(A/N)
This chapter will be for the Valentines Day Event. Do review!
Mainiac and I were training at the dummies. When the Melee Instructor saw both our swords, he gasped loudly. He gasped even louder when we both made about ten holes in his training dummies.
After a good hour of tearing dummies apart with our weapons, we left.
"Hey, why are there so many couples?" Mainiac asked, and I looked around us. Sure enough, there were a lot of couples acting lovey-dovey everywhere. I shrugged.
"Don't you know?" a voice popped up from behind us. We turned to see a man staring straight into our eyes. "It's Valentines' Day!"
"Which is...?"
"You mean you really don't know?" the man sighed. "Valentines' Day is the day of love! During this day, people will confess their love to their crush, or..." and the man started to babble about all sorts of romantic stuff which were making my ears crack. However, I started to get interested when the man said something about a Valentines' Day Event.
When I asked about it, the man told me that I should go to the Lumbridge Cook for more information, before skipping off happily. I stared at him as he skipped away. "What a weirdo," I said out loud, and Mainiac chuckled.
"Which reminds me, where are Jay and the others?"
"Probably off to slay some cows or goblins. But knowing CarboKill, perharps he strayed away from the other two. He is always muttering something about 'training alone' and 'not used to crowds'." I replied. "Well, let's go, shall we?"
"Okay!" Mainiac and I walked into Lumbridge Castle, and into the kitchen, where the Lumbridge Cook was cooking merrily. "Ho! Hello there!" the Cook said. "Are you here for the Valentines' Day Event?"
"Yes, sir, may we know more about this event?" I asked politely. "Sure thing!" said the Cook. "During Valentines' Day, I'll give different adventurers different tasks and if they complete it, they'll get a reward," he paused and thought for a moment before speaking again. "Do you boys know about Cupid?"
"No," Mainiac and I answered together.
The Cook sighed. "Cupid is an angel that only appears on Valentines' Day. When you're hit by one of Cupid's arrows, you'll fall head-over-heels in love with the nearest person, of another gender of course. But this year, I've heard that a mysterious entity named Devil has been posing off as Cupid. Whilst Cupid's arrows can make you fall in love, Devil's arrows will make you hate the nearest person you see for the rest of your life. Therefore, before Devil can do anything with his arrows, I want you to slay him."
"But how do we find Devil?" Mainiac asked.
"Do not worry, I know where Devil is right now. I can transport you there," the Cook snapped his fingers, and we vanished without a trace.
Mainiac and I were in somewhere unfamiliar. All I knew was the place felt hot. "Whew, it must be a thousand degrees in here!" Mainiac remarked. Just then, we heard a roar. It seemed to came from behind the pile of rocks over there...
Mainiac swept away the rocks with a wave of his Guthix Godsword. The next moment, high-leveled skeletons leaped out to attack us. Mainiac held them off while I ran past them to find the source of the roar.
I gasped. It was a dragon!
The dragon was trapped behind tall pillars. It's blood-red eyes glared at me coldly. I backed away. At the same time, Mainiac joined me, after slaying the horde of skeletons.
"Oh my god. Could this be Elvarg?" Mainiac wondered. "Elvarg? The dragon Alex told us about?" I muttered. "If this is true, this means we're on Crandor right now!"
"No, to be more precise, the volcano on Crandor," said Mainiac in a serious tone. "That explains why it's so hot in here!"
Elvarg roared, a louder roar this time, and charged against the pillars, and slammed into them. Growling, Elvarg started to breathe fire, but the pillars protected us from his constant attacks. From the looks of Elvarg's eyes, the dragon was determined to kill us!
Just then, I heard a sound. Obviously, Mainiac heard it too, because he turned. An arrow was flying towards us. Swiftly, we both ducked. We looked up, to see a red-skinned, small monster with black horns smirking at us. The monster had a bow.
"Are you Devil?" I asked, and the monster nodded once, before he started to breathe fire, like Elvarg. We jumped out of the way, and I was about to attack when Devil disappeared, and reappeared behind me. The monster shot an arrow at me, but I dodged, and was about to slam full force into him. However, Devil disappeared again, and I fell onto the ground.
"Ouch! The ground is hot, hot, hot!" I shouted, jumping up at once.
"Can't we take our battle somewhere else? It's kinda hot down here!" Mainiac said, as he dodged an arrow coming from Devil. I nodded, and ran past Devil, out of the volcano. Devil chased after me, and Mainiac chased after Devil.
We were out of the volcano, and I turned back. Devil had switched from his bow to an impressive-looking sword. Before Devil could spring his attack, Mainiac had caught him from behind. "Gotcha, little fella!" Mainiac yelled. Devil screamed at Mainiac, before jumping out of his clutches.
"Eat this!" I plunged my Destruction Blade into the ground, causing an earthquake. The whole of Crandor shook, and Devil screamed as he lost his footing, and tumbled into the water.
I grabbed hold of Devil's arm, and before he could escape, I knocked him out with a strong punch. Grinning, I held Devil up. "And that is how you do it," I boasted. Mainiac rolled his eyes. "How do we get back?" he asked. As soon as he said it, we vanished.
"Ah, there's the lil' Devil!" the Cook said, as we appeared in his kitchen. "Thank you, you both. Your reward is the Cupid Arrow emote! Try it!" the Cook encouraged us. I focused on Valentines' Day, and suddenly, a golden bow appeared in my hands, and I shot out an arrow with a heart-shaped tip.
"That's it?" I asked. "No. But if you want the other rewards, you have to complete the second quest," the Cook smirked.
"What? But that's-" Mainiac started to say, but the Cook interrupted him. "Your next task is to attack the intruders of the Love Pagoda."
"What's the Love Pagoda?" I asked the Cook.
"It's a tower that appears beside the Wizards' Tower every Valentines' Day. I've just received news that a small gang has broke into the Love Pagoda! This won't do! The Love Pagoda is where Cupid lives when he comes to Runescape every Valentines' Day! So, I want you to stop the intruders from doing what they are about to do at the Love Pagoda!" Cook explained. We accepted, and rushed off towards the Wizards' Tower.
"We're now inside the Love Pagoda," Tangelano said into the communicator. Beside her, Cameron and Katrine along with a few other Black Arms were combing the area.
"There's still no sign of the Hearts Orb," Tangelano reported. "Understood," said Pain on the other line. "Continue your search."
"Yes sir," Tangelano said.
"And if any fools dare interfere..." Pain's lips curled into an evil smile. "... meet them with extreme force!"
"So, is this the Love Pagoda?" Mainiac mumbled. We were standing before a tower taller than the Wizards' Tower. And while the Wizards' Tower was a dull gray, this Love Pagoda was painted in different colours of the rainbow, with a heart shape in the middle.
We walked into the Love Pagoda, and unsheathed our weapons. I could see Mainiac was getting nervous. The enemy could spring out anytime and catch us by surprise. I looked around, before I saw a figure in the darkness.
"Show yourself!" I lunged towards the figure and sprung my attack. The figure gave a scream before he collapsed. I dragged the body out of the darkness.
There was no mistaking the uniform the man was wearing.
"It's... a Black Arm?" I looked at the man, before he crumbled into dust. "That must mean Katrine is here! And if Katrine is here..." I turned to Mainiac. "This is the work of the Negatives!"
"Yes, obviously so..." Mainiac rubbed his chin. "So, what are they here for?"
"Hey, you're smarter than me. You think of an answer," I said, before my eyes darted around. "Mainiac, stay alert. We don't know which Negative we're up against, other than Katrine," I told him, and Mainiac responded with a single nod.
"Hahahahaha! You fools! Are you back to cause trouble for us again?" we heard a mad voice yell. Cameron, Katrine and Tangelano emerged from the darkness. I glanced at Tangelano. She was now an enemy, not a friend, I reminded myself, and pointed my weapon at the three Negatives. "Bring it on!"
(A/N) To be continued!