War In Neopia

by kesseh

War In Neopia

"Wow," said Kesseh.

"Yes. Look at all the people at the Battledome." I said. "I still don't want to believe that people honestly want their pets to battle each other. It's sick. The humans which once loved us have discarded all respect for our well being and are sending us to get hurt and treating us like-"

"You are not thinking...?"

"Well, I'm worried you'll do the same. It's all just a big game to you people."

"No. I would never send you in there. Don't be stupid"

"How can you call a NeoPet with an IQ of over 200 stupid?" Kesseh said with a smile.

"Very funny," I replied.

Kesseh, my Lupe, was acting very strange today. He wasn't his usual active self. He seemed to be thinking a lot more than he used to and he thinks far too much anyway.

"I'm heading back," he said.

"So soon?"

"Yes. It gets really cold at this time of night. You coming or are you going to watch more people be cruel to their pets?"

"Coming..."

As we walked back, we saw some more people taking their pets to the Battledome.

"C'mon Shoyru!!" the owner shouted.

"But I don't wanna..." it replied.

"What are you scared or something? Do you not want to fight?"

"Yes!!"

"Well, too bad! It's either that or I'll put you in the pound and look for a braver Shoyru that actually does what I tell it!"

At this point my Lupe was getting pretty furious. I knew what he was thinking, as I was thinking the same too. This had gone too far.

"Stop!!" my Lupe screamed. "That poor Shoyru does not want to fight and you shouldn't make it!" I agreed, but I didn't say anything, as I was afraid of getting in trouble.

"Can't you control your pet?? Why don't you tell it to leave me and my Shoyru alone."

"Why would I want to control my NeoPet? I want a friend, not a slave."

"Yeah, whatever." And with that he grabbed his Shoyru by the wing and took it to the huge dome, leaving me with an extremely angry Lupe.

"That's IT!!" he screamed. "I've had enough. We NEED to put a stop to this."

"We can't do anything."

"If people want to battle we have no chance of stopping them."

"Thought so. You won't do anything as you are gonna battle me aren't you??"

"No, I never said..." but before I could finish Kesseh was running as fast as he could across the Mystery Island.

So there I stood. In Neopia without a NeoPet. In a matter of hours, I had lost the only thing in Neopia that I cared about. I shouted his name a few times. Nothing. It was so quiet now. All I could hear was the chanting of the people watching the fights.

"I...I..." I stuttered. I didn't know what to say. I was speechless. In writing I could not describe the feeling I felt. A girl with a Nimmo walked past me. She didn't seem to have the same anger in her eyes that everyone else had as they marched to the Battledome.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah yeah, fine..." I replied.

Of course I wasn't okay. What am I saying? I was so angry, yet confused, and depressed at the same time. I was surprised she couldn't tell.

"You don't look okay," she said.

"To be honest, I'm not. It's very complicated. I'm very angry right now and I'm not exactly in the mood to talk."

"Oh, okay. Where's your NeoPet?"

"It ran away."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Why? Why did it run away?"

"Because of the Battledome. I told you it's very complicated."

"What's the Battledome?"

Oh no. Should I tell her? I could end up making her fight her pet like all those others...oh well...

"Its a place where people fight their pets."

As I said this the Nimmo looked in despair. I knew Nimmos were very intelligent and he was probably contemplating all the moral issues in there...I think that's what Kesseh must have been doing as well.

"Sounds cool. Might give it a go."

I felt so guilty. Now that poor Nimmo will probably go through what Kesseh just did...I'm so useless!!...I....

"What??" I said as I looked in disbelief.

Over the hill, was one of the most horrible things I've ever had the chance of seeing. People fighting with their own NeoPets. NeoPets fighting their owners. People fighting people. Everyone fighting. I ran as fast as I could to the dome to see what was happening. As I ran, a Aisha jumped out at me and slashed my arm. I fell down to the ground, writhing in pain.

"GOT ANOTHER ONE!!" she screamed as it ran off in search of more.

As I turned my head, I saw Kesseh fighting with the owner of that Shoyru he saw earlier. He was just as violent as the rest of them. Everything was rushing round my head. I couldn't even begin to understand what was going on. The air was hot with action. I was really scared. "Come with me," said a mysterious voice. As I looked up, I saw a white hand ready to help me up. I grabbed on.

The mysterious man took me to a back room behind the Battledome. Hundreds and hundreds of pets were stretched out on cot and nurses were applying cold cream and ointments to their wounds.

"If you want to help...you can help in here."

And from that day on, Kesseh and I worked in the Battledome clinic and saved a lot of pet's lives and convinced owners to read them books about fighting instead of forcing them to enter the Battledome.

The End