Dear readers,
WAMies: Go right ahead and read. :3
Anybody else: This is a (very) random story involving Neopets, the Altador Cup, and really crazy WAMies. So warning: YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND AT ALL. XD
…enjoy!
"Ha, what do you know? A Maractite Usul," Grant said.
Link looked down to see the navy blue pet and its various Maractite stripes. "They're kind of ugly if you ask me…" he said.
The Usul looked up at the two Maraquans, shooting them a dirty look before stomping off. Grant and Link went silent.
"The Shoyrus will look better," Grant coughed.
"They sure will, but you'll have to wait for after the Grundos," Link replied instantly.
Their pointless bickering about the two species continued as the two Maraquans continued swimming towards the gates of New Maraqua. Niku was going to take her usual visit today, and Grant and Link went to greet her. It wasn't that long of a swim, but the two had to have gotten sidetracked at least six times now.
"And they'll have Maractite swords for antenna I tell you!" Link exclaimed.
Grant said nothing in reply.
"Grant?" Link turned to look at the merman. Grant was staring up at the surface. Link raised an eyebrow, but followed Grant's gaze.
"A pirate ship?" Link questioned.
"Sure is… but Jess, Neon, and Tara are already here," Grant stated.
"Yeah that's weird; there's usually only ships here during the Cup Season…"
"Hm, they're not even headed our direction. We should probably go find Niku anyway."
Link looked back at the ship. "You go ahead."
"What?"
"Go ahead. If there's a pirate ship, there's treasure, right?"
Grant sighed. "You're crazy."
"No kidding," Link grinned and swam towards the surface.
"King Kelpbeard would disapprove, Link!" Grant joked and then continued toward the gates.
"Oh come on, Niku is surface folk, too." Link said to himself. He reached the surface and spotted the watchboy. Aaaand he's sleeping. Figures. Link amusedly thought to himself. Link then swam up to the ship and changed back to human form. He didn't like to be human often, but a fish kind of lacked the means to climb.
"Cap'n! Are you certain there'll be treasure?" Link heard a hoarse voice choke.
"No, I'm not," a feminine voice replied.
"What? Then why in the name of Scarblade are we going out to sea?"
"You got anything better to do?"
"Well I…"
"Gambling? Picking fights with any yellow-belly that crosses yer path? Tons to do, hm?"
"Sorry, Cap'n."
"You sure are."
Link snickered and listened to the foot and peg leg walk awkwardly away from the angered pirate captain. He then hoisted himself onto the ship.
"It's kind of nice to be back on the seas anyway…" the captain muttered.
Link took a few steps closer.
"You're not very sneaky, Link."
Link laughed. "Psh, I let you notice me this time, Scrac. And besides, legs aren't really my thing."
"Naturally…" Scrac laughed, turning to him.
"Where's this treasure?" Link asked.
"Geez, no 'hey long time no see Scrac?'?" Scrac joked.
"Hey, long time no see Scrac!" Link exclaimed with a grin.
Scrac rolled her eyes and laughed. "Supposedly it's in the Bubbling Pit."
"The Bubbling Pit? You're kidding, right?" Link questioned the captain. "You can't go down there, it's a death trap."
"Figures. Meh, at least it gives me an excuse to get out here." Scrac replied. "But why is there a 'death trap' in Maraqua?"
Link shrugged. He looked at the stars reflected in the oceans waves, and then back at Scrac's perplexed face. "There's an old legend when the Maraquan mafia struck, suspected fish would be thrown into that Pit…"
"Mafia…?"
"Like I said, just an old legend and such."
Scrac nodded before following Link's lead in staring at the ocean's sparkling waves. The moon made the water shine brilliant silver; the color always made Scrac smile. It was then that the water spilled out a vibrant crimson. Scrac shook her head and fell backwards. Link panicked.
"Is that…blood?" Scrac shouted.
But Link took no time to think and dove into the scarlet-tainted waters, quickly changing forms. Scrac snatched her water gear and dove in after him. What had just happened down there?