Neopox is Exhausting

by qt_gurl_30000

"Momma, I don’t feel so good." LinnaMarie told me one day while I was putting a rug in my other daughter’s room in our NeoHome. I squinted my eyes at her and then felt her forehead. Then I examined the red bumps on her body.

"I don’t know, Linna. Let’s get you wrapped up and go to the hospital and ask the nice Gelert there what’s wrong with you, huh?"

"I don’t wanna get wrapped up, I feel so hot," she whined.

I wrapped her up in a blanket and my other daughters followed me to the hospital. When we arrived and waited for the hospital Gelert to help us, we sat down in chairs. Linna had been itching the red bumps, and I was getting worried. Her sisters were staring at Linna.

"What’s wrong with Linna, Momma?" TreeFlower80, my youngest daughter who was a red Meerca, asked me.

"I am not so sure" I replied.

"Momma, she’s got red bumps all over her!" My oldest daughter, SingingLittleChia, a yellow Chia, exclaimed.

"Yes, I know."

"Is she going to be okay?"

"Yes, Singing, I think so."

Just then, the hospital Gelert smiled and looked at her clipboard. "Van der Linden, LinnaMarie?" She asked, looking around the room.

"Right here," I said. She beckoned us to follow her into a white examining room. She put down her clipboard and carried Linna to a counter to the opposite of us. She looked at a red bump on Linna’s ear.

"I believe this is a serious case of the Neopox." She finally said. Linna started itching herself again, and the hospital Gelert put baseball mitts on Linna’s paws, so not to itch the bumps. Then she carried Linna over to me again.

"What’s Neopox?" I asked worriedly. "It sounds kind of like Chicken Pox."

"Chicken Pox?" the Gelert asked curiously.

"Never mind."

"Anyway, here is the list of all the diseases in Neopia. Find the word ‘Neopox’ and then look at the medicinal remedy, I will call the pharmacy and let them you know you are coming." With that, the hospital Gelert went to the waiting room to call the next patient.

"Hmm... Neoflu... Hoochie Coochies... oh, here it is. ‘Neopox,’" I read aloud to my daughters. "’Red bumps form on the skin and causes a bad itch.’ Linna, it will be okay, don’t cry." LinnaMarie was sobbing from the itch that she wasn’t allowed to relieve. I continued, "’To cure Neopox, Neopox Pizza will do the trick.’"

"Mmm mmm! Pizza!" said TreeFlower.

"Eww, it’s green!" SingingLittleChia said with a look of disgust on her face.

"I-I have to eat g-green p-pizza?" Linna said between exhausted sobs.

When we got home before going to the pharmacy, I put a ice bag on Linna’s head, a thermometer in her mouth, and put her in her bed. She had dark circles under her eyes, and I knew I had to hurry. I tucked her in.

"Hey Linna, watch the TV while your sisters and I go to the pharmacy, okay?"

"I itch so bad!!" she shrieked. Then she started crying again.

"I know, but you can’t itch the bumps." I felt so bad for her, so I held her in my arms and let her cry. When she calmed down, I let go and said, "I will be right back." But she had fallen asleep.

"Welcome, qt_gurl_30000! How has TreeFlower been since she caught the Hoochie Coochies? Did the tablets help?" The pharmacy Elephante smiled at TreeFlower.

"Yes they did! She has been a lot better, thanks. But now Linna has the Neopox. I need a Neopox Pizza, please," I asked.

"Oh, that is the virus going around lately." The pharmacy Elephante shook her head. "Due to that, I am afraid we are completely sold out of Neopox Pizzas."

"It’s that bad, huh?" I asked in surprise.

"Very very contagious. I hope your other little girls haven’t been around Linna!"

"Oh, no Momma! I touched Linna!!" SingingLittleChia said.

"Me too!!" TreeFlower squeaked.

"Oh dear." The pharmacy Elephante said. "I hope to the Green Lion Ghost that all your daughters don’t get Neopox!! Good thing you can only get them once."

"Me too!!" TreeFlower squeaked.

"Oh dear." The pharmacy Elephante said. "I hope to the Green Lion Ghost that all your daughters don’t get Neopox!! Good thing you can only get them once."

I sighed a heavy sigh. "Thank you anyway."

"All right, dearie. See you."

I decided to go to the Shop Wizard. When we arrived, the yellow Jubjub grinned. I grinned back.

"Hello. I am looking for a Neopox Pizza," I said.

"Okay, I will be back in a jiff." He exclaimed proudly. Then he vanished into thin air, searching shops for the Neopox Pizza I wished for. Then he returned, and gave me an envelope. It contained a list of the best prices for Neopox Pizzas.

"I’d like to see the Auction Genie do better!" The yellow Jubjub said, puffing himself up. "He can’t even find a proper bargain for you Neopians! Why, I should be the Auction Genie and the Shop Wizard!"

"Whatever, I really have to go." I walked over to the Market Place road and started walking down it. I opened up the envelope and looked at who was at the top of the list.

"Owner_123456789 has the cheapest. Omigosh, 2500 NP???" My little girl was sick, suffering in bed, and they want me to give up 2500 NP??? Oh well, I thought. Anything for my daughters!

The shop sign said "Owner’s Shop". It’s shop keeper was a plain red Chia, and she was friendly. Her name was Red_Chia_12345.

"Welcome to Owner_123456789’s Shop! We have bargains!" She beamed. "What can I get you?"

"I need the Neopox Pizza, please," I asked.

"We have 25 of the in stock for 2500 NP! What is your quantity?" Red_Chia_12345 asked me.

"Just one, please. Hurry, my little girl at home is sick." I pleaded.

"Don’t be so pushy! Okay, here." Red_Chia_12345 shoved the box that held the pizza in it. "Don’t come back while you are grumpy!"

Sheesh, I thought. Linna is at home sick, and I get yelled at for her health and well being. I hate dumb people like that.

"Hey Momma, I want a Ice Creamy Jelly- Large!!" SingingLittleChia said, tugging on my pant leg as we left the store.

"If she gets an Ice Creamy Jelly- Large, then I want to get an Golden Juppie Delight!!" TreeFlower said, tugging on my other pant leg.

"Okay, but let’s hurry up. I want to get home!" I told them. They understood and nodded. Great, I thought. Another visit to the Shop Wizard.

"Hello again!" The yellow Jubjub greeted us. "The Auction Genie didn’t show you a good bargain, eeh? Predictable. What do you need?"

"I need and Ice Creamy Jelly- Large," I said.

"What about my Golden Juppie Delight?!?" TreeFlower screeched.

"Chill, we will get it!" I exclaimed, getting impatient. Suddenly, not knowing he had even gone, the Shop Wizard appeared gave me yet another envelope.

"If you need cheap items, don’t go to the Auction Genie! He gives you Neopian folks out there SUCH a hassle. With all that biding and such..."

"Yes, thank you." I cut him off. I opened the envelope and looked at the cheapest price. "Oh, great! Owner_123456789 is selling the cheapest."

"Let’s go, Momma!" SingingLittleChia and TreeFlower said at the same time.

We walked into the store, and Red_Chia_12345 remembered us from 5 minutes ago. "So, back, are we? Are we in a good mood, or shall I get an aspirin?" She snapped.

"Please, I just need a Ice Creamy Jelly- Large and if you got one a Golden Juppie Delight?"

"Lose the attitude, missy. Okay, an Ice Creamy Jelly- Large. We have 14 for 15 NP! How many will you need?"

"Just one," I said.

"Okay, a Golden Juppie Delight. We have 12 for 24 NP! How many will you need?"

"JUST ONE, FOR PETE’S SAKE!" I yelled.

Red_Chia_12345 was quiet until she finished ringing up the packages. "Here!" The yelled. "Is there anything ELSE I can get you??"

"No, and I am NEVER coming back to this stupid store!" I yelled back.

I stomped out of the store. I was getting very impatient and tired. What a stupid thing, I thought. All of this because of Neopox.

"Mama, I am tired. Can you carry me pwease?" TreeFlower asked me in her baby voice. She always made that voice to butter me up for something.

"Singing, can you carry TreeFlower, please?" I asked.

"I’m tired too! Make her walk!" SingingLittleChia told me.

"I am more tired! I have to bounce on my tail to keep up with you guys! Pwease, Mama?"

"Ugh!! Fine!" I scooped up TreeFlower, and she made her way to getting on my shoulder.

"Wait, Mama, we didn’t get anything for Linna! She will feel left out!" SingingLittleChia exclaimed.

"You starve a fever, Singing. You don’t feed someone who has a fever." I told her.

When we got home, I fed LinnaMarie the Neopox Pizza. In about a half hour, Linna came into the living room and looked normal again.

"I feel so much better, Mama!" She said, smiling. "Thanks Mama!"

"I’m just glad to see that you are better, hon," I said. We hugged for a moment or two, then she let go.

"Hey, I saw Singing and Tree eating treats when you guys came in. Did I get a treat?" she said, digging in the parcel in my purse.

Uh oh...

"Mommy, I don’t feel so good..." SingingLittleChia said as she came into the room. She had red bumps all over her yellow body.

"Mommy, I don’t feel good either. I itch a lot!" TreeFlower said, coming into the room with the same bumps as Singing had.

"Here we go again, Mama," Linna said.

I let out a big sigh and got Singing and TreeFlower wrapped up...

The End