"We should just start at the top of the list." Says Dad. I shrug my shoulders and feel Fire Pheonixs' head move with the motion. We walk out of the small resturant followed by whispers. "They're back." "She looks just like.." "They even have the pets." One girl blocks our path and puts her hand on her hips in stubborn, no nonsense way. "You two. What are your names?" Mom and Dad share a knowing look. "My name is Guiliastes and this is my wife." Her face shows her disbelief. She turns to Mom next. "And your name is?" Mom sighs. "My name is Prince."

The girl looks startled. "But Prince is a guy!" I cough to hide my laughter. Mom looks around the crowd. "I assure you all that I am Prince, and that I am very much female." Two girls and three guys faint. I throw my hand over my mouth as more laughter bubbles up my throat to try to muffle the sound, but with little success. Mom shoots me a gare but I can't stop laughing at this situation. 'Those poor fan girls! They must be devistated to know that their biggest crush is a woman. And I bet the guys can't believe that the strong and mighty Blood Elf is really a girl!'

Tears start rolling down my face and even Doll is laughing softly. Fire Pheonix lands gently on my shoulder and puts her feathery head close to my ear. "Daughter of my master, we must be going so that we can get the other items that you are required to have." I take a few deep breaths to calm myself down. "Mom Fire Pheonix says we should get going." I tell her with out thinking. Everyone has their attention on me for a moment before glancing several times back and fourth between my Mom and I. Finally with a collective thud they all faint. Dad shakes his head. "There are going to be a lot of angry fans."

We make our way past all the bodies, trying not to step on any stray fingers until we reach the gate. Dad leads us into the woods leaving Mom, Doll, and I to follow quietly. "I think maybe you should call your parents by their names for a little while." Says Doll, who looks worried. "There were a lot of people that didn't like your parents very much, especially when they were togther." "Ok." I agree. "But that is going to be weird. I have never looked at a girl and called her Prince before."

Dad laughs. "It was strange for all of us. When we found out Prince was a girl I nearly fainted but that was because I was so relieved." "Why were you relieved?" I ask curious. Mom laughs and Dads face turns a deep red as he blushes. "Because at the time I thought Prince was male and I was completly in love with him. I thought that because I was in love with him that I was gay. I had accepted the fact that I loved Prince but it also kind of scared me to feel such feelings for another person that didn't return my feelings. When I found out my beloved Prince was female I understood why she always acted the way she did and that understanding made me feel relieved." "THAT'S SO CUTE!" Yells Mom as she throws her arms around him.

I turn my head away, not really wanting to see their public display of affection, only to come eye to chest with a very large, brown bear. The bear lets itself fall to the ground so that is is looking at me directly in the eye. I Behind me, all movement has stopped as we watch the bear. Finally it sneezes. shuffles backwards, and walks away. I look down and notice a pearly claw laying on the ground. I pick it up and put it with the feather in my pouch before I turn around. "So what's next?"

All three people are staring at me in shock. "I thought you would have to fight them, not let them sneeze on you." Says mom with a slight look of disgust at the saliva on my shirt. "If you think about it it makes sense that I don't have to fight them. Why would I fight what I am going to be allied with?" I ask. Dad throws his hands in the air victoriously. "She did get some of my brains!" I roll my eyes and look at Doll. "Which way do we have to go next?" I ask her. "North." She tells me. I start walking in what I am sure is north. Doll clears her throat. "That's not the right way, but on the bright side, you finally found west."

"Stupid confusing directions." I mumble. Mom laughs. "That's why I married a genius. I finally got tired of getting lost." Dad shakes his head. "If it wasn't a straight line, you would have gotten lost on the way to the alter." Mom shoots Dad a glare. Dad just gets a mischevious look in his eyes. "Your most fabulus Higness Prince!" He screams as he launches himself at her.

I watch in interest as she lifts one booted foot and kicks him down. He lands on the ground with a solid thud. Mom stands still for a second before she starts laughing. "Sorry Gui. It's an automatic reaction."

Dad sits up and rubs his head. "I forgot how much that hurt." I look at Doll who is smiling slightly. "Were they like this before?" I ask quietly. "It used to happen at least once every day." She says. "Why?" I ask. "I think that Gui always did it on purpose so that Prince could vent some anger on a regular basis. He said that he originally acted like that to tease Prince, but eventually they grew to like each other."

"That makes sense... I guess." Doll looks at me knowingly. "If you think about just who your parents are, you would understand that they are both very stubborn and in their situation that was how they expressed their feelings for each other."

I think about how unusual their relationship would be if everyone thought my Mom was a guy. "I guess I understand how that would work ." She nods.

A green slime comes out of some nearby bushes and slowly makes it's way towords me. I hold still. 'Am I just supposed to stand here again?' I decide to wait and see what will happen this time and once again just hold still. I feel a sudden burst of pain on the back of my leg.

Ding- system notice: Player Jade Pheonix- Minus 5 LP

I look back and see another slime with its teeth stuck in my leg. 'It's getting slime goo all over me!' "Mom, can you collect some of this stuff from off of me please?" She takes some of it in an old health potion bottle.

I look on the slime that is still attached to my leg. "Now you die. I can't believe that you got your nasty slime all over my leg!" I start kicking the slime untill a system notice tells me that it has died. I spot another one and decide that I won't wait for it to attack me and immediatly go after it.

An hour later slimes stop appearing and I lay down in relief. "That was disgusting."

Mom looks thoughful for a moment. "It's spit for me, skeletons for Loli, and slime for my daughter... interesting. I bet if we ever ran across slobbering, gooey skeletons the three of us would drive them completley extinct within minutes." Dad and Doll start laughing, but both mom and I shudder at the mental image.

~Small time skip~

The hair, whisker, scale, and antler were all suprisingly easy to find. I was a bit disappointed that they weren't more of a challenge but happy that I was closer to my career. The whisker, scale, and antler all fell off the animals when they were scratching, all we had to do was pick them up off the ground. Or in the scales case we had to pull it out of the tree the dragon was useing to scratch with.

The hair was a bit harder, but not by much. Dad used one of his arrows to give the fox a haircut. Unfortunatly he took off several hairs so we just collected and took them all with us, hopeing that the hair we were looking for was in with the others.

I hear my alarm clock going off in real life and sigh. 'Another day at school.' I say goodbye to Doll and log off. I get up and start getting ready for the school day. Mom pokes her head into my bedroom and tells me that breakfast is ready. I slump over and start picking at my food, thinking about how I was going to fail class today. About a month ago our teacher asked us to write letters to one famous or better known player in second life so that we could interview them in front of the classroom.

since at the time I wasn't allowed to play the teacher told me that I could just write an essay about what I would do if I could play second life. That didn't work. I had no idea where to start. What would I do? I watch as my Mom and Dad sit and eat their waffles and get an idea.

"Mom? Can you come to school with me today?" She looks at me in confusion. "I guess, Why?" "For school I have to interview someone well known in Second Life, and you guys are the most well known people that I know... at the last minute." She smiles warmly. "Is there a limit to the number of people you can bring?" She asks. I shake my head. "The teacher never said that there only had to be one." I watch as her smile slowly grows. She dashes out of the kitchen and into her bedroom and slams the door shut behind her.

I look at Dad who is pale but smirking. "I just did something bad, didn't I?" "Most likley. I guess this means I have to take the day off to make sure nothing gets destroyed."

I gulp, and head out the door too the bus stop. 'I wonder what she has planned. Whatever it is even Dad is taking the day off.' I get on the bus and find a seat. 'This is definatly goung to be an interesting day.

~Xiao Lan POV~

"Hello Lolidragon, This is Feng Lan. Can you call up the team? My daughter needs a good show and tell for school today."

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Jade still needs:

The tooth of a wolf.

The shell of a turtle.

And lightning bug from the field of flowers.

Thank you for being so patient! I hope you enjoyed!