Week - 366 Defenders of Neopia: The Vacation - Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Yeah," she said between gritted teeth, "some fun, relaxing vacation this is..."

Week - 367 Defenders of Neopia: The Vacation - Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: The sun was shining brightly and she could not shake the feeling that there should have been children playing on the lawns, somebody shouting, somebody going to work...

Week - 368 Defenders of Neopia: The Vacation - Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "What could have happened to him? For that matter, what could have happened to everyone here? It's impossible. An entire town just doesn't disappear..."

Week - 369 Defenders of Neopia: The Vacation - Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Jackal nearly had a heart attack when he pointed at her, but her Defender training paid off and she only blinked.

Week - 370 Defenders of Neopia: The Vacation - Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: The guards were the main problem at the moment. Jackal thought she had an idea as to how she might get rid of them, but...

Week - 377 MAGAX: Destroyer by jokerhahaazzz

Description: I would never ordinarily have ventured so deep into the Haunted Woods, but I needed some clawmatoe to make Mrs. Nelson's potion before the next day...

Week - 382 The Sorcerer: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It was discovered that Lockwood had an astonishing talent for magic shortly after his coming of age in the Month of Eating; and he was dispatched with due haste to the abode of the court wizard Lisha in order to cultivate his natural ability.

Week - 383 The Sorcerer: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lisha had never expected perfection, but it did not take her long to realize that Mr. Lockwood was vain, idle, charming, and altogether worthless.

Week - 384 The Sorcerer: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Conjuring fire was an elementary skill, but Lisha was rather curious to see whether Mr. Lockwood would find it as easy as most...

Week - 385 The Sorcerer: Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lisha had never labored under any misapprehension that Lockwood was going to enjoy their journey - in fact, she would have been extraordinarily displeased if he had.

Week - 386 The Sorcerer: Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: By midnight Lisha had tried every spell she could possibly think of, but Jeran remained unconscious.

Week - 387 The Sorcerer: Part Six by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It took her several seconds to realize that two large and threatening figures were now looming over her, and she was rendered quite speechless when she realized that one of them was Lord Darigan himself.

Week - 388 The Sorcerer: Part Seven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "I think," said Lord Darigan slowly, "that the most sensible course of action would be a careful examination of the curse itself."

Week - 389 The Sorcerer: Part Eight by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Oh, it was the most excessively silly of all spells, I assure you – hardly even worth mentioning."

Week - 390 The Sorcerer: Part Nine by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lockwood swallowed. "Madam, is there not some way that we could renegotiate our agreement..."

Week - 393 The Curse: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: A young Kacheek farmer in Meridell was walking through the forest and encountered a most peculiar thing: to be precise, a most elegant gentleman's necktie placed conveniently in his way.

Week - 394 The Curse: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lockwood settled himself in an armchair, looking gloomily irritated. "I detest traveling and I detest farms."

Week - 395 The Curse: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: You are extremely dangerous to your curse; and it will be extremely dangerous to you.

Week - 396 The Curse: Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "You know, I hate to sound cynical, but it really seems unlikely that a cravat could have caused all of your problems."

Week - 397 The Curse: Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: He stopped dead, a terrible suspicion seizing hold of him. "Has something – undesirable – occurred?"

Week - 398 The Curse: Part Six by jokerhahaazzz

Description: There have been a great many such curses in history, most of which have been supplemented by an external Power of the Spirit World such as The Three...

Week - 399 The Curse: Part Seven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It was time, Lockwood had decided, to locate the cravat.

Week - 400 The Curse: Part Eight by jokerhahaazzz

Description: The next day Lord Darigan arrived back again quite unexpectedly. Lockwood was, in fact, exactly in the middle of an excessively complicated spell...

Week - 401 The Curse: Part Nine by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "A call for you, Mr. Lockwood," explained the Kau maid with a curtsy. "Miss Johnson wants to see you. She says it's urgent, sir – seemed very upset."

Week - 402 The Curse: Part Ten by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It occurred to him to wonder how he had gotten here, and why he had ventured out onto the road, but upon the whole it did not seem to matter very much anymore.

Week - 409 The Traitor: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Miss Elaine Roderick was the daughter of one of Brightvale's most celebrated Dukes; she was charming, intelligent, accomplished and, to crown it all rather delightfully, she was a sorceress.

Week - 410 The Traitor: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "But being the second most handsome gentleman in the two countries is hardly disgraceful. I maintain that your opinion of Mr. Lockwood is undeservedly low."

Week - 411 The Traitor: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "You worry too much. He'll work perfectly. Now, if we're going to catch them we'd better start getting ready."

Week - 412 The Traitor: Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lockwood's first vain, hopeful thought upon waking was that the whole thing might have been a dream.

Week - 413 The Traitor: Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Well, what do you want me to do?" the Krawk demanded in exasperation. "Do you really want to gamble with dear little Lisha's life?"

Week - 414 The Traitor: Part Six by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "That is of no concern to me," said Lockwood impatiently. "I have no interest in escaping."

Week - 415 The Traitor: Part Seven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: He stared blankly at the piece of paper he was supposed to decipher. In his present state the magical script made less sense than ever...

Week - 416 The Traitor: Part Eight by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "I intend to escape with her; I trust you do not object?"

Week - 417 The Traitor: Part Nine by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "I have decided that the best thing – indeed the only thing – for me to do is to arrive as quickly as possible at Meridell Castle to set straight whatever has gone awry."

Week - 418 The Traitor: Part Ten by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "I would not by any means wish to see you falsely accused, but nevertheless you are accused, sir, and I am a servant of the Crown."

Week - 419 The Traitor: Part Eleven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "What nonsense!" she cried.

Week - 420 The Traitor: Part Twelve by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Sly, Tricks and Duplicity – the infamous trio of enchanters who once attempted to seize control of Meridell Castle. They succeeded, and in fact they ruled for some years..."

Week - 423 The Attempt by jokerhahaazzz

Description: A young green Eyrie in a tattered brown dress, carrying with her the cleaning rags of a scullery maid and wearing the air of a princess, made her way silently and rather stealthily through one of the deserted halls...

Week - 431 The Anomaly: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Lady Lisha Borodere! The sorceress! The heroine of the Darigan Wars! I cannot express the honor I feel at welcoming you into my humble home."

Week - 432 The Anomaly: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lisha did not know precisely what her imagination had set in store for Lockwood's house, but she found it a great deal more comfortable than she had expected.

Week - 433 The Anomaly: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: I am sorry to say that the people of Knightfield felt a great deal more allegiance to Mr. Harlan Lockwood than they ever did to the Earl.

Week - 434 The Anomaly: Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Surely you will allow me the liberty of being as selfish as I choose, and you in turn may be fully as stubborn."

Week - 435 The Anomaly: Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: He was sitting lazily, coldly amused across from her with his impeccable black suit and white cravat, not a hair out of place...

Week - 436 The Entreaty by jokerhahaazzz

Description: As a rule Lisha did not attend balls, for she considered them both uncomfortable and insipid; and so it was to her great surprise that she found herself enjoying this one to a tolerable extent.

Week - 442 The Conspiracy: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "I will attempt to reconcile myself to the idea that I may not always be perfection itself..."

Week - 443 The Conspiracy: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "This knife was never meant to cut anything," he said grimly. "The edges are even blunter than the tip. I think it must be poisoned."

Week - 444 The Conspiracy: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Do you believe in premonitions?" she asked abruptly.

Week - 445 The Conspiracy: Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Accidents never befall ambassadors – they live forever, unless thwarted by some malicious third party."

Week - 446 The Conspiracy: Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "You are my spell," he stated uncertainly, as though he wished to reassure himself of the fact.

Week - 447 The Conspiracy: Part Six by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Illusen?" said Lisha doubtfully. "Is she absolutely... reliable?"

Week - 448 The Conspiracy: Part Seven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It was Cecilia's unpleasant duty to inform Lockwood that she was leaving. "So soon?" he exclaimed, and she was gratified to hear a note of genuine regret in his voice.

Week - 449 The Conspiracy: Part Eight by jokerhahaazzz

Description: What did hold them together? It was almost, she thought drearily, as though some unknown, omniscient figure was at the top giving them all their orders...

Week - 450 The Conspiracy: Part Nine by jokerhahaazzz

Description: For several seconds Lockwood was simply too overwhelmed with shock and indignation to do anything but gasp and choke...

Week - 451 The Conspiracy: Part Ten by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Jeran and Galgarrath rose simultaneously, but it was the Grarrl who managed to speak first. "What is the meaning of this?" he roared. "What has happened?"

Week - 455 The Bereavement by jokerhahaazzz

Description: The door opened; she tensed, dreading her mother. But it was only her brother, from whom she could be reasonably certain of a little careless sympathy...

Week - 476 Roxanne by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "People are starving, Roxanne, all over Meridell. And this sorcerer is nothing but a parasite."

Week - 483 The Remnant: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Lockwood was very brilliant - and very witty - and very handsome - and very arrogant and very cold. Cold above all else. I would not wish upon you any quality of his, any more than I would wish his fate upon you."

Week - 484 The Remnant: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It was a generally known fact that Lockwood was not at his best before, during, or shortly after breakfast. Nevertheless, Lisha summoned up the courage to bid him good morning.

Week - 485 The Remnant: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: There were so many things that could go wrong; perhaps he had not been clever enough.

Week - 486 The Remnant: Part Four by jokerhahaazzz

Description: The Halloween Kougra was surveying him in a cold, evaluating sort of way. "You're just a little too distinct to go unrecognized... Mr. Lockwood."

Week - 487 The Remnant: Part Five by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "I do not think anybody is quite that powerful. And so of course the question becomes – how in the world does he do it?"

Week - 488 The Remnant: Part Six by jokerhahaazzz

Description: He wished only that he could feel like himself again, for in his heart he knew that he was no longer quite in command of his own actions...

Week - 489 The Remnant: Part Seven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lockwood was now making his way down to the archery range for the second time in as many days – a truly remarkable occurrence, given that he had no interest whatever in the sport and had never visited the place before in his life.

Week - 490 The Remnant: Part Eight by jokerhahaazzz

Description: All concerns of Mr. Sly and whatever nefarious thing he might be planning were rather far from Lockwood's mind. A ball was being held at Meridell Castle...

Week - 491 The Remnant: Part Nine by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It was a cold, rainy day in Knightfield, but it was the day nonetheless of Cecilia Lockwood's departure...

Week - 492 The Remnant: Part Ten by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Jeran and I discussed what we should do. We have decided... that it is time to tell the other sorcerers and King Skarl."

Week - 493 The Remnant: Part Eleven by jokerhahaazzz

Description: Lockwood suddenly realized that if he chose to fight he was going to lose and that there was nothing he could do about it. Except... perhaps there was.

Week - 494 The Remnant: Part Twelve by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Speak now, Mr. Lockwood, and you can save your sister," the faerie said, her unwavering gaze fixed on his.

Week - 511 The Last Dance by jokerhahaazzz

Description: It was a lovely night out, bright and sparkling and young, with a full harvest moon that hung low over the empty streets. They laughed as they ran down the sidewalk...

Week - 518 Last Will & Testament by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "Well, somebody has to go up there."  A dead silence followed these words. The ticking of the grandfather clock seemed suddenly louder than it had any right to be...

Week - 529 Order of Four: Part One by jokerhahaazzz

Description: There were letters. Mysterious envelopes without a return address, the arrival of which always sent my mother into a state of fear and anxiety, though she would never tell me why.

Week - 530 Order of Four: Part Two by jokerhahaazzz

Description: "It will be very hard for anyone to find us there. I would have preferred to stay in Neovia, or to go almost anywhere else. But..."

Week - 531 Order of Four: Part Three by jokerhahaazzz

Description: She came home one evening, later than usual, shaken and out of breath. When I asked her what the matter was, she did not reply; instead she bolted the door and had me close all of the curtains.