive of my
fellow Neopians.
Anyway, I got to Mystery Island without further ado. As I approached the Tombola,
I couldn't see Snuffs, and I started to get a little worried. But then Snuffs'
familiar 'HEEEEEEEE!!!!!!' sounded, and I knew he was safe.
"I have your Crystal Boomerang!" I cried, holding up my prize. Except it wasn't
in my paw anymore. In its place was my math book.
"Wake up, KiwiBonk," said the Tombola Man.
***
"Wake up, KiwiBonk!"
I opened my eyes to see a white Aisha crouched in front of me, shaking my shoulder.
"What? Where am I?" I said thickly. "Snuffs!"
"He's right here," MinxJade said. Snuffs screeched at the sound of his name.
I was back in the park, sitting on the bench. Nearby was a red Peophin innocently
standing under a tree.
"I-I had a weird dream."
"Don't we all. Come on, we're having dinner now, and Alison sent me to go
get you."
We walked back to our NeoHome, in the Lost Desert. My family and I had a normal
meal, well as normal as it can be in my house. I was still pretty dazed. I mean,
that dream was really real.
Anyway, on the news that night, the green Quiggle-anchor dude reported that
a bunch of mutant pets had attacked Faerie City. The Faerie Queen had disappeared,
but was recently found disguised, hiding in the Hidden Tower, with two pets.
One was a yellow Aisha, the other was a desert Poogle. Deja-vu. I ought to get
that checked out.
The End
Author's Note: This story is fictional. I made up the Snow Faerie's name, and
I wasn't sure if Jhudora and the Uber Dark Faerie were the same person, so I made
the Dark Faerie's name be 'Noire'. There are no such things as Mutant Peophins
as far as I know, and I'm sorry if any Peophins were offended by this story. | 
