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Three Days in Neopia - A Faerie Story: Part One by puppy_princesslily |
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Introduction to Neopia "Can you read us a story tonight?" asked Lilynris, my Aisha. "The one that's in the Neopian Times, that you wrote." "Sure, Lilynris," I said. "The one about the two faeries?" "Yeah!" said Daravrin the Uni. "I like Faerie stories." "Okay," I said, and started to read the story…" "So, here's what we have to do," Nialyind said. She and her best friend Kithi were reading the mail they had gotten about what they had to do to be accepted into the college they wanted, Cloud Tree University. "We have to make a potion that will turn us into NeoPets and take us to Neopia for three days. Then, we have to write an essay about a topic related to Neopia." "What are the restrictions?" Kithi asked. Nialyind flipped the paper over. "There are tons of them. First is a warning that any other Faerie will recognize us…we are not permitted to visit the Haunted Woods or write anything about the Battledome unless it's absolutely necessary…don't take any super personal items, they might get stolen by the Pant Devil. That kind of stuff." "So what?" Kithi asked. "We can mix a potion that guards our things from the pant devil. I want to bring my wand of flamebolt anyway. Where do you want to go?" "I was thinking about writing a paper about the Ice Caves." "The Ice Caves? Do we have to? I want to go to the Mystery Island and write a paper about the Training School." "We can do that, too. I really want to visit my aunt, the Negg Faerie" "Sure, whatever, Nialyind. Mix up your potion. Remember to send in a bottle to the university." "I'm not that scatterbrained, Kithi." "So remember to bring food. And your tornado ring, your blue frost cannon, and your shields." "And you, remember to bring Codestones." "Sure. You're the one who forgot to bring NP to Maraqua on the sixth grade field trip, not me. Now, let's get to business." The potion worked exactly as expected. To the eyes of any ordinary Neopian, a blue Kougra (Kithi) and a silver Shoyru (Nialyind) had just appeared in the town square of the city of Shirnyn, the town closest to Happy Valley. "That old wing of yours in the potion gave me the ability to fly?" Kithi asked Nialyind. "It's supposed to. Let's go." After a few false starts, they managed to go to the Ice Caves and landed at the line in the Neggery. The wait was several hours, in which they spent reading their fiction book assignment for high school, The Nimmo Maze. Finally, they got to about the front of the line. A white Aisha came out of the Neggery with what looked like a spinning Negg. The Aisha turned around to them and said, "I challenge you to a battle. I am Zhaylesa the Ice Queen. What are your names?" "I'm Kithanar, and this is Nialyind. We're from Shirnyn, and we accept your challenge. It is the 19th day of Sleeping now, and we shall fight you on the 22nd day of Sleeping, at 10:00 NST, your Majesty." "I shall see you then," Zhaylesa said. Nialyind glared at Kithi, but she didn't seem to notice. They walked into the Neggery "Hello, little Faerie," the Negg Faerie said. "Are you on another school trip?" "Yes," Kithi said. "I'd like to trade in these two Neggs." She handed the Negg Faerie her Neggs. "These will give you five tokens, which is enough for a happiness Negg or a glamour Negg," the Negg Faerie said. Then she saw Nialyind. "Hi, Nialyind! What are you doing here?" "This is our trip for the college application. Kithi and I are preparing for a battle." "Aren't you forbidden from doing your school work about the Battledome?" the Negg Faerie said, giggling. "Strongly discouraged," Kithi corrected. "And we were challenged." "By Zhaylesa. I saw." The Negg Faerie walked back into her stores and came out again. "This is a very special Negg, blessed by the Faerie Queen. Use its powers wisely, young faeries! I wish you luck in the Battledome." "Thank you!" Nialyind and Kithi said to the Negg Faerie They spent the night at the ski lodge on Terror Mountain and flew back to the Ice Caves the next morning. On their way out of the ski lodge, Nialyind almost tripped. "Look at this, Kithi!" Kithi came closer. "What is it?" "An evil snowball wand. Should we find the person who dropped it?" "No. Finders keepers, losers weepers. Let's go." They flew around the Ice Caves. Nialyind interviewed the Ice Crystal shopkeeper, bought an ice shard from her, took a few notes from the Wocky at the scratchcard kiosk, and talked to Garon the Lupe. She had also gotten an interview from the Snow Faerie after bringing her a blue orange Chia pop. They even tried to find treasure in the Snowager's cave, but it was awake and it threatened to eat them. "Cool. Let's go to Shirnyn, buy a few things there, and then take a boat to the Mystery Island." They flew off. About halfway to Shirnyn, Nialyind was flying away and singing a song, when she thought she saw a shape approach. Maybe she did and maybe she didn't…no, it was her imagination. Still, she thought she'd warn Kithi. "Fly faster, Kithi!" Nialyind shouted. She tried to speed up. There was definitely a shape approaching…and it looked almost like a Dark Faerie… To be continued... |
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