And Then There Was Two... This is not a happy story, not for the likes of some. This
story contains the love, hurt, and troubles of a small family. Who no
matter how much the pain took, they would make it through their
troubles and find light into their paths. This story is based upon
truth and some fiction. The trials this family faced was horrible,
but somehow they made it through with just a few scars. Based upon
the story of Devon, Gladys and Teejay...the small family...this story
took place in the 2D game of "Maple Story" and is dedicated
to that small family. The sun was blazing in the
2D online game, there was the young and mischevious mage who would
never settle for "no" as an answer, and then there was the
tall beautiful cleric, whos eyes were amber in the sun, her hair down
to her back and a small wand clutched into her pocket, and there was
a tall dark skined theif, whos stars were always into his nuckles
ready for action. This is the family who never gave in, whos love for
one another would never end...until one day...but let us not rush the
story. One day the beautiful cleric was going shopping in the small
forest town Ellinia. The sun was blazing on her soft pale skin so she
put on her fairy skirt and rolled up her sleeves. "Ughh...I
don't know what to buy! So many things! I guess i could buy bro some
new stuff...he wears that stupid black cap all the time! Lets see..."
She said while climbling a vine to the route of the 'Ellinia Clothes
and Defence Shop.' As she opened the door of the shop her boy friend,
Devon bumped into her comming out. Her boy friend was the dark skined
theif inwhich I told you about earlier. "Oh hey Gladys, i was
just buying bro some new things, i'm sick of him wearing that hat!"
Devon pulled a green wizard hat out of his small bag and showed it to
Gladys. "Uhhh..Bro said he wouldn't wear that thing even if he
was forced too..." Gladys said while giving a soft giggle and
pulled out her purse. "I'll get him something that matches
that...hat. That way he might accually wear it!" Gladys said
while holding Devon's large hand and walking through the door. Teejay was sitting on a bench in the town small town of
Henseys. He was looking at his wooden staff that had a small scratch
upon the wooden handle. He groaned and put his head on his lap.
"Sissypoo is going to have my head..." He said while giving
a deep sigh. "Well i wouldn't cry about it all day!" He
knew this voice, it was the voice of the woman he loved; Jea. Jea was
a warrior for the town of Perion. She had a pair of 'Ice Pants' on
and a white tee shirt. Her golden shield was on her back and her
sabre was at her side. "JEA!" Teejay immeditaly got up and
gave her a hug. "Where have you been...? I got in a fight with a
Golem and it left a huge scratch on my staff! Err..well Glady's
old staff" He said while still hugging her in his arms. "Haha
well don't whine over it! Go to her, she won't be mad...er...i
hope not!" Jea said while she sat on the bench and examined the
staff. Teejay looked near the entrance to the town and seen his
brother and sister coming into vision. He took a gulp and braced
himself for the worse. Jea quickly looked at Teejay and proclaimed
she had to go to Perion for new armor. "Nooo! You can't leave
meee! She will have my headddddd!" Teejay whined as he quickly
hid the staff under the bench. Slowly Gladys approched him..and the
closer he got..the closer hell was to him.
A large cloud passed over the small town at that moment, and Teejay
sat there playing with his black hat. "Hey bro, I see you took your
hat off for one minute! We have a surprise for you!" Gladys said
grabbing the bag from Devon's hand. "Oooh yeah...and just so you
know...Devon bought the hat! Not me! I had nothing in the hat!" She
quickly said handing him the bag. Teejay slowly opened up the bag and
seen the ugly green hat that made him want to puke.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Oh My God how could you buy me this
thing?" He said while putting the hat in the bag quickly and
pulling out a new set of robes. "HAHAHAHAHA! I TOLD YOU HE
WOULDN'T WEAR THAT THING!" Gladys said while trying to stop
laughing. Since she didn't notice the staff mark he just went on
like nothing had every happened to the wooden staff. "Thanks guys,
both of you, i can just sell that hat for good money now! So thanks!"
Teejay said hugging them both. "Has Jea been here? I thought i seen
her pass...I wonder why she would leave...hmm oh well" Gladys said
while a breeze passed, blowing her black hair in the wind. "Lets
go..ermm..lets go kill some things! I wanna become stronger!"
Teejay said while much enthusisum. "Alright, we shall go
to...Perion?" Gladys asked the family. "Oooh yes! Jea is there,
and i missses her..." Replied Teejay with a frown on his face. "Oh
pull yourself together! Shes just a girl." Devon said while
arranging his stars. "AHEM! Is that all I am to you? Just
a...Girl!" Gladys said while glaring into Devon's eyes. "No
No! Thats not what i mean! err...lets just go." Devon said while
getting up and walking away. The small family walked out of the town,
and went on the route to the large town Perion. Many clouds filled the afternoon skys, and it seemed like it was
just getting hotter as the moments passed. The small family was
walking along a small rocky route, there was little bushes along the
sides and a few flowers here and there. "Hey there fellows, Would
you be interested in buying some-" Said a man being interuppted by
Devon. "NO, we do not want anything" Devon quickly replied.
Gladys looked down at her feet and had a small frown. She walked over
to the man and apologized for Devon's wrong doing. "Bro you don't
have to be so mean...I might have wanted what ever he was selling."
Teejay replied to his brother. "You want everything you can get."
Devon looked at his brother and said. Teejay backed up a little and
held his staff in his hands. "I sence a monster..." Teejay said.
Gladys took her wand from her pocket and Devon got his stars ready.
All of a sudden the skys turned dark and the clouds started to twirl.
"Whats going on?" Teejay asked loosing his balance. The ground
started to shake and a huge swarm of monsters fell from the sky.
Immediatly the small family, was ready for action. Gladys started
clicking the end of her wand while orbs of light came flying out of
the end of her wand. Devon started throwing stars at any monsters he
seen, and Teejay started casting magic that attacking the monsters
twice and with extra power. More monsters started turning into dust
because this small, but strong family worked together as a team...so
that they was unstoppable. When all the the monsters were defeated
they all sat down resting. "Wow...what the hell was that about?"
Teejay asked his brother and sister. "I don't know...i never seen
so many monsters in one area..." Gladys replied while glancing over
at her brother. "Bro..you're...you're...glowing...you...you can
become a stronger wizard!" She said in a state of awe. "I-I AM!
I CAN! I WILLL!" Teejay said while jumping around. "Lets go
back to Ellinia! Sissypoo didn't you buy warp scrolls?" Teejay
said while glancing at her with a sparkle in his eye. Gladys got her
purse and pulled out three warp scrolls that would take them to
Ellinia. "Ok here, use these now so we can get to the head wizard
before dusk!" She said while passing out the scrolls. At the count
of three they all used the scrolls magic to go to the forest of
Ellinia, and from there to the head wizard. They all ended up in the small forest village of Ellinia. The
climbed the small vines to the top of the forest to the highest tree,
where there stood a small hut, the hut of wisom as Gladys called it.
The small family finally got to the top and went into the hut. "Ahh
welcome, welcome, I see you have gotten much stronger Teejay, and how
do you do Gladys, and forgive me for not knowing your name brave
theif." The head mage said. "Hello Head mage, how are you today?"
Gladys asked with a smile on her face. "Oh i'm just one more day
older i suppose, and how are you my dear Gladys?" The wise mage
asked looking deep into her amber eyes remembering the first time she
had came to him. "I'm just as great as ever, but enough about
me, my brother wants to become stronger. The wise mage hadn't said a
word, he just stood there looking into the golden eyes of the
beautiful cleric. "Gladys...ahh..yes..i remember the first time
you came to me..you was just a young little tike, full of joy and
laughter, i couldn't say no to such a beautiful face, i granted you
your first spell...ahh yes...energy bolt...then you always would come
to visit, for more advice on how to do your skills correctly...then
you came to me wishing to be a cleric, ooh was i amazed on how much
you grown...ahh yes..and it seems like you are healing anyone who
needs it, such a kind heart you have, so pure and rich full of
life...and now you come to me about your younger
brother...yes..another fine mage he will make...will he follow upon
his great sister's footsteps and become a wonderful cleric?" The
old mage relied slowly to Gladys. Gladys turned to her brother "How
about it? What do you wish to become bro? A cleric who heals and
wields holy power, or a strong fighter mage who can take down any
monster with ease?" Gladys asked her brother. "Bro become a
mage and take down monsters, don't become a cleric and heal people,
be a fighter!" Devon said while leaning against the wall and
yawning. "Are you done yet? I'm getting bored..." He said as a
second responce. "And just who do you think you are to say that a
cleric is weak young theif? They contain great power in the arts of
life." The wise mage replied to Devon's responce. "I mean,
Gladys is the best cleric i know..and to me all the others are
weak..because they are not the woman i love with all my heart..."
Devon replied while looking into Gladys' golden eye rims
surrounding her pupil. Gladys smiled and looked down at the floor,
her face was flushed with red and she didn't know what to say.
Teejay slowly decided "Mr.Wise Mage sir, I wish to become a cleric,
like my wonderful sister, and so that I may become the second
strongest to my bro." Gladys' face lite up with a big smile and
hugged her bro and Devon. "Lets never part...ok?" She said.
"Never sissypoo...never..." Said Teejay, "Yeah we will always
be a family...always..." Devons aid while kissing his Gladys'
soft black hair that shined from the light. The wise mage chanted a
few words and Teejay's auro started to become pure, he started to
feel like there was no sin anymore. A holy light shone from him and
he was now, an offical, Cleric. "Now young Teejay, you are now a cleric, Gladys i trust you will
show him how to conjure a nice heal and a holy arrow, Please do check
back in with me to show me your wonderful progress, good day to you
all, and Gladys I hope you will come visit me again." After the
wise mage said these words he disappeared, not to be seen by anyone.
"I-I'm a cleric! FINALLY!" Teejay shouted with glee. "Bro,
sissypoo look! I am strong!" Teejay slowly sat down and tried to
cast heal. "No no no bro, you move your wand upwards, then rise the
energy above so it feels like the sky is comming down to you, then
you will see the holy heal auro surrounding yourself." Gladys said
while showing her brother the correct movements. "So uhh...where do
i come in on this 'Holy Training'?" Devon asked the two. "Well
i don't think you know how to work a wand...so i'm not sure you
would be much help, but you can teach him steath so he doesn't die
so much." Gladys said while moving his hands up. "Oh-kay..? What
does a mage have to do with steath? You done lost me Gladys." Devon
said while grabbing his claw out and polishing it. "Well...I'm
not sure but it SHOULD help him in some kind of freak of nature
way..." Gladys replied. Devon creeped out the door and done a few
vines to the 'Ellinia Attack and Defence store'. Gladys knew what
Devon was up to so she tried to keep Teejay occupied the other way.
Devon had bought all the things a cleric needs such as a new wand,
new robes, a pinter hat, and many magic potions. When Teejay finally
conjured the 'Heal' spell Devon came back with a large bag of
items. "Bro...turn around" Devon stated with the large bag in his
hands. Teejay turned around and to his surpise found his brother with
a large bag of Cleric items ready to give him. "Are those for me!"
Teejay asked in shock. "Yeah, and you better use them! Those cost
half of my mesos." Devon said with a big smirk on his face. "And
bro don't sell those for money, those cost alot!" Gladys said
with a lecture comming along. After a few days in the 2D game things were changing...It was like
the family was growing apart...The love between the beautiful cleric
and the tall brave theif was growing weaker...and weaker...until the
day the rained poured, the thunders roared, and the lightning lite
the sky up...That day tears were shed...and so was blood...the pain
was so intence...the family was breaking apart...Devon and Gladys
broke up, and the youngest of them all, Teejay was devastiated...the
online 2D game family was no more...there was just the love of the
brothers, and the love of a beautiful sister..."Bro...don't
go..." Teejay said as a tear rolled down his soft pale cheek.
"Devon...i'm sorry..." Gladys said while taking her brother up
into her arms. It was a small narrow path with autumn leaves on the
ground, the trees had different shades of red, yellow, and a small
amount of green. Devon walked upon the small path...and never looked
back...And then...there was two... The End "Its
a small family...but its ours..."
By:
Teejay Nichols
Dedicated to: Devon, Gladys and
Teejay