No Refunds: Part One

by PotterFollower

Perhaps I hadn't noticed the sign above the cash register. "All Sales Final: No Refunds!" it read. Terror Mountain was quite cold the afternoon LiliaLu and I decided to go shopping. It would've been more welcoming if there wasn't that enormous lodge…

However, once we reached the top, our feet were tired. Although the wind was extremely powerful, we decided to stay. "LiliaLay," asked LilaLu, "let's stay up here. I'm too tired to go back down."

I nodded as I rode upon her back. "What's that?" I asked.

"That's the Garage Sale! I've always wanted to go in there… C'mon!"

And so we raced, hoping to beat any other customers to Neopia's greatest sale. The door was extremely heavy, and the Uni I rode upon couldn't open it. I, a tiny PetPet, couldn't even grasp the handle.

"Hmm," thought LiliaLu aloud, "Should we knock?"

"No. Ring the bell," I said.

LiliaLu reached up with her silky paw and pulled on the chord, dangling from the roof. Suddenly, the door opened. We gasped at the sight of all the magnificent items. To the right were items for NeoPets, to the left were Faerie items, and to the back were mysterious items. No one knew what they were or what they did. Curious, I got off of LiliaLu and headed towards them. LiliaLu headed for the Grooming Section of the NeoPets items.

About an hour later, I shouted, "Come 'ere!"

"What is that thing?" asked LiliaLu.

"I'm not sure… It's only 20 Neopoints. Can I get it? Oh, please," I begged.

LiliaLu nodded. "Maybe it's magic! Imagine if it was worth a lot! 1 million Neopoints, would say the owner of the Neopian Auction House!" LiliaLu reached for her purse, and handed the cashier 20 Neopoints.

"Thank-you, LiliaLu!" I shouted, playing with the thing. "I'd just like to know what that thing is," she sighed.

After we left the Garage Sale we visited the Snow Queen… hoping that perhaps she would know what it was. "You're asking me? Do I look like the Brain Tree? For Heaven's sake! Let me be… I'm trying out a new spell."

Several hours later, as the sun was setting, we began our journey down to the valley. However, something told us not to go down there, a mysterious force was pulling us back up the mountain. By the time we had climbed back up again, it was dark.

"Why'd we come back up here? Did we lose something?" I asked.

LiliaLu shrugged her shoulders. "Well, we can't climb back down now. It's too dark. Should we go stay at the lodge for the night?" she asked.

I hesitated. It looked so frightening in the night… it's large towers pointing towards the sky. "I suppose."

To be continued...