Onto Chapter Seven! HI HO SEVEN- AWAAAAAYYYYY! *gallops off on chapter-title*

Disclaimer: I only own this plot-set up.

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Biff walked out of the changing room of the small shop- which was called the 'Hootique'- looking at himself in a mirror. While buying supplies, Mr. Drippy had convinced him it would be best if he got a change of clothes so he could 'blend in and not attract any unwanted attention' (much less ruin the fairy's 'street cred', as Drippy put it). Entering the shop, he picked out a dark-red shirt and silver tunic and some dark-blue pants, along with some brown hiking boots.

"There, how do I look now?" Biff asked the fairy.

"Like a native- tidy, mun! Youe'll fit in perfectly, now!" Mr. Drippy replied.

"The hootenanny says it'll cost 40 guilders," Oliver said, reaching into his bag to pay.

"I'll get it, Oliver, don't trouble yourself," Biff stated politely, and handed the small, owl-like woman sitting at the counter the 40 remaining guilders the guard at lent him- he had planned on using it to buy everyone some food, but considering they were missing…

He cleared his throat. No time to think about the negatives. "Let's get going. Oliver, you said you read about that wand… any idea where my friends could have wound up? Did Tobias have a lair or anything?"

"He was banished somewhere, thousands of years ago," Oliver replied. "The island was said to be uncharted and uninhabitable…"

Biff sighed, rubbing his face. "There has to be an easy solution…"

"Oi, there is, ya buggers!" Mr. Drippy exclaimed, then tuned to Oliver. "Don't ye have a spell that can help us find everyone? Ya know, that one Queen Pea showed ya after we started hanging round wit' her!"

Oliver opened his Wizard's Companion. "Yeah- but it's going to take a lot of magicka. We'll only have one shot at it," he replied, turning to Biff. "Which friend should we look for, first?"

"Kim- she was the first who went missing." Biff replied. "If there's a chance she's in the lair of whoever's after that wand, we could probably get there before that three-headed creature does!"

"Proper thinkin', mun! Alright, Ollie-boy, cast th' spell!"

Oliver cast the rune for the spell, 'Foresee'. A ball of light shined from his wand, before expanding, showing a swirling image of colors. "Let us know where to find Biff's friend, Kim," the wizard stated- knowing he had to be specific, as Cassiopeia stated that the spell was tricky sometimes and would show them any person with a similar name.

The colors swirled, until they showed a large city in the middle of a desert. "What is that place?" Biff asked.

"That's Al-Mamoon!" Oliver replied, and seconds later the image vanished. He sighed, turning to Biff. "I'm sorry- there could be several people named 'Biff' and 'Kim' around there…"

"Don't get negative too quick, mun!" Mr. Drippy assured. "Names like 'Biff' an' 'Kim' en't used as often as they are in youer world! Why, around here, they'd be uncommon names compared to the ones we come up with here!"

"I'd still like to look, Oliver. If there's a chance she's there- if any of them are there…" Biff pleaded.

Oliver nodded. "Alright… I think I have just enough magicka left for 'Fast Travel', so we can get there quick!" he said, standing close to the teen. "Hang on!"

The young wizard cast the spell, and Biff found himself being engulfed in a blue light. In a flash, he suddenly found himself standing before the gates of the city he saw in the image. "Wow… you sure know some magic, Oliver!" he had to compliment.

"Thanks. I learned a lot of spells since I first came here," Oliver replied with a smile.

"Share youer story later, Ollie-Boy, we've got friend-finding to do!" Mr. Drippy stated.

Nodding, Biff walked with Oliver into the city. Unlike Ding Dong Dell, Al-Mamoon was populated by humans, and seemed to have some sort of Arabic ethnicity to it, with all the street merchants, the structure of the stands and buildings, and some of the attire the locals wore. If he and his friends weren't in danger, this would be a nice world to tour around in.

He was so caught up in the sights that he didn't notice Oliver was speaking to him, only catching part of his phrase, "…see if she knows where to find her,"

"Huh?" Biff asked, snapping himself back to reality.

"I said we should meet up with my friend, Esther, and see if she knows where to find Kim," Oliver repeated, looking around the city. "She lives around here- if Kim turned up, she'd be the first to notice,"

"Aye, can't wait to see th' look on Esthy-girl's face when we tell her we've got visitors from another world- and time!" Mr. Drippy commented.

"Where does she live?" Biff asked Oliver.

"I'm… not sure. We travel so much together that I've never really been to her home," Oliver replied, rubbing the back of his neck. "But, her father, Rashaad, still owns the babana-stand! He might be able to help too!"

"Let's leg it then!" Mr. Drippy replied, hopping ahead.

Biff followed them down the street, while scratching his head. "Babana…?" he repeated to himself.

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On another part of the world, the sun was high in the sky, nearing its setting motion over the high mountains. Down one mountain path there was a beach, with ocean currents lapping at the sand as the sunlight flickered in the waves…

The beautiful sight was ignored by Fangs as he ran up the mountain path, screaming as he was pursued by his kidnapper. "HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPP!" he yelled, running as fast as he could. He gasped, stopping suddenly as his foe appeared before him- a creature with blue skin, long black hair, bright green eyes, having lizard limbs and the tail of a cheetah, and ears like a horse. Its face looked like that of a woman's, but with the snout of a fox. She also wore a cloak made from feathers.

He turned around, running back the other way… only to see the creature before him again! With a yelp, he turned and ran back up the path. The creature chuckled, disappearing in a flash and reappearing right before him! She had been doing this for hours- yet the coward never seemed to run short of breath or energy, just continued to run up and down the hill, depending where she would appear. Despite the fun of seeing him terrified as if he were just now seeing her for the first time, every time, the game was beginning to feel dull by now.

Deciding to see just how stupid her victim was, she disappeared and reappeared on top of a rock. Just as she thought, the weakling kept running back-and-forth up the path, having gotten used to changing his direction at a certain distance.

After a minute or so, he began to slow down, catching his breath, noticing that she wasn't appearing in front of him. "Where'd… *puff puff* she go… *huff* this time…? *wheeze*" he asked himself, taking in gulps of air.

The creature chuckled, being right above him on the rock. She reached over, tapping him on his head. "Boo," she stated.

"YIKES!" Fangs stumbled back. Unfortunately, the path was so narrow that he ended up going over the edge! "Yeeeeooooooooowwww!" he looked down, seeing that within moments he would be hitting the ground, breaking every bone in his body.

A pair of scaly hands grabbed him just then, and in a blink he found himself closer to the ground, crashing but not breaking anything. The creature sat upon him. "Don't think I'd let you get away THAT easily," she scoffed.

"Y-Y-You t-t-t-talk!?"

"Of course. Unlike most creatures, I happen to be intelligent enough to speak to humans without the use of spells… But, I'm not here to chat…" she gripped him by the shirt-collar. "Where is Serpens?"

"W-W-What?"

"Serpens! Tell me where it is!"

Fangs gulped and- believing she was referring to the serpent constellation- pointed up at the early afternoon sky. "It's h-h-hard to pinpoint right now… the stars aren't even out yet!"

"Do you believe this to be a game?!" The creature then teleported them both onto the top of the cliff, holding Fangs over the edge. "Tell me where the wand is, or I promise you, your fall will not be cut short this time!"

"I-I-I don't know! How could I know where it is, if I don't even know where I'm at right now?!"

The creature gave him a glare. "Hmm, you have a point… I suppose there's no point in keeping you alive then,"

"No! Wait! Don't drop me…" he then noticed something swooping down, landing on a rock and watching them. It appeared to be a cat with wings… with one half of its fur white, and the other half a dark purple color; in the middle of its forehead was a crescent. His eyes then began to swirl just then, and he began to spin…

…making the creature spin with him! She lost her grip and ended up colliding in to the rock the winged cat was on, making the flying feline hiss.

"Arrroooooooo!" Fangface howled after his transformation. "*grr* Where's Pugs? Where is the little loudmo- OOF!"

The werewolf was tackled by the monster, who gripped him by the throat. "You're going to regret that!" she snarled.

"Whoa! Hey! What did I do?!"

The creature threw the werewolf over the cliff. Flaying in the air, he tried to slow down his fall, moving closer to the side of the cliffs and digging his claws into the rocky wall, 'sliding' down until he reached the bottom… then began to blow on his now-smoking claws.

"Ooh, ooh, that's one way NOT to file your nails!"

The creature appeared before him, whipping her tail and striking him in the chest, before appearing behind him and slicing at his back with her claws. The werewolf snarled, turning around and slashing at her, but she teleported out of his way, so he only ended up cutting down a tree. She appeared behind him, lunging-

Fangface heard her coming this time, and leaped into the air, making her hit the ground. He then grabbed her by the tail and swung her around, throwing her into the side of the mountain. However, she teleported herself so that she ended up flying into him, knocking him to the ground on his back; but the werewolf kicked her off, sending her into some bushes.

"That'll teach you to mess with a werew-WHOA!"

He was pounced on from above, as the winged-cat from before decided to participate in the fight! It clawed at him, before the werewolf threw it off-

…conveniently into the creature, as she came out of the bush. The she-creature seethed, knocked the winged cat out of the way, then leaped high in the air, spinning faster and faster. Fangface backed away, watching. "Ooh, ooh, this won't end good!" he gasped, running towards the bushes for cover.

"Invisible Spear!" the she-creature shouted, then dive-bombed at him at a great speed, having her claws sticking out as she prepared to impale him-

*CRASH!*

…only to hit the earth. She sat up, rubbing her head, wondering how the werewolf could have avoided such a strike.

Off to the side, the winged cat had the werewolf pinned down; the flying feline must have tackled him seconds before she made her strike! However, the werewolf couldn't consider himself saved, as the cat was clawing at his face. "Ow! Ow! Bad kitty! Ouch! Stop that!" Fangface threw the animal off him. It lunged at him, but he slammed his fist on its head, knocking it in a daze. "Go find someone else to be your scratching post! *grr* …This is why I'm more of a dog person," The winged cat only sat there, suddenly having a loopy expression.

"You wretched beast! I will end you!" the creature shouted, getting Fangface's attention.

"Whoops, forgot about this one…" Fangface backed away as the creature lunged-

Suddenly, there was a blast of light, and the creature shrieked in pain. Behind her stood a woman with dark skin, curly hair held back by a flower-headband, wearing a lovely dress and gloves. "Begone, vile demon! I shall not have you spreading your terror near my people!" the woman shouted, summoning another ball of light and launching it at the creature.

The she-creature snarled, then glared at the werewolf. "Next time… I won't waste time killing you!" she snarled, before disappearing.

Fangface scoffed, crossing his arms. "Sheesh, what was her problem? *grr*" he sneered.

The woman approached him. "Are you a victim of that creature's attack, or should I consider you an enemy as well?" she asked, beginning to conjure another spell…

"Whoa! Easy! *grr* I come in peace!" Fangface scratched his head, looking around. "Actually… where am I? And where did my friends go? *grr*"

The woman stopped conjuring, convinced for the moment that the werewolf was not a threat. "There are more creatures like you?"

"Well, no, they're not werewolves… though that would be pretty neat, *grr* I don't know what happened, but one of them went missing, we were looking for her… and now it looks like I'm missing now, too!" he then clenched his fists. "I bet whoever that creature was kidnapped me! *grr*"

"You do not recall whether or not it brought you here?"

"Not really… I just know I need to find my friends! *grr* If we're all going missing, then that means they all might be in trouble! *grr* Trouble, trouble!"

"Calm yourself. …Since you do not appear as a threat, I shall let you take refuge in my village." She examined the werewolf, noticing a couple wounds he got from the fight. "You have some injuries that need to be dealt with, after all."

Fangface scoffed. "Yeah, well, most of them came from that cat!" he thumbed over at the winged cat, who was now sitting next to him.

"You mean that Dualynx? …Hmm, well, it appears you won't be suffering any more scratches. It appears he has taken a liking to you,"

"Huh?! Whoa, cat, take it easy! …At least buy me dinner first!"

The woman chuckled. "What it means is, he is so impressed by your fighting skills that he wishes to be your familiar."

Fangface arched an eyebrow. "Familiar?"

"Yes, a companion one has that helps in battle. All you have to do is give him a name, and he will become yours,"

Fangface scratched his head, turning to the winged cat. "Um, okay… I didn't know I'd be getting a pet… um… gosh, I don't know what to name him!"

The woman patted him on the shoulder. "Take your time. The Dualynx will keep by your side until you decide on one. …Speaking of names, what is yours?"

"*grr* I'm Fangface! Who are you?"

"I am the Great Sage, Queen Khulan,"

Fangface gasped, then hit the ground, bowing. "Ooh, ooh, your majesty! *grr* It is my humble pleasure to be graced by your presence! *grr* …Ooh, and thanks for the save earlier, too! *grr*"

Khulan chuckled. "It is a pleasure to meet you as well, Fangface. …Now, come, let us head to Perdida. I'd like to hear more of how you came here,"

With that, they walked up the path, as the werewolf told the Great Sage about how he and his friends came from another world.

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A/N: Decided to ease up on the suspense here. I figured when it comes to Fangface, he'd more likely annoy an enemy in battle than fight, and figured it would be better to throw in humor in his fight- as well as use it as an opportunity to give him a familiar. I just chose the Dualynx because it somehow fits- since Fangs/Fangface are two identities and have good hearts, it would fit that their familiar would have a balance of light-and-dark. That, and it was the only creature I remembered having a moon-image in its design.

And I also borrowed a reference from another NNK story of mine when it comes to the 'Foresee' spell, because, as I've stated before, I have as much creative skills as a brick these days. :P

Next chapter, we finally get a view of Esther!

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