Revenge: Part Two

by Gzusgirl

The next day, they all went to the toy store as promised. Jibojibber got a yo-yo to replace her old one, and also got a metal puzzle. Moustous got a fake Uni mask. GemofIce and Nicolna both wanted Usuki dolls, so their owner said they should come back later.

Lucky for Nicolna, while she was walking around spies Ambreeze and waves to him. He goes over to her. She says, "Ambreeze, would you be interested in punishing the Swap Ghoul?"

"Sure! But how will we figure out where he lives?"

"I think we should ask the Brain Tree, then we should look in the Neopian library if we can't find anything there."

"Sounds like a good plan to me! When should we go?"

"Right now would be a good time!" So Nicolna and Ambreeze set out to find a way over to the Haunted Woods. Then Nicolna notices the wings on Ambreeze's back, "Ambreeze! You could fly us over!" Ambreeze lowers himself and lets Nicolna on his back and he flies over the vast body of water he's flying over. He gulps a big gulp and then sees the Haunted Woods over in the distance. They touch ground. Nicolna gets off and notes that she's never been here before. Ambreeze scoots closer to Nicolna since he is becoming scared here in the Haunted Woods.

Nicolna sees the Brain Tree over in the distance and wonders if his enormous brain means he is enormously smart. She walks over to him, and Ambreeze follows right behind her.

"Hello, uh, Mr. Brain Tree, uh, Sir, um, we were wondering if you could answer a question for us," Nicolna said, hoping that the scary Brain Tree wouldn't sick some mutant Chia on her and Ambreeze. But then she wonders if he's really as scary as he looks.

"FIRST!" The Brain Tree booms. "FIRST! You must fulfill a quest to make sure you are worthy of this information!" Nicolna looks at Ambreeze, who shrugs. They both accept the quest. "Your quest.. is to find out when Maxwell von Gegenuber died and how. You have one hour and two minutes! Then, I will give you a prize!"

"But we don't want a prize!" Nicolna protests. "We want information!"

"Maybe I will give you an information prize..." the Brain Tree says. Nicolna sighs and hops onto Skeith's back. They decide to check the Neopedia first.

Nicolna and Ambreeze arrive at Neopia Central safely. They go to the area where the Neopedia is located. A red Lenny greets them and says, "Do you want to search for something?" The two pets tell him that they are looking for any articles on a Maxwell von Gegenuber. The red Lenny tells them, "No, I am sorry dear pets, but there are no articles on that subject." The two pets are saddened by this, but shake it off and go to the smoothie shop. There, Ambreeze buys both of them smoothies and they sit down to talk about it.

"So where do we go from here?" asks Nicolna.

"I dunno. I suppose we could go look in the Battlepedia. Maybe this Maxwell is a Battledome character."

"I wouldn't know. I wouldn't have known if he had died or not." Ambreeze smiles at Nicolna's statement and notes that he, too, doesn't know who he is or not. They both finish off their smoothies and head over to the Battledome

When they look in the Battlepedia, they notice that the Battlepedia only references to items used in the Battledome Not characters. Ambreeze and Nicolna sit down and watch two pets start their battle. Nicolna comes up with the suggestion that they post something on the chat boards. Ambreeze flies her over there, and since Nicolna is the only one who knows how to write, she writes the following message on the chat boards:

Maxwell von Gegenuber... Does anyone know when this guy died? The Brain Tree asked me to find out, and I've checked the Neopedia and the Battlepedia (first time there... too bad it's only items). Does anyone know? I really would appreciate the help.

Ambreeze and Nicolna wait for an answer. They finally get a message:

Jakerstone: feed the Esophagor two times and you will get the answer.

The two pets almost jump for joy! Nicolna hops on Ambreeze's back and they fly back over to the Haunted Woods. They walk up to the Esophagor. He says, "I am hungry! Feed me now!" the two pets agree to feed him and he asks for a bat cookie and a candy corn. Nicolna hops onto Ambreeze's back and they fly back over to Neopia Central. Nicolna almost blows down the Shop Wizard as she runs over to him, "Do you know where I can get a bat cookie?" she asks. The Shop Wizard looks it up and refers them to a shop. The two pets go and visit it.

To be continued...