Week - 323 Storm at Sea: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Two figures ran through the darkness. They were some of the very, very few who were unafraid – they had grown up on these shadowy streets...

Week - 324 Storm at Sea: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: The spell had pent up enough energy to keep the storm going for years. Not that they would need that long. Soft-hearted Fyora would see the chaos and do the only thing she could do to save her people – hand over Faerieland...

Week - 325 Storm at Sea: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Vivian was very uneasy. The electric Ixi sorceress whispered to Ivy, "Why haven't we seen any Dark Faeries?"

Week - 326 Storm at Sea: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Embyrr looked around in near-panic – they couldn't possibly last much longer. The Fire Faerie told her companion, "Ivy – we have to get out of here! We're being overwhelmed!"

Week - 360 A House, A Home: Part One by saphira_27

Description: "There's open space here, which is a lot more than you can say for Neopia Central. Come on! It's a whole new life – a splendid adventure story – four sisters moving to the moon!"

Week - 361 A House, A Home: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Juju bent down. Was this piece of floor slightly darker than the rest? She felt around it and got her fingers in the grooves. She lifted it up. A ladder led to a tunnel below.

Week - 362 A House, A Home: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: The Grundo said patronizingly, "I'm duty-bound to check out all serious claims. It was probably just a few teenage thugs hiding in the shed."

Week - 363 A House, A Home: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: That was when a large door opened across the room, revealing Commander Garoo. And yes, he had giant robots.

Week - 378 Her Majesty's Champions: Part One by saphira_27

Description: It was a time for Champions. Six mortal heroes with ties to each of the six elements, who were sworn to obey the Queen and fight for good.

Week - 379 Her Majesty's Champions: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: "The Champions of Air and Darkness are arriving today... I will speak to all of you together, and explain your purpose."

Week - 380 Her Majesty's Champions: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Someone banged on the door of the Grand Council Chamber. "Milady Fyora! I must speak with you at once!"

Week - 381 Her Majesty's Champions: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: The three masked Neopets waited until the blast shook the Citadel before they acted. They jumped out of their hiding places...

Week - 382 Her Majesty's Champions: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: The six Champions dismounted outside the Faerie Palace and bid their mounts goodbye. Sartos muttered, "Here goes nothing."

Week - 383 Her Majesty's Champions: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: "I wish you to go inside the Palace... I need you to guard the Vault of Queens."

Week - 426 Hearts of Fire: Part One by saphira_27

Description: She crept into one of the narrow corridors of the Virtupets Space Station. The only light came from the intermittent blinks of the status buttons...

Week - 427 Hearts of Fire: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Carmen helped Niklausse up onto the top of the escape pod. They both squinted in the early-morning sunshine – they weren't used to it at all after a few years on the Space Station.

Week - 428 Hearts of Fire: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Carmen was starting to be a little uneasy about that plan... one night, she'd found the Neopedia articles on "Sloth" and "Mutants" while the others were asleep. A few phrases from the latter particularly haunted her...

Week - 429 Hearts of Fire: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Pinkerton was forcibly marched along a narrow ramp down into the belly of one of the Invader ships.

Week - 430 Hearts of Fire: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: As the sounds of battle crashed around them, Carmen, Niklausse, and Musetta crouched behind a barricade...

Week - 431 Hearts of Fire: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: "Better to die here and free than surrender and die a prisoner of Sloth."

Week - 448 Tatterwings: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Ioni the Grey Faerie looked out of the mouth of the cave into the setting sun. Behind her, the firelight flickered.

Week - 449 Tatterwings: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: She tried her best to stab at the creature – but how did one stab a shadow? It didn't seem to have any effect at all!

Week - 450 Tatterwings: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: "Edna's tower isn't too far away from here... she's said to be friendlier than others in this accursed wood, so I think we should start there."

Week - 451 Tatterwings: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: The seven travellers soon found that they couldn't keep up the pace that they had originally set. Bruno didn't appear at all tired, but finally, when even Rafe was drooping, Ioni said, "We can't go on like this... we need to slow down."

Week - 452 Tatterwings: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: Jennumara felt the magic connection between herself and Archos snap. She dashed to the top of her tower and looked in her mirror, waiting impatiently for the mist to clear.

Week - 453 Tatterwings: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: The Darkest Faerie threw back her blue-black head and laughed. "Look at what's become of you, Jennumara!"

Week - 454 Tatterwings: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: Ioni cried, "Baelia, run! I'll hold her off... you'll be more help as a Fire Faerie!"

Week - 475 The Wheel of Glory: Part One by saphira_27

Description: It was too much for Miles to keep track of at once. Arcadius – the builder of the five wheels of Neopia – speaking of a first wheel, which he hadn't invented!

Week - 476 The Wheel of Glory: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: "What happened, Miles? I got here first, and you were just lying on the floor by the magic paintings, all tied up! Doc said that he thought he smelled sleep gas, but how did sleep gas get in here?"

Week - 477 The Wheel of Glory: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Miles rewrapped his makeshift turban around his head as Thag and Plesio rowed the boat up the River Sakh.

Week - 478 The Wheel of Glory: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Doc laughed. "Imagine it – we're in one of best worlds in Neopia for a journey, and Vile's on a wild-Mallard chase in the middle of the desert!"

Week - 480 Lady Sandstorm: Part One by saphira_27

Description: "It may be best to do what we did last time – remind him that Sakhmet and Qasala are allies. Unless he's tripled his forces since his last attempt, he can't possibly hope to stand against us together."

Week - 481 Lady Sandstorm: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Jazan blinked a few times, but he didn't let any other signs of his weariness show. There were quite a lot of Qasalans watching his small group leave the city...

Week - 482 Lady Sandstorm: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Hanso and Brynn only looked confused – Jazan realized that they probably had no idea what was going on. He asked, "Nightsteed, could we have a history lesson for all concerned?"

Week - 483 Lady Sandstorm: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Nabile twisted a strand of hair anxiously as Jazan said, "She was a Fire Faerie gone bad. She’s the reason the Lost Desert is a desert."

Week - 484 Lady Sandstorm: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: "So that way must be the room that fills with water! It's down a flight of stairs. Tomos and I fell in there, and then we went that way – so that way must be the library we found!"

Week - 485 Lady Sandstorm: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: Jazan didn't even look at him. "Thief, if you dare to compare me to Razul..."

Week - 486 Lady Sandstorm: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: Jazan stood in front of his scrying ball, wondering one final time if this was a good idea.

Week - 487 Lady Sandstorm: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: Jazan looked back at the statue behind them. "That's King Jazan the First – he led the city against Lady Sandstorm the first time, all those millennia ago."

Week - 488 Lady Sandstorm: Part Nine by saphira_27

Description: "Have the faeries arrived yet?" Nabile shook her head. "Not a sign of them."

Week - 489 The Squire and the Scholar: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Lisha tried to suppress a snort. "It'd be nicer if your example was realistic, sir. Jeran won't let me any closer to a battle than he can help."

Week - 490 The Squire and the Scholar: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: "So, what are we not to do once we don't sneak out of the castle?"

Week - 491 The Squire and the Scholar: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Lisha shook her head. All of these knights and their ideas of "duty"...

Week - 492 The Squire and the Scholar: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Lisha gripped her wand. It's just me and Ro now. A squire and a scholar, out to save Meridell.

Week - 493 The Squire and the Scholar: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: She remembered how she'd felt as she watched Jeran waving goodbye to her. She'd been so proud of doing something without his help...

Week - 494 The Squire and the Scholar: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: With a thunderous roar, a Werelupe came out of a doorway up ahead. Lisha shrieked...

Week - 495 The Squire and the Scholar: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: Jeran held Lisha so tightly she could hardly breathe as he scolded, "Lisha! What possessed you to do such an insane..."

Week - 496 My Enemy, My King: Part One by saphira_27

Description: It has been many years since you have wielded your blade in the service of Qasala. As your king, I command that you return...

Week - 497 My Enemy, My King: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: "These directions, coupled with my own notes and translations, will lead you to the underground chamber where the 'Son of the Sun' hid his greatest treasure."

Week - 498 My Enemy, My King: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: He'd lived too long, travelled too far, and made too much of a life elsewhere to let himself die back in Qasala. He had to survive this.

Week - 499 My Enemy, My King: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Alaric eased himself down to the bottom of a long, slick wall with only scant handholds, then looked up at the dot of light at the top of the slope and lit his own torch. "The rest of you can come down now!"

Week - 500 My Enemy, My King: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: Alaric awoke with a ferocious headache – he put a hand to his head as he opened his eyes.

Week - 501 My Enemy, My King: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: "The tiles on the floor are traps – there's one real path to each place, but other than that they open up into spike pits."

Week - 502 My Enemy, My King: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: "It doesn't matter – what matters is getting that Fyora-forsaken Orb out of this palace before your father finds out that it's gone!"

Week - 503 More Powerful than Magic: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Had it really been twenty years since the curse had ended? The Old Qasalan runes written on banners at every street corner proclaimed it, but Jazan still had trouble believing it.

Week - 504 More Powerful than Magic: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: "How? She's been a statue for fourteen years! How in Neopia could she have gotten loose?"

Week - 505 More Powerful than Magic: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Hanso said with fake cheer, "King Jazan actually agrees with me? I feel so loved!"

Week - 506 More Powerful than Magic: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: "I am the Games Master! Please leave, unless you wish me to utterly defeat you."

Week - 507 More Powerful than Magic: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: Hanso muttered to Jazan, "Congratulations. I think we've managed to find someone who's even more annoying than I am!"

Week - 508 More Powerful than Magic: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: If it had been any other night, Jazan would have been excited. The Vault of Queens contained some of the most powerful artifacts that had ever existed in Neopia, but mere mortals were rarely allowed inside.

Week - 509 More Powerful than Magic: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: The next morning, Jazan and Altador leaned over a large map of Faerieland and the surrounding land in Fyora's main library as Hanso consulted the golem book.

Week - 510 More Powerful than Magic: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: Brynn asked, "Are you sure you can lead us to Xandra, King Jazan?"

Week - 511 More Powerful than Magic: Part Nine by saphira_27

Description: Jazan wasn't swayed for a second by Xandra's talk of power and conquest. He'd heard words like that before – that was the way Razul had talked.

Week - 513 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part One by saphira_27

Description: "If I wanted that blaster fixed with Mallard tape, I'd have done it myself!"

Week - 514 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: "I'm glad we found you. This isn't a standard shipping lane – Spaceward 6 is here to patrol for pirates. Has your ship been attacked?"

Week - 515 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Cassius slid into his seat as Marzai began, "The sorceress Jalitha has been a problem for Eoxan-zortha for centuries..."

Week - 516 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Trinian shouted, "Any sign of the shadows?" Bea commented, "I'm pretty sure they're back there pointing and laughing."

Week - 517 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: As the flame subsided, a little Grundo wandered up. "May Mira bless our meeting, my friends! I'm glad that you've finally arrived!"

Week - 518 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: A portly Tonu snorted. "Surely you jest, Lord Firetamer."

Week - 519 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: It wasn't as if he had the same skills – the useful skills – that everyone else had, anyway. Unless Jalitha needed some pipes fixed, he was pretty much useless.

Week - 520 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: It was all too clear that the mine's tunnels had been abandoned for lifetimes – there were drippings and scuttlings in the darkness beyond the range of their iridan lamp. Yaxal asked nervously, "Just how stable is the rock?"

Week - 521 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Nine by saphira_27

Description: And then he realized that the darkness seemed a little... blacker... than it should have. Horns rang out from the tops of the towers. "Shadows! Shadows! Shadows attacking!"

Week - 522 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Ten by saphira_27

Description: Cassius said, "We'll save her. And when she sees us she'll start complaining about how we took our own sweet time and how she could have gotten herself out easier." Despite his joking, though, he couldn't get Jory to smile.

Week - 523 Starblaze and Blasterfire: Part Eleven by saphira_27

Description: Then he felt a draft. There was a bigger room up ahead. He was close – he could feel the darkness lurking beyond.

Week - 526 Houseguests by saphira_27

Description: Jazan sighed. Nabile loved throwing herself into holidays, and he supposed it would be fun for the children. But he had no fond memories of them, himself – for him, a holiday had been a day when he successfully avoided his father. Razul had certainly never hung a stocking or a sprig of holly in his life.

Week - 529 Once a Scarab: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Tomos didn't find it that hard to elude the palace guards as he snuck into one of the many gardens that surrounded the building. Everyone was still too busy celebrating the defeat of Razul...

Week - 530 Once a Scarab: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Bokan snapped, "Tomos, are you paying attention?"

Week - 531 Once a Scarab: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: "Tomos upset an Ummagine cart to let him get away, but couldn't get away fast enough himself. He's cooling his heels in the dungeons right now."

Week - 532 Once a Scarab: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: It was people like Jazan and Amira who were royalty to the bone, not her. But the guard was holding out his key. "Shall we go, then, milady?"

Week - 533 Once a Scarab: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: And all they had was this useless mirror. He muttered, "You'd think King Jazan could have given her some sort of magic weapon or something useful."

Week - 534 Once a Scarab: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: Yari asked, eyes wide, "You really turned him into a Scamander?"

Week - 535 Once a Scarab: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: Tomos was getting irritated quickly. "Once a Scarab, always a Scarab. Don't talk about her like she's some sort of traitor."

Week - 536 Once a Scarab: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: "The news has gotten out. We'll have allies, and his soldiers and sorcerers won't help him too much if the whole city has turned against him."

Week - 537 Once a Scarab: Part Nine by saphira_27

Description: Tomos couldn't help but look around in amazement as he jogged down the street toward the Scarab hideout. To an outside eye, the bustle of the street looked normal. But Tomos knew...

Week - 538 Once a Scarab: Part Ten by saphira_27

Description: Nabile slipped her knife onto her belt – the only thing she had left to do was to cover her face and hair with a wrap like the desert traders used, so that no one would recognize her before the fighting began.

Week - 539 Once a Scarab: Part Eleven by saphira_27

Description: Amira said, "I want to go to the palace, and the throne room." It was official – Nabile was the only sane royal person that he knew.

Week - 540 The Scarab and the Sea: Part One by saphira_27

Description: It still seemed strange to Tomos that he was in charge of the other four Neopians, instead of being marched along in irons behind them.

Week - 541 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Jaryth hit his head against the table repeatedly. "He convinced the captain to leave without us? How in Nuria's name..."

Week - 542 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Tomos looked around the deck of the Sea Queen at the sailors preparing for a battle with pirates, wishing that any second he would wake up and it would have all turned out to be a nightmare.

Week - 543 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: "There's not much we can do until we get to wherever they're sailing to. Then we'll try to free ourselves and get those jewels and the treaty back."

Week - 544 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: Lura finally pronounced Tomos fit to get up and move around the next morning. Tomos was glad – he had slept fitfully in that Fyora-forsaken hammock. He stepped out onto the deck of the Black Pawkeet...

Week - 545 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: "I'm a pirate. I don't need to be dignified."

Week - 546 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: Tomos took several steps back – the Scarabs and the other urchin gangs took care to steer well clear of the Thieves Guild and its enforcers.

Week - 547 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: Tomos had never had a lock pick that was more than a bent bit of wire, and now that he was in a position to actually afford real ones he had no need for them.

Week - 548 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Nine by saphira_27

Description: Kipras blurted, "Behind the throne! Door! Caves – they lead to the sea! He's got his treasure down there, and a boat to escape in..."

Week - 549 The Scarab and the Sea: Part Ten by saphira_27

Description: Scarblade only laughed – a cold, harsh noise without a trace of joy. "You're in an interesting position to be making demands, Captain Tomos."

Week - 550 Kings and Curses: Part One by saphira_27

Description: At that moment, the door swung open, and Jazan looked up – it was his son, Caspar. At sixteen, the desert Ixi was now just as tall as his father...

Week - 551 Kings and Curses: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: As soon as the Lutari had left, Esmeralda burst out laughing. "He's crazy!"  Caspar added, grinning, "Wackier than a Weewoo."

Week - 552 Kings and Curses: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: Nabile asked, "Has something gone wrong, milady?" Fyora closed her violet eyes briefly. "I've received word that the tomb of Aurajar the Cruel has been rediscovered."

Week - 553 Kings and Curses: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Mirzah grumbled, "What do they put in Faerieland's water that makes them think it's such a good idea to do things at dawn?"

Week - 554 Kings and Curses: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: Jazan threw his magic out in a brute wave – no finesse, just power – in order to try and keep himself from being swamped and buried in the merciless tide of sand.

Week - 555 Kings and Curses: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: Only Jazan's weariness would keep him from having a wakeful night. He stared up at the stony ceiling, wondering what it would take to defeat an ancient king thoughtlessly released into the world.

Week - 556 Kings and Curses: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: Jazan found that his fists were tightly clenched. Why couldn't the evil kings of Qasala stay dead?

Week - 557 Kings and Curses: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: Jazan was the most powerful sorcerer that they had. If there was anything magical that could be done, he would be able to do it...

Week - 558 Kings and Curses: Part Nine by saphira_27

Description: Sambar bellowed, "Press through! They're a distraction! We've got to get to the guards at the palace!"

Week - 559 I Will Stand Alone: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Prince Jazan the Fourth of Qasala strode down the halls of the palace, his long legs eating up the distance quickly. At sixteen, he'd finally reached his adult height...

Week - 560 I Will Stand Alone: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Jazan stared at Nightsteed. "What's Lord Asyir been arrested for?"

Week - 561 I Will Stand Alone: Part Three by saphira_27

Description: He hoped Nightsteed had managed to find Seji. The dungeons were full of listening spells – and Jazan didn't like his chances of managing to foil all of them...

Week - 562 I Will Stand Alone: Part Four by saphira_27

Description: Outside of the palace, these tunnels weren't particularly well-maintained. The stone was dank with mold and mildew, and many of the cobbles under their feet were crumbling...

Week - 563 I Will Stand Alone: Part Five by saphira_27

Description: He shut the door behind him, and as he locked it again he heard a noise that made him jump and almost drop his tray. It was only after it repeated that he realized it was a snore...

Week - 564 I Will Stand Alone: Part Six by saphira_27

Description: Kiri said, her voice small, "Could you win if you fought him?" Jazan merely shrugged. "Maybe." If Razul were half-asleep. And dizzy.

Week - 565 I Will Stand Alone: Part Seven by saphira_27

Description: She sniffed. "How can it be that we did everything right, and it still went wrong?" Jazan offered his best explanation. "Because Fate is a vindictive twit?"

Week - 566 I Will Stand Alone: Part Eight by saphira_27

Description: Asyir and Seji would be ready to deal with anyone who broke through, or fight if it all went wrong. Jazan, with both sword and magic, had to be prepared to fight the Werhond.

Week - 568 Mr. Cuddles by saphira_27

Description: Katrina asked, not liking the cold feeling at the pit of her stomach, "What in Neopia would scare a Meepit?"

Week - 572 Honor Among Thieves: Part One by saphira_27

Description: Everything on Marlos's desk was just the way he liked it. His brass lamp was polished mirror-bright, his case of colored inks was set out with each color in order...

Week - 573 Honor Among Thieves: Part Two by saphira_27

Description: Marlos thought as he crouched in a shadowy alley not too far from the palace. He wanted nothing more than to go home, get in bed, pull his covers over his head, and make this all go away.