NiGHTS: Journey on Earth
Reality 9
The Magic Pickle Fairy
It was almost time for bed, but Helen decided to read some of her book before she drifted off to sleep. Nicholas was in Helen's bedroom with her reading the very end of his book, when he finished the last page; he came to ask, "What are you reading?"
"Pammy recommended the book to me, it's called 'Twilight,'" Helen explained, "about a girl who is trying to figure out a strange boy."
"May I see?" Nicholas grabbed the book from Helen then looked at the back, "oh, so he's a vampire!"
"Yeah," Helen nodded, "but she doesn't know that yet at this point."
Nicholas read more of the back, "well, looks like she's in love with him, but why?"
Helen shrugged, "love never made sense. I mean, Pammy's in love with Ren."
Nicholas sat down onto Helen's bed, "it still bugs me, what does Reala want out of Pammy?"
"Well," Helen pondered, "um, well…" She thought some more, "something that a nightmaren would want? Um…well, you're a nightmaren, what would you want from a human?"
Nicholas looked up, "I've never even thought about that," He said, "I have only thought about love once. I thought that I wasn't in the right situation to be in love, being a traitorous nightmaren and all. Nightmarens have been with other nightmarens. This is the first time a nightmaren has been with another human. There's Reala and Pammy, then there's Jackle and you."
"Wait, what does Jackle want out of me?" Helen asked, "Is it companionship? Maybe Ren just wants to be with someone he just took the opportunity when it happened."
"I don't know," Nicholas rubbed his chin. Nicholas remembered a long time ago; this strange dreamer told Reala that she loved him. What Reala said was, "I need no one, not even a puny dreamer." So everything just didn't add up in Nicholas' head. If he said "no" to one dreamer, why would he say "yes" to another?
"Well, I better get to sleep," Helen yawned. She laid down into her bed to go to sleep.
"Sweet dreams," Nicholas said, "I know you will we defeated Wizeman, hopefully, that will remain."
Nicholas went out of Helen's room. He decided to turn into NiGHTS to practice his flute. When his transformation was complete he flew over to the gazebo of the Cartwright residence. He began to play, when something in the sky caught his eye. He immediately stood up to see what it was. It seemed to be going to Helen's window, "Helen!" he cried. NiGHTS immediately flew over to whatever it was, in which it was Reala and Jackle in their nightmaren forms.
"Well, well," said Reala, "looks like we have someone who dares to stop us!"
"I will always try to stop you," NiGHTS cried, "you won't hurt Helen!"
"Why would we hurt the girl?" Jackle asked, "We're just here for your Hands of Wizeman."
An appalled face came to NiGHTS, he couldn't believe how evil his two brothers actually were. "You can't just steal the hands!" NiGHTS cried, "We got them fair and square!"
"We'll see about that," Jackle took out his deck of cards, and then threw them at NiGHTS.
In response to the attack NiGHTS dodged them gracefully then flew over to his cape then pulled it off.
"Hey," Jackle yelled out to NiGHTS, "that's my only cape!" He was about to get to NiGHTS to grab the cape back, but NiGHTS pushed Jackle.
While NiGHTS was pushing Jackle, Reala paralooped NiGHT. Reala slightly chuckled from that.
"Hey," NiGHTS called out. He was already mad at everything Reala and Jackle did at the moment, but Reala paralooping him while NiGHTS was distracted was just plain low.
"You did that to me last time we fought," Reala observed, "How is that unfair?"
While NiGHTS and Reala were talking Jackle got his cape back. That was when Jackle took out a giant card to slash right at NiGHTS.
By surprise, NiGHTS caught Jackle in the act, he grabbed onto the giant card where they both pulled on tight. That was when NiGHTS let go of the card. That caused Jackle to lose balance, he fell down to the ground. "Now for you," NiGHTS looked directly at Reala. That was when NiGHTS felt something on his back. NiGHTS didn't care, he drill dashed towards Reala, but Reala dodged on time, "what do you want out of Pammy? I know you want something!"
Reala's new found acting skills came to use, "why, I don't want anything out of Pammy," yet he was a bit fake on his innocence, "all I want is her love!"
That just angered NiGHTS even more, "all lies!" NiGHTS made a huge drill dash, but Reala grabbed NiGHTS' head just on time.
"Maybe they are lies," Reala sneered, "but she doesn't know that!"
NiGHTS did a flipping kick at Reala. That was when NiGHTS felt something on his back, but he didn't care. He just wanted to defeat Reala, so NiGHTS began to rapidly punch Reala. Every time Reala flinched, there was another punch coming. This had continued until the thing that NiGHTS felt on his back blew up. The effect made NiGHTS fall to the ground, "ugg," he felt as though he was unable to get up.
"Hmm," Reala observed, "not bad, it defeated that traitor."
"Thanks," Jackle flew over to Reala, "now let's go steal the hands."
So Reala opened the window to Helen's room. They both quietly flew over to the desk to open it. Contained in the desk were the two hands. "Yes," Reala whispered.
Unluckily, Helen was at the bathroom, and she walked right back to her room when Reala was just about the grab the hands. "Reala?" Helen yelled out, "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like?" asked Jackle, "we're stealing your hands!"
"N-no," Helen protested, "you can't, I'll get Nicholas; he'll defeat you."
"Oh, about that," said Reala, "we already defeated him."
"W-what?" Helen fell to her knees; there was nothing she could do without NiGHTS. What she could only do is watch in horror while Reala grabbed the hands. Yet she couldn't resist, she jumped to Reala, then grabbed them from him.
"You silly girl," Reala chuckled. He flew over to her, and then grabbed the hands back, "you can't defeat me in any way without your precious NiGHTS."
"Y-you're right," Helen's head just bowed down, "just go, will you?"
"Now that's a good girl," Reala smiled. Both Reala and Jackle flew out of the window and into the night.
Helen put on her jacket then went out to see if NiGHTS was okay. When she entered the outside NiGHTS was able to sit up in his human form. "It just, snuck up on me," said Nicholas, "I never knew that Jackle even had that weapon."
"What weapon?" Helen asked.
"Cards that blow up," Nicholas explained as he gave her an Ace of Spades card, "I thought it was nothing, but it defeated me."
"Let's get inside," Helen pulled Nicholas up, "Reala may have half of the hands, but we still have one, yours."
