Disclaimer: Lazytown belongs to Lazytown Inc and was created by Magnus Scheving

Disclaimer: Lazytown belongs to Lazytown Inc and was created by Magnus Scheving. This is a sequel to Trynia Merin's Behind the Crystal. As such, all OC's belong to her

Behind the Crystal Part two

By Dreamweaver1985

Original concept by Trynia Merin

Authors Note: My thanks to Trynia Merin for allowing me to write this sequel. I'm doing this first of all as a favour to her, to allow her to concentrate on her DBZ fanfics, but also as a favour to everyone out there who has read her original story and has been craving a sequel

Chapter One

Stephanie's Farewell

Back in his airship, the first thing Sportacus did was to reprogram his crystal. 'I don't want it telling me of trouble in Lazytown if I'm going to be heck knows where' he said, seeing Gretchen watching him curiously.

'You can do that?' she asked with renewed interest. 'I knew elves where powerful, but I had no idea they could affect natural elements like that'

'Actually, crystal manipulation is an ability only Earth Elves have' Sportacus replied, placing his crystal back into its bed. 'Someone like Captain Nimrod – a Woodland Elf – Wouldn't share that ability'

Then he took Robbie's cell phone from his pocket to examine the coordinates of Professor Drekspatz's hideout.

'Looks like the Professor is making his way back to Intellectual City' Sportacus announced after examining the GPS carefully. 'It's going to take us a couple of days to get there. Would you like something to eat before we leave?' he added, hearing Gretchen's stomach give a low growl of hunger.

'Yes Please' Gretchen replied, a wide smile on her face.

Sportacus Flipped his way to his larder, calling "Table" as he went. By the time he arrived, the long, iron-board table had extended beneath. Sportacus set about making a healthy snack for the two of them.

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Meanwhile, back in Lazytown, Stephanie was at her Uncles house, trying not to think about Sportacus. Every time she thought of him, her heart broke in two. She could no longer hide the fact that she was in love with the sports elf – not even from herself – but she knew that to stop him going to rescue his friend and mentor would be selfish and irresponsible. It didn't help that, even though Sportacus and Miss Lidenbrock had left the kids more than ten minutes ago, the air ship still hung over the mayors office. She hoped they would leave soon, because it was taking all her resolve and more to resist sneaking on board and flying off with them, and she was slowly losing that battle.

Thankfully, she had her Uncle and friends to take her mind off it, which was helping a lot.

'Stephanie, come help me with this' Pixel called from the other end of the room. Stephanie wondered across to see what the fuss was about. In his hand, Pixel held a small capsule with a series of buttons on the side.

'What is that' Stephanie asked with interest and curiosity. The capsule was grey in color, and measured a palms length in size. It was transparent, allowing them to see a thick, grey mist within.

'I found it over by Robbie's Hideout. I think Professor Drekspatz might have dropped it when he flew off' Pixel dropped the capsule into his wrist-scanner, from which a Holographic, 3-D image of the capsule was projected. 'I'm performing a complete scan of the capsule to determine its make-up and contents' he continued, losing everyone with his techno-babble. Seeing the confused looks on their faces, he clarified simply 'I'm checking to see what it's made from'

'oh' the friends chorused.

While the scan took place, a whine was heard from above as Sportacus warmed up the airships engine ready for departure. The gang headed to the window to watch him leave.

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After they had finished their snack, Sportacus decided it was time to leave. Packing the plates and cutlery into his dishwasher, he turned to Gretchen and said 'Could you press that little blue button on the pilot's dashboard. It'll warm the engine up ready for departure'

Gretchen turned and pressed the button as directed. As soon as she did this, the engine gave a soft whine. Sportacus commanded the larder to seal and made his way over to the pilot's seat, cell phone in hand. Leaning over, he pressed a green button on the dashboard and a computer screen rose from the ground to the right of the pilot's seat. 'This will allow me to monitor the Professors movements while I'm flying' he quickly explained to his guest. Then, flipping into the pilot's seat, he pressed the blue button a second time, bringing the airships three large, powerful propeller engines inline, and slowly brought the airship down to hover just a few feet above the ground, flying parallel to the kitchen window of the mayors house where he guessed his friends would have gone after he left them

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As Stephanie and her friends stood waiting by the window, the airship finally started to move. They watched worryingly as it came lower and lower to the ground, and made its way towards them, then relaxed when they saw it turn to run parallel to the house, allowing the pilots cabin to hover at a level with the window so that Sportacus and Miss Lidenbrock could see them, and vice versa. They waved in return to Sportacus' and the teachers so long gestures, then returned to the food counter to continue watching the scan, leaving Stephanie stood by the window by herself.

As she watched the ship rising back into the air, gathering speed as it went, she felt her heart break into pieces. Shedding a single tear, she prayed quietly to the stars 'Farewell, Sportacus. Take care.' Then she realised that with Sportacus gone, her friends would look to her for protection. She knew she had to remain strong for them. Scolding herself, she forced back her tears and turned back to her friends, forced a smile, and focused all her will on helping her friends. She would have plenty of time to cry later, when her friends went home and she was able to shut herself away in her room.

Well, that's chapter one over and done with. Next chapter in progress