| Preparing Neopia for the Meepits |
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Issue: 1014 | 9th day of Hiding, Y26 |
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Short Stories
 | A View Long LostIt rained most mornings in Faerieland and the noise seeped into my dreams. I awoke gasping for breath with damp cheeks and eyes.
by darkpixie28 |  | Fixing the Ultimate Smoothie MachinesA message is handed swiftly to Wrayton as she arrives at the workshop, and Aiwai sails off immediately after depositing the small card with the basic details of her next assignment into her grasp - clearly it’s one of those days.
by betti666 |  | Cavall's Guide to Making Friends“Happy birthday, Cathton.” The Royal Cybunny smiled as she offered the colorfully wrapped box to a small Blue Cybunny.
by precious_katuch14 |  | Open the Book: Robot Days"Their little family had made their way once again to the kooky scientist’s big secret laboratory. Meepa slid along the known cold floor with his small forefins. Meepa was a Baby Tuskaninny who always came along for the ride, hoping his older brother would one day get that lucky zap..."
by endisnigh |  | Moon Garden"Kreludor is kind. It brought my partner and I stability. A home. Peace of mind when before we struggled so much..."
by parody_ham |  | An Evening at KelpThe ceiling fan spun slowly, causing cool water to circulate throughout the office. Beneath it sat two figures, one of whom was the owner of the most famous underwater restaurant in Neopia, Kelp.
by dennykins |  | Moltara's Core Beliefs"Major unrest had taken hold of the land of Moltara over the past few days. Monty McTaggart, the CEO of the Moltara Obsidian Company, was publicly revealed to..."
by opossumman |  | Robot Petpets to the Rescue"It was a cold and ominous night on the Virtupets Space Station. Silence surrounded the local businesses as the Grundos slept peacefully, unaware of the situation unfolding around them..."
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"Moon Garden" by parody_ham
Kreludor is kind.
It brought my partner and I stability. A home. Peace of mind when before we struggled so much.
But it didn’t come without cost.
I am an engineer. It’s difficult work, puzzling day after day to build bigger and better rock harvesting machines. Still, it’s work I can be proud of. Every time a whoop of joy comes from the mine’s depths, it makes my heart sing. Knowing my work made their lives easier, safer, I know I made the right decision leaving everything we knew behind.
But I digress. This story is not mine alone.
It was a bittersweet garage sale. We sold everything we owned in Neopia Central, Dew and I, in the hope that this job thousands of miles away would provide a better life for us both. We didn’t make much from the furniture, childhood toys, or our garden plot, but it was enough to cover our one-way ticket and a deposit on a small, one-room rental. We slept on a bare mattress for a while, eating moon-crunch cereal and moon sponge cake while we waited for my first bag of Neopoints to arrive. Thankfully, we made it through.
Dew works as a nurse’s aide in a retirement home while I putter away at my designs. They bring such joy to the elderly Grundo who live there, entertaining them with stories of our adventures down below. Of Bolt and Dew, the Brightvale University study buddies turned tag team. Of Bolt, the first girl in her family to finish with her college diploma, and Dew, known as the “class parent” for students of all ages.
The dynamic duo. That’s what they called us.
We wanted to stay near Brightvale where our friends and families lived, but opportunity proved fleeting, at best. A temp contract here, a seasonal job there. At least in Kreludor there would be room to grow and plenty of space.
Plenty of space, get it?
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 Not the Best Family Reunion
Mio burst through the doors of a cosy little restaurant in a forgotten corner of Faerieland. A cheery bell chimed to announce her arrival as if her urgent entrance hadn’t been enough of an attention grabber.
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