Week - 370 Messenger: The Journey North - Part One by hedgehog_queen

Description: We're located right behind the Petpet Supplies shop. We're a little red brick building with a corral, a kennel, and a yard off to the side. A wooden sign is nailed to the door, The Petpet Doctor.

Week - 371 Messenger: The Journey North - Part Two by hedgehog_queen

Description: Mom smiled. "If you have true potential, I'm sure this won't be too hard for you," she said sweetly.

Week - 372 Messenger: The Journey North - Part Three by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Sorry, folks!" said our Eyrie shrilly, swerving to the right and nearly dumping us upside-down. "This is my first ride!"

Week - 373 Messenger: The Journey North - Part Four by hedgehog_queen

Description: The swim to Brightvale didn't take too long. Within half an hour, we were trekking wet, exhausted, and hungry through the streets of Brightvale.

Week - 374 Messenger: The Journey North - Part Five by hedgehog_queen

Description: Pecan yawned as we entered the shop. Lately the Tyrannian Gallion had taken to nestling on my shoulder while I walked, and I had no problem with that.

Week - 375 Messenger: The Journey North - Part Six by hedgehog_queen

Description: It was still early morning when we reached Tyrannia...

Week - 387 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part One by hedgehog_queen

Description: So here we were again. Stuck in an Eyrie cab, flying over an enormous body of water and under a huge, floating cloud.

Week - 388 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part Two by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Wouldn't you be alarmed if someone had a sword at your throat?" I asked nervously...

Week - 389 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part Three by hedgehog_queen

Description: I whirled wildly around, my mane and wings flapping wildly in the currents, as I was pulled down, down, down, into the dark sea...

Week - 390 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part Four by hedgehog_queen

Description: I don't know if it was because we were near Mystery Island or something, but the water was a comfortable temperature, not too hot and yet not too cold, nothing like the ice-cold water near the Krawk Island pier.

Week - 391 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part Five by hedgehog_queen

Description: Suddenly my line of vision was blocked. I craned my neck, tilting my head upward. A pirate was looking down at me...

Week - 392 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part Six by hedgehog_queen

Description: "To truly betray someone, you have to have been on their side. And I was never on your side."

Week - 393 Messenger: Just Another Pirate Tale - Part Seven by hedgehog_queen

Description: For those of you who have never seen Maraqua, I pity you greatly. It is a city of beauty...

Week - 394 Rose's Piano by hedgehog_queen

Description: The kingdom of Brightvale was dying.

Week - 449 Finding Crystal: Part One by hedgehog_queen

Description: "I have decided what I want to be when I grow up."

Week - 450 Finding Crystal: Part Two by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Um. . .my name's Carly," she started. "I just moved here from Neopia Central with my dad and my baby sister."

Week - 451 Finding Crystal: Part Three by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Carly?" The brown Xweetok lay on her bed, the blankets pulled up to her chin, her hands clutching at the sheets. She sat bolt upright, her eyes staring at the open door.

Week - 452 Finding Crystal: Part Four by hedgehog_queen

Description: "They say they gave their daughter to a witch."

Week - 453 Finding Crystal: Part Five by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Move out of the Haunted Woods. Even Neovia isn't safe enough. You saw what happened before, didn't you? The whole town cursed."

Week - 477 Remembering Rue: Part One by hedgehog_queen

Description: That day the bandages came off, and she got her first look at the world for a long time, nothing was the same. Nothing ever would be again.

Week - 478 Remembering Rue: Part Two by hedgehog_queen

Description: She looked up and saw, silhouetted against the mountain, a clockwork ski lift heading upwards, its lines stretching toward the sky and disappearing over the peak...

Week - 479 Remembering Rue: Part Three by hedgehog_queen

Description: Both of them had been very smart, and yet it was Larry who was no doubt living in a mansion right now and Jean who was still working as a poor farmer in Meridell. It was all luck.

Week - 480 Remembering Rue: Part Four by hedgehog_queen

Description: Had her life been better before this? Rue didn't know.

Week - 481 Remembering Rue: Part Five by hedgehog_queen

Description: "I suppose you've come for a remedy?" the old Pteri asked, his voice a harsh creak.

Week - 482 Remembering Rue: Part Six by hedgehog_queen

Description: Four years. That was how long her years of instruction lasted. Four years crammed with knowledge that should have taken twenty years to master.

Week - 501 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part One by hedgehog_queen

Description: "I thought I was allowed to sleep in on my birthday," I muttered, sitting up and rubbing my eyes sleepily.

Week - 502 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Two by hedgehog_queen

Description: Bluecloud and her family had some experience with finding Selkets, as they had come from the Lost Desert, where Selkets roamed galore. Unfortunately, they were better at squashing them...

Week - 503 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Three by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Do you have a headache?" asked the Elephante. I nodded hesitantly, and she immediately dumped a glob of green goop on my head.

Week - 504 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Four by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Here we are," Midnight announced, as a huge wall loomed into sight. "Sakhmet." The city was bright, hot, and busy...

Week - 505 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Five by hedgehog_queen

Description: "She was bitten by a Selket, and the bite was poisonous..."

Week - 506 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Six by hedgehog_queen

Description: "No!" Midnight cried, pushing herself through the crowd in an effort to get at her daughter. "There must be some mistake!"

Week - 507 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Seven by hedgehog_queen

Description: The gates to Sakhmet were clanged shut, just in case the kidnapper tried to escape the city with the princess. Guards tramped across the dark streets...

Week - 508 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Eight by hedgehog_queen

Description: "Welcome to Thieves' City," Hotep crowed. "Alley of thieves, refuge fer stolen property."

Week - 509 Messenger: The Trouble With Selkets - Part Nine by hedgehog_queen

Description: "So that's why you set the Selkets loose in my house!" I blurted.